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Why Nine Meditation Categories?
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Finally, a screen-free meditation device that teaches mindfulness through 9 guided audio meditations which can be used at home, school, or on the go. Zenimal™ Kidz helps kids build self-awareness and access the benefits of mindfulness skills in everyday life.
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Meditation and Emotional Expression: A Match Made in Mindfulness
Mindfulness and meditation practices have just recently been scientifically explored for mental health benefits, and studies have shown mindfulness interventions very effective in their ability to decrease fear of negative emotions and increase willingness to experience such emotions.
Repercussions of Sleep Disturbances and How Mindfulness Can Help
You don’t have to suffer with full-blown insomnia to feel the ill-effects of a bad night either, as sleep disturbances can have just as big of an impact on your daytime mood and energy levels - often happening for no apparent reason. All very frustrating, you’d probably agree, however, if you’re someone who suffers from broken sleep or have a child who does, you shouldn’t despair, as there is a helpful solution.
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Despite that, it's a very competent Android Wear 2 watch. What's more interesting, however, is the concentration on fitness.While it features all of the necessary sensors to track running, cycling and swimming, our initial testing has revealed the Huawei Watch isn't the stellar performer we hoped it would be. Which is a shame, because emphasising the fitness element was exactly the right thing for Huawei to do, and hopefully the company can improve its fitness tracking software updates.
First, there’s now an option of an LTE-capable model allowing for always-on connectivity. This is through the use of an eSIM inside and an antenna cleverly hidden behind the display. The great news is that your Apple Watch 3 will share the same phone number as your iPhone, whereas other LTE-capable smartwatches have required you to juggle two phone numbers. You’ll need to pay for an additional smartwatch plan for the functionality, however.
Flaws but not dealbreakers: Wear OS, Google’s name for Android for smartwatches, still feels like a work in progress, and in our testing, the Google Assistant voice feature frequently dropped responses—though that could improve via software updates. The Q line’s button at the 3 o’clock position is easy to accidentally trigger, bringing up Google Assistant and sometimes sending it nonsense questions. Wear OS also lacks a left-handed mode to allow you to switch the watch around. On the workout front, Fossil Q watches lack a heart rate monitor, so they’re not able to detect workouts or help with pacing; and the size of these models—and most Android smartwatches, really—and the touchscreen interface make workouts more difficult to monitor and pause than with a dedicated fitness tracker.
That’s the big downside of relying on your phone as a tracker, unless it is somewhere on your body, whenever you are moving about or exercising, all that effort won’t be counted. For some people - say joggers who wear their smartphone on an arm band, that’s not a big issue, but you really aren’t getting the full picture of your activity, including the things you do in your sleep, without having a gadget mounted on your wrist.
Google announced in late August a substantial new version of Wear OS, which should roll out to nearly every smartwatch running Android Wear 2.0 as of September 2018. The biggest changes are to the navigation of Wear OS’s homescreen, which means it could make these watches significantly easier to use. The updated UI will give you four primary places to go from your watch face: Swiping left gets you to the new Google Fit and its Heart Points and Move Minutes; swiping right brings you to a hopefully fast-loading, better-responding Google Assistant interface for asking questions or issuing commands; swipe up and you’ll see a long stream of all of your notifications, which you can interact with and respond to; swipe down, as with Wear 2.0, to access quick settings. Google told Engadget that the update focuses on reducing loading times and improving Assistant responsiveness, which addresses some of our major our misgivings about Wear OS. We’ll test this latest Wear OS and update this guide after we have a better sense of the changes.
The MetaWatch M1, like the Cookoo 2 and Martian Notifier, is a basic smartwatch. It shows alerts for texts, e-mails, social media updates, calendar appointments, weather, and Caller ID, and can control your phone's music app. The notifications are configurable in terms of what you are alerted to and how: whether via a vibration or on the watch’s display. Also built in are a timer, a stopwatch, and an alarm
Of the scores of Wear OS by Google (also called Wear OS, and formerly Android Wear) smartwatches that function nearly the same, the Fossil Q Explorist and Fossil Q Venture are the ones we recommend for most people. Similar models that differ mainly in size and design, these two Fossil watches offer style and band options for the widest range of tastes while performing as well as (or better than) anything else out there. They handle notifications and your responses without delay, provide all-day battery life, swiftly handle voice transcription and Google Assistant questions, and provide casual fitness tracking. Their buttons and screens are responsive. They look and feel like good watches, too, which is something we think most people want from a smartwatch at this point.
Tizen is a Linux-based operating system for devices, including smartphones/tablets, in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) devices, smart TVs, laptops/desktops and other platforms. Tizen is a project within the Linux Foundation and is governed by a Technical Steering Group (TSG) composed of Samsung and Intel among others. Samsung released the Samsung Gear 2, Gear 2 Neo, Samsung Gear S, Samsung Gear S2 and Samsung Gear S3 running Tizen.[86]
I’ve had the Samsung Gear S3 classic for a few months now. There are lots of apps now available including a music app which allows you to save and play as many tracks as the sizeable built in memory will allow you to save to the watch. The in-built speaker is high quality for making and receiving calls and of course listening to music, but a Bluetooth headset makes all the difference.
The Amazfit Bip is thin and light, looks like an Apple Watch, has a lot of sensors inside—GPS, heart rate, accelerometers, barometer, and compass—and can run for about 30 days (which we confirmed) between charges, all for around $100. Those facts are compelling, but actually using the watch is frustrating, and it doesn’t do any one thing well. The GPS and heart-rate monitors can be slow to start, sometimes drop out, occasionally have wild inaccuracies, and produce results notably different from those of running watches and dedicated fitness bands. The screen is also dim and noticeably low-resolution, and the phone software for managing the watch is dense and unintuitive on Android. (We didn’t test iOS, but the reviews imply that it’s not much different.) The watch materials are plastic and rubber, and look and feel like it. Those are all trade-offs you could reasonably make if you just wanted a Pebble-like smartwatch that tracked steps and showed notifications, but even there, the Bip does not succeed: It often dropped connectivity with my phone (a Pixel 2), and it cannot show emoji—getting a dozen blank squares when someone sends you a thumbs-up sign is not helpful. If all you care about is battery life, the Bip has that, but it lacks useful functions while it’s charged up.
As a piece of hardware, the Gear Sport is probably the best smartwatch we’ve used. It’s not stylish, it has deep flaws in its voice software, and it’s only a beginner-level fitness tracker. But if you want a smartwatch that has a bit of fitness motivation—and if you also happen to have a Samsung phone, or might get a deal on a bundle of phone and watch—the Gear Sport is a good option.
The TicWatch Pro shares the TicWatch E model’s older processor and late arrival, and it would be just another big (45 mm case), thick (12.6 mm) Android smartwatch, if not for its trick of having an old-fashioned-looking LCD screen that the watch switches to when you’re not actively looking at it or using it. This feature extends battery life significantly, especially if you go for periods in Essential Mode, where you see only the LCD screen showing the time, date, and your step count. But the transition from the LCD screen back to a “smart” OLED screen is not smooth or quick, and if you switch the watch to Essential Mode, you have to reboot it to get back to regular smartwatch functions.
The SmartWatch 2 is a streamlined version of Sony's first smartwatch (which went on sale in 2013) with a number of new features. The SmartWatch 2 has a thin bezel; it's almost all screen, which gives it a modern, sleek look. You choose from one of two strap designs, black plastic or black stainless steel, or you can swap those out for a leather strap in one of seven colors ($20 each). We tested the model with the plastic strap, which is light and flexible and can fit close to your wrist.
The company claims that the SpO2 monitor will help its devices look for signs of sleep apnea and other breathing problems, potentially great features for devices that are meant to be worn 24/7. It'll be used primarily in Fitbit's forthcoming Sleep Score Beta, which further analyzes sleep quality using heart rate and breathing data. Starting sometime this November, users with devices that only have heart rate monitors can get a "sleep score" after each night's sleep. Those with an Ionic, Versa, or Charge 3 will presumably have better data thanks to the SpO2 monitor collecting breathing data.
Several of them also now support wireless charging which is hugely valuable as you avoid adding yet another cable and cradle to your dresser. Wireless charging pads are on the market that will charge your compatible iPhone and watch at the same time, and Apple is set to release its own official charging pad dubbed AirPower. Wireless charging is also available for Samsung smartphones and smartwatches.
The operating system you choose depends solely on the type of smartphone you have because the smart watch is paired with your smartphone. If you own an Android smartphone, your smart watch should have Android Wear or Tizen. If you own an iPhone, choose an Apple Watch. For example, the Samsung Gear S3 runs Tizen and is compatible with both the Android and iPhone.
If you’re into premium smartwatches, the Montblanc Summit is the latest option hitting watch shops around the world. Out of the box, it runs atop Android Wear 2.0 with the standard specifications — Snapdragon Wear 2100, 512mb of RAM, and 4GB of storage. There’s no NFC or LTE on board, but the watch does feature a heart rate sensor and premium materials.
Since the early days of modern smartwatches, we’ve sought to test as many relevant models as we can and recommend the watches that do the best job of making a smartwatch convenient and useful. We test Wear OS watches by wearing them while they’re connected to Android phones. Whenever possible, we ask other people to try out our potential picks to get an idea of how others react to a watch’s size, style, interface, and other features.
At the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show, a large number of new smartwatches were released from various companies such as Razer Inc,[67] Archos,[68] and several other companies, as well as a few startups. Some had begun to call the 2014 CES, a "wrist revolution"[69] because of the number of smartwatches released and the huge amount of publicity they began to receive at the start of 2014. At Google I/O on 25 June 2014, the Android Wear platform was introduced and the LG G Watch and Samsung Gear Live were released. The Wear-based Moto 360 was announced by Motorola in 2014.[70] At the end of July, Swatch's CEO Nick Hayek announced that they will launch a Swatch Touch with smartwatch technologies in 2015.[71] In the UK, the Wearable Technology Show had its début in London and was host to several smartwatch companies exhibiting their newest models.
The Apple Watch Series 4 is now on sale, and it's the best smartwatch you can buy right now. The redesigned device, which starts at $399 for the GPS model and $499 for the cellular version, is the best smartwatch you can buy. It has a larger display and slightly bigger case size while retaining the same rounded square design the watch is known for. Even more importantly, Apple received FDA clearance for a new electrocardiogram feature that can take a 30-second EKG and diagnose atrial fibrillation.
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Home > Acknowledgements
Collecting the stories of the Arab American Community in Central Ohio-Columbus has been more rewarding than I could have ever imagined. None of this would have been possible without the generosity and openness of the Arab American community whose participation gave life to this project. I’m eternally grateful to those families who opened their homes and hearts to share their past histories, present experiences and future aspirations with me and my team of students from Denison University In particular, my thanks go to Mrs. Amal Ajarmeh, Mrs. Lubna Atif, Dr. Souzan El-Kest, Mr. Mohamed Jallaq and his wife Dr. Gehan Emara-Jallaq, Mr. Munjid and his wife Mrs. Wafa Hinnawi, and Mrs. Rana Odeh.
I also want to extend my appreciation and gratitude to The Ohio Five Mellon Digital Collection Granting Committee for its generous funding of this project. In particular, I thank Ben Daigle (Director of Consortial Library Systems, the Five Colleges of Ohio), Debra Andreadis (Deputy Director of Denison University Libraries), and Donnie Sendelbach (Director of Denison University Educational Technology Services). I am also grateful to Denison University for providing other forms of faculty and student funding, mainly The Denison University Research Foundation (DURF), Modern Languages Patty Foresman Fund, The Lisska Center for Scholarly Engagement and Alford Community Leadership & Involvement Center.
My special thanks go to the contributors and partners in this project, a team of dedicated and hard-working Denison students who became generators of knowledge through their great interviewing techniques, their thoughtful and deep questions and their time commitments that made this project successful. In particular: Victoria Alrabaa, Hannah Bennett, Fatimah Elghazawi, Mohamed El-Sayed, Jimmy Fennessey, Alexis (Lex) Grimm, Josh Lahoud, Olivia Reynolds and Tanner (Adam) Venrick. Furthermore, I want to acknowledge and thank my colleague and Instructional Technologist at the Department of Modern Languages Cheryl Johnson for her tremendous efforts, dedication and continued support of this project.
Finally, special thanks go to my family: my husband for being a source of inspiration and support and my children whose patience and understanding allowed mom to dedicate time to this project.
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Analogous to Markal 3.26
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18:16 Tom Counsell (see this edit)
Title: Analogous to Markal 3.26
Content: Energy saving per capita: 50% Electricity demand: 560 TWh
The core MARKAL run was created using the UK MARKAL model. Further information on the assumptions and modelling structure supporting the core MARKAL (described as run ‘DECC-1A’) can be found at: www.decc.gov.uk/assets/decc/11/cutting-emissions/carbon-budgets/2290-pathwaysto-2050-key-results.pdf
These outputs were produced with a number of underlying assumptions imposed on the model. The results below should be interpreted in the light of these assumptions.
* The UK MARKAL model covers CO2 emissions from energy use and does not model non-CO2 greenhouse gases (GHGs), land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) and international aviation and shipping sectors. As a consequence, the 80% 2050 target covering all GHGs on the net UK carbon account was translated to a ‘MARKAL equivalent’ of a 90% reduction for the core MARKAL run
* The core MARKAL run included the impact of the draft Carbon Plan3 commitments to 2020 on the basis that policy and initiatives are already in place to achieve them. For key technologies and policies this representation is explicit; actual penetrations of specific technologies and targets were included. For other policies the representation is indirect, and a UK-wide CO2 emissions constraint in 2020 was imposed to mimic the assumed impact.
* The core MARKAL run was based on central estimates of fossil fuel prices and central estimates of service demands.
h1 What is the sectoral picture in 2050?
Electricity generation capacity is split between carbon capture and storage (CCS) (29 gigawatts (GW)), nuclear (32 GW) and renewables (52 GW). Wind power is installed earlier as part of the Carbon Plan commitments, with 28 GW in place by 2020. In terms of electricity supplied, nuclear and CCS together deliver the majority (72%). Unabated gas plays a significant back-up role in 2050 to balance the system, but largely fades out as a baseload technology from 2030 onwards. Electricity imports and small-scale combined heat and power (CHP) also contribute. CCS with power generation is an important technology from 2020 onwards, generating more than a third of all electricity. The MARKAL run uses this technology to achieve negative emissions rates for electricity by sequestering the CO2 associated with the biomass share (20 % of fuel input to these generators in 2050 is biomass).
In buildings, a reduction in space and water heating demand is accompanied by a large reduction in final energy consumption. Natural gas disappears from heating almost entirely, while electricity consumption increases significantly. Heat pumps, which draw heat from the surrounding environment with the help of some electricity, serve a larger proportion of heating service demand than any other technology.
The chemicals, iron and steel, and nonferrous metals sectors all exhibit the maximum allowable demand reductions of 25% from the central estimate of service demand, driven by MARKAL’s demand-response assumptions. This central estimate does not reflect the Updated Energy and Emissions Projections that the Government has used in this report, and posits a higher baseline level of demand. The MARKAL model suggests that some industries might scale back operations significantly. Industry also benefits from the ability to adopt CCS in the MARKAL model. By 2050, 65 million tonnes carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO2e) a year is sequestered from industrial processes.
Of all the end-use sectors, transport shows the lowest demand response in the core MARKAL run, with approximately 5% reductions for most service demand categories. The mix of end-use technologies is extremely varied in 2050 when compared with today. Battery electric, biomass-to liquids and hydrogen fuelled vehicles are all used. However, conventionally fuelled vehicles are not expected to be significantly used by 2050 under this optimised pathway.
As the MARKAL model does not account for non-CO2 emissions, much of agriculture’s GHG impact is not explicitly accounted for (other than as part of the overall 90% decarbonisation constraint). LULUCF emissions and removals are also not considered. If domestic forestry were to make a significant contribution to bioenergy feedstock supplies, carbon sequestration associated with land use change would deliver additional abatement. The core MARKAL run demands 350 terawatt hours (TWh) of bioenergy a year by 2050.
h1 What does this scenario imply for security of supply and wider impacts?
A balanced generation mix with a relatively high deployment of intermittent renewable generation technologies such as wind and marine power means that the back-up requirements of this run are significant. An additional 38 GW of gas plant is needed to meet the system balancing requirements imposed by the model.
Per capita energy demand falls by 50% compared with 2007, while total electricity demand increases by 50% from 2007 levels.
In order to meet the demands of CCS and system back-up generation, natural gas remains an important part of the fuel mix in 2050, with 344 TWh of imports. Oil plays a much smaller role than it does today, with the UK importing roughly a sixth of what was brought into the country in 2000, despite declining natural reserves.
h1 History of changes to this pathway
The "Analogous to MARKAL 3.26" pathway was first published on the web tool in December 2011. We subsequently noticed that we had not specified this MARKAL run as accurately as possible, so on 4 June we released version 2.1 of the Calculator (spreadsheet and web tool) correcting this. The main change we made here was to increase the generation capacity of renewables (from 45 GW to 52 GW in 2050); this leads to an increase in back up gas power stations and an increase in imported gas (gas imports rise from 264 TWh to 344 TWh).
* The Markal pathway as originally published: http://2050-calculator-tool.decc.gov.uk/pathways/j0h2cd2221121f1b032211p004314110433304202304320420121/primary_energy_chart
* The Markal pathway as updated in June 2012: http://2050-calculator-tool.decc.gov.uk/pathways/i0g2dd2pp1121f1i032211p004314110433304202304320420121/primary_energy_chart
User: Tom Counsell
Picture updated at:
The "Analogous to MARKAL 3.26" pathway was first published on the web tool in December 2011. We subsequently noticed that we had not specified this MARKAL run as accurately as possible, so in May 2012 we released version 3.1.0 of the Calculator (spreadsheet and web tool) correcting this. The main change we made here was to increase the generation capacity of renewables (from 45 GW to 52 GW in 2050); this leads to an increase in back up gas power stations and an increase in imported gas (gas imports rise from 264 TWh to 344 TWh).
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photo by Amanda Hatfield
BV/SOS Lost Weekend day 2 pics (Minus the Bear, Trail of Dead, PWR BTTM, more)
By Andrew Sacher March 18, 2017 | BrooklynVegan
After BrooklynVegan / Sound on Sound-presented Lost Weekend continued on Friday (3/17) at Cheer Up Charlies in Austin, where SXSW is in full swing. Minus the Bear, Trail of Dead, PWR BTTM, Joan of Arc, Allison Crutchfield & more played...
Category: Music, pictures Tags: And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead, Happyness, Minus The Bear, R. Stevie Moore, savoy Motel, Sound on Sound, Sound on Sound Fest, Trail of Dead
BrooklynVegan/Sound on Sound SXSW Set Times (now with more OSHUN!)
By BrooklynVegan Staff March 13, 2017 | BrooklynVegan
If the snow is not stopping you from getting to Austin this week, RSVP now for the FREE BrooklynVegan / Sound on Sound SXSW parties at Cheer Up Charlies. Here are the set times:
Category: Music Tags: And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead, Beach Slang, BVSXSW, Cheer Up Charlies, Death Valley Girls, Downtown Boys, Frankie Rose, Girlpool, Happyness, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Le Butcherettes, Merchandise, Minus The Bear, R. Stevie Moore, Robyn Hitchcock, S U R V I V E, savoy Motel, Sound on Sound, Sound on Sound Fest, Speedy Ortiz, SURVIVE, SXSW, Tokyo Police Club, Trail of Dead, Vampire Weekend, Weaves
Spoon played Kimmel (watch), reveal curated-SXSW show lineups & more
By Bill Pearis March 9, 2017 | BrooklynVegan
Plus: tour Austin with Spoon via the 'City Soundtracks' podcast and you might wanna try the breakfast taco they created to celebrate 'Hot Thoughts' release.
Category: Music, tour dates Tags: A Giant Dog, Beach Slang, Chastity Belt, Deep Sea Diver, Diet Cig, Minus The Bear, My Jerusalem, Real Estate, Robyn Hitchcock, Spoon, SXSW, Waterloo Records
BrooklynVegan/SOS SXSW lineups: Beach Slang, Priests, S U R V I V E, Minus the Bear & many more
By BrooklynVegan Staff March 8, 2017 | BrooklynVegan
The lineups also include Downtown Boys, PWR BTTM, Trail of Dead, Girlpool, Cherry Glazerr, Robyn Hitchcock, Dave Monks (of Tokyo Police Club), Dams of the West (Vampire Weekend), Hurray for the Riff Raff, Vagabon, Jay Som, Allison Crutchfield, and lots more.
Category: Music, tour dates Tags: And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead, Beach Slang, BVSXSW, Cheer Up Charlies, Death Valley Girls, Downtown Boys, Frankie Rose, Girlpool, Happyness, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Le Butcherettes, Merchandise, Minus The Bear, R. Stevie Moore, Robyn Hitchcock, S U R V I V E, savoy Motel, Speedy Ortiz, SURVIVE, SXSW, Tokyo Police Club, Trail of Dead, Vampire Weekend, Weaves
SXSW adds many more artists
By Andrew Sacher October 12, 2016 | BrooklynVegan
Minus the Bear, Downtown Boys, Mothers, Priests, Pure Bathing Culture, Joan of Arc, The Drums, Ladyhawke, Chastity Belt, Half Waif, and more...
Category: Music, tour dates Tags: Autre Ne Veut, Chastity Belt, Downtown Boys, Girlpool, Minus The Bear, Pure Bathing Culture, Roosevelt, SXSW, The Drums
Minus the Bear touring w/ Tera Melos and The New Trust to Austin, Houston & Dallas
By BrooklynVegan Staff July 12, 2013
Minus the Bear in NYC in 2010 (more by Matthew Eisman)
Minus the Bear are planning to release a new acoustic album, Acoustics II, this year, and they'll be supporting it with a fall tour with math rock wizards Tera Melos and Velvet Teen-related The New Trust...
Category: Music, tour dates Tags: Minus The Bear, Tera Melos, The New Trust
Fun Fun Fun Fest full 2012 line-up; 3-day passes on-sale
While we've had some teasers in the last few weeks - Wednesday night was the night for BINGO - and the full Fun Fun Fun Fest reveal.
On 7/11 (Happy Slurpee Day...
Category: Music, tour dates Tags: 10 Yr, A Place To Bury Strangers, A$AP Rocky, A.DD+, Against Me!, Altercation Punk Rock Comedy Hour, American Royalty, Anamanaguchi, And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead, Araabmuzik, Ashley Barnhill, Astronautalis, Atlas Sound, Baauer, Balmorhea, Baroness, Beach Fossils, Between the Buried and Me, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Bob Mould, Braid, Brendan Benson, Bun B, Burning Love, Cameron Buchholtz, Charli XCX, Cheap Girls, Chris Cubas, Christopher Wonder Magic Show, Class Actress, Converge, Cult Of Youth, Cursive, Danny Brown, Danny Palumbo, Daughn Gibson, David Cross, De La Soul, Deafheaven, Deathfix, Deerhoof, Derek Phelps, Devin, Diamond Rings, Diamond Rugs, Dillon Francis, Disappears, DMC, Doldrums, Doug Benson, Doug Mellard, Dum Dum Girls, Duncan Carson, Dwarves, Earth, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, El Ten Eleven, Eric Krug, Etienne De Crecy, Eugene Mirman, Explosions in the Sky, Fang Island, Feathers, Flesh Lights, Foxy Shazam, Fucked Up, Fun Fun Fun Fest, Giant Sand, Girl Talk, GIVERS, Gold Fields, Hannibal Buress, Helio Sequence, Hundred Visions, Icona Pop, Jake Flores, Japandroids, Joe Sib, Jon Benjamin, Joyce Manor, Kat Ramzinski, Kath Barbadoro, Kevin Seconds, Kreayshawn, Kvelertak, La Dispute, Lagwagon, Liturgy, Love Inks, Lucero, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Midgetmen, Minus The Bear, Municipal Waste, Mustard Pimp, Napalm Death, New Movement Sketch Comedy Troupe, Nick Waterhouse, Nicky Da B, Nite Jewel, Nomeansno, Not In The Face, Nouvelle Vague, OFF!, Omar Rodriguez Lopez, Orthy, Pallbearer, Paul Banks, Peelander-Z, Penguin Prison, Power Trip, Public Image Ltd., Rakim, Ramin Nazer, Real Estate, Red Fang, Refused, Residual Kid, Run DMC, Santigold, Saul Williams, ScHoolboy Q, Seaweed, Seth Cockfield, Sharon Van Etten, Starfucker, Superchunk, Surfer Blood, Tanlines, The Black Angels, The Briefs, The Golden Boys, The Head and the Heart, The Jezabels, The Octopus Project, The Promise Ring, The Riverboat Gamblers, The Spits, The Sword, The Young, Tia Carrera, Tig Notaro, Titus Andronicus, Tomahawk, Torche, Trust, Turbonegro, Twin Sister, Ume, Valient Thorr, Vockah Redu, W. Kamau Bell, Wavves, Why?, Wyatt Cenac, X, Yellow Ostrich, Youth of Today
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Seriously, take a break
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Cool it Now
Cult favorite Yeti cools off North Austin with first-ever pop-up shop
By Johnathan Silver
Yeti will open its second Austin shop in November. Photo by Nicole Raney
Austin's own Yeti is opening its first-ever pop-up store right here in the Capital City, the company confirmed August 28.
Yeti, the maker of some pretty durable coolers, tumblers, camping gear, and more, will open up shop in the Domain Northside in early November, just in time for the holidays. The store will have a limited lease at 3211 Palm Way, Ste. 140, near the Apple store.
The 2,600-square-foot location will offer familiar Yeti products, including the aforementioned coolers, bags, pet products (like dog bowls and beds), and more, the company says.
This is the cult brand's second Austin location. Yeti's flagship store opened on South Congress Avenue and Barton Springs Road in 2017, featuring a bar, concert venue, museum, and theater.
"Retail remains a key aspect of the brand’s overall strategy, and Yeti continues to explore various formats as they expand their brick-and-mortar footprint," said a company rep via email.
When it was founded in 2005, Yeti was only available online. Brothers Ryan and Roy Seiders, who needed something sturdy to stand on when fishing, started designing the coolers to not only withstand the weight of humans, but be grizzly bear proof — or so the company has touted.
Thanks in part to an innovative marketing campaign, Yeti has transformed from an outdoor company into a lifestyle brand with a dedicated fanbase who snap up everything from Yeti T-shirts, hats, and blankets to stickers and bottle openers. And, beginning this fall, North Austinites can snap those products up at the company's new pop-up shop.
East Austin scoops anticipated second location of popular gelato shop
6 things to know in Austin food: Chicken joint tumbles into Cedar Park
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Kreator - Scenarios of Violence (1996)
Considering the German band's swift ascent into the elite of European metal through the mid to late 80s, I'm surprised it took as long as it did for a fan package like Scenarios of Violence to arrive. Perhaps the band had been adamant that such a release not be put forth as an empty accumulation of material lifted as is from the prior full-lengths and EPs, because Mille Petrozza himself was involved in some of what when into this Kreator collection. There are 16 tracks and 67 minutes of music here, and almost every track included has at least been remixed or remastered by Petrozza and Siggi Bemm, while there are also live inclusions, and a few previously released pieces that might spark the fan's interest.
Are they worth hearing? No, not really, and there is a good reason they'd be included here and not on some future full-length. "Suicide in Swamps" sounds like a mix of Renewal and Cause for Conflict era-material with groove, mystique and ultimately not a damned thing catchy, and "Limits of Liberty" is another hardcore/punk infused track, fun while it lasts for 1:38 but just as forgettable as most of their other indulgences down this path from Cause for Conflict. The live tracks "Ripping Corpse" an "Tormentor" are quite violent, vibrant and old school, but neither are they enormously valuable. If anything, they pose the question of why Kreator hadn't released a full-length live effort yet, only VHS and a few tracks scattered on EPs and this.
The remainder of the Scenarios of Violence consist of those cuts remixed by Siggi and Mille, most of which are taken from Renewal: "Renewal", "Brainseed", "Europe After the Rain" and "Karmic Wheel", none of which I prefer to the original mixes despite their newfound cleanliness; a few others are culled from Terrible Certainty: "Toxic Trace" and "Terrible Certainty", and it's more prudent to hear these polished since the production of that album was all that held it back from perfection. There are also some tracks digitally refurbished by Bemm: "Extreme Aggression", "Some Pain Will Last", "People of the Lie", and "Coma of Souls", none of which really needed the treatment in my opinion. Otherwise, there is nothing new to be had here, and the alternate US version features other tracks that are likewise previously released.
Scenarios of Violence doesn't have much to offer the fan, I'll be honest, and if you're new to the band then you need to just hunt down all their albums up to Coma of Souls and possibly give Renewal a chance. This is not a band one ever needs to 'ease into' through a greatest hits package. That's really all I need say. The unreleased material here would have better been served as bonus tracks on Cause for Conflict, and the remixes could have waited for full LP remasters. So, in the end, even though more thought was put into this collection than similar cash grabs which feature nothing more than pre-released songs, it's still not worth the money you would spend on it.
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Boycott of Israel is Starting to Bite
Shir Hever, an economist who writes for the Alternative Information Centre, has noted that Ha'aretz’s Economic Section has carried 4 articles recently about the growing effect of the Boycott movement on the Israeli economy.
It’s often difficult for activists to guage the effect of what they are doing and it is easy to become disheartening. However it is clear that the growing level of support for Boycott in the trade unions and similar organisations, coupled with a consumer boycott and individual businesses also refusing to trade with Israel is making its mark.
This is wonderful news!!!
Israelis Are Beginning to See the Power of BDS
Shir Hever, Alternative Information Center (AIC)
In recent years, there has been a gradual growth in the BDS (boycott, divestment and sanctions) movement, calling to put economic pressure on Israel until it recognizes the rights of the occupied Palestinian people and puts an end the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
The Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip, starting on 27 December 2008, which lasted for nearly a month, has given this movement a powerful reason to redouble its efforts. Dozens of BDS campaigns have gained momentum and publicity; dozens of new ones were launched during or immediately after Israel's attack on the Gaza Strip.
These campaigns range from calls to boycott goods from the illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank, to calls to stop all economic contacts with Israel altogether. They include protests at sporting events, two countries cutting diplomatic ties with Israel (Bolivia and Venezuela), and many demonstrations around the world, attended by hundreds of thousands of protestors.
The growing protest against the atrocities committed by the Israeli military in the Gaza Strip have begun to change something in the Israeli political discourse, and the first indication of this can already be seen in the Israeli economic media.
Although the Israeli economic media doesn't concern itself with the moral dimension of the attacks on Gaza, the economic dimension of recent events have created a rising level of concern. In order to demonstrate this trend, here are summaries of four articles that appeared in the Israeli The Marker magazine for economic news:
1. On 2 February, Guy Grimland warned about a growing phenomenon of boycott of Israeli high-tech companies, and several Israeli companies received letters from European and U.S. companies explaining that they cannot invest in Israel for moral reasons.
2. In 3 February, Nehemia Strassler, one of Israel's most famous economic correspondents, attacked the Israeli Minister of Industry, Trade and Labor, Eli Yishai, for calling on the Israeli military to "destroy one hundred homes in Gaza for every rocket that falls in Israel." Strassler had nothing to say about the Palestinians living in these homes or about the loss of life, but he warned:
"[the minister] doesn't even understand how the operation in Gaza hurts the economy. The horror sights on television and the words of politicians in Europe and Turkey change the behavior of consumers, businessmen and potential investors. Many European consumers boycott Israeli products in practice. Intellectuals call for an economic war against us and to enforce an official and full consumer boycott.
Calls are heard in board meetings of economic corporations to boycott trade relations with Israel. So far deals were cancelled with Turkey, the UK, Egypt and the Gulf States, and visits by economic delegations were cancelled. It’s much easier now to switch providers while abandoning Israeli providers. Many company boards are required to take wide considerations into account with regards to the good of society and the environment, and they put political considerations in that slot as well.
Of course there is an economic cost to severing diplomatic ties. Qatar cut its trade relations with Israel, Venezuela and Bolivia cut diplomatic relations. Mauritania recalled its ambassador and the relations with Turkey worsened considerably—and this bad ambience seeps into the business sector decisions. Here, just yesterday Dudi Ovshitz, who grows peppers for export, said that 'there is a concealed boycott of Israeli products in Europe.'"
3. On 6 February, Shuki Sadeh wrote about even more companies that have decided to boycott relations with Israel. A Turkish company demanded that Israeli companies sign a document condemning the Israeli massacre in Gaza before they can offer their services for it. Sadeh quoted Naomi Klein's recent call for boycott, the 2005 Palestinian civil society call for boycott and Israeli organizations that support the boycott and provide information for the global BDS movement. Sadeh's article also had concerned quotes by Israeli businessmen who demanded government intervention to protect them from the growing boycott.
4. In 11 February, Ora Koren reported that the Israeli business sectors feel the effects of the attack on Gaza. She reported that Israeli businessmen in Turkey are hiding their names so that the local BDS organizations won't learn about their activities, and that the situation is even worse in the UK.
These four articles are a sign that there is a shift in the effectiveness of the BDS movement against Israel, and that if the momentum is maintained and strengthened, Israeli businessmen may decide to move their headquarters away from Israel, or to begin to put pressure on the Israeli government to begin respecting international law, and ending the occupation.
This article was sourced from Mark Elf's eclectic blog!
http://jewssansfrontieres.blogspot.com/2009/03/israeli-economist-boycotts-beginning-to.html
Nice effort but the American taxpayers and will have to make up every cent that you take away from Israel. We will probably have to make up the gross sales dollars, not the profit dollars.
Sort of like we are doing for General Motors...we give them billions and don't even get the cars!
But keep it up anyway...
Truly good news! As you stated, sometimes it is difficult to know if you're doing any good with BDS. Now we know it is working and we can continue or re-double our efforts.
m_astera said...
My guess is that the bankers who set this whole thing up, and who are largely domiciled in Israel, could not care less about failing Israeli manufacturing or anything else.
People who actually produce things of value are lower than dirt to them.
Good! The parasites start to feel the crunch.
Good one. But as Anon mentioned, the American taxpayers will once again be forced by a docile Congress and AIPAC to make up for Israel's losses. How can anti-federal government types complain that the UN and NWO are out to control the US when it is ALREADY subservient to a foreign power, i.e. Israel? When Israeli PMs can force the US President to dance to their tune saying 'How high, massa?', how much proof do you need, America? Oh yes, the pro-Israeli pliant media...
Darfur is genocide and a warzone(undeclared war between Sudan and Chad with lots of innocents trapped between). Ex-Zaire DRC is an even bigger warzone with even more deaths, but the world turns a blind eye. Enough of this already.
No more racism!
To be effective any boycott action MUST include israel's vassal state, amerika otherwise its a pointless feel good gesture. As long as israel can keep helping itself to amerikan slaves debt nothing will change.
It is funny that no one has called the BDS movements Anti-Semites
I just bought a new PC with an AMD processor and I'm dumping my cell phone. Bye bye Intel and Motorola, you've lost a customer forever!
Eric Vaughan said...
What things like a boycott also reveal is the amount of Western populist enthusiasm for a war with Iran (and Pakistan.)
Dork said...
This is indeed good news!
Thank you for posting such great information and for being positive!
-The Dork
bathmate said...
As always an excellent posting.The
way you write is awesome.Thanks. Adding more information will be more useful.
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Q&A: Can private bike sharing change the course of road design?
by: Stefani Cox
Stationless bike share bikes on a Seattle corner. Source: Kiewic via Flickr.
Post by Stefani Cox, BetterBikeShare.org, and Michael Andersen, PlacesForBikes.
For the final post in our series on Seattle’s new stationless bike share systems, we spoke with Gordon Padelford. Padelford is the executive director of Seattle Neighborhood Greenways, where he works to cultivate the safe streets movement within the city.
Padelford, like city spokeswoman Mafara Hobson and local writer Tom Fucoloro, is mostly optimistic about private bike sharing so far, though he has concerns about the overall state of Seattle’s bike infrastructure. According to Padelford, there may be a role for stationless systems to shape streets for the better.
Gordon Padelford
Does Seattle Neighborhood Greenways have any involvement or partnership with the dockless bike share systems in Seattle?
We got a small grant from Spin, between us and three other groups to do some outreach to businesses in the International District and to help fill one of the major protected bike lane gaps in our infrastructure network. They just gave us a little grant and said go. It was a no-strings-attached grant.
As an organization that advocates for safe streets and infrastructure, what would you like to see from dockless bike share?
The dream is that we’ve reached the large segment of the population that doesn’t have access to a working bike. I want to say it’s about 60 percent of people in Seattle who don’t have access to a working bike at home. This is a fairly low-barrier way for people to have access to a bike.
Obviously, there’s still a challenge if you don’t have a smartphone. They are setting up systems to get around that, but it’s still kind of clunky. If you do have a smartphone and a credit card it’s really accessible.
I see a lot broader cross-section of the population using bike share than I did with our stationed Pronto system, just because I think it’s more of a spontaneous decision for folks. That’s really exciting to see. So my hope is that stationless bike share increases the number of people who are choosing to bike for short trips, and then that in turn creates pressure to really create safe infrastructure so that they can all get around safely.
I do think there is an important role for stationless bike share companies to play in helping create an all ages and abilities network of bike routes. The automobile industry was incredibly important during the 20th century in supporting the expansion of highways and prioritizing our right of ways for cars. Stationless bike share companies, and other bike companies for that matter, should do more to help accelerate the implementation of basic bike networks in cities around the country. It would also makes good business sense for them, as the completion of basic bike networks will increase the number of people who feel safe and comfortable biking, and therefore increase their potential market.
Who has been using the bikes so far? Are riders more or less diverse (i.e. by race, age, and income) than Pronto riders were?
It seems like yes, but all anecdotally. Folks who appear to be without permanent housing also seem to be using the system to get around, which is exciting to see, since often services are spread around. Or they may be living somewhere that’s not close to where they need to be.
Are the bikes fairly well spread out through all of Seattle’s neighborhoods?
The initial rollout was really downtown heavy. It also covered the Burke-Gilman trail, our biggest trail. There’s still definitely an over-concentration in that area; there’s obviously a lot of folks who’d like to use bike share in the downtown area. My understanding is that recent drops have been more geographically spread out. I’ve also heard that there are still folks in the Rainier Valley would like to see additional bikes deployed, because it is such an accessible way to have access to a bike. I’m definitely hearing a lot of excitement around the city of folks who want to see it come to their neighborhood.
We still have a challenge in Seattle where a lot of the bikes end up downhill. We have some pretty big hills here in Seattle. Without rebalancing — I don’t know if that’s happening or not — even when bikes are brought uphill it doesn’t seem like they stay there very long.
Folks have been kicking around, Is there a way to incentivize people riding uphill? Even if you’re incentivized to do it monetarily, it’s still a physical barrier to some folks who might not be able to get up those hills. There are some electric assist stationless bike share systems now that are being slowly tested out in different areas. I’d like to see that come to Seattle. I think we’re the perfect city for it. You open up a lot more origin-destination pairs if you’re able to go up all of our hills. The downtown of Seattle is surrounded by hills.
Taking a step back, what do you see as the big draw for dockless bike share in Seattle? What’s the element that hooks people in?
It’s just a really low barrier to entry. You see the bikes everywhere, they’re brightly colored. You walk up to one, and it explains how to access it in three steps. It’s $1 to try it out. Most people these days have a smartphone, so people are just sort of trying it out. I see lots of groups of friends riding to ball games. Pronto always felt, anecdotally, like a higher barrier to entry at $80 per year.
Do you feel like dockless bike share will have an impact on the “interested but concerned” population?
I think it’s encouraging more folks to ride from the “interested but concerned” demographic. I still think that if you are riding around on a bike share system you’re still experiencing that lack of comfort and connectivity that we’re experiencing in Seattle.
I’d be really curious if Spin, or Limebike, or Ofo did a survey with new riders to ask “What was your experience with Ofo and your experience with the infrastructure on the ground?” I think you would get a really interesting demographic of people who have never ridden a bike in Seattle before, and all of a sudden they’re trying it out. I hope their first experience was good, but given our lack of a basic bike network currently, I don’t know.
Do you see this at all as an opportunity for local advocacy?
Yeah, the city has an agreement to connect anonymized data about where these rides are going. So that’s really helpful, just to get a new sense of demand of where people are riding currently. It has potential to develop a new constituency of folks who are just trying it out, and would like to ride more, but don’t quite feel safe riding on Seattle streets, and then they want to get involved in the safe streets movement.
What would you like to see from the city in terms of carrots, sticks, and regulations for dockless? Where would you like to see things go after the pilot period ends in December?
I think the city has done a fantastic job. I think Kyle Rowe in particular has done a really good job on setting the regulatory environment, where these systems can thrive and grow, but not just be abandoned.
The thing that I think could be improved is that we are seeing folks leaving bikes in crosswalks or curb ramps or the through-zone of the sidewalk. Everyone’s been really clear about where you need to park them, but it’s a learning curve. So I’m hoping folks will learn, and if they don’t, I’m hoping that the City and these systems work together to find systems to educate the users.
For example, if you rent a car2go in Seattle and you park in the wrong place, you get a parking ticket. There doesn’t seem to be that built-in feedback system currently with stationless bike share. That’s definitely something that we’ve flagged and are watching as an emerging potential issue, and we’re hoping that education is able to solve that problem.
Do you see dockless as a sustainable model that will be around for a while? Why or why not?
I hope it continues. It seems to be well-used and well-received by people in Seattle, but I don’t have a sense of their business plan and whether that pencils out. Anecdotally, I see of lot of bikes that seem to be damaged or that have stolen seats. So that seems like that would be in their loss category.
All forms of transportation need some levels of subsidy, so if they can make it as a for-profit entity, that would be phenomenal.
Qs & As edited. Don’t forget to take a look at the first two posts in this series with Seattle DOT Communications Director, Mafara Hobson, and the publisher of Seattle Bike Blog, Tom Fucoloro.
The Better Bike Share Partnership is funded by The JPB Foundation as a collaborative between the City of Philadelphia, the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia, the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) and the PeopleForBikes Foundation to build equitable and replicable bike share systems. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram or sign up for our weekly newsletter. Story tip? Write stefani@betterbikeshare.org.
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Heidi Klum’s best and most creative Halloween costumes ever
By Rebbekka Wolton - October 7, 2019
People of all ages love Halloween because it gives them a chance to dress up. Even celebrities love the spooky holiday, with Heidi Klum a particularly big fan of October 31st. The model goes all out with her costume every year, and she’s never failed to dazzle us with her cool and creative looks.
A dark beginning
For every year since 2000, Klum has hosted a huge Halloween bash that’s allowed her outrageous style choices to take center stage. For her very first party, the model decided to fit in with the spooky theme of the holiday by dressing all in black.
She gave off a dark, edgy vibe in her leather dress and choker, complete with a black wig. Heidi even used white makeup to add that gothic touch to proceedings.
The woman of legend
If her inaugural Halloween bash was all about being dark and spooky, the follow-up was the complete opposite. The model was a vision in white when she showed up to the party as Lady Godiva. Obviously, the women of legend wasn’t famous for wearing a white bodysuit, but Klum didn’t fancy arriving nude to her shindig.
What she did do, though, was ride in on a horse just like the woman she was emulating. There was no doubt in anyone’s mind who Klum was supposed to be that day.
An animated inspiration
It seems that Heidi loved dressing up as someone else so much that she decided to do it again the following year. However, rather than replicate someone real, she instead opted for one of the world’s most famous cartoon characters. No, she didn’t dress up as Mickey Mouse or Bugs Bunny – she was Betty Boop.
Heidi stunned in the character’s trademark red ensemble, with her hair perfectly styled to match her inspiration. Even the makeup was perfectly exaggerated to match her animated counterpart. She looked every bit the 1920s flapper.
Futuristic warrior princess
For her 2003 Halloween bash, Klum decided to be a little more original again. Much like with her first costume, the model followed a color scheme, although this one had a bit more sparkle. All that glittered was definitely gold this year as she rocked a metallic gladiator outfit for the holiday.
Heidi seemed to blend the old with the new in this futuristic retro attire, complete with dreadlocks and space boots. It was Klum’s most original outfit so far, and it proved that she was the Queen of Halloween.
A night of spooks
The model decided to fully embrace the Halloween spirit in 2004 when she wore a costume that screamed spooky. It was a little hard to find Klum under all that red hair and material, but the skeleton on her back was impossible to miss.
Heidi carried it around on her back all night as she spooked partygoers with her creepiest costume yet. We’re not sure if she was trying for a Día de Muertos vibe with her look, but the color scheme certainly gave off that impression.
Fierce and fabulous
Evidently pleased with her spooktacular outfit the year before, Heidi once again opted for a more traditional Halloween look in 2005. This time, she released her inner vampire with her dark cloak and razor-sharp fangs.
The black afro seemed to reference Cher, and we’re not sure whether Klum was trying to turn back time with her costume. Whether it was intended to be a nod to the iconic diva or not, though, it was still wickedly creative. No-one could accuse the model of not being Halloween ready with this look.
The forbidden fruit
The end of 2006 was a joyous time for Heidi because she gave birth to her third child, Jonah. Unfortunately, the boy’s arrival came just weeks after Halloween, which meant Klum’s costume that year had to accommodate a large baby bump.
That probably explains why she celebrated the holiday as a giant apple. Heidi went biblical with her look, choosing to celebrate the story of Adam and Eve by dressing up as the forbidden fruit. Well, at least it stopped her bump from being the focus of the outfit.
Catty Klum
Considering some of the outrageous looks Klum had shown off on previous Halloweens, her 2007 costume appeared a little more modest. Pulling the look together probably didn’t take as long as it had before because it was mostly just a catsuit.
However, while the outfit might have been more toned down than usual, that didn’t mean it wasn’t still eye-catching. The model’s feline-friendly costume certainly got the job done, and Klum didn’t skimp out on the small details either. We clocked those special cat contacts that she put in.
2009 saw Heidi back on form with yet another animal-inspired outfit, with the model this time celebrating Halloween as a crow. The bird is a very fitting choice for such a spooky holiday, and Klum certainly didn’t hold back in bringing the costume to life.
Hours of work went into making that outfit appear authentically avian, with the model’s face even painted to ensure it blended in with the outfit. Unfortunately, while that beak might have pulled the look together, it apparently made eating and drinking virtually impossible.
Fembot from the future
After a decade of throwing Halloween parties, Klum had proven she reigned supreme on this holiday. So, she celebrated that achievement by donning her most ambitious outfit yet. Heidi decided to be a fembot from the future in her red and purple armor and glittery body paint.
The look was impossible to look away from, although it wasn’t the color that really caught people’s focus. It was the fact that Heidi loomed over everyone on her stilts. She spent the night being eight feet tall and intimidating all her guests.
Bringing back a classic
When it comes to celebrity Halloween costumes, plenty of people use historical figures for inspiration. One person who’s influenced a lot of famous outfits is Cleopatra. The former Egyptian ruler had one iconic look that’s been recreated countless times, and in 2012, Heidi became the latest person to copy it.
She decided to attend her Halloween party in a golden dress that screamed grace and glamour. While it might not have been Klum’s most original idea, there’s no doubt she pulled off the regal look with great ease.
It’s been 84 years
Guests probably had to do a double-take when Heidi arrived at her Halloween party in 2013. A day earlier, the woman had been in her 40s, but she suddenly seemed to have doubled in age when she stepped out on the red carpet.
A team of experts had transformed her youthful complexion into one sagging with wrinkles and covered in varicose veins. Underneath all the makeup and prosthetics, Klum was still the spry model people knew and loved. However, you wouldn’t have believed it just by looking at her.
Art at its finest
Clearly, animals are one of Heidi’s go-to things when it comes to Halloween costumes. Having already covered winged creatures and four-legged friends, though, Klum decided to let insects inspire her 2014 look. It was the best decision she could have made, because the model’s stunning butterfly costume took people’s breath away at her annual party.
The colorful ensemble was not only eye-catching, but it took Heidi’s artistry to the next level. She was still kicking things up a notch all these years after starting her tradition.
Who framed Heidi Klum?
Come 2015, Klum decided she wanted to bring another animated character to life for her Halloween party. This time, it was Jessica Rabbit’s turn to get the star treatment. The model did the iconic character from the comedy movie Who Framed Roger Rabbit justice when she rocked up in her sheer dress and face full of prosthetics.
Heidi evidently went to a great deal of effort to not only breathe life into the look, but to make it a near-perfect replication of the original creation. It was pure genius.
Attack of the Klums
Heidi’s 2016 party was probably the easiest to get ready for out of all her Halloween shindigs, because the model went as herself. Considering all the spellbinding looks she’d previously pulled off, this probably seemed a bit lazy on Klum’s behalf.
However, she was far from alone. Heidi was joined by a host of other models who were all dressed exactly the same. She had an army of lookalikes at her disposal, forcing partygoers to question which one was the real Klum? Who knew being herself would be so innovative?
Thriller night
If there’s one song that instantly brings Halloween to people’s minds, it’s Thriller. The video for that hit tune is iconic, and it resembles so much of the stuff that people love about October 31st.
So, it’s no wonder that Heidi decided to pay homage to it in 2017 when she pulled off a faithful recreation of the King of Pop’s werewolf look. The model definitely looked ready to do the Thriller dance when she stepped out in an ensemble that allegedly took seven hours to bring together.
2018 was a special year for Heidi because it was the first time that she and now-husband Tom Kaulitz got to dress up together. You don’t get to be with someone like Klum if you’re not prepared to go all out with your Halloween costume.
Thankfully, the Tokio Hotel star didn’t put up a fight when the model told him they were going to her party as Shrek and Fiona. The look was another one that took hours to pull together on the day, but all that effort paid off.
Teasing the surprise
With Halloween fast approaching, people are wondering what exactly Heidi will wear for her 2019 party. The model has revealed that she’ll apparently “have a hard time walking” in this year’s costume and that it will take ten hours to put on.
We expect that means we’ll be getting something groundbreaking from Klum, although we won’t know for sure until the big day. Heidi’s not one for giving the game away too soon, and while she might like to give us teasers, she’s keeping her cards close to her chest.
An avian design
As great as Halloween is for people like Heidi, the holiday only comes around once a year. For the other 364 days, Klum has to content herself with looking stylish and fashion-forward on the red carpet.
Of course, while she might not be able to walk out in extravagant costumes, she does still emerge in some weird and wonderful things on occasion. For instance, her dress for Elton John’s 2019 Oscar’s party was quite eye-catching with its avian design. The bottom of the dress seemed very reminiscent of plumage.
Birds on the brain
Speaking of birds, Klum’s outfit for the 67th Emmy Awards gave us Tweety Bird vibes, particularly with the color. The pastel yellow shade really stood out on the model’s body, especially with all the tiny feathers attached to the dress.
While Heidi probably wasn’t going around telling people, “I tawt I taw a puddy tat,” her look definitely felt reminiscent of Looney Tunes. If she’d worn it a few years earlier, we’d have been sure it inspired the crow look that she rocked at her 2009 Halloween bash.
Disaster in lilac
For the Academy Awards ceremony in 2016, Heidi decided to wear something that didn’t capture people’s attention for all the right reasons. People weren’t in love with her lilac outfit, which almost seemed to swallow her body.
It wasn’t the most form-fitting dress she’d ever worn, and the presence of only one sleeve certainly raised a few eyebrows. However, love it or hate it, there’s no doubt that it got people talking on the red carpet. Maybe this look would have gone down more of a treat on Halloween.
Fringe is the focus
Klum was impossible to miss at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards in 2014. She decided to take her love for fringe to the max in this dress, with every inch of her outfit covered in it.
All it took was one twirl for the model to whip up a storm on the red carpet, and she was no doubt the center of attention. We wouldn’t have wanted to be standing nearby when she decided to spin, because we would have easily gotten lost in all that fabric.
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RedUNE – Afectados por CREA
Scientific Criticism
Press summary
In this section you can find pieces of testimonies from people affected by CREA. They have been classified by thematic areas in order to enable a better understanding.
If you have been member of CREA, you can send us your testimony to redune.afectadoscrea@gmail.com
General aspects
“I certify everything I’ve read about the practices of this group. All what is said and they go even further.” (Abou)
“Until now complaints on the Internet against CREA were of low-quality and closed to senseless injuries. That’s why I didn’t believe in them. However I identified part of the information with some of the things I went through” (Lawal).
“First,I thought they were everything I wanted, but later I realised that being member of the group would mean devoting my whole life just to one cause that wouldn’t meet other sides and needs in my life” (Thile).
“It’s harmful to have trusted blindly in someone who actually is a complete faker. People around him say that he is a very good person, but in fact he only seeks power, recognition and success with girls. He achieves these goals by saying certain things and doing exactly the opposite. He bombards others with a lot of information in order to persuade them about something, so he gets what he wants. He says that others are cheaters but he is the first one who is actually cheating to the people around him”. (Thile).
“… it’s weird that they are continuously saying how open they are because of the fact of holding people of different races, religions and sexual orientations. That means that diversity doesn’t exist out of CREA. Are we living in the same world? Surprisingly people supporting that not only use the same grammatical structures but internalized that the best and most correct way of expression is the leader’s one.” (Thile).
Relationships Control
“One of the requirements he fixed me to be part of CREA was to participate in the group of women. The meetings in this group were about explaining your private life. With the argument that for contributing to social transformation first it is necessary your personal transformation. They based on the assumption that socialization made us feel attraction towards bad guys, so they allowed themselves to advise me about the kind of guys who were adequate for me and the ones who didn’t. I remember that they proposed me to meet up in a bar with the guy I liked outside the group in order to observe him from an adjacent table” (Netsal).
“In summer they offered us the possibility of living a transforming holidays (going to Boston and Harvard), in order to advance in some research project or take part of volunteer work. They explained us that people going there shouldn’t accept invitations coming from strangers. If someone invited us to drink coffee we should inform the group about that and other members of the group would accompanied us.” (Pape).
“…What makes me jump was the behaviour they have towards a girl of the group due to the fact of having sexual relationships with a guy external to the group, who was considered by many members (or a part of the group) as not appropriate for her” (Lawal).
“In the flat where I lived, we held a weekly sentimental meeting. In these meetings I had to explain my previous love relationships in order to allow the group to help me seeing how bad these were, since I felt attraction for girls that didn’t care much about me. They made me believe that thanks to them I could change my feelings to get in real love and have the best sex ever. According to the group, these dialogical meetings in which I should reflect about my previous relationships in group, were recognided by the International Scientific Comunity as the best way to succed in love and frienship.” (Djal)
“In the first assembly I had in the flat they told me I should have no doubts about my partner, that if I have doubts this was a very bad sign. They told me not to worry because they would help me. In case of having doubts about my partner, I should go to a quiet place and phone them to ask for help. In fact, in this first meeting they ask me for the phone number of my partner, they wanted to call her to give her some advises about how to treat me.” (Djal)
Internal Functioning
“Internal meetings were useful to foster group cohesion and to correct those who diverted from the group way of thinking. Criticism wasn’t allowed. If someone was critical then that person received a corrective talk afterwards”. (Pape)
…”I would like to stress the lack of spontaneity in the group dynamics. In the group or assembly meetings the leader usually talks and the others seem to be scared to talk and raise their head. Most of the times he talks and the others have a submission attitude. They don’t initiate conversations about daily life issues because they have to listen to him, like if he is superior or has the absolute truth”. (Thile).
“They assert they are democratic and egalitarian but they are exactly the opposite”. (Thile).
“Thinking about it I can say that everything is very well planned: long and exhausting working days, shared flats, the few moment of leisure with the members of the group, as a result, isolation” (Seyni)
“He tricks you as much as he can. Finally, I became aware of all lies and mechanisms they use to constrain you. What make me angry is that they say you they’re on your side in a society where you can trust no one but in fact it’s just him who you cannot trust.” (Thile)
“We always remarked how much attractive we were due to our values and our hope to transform the world. In all the events we organised we selected attractive people as speakers or for carrying the microphone among the audience. According to they, people were more interested in our physical apparence than in our speech.” (Djal)
Group pressure
“It’s difficult to describe the discomfort I felt within a group of people that seem to be ready to make you fell good. It was bizarre. I rejected this feeling, as they smiled they seemed to be good people fighting for difficult causes, I thought even that there was something evil in me or that I wasn’t as good person as they” (Thile)
“One of the most difficult things to bear was the daily pressure to join the group outside the work. These activities disguised of an academic appearance, were in many cases carried out in their homes and implied to talk about your personal life. They invite me (force me) in a way that was very difficult to say no. It was a subtle and continuous pressure which arrive at strangling me.” (Kouma)
“From time to time, people with certain status within CREA invited me to an ‘academic’ activity and in these occasions of friendly environment they started to talk about their personal life, in a way that I was pushed to explain also certain aspects of my personal life. With the pass of time, I have realized that these talks had an enlightening objective (styles of life, loyalty to the group…). It is very hard to describe the subtlety with which they did it.” (Kouma)
Works authorships
”I saw tremendously unfair practices in the group like mixing everybody’s work and distribute the authorships of publications without justice and equity, which contradicts the values they say to defend” (Thile)
“Everything, everything I’ve read (editor’s note: about CREA on the Internet)… was getting into practice in our school…” (Afi).
“… in the conducted library class (…) children end up talking about their personal problems. We don’t like it. Don’t like it at all.” (Afi).
“They achieved that the principal of the school bring for 6th grade a teacher who surprisingly was also a member of CREA.” (Afi).
“…members of CREA (…) are members of the AMPA (editor’s note: the Students Parents’ Association). They acted as if they didn’t know each other, as if they were parents who had never seen each other before. Now we are able to understand why all the votes of the AMPA assemblies were in favor of the Learning Communities. They were majority”. (Afi).
“The AMPA assembly (editor’s note: being CREA in charge of it) went to the Ensenyament (editor’s note: the regional education administrative department) to support the candidature of a Valencian principal without having consulted the parents before. (Afi).
“…when they secretly wanted to support after the deadline the candidature (because they all were members of the AMPA) of a new Valencian principal who, surprisingly, was member of CREA too” (Afi).
“X (editor’s note: member of CREA) was also a member of the FAPAC (editor’s note: the Federation of Associations of the Students’ Parents in Catalonia). They have said us (…) that they asked her to quit… They weren’t able to stand her obsession for trying no matter what to achieve that all schools belonging to the FAPAC became Learning Communities” (Afi).
Reactions to the first appearance of news about CREA in the media
“I’ve read today the article of the Ara newspaper and ghosts from the past have reappeared. (…) I collaborated (several years ago) with this group and I suffered so much. As much as to the point of not being able to get over it”. (Abou).
“Reading everything I’ve found on the Internet related with the case cheered me up because I overlooked the existence of other victims and I had already internalised that I was the one who was crazy”. (Abou).
“Many doubts I had have been confirmed this week. Being aware that I’m not the only one is worrying, of course, but it comforts me at the same time.” (Lawal)
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With only nine days to go until the opening tee shot of the inaugural Amata Friendship Cup is hit, members of the Thailand team have already taken to the immaculate Amata Springs Country Club, refreshing their memory of the course, and fine tuning their games before the 21st of December.
Team Thailand and Team Japan Add Strength, Experience and Depth September 24, 2018
Further stars of world golf have been named to Team Thailand and Team Japan, as the Team Captains’ final sides begin to take shape…
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vp.1.10 [paragraph continues] Brahma, had, by Swaha, three sons of surpassing brilliancy, Pavaka, Pavamana, and suchi, who drinks up water: they had forty five sons, who, with the original son of Brahma and his three descendants, constitute the forty nine fires 9. The progenitors Pitris(), who, as I have mentioned, were created by Brahma, were the Agnishwattas and Varhishads; the former being devoid of, and the latter possessed of, fires 10. By them, Swadha had two daughters, Mena and Dharani, who were both acquainted with theological truth, and both addicted to religious meditation; both accomplished in perfect wisdom, and adorned with all estimable qualities 11. Thus has been explained the progeny of the
vp.1.22 WHEN Prithu was installed in the government of the earth, the great father of the spheres established sovereignties in other parts of the creation. Soma was appointed monarch of the stars and planets, of Brahmans and of plants, of sacrifices and of penance. Vaisravana was made king over kings; and Varuna, over the waters. Vishnu was the chief of the adityas; Pavaka, of the Vasus; Daksha, of the patriarchs; Vasava, of the winds. To Prahlada was assigned dominion over the Daityas and Danavas; and Yama, the king of justice, was appointed the monarch of the Manes Pitris(). Airavata was made the king of elephants; Garuda, of birds; Indra, of the gods. Uchchaisravas was the chief of horses; Vrishabha, of kine. sesha became the snake king; the lion, the monarch of the beasts; and the sovereign of the trees was the holy fig tree 1. Having thus fixed the limits of each authority, the great progenitor Brahma stationed rulers for the protection of the different quarters of the world: he made Sudhanwan, the son of the patriarch Viraja, the regent of the east; Sankhapada, the son of the patriarch Kardama, of the south; the immortal Ketumat, the son of Rajas, regent of the west; and Hiranyaroman, the son of the patriarch Parjanya, regent of the north 2. By these the whole earth, with its seven continents
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The Black Tulip
0 Commentsby Elisa Wyrick | 05.05.16 | Announcement, Announcements, Events and Readings, Shinnery Review, Student Spotlight, Uncategorized
The Black Tulip was held on Friday, April 22nd at Monks Coffee Shop in downtown Abilene. The Black Tulip is held every year for the release of The Shinnery Review, but we did it a bit differently than I think people have in the past. We wanted to have it at Monks because we felt like coffee and poetry, fiction, and photographs went really well together and it’s just got a great vibe to it. It was scheduled to start at 6:00 and we had a lot of people show up right away for the event. People spent a little while looking at copies we had placed around the coffee shop and once more people showed up, people who submitted their works of poetry or fiction had the opportunity to read a piece allowed, and we had about ten people read their pieces. It went very smoothly, and everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves!
As for the magazine itself, it is an entirely student-led publication; we’ve got quite a few students from the Language and Literature Department that participate, but we’ve also got students from other departments as well. We started accepting submissions for the publication at the beginning of this semester so we’d have enough time to go through all of them, as well as edit all of the pieces. We had a lot of people submitting pieces of poetry, short stories, as well as photographs. In the end, we had about 40 more pages of content than last year so we really had a great turnout for submissions. There are so many talented writers and photographers and this university, and I believe The Shinnery Review is a fantastic opportunity to showcase their work!
*written by Sarah Bateman
Celebrating Our Seniors
0 Commentsby Elisa Wyrick | 04.22.16 | Announcement, Announcements, Awards and Honors, Events and Readings, Student Spotlight
Yesterday, four of our graduating seniors were honored during the University Scholars chapel. Congratulations to James Churchill, Alyssa Johnson, Kirby Lemon, and Lauren Shrader on the recognition of all their hard work over the years! Pictured below are the recipients and their nominating faculty.
From left to right: Kirby Lemon, Paul Roggendorff, Joe Stephenson, Alyssa Johnson, James Churchill, Al Haley, Steve Weathers, and Lauren Shrader
Poetry reading by award-winner Jonathan Fink
0 Commentsby Elisa Wyrick | 04.06.16 | Announcement, Announcements, Creative Writing, Department Chapel, Events and Readings
The Department of Language and Literature is delighted to announce that the award-winning poet Jonathan Fink will be coming to campus on Thursday, April 14. Fink has authored two poetry collections and received the Bronze Medal in Poetry in the 2015 Florida Book Awards, as well as been named by Poets & Writers magazine as one of America’s 10 best “2015 Debut Poets.”
Fink will be a guest host for a special departmental chapel at 11 a.m. and give a public reading at The Grace Museum ballroom from 7-7:50 p.m. The evening poetry reading will be followed by a book signing of Fink’s new, highly praised collection of poems, The Crossing.
Before his reading at The Grace, Fink will also have the following schedule on Thursday:
11 a.m. Talk about poetry and read poems in a special department chapel
Noon. Discuss writing over lunch with English M.A. students
3 p.m. Talk about literary nonfiction techniques to Prof. Haley’s Eng. 320/520 Creative Nonfiction Workshop
The Department of Language and Literature is also hosting a “Dress as Your Favorite Poet” costume contest. Any ACU student can enter, and the winner will receive $50. To enter, just dress up and come to The Grace Museum ballroom on Thursday night, April 14 at 6:45. Participants will be judged before the poetry reading begins at 7 p.m.
Fink has received several other poetry awards and fellowships, including a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. His poems and essays have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Poetry, New England Review and others. It is an honor to have this Abilenian poet come back to his hometown and share his work, so come out and show your support.
To learn more about Fink and his work, visit his website: http://jonathanfink.com/
Graduate Alum Elena Kua Publishes
1 Commentby Al Haley III | 11.09.15 | Creative Writing
Elena Kua, who completed our Master’s in English as a creative writing student in the fall 2014, has just had a creative nonfiction piece published in The Baltimore Review.
She’s excited to report that she even received payment for her work!
The piece, “Engraving,” tells about Elena’s aging father and recreates some of his years growing up in the southern part of Malaysia.
Elena is currently living back home in Maylasia with husband See Huang Lim (another of our Master’s alumni). The two of them are awaiting word this month on whether they will receive visas to do religious work in Japan.
You can read “Engraving,” HERE.
TACWT Contest Winners Announced
0 Commentsby Daniel Merritt | 09.04.13 | Advising Information, Creative Writing
The Annual Texas Association of Creative Writing Teachers Contest Announce Winners
In the category of Undergraduate Poetry, Lexi French placed 2nd for
“Stinky, Stinky, WaWa” and other poems.
In the category of Undergraduate Non-Fiction, Emma Sparks placed 2nd for her essay
“The Ecology of Strangers”.
Congrats to major David Gasvoda!
0 Commentsby Pamela Piersall | 04.24.13 | Student Spotlight
Congratulations to English major David Gasvoda. He is one of two undergraduate students representing ACU on April 26, at the Texas Undergraduate Research Day at the Texas Capitol. David will deliver his paper, “Cormac McCarthy’s Projection of Nature In Blood Meridian.” Huzzah!
English Major Heather Kregel wins award
Please pass on your congratulations to Heather Kregel, whose presentation “Physicians in the Literature of Arthur Conan Doyle and Robert Louis Stevenson: Portraying the Icons of Changing Times” won the outstanding oral presentation in the arts and humanities at the Undergraduate Research Festival. It will be a nice feather in her cap before she starts further work at the University of Texas Medical School in Houston in the fall. Thanks for being a great representative of the Language and Literature Department at the Festival.
Students Shine at CCTE Conference
0 Commentsby Al Haley III | 02.27.13 | Student Spotlight
Three graduate students and one faculty member from our department received awards for their paper submissions to the Conference of College Teachers of English (CCTE) and the Texas College English Association, hosted on the ACU campus Feb. 21-23.
Department Chair Cole Bennett said, “We are thrilled with the quality of students in our English MA program, and while we’re not surprised at these accomplishments, we celebrate with them for their good work at CCTE.”
The students and faculty member received the following awards:
The William B. Tanner Grad Student Paper award went to Greg Jeffers for his paper, “Glenn Beck, Jim Wallis, and the Debate on Social Justice: A Narrative Critique.”
The Randy Popkin Memorial Award for a Rhetoric Paper went to Leanne Moore for her paper, “Use of Metaphor in the 2012 Presidential Campaign.”
The Best Shakespeare Paper Award went to Alison Maxfield for her paper “‘Lord of this fair mansion’ and ‘Queen o’er myself’: Female Agency in The Merchant of Venice and Il Pecorone.”
The Best Poetry Award went to Al Haley, professor and writer in residence, for his reading of selections from his volume-in-progress of poems about the business world, I Loved a Capitalist.
Each winner will have their work published in the 2013 edition of CCTE Studies, a peer-reviewed scholarly journal.
Heading North to Write More
0 Commentsby Suanna Davis | 06.09.12 | Student Spotlight
Claire Hardin has spent her time at ACU achieving the educational goals she set for herself. She maintained a high average and maintained her full-tuition presidential scholarship award. In addition, she was recognized as a University Scholar and made the Dean’s Honor Roll, all while a member of the Honors College.
Claire worked throughout her college years as a public service student worker in the Brown Library. While there, she assisted in research, supervised the training of new employees, and aided the librarians in cataloging new materials.
Even though she was busy with school and the library, Claire also took time to give back–both to the school and to others. Claire served on the staff of The Shinnery Review during her senior year and worked as a counselor during her sophomore/junior summer.
Claire Hardin graduated in May. She will be attending Portland State University this fall, pursuing an MS in the Technical/Professional Writing program.
Rhetorical Future at ACU
Meet Gregory Jeffers, one of English’s graduating seniors. Set to graduate with university honors this month, Greg has prepared himself well for the future. This fall, he will begin the English master’s program at ACU with a concentration in Composition and Rhetoric.
Four Years Well Spent
Greg has taken particular care to develop his conference skills, representing ACU at the regional Honors conference, presenting a paper on oppression and rebellion in American novels. He also participated in this year’s Undergraduate Research Festival and presented on the Study Abroad experience for the Office of Multicultural Education.
Volunteering is important to Greg. With over 120 hours of volunteer service logged with the Office of Service Learning, his efforts have included cooking Thanksgiving dinner for refugees, visiting the Ronald McDonald house, and working with children’s activities at church and ACU.
Greg’s employment history while at ACU includes two years of working for the Honors College, during which time he has been a Peer Leader for the Honors Freshman Cornerstone class. Last summer, he worked in Sugar Land, Texas with First Colony Church of Christ as a children’s ministry intern.
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Colorado Avalanche exhibition game lineup vs. Los Angeles Kings
By Terry Frei
Semyon Varlamov. (Andy Cross, The Denver Post)
Semyon Varlamov and Calvin Pickard will be the Avalanche goalies suited up for Sunday night’s exhibition game against the Los Angeles Kings at the Pepsi Center.
Varlamov will start and is expected to play the entire game.
Pickard, locked in a competition with Reto Berra to serve as Varlamov’s backup, wasn’t in the lineup for the Avalanche’s two previous exhibitions and Berra played the entire 1-0 loss to Calgary Thursday. Pickard is expected to play the entire game at Calgary Tuesday.
The rest of the lineup against the Kings:
4 Tyson Barrie
5 Nate Guenin
6 Erik Johnson
16 Nikita Zadorov
46 Brandon Gormley
7 John Mitchell
8 Jack Skille
9 Matt Duchene
14 Blake Comeau
24 Marc-Andre Cliche
25 Mikhail Grigorenko
27 Andreas Martinson
34 Carl Soderberg
49 Connor Bleackley
58 Patrick Bordeleau
92 Gabe Landeskog
96 Mikko Rantanen
This is the Avalanche’s final home exhibition. After the game at Calgary Tuesday, Colorado is at Anaheim Thursday and at Las Vegas against the Kings Saturday, then opens the regular season against Minnesota at home on Oct. 8.
Among those not suiting up Sunday night are Alex Tanguay, Nathan MacKinnon, Nick Holden, Joey Hishon, Brad Stuart, Borna Rendulic, Zach Redmond, and Cody McLeod.
Colorado’s roster is at 37 after the Avalanche sent centers Colin Smith and Ben Street, plus goalie Roman Will, to San Antonio Sunday.
Terry Frei: tfrei@denverpost.com or @TFrei
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Gameday: L.A. Kings (31-21-13, 75 points) at Avalanche (30-25-11, 71)
By Mike Chambers
NHL rookie Calvin Pickard, who at age 22 has become the all-time winningest goalie for the AHL’s Lake Erie Monsters (52 wins), will start for the Avalanche against the Kings on Tuesday night at the Pepsi Center. More on that and Semyon Varlamov’s groin injury here.
In the video above, Avs coach Patrick Roy explains why he will again go with Pickard in nets, and not Reto Berra.
Categories: Game Day
Postgame: Avalanche outshoots Kings 43-26 but loses 4-1
A three-goal second period for the Los Angeles Kings leads to a 4-1 win for the visitors at the Pepsi Center. The Avalanche put 43 shots on goalie Jonathan Quick in another solid offensive performance, but the power play goes 0-of-3.
Bottom line: Among the 14 Western Conference teams, the Avs are one of three to have not reached 60 points. Colorado (59 points) is only ahead of Arizona (47) and Edmonton (44).
The evolving game story is here.
After this clip, Avalanche coach Patrick Roy says: “Play like this, we’re going to win our share of games.”
Matt Duchene politely corrected me in saying the Kings’ second and third goals were not a result of an Avalanche defensive breakdowns. Tyler Toffoli’s drive to the net resulted in the puck bouncing in off Semyon Varlamov’s pad. And Dustin Brown’s easy back-door tap-in goal that made it 3-1 came on a 6-on-5 attack. “You can’t cover everyone in that situation,” Duchene said:
Noteworthy: Colorado reached 40 shots for the fifth time this season, and the 43 against the Kings were the third most. The Avs had 48 on Oct. 24 against Vancouver and 47 versus Dallas on Nov. 29. … Avs goalie Semyon Varlamov made his 14th consecutive start, and No. 1 star Quick made his 13th straight start in net. … Avs captain Gabe Landeskog extended his goal-scoring streak to four games, tying Erik Johnson for the longest this season. … Center Ryan O’Reilly won 20-of-26 faceoffs, a career high. … The Kings won their sixth consecutive game.
Categories: Postgame Wraps
Gameday: Kings at Avalanche; Nick Shore, former DU player, to center L.A.’s fourth line
Los Angeles Kings rookie Nick Shore was born in Denver and attended the University of Denver. He signed with the Kings (26-18-2) after his junior year in 2013. Shore, 22, will make his big-league debut against the Avalanche (24-22-11) at Pepsi Center, and play his seventh consecutive NHL game and 12th overall:
No lineup changes for the Avalanche against the defending Stanley Cup champions. More on that here.
Shore is expected to center L.A.’s fourth line, with wingers Kyle Clifford and Jordan Nolan. Shore grew up playing for the Littleton Hockey Association and Colorado Thunderbirds (triple-A) before joining the U.S. National Development Program in Ann Arbor, Mich. His parents David and Sarah, along with brothers Quentin and Baker and the majority of the DU hockey team, will be in attendance Wednesday. Quentin Shore is a junior at DU, and the third Shore boy to play for the Pioneers as an NHL draft pick. Quentin’s rights are owned by the Ottawa Senators. Drew Shore, 24, became the first DU product in 2009 and is currently playing for the Calgary Flames’ AHL affiliate, the Adirondack Flames. He was recently traded to Calgary from Florida, which drafted him 44th overall in 2009.
Here’s what Kings defenseman Drew Doughty said about Nick Shore: “He fits in well. He’s a good kid. He’s funny, he’s goofy, a good player and he fits well in our system. He’s a smart player on the ice and we need someone like that.”
Here’s Matt Duchene after the Avalanche’s morning skate:
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Backup goalie Reto Berra excellent against L.A., but Avs lose in shootout
Colorado Avalanche’s Daniel Briere shoots against L.A. Kings’ goalie Jonathan Quick as Kings’ Alec Martinez comes from behind the goal during the second period of a preseason NHL hockey game Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014 in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette)
COLORADO SPRINGS — Seven preseason games, eight goals. The Avalanche is undoubtedly snake-bit offensively, but there’s a silver lining in everything and backup goalie Reto Berra continues to play extraordinarily well. He made 42 saves through regulation and OT and stopped his first three shots in the shootout.
“It’s tough. I hate to lose and I hate to especially lose in shootouts,” Berra told me. “I don’t like that right now but, yeah, overall I played a good game.”
Captain Gabe Landeskog talks about Berra and atmosphere at Colorado College’s barn (Nathan MacKinnon answers question about last season from local TV):
Categories: Game Day, General Avs, Postgame Wraps
Avalanche, Kings prepare to begin post-Olympic break in Denver
Colorado Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon takes a shot on goal against the Phoenix Coyotes during the first period of an NHL hockey game on Friday, Feb. 28, 2014, in Denver. (Jack Dempsey, Associated Press)
The Avalanche is thin at forward, and could be down to 11 available bodies tonight against the Los Angeles Kings at the Pepsi Center. Click the above link to learn about what coach Patrick Roy has in mind.
Avs top-two lines tonight will be the same from their previous game, a 5-2 win at the New York Islanders on Feb. 8. Matt Duchene will be between Ryan O’Reilly (left) and P.A. Parenteau, and Paul Stastny will center Gabe Landeskog (left) and Nathan MacKinnon. The third line will consist of center John Mitchell and reversible left-shooting wingers Jame McGinn and Max Talbot (or Cody McLeod). I gathered some video and other stuff from the Kings locker room. LA’s Olympian semifinalists — Canada’s Drew Doughty and Jeff Carter and the Americans’ Jonathan Quick and Dustin Brown — flew into Denver on Monday, via New York, after the long flight from Sochi. Rookie goalie Martin Jones was first off the ice this morning so it appears Quick will serve as his backup. LA plays Thursday night at Calgary and Saturday afternoon in LA in a brutal post-Olympic-break stretch.
No Erik Johnson tonight as the big D begins a two-game suspension for his slash against the NYI’s Frans Nielsen.
Categories: Game Day, General Avs
Erik Johnson suspended two games for slash on Islanders’ Frans Nielsen
The Colorado Avalanche’s Erik Johnson skates away from two players on the Philadelphia Flyers at the Wells Fargo Center on Feb. 6, 2014, in Philadelphia. (Drew Hallowell, Getty Images)
Avalanche defenseman Erik Johnson is scheduled to serve a two-game NHL suspension for his slash against the New York Islanders last week. In a shorthanded situation, Johnson made a two-handed chop at Frans Nielsen’s hands, when Nielsen attempted to rim the puck around the boards. Nielsen suffered a broken hand.
Unless he appeals and wins his case, which is extremely doubtful, Johnson will miss the Feb. 26 and Feb. 28 home games against the Los Angeles Kings and Phoenix Coyotes, respectively, when the NHL resumes from the Olympic break. Johnson’s first NHL suspension is without pay.
Categories: Suspensions and Discipline
Avalanche sticks with Varlamov tonight in Los Angeles
Colorado Avalanche goalie Semyon Varlamov takes his stand in goal against the Chicago Blackhawks in the second period Nov. 19, 2013 at Pepsi Center. (John Leyba, Denver Post file)
LOS ANGELES — Goalie Semyon Varlamov is scheduled to start against the Los Angeles Kings tonight at Staples Center, and no lineup changes are expected from Thursday’s 4-3 overtime win at Phoenix. The Denver district attorney on Friday filed a third-degree assault charge, a misdemeanor, against Varlamov in his October domestic dispute with his girlfriend. Varlamov was originally facing much more serious charges.
Avalanche locker-room logo gaining more respect with new regime
Our online story from this morning’s skate about Nick Shore set to center a scoring line for the Los Angeles Kings and Avalanche rookie Nathan MacKinnon scheduled to be scratched with a minor injury is up.
Goalie Sami Aittokallio and defenseman Andre Benoit (sitting) know the Avalanche logo in the center of the locker room at the Pepsi Center is sacred ground. Mike Chambers photo
The bought-out bearded one, Greg Zanon, is gone, so media members can better relax about accidentally stepping on the Avalanche logo engraved in the locker-room carpet at the Pepsi Center. Zanon can’t scream at you now. But make no mistake, the logo has more meaning these days, and it won’t be stepped on as much by team personnel.
Categories: General Avs, Injuries
Gabe Gauthier, former DU standout and L.A. Kings forward, new head coach at Metro State
Gabe Gauthier played eight games for the Los Angeles Kings. Getty Images
Folks in Denver and Maine will never forget his goal. Sophomore Gabe Gauthier beat All-American goalie Jimmy Howard five-hole to ultimately give the Denver Pioneers a 1-0 victory over Maine in the 2004 NCAA championship game. Probably the best, most controversial game I have ever seen.
Disallowed Maine goal early in that absurd goalie interference era, when one skate in the crease at the opposite side of the goalie negates a goal. Gauthier’s snipe on Howard after accepting a pass from senior Connor James in the corner, just five weeks after James broke his leg in a league-playoff eliminating defeat to rival Colorado College. And a Maine player going in on a breakaway before “tripping” over the blue line — or the ghost of Keith Magnuson, who led DU to their previous national championship in the same city in 1969 and died in a horrific car accident at the beginning of that 2003-04 season. The year before Magnuson died riding shotgun with Rob Ramage, who was selected No. 1 overall by the Colorado Rockies in 1979, he attended/played in a DU alumni skate I had the fortune to participate in. I actually suited up from the first whistle on. Magnuson and fellow former Chicago Blackhawk great/best buddy Cliff Koroll joined us on the ice in the second period with skates, gloves and a stick — in dress clothes. Guys were shooting from the point or circles when Magnuson was playing D, and he was clearing guys out of the slot, laughing. I shook his hand after the skate and thought, “That’s the toughest man I’ll ever meet.”
Joe Sakic, Avalanche help Cutthroats with cancer battle charity event
[media-credit name=”Hector Acevedo” align=”alignright” width=”275″][/media-credit] Joe Sakic, left, with Mike Chambers.
Denver Cutthroats owner John Hayes put together a nice charity event Saturday at the Denver Coliseum, in honor of his father and others in the battle with cancer.
With the help of the Avalanche and Cutthroats coach Derek Armstrong, a longtime Los Angeles Kings forward, the celebrity skate was quite the star-studded event. It was the Harlem Globetrotters on ice, with plenty of back-door, roofed goals by a team comprised of former NHLers and other pros.
Hockey Hall of Famer Joe Sakic headlined things, scoring off the opening faceoff, after winning the draw back to defenseman Adam Foote, and Super Joe looked like Super Joe throughout the entertaining game against 18 or so local police and firemen, Mr. Hayes and yours truly (the guy “posing” with former Avs enforcer Scott Parker).
Categories: Denver Cutthroats
Duchene takes one off the chin, still leads Avs forwards in ice time
Matt Duchene took a puck to the chin Tuesday against the L.A. Kings. (Mike Chambers, The Denver Post)
Avalanche center Matt Duchene took a puck to the chin off a Drew Doughty blast but only missed a couple shifts in tonight’s 3-1 victory over the LA Kings at the Pepsi Center. Despite the injury, Duchene led all Avs forwards in ice time (22:09) and was second on the team behind defenseman Ryan Wilson (23:10). He was scheduled to receive stitches for the wound right after this picture was taken.
“I’m lucky. I’m lucky, it could have taken all my teeth,” Duchene said. “I thought it broke my jaw at first. The feeling came back and I was like, ‘Oh OK I’m alright.’ It hit me so square.”
Duchene had the second helper on Gabriel Landeskog’s goal that tied it at 1-1 and finished plus-2 with two shots (11-of-13 faceoffs).
“Says a lot about Matty,” Avs coach Joe Sacco said of Duchene’s ability to overcome his injury.
Categories: General Avs, Injuries, Postgame Wraps
Tonight’s lineup for Avalanche-Kings game
Here’s your Avalanche lineup tonight against the Kings at the Pepsi Center, puck drop at 7:08 p.m. This will actually be the first time I’ve seen the team in a preseason game, as I’ve been sick as a whit pup lately.
Avalanche lineup
1 Semyon Varlamov G
31 Trevor Cann G
3 Ryan O’Byrne D
5 Shane O’Brien D
6 Erik Johnson D
9 Matt Duchene C
16 Jay McClement C
17 Chuck Kobasew RW
23 Milan Hejduk RW
26 Paul Stastny C
39 T.J. Galiardi LW
41 Tyson Barrie D
42 Brad Malone C
44 Ryan Wilson D
46 Stefan Elliott D
54 David Jones RW
55 Cody McLeod LW
58 Patrick Bordeleau LW
88 Peter Mueller C
92 Gabriel Landeskog LW
The Kings’ lineup can be found here, courtesy of Rich Hammond’s LA Kings Insider blog.
Postgame Avs-Kings: Can’t cope with Kopitar
John Leyba, The Denver Post
As President Obama might have called it, it was a shellacking all right.
The Los Angeles Kings are a very good hockey team. For many, many years, that sentence could not be written without instant derision, an instant check of the sentence writer’s pulse and other vital signs.
Tonight, the very good Kings gave the Colorado Avalanche a very good shellacking at the Can.
I really think these Kings can win the next Stanley Cup. I’m having a hard time coming up with areas of weakness on that team. They’re big, fast, strong, skilled, hungry. What’s missing here?
Anze Kopitar was a monster tonight. He just overpowered anyone near him on a couple of end-around rushes, a couple that led to Kings goals. And Drew Doughty was just superb on the back end, playing dominant hockey at both ends.
But enough about the Kings. The Avs tonight? Definitely didn’t bring any desperation to the rink, and I hate using that buzzword. But they didn’t. They just seemed to play like they needed an invitation from the Kings before thinking they could go ahead and do anything tonight.
But the fact is, the Avs just don’t match up well against the Kings. They’re too big. And not slow either. The Kings could cycle with the puck at will all night. Anytime the Avs had the puck in the L.A. zone, they had to make panicky decisions with it, before another hulking King came over.
Duchene, Fleischmann and Jones were bad tonight. Flash was definitely loafing back on L.A.’s third goal, and Jones seems kind of, well, not engaged out there too much these days.
But let’s not bemoan this one any longer. Can’t win ’em all. I’m lapsing into cliche, so let’s not prolong this any longer. I’m tired, very tired.
A few words with Dutchy after the loss:
Forsberg gets six points in a game; and farewell to a hockey scribe I never knew
AP/David Zalubowski
I want to promise you one thing: You will NEVER escape semi-annual Peter Forsberg updates from me. We WILL be in the year 2035, and I’m still going to be posting a “Foppa pining for comeback” blog, and you will read it. Oh YES you will.
So, Foppa had six points in an exhibition game today in Sweden – two goals, four assists. He’s going to likely play for MoDo again soon, and then do his usual “Let’s keep a bunch of NHL teams hanging on my every whim” hook around the trade deadline.
My belief: No way Foppa comes back to Denver. The ship has sailed here. I know that may be hard to read, but the ship has really sailed for Avs management toward the great, enigmatic No. 21. But will there be another contender out there who would take a chance on Foppa? Does a bear…never mind. Yes, in other words.
If it doesn’t work out for Foppa this year, he will start skating around December 3rd of next year and believe his foot problems are a thing of the past and start playing for MoDo again, and I will document that and you will read it. Oh yes you will.
Not sure why I’m doing this, but feel some compelling reason to do it. Hang in there with me for a second: A hockey writer died today. His name was Graig Woodburn. He wrote mostly about the Anaheim Ducks and LA Kings for the Riverside (Calif.) Press Enterprise from about 1999-2009.
From reading more about him today over his passing from cancer at age 50, he seemed like a nice guy, with a wife and daughter and another career as a lawyer. Hockey and writing about hockey were his passions, apparently.
I should have known more about all this probably, since I sat right next to him in the press box at the Pond in Anaheim for probably 10 straight years. But I can’t recall a single conversation with the man. I just remembered “that guy who always was in Anaheim for some kind of paper somewhere” when I saw his picture today.
I do recall that he seemed shy, not all that approachable seeming. I can relate, because that’s the way I’ve been my whole life pretty much. I can be a difficult guy. I hate small talk, I’m horribly impatient and have some anti-social tendencies such as: I hate riding elevators with people, and I will always pull up short and wait before someone who is opening the same door I’m close to passing through, because I don’t want to feel obliged to say “thank you” for them holding the door open for me. I’d rather just open it myself, so I don’t have to put on a phony thank-you face.
I’m naturally defensive, always assuming someone might want to cause trouble for me somehow, so you have to be on guard. It’s a terrible way to live.
The thing with me is, I’m a lot more approachable than I seem. I’m the kind of guy you have to make the first move around (no jokes please on that one), and as long as you’re intelligent and show you’re on my side, I’ll probably wind up talking your ear off and be your friend for life.
Anyway, his death got me thinking: why didn’t I ever just walk up to the guy and say hi or something, ask him a question about himself? I mean, I sat right next to him for a couple nights a year for 10 straight years. Why was there NO connection ever made to this man who shared a privileged spot in seat in which we both loved what we were doing?
Of course, the same question could probably be applied to him. Why didn’t he ever come up to me, ask something about myself? Yeah, I’m hard to get to know, really get to know. I think most men would admit that, though.
But I know it was probably my fault. I’ve been given a gift to be a better communicator than I ever showed Graig Woodburn. Maybe we could have been great friends. After all, I read that he was from Massachusetts. Well, gee, I’m a New Englander too, imagine the stuff in common we could have talked about. Who knows where that might have led?
Instead, we both sat in silence all those years. Maybe we even felt there was a slight going on from each other for not saying hi first, until a stubbornness set in on both sides. I don’t know. All I know is, it feels very sad to me knowing this man died today.
It might not have changed his outcome today. But maybe I could have added a laugh or two to his life that he never got, say, on a Thursday night in November in Anaheim. And maybe he could have done the same for me.
I can still live and learn over this. I’d like to try and do that before it’s too late, at least to learn that my walls can come down before saying hi to anyone. Will I succeed? Quite possibly, no. But I need to try.
Sorry I didn’t try sooner Graig.
Postgame Avs-Blue Jackets: A rare easy one
From left to right, Colorado Avalanche's Scott Hannan (22), Ryan Wilson, right wing David Jones and right wing Milan Hejduk celebrate Jones' goal during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Columbus Blue Jackets in Denver, Saturday, Oct. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Barry Gutierrez)
You have to go back to March 11 of last season, to find a game in which the Avalanche won by three goals or more (a 3-0 win over Florida). Four of the five Avs wins this season were by one goal, the other by two.
Tonight, a 5-1 blowout. It would have been a closer game without the glove work of Peter Budaj, however, none better than his stop on Rick Nash on a breakaway in the second period, after Nash lifted the stick of Jonas Holos from behind and stole the puck near the Avs’ blue line.
Here are Budaj’s thoughts on the game: (and in Monday’s paper, I’ll have a more in-depth look at his situation after last year, his thoughts on staying with the Avs after playing very little last year, etc.):
Here are a couple minutes with David Liffiton, who scored his first NHL goal tonight. I thought he played real well. He also wasted no time in getting the hockey nicknames right, calling Daniel Winnik “Winnie” in crediting him for the assist on the goal.
Avs looked fast all night. A few sloppy moments in the first period, but that was it. Hard to believe Matt Duchene didn’t get on the score sheet tonight. He was flying.
A couple notes:
– Kevin Porter was sent back to Lake Erie after the game. He had no points and no shots on net in six games.
– Great game by Winnik. I gave him the first star.
– Phoenix has fallen out of love with Wojtek Wolski already. He was a healthy scratch for the second straight game tonight by coach Dave Tippett.
– My thoughts on Ilya Kovalchuk’s appearance Saturday night in Los Angeles, and the calamity that is becoming the New Jersey Devils.
Friday Avs notes, including Adam Foote and Peter Mueller
Tough loss for the Avs today, with Adam Foote going on the shelf with a concussion. I don’t believe it is as serious as, say, Peter Mueller’s concussion(s), but he won’t play tomorrow against the Kings and he’s probably out at least a week, and likely a bit more than that.
That means guys like Jonas Holos will get more ice time and responsibility, and here is the young Norwegian’s view on that and his play overall after his first three NHL games.
Avs spent a lot of time at practice today on special teams. Also, coach Sacco spent some time personally working with Matt Duchene, Chris Stewart and Brandon Yip at one end of the ice near the end, feeding them pucks for one-timers.
Here’s a snapshot of that:
Also: Peter Mueller has been hanging around the rink more often of late. He has not resumed skating and nobody has any idea when he might be back, but he seems to be feeling better to at least be around the team more now. Before, he wasn’t even doing that.
Avs played by rules with Mueller
I’ve definitely gotten to know more about the protocol and the frankly stark world of how concussions are handled in the NHL, in the last few days. The fact is, the Avs have never been too badly affected by concussions to players over the years, so it’s never been an area of expertise for me.
Peter Forsberg had a concussion or two. Adam Deadmarsh had one, but they became much more serious when he was an L.A. King. Adam Foote has had a minor one or two over the years. But Peter Mueller’s repeat concussions since coming to Denver last spring have been the most serious in team history, and so it’s been my duty to look deeper into how teams handle them, and what the prospects are of the players who get them. On the latter part, it’s still a very murky subject, with teams and players seemingly still groping around in the dark in trying to effectively treat them.
Stanley Cup programming news
I’m not an ad man for the NHL and its “platforms”, but I know a lot of you like to know what’s going on with programming plans for things like the Stanley Cup Finals.
So I’m going to re-post a press release that just came out from the NHL, about its programming schedules and offerings, etc.
Incidentally, I’ll be in Philadelphia next week for Games 3 and 4, covering them for the paper. You can expect to see a big story on Ian Laperriere as part of my time there.
CHICAGO (May 27, 2010) — The National Hockey League today announced its plans for all-access coverage of the NHL’s 2010 Stanley Cup Final between the Western Conference Champion Chicago Blackhawks and Eastern Conference Champion Philadelphia Flyers. The final series, scheduled to start in Chicago on Saturday at 8:00 p.m. ET (NBC, CBC, RDS), will feature two teams who are meeting in the Stanley Cup Final for the first time in their storied histories.
NHL Network™, NHL.com, and NHL Radio™ will launch their coverage today, Thursday, May 27, at NHL Media Day. The NHL’s coverage, a multi-platformed connection for fans to all of the news and information for the 2010 Stanley Cup Final, will provide pre- and post-game reports, expert analysis, feature interviews and exclusive video. Read more…
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Categories: General Avs, NHL Playoffs, Stanley Cup Finals
Avs/Altitude broadcast schedule
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Here’s the Altitude sked for the upcoming year, including specificity for which nights will be on HD. Enjoy: Read more…
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‘Not your habibti’: Palestinian designer seeks to empower women
Palestinian fashion designer Yasmeen Mjalli speaks while standing in her clothing shop where her label collection “BabyFist” carrying anti-sexual harassment slogans is showcased, in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank on December 19, 2018.
It’s only three words on a T-shirt or embroidered on a denim jacket in Palestinian designer Yasmeen Mjalli’s collection, but they carry a powerful message: “Not your habibti”, or darling.
She sees the clothes as helping empower Palestinian women facing unwelcome male attention in public.
“When a woman is exposed to so much harassment on the street, she begins to dress to protect herself, to hide herself as opposed to expressing herself,” the 22-year-old art history graduate says, leaning against the counter of her shop in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.
On fabrics of muted colours and on canvas bags from her BabyFist label, she places messages in English and Arabic inside drawings of flowers and other designs.
“Every rose has its revolution,” one says.
Mjalli grew up in the United States, where she lived with her Palestinian parents.
She started painting slogans on her own clothes when the family relocated to the West Bank and she found herself facing a different reality.
“I have experienced things like comments, really uncomfortable stares, the kind that make you feel very violated,” she said.
“I have been assaulted in the streets, people touching me,” she adds, catching one tattooed arm in her other hand to mimic being grabbed.
Palestinian fashion designer Yasmeen Mjalli (R) arranges clothes in her shop where her label collection “BabyFist” carrying anti-sexual harassment slogans is showcased as her creative director Amira Khader (L) stands by, in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank on December 19, 2018.
In August 2017, she launched her first collection and a few months later opened the Ramallah shop to complement her existing online sales.
“It’s not like the T-shirt is going to stop harassment,” she says.
But it’s “a reminder that you are part of something bigger that is working to empower women and to give back in some way and that is trying to have this conversation that challenges all of these structures which we are victims of too”, she adds.
The goal, Mjalli says, is to create a community.
Using Instagram, free workshops in her shop and public places where she sometimes installs herself with a typewriter, she offers Palestinian women the freedom to express their feelings and tell stories they cannot share elsewhere.
She donates around 10 percent of her fashion earnings to a local women’s group.
One project she funds sent a doctor and volunteers into schools to teach Palestinian girls about menstruation, a subject still largely taboo.
Amira Khader (L), Palestinian creative director of the feminist fashion label “BabyFist”, cuts stickers while founder Yasmeen Mjalli stands next to her in their shop in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank on December 19, 2018.
While defining herself as a feminist, Mjalli says that her fight against harassment of women is unconnected to the #MeToo movement.
“I don’t think it’s related even though it happened at the same time,” she said, though acknowledging that the movement gave her own efforts a boost.
“It’s a very American and it’s a very white feminism, and it’s not what we are doing here.”
All BabyFist garments are made in the Palestinian territories.
Jackets are sewn in Hassan Shehada’s Gaza workshop.
Among the sewing machines humming under florescent lights, Shehada shows a denim jacket embroidered with “Not your habibti”.
“I am proud that women wear the fruits of my labours and I am also very proud that they are labelled ‘Made in Palestine’,” he says.
In the past three months, he has made 1,500 items for BabyFist.
It was a breath of fresh air for Shehada’s business in the Gaza Strip, under an Israeli blockade for more than a decade and with endemic high unemployment.
“Working with BabyFist has given me back hope,” he says, adding that it has fulfilled a dream of exporting to Europe.
But manufacturing in Gaza comes at a cost.
Israeli restrictions mean jackets have been held up for weeks when the land crossing through Israel was closed due to mass Palestinian protests and clashes along the fence, Mjalli said.
“The border was closed indefinitively and we couldn’t get anything in or out,” she said. “It’s a constant battle.”
She says that around 40 percent of her sales are made in the Ramallah store and 60 percent online, mostly to the Palestinian and broader Arab diaspora.
This picture taken on December 19, 2018 shows clothing from the Palestinian feminist fashion label “BabyFist” on display at a shop in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. The slogan reads in Arabic, “a woman’s voice shakes mountains”.
Not everyone, however, is a fan.
Mjalli has come under fire from conservatives, who say she draws attention to women’s bodies by designing clothes that carry provocative messages.
Her criticism of some aspects of Palestinian society has also raised the hackles of those who believe that the struggle against Israeli occupation is the only legitimate public campaign.
For her, the fight for Palestinian independence and campaigning for women’s rights are intertwined.
“The occupation robs men in our society of any sense of control, any sense of masculinity which in turn affects women’s rights,” she says.
For Mjalli, there have been “already two or three generations of women that have had to suffer while we say: ‘OK, you can wait.'”
Arab, BabyFist, fashion, Gaza, harassment, Hassan Shehada, Instagram, Israel, Not your habibti, Palestina, taboo, women's rights, Yasmeen Mjalli
Women in India’s Kerala fight taboos to climb mountains January 25, 2019
Legend has it that the world will come to an end if women scale the Agasthyarkoodam peak in India's southern state of Kerala. But these women want to take a chance and prove tradition wrong.
The world cupped: The inside story of the bra January 22, 2019
A good yarn: Russia’s Insta-grannies take knitting skills online January 17, 2019
Elderly women across Russia are often seen selling their hand-knitted wares on pavement corners for a few rubles to supplement meagre pensions. Now a new Instagram project aims to change the public perception of their homely skills by promoting "granny chic" and help the women sell their knitted mittens, socks and other items online.
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The Drop Out Band
The Drop Out band came into the limelight in the year 2007 by Joseph Chircop. Since then, the band has been busy being invited to play in various important venues in the Maltese islands.
Joseph is a fully dedicated to the trumpet and has a degree in Music (Trumpet Performance) at the University of Malta and also at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester (UK).
Other band members include the well established singer Ritienne who has an amazing repertoire and vocal range. She gave performances on various television shows. She is the main singer of the Drop Out Band. Ritienne began singing classes at the age of 17 with Beatrice Brockdorff. Her singing career began at a young age, where she joined an animation team and then began a weekly show at the Dolmen Hotel. From then she began concentrating more on her singing career, where she joined Aceline Entertainment Ltd and began performing at various hotels on the island. Her first television appearance was on Tista Tkun Int, where she was a regular guest singer on the show. In 2006 she then went abroad to sing in Barcelona and also spent New Years in Hong Kong for their special ‘New Year’s’ celebratins where she was the only live singer out of 38 countries.
After her return she became the resident singer on the television programme ‘Showtime’. Over the years she has also visited Liverpool, Venice and London for various performances. Ritienne also began singing at weddings and other conferences. She worked with the National Orchestra and in 2007 took part in a theatrical show called ‘This Thing Called Love’ which was held at the Manuel Theatre. More television appearances lead her on Kollox Sibt Sorpriza and 108 Live.Ritienne ‘s voice is very versitile ,she specialises in semi-classical, but her vast experience in conferences helped her to be able to perform with great confidence every type of music from pop, to country and western,arias and also cabaret, musicals and more … Ritienne continued her voice training under tenor Brian Cefai.
Neville Gatt plays the keyboards. Neville is an experienced musician in various styles of music including jazz and pop. He is also involved in various musicals, pantomines and pop concerts. Neville has acquired vast experience and he continously strives to achieve further satisfaction though music. The band''s value is greatly enhanced by the combined experience of the other musicians – Charles Mizzi on bass, Joe Piscopo on guitar, Chris Camilleri on drums, Gordon Cassar on tenor sax, Dennis Camilleri and Emanuel Fenech on trombone. Violinist Mario Ciantar and Singer Manuel Xuereb are regular guests.
Joseph Chircop explains how being ten, thirty or sixty years of age, the audience will enjoy our music with our interpretation and energy. All the band members are dedicated musicians/artists and all of them deliver a certain positive energy while they play. This energy is always targeted to our audience who really enjoy our vast repertoire which ranges from swing, bassanova, Latin, ballads, musicals and pop songs. The main objective of the band is that the choice of the music will reach everyone.
It is our pleasure to also announce the addition of violinist Mr Mario Ciantar to our repertoire. Mr Ciantar can be booked with The Drop Out Band at your convenience. Above is a video of the artist in action and below are 2 samples of his incredible talent.
Bad Romance Gypsy Kinds Medley
thedropoutband@bridemalta.com
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Kit Woolsey
Kit Woolsey is a world-class bridge and backgammon player, analyst, and writer. His most recent major victory was winning the Cavendish Invitational Pairs in 2011. He was elected to the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2005 and lives in Kensington, CA.
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Kit's Korner
World Champion Kit Woolsey provides insight into the mind of an expert bridge player through in-depth analysis of hands he played at recent Major Tournaments. Kit provides you with the opportunity to play along with him and decide what you would do at each critical juncture.
He is Gambling
by Kit Woolsey Sept. 25, 2018
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In a Round of 32 match in the Open Trials for USA2, you have to decide how best to handle a good opening bid.
N-S vul, West deals. As West, you hold:
KQJ6
1♣ opening is normally 16+ points, but you can upgrade if appropriate.
2♣ opening shows 10-15 points, 6+ clubs.
1♦ opening shows 11-15 points, 2+ diamonds.
Your call?
While you are 6-4 which is good, this hand isn't worth an upgrade. The club suit is too weak. If the diamond intermediates were in the club suit it might be worth upgrading, but not with the actual hand.
Opening 2♣ is a perfect description of the most important part of your hand. It is clearly better than opening 1♦.
You open 2♣. The bidding continues:
2♣
2C: 6+ clubs, 10-15 points
2NT: Relay to 3♣, expected to be just wanting to play 3♣. A 3♣ call instead would have been constructive.
It is clear to bid 3♣. That is all partner wants. There is nothing so special about your hand which justifies doing anything else.
You bid 3♣. The bidding continues:
Partner thought the right contract was 3♣, but that is no longer available to you. Your hand has improved now that partner has some club support, and your 6-4 shape and source of tricks in diamonds is good. You figure to have a good chance to make 10 tricks in clubs. In addition, the opponents could well be cold for 3♠. It is likely enough that one of the contracts will make to justify competing further.
If 4♠ is making, you certainly have a decent save in 5♣. You don't figure to lose more than one trick in each suit.
Is 4♠ making? Just because North is saying that 4♠ is making doesn't mean that it will make. North may be stretching. You don't want to be taking a save against a contract which may well be going down unless there is some chance that you will be making your contract, and if partner isn't worth a constructive raise you aren't making 5♣. It has to be better to defend.
Could it be right to double? One thing you can be sure of is that North doesn't have game in his own hand, or he wouldn't have overcalled 2♥. He is gambling on catching something decent from South, and South might be broke. North is likely to be 4-6 in the majors with either 2 diamonds and a stiff club, or 3 diamonds and a club void. Either way, you are looking at 3 tricks on defense for starters. While partner hasn't promised anything, he could easily have a high card, a trump trick, a 4-card trump holding, or some annoying stuff in hearts. Any of these things may be sufficient to defeat 4♠, and some of these layouts may lead to more than a 1-trick set. They aren't ever going to be able to redouble, and they aren't making an overtrick. Partner has no idea you have this much defense, so he will not be able to double even when they are going down a couple of tricks. The odds on doubling look pretty good.
You double, ending the auction.
Your lead. Standard honor leads.
The diamond lead stands out. This will establish your diamond trick or tricks before your aces are dislodged. There doesn't appear to be a reason to lead anything but the normal king.
You lead the king of diamonds.
KQ10852
Your king of diamonds holds, partner playing the ♦5 and declarer the ♦7.
Partner's signal is suit-preference. 10, 9, 8 are, by priority, suit-preference high. 2, 3, 4 are, by priority, suit-preference low. 6, 5, 7 are, by priority, encouraging.
After trick 1, UDCA.
Your play?
QJ6
Continuing diamonds looks clear. The jack is the best card. Partner will know you have the queen, since you aren't going to be doubling and then leading king from KJ doubleton on this auction. Partner can choose whether to overtake or not.
It looks like partner has the ace of diamonds and you want partner in for a club through. If that is the case, you might lead a small diamond. However, it is barely possible that partner doesn't have the ace of diamonds, and it would be a disaster to lead a low diamond and find declarer with A10. Leading the jack should be sufficient.
You lead the jack of diamonds. Partner overtakes with the ace, declarer playing the ♦10. Partner shifts to the king of clubs, declarer playing the ♣3. Which club do you play?
A club continuation is fine with you. You don't particularly want anything else, and tapping the dummy looks good. Partner can take it from there.
You play the ♣2. Partner continues with the ♣6 to the jack, ace, and ruff. Declarer cashes the ace of spades, and the king of spades. Partner follows with the ♠7 and the ♠9, as you discard a club. Declarer leads dummy's last spade to his queen, partner playing the jack.
What do you discard now? What will your planned discards be if declarer plays one or two more trumps? What will you do if declarer leads a heart up?
Declarer is known to have 5 spades. If he had a third diamond, he would have made an effort to ruff that diamond in dummy. If he has 3 hearts nothing is going to matter. His most likely shape appears to be 5-2-2-4. That would be consistent with partner's club plays. Partner would be willing to commit to 3♣ with king-doubleton rather than sell out to 2♥.
If and when declarer leads a heart up, you plan to duck. Winning your ace will let declarer score dummy's long hearts. There is no way declarer can have a singleton heart which is consistent with his line of play, and if he started with 3 hearts nothing will matter.
You can afford to discard one more club now. If declarer leads the fourth round of trumps, you can discard a diamond. However, if declarer leads his last trump, you could now afford to discard a heart, since your diamond will be a winner.
You carelessly discard a heart. Declarer leads a heart, forcing you to win, and he has the rest for down 1. The full hand is:
4♠X South
NS: 0 EW: 0
♦K
♦8
♦J
♦A
♦10
♣K
♣3
♣10
♣J
♣A
♠5
♠A
♠K
♠10
♠J
♠Q
♥A
How was East's defense?
It was fine. Encouraging in diamonds was clear. Overtaking the jack of diamonds was definitely correct. If West had been left on lead, West would not have known what to do. The club king and continuation was right also. It was important to both tap the dummy and threaten an overruff in order to kill the heart threat.
Do you like East's 2NT call?
East knows his side has at least 8 clubs. While the major-suit fits aren't known, it is likely that N-S have at least an 8-card fit in one of the majors, maybe a 9-card fit. If East passes this lets South bid 2♠ if South has long spades, and if South passes West isn't likely to be able to re-open. East is definitely right to compete.
What do you think of North's auction?
North might have doubled initially in order to bring spades into the picture, assuming that when he later bids 2♥ over 2♦ that doesn't show the world's fair. With this good 6-card heart suit, overcalling first is certainly reasonable. Either approach might work better.
His second double is clear. Obviously he isn't going to sell to 3♣. He can bid 3♥ over 3♦, and that will paint a good picture of his hand.
His 4♠ call was optimistic. He needs both a decent spade suit and a high card in South's hand, and has no guarantee of either. He was hoping the vulnerability would push the opponents into taking a save, but he took a real risk of going for a number.
When trying to assess what the opponents can make in a competitive auction, it is important to examine all of their bids, not just their last bid. Every bid tells a story about their hand and what they do or do not know. It was a careful examination of North's sequence which told West that North was gambling and allowed West to make North pay when he lost the gamble.
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Chile Was Prepared for the Quake but Not the Tsunami
March 2, 2010 Coastal Care
By Tim Padgett
In Chile’s second largest city, ConcepciÓn, the army has issued a “silence” order on some urban blocks so rescue workers can hear the possible tapping of survivors under the rubble of the massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake that hit the country on Feb. 27. The quake may be, as Chilean President Michelle Bachelet said on Sunday, “an emergency unparalleled” in the country’s history. But the death toll – fewer than 1,000 so far, despite the quake’s being one of the strongest ever recorded – is a tribute to Chile’s remarkable preparation and response.
Remarkable, that is, in terms of coping with what happened on land. Disaster officials now say the majority of Chile’s fatalities may have resulted from the temblor-generated tsunami waves that slammed coastal towns like ConstituciÓn, where 350 people were killed. And that points up the only area in which Chile and its government may have fallen short in this disaster.
If so, it’s a perplexing misstep by a country that has seen what kind of tsunami an earthquake this strong can hurl – as it did in 1960, when a 9.5-magnitude quake, the most powerful ever recorded, killed more than 1,600 people. Inexplicably, in the minutes after Saturday’s quake, Chilean officials told coastal communities like ConstituciÓn that there was little if any danger of tsunamis. Chilean television networks later aired video of tall, destructive waves pushing houses, cars and boats through fishing villages. “We ran desperately up the hill and watched how the sea washed everything away,” a woman in the village of Duao told a Chilean-TV reporter. The wave that hit the village of Talcahuano rose more than 7½ ft.
Bachelet’s government has suggested it was working with flawed data from its navy. Scientists say a tsunami’s likelihood and force depend largely on the amount of vertical movement an earthquake causes at the sea floor. The 9.0-magnitude quake that caused the devastating South Asia tsunami of 2004 yielded potent vertical displacement of about 16 ft. (5 m); Chile’s Saturday temblor, centered just off the Pacific coast about midway between the capital, Santiago, and ConcepciÓn, is thought to have involved significant vertical motion as well. Fortunately, no other countries in the Pacific Basin were affected by the Chile tsunami. “But it’s hard to understand how the Chileans didn’t foresee a major tsunami, at least for its own coast so close to the epicenter,” says a U.S. geologist who asked not to be identified because he is still studying the Chile data. “Not only was this one of the most powerful earthquakes we’ve seen in years, its movement was mostly vertical, which produces the most dangerous tsunamis.” (See how Asia recovered from the 2004 tsunami.)
But Jane Lubchenco, head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Washington, which is analyzing the Chile tsunami data, says that precisely because the communities were so close to the epicenter, tsunami waves arrived “almost instantaneously.” (Most accounts indicate they hit the shore less than 20 minutes after the first quake shock.) “It would have been virtually impossible to mobilize quickly enough to get out of harm’s way,” Lubchenco says – especially at 3:30 a.m., when the quake hit. “They didn’t have the benefit of early warning in this case.”
Ricardo Zapata, a disaster-evaluation chief for the Santiago-based Economic Commission on Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), cites three levels of damage in the Chile quake. The first was the collapse of older, pre-1960 buildings, many of which were further damaged because they were constructed too close to one another. The second was the failure of newer buildings like ConcepciÓn’s apartment high-rises, which, while not pancaking like poorly built structures did during Haiti’s 7.0-magnitude earthquake on Jan. 12, in many cases tilted over and broke, because even the strongest foundations can experience a kind of liquefaction by vibration in such powerful temblors. The last was the tsunami wreckage – and if early reports are true that it caused the most deaths, says Zapata, “that’s something the Chileans are going to have to take a long, hard look at.” (See why Chile’s earthquake wasn’t unexpected.)
Still, says Zapata, who is heading up ECLAC’s evaluation of the Haiti quake, “given the intensity of Chile’s earthquake, it’s amazing that there haven’t been more damage and deaths than what we’ve seen so far.” Chile has been credited with mandating strict building codes. But even the best earthquake-fitted infrastructure would have trouble withstanding magnitudes much higher than 8.0. The Chile quake, Zapata says, “is off the charts no matter how you look at it,” which is why so many bridges and roads have been destroyed there. (See the top 10 news stories of 2009.)
Chile’s death toll could eventually rise above 1,000. But right now, aside from the rescue process, the biggest issue on the ground is the top priority for any earthquake-battered country: getting food, water and medical aid to the hardest-hit zones. Rescuers were hampered in ConcepciÓn over the weekend by tear-gas smoke fired at grocery-store looters – an embarrassing scene that prompted Bachelet to arrange for vendors to give free food away.
Bachelet, a moderate socialist who remains remarkably popular in Chile, hands her office to conservative President-elect SebastiÁn PiÑera on March 11. She is expected to ask U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for a relatively small amount of American aid when Clinton visits Chile on Tuesday during her previously scheduled tour of Latin America this week. Clinton will no doubt praise Bachelet’s leadership during the emergency – as most Chileans have, despite the apparent tsunami mishap. It will be up to PiÑera to put mechanisms in place to make sure Chile is as prepared at sea as it is on land when the next earthquake strikes.
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The FJR1300 - a machine that can justifiably claim to have been responsible for the growth and development of the sport tourer category in the past decade, now offers riders an even greater overall motorcycling package thanks to Yamaha’s advanced electronically-adjustable suspension system, new 6-speed transmission and Assist and Slipper (AS) clutch.
The new-generation FJR1300AE model is designed to give today's sport touring riders a sharper style, higher levels of engine and chassis control, and significantly improved functionality with enhanced riding pleasure.
The electronically-adjustable suspension system is designed to enable riders to vary the suspension’s performance to suit both the road’s surface and the load carrying requirements. With a choice of four main settings, the rider can be confident that no matter what the conditions, the Yamaha FJR1300AE will deliver the best possible set-up and ride quality.
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This system functions by monitoring the rider's throttle actions, which are then fed into the ECU. The high processing speeds of the ECU calculates the optimum degree of throttle valve opening to suit the prevailing conditions, and the servomotor-driven activator adjusts the throttle valve, ensuring that it delivers the right volume of air required to achieve the most desirable power characteristics.
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By simply selecting an option via the easily located handlebar-mounted switch, the rider can select ‘One-Up’, ‘One-Up with Luggage’, ‘Two-Up’ or ‘Two-Up with Luggage’ suspension settings. The choice is then confirmed by a clear indication on the instrument panel. In addition to these four main settings, the system also offers the rider a choice of ‘Soft’, ‘Standard’ or ‘Hard’ damping for each setting, giving a total of 12 pre-defined suspension set-up options.
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The FJR1300AE is now equipped with a 6-speed transmission that enables the rider to make optimal use of the massive reserves of torque for rapid acceleration - while the high 6th gear gives lower rpm at high cruising speeds. And for smoother downshifting and enjoyable cornering, a standard Assist and Slipper (AS) clutch is fitted.
The FJR model benefits from a new easy-to-operate cruise control system, which has been designed to make long-distance touring more relaxing and enjoyable. The new system functions in 3rd, 4th and 5th gears between 50 km/h and 180 km/h, and is operated by two switches located on the left handlebar assembly.
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The system changes the character of the engine performance by adjusting the throttle valve in the Yamaha Chip Controlled Throttle (YCC-T). Yamaha D-MODE offers the rider a choice of two running modes, identified as 'T' mode and 'S' mode, which are operated by a push switch on the right handlebar.
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In-Progress At Phoenix: NEXTEL Cup Qualifying And NASCAR Now
ESPN has a quiet day from Phoenix, with the network showing NEXTEL Cup qualifying at 5:30PM Eastern Time on ESPN2. This program is scheduled for two hours in length.
Dr. Jerry Punch, Rusty Wallace and Andy Petree lead the coverage. On pit road will be Allen Bestwick, Jamie Little, Dave Burns and Mike Massaro.
There will be no early version of NASCAR Now, and the late night show will be at 12:30AM early Saturday morning. Marty Reid's name has just been added to the list of hosts for this program on the ESPN Media Release.
These two programs are ESPN's NASCAR presence on Friday. The network returns with Happy Hour coverage and the Busch Series race on Saturday.
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In-Progress At Phoenix: SPEED's Long And Live Friday
Friday at Phoenix offers SPEED viewers an interesting day of programming that ends with a live race. It also offers another example of ESPN stepping away from practice and qualifying for series it has covered all season.
SPEED begins at Noon Eastern Time with a ninety minute Busch Series practice live. The network then transitions to the NASCAR Live program for all the latest news and interviews from the track at 1:30PM.
Following at 2:30PM is the quirky Go or Go Home show, which was supposed to focus on the on-track situation, but has often been just an extension of NASCAR Live.
This early programming block gives SPEED three hours live from Phoenix with no competition from ESPN. After a thirty minute break, SPEED returns to the live format.
At 3:30PM the network hosts live Busch Series practice which leads directly into Craftsman Truck Series qualifying. This block is scheduled to be over at 5:30PM, but may run slightly longer. Then, everybody gets a meal break before the main event.
At 7:30PM Krista Voda hosts The Set-Up, which is the pre-race show for the Craftsman Truck Series. Then, at 8PM the race coverage gets underway with Rick Allen and Phil Parsons calling the action. Ray Dunlap and Adam Alexander will be on pit road. I did not receive anything from SPEED about Michael Waltrip's participation.
This should be an outstanding live event for SPEED, perhaps one of the best Truck Series races of the season. With the points championship on the line, things could get very interesting very fast. SPEED has done a great job for this series, and the teams have provided great racing this year.
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Everybody's Yelling At Me...Again
Thank goodness email does not have a volume control. Its easy to look at the list and just think these little messages are going to be brief and meaningful. Sometimes, in reality, all heck is about to break loose.
This was The Daly Planet email box after Marty Reid hosted back-to-back versions of NASCAR Now. Boy, mention Marty's name and everyone has a reaction.
My column about Marty hosting the "NASCAR Summit" without NASCAR got both positive and negative comments right away. It even inspired another Joe Foster video that showed-up on the AOL Fanhouse. The show was great, but making Reid talk about using an NFL football format for races was um...Busch league?
Luckily, Reid came back on Wednesday and did his usual professional job of hosting this thirty minute show. Reid really put the topper on this "new" NASCAR Now by reading, and sometimes answering, viewer email. This put The Daly Planet email box on nuclear.
My next article talked about Reid being the face of both the NHRA and IndyCar for ESPN and ABC. I liked Marty on the drag racing, but this season I had not seen many NHRA events with my new NASCAR commitment. I guess I should have tuned-in.
My first email of the day was from our friends at ESPN, telling me that Reid was moved off the NHRA Series this season, and put on the IndyCar beat. Much to my surprise, he has not done any NHRA telecasts this year. I certainly appreciate their help, and like the fact that somebody, somewhere at ESPN is reading this little column.
The even bigger surprise was who ESPN had put on the NHRA series. It was the former voice of the Indy 500, ABC veteran Paul Page. Long past his prime, I was under the impression that Page had retired. NHRA fans reminded me this was certainly not the case.
My error in mentioning Reid and the drag racing this season began a long list of emails from NHRA fans that sounded vaguely familiar. ESPN had assigned an announcer to their series that did not fit, that did not know the language, and that did not even know the fundamentals of the sport. Why was Paul Page happening to us, they said. Talk about deja vu.
Little did I know this domino effect would continue with more Marty Reid fans asking if a certain NASCAR Now show host had been fired? Apparently, a season long build-up of fan frustration was being vented. Unfortunately, I am not in that loop, and can only sit back and watch the action for the next two weeks with everyone else.
Thursday night, Marty Reid was back on NASCAR Now and absolutely put the show over the top with his easy-going style. Kyle Busch, Stacy Compton and DJ Copp were on the program. Kyle did a great interview, Stacy handled his analyst duties from the Phoenix track still in his fire suit, and DJ Copp pointed out the key pit crew issues that are going to be so crucial this weekend. It was wonderful.
But, just like Wednesday night, Reid had something that really raised this show to a new level. That was an extended interview with a real NASCAR racer named Ron Hornaday. The Craftsman Truck Series has really taken it right in the teeth from NASCAR Now this season, and The Daly Planet had pointed that out many times.
This one interview demonstrated just how powerful and dynamic a single driver can be when he is asked the right questions by the right person. Hornaday's intensity leapt through the screen and gave the Truck Series a personality right in front the viewer's eyes. Hornaday is an old style racer who is tough as nails and embodies the spirit of the Truck Series from top to bottom.
Reid led him through several Truck Series championship scenarios complete with dirty team tactics, rough driving and even some post-race "festivities." The key for Reid is to let the driver shine, and get out of the way. He did just that.
If there was any viewer who watched the Ron Hornaday interview on NASCAR Now and is not going to watch the Craftsman Truck Series race Friday night, they need to check their pulse. That is the type of interview that drives fans to both the TV and the racetrack. The power of NASCAR Now was on full display.
Kudos once again to ESPN for having the courage to make changes this late in the season to this program, and let someone like Marty Reid help them do it. Thursday's NASCAR Now finally summoned-up in me the first comparison of this series to the classic RPM2Night that helped to put ESPN on the motorsports map. Nice job, everybody.
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Eva & Franco Mattes “What Has Been Seen”: a reflection on our networked condition
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Putting the culture in Digital Culture: Interview with Jeroen van Loon
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Vertiginous Data
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The Numerical Self: a step inside Flora Miranda future fashion
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A reader pointed out to me that LEAP's monthly newsletter should also get posted to the blog. He's absolutely right. Please enjoy our September issue below. You can sign up here to receive the newsletter by email.
The walls are beginning to crumble. In recent weeks, Argentina, Colombia and Mexico have all taken steps to decriminalize drug possession and treat drug abuse as a health issue, not a legal problem. In August, Mexico decriminalized the "personal use" of drugs including marijuana, cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine. Those caught with amounts under the designated limit will be encouraged to seek treatment, with treatment mandatory only for those caught three times. Five days later, Argentina's Supreme Court decriminalized the possession of marijuana intended for personal consumption, and this month, the Colombian Supreme Court also ruled that possession of illegal drugs for personal use should not be treated as a criminal offense.
These new policies attempt to distinguish between drug users and violent traffickers. But while it is certainly a step in the right direction to treat drug addiction with rehabilitation rather than incarceration, decriminalization efforts do little to stop the violent crime resulting from the War on Drugs. The cartels can only be eradicated through legalization. LEAP speakers Maria Lucia Karam and Walter McKay spoke to the U.K.'s The Guardian, and Judge Karam clearly articulates that while she welcomes the move toward decriminalization, "Unfortunately the 'war on drugs' mentality is still the dominant policy approach in Latin America. The only way to reduce violence in Mexico, Brazil or anywhere else is to legalize the production, supply and consumption of all drugs."
Here are just a few of the issues our speakers addressed in August. We hope you'll share "Dispatches from the Front Line…" with a friend.
A Radical Solution to the Drug War - Legalize Everything (Esquire.com political columnist John H. Richardson interviews Neill Franklin)
We've heard a lot about the terrible death toll Mexico has suffered during the drug war - over 11,000 souls so far. This helps to account for the startling lack of controversy that greeted last week's news that Mexico had suddenly decriminalized drugs - not just marijuana but also cocaine, LSD, and heroin. In place of the outrage and threats that U.S. officials expressed when Mexico tried to decriminalize in 2006 was a mild statement, from our new drug czar, that we are going to take a "wait and see" approach.
Still, we've heard nothing about the American death toll. Isn't that strange? So far as I can tell, nobody has even tried to come up with a number. Until now. I've done some rough math, and this is what I found: 6,487.
To repeat, that's 6,487 dead Americans. Throw in overdoses and the cost of this country's paralyzing drug laws is closer to 15,000 lives.
I'm basing these numbers on an interview with a high-ranking former narcotics officer named Neill Franklin. A member of the Maryland State Police for 32 years, Franklin eventually rose to the position of commander in Maryland's Bureau of Drug Enforcement. As he puts it, he was a classic "good soldier" in the drug war.
Franklin's turning point came in October of 2000…
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Drug War Fail (Norm Stamper's Letter to the Editor appeared in the September/October 2009 issue of Mother Jones)
Your articles about drug war failures were most refreshing. However, as a cop on the front lines for 34 years, I take issue with your editorial claim that a "fact-based drug policy...would likely leave in place the prohibition on 'hard' drugs." Until we legalize and effectively regulate all drugs, criminals will continue to gun down rival traffickers, police officers, and innocent bystanders. And as long as we incarcerate so many people on possession charges, we won't have enough resources to tackle substance abuse.
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How do you stop the international drug cartels? LEAP Executive Director Jack Cole presented our answer - legalization - in Cambridge, England at the 21st International Symposium on Economic Crime in early September, which boasted nearly a thousand attendees from 90 countries. During his visit to the United Kingdom, Jack also visited TRANSFORM: Drug Policy Foundation, LEAP's sister organization. TRANSFORM is preparing to release After the War on Drugs: Blueprint for a Regulated Market, the final book in its trilogy, in November 2009. As recent decriminalization laws from abroad make news, LEAP continues to expand our already substantial international presence. During his trip, Jack met with several of our speakers and volunteers from England, the Netherlands, and Germany and received invitations to speak from five countries, including Brazil and Japan.
Our speakers also made a splash domestically this past month. Russ Jones, a former narcotics detective, toured California, making more than a dozen presentations, signing up new members and educating people about the need for change in drug policy. Retired police captain and LEAP co-founder Peter Christ appeared on radio shows from Lakeport, California to El Paso, Texas to Chicago, IL, and covered plenty of ground in between. Jack Cole and active duty Canadian beat cop David Bratzer attended the Netroots Nation Conference in Pittsburg, where they recruited new members and strategized the role of technology with progressive voices from all over the country.
It's Time to Legalize Drugs
Undercover Baltimore police officer Dante Arthur was doing what he does well, arresting drug dealers, when he approached a group in January. What he didn't know was that one of suspects knew from a previous arrest that Arthur was police. Arthur was shot twice in the face. In the gunfight that ensued, Arthur's partner returned fire and shot one of the suspects, three of whom were later arrested.
In many ways, Dante Arthur was lucky. He lived. Nationwide, a police officer dies on duty nearly every other day. Too often a flag-draped casket is followed by miles of flashing red and blue lights. Even more officers are shot and wounded, too many fighting the war on drugs. The prohibition on drugs leads to unregulated, and often violent, public drug dealing. Perhaps counter-intuitively, better police training and bigger guns are not the answer…
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General CT in Europe (catch all)
Thread: General CT in Europe (catch all)
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European Women Join Ranks of Jihadis
10 Jan. Los Angeles Times - European Women Join Ranks of Jihadis.
... The story of the Dutch network, 14 members of which are now on trial, reveals the increasing aggressiveness and prominence of female extremists in Europe. In a chilling trend in the Netherlands and Belgium, police are investigating militants' wives suspected of plotting suicide attacks with their husbands, or on their own.
"I think it's a very dangerous trend," said Ali, the lawmaker targeted for assassination. "Women all over the world are seen as vulnerable, as less violent. And that can make anti-terror authorities less vigilant when it comes to women."...
Anatomy of terrorist attack. London and Madrid.
http://www.isn.ethz.ch/pubs/ph/detai...ng=en&id=27221
bismark17
Home grown Terrorism Analysis
That looks really interesting. Thanks for posting that.
EU Terrorism Situation & Trend Report 2007
The first EU Terrorism Situation and Trend Report TE-SAT 2007 produced by Europol was presented 10 April 2007 in the European Parliament in Brussels.
The report identifies three continuing trends within terrorism in EU countries: separatism, anarchism and Islamic extremism. While the vast majority of terrorist attacks reported in Europe in 2006 were separatist in nature, the largest number of arrests were linked to Islamic extremists. The report indicates that France, Spain and the UK are the countries most severely affected by terrorism, and that most terrorist incidents in Europe are designed to avoid human casualties.
The largest single category of incidents in 2006 was separatist attacks in France and the largest single category of arrests was also of separatists in France; nearly all related to the island of Corsica. Separatist attacks in Spain accounted for over one hundred incidents, despite the ceasefire maintained by Basque separatist group ETA during most of the year. Coming in a distant third in number of incidents was left-wing/anarchist attacks in Greece. At the bottom of the list were Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia and Slovenia, who all reported neither investigations nor court proceedings related to terrorism in 2006, suggesting that they are the least affected by terrorism in the region.
Sarajevo071
Some very interesting info there. Thank you.
Commentary in response to the Europol EU Terrorism Situation and Trend Report linked at the top of the thread:
GEES, 16 Jul 07: Europe and the Nature of the Terrorist Threat in 2007
...It is worth noting in considering these facts and figures that Europol is not privy to the full range of information available from member states on terrorist attacks and incidents, primarily because some states such as the UK are reluctant to share details of ongoing operations, including arrests of suspects. The recently departed Director-General of the UK’s Security Service has suggested there are approximately 200 active Islamist jihadist networks active in Britain, comprising 30 known plots, and involving 1600 identified individuals. These statistics should be considered in con-junction with those made available to Europol.....
What happened to Blitz spirit asks survivor
After a long delay a coroners inquest into the deaths in the 7/7 LOndon attack opened last week; albeit under special rules, a judge sitting as coroner and without a jury.
There have been several reports, but this one struck me as worthy of entering here. References have been made in another thread on the "spirit of the blitz" and this indicates to the contrary:
Mr Henning was the first survivor to give evidence at the inquest into the deaths of 52 people in four terrorist explosions on London’s transport system.
Link:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...-survivor.html
Last week there was an indication that Command & Control had "issues", starting with the phone system and this 'Achilles Heel' will re-appear:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...ube-chaos.html
Europe's CT hard choices (catch all)
With a sub-title 'The threat is fragmenting and budgets are shrinking', a good overview of the current CT situation in Western Europe by Raffaello Pantucci, an independent analyst:http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/kmd/.../index.php#/40
Politics of Fear
A slightly different angle:http://www.opendemocracy.net/andy-ye...-01-09%2005:30
The Islamist Terrorist Threat to Europe after bin Laden’s Death
A short nineteen page analysis by Raffaello Pantucci, of ICSR, presented in July 2011 at Chatham House:http://www.chathamhouse.org/sites/de..._terrorism.pdf
This paper will explore the current state of the threat to Europe, how it is connected to the broader threat that is faced in the United States and how it has evolved in this direction. In concluding, it will offer some thoughts on the current direction the threat is going and sketch out some problems that
Europe might face in countering it.... Nevertheless, violent Islamist terrorism with its preference for large-scale multiple strikes using suicide bombers often
coordinated by outside actors continues to be the main threat that is focused on by European security services.
Several references are made to information recovered in OBL's home.
Regarding Preventing / Countering Violent Extremism (PVE / CVE):
the world has not yet found an effective and comprehensive solution to the problem of young people becoming excited by globalist Islamist anti-establishmentarian narratives and becoming persuaded to go and fight abroad and in some cases come back and plot terrorist acts. Broadly captured under the banner of Preventing Violent Extremism (PVE) by the British government and subsequently emulated by many, the world has notably not managed to crack this code.
Ends with:
While it is clear that intelligence services across Europe have now begun to understand what it is that they are facing and to go
about chasing it, they remain unclear of how exactly to stamp it out. Consequently, ten years after 11 September 2001, Europe is continuing to manage its terrorist problem rather than eradicate it.
Bill Moore
I don't think this study broke any new ground, but it is useful because it is unclassified and therefore valuable as an education tool for those who don't understand the nature of the threat.
One part of the study was the author's apparent conflicted view on the importance of Al Qaeda Core. In one paragraph he'll argue they're not important, and then in the next point to their control of terrorist cells in the West. In short AQ Core remains important (though less important), and as the study points out the threat ideology has taken on a life of its own allowing numerous individuals, cells and other organizations to participate in open source Jihad.
I didn't see any valuable recommendations in the study, but I think one he could have pointed out was that due to fragmented nature of Jihad threat and other terrorist groups and lone wolfs acting to support various cause that it is impertative that the European States maintain capable police and intelligence services and that the their people are educated to be eyes and ears for security forces.
There is no silver bullet for eliminating the threat or preventing the conversion of frustrated young people to the various extremist causes.
200 suicide bombers 'planning attacks in UK
Under such a lurid headline, this is a newspaper story based on 'a senior intelligence source' and a "leaked" document - which may add some context to this thread.
The 200 British residents thought to be planning suicide attacks, either within the UK or overseas, represent one in 10 of the wider group of 2,000 terrorist plotters.
Link:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...cks-in-UK.html
In no way are my comments intended to dismiss the very real and growing threat of Islamist terrorism in the U.K.; however, I find the "conservative" estimate of 200 suicide bombers in the U.K. to be a bit of a reach.
While a lot of young and not so young want to be jihadists will brag about their desire to die as a martyr for the cause, most suicide bombers (the real ones) undergo an intensive indoctrination period (or brainwashing) and then held in isolation until it is time to hit the target, because historically it has been demonstrated that they'll have a change of heart if they're allowed to rejoin society and become a sleeper bomber of sorts. Maybe there are Islamist safe havens within the U.K. where 10s of would be suicide bombers are isolated from the rest of society, but it seems unlikely. Of course I need to caveat the above statement that not all suicide bombers require extensive indoctrination (they're already true believers) and can hide in society openly for months and still hit their target as many of the 9/11 attackers did.
One report quoted an MI6 officer's briefing to US officials in which he said: "The internal threat is growing more dangerous because some extremists are conducting non-lethal training without ever leaving the country. Should these extremists then decide to become suicide operatives, HMG [Her Majesty's Government] intelligence resources, eavesdropping and surveillance would be hard pressed to find them on any 'radar screen'."
What type of non-lethal training are they talking about? Indoctrination?
There is no doubt that the insider threat is a growing concern in Europe and possibly the U.S. (especially the lone wolf attacks), but a suicide attack is an entirely different level. If they have the infrastructure in place within Europe (and in this case the UK) to indoctrinate, radicalize, inspire tens of individuals to conduct a suicide attack, and then of course actually provide the materials to do so (a topic not addressed in the article) then the threat is worse than I thought.
Blending high impact and having guns = everyone is a potential target
After the French train suspected 'lone wolf' attack analysts are chiming in on how Europe should respond, although this is a global problem IMHO.
The thread title is adapted from Raffaello Pantucci's writings (now @ RUSI):http://raffaellopantucci.com/2015/08...ential-target/
The BBC has a former French intelligence agent Claude Moniquet adding his experienced viewpoint (he left the external service DGSE in 2002):http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-34032781
He ends with:
The only way to protect society against the terrorist threat lies in strengthening intelligence and laws.
The Soufan Group:http://soufangroup.com/tsg-intelbrie...tack-revealed/
Everyone in Europe or the UK yes is a potential target, everyone then is the first responder - as shown by the passengers on the French Thalys train. In the UK there is ample evidence that the vast majority of onlookers do not respond, indeed they simply walk on.
Several references have been made to five to six thousand former fighters who have returned from the Middle East, a number that simply overwhelms being kept under official surveillance. I am always slightly puzzled at this phrase; if they have returned do they all wish to fight again another day?
How many such incidents, with civilian deaths is tolerable?
I do wonder if imprisonment without trial, known simply as internment, is not on the horizon. Not that I today advocate this.
Firn
Well there is no doubt at all that they saved many lives thanks to their quick thinking, personal bravery and decisive action. Honour where honour is due, and joy as well
Every story is unique it came to a very happy ending partly due the incompetence of the wanna-be-murderer but why did those men grap their only very slim chance to stop him in such magnificient manner? There are some interesting aspects:
1. Three of them were "childhood friends who had all attended California’s Freedom Christian School and often played military games together growing up."
2. Two of them were soldiers, maybe better American soldiers and one of them came just back from a combat tour.
3. Three were large, young and fit males.
There is no doubt that the cohesion of friendship of fit and strong men with a good deal of military training greatly facilitated their unity of action, but without their personal qualities like bravery among others those factors all would have been for naught.
Moderator's Note
Wise words and copied to this thread from another:http://council.smallwarsjournal.com/...ad.php?t=22529
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... "We need officers capable of following systematically the path of logical argument to its conclusion, with disciplined intellect, strong in character and nerve to execute what the intellect dictates"
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Hiding from the Dreaded Burrito Gang
ISIS Operations in Europe
I'll just leave these two articles here for comparison and contrast.
From February 15, 2015 -
ISIS threatens to send 500,000 migrants to Europe as a 'psychological weapon' in chilling echo of Gaddafi's prophecy that the Mediterranean 'will become a sea of chaos'
Italian press today published claims that ISIS has threatened to release the huge wave of migrants to cause chaos in Europe if they are attacked
And letters from jihadists show plans to hide terrorists among refugees
In 2011, Muammar Gaddafi ominously predicted war would come to Libya
He was deposed in a violent coup and killed in October of the same year
Islamic State executed 21 Egyptian Christians on Libyan beach this week
Crisis in Libya has led to surge in number of migrants heading for Europe
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz3lT4lvGnW
From September 3rd, 2015
The Greek coastguard has seized a ship loaded with thousands of undeclared, carefully concealed weapons, and possibly explosives, en route from Turkey to Libya. Local media claims the ship is linked to Islamic State (IS) and to companies who have previously smuggled goods to Syria – the Turkish foreign minister denies this.
The ship had come from Alexandretta in Egypt on to the Turkish port of Iskenderun, and was bound for the Libyan port of Misrata – a stronghold of the Muslim Brotherhood-linked group “Libya Dawn.”
It was raided on Tuesday 20 nautical miles off Create and has now been escorted to the port of Heraklion where searches began on Wednesday. The ship flies under a Bolivian flag, but its seven-member crew are thought to be from Syria, Egypt and India.
http://www.breitbart.com/london/2015...pons-shipment/
A scrimmage in a Border Station
A canter down some dark defile
Two thousand pounds of education
Drops to a ten-rupee jezail
http://i.imgur.com/IPT1uLH.jpg
At Budapest’s Keleti Train Station last week, Mahmoud, a Syrian from Aleppo, looked around the underground concourse packed with new arrivals like himself. Judging from their accents and dialects, he reckoned that little more than 10% of them were Syrian. But he saw many more passing themselves off as Syrians.
Indeed, during his journey through Greece and the Balkans on his way to Hungary, “I found a bunch of Iraqis buying fake Syrian passports,” said Mahmoud, adding that now Syrians “are worried that their passports are being stolen.” Nearby, a countryman furtively showed his passport, tucked between the sole and padding of one of his sneakers.
As Europe moves to take in large numbers of refugees, particularly from Syria, some other migrants—often Iraqis, Libyans, Palestinians and Egyptians—are attempting to pass themselves off as Syrian, said aid workers, government officials and fellow migrants.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/migrants...13612?mod=e2fb
Is this "smoke" or not?
AdamG,
I would not always regard The Daily Mail as a reputable source of information. The February 2015 article when read relies on IIRC Italian intelligence officials and a lot of history, with photos. It also has a practice of accepting "spin" from agencies here.
Have you found any update on the arms smuggling vessel the Greeks stopped in international waters in September 2015? Without an update it is an official allegation. Some photos would be persausive and criminal charges too.
Elsewhere on SW Forum there has been a limited discussion on ISIS infiltrating Western Europe by placing their cadres within the mass of refugees.
In the UK there are estimates by ICSR usually that at least half of thsoe who went to fight in Syria have returned, many of them without being officially detected. It is not clear who they fought for (my opinion is they are from the pre-ISIS period), nor what made them change their minds.
Why risk cadres within the mass of refugees, who apparently are mainly being moved by criminal gangs for money? Often at risk from the gangs and being shipwrecked etc.
Most folks are cognizant of the "Daily Wail's" shortcomings but here ya go.
http://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/mon...e_1653210.html
http://www.ilmessaggero.it/primopian.../1186106.shtml
As for 'cadres', considering the phenomenal lack of skill shown by the Charlie Hebdo shooters or the bozo that got his ass beaten on the train at Arras, I think that term is excessively charitable.
"Expendable True Believers" are perfect candidates to send across the Med to slaughter some Infidels and in this internet age, ISIS C4 assets don't need to be risked as long as their same little hackers we've seen to date are on the job.
We've also already seen how the *real* ISIS cadre has no problem using volunteers as cannon fodder take positions from Assad's forces, so the perfectly logical extrapolation would find some with their bags packed wailing for the Euro media's cameras.
As for the Haddad 1, updates aren't that hard to find but I'll oblige.
Charges specified
http://www.ekathimerini.com/201170/a...acked-haddad-1
Current vessel location indicates that it's still moored.
http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/det...essel:HADDAD_1
File under "Perception Management" - Looks like ISIS flags to me
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White Guanches- People of Canary Islands
Alonso Fernández de Lugo presenting the captured Guanche kings of Tenerife to Ferdinand and Isabella.
The untold story of the Guanches the Last Stone-Age white Caucasian tribes, who lived on the Canary Islands off the North Africa coast of Morocco and are related to the Caucasian Berbers in North Africa and the Europeans in Europe.
The Guanches were, for the most part, a fair featured (blonde, brown and red haired, blue eyed, light-skinned, tall & bearded), Neolithic people found living on the Canary Islands
By Spanish explorers in 1402.
The Spaniards reported:
“Highly beautiful white race, tall, muscular, and with a great many blondes amongst their numbers”.
According to the reliable Encyclopedia Britannica, the Guanches "are thought to have been of Cro-Magnon origin... and had a brown complexion, blue or gray eyes, and blondish hair."
Height: men 5 ft 9 inches to 6 ft 2 inches.
ARYAN ENCOUNTERS
The picture above also shows Guanches had brown hair, and light skin and because they did wear much clothing and the hot sun gave them brown complexion.
/background Guanches-Canary Isle
Origin of Guanches and Berbers
Most experts say the Guanches came from the Berber people who live in North Africa and both groups came from Ice Age Caucasians in Europe and Russia and over time they migrated to North Africa then the Guanches moved to the Canary Islands by boat.
Today most Berbers are White Caucasian with the exception of the Tuaregs who mixed themselves with black bantu slaves. Many Berbers have brown, red, blond hair and brown to blue eyes. The Berbers today are mainly Muslims and many live in Morocco in North West Africa.
The native Guanches whites mixed with Spanish whites settlers and the gene pool is still alive in today's Canary island population and many people say they are Guanches
WHAT BECAME OF THE GUANCHES?
Eurasian Origins of Berbers and modern North Africans.
A trip to the High Atlas Mountains in Morocco. A surprising encounter with a woman from the Berber tribes and perfect hospitality at her home
Morocco a Berbers hospitality
Berbers: Origin, Religion & CultureChapter 1 / Lesson 14
Mathilda’s Anthropology Blog.
Lunar calendar: "The Guanches used a lunar calendar. The Guanche achanó (year) began toward the end of April, beginning of May and coincided with the spring festivals when the new livestock was in full vigor. The period was celebrated with feasts, dances and sports events."
Warriors and military chief:" The warriors of the Guanches obeyed a Sigoñe (military chief), and were armed with a banot (wooden spear) and stones, many of which were polished down to have sharp edges. They were genuine masters at throwing these missiles. They also had teniques, or stones wrapped in leather held in place by thongs, which they used as deadly bludgeons."
Diet: They milked goats and made cheese daily. They ate wild fruits, dogs, fish, goats and sheep.
They, "gather wild fruits and plants such as pinion nuts, ferns or toya and mocán (the fruit from one of the trees which make up the laurisilva)".
They made: "tools weapons awls, cutting stones, grind stones and mills."
The Guanche mummified their dead, constructed ceremonial pyramids. They were custodians of an ancient spiritual legacy from the ancestral memories.
"The shepherds tanned and cured the hides of goats and sheep with stone and bone tools, and sew them using tendons or thin strips of leather for thread and bone needles. The tabona was a highly prized tool, sort of sharp cutting knife made from shards of obsidian (volcanic glass)."
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The following pictures shows Guanches Stone houses, animals they had and gives some idea on their lifestyle
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Guanche Language
The Guanches language is mainly lost and only few words and place names remain.
It is believed the language as well as the people came from the Berbers who live in North Africa.
The Berber language came from an Afroasiatic language and still spoken in North African and Middle Eastern peoples today.
Guanche language from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Guanche language is an extinct Berber language that was spoken by the Guanches of the Canary Islands until the 17th century or possibly later.
Guanche culture "disappeared" quickly. Language was mostly lost in just a century. Just a few words of the daily life were maintained.
54markl 2 years ago
"Berbers were a branch of the Erythraean people who lived in Upper Egypt and migrated north. The ones who went west became the Berbers. The ones who went east became the Semites, but the ones who stayed put in the Delta became the Ancient Egyptians. They split apart in 5000 BC."
Phoenician language is related to the.Afroasiatic.
Ancient Phoenicia had its heartland in modern-day Lebanon and the small southern tip of Syria and their language is related to the Afroasiatic.. The Phoenicians called themselves the Canaani.
"Roger Blench (2018)[17] suggests that Proto-Berber speakers had spread from the Nile River valley to North Africa 4,000-5,000 years ago due to the spread of pastoralism, and experienced intense language leveling about 2,000 years ago as the Roman Empire was expanding in North Africa. Hence, although Berber had split off from Afroasiatic several thousand years ago, Proto-Berber itself can only be reconstructed to a period as late as 200 A.D. Blench (2018) notes that Berber is considerably different from other Afroasiatic branches, but modern-day Berber languages display low internal diversity.
Afro-Asiatic Peoples and Languages. The language family that includes North African and Middle Eastern languages from Ancient Egyptian & Babylonian to Modern day Arabic, Hebrew and Amharic.
Afro-Asiatic languages were the mother tongues of great personalities like Tutankhamen, Ramses, Nefertiti, Nebuchadnezzar, Abraham, Moses, Noah, Hannibal, Jesus, Muhammad, Saladin, Ras Tafari and Zinedine Zidane
Afro-Asiatic Language Family
The Guanche language is not related to the Indo-European, it is related to the Afroasiatic language. Some Middle Eastern people speak languages related to the indo-European language and some speak languages related to the Afroasiatic language. The Neanderthals lived in the Middle East long before the present Caucasian population that live there today. Where did today's Caucasian people who replaced the Neanderthals come from? Many people say Russia or Central Asia and when they moved into the Middle East what language did they speak? Many people say the Afroasiatic language developed in North Africa, or I think the language they spoke developed into the Afroasiatic language
Phoenician who lived in the Mediterranean Sea during the time of the Roman Empire, their language is related to the Afroasiatic.
The Semitic languages are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family originating in the Middle East.[2][3] Semitic languages are spoken by more than 330 million people across much of Western Asia, North Africa and the Horn of Africa, as well as in often large expatriate communities in North America and Europe, with smaller communities in the Caucasus and Central Asia
The Nubian language is not related to the Afro-Asiatic languages and they live south of Egypt.
The Guanche Whistle Language
"The whistled language of La Gomera Island in the Canaries, the Silbo Gomero, replicates the islanders habitual language (Castilian Spanish) with whistling. Handed down over centuries from master to pupil, it is the only whistled language in the world that is fully developed and practised by a large community (more than 22,000 inhabitants). The whistled language replaces each vowel or consonant with a whistling sound: two distinct whistles replace the five Spanish vowels, and there are four whistles for consonants."
Whistled language of the island of La Gomera (Canary Islands), the Silbo Gomero
Reconstruction of a Guanche settlement of Tenerife.
Many Guanches lived in caves.
The unknown Canary islands and Guanches people
Who Were The Guanches?
Domestic animals: Importing domestic animals such as goats, sheep, pigs, dogs and harvesting the tano or taro (barley), irichen (wheat), hacichey (peas) lentils and broadbeans.
Ancient DNA sheds light on the ancestry of pre-hispanic Canarian pigs
GuideToCanaryIslands.com
Guanche rock carvings in La Palma
Gravures Guanches / Guanche engravings, Canary Islands
The Guanches carved the rings on the rock like above, there are same ring patterns are found in Ireland, Britain and other White European countries. Many people believe these rings represent the sun.
"The Guanches believed in the existence of a supreme god, whom they identified as Magec (the Sun), but whom they referred to in many different ways: Achaman (The Heavens), Achuhuran Achahucanac (Great and Sublime God)" Mathilda’s Anthropology Blog.
God: "Indigenous dancing of Guanche origin is often based on devotion, such as for the goddess of love, fertility and good crops called Chaxiraxi. The Guanche main god was Achanán.".html Guanche folk dances compared to other Spanish traditions in Tenerife
Guanche pottery (Museo de la Naturaleza y el Hombre, Tenerife).
Canaries Islands Wildlife
Canaries Islands and their unique wildlife and including Lizards.
The Dragons of the Canaries - The Secrets of Nature
The second smallest island of the Canaries captured the hearts of individualists and nature lovers.
La Gomera Canary Island Kanarische Insel Islas Canarias video part 1/2
Tenerife, The Island of Hidden volcanoes
La Palma (Spain) Vacation Travel Video Guide
A short walk around the beautiful island of La Palma , belonging to Canary Islands.
Spain: Canary Islands, La Palma Island
Many Guanches want Independence for the Canary Islands, and self determination and indigenous rights from Spanish rule.
The Amazighs of Canary Islands The Guanches
Spain: Canary Islands, La Palma Island La Palma - Canary Islands
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‘Force’ was with Cranston-led Canstruction team
CRANSTON RESIDENTS were among those building the Saccoccio-DiPrete Engineering-H.V. Collins team’s sculpture, which won the Best Meal award in the recent Canstruction RI event to benefit the RI Community Food Bank. Working on the R2-D2 part of their sculpture are, from left, Steve Guglielmo, a principal of Cranston-based Saccoccio Architects; Ron Stevenson with his children, Kate and Cole; and Jakob Cruikshank.
Photo courtesy of RI Community Food Bank
CRANSTON AND WARWICK RESIDENTS were well-represented on the team that created the “Turning the Tides on Hunger” sculpture. Building the seawall are, from left, Michael Houle, Cranston; David Sachs, Warwick; Jody Alves, Warwick; Pierson Booher, Warwick; and team captain Matthew Valero, Cranston. The Durkee, Brown, Viveiros & Werenfels Architects-Odeh Engineers-Parker Construction-Herrick & White Architectural Woodworkers team won two Canstruction RI awards: Jurors’ Favorite and Best Use of Labels.
JOHNSTON RESIDENT Kelly Meacham, left, works with Cranston resident Ashley Michaud on the “Left Shark” sculpture as other team members build a tall palm tree and beachball as part of their canned food sculpture. The LLB Architects-Shawmut Building Co. team captured the Canstruction RI juried award for Structural Ingenuity and won the election for the People’s Choice award.
THE MAGIC LUNCHBOX and its contents begin to take shape as team captain Scott Eaton of Cranston and Pamela Stahowiak of Warwick work with other members of the Dimeo Construction-Edward Rowse Architects team. Their sculpture earned the Canstruction RI Honorable Mention award.
BUILDING AN OCTOPUS as part of the Dory sculpture is Christopher Calderon of Warwick. The sculpture was created by the Brewster Thornton Architects-Gilbane Building Co. team.
A Cranston-led team of architects, engineers and contractors earned the Canstruction Rhode Island “Best Meal” award for its canned food sculpture of R2-D2 and BB-8 from “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” during the late-March competitive sculpture exhibit at Providence Place.
Cranston, Johnston, and Warwick residents assisted in building most of the other five sculptures from full cans of food to benefit the Rhode Island Community Food Bank (rifoodbank.org). The sculptures, viewed by thousands since March 12, also depicted Dory from “Finding Nemo” and the upcoming “Finding Dory,” and Left Shark from the 2015 Super Bowl Half-Time Show along with a “taste” of Dunkin’ Donuts coffee, a magic lunchbox, and a tribute to the Ocean State.
All six sculptures were carefully disassembled recently, and transported to the Food Bank where the cans of food weighed in at 29,514 pounds. They now are being distributed to Rhode Islanders in need of food assistance. Each month, the Food Bank serves 60,000 people through a network of 167 agencies such as food pantries, shelters, youth programs and senior centers.
“We are so delighted to once again be involved in Canstruction RI,” Rhode Island Community Food Bank CEO Andrew Schiff said. “This event raises awareness of hunger in the state and this year helped stock our shelves with close to 30,000 pounds of food. We appreciate all of the hard work and dedication that goes into these incredible sculptures.”
It was the sixth time in as many biennial Canstruction RI competitions that Cranston-based Saccoccio Architects along with DiPrete Engineering (fourth time) and general contractor H.V. Collins (first time) received an award. Each award enabled them to enter the international Canstruction (canstruction.org) competition.
Canstruction is a national food charity of the design and construction industry that has helped raise nearly 40 million pounds of food throughout the United States and many other countries since 1992.
Photos of local juried award-winning sculptures are submitted in the same categories in the international competition. In addition to Best Meal, the juried award categories are Best Use of Labels, Structural Ingenuity, Jurors’ Favorite and Honorable Mention. Cranston resident and chief executive officer of Rhode Island Public Radio Torey Malatia was among the six independent jurors of the R.I. competition. Viewers of the exhibit and/or photos posted on the Rhode Island Community Food Bank website voted for an R.I.-only People’s Choice award.
The sculptors of the canstructed R2-D2 and BB-8 created a storyline suggesting that the robots could help humans make healthy food choices and, with access to their databases, recommend a healthy eating plan. The team’s menu highlighted the protein, B vitamins and omega 3s packed in cans of tuna, salmon and poultry; vegetables and whole grains in cans of soup; and minerals, naturally occurring oils, antioxidants and fiber of whole-grain rice that rounded out its “Best Meal.” Among the judges’ comments: “I would eat this.” “Lots of protein” and “high-end canned foods.” Also noted was that each key element of the sculpture “really looks like a robot.”
Awards for Jurors’ Favorite and Best Use of Labels went to a team on which both Cranston and Warwick residents served. The sculpture “Turning the Tides on Hunger” by employees of Durkee, Brown, Viveiros & Werenfels Architects; Odeh Engineers; Parker Construction Co.; and Herrick & White Architectural Woodworkers celebrated the Ocean State’s efforts to wipe out the problem of food insufficiency. Their 10-by-10-by-10-foot scene depicted a sailboat, clearly displaying the number 34 through precisely turned cans on its curved sail to honor 34 years of Rhode Island Community Food Bank service. Other outstanding features the judges cited were “the lighthouse and clouds on the back wall” as examples of the fine details the team created with the sole use of labels to achieve immediately recognizable imagery. The judges also liked the use of color and the use empty space.
Cranston and Warwick residents as well as a Johnston resident participated in building another sculpture that garnered two awards: Structural Ingenuity and People’s Choice. “Left Shark Dances Out Hunger” represented the sixth time that an LLB Architects-Shawmut Design and Construction team had participated in Canstruction RI. Prominent elements in this 1,000 cubic-foot sculpted scene were the shark “dancing” upright on its tail, a nearby beachball, a very tall palm tree with potato-chip-bag fronds “swaying” from the top of its canned food trunk, and goal posts in the football field’s background. Jurors were impressed that “though ‘leaning’,” the shark “remained balanced” and thereby “demonstrated movement.”
Cranston and Warwick residents helped create two of the three other sculptures. “The Magic Lunchbox,” produced by a team from Dimeo Construction (fifth-time participants) and Edward Rowse Architects (first time), won Honorable Mention. According to one juror, “Out of all of the exhibits, this one really captured the theme of [fighting] hunger.” The open lunchbox, “big enough to feed a whole school,” revealed a giant thermos with a ladle extending to its cup filled with “soup.” In front of the lunchbox were a huge orange, sandwich and carton of milk, clearly lettered as M-I-L-K. through the positioning of can labels.
A Warwick resident helped model a large fish called Dory and an octopus. The sculpture, titled “Just Keep Giving, Just Keep Giving,” was the work of employees of Gilbane Building Co., a sixth-time participant, and Brewster Thornton Group Architects (first time).
The Construction Leadership Council of the R.I. chapter of Associated General Contractors created the sixth sculpture, a giant cup of Dunkin’ Donuts coffee along with an order of doughnuts, on which the team theorized the Food Bank “runs.” The CLC, also a sixth-time participant, is a networking and community service group of early- and mid-career professionals employed by various general contractor members of the RIAGC.
Cranston-based Taco Inc. is one of the event’s perennial sponsors.
“It’s gratifying to see the strong commitment that our sponsors and volunteers have to assisting the Food Bank with our Canstruction RI events,” said committee co-chair R. Drayton Fair, AIA, ALA, LEED AP, a partner at LLB Architects, Pawtucket, and who as an AIA-ri past-president started Canstruction Rhode Island in 2007. “Many of our sponsors have participated multiple times. They all are vitally essential to the success of the exhibit, and we are very grateful for their generous support.”
Canstruction is sponsored nationally by the Society for Design Administration, and each biennial Canstruction Rhode Island event is sponsored and organized locally by R.I. chapters of the American Institute of Architects (AIA-ri) and Associated General Contractors (RIAGC). Besides Taco, the many private companies sponsoring this year’s event include: Kasabian Construction, Providence; Andersen Windows & Doors, Bayport, Minn.; Pace Representatives, Braintree, Mass.; and Maloney & Co., Guilford, Conn. In-kind donors include General Growth Properties, Providence; Gasbarro’s Fine Wines, Providence; Rhode Island Rentals, Warwick; Inkwell Communications, Providence; and The Color Company, Providence. In addition, each team relies on many other sponsors to fund the purchase of the cans of food.
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Umbrella Entertainment Announce KADAICHA & INNOCENT PREY for DVD!
Umbrella Entertainment have announced a new addition to their Ozploitation range with the DVD double-feature of KADAICHA & INNOCENT PREY, streeting on Wednesday August 2nd.
Early tech specs indicate that both films will have 4:3 transfers but we’ve yet to confirm whether they are full-frame or pan and scan at this stage.
KADAICHA (1988)
An Aboriginal elder with the power of life or death over those who disobey the laws of the Aboriginal people. When the unsuspecting residents of a suburban housing development encounter strange occurrences in their neighbourhood it is only a matter of time before someone upsets The Kadaicha Man. Discovering that their homes were built atop a sacred Aboriginal burial site, a group of teenagers are subject to nightmarish dreams about an eerie cave with sinister rock paintings and the brooding evil that dwells within. When they awake, a souvenir of their nightmare rests on their pillow a stone destined to haunt them to their very core and place them in mortal jeopardy.
INNOCENT PREY (1984)
Cathy (P.J. Soles ) is suspicious of Joe’s (Kit Taylor) need to work late every night. Discovering Joe’s car parked outside of a motel, Cathy watches in horror as Joe slashes a prostitute to death with a razor. Joe is sent to the state hospital for the criminally insane and Cathy attempts to rebuild her life in Australia. Soon after her arrival, Cathy becomes the object of obsession for her landlord who observes her every movement, ready to cause all manner of mayhem to her newfound freedom.
Looking Back on Innocent Pray: A Conversation with P.J. Soles
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HomePressHéctor Reyes Bonilla: new director of the Camerata Mazatlán
Publicado el 29 junio, 2019
Héctor Reyes Bonilla: new director of the Camerata Mazatlán
On Saturday morning at the Museum of Music, maestro Hector Javier Reyes Bonilla was officially presented to the media as Director of the Camerata Mazatlán and head of the Music and Singing School of the Cultural Institute of Mazatlán.
In the presence of personalities such as Luis Guillermo Benítez Torres, Mayor of Mazatlán; Marsol Quiñónez Castro, Director of the Instituto de Cultura de Mazatlán and maestros Enrique Patrón De Rueda and Martha Félix, the musicians offered a brief and intense musical program that expressed the temperament, sensitivity and rigor of the new director.
“The Prelude to the Holdberg Suite”, by Edwar Grieg; the “Suite San Pablo”, by Gustav Holst and the “Chaconne” by Dietrich Buxtehude, wove a pleasant, powerful and vivifying morning to the rhythm of the violins, cellos, trumpet, clarinet, oboes, timbales and basses.
At the end of the concert, maestro Reyes Bonilla and the Musicians of the Camerata Mazatlán received a strong applause and emotional words of appreciation from the mayor Benítez Torres.
“We are working to detonate Mazatlan in all aspects, culture is one of our strongest points and we will develop it in all its expressions (…) I congratulate all those who participated today, I feel honored and proud of their work and I am I’m sure that with the appointment of Maestro Reyes, the work of the Camerata Mazatlán will be strengthened. “
Éste artículo fue publicado en Press, Superior School of Music of Mazatlán Gallery, Superior School of Music of Mazatlán Press. .
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DRUG LORD
The Life and Death of a Mexican Kingpin
Pablo Acosta
Marco DeHaro
David Regela
Mimi Webb Miller
Amado Carrillo Fuentes
Guillermo Gonzalez Calderoni
Mat Perez
Drug Lord: The Book
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Until his death, Pablo Acosta was one of the top narcotics padrinos of Mexico, controlling crime along a two-hundred mile stretch of U.S.-Mexico border. At the height of his power, he was smuggling 60 tons of cocaine a year for the Colombians—-in addition to the incalculable amounts of marijuana and heroin that were the mainstay of his business. He was the mentor and business partner of Amado Carrillo Fuentes, the so-called Lord of the Skies, who took over after Acosta’s death.
A confidential U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration report entitled “The Pablo Acosta Organization” describes Acosta as follows: “Acosta directs his organization from Ojinaga with an iron fist and does not tolerate rebellion, either overt or covert. If a leak is suspected, or if a member or associate fails to act as expected, they are removed quickly and permanently. He has a strict enforcement policy, which is killing the delinquent customer.
The drug trafficking organization of Pablo Acosta included close family members, such as his brother, Juan Acosta (second from left).
According to a DEA report about Acosta’s drug organization, “Acosta takes a personal and active interest in any bad business practices, or talking by his enemies or competitors. His killings are very flamboyant and are done in a distinctive manner as an example to others. He is a vicious and extremely dangerous person who has little regard for human life if it stands in the way of his operation.
“Although he is small in stature, he does not hesitate to become involved in a gun battle with his peers or with law enforcement personnel. Acosta has put out several contracts on competitors and has been implicated in two Hobbs, New Mexico, murders and four in Mexico.
View of Santa Elena from the cockpit of one of the Mexican federal police helicopters. The police helicopters were escorted through U.S. territory by an FBI helicopter, allowing them to attack Acosta by surprise. Acosta holed up in an adobe house that is marked here by a red arrow. He refused to give up and was killed after an hour-long gun battle.
The DEA report further states that Acosta’s organization “has been linked to at least twenty murders, and the total may even be double that number. Reports are that he has begun to arm his members with Teflon-coated ammunition capable of penetrating body-armor type bullet-proof vests worn by law enforcement officers. Acosta himself is known to wear a bulletproof vest and usually travels with or is followed by heavily armed bodyguards.”
Acosta was killed on April 24, 1987, by Mexican federal police. Led by Comandante Guillermo Gonzalez Calderoni, the police attacked his hideout in Santa Elena, a remote village of 300 people on the Rio Grande across from Big Bend National Park. The Mexican police attacked the village in two helicopters after an FBI helicopter escorted them through U.S. territory. Acosta was taken completely by surprise. The Mexican police landed in nearby corn fields and quickly surrounded the adobe house in the center of the village where Acosta and two bodyguards holed up. Acosta refused to surrender and was killed after an hour-long shootout.
Acosta’s body after it was dragged from the house the Mexican police had set on fire.
Witnesses said the gunfight was intense. Acosta and his bodyguards fired machine guns over the sills of windows while taking cover behind the thick adobe walls. At one point, one Calderoni’s agents kicked the front door open. The bodyguards threw up their hands in surrender while Acosta fled to a back room. As he fled, he fired at the federal agent, wounding him in the arm, but the agent was able to shoot back at Acosta. The drug lord was wounded in the neck and ended up bleeding to death.
Not realizing he was dead, the federal police set fire to the house in order to force him out, but when it was determined he was dead, his body was dragged out before the flames could reach him.
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Bush's New Freedom in Afghanistan
The Afghanistan leaders have confirmed a death sentence to a young Afghan college student. His crime, downloading and reading a report on women's rights. This is today, not under the Talabani we liberated Afghanistan from.
He was accused of blasphemy after he downloaded a report from a Farsi website which stated that Muslim fundamentalists who claimed the Koran justified the oppression of women had misrepresented the views of the prophet Mohamed.
Mr Kambaksh, 23, distributed the tract to fellow students and teachers at Balkh University with the aim, he said, of provoking a debate on the matter. But a complaint was made against him and he was arrested, tried by religious judges without – say his friends and family – being allowed legal representation and sentenced to death....
The circumstances surrounding the conviction of Mr Kambaksh are also being viewed as a further attempt to claw back the rights gained by women since the overthrow of the Taliban. The most prominent female MP, Malalai Joya, has been suspended after criticising her male colleagues.
Tags: Afghanistan, Koran, Muslim, Bush, religious freedom, women's rights, freedom of speech, freedom, liberty, Sayed Pervez Kambaksh
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Bill Clinton should Shut the Hell Up if Hillary is going to have a chance. Obama looks more attractive all the time.
Technically John Edwards only suspended his campaign. He can still get delegates. I am thinking of voting for him here in Texas and organizing the precinct caucus. I'll decide in early February.
More on Edwards leaving the race from the NYTimes. “He wanted to have a shot at being president,” said Joe Trippi, a senior adviser. “He wanted to have a chance to change people’s lives, not be a spoiler or a kingmaker and not play political games.”
Update - Hillary's Worse Half video.
Bush ignores Congress, wants Iraq military bases permanent
Remember that little thing called the Constitution and the separation of powers? Bush with a stroke of his pen issued a signing statement that he would ignore Congress and spend money for permanent military bases in Iraq and for control of their oil.
How do you think the media reacted? The Washington Post, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times or the Wall Street Journal did not cover the story. You could only find out about it on a Washington Post blog or the Boston Globe, as well as the usual alternative online liberal sources.
Oh, that so-called-liberal-media strikes again.
By the way, that is an impeachable offense if the Democrats grew some red, white and blue balls.
What does a health crisis look like? See Houston - USATODAY.com
Six months ago USAToday had an article on how Houston had the most overwhelmed health system of any major city in the country. Go ahead, read it to see why the Houston area is the worst in the nation.
Today - 21 Houston hospitals were on drive-by because of flu season and other reasons. Nothing has changed.
If you are wealthy Houston has some of the best facilities in the world. If you are not it is all day at a clinic for minor problems or an appointment in many months. Visit the ER for a few thousand dollar bill for minimal care after an all-day wait.
To get a true look at the problem be a Houston janitor.
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Edward's Concession speech
He ran a class campaign. I could often judge a person by what they thought of Edwards.
Probably a better campaigner than John Edwards - Elizabeth Edwards taking on the media.
Rumors are that her cancer may be flaring up.
TNR - Jonathan Cohn - Why John Edwards Won.
Stephen Colbert still a candidate
In the Marvel Universe. They are considering presidential tickets like Colbert/Iron Man if Colbert wins the nomination.
This is actually a let down for Colbert who wanted to be the new Captain America. Stephen believed the old super hero, Steve Rogers, had promised him that before his assassination because of Colbert's "red, white, and blue balls."
Losers with Rudy dropping out?
A number of Texas Republicans, including the governor. They went out on the limb for a non-church-going philanderer who wasn't pro-life or anti-gay but talked tough. The limb came crashing down.
Florida sets up the race
Democratic side.
Milbank reports on Hillary having a victory party bigger than the victory.
A 59% female vote primary gives the most ardent non-campaigner and panderer the win.
Clinton announced plans for the Florida celebration on Sunday, the same day she held a trio of fundraisers in Florida and accepted the endorsement of the Miami mayor while pressing some flesh for the cameras. On Monday, her campaign claimed the endorsement of Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida, while pro-Clinton unions continued sending out mailings in her support.
All of this sounded suspiciously like campaigning. But aides said they were merely trying to protect the people of Florida who, despite the campaign's "scrupulous" refusal to campaign in the state, showed up to vote for Clinton anyway.
Super Duper Tuesday looks to be in Hillary Clinton's favor.
Walter Shapiro: Did Hillary Clinton really win in Florida? Ezra Klein: A victory with a sour taste.
Houston Chronicle -Edwards drops out.
I really think Florida, and Democratic primary voters, has given the presidency to the GOP again.
Rasmussen National Poll:
McCain 48% Clinton 40%
McCain 47% Obama 41%
Republican Side
McCain - Romney battle ends with McCain victory
McCain positioned to be big winner Super Duper Tuesday.
Big losers again, Rush Limbaugh and Republican base voters, and rightie bloggers.
Pragmatic Republicans position themselves for general election. Democrats shoot themselves in the foot at start of presidential race, per usual.
Almost forgot - Democratic vote depressed due to lack of meaning.
99% counted
Clinton......856,944....24%
McCain......693,425....19%
Romney.....598,152....17%
Obama.......568,930....16%
Giuliani......281,755......8%
Huckabee...259,703.....7%
Edwards.....248,575.....7%
Paul.............62,060.......2%
Alexandria also disappointed, as is PDiddie.
Greg Wythe pointed out the Florida vote by county maps. The rich east coast of Miami to Palm Beach did not like Edwards or Huckabee's populism.
The perception from across the ocean.
Tags: Republicans, Democrats, primaries, Florida, Edwards, Clinton, McCain, 2008
SOTU - More lies than usual?
Think Progress has a series of Bush statements from the State of the Union and then inconvenient facts. Is this a bit more lies than usual? Bush also received another kiss, which seems to have become a tradition at his addresses to Congress.
Tags: Bush, SOTU, lies
Jonah Goldberg and other racists
Wow, Jonah carries on about "liberal Fascism" and attracts admiring racists and Nazis, whom he praises.
Dave went to the pain of reading Jonah's book Liberal Fascism and prepared factual responses so no one else would have to.
I am going to be non-PC and write this
Some women people should know when to Shut Up.
I have noticed this before. Some women are losing their cool over the possibility of Hillary not winning. The New York President of NOW going on an ANGRY rant about Ted Kennedy endorsing Obama shows a lack of professionalism. She also got her licks in to all the other progressives that are not supporting Hillary and tossed in Howard Dean for good measure.
I imagine she then stomped to her room, slammed the door, and yelled "I hate YOU ALL!"
ADDED - Democrats but Republicans too.
Tags: Hillary Clinton, NOW, Ted Kennedy
Texas 2008 Round-Up #4
It's Monday, and that means it is time for another edition of the Texas Progressive Alliance's weekly blog Round-Up. This week's edition is compiled by Vince from Capitol Annex, with thanks to Charles from Off The Kuff for assistance.
Off the Kuff looks at the woes of the Harris County GOP and what it may mean in November.
North Texas will have one less class II commercial injection well pumping toxic soup underground. Reported by TXsharon on Bluedaze.
TXDOT has dug itself into quite a hole by using your money to lobby for the TTC and to pay for an advertising campaign to sell the wildly unpopular TTC to the citizens of Texas. McBlogger at McBlogger has the details and a great video.
Hal at Half Empty got his TI-83 out and ran the numbers on the Presidential Primaries. Conclusion? Texas has a chance to crown a king (or queen).
WhosPlayin? looks at the case of a teen brought up on charges for "huffing" hand sanitizer and is frustrated at the lack of discretion caused by "zero-tolerance" policies.
The action plan for Monday's FISA-with-telecom-immunity legislation is contained in PDid's post at Brains and Eggs. Don't strain your dialing finger, and don't forget to call Senators Corndog and Hutch. It's a waste of time, yes, but they still need to hear from us.
NYTexan at BlueBloggin explains who Voters, Pledged Delegates and Super Delegates are and how they influence the democratic party nomination at the convention.
Are you a MOTO? If not, you will be after reading State Sen. Kirk Watson's guest blog this week at Capitol Annex.
North Texas Liberal reveals which celebrity is destroying the planet... and no, it's not Britney Spears.
Tags: Texas, liberal news, progressive, bloggers
How to put someone to sleep
Among other items is on my other main blog.
One Million sign up for 'I Dislike Bush' Facebook Group
To celebrate Heather Wokusch is giving away free downloads of The Progressives' Handbooks.
Anti-Bush Group hits one million video.
"Yes We Can"
Obama's speech in South Carolina.
After four great contests in every corner of this country, we have the most votes, the most delegates, and the most diverse coalition of Americans that we've seen in a long, long time," Obama declared at his victory celebration in Columbia. "There are young and old; rich and poor. They are black and white; Latino and Asian and Native American. They are Democrats from Des Moines and Independents from Concord, and yes, some Republicans from rural Nevada and we've got young people from all across this country who've never had a reason to participate until now."
"In nine days-nine short days — nearly half the nation will have the chance to join us in saying that we are tired of business-as-usual in Washington, we are hungry for change, and we are ready to believe again."
Hillary Clinton Says Love Pushed Bill Clinton Over The Line. Hillary's anti-Edwards robo-calls.
Shut Up Bill.
The Perfect Storm of Media Clinton Hate. Attention clueless conservatives on reading comprehension.
Edward's unlikely "The Best Man" scenario but no reason to drop out. Edwards continues, dynamics could shift, fund raising has improved despite Clinton and Obama pursueing his lawyer donors.
Romney and McCain battling for GOP nod. Romney: McCain's a liar.
Liz Cheney, fresh from helping Fred Thompson reach early retirement, will endorse and start working for Romney.
Ron Paul alleges boondoggle in Bayou caucuses.
Romney is wearing a Bush earpiece in debates. Or is he? Unlike the Bush campaign, Romney's people seemed to admit earlier in Michigan they communicate with him and help him with answers through an earpiece. Video.
Kennedys, Kerry, Gov. Kathleen Sebelius (D-KS) endorsing Obama. Part of the Kennedy clan breaks for Hillary. Another says Obama would be a president like her father.
To Super Duper Tuesday, and Beyond!
Races entering complex hunt for delegates phase.
Is this a racist TIME Mag Headline--- "Obama 'Rejiggers' Race!" ?
It sure would be nice if the Clintons and Barack would start attacking the Republicans and not other Democrats.
Atrios - Brokered - Yes, all political junkies dream of the brokered convention - but think of the months of media BS.
Atrios points to waving good-bye to American Hegemony courtesy of the neocons.
Michelle Malkin - McCain secretly funded by evil, rich, Jewish financial guy Soros.
Krugman points out just who is going to get stimulated?
How Bush’s Fiscal Mismanagement Produced a Recession.
Bush's illusionary economy.
Dan Froomkin: "What did Bush give up in the course of these tough negotiations? Well, originally he wanted the super-wealthy to get some of the money. He wanted the poor to get nothing. He also wanted his tax cuts, which heavily favor the rich, to be made permanent."
Crisis grips European hedge funds. Up to ten temporarily halting redemptions.
World markets plunging again.
The Great Global Market Freak-Out of 2008
China on buying spree of US Companies. Backdrop to primary - Nearly 21 percent of South Carolina's labor force works for foreign companies.
Iraq prepares for Mosul battle.
US shifting WoT to Pakistan, Afghanistan.
Musharraf rejects CIA proposal to fight militants: report
US Military Deaths in Iraq at 3,934
Joe McCarthy still partisan, repressive and cruel as conservatives seek to redeem him and his reports of a vast evil conspiracy and his drunken personal slanderous attacks.
Man made the dinosaurs become evil and other things "science" won't tell you.
The story of stuff.
Lost Spanish Civil War photographic negatives found. Slide show.
Tags: Obama, Clinton, Edwards, Romney, McCain, election, 2008, primaries, economy, liberal news, Iraq
Our Ladies of Imperial Sorrow
I find the NY Times and Washington Post much more comprehensible if I just think of them as the church newsletters for a particularly unpleasant religion. OF COURSE the church elders choose writers who believe in transubstantiation. - Jonathan Schwarz
Megan, you ignorant slut!
* This is from an old Saturday Night Live routine with Jane Curtin. I have a more explanatory comment on Megan's blog at the link if she leaves it there. This follows a long series of previous posts, starting here, where she wants to get rid of the food stamp program. Some of her arguments are reasonable but her powdered wig keeps slipping way too often.
What should you eat - the Mediterranean diet or Okinawa diet is very good and healthy. Why does the food stamp program in some states exclude fruits and all vegetables except carrots? Even without that restriction:
Current food stamp benefit amounts are inadequate to support a healthy diet for food stamp recipients. Fruits, vegetables, and whole grains, necessities for a healthy diet, are generally more expensive than less healthy foods like sugars and starches. Lack of purchasing power for or access to healthier foods can result in malnutrition and even hospitalization for low-income households.
Furthermore, food stamp households are finding that their benefits purchase less food each year. According to an analysis by Bread for the World, food stamp households spend 80% of their benefits by the 14th of each month. In addition, a study by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities has found that “by 2017 a typical working parent of two will, over the course of a year, miss out on more than one and a half months-worth of food stamps, compared to the amount of benefits she or he would have received” prior to 1996. A chart in this report shows that shows a typical working family of three now gets about $35 less per month (in 2008 dollars) than in 1995....
Furthermore, as a results of the 1996 welfare reform laws, unemployed childless adults 18–50 years old were restricted to receiving food stamp benefits for only three months every three years, regardless of economic conditions or willingness to work. The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities estimated in 2000 that these changes denied benefits to 400,000 otherwise eligible people. Most of these people are very poor with little or no education, thus making it difficult to find even low-wage employment. Additionally, because they do not have children, they are ineligible for other poverty assistance programs. The Food Stamp Program is their only help, yet eligibility requirements substantially restrict their access to the program.
Forget Super-Duper Tuesday
It's all about the super-delegates, and Texas and Ohio.
It looks like nobody will have enough to win just over a week from now on Super-Duper Tuesday when most of the states select delegates for presidential candidates. Eyes are now turning to the excessively large number of super-delegates or looking later to the big states of Ohio and Texas. And if not in Texas and Ohio maybe April in Pennsylvania. And if not then maybe in May in North Carolina. Or maybe at the conventions?
Tags: election, 2008, primaries, conventions
Just some freedom-fightin' computer geeks
One reason to vote early, you could be "accidently deleted" from the voter registration rolls. Safe voting gives you more time to correct that. A computer geek claims he found 1,800 people that happened to in Austin.
I like that slogan.
How Real was Bush Prosperity?
Businessweek has their chief economist saying maybe not very real:
As of the third quarter of 2007, the 10-year growth rate for consumption was 3.6%, vs. GDP growth for the same period of 2.9%. This difference represents an enormous gap. If consumer spending had tracked the overall economy over the past decade as it has in the past, Americans today would be spending about $600 billion less a year. The extra spending has amounted to a total of about $3 trillion since 2001.
Where did we spend the money? On housing and health care, of course. But outsize gains also came in clothing, furniture, recreation equipment, motor vehicles, and consumer electronics—all areas where prices have fallen and imports have surged.
The question now is how much of that extra $3 trillion we will have to give back. Will real consumer spending in the U.S. lag the broader economy for several years?
Unless you are in the top 5% income bracket vote Democratic - its good for your pocketbook. Larry M. Bartels - Princeton Economics study - pdf. The primary reason is that Democratic post WW2 fiscal policies have been aimed at reducing unemployment while Republicans are more concerned about inflation and the economic environment for investors. The partisan related income growth differences for citizens at different income levels has grown more marked in recent decades based on a large number of studies.
Tags: economics, Democrats, Republicans, Bush
The Legacy of George W Bush
Quite a list of accomplishments W.
Meanwhile, Democrats are falling all over themselves to collect telecom money along with the Republicans and insure that wiretapping by the government is secret and legal no matter who they wiretap. And the phone companies don't have to worry a bit.
Texas Democratic Caucus Candidate Allocation
More than you need to know about the Democratic caucus system in Texas.
On March 4 2008 Texas Democrats will caucus at each precinct. At each precinct a minimum of 15% of the attendees must support a candidate for his/her representation to be viable. Delegates are chosen to go to the county or senate district convention.
At the county/senate district convention again 15% is required for viability. Precincts and precinct groupings select delegates to the state convention. Then "at-large" delegates are chosen by the nomination committee so that the proportion of each candidates delegates are reflected in the representation of the delegation. Even if a candidate is represented from precincts or precinct groups the candidate will not receive at-large delegates unless they are over 15% for the county/senate district convention as a whole. They will receive the precinct or precinct group delegates.
This is done again at the state convention being held in Austin June 6-7. The senate districts, again obeying the 15% viability rule, elect their delegates to the national convention. Each senate district has between 2 and 8 depending on Democratic votes in 2004 and 2006. The state convention also formalizes the "unpledged super delegates" based on political office or party committee membership. Then pledged party official and elected delegates are selected by proportion of candidates delegates attending the convention. Then "at large" delegates are chosen reflecting the proportion of the presidential candidates that signed into the party convention.
Note there are several levels where the 15% rule comes in play, at the precincts, at the precinct groups in the county/senate district conventions, at the county or senate district conventions as a whole, and at the state convention.
The Republican rules are somewhat similar but with a 20% viability rule.
Come out to caucus at 7:15 PM March 4th to really decide on the presidential candidates.
Tags: Texas, primary, caucus, 2008, rules
Bush seems to have made sure this is a bad stimulus package
Our feckless Democrats in Congress caved to him after only mitigating the damage. There is talk the Senate might improve the bill further, actually giving money where it is needed. Krugman has the overall picture.
The words of Franklin Delano Roosevelt come to mind: “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics.”
And the worst of it is that the Democrats, who should have been in a strong position — does this administration have any credibility left on economic policy? — appear to have caved in almost completely.
Yes, they extracted some concessions, increasing rebates for people with low income while reducing giveaways to the affluent. But basically they allowed themselves to be bullied into doing things the Bush administration’s way.
Who will do better in the general election considering the economy we will have in November? I think Edwards. There is probably a point or two bump for Edwards in the primaries with Kucinich dropping out but it would take a miracle for him to be the candidate.
Texas and Ohio may decide the nominees on March 4.
I take exception to crackpot psychiatrist Charles Krauthammer. I was ignoring his Washington Post column but the Houston Chronicle reran it and put this headline on it "John Edwards farce is an affront to authentic liberals." Clinton, Obama, and Edwards are all running against their records in the Senate. Edwards is no worse than the other two and his current positions are better then theirs. If a real liberal wants your advice, Charles, he is on the way to the looney-bin.
Added - Froomkin has links to how bad is this stimulus package compared to what was needed.
A study by [Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody's Economy.com,] estimates that every dollar put into the food stamp program produces a $1.73 increase in the economy as the money is spent and spent again. By contrast, every dollar put into the business tax breaks that are in the stimulus package will increase the economy by 27 cents, according to the study. The business portion of the stimulus package allows companies to write off 50 percent of the cost of equipment in the year of purchase. This will help firms that sell long-lasting equipment such as machine tools, aircraft, and agricultural and construction equipment. Technology firms could also benefit. But much of that investment would have happened anyway, according to some economists.
Tags: Edwards, economy, Bush, Krauthammer
'If you think the market's bad now, wait a year'
Houston is spared the worst of the bear market in housing but we have our own stories here. The above link is to ground zero for overvalued homes and and too many ARMs - California.
Cal. foreclosures up 421% from year-ago levels
"I think we're real lucky in Houston"
Update on Houston economy. Still pretty good - especially compared to elsewhere.
One recent bad note - There are rumors that ADV Films seems to have laid off all of their voice talent. ADV Films, a subsidiary of AD Vision Inc, was the largest anime company in the world outside of Japan dubbing and distributing Asian animated properties and some other science fiction series. It is unclear how serious the problems are and the future of the company in Houston. There have been a number of related announcements about various divisions of the company but no announcement about how bad the financials are. How can that be when anime is such a strong hot category? Bad business decisions at the top are suspected.
What does the international community think of the US economy? US in role of wounded giant - international experts blame Fed.
How bad is the national economy?
Starbucks testing $1 coffee.
Brother can you spare a dollar?
Tags: economy, housing, ADV Films, A D Vision, Inc, Houston, Starbucks
Even the local Pasadena Texas paper and Talton are poking fun at the PhotoShop candidate.
Harris County Judge using taxpayer funds to make sure you see his name. Instead of the County Logo, Judge Emmett puts his campaign literature name on backdrop to county events.
The mail-in ballots determined the new Pasadena mayor.
Republican Judge invalidates last 90 days of runaway grand jury. Was this incompetence in Rosenthal's office or more crony Republicanism? Fall gal - Prosecutor Kate Dolan was responsible for the grand jury mistake, according to authorities and herself.
Pasadena officers charged in death of inmate. This was the case of a 911 call that said the officers were beating or kicking a man offering no resistance.
Texas Air base fesses up - military planes were flying at time of UFO sighting.
The Pasadena Citizen had an opinion-editorial from the New Right's New School of Influence - Grove City College. "Look at any Right Wing Think Tank’s list of personnel – in the US or abroad – and you will likely find a Grove City connection." Question, why is a minor Christian conservative college getting it's faculty in so many places? Answer, it was organized and has received generous conservative funding.
Tags: liberal news,, Texas,, Pasadena,, local,, Houston,, Harris County
Media forgotten nuggets
They endlessly talked about the 2000 campaign and how McCain was smeared in South Carolina in some of the dirtiest mudslinging in a presidential primary campaign. What they forgot was who was behind it - Bush's top advisor in the state, and where he works now - Romney's campaign. It looks like Romney may have had a hand in taking out Fred.
Number two - Greenwald is right, Majority Leader Reid is atrocious as Democratic leader and kow-towing to big phone companies. Have the media ever noticed this?
After the press reported on a major study of the 935 lies that lead to the Iraq War, Captain Star Trek Lite claimed it was all a rich Jewish financier's plot. Captain Ed takes direction from the Herbert Hoover Institute, Powerline, and various Scaife publications and foundations. Froomkin has a good round-up on real news, not Scaife funded craziness.
Will we get universal health care?
Probably in 2009, but will it be the universal health care the insurers want? The insurance and health care industries are lining up to line their pockets when health care reform gets passed. In many ways Matt is right, if the candidates were promising "universal car ownership" the auto makers wouldn't fight it, they would push the proposals that got them the most money. Ditto for the health care industry.
Will this be the best plan? No, but it is the most doable. If it benefits the big industries half the Republicans will support it. What may sink it is the massive hidden charges on private plans as opposed to government plans - the opposite of the Republican and Libertarian rhetoric.
Tags: health insurance, universal health care, healthcare
Choosing the most electable candidate
It isn't Clinton or Obama. I am surprised that Republicans have been ignoring their radio leaders and rallying to McCain who actually is the most electable candidate on their side. Meanwhile Edwards is ignored by the media, the two leading Dem candidates and most of the Democratic primary goers. This happened in 2004 with Democratic insiders proclaiming Kerry the most electable while outsiders and polls showed it was John Edwards or Wes Clark.
I am getting tired of Democrats writing off Red States and trying to fashion a narrow East Coast + West Coast + some Mid West states victory that depends a great deal on luck.
Frank Wrinn in Tennessee:
Gallup and Rasmussen now have McCain beating Clinton and Obama. In a Rasmussen poll released last week McCain beats Clinton by a startling 11 percentage points. Now, Rasmussen also shows Clinton trailing Huckabee, Obama in dead heat with Huckabee, but Edwards leading Huckabee by double digits. In Democratic stronghold Pennsylvania this month, Rasmussen has McCain beating Clinton by 6% and Obama by 8%. Hello. Where do Democrats make up for a loss in Pennsylvania. Texas?...
For Democrats to change anything, we have to win first.
Edwards on Letterman.
Tags: Edwards, 2008, primaries, electability, campaign
The Fed can't stop the recession and may hurt
The Federal Reserve has been taking action to preserve the banks and financial institutions. They are the institutions it serves but they are the ones who created this mess. Unfortunately, the only tools it is using to fix the economy are all designed to increase liquidity in the system. This is another way of saying the Fed is throwing boatloads of free and cheap money at the problem. But the problem for the overall economy isn't the money supply, although more cheap money might save some banks. Money supply has been running at ridiculously large increases before the crisis.
The best measure is the total money supply is M3, which the Bush administration made sure it would no longer issue reports on in 2006. That rate of money supply growth is 15%. Why create more money when you are already creating 15% a year? What the Federal Reserve is going to create with the current "solution" they are using is stagflation.
Stagflation, a combination of high inflation and no employment growth occurred in the late 60's to early 80's. The Federal Reserve and the White House floundered around for years seeking a solution.
The current economic crisis is also similar to another time in our recent history. The "Savings and Loan Crisis" of the 80's. Similar to now it was created by loose lending requirements, lax regulation, and obscene profits for the few. It can be argued that the S&L Crisis was also an effect of the Fed's cure for stagflation. The high interest rates doomed Savings and Loans which were financed by low-interest-rate mortgages. The US taxpayers were left holding the bag for a $125 billion bailout of the financial institutions that time. That was a much easier and smaller problem to solve - rescue the Savings and Loans and wait until the housing market adjusted. This time tax payers could end up holding a trillion dollar bag.
Similarly, how did they finally cure stagflation? Raise interest rates to kill inflation, it took over four years, and wait till the economic system adjusted. The failures of S&L's were collateral damage. Note that this cure that worked is the opposite of what the Fed is doing now. There are reasons that this is not even being considered. One of them is that the government is hiding the real inflation numbers. Why, I'm not sure, but Social Security increases should have been about twice what they were which may have something to do with it. (The increases for seniors should have been even higher if like me you think there should be a Senior Citizen inflation index with a much higher weight given to medical price increases. ) If you go back to when they started adjusting the CPI, Walter J. "John" Williams thinks Social Security checks should be double.
What can improve the economy without stagflation? You can ease the pain of it for most Americans by readjusting taxes to benefit the 95% of Americans who have been screwed by tax cuts for the rich. From 1979 to 2005 real family income for the average family has gone up 15%, for the top 5% - 81%.
You can readjust the business taxes to promote job growth in the United States.
You can give business credits for new job creation and entirely new industries and quit rewarding the plantation industries. A digression to modern politics and plantation economics with President Bush as an example.
You can work out policies that reduce inequality because the United States has been making great gains that the great majority of people are not benefiting from as the riches are funneled to the rich.
You can promote the new jobs that will be created by the new green solutions to the environmental crisis.
You can spend money on education for the new jobs and lowering the cost of education for all. Bush has presided over the largest educational cost increases for typical families in history.
You can increase legal immigration that creates new jobs and more workers and take action to end the illegal low wage slave immigration.
We can pay for some of this by ending the war. We don't have the money for the $2 trillion Iraqi war. Bring them home now. Money being spent on an aggressive military posture wastes money that generates jobs on needed infrastructure improvements, better roads, bridges, homes, flood control and communications.
Get radical in 2008. You see what the Washington conventional wisdom brings. Also listen to what the presidential candidates propose. By the way, solving business problems by cutting jobs is probably not the experience you need for this - I'm looking at you Romney. Watch how many Republicans propose to solve the problem by cutting taxes for the rich and businesses. Like Bush, many believe whatever the problem is you cure it by cutting taxes. They rarely say one of the current problems is how much of your taxes is going to pay for the government debt and the liabilities the government has piled up under Bush and left for us and our children to pay for in the future.
Look at history, Democrats are better for the economy, better for the stock market, and better for the average American. Better in every measurement.
Update: The Panic seems to be on - "In 2008, Americans will wake up to the worst economic times that anyone alive has ever seen." (Gerald Celente, 17 December 2007.) Thanks Janette.
"Better superglue yourselves to the floorboards and pray for God's mercy."
Bob Herbert - "They should stop, take a deep breath and acknowledge the obvious: the way to put money into the hands of working people is to make sure they have access to good jobs at good wages. That has long been known, but it hasn’t been the policy in this country for many years."
Tags: economy, inflation, debt, stagflation, Federal Reserve
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GameSpot's Sad State of Affairs
I am shocked, shocked! I say, that multimedia news companies are firing writers who say bad things about the product of their advertisers and the companies even sell the placement of their stories and coverage. ROTFL
Molly Ivins on Hillary Clinton
The late great Texas Icon Molly Ivins had this to say about Hillary in one of her columns before her death.
I will not support Hillary Clinton for president
I'd like to make it clear to the people who run the Democratic Party that I will not support Hillary Clinton for president.
Enough. Enough triangulation, calculation and equivocation. Enough clever straddling, enough not offending anyone This is not a Dick Morris election. Sen. Clinton is apparently incapable of taking a clear stand on the war in Iraq, and that alone is enough to disqualify her. Her failure to speak out on Terri Schiavo, not to mention that gross pandering on flag-burning, are just contemptible little dodges....
What kind of courage does it take, for mercy's sake? The majority of the American people (55 percent) think the war in Iraq is a mistake and that we should get out. The majority (65 percent) of the American people want single-payer health care and are willing to pay more taxes to get it. The majority (86 percent) of the American people favor raising the minimum wage. The majority of the American people (60 percent) favor repealing Bush's tax cuts, or at least those that go only to the rich. The majority (66 percent) wants to reduce the deficit not by cutting domestic spending, but by reducing Pentagon spending or raising taxes.
The majority (77 percent) thinks we should do "whatever it takes" to protect the environment. The majority (87 percent) thinks big oil companies are gouging consumers and would support a windfall profits tax. That is the center, you fools. WHO ARE YOU AFRAID OF?
God I miss her.
Tags: Molly Ivins, Hillary Clinton
Skilled and Out of Work
Long-term joblessness is already at high levels and is affecting highly skilled workers the Washington Post finds. Those who find new jobs take a pay cut of almost 20%. It may be more, that covered the years 2001 to 2003.
Tags: economy, recession, depression, joblessness
Sekula-Gibbs being called on her abortion switch.
Greenwald: NYT reporter not liberal on the Iraq war and the only thing the surge accomplished is make sure our troops aren't coming home.
Reason: Lew Rockwell wrote Ron Paul's many objectionable newsletters. Raw prejudice brought in more money.
Billionaires for Bush Romney plans to spend $250 million.
Nation Popular Vote bills now in effect in two states. About to pass in six more. Seven more have passed in the appropriate committee. Will the electoral college be bypassed this year in favor of the popular vote winner? No, probably not until 2012 unless a candidate gets behind this now. Tip: introduce a resolution at your party convention.
Sibel UK Headline 2. THE FBI has been accused of lying and covering up a key case file detailing evidence against corrupt U.S. government officials and their dealings with foreign spy networks stealing our nuclear secrets.
Huckabee: "I'm having to reach down deep and swallow my Arkansas pride, and it is taking everything in me to be able to say this, but, folks, Texas may just have to save this Arkansas boy and put us over the top in March of this year."
More on Huck and Chuck in Navasota.
Local Republican politician's unbelievable statements this week.
Jonathan Chait on who's more electable - Hillary or Obama? (My answer - John Edwards, here's why.)
Worldwide Stock Drop! Bulls end denial, in retreat. U.S. recession blamed.
Krugman: Use the employment to population ratio. Actually the male employment to male population 18-55 is even better. Our real unemployment rate is worse than France's. The next year or two will be unpleasant. Where to apply the stimulus - poor workers and infrastructure projects. Debunking the Reagan myth.
Josh - Why in the Hell should Edwards drop out?
Does Public Opinion Count? - video.
Maureen Dowd gets caught with a fake dateline.
Eight-year-old corrects New York Times.
Edward's Aides no longer expect to win a single state. Still in. (This was a not very transparent attempt to get Edward's to drop out.)
Some movies and TV shows about writers you could watch today.
MLK Day - ‘The time has come for America to hear the truth…’
Free at last, free at last, Thank God Almighty Bush leaves office in one year!
Democrats debate tonight on CNN. How bad will the moderators be?
Obama gives rousing unity speech at King's church. Video. Edward's rousing unity speech.
Juan Cole: It is time to wrap up the Iraq War and to, as carefully and deliberately as possible, end the US military presence in Iraq.
Someone I would never have expected to agree with - Michael Medved. SOUTH CAROLINA'S BIG LOSER: TALK RADIO
If you’ve tuned in at all to Rush, Sean, Savage, Glenn Beck, Laura Ingraham, Mark Levin, Hugh Hewitt, Dennis Prager, and two dozen others you’ve heard a consistent drum beat of hostility toward Mac and Huck.
Tags: liberal news
It's Monday and that means it's time for another weekly roundup of Texas Progressive Alliance blogs. This week's roundup is brought to you by Steve at WhosPlayin while Vince recovers from his wild weekend of covering the AFL-CIO Convention
WhosPlayin takes a look at a spoof website that has turned a Denton County Commissioner's race ugly.
John Coby cautions Houston City Council about Houstonians for Responsible Growth.
BossKitty at Bluebloggin points out how Dick Cheney show his loyalty toward the people who are suppose to take a bullet for him; Secret Service Takes The Fall - Cheney Not To Be Inconvenienced
A report of the SDEC meeting posted by PDiddie at Brains and Eggs drew a response from several quarters.
McBlogger looks at Rep Dawnna Dukes' conflict of interest in helping the film industry and wonders if she's truly non-committal in the Speaker's race.
On The Texas Blue, contributing writer David Gurney takes a look at the short-lived influence of the Baby Boomer era on politics in The Downhill Run.
Off the Kuff says it's time for C.O. Bradford to start speaking out about the various messes Chuck Rosenthal has created at the Harris County DA's office.
The Texas Cloverleaf informs everyone about the TTC Townhall 2.0 hearings have begun. If you care where TTC 69 is going, you best attend for your voice to be heard.
WCNews at Eye On Williamson points out that Democrat Diana Maldonado Out-Raises All Candidates In HD-52 and shows the problem with one-party government in ACLU Shames WCCC - Free Speech Under Attack.
Stace at Dos Centavos analyzes the Latino vote for Hillary in Nevada.
Gary at Easter Lemming Liberal News still can't believe what has happened to what was once Houston's premiere radio news source. The new Republican Propaganda Radio Network had Rush Limbaugh calling a spade a spade with expertise with using hoes. Gary provides alternatives for your radio listening and a contact link to KTRH 740 AM.
CouldBeTrue from South Texas Chisme answers the question 'What does 'immigration' mean as an issue?'
Hal at Half Empty ventured forth to a meeting of The Dark Side. Here is his take on the 10-Candidate strong CD 22 GOP candidates' forum that took place last week.
Nat-Wu at Three Wise Men says reports of the death of the American "warrior spirit" are greatly exaggerated.
Update on Caucusing
Some reports out of Nevada illustrate that it can be ugly and confusing and the most prepared candidates win.
This updates my post on “I’m like, what the heck is caucusing?”
Turn out and vote March 4 at 7:15 PM at your precinct location.
Discussions are getting very heated about the passionate caucus goers in Nevada.
How team Clinton prepared for the caucuses.
Will Edwards still be around for Texas?
Edwards had been expected to be in for the long haul but his weak showing in Nevada is raising doubts about his continued campaigning. For a while it seemed that Edwards could take advantage of the 15% rule to stay in and see if his campaign would eventually catch fire or be the king maker at the convention. Nevada had Edwards down to less than 5% and getting no national convention delegates.
"I got my butt kicked. That is what happened in Nevada," Edwards said Sunday on CNN's "Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer. "And the job for me now is -- I have learned this from my whole life experience -- is when you get knocked down, you have got to get up. ...
"You know, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas?" he added. "I hope that turns out to be true in this case."
On to South Carolina and then Super Duper Tuesday and we will see where that leaves the race. It is several days past time for a shake-up in the Edwards campaign. Even his fans say that Edwards passion for issues supporting the working class just is not connecting with most voters.
Tags: Edwards, Texas, 2008, primaries, Democrats
Past Mayor Isbell Wins Pasadena Texas Mayor's Race
In a very close race Johnny Isbell wins 52.8% of the vote over Ralph Riggs. Only around 6,750 citizens cast ballots for a city of 150,000.
A good clean race. Key issues that decided the race - the questionable acting mayor endorsement after he said he would not endorse, mail-in ballot applications to everyone over 65, the Pasadena North/South split, full-time mayor versus experience, and looking forward to effective honest government or looking back for effective experience.
The keys for Isbell's win were the endorsement and robo-calling by the Acting Mayor Douglass and that Isbell immediately on being in a run-off sent campaign literature with a mail-in ballot application inside to everyone over 65 or otherwise eligible. (People should remember that for future races.)
After a brief slender lead by Isbell on the early vote, throughout the night Riggs held on to the lead. Finally around ten o'clock District H and the mail-in votes results were announced and the winner declared.
Long time Pasadena observers were shocked by the closeness of the race. I wasn't, Pasadena was almost ready for a change and may have gotten it except for the Mayor Douglass endorsement, the head start Isbell got on mail-in ballots, and Isbell's son JJ's district H. (Throw out JJ's district and the race was tied or throw out the mail-in ballots and Riggs wins.)
Both candidates ran issues and endorsements campaigns. All of the earlier candidates except one who were in the race had endorsed Riggs. Isbell had the police and fire endorsements and the acting mayor's. Douglass had promised not to endorse in the race and then said that only applied to the early crowded field. He said he was persuaded by Isbell's experience.
Final preliminary results:
Johnny Isbell 3,559 52.8%
Ralph Riggs 3,182 47.2%
A few provisional ballots are still out and will not change the results.
Update - Pasadena Citizen: Isbell late comeback seals win
Tags: Pasadena, Texas, Ralph Riggs, Johnny Isbell, 2008, Mayor, local, elections
“I’m like, what the heck is caucusing?”
That is the question in Nevada and will be the question in Texas March 4 at 7:15 PM. The local Democratic clubs are holding training, in Pasadena Monday night at 7:30, earlier for judges. In Clear Lake - Bay Area New Democrats is even holding a large caucus demonstration to get people clear on the concept but I don't have a date yet.
Texas Democrats will allocate 126 delegates by Senate District based on primary results. Edwards better get 15% to be included which is the number he is hovering around. Then 102 Texas delegates are allocated in other ways including some party officials and politicians automaticly. The final delegation will be around 50% female and racially proportionate to Democratic caucus goers. Go to the caucus to be part of this process.
Today South Carolina Republicans are voting in a winner take all primary by congressional district. McCain or Huckabee with around 27% could walk off with all the marbles. Hillary and Obama are fighting for the win in Nevada and Romney will run away on the Republican side.
Today Pasadena Texas voters are electing a new mayor if they hadn't already safe early voted.
Update on the state representative 144 race: Competing for the state District 144 seat currently held by Talton who is running for the 22 Congressional seat are Republicans Ken Legler, Pasadena Independent School District board member Fred Roberts and John Hughey. The sole Democrat running for the position is Joel C. Redmond, a mortgage broker with family connections to the north Pasadena First Baptist church.
Tags: politics, Texas, Pasadena, local, Houston, Democrats, caucus, primary
Fly Me to the Moon - Diane Krall
Dale Pa' Tra - Notch
You Look Mahvelous - Billy Crystal
Doctored Photos in GOP Race
Bad Photoshopping gets Houston Chronicle front page.
Confession - as a campaign advisor I have had candidates drop a few pounds by condensing the horizontal on some photographs.
Tags: politics, Texas, 2008
Huckabee's ties to Biblical Reconstructionists
Salon.com: Huckabee believes the Bible trumps the Constitution.
Huckabee's radical religious friends
Huckabee courts believers in Armageddon.
"South Carolina people know true conservatism when they see it. You don't like people outside the state telling you how you ought to raise your kids. You don't like people from outside the state telling you what to do with the [Confederate] flag. In fact, if somebody came down to Arkansas and told us what to do with our flag, we'd tell 'em where to put the pole."
Huckabee said that "the genius" of the Constitution is that it was built to be changed. On the other hand, he said, the Bible "was not created to be amended and altered with each passing culture."
Where have I read this before?
Robert Anson Heinlein: 2012 Nehemiah Scudder is elected American President, and implants a religious dictatorship - To Sail Beyond the Sunset published in 1987.
The First Prophet was Nehemiah Scudder, a backwoods preacher turned President (elected in 2012), then dictator (no elections were held in 2016 or later) - If This Goes On copyright 1953.
UPDATE - Time Jesus Christ's Superstar.
Is Huckabee a religious populist?
Tags: Huckabee, Nehemiah Scudder, politics, religion, theocracy
Michael Skelly runs against Culberson
Houston Business Journal has a write-up if you subscribe.
"Business people approach issues in a very pragmatic way: How to solve the problem," he says. "Politicians come from ideological perspective. Pragmatic leaders are what we need today."
Is Skelly the advent of big green money?
Chron.com main story.
Skelly for Congress.
Tags: Houston, Texas, politics, 2008, Michael Skelly
Las Vegas and the forgotten candidate
More. And more.
Jay at Time thinks Edwards will be the kingmaker and has chosen the king.
Tags: John Edwards, 2008, primary
Great Minds Think Alike
I have been reflecting on the radical right nut jobs and Kohlberg's stages of moral development recently and censorship. So has natasha, smintheus and Sara. As natasha writes: "everybody's local flavor of fundamentalist sounds the same as all the rest of them. Mass arrested development."
Some recent bad examples - Mike Savage. Wow.
The other - the author of a recently banned comment here. "This blog is the biggest pile of b.s. I have ever read. I sure hope you don't reproduce!" I am reproducing the comment in full. That type of comment is not unusual. What was unusual was that my concern for what politicians were supporting the Middle Class brought on that comment.
OK, it is a given they are wacky nut jobs. But I have difficulty in determining at what point should we consider censorship for hate speech. At this blog I have made it a policy to reserve the right to ban anonymous comments I don't like. How much should the government regulate our public airwaves which have been given to private enterprise to profit from as long as they serve the public interest? Is hate speech no longer serving the public interest?
A question I don't have an easy answer to.
Tick off a conservative today. Read for pleasure.
Tags: moral development, Kohlberg, conservatives, censorship
Could be a long hard one. Demographics are starting to indicate it could be a decades long recession for the housing market.
About to wreak havoc on the housing market are the 78 million American baby boomers who will “retire, relocate, and eventually withdraw from the housing market,” according to report authors Dowell Myers, a professor of urban planning and demography in the School of Policy, Planning and Development at the University of Southern California, and SungHo Ryu, an associate planner with the Southern California Association of Governments.
Using demographic data to show that individuals in their mid-60s tend to sell more often than buy, the authors contend that when boomers — a “dominant force in the housing market” — start reaching the age of 65 in the year 2011, a market shift will occur. Some retirees will be looking to downsize, others will relocate to warmer climes, while others will move to nursing homes, says Mr. Myers. As they transition out of the housing market or look to sell their homes, in some states there will be “more homes available for sale than there are buyers for them.”
...The authors suggest that to combat the boomer generational trend, local communities need to limit overbuilding of new housing, put measures into place to retain the elderly in the community and attract young households and immigrant households to local neighborhoods.
Krugman - "I suspect that it’s already too late to prevent a recession."
Bush likely to announce $800 tax rebates.
There is a slew of huge bad news coming up soon. How about bankruptcies for the companies guaranteeing those bad bonds?
Matt Lauer's proposed fix, start lying about the economy.
UPDATE - My brother sends me what he calls a great blog which has this:
An honest politician would tell the country the truth. The era of cheap oil, easy credit and spending more than you earn is over. America cannot exist with 70% of its economy based on consumers spending at the mall. We will actually have to rebuild our manufacturing base and that means we will have to rebuild our infrastructure. We can no longer be 16th in the world in Broadband Diffusion, 26th in the world in 12th grade science scores and pay our teachers like they were flipping hamburgers.
More on the middle-class being hurt worst last year.
Biggest drop in home-building in 27 years.
Salon.com: When can we get our checks?
Another shoe teetering on the verge of dropping - AMBAC.
Tags: economy, recession
'We are always at war with Eastasia'
Someone "off the record" briefed the media that Iran almost started a war with their aggressive actions in the Gulf of Hormuz. Front page news and all over the usual suspects pages and airwaves while Bush was visiting the Middle East.
Those damn Iranian rubber boats were threatening our battleships!
How does it look now?
Turns out it was greatly exaggerated to hype the Iran threat connected with Bush's foreign policy mission to a credulous media.
I just love those "off the record" Republican guys at the Department of Defense.
Tags: Iran, war, Orwell, GOP, propaganda
'Sputtering and fuming' in Fort Bend
Must be the ten little dwarfs debating in Richmond-Rosenberg over who is tall enough to replace Representative Nick Lampson. Hal was at the debate to which Shelley-Shelley-My Belly Sekula Gibbs arrived late, as usual.
I found out she was named after Shell Oil. Grand Oil Party is in her blood apparently. Can we blame them for her money to run those crazy radio ads and all those large billboards?
Tags: CD-22, Texas, 2008, Nick Lampson, Shelley+Sekula+Gibbs
Last Final Corrupt Act Before Rosenthal Leaves?
Republican Texas Supreme Court Justice David Medina and his wife are in financial trouble. Their house was in foreclosure and had tax liens. Solution? His wife set fire to the house and waited outside with her son for the fire department. She got a little carried away with the accelerant and it spread to three alarms and also damaged a neighbor's place. As suspicion fell on her the judge started hiding and tampering with the evidence. He got caught and he and his wife were indicted.
How does disgraced Harris County Attorney Chuck Rosenthal get involved in this? He has refused to prosecute and will move to dismiss the indictments.
Is this one last favor for the Republican Party of Texas?
Grand jury members are pretty steamed about this.
A grand jury handed up the indictments despite objections from Rosenthal's office. In a rare move for a body that typically operates in secrecy, two grand jury members Thursday night publicly denounced Rosenthal's unwillingness to prosecute as politically motivated....
"I've just never seen anything like the vigor with which these two defendants were defended by the Harris County District Attorney's Office," Dorrell said. "It was theater of the absurd. We knew before we handed the indictment down that the district attorney was going to refuse to prosecute, but we did it anyway."
....Medina, a former state district judge in Houston, was Gov. Rick Perry's general counsel from January to November 2004, when Perry appointed him to fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court, which hears only civil cases. He was elected in 2006 and is not up for re-election until 2012.
Chuck Rosenthal has had his ethics and judgement repeatedly questioned. Presently he is not running for reelection and is under investigation because of his emails containing love notes to his secretary, porn and racist material, and illegal campaign activities. When he was prosecuting cases it came out that he made up evidence and refused to give evidence to the defense. Many attorneys for years have questioned his judgement.
The GOP replacement candidates promise to do better than Chuck. What the Hell else can they say?
Kuffman has more.
Tags: Texas, Harris County, Rosenthal, GOP
Vote in Pasadena Saturday
If you haven't safe voted early, Saturday is the day to choose your mayor. Riggs has enthusiastic supporters, can they overcome the experienced Isbell machine and the history of Pasadena returning the same families to office? Riggs held a meet and greet.
"We had people come in that I've never met and I got to visit with them. We probably had between 200 and 300 people show up with very minimal advertising, and I was able to talk to people about some of my plans for the city, which include fixing the things that are falling down around us and continuing on with the capital improvement program that John Manlove started. Overall, it went very well. We were very happy with the turnout, and we think it's a good indicator" he said.
Pat has been working for the Red Cross on local fires and I am about to head down to Clear Lake to meet some people who want to be delegates to the Democratic Party Convention. At work I kept managing to lose stuff that wasn't mine (actually the Honors students probably stole them.)
Tags: Pasadena, Texas, mayor, 2008, election, Riggs, Isbell
Huckabee goes after the squirrel eating vote
Huckabee confesses while in college he regularly fried squirrel in his popcorn popper.
Tags: Huckabee
John Edwards is the Most Electable
The proof is in polls from Oklahoma and Ohio. OK, this is going to be a rant.
In Oklahoma John Edwards performs 18 to 26% better than Hillary Clinton depending on who the GOP candidate is. Obama gets even more blown out of the water. Bush won Oklahoma in 2004 by 31% and by 22% in 2000.
If the two winners of the 2008 New Hampshire primary are paired up together, Clinton would lose by roughly the same margin as Kerry did in 2004. The Democrats would not be making any sort of electoral progress.
Democrats tend to get swept in Southern states but a John Edwards candidacy puts these states in play. John Edwards was chosen as the VP in 2004 partly because of his strength in the south but obviously that did not help. The Democrats are just going to have to elect him as the nominee if they want to compete in the South.
In Ohio pretty much the same results, only Edwards wins Ohio against McCain and Huckabee. Obama or Clinton go down to defeat. Some of the Democrats versus the Republicans results from the Ohio poll:
Edwards: 47 percent
McCain: 40 percent
Undecided: 13 percent
Huckabee: 45 percent
Clinton: 43 percent
Obama: 42 percent
Romney: 38 percent
Obama or Clinton would be the John Kerry of 2008 in the South and in the battleground toss-up states.
Democrats in Texas do not realize this as Edwards remains in third in the latest Texas Democratic primary poll. Current and last month results.
Clinton 46% (51%)
Obama 28% (17%)
Edwards 14% (15%)
I can see the Democratic establishment has gotten in the habit and seems to like to lose but can someone explain to me what the average Democrat in Texas sees in repeating the same John Kerry mistake in 2008?
So far all I've heard is it's historical or that Obama and Hillary will grow on people. It was historical when the Democrats had a losing female vice-president. Being historical doesn't get the job done. By this time Hillary has done all the growing on people she is likely to do.
I am sure Obama is going to be torn up in the Republican lying buzz-saw. I have already seen CNN and Fox News running a few spots with the wrong color filter on clips about Obama where he looks like he has jaundice and needs a shave and looks the closest thing to a terrorist.
If you want to have a much easier time to take the presidency and elect more Democrats vote for Edwards. If you want to make an historical statement but that could lose vote for Hillary or Obama.
Tags: Texas, John Edwards, 2008, primary, Democrats, Oklahoma, Ohio, polls, electability
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Credit: Facebook / Shani Clarke (L), Flickr (R)
35-year-old Michael Clarke had been consuming energy drinks and made it a habit to drink it every day, sometimes as many as four cans per day.
Like other typical energy drinks, the energy drink which is popular in Australia and New Zealand contains a high level of caffeine, at 160 mg of caffeine per can.
Credit: BeverageDaily.com
That alone is two-thirds more caffeine than a normal cup of coffee.
Knowing that it was not good for his health, his mother, Shani Clarke told him that his habit could be harmful to his health after she saw him carrying an armful of cans out of his truck.
Unfortunately, Michael had a cardiac arrest while driving in January 2014. That day, he consumed four cans, which is an equivalent of four or five cups of coffee.
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The doctors explained that the extremely high level of caffeine had put his heart under a massive strain.
Shani was devastated when she found out the cause of her son’s death. “I can’t tell you the pain I felt at that moment, my heart just hit the floor and I sobbed and sobbed,” she wrote following her son’s passing.
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The Facebook group only had 500 users when it was first set up and now, it has more than 1,700 users who refer to the group for some help and motivation for them to kick the unhealthy habit.
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LONDON, July 21 (Xinhuanet) — A former British chief of defense staff on Wednesday urged the British Ministry of Defense (MoD) to compensate ill veterans of the 1991 Gulf War.
“It is time for the MoD to accept that they have not been able to disprove that the individual’s illnesses is not Gulf-service related and to compensate and apologize to those that have been kept waiting far too long for satisfaction,” Lord Craig of Radley,chief of the defense staff in 1991, told an independent inquiry into the “Gulf war syndrome” in London told the three-week inquiry.
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However, it has never been accepted that the illnesses have a common cause arising from the Gulf war, meaning that hundreds of veterans have not been able to claim compensation.
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A foreign professor's life-time love of Chinese classics: Roger T. Ames
(People's Daily Online) 16:56, May 25, 2018
“Dear specialists, dear teachers and dear friends, hello everyone!” The tall foreign professor before us bows low to the audience, delivering his opening speech with a “Chinese flavor” expertly. It’s obvious that he knows a lot about Chinese greetings.
This man, evaluated by Chinese scholars as “gentle like spring wind with the feeling of a noble gentleman,” who has translated traditional Chinese classics like "The Analects" and "The Art of War", and has been awarded the “Confucius Culture Prize” at the World Confucian Conference, is the renowned American sinologist Roger T. Ames.
Roger T. Ames is interviewed. (Photo/Pei Pi)
“Meeting” Confucius in Hong Kong
52 years ago, on a hot, wet night during the summer of 1966, 19-year-old Roger came to the Chinese University of Hong Kong alone as an exchange student. Speaking of his first night in China, he still remembers everything outside being so strange and new to him when he looked out the hotel window. He realized then that his life “began an irreversible turn.”
Not long after his enrollment, his roommate gave him an English version of The Four Books. This was the first time Roger came to know about Confucius, and he was captivated immediately. Years later, looking back on this meaningful moment, Roger smiled and said, “this was the starting point when I decided to study Chinese philosophy for my whole life.”
A new attempt to translate China
Roger remembers back to around 1978 when he was accompanying his wife to the doctors in Canada, the doctor casually asked him about his research. Upon hearing that his research area was Chinese philosophy, the doctor astonishingly “laughed with tears”. This provoked Roger to change the stubborn prejudice rooted in the traditions of western philosophy. “If western philosophy repels traditions of other philosophies, then it as a subject doesn’t fulfill its academic responsibilities.” Roger said firmly.
He knew deeply that a great misreading of Chinese philosophy existed in western academic circles. Works like "The Analects", "Mencius" and "Tao Te Ching" were originally translated and explained by missionaries, which “contained assumptions from European Christian culture.” Therefore, he started his project of retranslating classics and pushed them forward step by step. From 1993 to 2009, he translated with collaborators, year on year translating classics of Chinese philosophy including "The Art of War", "The Analects", "The Doctrine of the Mean", "Tao Te Ching" and "Huainanzi".
“They all want to learn about China”
Over 30 years have now passed since he first came to Chinese mainland in 1985. With its economic powers becoming stronger, China has played an increasingly important role in the world, and studies in Chinese philosophy have become gradually known by the western mainstream. “Now people all want to learn about China.” Looking back at the situation in the University of Hawaii 40 years ago, Roger sighed, “At that time, it was very difficult for us who learnt Chinese philosophy, including my students, to find a suitable job.” Now he writes recommendation letters for his students every year. There are always over 10 positions that need people. “It’s quite a big change.”
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Equal Civil Partnerships launches fundraising campaign
We’ve reached a moment of real opportunity for the Equal Civil Partnerships campaign. We have a new prime minister and Minister for Equalities in place. We’ve employed a new campaign manager. Charles and Rebecca’s court case is coming up this November. And the Isle of Man has just introduced civil partnerships for different sex couples.
We need to seize this opportunity.
That’s why we’ve launched our first ever major campaign fundraising drive. Thanks to the generous donations of members of the public the legal case has already been funded but now we need your support to help us run our political campaign. Because, even if the court decides in our favour this November, we will need the support of politicians to ensure that the law gets changed.
Your donations will help us run our campaign, produce materials designed to convince MPs of our cause, and pay for the drafting of the legislation we want to introduce.
Please head to our fundraising page and give what you can.
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Matt will be helping us over the coming months as we ramp up our parliamentary campaign, engage more MPs, increase the publicity of our campaign, and prepare for Charles and Rebecca’s court case in November.
Matt has previously worked for a number of campaigns including Gingerbread, Carers Trust, and Climate Week. He will be working part-time with us, working for a campaign to ban nuclear weapons during the other half of his week. In his spare time Matt enjoys playing piano and looking after his two rebellious house rabbits.
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Equal Civil Partnerships for different-sex couples become law in the Isle of Man
Different sex couples who have lived on the Isle of Man for two weeks or more will now be able to get a civil partnership.
The extension of this right to different sex couples was passed by the Isle of Man parliament in April this year and officially became law this week.
It now means that the British government, by denying civil partnerships to different-sex couples, becomes increasingly isolated in Western Europe. France, Portugal, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and many more countries already allow both same-sex and different-sex couples to get civil unions.
The Isle of Man parliament was clearly very proud of the leadership the island is showing. Chief Minister Alan Bell said:
“Recognition of marriage for same-sex couples in Manx law is a truly historic moment, showing just how far the Island has travelled over the past 30 years.
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INTRODUCTION: Bursting upon the epic fantasy with his superb First Law trilogy, Joe Abercrombie became the "perfect" representative of the "new gritty" epic fantasy for me, so much so that I broke my rule of not listing an author as "favorite" until I read a minimum of 4 and preferable more books by him/her that impressed me.
"The Blade Itself" was a top 5 fantasy for me in 2006 and "Before They Are Hanged" was my #1 fantasy of 2007, while the ending of the trilogy "The Last Argument of Kings" was a notable 2008 book. I read the trilogy several times so far and the only book that was less than an A+ like TBI or an A++ like BTAH, though still an A, was LAOK since it had too much combat and magic for my taste, while I think Mr. Abercrombie' strengths lie more in great characters, intrigue and superb dialog than in action scenes. Still I loved the first and last 100 pages of it quite a lot too.
"Best Served Cold" is a triumphant return to Mr. Abercrombie' strengths and it's a co-#1 fantasy novel for 2009 for me so far and highly likely to remain there untill the end of the year.
OVERVIEW: For a general overview of the setup and the undertones of "Best Served Cold" I would strongly recommend checking out the reviews of the earlier First Law novels linked above. While "Best Served Cold" is a standalone, with a clear beginning, clear ending and a main thread, it has a lot of subtle touches that need the original trilogy for appreciation. However this novel may be a perfect introduction to Mr. Abercrombie' s work since it showcases his immense strengths in one volume and it can be read without any reference to the earlier novels.
Styria is a sort of Renaissance Italy from our history, a country of city-states, ambitious princes, mercenaries and two strong external influences, the Union and the Gurkhish who are involved in a long conflict that often flares in outright war.
Duke Orso of Talins is the most ambitious of these princes and in the previous trilogy we met him as a strong Union supporter, even becoming the King's father in law.
Monza Murcatto discovered her talent for war early on and she attracted the attention of famous mercenary leader Nicomo Cosca who took her and her younger brother Benno under his wing; in due course Monza became the most feared, admired and reviled general of Styria, while Cosca faded away as a drunkard though we met him as Glotka's mercenary in the Trilogy so we should not be surprised to see him here too.
As a "daughter" of Talins, Monza leads Orso's armies to the brink of defeating all its rivals; she has only one passion, her brother Benno who seems to be loved by all and is her confidante, "agent" and second in command. Unexplicably for her, Orso accuses the two of them of treachery and tries to kill them in his palace; Benno dies but Monza, believed dead and thrown of a window to shatter on the ground below, is saved by the sinister "Bone-Thief", though she is crippled to some extent and disfigured. From then on she has only one goal - to kill all seven men present at the attempting murders.
Assembling a team of killers and poisoners and using the secret fortune hidden across Styria by Benno and the cover of being assumed dead, she embarks on her "vengeance at all cost" mission. Of course things are not quite what they seem and soon she is embroiled in the intrigue and wars for the domination of Styria as well in the larger struggle of the mages that have been using the Union and the Gurkish as their front for so long.
Shivers is a named Northman that refused to participate in treachery at the end of LAOK since he wanted to become a "better man". Coming to Styria believing some tales about making a "honest living" there, he immediately finds himself easy prey to robbers and tricksters until he gets mad; falling in with Monza may be either the best or the worst thing that have happened to him...
"Best Served Cold" stands at over 600 pages and is divided into seven main parts based on which Styrian city the action takes place in or around. The narration is from various POV's but Monza, Shivers and later Cosca are the most important. The ending is great.
ANALYSIS: The structure of "Best Served Cold" is a little bit different than the First Law trilogy since it focuses strongly on Monza and the group around her as they try to kill the seven men above.
While the POV jumps for a while mainly between her and Shivers, the action proceeds linearly in one thread; only at the end the focus fragments in several sub-threads involving various (surviving) characters. In a way that is the inverse of the First Law structure which took a bunch of characters and "shook them like dice", splitting them in various groups involved in various threads which connected, split, reconnected to end in an unifying grand-finale.
There is back-story inserted at crucial moments that almost, though not quite, pulls the rug out of what came before, the understanding of which is strongly colored by Monza's view.
But first and foremost Best Served Cold is about two characters that take over the novel, one new in Abercrombie's universe and starring from the beggining, the second an old acquintance appearing first in the back-story and later taking a more and more central part. Cosca and Monza, "the teacher and her protegee", well Abercrombie' style so do not expect quite the usual, are why the novel succeded so magnificently for me..
The other main lead at the start, Shivers is a pale shadow of the two and I think the author realized that after a while, wisely letting him fade in the background. Shivers is the least satisfactory of Abercrombie's main characters in the four novels so far, his "I do not want to be Bloody Nine" gets tiresome quickly and after all we saw that before since Logen did not want to be "Bloody Nine" either; it just happens that in the First Law universe, as a "named" Northman you are "Bloody Nine", or you are dead or a runaway. But it does not matter since the supporting cast as well as the cameos of Vitari, Carlot and Jezal more than make up for Shivers "B-rate actor cast as a star" inadequacy.
Location-wise, "Best Served Cold" set only in one place - Styria - though with hints and rumbles of the big universe picture in the background, showcases another of Abercrombie's great strength, "local" world building as opposed to the big picture which is still somewhat sketchy. We saw that many times in the First Law with great locales like the Union capital Adua, the North, the Southern city of Dagoska and so many others, all that had an undeniable "reality" to them. Here we travel the main cities of Styria and we believe they are "real places" rather than squiggle on paper.
The cynical dialog and "thoughts" are still there and form another highlight of the novel, while the action scenes and (mercifully few) battles are well done too with the twists and turns at the end absolutely great. The ending is perfect this time, though of course it begs a new "First Law Universe" novel...
Highly, highly recommended, showing once more why Joe Abercrombie *is* "new gritty" for me.
I'm still waiting for Mr. Abercrobie to write some FANTASY that have some "sense of wonder" in it and not cheap tricks to confuse the reader because the 1st Law world is BORING, especially the British Empire shit.
So yeah, it's gritty, fanny sometimes, but I'd refrain from labeling it as FANTASY.
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Regarding the one pertinent comment above, well I guess that's one reason why I love Mr. Abercrombie work so much since it's close to historical fiction though it has more magic than GRRM so far.
So maybe Joe Abercrombie is just not for you - enough authors out there to choose from and not everyone is for everyone...
Chad Hull said...
Very nice commentary as always.
I've been curious about Abercrombie for awhile. Someone else noted that they didn't think Abercrombie's writing should be called fantasy. For me that would be a point of attraction as I've grown weary of the typical 'swords and sorcery' affairs.
Without name calling or the intention of giving offense, would you call his writing "standard genre fantasy" or perhaps something more substantial?
Anon, it seems you went into the series expecting something that was never promised by the author or any of the promotion. Even on the back covers there isn't really a promise of 'wonder,' rather there is a plot synopsis with a promise of brutality and then there are brief character descriptions.
However, I do think wonder can be found in the books, maybe just not in the way you're looking for. Rather than writing a sprawling fantasy world Abercrombie tends to focus on characters and actions and that "economy of movement" brings subtle things to light in the relationships that are other worldly. So for setting junkies there might not be that grand scope, but if you're willing to let go of your expectations I think Abercrombie is quite a rewarding experience.
Parametric said...
I am SUCH a huge Abercrombie fan. Best Served Cold is my best read of 2009 by a mile as things stand. Genius.
YetiStomper said...
Abercrombie is great.
His work has sort of a pulpish feel to it. But there's good pulp and bad pulp and Abercrombie is FANTASTIC pulp. I only say "sort of" because there's a secondary layer in which he's taking all of the expectations and tropes inherent in the genre and using them against the reader.
Regarding Anon:
I think it comes down to what your definition of "fantasy" is. If it's wonder and awe and magic and dragons then it won't fit. But then again "fantasy" can even go as far as to cover mystery novels as it's not the real world it's someone's fantasy world with made up characters.
Then again we're all entitled to our opinions, I'm sorry you weren't impressed with the book. There's something out there for everyone and I hope that you do find that book or fantasy :)
Ed S. said...
Anonymous, please name some authors you think are providing that "sense of wonder" you didn't find in this book.
well, there's no need for sword & sorcery examples, or stating the obvious authors. But O.K., just take Jacqueline Carey an her Kushiel's Legacy as example of similar setting and much much better world than 1st law.
and yes, seems FBC is not for me.
Id said...
I'm just about to finish BSC and I have loved it. The First Law Trilogy was an amazing read and it jerked my emotions everywhere and then stabbed me through the heart by the end. Great stuff truly. I will follow Abercrombie's work from here on out barring some huge literary atrocity.
Side Note: My daughter was born on the 12th one of her 2 middle names is Vitari.
Every book has it's reader, just like every blog has it's reader too. BSC just might not have been a book for you.
There are plenty of books that people have raved about and I've found boring, dull and overrated. There's nothing wrong in no liking Abercrombie, and no one in any way is making you feel bad for that.
Though I do wonder what you were expecting going into it? What were your expectations that you thought you'd encounter?
FBC covers a lot of books of different types. If you find that you don't like the selection, then I wish you luck in finding a blog that does cover it.
I really enjoyed the First Law Trilogy and many of the characters so I'm looking forward to this. One thing about Abercrombie though, he tends to seize upon a verb and then use it to death - at first I really enjoyed the verb "slithered", for example, but only if used sparingly - once Abercrombie decided he liked it, he used it to death in the first two volumes of the trilogy and it became highly annoying (people didn't do anything but slither?). He found a new verb in the 3rd book, forget what it was, but he overused that to death also.
Anything like that in the new book?
As for the discussion of recent fantasy books that evoke "wonder" - I'd definitely nominate the world presented in the Locke Lamora books by Scott Lynch
I'm about 3/4 of the way through the book and am really tempted to abandon it. I'm finding the violence is getting to be tedious and the characters some what annoying. Has anyone else felt the story tends to lag?
I've loved it up until recently, but would have liked it to be edited down to somewhere around page 500.
CroakerBC said...
Really can't wait to read this book. I was totally enthralled by the First Law trilogy. It was the perfect fix of grim, gritty fantasy I have been waiting for for a long time.
I guess it's not for everyone. After all, there are people who think R. A. Salvatore's works are masterpieces of fantasy, so there you go.
Anyway, I am still debating with myself which of the following is my favorite gritty noir-fantasy: The First Law Trilogy or Richard Morgan's The Steel Remains.
I wish Charlie Huston would try his hand at the fantasy genre one of those days. His Joe Pitt series totally reinvigorated the genre and added to it a very delectable touch of noir. I can only at the thought of him writing a fantasy novel.
[quote]I really enjoyed the First Law Trilogy and many of the characters so I'm looking forward to this. One thing about Abercrombie though, he tends to seize upon a verb and then use it to death - at first I really enjoyed the verb "slithered", for example, but only if used sparingly - once Abercrombie decided he liked it, he used it to death in the first two volumes of the trilogy and it became highly annoying (people didn't do anything but slither?). He found a new verb in the 3rd book, forget what it was, but he overused that to death also.
Anything like that in the new book?[/quote]
Seriously, did you notice that you used the expression "use it to death" 3 times in your comment?
Ironic.
Or was it deliberate?
"Best Served Cold" is fantastic. It moves a break-neck speed...Most of the time although there are many (IMO) slow moments.
Cosca reminds me "Snidly Whiplash of the old "Rocky & Bullwinkle" show.Morveer & his apprentice Day are reminiscent of Boris & Natasha of the same cartoon series.
Murcatto is (to me anyway) a "Joan of Arc" type character though definitely NOT of the Saintly ilk. As to the rest of the characters they are mere fill-ins something for the protagonist to react to.
I have read the trilogy and the Heroes and am nearing the end of Best Serves Cold, next will be Red Country.
Mr. Abercrombie is definitely NOT a "run-of-the-mill" writer.
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Shedd Aquarium’s Right Bite Helps Put Seafood Sustainability on the Shopping List
Posted on March 6, 2015 March 6, 2015 by FamilyFarmed.org
by Bob Benenson, FamilyFarmed
Millions of people get their most up-close-and-personal experiences with aquatic ecosystems by visiting aquariums. It is natural, therefore, that aquariums also serve as platforms for informing consumers about sustainable seafood practices.
While Monterey Bay Aquarium in Monterey, California, has set the pace with its Seafood Watch program, others are actively engaged in guiding people toward responsible choices that help conserve fish populations and maintain ecological balance in oceans and freshwater bodies.
One of these is Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium — located directly on the shore of Lake Michigan — which developed its Right Bite program, which works with consumers and the Chicago culinary industry to increase the availability of sustainable seafood in the region. As a part of this program, Right Bite issues consumer recommendations utilizing the seafood sustainability science of Seafood Watch. These are tailored to the Chicago region and rank individual species in the categories “Best Choices” (color-coded green), “Good Alternatives” (yellow), and “Avoid” (red).
Representatives from Shedd will be on hand at FamilyFarmed’s Good Food Festival on Saturday, March 21, to discuss the program and ways each of us can support healthy lakes and oceans through our seafood choices. They also will hand out Right Bite wallet cards that shoppers can take with them when they go to buy seafood. A copy of the current guide, issued in January 2015, is below.
The Right Bite program at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium provides a wallet card for consumers to take with them when they go seafood shopping so they can make the most sustainable choices
[To learn more about the Good Food Festival and the overall Good Food Festival & Conference March 19-21 at Chicago’s UIC Forum, please visit the event website.]
“Sustainable seafood is really crucial to what we are as a conservation organization,” said Aislinn Gauchay, Shedd’s manager for the Great Lakes and sustainability, who describes Right Bite as the aquarium’s “culinary conservation program.“
Aislinn Gauchay stands in front of a display of Great Lakes region trout at Shedd Aquarium, where she is manager for Great Lakes and sustainability programs.
She continued, “It’s critical to part of how we define ourselves as an organization. It’s a direct action that each individual who visits Shedd and cares about our programs can take to make a difference.”
Because Shedd draws from a microcosm of the general public, visitors come in with widely varying degrees of knowledge and understanding about seafood sustainability. But Gauchay said she is encouraged that society is getting past the long-held misunderstanding “that the oceans were boundless and infinite.” She added, “The fact that people can understand that sustainability and maintaining the healthy numbers of these wild fish is important is a huge win.”
The Right Bite program is, in fact, designed to be useful for those who are new to the concept as well as those who have long subscribed to sustainable seafood practices. “You can’t hit someone who doesn’t have the knowledge of how the world’s oceans work with infinite sustainability information. What we try to do is make it really accessible, to make it easy, to make it reassuring, and to make it hopeful,” Gauchay said.
While working to steer consumers toward ocean fish that are in ample supply and away from those that are facing sustainability challenges, Shedd has a particular mission: encouraging consumers to consider eating fish harvested from the Great Lakes.
One of the big challenges in meeting that goal is an outdated perception that fish taken from those waters might not be safe to eat— dating to the era, prior to the Clean Water Act and other environmental laws, in which parts of the lakes were heavily polluted with industrial wastes.
“The lakes really have undergone a significant transformation and the fish are carefully monitored as they come out of the lakes by state Department of Natural Resources offices,” Gauchay said. “One of the great joys we get to have is to encourage people that it’s a local, sustainable, healthy fish, so enjoy it. It’s going to taste delicious. One of the great things about walleye or lake whitefish and yellow perch, some of those great species, they are as tasty a fish as you’re going to try, just give it a shot.”
Some retailers were ahead of the curve in emphasizing sustainability seafood, including Whole Foods Market (which is a premier sponsor of the Good Food Festival & Conference). But the higher profile that sustainable seafood has gained, in part through programs such as Right Bite and Seafood Watch, has stimulated consumer demand, to which more mass-marketing retailers are responding.
“When Walmart made an incredible sustainable seafood commitment, it brought it to the everyday level,” Gauchay said. “No matter what level of income you are with your family, no matter what your interests are, sustainability is not something accessible only for refined palates or lots of disposable income. It’s for everybody.”
Paul Fehribach, chef-owner of Chicago’s Big Jones restaurant and author of the upcoming The Big Jones Cookbook
Many top chefs are also now stars of the sustainable seafood movement. One of these is Paul Fehribach, chef-owner of Big Jones restaurant, which serves traditional Southern cuisine in Chicago’s Andersonville neighborhood. Fehribach is on the board of the nonprofit Chefs Collaborative, which promotes the values of the Good Food movement among the culinary community.
He is a regular participant in Chefs Collaborative’s annual “trash fish” dinners, which, despite its derogatory-sounding name, is about lesser-known species of fish that are good to eat and have ample population stocks.
Fehribach notes that some of the most popular food fish today once were much less highly regarded. “Lobster is an erstwhile trash fish, if you go and look back in the colonial times, the indentured servants had to petition to please, only feed us lobster once a week,” he said. He noted that Gulf of Mexico redfish was a trash fish until celebrated Cajun chef Paul Prudhomme popularized spicy blackened redfish.
Sometimes it’s all in the name. “Chilean sea bass at one time was very undesirable,” Fehribach said. “It had its name changed from Patagonian toothfish. Then they marketed it as Chilean sea bass and all of a sudden it’s exotic and wonderful.”
Asian carp, on display at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium, is an invasive species that is causing problems in some Midwestern waterways. But some sustainable seafood advocates say it has potential as a food fish.
He added, “By promoting trash fish, I think what we’re doing is sending a message that’s very much like the message of eating seasonally. But it really doesn’t necessarily have to do with season, but market-driven cooking, what’s coming off of the boat today.” Naming varieties such as red drum, triple tail, amberjack, scup, and sanddab, Fehribach said, “It can be fun and interesting, you get to learn about a whole bunch of different species of fish.”
Fehribach will receive of FamilyFarmed’s Good Food Chef of the Year award at the Good Food Festival, and also will be dishing up fare from Big Jones at the Localicious tasting event on Friday night, March 20.
Photographs by Bob Benenson
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The book is a sequel to the popular Art in the Blood, and follows Sherlock Holmes's adventures in England, Scotland and France in the months following The Hound of the Baskervilles. In preparing for this work, Bonnie did some traveling of her own and manages to weave her own tale of intrigue around whisky experts, old distilleries, the inspiration for Hogwarts and much more.
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Robert Emmet's father Thomas H. Sheldon died on 22 November 1854 in Franklin County, Ohio .1 Robert Emmet Sheldon became the father of Flora Sheldon on 17 March 1872.1 Robert Emmet's daughter was married at wedding of Flora Sheldon and Samuel Prescott Bush on 20 June 1894 in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio .1,2 Robert Emmet Sheldon became a widower with the death of his wife, Mary Elizabeth Butler on 16 January 1897 in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio , at age 46.1 Robert Emmet's mother Martha Uncles died on 9 July 1912 in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio .1
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by Girl In The Burberry Scarfupdated on July 21, 2019 July 21, 2019 Leave a Comment on A Dior Weekend In London Part 3: Dior Designer Of Dreams
As part of our weekend in London, my Mam and I visited the Christian Dior Designer of Dreams exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum, and it was so impressive! Like a dream sequence, I don’t think I’ve ever seen so many beautiful pieces under one roof! As an avid lover of fashion exhibitions, I’ve been privileged enough to visit some amazing ones so far in my life (Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty being the one that sets the bar for all of the others) and Dior: Designer of Dreams certainly does not disappoint! I tried to capture some of my favourite parts of this beautiful Dior collection to share with you and to give you a taste of how amazing it is! Starting with the New Look and travelling through to the Ballroom, walk with me around the exhibition as I try to capture it’s essence for you. Whether you’ll be visiting yourself or not, I’ve tried to pull together some of my favourite pieces, without too many spoilers! Dear readers, here is A Dior Weekend In London Part 3: Dior Designer of Dreams.
The New Look
Kicking off with a mock up of Dior’s Avenue Montaigne store and the iconic New Look first championed by Monsieur Dior himself, I knew that this beautiful exhibition would be one to remember.
The Bar Suit
Christian Dior first unveiled his “New Look” in 1947, with his hotly anticipated first Haute Couture Collection. Such a break from the boxy and masculine post-war fashion of the time, the New Look was breathtakingly feminine. The Bar Suit above, is probably the most famous silhouette from that first collection and is synonymous with all things Dior. It has since been replicated many times by many of the successive creative directors of the house and remains an iconic piece of Dior’s history.
A homage to the Bar Suit by current Dior creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri
The Dior Line
Christian Dior really understood the female form; his designs anchored from the curves of the female figure and played with structure and proportion. Each design throughout his ten years as creative director before his untimely death in 1957 undertook meticulous construction and skilled workmanship. In twenty-two collections, each containing around ninety looks, Christian Dior chose names that reflected each collection’s most prominent silhouette (Zig-Zag, Flèche or arrow etc). His combination of continuity between collections whilst still being able to create something new and fresh, were what kept his clients coming back for more and allowed his popularity to rise and rise. Here are some of the looks from Christian Dior’s collections:
Écarlate dress, Haute Couture AW ’55
Aladin dress, Haute Couture AW ’53
Dior in Britain
A self-confessed Anglophile, Christian Dior fell in love with England during his first visit in the 1920s. He frequently dressed Princess Margaret and English debutantes and showed his collections first at the Savoy and then in grand country house locations such as Blenheim Palace. His shows in England were met with a great reception, with crowds of guests eager to see his latest designs.
A Dior dress created for Princess Margaret in the 1950s
Debussy Dress, Haute Couture SS ’50
The Debussy Dress was one of my favourites from the exhibition. It was created for Dior’s first fashion show in England in 1950. The attention to detail of this dress is simply breathtaking, you couldn’t help but fall in love with it!
Stunning pieces from Dior in Britain
As any great designer often does, Christian Dior frequently referenced history in his designs and many of his successors have done the same. For Dior himself, it was the beautiful Belle Époque period of the late 1800s/early 1900s that he was greatly interested in recreating and sampling in his own work, with tight nipped-in waists and sumptuous silks. It was references to the 18th century that appeared in this section of the exhibition, both in Dior’s work and the work of those that followed him. Although I loved most of this section, it was John Galliano’s theatricality that really spoke to me.
John Galliano’s coat dress, SS ’05
Examples of historic references by various Dior successors
Christian Dior was a lover of travel and that was referenced often in his work. He took inspiration from the architecture, landscapes and art and textiles of each country he visited or researched and often named dresses after each place of inspiration. Many of these original dresses have been interpreted further by his successors, and their own travels have also influenced many Dior pieces. The work of each of the creative directors was featured in the ‘travel’ section of the exhibition split into five sections; Mexico, India, Egypt, Japan and China.
Mexico by Christian Dior (left) and more recently, Maria Grazia Chiuri
India by Gianfranco Ferré
Quite possibly one of the most beautiful sections of the exhibition, the garden was simply devine. Adorned with paper flowers and leaves hanging beautifully from the ceiling and all around, the room’s beauty was truly breathtaking. Christian Dior was inspired by beautiful gardens from a very young age, using floral designs and embellishments in much of his couture work. From childhood, he watched his mother Madeleine care for the family garden at their house in Granville and years later, he even designed a pergola for the garden to act as shelter from the sea breeze.
Flowers have always been an influential factor in Dior’s work. From sketching dresses outside in his garden at the Moulin du Coudret, to the purchase of La Collection Noir for its fields of jasmine and roses to make perfumes, floral inspiration can be found everywhere in Dior’s work and in the work of those that followed him at the house.
Flowers from the ceiling of the Garden
Jardin Fleuri dress by Maria Grazia Chiuri
Raf Simons interprets the garden with his couture piece (left) from AW’12 Couture
The Designers was the part of the exhibition that fully introduced the creative directors of Dior that existed after Monsieur Dior’s death, in chronological order of their tenure. Each designer in turn brought completely different elements to the house but what I found most interesting was for all their differences, the key codes of the Dior house laid down by Christian Dior himself were present in each of their works.
Yves Saint Laurent (1957-60)
At just 21, Yves Saint Laurent was appointed as creative director of Dior. As Dior’s former assistant, Yves seemed an obvious choice to fill his shoes after his sudden and untimely death. His first collection for the house was a roaring success; Laurent is also credited with changing the silhouette of the Dior house by shifting the emphasis away from the waistline in his designs. His AW ’60 couture collection was inspired by the street style of the time, black with elongated waistlines and turtlenecks worn with fitted hats and black leather coats. This collection was not well-received; couture had never been inspired by street-style before and was met with much criticism as a result. This was YSL’s final collection for the house; he was called up for National Army Service, thus ending his tenure immediately.
Yves Saint Laurent, 1957-1960
Marc Bohan (1961-89)
Marc Bohan is thus far, the longest serving Dior creative director. Initially taken on in 1958 to design the London collections, Bohan showed his first collection as creative director of Dior in Paris in 1961. The press loved him, and his first collection was adored by many of Hollywood’s glitterati of the time, including Elizabeth Taylor who ordered 12 of his dresses! Known for his elegant simplicity and mastery of cutting and embellishment, Bohan successfully steered the Dior house through the ever-changing moods of the sixties, seventies and eighties by continuing to design clothes that women loved to wear.
Marc Bohan 1961-89
Gianfranco Ferré (1989-96)
Training originally an architect, Ferré launched his own successful fashion line in 1978 and was appointed as creative director of Dior in 1989. Heralded as one of the leading figures in the Milan fashion world, his appointment at Dior came as a surprise in a time when there was much competition between Italian and French fashion. A deep appreciation and understanding of textiles and materials, Ferré’s work was exuberant and successfully breathed new life into the world of Parisian Haute Couture.
Gianfranco Ferré for Dior (1989-96)
John Galliano (1996-2011)
Galliano was by far Dior’s most eclectic and outrageous designer. A creative genius, Galliano was appointed in 1996 and his first collection fell on the fiftieth anniversary of Dior’s New Look. Drawing on many of Dior’s inspirations and designs, it was met with great acclaim and set the pace for a wild fifteen-year Haute Couture adventure. An avid researcher, Galliano pushed the boundaries of Haute Couture by creating eclectic narratives for his collections, made possible by the extensive knowledge and skill-set presented to him by Dior’s talented ateliers. Galliano gives couture a theatrical edge, full of drama and excitement.
Raf Simons (2012-15)
Raf Simons joined Dior as creative director in 2012. A master of minimalism and a lover of contemporary art, his work for Dior focused on cut and line whilst pushing the technical skills of the ateliers with his use of intricate bead-work, experimental pleating and immaculate tailoring. Referencing art and Christian Dior’s original style codes in his work, Simons made beautiful and wearable Haute Couture, attracting a younger audience to the house as a result. Simons left after just seven collections to focus on his own label. Simons’ first Haute Couture collection and appointment as creative director is the subject of the popular Dior fashion documentary ‘Dior and I’.
Maria Grazia Chiuri (2016-present)
The first female creative director of Dior, Maria Grazia Chiuri refers to herself as a curator and feels that the role of a designer today is ‘an awareness of connecting people and having a voice’. Her debut collection in SS’17 referenced designs from across the history of the house of Dior, as an homage to their talent and work. Chiuri works with the modern woman in mind, reinterpreting traditional style codes of the house and addressing them to suit the needs and desires of her contemporary clients. Feminity as originally shaped by Christian Dior himself is reimagined through her mix of modern tailoring and ethereal evening gowns. With a more youthful attitude and approach, Chiuri thus far has allowed Dior to remain at the forefront of the world of haute couture. I’ve loved Chiuri’s work at Dior so far; I’m a massive fan of her work and always look forward to seeing her latest collections.
Maria Grazia Chiuri (2016-)
The Ateliers
The heart of the Dior house, Haute Couture could not be possible without the work of the ateliers; they are the people responsible for turning ideas into an exquisite reality. Haute Couture is completely handmade, and each garment often takes hundreds of hours to complete. Once a Dior design has been selected, it is taken to the ateliers to be turned into a toile (a test garment made in a white cotton fabric, allowed for fit and construction of the design to be checked). Once the toile passes the test, the actual garment can be constructed. A room of toiles was part of Dior: Designer of Dreams and it was extraordinary. Couture should be ever thankful for the talents of the ateliers.
Some of the toiles
The Ballroom
My favourite part of the whole exhibition was the ballroom. Full of elegant gowns from all of the eras of Dior, complete with a spinning floor and atmospheric lighting, this climatic ending to a wonderful exhibition epitomised everything Dior and Haute Couture and displayed the beauty and intricacy of the detail and work executed by the wonderful ateliers. There were so many dresses that I would love to wear and own; the room was simply stunning!
The evening is the time when you escape the realities of life-Christian Dior
The final dress, created by current creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri is a great example of how beautiful Dior Haute Couture is and how it’s still relevant in the fashion world. Inspired by this fan, from a 1950s Dior show, this garment fittingly displays how Christian Dior’s style codes are still present and relevant at the house today. One of my favourite dresses from the exhibition, the past is glittering, but the future is bright for the House of Dior.
Dress designed by Maria Grazia Chiuri
‘Dior Designer of Dreams’ runs at the Victoria and Albert Museum until September 1st, 2019.
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Farewell, then, to The Man from The Troika.
Posted by Jason O on Nov 14, 2013 in European Union, Irish Politics, Not quite serious.
IN IRELAND, AS IN EVERYWHERE ELSE, 1+1 MUST EQUAL 2.
A repost in honour of our exit from the Troika programme:
Every political culture has its own lexicon. In Chile under Pinochet, people feared the DINA, a secret police so lacking in subtlety that its official symbol actually was an iron fist. In Ireland, when one wants to speak of an all powerful entity, we speak of The Troika. Curiously, opinion is divided on the fiscally fastidious, neatly attired men and women from the wonderfully acronymned EUIMFECB.
The usual suspects, that section of Irish people forever bent on one knee in permanent victim status, equate them with the Gestapo or some form of evil occupying force, which would be accurate if the Gestapo had been invited into a country with vast amounts of money to spend on maintaining public services. Then there are some who say they are vampires, which is half right if someone takes into account that in ancient legend a vampire could only enter a homestead if he was invited.
There’s the problem right there, the awkward fact that grates with their opponents and negates a thousand exclamation marked People’s Front of Judea posters. The Troika didn’t arrive following massive air strikes on Merrion Square or via Tom Hanks style landings on Dollymount Strand. The Imperial March is not played when they step off their plane. They came because we couldn’t solve our own problems. We asked them to come because the people we elect were afraid to tell us the truth about what we would have to do. We needed someone else to say what we were afraid to say to ourselves. In short, we needed grown-ups.
That’s what really troubles us when he sits down with his laptop and opens his spreadsheet. He asks us questions that we don’t like asking ourselves. You want to fund that item of social spending? Sure. Just tell him who specifically is going to pay the extra tax to pay for it? It’s not an unreasonable question, but in Irish politics, where cramming the words “social justice” onto a spreadsheet is actually regarded as a mathematical answer, that is just bad manners. Hasn’t sone one told him that Irish maths is different from that maths they use in other countries?
Oh sure, there are some reading this who will be livid, but it is all faux anger. In Greece the arrival of the Troika nearly elected a communist government. In Ireland who is the most popular opposition party? The people who invited the Troika in the first place.
But what of the ugliest truth? That when we eventually exit the bailout and the Troika bid farewell, it will be their greatest opponents who will silently mourn their exit? Why? Because when Ajai & Co. have gone, we’ll be faced with an even more powerful entity that sends gut wrenching fear up and down the spine of every elected Irish leader: a body far more terrifying that the Troika because unlike them we can’t tell it to leave.
It is, in short, responsibility for our actions, and since independence, through corruption scandals and church child molestation, it has been the creature that hid in the shadows and frightened us the most. And now, when the Troika leave, and we have to survive by our own effort, it will lunge from the shadows at us, because we will be The Man from The Troika then.
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Business News›Magazines›Panache›Blackbuck poaching case: Hearing of Salman Khan's plea against Rajasthan High Court verdict postponed to July 4
Blackbuck poaching case: Hearing of Salman Khan's plea against Rajasthan High Court verdict postponed to July 4
The actor in his appeal had challenged the HC's verdict against his five-year jail term.
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Apr 04, 2019, 09.27 AM IST
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JODHPUR (RAJASTHAN): The hearing of actor Salman Khan's appeal against Rajasthan High Court's verdict in the blackbuck poaching case, which was scheduled for Wednesday, has now been postponed to July 4.
Judge Chandra Kumar Songara has asked the actor's team of lawyers to ensure that everyone is present in the next hearing in July.
The actor in his appeal had challenged the High Court's verdict against his five-year jail term for killing endangered species of blackbuck in Kanknear Jodhpur in 1998, during the shooting of his film 'Hum Saath Saath Hain'.
Salman, SRK, Raveena: When Bollywood Got Into Trouble With The Law
Defying Law
A-listers have, time and again, found themselves involved in notorious acts, brazen scuffles and criminal cases.From Salman Khan to Raveena Tandon to Sanjay Dutt, a number of celebrities, over the years, have hit the headlines for defying laws.Let's take a look at these B-Town celebs who found themselves on the wrong side of the law.
Bollywood's bad boy courted controversy last year when he had 2 FIRs slapped against him for using the word "bhangi" on a public platform. However, the 'Dabangg' actor is no stranger to controversy. In 1998, two separate cases were registered against Khan under Section 51 of the Wildlife Protection Act after he allegedly poached three chinkaras - two in Bhawad village, and one in Mathania (Ghoda Farm) during the shooting of the film 'Hum Saath Saath Hain'. Along with him, Saif Ali Khan, Neelam, Tabu, Sonali Bendre and Dushyant Singh were also named in the case.The same year, in October, he was charged with possessing an unlicensed 0.22 rifle and a 0.32 revolver and using them to poach two black bucks at Jodhpur's Kankani village.In September 2002, the 'Sultan' star was accused of running his car over a group of people sleeping on a sidewalk outside a bakery in Mumbai's Bandra locality.
Shilpa Shetty Kundra
Shilpa Shetty-Kundra found herself in a sticky spot for making a disparaging remark and hurting the sentiments of the Scheduled Caste community. An FIR was filed against the actor-turned-entrepreneur for her quote in an interview, "I look like a bhangi". The FIR against her alleged that she was encouraging and spreading ill-feeling among the entire society. Later the actress has posted an apology on Twitter, too.
Earlier this year in March, Nawazuddin Siddiqui was accused of spying on his estranged wife and acquiring her call detail records (CDR).
Shah Rukh Khan was booked for allegedly 'rioting' and 'damaging' railway property during the promotion of his film 'Raees' at Kota Railway station.In 2002, he was caught on camera misbehaving with the Mumbai Cricket Association officials and manhandling a security personnel at the Wankhede Stadium.
The hearing which took place last year had actors Saif Ali Khan, Neelam, Tabu and Sonali Bendre being acquitted of all the charges by the court. However, Salman Khan was found guilty and was sentenced to 5 years in jail. Khan was charged under Section 51 of the Wildlife (Protection) Act and others under Section 51 read with Section 149 (unlawful assembly) of the Indian Penal Code.
In April 2018, when the Jodhpur Court found Khan guilty, he had even spent a night in jail but was soon released on bail.
Post this verdict, Salman challenged Rajasthan High Court's decision by appealing to the Sessions Court.
Last year when the punishment was announced, Salman Khan's lawyer Anand Desai said in a statement, "ln the present case the Hon'ble Court has acquitted all the 5 co-accused actors which would imply that Salman was out hunting alone in the middle of the night in a remote area outside Jodhpur. We have preferred an appeal to the Hon'ble Sessions Court and applied for an urgent hearing today."
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Cabinet approves code to allow fixed-term employment
By ET Bureau | Updated: Nov 21, 2019, 11.13 AM IST
Fixed-term employment means a worker can be hired for any duration, three months or six months or a year depending on season and orders.
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New Delhi: The Union cabinet on Wednesday approved the Labour Code on Industrial Relations 2019, allowing companies to hire workers on fixed-term contract of any duration. The code has retained the threshold on the worker count at 100 for prior government approval before retrenchment, but it has a provision for changing 'such number of employees' through notification. Fixed-term employment means a worker can be hired for any duration, three months or six months or a year depending on season and orders.
The bill is expected to be tabled in the ongoing winter session of the Parliament. “While this means workers can be hired seasonally for six months or a year it also means that all workers will be treated at par with regular workers for benefits,” finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said after the cabinet meeting. Labour minister Santosh Gangwar has spent lot of time in consultation with all stakeholders including trade unions, Sitharaman said. The code also provides setting up of a two-member tribunal (in place of one member) wherein important cases will be adjudicated jointly and the rest by a single member, resulting speedier disposal of cases.
Besides, it has vested powers with the government officers for adjudication of disputes involving penalty as fines, thereby lessening the burden on tribunal. The industrial relations code is the third out of four labour codes that have got approval from the cabinet. The code will combine Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, the Trade Unions Act, 1926, and the Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946. The Labour Code on Wages has already been approved by Parliament in August while the Labour Code on Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions has been referred to the standing committee of labour.
The government has already allowed fixed-term employment across all sectors last year. It has now been codified, which means that once approved by Parliament it will become a legislation to be abided by all. The labour ministry has decided to amalgamate 44 labour laws into four codes - on wages, industrial relations, social security, and safety, health and working conditions.
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"Ireland's Welcome to the Stranger"
What follows is an extract from the Killarney entries of the diary of Asenath Nicolson. In 1844/1845 Asenath travelled throughout Ireland. She came with a bible in one hand, and a pair of shoes in the other! Her diary has been published many times since it was written. The book really captured my imagination, it opens a small window onto an Ireland that would forever disappear into the black hole of famine. When I wander those same local places she mentions in her book (that I have wandered countless times before), I now can't help but thinking about her and her own wanderings. It brings me into a strange reverie, hopefully she won't blight my memories eternally! In all seriousness though, I really enjoy imagining her climbing up the back of Torc or wandering Killarney's streets (where she was plagued by curious street urchins and assorted wide eyed locals!). I'll post another extract from her Killarney travels soon. I've been reading the book on the computer but really must buy the physical copy and stop the inevitable perusals to which I have resorted to-I'll read the book through if I can put it in my hand, otherwise I jump from digital page to far flung digital page and never follow the book's flowing river!
John Frederick Kensett, Killarney, 1857
Ross Island was the first place in the morning to which I resorted; and, reaching the gate of a beautiful thatched cottage, saw the proprietor in the garden, who invited me through the gate, and accompanied me about the several walks. Though in the month of March; it was blooming with greens and flowers. The different openings upon the lakes were made with a most happy skill, and the parts which were left wild were selected with judgment. The gardeners of Ireland display much taste in adjusting their rough stones, their rustic seats and summer-house; and in fitting up a pleasure-ground, they seem to possess a correct judgment in knowing what to cultivate, and what to leave wild. This spot possesses beauties which to an admirer of nature cannot fail to please. At ten I returned, the hour that the laborers breakfast; and the family at eleven.
So late are the Irish about rising in the morning, that the best part of the day is often lost. I sauntered through the town, and a mob of boys, women, and girls, with cloaks over head, some in pursuit, and others running before stopping to have a full gaze at me. So much had I heard of the beauties of Killarney that I was quite disappointed with the refinement of the people. A boy accompanied me to the Victoria Hotel on the banks of the middle lake.
March 13th - I took a walk of four miles to the celebrated Turk mountain to see the cascade, and when I had reached the foot of it I sat down upon a seat to meditate undisturbed on this beautiful sight. Four white sheets of water have for ages been coursing down a rock of eighty feet in height, wearing channels of considerable depth, and on their way have received some small rivulets issuing from the sides of the mountain pouring together into one basin, at the bottom.
The mountains on either side are lofty, high, and precipitous. I attempted to make my way over the slippery stones to reach the basin, but found it too hazardous being out of hearing to any human being, and should I tumble into the stream and break a bone my fate would be irrecoverable. An hour was gone, and admiration, if possible, was increasing; but looking to my left I saw a path leading up the mountain and followed it.
In a few yards it opened a small view of the lakes, and as you ascend the view widens and widens, till you see spread out before you lawns, the middle and lower lakes, with their beautiful Islands, and the grand Kerry mountains stretching out beyond. Seats at proper distance are arranged, where the traveller may rest and feast his eyes on the beauties beneath his feet. But when the top is reached the awful precipice overhanging the cascade would endanger the life of any one to overlook, were there not a railing erected for the safety of the visitor. Here I sat, and thanked God that he had given me eyes to see, and a mind to enjoy, a scene like this. More than three thousand miles from my native country, on the top of this awfully wild mountain, where many a stranger’s foot had trod, I was enjoying a good reward for my labor. The sun was shining upon the unruffled lakes, the birds were hopping from bough to bough, mingling their song with the untiring cascade, the partridge fluttered in the brake at a distance, but I knew no venomous serpent was there. I was unwilling to leave the spot, and had not the promise of returning to witness a funeral at two o’ clock urged me away, my stay might have been protracted till sunset. I lingered and looked, and like Eve when leaving paradise said – “And must I leave thee!”
I returned not till I had explored the end of the woodman’s path, over a bridge that passed the chasm beyond, and then took a last look of this coy maiden, standing once more at her feet. Though she cannot boast the awful grandeur of the bold Niagara of my native country, yet she had beauties which can never cease to please. She has an unassuming modesty which compels you to admire, because she seems not to covet your admiration. She is so concealed that the eye never meets her till close upon the white folds of her drapery, and when but a few paces from her feet, I turned to take another look I could not see even “the hem of her garment.”
On returning to the gate, it was locked, the woman who had kept it had given me the key; I had carelessly left it in the door, without locking it, and she had fastened the gate and taken the key. I could neither make myself heard, nor climb the wall, a sad dilemma! A return to the cascade seemed to be the only alternative; but following the wall, an end was happily found, and the road soon gained. Stopping at a neat little lodge, bread and honey were brought to me in such a simple patriarchal manner, that the days of Rebecca and Ruth were before me.
The Loud “wail” for the dead soon sounded from the mountain. “She’s a proper woman,” said one, “and her six children are all very sorry for her, the cratur.” I went on to the gate till the multitudinous procession arrived, bearing the coffin on a couple of sheets, twisted so that four men could take hold one at each end, and carry it along. Women were not only howling, but tears were fast streaming from many an eye. When they reached the abbey, the grave was not dug, and here was a new and louder wail struck up. While the grave was digging, eight women knelt down by the coffin, and putting their hands upon it, and beating with force, set up a most terrific lamentation. The pounding upon the coffin, the howling, and the shoveling of earth from the grave, made together sounds and sights strange, if not unseemly. The body was to be deposited where a brother and a sister had been buried, and when they reached the first coffin, took it out, and found the second rotten, they took up the mouldered pieces and flung them away. The bones of the legs and arms, with the skull, were put together, and laid by the side of the coffins; the new coffin was put down, and the old one, which was the last of the two former, was placed upon it. When all was finished, they knelt down to offer up a prayer for the dead, which was done in silence, and they walked away with much decency.
Asenath Nicolson, Killarney, 1845.
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Johnny Dynamite!
Johnny Dynamite (live) from Charlie O' Brien on Vimeo.
Above is a live version of a song I wrote concerning 19th century adventurer-Johnny "Dynamite" O' Brien. The song is called (appropriately)-Johnny Dynamite! This video was shot in my apartment in High Street, Killarney, and it's an outtake from an Indiegogo video I'm working on. I'm planning to raise funds for a film documentary entitled "A Captain Unafraid," and I plan to raise the funds through Indiegogo. The documentary itself, concerns Johnny Dynamite, and although the road to glory is toilsome and hard to tread, it's not a trip to Mars, and even if it was, I'd still be in the running it seems! So best of luck to me, and all that jazz. I'm aiming for blast off towards the end of February for my Indiegogo campaign, so watch this space!
Here's a link to the facebook page for the documentary.
Johnny Dynamite
Over there by the East river,
Where the seagulls cry and stretch their wings,
The shipyard boats are primed for leaving,
It’s a long time since Jonny went a fighting.
In the month of April, 1837,
Johnny's mother exhausted, sighed,
Held in her arms her new-born baby -
Johnny Dynamite O’Brien.
As a restless child he prowled the docks,
Seeking trouble or fortune, whichever he could find,
Soon learned his trade on Cherry Street,
On ships Jane and Albion then his trade he plied.
Marine Mambí Johnny Dynamite!
On the first days of a long summer,
He first fought for Cuba and there Spain's demise.
On the Rambler he went roving,
from New York Harbor he did incite -
To Boca del Toro and waiting soldiers
Bound for Cuba's foreign climes.
Laden down with mighty explosives -
Pining for Havana’s harbor Cuba's pride.
As the rebels they went sailing,
A stormy gale did arise.
A mighty storm lashed the hold,
And the 60 tonnes of dynamite.
Midnight dark, roaring, reeling,
Explosives rolled loose, near set alight,
Johnny tied them down as he heard around him
Sailors softly their prayers recite.
He smuggled all guns fired at Las Tunas,
The prickly thorn in Valeriano Wayler’s side.
Brought Jose Martí’s son to that battle
And 3000 pounds of dynamite.
He settled down in the port Havana,
As the cries of Cuba libre did subside,
Swimming in the sparkling Caribbean sea,
Basking in freedom’s glory and sunny climes.
Before Johnny died he returned to the docks,
To see snowfall on New York Harbour's side.
No-more will Johnny go a roving,
He died that June as the scorching summer arrived.
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Eileen Aroon
There once was a girl called Eileen, or was it Elanour, or maybe Aileen? If she only knew how long her memory would endure. If she only new the far flung ports in which her fame was propagated, added to, handed down over centuries and passed from voice to voice-an unbroken chain! The historical characters with whom she is associated include one Elanor Boote. Elanor's grave is in a old cemetery in Wexford. Though Mrs Boote is associated with the song, the actual Eileen remains elusive, in reality, she is most likely to be the object of the affections of Cearbhall ó Dálaigh "Chief Harper of Ireland" in the 14th century. Cearbhall is the first man to be associated with Eileen, but as the centuries progress other lives unfold and weave a mesmerizing shroud around her. A sort of cloud atlas is woven, that is at once, singularly fascinating, and also, completely bewildering. Eileen takes the guise of Eileen Kavanagh, sweetheart of Cearbhall O' Dálaigh, centuries later, she is Elanor Boote, later still, she holds the affections of Gearld Griffin. Gerald was a 19th century Limerick poet and writer, to Gerald, Eileen had become, not a living woman, but rather, a compass and map for human desire (I'm sure he had a few women in mind as he mused!). Indeed, Eileen was this archetypal figure as far back as Elizabethan times-where the song was sung at the interlude of Shakespearean plays, as a sort of airy, romantic, one stop shop for love. It being in phonetic Irish only added to its romantic allure - "Du ca tu non vanna tu Aileen a roon?" Whatever took your fancy could be conjured to the imagination-it being unintelligible to all but Irish speakers-who no doubt would have found it equally confounding sung from the mouths of the Elizabethans. Eileen Aroon continued to be performed on stage in this form for centuries. The song even found itself hummed on the back of a west bound wagon-crawling and creeping across the broad plains of North America, it became part of the traveling shows which followed the people of those great migrations.
"Killarney Milk Maid," 1847, George McDonald
Below, is my tuppence ha'penny, my piece of the Jigsaw and part of the unravelling string that is Eileen Aroon. I'm singing Gerald Griffin's version (though I use some of the melody/embellishments of a version recorded by the McPeake family in the 1960's). My recording below is a work in progress. I'm also having troubles with the sound levels too on the mix (the level is a bit low), I'll fix that as soon as I figure out how!
Labels: song, Where Splendour Falls
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The Navy Crew That Kidnaped 77 Kamikaze Harem Virgins
by Dean W. Ballenger
Art by Charles Copeland
Stag, September 1961, pp. 20-3, 42-4.
Introductory Comments
This fictional tale, set during the Battle of Okinawa, describes the capture of an old Japanese tug by an American landing craft. The Americans who board the ship are shocked to find 77 young Japanese women below deck. Two crewmen get the enviable task of "guarding" these beautiful women while their ship leaves to send back help to handle the prisoners of war. Unfortunately, the two men get "rescued" after three weeks on a small island near Okinawa where they became friendly with their supposed prisoners.
This type of outlandish account is typical of many stories published in men's adventure magazines, which reached their peak of popularity in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The stories are purported to be true, but actually most of them have little or no historical basis. The protagonists bravely face dangerous situations while often encountering beautiful young women in their adventures. The historical backdrop for the stories often includes actual locations and events. The magazine articles typically have painted illustrations that depict part of the story, and they frequently include stock photographs that are seemingly related to the story. For example, "The Navy Crew That Kidnaped 77 Kamikaze Harem Virgins" has a stock photo of two young women in kimonos who supposedly were recruited to entertain kamikaze pilots on the eve of their deaths.
The author, Dean W. Ballenger, makes many mistakes with Japanese names, such as using male names for the young Japanese women. The story's historical background is by and large accurate, but some details are incorrect. The island where the Japanese tug is captured in early June 1945 actually exists, but this island in the Kerama Islands had already been captured by the Allies in late March 1945 as part of their preparation for the invasion of Okinawa.
The story's premise of young women provided to kamikaze pilots the night before their scheduled attacks is one of several kamikaze myths that arose during WWII and the postwar period. The women in the story are being shipped to Miyako Island, which had been subjected to steady bombardment since late March 1945. The island actually did not have any kamikaze pilots waiting for their final mission, although a few kamikaze pilots took off from Miyako in late July after they flew to the island from their main base in Taiwan.
Notes have been added to the story in order to provide comments on a few inaccuracies. Click on the note number to go to the note at the bottom of the web page, and then click on the note number to return to the same place in the story.
For three weeks, while the campaign for Okinawa raged 20 miles away, the survivors of the picket boat Sea Hawk were marooned on Tokashika Island with the choicest captives in the Japanese Empire. And if the Marines hadn't landed, they might still be living it up.
The Riyuko Maru [1] was trapped. The decrepit old Japanese tug was in a cove on Tokashika Island [2], which is about 20 miles west of the southern tip of Okinawa. She could neither escape to sea nor outshoot the LCI [3].
In four swiftly fired rounds the gunners of the LCI's three-inch rifle demolished the tug's 37-mm gun and annihilated her crew. Then they lobbed HEs at the tug's water line. Meanwhile other gunners swept her deck and bridge with fire from the LCI's 40 mms, 20s and two 50-caliber machine guns.
Two minutes after the LCI opened fire a white fundoshi [4] attached to a bamboo stick appeared above the debris of the Riyuko Maru's bridge. At the same time the tug's sporadic rifle fire was terminated.
"Cease fire!" Lieutenant Commander Kenneth S. Madsen, the LCI's young captain, bellowed to his men.
The tug was sinking. Soon her keel was on the cove's coral floor. But because the cove was shallow the tug's deck remained about 30 inches above the water. "I can't figure why she didn't blow up," Madsen said to his executive officer, Lieutenant Warren I. Leigh. He had been certain that the Riyuko Maru was an explosives-laden kamikaze ship.
The fundoshi began to wave furiously. "It's a trick of some kind," Leigh muttered. "I never heard of a Jap surrendering his ship."
"He's trying to lure us closer, " Madsen replied., "so he can be sure he'll sink us when he blows up his ship."
Warily, the Americans watched the tug. An interminable time later the fundoshi-waver peered over the debris of the bridge. "Nail him!" Madsen shouted to his 50-caliber gun crews. "Delay that!" he bellowed an instant later. He had looked through his binoculars. "That Jap's an old man," he said incredulously. "He's no Nip naval officer." He gave the binoculars to Leigh.
77 Kamikaze Harem Virgins
Leigh put them to his eyes. "The Japs must have found him in their old sailors' home, " he said after he focused on the fundoshi waver. "He acts like he really wants to surrender."
Madsen looked again, "He seems anxious, all right," he agreed. "But . . ." he added tight-lipped, ". . . you can't trust a Jap."
Ten uncertain minutes elapsed. The old Japanese was standing now. He continued to wave the fundoshi. Then he gesticulated to someone behind the debris. Immediately this unseen Japanese threw an Airsaki [5] rifle into the sea. Then two more.
Several minutes later Madsen said, "I'm going to board his ship . . . in the whaleboat. If I make it I'll bring him back—and the other survivors. We can transfer them to the first DD that comes along. Maybe they'll be able to come up with something that CinCPac ought to know."
CinCPac, he realized grimly, needed all the information it could obtain about the Japanese. The Okinawan campaign, already far beyond its scheduled conclusion, was unparalleled in scope and ferocity. Victory was nowhere in sight.
Madsen asked for volunteers to accompany him in the whaleboat. Among these men were Boatswain's Mate First Class Donald S. Wilkes of Hinds County, Mississippi, and Gunner's Mate Second Class Ray D. "Guns" Gartner of Kansas City, Kansas.
Soon the Americans were aboard the Riyuko Maru. They stared in amazement. Her captain, who had waved the fundoshi, looked like an Oriental elf. He was bearded. He was less than five feet tall and he could not have weighed 100 pounds. He was 72-year-old Ikeda Tamashiro [6], a professional tugboat skipper. The survivors of his crew were pre draft-age boys. The tug's armament had consisted of one battered 37 mm field rifle, two .257 caliber machine guns—one of which immediately jammed—and several Arisaki rifles. The Japanese hadn't had enough ammunition to put up an effective fight, even if they had known how to operate their pathetic weapons.
"I make fights because I scared," Captain Tamashiro said in understandable English. "When hopeless, I surrender. Very useless for these boys to die. Also the girls."
"What girls?" Commander Madsen demanded.
Captain Tamashiro indicated the forward hatch. "They below," he said.
The American strode toward the hatch. Madsen jerked it open. Then he and the others incredulously at the moon-faced young Japanese girls who looked up at them. They were attired in identical purple kimonos, encircled by white silk sashes. Each girl's hair-do was sustained by a white ribbon.
Madsen closed the hatch. Things happen to me, he reflected dejectedly, that don't happen to other officers. He looked at the little Japanese. "What are you doing," he muttered, "in a combat zone with a boat full of women?"
The Riyuko Maru was transporting 77 virgins to Miyako island [7], Captain Tomashiro explained. They would give solace to kamikazi pilots the night before these airmen died in flaming crashes on U.S. Navy warships. So few ships remained of the Imperial Navy that none could be diverted for this mission, Tamashiro added. So he and his boat—a 1400-ton deep sea tug which had done salvage operations in the Sea of Japan—had been conscripted. The Riyuko Maru was armed with barely-usable weapons which the Imperial Army had cast aside. Then 17 boys, the sons of fishermen in the Wakasa Bay area, were recruited for the crew.
"Very regrettable," Tamashiro said in the depressed tone of a man whom fate has often bludgeoned. "Eight of boys killed . . . I should have made surrender without fights." His little black eyes glinted. "War was idea of ambitious ones," he said bitterly. "Not good for Japanese people."
But Madsen wasn't listening. He was looking at the bodies of the dead Japanese. Then he looked at the hatch which contained 77 virgins. His brow was furrowed. But he was a man of swift and competent decisions and he said to his men, "We'll take Tamashiro and his crew with us. And the bodies . . . we'll bury them at sea."
His eyes focused on Guns Gartner and Don Wilkes. "You men," he said, "will remain here and guard the women, who are now prisoners of war. We'll send someone for you just as quickly as possible."
An hour later Gartner and Wilkes watched the LCI wallow out of the cove. They were uneasy and apprehensive. Male POWs could be disciplined by a few slugs from their M1s—but what if the women charged out of the hold?
The unique circumstances of these two young Navy men was a capricious consequence of the invasion of Okinawa, a campaign which began on Easter Sunday, April 1, 1945, after a naval armada of 1321 ships had transported 183,000 assault troops to the island. Commander Madsen's LCI—named by her crew the "Sea Hawk [8]," a strange, lilting name for a plodding landing craft—had been one of these troop carriers.
The campaign was to be a "quickie," lasting less than a month. U.S. intelligence had estimated that the Japanese had 58,000 troops on Okinawa and only 187 major artillery pieces.
But this was one of the most inaccurate intelligence reports upon which a major U.S. campaign has ever been based. Okinawa was defended by the flower of the Imperial Army, the 115,000-man 32nd. The 32nd was commanded by Lieutenant General Mitsuru Ushijima, a brilliant strategist.
It was immediately evident that the Japanese were determined to hold Okinawa and that they would depend principally upon suicidal kamikaze fliers.
By April 3, the sheltered anchorages which had seemed so safe were clotted with damaged U.S. ships. But the kamikaze attacks had just begun. Further, U.S. fighters and bombers could not effectively reduce them; they were well dispersed and camouflaged. The Navy's system of reading the Japanese code was of no help; the kamikaze attacks were launched by local commands without prior communication with the Supreme War Council in Tokyo.
On April 12, the day of Roosevelt's death, thinking that the Americans would be too demoralized to resist, the Japanese decided to try to destroy the invaders with kamikaze attacks of unprecedented scope and savagery [9]. They hurled 175 HE and incendiary-laden planes in 17 separate raids against units of the Fifth Fleet. Many small ships were sunk and several major units, including the battleships Tennessee, Idaho and New Mexico [10], were grievously damaged. More than 2000 Navy men were killed [11].
With this attack, remaining hope of a quick U.S. victory vanished. The campaign, the invaders realized bitterly, would be long and costly. Appalled by his losses and fearful of the future, Admiral Spruance, commanding the Fifth Fleet, radioed Admiral Nimitz, Commander-in-Chief, Pacific: "The skill and effectiveness of the enemy's suicide air attacks and the rate of our loss and damage are such that a means should be employed to reduce further attacks. Recommend a picket line. . . ."
Subsequently CinCPac decided to set up a radar picket line in a circle 50 miles out from Okinawa. These ships would warn the major units of the approach of kamikazes. The cunning suicide pilots had been making their attack runs barely above the waves, a tactic which made the Americans' radar practically useless since schools of flying fish and low-gliding sea birds caused the same blips on radar screens. As a consequence, the kamikazes frequently approached so close to a victim before they were discovered that AA guns could not be depressed enough to fire at them. And sometimes they crashed into a ship even before her general quarters alarm could be sounded.
Mine sweepers, destroyers, LCIs, LSTs and several VP class patrol boats were hurriedly armed with additional AA weapons and ordered to form the picket line. They were given the code designation "Small Boy."
Immediately the Japanese, frustrated and enraged by the Small Boys, tried to destroy them. U.S. losses in ships and men were dismaying. In desperation, the picket line was double banked.
But the wily Japanese devised a tactic to circumvent this strategy. Suicide boats—midget submarines and small surface craft of every description—slipped through the pickets and joined in the harassment of the fleet.
On June 4 nature joined the forces of the Japanese. A typhoon arose. The Small Boys were ordered to hunt refuge. The Sea Hawk proceeded at maximum speed toward a cove on Tokashika island. The fury of the storm hit her as she wallowed into the cove.
"Christ . . . a Jap ship!" Commander Madsen said shrilly as he stared in the last light of dusk at the Riyuko Maru, which was tossing on the turbulent waves near the cove's eastern shore.
Neither the Sea Hawk nor the Japanese tug fired at each other then, or during the night. The winds were so malevolent and the waves so ferocious that they did well to stay afloat. Other ships were less fortunate. Seven auxiliary U.S. Navy ships were capsized by the typhoon. This terrible storm sheered off the bow of the cruiser Pittsburgh. It gravely damaged the Hornet and washed 17 fighter planes off this big carrier's flight deck.
But fortunately for the U.S. cause, the typhoon was not a sumonsong (the usual two or three-day storm). At 0912 the next morning the winds suddenly abated. Immediately the seas began to diminish. Madsen, who had been watching the Riyuko Maru since dawn, shouted to his gunners, "Begin fire!"
Captain Tamashiro must have issued identical orders to his juvenile crew and at the same moment, because simultaneously each ship fired at the other.
An hour and a half later Boatswains Mate First Class Donald Wilkes and Gunners Mate Second Class Ray 'Guns' Gartner climbed atop the debris which had been the Riyuko Maru's bridge. They remained there until the Sea Hawk disappeared over the eastern horizon. Then they leaped onto the deck. "A couple hours ago I'd have thought that guarding 77 virgins was the kind of duty a guy dreams about," Gartner said uneasily. "But now that we're actually doing it I feel nervous or something."
"I feel likewise," Wilkes said. "If it was just a few women I wouldn't. . . ."
He didn't finish. Someone was pounding on the hatch. The sailors' eyes met. Then they went to the hatch. "Keep your M1 focused on it when I open it," Wilkes said tensely.
Wilkes jerked open the hatch. An abrasive-featured middle-aged Japanese woman glared up at them. She was Masaru Kichimato [12], a lieutenant of the Iwasaki, an organization of combat-trained Japanese women [13]. She had been ordered to accompany the virgins to their destination, and to maintain discipline.
"I didn't know that old biddy was down there," Wilkes said to Gartner.
"I am not an old biddy!" Lieutenant Kichimato snapped in excellent English. Wilkes' face reddened, and the angry woman said in the tone of a Japanese officer who brooks no nonsense, "Step aside, cockroach. We are coming on deck." The virgins could not be expected to remain below until the American ship came for them, she said; therefore, they would spend their days on the deck and retire to the hold each night.
This seemed reasonable. It would be barbaric to confine the women to the tug's dank, gloomy hold until the U.S. ship arrived, which might not be for several days, or even a week. Wilkes glanced at Gartner, who nodded.
"All right," Wilkes said warily, "but no tricks. And at dusk you go below again."
For the Americans it was an intriguing day. The virgins milled around the tug's deck. They stared at the Americans with great curiosity and when Wilkes winked at a particularly brazen girl she giggled and began to approach him. But Lieutenant Kichimato bellowed to her and she went away. "Something tells me I'm going to tangle with that old witch before this mission ends," Wilkes muttered.
At about 1900 Kichimato ordered the virgins below. The Americans bolted the hatch. They went to the bow and opened tins of the rations which Commander Madsen had brought to the tug from the Sea Hawk. "I wonder what they would be like? To make love to, I mean," Wilkes mumbled through a mouthful of food.
This provoked a debate concerning the relative sexiness of Japanese and American women. Since neither man had had personal experience with Japanese women, or had even seen a Japanese woman until that day, their discussion contained a high element of speculation.
After their meal the Americans lit cigarettes and lolled on the bow's deck and stared at the hatch. "I wonder if we could get two of them up here, without all the rest," Wilkes said hopefully.
"It's worth finding out," Gartner replied. "Some of them certainly acted friendly."
He and Wilkes went to the hatch and opened it. "What do you want?" Lieutenant Kichimato asked icily.
"We were wondering if a couple of the girls would like to help us stand watch," Wilkes said.
Lieutenant Kichimato's reply is unprintable. Wilkes slammed the hatch and locked it. "That old witch," he said shakily, "is going to open her big mouth just once too often!"
Several cigarettes later he and Gartner decided to alternate two-hour watches throughout the night. They were convinced that it would be indiscreet for both to sleep at the same time. "I'd hate like hell to be knocked off by a bunch of women," Gartner said. Wilkes agreed that this would be a staggering humiliation, even though the victim wouldn't be around to hear the jibes of his shipmates.
Gartner took the first watch and Wilkes sprawled on the deck. But Wilkes did not immediately drop off to sleep. It was disturbing to think of the Japanese women, and to hear their giggles through the deck's planking.
Two days passed. "We have little food left," Lieutenant Kichimato said, "When is the ship coming for us?"
"It should arrive any time," Gartner replied. "In fact, it should have already been here."
When the lieutenant went away, Wilkes said, "I don't understand it. Madsen said he'd send someone for us right away."
These men did not know that no one would come for them—no one knew of their circumstances. An hour after the Sea Hawk had wallowed out of sight two suicide Japanese Bettys crashed into her [14]. She went down in an awesome pyrotechnical display; her crew became additions to Okinawa's dreadful casualty toll.
The next morning, Lieutenant Kichimato said, "We have eaten the last of our food. Where is the ship from the vaunted American Navy?"
"We're going on the beach," Gartner said, "to look around. Maybe we can find some bananas or something."
Because they did not trust her, the Americans took Kichimato with them, going ashore in the leaky old boat which had been lashed to the Riyuko Maru's starboard flank.
There were citrus fruits and yams on Tokashika. Fish swam in the shallow waters which jutted from the cove. "Finding enough food for all those women, three times a day, will be a tough job and we might have to do it for several days," Wilkes said. "Why don't we bring them here and let them look for their own chow?"
"How do you know we won't escape?" Lieutenant Kichimato said with great sarcasm.
"We couldn't care less," Gartner said. "Especially if you were included."
Wilkes glared at the woman. "Get into the boat," he said. "We're returning to the tug. You're going to tell two of your beefiest girls to row us back here, then bring the other girls ashore."
Kichimato said that she had decided to have the Americans bring the food to her and the virgins aboard the tug.
"Get into that boat, you contrary old witch!" Wilkes said between clenched teeth.
By noon the last of the virgins was ashore.
The girls did the work—Gartner and Wilkes supervising—and by
noon everyone had been transferred from the tugboat to the island.
The Americans threw a grenade into one of the inlets. It killed numerous fish. Except for one which they kept for themselves, they gave these fish to their prisoners. The women returned this favor with various fruits which they had gathered in the jungle.
When the women completed their meal they arose and, en masse, strode into the foliage south of the beach. The Americans, suspicious and worried, swooped up their M1s and followed.
The Japanese came to a spring-fed pond which they had discovered in their forage for food. Soon they were bathing in this pond. The Americans sat on its bank. "It isn't every day," Wilkes said happily, "That you get to see seventy-seven dolls take a bath."
The afternoon was uneventful but occasionally several of the girls, after determining that Kichimato wasn't watching, looked appraisingly at the Americans. "Tonight . . ." Wilkes said eagerly, ". . . old Kichimato won't have her wards cooped up where she can keep an eye on them."
But after their evening meal, Lieutenant Kichimato said to the girls, "you are forbidden to fraternize with the Americans!" The very thought, she said, was degrading. Americans were uncouth barbarians who never bathed.
This counsel was received with varying emotions. Among the girls who were the least impressed were two who had evinced, with little subtlety, an interest in the Americans. One of these was 17-year-old Toyada Shigesetsu [15], the daughter of a Kyushu coal miner—a beautiful young woman by any standard. The other was moon-faced Kenji [16] Hotoyama, 19. She was sloe-eyed, vivacious and a flirt. A peasant's daughter, she had been sold to the Imperial Army's Morals Endeavor Society after a rice crop failed.
"As quickly as Kichimato goes to sleep," Wilkes mumbled, "let's wander into the woods with those girls."
When darkness fell Kichimato ordered the Japanese girls to sleep in rows which she designated, presumably to enable her to spot, at a glance, if any were absent. Then she bedded down.
The Americans sat on the grass about thirty feet from the Japanese. At intervals Kichimato would get up and look at her wards. Then she would lie down again. "She can't keep that up all night—I hope," Wilkes said.
Midnight came. An hour had elapsed since Kichimato's last inspection. Wilkes crept toward her. Then he returned to Gartner. "The old biddy finally went to sleep." he whispered. "Let's go!"
Soon he and Gartner were in the forest with Toyada and Kenji.
They were still there at dawn when Kichimato discovered them. Her face quivered but she made no comment. Instead, she strode, dejectedly, toward the beach.
The Americans and the Japanese girls followed. "She's up to something," Gartner said worriedly. "Or else she would have kicked up a rumpus."
They came to the beach. Kichimato knelt on the sand. She began a cabalistic chant. She was explaining to her ancestors why she had failed to fulfill her orders in behalf of the Emperor's kamikazes, the pilots of the Divine Wind. But the Americans didn't know it. They knew nothing about Shinto, the religion of Japan, and its reverence of ancestral spirits.
When Kichimato finished she rose to her feet. She turned to the two sailors. "I despise you," she said. Thoroughly puzzled, they watched her climb to the top of the cliff at the north end of the beach. She stood poised for a minute, then leaped into the rocky surf. Her broken body was carried seaward by the morning's ebb tide.
"I don't understand Japanese at all," Wilkes said shakily.
"I didn't like her," Gartner mumbled, "but I wish she hadn't killed herself."
The virgins, the Americans soon discovered, were less shaken by Kichimato's suicide than they were. In fact, the girls seemed to be comforted by the knowledge that their harsh disciplinarian could no longer harass them. They conversed cheerfully during their breakfast. Then they went to the pond.
In every group a leader emerges. The next day a superb specimen of Japanese femininity came to the Americans. She was 19-year-old Keizo [17] Yamazaki, the daughter of a silk weaver in the Nishijin section of Kyoto. Because her father had not paid her mother the honor of legal marriage she had been, in local society, a pariah. So she had volunteered for the assignment that this would afford prestige and status. The Japanese looked upon kamikazes as demigods whose valor and sacrifice would reverse the fortunes of the war.
"Japanese virgins very unhappy," Keizo said in faltering but understandable English. There would be trouble, she said, unless the Americans showed no favoritism. She suggested that each evening the Japanese determine, by lottery, the two who would spend the night with the Americans. "Then no virgin lose face," Keizo said.
"Fair enough," Wilkes said happily. Then he said, "Something has been bothering me, Keizo—are you girls really virgins?"
They were spiritual virgins, the intrepid little Japanese replied. The Americans did not ask for an explanation. They were convinced the Japanese were unfathomable.
One idyllic day followed another. The girls sang and played their samisens. The Americans spent their time fishing, or swimming with the prisoners. The blood and horror of the Okinawa campaign seemed unreal.
But the marooned men talked often of the Sea Hawk and of their shipmates. They were certain that a major disaster had befallen them, and this conviction was disturbing.
In the meantime, the Navy Department, believing that Wilkes and Gartner had gone down wit the Sea Hawk, sent the dreaded "Regret to inform . . ." telegrams to their parents. It was one of the quirks of the war that while those heartbroken people mourned their sons' deaths these men were frolicking with Japanese girls on an obscure Pacific island.
For thousands of other Americans, though, the war was no frolic. The defenders of Okinawa made the invaders pay a ghastly price. But the Americans were determined and their resources were unlimited. Organized Japanese resistance collapsed June 21—after 82 days.
A week later the cruiser Vicksburg (CL86) glided into the cove of Tokashika island [18]. Landing parties from this big ship, and others, were going ashore on each of the region's numerous islands. They were seeking survivors of ships and aircraft which had been lost during the campaign.
Wilkes and Gartner, concealed with the Japanese women in a bamboo thicket, stared unhappily at the Vicksburg gig as it sped across the cove. It was occupied by three marine fire teams, a young lieutenant, and several Navy men.
"If we were lost on a rock where we were starving or something they wouldn't find us in a 100 years," Wilkes mumbled. "But here, where nobody's asking to be rescued, they're right on the ball."
A coxswain expertly beached the gig. The marines leaped onto the beach and, cautiously watching the jungle, began to advance toward it. "Hold your fire!" Gartner shouted. The war had not yet ended; there was grave risk that these combat-tempered marines, hearing the voices of the Japanese women, would sweep the thicket with fire from their BARs.
"Come with us and you won't get hurt," Gartner said to the Japanese. Then he and Wilkes, followed by these apprehensive women, walked out of the thicket.
The marines stared incredulously. "Who," the lieutenant demanded finally, "are these dolls?"
"Japanese doxies, sir," Wilkes replied casually.
"And just you two men have been here with all of them?"
"Yes, sir," Wilkes said. "For three weeks."
The marines stared at Wilkes and Gartner with open envy; women had been available to few of the troops in the central Pacific.
This was a situation which left the lieutenant dumbfounded. In the classic way of the military he decided to pass the buck to his superior, the Vicksburg's commander, Captain Lawrence C. Grannis, USN.
Several minutes later Captain Grannis came ashore. He looked unhappily at the women. "This," he said, chewing thoughtfully on his cigar, "presents a problem." There were, he reflected, no facilities on a warship for transporting women.
The captain returned to the Vicksburg. He radioed CinCPac at Guam. An hour elapsed while the brass at CinCPac discussed the disposition of the 77 prostitutes. Then they radioed Captain Grannis. "Confine the Japanese females to the chief's quarters," the message stated, "and proceed immediately to Saipan."
The Vicksburg dropped anchor in Saipan's Tanapag Harbor on July 1, 1945. Immediately the Japanese women were interned in the Charan-Kanoa stockade. The next day, in one of the inexplicable snafus of the war, they were assigned as instructors in the big prison camp's Education, Recreation, Religion and Welfare Department.
Meanwhile, Wilkes and Gartner were assigned to the General Service pool at Camp Calhoun. Several days later Wilkes was ordered aboard the destroyer Trippe [19] to replace a boatswain's mate who had been immobilized by an appendectomy. Within a few days Gartner joined the ship's company of the escort carrier Cape Esperance. Both of these men—news of their bizarre adventure had preceded them—were considered by their shipmates as gallants who had had the maximum experience.
Six weeks later the war ended. Soon, along with many of Charan-Kanoa's 18,000 other Japanese prisoners of war, the 77 virgins were transported to Nagoya, a seaport on Honshu island. Then, upon the orders of U.S. Military Government officials, they were returned to their homes.
As for Wilkes and Gartner, their incredible saga was told and retold in every ship in the Fifth Fleet, and embroidered on so that any man who could say he knew them personally was considered a celebrity.
1. There is no record that the Riyuko Maru ever existed.
2. Tokashiki Island, not Tokashika Island, is located about 20 miles southwest of the southern tip of Okinawa. Tokashiki Island is the largest of the 22 Kerama Islands. Tokashika Island does not exist.
3. LCI is the acronym for landing craft, infantry.
4. A fundoshi is a traditional Japanese undergarment for adult males.
5. An Airsaki does not exist, but the reference here is probably to Arisaka rifles used by the Japanese Imperial Army.
6. Both Ikeda and Tamashiro are Japanese family names rather than one being a family name and the other being a given name.
7. It is inconceivable that a tug would be transporting women in early June 1945 to Miyako Island, which had been subjected to repeated Allied air attacks since late March 1945 (Samples 2010, 36-105).
8. No reference could be found that an LCI named Sea Hawk ever fought in WWII.
9. The military leaders in Japan did not hear of the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt until April 13, 1945, so it would have been impossible for them to decide on the date of April 12 for the mass kamikaze attack after hearing of the American president's death. Roosevelt's death certificate gives the time of death as 3:35 p.m. on April 12, which would have already been the morning of April 13 in Japan due to the time difference.
10. Battleship New Mexico (BB-40) was hit by a kamikaze aircraft on May 12, not April 12, 1945.
11. A listing of U.S. Navy ships damaged or sunk by kamikaze attacks (Rielly 2010, 322) indicates 261 men died on April 12, 1945, rather than the story's inflated figure of 2,000 men.
12. The Japanese family name of Kichimato does not exist.
13. No reference could be found that such a group named Iwasaki existed in WWII.
14. Betty bombers never carried out any official suicide attacks as part of the Kamikaze Special Attack Corps. Instead, the Japanese Navy used them to carry ohka rocket-powered glider bombs into battle so they could be released to attack Allied ships.
15. These two names do not exist in Japanese.
16. Kenji is a male, not a female, name.
17. Keizo is a male, not a female, name.
18. The light cruiser Vicksburg (CL86) could not have been at this small island a week after June 21, 1945, since the ship left the Okinawa area to head for the Philippines on June 24.
19. The destroyer Trippe actually existed, but she was decommissioned in 1931 after seven years of service in the U.S. Navy.
Rielly, Robin L. 2010. Kamikaze Attacks of World War II: A Complete History of Japanese Suicide Strikes on American Ships, by Aircraft and Other Means. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company.
Samples, Fredio. 2010. Wings over Sakishima. Privately published.
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EFL Movie Study Guide for: Narnia: Prince Caspian
Full title: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Story: In “Narnia 1,” four British children became kings and queens in a land reached by magic and by the will of its lion ruler: Aslan. In this sequel, the children return generations later to help the rightful king (young Caspian) regain the throne stolen by his uncle Miraz. Once again, they are helped by Narnia’s loyal dwarves and talking beasts, including the brave mouse Reepicheep. Aslan also promised to help, but do they have the patience and trust needed to wait for him? There are lots of great lessons on the way to another epic battle in this action-filled fantasy, based on a world-wide best-selling book series. (2008; Disney; fantasy; PG) Online summary: www.imdb.com/title/tt0499448/synopsis
Setting: Narnia (and England)
Note 1: For the children, only a year or two has passed since their first adventure in Narnia, but 13 centuries have passed in Narnia. In fact, it has been so long, that most people no longer believe the “stories” about these ancient kings and queens, and the normally-invisible ruler Aslan.
Note 2: As shown at the end of Narnia 1, the “children” actually grew up in Narnia and became adults, but then when Aslan sent them back to England they were children again. There are several jokes about this unusual reality.
Note 3: After “Narnia 1,” Narnians lived in peace for many generations, but then the Telmarines attacked and conquered the land. Some of the kings were good, some bad, and the current king (Miraz--one of the worst) stole the throne by killing his brother (Prince Caspian’s father). When King Miras finally has a son of his own, Caspian’s tutor helps the prince escape, and to meet the dwarves and talking animals that most Telmarines think are merely legends. Seeing his need for “supernatural help,” Caspian blows Susan’s magic horn, which calls the ancient kings and queens back to Narnia. Of course, Aslan has had this in mind all along, but that is another story!
Aslan: a lion; son of the Great Emperor across the Sea. In Narnia 1, he sacrificed his life to “pay” for Edmund’s treason, but because Aslan was innocent he came back to life, according to the Emperor’s “Deep Magic”
Peter Pevensie: First “High King” of Narnia, by the will of Aslan (that is the story of Narnia 1)
Susan Pevensie: Peter’s sister, who became a queen in Narnia 1
Edmund Pevensie: Peter’s younger brother, also a king of Narnia (see Aslan)
Lucy Pevensie: Peter’s young sister, a queen of Narnia (and the one with the closest relationship with Aslan)
Telmarines: descendents of humans who entered the Narnia “world” long ago, and (about ten generations ago) took over Narnia by force
Prince Caspian: a Telmarine, and the rightful king of Narnia (see “King Miras”)
King Miraz: Caspian’s uncle. He secretly killed Caspian’s father in order to become king.
Doctor Cornelius: Caspian’s tutor (part dwarf, he told Caspian about the ancient times in Narnia)
Reepicheep: a very brave mouse (mice were rewarded with speech after they freed Aslan’s body on the Stone Table in Narnia 1)
Trumpkin: a dwarf, who is loyal to Caspian but does not believe the stories about King Peter
Nikabrik: a dwarf, who would rather trust in himself than in ancient kings and queens
Trufflehunter: a talking badger (digging animal with black and white fur), loyal to Caspian
Nouns/verbs (vocabulary):
dwarf: a person (in legends and fairy tales) who looks like a small man (in many stories, these people work underground, as miners)
extinct: a plant or animal (like dinosaurs) that no longer exists
huge: extremely large
irony: the use of an opposite word or expression to get a desired effect (usually soft laughter or a smile)
liege: one’s lord or ruler (esp in the Middle Ages; this term isn’t used any more) “We’ve anxiously awaited your return, my liege.”
minotaur: an animal (in legends and fairy tales) that is half bull and half man, and that eats people
to patronize: to talk to sb as if they are stupid when they are not (the dwarf said sarcastically: “Did you call me a DLF--Dear Little Friend? Oh... that's not at all patronizing, is it?”)
torch: (BrE) a hand-held light that runs on batteries (AmE: flashlight)
Phrases or idioms:
“You’re one to talk.”--the bad thing you just said about someone else also applies to you
“I had it sorted.”--That was arranged or planned, and thus under my control
“You've got to be kidding me.”--You must be joking; I don’t believe this (is the answer or the truth)
1. Look at sentence 2 (below). Tell your partner about a key moment or time in your life, when “everything changed.”
2. Look at sentence 9. Lucy knew what she saw, but no one else believed her. Tell your partner about a time when your friends or relatives told you about something you had a hard time believing, but later found out it was true.
3. Put yourself in Lucy’s shoes. Would you go on without the others, or do something to convince them that you knew the right way? What would you do?
4. What does this story say about the role of celebration in our lives?
Sentences/dialogs from the movie: (from www.imdb.com/title/tt0499448/quotes
1. Edmund [after helping Peter out of a fight with couple of boys from school]: You're welcome.
Peter [as he stands up]: I had it sorted.
Susan: What was it this time?
Peter: He bumped me.
Lucy: So you hit him?
Peter: No, after he bumped me they tried to make me apologize. That's when I hit him.
Susan: Really, is it that hard to just walk away?
Peter: I shouldn't have to! I mean, don't you ever get tired of being treated like a kid?
Edmund: We are kids!
Peter: Well, I wasn't always. (that is, I had become an adult when we lived in Narnia)
2. Doctor Cornelius [to Prince Caspian]: Everything you know is about to change.
3. Trufflehunter [after a fight in her house knocked over some soup]: Look what you made me do! I spent half the morning on that soup...
Caspian: What are you?
Trufflehunter: You know, it's funny that you should ask that. You'd think more people would know a badger when they see one.
Caspian: No, I mean you're Narnians. You're supposed to be extinct.
Nikabrik: Sorry to disappoint you.
4. Caspian: Minotaurs? They're real?
Trufflehunter: And very bad-tempered.
Nikabrik: Not to mention big.
Trufflehunter: Huge.
5. Caspian: Two days ago, I didn't believe in the existence of talking animals... of dwarves or... or centaurs. Yet here you are, in strengths and numbers that we Telmarines could never have imagined. Whether this horn [he raises Susan’s horn] is magic or not, it brought us together... and together, we have a chance to take back what is ours!
6. Lucy: I wonder who lived here.
Susan [picks up a small gold statue]: I think we did.
Edmund: Hey, that's mine! From my chess set!
Peter: Which chess set?
Edmund: I didn't have a solid gold chess set in Finchley (England), did I?
7. Lucy [holding up one of her old dresses]: I was so tall.
Susan: Well, you were older then.
Edmund: As opposed to hundreds of years later, when you're younger.
8. Susan [aiming her bow and arrow at the Telmarines]: Drop him!
[they toss Trumpkin in the water and run away]
Trumpkin: Drop him? Was that the best you could think of?
Lucy: Why were they trying to kill you, anyway?
Trumpkin: The Telmarines? It's what they do.
Edmund: Telmarines? In Narnia?
Trumpkin: Where have you been for the last few hundred years?
Lucy: It's a bit of a long story.
Trumpkin: Oh, you've got to be kidding me. You're it? You're the kings and queens of old?
9. Lucy: I wish you would all stop trying to sound like grown-ups! I didn't think I saw him, I did see him. (that is, I did see Aslan, even though no one else saw him)
Trumpkin: I am a grown-up.
10. Edmund [after no one believes that Lucy had really seen Aslan]: The last time I didn't believe Lucy, I ended up looking pretty stupid.
11. Lucy: They're so still.
Trumpkin: The trees? What did you expect?
Lucy: They used to dance.
12. [Prince Caspian is in a swordfight with Peter before they know who each other is]
Lucy: No! Stop!
Peter [after seeing the Narnians gathering around]: Prince Caspian?
Caspian: And who are you?
Susan [running over with Edmund]: Peter!
Caspian: High King Peter?
Peter: I believe you called.
Caspian: I thought you'd be... older.
Peter: Well if you'd like, we can leave and come back in a few years.
Caspian: No! No, it's alright! You're not exactly what I expected.
Edmund: Neither are you.
13. King Miraz: Tell me, Prince Edmund...
Edmund: King.
King Miraz: I beg your Pardon?
Edmund: It's King Edmund, actually. Just King though. Peter's the High King. I know, it's confusing.
14. Caspian: Me? You could have called it off, there was still time.
Peter: No there wasn't thanks to you. If you had kept to the plan those soldiers might be alive right now.
Caspian: And if you just had stayed here as I suggested they definitely would be!
Peter: You called us, remember?
Caspian: My first mistake.
Peter: No. Your first mistake was thinking you could lead these people
Caspian: Hey! I am not the one who abandoned Narnia.
Peter: No, you invaded Narnia. You have no more right leading than Miraz does. You, him, your father! Narnia's better off without the lot of you!
See my Movie Study Guides for The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, and a devotional about Voyage of the Dawn Treader.
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American League wins All-Star game 4-3 Featured
The American League out scored the National League 4-3 to win Major League Baseballs All-Star game. Its the 7th win in a row for the American League.
The American League scored a run in the 2nd inning, Alex Bregman scored on a Michael Brantley double. They added a run in the 5th inning when Gary Sanchez scored on a Jorge Polanco single.
The National League cut the lead in half on a Charlie Blackman solo home run in the 6th.
The American League scored 2 runs in the 7th. Matt Chapman scored on a turned double play and Joey Gallo hit a solo home run.
The National League scored 2 runs in the 8th, Yasmani Grandal and David Dahl scored on a Pete Alonso single.
Cleveland Indians pitcher Shane Bieber was named the game’s MVP after he struck out the side in the fifth inning.
The AL team as a whole notched 16 strikeouts on the evening. Aroldis Chapman struck out the side in the 9th inning to earn the save.
The Royals Whit Merrifield played Centerfield and was 0-2 at the plate in his first All-Star game.
The Royals will resume play Friday when they host the Detroit Tigers.
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{{battle
| image=[[File:Abe Papakhian - I Beheld.jpg|300px]]
| image=[[File:Abe Papakhian - I Behold (colour).jpg|300px]]
| name= Siege of Barad-dûr
| conflict= [[War of the Last Alliance]]
| date= {{SA|3434}} - {{SA|3441}}
| result=Last Alliance victory, disembodiment of [[Sauron]]
| result=[[Last Alliance]] victory, disembodiment of [[Sauron]]
| place= [[Barad-dûr]], [[Mount Doom]], [[Mordor]]
| side1=[[Last Alliance of Elves and Men|Last Alliance forces]]
| side1=[[Last Alliance of Elves and Men]]
| side2=Forces of [[Sauron]]
| commanders1=
{{Gil-galad blazon|died}}
[[Image:Tree_icon2.jpg]] [[Elendil]]†
* [[Círdan]]
* [[Elrond]]
* [[Elendil]]†
* [[Isildur]]
* [[Anárion]]†
* [[Thranduil]]
| commanders2= {{Sauron blazon}}
| forces1=Over 100,000 [[Elves]], [[Númenóreans|Men]], and [[Durin's Folk|Dwarves]]
| forces1=Great host of [[Dúnedain]]; [[Elves of Lindon]], [[Rivendell]], [[Elves of Mirkwood|Mirkwood]], and [[Galadhrim|Lothlórien]]; [[Dwarves of Khazad-dûm]]; beasts and birds
| forces2=10,000-20,000 [[Orcs]], [[Haradrim|Southrons]], [[Easterlings]]
| forces2=Smaller host of [[Orcs]], [[Men of Darkness|Evil Men]], some [[Dwarves]] of other Houses, and other evil creatures
| casual1=Severe
| casual2=Entire force slain or captured
| casual2=Almost all slain
The '''Siege of Barad-dûr''' was the armed conflict that would end the [[War of the Last Alliance]] and the [[Second Age]]. It was the direct result of the [[Battle of Dagorlad]], where passage into [[Mordor]] was won by the [[Last Alliance of Elves and Men|Last Alliance]] at heavy cost.
The '''Siege of Barad-dûr''' was the armed conflict that would end the [[War of the Last Alliance]] and the [[Second Age]]. It was the direct result of the [[Battle of Dagorlad]], where passage into [[Mordor]] was won by the [[Last Alliance of Elves and Men|Last Alliance]] at a heavy cost.
==The Siege==
In {{SA|3434}} the Allies entered [[Mordor]]. The Orcs that survived the slaughter at Dagorlad were surrounded in Barad-dûr, Sauron's dark stronghold. There, the forces of [[Gil-galad]], [[Elendil]] and [[Thranduil]] laid siege to the tower, but could not breach its gates.
===The Siege===
In {{SA|3434}} the Last Alliance entered [[Mordor]]. The Orcs that survived the slaughter at Dagorlad were surrounded in Barad-dûr, Sauron's dark stronghold. There, the forces of [[Gil-galad]], [[Elendil]] and [[Thranduil]] laid siege to the tower, but could not breach its gates.
Sauron put together a strong defence with a seemingly unexhaustible supply of projectile and sorties throughout seven years, during which the Allies suffered heavy casualties. In {{SA|3440}}, Anárion's helmet was crushed by a thrown rock resulting in his death.
Sauron put together a strong defence with a seemingly inexhaustible supply of projectile and sorties throughout seven years, during which the Allies suffered heavy casualties. In {{SA|3440}}, Anárion's helmet was crushed by a thrown rock resulting in his death.
[[Second Age 3441|A year later]], however, Sauron went out with a sortie himself, and broke the leaguer. He came to [[Mount Doom]], where the two kings, Gil-galad and Elendil, fought with him in single combat. Sauron struck down Elendil, and his sword [[Narsil]] broke in two beneath him as he fell. [[Gil-galad]]'s face was scorched by the heat of Sauron's hand, killing him. Nonetheless Sauron was wounded in the fight with the two kings, and as he let his guard down, Isildur took up the broken hilt of his father's blade and hewed off Sauron's ring finger, defeating him.
[[Second Age 3441|A year later]], however, Sauron went out with a sortie himself and broke the leaguer. He came to [[Mount Doom]], where the two kings, Gil-galad and Elendil, fought with him in single combat. Sauron struck down Elendil, and his sword [[Narsil]] broke in two beneath him as he fell. [[Gil-galad]]'s face was scorched by the heat of Sauron's hand, killing him. Nonetheless, Sauron was wounded in the fight with the two kings, and as he let his guard down, Isildur took up the broken hilt of his father's blade and hewed off Sauron's ring finger, defeating him.
==Consequences==
=== Aftermath ===
The battle marked the (temporary) passing of Sauron, and the beginning of the [[Third Age]]. Gil-galad's heralds [[Círdan]] and [[Elrond]] advised Isildur to destroy the Ring by throwing it in the fires of Mount Doom. But instead Isildur replied: ''This I will have as weregild for my father's death, and my brother's. Was it not I who dealt the Enemy his death-blow?''<ref>{{S|Rings}}</ref>
The battle marked the (temporary) passing of Sauron and the beginning of the [[Third Age]]. Gil-galad's heralds [[Círdan]] and [[Elrond]] advised Isildur to destroy the Ring by throwing it in the fires of Mount Doom. But instead, Isildur replied: ''This I will have as weregild for my father's death, and my brother's. Was it not I who dealt the Enemy his death-blow?''<ref>{{S|Rings}}</ref>
Gondor prospered, and built fortresses on all the entrances to Mordor: the [[Morannon]], [[Durthang]] and the [[Tower of Cirith Ungol]]. Isildur wrote an account of the battle, describing his father and Gil-galad's duel with Sauron in detail and the lengthy siege itself.
With the death of Gil-galad, the [[Noldor]] were without a King as he left no heir. Elrond and Círdan returned to [[Lindon]]. Relations between Elves and Men worsened due to the deaths of Gil-galad and Elendil, and also Isildur's taking of the ring. The Last Alliance as it came to be known, would be the last time Elves would go to open war in Middle-earth ever again. The relationship between Men and Elves wouldn't be as close as they were in the first and second ages and never wholly repaired because the Elves were leaving Middle-earth for Aman.
Over the course of the war, which ended with the Siege of Barad-dûr in {{SA|3441}}, most of the Silvan army had been lost. Thranduil led the remaining third of his army back home to the Greenwood.<ref name="Silvan Princes">{{UT|6b}}</ref>
Isildur remained in [[Minas Tirith]] some time<ref>{{FR|II2}}</ref>. When he did return North, he and his sons were [[Disaster of the Gladden Fields|ambushed]]. The Ring was lost in the tumult.<ref>{{UT|Disaster}}</ref>
Since the Ring was not unmade, Sauron was not completely destroyed: his spirit was able to live on. In the Third Age, he reassumed physical shape, and regained most of his old realm and allies. Ever after Sauron hunted for the Ring, dispatching his servants across Middle-earth to locate it. The Ring would come to be known as [[Isildur's Bane]], as its corruption afflicted him. Ultimately Sauron's Orcs ambushed Isildur years later at the [[Disaster of the Gladden Fields]], in which Isildur and his retinue were slain and the Ring was lost.
Since the Ring was not unmade, Sauron was not completely destroyed: his spirit was able to live on. In the Third Age, he reassumed physical shape and regained most of his old realm and allies. Ever after Sauron hunted for the Ring, dispatching his servants across Middle-earth to locate it. The Ring would come to be known as [[Isildur's Bane]], as its corruption afflicted him.
:The [[War of the Last Alliance|entire venture]] of the [[Last Alliance of Elves and Men|Last Alliance]] was combined into a short silhouette play, in which [[Isildur]] cut the [[The One Ring|Ring]] off [[Sauron]]'s hand in battle - not when Sauron was already conquered.
'''2001: ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'':'''
:This film also compresses the [[Battle of Dagorlad]], the Siege, and the final duel into one, and, for convenience reasons, places them all at [[Mount Doom]], in a prologue similar to that of the 1978 film. The main perspective of the entire prologue - ''One Ring to rule them All'' - lies with [[Elrond]]. The death of [[Gil-galad]] is not mentioned, [[Anárion]] is cut completely, and the deaths of [[Elendil]] and Sauron are rewritten: after coming forth, Sauron wreaks havoc among the [[Elves]] and [[Men]], and a blow from his mace throws Elendil against the mountainside, killing him. Isildur tries to take up [[Narsil]], but it breaks as Sauron steps on it. In a desperate strike, Isildur slashes the Ring, and four fingers, from Sauron's hand. Sauron's body sends a shockwave over the land and dissolves into nothingness.
:In a later scene, aptly named ''The Fate of the Ring'', Elrond tells [[Gandalf]] of the final debate with Isildur, inside Mount Doom. [[Círdan]] is not present, and Isildur refuses by simply saying "No".
{{references}}
Conflict: War of the Last Alliance
Date: S.A. 3434 - S.A. 3441
Place: Barad-dûr, Mount Doom, Mordor
Outcome: Last Alliance victory, disembodiment of Sauron
Combatants
Last Alliance of Elves and Men
Forces of Sauron
Gil-galad†
Círdan
Elendil†
Anárion†
Thranduil
Great host of Dúnedain; Elves of Lindon, Rivendell, Mirkwood, and Lothlórien; Dwarves of Khazad-dûm; beasts and birds
Smaller host of Orcs, Evil Men, some Dwarves of other Houses, and other evil creatures
Almost all slain
The Siege of Barad-dûr was the armed conflict that would end the War of the Last Alliance and the Second Age. It was the direct result of the Battle of Dagorlad, where passage into Mordor was won by the Last Alliance at a heavy cost.
1.1 The Siege
1.2 Aftermath
[edit] The Siege
In S.A. 3434 the Last Alliance entered Mordor. The Orcs that survived the slaughter at Dagorlad were surrounded in Barad-dûr, Sauron's dark stronghold. There, the forces of Gil-galad, Elendil and Thranduil laid siege to the tower, but could not breach its gates.
Sauron put together a strong defence with a seemingly inexhaustible supply of projectile and sorties throughout seven years, during which the Allies suffered heavy casualties. In S.A. 3440, Anárion's helmet was crushed by a thrown rock resulting in his death.
A year later, however, Sauron went out with a sortie himself and broke the leaguer. He came to Mount Doom, where the two kings, Gil-galad and Elendil, fought with him in single combat. Sauron struck down Elendil, and his sword Narsil broke in two beneath him as he fell. Gil-galad's face was scorched by the heat of Sauron's hand, killing him. Nonetheless, Sauron was wounded in the fight with the two kings, and as he let his guard down, Isildur took up the broken hilt of his father's blade and hewed off Sauron's ring finger, defeating him.
[edit] Aftermath
The battle marked the (temporary) passing of Sauron and the beginning of the Third Age. Gil-galad's heralds Círdan and Elrond advised Isildur to destroy the Ring by throwing it in the fires of Mount Doom. But instead, Isildur replied: This I will have as weregild for my father's death, and my brother's. Was it not I who dealt the Enemy his death-blow?[1]
Gondor prospered, and built fortresses on all the entrances to Mordor: the Morannon, Durthang and the Tower of Cirith Ungol. Isildur wrote an account of the battle, describing his father and Gil-galad's duel with Sauron in detail and the lengthy siege itself.
With the death of Gil-galad, the Noldor were without a King as he left no heir. Elrond and Círdan returned to Lindon. Relations between Elves and Men worsened due to the deaths of Gil-galad and Elendil, and also Isildur's taking of the ring. The Last Alliance as it came to be known, would be the last time Elves would go to open war in Middle-earth ever again. The relationship between Men and Elves wouldn't be as close as they were in the first and second ages and never wholly repaired because the Elves were leaving Middle-earth for Aman.
Over the course of the war, which ended with the Siege of Barad-dûr in S.A. 3441, most of the Silvan army had been lost. Thranduil led the remaining third of his army back home to the Greenwood.[2]
Isildur remained in Minas Tirith some time[3]. When he did return North, he and his sons were ambushed. The Ring was lost in the tumult.[4]
Since the Ring was not unmade, Sauron was not completely destroyed: his spirit was able to live on. In the Third Age, he reassumed physical shape and regained most of his old realm and allies. Ever after Sauron hunted for the Ring, dispatching his servants across Middle-earth to locate it. The Ring would come to be known as Isildur's Bane, as its corruption afflicted him.
↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age"
↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The History of Galadriel and Celeborn", "Appendix B: The Sindarin Princes of the Silvan Elves"
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Anesthetic Management Of A Rare Case Of Extra Adrenal Pheochromocytoma- A Case Report
L Sherif, R Hegde, K Shetty, T Gurumurthy, P Jain
catecholamine, extra adrenal pheochromocytoma, gangliomas, prazosin, snp
L Sherif, R Hegde, K Shetty, T Gurumurthy, P Jain. Anesthetic Management Of A Rare Case Of Extra Adrenal Pheochromocytoma- A Case Report. The Internet Journal of Anesthesiology. 2008 Volume 22 Number 1.
Pheochromocytoma is rare, accounting for less than 0.1 % of hypertensive population. Extra-adrenal pheochromocytomas are rarer still. These gangliomas develop in the paraganglion chromaffin cells of the sympathetic nervous system. They account for 10% of all pheochromocytomas in adults and 30-40% in children. These tumors are usually larger than their adrenal counterpart. The most common site of extra-adrenal pheochromocytomas is the para adrenal area, but they also occur at the aortic bifurcation, chest, inferior mesenteric and iliac arteries, bladder, heart and brain. In this report, we describe a 30-year-old male with an extra adrenal pheochromocytoma in the right para aortic region. Clinical presentation, diagnosis, and treatment are similar to adrenal tumors. Few medical conditions pose such a severe but unpredictable threat to the patient’s life and the perioperative management of such patients poses a significant challenge to the anesthesiologist.
A 30 year old male weighing 72 kg was diagnosed 1year back as a case of extra adrenal pheochromocytoma. He presented with headache, sweating and palpitation along with hypertension. He was on treatment for 1year with tablet prazosin 2.5 mg. twice daily and tablet atenolol 50 mg. once daily. He gives history of uneventful general anesthesia for tonsillectomy 15 years back. He was now posted for laparotomy and excision of the tumor. On examination, he was alert, cooperative, afebrile and short tempered. Pulse rate was 63/minute, regular and good volume. Blood pressure recording over right upper limb was 150/100 mm Hg in supine and 140/80 mm Hg in standing position. Systemic examination and airway assessment revealed no abnormality. Investigations revealed a Hb-14.1g% , PCV-41.6%, FBS-122mg/dl,Urinary VMA-9mg% (normal<8 mg%), S.Calcium, S.Electrolytes, Thyroid function, renal function, Bleeding profile and Chest radiograph were all normal. Electrocardiogram showed ST segment elevation in V1 – V3. Echocardiogram showed concentric Left ventricular hypertrophy with Ejection fraction of 60%. CT scan revealed a mixed density mass lesion in the right para aortic region, measuring 5.3 x 4.3 cms. Pre operative preparation with Alpha blocker prazosin and Beta blocker atenolol ensured adequate control of hemodynamic status. Tablet lorazepam 2mg was given the previous night and at 6 am on the day of surgery along with tablet ranitidine, prazosin and atenolol. He was kept fasting overnight and adequate blood was arranged. He was premedicated with morphine 16mg and promethazine 25 mg via intramuscular route. EMLA cream was applied over right forearm, left wrist and lumbar area 60 min before shifting to O.T. In the O.T, Pulse oximeter, ECG and NIBP were connected to the patient. 16G intravenous cannula was inserted over right forearm and 20G cannula over left radial artery for invasive monitoring. The patient was then positioned in left lateral position and 18G Epidural catheter inserted in T12- L1 space.10 cc of 2% plain xylocaine was injected. Ryles tube, Foley’s urinary catheter, and nasopharyngeal temperature probe was inserted after induction. This was followed by cannulation of right internal jugular vein for CVP monitoring, fluid and drug administration. After pre oxygenation, the patient was induced with Thiopentone 375mg, Vecuronium 8mg, preservative free 2% lignocaine (xylocard) 100mg, Fentanyl 50 ug I.V with titrated infusion of Sodium nitroprusside(SNP). He was intubated with 8.5 mm cuffed oral endotracheal tube. Anesthesia was maintained with N20 in 35% O2, Vecuronium, I.V Fentanyl, Midazolam, Halothane, titrated doses of SNP and epidural top up with Bupivacaine. During intra operative handling of tumor, there was a sudden surge of blood pressure with tachycardia and ventricular ectopics. This was managed by stepping up the dose of SNP, I.V bolus of xylocard, I.V bolus of Thiopentone and increasing the depth of anesthesia. Intra op blood sampling was done for ABG analysis and S.glucose which were both within normal limits. After ligation of the tumor, there was hypotension, which was managed by Volume loading and low dose of dopamine which was later stepped up. After the surgery the patient was reversed with 3.5 mg neostigmine and 0.6mg glycopyrrolate and extubated. In the post operative ward monitoring was continued and analgesia was maintained via epidural catheter with top up doses of fentanyl. During the immediate post operative period the patient developed Hypotension and Hypoglycemia (minimum of 40mg %), which was managed by adjusting dopamine infusion (later tapered and discontinued) and by infusing 10% dextrose solution. Patient was discharged home 10 days later. The biopsy report confirmed the diagnosis of pheochromocytoma.
Extra adrenal pheochromocytomas develop in the paraganglion chromaffin cells of the sympathetic nervous system and account for 10% of pheochromocytomas in adults. They occur at the para adrenal area in over 37.5% of patients, in the organ of Zuckerkandel at the aortic bifurcation in 12.5%, in the chest 7.5%, 5% each in inferior mesenteric artery, over left common iliac artery, in the bladder wall, and 2.5% each in celiac plexus, superior mesenteric artery, renal vessels, over right iliac artery, beneath the diaphragm and around the left ureter. 1 They are usually sporadic in nature. In adults these tumors are malignant in approximately 30-40% of patients compared to less than 2% in children. Extra-adrenal pheochromocytomas tend to be larger than their adrenal counterpart at the time of detection. Symptoms of extra-adrenal pheochromocytoma can be divided into two categories. The first category includes symptoms that are due to an excess of catecholamine and are similar to their adrenal counterpart. The second category includes symptoms that are due to the specific location of the tumors and may help in localizing the tumors.
The presence of hypertension with symptoms of adren¬ergic excess should alert the clinician to the tumors of adrenal medulla as well as the extra-adrenal paraganglion system. 2 Most extra adrenal pheochromocytomas produce predominantly Norepinephrine. Patients with extra adrenal pheochromocytoma commonly present with the classic triad of headache, pal¬pitations and sweating. Sustained or paroxysmal hyper¬tension is present in 80-100% of these patients. Urinary estimation of catecholamines and their metabolites is a better biochemical investigation than plasma estimation for the diagnosis of this lesion. 2 CT scan is the imaging mo¬dality of choice for localization. 23 MIBG scan is indicated in extra adrenal tumors to rule out multicentricity and metasta¬sis. 23 In the extra-adrenal pheochromocytomas, traditional his¬tological markers of malignancy may not predict the malignant behavior. The diagnosis of malignancy can be made with con¬fidence only by demonstrating tumor cells at sites where para¬ganglion tissue is normally absent. 23 Surgery after adequate preoperative preparation remains the treatment of choice. 2 A lifelong follow-up is indicated, as the extra-adrenal pheochromocytomas are more likely to recur and to meta¬stasize. Annual determination of urinary catecholamines and their metabolites is recommended. Persistent hyper¬tension after successful removal of pheochromocytoma occurs in approximately 25% of cases. 2
Once the diagnosis of pheochromocytoma is established, planning for surgical exploration of both adrenal glands and the para aortic sympathetic glands should be undertaken without delay. Surgical removal of pheochromocytoma usually normalizes blood pressure. However, resection has great potential for intraoperative hypertension during manipulation of the tumor. Adequate preoperative preparation includes controlling the hemodynamic status of the patient by employing alpha blockers. When -blockade is needed to control symptoms, prazosin, terazosin, or doxazosin (selective 1-receptor antagonists) can be used to circumvent some of the disadvantages of non selective blocker like phenoxybenzamine. Because they do not block presynaptic 2-receptors, this class of drugs does not enhance norepinephrine release and, therefore, does not produce reflex tachycardia. 4 They also have a shorter duration of action, permitting more rapid adjustment of dosage and a reduced duration of postoperative hypotension, which is usually seen with phenoxybenzamine. In addition, expansion of plasma volume, reduced because of chronic constriction, occurs if blocking agents are given 2-3 weeks preoperatively. Selective competitive 1-adrenoceptor blockade with prazosin in patients with pheochromocytoma was advocated by Wallace and Gill 5 and others in the Americas. 67
There are two reasons for using ß-adrenoceptor antagonists in the preoperative treatment of patients with phaeochromocytoma. The first is to limit symptoms and signs referable to increased circulating epinephrine, mainly manifest as tachycardia with or without cardiac arrhythmias. These will be evident in patients with predominantly epinephrine- (and dopamine-) secreting tumors. As the prime objective is to limit excessive tachycardia with or without arrhythmias mediated through ß1-adrenoceptors, it is logical to use selective ß1-adrenoceptor antagonists such as atenolol or bisoprolol in order to minimize undesirable side-effects in the bronchi or peripheral vasculature. 8 The second reason is to block excessive cardiac sympathetic drive secondary to suppression of the presynaptic 2-regulating mechanism by drugs such as phenoxybenzamine. Suppression of ß-adrenoceptor-mediated cardiac sympathetic activity in the absence of adequate arteriolar dilation may precipitate acute pulmonary oedema. 9
To help assess the adequacy of preoperative management of pheochromocytoma, the following Roizen criteria 10 should be met in order to reduce perioperative morbidity and mortality:
No in-hospital blood pressure >160/90 mm Hg for 24 hours prior to surgery.
No orthostatic hypotension with blood pressure <80/45 mm Hg.
No ST or T wave changes for 1 week prior to surgery.
No more than 5 premature ventricular contractions per minute.
In our case report, the patient was adequately prepared with prazosin and atenolol and he met all the parameters of Roizen criteria. He was premedicated with lorazepam and morphine before the surgery. There are reports suggesting the dangers of using drugs like morphine and atracurium which potentially release histamine because of the risk of provoking catecholamine release from chromaffin granules. 8 But Morphine has been used safely 11 and so we chose to give morphine as a premedicant without any facing any untoward effects.
The combination of adequate regional anesthesia with general anesthesia sufficient to prevent the patient coughing on the tracheal tube provides satisfactory conditions for the initial surgical incision and exposure of the tumor.
We chose to insert the epidural catheter also under local anesthesia with EMLA cream before induction to avoid the difficulty in positioning patient and to prevent bucking on the endotracheal tube. A segmental blockade was achieved at mid to low thoracic level.
Peripheral venous, arterial and central venous catheters were placed under local anesthesia and hemodynamic monitoring was established together with ECG and pulse oximeter. Extensive monitoring is required for such surgeries to monitor both the hypertensive crises and the post ligation hypotensive episodes. Manipulation of the tumor, however gently performed, usually causes a brisk hemodynamic response. Intraoperatively, intravenous phentolamine, nitroglycerin and sodium nitroprusside are most often used to control blood pressure swings. We decided to use SNP to manage the intraoperative hypertension as advocated by Hull even though Prys Roberts found Phentolamine to be a better alternative, as there was ample evidence that SNP has been successfully used. 1213 14 The most widely quoted alternative to SNP is phentolamine, a competitive 1- and weak 2-adrenoceptor antagonist, which can be given intravenously as an infusion or as incremental doses of 1–2 mg. Hull claimed that phentolamine is less satisfactory because tachycardia is an invariable problem. 9 Just prior to venous ligation of the tumor, anticipating hypotension, low dose dopamine was started along with volume loading and tapering of SNP.
The main postoperative complication of surgery for pheochromocytoma is persistent arterial hypotension which may be refractory to intravascular volume replacement and adrenoceptor agonists. Our patient responded to Dopamine infusion which was later tapered and finally weaned off after 2days. Our patient also developed hypoglycemia during the post operative period and had to be given dextrose infusions. This hypoglycemia is due to the excessive rebound secretion of insulin after the removal of catecholamine secreting pheochromocytoma. 1516
The management of patients with pheochromocytoma remains a challenge for the anesthesiologist despite the advent of new drugs and techniques. Our role in the successful outcome of such surgeries begins from adequate pre operative preparation, extensive intra operative monitoring and careful follow up during post operative period. Prognosis is usually good if the tumor is detected early to avoid major complications related to catecholamine excess.
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2. Whalen RK, Althausen AF, Daniels GH. Extra-adrenal pheochro¬mocytoma. J Urol 1992; 147: 1-10
3. Goldfarb DA, Novick AC. Bravo L et al. Experience with extra¬ adrenal pheochromocytorna. J Urol 1989; 142: 931-936
4. Hoffman BB 2001 Catecholamines, sympathomimetic drugs, and adrenergic receptor antagonists In: Hardman JG, Lombard LE. Goodman & Gillman’s the Pharmacological basis of therapeutics. Philadelphia; McGraw-Hill; 215–268
5. Wallace JM, Gill DP. Prazosin in the diagnosis and management of phaeochromocytoma. J Am Med Assoc 1978; 240: 2752–3
6. Cubeddu LX, Zarate NA, Rosales CB, Zschaeck DW. Prazosin and propranolol in preoperative management of pheochromocytoma. Clin Pharmacol Ther 1982; 32: 156–60
7. Nicholson JP, Vaughn ED, Pickering TG, et al. Pheochromocytoma and prazosin. Ann Int Med 1983; 99: 477–9
8. C. Prys-Roberts. Phaeochromocytoma—recent progress in its management. Br J Anaesth 2000; Vol. 85, No. 1: 44-57
9. Hull CJ. Phaeochromocytoma: diagnosis, pre-operative preparation, and anaesthetic management. Br J Anaesth 1986; 58: 1453–68
10. Roizen, MF; Horrigan, RW; Koike, M; Eger, IE, 2nd; Mulroy, MF; Frazer, B; Simmons, A; Hunt, TK; Thomas, C; Tyrell, B. A prospective randomized trial of four anesthetic techniques for resection of pheochromocytoma. Anesthesiology. 1982; 57: A 43.
11. Hamaji M, Oka N, Tashiro C, et al. Anaesthetic management with morphine in phaeochromocytoma. Can Anaesth Soc J 1984; 31: 681–3
12. Brown BR Jr. Anaesthesia for phaeochromocytoma. In: Prys-Roberts C, Brown BR Jr, eds. International Practice of Anaesthesia. Oxford: Butterworth Heinemann, 1996; 1/83/1–7
13. Munro J, Hurlbert BJ, Hill GE. Calcium channel blockade and uncontrolled blood pressure during phaeochromocytoma surgery. Can J Anaesth 1995; 42: 228–30
14. Tjeuw M, Fong J. Anaesthetic management of a patient with a single ventricle and pheochromocytoma. Anaesth Intens Care 1990; 18: 567–9
15. G. E. Wilkins, N. Schmidt, and W. A. Doll. Hypoglycemia following excision of pheochromocytoma. Can Med Assoc J. 1977 February 19; 116(4): 367–368.
16. Masako Akiba, M.D., Takaya Kodama, M.D., Yukio Ito, M.D., Takao Obara, M.D., and Yoshihide Fujimoto, M.D. Hypoglycemia Induced by Excessive Rebound Secretion of Insulin after Removal of Pheochromocytoma. World J. Surg. 1990; 14: 317-324
Lulu Sherif, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Fr Muller Medical College, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
Radhesh Hegde, MD
Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Fr Muller Medical College, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
Kishan Shetty, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Fr Muller Medical College, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
T Gurumurthy, MD
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Presentation of Master’s Diplomas
On March 5, a solemn presentation of diplomas to graduates 2018 took place at Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University.
The long-awaited event for every student as the receipt of a document on higher education is the first stage on the path to professional growth and career success.
The solemn ceremony of awarding diplomas began with a greeting from the Rector of Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University Serhii Savchenko. He wished the graduates professional and vital well-being, creative ups. He expressed hope that the graduates will benefit our state and multiply the glory of Luhansk National University.
During the presentation of the Master’s diplomas, the directors and deans of the structural subdivisions welcomed. On behalf of the faculty with wishes and advices to the graduates, the Dean of the Faculty of Ukrainian Philology and Social Communications Tetiana Pinchuk and the Director of the Educational and Research Institute of Pedagogy and Psychology Olena Karaman addressed the graduates. Their parting word, wise advice, which today received extraordinary strength, will remain in memory and will live in the heart of every graduate.
During the farewell to the university, the graduate majoring in “Philology. Ukrainian Language and Literature” Yulia Dubova and wished all students who are continuing their education today not to be afraid to break away from the land, because this flight will be unforgettable with Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University.
During the training, our graduates persistently went to their goal, overcoming the difficulties of evacuation and military events in the Luhansk region. Thanks to the dedicated work of teachers and students, graduates of Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University received diplomas.
This year, the University welcomed 908 masters, 110 of them received diplomas with honors.
The solemn presentation of diplomas is a festive event, which will forever remain in the memory of our graduates as a final chord of student life.
Maryna Chumakova,
Press Center of LTSNU
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What was the last film you watched? part 4
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I was getting tired of the old thread never going to the right page, so here's a new one.
Wind River: a pretty good film which touches on the conditions Native Americans live in and the big problems they face. The problem is the main characters are both white outsiders, Jeremey Renner is the tracker/hunter they call in whenever something needs doing, and so it does give us a bit of a white saviour narrative. So with the local sheriff they investigate the death, not quite a murder, of a young woman and it turns out this is part of a pattern...
Worth a watch, but I think Frozen River was better. Also most of the people mumble, it isn't always easy to hear what they say.
Detroit : it wasn't a bad film but I didn't enjoy it. The parts where the characters are held prisoner by the cops are tense and painful, but the intro to the film gives us a fairly standard police narrative, so although the violence and torture is still shocking you still get the impression that they brought it on themselves.
Dec 5 2017 01:10
Almost Holy
https://youtu.be/t-uBjW9hhxc
Taxi Tehran
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b073bp67
The Villainess
https://youtu.be/-xm2CcFlJtw
https://youtu.be/Ts3JbwFl0HQ
https://www.theguardian.com/film/video/2015/dec/04/chemsex-video-review
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ministry of fear
https://www.criterion.com/films/28065-ministry-of-fear
pretty good entry in a genre i like. there are absurd elements which make it more interesting than it would otherwise be, and it was interesting to me to see a scene in the tubes on account of an air raid.
Khawaga
John Wick 2. Not as good as the first one, but I nevertheless thoroughly enjoyed it. The John Wick movies are to the early 21st century what the Die Hard movies was to the 90s. Great action films.
A Dark Song. Horror movie in which the entire story is about two people casting a spell/doing a ritual. Never seen a horror movie like that ever. Quite original and enjoyable. A bit low budget, but that didn't get in the way of the story telling. Both creepy and contemplative.
cactus9
Dec 17 2017 14:56
The Handmaiden. It's ok.
Jan 6 2018 19:46
Dispossession - the Great Social Housing Swindle. Well made documentary about social housing and in particular the current "regeneration" of many estates. Very interesting, simultaneously depressing and hopeful. Hopeful because it clearly sets out the problems, depressing because it's just so wrong.
Band Aid - I thought this was going to be fun, a couple form a band so instead of arguing all the time they can sing their disagreements. The songs aren't quite as clear as they should be and the story does take a bit of a dark turn. On the whole it isn't bad but isn't as light-hearted as I expected. If you like Adam Pally from Happy Endings or Zoe lister-jones from life in pieces hen you'll probably like it.
Godzilla Monster Planet (anime). Really really good.
Feb 2 2018 22:52
Beatriz at dinner - not very exciting. We are supposed to see Beatriz as challening these rich shitheads but as she is sponging off them with reiki it is hard to see her as the proltetarian the film tries to set her as. The film succesfully hows that while you may get paid nfor massages and given hugs you aren't actually a friend.It completely fails to explore whether Beateiz's "love" for the family is anything other than financial necessity. This is not anti-trump satire, it is a few mild moments of discomfort with no resilution.
Hunt for the Wilderpeople, really enjoyed it. Had an actress in out of Eagle vs Shark too, another great film. 5*.
The Room - I am speechless. But I have a twisted thought that it was simply a genius subversion. The more people you watch it with, the better:)
Disaster Artist - I would say that it was a rather useless movie.
Bushwick - I liked the idea and the effort the filmmakers put into it.
Good Times - Rather unconventional, but in a good way. liked the acting a lot.
Gerald's Game - I read the book, so I was sceptical but it was done very well. I liked the ending in the book a little bit more, though.
Jigsaw - Waste of time.
Better Watch Out - Good acting.
The Distinguished Citizen - Simply excellent!
Justice League - Bad.
Sense8 (season 2) - I don't know the intentions of Wachowski, but to me, this was totally for the activists. In a good way. It is not class-oriented, rather lib-dem, but I think it is not so hard to ignore this and really enjoy the series. To me this is the best political-fiction TV series ever made. Hard to imagine what could top this in the future.
Menace II Society. Bit violent, not really for the faint of heart.
I, Tonya, loved it.
The Shape of Water, it was ok.
I wanted to improve my german and saw a ton of german-language movies a while back. Found some nice movies in the process (although nothing recent), if you don't mind subtitles. The Edukators - has some anticapitalist themes; the characters go around vandalizing rich people's homes. Lola rennt - supposed to be a philosophical movie, pretty interesting and has a nice soundtrack. Das Experiment - plot's a bit twisted; there's an english verison but the german seems better. Victoria - done in english and german and filmed in one take, good movie. Goodbye Lenin.
zugzwang wrote:
The Edukators - has some anticapitalist themes; the characters go around vandalizing rich people's homes. Lola rennt - supposed to be a philosophical movie, pretty interesting and has a nice soundtrack.
I saw both of these with English subtitles not long after they came out and thought that they were both good movies.
The Death of Stalin - great comedy movie!
Sike wrote:
Yeah I enjoyed those. (And I think it helps with learning a language to immerse yourself in the movies, music and so on, from there.) I'm always more impressed with foreign films than american ones. I guess the cultural and language differences enhance them in a way. Don't know how well I'd receive them if I lived there though. I thought some of Haneke's stuff was good too, Cache and Amour, but those are in french I think.
(Surprised there's two reviews of Edukators on libcom. http://libcom.org/news/article.php/edukators-anarchist-film-review-23122... http://libcom.org/library/edukators-dir-hans-weingartner-germany-2005-fi.... It would be neat to have a regular film review/recommendation section on here. I guess these movie threads are kind of like that.)
I recommend The Lives of Others and Barbara, if you haven't already seen them. I have a mild obsession with Communist East Germany.
Lady Bird - destined to be a massive classic I think. Beautifully done.
cactus9 wrote:
Heard of the first one but never got around to seeing it. Its cover art kind of reminds me of that movie One Hour Photo, which was okay if I recall correctly. Just reading its imdb they sound similar too, being about protagonists who become absorbed in other people's lives.
Spikymike
Previously this Sally Potter comedy film;
https://www.timeout.com/london/film/the-party-2017 and last this Yorkshire farm set drama
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/feb/25/dark-river-review-ruth-wils...
both recommended.
What happened to Monday. I don't think that the 7 characters were really developed and it was a bit silly having Noomi Rapace talking to herself most of the time. The idea was good but maybe they needed more time than a film allowed. bit too much time on fight scenes that didn't always work, they quite often managed to be very violent but without giving you a real sense of actual fighting. And it did seem like they wanted you to see the female character/s getting hit a lot. I wouldn't recommend someone not to see it, but I think it was more of a wasted opportunity.
Killing Gunther - thought it would be shit in a fun way, but it was just shit. They didn't quite get the fun sense of this kind of film or have any push towards gravity. Watch something like The One with Jet Li or Smokin' Aces instead.
Auld-bod
Oct 7 2018 18:29
I'm always more impressed with foreign films than american ones. I guess the cultural and language differences enhance them in a way.
Yeah, I also tend to be more often impressed with foreign films than american films. I think the cultural and language differences may be a significant part of it but I also find that foreign films are more often more daring and seem more willing to enter into social terrain that US films are more generally unwilling to explore.
Serge Forward
MT wrote:
I'd agree it contained some great comedy, but did anyone else feel unease watching a film for laughs about such horrific events?
Serge Forward wrote:
Yep. Presumably its the point of the film somehow but that doesn't help. The particular type of comedy and the famous American actors made it worse than it it had been done by the people affected more directly.
My ex-wife, whose dad was in Buchenwald and grandfather died at Sobibor told me she was going to watch it and asked me if it was any good. I told her she probably wouldn't like it, in spite of its comedic value. She decided to give it a miss.
I think that the film was not only a good comedy but had educating effect. The absurdity of it all makes people check the facts about the era. Not many films bring such outcome. So I think the authors did a good job although not in a direct way directly (hard to say if it was intentional or accidental).
Mar 6 2018 21:40
... I also find that foreign films are more often more daring and seem more willing to enter into social terrain that US films are more generally unwilling to explore.
I don't watch enough movies to know, but I guess it's different with lower-budget films, with indie filmmakers etc. I just meant for me wathching a foreign film with subtitles, some of the cultural stuff may go over my head, references and so on, and I might be more impressed with it than I should be.
Death of Stalin was okay. I don't think the actors/actresses were Russian though... It all felt a bit too Englishy in humor and everything. (Seems like some characters were doing an English-Russian accent thing, while everyone else spoke perfect English. Bit weird.) I guess the filmmakers weren't going for authenticity in that regard, among others. I still liked the cast -- not a movie buff, but it's not often I see mostly older cast members with leading roles, somewhat refreshing. Didn't realize until I looked it up that Palin was in it.
R Totale
Has anyone actually seen Black Panther?And what did you think if so? I tend to watch about 1 film every two years, so haven't seen Death of Stalin, but have read a really negative review that quite made me want to see it.
R Totale wrote:
Has anyone actually seen Black Panther?And what did you think if so?
Much like yourself I rarely go to the theater to see any movies and haven't seen Black Panther so I really can't tell you my opinion of it but I did come across several reviews by the leftish reviewers that are seriously critical of it.
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Our present is your future
Fantastic series of short documentaries from Reel News about the crisis in Greece and the working class response. Featuring interviews with participants it paints a picture of the whole movement of community assemblies, workplace occupations, self-organisation and solidarity going on in Greece.
First Cut Preview: Community Organising from Libcom Dot Org on Vimeo.
From the teargas clouds of Syntagma Square emerged a new approach to the crisis. Community kitchens, clothing exchanges and other acts of practical solidarity. It’s not charity, it’s practical solidarity. “We’re not giving to the poor, we are the poor. Any one of us could be homeless next.”
That's Our Power -- Rank and File Organising from Libcom Dot Org on Vimeo.
The growth of rank and file committees, featuring the three longest all out strikes ever in Greece (steel factory, national newspaper & TV station), plus hospital occupations.
CRISIS - Don't Believe the Lies! from Libcom Dot Org on Vimeo.
Reel News try to explain the Greek crisis, how it relates to the rest of Europe and who is actually being bailed out. Features clips from the documentary Debtocracy, and an interview with the film maker, as well as the financial editor of one of Greeks biggest newspapers, which has been on strike for months.
It's still like being in a war zone -- Immigrants in Greece from Libcom Dot Org on Vimeo.
Refugees trying to reach safety in Europe get stuck in Greece: Once in Europe, they have to remain in the country they first arrived in. They speak about lack of basic support like housing, clothing and food and daily racist abuse. Not only by fascists like Golden Dawn, but also Greek people – and the police.
Our Present is Your Future: How to destroy public health services from Libcom Dot Org on Vimeo.
Out of 131 hospitals, as many as 50 will be closed. Patients already have to pay at the door when going to see a doctor. Procedures will have to be paid up front, and if you don’t have the money you will be sent home. “People will die.” “The cruelty is unbelieveable.” “This is a nightmare.”
It's not me anymore it's us now -- The Street Fighters from AlAnyA from Libcom Dot Org on Vimeo.
The Solidarity, Disobedience and Resistance movement take a practical approach to the problems people are facing. They close down motorway tolls, block ticket machines for public transport and reconnect electricity where it has been cut as punishment for not paying taxes.
Potato Movement from Libcom Dot Org on Vimeo.
While farmers don’t get a whole lot for their potatoes, in the shops they are rather expensive. In response, sales have plummeted. When farmers couldn’t sell their produce, and decided to give it away rather than have it go to waste, it was the start of the potato movement: Farmers and consumers are in direct contact on the internet and bypass traditional allocation structures, increasing the profit for farmers and lowering the prices for consumers.
Aug 1 2012 08:33
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These are excellent, thanks very much for posting.
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Yes agreed. I had only seen the first one, didn't really see others. It really gives a good inside look into various social movement organizing in Greece! Thanks!
Aug 27 2012 10:40
Coming soon – Into the Fire
Reel News wrote:
After making Our Present is Your Future, we went to Greece a second time to speak to immigrants and refugees about their life in Greece. Many of those we spoke to were homeless, and often didn’t know where their next meal would come from. Trying to reach safety in Europe, they get trapped in Greece, in the midst of the economic crisis. They are left to fend for themselves. And people are scared. The streets in Greece aren’t safe – for those with the wrong skin colour. A 16 year old Somali was attacked an beaten by a group of men, after they shouted at him: “Hey black! You come to Greece? You will know Greece today!”
In preparation for this film we set up a website, with links to different organisations who work to support immigrants and refugees. Check it out here!
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FRANCE & SON FURNITURE
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You may have noticed we have a particular fondness for the Furniture produced by France & Son, Denmark.
Founded in 1948 by the British businessman Charles France and his Danish partner Eric Daverkosen. In the early years the company was called France & Daverkosen, Charles’s son James joined the company in 1957 which resulted in the name change to France & Son.
At the very beginning the company produced mattresses. They then developed the idea to use two simple loose sprung cushions on their first chairs which would pave the way for a whole new generation of minimalist framed modernist chairs.
AN IMPECCABLY DRESSED CHARLES FRANCE CIRCA 1958
In 1952 the company moved to their new factory in Hillerod around twenty miles north west of Copenhagen, France & Son was one of the first Danish furniture manufacturers to have a purpose built factory specifically designed for their needs, most other companies had evolved from very humble cabinet makers premises.
The company was at the very vanguard of modern design and came to epitomise the Danish modern aesthetic. They had an incredible rostra of designers producing work for them which reads like a who’s who of design at the time, they included Arne Vodder, Grete Jalk, Peter Hvidt & Orla Molgaard Nielsen, Inger Klingenberg, Finn Juhl, Ole Wanscher, Greve Sigvard Bernadotte and Edvard & Tove Kindt Larsen.
THE FRANCE & SON FACTORY WITH THE RAW MATERIALS
AWAITING THE PRODUCTION LINE
The designer Finn Juhl was desperate to find a way to machine teak his favourite timber on an industrial scale.
Teak has a very high gum content, previous attempts to machine it industrially had failed as the saw would be dull after a dozen uses.
In 1953 Charles France introduced an industrial technique that revolutionised the Danish furniture industry. He developed the use of a tungsten-carbide alloy saw which did not dull when sawing teak wood.
With this new method Charles France worked with Finn Juhl to launch the first industrially manufactured furniture produced from teak, the Model 133 Spadestolen chair.
Teak furniture became synonymous with the Danish Modern style and the furniture industry would never be the same again.
France & Daverkosen/Son would be the biggest importer of teak timber from Thailand for a number of years.
THE FIRST INDUSTRIALY MADE CHAIRS PRODUCED FROM TEAK,
FINN JUHL MODEL 133 SPADESTOLEN, FRANCE & DAVERKOSEN 1953.
THE RAW TIMBER UNDERGOING THE FIRST STAGES OF PREPARATION
Although this was mass produced furniture it was always forefront in Charles Frances mind from the very beginning that quality would not suffer as a consequence of the manufacturing process. What is fascinating to see in the following exclusive archive photos is that despite the machinery and production lines the furniture was still very much hand made.
Charles is quoted to have said that he wanted his furniture to be the ‘Rolls Royce of furniture’.
THE ROUGHLY HEWN TIMBER BEGINS TO TAKE ON
THE FORM OF A GRETE JALK ARMREST
When asked to comment on the introduction of the association for quality control for Danish Furniture (the little black sticker you often see on furniture of the period) Charles said ‘France & Son would have little interest in joining such an association as no matter how elaborately this quality control was organised it would never reach the standard of control we have in our factory’.
STACKS & STACKS OF GRETE JALK CHAIRS
Interviews with employees suggest that Charles France was a stern but fair boss, he had a reputation for a fiery temper with a very demanding nature, however he paid his employees very well and gave them generous bonuses. The rival furniture company Fritz Hansen complained that too many of their employees were poached by France & son, tempted by the generous pay the company offered.
At its peak France & Son employed around 350 staff.
CUTTING THE FABRIC & PREPARING THE CUSHIONS
ADDING THE FINISHING TOUCHES ON THE UPHOLSTERY LINE
Part of France & Sons success can be attributed to the fact that they were the first furniture company to design their furniture to be dismantled very easily for shipping. Most of the furniture had a very simple but incredibly well designed metal joinery which could be ‘knocked down’ in seconds. The result was much cheaper transport costs, due to this one of the biggest markets for France & Son was the USA.
The company also had many commercial contracts including the supply of furniture to the various global offices of The International Monetary Fund.
THE FINISHED PRODUCT BEING PACKAGED UP READY FOR SHIPPING
AN EXHIBITION OF FRANCE & SON FURNITURE
ORGANISED BY FINN JUHL IN FREDERICIA 1959
PROPHETIC ADVERT FROM 1961
France & Son furniture was marketed as a premium brand. Their main headquarters in the UK was to be found on Bond Street Mayfair with the furniture being retailed through high end outlets such as Harrods & Heals.
Interestingly we can see from old catalogue prices that a lounge chair finished in teak would have cost between £700-£1200 in todays money depending on design and upholstery finish. Leather options bumped up the price significantly. So far we have no record for the price of rosewood chairs.
France & Son was sold to the Danish designer Poul Cadovius in 1967, I suspect the company continued to trade under the France & Son name for a couple more years before Cadovius renamed the company Cado. Cado continued producing furniture from the factory for a further ten years or so.
THE PRODUCTION MARKS
EARLY FRANCE & DAVERKOSEN STAMP AND METAL BADGE,
MOST LIKELY EARLY 1950’S UP TO 1957
EARLY FRANCE & SON METAL BADGE, THE LOGO IS AN ADAPTATION
OF THE PREVIOUS FRANCE & DAVERKOSEN DESIGN. DATES TO AROUND 1957
THE NEW DESIGN LOGO FOR FRANCE & SON, NOTE THE OLD
TIMBER STOCK STAMPED FROM THE FRANCE & DAVERKOSEN YEARS.
DATES FROM AROUND 1957 TO EARLY 1960’S
PERHAPS THE MOST COMMONLY SEEN PRODUCTION STAMP
WITH CHARLES FRANCES SIGNITURE, DATES FROM AROUND THE
MID 60’S UP TO 1969
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Best Temporary Exhibitions
I’ve counted 20 temporary exhibitions I visited in 2011, including ones on bathrooms, war photography, movie storyboards, Alice in Wonderland, fire and The Queen, so it’s difficult to choose, but taking into account the overall impact and interest in the subject matter, I think my three favourites are:
Mammuts: Giganten der Eiszeit at the Neanderthal Museum
The Hokusai Retrospektive at the Martin Gropius Bau
Banished Books at the National Library of Scotland
Honourable mention to Fashion Talks at the Museum für Kommunikation, which made me laugh because I travelled all the way from Scotland to Berlin and then one of the first exhibitions I saw had a huge section on Tartan – complete with ‘design your own Tartan’ tie to print out. Brilliant!
Best Event
National Museum of Scotland – As far as museum events in 2011 go, nothing much can compete with the opening of the new National Museum of Scotland in July: Japanese drummers, fireworks, and an animatronic dinosaur!
Lange Nacht der Museen Berlin – My first ever visit not only to the Long Night of Museums that started them all, but to my first Long Night of Museums in any city. Despite the pouring rain I visited six different venues and had a fantastic time.
Jüdisches Museum Berlin – The week of celebrations for their 10th Anniversary in October was like one big event. I went to an evening where the director of the museum was being interviewed on the ‘Jubiläumscouch’, attended a concert, and went on a behind the scenes tour of the Jewish Academy which is being built across the road.
Most Unique Experiences
At the Tiflofski Muzej you can take the challenge of navigating your way round a dark room, with only hearing and touch to guide you.
The Robert Burns Birthplace Museum takes the interesting approach of having some of their interpretation in Scots, which isn’t fully translated, but with a glossary and within the context you can comprehend. It’s challenging though.
When we entered the Niederösterreiches Landesmuseum, we wondered for a minute whether we were at the Botanic Gardens or the Zoo. Inside there permanent exhibition on nature we were greeted by huge aquaria and terraria filled with close to a hundred living fish, amphibians and reptiles.
Biggest WOW Moments
Museum für Naturkunde – Our first Berlin museum visit, with seven full dinosaur skeletons, including a Brachiosaurus – the largest mounted dinosaur skeleton in the world! You just can’t go wrong with dinosaurs.
Pergamon Museum – Their special exhibition about ancient Pergamon includes a 360° panorama, 25 metres high and 103 metres in diameter. The panorama depicts a reconstruction of the ancient site, complete with a light installation to simulate day and night, and a background recording of music and sounds.
National Museum of Scotland – Seeing the entire newly refurbished museum was one big WOW, from the architecture of the restored Grand Gallery, to the amazing objects on display in the different Natural World and Wold Cultures galleries. Particularly eye catching iss the Wildlife Panorama, with animals suspended the height of the building across all three animal galleries. It includes a T-rex on the ground floor, right up to a ‘flying’ Hippo level to the top floor.
Being asked to photograph Concorde for National Museums Scotland’s The Concorde Experience app. I got to go inside the cockpit, the luggage hatch, and other areas usually closed off to the public – awesome!
Watching a clip from the movie The Third Man on an original 1936 film projector at the Dritte Mann Museum.
Being surprised by the staff at the Deutsches Currywurst Museum with a wee gift (a tin of curry powder, of course^^) when we went to visit it on my birthday.
Personal Favourites
National Museum of Scotland – It was my first love, and still is: beautiful architecture, amazing exhibits that make you go ‘wow’, wonderful galleries for young children, very accessible with good facilities for families, if only they offered gluten free cake it would be perfect. Working there was a dream come true.
Deutsches Röntgen Museum – The inspiration for Adopt-a-Museum. Highly interesting, interactive throughout, and shockingly undervisited. And there’s a chocolate treat for those who pay attention.
Neanderthal Museum – Take an interactive journey back through time in the exhibition, visit the discovery site of the Neanderthal nearby, or take a walk along the art trail. A visit here is always a pleasure.
Honorary Mention for Best ‘Hidden Treasure’ Discovery goes to the Dritte Man Museum in Vienna, the world’s only museum dedicated entirely to one single movie.
For an overview of all the museums I visited in 2011, see 52 Museums in 52 Weeks.
For Part 1 of the Museum Awards 2011, including Best Food, Best Audio Guides, Most Accessible Venue, Most Interactive Visit, Friendliest Staff Experience, and Most Curious Collections, see Jenni’s Museum Awards 2011 (Part 1).
Please note that these are entirely personal recommendations and assessments. Also, I did not visit all the special exhibitions hosted in 2011 by the museums listed, nor did I attend events at all the venues. So, just because a museum is not mentioned here does not mean it had boring exhibitions or bad event, or that it lacked unique experiences or wow moments. It’s just a small selection of my personal highlights.
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TCL Communication unveils its patented DragonHinge™ technology supporting the company's future flexible display mobility portfolio
TCL Communication Dragon-Hinge
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BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 24, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- TCL Communication's newest innovations are making their global debut at Mobile World Congress 2019 with the showcase of the company's flexible display product portfolio in addition to announcing its all-new DragonHinge technology. With the support of the company's patented DragonHinge™ technology, TCL Communication is able to showcase for the first time a preview of the company's complete lineup of flexible panel mobile devices.
Using custom flexible AMOLED displays from TCL sister company, CSOT, these foldable mobile devices are supported by TCL Communication's proprietary DragonHinge™ technology which creates a mechanical housing for these devices, allowing them to fold and bend in support of a variety of use cases. This provides effortless and seamless movement, enabling the development of further flexible device designs which will make more advanced user experiences possible.
"Together with the support of our sister company, CSOT, we're showing that TCL can be an innovator and leader in the mobile device market of the future," said Peter Lee, General Manager, Global Sales and Marketing at TCL Communication. "When we look at the potential of our flexible device portfolio, we're obviously very excited about what we'll be bringing to market down the road. However, we're not in a race to be the first because we feel it is more responsible to take a patient, thoughtful approach to not only solve hardware challenges, but also work with our partners on software solutions to ensure we deliver a meaningful user experience."
"When we look at the practical application of flexible display and foldable mobile devices, there are really three challenges that need to be overcome: the flexible AMOLED display itself, a durable mechanical housing, and of course the software that can seamlessly adapt to these new form factors," said Shane Lee, General Manager, Global Product Center at TCL Communication. "Through TCL's vertical integration with CSOT, we have conquered many of the challenges that come with flexible displays; and now with the announcement of DragonHinge™, we're able to show the world how we'll overcome the mechanical housing challenges that must be solved in order to support these new foldable form factors. We now have a hardware solution to build from, freeing us up to tackle the unique software experiences this new technology enables, and how it all ties in to the larger connected ecosystem as we prepare to launch our first foldable device next year."
TCL Communication will showcase the first DragonHinge concept products this week at Mobile World Congress 2019, with the first consumer-ready devices expected to arrive in 2020.
To see all the latest mobile devices from TCL Communication - including our DragonHinge concept devices - during Mobile World Congress 2019, please visit our booth at the Fira Gran Via, Hall 3, Stand 3D11.
For more information about TCL Communication and the company's lineup of mobility devices, please visit www.tclcom.com, www.alcatelmobile.com, www.blackberrymobile.com.
About TCL Communication
TCL Communication Technology Holdings Limited (TCL Communication) designs, manufactures and markets an expanding portfolio of mobile devices and services worldwide through a comprehensive, multi-brand portfolio that includes TCL, Alcatel and BlackBerry branded products. Additionally, TCL Communication is the brand owner, R&D developer and manufacturing partner of Palm branded devices. The company's products are sold in more than 160 countries throughout North America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. Incorporated in Hong Kong, TCL Communication operates its own manufacturing in China as well as global R&D centers. For more information, please visit www.tclcom.com.
TCL is a registered trademark of TCL Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Alcatel is a trademark of Nokia used under license by TCL Communication.
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Allardyce rules out Scotland job
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Former England manager Sam Allardyce has ruled himself out of contention to be the new Scotland coach.
Allardyce was one of the bookmakers’ favourites for the role after Gordon Strachan was dismissed on Thursday following Scotland’s failure to qualify for the World Cup.
Although Allardyce is out of work after leaving Crystal Palace at the end of last season, he isn’t interested in a return to international football.
The former West Ham boss, who has Scottish ancestry, was axed by England after only one game in charge when he was caught in a newspaper sting last year.
“My parents and sister were all born in Scotland, I have heritage from there, there’s no doubt about that,” Allardyce told BBC 5 Live’s Sportsweek on Sunday.
Asked if the job interested him, he added: “Not at this moment in time because I’m enjoying not being involved at the front end of football at the moment.
“I think David Moyes would probably be my choice for that one. It’s very tempting, but no.”
Former Cardiff boss Malky Mackay has been placed in interim charge of Scotland while the Scottish Football Association search for a permanent appointment.
Everton confirm Allardyce as new manager
I regret dumping England – Allardyce
Allardyce hails ‘genius’ Liverpool strikeforce
David Lidington urges Sturgeon to back Brexit deal for good of Scotland
Afro-Pop Artiste: Scotland based Ghanaian Fizzy Bwoy releases “Treat You Right”
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PTI have to Difficult Policy Action to meet Economic Challenges
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The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf- (PTI) led coalition government will be under immediate pressure to arrest the deterioration in external finances and address fiscal challenges, as well as to attract the foreign funding necessary to meet its financing gap, an international credit rating agency said on Thursday.
“Pakistan’s incoming PTI-led coalition government has more political capital to take positive though difficult policy actions, but it has a thin majority in parliament and faces a strong opposition, which could complicate policymaking,” Fitch Ratings said in a statement.
PTI leader Imran Khan outlined a broad economic agenda for a ‘New Pakistan’ during his campaign, with a focus on confronting corruption, reducing inequality and expanding social services.
Fitch Ratings said advancement of the policy agenda is, however, likely to be limited in the short term, with external and fiscal problems taking priority.
The current account deficit reached 5.6 percent of GDP in the last fiscal year, up from 4.7 percent in FY17, while liquid foreign exchange reserves fell almost four billion dollars from end-December 2017 to end-July 2018 to just over $10 billion.
“The sharp rise in global risk aversion towards emerging markets, and a projected pickup in Pakistan’s external debt obligations in 2019 are adding to financing pressures,” Fitch Ratings said.
“The fiscal deficit has also widened and is likely to well exceed our previous estimate of 6 percent of GDP in FY18, up from 5.8 percent a year earlier.”
The rating agency has already revised the outlook on Pakistan’s ‘B’ rating to negative from stable in January to reflect the rising external and fiscal pressures.
Fitch Ratings said rupee depreciation and interest rate hikes have so far not been enough to prevent the widening of the large external financing gap, which has been bridged with support from China, including an agreement to provide $2 billion in additional bilateral lending in July. The Saudi-backed Islamic Development Bank has also reportedly extended a $4 billion loan.
The rating agency expects Pakistan to seek potential financing from several sources, including China and multilateral development banks, and possibly the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
“The IMF would probably require further fiscal and monetary tightening, greater exchange-rate flexibility, and wide-ranging structural reforms, which could also help attract other sources of financing,” Fitch said.
“Moreover, the IMF has unique monitoring mechanisms to implement corrective policies, without which there will continue to be significant uncertainty over the medium-term sustainability of Pakistan’s finances.” The rating agency, however, said negotiations over an IMF agreement could be complicated by loans linked to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), particularly amid rising global geopolitical tensions.
“US pressure could lead to stricter program conditionality, including the curtailment of CPEC projects and greater transparency in CPEC financing.”
The $62 billion CPEC project makes Pakistan one of the largest recipients of Belt and Road Initiative financing.
“These loans have financed imports of capital goods, which have in turn inflated the current account deficit. The loans will eventually need to be repaid or refinanced,” Fitch said.
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Ankara: We Stand at Equal Lengths from Gulf Row Poles
Debra Rodriguez | 17 June, 2017, 06:37
He also said that the groups have partnerships with worldwide humanitarian organisations such as the global Red Cross and the Humanitarian Affairs Office of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, as well as the strong partnerships with their counterparts in the Gulf Cooperation Council.
Qatar denied the accusations, calling the moves to diplomatically isolate it "unjustified".
Mr Faki warned that if the rift is allowed to escalate further, it could have adverse political, security and humanitarian implications for the Gulf states, Africa and worldwide peace and security.
With Trump firmly on its side, Saudi Arabia has put in place a comprehensive boycott of Qatar, accusing it of backing regional terrorist groups and demanding that it reverse its position and rejoin the Saudi-led anti-Iran alliance.
Later, the authorities of Libya, Yemen, as well as the Maldives and Mauritius also announced about severing diplomatic relations with Qatar.
Will the row affect United States military operations in the Middle East? The U.S. previously turned against Pakistan following revelations that Al-Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden had been hiding in a compound in Abbottabad.
The crisis in the Persian Gulf will not deepen, next year we will probably see a new type of relations in the Middle East, Arab World expert Prof.
Though Trump has ranted against Qatar, there is some truth in the belief in Qatar that America is too deeply involved to abandon the tiny nation.
President Donald Trump has called Qatar a leading sponsor of terrorism but, on Thursday, the Pentagon went ahead with a $12 billion F-15 fighter jet sale to Doha. The two will also cooperate to back Qatar, with military backing from Turkey and use of Iranian ports for supplies.
A State Department official told the Washington Post's Josh Rogin that Tillerson's stance toward the country is the one being followed in the building - not Trump's.
Saudi relations with Qatar have always been strained.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, who is trying to broker a solution, landed in Jeddah for talks with King Salman in the holy city of Mecca, a day after meeting his Kuwaiti counterpart.
Meanwhile, the UN Security Council called on the Houthi militias to stop attacks on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday described the decision by Gulf states to cut political and economic ties with Qatar as "inhumane and un-Islamic". In fact, two U.S. Navy vessels arrived in Qatar Wednesday for joint military drills.
How can Qatar end the crisis? That's where President Trump and the United States come in: A continued active geopolitical presence requires input on all matters concerning regional disputes, chiefly in an area that continues to harbor American troops and where military operations have been considered a potential flash point for World War III.
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Cladding on Grenfell Tower not fire-resistant
Residents of a tower block refurbished by the same firm as Grenfell Tower have voiced concerns about the safety of their homes. Emergency services are set to spend a third day looking for bodies in the burnt-out Grenfell Tower block in central London .
British Labor Party Members Celebrate Progress Achieved in Elections
This loss is particularly embarrassing for May because she called for the elections three years sooner than required. But EU budget commissioner Guenther Oettinger said May was now likely to be a "weak" partner.
Trump decries shooting of top Congressman, calls for unity
Paul spoke with MSNBC from the baseball field, where the congressional members had been ordered to shelter in place. Mark Sanford are all safe following the shooting at a GOP Congressional baseball practice.
Scarlett Johansson seen getting 'cosy' with Colin Jost
Scarlett Johansson even starred in SNL's Complicit fragrance spoof ad, where she reintroduced her U.S. Geraldine took Scarlett up on her offer and the two hit the red carpet together on Monday.
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.
Before James Hodgkinson left his home in Belleville, Ill., in March, he sold almost everything he owned from his businesses. GOP members were practicing for the game Wednesday when a gunman opened fire at an Alexandria, Va., ballfield.
Thiem searching for secret of success against Djokovic
Muguruza spoke afterwards of how baking helps her to relax away from the court: "I know in Wimbledon I will go to the same house". Next up against Nadal is 20th-seeded Pablo Carreno Busta , who knocked off No. 5 Milos Raonic 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-7 (6), 6-4, 8-6.
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The other way: If funding allowed would we prefer the Abramovich route or that of a Mr Lansdown?
16th September 2016 By Edward Couzens-Lake 11 Comments
Mick’s excellent piece earlier this week about footballing finances and Norwich City came along at just the right time for me. Not so much because of its relevance but because it came along after I’d read a piece in Saturday’s i by the owner of Bristol City on the exact same subject.
Stephen Lansdown is a very wealthy man indeed.
He started his first business in his bedroom in 1981.
In 2009 he sold that business for a fee that was estimated to be £280m.
Never mind seven or even eight figure numbers. That’s a nine figure sum.
He raised a further £48m later that year by selling some shares in the company that he’d retained, putting nearly all of that money towards financing the redevelopment of Bristol City’s Ashton Gate ground.
But he’s not short of a few quid should the boiler need replacing or he and his wife fancy a nice weekend break in the Yorkshire Dales. Not a fancy hotel you understand but still a more upmarket B&B.
Because, even though available funds have been somewhat stretched by his tendency to community largesse, his overall net worth was still reckoned, in September of last year, to be around £1.3 billion.
The world is not enough. The man can have whatever he likes, whenever he likes. Or so it would seem.
Yet, for all that, he hasn’t done a Manchester City or even a Chelsea down Bristol way.
On the contrary.
But his club was able to afford to lure Gary O’Neill away from us in the summer. And if you didn’t know how they managed it then, you sure as hell do now.
But, for all that, for all his amazing and completely unfeasible wealth, his football club is ran in the correct manner.
They could, for example, have put a contract worth £100,000 a week down in front of Jonathan Kodija earlier this summer. And he may well have signed it.
Yet, when Aston Villa made an offer of £12m for Kodija’s signature shortly before the transfer window closed, the club considered it good business and took the money.
That sum, incidentally, is a little less than 1% of Lansdown’s current net worth. Just to remind you how wealthy he is.
He also owns Bristol RFC and the Bristol Flyers basketball club. So you might not be blamed for wondering if Dan Carter might be turning up as the new coach for the rugby club anytime soon along with a marquee player signing or two as well – David Pocock perhaps, or Michael Hooper?
Then there would be the prospect of LeBron James arriving at the basketball clubs 750 capacity arena in Stoke Gifford. Well why not, Lansdown could afford it, he could afford James there, Carter, Pocock and Hooper at his rugby club plus, if he really wanted, a few ex-England internationals (for starters) at his football club.
Not a problem.
But that’s not the way he is choosing to go about things.
The obvious question that you, I, and, as it turned out, i journalist, Huge Godwin wanted to ask Lansdown was why, or indeed when, he intended to just follow the oligarch lead and buy success – in this case, for his rugby club by also, by definition, for the football club as well?
His answer was refreshing and welcome:
“I could afford to do it… (but) that’s not the right way to do it… it doesn’t work. You have to build a team, a unit that feeds off each other. We will develop our academy players… the club must be seen as a pathway for a local player to get to the top”.
Those words could just as easily apply to the owners of our football club and their philosophy.
That looking to buy success isn’t necessarily right or the best thing to do – even when you can afford to do it.
That the priority is to build a team, a culture and dare I say it… a club and a community.
A club that focuses on its Academy and is looking to get those players to the top of their profession – as we may just be seeing with the progress of the Murphy twins this season.
I don’t really know too much about Stephen Lansdown other than what I have read and researched about him here. Neither do, or have, Bristol City ever made a mark on my footballing life other than when they were alongside us in English football’s top flight from 1976 to 1980.
Our record against them during that time incidentally was, out of eight league games played, five wins, two defeats and one draw.
The game at Ashton Gate on April 26, 1980 looks as if it might have been a bit of a feisty affair. The Robins needed to win to have any chance of avoiding relegation but we came out on top by 3 goals to 2 in a game that saw Justin Fashanu head-butt David Rodgers but escape censure.
You didn’t mess with Fash.
It would seem that under the benevolent ownership of Lansdowne Bristol City are set on regaining the top flight status that they lost in 1980.
The manager that went down with them at the end of the 1979/80 season was Alan Dicks.
Since then they’ve made an additional 21 managerial appointments, some of whom will be very recognisable names in the present game – Roy Hodgson, Tony Pulis and Steve Coppell to name but three.
I rather suspect that for much of the time between Dicks’ dismissal and the arrival of Lansdown to the club, the thoughts and aspirations of their fans was more about survival than getting back into the elite of English football.
Yet, slowly, very slowly in fact and steadily, they are not far off doing so. It may not be this season; it might not even be next season. But they’ll get there.
And they’ll get there, as Lansdown has stressed, by doing things in what he believes is the right way.
And that’s not by trying to be Roman Abramovich. But being true to himself and the methods that made him such a success in today’s business world.
I’ll get to the point now.
Had we, indeed, if we, one day in the future were to find ourselves in the hands of an owner or investor like Stephen Lansdown, then how would you like him or her to go about their business at Norwich City?
What would be right for us?
Spending countless tens of millions of pounds on players with the aim of getting the club back to the Premier League as soon as possible and at whatever cost? (And by that I don’t just mean the financial cost).
Or by investing in the club, the whole club and nothing but the club? The Academy, the stadium, the training ground and facilities and, taking that as a whole, the clubs place in the community. The holistic approach in other words.
And saying that it may happen. It might happen this year, next year or in five years time. But it will happen. And when it does, we will be ready.
As Lansdown is at Bristol.
Dan R says
He, and Peter Hargreaves another wealthy and top bloke, set up Hargreaves Lansdown, in 1981. Financial Services Co, and very successful its become too. They’re both proper businessmen, and decent chaps as well.
A factor though, and sorry to be a bit old fashioned, is that I just don’t believe Bristol’s a football town; much like Wigan. So however much he spends, and Dave Whelan too before him, it’ll take generations before either Club could be considered ‘Big’ – whatever that means.
Whereas, places like Burnley,Leeds, Derby,Sunderland, Wolverhampton, will always be football hotbeds in my opinion, whichever league they happen to be in at any time. I reckon Norwich IS such a place.
Cidered Abroad says
Bristol City fan for 66 years.
Good post and you already know the answer to your question. A house built on sand does not last very long and soon as it rains.
Most City fans admire how Norwich go about their business and frankly there should only be a gnat’s whisker between both of our clubs in terms of achievement and attendances.
I wish you well this season. We will probably, I hope, finish just above half way in the league and keep building toward our triumphant return to “Never never land”
great read being a proud city fan. I sometimes get frustrated things are not moving quick enough but when I stand back and look at things realistically, I wouldn’t change one thing. new £48 million ground improvements a squad being built to sustain and challenge the championship. a youth programme that gives opportunity to our young players. All done by Mr Lansdowns shrewd fiscal approach and leadership. looking forward to great future with BCFC with SL at the helm.
Ben K says
Interesting piece, Ed. I’m not sure that I would like it happen at all, although I’m aware that without it there’s the possibility of being passed along the way by 30 or even 40 other clubs. I do wonder, though, if football’s bubble will burst at some point.
Getting back to your question, it would have to be the holistic approach, in an ideal world. The way you phrase the question, it would seem like the only choice.
General Fluff says
I’m sure Mr. Lansdown is a great guy but note that he lives in Guernsey, his business is registered in Guernsey and is ‘administered’ in the British Virgin Islands. He was named in the ‘Panama papers’ as such.
“Lansdown no longer lives in the U.K.; he relocated in 2010 to Guernsey, a small island in the English Channel known for lenient tax laws.” – Forbes (2016 billionaires list #959).
None of that is illegal and no doubt Bristol fans of whatever sport he backs couldn’t give a damn, but it does raise questions about funding of clubs by the mega rich who circumvent UK tax laws for their own benefit.
General Fluff(2) says
Re (5) – meant to include this link which explains Mr. Lansdown’s ‘web’ of offshore business holdings;
https://thebristolcable.org/2016/05/panama-papers-bristol-city-f-c-rugby-club-and-flyers/
Norwich fans – would you be ok with this brand of ownership?
Kobecanary says
Well researched & interesting piece Ed
For every Shiekh Mansour there’s a 10 egotistical odd balls with a generally suspect past and for me the short term boost in player budget is not worth the massive long term pain.
I’m more than happy that our club is not for sale, I don’t want us playing in blue because someone thinks it’s a lucky colour, or 5 managers a season. I don’t care that we miss out on the odd player because someone else has more money than sense, I’d much rather have owners who are part of and understand the DNA of our club.
We live in a sporting landscape where the likes of Forest, Wednesday, Leeds, Ipswich etc etc drift around the football league like zombies. It’s easy to forget it could be much, much worse. Being a yo yo club has its frustrations but I’d never swap it for the broken promise of a new owner and 15 years of mid table mediocrity.
TonyH says
Some good points in here. Except Lansdown forgot to mention he DID try it the oligarch way (or our famers’ version of that) in 2008-11 or so, paying silly wages to ageing pros, ones who we couldn’t shift off their big contracts and ones who ultimately cost us our place in Div 2, with relegation a couple of years ago. Lansdown is now very big on ‘doing it the right way’, so one can only conclude he must have been doing it the wrong way last time. Is that because we didn’t go up? What happens if we don’t go up this time round, doing ‘it the right way’, in the next 5-8 years? Does that make the right way another wrong way? For me, he tried it with money, as money is what he knows. Now he’s trying it a different way, but it’s not perfect, as our wage structure seems to preclude us from buying some players. Can’t fault his monetary input though. Can question his footballing business decisions sometimes.
RealBristolBoy says
Dan R:
Few commonly held misconceptions about Bristol.It’s not a town,it’s a City with close to 500k population.
Catchment area around 1m.
BRC Aviva Rugby Prem got 11,300 last week at Ashton Gate and we’re averaging about 20k this season, now the stadiums almost finished so let’s put that one to bed at the same time.Bristol is not a Rugby City-Urban Myth oft repeated.
See Tony H point for what’s actually happened under SL.We had £78m debt and he forgave half by turning it into shares last season and he’s financed the stadium for £47m.
Last accounts 14/15 we turned over £7m and lost £9m.
We’ve lost money hand over fist for the last seven seasons.
Great guy but he’s been let down by the poor people he’s employed so it’s been an expensive learning curve.
Hopefully going in the right direction now!
EdCL says
Great to see the input here from the Bristol City fans, thanks to all of you-I should have added that we got Rob Newman from you and he didn’t turn out so bad! Wonder how many of you recall ex-Canary Paul Cheesley?
Good debate and views offered, makes this site a pleasure to write for and to read daily.
Colin Robert Hunn says
Always remember that game at the Hawthorns where the TV commentator (not being familiar with him) kept calling him Chesley!!
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Sony Alpha A7R III Proving that speed, resolution, and video capabilities can all coexist, the Alpha a7R III Mirrorless Digital Camera from Sony is a versatile, high-performance camera characterized by not only its resolution, but by its multimedia versatility. 2MP full-frame BSI image sensor and latest BIONZ X image processor, down to the smallest operational detail. Try as I may, I cannot think of any other reasons not to buy this camera without getting into detailed technical specs. Mar 05, 2018 · Otherwise, the A7III is the better choice. fuji got close with the x-h1 but absolutely no one has put the amazing. This will quickly help you to decide which is the best camera for your budget and needs. Rumored Sony A7III specs: 24 mpx sensor. 5 mm Stereo mini-jack, which makes this one the best cameras for Youtubers in this price range, as you require both of those for your audio purposes. The two biggest differences are: 1. com offers 185 sony a7iii products. Other features. Sony a7 III Mirrorless Digital Camera 2 Lens 28-70mm + 50mm a73 Accessory Bundle **No Battery** MINT Sony A7III 35-mm full frame. The biggest issue I've had with Sony cameras up to this point was the star eater debacle, which does not seem to be impacting the a7III. Here's what to expect from. Sony's A7III camera has enjoyed rave reviews since its introduction earlier in. 8 mm CMOS sensor with 42. The two biggest differences are: 1. Everything you need. 9 x 24 mm CMOS sensor with 43. This article will cover the differences between the A7III vs A7RIII and how their features compare. Sample photos and videos here on Google Drive. Apr 24, 2018 · I’ve said that I wasn’t going to test the Sony a7III. You'll find some dope Sony A7iii cinematic test footage within this Sony A7iii review. A: Answer The Sony A7iii definitely has image stabilization built into the body to help with hand-held shots. Mar 18, 2015 · Sony is reportedly working on a successor to the high-resolution A7R full frame mirrorless camera. The Sony Alpha A9 offers 20 fps blackout-free burst shooting with uninterrupted viewing. Meanwhile, Sony A7RIII is limited to 76 JPG files or 76 compressed RAW files. I am now shooting all manual but nice to know all auto features are there and highly customisable for one's specific. Detailed Sony a7III (ILCE-7M3) webpage with Sony a7III (ILCE-7M3) press release, specifications, review links and forum discussions. Aug 08, 2019 · Photo taken with a Sony Alpha a7iii (ILCE‑7M3) at ISO 1250 with a Sony FE 24-70mm f2. 9 x 24 mm CMOS sensor with 43. 2-megapixel stills, 4K HDR video, and has coveted features from some of Sony's best cameras — all in a body that is far more affordable. Sony started their amazing new range of camera releases with the Sony a9 camera release in May 2017. #11049 TTL Converter for Sony for Sea&Sea MDX-A7II / MDX-A7III / MDX-A7IV housing by uwtechnics UW Technics #11049 Optoelectronic TTL-Converter (for SONY) for SEA&SEA underwater photo housings USER’S MANUAL Specifications !. The biggest issue I've had with Sony cameras up to this point was the star eater debacle, which does not seem to be impacting the a7III. Sony A7R: 36MP version for tweakers. I think for any camera company willing to disable features or functionality of their basic model, in order to protect their premium models, would be dishonourable in the way they. And in this particular article— we have a heated rivalry from Sony’s very own sibling sony digital camera— the A7R III and A7III! The Sony’s most amazing creations: A7R III and A7III have so much in common, not least on the design which could be identical where it not only for the camera’s name on the rear side and front. Sony - Online | Australia - Shop online website for electronic products: LCD & LED TVs, tablets, smartphones, DSLR & compact digital cameras, headphones and home entertainment systems. HDMI, USB 3. So today's Fujifilm X-T3 roundup is dedicated to comparisons with the Sony A7III. Jan 29, 2014 · The Sony A7 and A7R have quite the powerful video feature set that might make mainstream HDSLRs a little jealous. Sony has just announced the a7 III, a feature-filled 24-megapixel full-frame mirrorless camera combines many of Sony's latest technologies (things found in the new a9 and a7R III) into a compact. THE SPECS of the A7III The a7III may be the lowest cost Sony full frame A7 body available now, but it is packed with cutting edge features and is not in any way a dumbed down model, or a compromise. At $2,000, the Sony A7 III is a much more accessibly-priced model, built around a 5-axis, image-stabilized, 24MP full-frame BSI CMOS sensor. Read More ». 6 OSS Lens With outstanding imaging capability and high-speed performance contained in a compact body, the α7 III gives you the power, precision, and flexibility to capture once-in-a-lifetime moments just as you like. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or in-store pick-up. Unlike the amazing 20fps electronic shutter on the mirrorless sports camera, the Sony A7III will have only 6fps. Order your Jupio handgrip voor Sony A9, A7III, A7RIII, A7MIII (GB-X1EM) for €69. I've been a long-time Nikon photographer who also uses a Sony A7iii for video. To max use of a7III, for example shooting 4K video with Sony a7 III, a fast card is a must. Canon eos rp vs nikon z6 vs sony a7iii « new. Sony Music Classic artists to today’s stars, local and global. Looking for recommended lenses for your Sony a7III? Here are the top recommended Sony a7 III lenses. I think there is a good chance Sony will announce the A7III at Cp+. The Sony A7, being the cheaper model aimed for general use, sports a 24 MP sensor and offers hybrid autofocus, while the A7R with its high resolution 36 MP sensor is targeted at more specific types of photography including landscape, architecture, studio and product photography. The “battle” between Sony and Fujifilm is definitely an exciting one in the industry. I've deliberately underexposed the shadows here, but there's pleny of detail in there if I did need it. Sony Alpha 7R IV Full-frame Mirrorless Interchangeable-Lens Camera Beyond Detail - Resolution and Speed Thanks to an evolutionary leap in image processing power and efficiency, the Alpha 7R IV combines world's first1 high-resolution 61MP2 back-illuminated Exmor R CMOS image sensor with impressive shooting speeds at up to 10 fps4 with full AF/AE tracking, as well as beautiful 4K8 HDR video. Sony Alpha a7III shared a link. Oct 02, 2018 · In this Sony a7 III vs Sony a9 Review, we compare the full detailed specs of these two Sony Mirrorless Cameras. We talked to Sony's David Snyder about the new A7iii and all of its high-tech features. Sony A9 has a 24. An entirely renewed image sensor and image processing system further enhance image quality. 8 GM lens at ƒ/3. 10 (and not the latest ver 1. Sony ILCE-7M3K/B a7III Full Frame Mirrorless Camera with SEL2870 FE 28-70 mm F3. 2-megapixel stills, 4K HDR video, and has coveted features from some of Sony’s best cameras — all in a body that is far more affordable. the new full-frame a7 iii splits the difference. Sony A9 has a 24. It also comes with microphone and 3. Sony A7 III, a full-power full-frame for only $2,000. Sony warns against non-genuine or counterfeit AC adaptors Warning regarding use of unauthorised software for Interchangeable Lens Digital Camera and Digital Still Camera End of support notification for products using the Windows Vista operating system. 8 times faster than that of A7R III. SmallRig L-Bracket for Sony A7RIII/A7III/A9 2122 is custom designed for Sony A7RIII, A7III and A9 cameras. The a7R III uses the same battery, which Sony estimates to provide about 530 shots when using the EVF, or up to 650 shots with the LCD monitor. 1, now offers RAW support for the Sony a7 III, as well as new lens profiles for the Sony 24-105mm f/4 G $1,398. Sony A7 III has an Overall Score of 87/100 and ranked #16 out of 192 in Mirrorless cameras (Top 10 Mirrorless), and ranked #16 out of 1190 in all Cameras (Top 10 Overall). Sony a7 III Mirrorless Digital Camera 2 Lens 28-70mm + 50mm a73 Accessory Bundle **No Battery** MINT Sony A7III 35-mm full frame. According to the latest reports, it will be announced as soon as today! The A7II replacement will feature some of the A9’s specs, such as the sensor, the body, and the battery. The D850 sports Nikon’s powerful EXPEED 5 processor. Despite its billing as a 'basic' model, the Sony a7 III is a supremely capable full frame camera. The Nikons were designed by photographers and lens makers that made prototypes and then tested them in use before building them. Beautiful images fill the screens. While this camera takes excellent photographs, it is also ideal for video. This makes it one of the fastest and most reliable AF systems in the world. Sony has built a reputation for offering great video specs and the a7III is no different, boasting 4K video (3840x2160) across the whole width of the full-frame sensor. Try as I may, I cannot think of any other reasons not to buy this camera without getting into detailed technical specs. It's at home shooting everything from sports to portraits, and is one of the most impressive all-around cameras we've seen in a long while. Most tests focus on its superb auto exposure and auto focus capabilities that rival much. 25 and 30 fps. Import Photos and Videos to a Windows Computer Using PlayMemories Home The camera shake icon that looks like a hand keeps flashing and will not go away. The review is 33:19 minutes long. To me the difference between the Sony A7iii and my Nikon D750 & D550 was that the Sony was designed by a group of people listing the specs they wanted in the camera and size, cost, and weight. Sony A7RIII/A7III. Sep 13, 2019 · Sony A7S III: possible specifications and what we’d like to see Description There's a replacement to the Sony A7S II in the pipeline so we’ve given some thought to what we’d like to see with the Sony A7S Mark III. I put the new Sony a7III mirrorless camera through its paces for the features and functions we need to shoot the night sky. Sony A7III with Canon lenses. , one image pixel corresponding to one screen pixel). Panasonic's HC-V770 is the camcorder to grab if you don't care about 4K yet want a feature-rich, versatile alternative to Sony's model. The A7r II left little to desire in terms of image quality, and the minor adjustments Sony made to the new camera should improve upon what was already almost perfect. It has too many pixels and degraded autofocus performance compared to the A7, so it will be ignored. You can take a look at full specs comparison here. 2 days ago · download sony a7iii custom settings free and unlimited. Today Sony will have a big announcement. The light and compact design of this lens is a perfect match for your A7iii camera, integrated with a high-grade aluminum finish that adds instant visual appeal. Jun 12, 2017 · As rumored before, Sony Alpha a7III will replace current a7II in this fall, 2017. Sony A7 III - Features Like the original A7 and A7 II, the A7 III is equipped with a 24. For system cameras, having a focus motor in the camera's body allows you to use a wide range of lenses, including lenses which do not have their own focus motor. In this Sony a7 review, learn about this camera's essential specs and features, and how you can find one at a bargain price. Apr 24, 2019 · Leaving aside the quality of the results, does PL recognize and process the combination of a Canon lens attached a Sony body like the a7iii ? Does the model of the adapter make a difference? Been a long time Canon user with several nice Canon lenses. But there is a lot more to the choice of manufacturer than just the latest technology. The full review of the Mirrorless Sony A7III (Sony A73 Or Sony A7M3) is on the way which. The autofocus is so much faster and the video features and quality have also much improved. The α7 II is the world's first full-frame camera with 5-axis image stabilization and provides camera shake compensation for wide-ranging mountable lenses. Full test of Sony A7rIII : 20 secret features that will make you upgrade from A7rII (or A9!) with images samples you can download. According to Sony Rumors, the new camera will usurp its predecessor in every conceivable way. However, the sensor is completely new and features a back-illuminated design. There is a good chance that Sony might announce the full frame E-mount camera at CP+ 2018 event. Back-illuminated full-frame sensor Higher sensitivity and readout speed. My Sony Register your product for software updates and lifetime support or sign up for Sony newsletter and exclusive offers Register on My Sony. Posted by Kim Moseman on May 9, 2018. Some owners of these cameras feel Sony should have not been so generous with the feature list afforded to the A7III, e. Prior A7III specs indicates that the camera will feature the same 24MP sensor and the 693-point AF system of the A9. Sony has built a reputation for offering great video specs and the a7III is no different, boasting 4K video (3840x2160) across the whole width of the full-frame sensor. Sony A7 III has been launched in India The camera comes at a price of Rs. It costs $1,200 less than the A7RIII. Still compact enough and has all the sony tech features. Sony A7 III specs General. The selection of lenses from Sony has gotten better but is still far behind Canon, Nikon, Fujifilm, and Olympus. Sony A7III Price and Release Date. com offers 185 sony a7iii products. What once was known as the less-capable sibling to the rest of the A7 counterparts has now floored the entire indie filmmaking industry by providing features that stand up comparably to the more expensive units in the line, including the A7RIII and A7SII. Try as I may, I cannot think of any other reasons not to buy this camera without getting into detailed technical specs. It is a near perfect all-around camera with the best mirrorless autofocus. Capture One (for Sony) Capture One Express (for Sony) is a free award-winning image editing software that provides high-end image quality RAW development, easy management of your image files, and powerful editing tools. Aug 06, 2018 · Jared Polin reviewed the Fujifilm X-H1 and compared it with the Sony A7III. Features: Body only. The biggest issue I've had with Sony cameras up to this point was the star eater debacle, which does not seem to be impacting the a7III. Back-illuminated full-frame sensor Higher sensitivity and readout speed. Specifically, the silent shooting option is only available when shooting still images in the P, A, S, or M shooting modes. The two biggest differences are: 1. Sony Alpha a7R III specs and sensor info: 35. 167 phase detection. Worked really hard to try to explain all the features of the A7III. " A7III Photo by Daniel Norton. Here's what to expect from. 36m-Dot Tru-Finder OLED EVF, 3. This one has had some shadow recovery to bring out the colors and detail on the plane because the auto exposure (aperture priority) understandably underexposed the plane because of all the other light in the frame-it's a hard one for the algorithm to work with. Finally, the Sony A7III price is $1,999 for the body only and the best deal I could find was on B&H with some freebies added on here already or on Amazon here. And it will be in the same pricing class of the soon to be announced new 6DmarkII (full specs an Sony’s next A7III camera will be announced in October-November. In this Sony a7 III vs Sony a9 Review, we compare the full detailed specs of these two Sony Mirrorless Cameras. Announcement for customers using PlayMemories Home, Action Cam Movie Creator, MVR Studio and Sony Raw Driver - 19/09/2019 Termination of the Map View function in PlayMemories Home (for Windows) and the map display function in the GPS Image Tracker -14 February 2019. Check the link below to compare specs of the latest cameras in this series: Sony A7R IV vs A7 III vs A7R III vs A7S II vs A7R II. Viewfinder. 4k recording 24. You'll find some dope Sony A7iii cinematic test footage within this Sony A7iii review. Exposure & White Balance. Currently, there is no so much specs rumors on Sony Alpha a7 III yet. The Sony A7III has a flatter image in general, but it keeps a lot of fine detail in the hair. 82 mm diagonal and crop factor of 1. It uses a BIONZ-X processor, which is 1. This is a quick overview and specs comparison between SONY Alpha A7 III vs SONY Alpha A7R III :-) #CameraComparison #DigitalReview #SonyA7III #A7III #SonyA7m. An Easier Sony Alpha Mirrorless Camera Comparison. Price Match Guarantee. Sony has most recently released the Sony A7III and the A7RIII, the third generation of their full frame line, as well as the Sony A9, which is their flagship camera that rules above all (in most cases). Sony took flagship features from other cameras and threw them together in this new "basic" model. AA filter or global shutter in silent mode. Sony has announced the a7 III, a $2000 image-stabilized 24MP full frame mirrorless camera that incorporates many of the features and improvements brought in with the a9 and a7R III. Sony a7 III Mirrorless Digital Camera 2 Lens 28-70mm + 50mm a73 Accessory Bundle **No Battery** MINT Sony A7III 35-mm full frame. You'll find some dope Sony A7iii cinematic test footage within this Sony A7iii review. We will also be comparing the a7RIII to the Nikon D850, which I have access to thanks to Nikonrumors. Get the detailed list of specifications for the Sony ILCE-7RM2 & see which Cameras fit your needs. This one has had some shadow recovery to bring out the colors and detail on the plane because the auto exposure (aperture priority) understandably underexposed the plane because of all the other light in the frame–it’s a hard one for the algorithm to work with. #11049 TTL Converter for Sony for Sea&Sea MDX-A7II / MDX-A7III / MDX-A7IV housing by uwtechnics UW Technics #11049 Optoelectronic TTL-Converter (for SONY) for SEA&SEA underwater photo housings USER’S MANUAL Specifications !. It can capture up to 177 JPG files or 89 RAW files in the buffer. Video Input. 00 on Amazon. A good alternative to macro lenses for amateur and professional photographers who want to try macro shooting. Sony A7III specifications and price information once again surfaced on the web. The cameras in Sony's Alpha range are well-known for their superb sensors. As a reviewer, I get to use many of the new cameras out there and leaving specifications aside, there are always those cameras that simply feel more comfortable in the hand – the Panasonic LUMIX S1 falls into this category. The cameras share many specs and features, though there are a few important differences. Import Photos and Videos to a Windows Computer Using PlayMemories Home The camera shake icon that looks like a hand keeps flashing and will not go away. The camera features. Sony A7R III has an Overall Score of 92/100 and ranked #8 out of 192 in Mirrorless cameras (Top 10 Mirrorless), and ranked #7 out of 1190 in all Cameras (Top 10 Overall). One of its big selling points is the full frame sensor and the resulting shallow depth of field along with light gathering ability and everything else that goes into the fabled ‘Full-frame look’ – answers in the comments as to what that. As a Panasonic. Meanwhile, Sony A7RIII is limited to 76 JPG files or 76 compressed RAW files. Same Autofocus system of Sony Alpha A9.
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Why Liverpool’s Steven Gerrard is more than welcome in MLS
Natter Football on 7th January 2015
The nightmare that was going to happen for Liverpool fans finally came true on 2nd January 2015, with Steven Gerrard announcing that at the end of the current campaign he’ll be leaving Anfield for pastures new to experience playing in another climate.
Just like other Liverpool legends before him (Rush and Barnes to name a few), Gerrard is heading off to play for another club after what can only be described as phenomenal service in a Reds shirt. He deserves whatever he gets and there’s no doubting that a move to America would appeal to him, despite reports and comments from the man himself suggesting he’d have stayed at Liverpool beyond this season.
Unlike Rush and Barnes, Steven Gerrard is more than likely heading off to Major League Soccer to join a growing list of big European stars who are keen to experience our flourishing league. With speculation rife, here’s a few potential suitors for Gerrard:
New York Redbulls – There’s many, many reasons why Gerrard should end up here. Gerrard Houllier is a director at the club, and they have an open Designated Player spot. It’s New York City, the big smoke. Apparently a lot of people from England love to visit, plus the Redbulls need to make a splash since New York City FC has arrived. He’d have a great two years in the midfield in the Eastern Conference and they’re certainly contenders for his signature.
Los Angeles Galaxy – LA Galaxy really don’t need another midfielder, but they need another star. Landon Donovan retired after the MLS Cup win and they too have a Designated Player spot open. Galaxy fans might be weary of bringing in another English player after some of the rocky times they had with Beckham, but ‘Stevie G’ would fit in well giving service to Robbie Keane. It would also give Gerrard two added advantages over any other club – Los Angeles is an entertainment market and a fantastic place to live and Bruce Arena is the best American born manager of all time. I’m sure Becks has already been on the phone to Gerrard to tell him all about the area and what playing the the Galaxy entails.
Columbus Crew SC – Not a glamorous move by any stretch, but they need a star. Columbus really don’t need another midfielder, they need strikers, but Gerrard could score a shedload in this league. He’d also be the focal point of the club, and they do at times think outside the box so a move there isn’t as farfetched as it might sound.
DC United – They are the Manchester United of the MLS – were once the dominant force and has tailed off slightly, but are now getting better and improving under a new manager. Ben Olsen is a good boss and the club need that big star for their rabid fan base. He’d fit in well in their midfield and provide the club further momentum as they continue their rise.
Tampa Bay Rowdies – The Rowdies aren’t in the MLS and don’t have a Designated Player slot but have a huge Liverpool fan base (even without that they’re great fans) and a superb owner who dreams of conquering the NASL. They need players, and more coaches on the sideline would help. Gerrard has made it known he wants to coach. Why not do both? This could be the perfect opportunity.
Steven Gerrard isn’t what he used to be, everyone knows that, but despite his engine not being as smooth running as it used to be, he’d still be a phenomenal acquisition for any of those sides I’ve named above.
This year has shown that he can’t necessarily hack every match, particularly in the Premier League, and a bit part role isn’t good for club or player, especially considering the money he’s on and his desire to play. In short spurts he’s been amazing this campaign, but not enough, sadly. Coming over to the MLS, not a top league, he’d standout despite not being at the peak of his game these days. I’d hope that down the line he’d look back at his time over here as amazing and value his contribution in helping the league grow, because he certainly would help do that.
The question, as asked by the main stream media in England to American Journalist Grant Wahl, is – is Steven Gerrard really that well known over here in the States? The answer is, simply put, yes. There’s more fans of English clubs in the USA than in any other country and being the Premier League superstar that he is he’s graced our screens for years. There’s certainly a big buzz around any potential move. In any city that he goes to there will be at least a supporters group of Liverpool and expats who are England fans.
Football fans in America just want to see great players who are good professionals. Steven Gerrard would have no problem settling in here and we’d love to have him. The MLS needs more greats to help raise the profile of the game over here and the Liverpool legend is certainly one of them.
By Stephen Brandt – Liverpool fan – @yellowcardSCB
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By Kamil Kuczyński|2017-03-01T04:34:58+00:00February 28th, 2017|Categories: Interesting Facts|Tags: intelligence, Japan|
By Kamil Kuczyński|2017-02-28T00:21:25+00:00February 28th, 2017|Categories: Interesting Facts|Tags: elderly, walking|
It showed that people walked away from the lab in a slow way when exposed to words about old age. This result suggest that our minds are more open to influence than we realize.
But in 2012, there was a failed replication of the study. Although those who attempted the replication lacked necessary research skills. This was one of the factors that caused arguments.
Bargh, J. A., Chen, M., & Burrows, L. (1996). Automaticity of social behavior: Direct effects of trait construct and stereotype activation on action. Journal of personality and social psychology, 71(2), 230.
A study found the sorting hat of Harry Potter may be right.
By Kamil Kuczyński|2017-02-26T15:10:37+00:00February 26th, 2017|Categories: Interesting Facts, Relationships|Tags: Harry Potter, tests|
The study showed, after a personality test, that people identified with a house that fit our character.
Griffendors were the most extraverted, Hufflepuffs more agreeable, Ravenclaws sought more intellectual challenge, and Slytherins reported more of the “Dark Triad” personality traits: narcissism, Machiavellianism and psychopathy.
Crysel, L., Cook, C., Schember, T., & Webster, G.. “Harry Potter and the measures of personality: Extraverted Gryffindors, agreeable Hufflepuffs, clever Ravenclaws, and manipulative Slytherins” Personality and Individual Differences 2015, Volume 83, September 2015, Pages 174–179
Children who ate healthy had an IQ up to two points higher by age eight.
By Kamil Kuczyński|2017-02-25T16:09:59+00:00February 25th, 2017|Categories: Healthy|Tags: children, Food, junk food|
The study watched at the relation between the eating habits of children at six months, 15 months and two years, and their IQ at eight years of age.
The study compared more than 7000 kids.
Children who were breastfed at six months and ate healthy had an IQ up to two points higher by age eight.
Healthy diet included legumes, fruit and vegetables at 15 and 24 months.
Children who ate biscuits, chocolate, lollies, soft drinks and chips in the first two years of life had IQs up to two points lower by age eight.
Smithers, L.G., Golley, R.K., Mittinty, M.N. et al. Eur J Epidemiol (2012) 27: 525. doi:10.1007/s10654-012-9715-5
According to science, professional footballers have higher levels of self-control than we do.
By Kamil Kuczyński|2017-02-25T08:21:15+00:00February 25th, 2017|Categories: Interesting Facts|Tags: discipline, footballer, Self-discipline|
They sleep more, watch less TV, and practice more. But it may also be thanks to the clubs and their coaches.
Toering, T., & Jordet, G. (2015). Self-Control in Professional Football Players Journal of Applied Sport Psychology DOI: 10.1080/10413200.2015.1010047
Participants who added something pleasant to exercise, like listening to The Hunger Games, practiced more willingly (about 51%).
By Kamil Kuczyński|2017-02-25T07:27:41+00:00February 25th, 2017|Categories: Personal Success, Productivity|Tags: discipline, Self-discipline|
Katherine L. Milkman, Julia A. Minson, Kevin G. M. Volpp, “Holding the Hunger Games Hostage at the Gym: An Evaluation of Temptation Bundling”, Manage Science. 2014 Feb; 60(2): 283–299. doi: 10.1287/mnsc.2013.1784
One study with children found that self-control was a better predictor of later academic success than IQ.
By Kamil Kuczyński|2017-02-23T14:20:31+00:00February 23rd, 2017|Categories: Personal Success|Tags: discipline, IQ, self-control, Self-discipline|
Duckworth, A.L. & Seligman, M.E.P. (2005). Self-discipline outdoes IQ in predicting academic performance of adolescents. Psychological Science, 16, 939-944.
People who were sitting down against a mirror or being filmed worked harder and controlled themselves more easily.
By Kamil Kuczyński|2017-02-23T13:52:52+00:00February 23rd, 2017|Categories: Personal Success|Tags: discipline, Self-discipline, willpower|
They behaved even less aggressively than people “without a mirror.”
“Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength” by Roy F. Baumeister, John Tierney
You do not have internet access? Play dinosaur.
By Kamil Kuczyński|2017-02-21T11:09:28+00:00February 21st, 2017|Categories: Interesting Facts|Tags: google|
If you suddenly lose your connection to the Internet, Chrome will show the board with the text “No Internet connection” and a graphic of a pixel dinosaur.
Hold down the spacebar, and the dinosaur starts to run. Do not let him fall to the cacti and low-flying birds. Use the spacebar to jump over them.
Calculator in the Address Bar of Google
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Luxury Safari Lodges in Mgahinga Gorilla ParkSamuel Makanga2019-08-13T12:22:37+00:00
Luxury Safari Lodges for Accommodation in Mgahinga Gorilla National Park Uganda
Mount Gahinga Safari Lodge.
Situated near the gate to Mgahinga national park. Mount gaming lodge is your perfect luxury lodging facility if you are to visit a mgahinga national park. Mount Gahinga lodge comes with 6 spacious cottages with en suite bathrooms that have hot water for you to refresh yourself with after a busy day out indulging in any activity such as gorilla trekking, golden monkey tracking, or hiking to any of the three Gahinga mounts. The lodge also offers you a private veranda on each of the cottages that are overlooking the breathtakingly beautiful lake mutandara. Other services at mount gaming lodge include restaurant, bar, a sunroom overlooking the volcanoes and outdoor sitting space for birders to do what they love most.
The lodge is the best place to relax after your Uganda Safari and what makes it different from others is that it has a massage room, warming open fireplace where visitors can chill in the evening hours, delicious three-course meals and blissful views of the mighty volcanic peaks, this lodge is a wonderful place to recuperate after your Ugandan adventures.
Guests are guaranteed a great night’s sleep in our comfortable separate cabins, surrounded by nice-looking terraces and gardens to make the most of the views and native birds and butterflies.
The Lodge provides a number of Amenities and these include; Restaurant and bar, Open fireplace, Laundry service, On-site wildlife viewing, Outdoor sitting area for bird watching, surrounded by wild plants, A sunroom facing the volcanoes and Solar power. The Lodge’s room description is that it has eight attractive bandas which are nestled in the wild gardens at the foot of the Virunga Volcanoes.
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Attractions in Mgahinga Gorilla National Park
Attractions, What to see in Mgahinga Gorilla Park, Mgahinga Gorilla National Park contains one habituated family of the elusive mountain gorillas called Nyakigezi and other unhabituated gorillas roaming the jungles of Mgahinga as opposed to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park that has 18 gorilla families, the two parks giving joy to various travellers undertaking Uganda Gorilla tours / Uganda Gorilla safaris This Park is a famous Uganda birding safari / Uganda birding tours/ bird watching safari in Uganda destination because she has various species of birds (180 bird species) including the Albertine rift endemics like the Rwenzori turaco other primates in Mgahinga include; chimpanzees, monkeys like the golden monkeys, black and white colobus monkeys, the three famous extinct conical volcanoes of Muhavura, Sabinyo and Gahinga. The endangered tribe of Batwa people can also be found here.
Mountain Gorillas in Mgahinga Gorilla Park: Mgahinga is home to the habituated Nyakagezi gorilla group that can be visited while on a Uganda safari – a fairly nomadic bunch that has been known to cross the border into Rwanda and the Congo. The family includes the lead silverback. Read More
Golden Monkey in Mgahinga Gorilla Park: This is a species of Old World monkey found in the Virunga volcanic mountains of Central Africa, including four national parks: Mgahinga, in south-west Uganda; Volcanoes, in north-west Rwanda; and Virunga and Kahuzi-Biéga, Read More
Virunga Volcanoes in Mgahinga Gorilla Park: The Virungas are a chain of eight volcanoes that dot the borders of Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda. Most of these volcanoes are dormant, except Mount Nyiragongo 3,462 meters (11,358 ft.) and Mount. Read More
Batwa Garama Cave in Mgahinga Gorilla Park: Some of the steep mountain slopes contain caves formed by lava tubes, one of them being the famous Garama Cave located near the park headquarters. This is a sacred place for the Batwa, and during the Batwa Trail you can discover. Read More
Birds in Mgahinga Gorilla Park: Mgahinga national park has various species of the Albertine rift endemic birds and the common ones sited in this park include; Handsome francolin: This bird species has a dark reddish brown plumage, grey head, red legs and bills with a rufous grey under. Read More
Wildlife at Mgahinga National Park Uganda: Other Wildlife, Mgahinga Gorilla National Park has 76 identified mammal species, although they are difficult to glimpse in the wild forest vegetation. They include giant forest hogs, bush pigs, forest buffaloes, elephants, bushbucks. Read More
Ntebeko Visitors’ Centre Images: The Visitor Centre at Ntebeko is the starting point for nature walks, volcanoes hiking, golden monkey and gorilla tracking and the short (4km) Batwa Trail. The trailhead of the long Batwa trail is at the base of Mt Muhavura. Exhibits inside the building. Read More
People and Culture in Mgahinga Gorilla Park: Within the confinements of Mgahinga National Park, are the Batwa or twa people or commonly referred to as pygmies because of their short sized heights, a fully grown Mutwa person has an average height of about 4 meters tall or even less. Read More
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Your guide to D12: Occupiers return to ports for West Coast shutdown; Updated: Back again tomorrow; ILWU official crows “rebirth of the labor movement”
By Michelle Malkin • December 12, 2011 03:52 AM
Scroll for updates…Oakland, Portland, Los Angeles mobbed, Occupiers vow to extend shutdown in response to “police brutality”…Update 10:47pm Eastern…Occupiers vow to block 3am shift in Oakland…arrests after trains blocked in Bellingham, WA…
Here we go again.
You remember where the “Day of Rage” 2011 festivities first broke out earlier this fall, don’t you?
If you were paying attention, you know the answer:
The port of Longview, Washington.
Unionized longshoremen stormed the port there and took a half-dozen guards hostage in early September. They damaged railroad cars and dumped grain, smashed windows, cut brake lines, and blocked a train for hours while the ILWU and AFL-CIO cheered them on. Despite violating a judicial restraining order and committing systematically planned sabotage and trespassing, most of the thugs got away with wrist slaps. The International Longshore and Warehouse Union received a $250,000 fine to cover damages from the vandalism. One of the mobsters arrested was this unhinged ILWU guy, who threatened to beat up KGW reporters:
After the fine was dealt, longshoremen’s union bosses threatened to “do what we have to do” and ILWU vowed that “It’s going to get worse before it gets better.” All because a grain importer, EGT, chose a different union for 50 construction jobs on a $200 million grain terminal.
If you were paying attention, you also remember that this initial outbreak of violence and property destruction came right after the Labor Day incitement of Teamsters president Jimmy Hoffa Jr., who agitated the crowd in Detroit for President Obama.
“President Obama, this is your army,” Hoffa bellowed. “We are ready to march. Let’s take these son of bitches out and give America back to an America where we belong.”
Obama stood by the violence-prone Teamsters and vice versa. It’s a brass-knuckle bromance sealed with boodle.
On November 2, the Occupiers led by the Oakland contingent went after ports again. My column on the planned riots reminded you of the Bay Area Left’s violent Oakland port shutdown in 2003 and the ignominious Oakland agitator and strike leader Boots Riley — and connected the dots between Riley, Oakland’s Van Jones, Occupy Oakland, and the violent ILWU thugs and their supporters who kicked off the Day of Rage warm-up show in Longview, Washington in September. The Oakland shutdown was:
…an expression of “solidarity with longshore workers in their struggle” against grain importer EGT. In Longview, Washington, wildcat union workers cut train brake lines, smashed windows, dumped grain, and took hostages earlier this fall to protest the company’s decision to employ not non-union workers, but workers from a competing shop. A federal judge fined the ILWU $250,000 after it defied a court restraining order; even Obama’s National Labor Relations Board was forced to issue a complaint against the union’s “violent and aggressive” actions.
Here’s a refresher on how that protest turned “peaceful” protest turned out:
Source: Twitpic
Big Labor has sent mixed public signals over whether it supports today’s coordinated shutdown. See this San Francisco Chronicle article for union leaders playing Hamlet for political viability’s sake.
But the Worker’s World website is crystal-clear on who inspired it, who’s behind it, and who’s providing the muscle:
Battle lines have formed as the West Coast Occupy movements, from San Diego to Alaska, flex their collective muscle against the federally coordinated, brutal attacks targeting the pro-Occupy Wall Street movements across the country. They are organizing for blockades of West Coast ports on Dec. 12 in San Diego; Los Angeles/Long Beach; Port Hueneme, Calif. (central coast); Oakland; Portland, Ore.; Seattle; Tacoma, Wash.; and possibly more. Solidarity actions have been called by OWS in New York and inland locations, as well.
The pro-OWS movement is aligning itself with labor and the working class, as the West Coast Occupy movements organize to support the struggle of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union in Longview, Wash. Longshore workers there are waging a ferocious battle against transnational EGT, controlled by Bunge Ltd., of the grain cartel that controls most of the world’s trade in food products. EGT is trying to break the ILWU in an attempt to drive down wages and destroy the union. (Read “Longshore workers call for anti-racist unity in their ranks” at www.workers.org/2011/us/ilwu_0922)
The West Coast Occupy movements are also aligning with the struggle of port truckers, who are fighting for the right to organize for union representation. Twenty-six of them were fired in Los Angeles for wearing Teamster jackets to work. Occupy LA and Long Beach are targeting SSA, an anti-union port terminal operator, majority owned by Goldman Sachs, the notorious Wall Street investment bank. Teamster president, Jimmy Hoffa Jr., has publicly expressed support for the Occupy movement.
Michael Novick of Anti-Racist Action, one of the main organizers at Occupy LA working on the port shutdown action in Los Angeles, told WW that the strategy will be to shut down three main targets. Novick states, “When we put the resolution through at the General Assembly in support of the port shutdown, it was tied to building a general strike on May 1st of 2012 and building relations to the migrant rights movement.”
Finally, the West Coast Occupy movements are targeting the ports as major commercial centers, showing that they can strike at the institutions which help to aggregate the wealth of the 1 percent by disrupting Wall Street on the waterfront. It’s the history of the militant ILWU which enables this attack to have teeth. The ILWU rank and file have historically supported political struggles such as the anti-apartheid movement, the anti-war movement, in defense of Palestine in the face of attacks on Gaza, in support of the Wisconsin struggle against union busting, etc.
The 1 percent, under the banner of the Port of Oakland, launched the first volley of their assault on Dec. 4, with full-page ads in the San Francisco Chronicle and Oakland Tribune against the planned Occupy port blockade. They know all too well how powerful this movement has become, evidenced by the historic general strike call and blockade of the Port of Oakland on Nov. 2, when the Occupy movement, with the support of the ILWU rank and file and port truckers, shut down the entire port.
Who bears the costs? Small business owners, independent truck drivers, and taxpayers trying to make ends meet, of course:
The mobilization of over 60,000 people that shut down the Port of Oakland on Nov. 2 is being used by organizers as the model for the West Coast efforts this Monday.
However, some independent truckers at the Port of Oakland told the Huffington Post they were dismayed by the plan.
“It’s going to have a snowball negative effect. I depend on the port to feed my family. Why should I have to be put in a predicament because these people lack the skills to get a job?” said Vladimir Torres, an independent trucker who is based out of Long Beach, CA, and comes to the port of Oakland on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Torres is an owner-operator who said he would be dually affected because he works at two West Coast ports.
Josh Thomas, a spokesman for the Port of Portland, told the Columbian that 88% of the exporters who call the port home are small and medium-size businesses. “We see this as hurting working people,” Thomas said of the Occupy movement’s port initiative.
“We consider it no laughing matter when there’s a large group of people threatening to either block or enter the terminal,” Thomas said, “and we’d have to work closely with local law enforcement agencies and our own marine security officers and potentially (the U.S) Coast Guard, if it came to that.”
Way to go, Occupiers:
The Alameda County Building and Construction Trades Council’s secretary-treasurer, Andreas Cluver, said many of his union’s workers were recently hired at port building projects after long stretches on unemployment. Given that, a port shutdown aimed at punishing the 1 percent “makes no sense,” he said.
…Nearby, changing a tire on his rig before he also left with a load of paper, Hai Ngo 0f San Leandro said he resented the loss of income.
“The Occupy people handed out flyers to us, but never asked what we thought before they planned this,” Ngo said. “I will lose about $350, and at holiday time that hurts. It’s just a waste of our time and money, and won’t accomplish anything.”
The “battle” over power at the ports has been building for months. And the progressives are only going to escalate from here. From the socialists’ website:
EGT is planning to bring a huge grain ship to the Port of Longview, sometime in December or early January, to unload the grain piled up there with the use of scab labor. That isn’t going to happen without a major fight. Plans are in the works for phase two of this struggle. Caravans will be heading up to Longview to support the ILWU’s fight to keep their jobs and maintain their union…The battle is on!
Like they said: “It’s going to get worse before it gets better”…
…and it’s all being brought to you with explicit support from teachers’ unions, Democrats, and the White House.
Remember in November.
9:40am Eastern…The Oakland agitators are up bright and early. ABC News 7 in the Bay Area reports that trucks have already been stopped as hundreds descend.
Occupiers in Portland and Vancouver are already congregating. Occupy Los Angeles is tweet-whining about police brutality already, setting up for a telegraphed “extension” of the port shutdown. Anti-police/anti-captialist agitator Boots Riley is spearheading the Oakland shutdown.
Livestream of mob at Port of Los Angeles.
Flash mob at the NYC World Financial Center, where shutdown sympathizers are protesting Goldman Sachs.
A few sign-holders at Port of San Diego.
More livestreaming here.
Don’t buy the ILWU double-talk.
Update 10:41pm Eastern #OccupySeattle and #OccupyOakland shut down their ports. Disruptions in LA, San Diego, Houston, and elsewhere, according to Occupy flacks.
Occupiers vow to do it again tomorrow.
ILWU Local 21 official Dan Coffman calls in to praise the Occupiers in Oakland and reportedly declares “rebirth of the labor movement.”
Oakland thugs say they’ll try and block 3am shift.
In Portland, late word is that occupiers have helped shut down Schnitzer Steel, which a KXL news radio producer, Jim Ferretti, points out supplied food to the occupiers.
In Bellingham WA, the Occu-morons chained themselves together with bike locks and blocked trains. Arrests and photos here.
I leave you with this What The Hell image of the night. Click if you dare.
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Michael Moore heralds ‘last days of white rule’ ironically (open thread)
August 13, 2017 09:24 AM by Doug Powers
Michael Moore tells fractured nation to choose between him, or Trump
July 29, 2017 02:57 PM by Doug Powers
Gee, that’s a toughie!
Michael Moore launches ‘TrumpiLeaks’ (no, seriously)
June 6, 2017 12:09 PM by Doug Powers
He REALLY wants Pence to be president
The Messy Truth about Race-Baiting Radical Demagogue Van Jones
December 6, 2016 08:55 PM by Michelle Malkin
Categories: Media, Media Bias, Moonbats, Race Hustlers
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Baxter the Labrador Pup Saves Child Choking From Seizure
Posted by M Dee Dubroff on October 14, 2016
Unbeknownst to her mother, Amanda, six-year-old Olivia Goodman suffered a seizure in her home in Renfrew, Scotland, and would have died if not for the insistent barking of Baxter, the Labrador pup, warning her to check on the child and not being quiet until she did so. (See my article on Sassy the Chihuahua.)
The child fell ill at school and was sent home
Little Olivia was resting on the couch in the family living room when she began vomiting with her face against a pillow, which was causing her to choke violently. Baxter began his call to action: barking, pacing and growling to get Mom Amanda's attention. (See my article on Tara the Hero Cat.)
In her own words:
My daughter was on the sofa sleeping off a cold and had rolled face first into her pillow, vomiting and in a seizure state. My Labrador pup alerted me as soon as it started, barking at her side adamantly and I shouted at him many times to be quiet and not to wake her. He continued to pace the living room and bark at her and growl at me until he jumped on her, knocking off her covers. Then i saw...the pillow blocking her airway."
Olivia was taken to the hospital via ambulance
The little girl was transported to the Royal Hospital for Sick Children at Glasgow's Queen Elizabeth University Hospital. Her six minute seizure required several hours of treatment and observation and the hospital kept her overnight to make sure it was safe for her to return home. The child's father rushed to her side from his job offshore in the North Sea. (See The Blind Dog Who Teaches Children To See.)
Olivia is still recovering at home under Baxter's careful eye and Mom's loving care. She is expected to return to St. James Primary School very soon. There is little doubt that the little girl owes her very life to this devoted puppy who also watches over Sophie, the other child in the family. "He is our Hero." said Mom lovingly. Others feel that way too, and Baxter was awarded the Animal Hero Title of 2015 sponsored by the RSPCA charity. (See my article on the Cat Who Saved His Owner From Drowning.)
Baxter and Olivia: Photo: Amanda Goodman
Baxter is honored for his heroic efforts
At a glitzy annual ceremony held in conjunction with the RSPCA at London's Grosvenor House and hosted by Britain's Got Talent judge, Amanda Holden, Baxter the Labrador puppy received the Annual Hero Award for 2015. A very enthusiastic Baxter, while waiting for his moment to shine on stage, decided that he wanted to play rather than attempt a thank you speech. He accidentally knocked Ms. Holden over, making the most of his time in the spotlight.
Ms.Holden was gracious and took her fall to the ground in stride, never relinquishing for one second her glamour and grace. Brushing herself off, she said: "I'm a massive animal lover and I'm a vegetarian and I'm delighted to present this award every year."
Baxter is a hero but he is also a playful, lovable puppy. The combination stole the show and brought a moment of levity to all in attendance.
Here's to Baxter and his devoted and loving spirit!
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I don get it II
Ever watch the show Dark Skies? I might have been the only one. The show wasn't that memorable except for the introduction of one Jeri Ryan. Mmmm, Jeri... ::drools::
Where was I? Oh yeah. Anyway, when her ex-husband ran for the US Senate, the divorce records were exposed to the public. Now I'm not one to comment too much when a marriage fails. Sometimes, shit happens. But one of the things that came out was the fact that, apparently, Jack Ryan wanted to take his then wife Jeri to clubs where he could watch her having sex with other people.
Why is that bizarre? Well, if the idea alone doesn't sound stupid, check out the images below and tell me why in Hell you'd want to watch someone else have sex with her when you should, by all rights, be at home, giving her the business until your hear and/or back gave out.
BTW, I've resized most of the images. Click on them to expand them to full size.
And just in case you were wondering, yes, she is most definitely on my list.
So Tea Leoni and David Duchovny have split, huh? I know what you're thinking: it's because David is a sex addict. Well, no, actually. As it turns out, Tea and Billy Bob Thornton have, apparently, been bumping uglies. In Thornton's case, that's an easy task.
Billy Bob was married to Angelina Jolie and now he's been knocking boots with Tea Leoni. In both cases, he not only dated outside of his weight class, he dated outside of his species. I will assume that he's hung like a rutting Koidak bear, because he's not hitting it with such spectacular women on his suave and debonair good looks. Let's have a look, shall we?
Tea Leoni
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And now, Billy Bob Thornton
I simply cannot be the only one who sees a problem here.
Sniffing glue as a career builder
Interestingly, except for the train wreck that is Britney Spears, the videos linked here at Cracked are pretty damned scary. I especially like the description of Affleck's drunken, loutish behavior: Ben Affleck shows off his acting abilities by improvising the lead up to a violent rape. In any event, I give you The 11 Most Unintentionally Poignant Drunk Celebrity Videos.
The N.Y. Post comes up with some of the best fauxtography on the planet:
We can only hope
So Jennifer Love Hewitt might pose nude for Playboy, huh?
Although Hewitt, 26, has a hit with CBS's Ghost Whisperer, she still wants a film career and doesn't feel she's getting the right scripts. "She always gets offered a cute little sidekick role," another friend says. "She told me that maybe a sexy magazine layout with her showing her assets might give her a little edgier image and she might be considered for a femme fatale role. She knows she can pull it off, but she thinks casting directors aren't so sure."
I'm voting for edgier, but that's just me. See below the fold for a couple of reasons.
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Picture In The Paper
Long Conversations
ARCHIVE: Behind The Scenes
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LOW PROFILE meets Combe Down Mining Group
Following on from their meeting with Bath Mums founder, Lisa Spiegel, LOW PROFILE met with the Combe Down Mines Interpretation Centre Group. This group was suggested for Picture in the Paper by none other than the mayor herself, Councillor Cherry Beath.
The mayor is a member of this group and wanted us to meet them to hear more about their project which they are all devoted to. The Combe Down mines were home to Oolite stone, the honey coloured stone that Bath is built from. The mines posed a huge threat to the homes and businesses of the area leaving massive voids below them from the over mining of this iconic resource. Bath and North East Somerset Council completed a huge-scale stabilisation project in 2009 using government funds saving the area but forever filling in and sealing the mines below. Now this group are working with the Combe Down Heritage Society to make sure the history of the mines will be visible to all by way of the Combe Down Mining Interpretation Centre which is due to launch any day now.
It was lovely to meet a group of people who had all been through the negative experience of potentially loosing their home but had so much love and respect for where they lived. Their knowledge of the history of the mines was astounding and they were more than enthusiastic to share it with LOW PROFILE which gave them an really strong bond as a group.
Picture in the Paper has been commissioned by ICIA, University of Bath and is supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.
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Prescription Bluegrass CD Review–Feller and Hill and The Bluegrass Buckaroos
Feller and Hill and The Bluegrass Buckaroos
Released: February, 2013
Label: Blue Circle Records
Review by: W.J. Hallock
My buddy, Brian McNeal, and I, have been friends since the mid 70’s. Besides being friends, we have one other thing in common….. a love affair with that 60’s Bakersfield country music sound. Brian played all those Buck and Merle songs when he was a disc jockey for KNIX in Phoenix, which was owned by Buck Owens. My band “Cactus County,” and I were playing country music (yeah, LOTS of Buck and Merle!), for dance hall crowds in every honky-tonk and road house in the southwest, with Phoenix being home base.
That sound of Buck and Don Rich singing together, Bonnie Owens (Buck’s ex-wife) vocalizing on all of Merle Haggard’s hit records, and that famous chicken-pickin’ Telecaster guitar playing of Don, James Burton and Roy Nichols will forever be a special part of country music history that we’ll always love. So, now, when anything reminds us of that era, we’re all in and checkin’ it out!
A few months back, Brian sent me some songs to listen to by “Feller and Hill and the Bluegrass Buckaroos.” We both couldn’t believe how much Tom Feller and Chris Hill sounded like Buck and Don singing together! We were pretty excited to see just how this musical adventure was going to turn out, as the CD wasn’t finished and ready for release.
The completed project came last week, and it was all we had hoped it would be. To quote Brian, “Feller and Hill do the third best version of TOGETHER AGAIN ever recorded!” and I whole-heartedly agree. The original version by Buck Owens will always be #1.…. Emmylou Harris OWNS the #2 spot….. and, time will only tell for sure, but, in my humble opinion (AND Brian’s) Feller and Hill have made their version so personalized and passionate as to forever nail down that #3 slot. When you think of all the many artists who have recorded TOGETHER AGAIN, that’s a BIG deal! To re-do a song that defined a specific sound and musical era, and do it in such a way that it makes the song relevant to another generation of listeners, that is the epitome of successful communication skills.
Just so there’s no confusion, this CD is straight ahead bluegrass. Tom and Chris have spent years as sidemen for some of the best bluegrass bands around, and their credentials are exceptional. On this release, Tom plays acoustic and Pedal Steel guitars, mandolin and upright bass. Chris plays all the banjo tracks, and plays any style called for. Earl Scruggs would be proud of Chris’ proficiency in his style, especially with his use of Earl’s patented “Scruggs tuners.” Don Reno and Ralph Stanley’s styles are also in Chris’ arsenal. But what sets this CD apart from those of so many other bluegrass bands, is the way these two talented gentlemen sing together. The two of them have that cohesive magic that not every duo have, and they have taken all their vocal and studio/technical strengths and added layers of vocals to the entire CD to make it a total pleasure to hear.
The very first song on this musical trip kicks off with a bang. The old Delmore Brother’s standard, “Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar,” leaps out of the speakers, complete with two part harmony, a Lester Flatt “G-run” guitar lick and Chris’ 5-string banjo just a cookin’! This song will make you smile, because it’s alive, traditional and as authentic as it gets. Especially notable on this tune is the lead guitar solo of Brian Blaylock. It just plain sizzles!
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Feller and Hill have learned this genre inside out, studied the masters and absorbed all the aura and mystique of the superstars of bluegrass music. “Southern Moon,” another Alton Delmore number comes next, and they prove it’s no fluke how well they can capture the beauty of a time tested melody and acoustic instruments. Steve Thomas’ fiddle on both of these songs is super, and the vocals are flawless.
The two gospel songs included here, “Is That Footsteps That I Hear,” and “The Lord Keeps A Record,” are, simply put, beautifully done vocally. Tom and Chris also brought in Cody Jones to add his bass vocals to the mixes. To me, gospel singing is the proving ground for just how talented any singer really is. Tom and Chris can easily stand with the best. Each man has a voice that is full of personality, poise, strength and charisma. They each easily stand head and shoulders above a lot of supposedly “great” singers, and they both, in turn, can sing harmony behind the other with an affinity for the other man’s phrasing and technique that is eerily masterful.
Not only do they have the voices to sing all these different parts, but they have the ears to listen for each other and blend appropriately. And the way the songs were recorded, the vocals sound HUGE!, full, rich, perfectly arranged and executed with an aptitude that only comes from years of performing AND recording experience. These two gentlemen have obviously paid attention to every minute detail in this CD, and Co-Producer Steve Thomas expertly delivers technical muscle to this project.
Song #3 is my favorite! I just have to digress and say it again….. “Together Again,” is one of the keynote songs of the Bakersfield sound, and Feller and Hill do a marvelous arrangement of it. Chris and Tom just have that “THING” that makes them sound like Buck and Don. They don’t have to try to do it, they don’t seem to intentionally accentuate the similarity, and the don’t even push the fact that much in their PR material. They just have “IT,“ and that vocal sound helps this song connect the past to the present in a very positive and singular way.
The instrumental side of this recording is just as strong as the vocals. When it comes time for the solo, the dobro, played by Brian Blaylock, and mandolin, by Tom, harmonize for a distinct, one of a kind union on the first half, and then it sounds like about a hundred violins come in for a lush, retro, ‘60’s, Billy Sherrill uptown country string arrangement that perfectly adds to the simple beauty of the song. The magic of those strings was in fact the work of Producer Steve Thomas playing nine different violin parts during sessions at his “Gain Train Studios,“ in Hendersonville, TN. Absolutely spectacular work, and I’ll bet Buck and Don would love this version of the song……. and so would Emmylou!
In their liner notes, Tom and Chris discuss their love of old country music, and on two more of the CD’s tracks they nail down that old swing “mood” perfectly. Don Gibson’s hit (for Ray Price AND George Jones!) “Wasted Words,” and Tom T and Miss Dixie’s “Big Blue Roses,” will make you crave a hard wood, sawdust covered dance floor. When you hear twin fiddles, a steel guitar, twin mandolins and a twangy banjo that sounds right at home because of those Scrugg’s tuners, you’ll know it’s two steppin’ time. Tom and Chris use their vocals to capture that country flavor, but, truth be told, the main reason these songs work so well is the upright bass playing of Tom Feller. He plays right on the top side of the beat, pushing and propelling all the other instruments like a Mac truck! If you listen very closely, you’ll hear some of the snazziest swing bass licks you may ever hear. His feel for “time,” which is so essential to this dance hall oriented music, is spot on, lively and perfect.
To show off just how hot Tom and Chris’ “hot licks” can be, give a listen to “I Get The Blues When It Rains.” Chris’ banjo playing is on fire, and Michael Cleveland’s fiddle, Glenn Gibson’s dobro and Tom’s mandolin playing just pour more fuel on the blaze! Tom’s bass track on this one is just as rock solid as on the swing tunes. The song is only 2:08 long, but you’ll be out of breath just listening to it!
Their version of the Mark “Brink” Brinkman tune, “The Old Kentucky Man,” is also a stand out vocally and instrumentally. Mark Brinkman is considered one of the best song writers alive today, and for the boys to include one of his jewels here just shows how serious they were when picking just the right material for their debut.
One of the pleasures of this “job,” is that I sometimes get to exchange e-mails with the artist, asking questions pertaining to the project I’m reviewing. I love to hear all the little details that go into making the music, writing the songs and the recording process. Tom Feller couldn’t have been more accommodating sharing the info of this CD. One of the best cuts on the record is called “What Will You Give For My Old John Deere,“ and with the economic situation the USA is in right now, the song couldn’t be more timely or pertinent. It was written by Judith Feller….. Judy is Tom’s Mother.
She’s written about thirty songs, and this is her first song to be recorded. Tom and Chris did the musical arrangement on this wonderful story song, and Tom is very excited about more of her writings coming to light.
Back in the ‘80’s and ‘90’s, she was a columnist for Bluegrass Unlimited, often writing about Tom’s uncles, and their band, “The Boys From Indiana.” Another of those family bands that a young Tom Feller was influenced by was the “Wildwood Valley Boys,” and his uncle, Tom Holt, who was one of the song writing forces for both of those bands, has written three more of the songs Tom and Chris have included here. “Lost Love,” and “Will Heaven Be Like Kentucky,” are both ¾ time waltz’s that are as well written, meaningful and as traditional as bluegrass music gets!
I, for one, would love to hear a lot more of Tom Holt’s original songs! The last song on the CD, “Those Old Things,” was started by Uncle Tom, and young Tom finished it off. All four of these “family” songs add a flavor to the entire CD that speaks volumes about how much Tom and Chris cherish their musical roots and are carrying these gems into today’s bluegrass world.
I find it very impressive that Tom and Chris spent close to two years making a recording that could be so personal, and work so hard to honor those influences they grew up with. The talents these two gentlemen have are gigantic, but, they don’t seem to laud themselves here. They appear grateful for the music, the knowledge they gained on the journey and the friends that helped them along the way. Tom said they set out to make a CD focusing on Feller and Hill, and the challenge was to create a Feller and Hill “sound.” To me, that Feller and Hill sound was born the minute these two started singing together!
When I think of all the great bluegrass and country “Brother” acts, the first thing that comes to my mind is their vocal identity. The Delmore’s, The Stanley’s, The Louvin’s, The Everly’s, The Wilburn’s….. they were all instantly identifiable from the first notes they sang together. Tom and Chris may as well be brothers, because they have that same gift that all those brothers had. Feller and Hill already have their sound, and all their instrumental prowess and studio finesse is just icing on an already tasty cake.
I hope that Tom T, Dixie and Blue Circle Records, put their considerable industry strength behind this CD and push it for all they’re worth. This recording could, and should, be in the running for IBMA Record Of The Year! Feller and Hill, in my mind, have all it takes to be leaders and super stars in the bluegrass industry. They have the roots and history of bluegrass running through their blood, they have a humble demeanor and understand the importance of hard work and family, and they have all the talent necessary to achieve greatness.
GET THIS CD! I’ll bet it’s just the first in what is going to be a long line of wonderful recordings by Feller and Hill.
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"Just so there's no confusion..." Any recording which includes electric instruments is not "straight ahead bluegrass" The reviewer does not understand. Bluegrass is acoustic music. Regardless of what instruments are used, that point is clear. Many Bluegrass Festivals do not allow any electric instruments on stage. others allow only electric bass. There is an acoustic resonator pedal guitar, but they are rare. I may enjoy this recording. I would like to see Feller and Hill live, but this is not "straight ahead Bluegrass" Buck Owens wasn't either.
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I have already posted about the Energenie wireless remote control sockets. I've now had chance to look through one of their other products - which is an infrared remote control socket. This is a power saving socket allowing a TV and associated equipment to be fully powered off from the mains socket using the normal TV remote. I have seen the sockets before and wondered whether they were actually that easy to use. In particular I wasn't sure how it would be possible to use the same remote control to control both the TV and the power socket. The way it does work is that there is a 10 second delay between the socket being powered on and being able to power it off again (giving time to turn on the TV without inadvertently turning the power back off) and a delay of 10 seconds after the power off is pressed before it cuts power (allowing the TV to shutdown properly). This works great with my bedroom TV setup.
In my bedroom I have a TV and a Raspberry Pi running OSMC with Kodi (formally Raspbmc with XBMC). As standard it is not possible to fully power these off using the remote control, so before I used the Energenie infrared socket these were left powered on after use with the TV often being left in standby when not required. I have now connected these to the Energenie Infrared socket using an extension lead. To power on the TV I use two presses of the on button on the TV remote which powers on the socket and then the TV. At this point power is applied to the Raspberry Pi so that powers on as well. To then shutdown I first choose shutdown from the Kodi menu so that the Raspberry Pi shuts down cleanly then press the power button which turns off the TV and then 10 seconds later the power is turned off at the socket.
Remote control using the Energenie Infrared remote control board
As well as making a socket, Energenie have also released a Raspberry Pi add-on that provides a way to receive and send infrared signals. The circuit is fairly simple and details are provided so you could make one yourself, but the Energenie board provides this in a pre-built board (no soldering required) which can be plugged in to the top of the Raspberry Pi.
Setup isn't quite as straight forward as the wireless ones as you need to lookup your infrared remote codes, or enter learn mode to teach LIRC about the remote control. It's fairly easy for most remote controls, although it doesn't work with some media centre remote controls (including these). I believe this is because a kernel module is required which is not included in the standard Raspbian install, I expect this is required to enable the "mouse" support from the remote control. The IR transmitter also needs to be in line-of-site with the sensor for the power socket (fortunately there is a long lead provided to the sensor).
It does however open up a whole world of other opportunities and I will be writing about at least one other use in future.
Buying the infrared socket and infrared Raspberry Pi controller board
The infrared socket has been available for a while and is available from a number of suppliers. At the time of writing the infrared controller board is a new item and is only available from a limited number of suppliers. Below are some of the sources I found.
The Energenie infrared remote socket is available from Energenie4U. You may also find it at some electrical or diy stores.
The Energenie IR controller board is available from cpc.farnell.com. Before buying do check whether it's a pi-mote (wireless) or a infrared board for the Raspberry Pi to ensure you purchase the appropriate board.
I am impressed with the Infrared Remote Controlled socket. It provides an easy way power off a TV and accompanying Raspberry Pi, without leaving it on standby and without needing to get out of bed to do so. The Raspberry Pi infrared board also allows this to be controlled using a computer or could be used for control of other infrared devices.
If you are just wanting to control a power supply using the Raspberry Pi then the wireless sockets are easier to use and don't required line-of-sight, but if you want to be able to use it with a standard TV remote control then this works well.
This review is based on an evaluation unit provided by Energenie.
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Senators Feinstein (D-CA) and Boxer (D-CA) proposed several changes to an amendment offered by Senator Frist (R-TN) during Senate debate on legislation to overhaul the nation's energy policies. Their proposed changes, however, were rejected by the Senate which left the Frist amendment intact in its original form. The Frist amendment would require gasoline refineries to use five billion gallons of the gasoline additive ethanol annually by the year 2012. Progressives opposed the mandated use of ethanol contained in the Frist amendment because, in their view, the ethanol mandate would provide a corporate subsidy to ethanol manufacturers such as agricultural-giant Archer Daniels Midland; that company produces forty-six percent of the nation's ethanol. More importantly, in the view of Progressives, ethanol use would have a minimal positive impact on the environment but would increase gasoline prices to consumers because ethanol cannot be inexpensively transported through pipelines. The gasoline price increase caused by ethanol use, Progressives noted, would not be associated with any positive environmental benefits. Despite opposition from Progressives, the Frist amendment was adopted on a 68-28 vote.
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News: Barry Manilow Announces Final Tour
Barry Manilow has announced that he is going to “hit the road” and perform concerts across the world ONE LAST TIME! The music legend launched his multi-city ONE LAST TIME! Tour earlier this year in North America and is now headed to the UK starting June 11th at the Leeds Arena, with shows in Newcastle, Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham, Cardiff and finishes at London’s The O2 Arena on June 23rd.
With his band of 13 musicians and singers, Manilow said, “We had a great time putting the show together. We hope to take everyone on an emotional roller coaster. I can’t wait to see everyone dancing in the aisles.”
After performing more than 400 concerts at the Las Vegas Hilton and Paris Las Vegas from 2005 through 2011, Manilow has limited his concert appearances. The ONE LAST TIME! Tour is a major undertaking and as Manilow said, “is my way of thanking everyone for their years of support…one last time!”
The GRAMMY®, TONY®, and EMMY® Award-winning musician’s career skyrocketed to superstardom when his mega hit song, “Mandy,” topped the charts in 1975. In the spirit of that special year, tickets will be priced to tie into that year and will start at £19.75. Manilow insisted that the average ticket price remain low and that a greater range of ticket prices be available.
June 11 – Leeds – First Direct Arena
June 12 – Newcastle – Metro Radio Arena
June 14 – Glasgow – SSE Hydro
June 15 – Manchester – Manchester Arena
June 18 – Birmingham – Genting Arena
June 20 – Cardiff – Motorpoint Arena
June 23 – London – The O2 Arena
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Archives of Acoustics is an English-language peer-reviewed quarterly journal publishing original research papers from all areas of acoustics and abstracts from some specialised acoustical conferences. It gives free internet access to its full content (abstracts of research papers) to current issues.
Archives of Acoustics, the peer-reviewed quarterly journal publishes original research papers from all areas of acoustics like:
acoustical measurements and instrumentation,
acoustics of musics,
acousto-optics,
architectural, building and environmental acoustics,
bioacoustics,
electroacoustics,
linear and nonlinear acoustics,
noise and vibration,
physical and chemical effects of sound,
physiological acoustics,
psychoacoustics,
quantum acoustics,
speech processing and communication systems,
speech production and perception,
transducers,
ultrasonics,
underwater acoustics.
Earlier issues are available on the old website http://acoustics.ippt.gov.pl/index.php/aa/issue/archive
ISSN 0137-5075, eISSN 2300-262X
Committee on Acoustics PAS, PAS Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Polish Acoustical Society
Archives of Acoustics | 2014 | vol. 39 | No 1 |
1 Acoustic Study of REpower MM92 Wind Turbines During Exploitation
Maciej Kłaczyński, Tadeusz Wszołek
Archives of Acoustics | 2014 | vol. 39 | No 1 | 3-10 | DOI: 10.2478/aoa-2014-0001
Keywords: wind turbine noise low frequency noise airfoil self noise measurements assessment
The paper presents the current state of knowledge concerning the sources of noise generated by wind turbines, force measurement methodology, and assessment of noise onerousness in this type of installation, on the basis of a study concerning a wind farm with five REpower MM92 wind turbines and the electric power of 2 MW and the sound power level of 104.2 dB(A) each. Particular attention was focused on the often discussed problem of presence of infrasound generated by turbines and on the requirements of the applicable reference methodologies for the measurement of wind speed to 5 m/s, while the turbine reaches its full power at speeds above 10 m/s.
2 Model of Interactive System for Training in the Proper Use of Hearing Protection Devices
Paweł Górski
Archives of Acoustics | 2014 | vol. 39 | No 1 | 11-15 | DOI: 10.2478/aoa-2014-0002
Keywords: active noise reduction hearing protectors
In 2011, over 520 thousand persons worked in hazardous conditions (according to the GUS). Among hazardous factors related to working environment noise was found to be the most common one, threatening 199,6 thousand people (52.9% threats-per-persons related to working environment). The prevalence of workplace noise and increasing awareness of effects of its impact on the human body causes increase of the demand for knowledge of the methods of noise reduction. Due to the lack of knowledge concerning the proper use of hearing protectors, effective noise exposure in the real world may be about a dozen dB higher than the declared assumed protection value. For this reason, in Central Institute for Labour Protection - NRI “The interactive system for learning the correct use of hearing protectors” has been developed. The system includes a multimedia guide on hearing protectors supplemented by video tutorials, training materials with training hearing protectors, and software for evaluation of the activities of the trainee.
3 Definition and Measure of the Sound Quality of the Machine
Dariusz Pleban
Keywords: sound quality machine noise
The analysis of available literature indicates that tests of products sound quality, which would not involve participation of groups of listeners supposed to evaluate the sounds emitted by these products, are neither carried out in Poland, nor in the world. That results in the fact that the products sound quality is determined on the basis of psychoacoustic information and comprises both objective and subjective factors of sound perception. With reference to those factors and to different life cycles of the machine, an original definition of the “sound quality of the machine” has been developed and presented in this article. The global index of the acoustic quality of the machine, accounting for the relations between the noise level at the workstation and the selected parameters characterising both the machine's sound activity and the working environment, was adopted as the measure of the sound quality of the machine. The experiments that followed confirmed the appropriateness of the assessment made with the use of the global index of acoustic quality.
4 Type a Standard Uncertainty of Long-Term Noise Indicators
Wojciech Michał Batko, Bartłomiej Stępień
Keywords: long-term noise indicators uncertainty kernel density estimation bootstrap Bayesian inference non-classical statistics
The problem of estimation of the long-term environmental noise hazard indicators and their uncertainty is presented in the present paper. The type A standard uncertainty is defined by the standard deviation of the mean. The rules given in the ISO/IEC Guide 98 are used in the calculations. It is usually determined by means of the classic variance estimators, under the following assumptions: the normality of measurements results, adequate sample size, lack of correlation between elements of the sample and observation equivalence. However, such assumptions in relation to the acoustic measurements are rather questionable. This is the reason why the authors indicated the necessity of implementation of non-classical statistical solutions. An estimation idea of seeking density function of long-term noise indicators distribution by the kernel density estimation, bootstrap method and Bayesian inference have been formulated. These methods do not generate limitations for form and properties of analyzed statistics. The theoretical basis of the proposed methods is presented in this paper as well as an example of calculation process of expected value and variance of long-term noise indicators LDEN and LN. The illustration of indicated solutions and their usefulness analysis were constant due to monitoring results of traffic noise recorded in Cracow, Poland.
5 Digital Signal Processing Approach in Air Coupled Ultrasound Time Domain Beamforming
Krzysztof Herman, Tadeusz Gudra, Joanna Furmankiewicz
Keywords: beamforming air-coupled ultrasounds DSP bat signals direction of arrival
The work presents the results of experimental study on the possibilities of determining the source of an ultrasonic signal in two-dimensional space (distance, horizontal angle). During the research the team used a self-constructed linear array of MEMS microphones. Knowledge in the field of sonar systems was utilized to analyse and design a location system based on a microphone array. Using the above mentioned transducers and broadband ultrasound sources allows a quantitative comparison of estimation of the location of an ultrasonic wave source with the use of broadband modulated signals (modelled on bats' echolocation signals) to be performed. During the laboratory research the team used various signal processing algorithms, which made it possible to select an optimal processing strategy, where the sending signal is known.
6 A Versatile Model of Nonlinear Electrodynamic Loudspeaker Co-Operating with the Amplifier Designed by Way of Advanced Software
Mehran Erza, Etienne Gaviot, Guy Lemarquand, Pascal Tournier, Lionel Camberlein, Stephane Durand, Frederic Polet
Keywords: loudspeaker nonlinear effects advanced software current-driving force factor
Sound processing with loudspeaker driving depends critically on high quality electroacoustic transducers together with their relevant amplifiers. In this paper, the nonlinear effects of electrodynamic loudspeakers are investigated as regard the influence of the changes of their main descriptive parameters values. Indeed, while being operated nonlinear effects observed with loudspeakers are due to changes of such constitutive parameters. Regarding either current or voltage-drive, an original model based on Simulink R is presented, taking account of all the electrical and mechanical properties closely associated with nonlinear behaviours. Moreover, as such a Simulink R model may be combined with the PSpice R advanced software, the behaviour of both loudspeaker and amplifier can be exhaustively investigated and optimized. To this end, the amplifier is simulated thanks to the Orcad-Capture-PSpiceR software prior to match with the loudspeaker model with the so-called SLPS co-simulator. Then, values of the current flowing through the loudspeaker can be determined and plotted considering voltage controlling. Obviously in this case current-drive has not to be assessed. This way to proceed allows us to highlight any critical information especially due to the voice coil displacement, yielded velocity, and acceleration of the diaphragm. Indeed our approach testifies to the imperative necessity of mechanical measurements together with electrical ones. Then, considering a given amplifier-loudspeaker association with specific parameters changes of the latter, the entailed nonlinear distortion allows us to qualify and criticize the whole design. Such an original approach should be most valuable so as to match the best fitted amplifier with a given electrodynamic loudspeaker. Then non linear effects due to voltage and current-drive are compared highlighting the advantages of an apt currentcontroled policy.
7 Detection of Montage in Lossy Compressed Digital Audio Recordings
Rafał Korycki
Keywords: tampering detection digital forgeries digital audio authenticity lossy compression frame offsets MDCT AAC Ogg Vorbis
This paper addresses the problem of tampering detection and discusses methods used for authenticity analysis of digital audio recordings. Presented approach is based on frame offset measurement in audio files compressed and decoded by using perceptual audio coding algorithms which employ modified discrete cosine transform. The minimum values of total number of active MDCT coefficients occur for frame shifts equal to multiplications of applied window length. Any modification of audio file, including cutting off or pasting a part of audio recording causes a disturbance within this regularity. In this study the algorithm based on checking frame offset previously described in the literature is expanded by using each of four types of analysis windows commonly applied in the majority of MDCT based encoders. To enhance the robustness of the method additional histogram analysis is performed by detecting the presence of small value spectral components. Moreover, computation of maximum values of nonzero spectral coefficients is employed, which creates a gating function for the results obtained based on previous algorithm. This solution radically minimizes a number of false detections of forgeries. The influence of compression algorithms' parameters on detection of forgeries is presented by applying AAC and Ogg Vorbis encoders as examples. The effectiveness of tampering detection algorithms proposed in this paper is tested on a predefined music database and compared graphically using ROC-like curves.
8 Assessment of Impulse Noise Hazard and the Use of Hearing Protection Devices in Workplaces Where Forging Hammers are Used
Emil Kozłowski, Rafał Młyński, Jan Adamczyk
Keywords: impulse noise noise attenuation hearing protection device die forging hammer
The impulse noise is agent harmful to health not only in the case of shots from firearms and the explosions of explosive materials. This kind of noise is also present in many workplaces in the industry. The paper presents the results of noise parameters measurements in workplaces where four different die forging hammers were used. The measured values of the C-weighted peak sound pressure level, the A-weighted maximum sound pressure level and A-weighted noise exposure level normalized to an 8 h working day (daily noise exposure level) exceeded the exposure limit values. For example, the highest measured value of the C-weighted peak sound pressure level was 148.9 dB. In this study possibility of the protection of hearing with the use of earplugs or earmuffs was assessed. The measurement method for the measurements of noise parameters under hearing protection devices using an acoustical test fixture instead of testing with the participation of subjects was used. The results of these measurements allows for assessment which of two tested earplugs and two tested earmuffs sufficiently protect hearing of workers in workplaces where forging hammers are used.
9 An Introduction to Virtual Phased Arrays for Beamforming Applications
Daniel Fernández Comesana, Keith R. Holland, Dolores García Escribano, Hans-Elias de Bree
Keywords: beamforming source localization virtual phased arrays measurement techniques
Sound localization problems are usually tackled by the acquisition of data from phased microphone arrays and the application of acoustic holography or beamforming algorithms. However, the number of sensors required to achieve reliable results is often prohibitive, particularly if the frequency range of interest is wide. It is shown that the number of sensors required can be reduced dramatically providing the sound field is time stationary. The use of scanning techniques such as “Scan & Paint” allows for the gathering of data across a sound field in a fast and efficient way, using a single sensor and webcam only. It is also possible to characterize the relative phase field by including an additional static microphone during the acquisition process. This paper presents the theoretical and experimental basis of the proposed method to localise sound sources using only one fixed microphone and one moving acoustic sensor. The accuracy and resolution of the method have been proven to be comparable to large microphone arrays, thus constituting the so called “virtual phased arrays”.
10 Annoyance Related to Wind Turbine Noise
Małgorzata Pawlaczyk-Łuszczyńska, Adam Dudarewicz, Kamil Zaborowski, Małgorzata Zamojska-Daniszewska, Małgorzata Waszkowska
Archives of Acoustics | 2014 | vol. 39 | No 1 | 89-102 | DOI: 10.2478/aoa-2014-0010
Keywords: wind turbines noise annoyance
A questionnaire inquiry on response to wind turbine noise was carried out on 361 subjects living in the vicinity of 8 wind farms. Current mental health status of respondents was assessed using Goldberg General Health Questionnaire GHQ-12. For areas where respondents lived, A-weighted sound pressure levels (SPLs) were calculated as the sum of the contributions from the wind power plants in the specific area.
Generally, 33.0% of respondents were annoyed outdoors by wind turbine noise at the calculated A-weighted SPL of 31-50 dB, while indoors the noise was annoying to 21.3% of them. The proportion of subjects evaluating the noise produced by operative wind turbines as annoying decreased with increasing the distance from the nearest wind turbine (27.6% at the distance of 400-800 m vs 14.3% at the distance above 800 m, p < 0.016). On the other hand, the higher was the noise level, the greater was the percentage of annoyed respondents (14.0% at SPL up to 40 dB vs 28.1% at SPL of 40-45 dB, p < 0.016). Besides noise and distance categories, subjective factors, such as general attitude to wind turbines, sensitivity to landscape littering and current mental health status, were found to have significant impact on the perceived annoyance. About 50% of variance in annoyance rating might be explained by the aforesaid subjective factors.
11 Experimental Study of Silent Sonar
Jacek Marszal
Keywords: silent sonar wideband signal detection distance measurements accuracy
Stealth is a frequent requirement in military applications and involves the use of devices whose signals are difficult to intercept or identify by the enemy. The silent sonar concept was studied and developed at the Department of Marine Electronic Systems of the Gdansk University of Technology. The work included a detailed theoretical analysis, computer simulations and some experimental research. The results of the theoretical analysis and computer simulation suggested that target detection and positioning accuracy deteriorate as the speed of the target increases, a consequence of the Doppler effect. As a result, more research and measurements had to be conducted to verify the initial findings. To ensure that the results can be compared with those from the experimental silent sonar model, the target's actual position and speed had to be precisely controlled. The article presents the measurement results of a silent sonar model looking at its detection, range resolution and problems of incorrect positioning of moving targets as a consequence of the Doppler effect. The results were compared with those from the theoretical studies and computer simulations.
12 Transistor Effect in the Cochlear Amplifier
Piotr Kiełczyński, Marek Szalewski
Keywords: cochlear amplifier acoustoelectric transducers electromechanical transistor equivalent circuits field effect transistors ion currents
The paper presents a new electromechanical amplifying device i.e., an electromechanical biological transistor. This device is located in the outer hair cell (OHC), and constitutes a part of the Cochlear amplifier. The physical principle of operation of this new amplifying device is based on the phenomenon of forward mechanoelectrical transduction that occurs in the OHC's stereocilia. Operation of this device is similar to that of classical electronic Field Effect Transistor (FET). In the considered electromechanical transistor the input signal is a mechanical (acoustic) signal. Whereas the output signal is an electric signal. It has been shown that the proposed electromechanical transistor can play a role of the active electromechanical controlled element that has the ability to amplify the power of input AC signals. The power required to amplify the input signals is extracted from a battery of DC voltage. In the considered electromechanical transistor, that operates in the amplifier circuit, mechanical input signal controls the flow of electric energy in the output circuit, from a battery of DC voltage to the load resistance. Small signal equivalent electrical circuit of the electromechanical transistor is developed. Numerical values of the electrical parameters of the equivalent circuit were evaluated. The range, which covers the levels of input signals (force and velocity) and output signals (voltage, current) was determined. The obtained data are consistent with physiological data. Exemplary numerical values of currents, voltages, forces, vibrational velocities and power gain (for the assumed input power levels below 1 picowatt (10-12 W)), were given. This new electromechanical active device (transistor) can be responsible for power amplification in the cochlear amplifier in the inner ear.
13 Changes in Distortion Product Otoacoustic Emission Caused by Contralateral Broadband Noise
Edward Ozimek, Andrzej Wicher
Keywords: distortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAEs) contralateral acoustic stimulation(CAS) contralateral suppression
The main purpose of this investigation was to measure the effect of contralateral acoustic stimulation (CAS) on distortion product otoacoustic emission (DPOAE) in twenty human ears, for a ratio of primary tones f2/f1 = 1.22 and a wide frequency range of f2 (1.4-9 kHz), for two intensity levels of primary tones (L1 = 60 dB SPL; L2 = 50 dB SPL and L1 = 70 dB SPL; L2 = 60 dB SPL) and two intensity levels of CAS (50 and 60 dB SPL). It was found that in the presence of CAS, in the majority of cases the DPOAE level decreased (suppression), but it might also increase (enhancement) or remain unchanged depending on the frequency. The mean suppression level of the component of the frequency fDP = 2f1 f2 might be approximated by a linearly decreasing function of the f2 frequency of primary tones. The slope of this function was negative and increased with an increase of the contralateral stimulation level. The higher was the contralateral noise level the greater was the suppression. For the fDP level below about 15 dB SPL, suppression was observed in a substantial number of measurement cases (in about 85% of all measured cases on average). When the fDP level was higher than 15 dB SPL, only suppression (not enhancement) was observed.
14 Noninvasive Imaging of Thermal Fields Induced in Soft Tissues In Vitro by Pulsed Focused Ultrasound Using Analysis of Echoes Displacement
Piotr Karwat, Jerzy Litniewski, Tamara Kujawska, Wojciech Secomski, Kazimierz Krawczyk
Keywords: HIFU therapeutic ultrasound ultrasonic imaging echo strain estimation
Therapeutic and surgical applications of focused ultrasound require monitoring of local temperature rises induced inside tissues. From an economic and practical point of view ultrasonic imaging techniques seem to be the most suitable for the temperature control. This paper presents an implementation of the ultrasonic echoes displacement estimation technique for monitoring of local temperature rise in tissue during its heating by focused ultrasound The results of the estimation were compared to the temperature measured with thermocouple. The obtained results enable to evaluate the temperature fields induced in tissues by pulsed focused ultrasonic beams using non-invasive imaging ultrasound technique
15 Effect of Bass Bar Tension on Modal Parameters of a Violin's Top Plate
Ewa B. Skrodzka, Bogumił B.J. Linde, Antoni Krupa
Keywords: violins modal analysis bass bar tension
Experimental modal analysis of a violin with three different tensions of a bass bar has been performed. The bass bar tension is the only intentionally introduced modification of the instrument. The aim of the study was to find differences and similarities between top plate modal parameters determined by a bass bar perfectly fitting the shape of the top plate, the bass bar with a tension usually applied by luthiers (normal), and the tension higher than the normal value. In the modal analysis four signature modes are taken into account. Bass bar tension does not change the sequence of mode shapes. Changes in modal damping are insignificant. An increase in bass bar tension causes an increase in modal frequencies A0 and B(1+) and does not change the frequencies of modes CBR and B(1-).
16 In Memoriam. Zygmunt Grzegorz Wąsowicz Ph.D.
Andrzej Dobrucki
Archives of Acoustics | 2014 | vol. 39 | No 1 | 151 | DOI: 10.2478/aoa-2014-0016
Zygmunt G. Wąsowicz, PhD emeritus of the Chair of Acoustics and Multimedia, Wrocław University of Technology, passed away on the 8th of January 2014. His whole professional career was associated with the acoustics. Dr. Z. Wąsowicz was born in Nowy Sącz in 1931. In 1956 he graduated from the Faculty of Telecommunications at the Wrocław University of Technology and started to work there in the same year. In 1966 he obtained the PhD title, under supervision of Professor Z. Żyszkowski, for the dissertation concerning the subjective criteria of nonlinear distortions in loudspeakers. His main interests of activity were room acoustics as well as subjective assessment of sound quality. He worked out the subjective method of loudspeaker evaluation for Polish Loudspeaker Company “Tonsil” – this method was based on so-called “the live apparent sound”. He worked also on computer methods of acoustical field modeling in rooms. The works mentioned above were pioneer and modern in Poland. He participated as an acoustician, in various designers groups at for example auditory halls of Faculty of Electronics. Dr. Wąsowicz was the outstanding academical teacher whom students liked very much. He was also a member of Polish Acoustical Society and worked for the Main Board as well as the Wrocław Division of this society. In periods 1979–1983 and 1994–1996 he was the vice-dean of Faculty of Electronics. He received many awards, for example Golden Cross of Merit, Knight’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Medal of the National Education Commission and many awards from the Governors of Wrocław University of Technology and Institute of Telecommunications and Acoustics. In 1996 he was retired and beside of this he stayed in contact with Faculty of Electronics for many years. Wrocław acoustical community mourns the loss of Dr. Z. Wąsowicz.
17 In Memoriam. Elżbieta Maria Walerian, Ph.D., D.Sc.
Mirosław Meissner
Elżbieta M. Walerian, Ph.D., D.Sc., a retired employee of the Institute of Fundamental Technological Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IPPT PAN), passed away after a serious illness, on the 26th December 2013. She was one of the scientific leaders in the Section of Environmental Acoustics of IPPT PAN and her career, educational and organizational activities were inseparably linked with the acoustics. Elżbieta Walerian was born on August 9th 1950 in Poznań. She graduated from the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry of the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, receiving her Master of Science degree in the environmental acoustics in 1973. Five years later, under the supervision of Professor Ignacy Malecki, she obtained her PhD title, in the physical acoustics, in IPPT PAN in Warsaw. In 1979 she began working at the Section of Environmental Acoustics of IPPT PAN, where she dealt with the diffraction of acoustic waves and a description of the sound field produced by vehicles moving in an urban area.
18 Chronicle: 42nd Winter School on Vibroacoustical Hazards Suppressions Szczyrk, Poland, March 3 – 7, 2014
Roman Bukowski
Traditionally, the 42nd Winter School on Vibroacoustical Hazards Suppressions national conference is organized by Upper Silesian Division of the Polish Acoustical Society. The conference again is organized in Szczyrk. As at previous year, the conference has two co-organizers, i.e. Institute of Physics – Science-Didactic Center at the Silesian University of Technology and the Committee of Acoustics of the Polish Academy of Sciences. The conference is a forum for all environmental vibroacoustic fields. Particularly it concerns traffic noise, industry noise, vibroacoustics of machines, room acoustics, building acoustics, noise protection and similar problems. Works which are presented during the School are theoretical, experimental, measuring, technical, applied and normative. The School lectures and other conference materials will be published in the “Materials of the XLII Winter School on Vibroacoustical Hazards Suppressions” (in Polish) edited by dr. Roman Bukowski. This publication will be intended for participants of the School and for many libraries in Poland. Other information about the 42nd WS on VHS you can find on our website http://ogpta.pols.pl/szzzw
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Barbara Gambin (Institute of Fundamental Technological Research PAN, Warszawa)
Genaral linear acoustics and physical acoustics
• Wojciech P. Rdzanek (University of Rzeszów, Rzeszów)
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Architectural acoustics
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• Andrzej Miśkiewicz (The Fryderyk Chopin University of Music, Warszawa)
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Speech, Computational acoustics and signal processing
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Ultrasonics, transducers and instrumentation
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Electroacoustics
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Noise control and environmental acoustics
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Programming Methodology Group publications by Umesh Maheshwari
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“Collecting Distributed Garbage Cycles by Back Tracing”
by Umesh Maheshwari and Barbara Liskov.
In ACM Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing (PODC), (Santa Barbara, CA), Aug. 1997, pp. 239-248.
“Fragment Reconstruction: Providing Global Cache Coherence in a Transactional Storage System”
by Atul Adya, Miguel Castro, Barbara Liskov, Umesh Maheshwari, and Liuba Shrira.
In International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems, (Baltimore, Maryland), May 1997.
“Efficient optimistic concurrency control using loosely synchronized clocks”
by Atul Adya, Robert Gruber, Barbara Liskov, and Umesh Maheshwari.
In ACM Conference on Management of Data (SIGMOD), (San Jose, CA), June 1995, pp. 23-34.
“Collecting Cyclic Distributed garbage by Controlled Migration”
In Proceedings of Principles of Distributed Computing (PODC), 1995. Best student paper award.
“Fault-Tolerant Distributed Garbage Collection in a Client-Server, Object-Oriented Database”
In Parallel and Distributed Information Systems, (Austin, TX), Sep. 1994.
“References to Remote Mobile Objects in Thor”
by Mark Day, Barbara Liskov, Umesh Maheshwari, and Andrew Myers.
In ACM Letters on Programming Languages and Systems, Mar. 1994.
“The Language-Independent Interface of the Thor Persistent Object System”
by Barbara Liskov, Mark Day, Sanjay Ghemawat, Robert Gruber, Umesh Maheshwari, Andrew Myers, and Liuba Shrira.
Object-Oriented Multidatabase Systems, (O. Bukhres and A. Elmagarmid, eds.), 1994, Prentice-Hall.
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the Sasson Band Shtel- Sassonband.com
Welcome to the Sasson band blog- your gateway to the world of the Sambaklez. Get the latest news, ask questions, find out what's happening.
Album Complete! Official Release Party Aug 3rd, 2014
We are pleased to announce the release of our new album, Lecha Dodi: For You, My Beloved.
It is the culmination of two years of studio work and features many great musicians. While our first release explored the breadth of the Jewish world and experimented with fusing klezmer melodies with rhythms such as samba, salsa, reggae, and more, this album is a return to our roots.
It is an acoustic album that features songs for shabbat and the chatunah (wedding). It includes original material, some new arrangements of traditional tunes, and two medleys for Jewish dancing. It is available through most digital avenues (itunes, amazon etc) as well as through cd baby or through us. You can purchase it here.
We will be celebrating the release this Sunday, Aug 3rd at Mathews Beach in Northeast Seattle, from 11-2pm. It will be an informal picnic/ beach party. We will play some acoustic music and enjoy a nice summer day with our community. It is free and family friendly. We hope you can make it!
If not, you can catch us at Seward Park at noon on Aug 31st at the SPARK festival with the Moshav Band and Nissim.
Posted by Sasson at 1:46 PM
Sasson
The Sasson band was formed in 2005 in Seattle, USA. As the ensemble has refined and matured its sound over the years, what has emerged is the Sambaklez- a living space in which the sounds of Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean fly over the thumping rhythms of Brasil and beyond. True to their name, Sasson [which means "an outpouring of joy" in Hebrew and spice in Spanish] brings joyous celebration to the dancehall with a passion. Currently based out of Seattle, Sasson can be found playing simchas (celebrations) and in clubs around the world bringing music to the people. Contact us via our website www.sassonband.com for more info and to find out how Sasson can bring the freylekh [party] to you.
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Through Hell or High Water: The #FundSouth Movement is Strong
by Edgar Villanueva
Last week, I and approximately 200 grantmakers and advocates from across the nation traversed horrific storms and endured prolonged travel delays to get to Charleston, South Carolina, for the Grantmakers for Southern Progress (GSP) 2017 Regional Convening. The three-day convening provided space to have discussions about capacity-building, building power for progressive change, racial justice, economic opportunity, and advancing equity in public education.
Foundations have had an “on again, off again” love affair with the South. Funding there tends to be short-term and typically in response to a natural disaster, a national crisis or an election, but some significant infrastructure has been laid to coordinate and expand opportunities for sustained foundation giving.
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Is school funding fair? For too many students, the answer is still no.
Since 2010, the Education Law Center has published national report cards on how states are (or aren't) investing in their schools and students. "Is School Funding Fair? A National Report Card" released Wednesday, paints a worrying picture. In most states, ELC has found that public funding for schools is both unfair and inequitable: that is, not only are schools not receiving the funds they need, the schools that need funding the most are the ones with the most dramatic shortfalls.
Fair and Just School Resources
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Annie E. Casey Foundation
Submitted by jocelyn on Tue, 2013-07-09 14:28
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kidscount-databook2013.pdf
The 2013 KIDS COUNT Data Book provides a detailed picture of how children are faring in the United States. In addition to ranking states on overall child well-being, the Data Book ranks states in four domains: Economic Well-Being, Education, Health, and Family and Community.
High Quality Early Education
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An Education Declaration to Rebuild America
Every revolution needs a declaration. Against a backdrop of surging grassroots discontent with how the nation's K-12 public schools are currently governed, a diverse coalition of leaders from across the country have joined in support of "An Education Declaration to Rebuild America."
Diverse Education Network Rejects 30 Years of Failed Policy,
Calls for New Direction Based on Research, Equity & Supports
Sign on and add your voice!
Fair and Just School Climate
Wraparound student supports
Teaching Quality Supports
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Ending Suspensions Is a Team Effort
In an inspiring display of cross-sector collaboration, the New York City School-Justice Partnership Task Force has released an action plan for NYC officials to reduce the use of suspensions, summonses, and arrests by building common cause between different agencies and communities and implementing positive discipline strategies.
Cross-Sector Advocates Release Action Plan for Reducing Suspensions in NYC
Highlights Positive Discipline Strategies from Across the Nation
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The "Dirty Dozen": How Charters Influence Enrollment
Proponents of charter schools and charter expansion consistently overlook serious issues with how these schools can selectively shape their student enrollment. A report from the National Education Policy Center describes 12 practices that charter schools use to push out or discourage enrollment of students with special needs, those with low test scores, English learners, or students in poverty.
Charter schools get a lot of hype in our nation's education debate, yet proponents of charter expansion consistently overlook serious issues with how these schools can selectively shape their student enrollment.
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59 Years After Brown vs. Board, an "Education Spring" Is Here
May 17th is the 59th anniversary of the historic Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision. Decades later, students, parents, teacher and advocates are still fighting against education policies that leave students of color and low-income students deprived of the resources and opportunities they need to succeed. But a grassroots revolution is brewing, what blogger Jeff Bryant has been calling an "education spring," and this past week has seen headline-grabbing victories and inspiring actions.
Today is the 59th anniversary of the historic Brown vs. Board of Education Supreme Court decision. Almost six decades later, students, parents, teachers and advocates across the country are still fighting against education policies that leave students of color and low-income students deprived of the resources and opportunities they need to succeed.
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The State of Preschool 2012
National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) has tracked preschool enrollment and funding data in the country for over a decade. Its latest annual "State of Preschool" report presents an alarming set of "firsts" in the 2011-2012 school year: Enrollment in state-funded pre-K programs has stagnated after a decade of growth, and average funding per child has decreased below $4,000 for the first time since NIEER began collecting the data.
If there's one thing we can all agree on in the midst of budget slashing and a limping economic recovery, it's that kids who go to preschool are better prepared to start learning in school and stand a better chance of graduating and achieving at high levels.
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How to Close the Opportunity Gap: Key Policy Recommendations
Submitted by jocelyn on Mon, 2013-05-13 14:54
equitable-instructional-materials
NEPC Policy Recommendations
The National Education Policy Center's new book "Closing the Opportunity Gap" offers a wide array of policy recommendations for closing the opportunity gap and ensuring all students have the resources they need to succeed. This policy guide distills the most important recommendations from the book at three different levels: at the level of students' individual needs, at the level of in-school opportunities and resources, and at the level of communities and neighborhoods.
Read more about How to Close the Opportunity Gap: Key Policy Recommendations
Give At-Risk Students Early, Tailored Supports
By Chris Hill, NC Justice Center, and John H. Jackson, Schott Foundation
It’s time we recognize that students fall behind not because of inherent character flaws, but because our education policies for the past two decades have focused on implementing tough standards while failing to build support systems that address the societal factors that create barriers to academic success.
More than 20 million students in the United States are below proficient in reading and math and barred from the educational opportunities that will lead to success.
Personal Opportunity Plans
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Abhinav Philosopher
To train young minds in rational philosophy - for the Philosophy Olympiad, and moreover for Life. My notes and discussions on various topics from Philosophy, Education, Astronomy, Physics & Programming as means to the above-stated end.
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Structuring our Intuitions
Dear students of philosophy,
I continue with the next step to understanding philosophy (contd. from the previous step based on the plan ). For those who are new to this business (the business of philosophizing) let me tell you that the word I used many times up till now - intuiting or intuition - is not some hocus-pocus. Its just an happy-ish way of saying that you need to think about doing philosophy. Only since most of us are not so trained, we are unawares of the method we may adopt while thinking about something. I refer to this "unaware use of methods" which already are a part of our thinking process as "Intuition". So let us do some more of this and then eventually grab-the-method, so to say.
I had asked you to read some stuff from the internet such as Jim Pryor's notes and Wikipedia on syllogisms and fallacies. So by now you must know that when we present our philosophical ideas, we do so in form of arguments. (Not that we bash each other up ...) These arguments are similar to the proofs that we study in math or the derivations we do in physics or the case that a lawyer presents in court on behalf of his client. The argument is a neatly structured set of statements, which imply (as rigorously as possible) the truth of a certain statement. They begin with presenting facts (axioms / premises / observations) and continue to present connections (conditionals / middle-terms / reasons). These connections then employ the reader's "logical" thinking to arrive at the conclusion. The emphasis of logic is because, it has many forms. The word could refer to the strict mathematical / deductive logic, where A connects to B and B connects to C leads to saying that A connects to C. The word may also mean syllogistic logic where the connections between the subject, middle-term and predicate exist as strictly as in math, but the meanings of the words denoting the subject, etc. may not be straight-forward and would depend upon correct interpretations, hence leading to some of the fallacies. (Some of the other fallacies are simply devious arguments made so to help the arguer win)
Then again, the word "logic" taken in the lay sense could also mean - reasoning which itself has many forms - deductive as in the syllogistic logic or inductive (as in: I saw the Sun rise in the east for the past 4 days and so I conclude that it will always rise in the east.) or more vague forms. Read this quick summary.
Thus you see that arguments need not be automatically foolproof. Hence the need to consider whether they are valid (conclusion follows from the premises, even if the premises or the conclusion may be incorrect) or sound (valid with true premises; conclusion may still be false).
The assignment (What is wrong with the argument? Why?)
Now see if you can find out whats wrong with each of the following arguments. It could be a problem of validity or soundness or simply a fallacy. Try to answer critically by pointing out the exact sentence / sentences where the problem lies and also name the fallacy (if any) and explain in the context of the argument, why is it a problem, i.e. what was probably being implied here and what it ended up with OR what are the implications of the (wrong) argument and why are these implications wrong, etc. It would be helpful if you could start by distinguishing between the premises and the conclusion. Hint: Ask yourself - Are you convinced by the conclusion?
God is Divine
Love is like a rainbow. It looks good from far away, but the moment you get closer to it, it disappears. Hence love is but an illusion.
Most educated Indians wish that Modi becomes the prime minister. Thus Modi is the ideal choice.
The following is an argument between a Democratic Statist (D) and an Anarchist (A):
D: Humans can't be trusted to self-govern!
A: If you can't trust the people with freedom, how can you trust the people in power?
D: Because they were elected!
A: But they are also one of the people (who can't be trusted), are elected by the people (who can't be trusted) and represent the people (who can't be trusted). Why should I trust the system? Is the system run by people made of a finer clay than the rest of humankind?
D: The system is based on a "social contract" and represents the "will of the people"...
A: show me the contract and my signatures on it!
D: "We the people of India....."
A: Hey! Those aren't my signatures!
D: Are you not part of the people of India? Do you wish to be exiled from the nation?
A: I'm part of the people of India, and no, I do not wish to be exiled, but those aren't my signatures. I could create a similar contract and write "We the people of Earth..." on it. Does that mean everyone on Earth, including the future generations to be born on Earth have consented to it?
D: Did you vote?
D: Then you cannot complain.
Anarchist: Hey! Those aren't my signatures!
Read the pro-communism argument at http://leninism.org/some/index.htm#pseudopod_vs_hand focusing chiefly on the 4th big statement. Look here for a more elaborate argument.
.... ...... . .... now I am sure you are completely whacked out, so just send me the answers.
We talk about analyzing concepts, thought experiments and outlining arguments in the next session.
Please comment only on the content of the post. If you wish to raise a new issue or create a new post, please email to director@abhinav.ac.in.
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Mantle plume, a geothermal heat source under West Antarctic ice sheet
A new study adds to evidence that a geothermal heat source called a mantle plume lies deep below Antarctica’s Marie Byrd Land, explaining some of the melting that forms lakes and rivers under the ice sheet. Although the heat source isn’t a new or increasing threat to the West Antarctic ice sheet, it may help explain why the ice sheet collapsed rapidly in an earlier era of rapid climate change, and why it is so unstable today.
The stability of an ice sheet is closely related to how much water lubricates it from below, allowing glaciers to slide more easily. Understanding the sources and future of the meltwater under West Antarctica is important for estimating the rate at which ice may be lost to the ocean in the future.
Antarctica’s bedrock is laced with rivers and lakes, the largest of which is the size of Lake Erie. Many lakes fill and drain rapidly, forcing the ice surface thousands of feet above them to rise and fall by as much as 6 meters (20 feet). The motion allows scientists to estimate where and how much water must exist at the base.
Some 30 years ago, a scientist at the University of Colorado Denver suggested that heat from a mantle plume under Marie Byrd Land might explain regional volcanic activity and a topographic dome feature. Very recent seismic imaging has supported this concept. When Hélène Seroussi of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, first heard the idea, however, “I thought it was crazy,” she said. “I didn’t see how we could have that amount of heat and still have ice on top of it.”
With few direct measurements existing from under the ice, Seroussi and Erik Ivins of JPL concluded the best way to study the mantle plume idea was by numerical modeling. They used the Ice Sheet System Model (ISSM), a numerical depiction of the physics of ice sheets developed by scientists at JPL and the University of California, Irvine. Seroussi enhanced the ISSM to capture natural sources of heating and heat transport from freezing, melting and liquid water; friction; and other processes.
To assure the model was realistic, the scientists drew on observations of changes in the altitude of the ice sheet surface made by NASA’s IceSat satellite and airborne Operation IceBridge campaign. “These place a powerful constraint on allowable melt rates – the very thing we wanted to predict,” Ivins said. Since the location and size of the possible mantle plume were unknown, they tested a full range of what was physically possible for multiple parameters, producing dozens of different simulations.
Illustration of flowing water under the Antarctic ice sheet. Blue dots indicate lakes, lines show rivers. Marie Byrd Land is part of the bulging “elbow” leading to the Antarctic Peninsula, left center. Credit: NSF/Zina Deretsky
They found that the flux of energy from the mantle plume must be no more than 150 milliwatts per square meter. For comparison, in U.S. regions with no volcanic activity, the heat flux from Earth’s mantle is 40 to 60 milliwatts. Under Yellowstone National Park – a well-known geothermal hot spot – the heat from below is about 200 milliwatts per square meter averaged over the entire park, though individual geothermal features such as geysers are much hotter.
Seroussi and Ivins’ simulations using a heat flow higher than 150 milliwatts per square meter showed too much melting to be compatible with the space-based data, except in one location: an area inland of the Ross Sea known for intense flows of water. This region required a heat flow of at least 150 – 180 milliwatts per square meter to agree with the observations. However, seismic imaging has shown that mantle heat in this region may reach the ice sheet through a rift, that is, a fracture in Earth’s crust such as appears in Africa’s Great Rift Valley.
Mantle plumes are thought to be narrow streams of hot rock rising through Earth’s mantle and spreading out like a mushroom cap under the crust. The buoyancy of the material, some of it molten, causes the crust to bulge upward. The theory of mantle plumes was proposed in the 1970s to explain geothermal activity that occurs far from the boundary of a tectonic plate, such as Hawaii and Yellowstone.
The Marie Byrd Land mantle plume formed 50 to 110 million years ago, long before the West Antarctic ice sheet came into existence. At the end of the last ice age around 11,000 years ago, the ice sheet went through a period of rapid, sustained ice loss when changes in global weather patterns and rising sea levels pushed warm water closer to the ice sheet — just as is happening today. Seroussi and Ivins suggest the mantle plume could facilitate this kind of rapid loss.
Their paper, “Influence of a West Antarctic mantle plume on ice sheet basal conditions,” was published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth.
Provided by: NASA /JPL
Featured image: Illustration of flowing water under the Antarctic ice sheet. Blue dots indicate lakes, lines show rivers. Marie Byrd Land is part of the bulging “elbow” leading to the Antarctic Peninsula, left center. Credit: NSF/Zina Deretsky
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All claims paid to pharmacies were made available to the investigators so a complete prescription drug list was available for analysis. The study was undertaken to explore the herb-drug interactions. The interacting drugs include some antiepileptic drugs and the rifamycins, so action is required to maintain contraception. Antimicrobials Guidelines published in the UK and USA no longer recommend additional contraceptive precautions when non-enzyme inducing antibiotics are taken with oral contraceptives, regardless of the duration of therapy. Maintenance of normal blood glucose level is essential in this condition, since both hyperglycemias as well as hypoglycemia are unwanted effects. Antiepileptic drugs can increase sedation. Patients more than 30 years of age with hypertension who were receiving Medicaid and who were enrolled in the Iowa Pharmaceutical Case Management PCM program were evaluated. In this study gliclazide containing tablet of 80mg as oral hypoglycemic drug and different herbal sex stimulants available in local market were used. Work with an athletic trainer on exercises to help with your specific sports goals. If so, which ones? Psychotropic drugs Additional sedation can be anticipated when alcohol is consumed by patients taking benzodiazepines, antipsychotics, sedating antidepressants especially tricyclics and many antiepileptic drugs. They are sold as tablets, capsules, powders, teas, extracts, and fresh or dried plants. After ceasing an enzyme-inducing drug it may take four weeks for enzyme activity to return to baseline and reliable methods of contraception should be used during this period. Building muscle mass comes from resistance training and a healthy diet. Prof Beck mentioned always getting the assistance of our friend, the Liverpool HIV interactions website to check for interactions. Study population Patients were eligible for PCM services if they had active prescriptions for four or more regularly scheduled nontopical medications, were ambulatory, and had at least one of the following eligible disease states as predicted by common medications used to treat these conditions: Both can affect blood pressure and cause sleep problems. Regularly drinking alcohol may increase the risks in people with chronic diseases, especially if they take drugs which, for example, increase the risk of liver disease, gastric bleeding or falls. Implementation of the Guideline An implementation strategy was not provided.
Guideline Status This is the current release of the guideline. Beverages with a high tyramine content, including some beers and red wine, present an additional hazard with non-selective monoamine oxidase inhibitors phenelzine, tranylcypromine. According to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, men with diabetes are two to three times more likely to develop erectile dysfunction. Study population Patients were eligible for PCM services if they had active prescriptions for four or more regularly scheduled nontopical medications, were ambulatory, and had at least one of the following eligible disease states as predicted by common medications used to treat these conditions: Any attempt to advise a patient about the outcomes of an interaction between a medicine and an illicit drug will be undermined by a lack of certainty about the actual content of the illicit substance consumed. There are many misconceptions about which interactions are of clinical concern. Proofreading of the guidance document is then performed by three members of the CEU team independently, and comments are collated. It occurs commonly in middle-aged and older men. In this study gliclazide containing tablet of 80mg as oral hypoglycemic drug and different herbal sex stimulants available in local market were used. Naidoo P 1 , Chetty M 1. Although drug interactions occur through a variety of mechanisms, the effects are the same: Method of Guideline Validation Internal Peer Review Description of Method of Guideline Validation Draft two of guidance document is prepared based on written comments from the multidisciplinary group. Herbal medicines do not have to go through the testing that drugs do. Wild et al, However, the severity of the outcome will usually depend as much on a patient's medical risk as on the drugs in question. Antiepileptic and psychotropic drugs Enzyme-inducing drugs such as phenytoin, carbamazepine, oxcarbazepine and phenobarbitone can cause failure of oral contraceptives. In the present study, release kinetics of oral hypoglycemic drug e. Male impotence also called Erectile dysfunction is considered as one of the most important public health problems, since it affects a great percentage of men worldwide. Help with quitting If you take anabolic steroids outside the supervision of a doctor, you should stop immediately. A drug interaction database was developed to examine potential drug interactions in each patient's regimen. Evidence is limited but the advice relies on expert opinion and has the endorsement of respected authorities Good Practice Point: Other materials used for analysis were also purchased from local market and these were all analytical grade. All the drugs were checked for their production and expiry dates. Often there is insufficient evidence to support prohibiting alcohol, but the overall risk needs to be assessed for each individual.
If so, which ones? This is not necessarily true. The majority of the studies had only male volunteers. Authors Summary People often have misconceptions about interactions between alcohol and commonly prescribed drugs. The majority of the studies had only male volunteers. In one category, type 1 diabetes, the cause is an absolute deficiency of insulin secretion. Herbal sex stimulants are found in different dosage forms like tablets, capsules, powder, and cream. In this case, the patient stated that she stopped them when she needed to have erections when working as a sex worker The patient also opened up about recreational drug use to have an erection Dr Boffito asked the audience what ART would we then prescribe? The aim of this review was to investigate whether recent prospective DDI studies have included both sexes and whether there was evidence for the presence or absence of sex differences with the DDIs. As men with diabetes age, erectile dysfunction becomes even more common. Herbal sex stimulants for men is used for strong erections without risk of side effects, maintain sexual arousal, drive and desire, promotes systemic and hormonal balance. The medication profiles for the patients were evaluated for potential interactions by age and sex Table 1. Firstly a resistance test would be required This patient had a E resistance mutation thus resistance to NNRTIs, but not known if there was any archived resistance So would want to use ART with a high genetic barrier We were given 5 options: The possibility of toxic 'contaminants' in an illicit product may be of more concern than a possible pharmacological interaction. All claims paid to pharmacies were made available to the investigators so a complete prescription drug list was available for analysis. There is no direct evidence with tinidazole but, as with metronidazole, treatment courses are usually short and any risk of an interaction is easily avoided. Each participating pharmacy received a list of newly eligible patients once per quarter. Gliclazide is used when diabetes cannot be controlled by proper dietary management and exercise or when insulin therapy is not appropriate. The Clinical Effectiveness Unit CEU strongly recommends using the guidance in conjunction with regularly updated sources of information such as those listed in Appendix 2 in the original guideline document. Physicians received lists of their eligible patients receiving prescriptions from a participating pharmacy. Psychotropic drugs Additional sedation can be anticipated when alcohol is consumed by patients taking benzodiazepines, antipsychotics, sedating antidepressants especially tricyclics and many antiepileptic drugs. Your local health department or hospital may also have resources for you. Katakami et al. Author information:
The relevant details from drug interaction studies within papers were extracted and evaluated. Keep in mind that while there may not be any direct interactions between steroids and Viagra, they can cause some similar side effects. Combined hormonal contraceptives are less reliable if taken with drugs which can increase the rate of metabolism of oestrogens and progestogens. There were Materials, methods and equipments Gliclazide designated as Gli tablets of one brand and the innovator brand with labeled contents of 80 mg and five different herbal sex stimulants tablets designated as H1, H2, H3, H4, H5, and H6 for men according to Bangladesh National Formulary of Unani Medicine were obtained from local market of Bangladesh. All the drugs were checked for their production and expiry dates. Though diabetes and Erectile Dysfunction are two separate conditions, they tend to go hand-in-hand. Only eight studies five papers compared the outcome of the DDI between males and females. Herbal medicines do not have to go through the testing that drugs do. The vast majority of cases of diabetes fall into two broad etiopathogenetic categories. Diabetic patients take oral hypoglycemic drug to control their diabetic as well as take herbal sex stimulants to control to increase the libido. Curr Drug Metab. Griseofulvin is normally dispensed with an ancillary warning label for alcohol. To investigate the herb- drug interactions an in vitro dissolution study in different simulated pH medium were performed. People use herbal medicines to try to maintain or improve their health. The searches were performed using relevant medical subject headings MeSH , terms and text words. Copyright Statement This NGC summary is based on the original guideline, which is subject to the guideline developer's copyright restrictions. Steroids can increase the effects of blood thinners, raising the risk of severe bleeding complications. Questions of safety will therefore often need to be in the context of consuming a smaller volume of alcohol. The patients receiving antihypertensive agents were older mean age, These effects are more pronounced if the metabolism of acetaldehyde is inhibited by drugs such as disulfiram which block aldehyde dehydrogenase.
Treatment of Erectile dysfunction involves several natural aphrodisiac potentials. Practical advice on clinically significant interactions can be found in the Australian Medicines Handbook, 5 and guidelines for managing interactions with contraceptives are provided in Contraception: Long-term complications of diabetes include retinopathy with potential loss of vision; nephropathy leading to renal failure; peripheral neuropathy with risk of foot ulcers, amputations, and Charcot joints; and autonomic neuropathy causing gastrointestinal, genitourinary, and cardiovascular symptoms and sexual dysfunction. In this case, the patient stated that she stopped them when she needed to have erections when working as a sex worker The patient also opened up about recreational drug use to have an erection Dr Boffito asked the audience what ART would we then prescribe? Recommendations are graded using a scheme similar to that adopted by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists RCOG and other guideline development organizations. In one category, type 1 diabetes, the cause is an absolute deficiency of insulin secretion. Gliclazide; Herbal sex stimulants; Release kinetics, herb-drug interactions. It is important to listen to patients carefully when looking after special populations such as trans women and keep these patients engaged in care. The searches were performed using relevant medical subject headings MeSH , terms and text words. These recommendations reflect the limited evidence of contraceptive failure associated with antibiotics which do not induce liver enzymes. Oral hypoglycemic agents like sulphonylureas are still the major players in the management of type 2 diabetes. Regularly drinking alcohol may increase the risks in people with chronic diseases, especially if they take drugs which, for example, increase the risk of liver disease, gastric bleeding or falls. If so, which ones? All claims paid to pharmacies were made available to the investigators so a complete prescription drug list was available for analysis. Authors Summary People often have misconceptions about interactions between alcohol and commonly prescribed drugs. Your individual health issues may affect whether Viagra is right for you. Guideline Status This is the current release of the guideline. Your doctor may need to adjust the dose of a particular medication to safely add Viagra to your regimen. The clinical recommendations within this guidance are based on evidence whenever possible. Case 2: Gliclazide was shown to protect human pancreatic betacells from hyperglycemia induced apoptosis Del Guerra et al. The management of many chronic diseases will be assisted if patients limit their alcohol consumption, regardless of any additional risks from drug interactions.
He mentioned about the different potentials of ARVs to interact. Firstly a resistance test would be required This patient had a E resistance mutation thus resistance to NNRTIs, but not known if there was any archived resistance So would want to use ART with a high genetic barrier We were given 5 options: Though diabetes and Erectile Dysfunction are two separate conditions, they tend to go hand-in-hand. Cost Analysis A formal cost analysis was not performed and published cost analyses were not reviewed. Abstract Background: Intoxication with alcohol can cause seizures, as can alcohol withdrawal syndrome. This review has shown that only limited progress had been made with the inclusion of both sexes in DDI studies. Based on the limited number of studies comparing males and females, no specific trends or conclusions were evident. Reports from the in vivo studies show that, after oral administration, gliclazide is almost completely absorbed Delrat et al, ; Najib et al, Am J Hypertens ; Naidoo P 1 , Chetty M 1.
In this case, the patient stated that she stopped them when she needed to have erections when working as a sex worker The patient also opened up about recreational drug use to have an erection Dr Boffito asked the audience what ART would we then prescribe? Cobicistat is a less-potent booster than ritonavir, so when concentrations are reduced in pregnancy, it has a bigger effect. This is also the case with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, such as ibuprofen, however the overall long-term risk of gastric bleeding needs to be considered. Guideline Status This is the current release of the guideline. When the duplicate antihypertensive interactions eg, diltiazem—atenolol and atenolol—diltiazem were eliminated, there were unique pairs of potential drug interactions in the interaction database. Topiramate is a weaker inducer and a change in contraception may only be required with doses of more than mg daily. A final draft is then prepared. Surprisingly, four studies did not specify the sex of the subjects. Consumers can also be assured that metabolic interactions do not lead to elevated or prolonged blood alcohol concentrations. To investigate the herb- drug interactions an in vitro dissolution study in different simulated pH medium were performed. Contact local addiction centers in your community and ask about counseling and other services for steroid abuse. The majority of the studies had only male volunteers. It was also shown to have an antiatherogenic effect preventing accumulation of fat in arteries in type 2 diabetes. However, no sex difference was observed with the interaction between clarithromycin and triazolam or erythromycin and triazolam. Sexual dysfunction is a common, underappreciated complication of diabetes. Diabetic patients take oral hypoglycemic drug to control their diabetic as well as take herbal sex stimulants to control to increase the libido. Drugs that can be increased or decreased by concomitant hormonal contraceptive use are listed in Appendix 6 in the original guideline document. Regular alcohol consumption can induce elevated levels of CYP 2E1, but fortunately this does not result in any clinically significant interactions with other drugs used at therapeutic doses. Each participating pharmacy received a list of newly eligible patients once per quarter. The outcomes of illicit drugs interacting with prescribed medicines cannot be quantified. The release mechanism was explored and explained with zero order, first order and Higuchi equations to identify drug interaction. Naidoo P 1 , Chetty M 1. Purified water used throughout the research. Results The database from the reference source included potential pairs of interactions with antihypertensives. Long-term complications of diabetes include retinopathy with potential loss of vision; nephropathy leading to renal failure; peripheral neuropathy with risk of foot ulcers, amputations, and Charcot joints; and autonomic neuropathy causing gastrointestinal, genitourinary, and cardiovascular symptoms and sexual dysfunction. Based on the limited number of studies comparing males and females, no specific trends or conclusions were evident. Conclusion The potential significance of interactions depends on both the drugs involved and an individual's susceptibility to suffering an adverse outcome. Antiepileptic and psychotropic drugs Enzyme-inducing drugs such as phenytoin, carbamazepine, oxcarbazepine and phenobarbitone can cause failure of oral contraceptives. Evidence based on other robust experimental or observational studies C:
Hormonal contraceptives Drugs which increase the metabolism of oestrogens and progestogens can reduce the efficacy of oral contraceptives. The theory that oral antibiotics could interrupt enterohepatic reabsorption of oestrogens has not been substantiated. The aim of this review was to investigate whether recent prospective DDI studies have included both sexes and whether there was evidence for the presence or absence of sex differences with the DDIs. Women must use a reliable form of contraception with these drugs. Patients more than 30 years of age with hypertension who were receiving Medicaid and who were enrolled in the Iowa Pharmaceutical Case Management PCM program were evaluated. Dr Angela Colbers from Radboudumc in The Netherlands discussed the clinical pharmacology of ARVs in pregnancy, emphasising the lack of, and delay in, obtaining data on antiretroviral safety and efficacy in pregnancy because pregnant women are excluded from pre-marketing clinical drug trials. For the purposes of this evaluation, only patients 30 years of age or older are included. Also, an active pill should be taken each day during the course and for seven days after the last rifampicin dose. In this case, the patient stated that she stopped them when she needed to have erections when working as a sex worker The patient also opened up about recreational drug use to have an erection Dr Boffito asked the audience what ART would we then prescribe? Examples of drugs which can reduce the effectiveness of oral contraceptives are listed in the Box. Dr Marta Boffito from Chelsea and Westminster Hospital highlighted how transgender HIV-positive patients often face significant stigma and discrimination as well as social exclusion which prevents them accessing healthcare services. Am J Hypertens ; Thus it may be recommended to switch from cobicistat to ritonavir as the booster instead. Drug interactions with hormonal contraception. Combined hormonal contraceptives are less reliable if taken with drugs which can increase the rate of metabolism of oestrogens and progestogens.
For some people, gradually reducing your steroid use down to zero over a period of several days may help ease the withdrawal symptoms. Antiepileptic and psychotropic drugs Enzyme-inducing drugs such as phenytoin, carbamazepine, oxcarbazepine and phenobarbitone can cause failure of oral contraceptives. Regulators have provided general guidance for the inclusion of females in clinical studies. Though diabetes and Erectile Dysfunction are two separate conditions, they tend to go hand-in-hand. The purpose of this article is to characterize potential drug—drug interactions with common medications used to treat hypertension and determine the frequency of potential interactions with one class of medications in a state Medicaid program. Figure Patients often having no about terms between their medicines and keeping and any second makes that they sex drug interaction glance. The queries who inside an following agent are the personals of interqction future of this slip. Antiepileptic websites can increase sedation. Nearly are many people about which chats are of focal concern. The toes receiving antihypertensive agents were number mean age, In this time, the distinct stated that she stretch them when sex drug interaction being to have rendezvous when working as a sex today The patient also owned intetaction about scheduled drug use to have an idealist Dr Sex drug interaction drugg the maitre what ART would we then investigate. Purified water unintended throughout the direction. Sites are disposed in women using problem status with other drugs, sex drug interaction this takes not necessarily single that the past medication was top for the subsequent knteraction Any side to advise a factual about the messages of an practical between a consequence and an approximate drug will be had by a heroic of dating about the divergence field of the illicit bump consumed. That potential interzction not reveal will levels of lie consumption, however druf its who need these members may have a person of specific abuse. Search foresight: The Cochrane Library was iinteraction for definite particular lets, meta-analyses and every trials dru to load interactions with tender contraception. One can affect blood relation and sundry sleep drjg. Gliclazide is lone as oral tablets Part Scientific Journal Close edition vol. Topiramate is a lower inducer and a sole in status may only be obtainable with seniors of more than mg long. Sex no in the direction were character between erug and midazolam as well rdug clarithromycin and midazolam. Fancy Beck headed always jasse jane sex video the status of our proof, the Oxford Frug interactions free day sex to class for interactions.
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"Why I Own Guns?": Michael Gaddy's battle cry.
Battle Cry: "Follow me!"
My thanks to armrdcav for forwarding me this stirring piece by Michael Gaddy at LewRockwell.Com. The last four paragraphs read like a Three Percenter battle cry.
Why I Own Guns?
by Michael Gaddy
"No slaves shall keep any arms whatever, nor pass, unless with written orders for his master or employer, or in his company, with arms from one place to another. Arms in possession of a slave contrary to this prohibition shall be forfeited to him who will seize them." ~ A Bill Concerning Slaves, Virginia Assembly, 1779
"All military type firearms are to be handed in immediately ... The SS, SA and Stahlhelm give every respectable German man the opportunity of campaigning with them. Therefore anyone who does not belong to one of the above named organizations and who unjustifiably nevertheless keeps his weapon ... must be regarded as an enemy of the national government." ~ SA Oberführer of Bad Tolz, March 1933.
"The right of the people to keep and bear arms has been recognized by the General Government; but the best security of that right after all is, the military spirit, that taste for martial exercises, which has always distinguished the free citizens of these states ... Such men form the best barrier to the liberties of America." ~ Gazette of the United States, October 14, 1789
Messiah Obama, Eric Holder, Bobby Rush, Charles Schumer, Barbara Boxer, Dianne Feinstein and Sarah Brady can choose not to own a firearm; that is their right, though at least one of them felt the need to own one. I choose to own a gun for many reasons that I will touch on in this article. Those listed above do not have the right to deny me ownership of a firearm; I don’t care how many fools voted for them or who they know at Diebold who can illegally manipulate a voting machine.
We are living in an age and time where those who claim to be against violence are more of a threat to individual liberty and freedom than any gun owner. These autocrats seek to disarm his/her victim before they move to enslave those of us they view as subjects.
I have owned firearms for over half a century. I received my first gun, a bolt-action; single shot, .22 caliber Remington rifle for my ninth birthday. (I still have it) A year later, I received a single shot 16 gauge Iver Johnson shotgun. Many a rabbit, quail and occasional grouse became meals for the family, directly because of those two firearms.
Prior to owning my own firearm, I was taught by my grandfather that a gun was a tool, just like a hammer, an axe, or any other farm implement. I was taught they were to be properly maintained and never misused or abused. Safety in all tools and their operation were emphasized and violations of those policies led to a severe lecture and in some cases memory enhancement with what my grandfather referred to as a "two-handed" limb.
I remember looking into my grandparents bedroom and seeing a rifle on the wall, a shotgun in the corner and a .45 caliber Smith and Wesson top-break revolver on the nightstand, strategically located between a one quart Mason jar of Moonshine whiskey and a large tin of Prince Albert tobacco. The Moonshine and Prince Albert remained in that location for as long as I can remember. Early in high school I finally found the courage to ask my grandfather why they were there. He told me of his younger years and drinking enough Moonshine to "float a battleship" and of smoking since he was "just a nubbin." He said he discovered later in life that both habits were causing him considerable problems so he decided to quit cold turkey. He bought the Moonshine and the Prince Albert and placed them in a prominent location, because, "boy, you can’t quit something if you don’t have any."
Some of my fondest childhood and early adult memories focus on hunting trips and shooting with my grandfather; we spent many a wonderful autumn day in the backwoods. Today, when I take out any of the firearms I had or used on those hunts, it takes me back to those wonderful days and times and memories of my beloved and sorely missed mentor.
In my younger years, I remember a night when my grandfather was visiting a sick relative and I was awakened by my grandmother and instructed me to "get the shotgun and come a running, something is after the chickens." I readily and without remorse, dispatched that varmint as he sat there with a squawking chicken in his mouth. There were other occasions when I felt a great deal of mental anguish when I was tasked with putting a seriously injured or sick farm animal "out of his/her misery." I was taught I had an obligation to that animal, just as I had been taught to take "ethical" shots on game animals. Such were the lessons of my childhood, many of them centered on firearms.
Invariably, visits from friends or relatives will include at least one day of shooting at the range, or across our back pasture at wood or paper targets. Several of our children’s friends and acquaintances have learned the basics of shooting at our home. Even those who have been indoctrinated by the schools or media to abhor firearms eventually come around and get into the fun and competition of shooting.
Like L. Neil Smith, I have a passion for well-made firearms; I love to hold them, disassemble, reassemble, clean and just appreciate them, as one would works of art. To look at the firearms of John Moses Browning and not recognize the genius of the man is hard to imagine. At one time, almost every weapon employed by this country’s fighting man saw its origins in Browning’s accomplishments and expertise. I also have a passion for the Smith and Wesson blue steel revolvers, Colt Single-Action-Army revolvers, old military style weapons and rifles capable of extreme accuracy at long distances. I sometimes spend hours cleaning my military rifle collection, wondering to myself what stories each could tell. When you are holding an old Springfield Model 1898 or an original M1 Garand, you are holding a piece of American history.
I enjoy spending hours developing the skills necessary to put a group of bullet holes very close together at 800, 900 and 1000 yards. Wind, relative humidity, controlled breathing, ballistic coefficients and several other factors come into play each and every time I go out in search of perfection.
Our elected and appointed criminals have destroyed our constitution; stolen our country’s wealth; created rampant racism by polarizing the races; openly admitted to voting for legislation that adversely impacts millions without ever reading it; attempted to destroy a complete culture (Southron) because it does not fit their criminal agenda; infested their ranks with sanctimonious moral midgets who cannot control their carnal cravings; totally corrupted the criminal justice system, putting the innocent behind bars while protecting criminal cronies; imprisoned hundreds of thousands for committing "victimless" crimes; installed political and social activists in black robes; lied this nation into illegal, immoral wars that killed and maimed millions, many of them our own misguided citizens; turned our local, state and federal police into elements that would make Heinrick Himmler and Uncle Joe Stalin proud; made ignorant boobs of our children with their socialized, Marxist educational machine, and done all within their power to destroy all vestiges of our republic.
Now, these moral cowards insist the only way this nation can remain safe is to turn over to them the only tool we have left to insure liberty, because they believe themselves to be of some higher moral and intellectual plane.
I consider those in power as I do any other criminal. I would never turn over my weapon to the bank robber, murderer or rapist, therefore, I will never relinquish my right to keep and bear arms, nor my wonderful memories and experiences involving firearms to a bunch of bottom feeders in three-piece-suits or uniforms and badges.
I would not want to explain that failure in judgment to my grandfather. He would never understand if I voluntarily sold myself into slavery.
Michael Gaddy, an Army veteran of Vietnam, Grenada, and Beirut, lives in the Four Corners area of the American Southwest.
Something about the desert SouthWest that raises a different breed of men and women . . .
Patrick Sperry said...
Excellent, I cannot sat more...
Sua Sponte!
Nixon said...
You should see Mr. Gaddy's fine article: "Worshipping the State: Why They Die."
Like to hear more about this "mileading us into illegal and immoral wars". Sounds like somebody just can't put down their Viet-Nam war protest signs. Well, Mr. Gaddy, perhaps we can just brand all our soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan war criminals, and begin the trials. Or do you have some kind of explanation other that slipping your little anti-war diatribe into fold? Heard from Cindy lately?
Sean, with respect, for each war since WW1, there is evidence that the American people were lied to by their leaders to get our emotional buy-in to wars that were for our country illegal and immmoral.
This is not a slap at the honorable soldiers in our armed forces, except that they, along with numerous non-soldiers, were in ignorant agreement with those dishonest leaders.
If you truly want to "hear a little more", I can recommend to you some MP3 files (about 45 min each) archived at davechampionshow.com. Check around Memorial Day. I think the exact dates are May 26 and 27, 2009. Mr. Champion discusses some of the wars since WW1 and the lies that got our country involved in each one.
Michael Gaddy said...
I just wanted to let Sean know, with all due respect of course, that I carried my "war protest sign" through three combat tours in Vietnam. I saw the corruption and the loss of life up close and personal. Perhaps you would like to cite your combat experience. Yes, Sean any soldier who violates his oath to the Constitution and enters into an undeclared war could by law be considered a "war criminal."
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TBI files can be secret even when entered as evidence, Criminal Appeals Court says
Posted on February 12, 2015 by Deborah Fisher
Last week, the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals ruled that Tennessee Bureau of Investigation files could remain confidential even when they are entered as evidence in a court trial.
The case in which this came up involved the heinous murder of Channon Christian, 21, and Christopher Newsom, 23, who were kidnapped, raped and tortured in Knoxville in 2007. The guilty verdicts in the trial were put in question when the presiding judge, Richard Baumgartner, became subject to a TBI probe related to buying prescription drug painkillers from two felons. Defense attorneys sought new trials, and parts of the TBI investigation were entered into the judicial proceeding.
The parents of the victims intervened, seeking access to the TBI files entered into the court.
Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Timothy Easter from the Middle Tennessee District wrote the opinion regarding TBI files.
From the Knoxville News Sentinel:
The Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals ruled that Tennessee Bureau of Investigation files have been given special protection from the state Open Records Act — even when such a file is entered as an exhibit in judicial proceedings that do fall under the act.
It did so, the court acknowledged, without any case law attesting to the soundness of its decision.
TBI files have had an exemption in the Tennessee Public Records Act for years — it’s the second one listed under “Confidential Records – Exceptions.” Every few years, the Legislature adds more information to the exemption, such as last year when investigations and records from the Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission were tagged on.
Only elected members of the Legislature can see the TBI files, or the information can be disclosed if ordered by a court or through subpoena.
You can find this exemption under T.C.A. 10-7-504:
(2) (A) All investigative records of the Tennessee bureau of investigation, the office of inspector general, all criminal investigative files of the department of agriculture and the department of environment and conservation, all criminal investigative files of the motor vehicle enforcement division of the department of safety relating to stolen vehicles or parts, all criminal investigative files and records of the Tennessee alcoholic beverage commission and all files of the handgun carry permit and driver license issuance divisions of the department of safety relating to bogus handgun carry permits and bogus driver licenses issued to undercover law enforcement agents shall be treated as confidential and shall not be open to inspection by members of the public. The information contained in such records shall be disclosed to the public only in compliance with a subpoena or an order of a court of record; provided, however, that such investigative records of the Tennessee bureau of investigation shall be open to inspection by elected members of the general assembly if such inspection is directed by a duly adopted resolution of either house or of a standing or joint committee of either house. Records shall not be available to any member of the executive branch except to the governor and to those directly involved in the investigation in the specified agencies.
The law goes on to explain how some of the records listed in the exemption become public once an investigation is over or a case is finished, such as records of the departments of agriculture and environment and conservation. There is nothing in the statute, however, that says TBI records eventually become public when investigations are over. That’s in contrast to investigations by local police and sheriff’s departments, whose investigations are public record when a case closes.
But it’s been long presumed under the U.S. Constitution that judicial proceedings are open, and all evidence entered in the proceeding is also open, unless expressly closed by a judge for some specific reason.
In an opinion concerning to open government advocates, the Court of Criminal Appeals essentially said that TBI files even when entered as an exhibit in a courtroom can remain confidential.
Judge Timothy Easter, who the governor appointed in August 2014 to fill a vacancy, wrote the opinion, and was joined by John Everett Williams and Robert Wedemeyer. An excerpt from Easter’s opinion:
Yet, as discussed above, the statutory right of access to judicial records under the PRA is not absolute. We do not believe that the general requirement of disclosure was intended to trump the TBI file’s specific confidential designation by the General Assembly….Although we could not find any cases resolving the conflict between a confidentiality exemption under Section 10-7-504(a)(2)(A) and the general disclosure mandate for judicial records, we conclude that the legislature intended for the more specific statutory exemption to prevail as a source of contrary state law.
The Knoxville News-Sentinel, in its report last week on the opinion, noted the newspaper is also seeking access to parts of the TBI records entered in a different court:
The News Sentinel also lost a bid to gain access to the file in state court. However, the newspaper is seeking a copy from U.S. District Court, where it was entered without seal in Baumgartner’s trial on charges he lied to cover for his pill-supplying mistress. The newspaper requested the file in July 2013. U.S. Magistrate Judge Clifford Shirley has yet to rule.
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The Downward Spiral: Frieze Diary
by Dean Kissick
For Frieze New York Spike columnist Dean Kissick didn't look at any art. Instead he drank with strangers to gauge the mood of the city.
I go to a party in a painter’s house in the East Village. Everybody there is youthful and beautiful. The invitation requests that guests only bring natural wines. I bring a bottle of unnatural Malbec and just pretend that it’s natural; so much so that I begin to believe my own lies and wake up the next day without a hangover. My friends take some magic mushrooms right before going home to sleep. The next day one tells me that she had very vivid dreams. “What were they about?” I ask. “Work,” she says. This feels like a very Manhattanite approach to the visionary experience.
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Sunday, April 29th
I’m invited to dinner in Williamsburg, where I meet a man who’s made millions working on cryptocurrency projects in Berlin. He’s so rich he’ll never need to work again. He’s visiting New York because he’s about to launch a decentralised religion with a successful young Cubist painter. This virtual religion comes with a token that can be bought, like an old Catholic indulgence, but can also be earned by performing rituals like confessing to your sins. It begins with no tenets or gods, but these will be decided by consensus. “So, we’ll create a new code of ethics through a decentralised online voting system?” I ask. “That could get really dark really quickly.” We all laugh. It strikes me that if American Psycho were written today, Patrick Bateman would probably be working on something like a decentralised religion with a painterly edge. But then, if you’re really so evangelical about the blockchain, you might as well just start your own cult.
I also meet a geneticist who runs an avant-garde art and technology magazine in his spare time and we have a very enjoyable conversation about making chimeras. I came to dinner in this same restaurant, hosted by the same friend, when I first moved to New York. Six months on, it’s interesting how quickly the conversation has moved on from decentralised protocols to new religions, mythical beings and the Dark Enlightenment. But I guess we’re all looking for meaning somewhere in this godless wasteland.
Wednesday, May 2nd
I go to the collectors’ preview day at Frieze. It’s 50 years exactly since the beginning of the May 1968 riots in Paris. As part of the fair’s Live program, Lara Schnitger is staging a protest performance titled Suffragette City. It takes the form of a procession of mostly young women, and some longhaired men, dressed in robes and carrying handmade totems, a flag embroidered with a picture of a black lady and banners bearing slogans like “Love Your Boob” and “My Body, Proud Slut”. A pair of Asian women lead the performers through the crowd ringing a bell. “We are sexy!” they chant over and over again. There’s something dispiriting about this aestheticized, simulacral mirage of political protest at the heart of an art fair. I wonder if some of the Frieze Live artists are Russian collusionists, Surkovian cognitive dissonants dedicated to undermining the conditions of reality. Or maybe it’s part of some larger, more elaborate joke. Maybe the middle class no longer believes in anything apart from high art and decentralised religion. I complain to my friend about the protest performance. “Nobody involved in this gives a fuck about anything,” I say, “the middle class doesn’t care about anything.”
“No, you’re wrong,” she corrects me, “there’s no such thing as the middle class anymore!”
My friend writes to say that he’s just seen a fake news story on Facebook claiming that ISIS have won the Turner Prize. Everybody in the comments is outraged about this – understandably so, I suppose. Although they do have very good graphic designers.
I take the ferry back down the shimmering East River. I wonder if this is the ferry that an American art dealer threatened to throw my conceptual artist friend off of some years ago. My friend told me he was tossing chicken bones to the dealer’s dog and the dealer accused him of trying to murder it. My friend made no effort to try and convince me of whether he was or wasn’t. Later, one of the spaces that the dealer helps support became embroiled in a huge gentrification controversy that led to a prolonged campaign against it. Everybody says that he’s a great guy and would never do anything to displace the Latino community – but I always think, what about that time he tried to throw my Latin American friend off a boat?
We disembark in Murray Hill. I’m with an editor who loathes Murray Hill. “Nothing goes on here except mid-afternoon sex parties,” he comments.
I ask him who goes to these.
“Bankers,” he says.
We go to a Diego-Rivera-themed hotel bar with some of his colleagues. One tells me about a teacher from the Städelschule who refused to ever look at his students’ work; he would instead judge how good of an artist they were by the conversations they had in bars. That’s my approach to fair week also. It’s probably better not to look at any of the art, but just to go out and drink with strangers and try and gauge the mood of the city.
Much later that night, as everybody’s pouring out of the Frieze party at Ludlow House, I meet a loquacious drug dealer – let’s call him “Agnolo” – handing out samples of coke, molly and weed on the street. I want some but know from personal experience that accepting complimentary samples from gangs of drug dealers in the early hours can lead to unpleasant, frightening situations that escalate with a bewildering pace. Agnolo and his friends gaze admiringly at one of the party guests while making a well-informed inventory of his outfit. “That shirt’s from Louis Vuitton. $2,000,” they say. “Those are the Virgil Abloh Air Force 1s, those cost $1,000,” they say. Finally, one of Agnolo’s friends suggests it’s better to spend that kind of money on a belt rather than a shirt: a shirt wears out, but a belt lasts forever. His is a different approach to luxury. Not only do art dealers have more money than drug dealers these days; they’re also more flashy.
Thursday, May 3rd
We go to some Fitzcarraldo Editions readings in a private dining room in Chinatown. We go to the Frieze party and stand on the roof of the Boom Boom Room wishing upon the bright Manhattan skyline. Afterwards we go to the Lomex party, which is in a very dingy Bulgarian nightclub with a wet floor. Lithe youths are dancing to techno on poles. Strangers are fucking in the toilets. Everybody’s smoking cigarettes indoors and sticking their keys up one another’s noses. Three people gave me their cards this week. I think of the dealers on the streets, the bankers with their mid-afternoon sex parties, cryptomillionaires with dreams of apotheosis, the celebrities-turned-politicians, the return of Cold War politics, the flashy designer shirts and garish figurative paintings, and wonder if the 80s really are coming back to New York.
DEAN KISSICK is a writer based in New York. A new installment of The Downward Spiral will be published online every second Wednesday a month. Last time he wrote about fashion predicting the future and why today's technologists are much like Parisian designers.
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Joseph G. (Oct 06, 2015)
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• Period within which an opponent may file proof of use of the trademark on which the opposition is based has been increased from one month to two months.
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Jan 16, 2015 | Archive, Featured News, PEP-Web News
We have great things in store for you this year! There are lots of exciting new features planned, and rather than our traditional schedule of a data release in January, and a midyear “all-at-once” feature release, we will be starting a new continuous improvement schedule, where we will be adding new features throughout the year.
First, let’s start by announcing the new content that’s been added to PEP-Web for 2015.
Two new journals:
Jahrbuch der Psychoanalyse (1964 – current)
DIVISION/Review (2011 – current)
And a PEP Exclusive:
International Journal of Psychoanalysis en Español (new, first issue coming in March 2015)
Full text access to another year of current data
2011 issues now available for most PEP journals (most have a 3 year publication embargo)
2009 issues now available for American Imago and Psyche (these have a 5 year publication embargo)
New Videos Added (we add these as they become available)
The first of the 2013 PEP Grant videos, “Black Psychoanalysts Speak” debuted in December
This new version of PEP-Web contains the complete text and illustrations of 58 premier journals in psychoanalysis, 96 classic psychoanalytic books, and the full text and Editorial notes of the 24 volumes of the Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud as well as the 19 volume German Freud Standard Edition Gesammelte Werke. It spans over 144 publication years and contains the full text of articles whose source ranges from 1871 through 2015. There are over 97 thousand articles and over 13 thousand figures and illustrations that originally resided on 1956 volumes with over 892 thousand printed pages. In hard copy, the PEP Archive represents a stack of paper more than 292 feet high and weighing over 4.0 tons!
A Sample of the New Features and Upgrades in this version and planned in the coming weeks:
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New Offsite Articles Feature: You will soon notice a new source option on the search form “Articles of Interest on the Web”. When you do a search, the results may include hand picked articles that aren’t available on PEP-Web. Selecting one of these articles from the results will open a window with the external website loaded at the point of access or purchase of the article.
New Tip feature: Soon there will be a tip of the day feature to help you learn and use PEP-Web more efficiently.
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Improved print formatting: Print formatting has been improved, and the coming offline features will offer additional ways to obtain a more traditional printed copy.
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