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Galaxiki - big update with over 100 new features
Galaxiki is the award winning fictional galaxy that is owned and can be edited by its community. It's a social network and web 2.0 site for everyone interested in science, fiction and space.
Each star, each planet and each moon in our online galaxy is represented by a wiki page that can be edited by its site members. Users can make changes to solar systems, add creatures and write stories. One of the main goals is to invent and write collaborative stories, which requires users to make sure their solar system histories remain compatible.
In July 2011 Galaxiki Team introduced Galaxiki 2.5, the latest version which offers more than 100 new features. It is now possible to edit most of the solar system physics, you can add or edit planetary rings and the site offers a new search engine. There are also lots of new social networking features including solar system ratings and comments, bookmarks, user awards and user status updates.
Galaxiki has won several awards - it was one of the SeoMoz Web 2.0 Awards winners, it was community site of the week in Linux Journal and it was site of the day on Yahoo, About.com and Pocketlint for example.
Galaxiki membership and editing community stars is free. Some users want to own a personal solar system that cannot be edited by other members, therefore its possible to get a personal system by making a donation (you can give as much as you want, starting at $1). The site itself is being financed through donations and a small amount of advertising.
http://scherlund.blogspot.com/2010/11/galaxiki-20-turns-popular-sci-fi-site.html
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Free Webinar: UNHCR’s innovative approach to achieve a global content management strategy
UNHCR’s innovative approach to achieve a global content management strategy
An experience from the field.
When: 26 July 2011,
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Atish Gonsalves, Director of Learning Technology at the United Nations High Committee for Refugees (UNHCR), Alessio Artuffo, Director of Operations and Fabrizio Cardinali, CEO at eXact learning solutions NA, will present the audience with an actual experience from the field of a fully functioning LCMS project using IMS specifications for standardizing learning content production and procurement processes within large organizations.
Learning Content Management in large organizations & key drivers to a learning content-centric strategy
Enable global collaboration of content production processes
Drastically increase your ROI and decrease your time-to-production while maintaining high-quality standards and consistency
Join the webinar and learn how the adoption of an enterprise content management solution, XML based, SCORM certified and supported by multi-channel RLOs (Reusable Learning Object template libraries), assists the UNHCR content development capabilities.
This webinar will include a practical demonstration of the new version 8 of eXact LCMS, now supporting also: advanced Web based and off-line authoring, Android and iPad delivery, dynamic publishing on legacy LMS 3rd party platforms.
The 20 Meanest Teacher Evaluations of All Time
Liz Nutt has been in touch to reminds us about this published article below.
Photo: OnlineUniversities.com
Students may suffer through the semester with professors they don’t appreciate, but with finals come student evaluations, and they’re not always pretty. Fair or unfair, teacher evaluations can be pretty entertaining, and we’ve pulled out a selection of the meanest (and funniest) teacher evaluations we could find. Enjoy these evaluations — and be glad you didn’t have these professors (or students).
Professor Wikipedia: The author of this evaluation admits it’s a nasty one, but it sounds like it was deserved. His professor often reads Wikipedia in class and also uses the website for weekly lecture references. The student chose to spend his time learning from a YouTube professor instead, as his professor failed to teach effectively, and suggested that the school send his professor’s pay to the YouTube professor.
Take a closer look at OnlineUniversities.com's blog
Thanks to Liz.
Source: OnlineUniversities.com
FREE Webinar: How To Tell Your Story With a Better Bio
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How To Tell Your Story With a Better Bio
Date: Tuesday July 26th, 2011,
Time: 3pm EST (NYC time).
This session is for authors, speakers, coaches, consultants, and entrepreneurs.
The “About” page is one of the first pages people visit on your website. It’s where people naturally go to decide if they like you, trust you, and want to do business with you.
Obviously, there’s a lot at stake. It’s also the hardest page to write. Because you have to talk about yourself. And you’re afraid of saying the wrong thing.
In this webinar, you’ll learn the following insights, and more:
#1 simplest thing you can add to your “About” page for immediate results
Why character trumps credentials, and how to reveal a deeper story
How to know if you’re bragging versus engaging your audience
The Chocolate Secret: an instant way to endear yourself to readers
Nobody wants to sound lame, boring, or boasting. By applying a few key storytelling techniques, you’ll learn how to attract more clients and build your thought-leader mojo.
Register below with your name and email to receive the webinar info.
Michael Margolis teaches entrepreneurs how to tell their story. The son of an inventor and artist, Michael is obsessed with all forms of storytelling. His book Believe Me: a Storytelling Manifesto for Change-Makers and Innovators has been downloaded by more than 10,000 people. Michael curates the Reinvention Summit and recently commissioned the world’s first research study on “About” pages. Michael’s work and ideas have been featured in Fast Company, BrandWeek, Storytelling Magazine, and more.
Read more about Michael.
Enjoy this free webinar!
ESL Kids in the Classroom? How to Get them Up to Speed with Technology by Lenore Holditch
Today I have Lenore Holditch as guest blogger.
Please be sure to check out her unique guest post. Guest posts are always welcome, please contact me.
It's remarkable the speed with which children can grasp and apply technology. "Digital natives" possess a seemingly innate ability to pick up any computer or electronic device and learn its principle components with only a few tries. At the same time, however, the kids who are naturals at technology are those who have been exposed to it since a very young age, when they were undergoing important developmental changes, enabling them to learn things quickly like picking up language. However, there is another cohort of students, those whose second language is English, and who may have not grown up with technology at all. Here are a few tips for ensuring that you can have all your students on the same technological page.
1. Encourage technology exposure outside the classroom.
If a student does not own a computer or have Internet access at home, then make sure that you encourage your student to participate in after school activities in which using technology is emphasized, like going to the library or joining a technology club. This is particularly helpful because one class period per day is not enough to provide students the exposure they need.
2. Teach all your students to use Google Translate.
Google Translate epitomizes the very international world that the Internet has become. If you have students who are trying to improve their language skills, whether English or a foreign language, then Google Translate is a must-have. The great thing about Google Translate is that, by adjusting settings, users can have a web page displayed in the target language. Then by hovering over an unfamiliar phrase or word with the cursor, the phrase is translated to the native language. This enables ESL students to learn new words constantly while still being able to defer to their native language in an emergency.
3. Discourage "Internetspeak" especially among students who are trying to improve their English.
Nearly two-thirds of students use informal text slang in school assignments, as noted in a study conducted by the Pew Internet and American Life project. As such, while poor writing skills are already a problem among most American students, it is especially important to discourage ESL students from using such terms. For students whose first language is English, most of them do know better than to use LOL in a school assignments, but for ESL students, they may pick up bad habits that can be harder to fix if not corrected in time.
4. If parents are not aware, emphasize to them during conferences how important technology is to their children's future success.
As then First Lady Hilary Clinton once so famously noted, "It takes a village to raise a child." Parents and other family members are instrumental keys to their children's success. Parents of many households who do not own a computer may not have one because they don't understand its importance. Of course, it's not absolutely necessary to have computers and Internet access at home, but be sure to explain to parents why being regularly exposed to technology will put them ahead of the curve in the future.
Teaching ESL kids is always a challenge to begin with, but keep in mind that by vigorously immersing your students in technology, both their language skills and general life skills will improve by leaps and bounds.
Take a closer look at TopOnlineColleges.com's blog
This guest contribution was submitted by Lenore Holditch, who specializes in writing about top online colleges. Questions and comments can be sent to: holditch.lenore@gmail.com.
Many thanks to Lenore.
New issue of the International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning (IRRODL) is Now Online
Photo: Terry Anderson
"IRRODL issue 12.5. is certainly one of the strongest we have published. Rather than try to summarize the nine research articles, one research note, and one book review, I will merely list the topics. I hope doing so encourages you to retrieve the full text of those subjects that tweak your interest.
As always, issue 12.5 features contributions from many countries. There are three articles from the USA, two from Sweden, and one each from Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Ghana, and Spain." summarizes Terry Anderson, Edtor."
Just look at this interesting line-up below.
Study orchestrations in distance learning: Identifying dissonance and its implications for distance educators
By Bill Anderson, Scott W F Lee, Mary G Simpson and Sarah J Stein
Open access textbooks and financial sustainability: A case study on Flat World Knowledge
By John Levi Hilton III and David Wiley
Liminality and disinhibition in online language learning
By Una Mary Cunningham
Social presence within the community of inquiry framework
By David Annand
Role engagement and anonymity in synchronous online role play
By Sarah Cornelius, Carole Gordon and Margaret Harris
Assessment of learner acceptance and satisfaction with video-based instructional materials for teaching practical skills at a distance
By Francis Donkor
Learner analysis framework for globalized e-learning: A case study
By Mamta Saxena
Shifting the emphasis from teaching to learning: Process-based assessment in nurse education
By Peter Bergström
Quality of e-learners’ time and learning performance beyond quantitative time-on-task
By Margarida Romero and Elena Barberà
Beginning course surveys: Bridges to knowing and bridges to being
By David Starr-Glass
The impact of e-learning programs on the internationalization of the university
By Nataly Tcherepashenets
Source: The international review of research in open and distance learning
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Short Story: Why The Bear Will Never Dance by Kneel Downe
Posted Feb 21 2015 by Paul in Short Story with 0 Comments
“We must gather wood soon.” Said Owl. “For the night draws in….but first. Another Tale…”
Amelia moved Frog from his log and settled down.
“This story is called Why The Bear will Never Dance.”
Amelia cocked her head and became interested.
“Go on Wise Bird.” She said.
It was a hesitant Spring….some time between the War of the Crown and the rise of the Hairless Apes….
King Bear yawned and stretched….
Beside him, stretching also, his Queen smiled and burrowed her nose into his great, powerful neck…
“Good awakenings my love.” She said.
Joy…and weak sunlight was upon them as they left their cave.
Around them they could hear the rest of the Tribe waking up.
Grunted the King
“Come Wife of mine.” He said… “Let us see how the Cold Time has treated our kingdom.”
And paw in giant paw they padded away…
Winter had taken its toll on some of the older trees….broken now….but here and there sprouted growth anew.
All was as should be.
But then stopped the Queen and her nose was as twitch will be….
“Fire?” She said….and raced away towards the cliff crowning the valley.
And below them…stretching over half a Bear Mile was an encampment of commotion and sheds and small hungry flames.
Figures rushed calling.
The King frowned….and although they had never seen one before they both knew what lay below….
“The Hairless are here.” He said….
So…the King and Queen sat and watched them all day long.
For although never seeing them they had heard many tales of this new race…
And what they saw impressed them.
They cared for their young….they understood the need for shelter and they seemed to have a hint of law..
Until the Great old King arose..
“We shall leave them be my love..now come…it is time for the Awakening Feast and.” He winked. “Affection”
Things progressed as things have a habit of doing….Spring spread it’s shadow into Summer and all was as good is and should be….
Then…one morning on their patrol they stopped to check on their new neighbors…
And they saw.
Vast swathes of the Old Proud Forest gone..
Hacked and slashed and chopped and burnt these wise old friends…
Only a cemetery of stumps remained.
And the Queen growled heavy and low..
“We must do something.” She said…
And the King being mindful of his wife and also his duties agreed.
So it was he called for his son…
And handing his son the purple sash of friendship he said.
“Go and speak with our neighbors…bring them our kinship and concern my son.”
For this was the way of the Elder Races.
This was the path of Wisdom.
An ancient power known as Negotiation…
So the son left the camp…
Days become weeks and weeks birthed a month…
But still the son did not return…
So the King called for his daughter most fair…
And handing her honeycombs most delicious he said.
“Take these to our neighbors. Thank them for their kind accomadation but tell them….”
“Tell them the year is growing old and the Father wishes to gaze upon his Son once more.”
And kissing her gentle he sent her on her way….
Passed another month….yet still no word from Son and now Daughter…
And as the world wheel turned the Great Bear King felt concern grow.
Until….early one morning he slipped away from his kingdom and padded heavy towards the bustling encampment…
Bees buzzed his passing…
Drawing closer he heard bangings and clangings….almost as if these new born ones had discovered the magic of music….
Onward he strode…
As he entered the emergent town he was pleased to see the hairless ones bend and cower before him….for he was no ordinary Bear…
No….he was a King and more than thrice the size and weight of lesser Bears.
However, he tried his best to smile kindly at the inhabitants.
“Where do my children dwell?” He called out….”Their Father is here.”
But none answered and so, sighing, he made his way to the music…
Up close the King noted that what little hair they had was matted and ridden with lice…..
And their teeth were as rotten as wood in water
And then….turning a corner he located the source of the music.
A crowd with crude drums and gaudy dyed robes…
Jeering.
Hollering.
And….in the centre of this crowd..
His children….chained and prodded and poked and beaten with wooden staves..
Jerking. Shuddering…..
Deafening his roar…
And with swiping paws he smote all around him….
Fell the silence….and snapping the chains the King freed them both
Gently he lifted them into his arms and cradling them, as a father must always cradle his young, he turned and left this place….
When he reached his kingdom he placed them down as light as feathers are…and he cried to his tribe.
“We leave! We leave now…this hour!”
So it was that the Tribe of Bear travelled deep into the Forest..high onto the mountains. Into crevices and ravines where men would never go
And here they planted their kingdom anew.
Time passed.
Wounds and bodies healed.
But the children’s eyes stayed ever dull and sad….
And although healthy and fair they would never do anything without being told to…
Mankind had a word for this.
“That is an ugly word.” Said Amelia..
“Yes child it is….later on men would come to rename it as Government…”
Amelia started…
“My father worked for the government.” She said..
And Owl was shocked…for the girl never ever spoke of her past.
“Child?” He said.
But she had become as distracted and shook her head….
“Nothing Owl…nothing…it was as if another dream had entered my eye….”
So Owl continued.
“And that child is why the Tribe of Bear will never ever dance again.”
Amelia was sad.
“To never dance is an awful thing”
“But child, they do…they dance for the Sun and the Moon. For the pools and the trees…they dance for themselves.
But never for any other”
“That must be beautifull to see.” She said….
And Owl smiled.
“Oh it is my sweet one….it truly is.”
“It is getting late.” Said Owl. “We must gather wood and once the fire is full and true we shall share further tales…”
Amelia grinned…
“What is next?” She pleaded as pleading is and was…
Owl regarded her…
“Next child…next we must speak of spiders….”
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Spectroscopy of the neutron-deficient nucleus 167Os.
Gómez Hornillos, M. and O'Donnell, D. and Simpson, J. and Joss, D. and Bianco, L. and Cederwall, B. and Grahn, T. and Greenlees, P. and Hadinia, B. and Jones, P. and Julin, R. and Juutinen, S. and Ketelhut, S. and Labiche, M. and Leino, M. and Nyman, M. and Page, R. and Paul, E. and Petri, Marina and Peura, P. and Rahkila, P. and Ruotsalainen, P. and Sandzelius, M. and Sapple, P. and Sarén, J. and Scholey, C. and Sorri, J. and Thomson, J. and Uusitalo, J. (2009):
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γ-Decay branching ratios measured by γ-ray tagging.
Sandzelius, M. and Hadinia, B. and Cederwall, B. and Andgren, K. and Ganioğlu, E. and Darby, I. and Dimmock, M. and Eeckhaudt, S. and Grahn, T. and Greenlees, P. and Ideguchi, E. and Jones, P. and Joss, D. and Julin, R. and Juutinen, S. and Khaplanov, A. and Leino, M. and Nelson, L. and Niikura, M. and Nyman, M. and Page, R. and Pakarinen, J. and Paul, E. and Petri, Marina and Rahkila, P. and Sarén, J. and Scholey, C. and Sorri, J. and Uusitalo, J. and Wadsworth, R. and Wyss, R. (2007):
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¿Terciarización de la economía andaluza? La estructura productiva andaluza y los servicios en la globalización
The place where the services are located has important consequences for the economic development of regions, and specially in the case of the producer services, which have demonstrate to be crucial in the development processes.
Ciencias›Geología
Políticas globales y desigualdades locales: efectos socioeconómicos de la política pesquera comunitaria
Focusing the concrete articulation between global processes and local socio-economic effects in the fishing village of Barbate, the first part of this reading summarizes, on one hand, the main guidelines of fishing markets globalisation process; on the other hand, both the geo-politic realm for the European Union and Magreb relationships, and the Fishing Policy designed by European Union.
Modernising the regulation of medical migration: moving from national monopolies to international markets
Abstract Background Traditional top-down national regulation of internationally mobile doctors and nurses is fast being rendered obsolete by the speed of globalisation and digitisation.
Ciencias de la Salud›Medicina
Globalisation, Migration and Socio-Economic Change in Contemporary Greece : Processes of Social Incorporation of Balkan Immigrants in Thessaloniki
This empirical study examines issues surrounding the integration of immigrants in Greece, in particular in Thessaloniki, as well as looking at migrants in neighbouring countries, Albania and Bulgaria. The book suggests that immigrants' integration should be understood in relation to broader processes of social change, which are increasingly connected to global forces. The transformation of Greece into a multicultural society has taken place during a period of transition and of increasing exposure to the international environment.
Historia y Arqueología›Historia (General)›Obras Generales
Terra Incognita. Globalisering, ecologie en rechtvaardige duurzaamheid
Despite all attempts by many governments in the world to ascribe to the Holy Grail of ‘sustainable development’, Ecosystem Earth is confronted with a gargantuan sustainability crisis. The West has seduced the rest of the world to copy its highly attractive, albeit unsustainable development paradigm. In a finite world the eco-impact of the global consumer class cannot be extrapolated to all human beings. The ecological crisis and the global justice issue are linked to each other as Siamese twins.
Arte, Arquitectura y Artes Aplicadas›Bellas Artes
Globalisation and private infrastructure investments in emerging markets
The budgets of many emerging economies are overstretched by competing claims on the available resources, with major implications for infrastructure and service delivery. This is a serious predicament particularly in poorer emerging economies where inadequate infrastructure imposes huge constraints on sustainable development. To augment the public sources of funding for infrastructure investment, several of these countries are developing various schemes that will enable the utilization of private financing from both domestic and international investors.
Ingeniería y Ciencias Aplicadas›Ingeniería›Ingeniería (General)
Globalisation and Learning
Ingeniería y Ciencias Aplicadas›Ingeniería›Ingeniería Química
Impacts of the globalized economy on the environment: the tanning industry in the Vale do Rio dos Sinos
This case study analysed the impact of the global economy on the environment of the Vale do Rio do Sinos region in southern Brazil. Interviews and questionnaires were used to collect data from social, cultural, economic and political agents in this region, and documents about the tanning industry were reviewed and analysed.
Ciencias›Biología
Globalisation, corporate governance and the construction industry
A defining characteristic of globalisation is the ease of trade. This characteristic has exposed a high degree of diversity and inconsistency in global business practices. As these inconsistencies increase risk, investors are identifying mechanisms to standardise business practices. A key mechanism is the application of good corporate governance practices. Good corporate governance practices include the corporation’s business behaviour in its operational environment. Investors are therefore guided as much by the financial statements as they are by the enterprise’s business behaviour.
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President Bush Revealed to be Actor Posing as President for Reality TV Show
The man believed to be President Bush for the last five years revealed today that he is in fact an actor named Trace Warnerton and was posing as President for a new Fox reality series, Our Lazy Ignorant Obnoxious Commander in Chief. Bush/Warnerton said he could no longer go on with the charade after the disaster response to hurricane Katrina last week.
Warnerton said he was hired to fool the country by acting as a spoiled and ignorant Commander in Chief. “It was set up so I would do these outlandish things as 'President' and we’d film the reaction of the nation,” said Warnerton. “The writers had me start a war in a country which did not contain Osama bin Laden, give tax cuts to the rich during war time and then do this bizarre cross country tour for Social Security cuts nobody asked for. I mean we were sure citizens would be coming to town with torches to get me out of the White House”
What we didn’t plan on was September 11th,” Warnerton said. “Christ, after that, I could do no wrong....the writers tried their best to make citizens turn on me, the Patriot Act, opening up wilderness areas to oil drilling, sweetheart deals for the Vice President’s former company, but nothing seemed to work. God, they even reelected me after we did that ear transmitter sketch during the debates....go figure.”
“I just couldn’t go on with it anymore after this past week,” said Warnerton. “I was going to get five million dollars if I made it through my second term as ‘President’, but I just couldn’t, not after I saw those pictures from New Orleans and the other gulf states. The writers thought that by ignoring the disaster and continuing my vacation, they would finally get the reaction shots from the nation they were looking for. But, real lives were at stake here, I was ashamed of myself at the end of the week. Imagine what I’d be feeling if I was the real President!”
Warnerton said he is not sure what he’ll do now that he is no longer the pretend President. “It’s not a bad life, they take care of you in the White House,” he said. “I think I’ll take a couple of weeks off, my agent has me up for a Lifetime movie, we’ll see. Oh, I almost forgot, somebody better tell Gore he won fair and square in 2000, I guess he’s President now, or Kerry is, I don’t know. I’ll let them figure it out.”
Give that guy an Emmy and remove him from office, along with his Emmy-winning support cast. This I believe.
fallenmonk said...
Oh my! I hope they are not considering syndication. I think we need to have some review of the management of central casting they have obviously confused the mission statement.
P.S. Thanks for the Birthday wishes. Don't ask me why I am up at this time of the morning in Tokyo. The old biological clock is resisting the 13 hour time change...big time.
Sylvana said...
You'd think that this would have to be some whacky scheme for ratings. Maybe the news companies are behind it all. They needed stuff to report. They got tired of the near decade of no exciting news except that everyone was making money and that wages were going up and people were getting great benefits. That gets boring after awhile. Yeah, I bet they conspired to put a dipshit in office that would give them some oomph in their broadcasts.
OldRoses said...
OH . . . MY . . . GOD . . . The title of this post alone is priceless. Dr. Max, you are a genius.
TC Byrd said...
Damn you, Old Roses! I was going to say, "You, my friend, are a sick genius."
Herge Smith said...
So was Trace playing the man George Bush, or was George Bush purely a fictional creation cooked up in a comedy lab?
I know which one my money is on.
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Read The Night In Question Player’s Guide
Our player’s guide outlines how the Night in Question works, how the game operates and what systems we use. It is for anyone who wants to learn more about the Night in Question, and learn about how we are structuring our experience.
Find any issues or mistakes? Let us know on Discord or Facebook.
Read Our Player’s Guide
Introducing the Blood Bag Experience (Only $39)
Want to be a unique part of the Night In Question’s horrific experience, and help create an amazing horror atmosphere? Would you like to be a scream queen or king for a night?
We’re offering a special deal to players who want to participate but are willing to help us create the atmosphere and horror of the game in exchange for a lower price. The Blood Bags are players who will receive a simplified character concept to play out early in the evening, and then will be the victims of our vampiric players for the rest of the night! You’ll get chased by vicious vampires. You get covered in gore and blood. You’ll get to be the set piece of scenes of bloody carnage, or be the friend that the hideous Sabbat makes their new recruits kill. And you get to die over and over again in fun new ways as the night goes on.
Best of all, it’s only $39 to participate, and is great for anyone who likes a bloody participatory horror experience and becoming part of an awesome horror atmosphere. Only 35 are available, so grab them while they are still there!
Click here to get your tickets now!
Character Selection Opens!
Character selection is open for The Night In Question! Almost everyone who bought a standard ticket should have gotten their invites to sign up for our character selection tool Larpweaver. This tool will help you choose a character that fits your style and limits.
For the last few months, we’ve been donating tickets to fan clubs for auctions or give-aways – and they have brought in over $5000 for charity total! We’ve always had give-aways for podcasts and other partners. If you won one of these tickets, please redeem that the ticketing website by entering the code so you get on the list and get your invitation to choose your character.
If you won one of our special red or black envelope characters, please contact us at info@jackalope-larp.com if you haven’t already. If you already contacted us, you will be receiving your invites to join the system soon, along with your custom characters pre-built.
Haven’t bought your ticket yet? More are still available!
Also remember to join our Discord!
We’ll see you all in November, and remember – it’s going to be one hell of a party.
Blood at the Fringes: Representation and Otherness During The Night
The staff of the Night In Question prides itself on being an inclusive and diverse group; and wants to see that diversity and inclusiveness reflected in our game. We’ve written below to discuss how LGBT+ culture and minority representation relates to the horror genre, Vampire: The Masquerade and our event specifically, in collaboration with our LGBT+ staff.
Vampires. The attractive, powerful, enigmatic denizens of societal subversion. The charismatic lurkers just beyond the reach of society’s rules, regulations, and expectations. They are the movers and shakers that the world at large does not know or cannot comprehend – and thus, the thankless, the misunderstood, the martyred. Subcultures and countercultures that otherwise have no space in our world often see the vampire’s appeal as a potent symbol, a mascot of power and of society’s comeuppance.
This is nothing new. For decades, monsters and creatures of myth have been attractive to communities that are marginalized by mainstream society. Horror has been a vehicle for self-expression and reclaiming the “otherness” of a group as something powerful, and something strangely beautiful.
At the Fringes
The communities attracted to the magnetic icons of horror are varied. However, fringe communities that are unsavory can also be drawn to the narrative of the monstrous outsider seeking to gain power – and to wield it over others.
The Night in Question and Jackalope Live Action Studios have always maintained a strict no tolerance policy for real bigotry or hate in our games; and this stance will continue to be enforced in the days leading up to, during, and after our event. We seek to create a space to explore the intricate and often bleak underbelly of society and dark sections of the psyche that the Sabbat inhabit. But we have absolutely no desire to encourage real world hatred; and we have no tolerance for any rhetoric or behavior that would target real minorities. And this includes any covert references to hateful ideologies (known as “dog whistles”); barely disguised revisions of real world hate groups; or hurtful proxies for the oppression of already marginalized communities.
In fact, The Night In Question seeks to do the opposite and to explore the beautiful, empowering expression that the vampire myth lends to marginalized or sidelined communities throughout history, such as the LGBT+ community. The history of the LGBT+ community using subcultures such as the rave, goth, horror, or club scene to express themselves safely is rich and storied. It would be worthy of several blog posts of its own.
The goth, punk, and raver kids of the 1990s embraced this sort of subversion of cultural norms and ideals that further this opportunity. Jackalope Studios and The Night in Question staff encourage participants to respectfully step outside the cultural expectations of standard gender presentation and role if they wish – as well as use this opportunity to learn more about the spectrum of self expression within a subculture where doing what your parents, your teacher or boss, your church ask of you is far less important than doing what feels right to you. The underground culture that the human characters will be coming from is one that draws from a deep cultural well of rebellion, subversion, androgyny, and a desperate need to be understood for your unique peculiarities, rather than what box society placed you in.
The human characters will explore a complex web of social and economic structures; and will often seek to subvert and invert them wherever possible. They will often come from backgrounds that have either rejected society or from which they themselves have been rejected.
Challenging The Normal
It has always been our society’s tendency to default to the “normal” – to exclude representation of transgender, non-binary, or non-heterosexual people. The media we consume is overwhelmingly mainstream in this respect and while it is changing for the better we often are drawn into the trap of defaulting to this “normal”. We encourage our staff and designers to reassess the knee-jerk view of what is “normal” and ask themselves: does it default to straight and cisgender (identifying with the gender assigned at birth)?
One example of this typecasting, which often excludes sexual and gender minorities, is assigning staff-written romantic subplots to characters. The Night in Question characters omit pre-written romance, leaving the players in control to create collaboratively any romantic or sexual subplots they want to be involved in, if at all. This is an attempt to not only emphasize consent of all parties but also to not exclude opportunities for representation of non-heterosexual romance or asexual/aromantic characters. This is just one small thing that we can do to make openings for these types of characters to be represented in ways, when we might not always realize they are being excluded.
Rebels and Monsters
We firmly believe that rather than the vampire narrative always being one inherently of oppression with the rise to power over “lesser” mortals, that it in fact can be an example of the underrepresented and underpowered rising up and overturning oppressive power paradigms. The Night in Question leaves ample room to show the oppressed and the small rising up to revel in the freedom and revolution of coming into power, of in some fashion casting aside shame and apology and societal caste systems to create something new. The Sabbat have always represented the rebels of vampiric society, those that rebel against what the world expects and carve out their own niche with its own rules instead.
There is catharsis in casting off the trappings of society, and while we are in no way at all implying that minority communities are “monstrous” – many of the staff belonging to said communities ourselves. But we are encouraging players to see that these communities are perhaps the most apt to seize the narrative of being outsiders looking for their own power and growth that circumnavigates the old rules.
All Monsters, But No Hate
All of this is to say that The Night in Question will represent a churning pool of tumultuous youths from a culture that attracted the “weird” and the “other”; and we encourage players to consider stepping outside their comfort zones to experience a night in a character that would feel most at home in a secret city of outcasts–a sphere of characters that historically has overlapped significantly with the LGBT+ community. The Night in Question staff is a pool of people happy to help players workshop their characters to create well-rounded, believable typesets that are both exciting and culturally sensitive.
We do not want caricatures, but instead actors that draw from a beautifully diverse, rich, interesting culture that can and should reflect the vividly real and important outcasts that historically existed in these spaces. These spaces have always been weird, abnormal, and thus “queer” in one way or another. We encourage you to consider playing a character that embraces the diversity of the weird and the transgressive – and to leave the boring (or the hateful) at home.
The Night in Question will be November 17, 2018 outside of Austin, Texas. The event will have staff trained in emotional and psychological support as well as physical, along with: workshops for characters preceding the event; monitoring during the event with out of game spaces for players if they need help or get overwhelmed; and debriefing after the event. For a list of restricted or banned content as well as a list of the content warnings and advisories of the event, visit this page on our website.
Players are encouraged at any time to reach out with questions, concerns, suggestions, or clarifications on event rules or procedures in the months leading up to the event and can do so by emailing info@jackalope-larp.com.
Your last chance to buy installment tickets
To make it easier to pay for the Night In Question, we offer an installment plan where you pay a little less than half to reserve a ticket. The remaining amount is due by midnight on July 1st.
If you want to take advantage of this plan, sales for installment tickets cuts off this week, midnight on May 31st.
If you have already bought an installment ticket and wish to pay the remaining amount, click here to make your payment.
Posted on May 19, 2018 July 2, 2019
Killing Each Other Collaboratively: Bespoke vs. Traditional LARP
Coming from the Nordic and freeform traditions, The Night in Question‘s playstyle is called bespoke. But what does that mean, and how different is it from traditional Vampire: The Masquerade LARPs?
The Meaning of Bespoke
Bespoke can mean two things – something made specifically to an individual’s tastes and requirements; and showing something through appearance and action. The bespoke style embraces both of these definitions –
Bespoke games emphasize the control of each player over their experience. Nothing happens to your character without consent – but you are encouraged to take hold of the game and play in interesting engaging ways, since if you cannot truly lose, there’s nothing to be gained constantly by winning.
Bespoke players set out to immerse and embody the action of the game. At all times, the game and the players attempt to appear as the thing they are trying to be. Physical contact, stage-fighting, in-depth props and immersive environments are all in the mix. But the idea above takes precedence over all – the bespoke game provides the tools for physical roleplay and intense contact, but does not require it and requires negotiation at all times for it.
Bespoke games write rules tailored to the experience intended. Rules are written to focus on the intent of the game. Everything is up for grabs, including limiting player actions, setting explicit acts or having different zones that emphasize different styles of play.
Wait, I thought this a Nordic game?
Kind of. One of the ongoing problems with the term “Nordic” that even its adherents will tell you is… it can mean many things. Nordic can be everything from high fantasy immersive weekend campouts with latex weapons to playing in an empty darkened room in street clothes.
The bespoke term was invented by our partners Participation Design Agency when they set out to describe the style of Enlightenment in Blood and other similar games they created; and they came out of the Nordic style of play. We’re continuing to use it and are introducing it to the American audience here.
Consent and Collaboration are King
Traditional parlor LARP focuses on conflict-based roleplay and mechanics. In challenges between players or when facing obstacles, systems are used to determine who is victorious. Success and control of the scene is determined by having a character who has the appropriate abilities and the right luck. In parlor LARP, you can win things. You win a game of rock-paper-scissors. You win a challenge. You win a position.
The bespoke style is different. In a single night, players are collaborating to make the most engaging enriched environment and story possible. You have unprecedented control over what can be done to your character compared to traditional games. But you will soon learn that saying no to everything is not much of a victory. Bespoke style games emphasize playing toward the most interesting result – even a self-destructive end for your character.
In The Night in Question, you are free to declare yourself the one who always gets away from the snarling monsters, but where does that leave you?
Bespoke intentionally takes the joy of victory out of ‘winning’ – the real winning in the bespoke game is to have an awesome story that you will tell for years afterwards and to push your limits as a person, while feeling safe doing so.
Enlightenment in Blood 2017. Photo by Tuomas Hakkarainen.
But Consent Trumps Collaboration
One of the important rules of this collaborative style is that it must not pressure people into doing things they might not want to do.
You are never required and never encouraged to take a step or do something you as a player are not comfortable with or consent to – period, no exceptions. No mechanic, no power, no story line trumps your physical and emotional comfort, and anyone in the game who pushes otherwise will be warned then removed.
The safety workshops before the event; the safety team during game; and the culture of safety we are building at Jackalope are all working toward protecting people from this kind of pressure and helping people feel comfortable at games. Without that environment, the level of physical role-play and immersion we are aiming for would not be possible or advisable.
Safety and collaboration do not blunt our games, but allow us to go boldy into the dark.
Presenting safety mechanics at a pre-game workshop. A War of Our Own, 2018. Photo by Peyton Mo.
Searching for Powerful Experiences
American LARP often emphasizes plot and story progression. The bespoke style is focused on creating a powerful compact immersive experience. Emotional development and conflict are the order of the day; and there are often no overarching secrets to discover or plot to piece together.
In The Night In Question, we expect you to explore the World of Darkness around you, to express and experience the horror of this place we’ve created. But we have no plot arc we expect be fulfilled. The events of the game are a framework for creating a rich experience together, not a challenge presented to you as a group to overcome or figure out.
Loading the Powder Keg
Bespoke LARPs are not sandboxes where any character can be created. Characters and groups are pre-written as part of a game’s plot and set-up, then assigned to players. So it is important not to have strong preconceptions about what you will play. Be open to all sorts of experiences when you go into a bespoke game – and remember the writers have done their best to make every character engaging and complete – and most importantly, ready to hit the ground running.
The writers of a bespoke LARP like The Night In Question write powder kegs ready to explode. The situation is going to infused with drama and conflicts ready to go off, bad choices to be made and bad things ready to happen. This is part of the point – we have six hours to have an incredible experience, and it’s important for everyone to hit the ground running.
With our Larpweaver system, you will be guided into creating a character by a combination of pre-written content and your own play style. The pre-written material is there to inspire your own spin on the character, not dictate every last detail.
Civilian characters are rounded up by rebel soldiers. A War of Our Own, 2018. Photo by Steve Metze.
Expanding On Your Character
Your assigned character will have premade ties to other groups and characters, along with an outline of their personality and their starting position in the game. But this is not the limit of what you can do! You are encouraged to reach out to other players, make new connections, come up with more back story and find new hooks that will make the night more intense for you and others.
Once you have your character, reach out on social media, start conversations, reveal secrets, make plans and set yourself up to have one hell of a night. We can’t promise any of these plans will survive, but we can promise they’ll be the basis of a great night to come.
Getting Physical
One of the things we can gain from emphasizing consent and doing workshops is that we can afford a physical style of role-play that is much more immersive than your average game. Physical interaction is encouraged in the play space between consenting and enthusiastic players who negotiate them. While American parlor LARP has strong taboos against personal contact, the bespoke style uses an ongoing conversation of consent and safety to make physical contact possible.
Want to be romantic in character? You tell each other what you are comfortable with, even if it is just touching each others’ shoulders or holding hands; or goes as far as actual kissing. Or just declining completely to be touched, which is always an option. There are limits on sensual and physical contact, for sanity reasons and to keep everyone else at the event is comfortable and consenting to the experience.
Want to have a fight? You can negotiate playing it out using the skills you learned in the workshop that empowered you to do so safely and with consent. If you prefer, you can narrate it, or simply be chased off into the darkness followed by a scream. But you can also become part of the atmosphere and have the experience of playing out being attacked within your limits and the game’s safety guidelines.
With all physical contact, consent can be revoked at any time and must be respected absolutely. It is always optional.
Players engage in a negotiated stage fight. Enlightenment in Blood 2017. Photo by Matthew Webb.
Bespoke-style games break the rules of classic Mind’s Eye Theatre games, because they are encouraging a different experience. While secrets and powers are an emphasis for those games, bespoke games move in the direction of sharing things out of character, metagaming and encouraging your character to fail.
Show Your Secrets
We want you to communicate out of character with other players, telling them your character’s secrets, weaknesses and motivations. Meta-gaming is not considered negative. Use it to drive character development and push for emotional intensity.
Tell people your character wants to betray them, and see if they set up situations where that betrayal is interesting and adds to the story. Tell them exactly how to threaten your character, and open yourself up to situations where they are driven to new places by those threats.
Negotiating character ties before game. A War of Our Own, 2018. Photo by Peyton Mo.
Simple Powers
Compared to a normal Vampire: The Masquerade game, the vampires and other supernaturals of The Night In Question have a very limited and simple power set.
Mental and social powers are represented by a small collection of phrases that can be used, incorporating the keywords really really into them. A character would not have the full span of the powers of the Presence discipline, but may have access to abilities such as “You really really want to follow me.”, “You really really find me impressive.” or “You really really want to run away from me.” One with dominate might be able to say, “You really really will forget what just happened.”
And none of them can be used to trump consent or safety.
A vampire uses a power on a mortal. End of the Line 2016. Photo by Tuomas Hakkarainen.
Violence as Drama
All violence is negotiated out and must be consented to. Players must consent to what happens to their character through violence.
Violence, brawls, fights, monomacy duels – these are meant to be dramatic moments to play out physically after negotiation, not dealt with through mechanics. Prop weapons are not involved in any calculation of strength but rather are tools and props for telling the story of that encounter, though you may decide together that one side wins because of the weapon they have.
Try to embrace losing as much as winning violent struggles, and use those moments to develop your story. And since you can only die with your consent, fights can heighten the action without ending your evening – unless you feel that your character should die and their story has come to an end.
And if your character dies in The Night In Question, the World of Darkness is a place where death is not necessarily the end…
Black marketeer guard watches over an exchange. A War of Our Own, 2018. Photo by Peyton Mo.
Many differences, great games
Bespoke LARPs are different than Mind’s Eye Theatre LARPs, but we love both. The bespoke style creates a very different experience to create different ways of exploring the World of Darkness together.
There’s a lot to process here. You might have questions about how negotiation works, how The Night In Question is structured, and all these questions will be available to be answered in the next series of design posts.
Come play this exciting new style of game in November! Tickets available here!
Cover Photo, Enlightenment in Blood 2017. Photo by Tuomas Hakkarainen.
The Night In Question Game Trailer is here!
Check out our new trailer for the Night In Question, filmed on the actual game site outside of Austin, Texas!
Character Selection, Charity Tickets and More
May the night find you all well, Cainites. Here are some updates on the game and answers to some common questions.
One, thank you so much to everyone who shared and supported this project. We could not have reached 100+ players without you, and it’s an amazing moment for our team and for Vampire: The Masquerade LARP in general. So what now?
Continue reading “Character Selection, Charity Tickets and More”
Discounted Rooms Now Available
The Hampton Inn in Bastrop has offered a block of discounted rooms to our players, at a discount rate. This will also be the site of our briefing and workshops the day of the game, so it makes it the best option for lodging for our players.
To get your rooms at a discount rate, book online with the group code NIQ or call the hotel and or call 1-800-HILTONS and ask for the Night in Question Group.
Well, This Escalated Quickly
24 days ago, Jackalope Live Action Studios stepped forward and proposed a new and awesome way of experiencing the World of Darkness like never before.
Our estimates were that we’d maybe sell out our early bird tickets by the start of July, and we based our budget on that being the minimum needed to run our event.
Boy, were we ever wrong
As of this morning, all of our early bird tickets are sold, only 81 out of 100 of the standard tickets are left, and almost all of our premium packages have sold. We’re already on track to selling out the event completely. We’ve even talked about opening up a second run of the game if we have enough demand.
Over 100 people are already signed up to show up in November and breath a life into this night of blood, fun and terror.
Jackalope understands we’re a young studio, though all of us our veterans of running and playing LARP. We know that this represents a huge amount of trust and confidence being placed in us, both by our partners at White Wolf and all of our new fans and friends. We won’t let you down, and we’re proud that you have seen something in us worth fostering.
If you have already bought your tickets, let your friends know to get theirs before they run out. Watch your inbox for more updates, as our event team will contact you with important details. If you haven’t yet, get yours while you still can. We can only have so many people at the game.
Stay tuned in the next few weeks – we will be publishing more details on the game experience and our techniques, we will be announcing our hotel room block details so you can get discounted rooms for the event and we will have more fun plans coming up.
Also, if you are a member of Mind’s Eye Society, Underground Theater or One World By Night, pay attention to your organization’s announcements. We’re about to give some special fund-raising opportunities to those organizations which have fostered Vampire: The Masquerade LARP for all these years.
Joining our Discord server
Liking us on Facebook
Joining our Facebook group
or following us on Twitter
And from all of us on the Jackalope Live Action Studios, thank you and we hope to be killing you all without mercy very soon.
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Tag: contract fraud
Retired FBI Agent Jailed After Feds Accuse Him of Contacting Potential Witness
Steve Neavling
A retired FBI agent accused of trying to derail an investigation into military fraud was jailed Tuesday pending trial after a federal judge in Utah said he violated terms of his release, the Salt Lake Tribune reports.
U.S. District Court judge ordered Robert G. Lustyik Jr., 50, to jail after prosecutors provided “clear and convincing” evidence that the 50-year-old retired agent asked a third party to deliver cash to apotential witness in the case, the Tribune wrote.
“I don’t make the decision lightly, nor do I make it happily, but I think the evidence demands it,” U.S. District Court Judge Dustin Pead said, according to the Tribune.
Lustyik is accused to trying to thwart an investigation into Michael Taylor’s role in the alleged scheme, which the government says involves Taylor and two other men conspiring to land a $54 million contract for security and training services to Afghan special forces by using inside information, the Tribune reported.
Posted: March 20th, 2013 under FBI, News Story.
Tags: contract fraud, FBI, U.S. District Court, Utah, witness tampering
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Category:Sotheby's catalogues
Articles about catalogues from Sotheby's
Pages in category "Sotheby's catalogues"
Sotheby's Catalogue of Valuable Autograph Letters, Literary Manuscripts and Historical Documents 21-22 July 1980
Sotheby's English Literature and English History 6-7 December 1984
Sotheby's English Literature and History 18 July 1991
Sotheby's English Literature, History, Children's Books and Illustrations 17 December 2009
Sotheby's English Literature, History, Children's Books, and Illustrations 16 December 2004
Sotheby's English Literature, History, Children's Books, Illustrations and Photographs 8 July 2004
Sotheby's English Literature, History, Fine Bindings, Private Press Books, Children's Books, Illustrated Books and Drawings 10 July 2003
Sotheby's English Literature, History, Private Press, Children's Books and Illustrations 13 December 2007
Sotheby's Fine Books and Manuscripts December 11 2006
Sotheby's Fine English and Continental Furniture Bronzes, Textiles and Works of Art 1825-1930 and French Animalier Bronzes
Sotheby's Illustrated Books, Children's Books, Ephemera, Performing Arts & Related Drawings 4 May 1995
Sotheby's Literature and Illustration 11-12 July 2002
Sotheby's Literature, History and Illustrated Books 10 July 2001
Sotheby's Nineteenth Century and Modern First Editions, Presentation Copies, Autograph Letters and Literary Manuscripts
Sotheby's The James S. Copley Library 17 June 2010
Sotheby's The Library of Richard Manney 11 October 1991
Sotheby's Valuable Autograph Letters, Literary Manuscripts and Historical Documents 12-13 December 1977
Sotheby's Valuable Printed Books and Manuscripts 13 December 2001
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Tom Fallwell
Fantasy and Science-Fiction Author
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Early in his life, Tom Fallwell discovered a love for the wonderful escape into realms undreamed of through books of Fantasy and Science-Fiction. Weaned on greats like J.R.R. Tolkien, Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke, Robert E. Howard, Roger Zelazny, Robert A. Heinlein, and Michael Moorcock, to name a few, Tom’s imagination was forever inspired by those marvelous tales.
One day, he discovered a simple book of medieval battle rules called Chainmail, by Gary Gygax, and found a new love. The love of creating adventures and stories of his own for other players to experience. Chainmail evolved into Dungeons & Dragons, and Tom played consistently with friends as both a player and a dungeon master (DM). Such activities fueled his desire to create worlds and stories from his own imagination.
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Published on Sunday Examiner (http://sundayex.catholic.org.hk)
Home > Petition for release of Wenzhou bishop
Petition for release of Wenzhou bishop
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HONG KONG (UCAN): More than 22,000 people have signed an online petition demanding that China release Bishop Peter Shao Zhumin, who has been taken away from his diocese to one of the country’s more remote, albeit more picturesque provinces.
The signature campaign for the release of Bishop Shao, who belongs to an unofficial Church community but was also coadjutor to the late Bishop Vincent Zhu Weifang, from the official community, was offered online in seven languages through the website, CitizenGO, is addressed to Chinese, American and European Union ambassadors.
The petition says that the authorities have detained and re-located Bishop Shao away from his home diocese. The authorities have done this to stop him from being “installed as the new, senior bishop of Zhejiang (Wenzhou).”
The appeal further states that the government needs to seriously consider its stand on freedom of religion to be admitted into the developed world of human rights. It states that releasing and reinstating Bishop Shao would be a good start.
Bishop Shao is not recognised as a bishop by the Chinese government or the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association.
An anonymous Church source from Wenzhou said that the petition campaign is needed as “it creates pressure that affects the decision of the authorities on how to handle our bishop.”
The source also said that there is no clear information about when Bishop Shao will return.
Bishop Shao was first picked up from his diocese to prevent him from presiding at the funeral of his predecessor, Bishop Zhu, who died on September 7, as this would be a strong statement of his succession.
He was allowed to return after the September 13 funeral, but was taken to Qinghai in the northwest of the country again when Bishop Anthony Xu Jiwei, who had dual Vatican-Beijing recognition and managed the official community in neighbouring Taizhou, died on September 25.
It is understood that the repeat forced travel was to prevent him from presiding at the funeral Mass for Bishop Xu, which, as bishop of Wenzhou, would be his prerogative.
The petition was launched as China published its third action plan on human rights for 2016 to 2020 on September 29 declaring its aim to respect, protect and promote human rights.
“The action plan is only something on paper. The question is how it will be implemented,” Patrick Poon Kar-wai, from Amnesty International, said.
“In the past year there were Protestant pastors framed and sentenced for protesting against the demolition of crosses,” he explained. “The religious practices of Tibetan Buddhists and Uyghur Muslims are still subject to great restriction. I think religious freedom will hardly improve in a concrete way.”
Chinese Christians, especially those who defy government-controlled Churches are often subject to extrajudicial measures, including long-term detention and forced disappearance.
“The Chinese government will further tighten up on civil rights, including religious freedom, in the next few years to consolidate its regime,” Poon concluded.
Fri, 10/14/2016 - Fri, 10/21/2016
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Bishop Peter Shao Zhumi [7]
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Wenzhou [11]
Source URL: http://sundayex.catholic.org.hk/node/3617
[1] http://sundayex.catholic.org.hk/print/3617
[2] http://sundayex.catholic.org.hk/printmail/3617
[3] http://sundayex.catholic.org.hk/china
[4] http://sundayex.catholic.org.hk/node/3613
[6] http://sundayex.catholic.org.hk/taxonomy/term/411
[7] http://sundayex.catholic.org.hk/taxonomy/term/1683
[8] http://sundayex.catholic.org.hk/taxonomy/term/70
[10] http://sundayex.catholic.org.hk/taxonomy/term/484
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1 TICKET = 1 LIFE
Shaggy and Friends is a biennial charity concert by Shaggy. All proceeds in aid of the Bustamante Hospital for Children. This year we focused on improving the ICU.
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1 love, 1 aim and 1 goal. This is our hospital and these are OUR children. ICU there on January 6, 2018 as we raise the much-needed funds for them! Online tickets are out NOW at www.caribtix.com
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MAKE A DIFFERENCE
The Shaggy Make A Difference Foundation and Shaggy & Friends’ involvement has not only assisted in improving the physical needs of the Hospital, but has also gone a long way towards raising the morale amongst the staff. Our efforts give hope to parents who rely on the hospital and its staff to comfort and cure their children. We appreciate your participation and support in partnering with us on this very critical venture as we continue to Make A Difference and Dare to Care for our children.
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THE CONCERT
06 Jan - 2018
Shaggy and Friends 2018
Jan 06, 2018 8:00 PM to Jan 07, 2018 02:00 AM
The Lawns of Jamaica House, Hope Road, Kingston
A biennial charity concert that raises funds to donate equipment + supplies to Bustamante Children's Hospital in Jamaica; The ONLY children's hospital in the region!
Ticket Prices start at USD $30 for children (JMD $3,730), and USD $50 for adults (JMD $6,200), and goes all the way up to Online - Platinum Early Bird pricing, at USD $210 (JMD $26,000 -- SORRY, PLATINUM ALREADY SOLD OUT)
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Rock music legend Sting, Haitian American musician Wyclef Jean and rapper Fetty Wap are among [...]
Shaggy Continues to Make a Difference
The Shaggy Make A Difference Foundation (SMADF) on Wednesday handed over much-needed medical equipment to [...]
WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING
We are as committed to this project as we were when we first staged Shaggy & Friends in 2009. If anything, the fire is burning even brighter. This project has taken over a part of my life and I wouldn’t have it any other way. It is a great experience to be able to partner with our patrons, sponsors, other organizations and dedicated individuals to save the lives of children – our future. Again, I must commend the caring doctors and nurses at Bustamante Hospital for Children, who work tirelessly to perform their duties, regardless of the circumstances.
Orville “Shaggy” Burrell
Founder, SNFF
Oh man, persons should support Shaggy & Friends because it is a great programme. The Bustamante Hospital for Children provides a valuable service to our island's little ones, and it is our job to ensure that it continues to provide the highest level of service possible.
Nordia Craig
Manager of Business Development and Marketing at The Gleaner
I've always admired Shaggy from I was young and it's really great to see that he's truly involved himself in a cause that, quite frankly, is far beyond himself. I'm glad to be offering my support behind his initiative to be a hand of strength to those who are less fortunate and going through much difficulties. My brother, nuff respect to your foundation; you are the boss. Big up!
Collin Blake
In 2001, Shaggy was introduced to the Bustamante Hospital for Children whilst visiting a friend’s son who had been admitted there. He was so moved by what he witnessed, that he vowed to do whatever he could to make things better there for our nation’s children.
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Shared Darkness
A Communal Life in Film, Examined
Small Time is an appropriate title for writer-director Joel Surnow’s period piece dramedy, the type of movie whose meandering, loose-limbed structure and comparative lack of stakes inform a savvy viewer of the fact that it’s “inspired by true events” even without benefit of the opening credits title card.
Set in the San Fernando Valley sometime after the 1970s but before the advent of cell phones, the film stars Christopher Meloni as Al Klein, a middle-aged divorcee who owns and runs a used car dealership with his best friend Ash Martini (Dean Norris). When his teenage son Freddy (Devon Bostick, tamping down the demonstrativeness of his older brother character in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid movies, but still showcasing a headstrong charm) decides he wants to forego college in order to become a car salesman like his father, Al is secretly moved.
However, Freddy’s decision upsets Al’s ex-wife Barbara (Bridget Moynahan), who along with her second husband, Chick (Xander Berkley), has given her son the comfortable bubble of an upper-middle-class existence, expecting all the while little more than that he would continue his education and reach a little higher than the precarious, paycheck-to-paycheck, blue-collar lifestyle for which Al settled. While Freddy turns out to be a natural salesman, Al eventually has to consider cutting work ties with his son, in order for his long-term benefit.
Small Time represents something of a personal tale for Surnow (24, The Kennedys), whose father was a cold-call carpet salesman his entire life. The script had its genesis in an old, unproduced screenplay, reworked here, that Surnow penned with a college friend when he was only 21, years before he started working in television. Experience from working with his father help lend the movie a certain authenticity in a number of small details — from sales strategy banter and genial cons (in one sequence Ash wears a phony hearing aid and Al quotes an artificially inflated price, in order to give a customer the impression of getting a deal) to father-son friction over advertising and expansion potential.
But there isn’t a lot of what one would consider absorbing dramatic stakes, or even expressive consistency. (Having established Al as being so emotional over Freddy’s graduation that he cries at a TV weather report, it then makes no sense that he doesn’t cry when his son says, “I’d be proud to grow up to be like you.”) For every scene that offers up a sly surprise (Ash taking Freddy to a shady singles bar, or Al and Barbara separately drunk-dialing one another) there are usually one or even two that peter out or feel like padding.
Instead, Small Time surfs along on the appeal of Meloni and, to a slightly lesser extent, Norris, both of whom have considerable Everyman charisma. The latter’s whiskey-swigging guise will ring familiar with Breaking Bad fans, recalling as it does the ball-busting, family-time gregariousness of Hank Schrader. But it’s still a welcome presence here — so much so that one wishes that Surnow had perhaps ditched some of the ancillary din and chatter to develop Al and Ash’s lifelong connection as a stronger parallel arc to that of Al’s changing relationship with Freddy. Small Time has modest insights around the edges, and an overall warm vibe. One merely wishes there was more memorable snap and bite to its platitudes and life lessons.
Arriving on DVD in a 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer that preserves the aspect ratio of its original theatrical exhibition, Small Time comes housed in a regular plastic Amaray case, stored in turn in a complementary cardboard slipcover. Optional English SDH and Spanish subtitles are included alongside a Dolby digital 5.1 surround sound audio track. In addition to the requisite chapter stops and trailer gallery, the only other supplemental bonus feature is a warm, feature-length audio commentary track with Surnow and his lead actors, Meloni and Norris, in which the three share production anecdotes and talk about the go-go schedule of their low-budget effort, but also touch on issues of fatherhood more broadly. To purchase the DVD via Half, click here; to purchase the DVD via Amazon, click here. Or if brick-and-mortar is still the way you roll, by all means, have at it. C (Movie) C+ (Disc)
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Partridge says:
Nice review! Definitely felt like one of those scripts that had been kicking around in a bottom drawer fora while (not that there’s always something wrong with that). Agreed re: Meloni and Norris — they’re the best things about the movie.
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TopCoder problem "SubrectanglesOfTable" used in SRM 429 (Division I Level One , Division II Level Two)
Tanya has a rectangular table filled with letters.
First, she makes four copies of this table, and arranges the copies as a 2×2 rectangle.
Then she lists all subrectangles of the resulting table.
For example, for the following original table:
she will arrange the copies like this:
and then she will list the following 30 subrectangles (dots for clarity only):
OKOK .... OKOK OKO. .... OKO. .KOK .... .KOK
OKOK OKOK .... OKO. OKO. .... .KOK .KOK ....
OK.. .... OK.. .KO. .... .KO. ..OK .... ..OK
OK.. OK.. .... .KO. .KO. .... ..OK ..OK ....
O... .... O... .K.. .... .K.. ..O. .... ..O. ...K .... ...K
O... O... .... .K.. .K.. .... ..O. ..O. .... ...K ...K ....
(Note that she is considering all subrectangles based on their positions rather than their content, so the same subrectangle might appear multiple times in the list. In this case, subrectangle "K" appears four times because it occurs at four different positions.)
Tanya wonders how frequently each letter of the alphabet occurs among all these subrectangles. You are given a String[] table, where the j-th character of the i-th element is the letter at row i, column j of the original table. Return a long[] containing exactly 26 elements, where the i-th element is the number of occurrences of the i-th letter in the alphabet among all of Tanya's subrectangles. 'A' is the 0-th letter, 'B' is the 1-st letter, etc.
Class: SubrectanglesOfTable
Method: getQuantity
Parameters: String[]
Returns: long[]
Method signature: long[] getQuantity(String[] table)
(be sure your method is public)
- table will contain between 1 and 50 elements, inclusive.
- Each element of table will contain between 1 and 50 characters, inclusive.
- Each element of table will contain the same number of characters.
- Each element of table will contain only uppercase letters ('A'-'Z').
{"OK"}
{0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 40, 0, 0, 0, 40, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 }
The 30 Tanya's rectangles are listed above. There is a total of 40 Ks and 40 Os in these rectangles.
{"GOOD", "LUCK"}
{0, 0, 320, 280, 0, 0, 280, 0, 0, 0, 280, 280, 0, 0, 640, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 320, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 }
The four copies form the following table:
LUCKLUCK
Tanya lists 360 rectangles that contain a total of 320 Cs, 280 Ds, 280 Gs, 280 Ks, 280 Ls, 640 Os, and 320 Us.
{"TANYA",
"HAPPY",
"BIRTH",
"DAYYY"}
{5168, 1280, 0, 1120, 0, 0, 0, 2560, 1472, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1344, 0, 3008, 0, 1536, 0, 2592, 0, 0, 0, 0, 6320, 0 }
Problem url:
http://www.topcoder.com/stat?c=problem_statement&pm=10246
Problem stats url:
http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=ProblemDetail&rd=13520&pm=10246
Testers:
PabloGilberto , Olexiy , ivan_metelsky
Problem categories:
Simple Math, Simple Search, Iteration
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Anti-mining advocate in Bukidnon killed inside his own home
Jimmy Liguyon, in his capacity as barangay captain, consistently refused to sign agreements with mining companies , which would have allowed them access to operate on the ancestral lands of indigenous peoples; this made him the target of harassments by paramilitary groups and the 8th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army.
ILIGAN CITY–Human rights organizations and advocacy groups promoting the rights of indigenous peoples have condemned the March 5, 2012 killing of indigenous leader and human rights advocate Jimmy Liguyon in Purok 2, Barangay Dao, San Fernando, Bukidnon. Liguyon was shot dead inside his house allegedly by a leader of a paramilitary group. He was 36.
According to reports posted on the website of the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines (RMP), Liguyon was the vice chairman of Kaugalingong Sistema sa Igpasasindog to Lumadnong Ogpaan (KASILO), an organization of indigenous peoples from the southern municipalities of Bukidon. Kasilo advocates for the defense of land rights, and the the sustainable use of environmental resources. Liguyon was also the Dao barangay captain and a staunch opponent of mining companies as he campaigned against their operations in the region.
Around 6:00 p.m. last March 5, Liguyon was reportedly inside his house when he was approached and then shot at by a certain Aldy “Butsoy” Salusad. Witnesses said the killer’s father, Ben Salusad, is head of a paramilitary group connected to the Armed Forces of the Philippines, the San Fernando Matigsalug Tribal Datus or SANMATRIDA. The paramilitary group is said to hold a certificate of ancestral domain and has been actively campaigning for the entry of mining companies in the region since 2009.
(Photo courtesy of FrontlineDefenders.org / bulatlat.com)
Based on accounts of witnesses, as reported to human rights groups, the killer arrived at Liguyon’s house with 15 other individuals. Liguyon was sitting on a bench with his two brothers when Salusad ordered him to move to another bench. When Liguyon got up, Salusad shot and killed him three times. Witnesses also said that Salusad then justified what he did by shouting that Liguyon had refused to sign an agreement with Sanmatrida. He also reportedly issued a threat that anyone else who went against Sanmatrida would also be killed.
Salusad is also reportedly a leader of the New Indigenous People’s Army for Reform (NIPAR), a paramilitary group directly under the AFP’s 8th Infantry Battalion. Salusad’s father had reportedly confiscated the taxes levied by the barangay government on small-scale mining operations in the area.
Resisted offers of mining corporations
In a report by the group FrontlineDefenders, it was said that Liguyon, in his capacity as barangay captain, consistently refused to sign agreements with mining companies , which would have allowed them access to operate on the ancestral lands of indigenous peoples. He also refused to recognize the ancestral domain claims made by Sanmatrida..... MORE
URL: http://bulatlat.com/main/2012/03/16/anti-mining-advocate-in-bukidnon-killed-inside-his-own-home/
Groups declare ‘People’s Protest’ a success
Sidebar: Ordinary citizens express disgust over oil price hikes
MANILA – To jeepney driver Seth Delima Bagalacsa, president of a chapter of Piston in Quezon City, the March 15 peoples’ protest had already won a small victory since three days before, when the energy department and the oil firms announced there would be no oil price hike this week. It contradicted its previous announcements.
“They don’t want to admit that the Peoples’ Protest has anything to do with it but the people know better,” said George San Mateo, national chairman of Piston (Pinagkaisang Samahan ng Tsuper at Operator Nationwide), during the first part of their program at the Elliptical Road in Quezon City.
Bagalacsa and other drivers from his route joined the March 15 peoples’ protest, because, as he explained to Bulatlat.com while driving his jeep with the caravan en route to the headquarters of the Big Three oil firms in Makati City, “conducting mass protests evidently brought results.”
Such initial victory is “proof that mass protests are indeed effective,” said George San Mateo, national chairman of nationwide drivers’ Piston, during the start of their program at Ayala Ave. in Makati.
Transport caravan is transport strike? (Photo by Marya Salamat / bulatlat.com)
March 15 was dubbed as Protestang Bayan (Peoples’ Protest) because it was a multi-sectoral protest held not just by drivers but also by workers, urban poor groups, youth-students, professionals, families of migrants, etc. Even though it was considered as the ‘peak’ of the campaign, so far, against skyrocketing oil prices, KMU chairman Elmer “Bong” Labog said the workers led by KMU will still launch “bigger protests in the coming months,” until some relief from increasing oil prices is achieved.
Multi-sectoral groups of protesters set up more than 30 protest centers in the National Capital Region, including those in Monumento, Batasan, Sta. Mesa, Delpan, Philcoa, and Araneta Avenue. Protests were also held across the country, from Baguio City to the urbanized towns in Southern Tagalog, from Aklan to Panay to Cagayan de Oro and Davao in the South. The drivers’ group Piston also held a protest caravan from Quezon City to Makati City, one of its biggest since it started doing protest caravans..... MORE
URL: http://bulatlat.com/main/2012/03/16/groups-declare-%E2%80%98people%E2%80%99s-protest%E2%80%99-a-success/
Credible witnesses CROSSROADS Jonathan De la Cruz 03/17/2012
Credible witnesses
Despite efforts by the House prosecution panel and some senator-judges to bamboozle and, yes, trap the witnesses presented by the defense team in the ongoing impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona, they have stood their ground. More importantly, the public and most of the senator-judges have found them to be credible.
One observer advised that many of his friends who were known to be skeptical of Corona’s claims of innocence had a virtual change of mind when they heard the testimony of Navotas Rep. Toby Tiangco. He found the youthful solon’s narration about the undue haste by which the complaint was outlined, voted upon and sent to the Senate, straightforward and credible. “He was just telling the truth,” was how this observer described what he saw and heard on the first day of the defense’s story.
What made Tiangco’s testimony even more compelling and, yes, convincing to this observer was the manner by which the House leadership reacted to his volunteering as a defense witness. He did not look kindly at the threats and bullying of House Majority Leader “Boyet” Gonzalez, a sentiment which seems to be universally shared even by those who continue to be imbued with the yellow color and aligned with P-Noy and his group..... MORE
Occupy Monsanto vs genetically modified Congress (w/ Photos)
Occupy Monsanto vs genetically modified Congress
America’s Congress has been contaminated, but don’t worry — someone is already on it. Members of Occupy Monsanto, a protest group opposed to the biotech giant, are dispatching aid to the nation’s capital.
Dressed in hazmat suits, members of Occupy Monsanto protested in Washington, DC on Friday over what they say are corrupt ties between American lawmakers and the country’s agriculture architect, Monsanto.
Based in the American Midwest, the Monsanto corporation is believed to be aiding in the bankrupting of small-time farms across the country by chemically engineering genetically modified seeds that are not just unnatural, but near impossible to compete with. Concerned over the toxic make-up of their man-made crops, as well as their corrupt connection with the US Congress, the Occupy Monsanto group is in Washington this weekend to make their voices heard.
"In the name of Wall Street profits, chemical corporations such as Monsanto genetically engineer crops to withstand high doses of their toxic weed killers that contaminate our food and water, and have not been proven safe,” explains Occupy Monsanto’s Ariel Vegosen in a statement made this week..... MORE
URL: http://rt.com/usa/news/occupy-monsanto-modified-congress-751/
Tales from the crypt: Bin Laden ‘ordered comrades to kill Obama’
Osama Bin Laden was plotting to kill US President Barack Obama, documents found at the terrorist’s Pakistani hideout show. But though this portrays him as an even greater villain, the problem is that he could have been dead for years.
The plot involved killing the US President and General David Petraeus, who was at that time the commander of ISAF forces in Afghanistan, by attacking their planes.
The Washington Post was given access to declassified documents that were picked up by US forces after killing Bin Laden last May. The newspaper reveals the details of an assassination plot conceived by Bin Laden and one of his top lieutenants..... MORE
URL: http://rt.com/news/bin-laden-obama-assassination-791/
In America, TV watches you: CIA to spy on people through household items
With a growing number of ‘smart gadgets,’ spying on homes may start to become much easier. In fact, CIA Chief David Petraeus admitted that Americans were effectively bugging themselves and making it easy for spy agencies to peek in on their lives.
Speaking at a summit for In-Q-Tel, the CIA’s venture capital firm, Petraeus noted that new devices that link ‘dumb’ home appliances such as refrigerators, ovens and lighting systems to the Internet could “change our notion of secrecy.”
“‘Transformational’ is an overused word, but I do believe it properly applies to these technologies, particularly to their effect on clandestine tradecraft,” Petraeus noted..... MORE
URL: http://rt.com/news/cia-spy-people-petraeus-795/
Defense: Aquino’s men flout SALn rule By Benjamin B. Pulta 03/17/2012
ABAD ADMITS USING ASSESSED VALUE ON PROPERTIES
Defense: Aquino’s men flout SALn rule
The counsels fop Chief Justice Renato Corona yesterday alleged members of the Aquino Cabinet regularly flout the law requiring disclosure of assets and liabilities despite the executive department’s insistence of using the same law to persecute the head magistrate.
Noting a recent published report of the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) uncovering shortcomings in the compliance with the disclosure law by Cabinet officials in filing their statements of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALns), defense spokesman Ramon Esguerra said the report only proves that the Aquino administration is only interested in misusing the law to pin down Corona.
“The malice they are imputing is more imagined than real as the assets were declared in the pertinent SALns of the CJ,” Esguerra told the Tribune in a text message..... MORE
Studes slam Palace inaction on tuition, oil price hikes By Jason Faustino 03/17/2012
Studes slam Palace inaction on tuition, oil price hikes
Students from the National Union of Students of the Philippines (NUSP) and different youth organizations slammed the Aquino government for being unresponsive to unrest fomented by tuition increases and overpricing of oil.
The NUSP said the Palace continues to discredit the people’s protests rather than addressing the demands of the youth to prevent the increase of tuition and to end the monopoly and overpricing on oil prices.
“We believe that Palace should avoid actions that divert us from meaningful discourse and cause inconvenience to the public. Stop ‘Noynoying’ on oil price increases and address the immediate calls of the Filipino people,” said Isabelle Baguisi, National Secretary General of NUSP..... MORE
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20120317nat12.html
House OKs nationwide cadastral survey By Charlie V. Manalo 03/17/2012
House OKs nationwide cadastral survey
The House of Representatives has approved on second reading a bill authorizing the Land Management Bureau (LMB) to conduct a nationwide cadastral survey to curb the proliferation of fake land titles.
House Bill 5870 authored by San Juan Rep. Joseph Victor Ejercito aims to restore the integrity of land titles by identifying bonafide landowners and claimants.
Ejercito said land owners must be protected against defective titles. The integrity of the Torrens Title System, as a foundation of ownership to real property must be enhanced, so that in the end, the faith and reliance of the people on the integrity of the land title will be restored.
Under the measure to be known as the “Cadastral Survey Act of 2012,” the LMB is authorized to conduct a survey of the entire country..... MORE
DepEd exam lets OSYs go back to school By Jason Faustino 03/17/2012
DepEd exam lets OSYs go back to school
Out of school children and youth may have the chance to go back to school by passing the 2012 Philippine Educational Placement Test (PEPT), Educatio Sec. Bro. Armin Luistro announced.
“Our modest contribution to nation-building is to give our youth a fighting chance to succeed in life through the placement test,” said Luistro.
The test result will determine the grade or year level appropriate for the test taker. PEPT covers all levels from Grade 1 to Fourth Year high school so that takers can have a chance to move to the next grade or year level or even complete basic education in just one examination. “That is possible if they are doing home schooling or if they have acquired enough knowledge and life skills,” Luistro explained..... MORE
P1.16-M ‘hot’ logs seized 03/17/2012
P1.16-M ‘hot’ logs seized
Members of the Anti-Logging Task Force (ALTF) backed up by operatives of the 67th Infantry Battalion have confiscated P1.16-million worth of lawaan logs measuring 242 cubic meters in a series of operations in Boston, Davao Oriental Wednesday.
Major Jacob Thaddeus Obligado, commanding officer of the 10th Civil-Military Operation Battalion, said the apprehension was made in Sitio Baybay, Barangay San San Jose and Sitio Baclinan, Barangay Cawanan, all of Boston, Davao Oriental.
He said the logs are now in the custody of the Boston Police Station..... MORE
‘JV’ denies rift with Navotas solon 03/17/2012
‘JV’ denies rift with Navotas solon
San Juan City Rep. Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito yesterday denied there is an existing rift between him and friend Navotas Rep. Tobias “Toby” Tiangco as he scored those trying to sow intrigue between him and the Navotas solon.
In a statement, Ejercito stressed efforts to destroy his friendship with Tiangco are irrelevant as his friendship with the Navotas lawmaker goes beyond politics.
The other day, a national newspaper ran a story saying Ejercito contradicted Tiangco’s testimony at the Senate over the impeachment trial of Supreme Court (SC) Chief Justice Renato Corona saying no members of the House were coerced to sign the Articles of Impeachment..... MORE
Echiverri to shoulder graduating studes’ togas 03/17/2012
Echiverri to shoulder graduating studes’ togas
Aware of the difficulties most poor parents are experiencing nowadays, Caloocan City Mayor Enrico “Recom” Echiverri has decided to shoulder the rental cost of the togas to be used by all local public elementary and high school students this graduation season.
“It is only right for the local government to ease the burden on the graduating students’ parents who may otherwise have a difficult time with their children’s toga expenses,” according to the city chief executive.
The mayor said it is the local government’s responsibility to provide for the needs of the less fortunate among its constituents.
For this reason, Echiverri chose to “treat” the parents and graduating students with the togas that the latter will use..... MORE
DILG starts analyzing stories written by Tribune reporter Angeles By Gina Peralta-Elorde 03/17/2012
DILG starts analyzing stories written by Tribune reporter Angeles
The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) has already started a content analysis of the stories written by Tribune reporter Fernan Angeles who was beaten up and shot near his house on Evangelista Street in Barangay Pinagbuhatan, Pasig City last Sunday.
DILG Secretary Jesse Robredo said Angeles’ news articles may provide clues to determine the motive behind the attack on him.
Robredo said they are scanning Angeles stories which were published in the paper such as criticisms against authorities or stories mentioning harassment, extortion and illegal drugs..... MORE
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True Buddha Dharma-character Treasury - Manjushri Bodhisattva
On Sunday, Dec. 1, 2019, 3:00pm, at Rainbow Temple, True Buddha School Dharma King Living Buddha Lian-sheng Sheng-yen Lu will preside over a Manjushri Bodhisattva Homa Ceremony, discourse Lamdre, and bestow empowerment for Manjushri Uncommon Practice. (Live Webcast Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLl20r-KQlapX_5fT-N3cOw )
【Manjushri Bodhisattva Mudra :】
Interlace fingers inward. Straighten both middle fingers. Arc the middle fingers with the fingertips touching to form a circle.
【Manjushri Bodhisattva Seed Syllable :】
【Manjushri Bodhisattva Mantra :】
Manjushri Bodhisattva Mantra:
「Om。ah-la-ba-zha-la-di。」
【Manjushri Bodhisattva Dharmalakṣaṇa Brief Introduction】
Manjushri Bodhisattva has one head and two arms. His right hand holds a sword while the left hand holds a greenish-blue lotus with a scripture on top of it. He is riding on a lion.
【Living Buddha Lian-sheng Sheng-yen Lu Dharma Talk - Manjushri Bodhisattva Background and Magnificence】
Manjushri is the Sanskrit name. In Chinese he is called Wen-shu-shi-li, Man-shu-shi-li, or Miao-ji-xiang. In the Mahayana, Manjushri is the bodhisattva most known for wisdom. He and Samantabhadra Bodhisattva are the two main attendants of Shakyamuni Buddha. Of all the bodhisattvas, Manjushri occupies the ''first seat'' assisting Shakyamuni, so he is addressed as Dharma Prince Manjushri.
In the Mahabharata, India's most ancient sutra, it is stated that: King Durjaya of the Shambhala Kingdom received oral transmission of the Kalachakra Tantra from an emanation of Shakyamuni in Sri Danyakataka. This lineage of the Kalachakra Tantra was then passed down through 25 generations.
The first king of Shambhala was an emanation of Manjushri called ''Title King.'' The second king of Shambhala was White Lotus King. The most well-known works of the White Lotus King are the Immaculate Light Treatise (Kalachakra Tantra essence) and the Auspicious Supreme Vow. White Lotus King was the son of Manjushri Bodhisattva. He was the second king of the Shambhala Pure Land and is one and the same as White Padmakumara.
Manjushri is the principal deity of the Manjushri Hall located in the southwest of the Center Eight Petal Hall in the Womb Realm mandala. In the Diamond Realm mandala he sits at the first north seat among the Sixteen Deities of the present kalpa.
Specifically, Manjushri is in charge of wisdom. His wisdom is number one. His other names are ''Wen-shu-shi-li, Man-shu-shi-li, Wen-shu-bao-li, Miao-ji-xiang, Miao-yin, Pu-shou, Jing-shou, Miao-de, Ru-shou, Jing-shou, etc.'' Manjusri Bodhisattva and Samantabhadra Bodhisattva are the attendants standing beside Shakyamuni. As such, Manjusri and Samantabhadra are in charge of the ''Wisdom Gate'' and ''Cognition Gate'' respectively.
In the past, Manjushri attained Buddhahood, was the teacher of the Seven Buddhas, and was called the Buddha of the Race of Honorable Dragon Kings. His secret name is Auspicious Vajra or Prajna Vajra.
In the view of Living Buddha Lian-sheng Manjushri has a big secret. His ultimate supreme accomplishment is already that of ''buddha'' and his power is vast and boundless. He is a teacher of buddhas.
According to Buddhist sutras and sastras, Manjushri was the teacher of an infinite number of buddhas and guided numerous practitioners to Buddhahood. Hence, in the Mahayana Sutra of Contemplation of the Mind Ground he is addressed as Buddha Mother of the Three Times.
In the era of the Buddha's presence on earth, Manjushri's dharma power encompassed the entire Saha world. The Avatamsaka Trinity we often see has Shakyamuni in the middle, Manjusri Bodhisattva on the right, and Samantabhadra on the left. Shakyamuni is well aware of Manjushri's power to save sentient beings at will, his power to transform himself in any way whatsoever, and his infinite supernatural power. Manjushri is thus truly incredible. One can say he is the greatest bodhisattva of all.
In Vajrayana, Manjushri is called the Wisdom Deity. In Mahayana, Manjushri's wisdom is considered the most eminent. In Hinayana, Sariputra's wisdom is considered the greatest. (Living Buddha Lian-sheng Sheng-yen Lu is the emanation body of Sariputra). In Vajrayana, Vajrasattva's wisdom is considered supreme.
Manjushri Bodhisattva occupies the center position of the Three Protectors of Vajrayana. This means he is the primary protector. The Three Protectors of Vajrayana are Manjushri Bodhisattva who symbolizes wisdom, Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva who symbolizes compassion, and Vajrapani Bodhisattva who symbolizes dharma power.
One must take refuge in Avalokitesvara to increase one's bodhicitta and one must take refuge in Manjushri to increase one's wisdom, one's tathagata wisdom, buddha wisdom. There is also Vajrapani Bodhisattva who symbolizes all-encompassing dharma power for accomplishing anything in the world. In Vajrayana these three deities are called the Three Protectors.
Manjushri's image has five hair knots at his crown which symbolize the five wisdoms of Mahavairocana Buddha. He carries a sword in his right hand which symbolizes wisdom and he rides a lion which represents the wrathful nature of wisdom. The fundamental form of Manjushri is Five Syllables and Five Hair Knots, although there are also one-syllable, five-syllable, six-syllable, eight-syllable, one-hair-knot, five-hair-knot, eight-hair-knot, and baby Manjushri. Manjushri's holding a greenish-blue lotus in his left hand symbolizes non-contamination and the severance of all afflictions.
The primary Dharma protector of Living Buddha Lian Sheng is Yamantaka, the greatest Vajra Protector, who emerged from Manjushri entering into Load Yama's samadhi. There is a system that goes like this: Amitabha Buddha - > Manjushri Bodhisattva - > Yamantaka. These three deities are in essence one and the same. Amitabha Buddha is the dharmakaya buddha, Manjushri is the true Dharma buddha, a sambhogakaya tathagata, and Yamantaka is the Wheel of Injunction Vajra. These three deities, Amitabha Buddha, Manjushri and Yamantaka, are mutually interconnected and part of one system.
Manjushri Bodhisattva is the symbol of wisdom in Mahayana Buddhism and there are numerous stories in the sutras of how he used his wisdom to guide and enlighten practitioners. One of the Four Sacred Mountains in China is Mt. Wutai, also known as Qingliang Shan. In the High King Sutra there are the ''billions of bodhisattvas of precious Qingliang Shan.'' The billions of bodhisattvas residing at Qingliang Shan were all saved by Manjushri. These billions of bodhisattva are like the emanation bodies of Manjushri residing at Mt. Wutai.
I know that there is a profound affinity between myself and Manjushri. On my first trip to mainland China I went to Mt. Wutai in Shanxi Province to pay homage to Manjushri Bodhisattva. Of the Buddhist Four Sacred Mountains, the first I visited on my pilgrimage was Mt. Wutai. While I was paying homage at Mt. Wutai, Manjushri emanated as a monk. When I paid homage to deities he did the same. I worshipped from the top of the mountain down to the bottom and he likewise worshipped from the top of the mountain down to the bottom. The two of us worshipped together. He said ''You have waited a long time for me.'' Later I gave him money. He said ''No, not this.'' I then raised my hand in a certain gesture and he said ''Yes, that's right, that's it.'' We smiled and honored each other before departing.
Tsongkhapa, the patriarch of the Gelugpa sect of Tibetan Buddhism, was actually the emanation of Manjushri. As for saving sentient beings, Manjushri not only saves living beings, but also beings in the spiritual world. That is why there is the Manjushri Deliverance Practice, the Manjushri Five Hair Knot Child Deliverance Practice, and the Manjushri Eight Great Child Deliverance Dharma Practice. These are all very important!
It is not the purpose of the Manjushri Deliverance Practice of Vajrayana Karmic Practices to encourage killing beings. Instead, it is to take advantage of Manjushri's dharma power to deliver beings. This is a special Manjushri Deliverance Practice. It greatly benefits and relieves restaurant workers. It is a supreme secret.
Living Buddha Lian-sheng regards the Youth Manjushri Wheel Mantra Practice proclaimed by Buddha at Heaven of Pure Abode as the fundamental one word mantra of Manjushri. This one word mantra is ''Om。bu-lin。'' or ''Om。ci-lin。'' It is also the ''Completion Mantra.'' Whoever chants this mantra and practices the visualization of the three major bodhisattvas (Manjushri, Avalokitesvara and Samantabhadra,) will receive the support and protection of Manjushri and all other bodhisattvas. In addition, Manjushri's five attendants and eight youths will also support and protect the practitioners.
Someone asked me, ''What is om, bu-lin?''
I answered, ''This mantra is the One-word Heart Mantra in the Manjushri Sadhana. It is also the Big Wheel One-word Mantra and pronounced bu-lin.''
I was asked again, ''Why does om, bu-lin have such great merit?''
I replied, ''Because om, bu-lin is the heart of Manjushri. It is the utmost mantra of all buddhas and bodhisattvas.''
Manjushri Bodhisattva Scripture and Sword Visualization Sadhana
Aug. 14, 2010 Dharma Talk - Sharpen Your Tongue
May 5, 2010 Dharma Talk - King of Wisdom
My Advice for Chanting the Manjushri Mantra of Book 241, Sacred Encounters with Deities
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Links 5/9/2017: Mesa 17.2, Qt Creator 4.4
Posted in News Roundup at 6:56 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Devices/Embedded
Free Software/Open Source
Linux adoption on the rise as Windows market share collapsed once again [Ed: What's significant here: 1. this is a Microsoft propaganda site 2. citing a Microsoft-connected firm 3. claiming Windows "collapse"]
Despite Microsoft’s Windows 10 is better than its predecessor, Windows market share has witnessed yet another collapse, while Linux adoption is on a rise. A new data published by NetMarketShare reveals that Microsoft’s Windows market share declined to 90.70 percent from 91.45 percent.
Linux Doubles Its Market Share Since 2015, Windows And Mac Adoption Slows Down
The FOSS and Linux community tosses up this idea at the beginning of a new year and expects the Linux adoption to rise exponentially in the upcoming months. While a complete Linux dominance in the desktop scene looks like a far-fetched dream, Tux continues to make slow strides.
According to the latest data from NetMarketShare, Linux is running on 3.37% desktop computers and laptops. This Linux market share number is from August 2017.
Desktop Linux Now Has its Highest Market Share Ever
There has been an upsurge in the desktop Linux market share which has seen a rise to 3.37% in the latest statistics on Net Market Share for operating systems. Linux market share has witnessed a steady increase, especially in the last two summer months.
Review: 5 top Linux distros for enterprise servers
Linux distros are plentiful, and choosing the right server product can be a daunting task. Are you looking for a supported product, or can you go with a free version? Need Cloud support or virtualization? We’ll try to provide some answers.
Although many Linux distros can quite capably be configured to run as a server, for this review we focused solely on dedicated server products, named and supported as such.
Review: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 cloud-friendly, but pricey management tools
If you need comprehensive support, the comfort of having a well-established Linux vendor on your side and you have the budget to pay for it, then you should give Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 a careful look.
It is should also get your attention if you’re looking for an operating environment that embraces the cloud, from tools to build your infrastructure to management platforms.
Review: Considering Oracle Linux is a no-brainer if you’re an Oracle shop
Oracle Linux has been around for more than 10 years, but has been gaining market share and the company says it has over 14,000 customers world-wide.
Part of its popularity may be the way it plays well within an Oracle environment and its full support for Red Hat Linux, on which it is based.
Kernel Space
Future Proof Your SysAdmin Career: Getting Certified
In today’s rapidly changing system administration landscape, skills and credentials count for a lot, but professional certification can also make a difference. With that in mind, let’s take a look at five valuable types of certification for sysadmins along with relevant training options.
How Open Source is Transforming the Automotive Industry
One key benefit of open source is its ability to enable rapid innovation. Collaborating on non-competitive pieces of technology frees up resources, enabling companies to focus more on developing new products and services.
We are seeing this play out now in the automotive industry as automakers are adopting open source software for core technologies like the infotainment operating system. This allows them to focus more resources towards the industry-wide race to develop new technologies, mobility services, and autonomous vehicles.
According to the 2017 Autotrader Car Tech Impact Study, 53 percent of consumers expect vehicle technology to be as robust as their smartphone. Unfortunately, the automotive industry has fallen behind the smartphone in terms of features and functionality. Automotive innovation is too slow, time-to-market is too long, and there’s very little software reuse.
Greg Kroah-Hartman: The Commander-in-Chief of the Linux Stable Branch
In the sometimes-contentious Linux Kernel developer community, the gentle giant of a man Greg Kroah-Hartman is the friendliest face. When you plug a device into a Linux system and it works out of the box, the credit goes to Kroah-Hartman. He travels around the globe, talking to hardware vendors to get Linux to work on their devices.
But Kroah-Hartman was not a Linux user from the beginning: He evolved over time into one of the most influential kernel developers.
Kroah-Hartman has been a techie from a very early age. He started programming on his parent’s personal computer that they bought for home use.
EXT4 Has Scalability Improvements For Linux 4.14
Ted Ts’o has submitted the EXT4 file-system feature updates for the Linux 4.14 kernel merge window.
XFS Prepares Many Fixes For Linux 4.14
Darrick Wong has submitted the XFS file-system feature updates targeting the Linux 4.14 merge window.
P-State Continues Evolving, More Power Management Changes For Linux 4.14
Rafael Wysocki of Intel submitted the power management updates on Monday for continuing to improve this area of the Linux kernel. This time around there was a lot of focus as usual on bettering the Intel P-State driver as well as improving system suspend for some hardware.
WinBtrfs 1.0 Released For Supporting Btrfs On Windows
Linux 4.13 Kernel Launches With Accelerated Security Feature
The fourth new Linux kernel milestone of 2017 is now available, providing improved performance and security features including Kernel Transport Layer Security.
Linux Kernel 4.13 Debuts Officially with Intel Cannon Lake & Coffee Lake Support
As expected, the Linux 4.13 kernel series was made official this past weekend by none other than its creator, Linus Torvalds, which urges all Linux users to start migrating to this version as soon as possible.
Linux Kernel 4.13: Don’t Use SMB1
Linus Torvalds pushed out version 4.13 of the Linux Kernel on Sunday, right on schedule and almost exactly two months after 4.12.
Among all the changes, Torvalds highlights the one concerning the implementation of the SMB protocol in the kernel: The CIFS behavior in kernel 4.13 defaults to SMB3 as opposed to SMB1, which was the default in previous kernels.
SMB is a protocol used to access and share files, printers, and other services over a network, and the reason for the switch is that SMB 1 has aged horribly and is rife with vulnerabilities. The number of servers that still use it was one of the reasons the WannaCry ransomware spread like wildfire back in May. However, SMB1 is still accessible from kernel 4.13 for those that really, really have to use it. If you can’t make the change (although you are highly encouraged to find a way to do so), you may need to add an explicit
EFI In Linux 4.14 Will Better Handle Rebooting Of Buggy Systems
There are a few notable EFI fixes to find for the in-development Linux 4.14 kernel.
First up, EFI will now fallback to other poweroff methods if the EFI poweroff process fails. If the EFI_RESET_SHUTDOWN returns without powering off the system during this EFI shutdown process, the kernel will fall back to the traditional power-off process. The EFI-based shutdown process was originally added since some systems otherwise do not shutdown. But it appears that at least some systems/tablets exposing EFI_RESET_SHUTDOWN do not actually behave correctly. In particular, Red Hat’s Hans de Goede noted that some Bay Trail devices are not behaving correctly and warranty this transparent fallback during the power-off process.
Cgroup2 Thread Support Added For Linux 4.14
Tejun Heo has submitted the control group changes for the Linux 4.14 kernel.
Several ARM64 Changes Queued For Linux 4.14, VMAP_STACK Support
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Graphics Stack
Mesa 17.2.0 Release Notes / September 4, 2017
Mesa 17.2.0 is a new development release. People who are concerned with stability and reliability should stick with a previous release or wait for Mesa 17.2.1.
Mesa 17.2 officially released
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It’s worth noting, that the Mesa developers recommend waiting until 17.2.1 for people looking for a stable experience.
Mesa 17.2 is now officially available as the latest quarterly update to Mesa 3D after running a few weeks behind schedul
Intel Preparing Sub-Group Support For Their ANV Vulkan Driver
RadeonSI Lands Primitive Binning Support For Vega
With a goal of increasing performance, AMD developers have added support for primitive binning to the RadeonSI Gallium3D driver.
Sysdig – A Powerful System Monitoring and Troubleshooting Tool for Linux
Sysdig is an open-source, cross-platform, powerful and flexible system monitoring and troubleshooting tool for Linux; it also works on Windows and Mac OSX but with limited functionality and can be used for system analysis, inspection and debugging.
JumpFm – An Electron-based File Manager Focused on Performance
We have covered a couple of Linux file managers recently and the genre doesn’t seem to be ending anytime soon. Today, we bring you a file manager that is so skilled at navigation that it had to contain “jump” in its name and go by the name of JumpFm.
JumpFm is a cross-platform dual panel file manager with a focus on efficient directory navigation, automatic bookmarking, and NPM-based extensibility.
Nuvola Player – Stream Cloud Music Directly from Your Desktop
Nuvola Player is an open source web-based music streaming application with a focus on providing more features than the typical web browsers would.
It is built to look and feel like a native desktop application as much as possible with features like support for multimedia keys, integration with various sound menus, launchers, desktop notifications, Last FM, lyrics fetching, and Libre FM scrobling.
The web-based music player features a simple minimal design-based intuitive User Interface that is customizable with themes (both light and dark color schemes available) and will adapt to whatever Linux desktop environment you are running.
PulseAudio 11.0 release notes
PulseAudio 11.0 Released With GNU Hurd Support, Newer Apple AirPlay Hardware
PulseAudio 11.0 is now available as the latest feature release of this widely-used, cross-platform sound server.
PulseAudio 11.0 Released, Adds New Features & Fixes
Do you know which sound server you use on Ubuntu? It’s PulseAudio — and today it got a new release.
PulseAudio 11.0 is the latest stable release of this desktop staple. A bunch of new features and capabilities have been added, plus plenty of bug fixes and bandaids.
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It’s called Gifcurry and it is a video to gif app with a simple user-interface and some useful features.
It’s like Gif Brewery for Linux, but open-source software, free and — here’s something you don’t read everyday — Haskell based!
SolarWinds MSP N-central 11.1 Release Advances Automated Patching and Linux Remote Monitoring and Management
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They also added in an experimental JACK audio driver and an experimental KMS/DRM video driver for embedded development.
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Super Blood Hockey is coming to Linux
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Masterpiece: Street Fighter II
Street Fighter II was an arcade monster that has stood the test of time. Even today, it’s Capcom’s golden goose and it’s not hard to see why. Even after the unsuccessful clones and the innumerable follow-ups, this game still has it all.
Before they had the complementary outfits, before it was super dynamic cooking time, before Ken did stuff like this, there was the original Street Fighter II, a masterpiece of fighting games. It spawned many, many successful sequels from Capcom and it set a new standard for strategy, graphics, sound, and gameplay. It was so huge that it even managed to make “hadouken!” a commonly recognized meme, even though it was an arcade-only game for years after its release.
Distrust, inspired by John Carpenter’s “The Thing” could see Linux support
Okay, this looks and sounds pretty great. Distrust [Steam, Official Site], a game inspired by John Carpenter’s “The Thing” could see Linux support.
SDL 2.0.6 Gearing Up For Release With Many Changes
It’s looking like SDL 2.0.6 will be released in the very near future as this important cross-platform library commonly used by game developers.
It’s been 10 months since the SDL 2.0.5 point release while now it looks like SDL 2.0.6 preparations are underway with their Hg code-base this weekend seeing documentation additions and other preparations being made for what will likely be tagging soon of v2.0.6.
Desktop Environments/WMs
K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt
In finish line but not in the end
It’s been again a great experience to learn new things, techniques during this GSoC. You can read “but not in the end” in the title, this means that the end of this program shouldn’t mean that we quit contributing to open source software. I am sure that all of us had great moments of success during GSoC and I think as we use a lot of software for free we should give something back to the open source community. If it would be possible I would apply again to be a GSoC student again next year or anytime.
Results of the Requirements Survey for a KDE-wide Chat Solution
A week ago, I wrote my previous blog post about a survey I had set up, to figure out how important each of the requirements we had collected for a common IM / chat solution for KDE is for us.
All in all, 132 people followed my request to participate in the survey, and answered the 108 questions in it. Thank you all for taking the time!
Konversation 2.x in 2018: New user interface, Matrix support, mobile version
It’s time to talk about exciting new things in store for the Konversation project!
Konversation is KDE’s chat application for communities. No matter whether someone is a newcomer seeking community, a seasoned participant in one, or a community administrator: our mission is to bring groups of people together, allow them to delight in each other’s company, and support their pursuit of shared interests and goals.
One of the communities we monitor for changes to your needs is our own: KDE. Few things make a Konversation hacker happier than journeying to an event like Akademy in Almería, Spain and seeing our app run on many screens all around.
The KDE community has recently made progress defining what it wants out of a chat solution in the near future. To us, those initial results align very strongly with Konversation’s mission and display a lot of overlap with the things it does well. However, they also highlight trends where the current generation of Konversation falls short, e.g. support for persistence across network jumps, mobile device support and better media/file handling.
This evolution in KDE’s needs matches what we’re seeing in other communities we cater to. Recently we’ve started a new development effort to try and answer those needs.
QtLocation 5.9
It is now possible to rotate and tilt maps. Items on it will be transformed accordingly. In this figure a MapQuickItem embedding a QtMultimedia Video element is used to overlay a video of the shore.
In addition to this, a new fieldOfView property has been added to the Map, to control the camera field of view when the map is tilted. Note that this property, like the tilt and the zoomLevel properties, have lower and upper bounds. In some cases these bounds will prevent changing the property (e.g., a plug-in using a third-party renderer that does not allow changing the field of view will return a lower bound for the field of view equal to the upper bound).
GNOME Desktop/GTK
#LASGNOME
This is a long overdue blog post, that should’ve, ideally, been written a week ago, while it was most fresh in my mind. From my own observations of everything that went on during the conference, together with the good feedbacks and reviews we received from the participants, I dare say the first Libre Application Summit, hosted by GNOME (“LAS GNOME”) transpired successfully. So I admit, after a week of keeping myself on my toes, I arrived home, and basked in the afterglow of the success of the very first edition of LAS GNOME.
Fedora26, jhbuild and gnome-shell
Ok, so in my previous previous post I wrote about not being able to restore my build in time. Given the fact that reinstalling the OS would take more time, I took a shot at rebuilding gnome-shell (with the beloved jhbuild, of course) inside a virtual machine, on a Fedora26 OS.
This was the first step towards fixing my issue. As you will see, this post aims at helping newcomers install gnome-shell on their machines by describing all the issues that I encountered while building.
First thing you want to do is read the jhbuild guide that can be found here and then install jhbuild.
My first GUADEC experience
One long plane ride and two trains later, I finally arrived in Karlsruhe, three evenings earlier than Day 1 of GUADEC since Cosimo was participating in the Board and AdBoard meetings. As we checked-in at the Achat Plaza Hotel, the first familiar face we saw was Jeff. I had been working on the Foundation’s FY 2015 Annual Report closely with Jeff, Zana and Nuritzi for the past few months and I was excited to get my hands on a printed copy of the report; Jeff actually checked in a ~20kg luggage filled with the reports!
ISO Refresh: antergos 17.9
PCLinuxOS/Mageia/Mandriva Family
The September 2017 issue of the PCLinuxOS Magazine
The PCLinuxOS Magazine staff is pleased to announce the release of the September 2017 issue. With the exception of a brief period in 2009, The PCLinuxOS Magazine has been published on a monthly basis since September, 2006. The PCLinuxOS Magazine is a product of the PCLinuxOS community, published by volunteers from the community. The magazine is lead by Paul Arnote, Chief Editor, and Assistant Editor Meemaw. The PCLinuxOS Magazine is released under the Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-Share-Alike 3.0 Unported license, and some rights are reserved. All articles may be freely reproduced via any and all means following first publication by The PCLinuxOS Magazine, provided that attribution to both The PCLinuxOS Magazine and the original author are maintained, and a link is provided to the originally published article.
OpenSUSE/SUSE
openSUSE Tumbleweed Users Get KDE Plasma 5.10.5 and KDE Applications 17.08
If you’re wondering why you haven’t received any snapshots lately for your openSUSE Tumbleweed rolling operating system, you should know that the openSUSE Linux devs had a hard time last week fixing various things and integrate the DNF package manager.
openSUSE Project’s Dominique Leuenberger recently informed the Tumbleweed community that the main reason behind the single snapshot released last week for the GNU/Linux distribution was that the DNF integration created metadata in the repository that was only valid for Tumbleweed systems, not Leap.
openSUSE Leap 42.3 Cloud Images Debut for Google Compute Engine, Microsoft Azure
If you want to use the latest openSUSE Leap 42.3 open-source computer operating system on the cloud, you should know that the openSUSE Project released a set of cloud images for various of the most popular cloud services on the market.
openSUSE Leap 42.3 launched for 64-bit and 32-bit platforms at the end of July 2017, based on the commercial SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLE) 12 Service Pack (SP) 3 operating system, and it’s currently the latest stable release of the popular RPM-based Linux OS. It ships with the long-term supported Linux 4.4 kernel and up-to-date packages.
Red Hat Family
Red Hat, Microsoft to help businesses accelerate to hybrid cloud
Containers drive evolution of Red Hat / Microsoft collaboration
Today is my first day at Red Hat! Well, OK, I’ve been here a few years, but today I move from Engineering to Sales. My new role is “Specialist Solutions Architect” where that specialty is Cloud.
Red Hat, Inc. (RHT) Stock Price trades 24.14% off from 200- SMA
Red Hat Inc (RHT) Pull in Gains For the Week
Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE:RHT) Stock Traded 6.6% Above Its 50 Day Average
Flatpak-Builder Is Now a Standalone Tool for Building Flatpaks from Sources
Flatpak developer and maintainer Alexander Larsson released earlier today Flatpak 0.9.10, the latest version for the 0.9.x series of the Linux application sandboxing and distribution framework (formerly XDG-App).
While Flatpak 0.9.10 is a hotfix release that addresses a regression from version 0.9.9 in the D-Bus proxy, which made various apps to no longer function properly, Flatpak 0.9.9 (full changelog attached below) was published this past weekend with more enhancements, including the split of the flatpak-builder command into a separate tool that application developers can use to package their apps as Flatpaks.
My experience of Flock 2017
Flock, the annual Fedora contributor’s conference, is now over. It took place in Cape Cod this year (near Boston, MA), and it was great once again.
That’s all… Flock!
Flock Cape Cod 2017 – day 0
Flock Cape Cod – day 1
Fedora 26 + Wireless + BCM43142
Transform applications into Flatpaks at Flock 2017
The reason why I attended Owen Taylor’s Flatpak talk was to get a little more insight about Flatpak when it comes down to working with RPMs or applications in general. The most obvious way is a container nowadays. We already do this with Home Assistant but it’s adds an hurdle for the end users. There is Docker support for Windows but still, containers are not for end-users. Sandboxing and compartmentalization must be completely transparent from my point of view. If one day Flatpaks are available in the same quantity as RPMs then the users don’t need to care. Flatpaks are also playing the major role with Atomic.
Flatpaks could fill the gap between RPMs or sandboxed applications and containers. It allows one to run a desktop application and profit from a bunch of features. For example, updates without restart, isolation, and availability when something arrives. The access to the rest of the world is restricted and only allowed through so-called portals. Multiple options for deduplication helps to keep the footprint on the file system small.
Flock to Fedora 2017
This year Flock to Fedora took place in Hyannis, Massachusetts at Cape Cod. It was mostly focused on so called do-sessions or workshops and was therefore action-oriented.
Marie riecatnor and I did our usual Badges Workshop on day 1. A quick recap: I think (hope) we’re getting better and better each year. We started off with the presentation and went through badge structure and process. Badges have migrated to pagure since last year, so we made quite a few additions to the presentation. Another very welcome change was having a co-presenter: Kanika a2batic, who is working on a symbol library to make it easier to make badges resources. She gave a small presentation during badges intro. You can take a look here. After that we moved on to actual designing and several people finished their badges by the end of 3 hours. Everyone got a Padawan badge for attending – we came up with the idea for it at last year’s Flock.
Flock Cape Cod – day 4 and considerations
Fedora IoT at Flock 2017
Debian Family
Debian GNU/Linux 10 “Buster” Installer Enters Alpha with Linux 4.12 Support
Work on the next major version of the Debian GNU/Linux operating system is ongoing since early July, a couple of weeks after the Debian GNU/Linux 9 “Stretch” series arrived, and it now looks like it’s already in Alpha stages of development.
Canonical/Ubuntu
Review: Ubuntu LTS 16.04.02 has a long shelf-life
Controlling snap releases with channels, tracks and branches – Part 1
Ever since snaps were introduced, a crucial part of their feature set has been the ability to release a snap on a particular “channel” indicating how stable or production-ready it is. The well-known channel names stable, candidate, beta and edge indicate a snap’s stability, according to the developer, and users are then empowered to choose the level of risk they are prepared to accept when installing a snap.
From a developer’s point of view, it makes sense to release new changes on edge, which will presumably have a small number of users willing to accept some instability in exchange for bleeding-edge features (but also, tacitly, a disposition to report problems), and as any rough edges are taken care of, release the updated snap to beta, candidate and finally to stable once it’s deemed adequate for anyone to use.
Ubuntu 17.10 (Artful Aardvark) Beta 1 Out for Opt-In Flavors, Here’s What’s New
On the last day of August, the upcoming Ubuntu 17.10 (Artful Aardvark) operating system entered Beta stages of development, but only for some of the official flavors, including Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Lubuntu, Ubuntu Studio, Ubuntu MATE, Ubuntu Kylin, and Ubuntu Budgie.
Ubuntu itself will be available for public beta testing at the end of the month, on September 28, when the Final Beta development milestone is expected to launch for all Ubuntu flavors. Until then, let’s have a look at the new features introduced by the Beta 1 release for the opt-in flavors.
Ubuntu 17.10 (Artful Ardvark) to Support All Known Driverless Printing Standards
Now that Ubuntu 17.10 (Artful Aardvark) received a fresh coat of paint for the default GNOME Shell theme and login/lock screens, it’s time to look a bit under the hood for some of the upcoming features.
Flavours and Variants
Linux Lite 3.6 Operating System Launches Officially Based on Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS
Linux Lite developer Jerry Bezencon had the pleasure of announcing the general availability of the final release of the Ubuntu-based Linux Lite 3.6 operating system.
Coming five months after the release of Linux Lite 3.4, Linux Lite 3.6 is based on Canonical’s latest Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS (Xenial Xerus) operating system, which means that it’s powered by its long-term supported Linux 4.4 kernel, though users can install a wide range of kernels from the distro’s stable repositories. Linux Lite 3.6 also introduces the Lite Sources in-house built app and several improvements across the entire system.
Linux Mint 18.3 to Launch with Revamped Backup Tool, Window Progress, and More
Work on the upcoming Linux Mint 18.3 operating system continues, and Clement Lefebvre recently published the monthly report to give us a glimpse of more of the new features to be implemented in the final release.
Why nobody’s made a successful Linux-based phone yet
Remember the Ubuntu Phone? Probably not. Why? Because no matter how hard Canonical worked on the device, no matter how much of their resources they threw at it (at the expense of the desktop that made them famous), they simply couldn’t get it to work. It wasn’t only because the platform was destined to fail out of the gate (the very idea of Scopes was the wrong way to go), but that they couldn’t get the backing of a major market. Instead, they were relegated to underpowered hardware crafted by unknown OEMs. Under normal circumstances, that would have been fine. After all, at one point the likes of OnePlus, Huawai, and Miezu were all unknown. But couple that obscurity with an operating system that further hobbled the hardware and you have the makings for absolute failure.
Rugged PCI/104-Express SBC runs on Skylake CPUs
Adlink’s Linux-friendly “CMx-SLx” PCI/104-Express SBC offers 6th Gen CPUs, triple displays, plus shock, vibration, and optional -40 to 85°C support.
Linux Subsonic Demo | For The Record
In part 3 of my continuing series on reducing dependencies on streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Kindle books and more, today I talk about breaking my streaming music habit in favor of using a local server running Subsonic.
New Multimedia Converter App for your Tizen Smartphone – Penzus MMT
Samsung plans connect all its products by 2020, CEO bares all plans at IFA 2017
Samsung Gear S3 to be updated to Tizen 3.0, just like the Gear Sport
Xiaomi’s first phone running stock Android looks impressive and costs less than $250
Review: Taking a bite of Android Oreo
Android 8.0 Oreo is coming to all Nokia Android smartphones
How to install Android Oreo on your phone right now
TrustZone Downgrade Attack Opens Android Devices to Old Vulnerabilities
Stealth, lightweight Android breaks cover
New Xiaomi-built Android One phone to launch in 40 markets
Galaxy Note8 review: An overpriced S8+ with a pen is still a pretty great phone
A little under a year ago, I’d have said that there might not be a Galaxy Note8 at all. Of course, I’d have been wrong. But after the Note7′s disastrous recall episode, it seemed perfectly fair to ask whether the Galaxy Note would continue be a thing. After all, battery fires aside, the Note really didn’t seem to be the focus of Samsung’s smartphone development the way it once was. The Note7 wasn’t much more than a stretched, squared-off Galaxy S7 edge. And even before that, the Note5 wasn’t much different from the pen-less Galaxy S6 Edge+ it debuted alongside. If there were a perfect time to call it quits on the Note series, a major recall followed by a total product cancellation would have been it.
Putin: The nation that rules AI, rules the world
Xiaomi Mi 5s and Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus Receive Unofficial Android Oreo Ports
Xiaomi’s Mi A1 is a flagship Android One phone for India
Xiaomi’s slick Mi A1 offers a pure Android experience
Xperia XZ Premium to get Sony’s new 3D Creator app with Android Oreo update
Android Authority’s Best of IFA 2017 awards
The Best Part Of Android Is Now On iOS
Honor 8 Pro and Honor 6X confirmed to receive Android 8.0 Oreo update
MeteoSurf: a free App for the Mediterranean Sea
MeteoSurf is a free multi-source weather forecasting App designed to provide wind and wave conditions of the Mediterranean Sea. It is an application for smartphones and tablets, built as a Progressive Web App able to supply detailed and updated maps and data showing heights of sea waves (and other information) in the Central Mediterranean. It is mainly targeted for surfers and wind-surfers but anyone who needs to know the sea conditions will take advantage from this app.
Google Is Mandating Linux Kernel Versions With The Android Oreo
Oreo brings Linux kernel demands
Google Decides to Mandate Linux Kernel Versions in Android 8.0
OpenProject Foundation Joins Open Source Initiative
The Open Source Initiative® (OSI), the founding organization of the open source software movement, announced that the OpenProject Foundation has joined the global non-profit as an Affiliate Member. OpenProject joins a who’s who of global open source projects and foundations in support of software freedom, including Drupal Association, Eclipse Foundation, Linux Foundation, Mozilla Foundation, WordPress Foundation, Wikimedia, and many more. The OSI Affiliate Member Program allows any non-profit community, organization or institution—unequivocally independent groups with a clear commitment to open source—to join the OSI in support of its mission to educate about and advocate for the benefits of open source software and to build bridges among different constituencies in the open source community.
Randa Approaches
Later this week, I’m leaving for Zurich, and from there I’ll take the train up to Randa (up, in the sense that I live at sea level, and Randa is the length of one million micro-SD cards laid end-to-end higher).
In Randa, I’ll be working as a KDE developer, and as a Calamares developer, and learning about accessibility tooling. There’s about 60 hacking hours in that week. I’ll also be working as the cook, for one day. There’s about 12 cooking hours in a day, since feeding 30 people takes a lot of vegetable-chopping, bread-slicing, and dish-washing.
FOSScamp Syros 2017 – day 2
The morning stated by taking the bus to Kini beach. After some to enjoy the water (which were still cold in the morning), we sat for talking about the local Debian community and how can we help it grow. The main topic was localization (l10n), but we soon started to check other options. I reminded them that l10n isn’t only translation and we also talked about dictionaries for spell checking, fonts and local software which might be relevant (e.g. hdate for the Jewish/Hebrew calendar or Jcal for the Jalali calendar). For example it seems that regular Latin fonts are missing two Albanian characters.
We also talked about how to use Open Labs to better work together with two hats – member of the local FOSS community and also as members of various open source projects (not forgetting open content / data ones projects as well). So people can cooperate both on the local level, the international level or to mix (using the other’s project international resources). In short: connections, connections, connections.
Oracle/Java/LibreOffice
The sudden death and eternal life of Solaris
As had been rumored for a while, Oracle effectively killed Solaris on Friday. When I first saw this, I had assumed that this was merely a deep cut, but in talking to Solaris engineers still at Oracle, it is clearly much more than that. It is a cut so deep as to be fatal: the core Solaris engineering organization lost on the order of 90% of its people, including essentially all management.
Of note, among the engineers I have spoken with, I heard two things repeatedly: “this is the end” and (from those who managed to survive Friday) “I wish I had been laid off.” Gone is any of the optimism (however tepid) that I have heard over the years — and embarrassed apologies for Oracle’s behavior have been replaced with dismay about the clumsiness, ineptitude and callousness with which this final cut was handled. In particular, that employees who had given their careers to the company were told of their termination via a pre-recorded call — “robo-RIF’d” in the words of one employee — is both despicable and cowardly. To their credit, the engineers affected saw themselves as Sun to the end: they stayed to solve hard, interesting problems and out of allegiance to one another — not out of any loyalty to the broader Oracle. Oracle didn’t deserve them and now it doesn’t have them — they have been liberated, if in a depraved act of corporate violence.
Solaris update plan is real, but future looks cloudy by design
Ever since Oracle quietly announced it would not deliver any more point-zero upgrades to its Solaris operating system and instead move to continuous delivery, The Register has wondered exactly what Big Red plans to deliver, and when. Our interest grew after Solaris boss John Fowler left Oracle and then grew again as soon-to-be-former Oracle staffers told us of big cuts to he Solaris and SPARC teams.
Oracle Cuts More Jobs in Its Hardware and Solaris Units
Oracle has laid off what appears to be a significant number of employees working on its hardware and Solaris operating system efforts, according to anonymous posts on TheLayoff.com, the gist of which were confirmed to Fortune by former Oracle employees.
Both Oracle’s server and Solaris efforts emanated out of Sun Microsystems, a company Oracle acquired in 2010 for $7.4 billion. Before then Oracle had been a software company specializing in databases and financial applications, so jumping into computer servers and SPARC microprocessors—another Sun business—was a stretch. Solaris was Sun’s version of Unix, a powerful operating system that powered its servers.
Pseudo-Open Source (Openwashing)
Univa Open Sources Universal Resource Broker for Kubernetes [Ed: Could go a step further and liberate more than just a single component]
Today Univa announced the open source availability of the Universal Resource Broker (URB) adapter for Kubernetes. This new URB adapter will be of interest for organizations running Apache Mesos frameworks that are looking to deploy Kubernetes and Mesos workloads on a common infrastructure. The release of the URB adapter for Kubernetes marks a significant open source contribution by Univa and demonstrates its commitment to the Kubernetes community and to helping users get the most from their infrastructure investments.
Tapping technology to collect data on biodiversity
The concept behind such workshops is to empower citizens in the use of open source software, which is freely available and can be downloaded to collate macro-level data. S. Narendra Prasad from Open Source Geospatial Foundation-India said such workshops aimed at imparting knowledge to residents and the student community on recording data pertaining to biodiversity.
Atos launches world’s first Open Source high-performance data warehouse for Amazon Web Services
Powered by Pivotal Greenplum, the new massively parallel clustered data warehouse features unique machine learning, text and natural language analytic together with geospatial location queries and windowing functions. It allows users to build and test an Open Source analytics cluster directly from zData’s Website without any limitations, to enable powerful and rapid Big Data analytics on petabyte scale data volumes, taking advantage of the Atos Codex expertise.
Facebook demystifies smartphone AI with open source building blocks
Is Open Source More Risky? [Ed: Anti-FOSS Microsoft ‘proxy’ Black Duck creeps into another FUD piece about FOSS security/licensing ; Black Duck was, by its own admission, created to attack the adoption of GPL-type licences.]
Don’t believe the hype, AGPL open source licensing is toxic and unpopular [Ed: Black Duck again]
FSF/FSFE/GNU/SFLC
GnuPG Financial Results for 2016
Programming/Development
Qt Creator 4.4.0 released
We are happy to announce the release of Qt Creator 4.4.0!
Qt Creator 4.4 Released With New Inline Warning/Errors, CMake Improvements
The Qt Company has announced the immediate availability of the Qt Creator 4.4 integrated development environment focused on Qt/C++ development.
Qt Creator 4.4 has new inline annotations when in the Clang code model, some C++ highlighting improvements, improvements when using the CMake build system in its recent server-mode, removal of Windows CE support, and a variety of other improvements to this cross-platform IDE.
Ecere SDK: A cross-platform toolkit for GUIs and graphics
In the summer of 1997, I was an avid gamer of the golden classics of the real-time strategy (RTS) and immersive 3D/sandbox role-playing games that defined those genres. After wasting many hours gaming, I wanted to do something more constructive. I had dreams of building my own video games.
The previous year, I had created a basic textured-mapping, software-rendering 3D engine for a tutorial series called the 3D Coding BlackHole. I was working on developing a clone of a popular RTS game—as a learning experience and a stepping stone to building a new game with potential contributors.
More Benchmarks Of AMD’s Threadripper With LLVM Clang 6.0 SVN
With AMD a few days ago having landed an updated scheduler model for Zen CPUs within LLVM, I ran some fresh compiler benchmarks to see how the performance compares.
This weekend I ran tests of LLVM Clang 4.0, Clang 5.0, and Clang 6.0 SVN after the landing of the recent znver1 scheduler model update. Just some quick tests from the AMD Threadripper 1950X Linux system while a more formal compiler comparison is in the works.
‘Women Were in Fact Pioneers in Computing Work’
When a white male Google employee was fired after the release of a memo in which he complained about efforts to increase gender or racial diversity because employment gaps in tech may be due in part to “biological differences” which are “universal across human culture”—woman like feelings more than ideas, that sort of thing—this is not indication that, as USA Today hyperventilated, “the hot button issue of gender bias in the workplace has just gone thermonuclear.” It did provide occasion for the airing of some old ideas involving sexism and scientism, presented as somehow new, because technology.
a new interview question
Obviously if you discover a person that thinks that gender imbalance is just the way it is and that nothing can or should be done about it, or that women don’t program well, or the like, then that’s a great result: clear no-hire. This person is likely to make life unpleasant for their female colleagues, and your company just avoided the problem. High fives, interview team!
3 lessons in effective open partnership
Romania builds exchange for data and documents
In May, Romania began the development of an eDelivery AccessPoint, an electronic exchange for data and documents that makes it easier for public services, companies and citizens to transmit and receive records, including across borders. The system will be linked to the European Union’s core data exchange.
Belgian data exchange urges switch to web services
For the automatic exchange of authenticated records, public services in Belgium are being advised to prepare to switch to web services. The country’s Crossroads Bank for Social Security says it will phase out support for other (legacy) methods of exchanging data.
The Ends of the World is page-turner about mass extinction
The book’s premise is mind-bendingly vast: a geological history of Earth’s past extinctions. It succeeds because of bold and lyrical writing—a rare occurrence in a science book—and because of its unyielding focus on the present. Brannen shows us how past extinction crises were in fact climate crises. Deep time and geology are the keys to comprehend the effects of global warming. Even more so than statistical models and projections, fossils and discontinuities in ancient rock layers tell us a gripping tale of what lies ahead of us. As the author remarked to me: “it’s crazy that most people don’t know anything about the most important events in the history of the planet [...] especially given their unsettling relevance to the future.”
Jim Bridenstine to Be Nominated by Trump to Lead NASA
800 engineering colleges to close over low quality, admissions
Most TV computer scientists are still white men. Google wants to change that.
Leaked Apple warranty guide shows what it will and won’t repair
Leaked document shows how Apple decides to replace or repair your iPhone
A 22-page document recently leaked on Dropbox shows how Apple instructs its technicians and authorized service partners to inspect iPhones for repair and determine whether they are eligible for an in-warranty repair (inexpensive) or an out-of-warranty repair (more expensive) – or if it’s a problem Apple can’t fix (you need a new phone).
Why I owned a Macbook Pro for a day — and what it says to me about the future of Apple
Sadly Apple seem to have stopped trying to be the Porsche or Ferrari of computers, while keeping the same prices — or, in the case of this Macbook range, actually putting the prices up — but decided to adopt the customer services policies of a dodgy used car lot.
Senator Sanders, We Cannot Begin Medicare for All From a Position of Compromise
Recent reports are that Sanders’ bill falls far short of HR 676 in fundamental ways. In fact, Sanders’ bill is a multi-payer system not a single-payer system. His bill reportedly would allow private insurers to compete with the public system, allow the wealthy to buy their way out of the public system and allow investor-owned health facilities to continue to profit while providing more expensive and lower quality health care.
As a leader in the Democratic Party in the Senate, Sanders is trying to walk the line between listening to the concerns of his constituency, which overwhelmingly favors single payer health care, and protecting his fellow Democrats, whose campaigns are financed by the medical industrial complex. Sanders needs to side with the movement not those who profit from overly expensive US health care.
Why Giving Birth Is Safer in Britain Than in the U.S.
Enraptured by new motherhood, she barely noticed when the obstetrician’s head appeared around the surgical drape. “We need to give you a drug to help stop the bleeding, is that OK?” Helen nodded. Ten minutes passed before the question came again. Then again. The fourth time, Helen realized something was seriously wrong.
During pregnancy, the uterine blood vessels that nourish the fetus are wide open. Once the baby is delivered and the placenta removed, these vessels should constrict and close. If they don’t, as with Helen, the mother can bleed profusely. She may reach a point where her body can no longer compensate for the blood loss. The extent of the flow can be unpredictable and sometimes catastrophic. The surgical team’s response must be meticulous. And fast.
Second-guessing your GP’s referral – NHS denials leave big questions unanswered
In today’s NHS these referrals have pound signs attached to them. Every GP referral is seen by NHS England as another burden on the NHS budget and they are now looking at ways to reduce those referrals to hospital doctors. NHS England focuses on the pound signs but seem to forget that behind those referrals are real people with real problems who have already seen their GP, often many times, and in need of the help of a hospital specialist.
The former head of the Royal College of GPs, Maureen Baker, said in response that she is “concerned about the patient safety implications of referral management” and asks “what – if any – risk assessment has been done?”
Security updates for Monday
The father of modern security: B. F. Skinner
What I mean with that statement is our security process is often based on ideas that don’t really work. As an industry we have built up a lot of ideas and processes that aren’t actually grounded in facts and science. We don’t understand why we do certain things, but we know that if we don’t do those things something bad will happen! Will it really happen? I heard something will happen. I suspect the answer is no, but it’s very difficult to explain this concept sometimes.
Here’s where it gets real. It’s easy to pick on the password example because it’s in the past. We need to focus on the present and the future. You have an organization that’s full of policy, ideas, and stuff. How can we try to make a dent in what we have today? What matters? What doesn’t work, and what’s actually harmful?
US judge says that Yahoo must face lawsuits over data breaches
The lawsuit concerns two major breaches: one that occurred in 2013 that impacted more than a billion users, and another in late 2014 that affected at least 500 million accounts. in December, a judicial panel consolidated five putative class action suits that sought to represent account holders who had e-mails, passwords, and other sensitive information compromised.
Yahoo must face litigation by data breach victims: U.S. judge
A U.S. judge said Yahoo must face nationwide litigation brought on behalf of well over 1 billion users who said their personal information was compromised in three massive data breaches.
Security updates for Tuesday
Episode 61 – Market driven security
Six-Year-Old “Loop Bug” Re-Discovered to Affect Almost All Major PDF Viewers
A bug discovered in an obscure PDF parsing library back in 2011 is also present in most of today’s top PDF viewers, according to German software developer Hanno Böck.
The original bug affected the PDF parser component included with Evince, a document viewer app for Linux. It was discovered by fellow German software developer Andreas Bogk, who helped Evince fixed the flaw, and presented his findings at the 2011 Chaos Communication Camp.
Defence/Aggression
‘No More Road Left’ for Diplomacy, US Ambassador Tells Security Council
Doubling-down on the previous threats made by President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary James Mattis over the weekend, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley on Monday morning declared “enough is enough” when it comes to diplomatic efforts with North Korea—indicating that both military strikes and sanctions against Pyongyang’s trading partners could be next.
At an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council, in response to reports on Sunday that Pyongyang tested a hydrogen bomb—its most powerful nuclear test yet—Haley called on members to pass “the strongest sanctions” possible and said “the time has come to exhaust all diplomatic means” in order to end this crisis.
How ‘Regime Change’ Wars Led to Korea Crisis
The U.S.-led aggressions against Iraq and Libya are two war crimes that keep on costing, with their grim examples of what happens to leaders who get rid of WMDs driving the scary showdown with North Korea, writes Robert Parry.
Afghanistan: Why We Won’t Leave
Trump’s recent decision to add troops in Afghanistan has nothing to do with combating terrorism (or mining mineral resources, or confusing militants as to when the U.S. military might finally leave), no matter what the endless stream of pundits and think-pieces have argued since it was announced. After 16 years of occupation the Taliban control 48 of nearly 400 administrative units, the Islamic State has established a foothold, the United States supplies almost the entirety of the military and civilian budget, the Afghan military is incapable of functioning without U.S. support, opium production has increased so that Afghanistan supplies 77% of the world’s heroin, and by the end of the next fiscal year the total cost of the 16-year Afghan war alone will be $1 trillion. Afghanistan and Pakistan have engaged in their worst border clashes in years as militants shift back and forth between both countries at will. Chinese troops operate openly in the country and conduct joint security exercises with Afghan forces. Russia is now debating a military intervention, ostensibly to counter the growing Taliban threat.
‘God help us all’: Twitter horrified after Trump lashes out at North Korea in ‘petulant’ tweetstorm
“Your impeachment can’t come soon enough, for the sake of the entire planet,” one Twitter user said.
Putin says the country that perfects AI will be ‘ruler of the world’
Forget the arms race or space race — the new battle for technological dominance revolves around AI, according to Vladimir Putin. The Russian President told students at a career guidance forum that the “future belongs to artificial intelligence,” and whoever is first to dominate this category will be the “ruler of the world.” In other words, Russia fully intends to be a frontrunner in the AI space. It won’t necessarily hog its technology, though.
Putin maintains that he doesn’t want to see anyone “monopolize” the field, and that Russia would share its knowledge with the “entire world” in the same way it shares its nuclear tech. We’d take this claim with a grain of salt (we wouldn’t be surprised if Russia held security-related AI secrets close to the vest), but this does suggest that the country might share some of what it learns.
At Last, Air Monitor Set to Test for Lead Near Military Open Burn Site
Virginia environment officials say they will soon begin monitoring the air near a public elementary school outside the town of Radford amid concerns that pollution from an Army weapons plant there is endangering people’s health.
For the first time in the more than 65 years since the facility, the Radford Army Ammunition Plant, began burning hazardous explosives and other waste without environmental controls, the monitoring will measure how much lead reaches the surrounding community. Officials may add the capability to measure arsenic, chromium and other pollutants as well.
In July, ProPublica reported that open burning of hazardous waste was standard practice at U.S. military facilities despite the fact it has been banned by law for years at almost every other type of industrial operation. The Radford plant is just one of at least 51 military sites across the country where dangerous materials are burned on a regular basis, according to documents obtained from the Environmental Protection Agency and reported by ProPublica.
North Korea Says It Might Negotiate on Nuclear Weapons. But the Washington Post Isn’t Reporting That.
No normal human being should ever have to read the Washington Post’s op-eds and unsigned editorials. But the Post’s words have a huge impact on the hive-mind of America’s foreign policy apparatus — and hence where we’re going to war next — so it’s important that someone normal pay attention and report back.
On the Brink of Nuclear War
My experience in what was certainly the most dangerous situation America ever experienced, the Cuban Missile Crisis, led me to believe that at least in a crisis how we think about events and what we remember of the past often determines our actions and may be the deciding difference between life and death. So here I will begin with the mindset that underlay American policy for the last half century.
Anyone who reads the press or watches TV is beset with countless scraps of information. In my experience in government service, the deluge of information was almost paralyzing. Some of my colleagues joked that the way to defeat our adversaries was to give them access to what passed over our desks every day. It would immobilize them as it sometimes immobilized us.
Unnerving the Donald: North Korea’s Sixth Nuclear Test
Tediously, China is again being pressed, as if Beijing wishes to aid in perpetrating a collapse in Pyongyang. Trump is ever decent enough to suggest that Beijing might be trying to help, but has proven ineffectual – much like an ignored parent. “North Korea is a rogue nation which has become a great threat and embarrassment to China, which is trying to help but with little success.”[5]
Turnbull similarly likes speaking for China, having, it would seem, a telepathic linen into the Chinese foreign ministry. “The Chinese are frustrated and dismayed by North Korea’s conduct, but China has the greatest leverage, and with the greatest leverage comes the greatest responsibility.”[6]
Given that China does trade with Pyongyang, the cessation of trade between the US and the world’s second largest economy is bound to be an own goal of dramatic idiocy. Doing so will make the US smaller rather than great, somewhat against the current puffy rhetoric preferred in the White House.
Militias and crony capitalism to hamper Syria reconstruction
Reconstruction is a main project of the regime and crony capitalists, linked with a plan to consolidate their political and economic power, while rewarding foreign allies for their assistance with a share of the market. Reconstruction will also reinforce the neo-liberal policies of the deeply indebted regime as it lacks the capacity to fund the reconstruction.
Transparency/Investigative Reporting
How a Crackdown on Leaks Threatens Confidential Sources
Environment/Energy/Wildlife/Nature
Undocumented in Texas: Surviving Hurricane Harvey and the Repeal of DACA
Today we bring you a conversation about undocumented families seeking relief from Hurricane Harvey, the ongoing fight against an anti-immigrant bill in Texas, DACA and more with Greg Casar, a city councilman in Austin representing District 4.
At times during Harvey, the European model outperformed humans
As a resident of Houston and a meteorologist, I closely tracked the development or Hurricane Harvey for much of the month of August. As part of that, I watched every new cycle of forecast model runs to determine which one handled the track forecast best.
The very different depictions of Hurricanes Harvey and Katrina
Bush’s disconnection from the region reflected a larger sense that post-Katrina New Orleans resembled a ‘Third World’ disaster zone.
‘Putting Politics Before Science,’ Trump’s EPA Restricting Grants for Climate Research
In what environmentalists characterized as an “outrageous” scheme by the Trump administration to put “politics before science,” the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is now only issuing grants and awards if they are approved by a political appointee, the Washington Post’s Juliet Eilperin reported on Monday.
John Konkus—a GOP operative who served as President Donald Trump’s Leon County, Florida campaign chairman—now “reviews every award the agency gives out, along with every grant solicitation before it is issued,” Eilperin noted.
Americans who live far from coasts should also be worried about flooding
Catastrophic flooding in Houston from Hurricane Harvey is the latest reminder that floods kill more people in the United States than any other type of natural disaster and are the most common natural disaster worldwide. Many communities along U.S. coastlines have begun to take heed and have slowed development in coastal flood zones. The bad news, as Harvey shows, is that inland communities are also at risk – and in some, development in flood zones is increasing.
With post-doctoral research associate Yi Qiang and graduate students, I recently studied development patterns in the United States from 2001 to 2011. We found that while new urban development in flood zones near coasts has generally declined, it has grown in inland counties. This is a worrisome trend. It implies that people who have experienced flooding on the coast migrate inland, but may not realize that they are still vulnerable if they relocate to an inland flood zone.
Will Houston’s Post-Harvey Recovery Exacerbate Inequities or Build a More Just City?
Residents across Houston are beginning to return to their communities in the wake of devastating flooding from Hurricane Harvey. Congress is slated to begin debate on how to distribute billions of dollars in aid for Houston and the Texas Gulf Coast. To understand who stands to profit from the relief effort, and who may not, Democracy Now!’s Amy Goodman, Renée Feltz and Hany Massoud sat down with Dr. Robert Bullard, known as the founder of the environmental justice movement, at his home in Houston over the weekend.
Petro Metro: A Toxic Tour of Houston from Refineries to Superfund Sites in Wake of Harvey
In Texas, the devastation from Hurricane Harvey continues. At least 63 people have died, more than 40,000 homes have been lost, and as many 1 million cars have been destroyed. Meanwhile, the long-term environmental impact of the storm is just beginning to be felt. The Center for Biological Diversity reports flooded oil refineries and chemical plants released as much as 5 million pounds of pollutants into the air during the storm. On Friday night, another large fire broke out at the flooded Arkema chemical plant in Crosby, Texas. Then, on Sunday, authorities set fire to six remaining containers of chemicals in what was described as a controlled burn. The company continues to refuse to inform local residents of what chemicals burned at the site. For more, Democracy Now!’s Amy Goodman, Renée Feltz and Hany Massoud take a “toxic tour” of Houston’s fenceline communities, led by environmental justice organizer Bryan Parras.
August/September 2017: Hurricane Harvey
From August 27-September 4, the National Geodetic Survey (NGS) collected damage assessment imagery in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. The aerial imagery was collected in specific areas identified by FEMA and the National Weather Service. You can access all of the images collected online.
Select the round icon with directional arrows using your mouse (or your finger) and slide back and forth to view a “before and after” comparison. “Before” images are provided by Mapbox, Digital Globe, and OpenStreetMap; “After” images were captured by NOAA’s National Geodetic Survey in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.
Trump Budget Cuts Could Halt the Investigation Into the Texas Chemical Plant Explosion
But in President Donald Trump’s budget proposal, the CSB was completely defunded. If Congress acts on that request, we might never see the results of the Arkema investigation, nor many of the other studies CSB is conducting. Even budget cuts might hamper those investigations.
Big Oil to Blame for Harvey’s Toxic Legacy
Yesterday, the Governor of Texas warned that the bill for reconstruction after Superstorm Harvey could be as high as $180 billion. To put this into perspective, this is much worse that Hurricane Katrina.
It also does not include the hidden huge impact on local health and the environment from the toxic release of dozens of chemicals from the state’s petrochemical infrastructure – from refineries, chemical plants to toxic pits.
Brock Long, the Head of the Government’s Disaster Management Agency, also told CBS News that Harvey should be a wake-up call for local officials. “It is a wake-up call for this country for local and state elected officials to give their governors and their emergency management directors the full budgets that they need to be fully staffed, to design rainy-day funds, to have your own stand-alone individual assistance and public assistance programmes,” he said
Look Around: The Costs of Not Acting on Climate Are Adding Up Fast
As Houston begins a recovery from Hurricane Harvey that is likely to last several years and cost many billions of dollars, the threat of extreme weather events around the country and the globe are illustrating the impact of climate change—and the damage being done by right-wing politicians including President Donald Trump who have refused to heed repeated warnings from scientists and other experts.
Florida governor declares state of emergency over Hurricane Irma
Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) has declared a state of emergency affecting every county in Florida in preparation for Hurricane Irma, which has been upgraded to a Category 4 storm.
Scott’s order signed Monday notes that the National Hurricane Center predicts the storm will be a “major hurricane located somewhere north of Cuba and south of Andros Island in the Bahamas.”
“Hurricane Irma poses a severe threat to the entire State of Florida, and requires that timely precautions are taken to protect the communities, critical infrastructure, and general welfare of this State,” the order states.
“As governor, I am responsible to meet the dangers presented to this state and its people by this emergency.”
Green Energy Jobs: Top 7 Pieces of Rare Good News for US Workers on Labor Day
Houston, Bangladesh and Global Warming
The pictures that came out of Houston and other areas that were hard hit by Hurricane Harvey were pretty awful. There were numerous photographs of people with young children and pets wading through high water in the hope of being rescued by boat or helicopter. There was also the picture of elderly people in a nursing home sitting in waist-high water waiting to be rescued. It was a pretty horrible story.
Because the United States is a wealthy country, we do have large numbers of boats and helicopters and trained rescue workers able to assist the victims of the storm. We also have places where we can take these people where they will have shelter, as well access to food and medical care. However bad the human toll will be from Harvey, it would be hugely worse without these resources.
Hundreds of firefighters continuing La Tuna Fire battle through the night
Fueled by hot conditions and shifting winds, a brush fire exploded across the eastern San Fernando Valley on Saturday, consuming thousands of acres while prompting hundreds of mandatory evacuations.
Parts of Burbank, Glendale and Sunland-Tujunga were under evacuation orders for the La Tuna Fire.
Climate breakdown, as George Monbiot calls it, is happening before our eyes at the same time the science on climate change grows stronger and has wider acceptance. Hurricane Harvey, which struck at the center of the petroleum industry – the heart of climate denialism – provided a glimpse of the new normal of climate crisis-induced events. In Asia, this week the climate message was even stronger where at least 1,200 people died and 41 million were impacted. By 2050, one billion people could be displaced by climate crises.
Climate disasters demonstrate the immense failure of government at all levels. The world has known about the likely disastrous impacts of climate change for decades. Next year will be the thirtieth anniversary of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which operates under the auspices of the United Nations and was founded in 1988. The IPCC published the first of five reports in 1990. Thousands of scientists and other experts write and review the reports and 120 countries participate in the process. The most common surprises in successive reports are more rapid temperature increases and greater impacts than scientists had predicted.
Our Collective Response to the Houston Tragedy Is Proof That Greed and Capitalism Aren’t the Only Ways to Run Society
Trump’s Tax Push Begins
‘Toxic to Democracy’: New Project Reveals Corrupting Web of Trump Empire
In a report accompanying the launch of the project—titled “President Trump Inc.”—Tanglis notes that despite Trump’s persistent refusal to release his tax returns, there is abundant evidence of “a massive conflict problem based on what we already know from his 278e financial disclosures.”
Public Citizen’s analysis of available documents found that “Trump has created at least 49 business entities since he announced his bid for the Republican nomination on June 16, 2015.”
You Can’t Be Serious: Debunking The Dangerous Arguments Against Dodd-Frank
Not content with their fruitless assault on Obamacare, one of President Obama’s two signature achievements, Republicans are now staging a similarly symbolic challenge to the other. In June, the House passed a measure that would significantly pare back the Dodd-Frank financial reforms. While it’s highly unlikely to become law, the bill promotes bogus and dangerous arguments for unregulated finance.
Passed in 2010, Dodd-Frank was Congress’s response to the 2008 financial crisis, which was a product of Wall Street excess more than the naïve homebuyers who are often blamed for it. The idea was partly to rein in the inordinate risk-taking by large financial institutions that pose a hazard to innocent bystanders. There’s a link here: When out-of-control financial systems crash and burn and the economy contracts in response, as happened in 2007-09, millions of people lose jobs. Pre-Obamacare, that meant losing your health insurance.
Concession Fatigue in Connecticut
Corporate tax rates are some of the lowest in the country… incomes of the top 1 percent grew 290.8 percent
Why the Post Office Gives Amazon Special Delivery
This arrangement is an underappreciated accident of history. The post office has long had a legal monopoly to deliver first-class mail, or nonurgent letters. The exclusivity comes with a universal-service obligation—to provide for all Americans at uniform price and quality. This communication service helps knit this vast country together, and it’s the why the Postal Service exists.
In 2001 the quantity of first-class mail in the U.S. began to decline thanks to the internet. Today it is down 40% from its peak levels, according to Postal Service data. But though there are fewer letters to put into each mailbox, the Postal Service still visits 150 million residences and businesses daily. With less traditional mail to deliver, the service has filled its spare capacity by delivering more boxes.
No Worker Left Behind
Everyone gets a day off for Labour day, right?
Public employees were forced to the table because the state budget faced a $5 billion shortfall over two years, conservative forces were resurgent and vocal in their anti-union rhetoric, and the state’s Democratic Party was paralyzed by poor leadership and a fear of raising taxes. With Democratic Governor Dan Malloy (elected by the unions) threatening 4,200 layoffs, concessions were a foregone conclusion.
How did Connecticut, one of the wealthiest states in the country, get into a budget mess so bad that state workers were forced to solve it? The answer is that Connecticut is one of the most unequal states in the nation.
The Union Was the Only Friend He Had: On Joe Hill, Now More Than Ever
So many offenses against human decency, so little time. Just in time for Labor Day, we note the “death by a thousand cuts” that are curbs, stalls, rollbacks and “staggering” assaults on workers’ rights and protections – many engineered by so-called labor officials who turn out to be racists, oligarchs or brazenly anti-union crusaders whose credentials come from conservative Christian correspondence courses, so we know just how good they are. Some of the damage to date: Cuts to measures helping victims of discrimination, a halt to Obama-era reporting by large companies to address gross pay inequity, threats to overtime pay and a pullback by OSHA on previously vital actions like reporting injuries and issuing news releases.
The latest travesty: Last week, under loathsome cover of Harvey – and using the same slimy method of making things like climate change and sexual awareness just go poof from websites – OSHA scrubbed from their home page a longtime running list of workers killed on the job, because, really, who wants to know about that? The list, which included the worker’s name, date of accident and cause of death, disappeared Friday just as Little Donny was making his unpresidentedly surreal visit to wish Harvey victims, “Have a good time, everybody!” Gone was also the list’s preface, noting that, “More than 4,500 workers lose their lives on the job every year….OSHA’s mission is to prevent workplace injuries, illnesses and deaths.” Also gone: a video telling workers they have the right to speak up about safety conditions, without reprisal.
This Labor Day the Struggle Continues
Labor Day was established in 1894 by President Grover Cleveland, a Democrat, as a concession to the labor movement days after he used federal troops to crush a strike by railroad workers which resulted in 30 deaths and some $80 million in property damages. Workers then, and workers now, were fighting for decent wages and working conditions and the end of human exploitation.Labor Day was established in 1894 by President Grover Cleveland, a Democrat, as a concession to the labor movement days after he used federal troops to crush a strike by railroad workers which resulted in 30 deaths and some $80 million in property damages. Workers then, and workers now, were fighting for decent wages and working conditions and the end of human exploitation.
A Beautiful Moment of Socialism. But Now Killer Capitalism Resumes
People in Texas and around the nation pitched in, through their labors and donations; neighbors and first responders saved lives; the Red Cross and other charitable organizations, including many local churches, brought food and supplies and medicine to hurricane victims; many GoFundMe initiatives were set up; the business community—especially furniture man Jim McIngvale—donated their goods and services; government officials remained focused on the people they were elected to represent; even the military contributed with rescue helicopters. No one seemed to care about the skin color or religion or politics of those in need.
How noncompete clauses clash with US labor laws
Most Americans with jobs work “at-will”: Employers owe their employees nothing in the relationship and vice versa. Either party may terminate the arrangement at any time for a good or bad reason or none at all.
In keeping with that no-strings-attached spirit, employees may move on as they see fit – unless they happen to be among the nearly one in five workers bound by a contract that explicitly forbids getting hired by a competitor. These “noncompete clauses” may make sense for CEOs and other top executives who possess trade secrets but seem nonsensical when they are applied to low-wage workers such as draftsmen in the construction industry.
Criticising UK’s Brexit difficulties is like following a crap football team
Watching the UK government deal with Brexit is a lot like watching Aston Villa in decline.
Unforced error after unforced error, as the side does ever more badly over time.
The memories of greatness only making things worse.
Some suggest that criticising the UK’s many mistakes over Brexit is to be on the side of the EU. That one is “talking down” the UK and “cheering on” Juncker, Barnier, or whoever.
But a person can be critical of a thing, and express that criticism, without it meaning that the person is opposed to it.
One suspects the people expressing such views have never followed a crap football team.
There is no pleasure in watching the government’s foreseeable difficulties on Brexit, just as there was no pleasure in watching Aston Villa’s foreseeable relegation.
The Drudgery of Modern Work
A bitter irony of modern life is just when computers and robots should give people more time for creativity and relaxation, the opposite is often the case for many, a continued life of drudgery, as Lawrence Davidson observes.
The Rollback of Pro-Worker Policies Since Trump Took Office Is Staggering
The rollback of labor rights and protections since Trump took office is staggering. It puts worker safety at risk and guarantees that many workers will earn less, but that’s not all. Measures to help victims of discrimination receive redress are on the scrap heap. Unions are running scared. “It’s a death by a thousand cuts,” explains Heidi Shierholz, a senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute.
AFL-CIO head rips Trump on Labor Day: ‘He’s assaulted’ worker regulations
“He’s assaulted just about every health and safety regulation out there, whether it’s from beryllium or silica,” Trumka said. “He attacked the overtime regulations, he attacked regulations for consumer protection.”
Tory government launches ‘secretive amnesty’ for up to 3,000 firms that fail to pay minimum wage
The Tory government has launched a “secretive amnesty” for up to 3,000 firms who failed to pay the minimum wage.
Businesses will be able to repay cheated workers without being fined or exposed publicly under the programme, which launched around a month ago.
Since a crackdown began in 2013 more than 1,000 firms have been named, shamed and issued penalties for failing to pay staff the minimum wage.
AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics
Alex Jones and the War on the Minds of the Working Class
Yes, this is a serious article about InfoWars. For many of us, it’s easy to laugh off the unhinged theories of Alex Jones, a self-proclaimed leader of the alt right, as inconsequential and absurd. Yet, demagogues like Jones maintain formidable influence over the minds of many working class whites by channeling their frustrations in patterns that amplify raced and gendered inequality.
A Treatise on European Government: on the international and the problems of the treaties
The problem with founding a constitutional order on the basis of treaties has been amply discussed by observers of the European construct for decades, and from the crucial decade of the 1990s in particular. Chief among these concerns is that in reality, treaties are international law. Treaties are drafted by ministers of state and diplomats and not by the people to which they will apply; it is the states rather than their citizens, who are the ‘High Contracting Parties’.
Decades Ago, Paul Manafort Played a Leading Role in a Pioneering Operation to Secretly Funnel Foreign Money into U.S. Politics
Former Donald Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort was a major player in a transnational operation that was both pioneering and innovative during its time, according to court documents and interviews with key figures. This decades-old scheme may fit the same pattern investigators are probing in regard to Russian government’s influence on the 2016 campaign.
When Manafort joined Trump’s campaign, a flurry of stories was written about the shady clients the lobbyist had represented over his long career. But by shifting the focus from who he represented to how, a more interesting picture begins to emerge.
Trump accepted Manafort’s resignation in August 2016 — just three months after he joined the campaign — after reports of Manafort’s ties to a pro-Russian Ukrainian became too much to stomach. He is known to have worked for a series of controversial clients, including an international arms dealer. A closer look into one of Manafort’s former clients, as well as details from a past top official of that organization, provide insight into a scheme to funnel foreign government money into the United States through a nonprofit partner, evading the notice of authorities.
In the early 1990s, Manafort’s lobbying firm, Black, Manafort, Stone, and Kelly, worked for the Kashmiri American Council, a group that tried to influence U.S. policy toward the disputed territory of Kashmir. Later, the group, led by Kashmiri native Syed Ghulam Nabi Fai, was proven to be a front for Pakistan’s intelligence agency in Washington. The KAC hired Manafort in October 1990, just months after its founding.
Manafort and the Big Nothingburger
In a secretly taped video CNN’s Van Jones referred to the Trump-Russia story as a “big nothingburger.” Interesting that one of the network’s senior news commentators would say that, although not publicly, but privately to someone in an elevator. The cable network’s news director has apparently urged anchors to refer to the story of Russian interference in the U.S. election as something confirmed by all 17 U.S. intelligence agencies (which is in fact not quite true). Hence it must be supported by any reasonable person as settled fact. When Trump supporters (or others) point out that the same agencies asserted that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction and al-Qaeda ties in 2003, they are told that many improvements have been made in intelligence collection since then. But intelligence is always susceptible to high-level manipulation.
Dick Cheney and his neocons obliged the intellect community to accept, or at least reference in official reports, what turned out to be sheer disinformation (in order to get their war). I believe Obama wanted a joint report alleging Russian intervention in the presidential election on Trump’s behalf, both to draw doubt upon Trump’s legitimacy (as Trump had sought to do to him), and to further vilify Putin.
Manafort resigned from the campaign in June 2016, due to criticism about his ties to “pro-Russian Ukrainian oligarchs.” Of course, oligarchs control the economies of most former Soviet states. That’s what happens when state property is suddenly privatized. There are anti-Russian Ukrainians too. Would Manafort have escaped blame if he had been working with them, on the right (pro-NATO) side? I suspect he will be convicted of some crime or another, but it will have nothing to do with Putin and Trump.
We keep hearing references to Trump campaign contacts with “the Russians.” As though such contact was legally prohibited and morally abhorrent. Brief conversations between Trump aides and the Russian ambassador (that sound to be very routine and polite) are being subject to stern scrutiny. The cable anchor (such as MSNBC’s Joy-Ann Reid and Rachel Maddow) lusts for impeachment—on the grounds of Trump-camp collusion with Russia to deny Hillary her right to rule.
Lifting the Veil on Another Batch of Shadowy Trump Appointees
President Donald Trump has left hundreds of government jobs unfilled that require a vote by the Senate. Yet his administration has installed more than 1,000 people through political appointments at every major federal agency, handing over control of the government’s day-to-day operations to industry insiders and loyalists to an unprecedented degree.
Among the latest Trump administration appointees is a lobbyist who until March worked for a leading hepatitis C drugmaker that priced its treatment at $1,000 a pill and is now leading a White House working group setting drug pricing policies. The list includes the new head of the government’s offshore oil drilling safety and enforcement agency, who previously sat on the board of Sunoco Logistics and who told an industry conference earlier this month that deepwater drilling should ramp up. Then there’s the Hollywood actor who has called global warming and climate change a “leftist political tool” and “not sound science” on Twitter and who is now the communications director at the Department of Health and Human Services. Finally, this group also includes the 80-year-old retired chief legal officer of Morgan Stanley, who once told government lawyers he was “going to kick your ass” and is now a deputy attorney general in the Justice Department’s antitrust division, overseeing litigation while his boss awaits Senate confirmation. (At the time, Kempf denied using the expletive in exactly those terms.)
Fake Assanges Drive Far-Right Messages
All four accounts — @JuliannAssange, @Julien_Assange, @RealAssange and @JulianAssanged — copied the profile of the genuine Assange (@JulianAssange), occasionally claiming to be a “parody” (or “parity”) account when they were exposed. Their content was not parody, however, but a cocktail of far-right propaganda which achieved the greatest impact when it linked itself with Wikileaks.
Some Twitter users appear to have been fooled by these accounts; others claimed not to have been, but supported their efforts anyway.
Three of the four accounts were created in May. By the time the last of them was suspended on September 4, while under investigation by @DFRLab, it had over 25,000 followers. Minutes after the suspension, a new account was created, using the same techniques.
Censorship/Free Speech
EPA now requires political aide’s sign-off for agency awards, grant applications
The Environmental Protection Agency has taken the unusual step of putting a political operative in charge of vetting the hundreds of millions of dollars in grants the EPA distributes annually, assigning final funding decisions to a former Trump campaign aide with little environmental policy experience.
In this role, John Konkus reviews every award the agency gives out, along with every grant solicitation before it is issued. According to both career and political employees, Konkus has told staff that he is on the lookout for “the double C-word” — climate change — and repeatedly has instructed grant officers to eliminate references to the subject in solicitations.
The Strange (and Tortured) Legacy of “Free Speech”
Christ noted that free speech as a basic constitutional right remains vital to the “Berkeley community”, adding: “That protection involves not just defending your right to speak, or the right of those you agree with, but also defending the right to speak by those you disagree with, even of those whose views you find abhorrent.” A ringing endorsement of political freedom right out of the pages of John Stuart Mill’s classic On Liberty. Throughout American society and its hundreds of college campuses, however, this ideal was destined to fall short, and Berkeley – as we have amply seen – is hardly an exception. The historic birthplace of “free speech” is simultaneously a bastion of formidable restrictions, limits, and obstacles, where violent conflict has all-too-often crowded out any free exchange of ideas.
At Berkeley, clashes surrounding the Yiannopolous and Coulter events this year probably did more to bolster than to undermine right-wing politics. If attempts to silence objectionable speech run counter to historical FSM values, they are also profoundly self-negating. Chomsky’s argument that chaos brought on by Antifa and kindred groups has been a much-appreciated gift to the extreme right seems on the mark. One campus leftist railed: “We can’t keep producing this audio-visual propaganda. It is recruiting for the right.”
BBC cuts ties with Burmese TV station over censorship
The BBC has stopped providing news programmes for a Burmese television station which it claims has been censoring broadcasts.
The corporation’s decision appears to relate to coverage of communal violence in the western state of Rakhine.
BBC deputy director of news and current affairs Francesca Unsworth said in a statement posted on the BBC Burmese website that the censorship by Yangon-based MNTV “violated the trust between the BBC and its audience”.
It said the BBC has warned MNTV since March against interfering with BBC programming.
How does the Cuban government censor the internet? Report reveals some details
Google Pushes Back on Accusations of Aiding Censorship in Cuba
China rewrites history with new censorship drive [Ed: Google cache to bypass paywall]
Sense and censorship
Blockchain-based YouTube has potential to be censorship-resistant alternative
Google Continues to Hire in China Even as Search Remains Blocked
Chinese Man Jailed For Nine Months For Selling VPN Software
A man who sold VPN software via a website has been sentenced to nine months in prison by China’s Supreme People’s Court. The decision, handed down earlier this year but only just made public, notes that the software supplied by the man allowed the public to circumvent China’s Great Firewall while granting access to foreign websites.
China bans all ICOs and digital currency launches as ‘illegal public financing’
The hype around ICOs or initial coin offerings has reached fever pitch in the US, with celebs like Paris Hilton endorsing new digital currencies and mainstream outlets such as CNBC offering viewers advice on how to build their own “cryptocurrency portfolio.” In China, though, the authorities have had enough, and today the Chinese government took the bold move of banning ICOs all together.
Bitcoin falls as China bans initial coin offerings
Bitcoin Tumbles as PBOC Declares Initial Coin Offerings Illegal
The People’s Bank of China said on its website Monday that it had completed investigations into ICOs, and will strictly punish offerings in the future while penalizing legal violations in ones already completed. The regulator said that those who have already raised money must provide refunds, though it didn’t specify how the money would be paid back to investors.
Yes, Google Uses Its Power to Quash Ideas It Doesn’t Like—I Know Because It Happened to Me [Updated]
Cambridge University Press should never bow down to China’s censorship again
Censorship: Egypt blocks 424 websites
Egyptian authorities’ blocking of NGO website condemned
We Are At War For A Free And Open Internet
Without any of these things an individual website can not possibly compete and operate at scale. If left unchecked, these centralized platforms will continue their dominance and control the means of all information, personal data, and communication on the internet.
It’s not too late to save the free and open internet. Decentralized platforms built on the blockchain (including Gab in the near future) will inevitably give the power and control to The People and make the internet censorship-proof.
Gab wants to lead the creation of the next level of the internet. If Web 2.0 was about centralized, social, and mobile networks: Web 3.0 will be a decentralized, blockchain-based, radically transparent, people-powered internet infrastructure.
We are actively looking for a new registrar. This post will hopefully inspire other teams to start building or attract talented engineers to Gab who want to help us protect the free and open web. Until then, we will continue to build and fight for the freedoms we cherish.
Putin: no censorship or pressure behind arrest of prominent director
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that there was no censorship or official pressure behind the arrest of a film and theater director whose edgy work has angered traditionalists in the Russian establishment.
Russian prosecutors say they suspect the director, Kirill Serebrennikov, of embezzling at least 68 million rubles ($1.17 million) in state funds earmarked for an art project. Serebrennikov, under house arrest awaiting trial, denies the charges.
Lack of good jobs, censorship leads Chinese youth to dunk despair in ‘Sang’ tea
Chinese millennials with a dim view of their career and marriage prospects can wallow in despair with a range of teas such as “achieved-absolutely-nothing black tea”, and “my-ex’s-life-is-better-than-mine fruit tea”.
While the drink names at the Sung chain of tea stalls are tongue-in-cheek, the sentiment they reflect is serious: a significant number of young Chinese with high expectations have become discouraged and embrace an attitude known on social media as “sang”, after a Chinese character associated with the word “funeral” that describes being dispirited.
“Sang” culture, which revels in often-ironic defeatism, is fuelled by internet celebrities, through music and the popularity of certain mobile games and TV shows, as well as sad-faced emojis and pessimistic slogans.
The Big ‘If’ in The Rebel’s Censorship Claim
Ezra Levant used it to recruit supporters in his latest online campaign, built on the phrase “They tried to kill The Rebel” and launched after the website was briefly unavailable to some regions of the world.
But The Rebel did not do this. And two weeks later, the vague claim remains on the site, and 14,176 people have handed their email addresses over to the business as they filled out a form to show they “Stand with The Rebel.” (Less than half Levant’s 30,000 goal.)
It’s hard to understand The Rebel’s secrecy, as the issues aren’t complex.
Privacy/Surveillance
Romanian whose messages were read by employer ‘had privacy breached’
A European court of human rights judgment has bolstered the rights of employees to have a significant degree of privacy when sending and receiving workplace emails.
The surprise decision by the Strasbourg appeal court, overturning an earlier ruling, will force employers to give more explicit warnings to staff if they want to monitor internet use.
The case, which relates to a Romanian engineer who was sacked in 2007 for exchanging messages on an office account about his sexual health with his fiancee, will set a legal precedent across Europe.
Harman CEO: Samsung will outdo Google, Amazon with AI speaker
IFA 2017 was not only for the unveiling of new products, it was also used as an opportunity to strengthen existing business relationships. Samsung Electronics has created a formidable relationship with its new affiliate, Harman International, after the chiefs of the two firms held an exclusive private meeting at the IFA 2017 conference held in Berlin, Germany some days ago. This association appears to be very vital for the manufacturing giant to launch an “unbeatable” artificial intelligence device next year. Harman is a US audio and car electronics maker which was acquired by Samsung for $8 billion in March.
What is edge computing? [Ed: It’s a new buzzword to teach us it’s “cool” to be spied on and “hip” to have surveillance inside homes]
This is where edge computing comes in. Edge computing is essentially the process of decentralizing computer services and moving them closer to the source of data. This can have a significant impact on latency, as it can drastically reduce the volume of data moved and the distance it travels.
UIDAI refutes Wikileaks reports of Aadhaar data snoop, says system is secure
The UIDAI on Sunday asserted that Aadhaar system has stringent security features to prevent any unauthorised capture or transmission of data, refuting reports that hinted at sensitive biometric data being allegedly accessed by certain foreign agencies.
NSA Has Identified Satoshi Nakamoto, Author Claims
Although several people have come forwad and claimed to be Satoshi, the generally acknowledged bitcoin inventor, no one has been able to definitively prove any real identity.
Employers’ rights to monitor office emails to be decided by European court
The extent to which employers can monitor their employees’ office emails could be shaped by a test case on workplace privacy to be resolved by the European court of human rights this week.
The final ruling in a long-running appeal brought by a Romanian man against his dismissal revolves around whether it was reasonable for his firm to investigate whether he had been sending private messages on his professional Yahoo Messenger account.
The case brought by Bogdan Bărbulescu dates back to 2007 when he was employed in sales and was asked to set up an email account to answer clients’ inquiries.
Three years later, the company informed him that his use of the account had been monitored and that he had been found to have used it to exchange private messages with his brother and fiancee. Some of the exchanges related to their sexual health.
Why 16% of the code on the average site belongs to Facebook, and what that means
According to data collected by BuiltWith.com, 6% of the top 10,000 most high-traffic sites load content from Facebook’s servers. For the vast majority of them, that content is likely Facebook’s Javascript SDK, a huge block of code that is needed to display such features as the Like button (as seen on many media sites) and Facebook comments widgets (also used on many big media sites, Buzzfeed among them). The SDK code is so big that it represents about 16% of the total size of all Javascript on the average web page.
Inside the black market where people pay thousands of dollars for Instagram verification
But it’s clear from people who spoke on the condition of anonymity, many of whom have their own blue checkmarks, that a black market for Instagram verification is alive and well.
Forget Aadhaar, there’s a bigger privacy risk you have already taken
Those who protest against Aadhaar, the 12-digit biometric identification number, due to privacy concerns and risk of data theft, may have missed the elephant in the room — the smartphone. Indians run a bigger risk of data theft and loss of privacy through their smartphones.
California’s Top Court Says Cops Have To Hand Over Automatic Plate Reader Records
The EFF and ACLU have achieved a victory in an acronym-heavy public records case. The California Supreme Court has ruled the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) and Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department (LASD) will have to turn over data acquired by their automatic license plate readers (ALPRs).
Both entities tried to keep these records from the EFF and ACLU by claiming every single one of the millions of plate records were “investigatory records,” exempt from disclosure under California’s public records law. This apparently included the millions of “non-hit” records never utilized in any LAPD/LASD investigation. With the plate readers collecting 1.5-2 million records per week, they were basically arguing every driver passing by an ALPR was under investigation.
Black Lives Matter Sues Police Department Over Illegal Surveillance Based On First Amendment Activities
Members of a New York “Black Lives Matter” group are suing the town of Clarkstown and its police department over illegal surveillance. The plaintiffs allege they were placed under surveillance by the Clarkstown PD’s Strategic Intelligence Unit (SIU) for a number of reasons, none of which were legal uses of the agency’s spy wares.
It would seem the lawsuit [PDF] has a good chance of paying off. Allegations of racial profiling and illegally surveilling citizens for their First Amendment activities are backed by the results of investigations and one police official’s own admissions.
A letter to the US Attorney’s office in New York, attached as an exhibit, bolsters the claims made in the BLM lawsuit. In it, Clarkstown town Supervisor George Hoehman details a long list of surveillance violations and other police misconduct.
Civil Rights/Policing
The Shock of Panorama on G4S Abuse of Security Detainees
Every now and then BBC Panorama can still come up with a truly shocking investigation that can prick the public conscience. Today’s report by the excellent and brave Callum Tulley on the appalling physical and mental abuse of immigration detainees was so atrocious it may result in action other than the sacking of low level employees which appears to be in train. I do urge you strongly to watch the programme if you have not done so before.
The BBC failed dismally in their duty to explain that Theresa May is personally responsible for the abuse having supported the system throughout her long period as Home Secretary. We do not have similar undercover footage for the females held in Yarls Wood detention centre, but levels of physical abuse by staff are similar there and it is a matter of undisputed public record that they have included rape and sexual abuse.
Haiti in Crisis: What Next After the Stolen Election?
Addressing an overflow audience in Oakland in late April, Dr. Maryse Narcisse, presidential candidate of Fanmi Lavalas, the party of former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide, spoke about the necessity of reforming the justice system, investing in education and health, and the decisive role of women in the fight for democracy. Reflecting on the devastation wrought by both the 2010 earthquake and Hurricane Matthew, she focused on the growing threats posed by climate change to the island nation and the need for a vigorous environmental campaign to meet that threat. She emphasized that the Lavalas movement “places human beings at the center.”
Dr. Narcisse spoke in the wake of the selection of Haiti’s new president, Jovenel Moise, a right-wing businessmen and protégé of former president Michel Martelly, who took office via an electoral process so replete with fraud and voter suppression that opposition forces called it an “electoral coup.” She denounced the stolen elections and the corrupt electoral commission that validated the outcome. But she reiterated that the deteriorating economic and social conditions in Haiti would be the catalyst for renewed protest in the days and months ahead. “There is no choice”, she stated, “but for the people to resist. And Lavalas will be there to support them.”
We can see the truth of this throughout Haiti. Market women – the very heart of Haiti’s economy and the foundation of so many Haitian families’ ability to survive – have been targeted by police trying to move them off the streets of Port-au-Prince, where they have been selling their goods for generations. When the women organized themselves and refused to move, police burned down their stalls.
The road to torture: How the CIA’s “enhanced interrogation techniques” became legal after 9/11
The FBI allows agents to take one of two approaches when conducting an interrogation. The Informed Interrogation Approach calls for the interrogator to become as fully informed on issues important to the subject as possible, and then to establish a rapport with the target. Under this approach, the interrogator builds trust over a period of time until the subject begins to supply useful information. In contrast, the Coercive Interrogation Approach—sometimes called the Coercive Interrogation Technique—calls for interrogators to employ force and pain, and to create a feeling of helplessness and isolation which will make the subject more likely to talk to his interrogator.
But the FBI would not be the only ones interrogating Abu Zubaydah.
Immigrant Groups Mobilize To Combat Trump’s ‘Cruel’ and ‘Heartless’ Plan to End DACA
United We Dream and their allies are mobilizing to stage protests this week amid reports that President Donald Trump will end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Act, which allows undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as minors to apply for work permits and shields them from deportation.
After Politico reported on Sunday evening that the president would announce a six-month delay before he terminates DACA protections for nearly 800,000 people, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) was among many Trump critics who expressed outrage at the president’s plan.
Venezuela in the Media: Double Standards and First Impressions
The New York Times went one step further, echoing an opposition leader’s claim that people had voted multiple times. This was in fact proven to be impossible by a journalist. And we can only wonder where these fears of multiple voting were when this actually did happen during the opposition’s consultation, an event that the New York Times considered as a supreme democratic event with “staggering” results.
Staying single not good for demographics
Unlike men, China’s single women are concentrated mainly in large cities, and a huge number of them are highly educated, and have high incomes and enjoy high social status. Such women are single because of their high requirements from their would-be spouse, such as sharing work and being treated as equals. But since traditionally, husbands are supposed to be “superior” to their wives in terms of education, income and social status, it is difficult for highly qualified and successful women to find a suitable spouse, not only because there are few such men but also because many Chinese men prefer to have a wife who is “not better than” them.
Why Does Trump Always Shoot The Hostages?
President Trump, cornered, weakened, and apparently unable to get his hands on the usual levers of presidential powers, has adopted pretty much the worst possible strategy for someone trying to wield the power of the most powerful job in the world: He’s shooting the hostages.
Trump can’t seem to get the hard stuff associated with the presidency done. He hasn’t been able to mount a legislative agenda or give federal employees (besides ICE agents and the occasional EPA regulator) the foggiest idea of what he wants them to do. Congress is beyond his control and doesn’t fear him: They slapped him in the face on Russia, and when his allies “burned the ships” to pass a health care bill, his confused conquistadors didn’t make it out.
His remaining political leverage has come largely from the policies left to him as hostages by President Barack Obama: the Paris Climate accord; the Iran nuclear deal; the Trans-Pacific Partnership; and, most of all, DACA and the nearly 800,000 sympathetic young Americans it allows to live normal, and sometimes extraordinary, lives.
Sacred activism: the story of Tamera
There are people who think that Odeceixe is the most beautiful beach in the world. Nature has created a pearl in southern Portugal, a sandbank between the green meanders of the Seixe River and the blue of the Atlantic Ocean. Each day in summer, the sandbank is flooded with tourists, and on this particular day—August 12 2017—they expect nothing more spectactular than sunscreen, surfboards and sandcastles. They don´t yet know it, but today they will be part of a prayer. A widely visible prayer, formed with their bodies to protect the coastline from oil drilling by national and international corporations
From early morning, a part of the beach is being separated, and people are working hard in the sun, forming a giant image in the sand. In the afternoon buses arrive, full with hundreds of indigenous elders from different cultures, activists, trade unionists, shamans from Latin America, Palestinians and Israelis arm in arm, musicians, and lots of young people.
Prosecutors: human rights defenders or violators?
Prosecutors play a pivotal role in this negative trend. In Russia, right before hosting the prosecutors’ global Annual Conference in 2013, the Office of the Prosecutor General launched a massive nationwide campaign of extraordinary (and unannounced) inspections of NGOs that aimed at “forcing them to enter the register of foreign agents”. Hundreds of NGOs throughout the country were subjected to these inspections, which were highly invasive and seemed to have the purpose of intimidating these organizations. The campaign was unprecedented in its scale and scope – there has never been such a wide-scale inspection of any legal entities (including not only NGOs, but also commercial companies and state institutions) in the history of modern Russia. This campaign was based on the wide-ranging powers of the Prosecutor’s Office to supervise the observance and application of laws.
In July 2015, Chinese police rounded up and interrogated about 300 rights lawyers, legal assistants and activists across the country, a campaign widely seen as a rupture in China’s rule of law development. This repression of rule of law advocates is known as the “709 crackdown” for the July 9 date of the 2015 roundup. While most have been released, at least three are held while pending trial and another two are serving prison sentences; yet other were served suspended sentences. The UN Committee against Torture in December 2016 noted “consistent reports that human rights defenders and lawyers, petitioners, political dissidents and members of religious or ethnic minorities continue to be charged, or threatened to be charged, with broadly defined offences as a form of intimidation. Such offences reportedly include ‘picking quarrels and provoking trouble’, ‘gathering a crowd to disturb social order’ or more severe crimes against national security.” Severe torture has been reported, with no effective steps taken by prosecutors to investigate the allegations and eliminate use of information extracted under torture.
The Latest: Pakistan condemns attacks on Myanmar’s Rohingya
Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif on Monday called for “effective measures to prevent the recurrence of such violence” against the Muslim minority. He said Pakistan is committed to providing humanitarian assistance, without elaborating.
Watch What Trump Does, Not What He Says. He May Not Actually End DACA.
Some 800,000 people brought to the United States as children without proper authorization had their lives thrown into limbo on Tuesday when the Trump administration said that it would eventually be ending a 4-year-old program that affords them legal protections.
“The program known as DACA, that was effectuated under the Obama administration, is being rescinded,” Attorney General Jeff Sessions told reporters, ending the program but implementing a six-month delay before protections are taken away.
The run-up to the announcement played out with the “will-he-or-won’t-he” formulaic drama of a reality TV show, only with real lives at stake. Trump used the suspense of whether the he would kick the “Dreamers” off the island to drive ratings. The move was both a fulfillment of a campaign pledge and a broken promise Trump made to DACA recipients because of the variety of public statements Trump has made on the issue.
On Sunday night, a news item in Politico sparked early public pushback to the yet-to-be-made announcement canceling the Obama administration’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which indefinitely put off deportation for young immigrants in the country without authorization. “Trump has decided to end the Obama-era program that grants work permits to undocumented immigrants who arrived in the country as children,” Politico reported.
DACA Is Ending. But the Movement Is Not.
Undocumented youth will fight for their rights, just like every other group seeking to become fully a part of America.
Today the Trump administration announced the end of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which has enabled nearly 800,000 young men and women who came to the United States as children to live and work without fear. President Trump proved once again that he is not a president for all Americans, but only a few. As with his recent pardon of Sheriff Joe Arpaio, his message is clear: He stands with the nativists in rejecting communities of color and people of good will who understand that America’s greatest strength comes from inclusivity, not exclusion.
Attorney General Sessions claimed today at his press conference that DACA needs to end because it is unconstitutional. He’s dead wrong. He also claimed that ending DACA was “compassionate.” Nothing could be further from the truth. The rescinding of DACA is a cruel and disgraceful act. But these young people, known as Dreamers, who have used DACA to build their lives, will not be defeated. They will not quietly disappear into the shadows. They will continue to fight for the Dream Act, which will put youth who came here as a children on a path to citizenship. And they will fight to fix our broken immigration laws for all families in the future.
As a Dreamer, I Will Not Be A Bargaining Chip for Trump’s Attack on Immigrants
The end of DACA means returning to a life of enormous uncertainty. For us Dreamers, it also means the fight of our lives.
So many words come to mind right now to describe how I feel about the loss of DACA: devastation, anger, rage, betrayal, hopelessness, fear, sadness. DACA transformed my life.
DACA allowed me to attend college, plan for my future, and work. But one of the most valuable things DACA brought me was peace of mind. I knew that I would no longer have to duck my head to scurry past police officers. I knew I would have my driver’s license as a form of government-issued ID so I would not stand out when boarding a plane or even getting a library card. I stopped constantly fearing deportation. I slept easier at night knowing that I would wake up the next day with the ability to plan at least the next two years of my life and that I would be able to help my parents. I didn’t have a seemingly unending pit of fear in my stomach that often turned into full-fledged panic attacks.
The enormity of the obstacles I had been up against, for once, seemed manageable. I became more confident in my status and in talking openly about it. But now, as I once again “become” undocumented, I worry that many of us who have been public about our stories will be forced to go back into the shadows.
Being undocumented forces people to live a huge amount of uncertainty. My parents and I came to the United States from Chile in search of a better life when I was 6 years old. Growing up undocumented, I couldn’t imagine my future. I didn’t know how I was going to be able to go to college or pay for it. Once I was in college, before I got DACA, I did not know if I was going to be able to use my degree afterwards. Even as I consider grad school now, I don’t know whether I’ll be able to attend, or later, to work. My way of handling all of this has been by carefully concocting contingency Plans B, C, D, and E, always prepared to go into effect at any moment. “Expect the worst and hope for the best,” is my family motto.
Calling Nurse A ‘Hero,’ Utah Hospital Bars Police From Patient-Care Areas
The Salt Lake City hospital where a police officer roughly arrested a nurse who was protecting her patient’s rights in July will no longer allow law enforcement agents inside its patient care areas. They’ll now have to check in, rather than enter through the emergency room.
“Law enforcement who come to the hospital for any reason involving patients will be required to check in to the front desk of the hospital,” said chief nursing officer Margaret Pearce of the University of Utah Hospital. “There, a hospital house supervisor will meet the officers to work through each request.”
Will Trump Kill the Dream for These Immigrants?
Marco Guajardo starts a new job today that, he said, will provide him with health insurance for the first time. Matias Zubko is set to close on a new house on Wednesday. Roberto Angulo is hoping for a promotion at the electrical company that employs him as he nears his first anniversary there.
All three of them, immigrants in their 20s, now fear those prospects could vaporize in a matter of days. Guajardo, Angulo and Zubko were all brought to the U.S. illegally as children, yet since 2012 they’ve been able to work legally, get access to credit, obtain drivers’ licenses, buy houses and travel around the country. In short, they could achieve a semblance of a normal life.
Normalising torture
The Mitchell/Jessen case is a sharper focus. The two men designed, oversaw, participated, and trained others to carry out the CIA’s torture programme of men which most notably marked the Bush administration’s attack on International Human Rights Law.
Celebrating Oktoberfest in Alabama with Executions
Traces of Crime: How New York’s DNA Techniques Became Tainted
Over the past decade, the DNA laboratory in the office of New York City’s chief medical examiner emerged as a pioneer in analyzing the most complicated evidence from crime scenes. It developed two techniques, which went beyond standard practice at the F.B.I. and other public labs, for making identifications from DNA samples that were tiny or that contained a mix of more than one person’s genetic material.
Ofcom and Diversity: lies, lawyers and whatever next? (Part 1)
Ofcom has had a statutory duty to promote equal opportunities since December 2003. It has been so neglectful of its equality duties over the past thirteen years that when it came to sending out invitations to diversity stakeholders, Ofcom didn’t appear to know who many of the key players were. If it did, it didn’t want to hear from them.
The aggressively noisy Campaign for Broadcasting Equality (CBE) wasn’t missed out but organisations like Act for Change and DirectorsUK were – so was the TV Collective until CBE suggested that Simone Pennant, who had given evidence, by invitation, to the Lords on broadcasting diversity, should be sent an invitation too.
Internet Policy/Net Neutrality
NIC developing e-mail server for all govt officers: Ajay Kumar
“NIC (National Informatics Centre) is developing an e-mail server for the whole government. Today, present e-mail server has kind of already exceeded its capacity. We are now creating a massive email server.
Intellectual Monopolies
Dr. Phil Video Leads to Novel Copyright Decision Involving Woman Alleging False Imprisonment
This isn’t the typical copyright story.
In 2015, television personality Dr. Phil McGraw was sued by Leah Rothman, who worked as a segment director on his show for 12 years. She alleges suffering emotional distress and false imprisonment when during a meeting, Dr. Phil locked the door, yelled profanities and threatened employees for supposedly leaking internal information to the press. Before she sued, Rothman says she attempted to get evidence by accessing a database of videos from the Dr. Phil Show archives and recording on her iPhone a nine-second clip of something she thought would be valuable to her.
In response, Peteski Productions — Dr. Phil’s company — obtained a registered copyright on those nine seconds of video and filed a lawsuit alleging infringement against Rothman in Texas federal court.
That’s led to a novel decision from U.S. District Court Judge Rodney Gilstrap about whether Rothman’s use of the nine-second video was a fair use under copyright law. On Thursday, Gilstrap handed Dr. Phil the victory by granting Peteski summary judgment on the fair use issue.
Awful Court Decision Says Dr. Phil Producer’s Video Evidence Of Imprisonment Not ‘Fair Use’
We’ve seen some awful copyright rulings over the years, but this latest one from Judge Rodney Gilstrap in Texas* is a real corker. First covered by Eriq Gardner, over at the Hollywood Reporter, the story is a complex one involving TV personality Dr. Phil and accusations of him imprisoning a producer who worked for him. What could that possibly have to do with copyright? Well, read on…
* If you recognize the name, it’s because for the past few years, he’s handled a huge number of patent cases. Indeed, last year alone, he (yes, just this one judge) handled 20% of all patent cases in the US
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Dominion Harbor is an Internet Troll as Well as a Patent Troll
Posted in Patents at 12:08 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Name-calling is all Dominion Harbor can do when exposed
Summary: My experience speaking or responding to Dominion Harbor after it reacted to my articles using nothing but ad hominem attacks (which were also defamatory)
THIN-SKINNED patent trolls like Dominion Harbor Group are nothing new to us. Trolls don’t like media exposure; they prefer to operate quietly behind the scenes, as far as possible from potential scrutiny.
“Trolls don’t like media exposure; they prefer to operate quietly behind the scenes, as far as possible from potential scrutiny.”When the media is noting (usually correctly) what the trolls are about to do their ability to shake down companies is severely harmed; in fact, many of these victimised companies can then start communicating with one another and organise collective action against the troll or the troll’s patent/s. One troll once issued a paid-for press release attacking me (yes, in a press release) and trying to discredit a blog post of mine because it had revealed the troll’s litigation intention before it could become a reality, thus undermining the strategy and scaring away their investors.
We have been writing about patent trolls for over a decade and Dominion Harbor Group alone, for example, was already covered in articles including:
The United States’ Patent System Lets Software Patents Rot, as Patent Trolls Take Over the System and Unrest Grows
As the United States Shuts Its Door on Low-Quality Patents the Patent Trolls Move to Asia
Patent Attacks on GNU/Linux Devices, Courtesy of Philips, Ericsson, Microsoft and Its Patent Trolls
TC Heartland Puts Patent Trolls and the Eastern District of Texas in a Straitjacket, But EFF Wants Transparency Too
Many Patents Are Being Passed to Android-Hostile Patent Trolls (by the Thousands) and Microsoft is in the Shadows
IBM Helps a Microsoft-Connected Patent Troll Create Another Trolling Branch, Known as Finjan Blue
Dominion Harbor Group (DHG) is a Patent Troll Connected to Intellectual Ventures
Microsoft’s Troll Intellectual Ventures, via Dominion Harbor, Goes Patent-Trolling in China
Trolls Roundup: Buying up the Competition Using Patents and the Post-TC Heartland Figures
Recently, Dominion Harbor Group decided to ‘troll’ me a little bit; not in the patent sense (they cannot) but more in the “Internet trolling” sense. There’s a lot of context to this online; it can be found in Twitter (about three dozen tweets). To keep it succinct, much of this started when Tom Hochstatter, who now works for the above-mentioned patent troll down in Texas, was doing attacks on me because I had exposed them. Reposting libel is what he did. What he dubbed “fellows Linux peers” was Microsoft AstroTurfing in a blog dedicated just to attacking 10 Linux advocates, by making stuff up about them. I responded by telling Hochstatter, “if this is the best dirt (defamation) you can dig on me, then you’re low on material and just reproducing lies…”
Hochstatter’s boss, David Pridham, then foolishly joined in. Yes, his boss wrote to me: “Sorry bro. You have been exposed. Listen to the podcast @IP_Frequently @DominionHarbor @ipwire”
Actually, I have not been “exposed” for anything; it’s Dominion Harbor Group which is being exposed. I’m merely reporting the findings.
“Recently, Dominion Harbor Group decided to ‘troll’ me a little bit; not in the patent sense (they cannot) but more in the “Internet trolling” sense.”Notice their use of the hashtag “inventorsfirst”; it sounds like the racist motto “Britain first” or “America first”. Anyway, there seems to be little to this troll other than Hochstatter’s account, a blog, and a podcast that nobody seems to listen to. Pridham has very little following and the same goes for the troll’s official account. As it turns out, they did a whole episode just about me.
“We’ve been operating as desired since our 2013 founding,” they told me, “at record levels each year b/c we help inventors & overcome efficient infringers.”
That’s because of trolling and extortion. Not much to brag about…
“We’re a 4 year old firm,” they added, but that’s not new to us. Buying patents to attack companies in Texas with its biased courts is “nothing more than PAE-type patent trolling,” I told the troll.
Citing a blog post from a month ago, Hochstatter told me: “We promised to call out efficient infringer apologists…”
“Notice their use of the hashtag “inventorsfirst”; it sounds like the racist motto “Britain first” or “America first”.”For those who don’t know, “efficient infringer” is a relatively new propaganda term typically used by patent extremists like Watchtroll.
That’s what they basically tend to call technology companies, no matter the size of these companies. The blog post quickly reveals that these people are trolls denialists like IAM, a site funded by these. To them, no such thing exists. “Trolls” are to them what “climate change” is to Donald Trump.
The trolls wanted me to come on their podcast, but the “audience is far too small to be worth it,” I responded (at the time, the latest episode had just 8 page views).
When I pointed out to them that they are trolling (as they do), their official account, “Dominion Harbor IP”, said: “What’s with name calling? We’re a valued/valuable patent middleman helping inventors & operators connect efficiently #notatroll #notapae”
I then asked them: “What products do you offer?”
“”Trolls” are to them what “climate change” is to Donald Trump.”They never replied.
It’s a litigation front, masquerading/disguising itself using terms like “Premier Patent Advisory & Transactions.”
The bottom line is, they are trolls, but are afraid of being publicly recognised as such because it weakens their leverage power behind closed doors or in courts.
At the end, the troll resorted only to insults. The troll’s CEO wrote: “It seems we have hit a nerve with the copyright thief!”
Copyright thief?
“At the end, the troll resorted only to insults.”I said I hadn’t updated my Web site for the past decade. This patent troll therefore calls me “copyright thief”! Because I don’t have time to update my personal site anymore? How odd. What does one thing have to do with the other? At this stage they simply reverted to private communication (perhaps not liking all the above happening in public).
The troll’s CEO could not end this amicably. He threw another insult at me like an Internet troll: “Do you get the signal in your mom’s basement? #copyrightthief”
I’ve not lived with my parents since I was 18 and the “copyrightthief” is, again, totally baseless.
Remember: this is a CEO (seriously!) of a company which claims to be “Premier Patent Advisory & Transactions.”
“They don’t even act like adults and the CEO never became a grown-up.”It’s not just a patent troll but also an infantile, trollish entity. This kind of behaviour (of the CEO of a patent troll in Texas, flinging insults after losing an argument) says quite a lot about Dominion Harbor. They don’t even act like adults and the CEO never became a grown-up.
Generally speaking, this isn’t an unusual experience. When patent trolls try to confront me it always, at the end, backfires on them. Why do they even bother? Poor, tactless behaviour. █
One Week Left for Battistelli’s Coronation of Another Frenchman, António Campinos, to Lobby for UPC?
Posted in Europe, Patents at 11:06 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Coronation planned for Christmas, but the deadline for applications is September 14th
Reference: Order of succession
Summary: The UPC remains in a deadlock, Battistelli’s departure stays on schedule, but the successor is likely to be Battistelli’s pick
THE EU-IPO’s António Campinos will be the subject of some future posts of ours (we can guarantee that he and Battistelli won’t like it, and not because it’s false). Campinos is apparently the only person in the run to succeed Battistelli as EPO President. It’s almost like a succession plan.
This article, similar to another article from the same author, had SUEPO publish an English translation [PDF] and another in French [PDF]. We already reposted a translation of an article almost identical to it, but here are bits highlighted in the new text:
The new boss needs to be a peacemaker
Beleaguered but still boss of the European Patent Office in Munich: Benoît Battistelli.
Munich. The European Patent Office is looking for a President who can put the house back in order. The international authority needs this badly;
while it is actually based in Munich, it is not subject to German labour laws.
By Thomas Magenheim, 09.08.2017
Job adverts like these don’t normally appear in newspapers. The European Patent Office in Munich is looking for a new President as a successor to the beleaguered and controversial Frenchman Benoît Battistelli, whose contract expires in mid-2018. Applications will be considered by the Administrative Council, as the highest supervisory authority of the Office, with immediate effect, and up until 14 September. The quest for a new leader is being conducted by way of advertisements in leading European newspapers and periodicals, and the wording of the job description is striking, casting an interesting sidelight on the situation in the Office which has come about under Battistelli’s autocratic stewardship.
The new President must have a marked ability to take up and nurture a social dialogue, as one of the main criteria for the appointment. Other decisive prerequisites are negotiating skills and a talent for communication. Also of advantage would be practical experience in patent matters. This last requirement, however, does not sound nearly as important as those that precede it. It looks as if the supreme protectors of intellectual property in Europe are looking primarily for a peacemaker, who can restore peace and harmony to the Office once again.
And the international authority, based in Munich but not subject to German labour laws, really needs someone like this. Because Battistelli is not exactly departing in peace. The Frenchman, now 67, was appointed as head of the Office in March 2010, and since then there have been moments at which it looked decidedly doubtful as to whether he would reach the end of his term of office. The specialist jurist web site recently conducted a survey among 168 international technology concerns and major patent applicants to the European Patent Office, and the results were not exactly flattering for Battistelli. More than half of the big Patent Office customers voted for the Frenchman to go.
Choosing the new Administrative Council leader
Large sections of the staff and of the in-house union Suepo, which Battistelli has forced to its knees, have been wanting him to go too – for years. Among other things, the 67-year-old has fired three leading unionists and a patent judge, under questionable circumstances, as well as keeping an eye on employees by means of spyware. At one stage, staff members were also forbidden to hold a demonstration. A former judge at the Federal Constitutional Court has condemned Battistelli’s behaviour as illegal, as too did a Dutch court, but Battistelli ignored this by sheltering behind the independent status of his Office.
Fear of being thrown out means that no-one among the staff dares to speak out any longer. The same applies to the readiness to take on union organization. Anyone wishing to communicate with the in-house union Suepo must contact an attorney.
So a new boss for the Office with social skills is urgently needed. An indication that a peacemaker is being sought is also the new choice of the leader for the Administrative Council. Predestined for the job was Christoph Ernst, jurist and ministerial director at the Federal Ministry of Justice. Ernst is regarded as a moderate Battistelli critic and intimately aware of the conditions in the Office. He will be replacing the present officiating leader of the Council, Jesper Kongstad, who is seen as being closely associated with Battistelli.
Social contract management style – hopefully
To this extent, the course is already set for a new style of management in the organizational body which actually chooses the new Patent Office President.
When the Administrative Councils of the 38 European Member States meet in October, they intend to produce a list of candidates, and the new boss of the Office should then be elected by December. It may well not be easy. On the one hand, it needs a two-thirds majority. On the other, when it comes to matters of management style the Council has really proved not to be united. Up to now, a majority have been on Battistelli’s side, and every country, large or small, has only one vote.
When Battistelli was chosen, more than 30 voting procedures were needed, as those who were there remember well. The person with the best chance of being chosen this time around is rumoured to be Antonio Campinos, if he chooses to throw his hat into the ring. The Portuguese is the Executive Director of the European Union Intellectual Property Office in Alicante, and knows what he would be letting himself in for.
An annual salary of some 300 000 Euro could provide incentive, even if the job promises not to be an easy one. In any event, the staff are hoping for someone with a management style more sensitive to the social contract – even if at present no-one dares say so out loud.
Campinos is a new face, sure, but his policies would not be much different (if he got the job).
Christoph Ernst, as we noted here before, is a UPC proponent and Campinos comes from an EU body that already has a ‘unitary’ effect.
“In the UK, more importantly, Brexit is not compatible with the UPC and the UPC cannot go on without the UK (because of the way it’s codified in text and legally set up).”Suffice to say, the UPC is in a bad state. It’s so bad in fact that earlier today Bristows was rushing back to July (we’re in September now!) in a chase for something positive to say (illusion of progress), noting a motion from July 18th by the Hungarian Minister of Justice. There are still questions regarding the Constitution; like in many other nations, the UPC is probably unconstitutional. Even in Germany perhaps. In the UK, more importantly, Brexit is not compatible with the UPC and the UPC cannot go on without the UK (because of the way it’s codified in text and legally set up). Don’t believe anyone who claims otherwise. █
Today, Koen Lievens From EPO is Promoting Pursuits of Software Patents in Defiance of the European Rules
Will these patents too be invalidated en masse?
Photo credit: Managing IP
Summary: Koen Lievens’ talk, as reported this afternoon by Managing IP‘s “IP STARS”, is evidence of the EPO’s ongoing acceptance of software patents in spite of the Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council against the patentability of computer-implemented inventions (CII)
THE EPO scandals have many aspects to them; one of these many aspects is patent quality. Originally, our sole criticism of the EPO (before we knew better and got in-depth knowledge about Battistelli et al) was granting of software patents in Europe. It didn’t start with Battistelli, but it definitely accelerated and exacerbated due to him. Insiders tell us that they are pressured to grant software patents that they don’t wish to grant (some of them are, as a matter of principle, against software patents).
“The EPO’s public advocacy of software patents is nothing new; Georg Weber did it earlier this year and Grant Philpott still does it every now and then.”But EPO policy is detached from common sense, public will, European rules, the EPC and so on. There is only one motto: “production!”
The EPO’s public advocacy of software patents is nothing new; Georg Weber did it earlier this year and Grant Philpott still does it every now and then. We have given many other examples earlier this year and last year.
Managing IP, as usual, is offering them a platform. It’s a platform for the nefarious agenda shared by Managing IP‘s revenue sources, notably patent maximalists. Even the travel expenses (to Munich) seem not to be a problem for these people… it’s like they collude or conspire with the EPO. Such is the nature of the relationship, as we noted in our previous article about this latest event (today).
“It’s a platform for the nefarious agenda shared by Managing IP‘s revenue sources, notably patent maximalists.”Benjamin Henrion drew my attention to today’s lobbying for software patents in Europe, courtesy of the EPO. They don’t want to say “software patents” (a dirty word/term), so they say “CII” instead (it’s the same thing).
“Koen Lievens of @EPOorg explaining how the office deals with software inventions + dos & don’t,” Managing IP wrote a couple of hours ago. “Says office not slow #EUPATENT2017 #CII […] If you’re drafting and filing CII applications make sure you check @EPOorg http://www.epo.org/law-practice/legal-texts/guidelines/cii-index.html … #software #patentability #EUPatent2017 […] 2 hurdles to overcome for ‘mixed type’ inventions. 2nd is high, what @EPOorg has in mind when reviewing your CII application #EUPATENT2017. […] The CII guidelines will be updated this year with more information and examples. #software #patent #EUPatent2017″ (notice that even Managing IP now tags it #software and #patent).
“This is a recipe for disaster!”“CII applications” are being welcomed by those who should reject them as a matter of principle and still, in spite of all this, the number of applications for EPs is declining. How much longer can these people break the rules and how much longer can the Organisation tolerate patents that should never have been granted (it has just voided many in one fell swoop)?
This is a recipe for disaster!
We suppose that the above tweets will later be summarised in the form of article/s, but by beating Managing IP to it we can show just how absurd the EPO’s actions really are. They don’t care about patent quality. At all! █
Deepening EPO Crisis and a New Report Titled “EPO Patent Filing a Rigged Game in Europe”
Posted in Europe, Patents at 9:22 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Summary: The demise of the EPO and of European Patents (EPs) under Battistelli, a man who fancies himself a god and ignores rationality for the sake of the litigation ‘industry’
THE EPO scandals will pick up the pace again as people return from holiday. We have begun scrutinising it more closely, based on numerous alerting mechanisms and informants. The EPO knows it’s in trouble because it never managed to catch anyone; its ‘fishing expeditions ‘never stopped anybody and neither did the SLAPP tactics (which merely emboldened us to write even more). Blocking Techrights accomplished almost nothing as people like EPO insiders can still read the site outside work. Many former EPO staff tell us that they too follow these developments closely. The EPO never caught us in a lie. We published nearly 2,000 articles about it.
“How much money has Philips wasted on EPs, whose value is likely to have vastly diminished due to the EPO’s failings?”The head of the European Patent Organisation is about to leave. He was preceded by Battistelli, who is also going to leave (next summer). Guess who else is leaving…
Head of patents at the top EPO patenter (as per filings), Philips. How much money has Philips wasted on EPs, whose value is likely to have vastly diminished due to the EPO’s failings? Remember that Philips has been a patent bully that uses proxies like Sisvel to attack and rob innocent companies at expos. Philips is definitely a patent aggressor, it just outsources the shakedowns to other firms. Sisvel, by the way, was presenting alongside the EPO not too long ago in Turin.
The news about the Philips departure was probably broken by Battistelli's favourite fake news site. It said this yesterday:
Brian Hinman, chief IP officer at Philips, will be leaving the company in the middle of this month, IAM can reveal. The departure is entirely amicable and has been driven by Hinman’s desire to be closer to and spend more time with his family. Since taking the position in 2013, Hinman has split his time between the US and Philips HQ in Eindhoven, and now wishes to re-establish himself full-time State-side.
Why did he leave after all this time? We’re not easily buying the template of “spend more time with his family.” We saw similar claims from the head of the European Patent Organisation; it later turned out, based on rumours, that his government actually fired him (albeit politely, giving him the chance to step down). We were never able to verify this based on hard documents, but the source of this claim is quite credible.
“Raimund Lutz says Germany’s Constitutional Court has asked for comments on the UPC lawsuit.”
–Managing IP The EPO cannot deny the fact that there is a crisis. The European Patent Organisation said so explicitly in an internal document. It used the word "crisis". It’s also difficult to ignore the fact that IAM refuses to cover any of this. Managing IP too hasn’t mentioned it in nearly a year. Right now it is (once again) organising a pro-UPC event where keynote speeches are from the EPO, namely the architect of Battistelli’s regime and facilitator of human rights abuses, according to EPO insiders. A laster tweet said this: “Raimund Lutz says Germany’s Constitutional Court has asked for comments on the UPC lawsuit.”
So here we go again, Managing IP as UPC and EPO management’s megaphone.
Managing IP is promoting this thing today. It’s in Munich. Just serves to remind us of the incestuous relationship between EPO management and some of the media…
The patent microcosm too is culpable in the sense that the vast majority of it chooses to remain silent, unwilling to speak out against what is clearly breaking the EPO apart. Juve‘s poll/survey showed that Battistelli had a 0% approval rating among the respondents (a fact that was later recklessly spun by the EPO, internally).
Yesterday, writing about the subject more than 2 months late, Roschier’s Anne Kyyrö and Vilhelm Schröder wrote about admission from the European Patent Organisation that EPs had been granted in error:
On 29 June 2017, the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation (EPO) made a decision by which it intends to change the earlier practice of the EPO regarding the patentability of products obtained by an essentially biological process. Said decision of the EPO amends Rules 27 and 28 of the Implementing Regulations to the European Patent Convention (EPC) by inter alia stating that plants and animals exclusively obtained by means of an essentially biological process will no longer be patentable. The decision entered into force on 1 July 2017. The amended rules are not only applied to European patent applications submitted on or after 1 July 2017, but also to European patent applications and European patents pending at that time.
The ramifications of this are huge and we wrote half a dozen or so articles about it. What happens now that people (or corporations) with EPs realise that they can lose these EPs overnight, without even a trial/appeal rights?
More interesting was this article from yesterday, which had been titled “Is EPO Patent Filing a Rigged Game in Europe?”
They have since then changed the headline to “Here’s Why the Current Patent Filing System May Be Stifling Innovation” and it covers ‘legalised’ tax evasion through patents (Patent Box regime was covered here many times before):
The Patent Box Regimes
Another important decision is to choose in which country bring the intangible asset to be protected. The larger the size of the taxpayer, the more money being managed, the greater the financial administration being more tolerant to the potential contributor. The consequences are many: the taxable amount payable in the country with the highest tax decreases, whereas the tax base to pay in the country with lower taxation increases. In this way, there is a detriment to the more expensive country, a benefit to the less expensive country and an additional benefit for the shareholders of that company.
Which countries demand less taxes? Switzerland does not attract much, in Europe every country sets the rates it wants and for this reason, the biggest companies in the world have transferred trademarks and patents to the Netherlands and Ireland where taxes are very low.
With the 2015 Stability Law in Italy, the Patent Box was introduced. Currently, income from patents and trademarks are subject to a tax of 31.4%, with the Patent Box it will halve to 16%. In France, the Patent Box was introduced in 2000 and provides for a 15% tax. In Hungary, introduced in 2003, a tax of 9.5%. In the Netherlands, introduced in 2007, a tax of 5%. In Spain, since 2008, 12%. United Kingdom, from 2013, 10%. Belgium, since 2007, 6.8%. Cyprus, from 2012, 2.5%. Malta, since 2010, there is no taxation. Switzerland has, since 2011, 8.84%. Portugal, from 2014, 15%. Europe is becoming increasingly weakened by “tax wars”.
The article’s author then wrote about centrally-managed nepotism at the EPO — a subject first exposed by Techrights with this leak — an important leak that was later covered in international media and resulted in many face-saving moves from the EPO, then threats of lawsuits (SLAPP). Here is what it says:
The European Patent Organisation (EPO)
While this war is played, Munich decides: inventors and small and large companies from 38 European countries have to submit their patent application to the EPO (European Patent Office). The European Patent Office examines the applications and finally it decides whether to grant or refuse the patent. It takes roughly four or five years.
The procedure isn’t always fair. Companies such as Canon, Philips, Microsoft, Qualcomm, BASF, Bayer, Samsung, Huawei, Siemens, Ericsson and Fujitsu receive “V.I.P. treatment” from the EPO, although most of them are not even European. Due to the fact that they carry real money, they receive dedicated assistance and more attention. In conclusion, it goes against small inventors who will spend years and much more money to protect their idea. An outsider might well argue that the EPO operates like a business rather than a public service (to Europeans).
The EPO does not depend on Europe, it is not part of the European Union. It is a private institution that has immunity. So who controls the controller? The Administrative Council is made up of representatives of the member states. There is also the European Commissioner, who is an observer within the Administrative Council. However, there is no supranational authority independent of the council that exercises control over EPO’s activities.
The article correctly concludes by saying that “US applications have decreased substantially, while Japanese companies have presented a slightly lower number of applications.”
Yes, the EPO is running out of work. This will, inevitably, mean a lot of layoffs. █
EPO Silencers of the Media – Part V: Jadranka Oklobdžija Versus EPO Vice-President Topić
Posted in Courtroom, Europe, Patents at 8:01 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Summary: Final part concluding the series about the EPO’s attack on media in Zagreb and a court decision due tomorrow
THE EPO is embroiled in a war with the media. Not the media which it is paying, but the one that’s actually doing its job. This subject was introduced in part 1 and part 2. In part 3 we showed the substance (or lack therefore) of the EPO Vice-President’s lawsuit and a summary of the written reply to the SLAPP lawsuit was shown in part 4.
“The EPO is embroiled in a war with the media.”There are other civil lawsuits in Zagreb. We might get around to covering these too. There are apparently SLAPP actions also in Munich. “Just for information,” someone alerted us the other day, “another ongoing civil lawsuit [exists] in which former DZIV employees took an action against the DZIV and the former Director (i.e. Topić).” References for this include some of our past writings. There is a lot more coverage in Croatian and we mentioned the case in [1, 2, 3].
“According to sources in Zagreb,” we got told, “a verdict is due to be announced soon in that case. The most recent news about this case is as follows…”
Topić made an appeal against the medical opinion in the case of Mrs. Jadranka Oklobdžija (former staff union official) and others who alleged harassment.
The last hearing before the Civil Court in Zagreb was held on 14 July.
The hearing was attended by the medical expert who issued the medical opinion, the legal representative of the DZIV, the State Attorney for civil lawsuits, Mrs. Jadranka Oklobdžija and her lawyer.
The verdict is due to be delivered on 6th September 2017.
The lawsuit was originally filed back in 2008!
Wow, a whole decade! And the verdict will come tomorrow?
“We will soon start another series, this time focused on Battistelli.”And on it went: “Observers who have been following the case are guessing that the verdict is likely to be in favour of the plaintiffs (i.e. the harassment victims). Sources in Zagreb are predicting that things are likely to get “hot” for Topić in Zagreb from September onwards.”
We probably won’t revisit the subject until weeks/months from now, so for those who wish to explore/track down further details, the E-mail address for Tjedno.hr is info@tjedno.hr. The name of the Chief Editor is Mr. Drazen Stjepandic. We never spoke to him. Our sources have no direct stake in the outcome. “According to available information,” one source told us, “the publisher of the news portal Tjedno.hr is represented by the Zagreb lawyer Ivo Farčić. Mr. Farčić can be contacted by E-mail via this link. He might be willing to provide more details about the case.”
We will soon start another series, this time focused on Battistelli. █
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MULTIPLE RESISTANT REDROOT PIGWEED
(Amaranthus retroflexus)
INTRODUCTION REDROOT PIGWEED
Redroot Pigweed (Amaranthus retroflexus) is a dicot weed in the Amaranthaceae family. In Brazil this weed first evolved multiple resistance (to 2 herbicide sites of action) in 2011 and infests Cotton. Multiple resistance has evolved to herbicides in the Groups B/2, and C1/5. These particular biotypes are known to have resistance to atrazine, prometryn, and trifloxysulfuron-sodium and they may be cross-resistant to other herbicides in the Groups B/2, and C1/5.
Common Name Redroot Pigweed
Species Amaranthus retroflexus
Greenhouse trials comparing a known susceptible Redroot Pigweed biotype with this Redroot Pigweed biotype have been used to confirm resistance. For further information on the tests conducted please contact the local weed scientists that provided this information.
Genetic studies on Group B, C1/2, 5 resistant Redroot Pigweed have not been reported to the site. There may be a note below or an article discussing the genetics of this biotype in the Fact Sheets and Other Literature
Triazine resistant weeds often exhibit a lower relative fitness when compared to susceptible biotypes. The most common mutation conferring triazine resistance (Ser 264 to Gly mutation of the psbA gene) also causes a reduction in CO2 fixation, quantum yield, and seed and biomass production. There is no record in this database referring specifically to fitness studies on multiple resistant Redroot Pigweed from Brazil.
Herbicide Resistant Redroot Pigweed Globally
16 Amaranthus retroflexus Redroot Pigweed 5734
2 Brazil Brazil 2012 Cotton pyrithiobac-sodium, and trifloxysulfuron-sodium 5 ALS inhibitors (B/2)
3 Brazil Brazil 2014 Cotton, and Soybean fomesafen 5 PPO inhibitors (E/14)
16 Amaranthus retroflexus Redroot Pigweed 13033
4 Bulgaria Bulgaria 1984 Corn (maize), Cropland, Grapes, and Orchards atrazine, metribuzin, and simazine 6 Photosystem II inhibitors (C1/5)
16 Amaranthus retroflexus Redroot Pigweed 44
5 Bulgaria Bulgaria 1984 Cropland linuron 6 PSII inhibitor (Ureas and amides) (C2/7)
6 Canada (Ontario) Canada Ontario 1980 Corn (maize), and Cropland atrazine 7 Photosystem II inhibitors (C1/5)
7 Canada (Quebec) Canada Quebec 1980 Corn (maize) atrazine, and metribuzin 7 Photosystem II inhibitors (C1/5)
8 Canada (Ontario) Canada Ontario 1998 Corn (maize), Cropland, and Soybean imazethapyr, and thifensulfuron-methyl 7 ALS inhibitors (B/2)
9 Canada (Ontario) Canada Ontario 2001 Carrots, and Vegetables linuron 7 PSII inhibitor (Ureas and amides) (C2/7)
10 Canada (Quebec) Canada Quebec 2001 Carrots linuron 7 PSII inhibitor (Ureas and amides) (C2/7)
11 Canada (Manitoba) Canada Manitoba 2002 Wheat florasulam 7 ALS inhibitors (B/2)
12 Canada (Ontario) Canada Ontario 2005 Corn (maize) bentazon, and bromoxynil 7 PSII inhibitors (Nitriles) (C3/6)
13 Canada (Quebec) Canada Quebec 2009 Soybean imazethapyr 7 ALS inhibitors (B/2)
14 Canada (Saskatchewan) Canada Saskatchewan 2010 Wheat thifensulfuron-methyl, and tribenuron-methyl 7 ALS inhibitors (B/2)
15 China China 1990 Cropland atrazine 9 Photosystem II inhibitors (C1/5)
16 China China 2017 Soybean acifluorfen-sodium, fluoroglycofen-ethyl, fomesafen, imazethapyr, and lactofen 9 Multiple Resistance: 2 Sites of Action
17 Czech Republic Czech Republic 1985 Corn (maize), Railways, Roadsides, and Sugar beets atrazine, cyanazine, prometryn, and terbutryn 12 Photosystem II inhibitors (C1/5)
18 France France 1980 Corn (maize) atrazine 17 Photosystem II inhibitors (C1/5)
16 Amaranthus retroflexus Redroot Pigweed 455
19 Germany Germany 1980 Corn (maize), Railways, and Roadsides atrazine, and fenuron 18 Multiple Resistance: 2 Sites of Action
PSII inhibitor (Ureas and amides) (C2/7)
20 Germany Germany 2012 Corn (maize) nicosulfuron 18 ALS inhibitors (B/2)
21 Greece Greece 2000 Potatoes metribuzin 19 Photosystem II inhibitors (C1/5)
22 Israel Israel 1991 Forests chlorsulfuron 23 ALS inhibitors (B/2)
23 Italy Italy 1999 Corn (maize), Soybean, and Sugar beets chloridazon = pyrazon, metamitron, and terbuthylazine 24 Photosystem II inhibitors (C1/5)
24 Italy Italy 2003 Soybean imazamox, imazethapyr, nicosulfuron, oxasulfuron, and thifensulfuron-methyl 24 ALS inhibitors (B/2)
25 Poland Poland 1991 Orchards, and Sugar beets atrazine, and metamitron 33 Photosystem II inhibitors (C1/5)
26 Serbia Serbia 2002 Soybean imazethapyr 245 ALS inhibitors (B/2)
27 Spain Spain 1986 Corn (maize) atrazine 38 Photosystem II inhibitors (C1/5)
28 Switzerland Switzerland 1982 Grapes, Orchards, and Vegetables simazine 41 Photosystem II inhibitors (C1/5)
29 United States (Indiana) United States Indiana 1980 Cropland atrazine 45 Photosystem II inhibitors (C1/5)
30 United States (Colorado) United States Colorado 1982 Corn (maize) atrazine 45 Photosystem II inhibitors (C1/5)
31 United States (Connecticut) United States Connecticut 1984 Corn (maize) atrazine, and cyanazine 45 Photosystem II inhibitors (C1/5)
32 United States (New Hampshire) United States New Hampshire 1984 Corn (maize) atrazine 45 Photosystem II inhibitors (C1/5)
33 United States (Maine) United States Maine 1985 Corn (maize) atrazine 45 Photosystem II inhibitors (C1/5)
34 United States (Minnesota) United States Minnesota 1991 Corn (maize) atrazine 45 Photosystem II inhibitors (C1/5)
35 United States (Vermont) United States Vermont 1991 Corn (maize) atrazine 45 Photosystem II inhibitors (C1/5)
36 United States (Virginia) United States Virginia 1993 Corn (maize) atrazine 45 Photosystem II inhibitors (C1/5)
37 United States (Oregon) United States Oregon 1994 Mint terbacil 45 Photosystem II inhibitors (C1/5)
38 United States (Arkansas) United States Arkansas 1995 Cropland, and Soybean imazaquin 45 ALS inhibitors (B/2)
40 United States (Maryland) United States Maryland 1998 Unspecified imazaquin, and imazethapyr 45 ALS inhibitors (B/2)
41 United States (Pennsylvania) United States Pennsylvania 1998 Corn (maize), Soybean, and Tomatoes atrazine, chlorimuron-ethyl, cloransulam-methyl, imazamox, imazaquin, imazethapyr, primisulfuron-methyl, and thifensulfuron-methyl 45 Multiple Resistance: 2 Sites of Action
42 United States (North Dakota) United States North Dakota 1999 Soybean imazethapyr 45 ALS inhibitors (B/2)
43 United States (West Virginia) United States West Virginia 2000 Corn (maize) atrazine 45 Photosystem II inhibitors (C1/5)
44 United States (Michigan) United States Michigan 2001 Asparagus atrazine, and diuron 45 Multiple Resistance: 2 Sites of Action
45 United States (Idaho) United States Idaho 2005 Potatoes metribuzin 45 Photosystem II inhibitors (C1/5)
46 United States (Washington) United States Washington 2010 Mint, and Potatoes metribuzin, and terbacil 45 Photosystem II inhibitors (C1/5)
47 United States (Mississippi) United States Mississippi 2010 Railways imazethapyr, pyrithiobac-sodium, and trifloxysulfuron-sodium 45 ALS inhibitors (B/2)
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Huang, Z., J. Chen, C. Zhang, H. Huang, S. Wei, X. Zhou, J. Chen, and X. Wang. 2016. Target-site basis for resistance to imazethapyr in redroot amaranth (Amaranthus retroflexus L.).. Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology 128 : 10 - 15.
Experiments were conducted to confirm imazethapyr resistance in redroot amaranth (Amaranthus retroflexus L.) and study the target-site based mechanism for the resistance. Whole-plant response experiments revealed that the resistant (R) population exhibited 19.16 fold resistance to imazethapyr compared with the susceptible (S) population. In vitro ALS activity assay demonstrated that the imazethapyr I50 value of the R population was 21.33 times greater than that of the S population. However, qRT-PCR analysis revealed that there is no difference in ALS gene expression between the R and S populations. Sequence analysis revealed an Asp-376-Glu substitution in ALS in the R population. In order to verify that the imazethapyr resistance was conferred by Asp-376-Glu mutation, the ALS-R and ALS-S genes were fused to the CaMV 35S promoter and introduced into Arabidopsis respectively. The expression of ALS-R in transgenic Arabidopsis plants exhibited 13.79 fold resistance to imazethapyr compared to ALS-S transgenic Arabidopsis..
Chen, J., Z. Huang, C. Zhang, H. Huang, S. Wei, J. Chen, and X. Wang. 2015. Molecular basis of resistance to imazethapyr in redroot pigweed (Amaranthus retroflexus L.) populations from China. . Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology 124 : 43 - 47.
Three putative resistant Amaranthus retroflexus L. populations were collected in Heilongjiang province in China. Whole plant bioassays indicated high resistance (RI > 10) to imazethapyr in the three populations. In vitro acetolactate synthase (ALS) assays revealed that ALS from populations H3, H17 and H39 was less sensitive to imazethapyr inhibition compared to the susceptible population H76. The half-maximal inhibitory concentration (I50) values for H3, H17 and H39 were 14.83, 15.27 and 268 times greater, respectively, than that of the susceptible population H76. Three nucleotide mutations resulted in three known resistance-endowing amino acid substitutions, Ala-205-Val, Trp-574-Leu and Ser-653-Thr in the three resistant populations respectively. Therefore, ALS target-site mutations in resistant A. retroflexus could be responsible for imazethapyr resistance..
Krga, I. ; Pavlovic´, D. ; Anđelkovic´, A. ; Đurovic´, S. ; Marisavljevic´, D.. 2013. The resistance of orchard weed populations to glyphosate. Zaštita Bilja 64 : 125 - 133.
Nowadays, both worldwide and in Serbia, for weed eradication in orchards mostly herbicides based on glyphosate, glufosinate-ammonium, diquat and others are used. Intensive glyphosate application has led to the development of resistant weed species, which has consequently resulted in a decrease in its effectiveness. In our country, areas under orchards amount to 224.000 hectares, which certainly points to a significant herbicide use and a possibility that weed resistant populations have developed. For this reason, seeds of several weed species from areas where glyphosate has been intensively used for years were collected (localities: Indjija, Brestovac, Šabac, Vršac, Sombor, Glogonjski Rit, Padinska Skela and Surčin). Plants were grown in controlled conditions and in the open field. Plant material was then crushed using liquid nitrogen, and the extraction of shikimic acid was performed using hydrochloric acid (1 g of plant material+5 ml 1M HCl). 24 hours later the amount of shikimic acid was detected using high-pressure liquid chromatography. The analysis of the obtained results showed that species Amaranthus retroflexus (loc. Šabac), Abutilon teophrasti (loc. Brestovac) and wild Helianthus annuus (loc. G. Rit) have developed a certain degree of glyphosate resistance..
Danielis, R.. 2013. Soybean weed control trials 2012: control of Amaranth resistant to herbicides imazamox and thifensulfuron-methyl. Notiziario ERSA : 32 - 34.
Results are presented of trials conducted in 2012 in Italy to prove the existence of amaranth (Amaranthus retroflexus) resistant to herbicide imazamox and thifensulfuron-methyl, and to investigate the efficacy of some herbicides to control the weed in soyabean. Some suggestions to manage the herbicide resistance problem are also given..
Gaines, T. A. ; Ward, S. M. ; Bukun, B. ; Preston, C. ; Leach, J. E. ; Westra, P.. 2012. Interspecific hybridization transfers a previously unknown glyphosate resistance mechanism in Amaranthus species. Evolutionary Applications 5 : 29 - 38.
A previously unknown glyphosate resistance mechanism, amplification of the 5-enolpyruvyl shikimate-3-phosphate synthase gene, was recently reported in Amaranthus palmeri. This evolved mechanism could introgress to other weedy Amaranthus species through interspecific hybridization, representing an avenue for acquisition of a novel adaptive trait. The objective of this study was to evaluate the potential for this glyphosate resistance trait to transfer via pollen from A. palmeri to five other weedy Amaranthus species (Amaranthus hybridus, Amaranthus powellii, Amaranthus retroflexus, Amaranthus spinosus, and Amaranthus tuberculatus). Field and greenhouse crosses were conducted using glyphosate-resistant male A. palmeri as pollen donors and the other Amaranthus species as pollen recipients. Hybridization between A. palmeri and A. spinosus occurred with frequencies in the field studies ranging from <0.01% to 0.4%, and 1.4% in greenhouse crosses. A majority of the A. spinosus × A. palmeri hybrids grown to flowering were monoecious and produced viable seed. Hybridization occurred in the field study between A. palmeri and A. tuberculatus (<0.2%), and between A. palmeri and A. hybridus (<0.01%). This is the first documentation of hybridization between A. palmeri and both A. spinosus and A. hybridus..
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I'm an FC Union Berlin Man
An Englishman covers his first season with a season ticket at 1. FC Union Berlin - 2012/2013
Official Union Site
Union in Englisch
New Union Berlin Website!
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To the few hundred people who took the time to subscribe to this blog, many thanks. My first season with an Union dauerkarte was fantastic. A group of 6 people (including myself) have put together the above site. Hope you enjoy it!
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The State of the Union
Obama was in Berlin this week. You've probably worked that out unless you've been living under a rock. If you're reading this then I'm guessing you're probably not a cave dweller. He did not give a State of the Union address - he may as well have done though. His speech writers would have had an easier job in writing about the calm before the storm, which pretty summed up last nights stroll on the 'felde, than the bland message he apparently gave to 4,000 cherry picked loyalists.
Pre-season is all about the new men. That and drinking beer and getting a closer look at the replica shirt. I'll discuss the new men after taking care of the other two topics. The beer was cheaper than at Union although a hefty €3 pfand for the Erdinger was a bit steep. I don't like the new kit. It's a bland affair and is neither modern nor retro. It's a halfway house of a kit that disappoints. In fairness, nothing would have been better than last years strip - aside from a red and white striped effort. I'll have to wait another season for that.
Of course I could wax lyrical about various passages of play and consult my notes on the first half and my half time overview of proceedings but it was a fucking friendly. Against a side that were there to give Union a work out. The opposition harried, attempted a high line but were probably unlucky to concede only 7 goals. Union were in 3rd gear.
Martin Dausch is a name that we'll no doubt be hearing a lot this term. He's an attacking player and his interchanging with Silvio was at times impressive. However, Union often come unstuck at home when Mattuschka roves too far forward and the game becomes narrow with a 4-3-3 in action rather than the 4-4-2 that was intended. Dausch will have to be careful he does not fall into this trap although one suspects the energy that he possesses will be of huge benefit to the team dynamic.
Quiring was hugging the right flank and the man from Marzahn did what he always does. Produced stunning effort (rescuing an over hit cross from going out for a corner just in front of the 400 or so Unioner) yet suffered momentary lapses of concentration (when he misjudged a simple ball and ran to get it back successfully from his man). He's a young bloke with fire in his belly and the scorpion (date of birth was printed in the programme - handy) was an impressive outlet in the first half. It was of no surprise that Dausch' goal came from good work on the west wing. The keeper could only parry and the debutant was able to stroke home a goal to celebrate his first outing in Union colours. All this in under 5 minutes.
If there has ever been a more nervous debut then I've yet to witness it. Mario Eggimann, the experienced Bundesliga defender, had the first touch of a gigantic land mammal. He proceeded to pass the ball between his feet as if it were a hot potato just grilled at the ground. Perhaps he was quite literally just finding his feet after a short summer or else the surface was unkind to him. He's a big lad but I would not be expecting raking 40 yard balls out of defence from him - possibly a good thing anyway. He became much more comfortable as the game progressed and was always looking for the short ball. He was rarely tested defensively and the freak goal (it was drilled in from an acute angle and seem to take Haas by surprise as he deflected it off the post and into his own goal) had nothing to do with him so although he'll be disappointed his defence did not keep a clean sheet, he'll no doubt of enjoyed getting his first game out of the way.
There were over 8,000 police in the city centre on Wednesday for the visit of the American President. Apologies for all the 'key words' - just hoping the NSA pick up on this piece as could do with the extra readership! Union were bombing forward launching wave after wave of attack and made it 3-1 just after the half hour mark with Silvio adding to Terodde's earlier effort. I nearly missed the goal as about 20 coppers went marching by in full kit. Must have been hot but probably a good assignment. Why on earth you need that many police (around 50 in total) is beyond me. I resisted the temptation of taking a photograph of the fat policeman eating a burger with gusto in his van. It's rumoured that Joe Kinnear will sign 'Gusto' next week.
Damir Kreilach was the third debutant and was operating in the centre of midfield. He was largely anonymous which as a defensive midfielder is a good thing. He has a neat touch and plays it simple and was like the fat plod - always hungry - but for the ball rather than greasy meat. Let's hope this occurs at the Alte Försterei as Union try to break down another side coming to sneak a 1-0.
So, what is the state of the Union? I'd say there were a lot of positives judging by this work out. Clearly Martin Dausch will add an attacking option. He'll keep Mattuschka on his toes. The Union stalwart bagged a couple. A stunning 30 yard free-kick, that he placed with power rising high over the wall and nestling in the top corner, was the pick of the 7 goals. His penalty was put away with ease as he wrong footed for the keeper.
With rumours of more additions to the squad this season should be an interesting one. The big challenge for Uwe Neuhaus will be finding a way to accommodate so many attack minded players. The 'we'll score one more than you' style worked at home last year but this mentality was non-existent on the road. Pfertzel and Parensen at full back won't work against better opposition. One wonders if Union are chasing the right targets or with the potential signing of Brandy, simply taking advantage of Duisburg's misfortune and ushering Silvio out of the door. He only has one year left to run on his current deal. It's unlikely that it will be renewed next year.
Whatever happens on the pitch the Unioner will continue to follow their side. The few hundred that made the trip across the city for the very enjoyable opening friendly will have had to get home quickly if they were to have avoided last night's storm. I was in 7th heaven as I jumped in a taxi - just as the Unioner will be if Neuhaus' tactics can be repeated on the opening day for real.
FT. FC Viktoria 1889 Berlin 1:7 FC Union Berlin
First half: Haas – Pfertzel, Eggimann, Schönheim, Parensen – Kreilach – Quiring, Dausch – Zejnullahu - Silvio, Terodde
Second half: Glinker – Kopplin, Puncec, Stuff, Kohlmann – Koch – Köhler, Razeek – Mattuschka - Nemec, Skrzybsk
Mein Erstes Mal / My First Time
It’s two weeks now since the last game of the league season at the Alte Försterei. Enough time having passed for some reflections on that game, and some of the contrasts between the British and German experience of football. As UnionBerlinMan has chronicled, a season that at times threatened the glimpse of play off glory stuttered to a halt through March and April, and as Duisburg arrived on the banks of the Spree, the decent and boisterous crowd seemed prepared for an enjoyable but not over-taxing kick around in the sun.
The Duisburg faithful – sporting blue and white inflatables that made them look like Smurfs – were not the only exotic visitors to Köpenick that weekend, however.
A small delegation of British supporters, anxious to rediscover the joys of standing, enjoying a social ale, and a refreshingly Robbie Savage-free match day experience, had been wooed by the Wilson’s blog posts – and the promise of disarmingly cheap beer – to understand and digest the Union match day experience.
We Are Back For Attack
Without being over-analytical, and also without particularly having consulted the others, save for a few hours of rambling post match banter in the bars of Neukölln, after a couple of weeks reflection, I thought I’d offer some ideas of what felt familiar and what was different.
In many ways, the match day experience itself was very familiar. Even for two of our party who are long term and ‘proper’ fans of the two of the English league’s big boys (The Guv is a west London Chelsea, Geoff a United supporter from Timperley) the sight of thousands of people cramming into boozers, decked out in replica kits, the security searches at the gates and necking of beers on the train, were all pretty par for the course.
And the ground itself – given that Union are second tier – was not that different from some traditional British grounds. Two of our number – the Hatton brothers – are born and bred Fulham fans, and the Cottage with its wooden stands and steep home and away ends is perhaps the closest of any major English grounds to the Alte Försterei (of course with the major difference being the seats – or lack of them in Berlin). But my memories of watching Sunderland at Barnsley, Burnley, and other lower tier grounds, where until recently at least you could stand where you want, were very much in line with the Union set up. Geoff, who is increasingly following Altrincham when he can, would probably felt the most familiar with the idea of 90 minutes on concrete steps, surrounded by moustachioed, well rounded men. Though I think the terraces at Alty are a little more sparsely populated.
So lots of things to make us feel at home. And even the stuff that was different was different in a quirky way. We could see why Wilson, Jon Darch (he of Safe Standing fame, no less) and the other expats we met had really taken the place to their hearts.
QPR Mike, a despondent season ticket holder if ever there was one, recounted the tale of some poor Norwegian sap, over at Loftus Road for a taste of the “EPL”, being warned by a rotund female steward for having the temerity to sip on a warm plastic bottle of Carlsberg within sight of the pitch. Watching Rangers this season would have driven anyone to drink, presumably, but Mike and the rest of us were relieved – and delighted – to be able to tuck into a few lagers while watching the match. A helpful chap with a keg on his back even brought it right to us (NB it is possible there will be Germans reading this who are thinking “what is so radical about allowing grown-ups to drink a beer?”. Enough said).
And of course the atmosphere, and the fans – though similar, actually felt really different. Like Wilson, I’ve been following Sunderland for many years in the UK. Often, parts of the experience – while bonding and uplifting in many ways – has left me despondent about people. The negativity, refusal to respect other opinions and the frankly unimagintative nature of much of the singing (“he scores when he wants...” ; “Your support is f**king shit” etc dragged out ad nauseum by fans of all teams) felt in stark contrast to the actions and passions of the Union fans. The genuine warmth with which fans greeted the “out of contract” players in their pre-match lap of honour, which was reciprocated by the players themselves, was a superb touch. And the hearty, positive and robust singing throughout the game (OK my German is scheisse, so they COULD have been singing “Union till I die...”) really did make the hairs stand on end – even for a neutral with no interest in the result, and even less knowledge of the players.
Some of the lads and Union's Mascot
Pretty much the same group of us had – in 2011- been to Hamburg to watch St Pauli v Wolfsburg (1-1 draw) and before that to FC Bayern v 1.FC Koln (2-2 draw). So it was nice to see a positive result this time. But our overall impression of German football support, and in particular the way the FC Union fans and club conduct themselves, was incredibly positive.
Keep the red flag flying high
Post match, of course, the rituals were mostly the same – copious ales, amusing banter (to us anyway), a “sing-off” with some random St Pauli fans – our homages to Owen Hargreaves, Mark Schwarzer, Fitz Hall and Anthony le Tallec bamboozled them – and of course a late night kebab. I’d definitely recommend a visit, and we shall certainly return. Thanks Wilson, Jon, US Matt, and of course all the Union Fans we met and who made us feel very welcome. If any of you are ever in the UK get in touch and we’ll return the hospitality.
As a footnote, toward the end of the Duisburg game, a Union supporter, impressed at our interest in his club, gave me his scarf as a reminder of the occasion. It was a great gesture. The following week, watching Sunderland lose to a late Bale goal at Spurs, I happened to be sitting next to young German lads who’d bought tickets for the game on the internet, not realising they’d be in the middle of 2000 heavy drinking and boisterous mackems. They were a bit perplexed, but seemed to be enjoying themselves, even though they had no idea about Sunderland or even where it was. I told them of our trip to the Alte Försterei and they were impressed, and complementary about the club (even though they themselves were Bayern Fans). But given the generosity of the Berliners, I felt I should complete the exchange – sort of – so gave one of them my SAFC London Branch badge, which he sported with pride for the rest of the match. I still think he was pleased when the final whistle blew.
The last day of the season - Bochum v Union
On occasion, to understand the present, you must revisit the past. To understand today's clash against Bochum I must first recount 'Spieltag 1' against Kaiserslautern. From the 'diary'...
1. FC Kaiserslautern v 1. FC Union Berlin
Sky TV had decided to televise Union’s opening fixture - on a Monday night. It must be a 1500km round-trip I thought (I was only about 100km off). North-east v south-west. What a distance to travel. Last year Kaiserslautern were in the top flight. A huge test for Union. Whilst Germany does not quite shut down in the manner of France or Spain in August, it’s a quiet time of year for the worker. Would there be a 'factory fortnight' where factories shut down as they did in the north-east of England? Would the Unioner be on holiday? Would the match being on TV reduce the away attendance? I had nobody to ask. I’d have to watch and try and discover how many fans had made the trip and decipher the German commentator.
A blunt summary of the first half would be that it was terrible. Goalless at half-time. I sat on my sofa in Neukölln fairly happy with 0-0. I was surprised to see Union’s club captain on the bench. I’d written rave reviews on my blog about Mattuschka. Shit, is he on his way out I thought? Whilst this was my first year with a season ticket I’d watched Union since I arrived in Berlin in the summer of 2010. Mattuschka was the most likely to cause the opposition problems. He was only just over 30 - what was going on? Again, I had nobody to ask. My German was OK but I’d not discovered message boards at this stage and anyway, the ‘eisern virus’ had not caught hold of me at this stage. Not to the extent that I’d later find myself scratching around the club website trying to read as much history about the club as was possible. If I put as much effort into learning the language as I did with Union I’d be fluent. Understanding Union and learning German went hand in hand I always told myself as I wasted more hours searching for news about the club I was becoming addicted to.
Back on the sofa I was sat with my Ringtons tea - flown in via a parcel from my Dad - and was hoping for a point. I’d managed to understand that there were over 30,000 fans in the stadium although the commentator was too quick and I did not catch the exact figure. Fucking German numbers, everything’s backwards - my excuse. With Mattuschka ‘benched’ the midfield included a player I’d rarely seen - Tijani Belaid. The youngster appeared a cut above the rest in the second half which was less than 10 minutes old when Union were 2-0 up. This was brilliant. The season was going to get off to a flyer - momentum is key I told myself. It was just a shame I had nobody to watch the game with. I’d hoped that Union would help ingratiate myself into the city and that I’d meet more Germans. II was delighted but the euphoria was tinged with that lonely feeling that only true football fans will appreciate. Sitting on your own watching your team winning with nobody to celebrate with. I explained to my girlfriend that Union were two up. She humoured me.
As a Sunderland fan I’d seen countless promotions and relegations. I had actually lost count and I was only in my early thirties. Every season we seemed to have something to play for on the last day of the season. However, even if the last day had been spent narrowly avoiding relegation there was almost an optimism. Things would be different. Here Union were two goals to the good against decent opposition and I started to feel optimistic. What a time to start writing about the club. Union were more similar to Sunderland than I thought. They conspired to squander the lead and then the sucker punch - Kaiserslautern scored in the 86th minute to make it 3-2 to the home side. Always the way, I consoled myself. I’d hoped for a draw. That would have only been one point so a defeat is not that bad.
‘Fucking get in’, I screamed. Luisa just looked up and smiled. She was now used to my outbursts at a screen that could not hear me. Nobody who cared about the result could hear me. I did not care though. We’d sneaked a draw - 3-3. It felt like a win. That’s how it starts. They reel you in, they wow you, they disappoint you and in the end everything is as it was. The same. I was getting those same feelings for Union that I got with Sunderland. I just had nobody to share them with apart from Rob who I had bought my season ticket with. I’d said to Rob that as long as we went to about 10 games the ticket would be worth it. I was beginning to realise that I would not want to miss a game. I had to find more people like me.
Ergebnis: 1. FC Kaiserslautern 3:3 1. FC Union Berlin
Date: Friday 3rd August 2012
That was my personal account of the first day of the season and for the last day of the season I'll be watching the game in Zur Traube - or as I call it, The Union Kneiper. I've only been a handful of times but already I'm on first name terms with the staff and a few of the locals. I've written over 60,000 words about Union this season. Some of it published, some of it saved for my book that I'll write one day about the club. I've decided I'll keep a few years worth of diaries and write the book when 'something' happens. The blog was designed as a way to chart my first year with a season ticket. Keep an eye on www.facebook.com/unioninenglisch for the Union news in English and a big announcement in early July...
Oh and if you were wondering - over the course of the season I have found there are plenty more people like me!
UND NIEMALS VERGESSEN EISERN UNION!
Preview for Minton & Co - 1. FC Union Berlin v MSV Duisburg
A short and self-indulgent blog post previewing the last home game of the season for my good mate Minton and his gang of reprobates.
1. FC Union Berlin host MSV Duisburg on Sunday afternoon in their last home game of the season. In the history books the season will go down as one where Union regressed, albeit marginally. In 2011/2 Union finished in 7th place and amassed 50 points. Even with back to back victories in their final two games they can't surpass this total. They can finish one place higher should 1860 slip up. Unlikely. Last weeks 3-0 away defeat came as no surprise as Union's miserable away form continued - they are yet to beat the Bavarians in ten attempts.
The Home End
Duisburg sit one place behind Union and 3 points adrift of the Berliners. Whilst it's a dead rubber, with neither team having anything to play for, the game promises goals as jointly the clubs have shipped over 90 goals. If there is a repeat of the Union v Rostock match, which ended 5-4 at the end of last term, the leaky defences could breach the hundred mark.
The form guide would suggest a score draw. The Alte Försterei has been a happy hunting ground for Duisburg though, as they have won twice in the capital. One of Union's two away victories in the league came against Duisburg. Could they be the first team that Union do the double over? I'd back Union to win 2-1 or go draw HT and home win FT.
The old grill walker - now you get your sausages from the Kiosk
Daniel Göhlert and Christoph Menz will be bidding farewell to the Union fans and will no doubt receive a warm send off from the supporters. I'd like to see Terodde and Nemec up front reeking havoc. Whilst it is good to give youth a chance I'd rather see the young striker Skrzybski on the bench and given a run out for 30 minutes. He was withdrawn just after the hour mark in the reserve fixture on Wednesday evening. You'd assume, to save his legs for Sunday.
For those fortunate enough to be going to the game you'll be treated to some Clash covers (amongst others) by the band, 'Kiez Germs' after the game. The team will stick around after the match and sign autographs. It promises to be a sunny day in Köpenick on Sunday - let's hope for a performance that mirrors the support from the Unioner this year!
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Malcolm Maclean’s Guide to History & Non-Fiction, 1997
There is constant debate about exactly where in the shop customers would expect to find a book, and therefore where we should shelve them. This is staff member Malcolm Maclean’s…
Angela’s Ashes bookmark, 1997
A promotional bookmark for Frank McCourt’s memoir, Angela’s Ashes (Flamingo).
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Advertisement, 12th December 1997
Advertisement-in-progress, December 1997
Advertising, 16th November 1997
Advertisement-in-progress from November 1997.
Frank McCourt event, 7th October 1997
Flyers for an event featuring Frank McCourt reading from his memoir Angela’s Ashes (HarperCollins).
Christmas hours, 1997
Our (slightly extended) hours for the month of December 1997.
Christmas advertisements, 1997
Our advertisements for the summer of 1997-1998, designed to run in sequence in the weeks leading up to Christmas.
Advertisement, Film Festival programme, 1997
Our advertisement in the 1997 NZ International Film Festival programme.
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Books of the Year, 18th December 1997
These were Tilly Lloyd’s Books of the Year for The Dominion in 1997.
“Marching On” launch, 9th October 1997
The invitation for the launch of the second volume of Sonja Davies’ autobiography Marching On (Random House) which took place at Turnbull House.
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Dr. Festus Chukwuemeka Onwuliri tops one of the toughest international competition with Robert Koch Research Award-2015 in Medicinal Plants
Breaking News: Swapan Kr Ghosh, Sujoy Pal, Sumit Mitra and Subhankar Banerjee as Pride of Nation Rose to Pride of World with Landmark James Chadwick Research Award-2015 in Ethnobotany
USA NEWS CORP celebrates Robert Koch Research Award-2015 in Medicinal Plants to World's renowned Phytochemist Dr. Festus Chukwuemeka Onwuliri from Nigeria
11 September, 2015, Nigeria, USA NEWS CORP
In a major move in the field of Medicinal Plants, Dr. Festus Chukwuemeka Onwuliri from Department of Plant Science and Technology, Applied Microbiology Unit, University of Jos, Nigeria is awarded with Robert Koch Research Award-2015 in Medicinal Plants. The worldwide competition involved many countries. World’s scientific communities turn their attention to merit of the scientific concept involved in it. It is catalyzing the funding and research prospects. The research findings appeared on world’s prestigious International Journal of Medicinal Plants. International Agency for Standards and Ratings recognizes the researchers among World's 500 Most Influential Phytochemists for the year 2015 on earth. The Robert Koch Research Award-2015 in Medicinal Plants goes to Dr. Festus Chukwuemeka Onwuliri from Nigeria. The research findings were published on world’s prestigious International Journal of Medicinal Plants. International Agency for Standards and Ratings recognizes the researchers among World's 500 Most Influential Phytochemists for the year 2015 on earth. It gives immense pleasure to explore the new dimensions of Author. International Agency for Standards and Ratings (IASR) is highly indebted to affiliated (Department of Plant Science and Technology, Applied Microbiology Unit, University of Jos, Nigeria) for admiring the efforts and raising the confidence of intellectuals.
Professor Festus Chukwuemeka Onwuliri got his Ph.D. at the age of 30years from the University of Jos. He has previously had his B.Sc., M.Sc. and AIML from the University of Nigeria Nsukka, University of Jos and Medical Laboratory College Vom, Nigeria respectively. He has acquired a wide range of administrative experience. He is currently serving as the Head of Department of Plant Science and Technology, University of Jos and Director of Victory Medical Laboratory Services, Jos Nigeria. Professor F. C. Onwuliri has published about 65 papers in both national and international journals. He has supervised 54 Post Graduate students both at Ph.D. and M.Sc. levels in the area of Microbiology and Biotechnology. He has also supervised over 150 undergraduate students. He has held several other positions and served in several committees, both ad-hoc and statutory, within the University of Jos and other Universities in Nigeria. He has several memberships including memberships in Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria, Nigerian Society for Microbiology, Nigerian Mycological Society, Botanical Society of Nigeria, Nigerian Society for Parasitology, Biotechnology Society of Nigeria, International Biotechnology. Professor Onwuliri participated in the 4th world congress on Biotechnology in North Carolina, USA and will be participating in the 5th world congress on Biotechnology scheduled for 25th to 27th of June this year in Valencia, Spain. He has many Scholastic Honours and Awards. Professor Onwuliri is happily married to Dr (Mrs.) Edith A. Onwuliri and are blessed with 6 Children.
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THE BROWNS BOARD
CLEVELAND BROWNS FOOTBALL FANS
Stefanski Introductory Press Conference
By hoorta, Tuesday at 07:48 PM in THE BROWNS BOARD
DieHardBrownsFan 3,517
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He can talk the talk but can he walk the walk......
Tour2ma 3,735
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Interests:Procrastination... and that keep me plenty busy...
18 minutes ago, SdBacker80 said:
-“multiple” on offense. I like it. “Dynamic in the run game”. Yes!!! He has some tools to work with here
-also hinted at using the playmakers we have which something Kitchens failed at.
And you can see parallels in the skill sets of Vikes/Browns skill positions...
Baker/Cousins... OBJ/Diggs... Landry/Theilen... Chubb/Cook...
Analogy falls apart some at TE, but Rudolph's game is in decline so gap is not huge...
Then there's the OL... where the gap is a bit bigger.
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1 hour ago, BaconHound said:
It was the normal, neither good nor bad. Haslam’s presser is what shook me. The fact he owns a billion dollar business baffles me. He seems like a dumb version of Jerry Jones and that is saying something
The part where he mentioned "how fun of a process it was during this hire" made me literally shake my head. He's a fucktard.
I also enjoyed DePodesta's "well THIS time we conducted a thorough head coach search". What a sniveling little rat fuck. When he finally gets shitcanned, I'll drive his dork ass to the airport myself, then shove a Bill James encyclopedia up his ass.
Bigalow80 85
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7 hours ago, hoorta said:
BTW, for your further entertainment... Like in the Wizard of Oz here's the "man behind the curtain"..
I love how when he was pressed about how things are different this time around, he said, "I don't want to talk about the other two hires." He basically was saying, "that moron refused to listen to what I had to say and this is why we are here now."
20 minutes ago, Dutch Oven said:
I completely disagree. He is basically saying, "you guys want to make fun of my way of doing things but you keep going against my suggestions and are failing miserably! Maybe if you listened, we wouldn't be in this position." I think if you had no idea where his background comes from, I don't think there would be this much back lash. Depo doesn't do anything that every major company in america does...it utilizes tools to maximize performance. That's all he is trying to say that his "analytics" is doing.
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4 hours ago, Tour2ma said:
That kind of thing goes without saying... I know... it was only two years of free money in my case, but I took it... and retired.
Don't you feel better knowing there's no Friday "Analytics" meeting?
So, you are the Freddie of the Browns Board?
3 hours ago, hx214 said:
You ain’t lying.... I heard he is on that Rob Lowe Atkins thing
I am sure that the real Paul DePodesta was not the roly poly character that was portrayed in the movies. In fact, correct me if I am wrong....they didn't even use his real name in the film, although they used the real name of just about everyone else.
2 hours ago, DieHardBrownsFan said:
Unlike you, I don't think he overused the cliches.
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1 minute ago, The Gipper said:
Ya, they called the guy in the movie Pete or something. I don’t think Paul wanted anything to do with the movie.
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3 hours ago, Orion said:
The stage was not too big for him. He looks and sounds like a guy that you'd like as a face of your team. - I hope he's a good coach. We don't want any more 18 penalty games.
After listening to Kevin- it's sort of obvious why Freddie failed. He was playing checkers while the opposing coordinators were playing three dimensional chess. He got 1\2 a season out of Baker- and then the rest of the league caught up with him-fast.
3 hours ago, D Bone said:
He's a likable guy, but this time, he has to prove it to me first.......... Sorry Kevin, it's not you, it's me.
You speak for many of us. Browns fans are suffering from a malady called firing fatigue..... We're all in the results business now. Winning a press conference doesn't count.
2 hours ago, Bigalow80 said:
With 20\20 hindsight I'm sort of surprised DePodesta didn't flat out quit. Paul had data (according to him) on 50 potential head coach candidates. They narrowed it down, and Dorsey got his way with Freddie. One of the main reasons Dorse isn't around anymore. But there's others. Looks like he wasn't willing to be just one voice in the room when it came to the draft.
Speaking of- the scouting staff is still intact, and Wolf is busy researching potential picks come April.
bjh2130 311
7 hours ago, SdBacker80 said:
-his system and systems he’s been working under are very QB friendly. Great! Putting Baker in shotgun and making him a playmaker - not his game at the professional level. Baker had some of his best games last season throwing 30 passes all game.
-my original criticism just one franchise one perspective for 14 years. I’ve changed my mind I think it’s impressive that he’s held on and been with the same franchise through multiple regime changes. He’s left a good enough impression to be a holdover
good start...now show us all the Browns finally got this right
Freddie did say before the season and week after week during the season about using playmakers more getting them involved more. Its very common that a coach says he's going to get the ball into his playmakers hands. Every coach will say it not every coach succeeds at it. I don't put a ton of stock in what these guys say in press conferences. They are coached up on what to expect and say. Outside of troll questions from grossi and mkc they get tossed meatballs.
Also Freddie hung on at one organization (cardinals) for 12 years under multiple regimes. So Freddie in turn left a good enough impression to be a holdover.
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Both impressive pressers.
I think Stefanski is going to be just what the Dr. ordered. I am also glad it appears most are starting to see the light on DePo and that he isn't a sinister figure sitting deep in the bowels of headquarters, pulling the strings.
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15 hours ago, Tour2ma said:
And that's how you command a presser...
Actually his answer to the first question concerning being a candidate last year and following a HC who lasted one year. "That's a great word undeterred. And I am undaunted...." There is an excellent Stephen Ambrose biography out there about Meriwether Lewis of the Lewis & Clark expedition entitled "Undaunted Courage". I think we got ourselves one of those.
Anyway Rene was impressed I bet....................."You had me at hello"😁
2 hours ago, ballpeen said:
This literally happens every. single. time. the Browns hire a head coach, or make a first round pick.
There's a moment where people think for themselves, but the sheep herd mentality is strong, and virtually everyone falls into line with the "Sunshine and Rainbows" mentality.
Until the games start.
3 minutes ago, Dutch Oven said:
Sunshine seeps in when the OL takes a new form. When I see Baker with more time to actually have progressions, then I will be on the Rainbow train totally. In the meantime I think we have a coach already groomed for the HC position. It was a shame for Freddie that Dorsey didn't understand the need for that. He skipped a step with Freddie. Too bad because I think Freddie is a good man.
Maybe so. Something else happens every time..some stomp,whine and moan when the team doesn't do things the way that person wanted.
I enjoyed Stefanski's comments about all the personalities..He said, "I don't mind personalities. Because I respect guys that work. Personalities are great. Your production is required." He just put everyone on blast and especially Baker. Basically, "Baker, I expect you to work your ass off." Let's see/hope he is able to follow through with it.
IMOP, even though OBJ and Landry are big personalities, I think they have proven they definitely put in the work. Now that we now about their injuries, it makes a lot more sense as to why they weren't practicing as much.
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2 hours ago, Dutch Oven said:
Or guarded optimism.
i ain’t saying yea or nay until the DC is hired. I’m ready to walk out if Wilks comes back. Okay maybe not but I will say I told you so every freakiNg by Sunday
4 hours ago, TexasAg1969 said:
Yet, Meriwether Lewis committed suicide. And Rene killed a guy in Chicago, and got fat in Bridget Jones' Diary. (along with having a bad English accent).
Not sure I dig you comparisons.
It is: Sunshine, Lollipops, Rainbows and Everything". Don't forget the lollipops.
I will be on the Rainbow train totally.
Yes, I can see you being there.
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Just because we've been there before several times doesn't mean that this time is also a bad hire.
Stephanski seems different, bigtime, to me. Driven, like Bellicheck. A leader AND teacher. Serious AND a fun guy.
A tough head coach who means business, and a great head coach to get all the players on board, and get all the assistants and coordinators to be a TEAM.
A very, very intelligent hc. compared to hue or kitchens - who just couldn't take it all in at all...
Stephanski, I believe, takes it all in in an instant. Smart, very smart guy.
I'm good with forgetting the failures. I believe Stephanski and co will not fail. As in, right out of the gate, they will be successful.
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How did this go from a Stefanski PC to a gay pride parade ?
Not everyone. Sure, Kevin made a favorable first impression, but plenty of fans are adopting a wait and see attitude. I'd rather do that instead of having an Eyore attitude that, yup, this new HC is gonna suck. Just like that Ravens troll and a lot of Steelers fans who will happily tell you that the Browns are going to continue to suck, because that's all they've done for the last 20 years.
FWIW, I've blasted plenty of Browns draft picks right out of the gate. Most notably Kizer and Johnny Football.
29 minutes ago, mjp28 said:
Blame Tex. He is the one saying he was looking for a parade to join.
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21 hours ago, The Gipper said:
Truman, a man elected by the Chicago outfit
2 hours ago, The Gipper said:
My train = your parade? 🌈🌦️
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16 hours ago, bjh2130 said:
Stefanski was continuously promoted in Minnesota while Freddie was demoted from QB to RB coach by Arians which is why he left to join the Browns.
21 hours ago, hx214 said:
Peter Brand... I never before made the time to look for the reason Paul did not let his name be used in the movie after letting it be used in the book. But now I did and found this...
"... to DePodesta, the former Athletics executive who now works in the Mets' front office, it was never his story. And the character that was supposed to be him always seemed like someone else. Which is why, for as much as the movie is based on a chapter of DePodesta's career, it's not about him at all.
Unlike Beane, the longtime Oakland general manager who is played by Brad Pitt, DePodesta isn't named in the movie. His character, played by Jonah Hill, was given the fictional name of Peter Brand—at DePodesta's request.
"I just could never get comfortable with the idea of somebody else portraying me to the rest of the world," DePodesta said. "It's very unnerving, and it was something that wasn't going to go away. That was always in my mind."
DePodesta's unease with the movie isn't a matter of shyness, though. And has nothing to do with Hill. Though the dough-faced actor looks nothing like him, DePodesta said Hill is "terrific" at his craft.
What makes DePodesta uncomfortable is the idea of being typecast as a laptop-toting, Ivy League nerd who eschews traditional scouting and relies only on statistics in making decisions."
https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424053111903927204576573271216641158
Not everyone. Sure, Kevin made a favorable first impression, but plenty of fans are adopting a wait and see attitude. I'd rather do that instead of having an Eyore attitude that, yup, this new HC is gonna suck.
Nor every time... Pretty sure we weren't all that optimistic when Hue was hired and nobody really knew what to think about Freddie as HC... OC maybe, but not HC.
We usually wait until after the draft to get irrationally optimistic...
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BRITNEY SPEARS, PARIS HILTON AND MADONNA......WHO ARE THEY? WHO CONTROLS THEM AND FOR WHAT PURPOSE? WHAT IS THE REAL AGENDA? THE ANSWER MAY SHOCK YOU...
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If you think we are the ones seeing things that aren’t there after reading the below article and you are still skeptical after all the self evident facts and truths presented, let us direct you to this expose’ so you can understand why we are able to see what’s really happening and it’s really you that can’t: WHY MOST PEOPLE CAN’T SEE THE TRUTH
First let me say if you really are interested in the lives of people like Paris Hilton and Britney Spears, then you need a life….bad! And for those people, you may be excused to tune into Entertainment Tonight so you can see if Steadman will finally marry Oprah. But for the one percent of the population that actually doesn’t mistake thinking for just being conscious then read on. It is an illuminati plan to have these kind of people paraded on the controlled Media day after day.
In the secret illuminati document PROTOCOLS OF THE LEARNED ELDERS OF ZION, it outlines how to control the general population. (Make sure and read our report: SECRET ILLUMINATI DOCUMENT USED TO CONTROL YOU FINALLY REVEALED).
The PROTOCOLS already assume that the people have “lost the art of thinking” and are “Content with a show.” In PROTOCOL 13 it says “In order that the masses themselves may not guess what we are all about WE FURTHER DISTRACT THEM WITH AMUSEMENTS, GAMES, PASTIMES, PASSIONS, PEOPLE’S PALACES….SOON WE SHALL BEGIN THROUGH THE PRESS TO PROPOSE COMPETITIONS IN ART, IN SPORT OF ALL KINDS:
These interests will finally distract their minds from questions in which we should find ourselves compelled to oppose them. WHO WILL EVER SUSPECT THAT ALL THESE PEOPLES WERE STAGE MANAGED BY US ACCORDING TO A POLITICAL PLAN WHICH NO ONE HAS SO MUCH AS GUESSED AT IN THE COURSE OF MANY CENTURIES?”
Now remember, Hilton is an illuminati family and they know how to keep one of their own (Paris) in the news to distract you from what is really important. The same goes for MK-ULTRA slave Britney Spears. She is a former Disney employee and mouseketeer for the illuminati Disney family. Read more about it here: THE EVIL DISNEY EMPIRE
Most of these “singers” can’t really sing anyway. They use a system called “Auto-tune” which allows them to sound professional, even though they can’t hold a note. Britney Spears and Madonna BOTH use this system.
As a matter of fact, Britney Spears can’t sing at all! Give a listen without Auto-tune:
Antares’s Auto-Tune was created by seismic scientist Andy Hildebrand. Hildebrand was working with a software that used audio to find oil deep beneath Earth’s surface. The technology worked akin to echolocation (used by animals such as bats and dolphins, the act of making a sound then listening for when the echo comes back to you) but besides oil, could also detect pitch: thus Auto-Tune was born. Cher’s 1998 hit single “Believe” was one of the first main-stream songs to use Auto-Tune. The first line of the song is difficult to decipher because the “wobble” from the pitch correction is so strong. But then the words “so sad that you’re leaving” shows off Auto-Tune’s prowess for correcting pitch mistakes- Cher merely sounds as is she has perfect vocal chords.
I suspect she is also is a mind controlled multiple as evidence by her bizarre behavior, one of which, was shaving her head. That is a practice done by many female mind controlled multiples including the Manson family(BELOW). You’ll also want to check out THE NATURE OF EVIL Written by Barbara Hartwell for more on the real nature of evil and the powers behind people like Charles Manson.
After checking out of Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Centre (named after Robert Johnson’s deal with the devil) Britney Spears walked into Esther’s Hair Salon and said, “I want my hair shaved off.” “While I was talking to her body guard,” hair-stylist, Esther Tognozzi said, “she grabbed the buzzer and started buzzing her own hair off. … She buzzed off all her own hair and I just cleaned it up when she was done with it.” Spears showed little emotion as she chopped off her brunette locks. After leaving the salon, Spears headed to the Body & Soul tattoo parlor in nearby Sherman Oaks, Calif. She got two tattoos there, a black, white and pink cross on her hip and “cute little lips on her wrist”.
When a Body & Soul employee looked at the pop star in disbelief and asked why she shaved her head, Spears said, “I don’t want anyone touching me. I’m tired of everybody touching me.” What she really means is she is tired of her handlers raping and molesting her! Look at the above picture to the top left (ABOVE)....You can see an obvious wound that is swelling. Spears is so out of it she doesn’t even acknowledge it…It should be obvious that demonic spirits are in control of her now as she is trying to deface her God-given looks into something sinister and satanic. And she’s okay with it! Find me a normal woman that could do something like that! That’s Mind control 101!!! AMERICA’S HORRIFYING SECRET: MIND CONTROL
The hair represents the stylists, the handlers and people who are in control of her life and manage her looks.
Coincidentally, Britney’s first tattoo was of a butterfly with a vine, symbolic of the genealogy of the Monarch(y) program. This was followed by a black pentagram and one of the 72 Kabbalistic Hebrew names of God, which is said to have been misspelled.
When Arizona Wilder wanted to escape her handlers in the Satanic cult, the Mothers of Darkness, where she held the position of ritual Mother Goddess, she cut off her hair and died it brown, then defiled her body. The order wants their high slaves to be pristine. Arizona has presided over blood rituals that included personalities such as, the British royal family, George Bush, Henry Kissinger, Hillary Clinton, Rothschilds, Hapsburgs, Bob Hope, and Rupert Murdoch. The Mother Goddess also conducted Satanic ceremonies in France involving Pope John Paul II. Our current Pope, now known as Pope Benedict XVI, was elected on the 116th anniversary of Adolph Hitler’s birthday and is none other than former German Nazi Joseph Ratzinger.
Most of the bloodlines of the elite are kept hidden, such as Hitler’s connections with the Rothchilds, Bush’s connection to Crowley and Walt Disney and the Dark Prince. “Uncle” Walt was an illegitimate child that grew up in an abusing home. Much like Hitler’s mother and the Rothchilds. Walt’s probable mother, Isabelle, was brought to work at the Disney home as a maid in 1905. Disney became an FBI asset through 33rd degree Freemason and sexual cross dressing pervert, J. Edgar Hoover. Disneyland and Disney World have both been reported as being used in “Princess Programing” to create high level sex slaves.
Madonna is in reality a mind-controlled slave who has appeared in numerous underground porn and ritual porn movies; including Madonna performing an actual blood sacrifice. Also:
1) In ’ Desperately Seeking Susan ’ Madonna wears a jacket with the Illuminati ’ pyramid with eye ’ motif on the back. (BELOW)
2) In the cartoon show ’ The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy ’ the Discordian goddess Eris is drawn as Madonna ( Episode : ’ Complete and Utter Chaos ’ )
3) The song ’ Beautiful Stranger ’ is a secret hymn to Lucifer : ’ I looked into your eyes /And my world came tumbling down /You’re the devil in disguise /That’s why I’m singing this song ’. These lyrics may be meant literally , a love song to the Devil.
4) The song ’ Justify My Love ’ has a ’ The Beast Within ’ mix which quotes passages from the Book of Revelation ( The Beast Within = sexual penetration by the Devil or the Antichrist ).
5) Madonna is a practicing Kabbalist – Kabbalism is a mystical religion with links to sorcery , the Golden Dawn and Freemasonry.
” Kabbalism is a system of Jewish mysticism and magic and is the foundational element in modern witchcraft. Virtually all of the great witches and sorcerers of this century were Kabbalists.” -William J. Schnoebelen, The Dark Side of Freemasonry
6) The song ’ Like a Prayer ’ contains many blasphemous elements. At the beginning of the song a backwards message is played ’ O hear our savior Satan ’ Madonna stands in front of burning crosses and appears to bring a statue of a man to life by kissing him, she then has sex with him on the altar. She cuts her hands with a knife and appears to manifest stigmata in a church , implying she is a female Messiah. The plot of the video seems to show a man rescuing a woman with dark hair from being raped , he is then wrongly imprisoned and arrested for her murder. The woman may represent Madonna ( who was raped in New York ) being symbolically dead but who is then saved by the Church of Satan ( Madonna wakes up from a sleep in the church later on in the video ).
7) Madonna again represented herself as a Christ-like figure , appearing on a silvery crucifix at a concert in Rome.
8) In the song ’ Intervention ’ Madonna sings ” I know the road looks lonely/But that’s just Satan’s game/And either way my baby/We’ll never be the same ” – this song seems to refer to inducting her lover into the ways of the Devil , maybe ’ the road ’ is the left-hand path ?
9) In the video for ’ What It Feels Like For a Girl ’ Madonna is staying in a hotel room numbered 669 , as she leaves the last 6 swings down to make the hotel number 666. This maybe an oblique reference to The Eagles’ song ’ Hotel California ’ a song which contains Satanic messages and seems to refer to the Church of Satan which was based in a former Hotel on California Street in LA. To emphasize this point , Madonna steals a red car with a giant eagle printed on the bonnet.
10) In the video for ’ Human Nature ’ Madonna appears in the middle of a 5-pointed star made of rope , around about 3.35 in the video. This is a ’ blink and you’ll miss it moment ’ so is almost certainly intended to be a secret message.
During an Arsenio Hall show, in addition to flaunting her sex relationship with known lesbian Rosie O’Donnell, Madonna, who as a guest acted dissociative, was picked up by the cameras during the show kissing her Baphomet (Lucifer) ring and actually flips Arsenio the bird with it. (BELOW).
In the ritual performed at the MTV Awards, Madonna dressed in a Worshipful Master’s top hat, raised the two Mouseketeers, Britney and Christina, to their new level within the order with a lesbian wedding sealed with a kiss. Britney and Christina opened the VMA show dressed like brides singing Madonna’s classic hit “Like a Virgin,” which then segued into Madonna’s new song “Hollywood” as Madonna stepped out of the wedding cake wearing a modified tuxedo.
What ensued was a drag show of sorts in which Madonna was the “groom” and Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera were the virginal brides, culminating in a french-kiss between Madonna and Britney, and then between Madonna and Christina. During the performance Madonna’s dominance was clearly established through the body language and interaction between her and Britney and her and Christina. She frequently put her hands on Britney’s and Christina’s bodies, both possessively and intimately—stroking Britney’s face, putting her hand on her Britney’s hip, putting her face against Christina’s thigh as she pulled the garter off Christina’s leg. Madonna, Britney, and Christina weren’t playing tender, lovesick lovers, they were playing raunchy, in-lust lovers. (BELOW) Here is another concert by Madonna with more Occult symbols in her show. Unless anyone doubt our conclusions…
Is there anyway, anyone, can deny that the proof is right before them? PEOPLE! WAKE UP!!!**
The San Francisco Chronicle described the event as Madonna “dressed like a dominatrix bridegroom…french-kissing both Aguilera and Spears like a she-dog marking her territory” When asked, “What does it feel like to be kissed by Madonna?” Spears responded that “this is something I’ve dreamed about since I was a little girl. I cannot believe this just like freakin’ happened. I am on a major high right now. I feel very cool.”
Watch the whole disgusting occultic ceremony here. Watch how people applaud even though they have no idea what’s happening right in front of them: —
Britney was not the first famous female shaved head. She follows the likes of Demi Moore, who had a Kabbalist wedding with Ashton Kutcher, she had her head shaved as part of military trauma-based mind control in the film, G.I. Jane, and Natalie Portman who had her head shaved as part of the trauma-based mind control in the movie V for Vendetta based on the graphic novel by occultist Alan Moore.
BELOW: WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES
Here is the crime scene (from the “Manson shaved head murders” of Sharon Tate) and where it ends up for these people who follow the Occult..It’s no innocent game..THIS IS WHAT THE RESULTS OF EVIL LOOK LIKE!!!: (BELOW)
Here’s a video from Beyonce who freely admits that she is demon possessed:—
What better way to distract most young American males than to constantly feed them a steady diet of young girls who are mainly known for sexual scandals? With the Rockefeller sponsored homosexual agenda in full force, they’ll get their share of females with the same story. Two for one is a good deal for the illuminists. So the next time you see one of these ladies (and I use the term loosely) on television whose main claim to fame is going out partying without underwear, remember nothing happens unless it was planned that way. Now you know the plan, you are way ahead of the game.
For more on MIND CONTROL and what Britney is dealing with: Here’s all you’ll ever need to know..AMERICA’S HORRIFYING SECRET: MIND CONTROL
For more on MK ULTRA and mind control, here is a video entitled FORBIDDEN KNOWLEDGE OF MK ULTRA:
(BELOW) Paris Hilton going out partying with Britney Spears…
(BELOW) Britney Spears going out “partying” on the town. This is the girl who so many young girls look up to?
EDITORS NOTE: Looks like Shakira is another Illuminati controlled sex slave too. Read this incredible article: SHAKIRA, FREEDOM IS A LIE… ANOTHER ILLUMINATI SEX SLAVE?
You’ll also want to know more about another human sex slave..Sarah Palin: THE ANATOMY OF SARAH PALIN
To learn about the history of programmed sex slaves in American, click here: 50 YEARS OF MK-ULTRA SEX SLAVES IN AMERICA
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Lori wrote on 11/12/2009 06:59 PM
wow....this is really creepy
INDIAN IN THE MACHINE wrote on 12/26/2009 07:06 PM
Thank you for this excellent expose! MTV VMA OCCULT CEREMONY 2009, AND POP MUSIC CELEBRITIES TAYLOR SWIFT, BEYONCE, PINK, LADY GAGA http://indianinthemachine.wordpress.com/2009/10/05/vma-occult-ceremony-and-pop-music-celebrities-britany-spears-taylor-swift-madonna-pink-lady-gaga/
noor al haqiqa wrote on 03/14/2010 06:18 AM
HOpe you get more traffic than I did when I wrote about this stuff. You are well versed, good data. Such material is rare and you have obviously done your homework. Remember, Anna Nichole was in there. The CIA and the military machine control almost all that happens in Hollywood.
Barbie wrote on 09/18/2010 11:42 PM
I wonder if you could talk about the jewish/zionist in hollywood. I love this site. I agree with the above poster you are well versed. Good job.
Tekla wrote on 11/12/2010 12:49 PM
im so thankful that you are opening the eye's of so many young people out there who take these people as their role models..if you are not born again this is the time to repent..read revolutions and you shal know the truth, the bible says in the last days so many evil things will hapen..take jesus christ as you personal saviour b4 its 2 late.
chris wrote on 12/07/2010 10:45 AM
Thanks so much because now I know things I did not Know before; my eyes are more opened and can see better the real truth. The Lord Jesus had already warned us about the present delusion but what I did not know is that this delusion is not only for the christian church but also for the entire world. God bless you.
Brandon wrote on 10/24/2011 12:09 PM
You should really post warning on the dead pics.Im a kid and i am scarred from seeing that sharon tate girl ------------------------------------------------------- EDITOR.......Very good Brandon......we have posted a warning above the picture...
Social Networker wrote on 02/12/2012 02:25 PM
I am a mind control victim and it is not something strictly applied to "stars" to serve as a political decoy, but to society at large to bring forth its demise. Those who are in control of such things have set things up so as to not appear responsible for the degenerate state of affairs we find ourselves in. Instead individuals are to be blamed and man`s inner evil at large, which is utter nonsense because if they actually stopped meddling with us all, things would be pretty fine indeed and much of the division we experience in our world would not even exist. I started to learn about all this since 2006 following heavy gang stalking in London which forced me to leave the country and run home to Sicily to my parents for "safety", only it wall all programmed and they are in fact my main instigators for the decline of my life. My background has allowed me a unique perspective as well as experiences into this entire disgusting and twisted world of witchcraft mind control - the end aim is not political, that is strictly a vessel through which they can continue their daily business undisturbed as they cover all houses of authorities and control. The aim is dominion of the evil kind, attained through human sacrifice and sexual illumination, preferably through the use of child sex slaves and sacrifices as pinnacles of the continuously heavy childhood trauma inflicted. I have a thousand stories I could tell you since childhood which all seemed strange but which only later as an adult and once having been exposed to certain extreme tortures, have I been able to combine all as one continuous life control over me, with the ultimate intent to drive me insane, to have me appear as sadistic and a practicing witch, to claim me as sexually insatiable although I have actually had little sex in my life, not because I am unattractive, rather quite the opposite actually, but because there has always been an air of abuse to me with sex and for years I did not enjoy it, yet I cannot tell you if I was actually ever abused as a child, although I remember several uncles making the approach which I would contrast. Now I realized that over years I have been heavily hypnotized and that anything could be. I have had a fixation of drawing eyes for instances, single eyes, never as a set/couple, although I would draw them prettified they would still remain single eyes. At some point I begun drawing them in the middle of the palm of my left hand. You may think of the eye of Ra when I mention this, but for Sicilian/Catholic culture this is representative of the evil eye. What you define and most others do too, as Kabbalistic Jewish mysticism is in fact alchemy and the cult of necromancy, which is what these people perform. The point is not whether we believe or not that these things exist and work as they practice them, our problem is that THEY believe they do and we are their victims. What they get up to is so vile that over time they have mutated the whole front as social decline so to allow themselves to continue undisturbed whilst escaping blame. They are causing great fear amongst us all, as a society as a whole, they are and have convinced us that psychiatry truly exists as they have presented it to us whilst it plays a major role in supplying them innocent victims, they control the medical industry as their Egyptian cult imposes them to and primarily they present it all as an Isis cult. The Entity responsible for all this is the R.C.Church who has had over history total monopoly of all things alchemical, of all things Kabbalistic and of all things scientific. If you do a research you will notice that now a movement towards a secular western society is being promoted - this is another move to cast the spot light somewhere else for they have total control of most of our public establishments and can freely continue to fuel their sacrifice culture through already implemented, tried and tested methods of human trafficking. Minority groups such as Jews, Sicilians, Nigerians, Japanese and most Eastern Europeans and Western Black populations have been and still are used by the Church to carry out its agenda on local levels of divide, fear and superstition. Sicily for instance has a 1,500 years long Jewish settlement history which has been hidden in normal history accounts, because most of the Sicilian culture is in fact imbedded in kabbala rituals, although the Sicilians at large do not realise this since the church permits these things and so people view them as an extension of the Catholic faith, which, in fact, is not a wrong view. I can tell you there is no such thing as Sicilian Mafia, but rather Sicilians delivering Catholic Mafia to the doorsteps of others, as it has been in the States, and on its own front doors. The Jews have been used in the same way. It was in fact the Church who forced the persecuted Jews to take up the trade of banking, declaring them a people already damned by God, and negated all commerce and living to them, to push them to act as bankers. They established themselves in Europe as what we now call it the Rothschild conspiracy I suppose in a well planned and executed, methodical way of deceiptfully taking stock and control of countries and their public resources, further propagating their culture of slavery. Just look into the Venice Ghetto history to get a quick understanding of how this took place. The money the Jews operated with, were Catholic money and they implemented Catholit interests. The Catholic faith is THE necromantic problem of our standing society, it is the reason why priests abuse of children and that will never change, they have simply found other ways to continue their greedy cult of genocide. Mind control victims are required to bring forth examples within our societies of immoral behaviour, it is not casual that so much focus of recent years has been placed on all things of witchcraft representation such as Harry Potter for instance, Wicca and New Age Revivals, Kundalini Yoga and much more, and you will hear more and more of mothers harming their children - these are "wired" people, who provide them with recordable mind reading and visual of what they actually do, which can all be viewed remotely and the emotions from which are recorded in a computer system, ready to be "played back" to the virtual "player" who wishes to experience and glorify that experience. They basically record real life snuff movies without ever running the risk of being caught and the sacrifices are offered nonetheless as times required for the mind controlled victim is literally driven to act out that way at a time convenient to them. You may think I am nuts saying all of this and in this context but it is true, it is all what they have exposed me to only so far I have not given in to the sex maniac persona they tried to build in me, I have not acted out violently although they have framed me in many ways as a violent person and I have been wired by English intelligence. Eventually you get to understand different triggers they set in you and so forth and if you need more background information into how they continuously renew hypnosis in individuals and so forth, look into the technology they use on T A R G E T E D I N D I V I D U A L S and you will see that it is a social scale practice. Read up on these: Ishtar 8 pointed star; Isis also known as Star and Sea Star (Stella Maris); Owl association to Ishtar; Isis goddess of magic; Alchemy; Kevin Annett; Obelisks monuments; Evil eye; Hand of Fatima/Isis; Necromancy (Catholic Churches in Portugal and Italy totally covered in human remains) Unleavened break and unfermented drink as part of necromancy ritual (as the Jews at times of Moses leading them out of Egypt); the Bibble filled instances of child sacrifice and blood rituals; Jesus illumination and resurrection from death (kabbala and necromancy); the White Dove = Isis; Rose = Isis; Heart cult = think Aztecs, Anubis heart weighing and the sacred heart of Jesus; all of a sudden you will notice stars, hearts, the colour red, roses, skulls, communion rituals and much more EVERYWHERE in our society and that will be more or less a right indication as to what really surrounds us - all else is a lie and cover up. All the best!
daisy galinato wrote on 03/14/2012 08:08 AM
i'm sick and tired of being poor.how to get rich..and how to be an illuminati member..
Gia wrote on 04/16/2012 09:12 PM
shocked,disgusted abhorred! CANT BELIEVE CELEBS HAVE 2 SUFFER SO MUCH BUT LESSON NUMBER 1 DONT SELL YOUR SOUL OR YOUR CHILD'S. SICK SICK PEOPLE
sarah wrote on 08/06/2012 10:18 PM
Vital Facts: 1) The “Illuminati” base their belief system, their rituals, and the technology they use to control humanity primarily on extremely perverse deviant sex. 2) The “Illuminati” have been actively promoting deviant sexual behavior of all types for centuries, but have accelerated their manipulation of society rapidly in recent years. In 2012 sexual perversion of all kinds is ubiquitous in every society because of the diligent work of the “Illuminated”. The “Extreme Perversion Normalization Initiative” (EPNI) has thousands of employees dedicated to nothing but creating and spreading perverse sexual ideas and images through society – images such as we see above. 3) Through hidden signals in popular media such as music, television, movies, video games, and pornography – EPNI has “pre-programmed” tens of millions of unsuspecting people with Monarch programming. With this pre-programming, traditional Monarch sex puppet training that would have required years of childhood trauma in decades ago can now be accomplished remotely – simply by having the subject view enough media encoded with hidden Monarch signals over a long enough period of time. 4) Once a subject has had sufficient exposure to pre-programming signals – the “Illuminati” are able to remotely activate this programming and seize total control of the subject’s body at any time. Once activated, these unfortunate subjects become remote controlled Monarch Sex Puppets who are then used for every sort of deviant sexual and criminal purpose imaginable. 5) Many people reading this are likely already completely infected with EPNI Monarch Programming and are already being used as Monarch Sex Puppets without their knowledge. The “Illuminati” wipe all memory of Puppet Time at the end of each session and often the only signs that a person has been being used as a amnesiac sex slave puppet are the evidence of lost time, unexplained bruises or ligature marks, unexplained bodily fluids, and a general sense of exhaustion. 6) “Illuminati” disinformation agents promote the idea that only a handful of people are actual Monarch Sex Slaves and that such programming requires extensive intervention beginning with childhood trauma. However high technology decades in advance of what humanity believes is current permit the Illuminati to program tens of millions of people reading this as Monarch Sex Slaves over the Internet. “Illuminati” sex is always perverse – it always promotess BDSM, group sex, semenancy, bisexuality, and other types of deviance. There are two keys to understanding any of this that most researchers overlook or misunderstand. Firstly, deviant sex magick is at the heart of “Illuminati” ritual and is also one of the key means by which they control unsuspecting minds and take control of unsuspecting bodies for sex puppetry. Secondly, the “Illuminati” are taunting humanity constantly (or “scene-ing” humanity to use their BDSM terminology) through obvious references to these very secret and perverse ritual practices they so adore. This taunting serves three ends: it is part of their great mind sex magick ritual in and of itself, it is one of the primary ways they agitate and destabilize human consciousness to make people more susceptible to mind control, and it is one of the ways through which they spread hidden Monarch Sex Puppet Control Codes themselves. Check yourselves – Have you lost time? Are you tired? Any unexplained bruises or fluids? You may be being used as a Monarch Sex Puppet to commit acts of perversion on your friends and family. Educate yourselves before it is too late!
Courtney wrote on 08/28/2012 03:41 PM
Thank you so much for putting this information out there.. Hopefully people are starting to wake up.. I know I am.
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We are still keen on developing an Emergency Plan for the village. We have made some progress but it needs some more work. If there is anyone who would like to have a go with this then please get in touch.
We are again planning to carry out some regular maintenance in and around East and West Hanney this year. We plan to work from 09:00 until noon, and as usual, the location will depend upon what needs to be done. Please add these dates to your diaries. It would be great if everyone could do at least one session during the year as it then spreads the load out.
DATES FOR 2012:
We are looking for volunteers to organise each weekend, so please contact Stewart Scott on 01235 868503 or via the contact form.
We had an excellent turnout today of 11 people, and were able to do some ditch clearing to help keep the water courses flowing freely. The stretch around the cottages at Lower Mill has been cleared and yielded an asbestos pipe, a large metal mesh ....and a frisbee. We were also able to remove parts of several fallen trees that would constrict the flow. The part of the brook immediately downstream of the bridge at Lower Mill was also relieved of some of the weed growing in the water. A section of the ditch at the side of the Green in East Hanney was also cleared of vegetation. My thanks to all those who helped: Oliver, Clive F, Dickon, Ian, David, Hilary, Clive and Phil, Myfanwy and Guy.
You may have noticed that there has been significant growth of reeds in the Letcombe brook by Dandridges Mill. The reeds were blocking the storm water drain and creeping significantly across the width of the stream. So our plan was to remove some of this Branched-Bur reed. Thanks to a fine turnout of ten volunteers led by Alan, the task was completed in record time. With four people operating in the water and six loading-up the wheel barrows we managed to get everything done in less than 1.5 hours. Many thanks to the team of Paul, Iain, Dickon, Steve, Graham, Myfanwy, Guy, Phil, Clive and Alan. Thanks also to the Royal British Legion for the use of their composting and waste recycling facilities.
Today we had another good session doing some hard digging out of the ditches along Ebbs Lane. We had a 6yd skip paid for by East Hanney Parish Council which in only 2 hours this was completely filled with soil. We dug out a long section of ditch near the Thames Water pumping station and the ditch outside No5 Ebbs Lane and outside Tomelthatch. A big thanks to Alan, Jason, Peter, Paul D, Richard, Sue, Jo, Bob, Paul S, Ian and Catherine, Meurig, Clive, Ian and Dickon, Keith and Stewart. These ditches were surveyed before and after and generally the level was reduced by 200mm. The aim was to dig them out so that the bottom of the ditches were below the level of the pipes running across the road. This will help stop the pipes silting up. [Link to Keith Diments photos]
We had a great turn out for our working party at Ebbs Lane. We split into 2 main working groups. One team used the drain rods and drain devils on a couple of pipes. The pipe crossing the lane was solid with mud and this was eventually unblocked and cleared and the other pipe connecting the ditch from Tomelthatch to Sunrise cottage was rodded out. The other, larger party, worked on the ditch leading from the corner of Ebbs Lane down towards the brook. A large amount of debris plus lots of vegetation that was blocking the ditch was removed; this was no small task. A big thanks to Alastair, Jackie & Meurig, Patrick, Clive, Philipa, Pete, Catherine, Ian, Iain, Dick, Paul, Paul, Dee, David, Jo, Sue, Richard, Hilary and David. We would like to finish off the ditch leading to the brook and although we cleared the connecting pipes, the ditches do need to be much deeper than the pipes so that any silt settles out in the ditch rather than the pipes. We are thinking of making second trip back to Ebbs Lane on August 11th and will arrange a Skip so the ditches can be deepened and the potentially large amounts of soil removed. Details will be sorted out over the next few weeks. Thanks to David for pulling the trailer and generally to everyone for such a great team effort. Well done.
We had the usual sunshine for our working session on Saturday. Ian Green, David Stubbington and Stewart were joined by team Roberts consisting of Catherine and baby giving lots of encouragement, Husband Ian and two friends from London, Tom and Andrew. We worked from near Gallows bridge along Childery Brook through the willow copse. We pulled out a lot of dead branches that had fallen in and we cut down quite a lot of dead wood that was on the point of falling in the brook. The water level was still quite high so was hard work just moving along the stream. We used our new ladder for getting into the stream and this worked very well.
Although the day started with heavy rain it did stop at about 8:00 and we had dry and sunny weather for our first working session of the year. We split into two parties. Bob, Alan and Ian went off and dug out some high points in the ditch leading from Ebbs Lane and Chris, Catherine, Dave, Clive, David, Patrick, Paul, Carleen and Stewart started working in the brook downstream from Lower Mill. We cleared some large branches that had fallen into the brook and cleared some of the brambles that were collecting debris. We worked all the way down to the hunting bridge a distance of about 0.35miles. We finished off the morning with coffee and biscuits in Carleens garden. A big thanks to Carleen for the coffee and to David for pulling the trailer and of course everyone for helping. Some pictures of the work: [View photo 1] [View photo 2]
Letcombe Brook Water Height Measurements:
Jan12 Feb12
Mar12 Apr12
28 Apr to 5 May flood watch
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MLB Odds: Blue Jays can Advance to ALCS with Win at Home
After dropping the first two games of the American League Division Series at home, the Toronto Blue Jays have a chance to come back to the former SkyDome and make amends.
They beat the Texas Rangers twice in Arlington to knot the series at 2-2 heading into Wednesday's Game 5 (4:07 PM ET, FS1).
The American League Divisional Series has been excellent for the road teams as Texas won the first two games in Toronto, and then the Blue Jays returned the favor in Texas.
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It took some creative managing to put the Jays in this position. David Price (2.78 FIP) seems to struggle against the Rangers, who have a combined .739 OPS versus the Cy Young-winning lefty. As a result, Toronto used Price in a relief role on Wednesday, starting RA Dickey in an 8-4 win as –154 road favourites on the closing line.
That sets up future ace Marcus Stroman (3.54 FIP) to start Game 5 at home. He's been a bit lucky since coming off the disabled list in September, posting a .237 BABIP against in four regular-season starts. But the Jays won all four of those starts before losing 6-4 in Game 2 as –175 home favourites.
The winner that day, Cole Hamels (3.47 FIP), is expected to start Game 5. Hamels didn't get the win in Game 2's 6-4 14-inning marathon, but he did his part. The southpaw went seven innings, allowing four runs (two earned) on six hits while striking out six with no walks. He allowed a first-inning solo shot to Josh Donaldson, but Hamels made big pitches when he needed to. He has proven himself as capable of handling pressure, winning the 2008 NLCS and World Series MVP and is now 7-4 in 14 postseason starts with an ERA of 3.05.
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Two killed in Guwahati, protesters defy curfew
By Agencies Last updated Dec 13, 2019
PM seeks to assuage concerns
Guwahati/New Delhi: Two persons were killed on Thursday in police firing in Assam to quell protests against the citizenship bill with thousands descending on streets defying curfew as Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed his government was committed to safeguarding their rights.
Several towns and cities were placed under indefinite curfew, including Guwahati, the epicentre of protests, besides Dibrugarh, Tezpur and Dhekiajuli.
Night curfew was imposed in Jorhat, Golaghat, Tinsukia and Charaideo districts, officials said.
Two persons were shot dead by security forces in Guwahati, which has turned into a garrison town with Army, paramilitary and state police personnel present in every nook and corner.
An official of the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital told PTI that one person was brought dead and another succumbed to injuries during treatment. However, protesters claimed three people had died in police firing.
Hospital sources said 11 people were brought there with gunshot injuries. Incidents of police firing were reported from several places in Guwahati including Hatigaon, Lachitnagar, Bashishta, Downtown, Ganeshguri and Lalungaon.
Frenzied mobs blocked roads with burning discarded tyres and menaced commuters by bludgeoning their vehicles with sticks and stones.
In a series of tweets, in both Assamese and English, the prime minister said he personally and the central government are “totally committed to constitutionally safeguard the political, linguistic, cultural and land rights of the Assamese people as per the spirit of Clause 6.”
Clause 6 of the Assam Accord guarantees safeguarding local rights, language and culture. “I want to assure my brothers and sisters of Assam that they have nothing to worry after the passing of #CAB (sic),” Modi wrote on the microblogging site.
“No one can take away your rights, unique identity and beautiful culture. It will continue to flourish and grow,” he said as the state plunged deeper into chaos and violence.
Notwithstanding his words of comfort, internet services in 10 districts were suspended for another 48 hours beginning 12 pm to prevent “misuse” of social media to disturb peace and tranquility, and to maintain law and order, officials said.
Internet services will remain suspended in Lakhimpur, Dhemaji, Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Charaideo, Sivasagar, Jorhat, Golaghat, Kamrup (Metro) and Kamrup, Additional Chief Secretary (Home and Political department) Sanjay Krishna told PTI.
The Railways has suspended all passenger train services in Tripura and Assam and short-terminated long distance trains to the region at Guwahati following protests in the two states over the passage of CAB, a railway spokesperson told PTI in New Delhi on Thursday.
The decision was taken on Wednesday night in view of the security situation in the region, Northeast Frontier Railway spokesperson Subhanan Chanda said, adding many passengers are stranded in Kamakhya and Guwahati.
After a railway station in Dibrugarhs Chabua, the hometown of the Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, was set on fire late Wednesday night besides the Panitola railway station in Tinsukia, 12 companies of the Railway Protection Special Force (RPSF) have been dispatched to the region, RPF chief Arun Kumar told PTI in the national capital.
“Passengers are stranded and we are trying to help them as much as possible. We are mulling to run special trains to ferry these passengers, but are still weighing if the risk is worth it.
“It might be a security threat for passengers if protesters stop the trains. As of now all passenger trains have been suspended and trains from outside the region are being short terminated at Guwahati,” Chanda said.
An unspecified number of flights to the North East including Guwahati were rescheduled or cancelled, an official of the Kolkata airport said.
As protests continued, the Information and Broadcasting ministry issued an advisory to private satellite TV channels to be cautious about airing content is likely to incite violence, promote anti-national attitudes and contain anything affecting the integrity of the nation.
The advisory was issued after some TV channels showed footage of violent protests. Heads rolled in the police establishment because of incessant protests with the states BJP government removing Guwahati Police commissioner Deepak Kumar and appointing Munna Prasad Gupta in his place.
Additional director general of police (law and order) Mukesh Agarwal was also transferred and replaced by ADGP (CID) GP Singh. Police also opened fire at Madhavdham in Tezpur when a person allegedly belonging to a Hindu right organisation ploughed his vehicle through a group of protesters, injuring four people. Protesters overpowered the man, set his vehicle ablaze and assaulted him, prompting police firing, an official said.
RSS offices was vandalised in Amolapatty in Golaghat, besides places like Dibrugarh, Sadiya and Tezpur. Residences of Handloom Minister Ranjit Dutta at Behali, and BJP MLAs Padma Hazarika at Sootea and Binod Hazarika in Chabua were also attacked. (PTI)
Doubts over CAB not baseless, says Assam Speaker
Rohit becomes LaLiga’s India brand ambassador
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Differences between, and connections between, Content and Practice standards
Connecting Mathematical Practice with Content
Connecting the Standards for Mathematical Practice to the Standards for Mathematical Content
The Standards for Mathematical Practice describe ways in which developing student practitioners of the discipline of mathematics increasingly ought to engage with the subject matter as they grow in mathematical maturity and expertise throughout the elementary, middle and high school years. Designers of curricula, assessments, and professional development should all attend to the need to connect the mathematical practices to mathematical content in mathematics instruction…. —CCSS
Standards and curricula are different objects. In order to achieve a standard solidly and with full fidelity, curricula and teaching must sometimes take preparatory steps that are not specified in the standards. Such divergence cannot omit either the content or the practice standards and remain faithful; neither can it crowd classroom instruction with material that the CCSS deliberately pruned out of the “mile wide, inch deep” curriculum in an attempt to achieve depth and focus. But fidelity to both Content and Practice requires more than a checklist approach: a coherent mathematical story line cannot be achieved by teaching to the standards any more than by teaching to the test. In part, that is the message of the concluding statement in the Mathematical Practice section that calls for connecting those standards to the standards for Mathematical Content.
Standards can mandate this connection, as the CCSS does, but specifying its design is a job for curriculum materials. Mathematical facts and procedures—the Content part of what we teach—are the results of the application of mathematical habits of mind reflected in the Practices. For that reason, fidelity to the way mathematics is made and used—a big part of the intent of the Mathematical Practices—requires that the Content be taught through the Practices. That way, the connections are real—integrated rather than interspersed.
This attention to Mathematical Practices connected with Content must also be enacted in teaching, which will require professional development. Though the CCSS Mathematical Content standards differ in detail from other content standards, their form is familiar to teachers: a list of things to know. The Mathematical Practices are not so easily condensed into a lesson or unit, not so easily tested and, generally, not so familiar. Content standards are specified grade by grade and build on each other rather than repeating year after year. The Mathematical Practices are different. Though they can be enacted in an appropriate way at any level, they evolve and mature over years rather than days, along with children’s cognitive development and the nature and sophistication of the Mathematical Content.
Finally, of course, any system that rewards and/or punishes teachers and schools on the basis of measured results can expect that anything that isn’t reflected in the measuring instruments will be ignored completely. The Mathematical Practices will be taken seriously in curriculum and teaching if, and only if, they are taken seriously in testing. It can be expected, then, that the developers of the CCSS, and the States that collaborated in calling for the development of the CCSS, will work with the developers of assessments to ensure that the Mathematical Practices are taken seriously in testing.
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Pastor Saeed Abedini Has Been Freed by Iran
Christian pastor Saeed Abedini (along with several others) has been freed as part of a prisoner exchange with Iran.
CNN—Iran has freed four prisoners from the United States, including Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian, Iran's semi-official FARS news agency reported Saturday, citing Tehran's prosecutor.
According to FARS, Iran freed Rezaian, Marine veteran Amir Hekmati and Christian pastor Saeed Abedini, who had been held on various charges. FARS identified the fourth prisoner freed as Nosratollah Khosrawi. Details of Khosrawi's case were not immediately known.
The release is part of a prisoner swap deal in which the United States reportedly freed seven Iranian-Americans held on charges related to sanctions against Iran, FARS said. The news agency had previously said the U.S. was to release six prisoners.
"Based on an approval of the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) and the general interests of the Islamic Republic, four Iranian prisoners with dual-nationality were freed today within the framework of a prisoner swap deal," FARS quoted the office of the Tehran prosecutor as saying. (Continue Reading.)
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Glory to God. Hallelujah
Betsy_Ross January 18, 2016 at 12:05 PM
Thank you sweet Jesus, our great God and Savior, who has rescued your servant from this earthly hell! Who has sent His angel and delivered His servants who put their trust in Him! Who has maintained the right of the afflicted and the destitute! Who said, "I myself will search for my sheep and will seek them out. As a shepherd seeks out his flock when he is among his sheep that have been scattered, so will I seek out my sheep, and I will rescue them from all places where they have been scattered on a day of clouds and thick darkness."
You are most Holy, all powerful to work this miracle! Praise your Name!
Picco bow February 11, 2016 at 7:11 PM
Peter March 27, 2016 at 9:11 AM
Our God is a Mighty Deliverer.
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Please note All – It has been brought to our attention that a story in 2002, by Rayne Timmons, is a fabrication. Our apologies to all. Mr. Timmons has asked us to share his apology with everyone:
“I Rayne Timmons, apologize to all members past, present and future for falsifying a submitted letter to Afghanistan: A Soldiers Story. Everything in the letter was false and did not happen.
I can not begin to say how much I appreciate all the work every hard working man and woman of our great Armed Forces has done for this country, my province, my two little girls and for me.
I look up to all who served here at home and away, and I want them all to know how bad I feel for what I have done.
You, the members are what makes the military a great place to work and people like me should only hold you all in the highest regards. I guess I just wanted to feel as important as you all are.
And for the great people who created this book, I also send my deepest apologies for tainting such a wonderful book.”
This submission cannot be removed from the published book, but it will be removed from the web site content and from the e-version of the book we plan for next spring.
The Mile of Bombs
Sgt Richard Fiessel, OP APOLLO 2002
During the initial surge into Afghanistan, OP APOLLO 2002, Engineer elements of the 3 PPCLI Battle group (12Fd Sqn, RAKKASAN SAPPERS) teamed up with the American EOD team on a regular basis to deal with the disposal of old Soviet ordnance in and around the Kandahar Airfield (KAF) that had been left behind intact during their hasty retreat.
One particular area located South near KAF near the ‘Apartment Complex’, as it was known, there was an excessive amount of ordnance laid out in a strait line, running East to West in a ditch, about 300-400m long and about 1.5m deep, packed tip to tail with all kinds of Soviet Air ordnance. Everything from 250lb-1000lb HE, Incendiary and Cluster bombs, were there for the taking, for enemy combatants to take advantage of. Luckily, IED’s were not on their agenda yet and we were able to dispose of them before they took advantage of them.
Our American counterparts were able to take advantage of the fact that we had a MLVW HIAB, and Sgt Doug Duval (ret), a qualified HB Combat Engineer, to assist in the disposal of these munitions. The rest of the party consisted of Cpl Porteus(ret), Cpl Moog and me (Cpl Fiessel); I would tag along to get away from the water point. This task was a 3 part operation; Part 1 was the gathering and identification of the munitions, part 2 was the stacking/ configuring of the munitions on aircraft pallets to facilitate their effective destruction and part 3 was the moving of the pallets to the disposal site West of KAF and their final destruction, initiated with C4.
The contribution made to the entire ordnance disposal effort by 12 Fd Sqn and our American counterparts during OP APOLLO greatly decreased the amount of old ordnance that was left in the AOR, considerably reducing the quantity of explosive contents left behind by the Soviet retreat that may have well been used in the future for the enemy IED campaign.
“Weather Rock”
Roy Harding 3 PPCLI
I was the Chief Clerk for the first Army deployment to Afghanistan in 2002.
We (3VP) were located on the edge of the Kandahar Airfield. My Orderly Room was set up in modular tentage, and the window which my “desk” (a 6 foot folding table) was situated under gave a view of the single mountain in sight, which appeared to grow out of the desert without the aid of an accompanying mountain range.
I used to call that single mountain my “weather rock”. When you could see it clearly – it was going to be freakin’ hot. When it was somewhat hazy, there was a dust-storm on its’ way. When you couldn’t see it at all – the dust storm had arrived.
by Adrian MacNair Oct 2010
Photo taken by Adrian MacNair on a trip from Kandahar Airfield to forward operating base Camp Nathan Smith in Kandahar City, October 2, 010. The enormous mountain to the right has large holes carved into the rock.
http://unambig.com/a-tour-of-kandahar-airfield-part-ii/
Remembering Three Tours
Warrant Officer Randie Potts, CISTM – 1 Service Battalion Edmonton.
I have done three tours in Afghanistan, 2002, 2006 and 2011. All three tours were based out of Kandahar Airfield. I would like to share some changes that I experienced over there.
2002 – The American C-17 transport planes did not stay long on the tarmac at the air field. They wouldn’t even turn off the engines. Freight and personnel were hustled off the plane to the Kandahar passenger terminal. The windows that at the time had no glass. There were no lights except a hazy glow from flood lights that surrounded the prisoner compound. Dressed in our green CADPAT combats in the dark we were very hard to see compared to the American desert camouflage. A quick briefing then shown where we were to set up our 4 man RECCE tents, our quarters for the next six months or so. We slept on a cot and air mattress only when the sun went down, the air was too hot inside them otherwise. The compound we were to use was not cleared of mines; the engineers then had to cover it with crushed rock. When we did move into the compound we had to put sheets of wood down under our tents so they would not get torn up by the sharp rocks. Meals were Canadian IMP’s or American MRE’s as there were no mess halls. Our work area consisted of two LSVW LCIS MRTs, a 5KW generator on a trailer and three sections of Modular tentage. It was our work / rest / meal area for the whole tour. The PX was a tent. I observed improvements on a daily basis.
2 thoughts on “2002”
DF on May 21, 2013 at 16:03 said:
I call BS on Tiny Timm. There is no way you can complete, BMQ, QL3, SQ, Dvr Whl and be on Op Apollo in time.
Melanie on June 2, 2013 at 13:11 said:
Thanks to those of you who flagged the Tiny Tim submission. It has been removed.
‘Afghanistan: A Canadian Story’ Kindle Edition
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Tuition Access Bursary is unsound public policy
By PATRICK WEBBER (Research Associate)
Sheldon MacLeod Show, News 95.7 25 April 2017
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Last year, New Brunswick’s government launched the Tuition Access Bursary (TAB), which provides funding for up to the full cost of tuition at public universities and community colleges. It is available to students from households earning less than $60,000 per year.
While not technically a “free tuition” initiative, TAB is promoted as a tool for those from low incomes to better access post-secondary education (PSE).
But will this program substantially increase low-income participation rates?
The TAB program is the subject of my latest paper, entitled “Post-Secondary Tuition and Low-Income Access” and published by the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies. The experience across Canada suggests little correlation between tuition rates and PSE participation among low-income persons.
For instance, a 2011 study by Ben Eisen and Jonathan Wensveen found that low-income youth participation rates were lowest in Newfoundland and Labrador and Quebec, despite these provinces having the lowest tuition rates. Meanwhile low-income youth were most likely to attend university in Nova Scotia and Ontario, where tuition was the highest.
International comparisons show a similar relationship between tuition rates and university attendance. The data show that other factors, including whether one’s parents attended university, are more determining than income levels. Above all, performance in high school matters most for university enrollment.
It follows that upfront financial aid risks becoming money poorly spent. This problem is compounded by a 2014 survey that found the overall graduation rate among New Brunswick-based graduates was only 64 percent. TAB could be an inefficient use of tax dollars.
There remains a role for government in improving PSE access. What is needed are policies to make an effective use of government dollars in achieving these aims.
My report makes four recommendations:
1. Upfront financial assistance should be based on merit, instead of income levels alone. For instance, there is a correlation between high school performance and the likelihood of pursuing PSE and completing one’s degree. A report by Andrew Parkin and Noel Baldwin found that only seven percent of high-school graduates with a 90-to-100 grade average had dropped out of their studies by age 26, compared to 30 percent of those who were in the 60-to-69 grade range.
2. In 2010, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia had the highest share of university graduates with debts above $25,000 in Canada. These two provinces also had the highest tuition in the country. It follows that putting money toward easing debt burdens, after graduation, would be more effective. This policy would also ensure that aid goes to those who have completed their degrees.
3. Given the relationship between high school grades and PSE attendance and performance, governments should focus more on improving outcomes before students pursue PSE. The K-12 school system demands improvements, which should include experimenting with alternative models of delivery, such as the charter school system that exists in Britain and many U.S. states.
4. A better system to prepare people for the workforce would put a greater emphasis on trades and skills training. Governments should fund training for vocations with a labour demand in their jurisdictions, which would ensure that those taking advantage of government assistance could stay and work in the province. This would also recognize the reality that many workers will now need regular retraining throughout their working lives.
Given its budget challenges, evidence-based policy is vital in our province. Governments always need to make the best use of tax dollars in the service of public policy, but especially when money is tight.
The evidence presented in my report suggests that TAB does not satisfy these considerations. For New Brunswick, more effective options exist to improve PSE access.
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Industry Blames Pirate Fishing as Red King Prices Drop
Annie Ropeik, KUCB - Unalaska
The Bering Sea red king crab fleet finished catching 10 million pounds of quota last week — and they’re facing some lackluster prices as the crab goes to market. It could be due to higher catch limits in Alaska and Russia.
There’s also the problem of pirates. Illegal crab harvesting is declining, but industry groups say it’s still their biggest concern.
Crab economics can be a tricky business. Take it from Jake Jacobsen, who heads up the state’s biggest crab harvesting collective, the Inter-Cooperative Exchange.
“Supply is really the thing that drives the market, and the Japanese exchange rate is pretty close up there too,” he says. “And then, of course, the quality of the crab and other issues all factor in.”
Dockside prices for Alaskan red king crab were down as much as a dollar this season, to around $6.10, according to the state Department of Fish & Game.
There are plenty of reasons why that could be: like the higher quotas in Alaska and Russia, and currency values giving big Japanese importers a better deal in Russian rubles than in dollars.
And Jacobsen says Alaska’s fleet had another problem this year: unexpected barnacles on some of their catch.
“Those crab don’t typically receive the same price as a clean-shell crab,” he says. “So there’s a little bit of a discount there.”
But it’s all secondary to what he says is still the biggest problem for Alaska: illegal fishing and overharvesting by pirate boats in Russia.
Years ago, Russian pirates caught and delivered more than four times as much king and snow crab as the country’s legal harvest limit. Since then, that number’s declined to its lowest point in a decade, says Heather Brandon of the World Wildlife Fund.
“But even in the last year that we have data for, which is 2013, there was still about a 69 percent harvest over the legal catch,” she says. “So we can see from trade data that there’s still a huge amount of illegal crab entering the market from Russia.”
Brandon co-authored a recent WWF report on illegal crab fishing. It calls for countries that import and export crab to work on stamping out pirate fishing — like by asking for more documentation as the crab makes its way from dock to market. One agreement between Russia and Japan will do just that starting in December.
Japan takes most of Russia’s exports, due to proximity — but plenty of Alaska’s catch winds up there too. That leaves American consumers buying crab that’s estimated to be 40 percent illegal. Jake Jacobsen, with the harvester co-op, says it’s tough to verify where the product comes from:
“The boats that supposedly made the landings are fictitious. They’re signed with names of captains that don’t exist,” he says. “All the documents look legal because they’ve been professionally forged.”
That’s why groups like his are pushing for stricter labeling and tracking requirements. And as always, they want customers to buy domestic. They say Alaska’s fishery is better regulated, better documented and more sustainable than any other.
Of course, that makes it more expensive than illegal crab, too. Mark Gleason is the president of the Alaska Bering Sea Crabbers, which estimates Alaska has lost $600 million to pirate crabbing since 2000.
“The people that I represent — they’re capitalists. We thrive on competition. We’re very proud of the product that we produce, and we will put that product up against anyone’s,” Gleason says. “But it’s gotta be a level playing field in terms of the competition. We all need to be playing by the same rules. We all need the same opportunity to bring our product to market. And we welcome the competition with the legal production — it’s just the pirates that have a leg up.”
Still, Gleason thinks it’s possible to stop illegal crab fishing. He points to signs of progress — more international cooperation and regulatory support from lawmakers, who groups like his have been lobbying. And there’s last year’s lower illegal harvest, too.
But what about this year? It’s kind of a wild card, since there’s also more legal crab on the market than in the past. Heather Brandon, with the WWF, says she isn’t sure if higher legal quotas will make for less pirate fishing. And she won’t get to find out for about a year.
“I’m really looking forward to looking at the 2014 data to understand that,” she says. “There are a lot of factors in play.”
That means it’s not clear if pirate fishing is to blame for this year’s lower red king crab prices in Alaska. Still, fishermen say they have to control what they can. The fleet can’t alter the laws of supply and demand. But they’ll still lobby to rid that supply of crab that shouldn’t be there.
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2016 IPC Athletics European Championships
IPC Athletics European Championships
Grosseto, Italy
10 – 16 June
Main venue
Stadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini
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The 2016 IPC Athletics European Championships was a track and field competition for athletes with a disability open to International Paralympic Committee (IPC) affiliated countries within Europe. It was held in Grosseto, Italy and took part between 10 and 16 June. The competition was staged at Stadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini. Approximately 700 athletes from 35 countries attended the games.[1] This was the last edition of the event held under the IPC Athletics title.
Russia topped the medal tables in both gold medals won (51) and total number of medals won (131).
1 Venue
3.2 Schedule
4 Medal table
4.1 Multiple medallists
5 Participating nations
The venue for the Championships was the Stadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini athletics stadium which has held IPC Grand Prix athletic tournaments in the past.[1] The stadium has an eight lane MONDO track and has a capacity of 10,200 people.[1]
The 2016 IPC Athletics European Championships was an invitational tournament taking in track and field events. No combined sports were included in the 2016 Championships. Not all events were open to all classifications, though no events were contested between classifications.
Athletes finishing in first place are awarded the gold medal, second place the silver medal and third place the bronze. If only three competitors are available to challenge for an event then no bronze medal is awarded. Some events will be classed as 'no medal' events.
Stadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini in 2010
Main article: Disability sport classification
To ensure competition is as fair and balanced as possible, athletes are classified dependent on how their disability impacts on their chosen event/s. Thus athletes may compete in an event against competitors with a different disability to themselves. Where there are more than one classification in one event, (for example discus throw F54/55/56), a points system is used to determine the winner.
F = field athletes
T = track athletes
11-13 – visually impaired, 11 and 12 compete with a sighted guide
20 – intellectual disability
31-38 – cerebral palsy or other conditions that affect muscle co-ordination and control. Athletes in class 31-34 compete in a seated position; athletes in class 35-38 compete standing.
40-47 – amputation, les autres
51-58 – wheelchair athletes
● Opening ceremony Events ● Closing ceremony
100 m Men
Details T11 T52
T13 T34
T33 T36 T35
Details T34 T35 T11 T13
Details T53
T53/54 T12
Details T13 T20 T53
1500 m Men
T11 T46 T13 T54
4 × 100 m relay Men
Details T11-13
Details T53/54
High jump Men
T42-44 T47
Shot put Men
Details F40/41
Details F34
F12 F32/33
F55 F40/41 F35/36 F20
Discus throw Men
Details F38 F57 F55 F40/41
Javelin throw Men
F37/38 F13 F54
F40/41 F46
Details F11-13 F37 F34 F54
Club throw Men
Details F31/32/51
Ceremonies ● ●
Host nation (Italy)
Italy*
Totals (32 nations)
Multiple medallists
Many competitors won multiple medals at the 2016 Championships. The following athletes won four gold medals or more.
Natalia Kocherova Russia Gold
Silver 200m - T53-54
400m - T54
1500m - T54
Georgina Hermitage Great Britain Gold
Gold 100m - T37
4x100m relay - T35-38
Below is the list of countries who agreed to participate in the Championships and the requested number of athlete places for each.
^ a b c "Grosseto 2016: About us". paralympic.org. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
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I seem to be in a trend lately of going back to some of the more obscure, but entertaining anime titles from my younger days, so I thought I would review Weather Report Girl. Weather Report Girl has been described as yuri by some, but I consider it more of a sexual comedy, much like many of the anime during the 90's. Weather Report Girl centers around sadistic woman named Keiko that will stop at nothing to be adored by millions, and sets her sights on doing so by becoming the weather girl of a large Japanese network. In her pursuit of this goal, Keiko is completely ruthless and stops at nothing to become an idol of television.
I am not going to spoil how she gets her foot in the door, but when you see it, right off the bat, you realize that Keiko is a beast, and she stays on top the same way. She uses her razor sharp intellect and sexuality to coax people to her side, or run right over them, and her fans love her for it.
The cast of characters include the network executives, which will do anything to make their network #1, her rival, and first weather girl, and a timid and homely man from her past that has been stalking Keiko for years. I think the funniest folks are the executives, especially, the owner of the network. They pretty much let Keiko do whatever she wants because they see yen signs in everything she does, and they are typical perverted businessmen.
The animation is decent, but what shines through is the humour. This, and the sexuality actually made Weather Report Girl a cult favourite among many, and enabled it to be translated into live action media. Like many of the older anime, it can be found on YouTube, so watching it should be no problem. For some reason, I don't think it has ever been dubbed, but it is available in sub.
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Film Corner: The Inevitable Avengers Thread
Posted by AnaMardoll at Thursday, June 07, 2012 Edit
Husband took me to see The Avengers on opening weekend.
It was better than I expected, in that I ended up enjoying myself whereas I'd expected the movie to suck. I don't mean that in a "I don't like your toys" kind of way; I actually really like superheroes and superhero movies for the most part. I just don't really like superhero team-ups because I think balance is always going to be such an issue. I mean, who would win in a fight between a human-who-wields-a-bow-and-arrow and a freaking ancient Norse deity? I'm just saying.
But the movie makers did a good job balancing everything and it all felt fairly natural. Thought I do think that "being able to take on a god and not lose horribly" should go on Stark/Iron Man's and Roger/Captain America's resumes because that's the sort of thing you want to highlight in the yearly performance reviews.
But. Why do I still feel ambivalent about the whole thing, despite liking it alright in theaters?
Maybe it's because Samuel L. Jackson was the only person of color I could find in the film, and he only because someone made the extremely good executive call to take a traditionally white character and cast it with a POC actor who could really make the character work in a way that I didn't expect and really enjoyed. (I know Nick Fury only from the video games and the very little Avengers material I've read and have never really liked him, but THIS Nick Fury, I liked. Or at least deeply respected.)
And while I'm glad -- thrilled -- that someone decided that POCs deserve a place in comic book movies, and not as the First Guy To Die, the epicness of this movie just left me aching for more. There's about a gazillion extras running the airship that encompasses 50% of the movie set, and yet I never noticed much racial diversity. Maybe I missed it from focusing on the action, but I don't think I did. So it comes off like Samuel L. Jackson is the only POC in the whole Avengers universe. And I find that so terribly sad and frustrating.
Maybe it's because there weren't a whole heck of a lot of women, either. Barely enough to pass the first condition in the Bechdel test; nowhere near enough to get to the second and third. So that leaves a whole lot of white men in the background for a movie that is something like two-and-a-half hours long and has dozens of set-pieces with SHIELD minions scurrying in the background.
And then there's the issue of the women themselves. Almost all the love interests for the superheroes have been jettisoned, with the exception of Pepper Potts who makes an appearance here purely so she can fret when Tony Stark (the stealth protagonist) heads selflessly to his doom. See? He's important! A WOMAN CARES ABOUT HIM. That's pretty much Pepper's role: to motivate and characterize Tony Stark. That leaves us with Woman #2, Agent Hill, who's second in command to Nick Fury and belatedly gets a name late in the film. And then we have Black Widow, who I want SO VERY MUCH TO LIKE because she's smart and manipulative and incredible at close combat and her whole shtick is that she manipulates patriarchal attitudes as part of her interrogation technique...
...and yet she's still ultimately the physically weakest member of the main team (lacking super powers and/or super machines) and it doesn't escape me that while her job is a bit of a subversion of the patriarchy, it's still kind of a catering to the patriarchy. She gathers information by being sexy and vulnerable. How... innovative. And then I feel like I'm totally unpleasable because HONESTLY ANA, WHAT DID YOU EXPECT, SHE-HULK? and the answer to that is sort of a meek, er, yeah? Or Storm! Or Spider-Woman! None of whom have had solo movies, but hey, neither has Black Widow and isn't that an opportunity knocking, eh? Or, hey, what if we had more than one woman on the team? Wouldn't that be cool? *sigh*
Leave aside the women for a moment, maybe the rumbly little dissatisfaction in my tummy was the movie's desire to conflate the Avergers with AMERICA! even going so far as to have a modern American intelligence agent tell Captain America that he totally needed to wear the stars'n'stripes because people need that message with the world the way it is today! They need truth and honor and goodness and decency, a global message for a global time! So here's a uniform based around a single country's national symbol. Right before dropping him in the middle of Germany so he can make a Hitler reference. Oh my god. I can't tell if no one told Captain America that there's more to Germany than that whole WWII thing, or if no one told the screenwriters, but it is clunky like the clunkiest clunker that ever clunked.
But moving past the fact that Ana is now going to be accused of hating her beloved country just because she thinks an international consortium of heroes should maybe have more foreigners than just the one Russian gal and maybe not conflate all the awesome things with a national symbol that has had both awesome and non-awesome things done in its name and which may not conjure up happy bunny feelings in every corner of the globe and that's the sort of thing that international consortiums of heroes really should think about...
...I did decide that I liked the relationship between Hawkeye and Black Widow.
I mean, here you have this couple. Party A is a badass spy; Party B is a goodie who was sent to kill Party A, took pity and/or sexy love crush on hir, and used persuasion and romance to turn hir to the good side. Whereupon Party A continued to travel widely on hir own, taking dangerous jobs, being sexy, and generally being an independent badass like before, just for the good guys this time. And Party B gets hirself kidnapped and has to be rescued by Party A, after which Party B belatedly joins the team as a sniper support character who rains down support arrows from the sky while Party A takes the hits.
It feels kind of like a gender swap. I like it. Having a man seduce a woman to the side of good is as old as James Bond, but having that woman NOT become downgradded to a love interest is rare indeed. For Black Widow to still be working solo, and working it well, seems kind of unusual. For Hawkeye to be the one kidnapped and brainwashed seems sort of refreshing (at least after G.I. Joe which was the last time I saw the trope, iirc). For Black Widow to be the close combat specialist and Hawkeye the support bow character seems almost revolutionary. They're both powerful, strong, and amazing, and they're both in love with each other and confident that the other can handle hirself.
It doesn't make up for all the little things that are like a tidal wave of fail-straws at this point, but I liked it and I noticed it and I was impressed. Maybe filmmakers are really starting to get this, slowly but surely, that women can be in relationships without automatically being downgraded into the kitchen. It'd be nice, and...
...wait, what did those end credits just say? "Joss Whedon"? Oh.
Well, that explains it, at least.
Here's hoping that the next time I notice a subtle gender swap, it's not Joss Whedon. Not because I don't like his work, but because it'd be nice to finally have two Hollywoodians who get this.
Labels: deconstruction, deconstruction (film corner)
The reason that all the love interests got ejected is that Whedon tried to eject _all_ the supporting cast of all the movies. He thinks supporting characters belong over in their own 'comic books' and team-ups shouldn't include them. And, frankly, he has a point, considering the sheer number of people the team has by itself.
Executive meddling required him to put them in (Except for Foster, as Portman was not available.), but he made their parts very small, and didn't bother to explain who they were. Even Selvig, despite being in the entire movie, is just 'some scientist guy Thor knows that's been brainwashed', and has maybe two minutes of screen time as 'himself' at the very start and end.
Also, I think Hill got a name (at least a last name) right at the very very start of the movie, either while Fury was talking to her in the first scene or during the chase scene. I know I was thinking of her as 'Agent Hill' by the time we were being shown around the ship. I think that 'Hill' is such a short name it was easy to miss, because you're not the first person I have read saying she didn't get a name until later.
JonathanPelikan said...
Great post, Ana. I watched the SpoonyOne (yay~) review in a v-log when it came out and I think he mentioned that he wasn't thrilled for the Avengers because, as he saw it, making a movie center around one hero is tough, but a whole team? It's hard to give them all character and story, etc, etc, plus there's the issues you mentioned above with power levels.
I think part of the reason there's not a lot of the canon female characters from these settings in the Avengers is that the decision was made to trim unnecessary or peripheral characters just for the sake of not overloading and sinking the whole movie under a deluge of non-story-critical stuff. And then we see the practical effect of that; jettisoning most of the love interests and therefore, a bunch of women.
You'd think including diversity and stuff would be so easy with large groups of extras and background fodder.
Thette said...
I really liked Phil Coulson, because he's the Quiet Background Badass in a Suit, and I was so upset with Whedon for killing him. Especially by impaling.
@Thette
I didn't see anyone get killed. I saw Coulson get impaled, I saw Coulson talking about his death could be used to bring the team together, I saw Fury call for a medical team, and then I saw Fury telling people he was dead, while at the same time being caught out in explicit lie about Captain America trading cards.
Ah, comic book rules. If you didn't *personally* cremate the dismembered body, they're still alive!
Not Whedon's first impaling of a cute nerd, either. *grumble*
I noticed all the things mentioned here-- the America-saves-Germany thing was unsubtle, there weren't enough girls and poor Black Widow didn't even get a cool weapon much less powers. None of this spoiled my fun. Loved the movie.
I did read somewhere online that if Black Widow's actress had been unavailable they had an alternate version with a female Avenger I never heard of, think she was named "The Wasp" who Whedon really liked. So there was almost a super-powered female but they went with the recurring character instead for continuity.
Also, in three movies Pepper's never asked to try the suit and Tony's never offered to let her try the suit. He should. It's terribly rude to have a flying suit and never offer your girlfriend a chance to play with it, even if she'd probably say something sensible like, "No way! I've seen how many buildings you crash into!"
I still have yet to see the movie itself, which is kind of strange, all things considered. But I've read a lot of discussion on these things, and as far as female characters go, I'm still not clear on whether there's a specific reason Wasp was dropped from the script when it turned out that were going to be able to get Black Widow back. I mean, yes, it's a huge cast, but... it's the Avengers , its selling point is that it has All Of The Superheroes, and I'm not sure that nudging the number up by one is going to completely ruin everything.
a female Avenger I never heard of, think she was named "The Wasp"
It's funny/sad that you've never heard of her, since in the comic books she was a founding member of the team, actually the one to name them 'the Avengers', and for a time she was elected as its leader. Kind of demonstrates the degree to which female superheroes have been marginalised in comic book culture even if they were all kinds of important.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasp_(comics)#Avenger
And if you did personally cremate the dismembered body, it was definitely a synthetic roboclone.
BaseDeltaZero said...
It's Joss Whedon, what did you expect?
It's funny/sad that you've never heard of her,
Oops, should've added, "who I've never heard of because my comics reading is limited and randomized by what the library has, and I mostly go for X-books anyway."
Too bad she didn't make it in, she looks like a cool character.
I don't think it's at all uncommon to not really know who Wasp is - she certainly doesn't have the fame level of Thor/Cap/Iron Man/Hulk. Featuring her in this movie could have done a lot to address that, which further raises the question of why even Whedon didn't see an issue with the idea that they would have either Wasp or Black Widow but definitely not both. Considering that he clearly wants to support feminism (his success being another matter), it's the kind of obvious thing that he might have pushed for.
Amaryllis said...
I haven't seen the movie. (And probably won't.)
This is just to say that I am on my way out to see a movie that apparently involves Benedict Cumberbatch and Frankenstein. I have no idea what to expect.
Mime_Paradox said...
Don't have a lot to add at the moment, but for anyone wondering about The Wasp, this short vignette from the current Avengers animated series is how I fell in love with the character, and was disappointed not to see her in the film.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_elwNkYj8c
Launcifer said...
@Ana: Casting Samuel L. Jackson wasn't exactly an executive decision in terms of the films. Well, it was, but it was a decision made much earlier in the process. He was approached by Marvel Comics for the use of his image when they redesigned Nick Fury. He agreed on the sipulation that he had a role in a certain number of films made by Marvel Films. I want to say every film, but I can't be certain of that. Basically, he's not in it because the producers wanted someone of colour in the film so much as because some artist liked his films enough to pay homage to it in a comic.
Have to say, overall, I was pleasantly surprised when I saw it. Moreso that my mother knew who Darkseid was, but that's another story. Anyway, I tend to see superhero films for the aforementined parental unit, who loves them (I mentioned somewhere on another thread that there's nothing quite as embarassingly awesome as having the pensioner next to you randomly shout "Hulk smash!" in a cinema full of teenagers. This still holds true), so I'm always a bit tentative, but I knew what to expect when I went in and got that.
I'm ambivalent over the lack of female characters, largely because I found the token nods - Pepper Potts on the aeroplane and the photo of Portman especially - to be jarring in context following on from fairly humdrum roles in previous films. I wasn't entirely sure about having three women in Thor and then giving them nothing in particular to do, anyway. That felt odd, too. Maybe the films simply haven't handled the inclusion of female characters particularly well - or else they're following on directly from the generally crap treatment of any non-white heterosexual male character by the comic books industry in general. I'm still deciding how I feel on that score.
I really could have done without it starring Scarlett Johansson's bottom, though. Seriously.
An odd little thing that irked me was Captain America's costume. The one from the first Avenger seemed much cooler and more practical than the original, so I would have kept with that one instead of switching for the new film. The clunking pro-US message I could have done without, but then I'm English and that sort of tub-thumping is a bit confusing to me outside of a sporting arena (yes, even after the Golden Jubilee, if only because I spent it watching the French Open). Also, Whedon's stuff can be seriously crass at the best of times, so I'm tempted to put it down to that as much as anything.
Well, that was a rather bizarre collection of thoughts. I think I'll stop now.
Unless there's some evidence of a conspiracy, evidence that would indicate Whedon was lying, the reason Pepper Potts is in the movie has nothing to do with executive meddling to get supporting characters included. It has to do with Robert Downey Jr. In other words: actor meddling to get that specific character included. Not really because of Potts, but because of his character. He thinks that at this point the character of Tony Stark is defined to an important degree by his relationship with Potts, so without her you're not really showing the Stark that he's spent two movies establishing.
The reason that Jane Foster isn't in the movie is that she's a supporting character who isn't Pepper Potts.
But from a Watsonian perspective not having Potts would be no problem (she could reasonably be otherwise occupied) where not having Foster makes no sense (they should have called her in well before they got to drafting Iron Man.)
I'm probably in the minority on this, but I didn't read the Black Widow Hawkeye relationship as being in love. They just seemed like very close friends to me.
I don't think that doubt about Coulson's death is really about comic book rules. He lost consciousness at almost exactly the same time as the medical team arrived, so it's not like he was left out waiting. He went from talking to receiving medical treatment in a matter of seconds. The only person to claim he is dead is a known lying liar who lies. (Who lies and looks cool while doing it.) One of the things he is known to have lied about is what happened to Coulson. And the last thing Coulson said to him was to talk about how his death could be exploited for motivational purposes, which is exactly what Fury went on to do. That would have been harder to do if he'd said, "Coulson's alive."
Certainly, reasonably, death is a completely normal consequence to expect as a result of impaling. But we don't have to get into how comic books handle death to have doubt in this case. In real life I'd take for granted that the reports he really died were accurate, but in any movie I'd be waiting for more evidence.
Also, the thing about the idea that it's Whedon therefore he's dead is that Whedon was definitely operating with an awareness that he was playing with other people's toys.
In the scene in Germany I was definitely much more impressed with the random (English speaking) German guy who stood up to Loki than I was with either Captain America or Iron Man.
Thor appeared to Captain America treating monotheism as fact and dismissing the possibility of Thor's divinity. He left to Fury starting quite clearly that Thor was a god, and no one arguing the point. (Mind you there weren't a lot of people present to argue it.)
I like the fact that Fury was treating the fact that Thor is a god as something that doesn't need to be defended or debated, it just is.
Other stuff.
That's how I read it too. I rather liked them, but I felt like they were in a completely different story for most of the movie. Or at least not really part of the team. Especially Black Widow during the time Hawkeye was off being mind controlled.
The way the scenes with the "main" guy Avengers were presented made them feel more like a team, even when they weren't really a team. Black Widow was left out. She talked less and interacted less. She didn't even go off and interact with someone else (Agent Hill? And pass the Bechdel test?), there was just like a wall there. (Which I realize makes character sense, but it did leave me feeling like the lone woman on the team wasn't part of the team. Not good. I mean, yes, she teamed awesomely with them at the end, but for a big chunk of the movie...)
I liked that Agent Hill survived. I didn't like that she seemed to exist - after her first bit of awesome - as a satellite to Fury. I liked that Whedon didn't get to pee on people's happiness. (He must have been so disappointed he couldn't off anyone but Coulson, and even that was highly doubtful. If he's dead, he died of plot complications and convenience, which is terrible storytelling. If he's not dead, though, Fury is a clever bastard and the story is much better written. And I don't just say this because I kind of liked Coulson.)
The movie would have been infinitely better if Foster, at least, were included. If Hill and Black Widow (and Foster?) had had a chat at some point. If SHIELD weren't painfully white. If they'd dropped the America, Fuck Yeah! bits. If whatever it was that made the guy Avengers seem like a team had been done to include Black Widow.
I mean, I enjoyed the movie, but...
Lonespark said...
Without reading all the other comments which I'm sure are brilliant, there was a monumental FAIL in not using Jane Foster. I DON'T CARE IF NATALIE PORTMAN IS PREGNANT, GET SOME HOLLYWOOD MAGIC AND MAKE IT WORK.
Lack of Black Panther makes it suck relative to EMH, also. "Painfully white," yeah. Worse than Thor, I guess, since it was in New York, although NEW MEXICO IS NOT MADE OF WHITE PEOPLE, MARVEL.
That said, I eat the kinkmeme up with a spoon. I pretty much ship everybody except Widow/Hawkeye. And I HATED Tony/Pepper in the IM movies, whereas here it was just a low-level annoyance...
Also, as I said on DW: Nick Fury, more Odinic that (movie) Odin. He is a great character that way.
I also said I was afraid that publicly finding Agent Coulson adorable was supporting the painfully white and male status quo.
If you did personally cremate the dismembered body, that just means resurrecting them requires more shenanigans.
The film was clearly starring Johansen's butt...and Evans's, and Renner's. I didn't find the fanservice gratuitously male-gaze-ish.
All the things Chris said, too.
There is no way to kill people off for good for sure in comiclandia. I've never quite decided whether this is a good thing or a bad thing.
I think they can bond Widow and Hawkeye with the team better in later films. They've worked together as SHEILD agents before this business started... I don't read their relationship as romantic, either. Friends, I think, but more so partners. People who understand rely on each other with a kind of trust that's deeper than the possibility of broken hearts... I couldn't see the romance or sex angle at all until the end, when they were fighting and showing a sort of physical chemistry that could also be expressed that way, maybe, but I'm still in favor of BFF status.
Also there should be at least one queer Avenger. All the really good fanfiction (by which I do not mean sexy slash, but rather fic about press conferences where right-wingers are righteously smote) makes me wish for Captain America, but I'll take anybody.
GemmaM said...
I know that when Whedon was asked who else he would have liked to include, the Wasp was mentioned specifically:
http://www.themarysue.com/whedon-another-avengers-female/
I've been wondering ever since blogger did mean things to you, what were you going to say about the women in the movie that it didn't let you post?
Also there should be at least one queer Avenger.
So initially I was just going to propose an entirely queer Avengers team, but as I was thinking of that the idea of Sappho reincarnated popped into my head and, given the numbers, what are the odds she'd end up being the one woman on the team?
Thus my mind has gone here:
Steve Rodgers, otherwise known as Captain America, is the reincarnation of the great poet Sappho. Given the time in which he was raised, it makes perfect sense that he's suppressed his bisexuality and any thoughts that he was actually supposed to be female, but now in more tolerant time she's coming to accept herself, and when her job eventually sends her to a small strangely familiar Greek island she'll also have to come to terms with the fact that maybe it's possible to love other places as much as he loves the US.
Killing someone off in a superhero's origin story is your best bet if you want to keep them down. Spidey's Uncle Ben? Still dead. Batman's parents? Still dead, although Ra's al Ghul tried to change that once.
Caretaker of Cats said...
...there are straight Avengers? (*hugs the Kinkmeme*)
I read Widow and Hawkeye as a two person Nakama, if you can have one of those with only two. I'm not sure if I read Widow as being excluded from the team during the dysfunctional team dynamics Act. In a way, yes, she was separate, but I read her acting alone to be a part of her skill set, since while Fury and Thor are contemplating Loki-kabob, she goes off and single-handedly outwits the God of Lies. At this point, ALL of them are acting alone, but her version of acting alone didn't involve picking pointless if kinda sexy fights with team members.
As for who constitutes the eye candy in this film, may I suggest a cup of hot chocolate, Tumblr, and the tag "Tom Hiddleston" as a starting point? For the purpose of scientific research, of course.
I'm also in the Coulson lives camp. Marvel characters have a hard time staying dead and apparently there's some significance to the cellist that was mentioned in all three acts.
I'll add another random thought: The shadowy archvillain, (Darkseid? another Marvel personage I know not) was not very impressive. His speeches along the lines of "we will crush the puny humans" followed by "these humans are not as puny as I first believed!" reminded me of old-series Doctor Who villains. And his voice is not entirely dissimilar to that of a dalek. Forget "Earth's Mightiest Heroes"-- call in Sarah Jane and her metal dog to deal with him!
Also, Davidcheatham, applause to you for noticing Coulson is now Shroedinger's Agent, either dead or alive depending on the needs of future scripts. I did not see that at all and seeing it now makes me all happy.
Darkseid's DC, actually. The shadowy archvillain is apparently just named The Other, and has no comics counterpart that I'm aware of.
As long as I'm Dispensing Comics Lore, the guy who he reports to at the very end of the movie is Thanos. Thanos has an unrequited crush on Death, who has made him immortal so she never has to deal with him. Unfortunately, Thanos can't take a hint, and tries to woo her by doing things like gaining omnipotence and using it to insta-kill half of every species in the universe at once.
Ben Klug said...
Expect great things. Great things.
Bificommander said...
I for one had never heard of Black Widow, but did know about Wasp. I don't know too much, and to be honest I found her powers a bit... lackluster, but I was rather expecting her. I agree with Ana on BW. Her methods of manipulation were pretty cool, but it is a bit of a shame that this was the only woman in the group. Maybe with Black Widow AND Wasp in the movie it'd have been fine. Then we get the 'no special powers but smart and manipulative' as the trait of one of the heroes instead of the trait of the woman.
I was really expecting the cool old German dude to make that reference. It'd have been reasonably cool from him, and he looked old enough to have remembered it. Then it would have been "We remember the horrors when our countrymen followed someone like you." Now it was "Lol, those Germans and their dicators, they all come here, they must be attracting it amiright?" Bit of a shame.
I've been looking up on Thanos (my first guess was also 'Darkseid', I can never remember who's Marvel and who's DC), and was it really Death that makes him immortal? From what I read I didn't think Death was the one trying to keep him alive all the time.
What just bugged me was how lackluster the invasion really was. Black Widow wading into battle with the others (something the sneaky manipulative character should normally not be doing) proved that the invaders were perfectly vulnerable to pistol rounds, and their little hoverbikes provided no armor and pretty poor speed by military aviation standards. And they had the standard sci-fi energy weapons that make a bit bigger holes on impact at the price of low rate of fire and slow projectiles meaning poor accuracy. Only the big flying beasties were in any way impressive. My point is that this unstoppable force might, without the avengers, have leveled New York but were in no way a threat to Earth as a whole. Hawkeye and Black Widow even start in one of SHIELD's transport VTOLS and still manage to do some damage, so why SHIELD could've given them some help with their whole arsenal of planes. So we ended up with the main battle being against a force of mooks and a single super-being they'd already fought before and was about a match for any one of the heroes. Not to say that the way he was taken down wasn't hillarious, but a few more super powered baddies that clearly the regular humans couldn't hope to deal with might've been nice. Still, I enjoyed the movie, it was certainly entertaining. But I'm looking forward to a fight against that Thanos guy, someone who normal humans can't touch and is more than a match for all of them combined.
So someone in love with Death, whose Greek name is Thanatos*, is named Thanos?
I don't think you can really judge the army by what we saw in the movie. The portal wasn't that big, which means that it functioned like a straight or a pass. New York was like Artemisium or Thermopylae if it hadn't had that back way around. The Persian army could have annihilated the Greek coalition in moments, if they could have brought their full army to bear, but the fact they had to squeeze through a narrow space allowed a much smaller force to keep them at bay.
Presumably the reason that Loki tried to take out Shield's carrier was that he realized that at the beginning of the invasion his forces were vulnerable, and they were the only ones who might see it coming.
If you hadn't had the Avengers there, you really don't know how much army would have eventually come through that hole in the sky.
Especially if the force field really was impenetrable. Because plan b was to nuke the city, but if the portal could survive that, and the army survived the blast which, given that the amount of the blast that made it through the portal would have much less force than a direct strike, we have no reason to assume that the part of it on the not-earth side of the hole in the sky wouldn't, then they'd be able to comfortably fly through with no opposition whatsoever.
* If she's female we might want to switch into a feminine form, so maybe it would be more like Thanata, but that obscures the fact that guy in love with death is named, "Death minus the at" if one started from English instead of Greek and used the same rules his name would be Deh.
Charles Matthew Smit said...
Just 2 quick notes re: Coulson. 1) His actor is contracted for Iron Man 3. 2) Rumor has it Joss Whedon was *contractually* banned from killing any recurring characters. He laughed about it in an interview at one point.
Have they removed the stolen private photos yet?
Chris: Fair counterpoints, but I remain unconvinced. When Iron man went through the portal, the big vulnerable mothership was just sitting there, with only a few blips hinting at troops around it. It didn't seem like a huge collection of other armed forces just waiting to get through the portal. Add that to Lokey's comment "Send in the rest" shortly after the Avengers trounced the first big flying beasty, and the fact that halfway through the battle we don't really see anything new comming through, and it becomes less likely that we were looking at just a tiny fraction of their army. At least, mobilizing the rest if there is one would have taken time.
And while I'll grant the possibility that the super-magical item with its force field can take a nuke, I saw no indication that any part of the army could. Like I said, most of it goes down with pistol shots. Even the big flying beasties didn't appear invulnerable, just pretty well armored. So, civilian casualties aside, earth could probably surround New York with enough conventional firepower to defeat small groups that come out, while launching an ICBM whenever a large number of them come out at once.
This is assuming that the SHIELD council never thinks of just sending a tactical nuclear missile like the one they used into the obvious portal on their own. Like I said, the energy projectiles those aliens used were slow and inaccurate, I doubt they can reliably shoot down cruise missiles. And if they can, ICBM New York first, then send the cruise missile.
So my problem still stands. The whole plot of the movie was stopping Loki from threatening the earth with his army, while Loki himself was a bigger threat to earth (what with his seeming invulnerability to bullets, teleportation, mind control) than his army ever could hope to be. I'll admit it made a cool fight scene for the Avengers to take on the army, but they were more realistically something to keep the Avengers of Loki's back while he conquered the world.
The thing is, they could've fixed it by giving the army some weaker techno-forcefields of their own. Something like the Dune shields, that stop bullets but can be bypassed with melee-attacks (but the aliens are physically stronger than average humans, so it needs to be the heroes) or with energy blast like Tony's. Then give Hawkeye some more special arrows and Black Widow some Tier-2 weapons, like the one Phil has but smaller. Add in a power that the aliens, if left alone for a bit, can fix the gate on this end to appear anywhere else at will, and presto. The Avenger's ability to fight the aliens has hardly diminished, while regular troops don't have anything they can use. And even nuking the city won't work once they can gate in anywhere they want. You can even have a more natural time limit for the heroes by having them stop the aliens from modifying the gate to be move anywhere. It's better than the stupid SHIELD council now deciding to go straight for the nuclear option instead of those conventional weapons, and aiming it at the city instead of the portal.
The person with the stolen photos was mauled by the fangirl army and had their account banned, last I checked.
Heh, that one about the building is a good one. Hadn't thought of that. I have no idea if it would just stay floating in space.
It's true that we can't be certain exactly how many reserves the aliens had everywhere. I'm going by the "Send in the rest" comment and the absense of a large visible army around the mothership that there were no reinforcements beyond what had already been send through. I mean, they were all waiting for that portal to open, it seems strange that they would keep the bulk of their army far away from the opening. And why wouldn't any other troops be guarding that incredibly vital mothership? So I remain unconvinced that the aliens had easy access to far greater numbers of troops. If they had, the movie should've done a bit better job showing us.
And I didn't think the blast from a nuke on earth would've reached the mothership. I just assumed that, since there were no reinforcements all squeezing through the portal anymore by the time Ironman flies through, that it would take time to send more troops after NY and all deployed troops would be destroyed. Enough to send some fighter planes in a guard patrol around the city. If any lone scouts try to sneak through, survive the radiation and just make a run for it they are easy pickings for anti-air missiles, while they didn't have any weapons that looked capable of reliably hitting a super-sonic fighter even if it was nice enough to come into visual range. Meanwhile, get some tanks and Anti air missiles, plus the navy, to surround what's left of the city. Based on their performance, those troops should be able to handle an army the size of what the Avengers fought. If they send more, nuke the site again. Nuke them as many times as neccesary. The stationary portal provides a massive bottle neck for any invading army, so the combination of fighting small groups and nuking big ones should remain effective unless earth runs out of nukes or ammo before they run out of troops.
As to the difficulty of sending a missile straight into the portal, it depends on the kind of missile. There's a lot of missile who can change their course. Long range Anti-ship missiles usually travel low to avoid the radar, then once they're very close fly up and then dive down to make the missiles a harder target for the point defense. And tomahawks can change direction pretty well too. Of course, tomahawks use jet engines IIRC that need air to use... then again once in space it would've just floated straight to the mothership anyway. I don't know enough about missile guidance chips to say for certain if any missiles we currently have can just be programmed to fly into a portal like that, or if they need modifications, in which case you'd need the containment plan as a stop-gap measure. (But I find a missile capable of flying in considerably more likely than a nuclear missile that detonates on a timer based on the expected arival time of the missile, with no GPS or gyroscopes trying to guess if the missile is in fact anywhere near it's intended target. )
When it's all said and done, I guess I'm just upset that we had a cool flying carrier with cool planes on it, and it never served as anything but a giant liability when Loki and Hawkeye nearly crashed it. :p When I first saw that thing I thought "Wow cool, but not much use against a threat like Loki obviously." Then the climax of the film revolved around a threat that that ship and it's weapons seemed tailor made for and it was only used as 'antagonist' when they tried to nuke New York with the Avengers still in it.
Caretaker of Cats, let's be best friends.
Slybrarian said...
A carrier would be mostly useless in this kind of battle, actually. Unlike Iron Man, a fighter jet couldn't get down far enough to reach alien forces to dogfight them and would have limited missile magazines (which wouldn't be strong enough to affect the space whales), assuming they could get a lock on the chariots in the first place. Some guys with stingers or a proper AAA gun would have been much more helpful, but there's no NG or Army bases near NYC.
As for a queer Avenger - well, according to Monica Rambeau (she used to lead the Avengers), the only one on the team who never hit on her was Cap. That includes Wasp. YMMV on that statement given the source. (NEXTWAVE! We don't give a **** about your continuity.)
Aidan Bird said...
Yes! I completely agree here. It was established in Thor that the entire project involving studying dark energy, portals, tesseracks - and all that jazz - was Jane Foster's original project. She was the one searching for them, researching them, and studying them. She had the nice older scientist helping her out somewhat, and she had her awesome assistant - they had great conversations together but they were sadly all too brief - and she was one of the main experts in that field. The nice older guy - never can remember his name - was always a step behind Foster's research, at least how it was presented in Thor. She was an awesome female scientist - the three of them made a great team, so why on earth weren't they all working together in Avengers?
Also, why the heck didn't they IMMEDIATELY call her in when the only other expert was brainwashed and taken by the enemy? Shoving her in some remote location so Thor can be all like "My Woman Be Safe" is the stupidest, most frustrating part of the entire movie. Like, you said, Lonespark, even if Natalie Portman was pregnant or something, surely some Hollywood magic could have made it possible. The inconsistency here just drove me nuts. If they had used something other than Thor's "Me Want Woman Safe" nutsry, and instead had her explained as incapacitated because of being injured in the destruction of the dark energy facility or something like that - then it wouldn't seem like such a huge plot-hole (and just plain stupidity on the part of the characters).
That was one of my major beefs with the movie.
Plus the whole tesserack being all unprotected as it was - the radiation alone could have severely hurt them and/or killed them, especially when the tesserack exploded with energy, thus bringing Loki to Earth in the beginning of the movie. I know, I know, I have to remember it's just a comic book and apparently humans are immune to high levels of radiation that would have killed any of us in our modern world, but as someone who has a bachelor's in physics and going for a graduate degree in it, I found it highly annoying and a bit unbelievable.
As a side note: As much as I really, really loved Black Widow's character, I'm still annoyed that the Wasp wasn't included. Is there some sort of unspoken Hollywood rule that two awesome female characters that can kick ass cannot exist in the same area and on the same team? I just don't understand why they both couldn't be included.
I agree with reading them as friends. It never occurred to me that they could be lovers.
I also took the story of Hawkeye sparring her life as Hawkeye having empathy rather than Hawkeye falling in love. Why can't a person act out of empathy towards another person? Do they have to fall in love in order to show mercy and kindness? That's what I liked about Hawkeye actually - the fact that he did it not out of love/crush but because he saw her potential and showed empathy toward her plight. Kinda rare to see in movies to begin with, so I hope they keep with that version of the story.
Yes, yes, yes, a queer avenger would be awesome. (By the way, I seem to be agreeing with most of what you say.)
This is a random note, but did anyone stay until after the last credit rolled? I did with my friend, and there was an epically awesome scene were the avengers just sat in a tiny, possibly-family-owned restaurant eating what looked like tacos for most of them. Though Black Widow's plate resembled gyros more than any taco I've seen, which puts a slight kink into my theory as to what type of food it was. What amused me the most is that they didn't say anything; just ate, while thoughtfully looking off into the distance. I about died laughing at that.
As far as I could tell from the movie, they still had quite a bit of damage on that carrier. Stark may have got that one engine running, and they may have got some power back to some of their other engines, but they were still fairly damaged by Loki and his men. Even if they had tried to fly toward the fight, their capabilities would have been highly diminished by the damage they already had. Also, a big carrier can't do much in a dogfight between buildings to begin with - all they can do is send out their smaller, more agile craft.
However, considering how Hawkeye and Black Widow's plane was so easily taken out in the fight, the fighters may not have been able to engage properly without them facing the same fate as Hawkeye and Black Widow's plane. Most of the enemy flyers flew lower to the ground than most of those planes can handle - especially flying around buildings - and the ones that can, if one of their wings are hit, they'll spin out of control and cause quite a bit of collateral damage.
Sending soldiers and placing them on rooftops - like Hawkeye situated himself - would have been a better idea - use the planes to fly a ton of soldiers to specific locations, drop them off, and then get the planes out before they're ripped to shreds. Then the soldiers could have helped supplement the Avengers.
At least, that's how I assessed it.
Your thoughts on Jane sound a lot like my own, though it's worth noting that the blame for Jane not being there can't be laid on Thor. Jane was sent off to nowhere in order to keep her safe before Thor showed up.
Their response to having one of the foremost experts on portals to other worlds being stolen by a being from another world was not, "Let's get the other expert working on this case right away," but instead, "Lets send the other expert far away so that she will not be able to help." Brilliant plan.
As an aside, it's the "tesseract", which is a real word. It's a real word that refers to a four dimensional solid, which is probably not the most sensible name to give a three dimensional object, but it's a real word.
A tesseract is the four dimensional equivalent of a cube (imagine doing to a cube what one does to a square to make it into a cube, that would get you a tesseract) and since there's no reason to call the object in the movie by that name I wonder if it could be a A Wrinkle in Time reference.
Not really important, but
Plus the whole tesserack being all unprotected as it was - the radiation alone could have severely hurt them and/or killed them
The only thing I remember them saying about radiation was that it was new (Fury was surprised by it) and it was at an extremely low level that Selvig didn't think was enough to be harmful.
Am I forgetting something?
Aidan, the food they were eating was shawarma, making it the punch line to Stark's request to try shawarma after everything was over.
(Also, another callback moment is after Loki gets Hulk!Smashed. If you're in a theater filled with cheering people you won't catch it, but the noises he makes can best be described as mewling.)
That's how I assessed it as well.
I actually meant to write a post saying more or less that, but somehow got distracted or something.
Loki might not have succeeded in crashing the carrier, but he did seem to damage the majority of the planes. While there were probably more still operational than the three we saw, it really didn't seem like they would have helped that much.
Soldiers would have been quite useful.
Over on the fanficcy side of things, we believe Coulson is alive, under the theory of "Nick Fury is a lying manipulative bastard," of which we have direct proof; see cards. "The medics called it... but we're not letting any of you see the body, nope nope nope, got a planet to save and all that, and by the time you're done, the body will have been cremated--for safety, mind you; no telling what kind of alien deity viruses Loki might leave behind."
Riiiight.
Anyway. If you like Clint & Natasha's relationship, I can strongly recommend we were emergencies by gyzym. Paranoid superspies in a relationship, of sorts.
I am LOVING the Hawkeye Black Widow discussion here.
I thought it was obvious they were lovers in the film, and I feel compelled to point out that the Hawkeye wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawkeye_%28comics%29 ) has him in love with BW, but when this thread went live and people started saying "Buh??" I turned to husband and said "Those two were lovers, right?" and he was all "What? No! He was like her big brother or something."
So apparently I have ship-goggles? This is all deliberately ambiguous? I DO NOT KNOW. But I am loving the conversation.
"Caretaker of Cats, let's be best friends."
*offers crooked pinky finger*
I must not have catched that they had already moved her. I read that conversation as them reasurring Thor that this was where they were going to take her, and that it was being done. So I might have misheard that conversation a bit. Still, it's the stupidiest idea on the planet since she's the only other expert they had. (And this whole studying the tesseract was her original project to begin with!)
I got the reference to the mathematical object, but didn't really feel like looking up how it was exactly spelled. My bad there. Thanks for the correction. Also, I suppose if they did want it to be four-dimensional, they might not have figured out a way to display it for our minds to handle. Drawing four-dimensional objects is not only ridiculously hard to do, most of the time, I've seen them only represented in embedding diagram or in slices.
They have new radiation, and Selvig didn't think it was harmful tells you that they had no freaking clue what they were dealing with and weren't taking the proper precautions. Whenever any scientists these days deals with radiation of any form, there is certain precautions they take. If it's new radiation, then they make sure it's not harmful to humans, and the dialogue in that movie gives no indication that they had any idea how harmful or not it was. Selvig just kinda shrugs and says he doesn't think it was enough to be harmful. To me that just shows a huge disregard for proper safety precautions - if they don't know, then they wouldn't have been hanging out right next to it, hoping that it wasn't really that harmless. They'd have proper shielding around it with sensors embedded in it, and doing tests on the side to determine how harmless or not it was. *headdesk* Maybe if Selvig had said tests showed it to be mostly harmless, I'd have a lot more respect for that scene and how it was handled, but that's not what he said. Especially considering how technologically advanced they were - they had the capabilities to shield the tesseract and do the proper tests, and Selvig, since he seemed to be one of the lead scientists for the project, would have known the results of any such tests and be able to just state it with a confidence rating, rather than just guessing.
P.S. If it was new radiation, why reference gamma rays? That's one of the most energetic and harmful radiation for humans. You'd want some heavy shielding between you and gamma rays for certain.
Ah ha! Thank you for catching that. I completely forgot that Stark had requested that. Now that scene makes a lot more sense and even more amusing.
Sorry, that was unclear. The fact that it was emitting radiation was new, as in a recent development. The radiation was of a standard well understood type. Sorry for being less than clear.
The radiation would have, presumably, started at the same time as general weirdness, which is what triggered the evacuation.
Could we make sense of Selvig's behavior (and perhaps the exclusion of Foster, which I agree is very dumb from an in-universe perspective) by looking at it as Loki's long game? He clearly had some influence over Selvig before the Tesseract project began, based on the stinger to Thor. If he was already being controlled/nudged, the lack of safety precautions for the cube make more sense.
Which still leaves me baffled as to Selvig's reactions. If it's a well-understood type, and they keep referencing that it's emitting gamma rays (so that they can locate it's position), then I'm still baffled as to how they survived that blast of radiation that brought Loki to Earth. If that was gamma rays, we'd have some super fried, hurt, or dead people. Gamma rays are the most energetic and dangerous of the known radiation. Also, even if it emitted no radiation at all for the entire length of project, why not still have it under shielding? Why be so lax? They don't fully understand it, and the energy they want to extract from it is something they are only beginning to understand - then it'd still make more sense to have it under shielding and using robotic arms to manipulate it. The more I think about it, the more I find the whole tesseract frankly bizarre. Was the cube some sort of containment field for the energy within? For how else could anyone it to begin with? Was this explained in a previous movie that I missed?
I suppose I'll just take the scene with a grain of salt, but as someone who studies physics, I always do tend to pick apart the science aspect of it.
Interesting theory... but... wouldn't that put his life in danger, and Loki needs him to stay alive?
P.S. This point here isn't too important, like you said earlier, just me nitpicking due to my physics background. I probably think about this stuff way more than I need to.
My best guess for how we're supposed to interpret is is thus:
--For much time the cube stayed completely inert in some monastery or other harming no one.
--Red Skull located it and discovered it could be used as an energy source, which he used to power his weapons.
--Stuff happened.
--It fell in the ocean.
--At this point in time was producing a trail that could be followed, leaving a detectable level of energy of some unspecified type in its wake.
--At some point in the next 70 years it stopped leaving a trail, which makes one think that the reason it left the trail in the first place was probably a result of being used.
--After Thor showed up Erik Selvig was called in from studying portals to look at the tesseract which was not, at that point in time, emitting either radiation or a trail.
--Hours before The Avengers took place the tesseract started doing two things. One was emitting extremely low levels of gamma radiation.* The other was doing portally stuff. I think that everything we visibly saw it do was on the portally stuff side, not the radiation side. What is portally stuff? Magic, for all intents and purposes. Presumably magic that does funky stuff to space-time.
--In response to this almost everyone ran like help, the exception being Selvig, Hawkeye, and the unnamed people who were in the room with them in the opening of the movie.
--Loki appeared in in an epic event of portalliness.
--Thor took the tesseract home with him.
* Why gamma radiation? Because that's what Bruce Banner knows about. There is literally no other reason for it to be gamma radiation.
The fact that it's gamma radiation means that Fury has an incentive not to shield it. If someone gets irradiated enough, he could have himself a brand new superhero with preexisting loyalty to him.
So someone in love with Death, whose Greek name is Thanatos, is named Thanos? Supervillain names can be as bad as werewolf names that way.
As an aside, poor Victor Fries. He spent all those years in college getting his doctorate, and everyone still calls him Mister.
Aw, the hand-waving that is comic stories. Well, that's as good explanation as any. If the burst of energy was "magic" then perhaps the people hit by it could survive. If it was a blast of gamma radiation, then whoever wrote this stuff initially has no idea how powerfully dangerous gamma radiation really is.
So I'd much rather go with the "it's magic!" theory. :/ And apparently, the by-product of magical use is low levels of gamma radiation.
Also, funny side note: They called the institute researching that cube "Dark Energy Institute" (or whatever that third word was). Is that some sort of hint that the cube is actually dark energy (And not "magic") to try to make it more science-like and less fantasy-like?
I always find it simultaneously frustrating and interesting how movies, TV series, fiction, and/or comic books either through together scientific terms to make it look science fiction like, or actually try to be more accurate. Marvel/DC Avengers series seems to fall in the grey area between those two extremes.
AcyOS said...
It's not off topic for me to talk about disability at this point, right? Because I and a bunch of other people are totally in love with Bruce Banner's story from that perspective.
It just really rings a bell the way almost everyone he meets tries to maintain the polite fiction that his disability doesn't exist and refuses to talk about it except in vague references. A very, very annoying bell. It's there to make them feel better; Bruce will never have the privilege of refusing to think about it. And then comes Tony Stark, who seems to adore everything about him including the Hulk. He appreciates him and tries to get him to appreciate himself.
And then, lest it seem too much like Abled Guy To The Rescue, we're reminded about Tony's own chronic medical condition, and I honestly can't be too disappointed about the other fails because there are these two characters with their bodies that people might consider "damaged" but Tony knows, and Bruce learns, that they're not.
...I kind of have a lot of feelings about these science buddies.
Now that you mention it, when Thor makes it back to earth Loki comments on the fact that Odin would have had to use up a lot of dark energy to get Thor there without the bifrost.
The movie Thor operated on the premise that magic isn't outside of science, it's just the undiscovered parts of science. Which is all well and good except for the fact that it means you have to try to cram it into the areas where the science is incomplete, but the science isn't so incomplete as to allow for the kind of stuff the magic of your story might require.
Given that the "dark" in "dark energy" basically stands for, "We don't understand this, we are baffled," maybe the writer (I think Whedon did the writing) figured that was as good a place as any to shove the magic. To which the logical response is probably, "Scientists aren't that baffled," but if you're watching a movie with superheroes and gods, the logical response probably has to fall to suspension of disbelief.
This is a world where exposure to gamma radiation caused someone to turn into a super hero and a giant aircraft carrier can fly, after all.
I too was a big fan of the Stark-Banner relationship. I would assume that it's too much to hope for to see Banner appearing in the next Iron Man movie.
I'm not talking about a Hulk-Iron Man team up, just Banner being present as Tony's friend. It would be nice to see more of it.
I liked that a lot, too, although I did say to Husband after the film "is it weird that I love Tony Stark on the screen but would hate him in person?"
I do love that he and Hulk are both disabled and I love that they're vulnerable because of it and work to an understanding through it. But there are moments where it feels like Tony is trying to do the Manic Pixie Dream Girl thing where he wants Hulk to go through the 7 stages of grief HIS way and I'm all like "give me some space, guy!"
But, on careful balance, I liked it more than I disliked it. :D
Oh I love this discussion so much! Especially the part about how Tony is mentally and emotionally fucked up and, while he doesn't really deal with it successfully so far, at least he doesn't pretend to be fine/dress up like a bat.
I hatehatehate Tony Stark. If I knew him real life I would have to take a LOT of deep breaths and remind myself that Jesus loves him, too. I soooo hated pairing him up with Pepper Potts, who I found alternately annoying and awesome. I have grown to totally love Pepper and not necessarily hate the relationship in the last movie. (Have just been reading some lovely Bruce/Tony/Pepper fics, also...)
My family watched a Hulk cartoon a while back where Stark and Banner were clearly in love or epic bromance or something.
And on the subject of POC: No Rhoadey? Really? WTF?
My kids were just watching Earth's Mightiest Heroes in the other room, with Wasp being her awesome self, and Black Panther, too. Then they stopped in the middle of a two-parter where Loki controlled the nine worlds and Iron Man was hanging out with dwarves, to go watch Godzilla. Dammit.
I suppose some part of me feels that movie!Hawkeye is probably gay and won't be convinced otherwise. Kinda like Sheppard on SGA and a few other characters over the years. There should probably be an asexual Avenger or too also...unless that fits under the "queer" umbrella, in which case I am redundant.
I think a lot of people have exactly those thoughts on Tony, heh. And yeah, objectively the pushiness is not great, but I guess I'm not immune to the MPDG fantasy where somebody is totally hell-bent on making you happier without you having to put in the effort of asking for it. (And if he happens to be obscenely rich and likely to give you stuff, that doesn't exactly hurt the fantasy any.)
Seconding wanting Banner back as a Tony-friend. And I loved Banner's secret, because...
...let's just say as a.d. disabled person that I INTIMATELY understand being outwardly calm and inwardly angry. Perfection.
S/b "as a". Damn autocorrect.
There should probably be an asexual Avenger or too also...unless that fits under the "queer" umbrella, in which case I am redundant.
I didn't mention it because I was distracted by the strange idea that Captain America should be reincarnation of Sappho*, but I was thinking Hawkeye as asexual.
Which Godzilla?
"is it weird that I love Tony Stark on the screen but would hate him in person?"
I think the fact that he's aware he's a jerk and does try to work on it on occasion goes a long way. Captain America, for comparison, doesn't ever seem to realize he's being a jerk when he is.
But mostly he's just strangely likable in a way that wouldn't apply in real life at all.
* Imagine someone asking him what he's doing and him responding, "I'm composing some poetry on a hendecasyllablic base, but every third line I add five extra syllables. What? I can't just stand around punching a bag all the time."
Gotchaye said...
Saw this for the second time today while visiting family.
Reading through the thread, it looks like I was the only one to not see the movie as endorsing Captain America's take on things. He's just too earnest. And there's that "there's only one God, ma'am..." line, which is either cute or eye-roll-inducing but in no way says "take me seriously". He's /supposed/ to have "old-fashioned" attitudes - he represents the USA of the 50s* as remembered by the conservatives of today (polite, white, clean, responsible for saving the world from Hitler, religious, and traditional but totally not racist or sexist). He's not a clown, but he's definitely played as clueless and a bit lost in the modern world outside of a fight.
So I didn't really take his early scene with Loki as an America, Fuck Yeah! thing. Old German Dude is there to provide a contrast, even, and does a nice job of pre-empting the Hitler reference as well as universalizing the whole thing with "there will always be people like you". Coulson's comments are a bit more problematic, but Coulson is also a huge Captain America fanboy.
*I know that the character slept through the 50s.
I'll have to watch it again and consider these points. Movie!Steve Rogers is painfully earnest and kind of a dork. He's been asleep through a lot of complexity and disillusionment in American society, too... I dont' the movie endorses his viewpoint, especially, but I kind of think the overall marketing does. It's not our USA, anyway; things are different in MarvelWorld.
On ra-ra-'Merica: On the scale of the scene, it was irritating, though the funniest part for me was Loki speaking English in ClevelandStuttgart and being understood perfectly. Do Asgardians speak some sort of Babelfish language? On the character level, I can rationalize it.
I'm really looking forward to the deleted scenes for the Rogers material that was cut. When Fury was talking to him, he had been exposed to recent history and was having difficulty processing it. I can see him throwing himself into the Nazi-Allegory situation because it's something he *knows*, and knows how to handle, unlike everything else in his environment. Rogers loses his world, SHIELD offers him a role he knows, right down to jogging in formation (albeit on a Helicarrier). Then he discovers Phase 2. Ouch. The "It seems to run on some form of electricity" line was funny, but it would be so frustrating to actually lack so many points of reference.
The Bechdel fail is annoying me the more I look at the scenes with Hill in the helicarrier. I can't get an exact count until it's out on DVD and I can get a decent quality screen shot, but there seem to be at least seven other women in the background in the control room when Banner and Rogers arrive. All it would take is some sort of "Here's the report on X", "Thank you, Name." exchange.
Good points. In the superhero universe, suspension of disbelief is really the only way to approach it, otherwise, you'll get all caught up in snares trying to dissect how any of the physics could ever be realistic, if there is any realistically portrayed ones, and trying to sort between the two. Though I do think there is some lazy writing going on whenever it comes to explaining the science side of it - this tends to be fairly common in movies to begin with, sadly enough. Just a few alteration of lines here and there can make them sound a lot more professional about these in-depth and intense studies/discussions of these foreign energies/materials/whatever. It also makes me wonder if they have a physicist or some other scientist on call to ask questions? I know a few TV shows did that, and a few movies. (Personally, I think that would be the coolest job ever.)
As an aside, have you ever read the Physics of Superheroes? Here's the url to the author's website: http://physicsofsuperheroes.com/intro-physics-book.php A physicist explains science using superheroes - Iron Man is featured as a good example of solid state physics done well. It's a fascinating book that shows the bridge between science and the world of superheroes. If you like that sort of stuff, it'd be worth the read. It's written so a person of limited science background could still enjoy the majority of the book.
I think there's something called Allspeak where Asgardians can make themselves understood?
I'm pretty positive there is something like that - it was briefly discussed in Thor from what I remember (since how else would Jane and her crew understand Thor and him them?). I think it was Foster's assistant that asks Thor about it.... So I assume, Loki is just using it in that scene with the Germans.
Ah. I don't recall it being mentioned in Thor. That makes sense.
To be honest, I'd have to go check if it wasn't one of the deleted scenes, because I always watch those when I see a movie from the DVD and sometimes my mind just kinda inserts them in as if they were there all along. (Does that happen to anyone else?) But I definitely remember it being Foster's assistant asking the question.
Froborr said...
You can kill a comic book character for good. They have to (1) be a parental figure for the hero, and (2) die either in the first issue or the back story. Batman's parents, Spider-Man's uncle, characters like that.
Interesting you pegged Stark as the stealth protagonist, Ana. I had Black Widow as that--she's the one who actually gets the information they need out of Loki, she's the one who closes the portal... I like someone's (flickfilosopher, maybe?) description of her as "the best-written and worst-cast character in the movie."
I know I will regret asking and come off terribly... but...
Steve Rogers came off as a jerk?
Yes, yes, death by origin story. That really is the only way.
I suddenly envision an evil plot in which a villain goes back in time to attempt to off the hero before they become a hero by making them the death in someone else's origin story. Naturally, this would backfire and the villain would be stuck with the hero they created to off the original hero. Unless they managed to somehow off the hero in their own (the villain's, that is) origin story. ... Which promptly backfires and turns the villain into a hero.
I really liked how that started, but I felt like it ended up being for nothing when everyone refused to listen to her and Fury. In a better world, she'd have been able to rush into that lab, say "Banner, you need to leave right now," and he'd leave. Failing that, I'd have liked it if she'd dealt with Hulk herself, maybe by shooting out a window and him getting sucked out. Or something else awesome. If she'd neutralized the Hulk threat before the prison break, she could have snuck her way to Loki's escape shuttle and put a tracking thingy on it to find out where he was going. Later, I felt like the Hawkeye thing was more of a B plot, and then she closes the portal after Hulk and Iron Man have neutralized the threats. Probably the old scientist could have closed the portal at that point; it just might have taken him an extra five minutes to crawl down and up the stairs.
Stark is the one that gets the heroic journey. Early on he's accused of (and expresses some) unwillingness to sacrifice for others. He and Captain America don't get along. Then they learn to cooperate and he takes on a substantial risk in order to help out everybody else (the propeller thing). He's the one who figures out where Loki's going to be opening the portal, via a pretty flimsy intuitive leap, which is the /real/ information that they needed after the airship breakout. He gets a solo scene where he outwits the trickster god while at a disadvantage. Despite Captain America giving most of the orders, he seems to be the one in control of the big fight (especially in knowing that Banner would show up) and contributes much more spectacularly than anyone other than Hulk. And of course he's the one that gets the big self-sacrificial moment at the end while also completely eliminating the Chitari threat (including the ones on the ground who suddenly dropped when the mothership blew up).
I agree with you, but I think this has to do with Iron Man's movies making more money than the others and his presence being the main draw. The others are still working on gaining popularity. Perhaps, in the next movie, the other characters will get more development.
And more female characters. I still can't forgive them not including the Scarlet Witch.
Personally, I'd rather have some indication of how the X-Men tie into the Avengers movie verse before they get any mutants on the team. Definitely needs more females, though. Especially Wasp, founding member and the one who came up with the dang name.
Found someone interesting browsing through a list of people who were in the Avengers in the comics. Moondragon, a psychic-cum-scientist-cum-martial-artist who was on the team in the Seventies is a canon-to-the-comics gay Avenger. Plus, she was trained by Thanos's father, so there's a tie to the upcoming villain. They're probably not going to include someone that obscure, but I can dream.
This was where my mind was, too, the heroic journey.
I didn't really think Rogers was a jerk, but I thought Coulson was INSUFFERABLE, and clearly I'm in the minority on that so YMMV.
His THE WORLD NEEDS AMERICAN VALUES thing made me want to hurl popcorn and continually reminding Rogers that he's out of his own time bordered on extremely cruel for me.
Someone earlier had commented that while Iron Man would admit he was a jerk, Cap wouldn't?
My impression of Coulson was that he would do or say whatever it took to convince the team to work together. Though I think he did have an inner Cap fanboy, he was also the one that the Avengers universally (I think) liked. I've seen the movie three times (yes, yes, yes, but my friend had to cut out at the end and we needed to see that end together) and I don't recall him saying anything about 'American Values' per se, but he did say something about needing something 'old fashioned.' The entire sequence was about getting Cap to think he still had a place and a use in the world, even if he felt that he was a washed up relic.
Most of the time, no, he came off as decent human being, the problem was that when he moved into jerk-mode* he never seemed to, for even a moment, have even the slightest awareness that what he was doing was any less acceptable than what he was doing when he wasn't a jerk.
In The Avengers I never, ever, get from Rodgers the sense that he's aware that he's ever been in the wrong, and yet sometimes he very much is. Tony knows he's a jerk, and actually puts a (largely failing) effort into dealing with that on occasion. Rodgers goes from righteous to self righteous without ever noticing the difference.
Also, in the example from the footnote, he was seriously trying to beat the crap out of someone because he disagreed with the person's philosophy wrt the Kobayashi Maru test.
Sure, Tony might be wrong to not believe no win scenarios, but what exactly will beating him up prove? That Tony is a lesser genius when it comes to supersoilder creation than Abraham Erskine because Erskine's formula beat Tony's suit? What bearing does that have on the conversation? It's just an excuse to try to hurt Tony without feeling guilty about it.
The barest of credit goes for realizing that beating up an unarmored Tony would be beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior. But, "Make it a fair fight so I can hurt you," is not something someone says when they're not being a jerk. The fact that Tony was also being a jerk is no excuse.
* As, for example, when he's repeatedly demanding that Tony Stark don the armor of Iron Man so that the could settle their dispute as all disputes should be settled: by beating the crap out of each other.
I'm with Gotchaye on the Black Widow's interrogation being for nothing.
Also her response to learning the info wasn't good either. "Loki's plan is to unleash the Hulk, let's put every big ego on this ship in the same room as the Hulk and see if that doesn't finally break through his fairly impressive apparent calm."
How was that ever thought to be a good idea? If it were, "Loki's plan is to unleash the Hulk, tell Banner I/you/Coulson need/s to meet with him in private," would be a much better idea because, as far as they know, what they need to do is keep him calm, not up his stress.
Getting the information from Loki was very impressive, the fact that that mattered not in least sort of diminished that. It would be like stealing the Death Star Plans only to find out that the plans revealed there were no flaws that could be exploited.
He's the one who figures out where Loki's going to be opening the portal, via a pretty flimsy intuitive leap,
I actually didn't think it was that flimsy. Loki was being very personal, it was already suggested (by Banner) that Loki was aware of Tony's new skyscraper and New York is a pretty good place to go if you want to put on a show for the whole world to see anyway.
I was surprised it took as long as it did for Tony to figure out, actually. When he was describing Loki I thought he'd already figured out he was just building up to explain his his reasoning. It was only at the moment of Tony's realization that I realized he hadn't worked it out earlier.
I thought he was insufferable any time he was in the room with Captain America.
Thank gods I'm not the only one.
I see Asha's idea about it maybe being an act to pull CA together and out of the dumps, but.... meh. I'm not really a big fan of "but what if they are all really PRETENDING", as everyone knows from my failure to embrace the Alternate Character Interpretation of all the Narnians just leading Caspian around by the nose. I mean, I see nothing in the text to contradict it, but I just have to have a wink and a nod SOMEWHERE for me to really hang my hat on the twelve-dimension chess theories. If at any point Coulson winks-and-nods that all his Ra'Merica is anything other than genuine, I missed it. And I REALLY expect more nuance in a 30-something CIA, oops, SHIELD operative.
Especially in a world where American-located Stark enterprises has been churning out weapons of mass desctruction for how many decades? I just don't think a global consortium like SHIELD needs Coulson levels of jingoism at the helm. Most people on earth are not going to see the American flag and heave a sigh of relief that HELP IS HERE. :(
My preference is to just see it as Coulson's brain shutting down where his hero is concerned. He's not pretending, but neither is it really about America. He's head over heels* in love with the idea of Captain America and everything he says to Captain America comes from that. It's not about America, or the good old days, or anything else like that, it's about Cap is awesome and therefore... whatever.
When he's not around Captain America he seems quite reasonable, as I recall. And his confrontation with Loki was wonderful. "So that's what it does."
* By the way, why isn't it heels over head? Head over heels is the normal state of affairs.
That makes sense. You still have the problem with him treating CA more like an object than a person, but I guess there's no way around that. I'ma just gonna imagine CA singing Rush's "Limelight" on Avengers Karaoke night...
I don't really have a good explanation for why Cap was being all jerky in that particular scene, beyond some fangirl speculation. But in all honesty, I think everyone in that room was OOC, because of the scepter. They had, up until that moment, been nominally cooperative and reasonable and the presence of the scepter exacerbated what was ugly in all of them until they exploded. For Cap, the guy who hates bullies, to suddenly act like one felt very strange to me. But then again, I am a Cap fangirl.
As for fangirl speculation- I think that particular scene was ship-sinking. The ho-yay between Cap and Iron Man in the comics is pretty well known, and I like to think the writers are aware of how those two characters are often interpreted. A lot of the slash written before the Avengers movie came out was between the two. (Now, it's Banner and Stark if you go by the Kink Meme). The only love interest to make it into the movie was Pepper Pots, and to me, that felt more like a way to reinforce Stark's sexuality to me. Again, this is just fangirl speculation, and I'll retire if that's out of place.
I do recall wanting to shout "I will take it! I will take the ring!" at that point in the theater, so if we're talking about the same scene, I'm with you on the theory that maybe the staff was making everyone behave badly.
Definitely the staff seemed to be playing a role, but Rodgers was still the only one who defaulted to violence as a solution, and I think that says something about him. It's actually something we already knew to an extent.
Everyone else starts talking angry, Rodgers starts picking a fight.
Did he pick fights or did his interference lead to fights? (There is a difference.) I honestly can't remember how the scenes went in Captain America.
Though, now that I think about it, he must have at least agreed to a fight in one instance, since he defended someone in a building and then was getting his ass handed to him outside of said building. You don't have to say yes to "let's you and me take it outside" or whatever.
Yeah, scepter rachets up everyone's inner asshole.
I don't necessarily see "put on the suit so we beat on each other to let out our aggressions" is all that bad. I guess you could see it as a guy thing, but as a petite (and fat, but can't I still be petite?) woman who enjoys wearing armor and beating the everliving crud out of my friends and acquaintances with rattan weapons I can relate. I don't think it's so much about winning the conflict through violence; Steve Rogers spent a lot of his life getting beat up, and I don't see that that made him think he was wrong. OTOH, I think he's kind of against fighting with just words...and when he was resorting to fighting words, is when he came across as jerkiest, IMO. On a third (?) hand, Stark is smarmy and does canonically enjoy humiliating his foes, but Cap was more going off first impressions of a guy who's full of himself. I think modesty is important to him. Kinda reminds me of my grandma.
I don't think it's so much about winning the conflict through violence;
The problem is, I'm pretty sure Rodgers specifically presented it as a way to settle things.
What I wrote earlier sort of makes it seem like that's where Rodgers went first, which definitely isn't true, it's where he went last and the only place he stayed for any length of time with every line from him after that point being, "Put on the suit."
First he acted like that didn't matter ("Without the suit what are you?" or something to that effect), but when Stark had answers for that* he went for whatever the emotional equivalent of going for the jugular is**, and then when that didn't work be proposed to settle it by stepping outside. And unless I'm vastly misremembering, it definitely is presented as fighting would settle it.
So I do agree that he came off as jerkiest when fighting with words, but he also came off as saying, "I can't win this argument, so let me kick your butt and that'll settle things." Which makes it seem like, now that he's the strongest, he does think winning the fight means being right.
* And good answers when you think about it. The suit is the least impressive thing about Stark, the fact that he designed himself, with the initial version worked out in a cave while pretending to do something else, is much more impressive.
** Stark stopped being an arms dealer before Rodgers was thawed, which means that there's no way Rodger found out that Stark was an arms dealer without also finding out that Stark stopped being one because of a series of emotional traumas that came in rapid succession. The way he uses this information is to rub Stark's past in his face in order to claim that Stark isn't allowed to have an opinion on weapons ever again.
In the Captain America movie, the scene you're talking about? He was telling a guy who was being disrespectful of someone crying in a movie theatre to show some respect and be quiet. This leads to the scene where we see him getting beaten up. That's the only time we really see him in a curb-stomp fight. After that, every time he's being harassed in SSA boot camp, he just sits there and takes it. For example, when Hodges kicks the barb wire on top of him. You never see him actually provoke a fight, but he won't run from one either.
And yes, I saw this one three times in theatres, too.
My impression of the argument scene was that he was sick of seeing Tony pick on Banner. Remember, the first time he sees them working together, Tony has just shocked Banner and was wanting to see if he would Hulk out.
Froborr d'Wiggy said...
Unfortuantely, as I understand it (IAMAL), they cannot have *any* mutants--or Spider-Man or any character primarily associated with Spider-Man (e.g. Doc Ock, JJJ)--in the Marvel Studios movies, because other companies hold the film rights to those characters.
In the Captain America movie, the scene you're talking about?
The basis for what I'm talking about is more the scene later in the movie where he talks about his various past fights and someone's interpretation of that scene in light of the rest of the movie (which does specifically include the scene you're talking about.) I'll see if I can locate that interpretation, but it won't be right away.
My impression of the argument scene was that he was sick of seeing Tony pick on Banner.
I'd rather not go with that interpretation because, to me, that makes him seem like an even bigger jerk. He was angry at Tony for picking on Bruce so he waited for a time when Tony and Bruce were on the same side and the picked a fight with Tony then?
That would fit with, "I don't like bullies," I suppose, since not liking bullies says nothing of those being bullied, but I'd prefer to think that the reason he doesn't like bullies is because he want to protect their victims.
Going after Tony when Tony and Bruce were on the same side because Tony had picked on Bruce in the past isn't going to help Bruce. So if that's what Steve is doing in that scene then he's really making it all about him. It isn't about how Bruce feels, it's about how Steve feels. What matters is not the victim, but Steve.
And that's an interpretation that I do not want.
I'd rather that it be about him not liking Tony in general because then it's not him taking Bruce's experience and making it all about him.
But maybe I shouldn't have brought up that scene, because now everything on the topic is about that scene. A better example would be how he responded to Tony seeing if Bruce would go Hulk*. He made it not about Bruce, but about the safety of everyone on the ship. That's certainly worth considering, but it ignores the humanity of Bruce. It makes him into an object. It unpersons him.
Bruce then has to reassure Steve that, no, he will not kill everyone at such provocation. He's well aware of the the problem and has it under control and would not have come if he didn't because he's well aware that he's an inhuman monster who could kill everyone.
Which, ok, useful information to know. But if Tony attacked Bruce then why is it now Bruce's job to comfort Steve? And why is no one in the room showing any interest in Bruce? I expect that from Tony, I think we all do (though he will eventually show an interest) but from Steve?
The way Steve reacts is the way you'd expect him to react if Tony were playing around with a nuclear bomb. There's only the slightest lip service applied to the idea that Bruce is a person.
How about, first and foremost, you shouldn't be hurting Bruce because he's a person and people are not to hurt for our amusement? Yes, it probably should be pointed out that doing it to this particular human being could have wider consequences, but there should be at least some sense that even if it were certain no one other than Bruce would be hurt, it is still unacceptable to hurt Bruce.
Of course Bruce's response to the whole thing basically demonstrates that at this point people treating him as a thing rather than a person is pretty standard for him. On the surface it doesn't faze him, though one imagines that it might contribute to his always being angry.
* Still in the same room, and thus still potentially under the influence of the scepter.
It seems to me that they were all acting very hair-trigger aggressive and that is largely due to the scepter. But they aren't friends and there are tensions and Awake!Cap can't really be out of character cuz we have nothing to compare it to...
I'm now convinced that Rogers was a jerk in some ways, but I don't think that "put on the suit" was especially bad. I'm with Lonespark on a lot of this.
Part of it is that these are superheroes. Violence isn't something they're particularly averse to or threatened by, and a superhero-on-superhero fight is almost guaranteed to never produce serious injury. Probably more superheroes have been seriously (psychologically) injured by words than have been injured by nominally friendly-but-annoyed superheroes. Stark was being an ass, and was having fun with Rogers because Stark is just better at verbal sparring. Rogers suggested physical sparring, where they're more evenly matched, and I don't know that this is morally any different than what they were already engaged in.
I actually really liked how, right after that was interrupted by an explosion, Rogers gently helps Stark keep his balance in order to help him get to his suit as quickly as possible. He doesn't want anyone to feel threatened by him; he can't fight Stark unless Stark puts on the suit because when Stark is in the suit Rogers won't seriously hurt him.
You're probably right. I didn't remember Rogers falling down, but everyone else seemed to. I did get the strong impression that he was much more capable in that situation and was of real assistance to suit-less Stark. I remember him with his hand on Stark's back, sort of steadying him and pushing him forward out a door or down a hallway, but maybe I made that up. I liked the last "put on the suit" a lot, but felt like it was largely just there to be funny.
And that's a very neat take on Rogers' insecurities. I hadn't seen the Captain America movie so that's pretty much all new to me.
Moving on, Banner felt like a pretty together guy to me. And he seemed to be very aware that he's a potential threat and very aware that everyone else thinks he's a potential threat. He also seems to want to know exactly how jumpy the people around him are. Early in the movie, he goads Romanov into pulling a gun on him by acting like he's getting very angry just to see what her reaction would be. And that she clearly doesn't feel safe isn't a dealbreaker for him - he agrees to go with her right after that. So he just wanted to know*. Isn't there some reason to let him know that information from Loki means that they think there's a good chance that he's not (or is even less) safe, even just on respect-for-persons grounds? And also to let him know as quickly as possible, without letting concerns about whether there's an audience get in the way? I don't think he'd have wanted to risk any delay (keep in mind that they didn't really know how Loki intended to trigger Hulk), but that's probably not very well-supported.
Or they could have done what someone else suggested, and just have had Romanov or Fury come by and say "hey Banner, walk with me" and break it gently and without an audience.
*I guess an alternative reading is that he actually did get mad, barely kept control, and then played it off. But he's really concerned about not hurting people, and I don't buy that he'd allow himself to be on that airship and in the presence of people who are at all annoying if he's always close to the edge. I'd have expected him to run out of the room and maybe hurl himself off the side shortly after the arguing broke out. And I realize that I'm talking about him "getting mad" when he says he's always angry, but I don't know what better language to use here. Maybe "losing control"?
Early in the movie, he goads Romanov into pulling a gun on him by acting like he's getting very angry just to see what her reaction would be.
I hated that scene. I understand why Banner would do it, and I'm not even saying he's wrong to do so -- he has a right to know what level of deadly force SHIELD is prepared to deploy against him -- but I really wanted SOMEONE to point out that BW is a woman in a very dangerous situation and that domestic violence isn't a joke for most women (no, not even her, whose "beat-em-up" repertoire extends mainly to human guys).
I hated that scene. I understand why Banner would do it, and I'm not even saying he's wrong to do so
I feel more or less the same way. I hated that scene, and I hated Banner for doing it (it was, I think, the only time I didn't like Banner in the movie) but at the same time there are a lot of things he should know before going into a situation where he might end up killing a lot of people.
From that bit of evil he learned that she was ready to kill him, that she had been lying to him the entire time and saw nothing wrong with that, that killing him had been planned out ahead of time with a fair number of personnel devoted to it, and that SHEILD was woefully unprepared should something go wrong. And one has to wonder if that helped.
If he hadn't known going in that he'd be surrounded by people who were lying to him and thinking about ways to kill him, would he have been able to maintain his composure so well later on? He takes it in stride pretty well when he learns that they went through a lot of work, and presumably burned through a lot of funds, to remodel the ship in order to create an execution chamber for him. He also has a pretty good handle on things when he learns that they lied to him about everything except those things where they were forced to tell him the truth in order to let him do his job.
If he hadn't had advanced warning of those things, if they'd caught him off guard, would he have been able to maintain control when he found out? If not then him doing that probably saved lives. And I still hate him for it.
but I really wanted SOMEONE to point out that BW is a woman in a very dangerous situation and that domestic violence isn't a joke for most women
I agree that that would be a good thing, but I'm actually not sure how it could be done well. How would you do it?
Maybe being a jerk already makes the scepter's jerkification powers function more slowly on you?
This is an interesting point. (I have a similar theory about sex pollen. Er...)
And yeah, Steve with the projection.
And sacrifice and survivor guilt are touchy for both of them.
Buh? I don't get how that's domestic violence. (Maybe I'm misreading here?) Also I guess I'm just used to thinking that the SHEILD folks are probably telling at least three levels of lies, and to a certain extent never showing their real faces...
I loved the Widow/Hawekeye fight, too, although it annoyed me that just being knocked out could reset his brain. That shouldn't have worked, and/or if it did work there should have been more mistrust that it had.
Also I think I just had Banner and Stark in my 11th grade class taking standardized tests. What annoying little adorable physics bastards.
I wrote that meaning "someone" on the writing side, which means I would have sent someone else in for that scene other than The Woman Who Will Be Threatened With Violence. (And *teeth grinding* especially since that's pretty much BW's only role in the plot: to be threatened by men with (frequently sexualized) violence. At least until Hawkeye comes back and she starts Waif Fu-ing aliens.) I remember there being some reason why Fury couldn't go in to see Banner, but didn't they have someone else in the movie who could recruit Banner? Or even send him a phone call?
But if they wanted to have it still be BW but draw a line in-text under why "threatening a woman with violence to see how she reacts is bad, mmkay", they could maybe add a line of dialogue or two? Doesn't Banner already say something like "I just wanted to see how you'd react"? Having BW acerbically say something about how, "Yeah, that's the reason most men give for attacking me" would underscore why Banner's behavior was Not Cool Guys.
Really, I'm uncomfortable with a lot of the Banner/BW scenes. When we finally get Hulksplosion, he goes after BW with alarming single-mindedness, especially considering that in the preceding moments before Hulking-out, she had been the closest thing to a genuine ally on his side (imho). (Yes, there was also Stark, but Stark had stung him, for cripes sakes.) There's almost this very creepy "big guy want tiny woman" King Kong bit to it that I like not at all.
Incidentally, they did that same "Hulk wants the white womens" in League of Extraordinary Gentlemen to good effect, I thought, but that was because THAT Hulk was actually Mr. Hyde and he was supposed to be the embodiment of repressed violence, lust, etc. Plus, his object of interest was Mina Harker who could easily handle herself, what with being an immortal vampire and all.
especially considering that in the preceding moments before Hulking-out, she had been the closest thing to a genuine ally on his side (imho).
I didn't see her that way at all.
It seemed like she was more the closest thing he had to an an antagonist.
She was the one who had been manipulating his emotions from the moment she hired a little girl to claim her father was sick. She was the one who had been lying to him from the first moment they met. She was the one who convinced him to come from a place where he was safe and incident free to the middle of the most stressful place on earth. And then in the confrontation she's the one treating him as incompetent and most active in trying to make him shut up and leave.
Though in reverse order, I guess. When she first walked into the room he asked her if she had known about the weapons of mass destruction. She ignored the question and told him to leave. Then she got to treating him as incompetent by way of explanation as to why he should shut up and leave.
When they broke off by pairs it was Fury vs. Thor, Rodgers vs. Stark, and Romanov vs. Banner. That last one really seemed to be the most personal. A pretty good example being that when Romanov eventually gets around to saying that Loki is manipulating Banner, Banner's response is to point out that she's been doing the same thing.
Neither Banner or the Hulk really has anyone else to hate on the ship, not even Loki. Theoretically Fury has been treating him the same way, but he's been doing it through Romanov. (When even when Fury has his shut up and leave moment it's not saying it directly, it's telling Romanov to make Banner shut up and leave.) Stark was mean that one time but has been significantly nicer since, Rodgers was callous. Fury was dishonest but distant, Thor, Coulson and Hill weren't even in his sphere. As far as I know he never even spoke to any of the nameless background people. Romanov is the only one who he's been close enough to, and mistreated enough by, for him to be really pissed off at.
That was how I saw it.
Of course all of that comes from the decision to have her be the one to get Banner in the first place. If Fury had done it personally then he'd be the one running like hell through the ship. That's because Fury would have taken the same approach, lies mixed with truth to form a manipulation pie. If Stark or Rodgers had done it there might not have been an antagonist for the Hulk to go after. (Though there's a question of whether they'd succeed in recruiting Banner at all.) Who knows what would have happened if they'd somehow ended up with Thor for the job (that would have to completely alter the order of events, though.)
Put anyone else in the room with Banner in the beginning, and it wouldn't have been Romanov running from the Hulk on the airship.
Basically, putting her in a position to be threatened by Banner made her the one most likely to be threatened by the Hulk. Which should have made those making the movie doubly wary of using the only woman on the team as the one to be threatened there.
Yeah, I didn't see her as Not!Ally because of the recruiting scene because I thought Banner would have put it together later that she was basically there as one of Fury's pawns (i.e., it wasn't personal).
And I saw her as Ally in the argument scene because she seemed to be the one saying "Get out, it's Loki's plan for you to be here, ooga booga Magic" (i.e., again Not Personal and Not Othering) while everyone else seemed to be arguing over whether he was Inexcusably Other or something.
But it's been awhile since I saw the movie, so I may be remembering the scene wrong. Overall, I agree with you that it was just plain a bad idea to send her in for the recruiting scene.
Michael I said...
why the heck didn't they IMMEDIATELY call her in
Two possibilities come to mind
I don't think she was trying to be antagonistic, but if you look at it from Banner's perspective (which is the only perspective that matters to the Hulk) I think it comes across that way.
He and Tony had finished setting up the tracking system. This is a good thing. They were about to learn the truth, also a good thing. Fury barges in all angry-like, but Steve is able to stop that by being armed with Truth. Fury attempts to deflect with a lie, but Tony finally breaks through security and again Truth triumphs over Fury. He might not be particularly happy about what the truth is, but if he's willing to face reality (which he seems to be) this has to be about as good as he can expect things to go.
They'll soon have located the cube, the lies are giving way to truth, he, Tony, and Steve are all on the same side at the same time for the first time since they got there.
When you consider that the bad things are still bad regardless of whether or not he knows about them, this is the absolute best things have been going for Bruce since he was recruited.
Then Natasha walks into the room. He asks her if she knew about what was going on. He doesn't get a lie. He doesn't get truth. He doesn't get an answer. He gets told to leave. However wondrous her intentions, I'm betting that doesn't feel like an ally move from Bruce's position.
It goes downhill from there for everyone.
I think that following the rest of the conversation from Bruce's perspective (remember that Bruce didn't see the scene where Natasha worked out Loki's plan and no one in the room knows the way the camera is lingering on the scepter, if it's started doing that yet) results in Natasha coming off looking a lot worse and that's how one has to look at it when considering the Hulk's actions.
I think. It would be better if there were trustworthy transcripts out there because sometimes I remember things out of order and that changes everything.
I agree with you on the dire need for transcripts, but all the words you said and the order you said them in convinced me -- it seems reasonable that Banner wouldn't know what *I* knew at that point, i.e., that Natasha was reasonable and wouldn't have told him to leave without a good reason.
I think the set up you outline there is also part of why I felt like the (super) guys on the team were a team, while Natasha wasn't. Which is one of my issues with the movie.
I can post a transcript of the Scepter scene, is that okay?
Thanks for the transcript, Caretaker of Cats. Now I wanna watch it again right now.
We've been watching Earth's Mightiest Heroes, so I feel yet more keenly the lack of Wasp and Black Panther. (We watched an episode where the got exiled to other realms and hung out with elves and dwarves and Steve was in Helheim and Janet RODE A FLYING HORSE it it was just the funnest thing ever.)
Also: SIIIIIIF!!! MCU needz moar Sif.
Awesome transcript. I want Tony Stark to have Serious Words with his writers, though. They give him all the good lines, yes, but the correct answer to "how did you get all your wealth again?" is "I inherited it and then grew a conscience". Booyah!
*sigh* Having to reevaluated again... Ah, well...
renniejoy said...
It's definitely ambiguous; Black Widow and Hawkeye have no unresolved relationship tension in the movie.
They obviously care about and are important to each other - Natasha drops everything when she is told that Clint was taken, and Clint told Loki everything about her - but they are also all about business until the threat is dealt with and we're not given evidence (besides chemistry between the actors) for anything more or less than friendship.
In my head, they've had sex at least once, if for no other reason than, "I'm bored and horny and you're here, why not?", but I'm agnostic about what else there is. :)
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The Little Gifts of Beansprouts
December has been a magical time at Beansprouts and, as we say goodbye to 2015 and head into the New Year, I wanted to share some of those special moments I was blessed to share with Pre-K throughout the holiday season.
...Singing holiday songs for our moms and dads…Being encouraged by our parents even when we felt nervous…Our moms and dads and grandparents singing carols with us afterwards…
…Sharing leftover gingerbread house pieces with toddler friends so we could help them build gingerbread triangles…
…Exploring and learning about the holidays of December…Playing dreidel and trading pennies…Finding France on the map and leaving out stockings for treats…Making latkes to honor Hanukkah…And holiday crafts as we counted down to Christmas…
…Counting the days to the movie day…We got to wear pajamas to school and watch an amazing movie together…
…Thinking about the gifts we would give the world…Trees and sparkles and families and bells that make sweet sounds…
…Pre-K and Preschool drinking cocoa and snuggled together to watch The Polar Express…And clapping at the end when the boy finally hears the bell…
…Yearling teachers who stay late so an assistant doesn’t have to be alone…
…Toddler teachers inviting others to share a rainy morning together…Because getting through a rainy day together is always more fun than being apart…
…Infant teachers who bring elf babies up to Pre-K to show off adorable pajamas… AND
…Former Pre-K children who have graduated but come back for a hug, a quick snuggle, a quiet moment, or to share a story about something amazing that happened that day…
Those little moments we share are the true gifts of Beansprouts and children carry those gifts with them far beyond the classroom. When former Pre-K children come back to visit and run into our arms for a hug or when Pre-K has leftover materials for gingerbread houses and wonder with whom they can share it so others can be just as happy as they were building, these are the special moments we share. Little moments of love and compassion…these gifts last longer than today or next week or next month. And our children carry those gifts into the world to share that same love and compassion with others.
Ah, LOVE. It's why I do what I do...And why early childhood education is so very important.
"Mom, just tell me the truth..."
“Mom, just tell me the truth. Is there a Santa?”
Ten little words I didn’t think I would hear from my young son for at least another year. But I figured if he was asking me to tell him the truth then he already knew something was up. Many of my mom-friends have asked what I told him and I wanted to share it with you as well.
My son's name is Benjamin.
First, I told him that he was right: I buy and wrap all of his Santa gifts and fill everyone’s stockings. Then I told him he now gets to learn about the real magic of Santa at Christmas and shared with him a brief version of the story of Santa. A long time ago there lived a man whose name was Nicholas…He was kind and filled with love and gave gifts to those who had nothing. Many were inspired by his love and kindness and, when he passed away, people around the world continued telling his stories and sharing gifts with others. This has happened for hundreds and hundreds of years.
I shared with Benjamin that knowing the truth about Santa comes with great responsibility: showing others how to believe in the things we can’t see: love, kindness, hope. I told him about the special magic of caring for those around us and sharing our time and love with those in need. How when we share love like that, it can multiply until it fills the world with magic and compassion and love.
I want my children to keep believing in magic. Believing in the things you can’t see is what gives us the confidence to change the world in which we live. Believing in the things you can't see is what makes the scientist continue looking for a cure for cancer. It’s what pushes the young inventor to keep tinkering with ideas in his room. It's what pushes the pre-k child to create the most incredible block buildings or write imaginative fantasy stories in a journal. Believing in magic will someday save the rainforests, stop global warming, create peace, and find renewable resources for the future. Believing in the things you can’t see is what will bring peace and love and magic to our world.
Magic that changes the world...It starts in childhood.
Benjamin took our conversation very well. Whenever a younger cousin mentions Santa, Ben gives us a knowing look and smiles. When we do our Advent acts of kindness each day, he enjoys it more than he has in the past. I was worried that finding out the truth would take away some of the childhood magic for him but there’s been a different kind of magic this year for our family. For that, I am thankful.
“Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist…how dreary would be the world if there was no Santa Claus. It would be as dreary as if there were no Virginias. The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders that are unseen and unseeable in the world."
The above quote is from Frank Church’s 1897 editorial response to 8-year old Virginia O’Hanlon when she wrote to the newspaper asking if there was a Santa Claus.
A New Tradition: Our Harvest Lunch
Recently we were proud to host our Preschool and Pre-k families for a Harvest Lunch at our school! Throughout November, as we all reflected on the things for which we are thankful, we thought a lot about our Beansprouts families. Families play the most important part in helping us love and educate the children in our care and, feeling so appreciative of the support and love from our families, we decided to invite our Preschool and Pre-K families to a homemade Harvest Lunch.
At Beansprouts, we are all about food! We understand that providing our children with the most fresh, organic, and unprocessed foods will help build a foundation for a long life of healthy living and good choices. All of our meals are homemade in our kitchens by our chef Sage and, as we prepared the menu for the Harvest Lunch, we were excited to share that aspect of our day with our families. Everything we ate for the Harvest Lunch was sourced from local farms and businesses.
Here’s what was on the menu:
White house roasted chicken from Tide Mill Farm in Edmunds, ME
Garlic mashed potatoes from Wolfe’s Neck Farm in Freeport, ME
Roasted squash, carrots, green beans from Levesque’s Farm in Leeds, ME
Cranberry sauce and stuffing with cranberries from Sugar Hill Farm in Columbia Falls
Fresh baked dinner rolls from Bow Street Market in Freeport
Apple and pumpkin pies from Bow Street Market in Freeport
Even the salt came from the Maine Sea Salt Company and our chef used Kate’s Homemade Butter, which is churned in Arundel
As we prepared to share lunch with our families, we also explored a curriculum that supported the special event. We incorporated Literacy and Writing as we made homemade, written invitations for our families. We explored Science and Math as we helped Ms. Sage with food preparation. We used our Creativity to plan and decorate the tables on which we would serve our food. We explored where foods comes from and how important it is to eat healthy, fresh foods. We also engaged in Community and Social Studies by working together to host a magnificent event and showed off the table manners we practice every day at our family style meals.
This Thanksgiving I was thankful for many things: my family, my friends, good books and sleeping in, and chocolate. I am also thankful for all of our Beansprouts families. Every day you share your children with us and I feel incredibly blessed at the love and care you continue to show us each day.
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Tour Duration: 12 nights/13 days
Day 1 Your Arrival in Paro
The flight into the Himalayas reveals breathtaking views of the World highest peaks, taking you right into the Dragon Kingdom to its cloud-scraping airstrip in the lush green valley of Paro (alt.7000ft). You will be received at the exit gate by our representative who will escort you to the hotel where arrangements have been made.
After lunch there’s a visit to Ta-Dzong (Bhutan’s National Museum), considered to be one of the best natural and historical museums. Then a walk down the hill to visit Paro Dzong with its traditional cantilever bridge called Nyame Zam, which literally means ‘bridge with no fish’ over the Pa-chu (Paro River). Enjoy an evening at leisure in the Paro town to become accustomed to the place and the people.
Overnight at the Hotel/Resort in Paro.
Day 2 Excursion to Taktsang
Take a morning hike to Taktsang temple (one of the most sacred places in Bhutan, due to its association with Guru Rinpoche who reputedly, in 747 A.D., flew in the form of Guru Dorji Drolo, mounted on a flaming dakini-tigress, to Paro Taktsang cliff where he meditated and subdued evil spirits). A number of temples have now been built on the site, and these occupy precarious positions, clinging to a black cliff high above the Paro Valley. The visit involves a two-hour climb on a steep footpath through a beautiful pine forest, with many of the trees coated with Spanish moss, and an occasional grove of fluttering prayer flags.
In the afternoon take a drive to Thimphu, the capital city of Bhutan, passing through idyllic countryside with villages and paddy fields on either side of the road. Thimphu has a special charm and it is fascinating to sit in the town square and watch a gathering of local people wearing their traditional dress and going about their business in a typically unhurried Bhutanese way.
Overnight hotel in Thimphu.
Day 3 Thimphu Festival
After breakfast take a drive to the festival site and enjoy the spectacle of the ongoing festival. This festival is celebrated annually in the autumn in honour of Guru Padmasambhava, popularly known as Guru Rinpochey, to commemorate his deeds. Both lay people and monks perform the dances of the Tsechu. The dancers take on the aspects of wrathful and compassionate deities. The dances known as Cham bring blessings upon onlookers, to instruct them in the teachings of the Buddhist Dharma, to protect them from misfortune, and to exorcise evil influences. Deities are invoked during the dances; through their power and benediction, misfortunes may be annihilated, luck increased and wishes realised. It is also a social gathering where the people rejoice together, dressed in their finest clothing and jewellery.
In the late afternoon drive to the Buddha Dordenma sited amidst the ruins of Kuensel Phodrang, the palace of Sherab Wangchuck, the 13th Desi Druk, overlooking the southern approach to Thimphu. It is one of the largest Buddha rupas, or statues, in the world, at a height of 169 feet (51.5 meters). You can also enjoy the view of the Thimphu city clearly from here.
Overnight hotel base in Thimphu.
Today you will attend a half day of festival and then after lunch Thimphu city sightseeing, a visit to the Takin Zoo (the takin is the National Animal of Bhutan), and the Memorial Chorten of the Third King. Along the way there may be archery matches! The handmade paper factory and house of incense are Bhutanese handicraft specialties worth visiting.
Overnight same hotel in Thimphu
Day 5 Drive to Wangduephodrang via Punakha
After early breakfast, proceed to Punakha across Dochu La pass (3,088m/10,130ft), the highest point on the road is marked by a large Bhutanese Chorten and prayer flags fluttering on the hill. On a clear day, from this spot there is a breathtaking view over the high peaks of the eastern Himalayas.
Visit Punakha Dzong, where there is the secret relic Rangjung Kharsapani which Zhanbdrung brought with him from his monastery at Ralung in Tibet. Legend says that a statue of Rangjung Kharsapani (Avalokiteshvara) appeared miraculously from the vertebra of Tsangpa Gyre, the founder of Drukpa Kagyu lineage of Mahayana Buddhism. 30 minutes for personal meditation in the largest congregational Hall in the dzong.
There’s an afternoon hike to Chimey Lhakhang, the fertility temple of Lama Drukpa Kuenley the Divine Madman, and then a drive to Wangduephodrang for overnight.
Overnight hotel base in Wangdue
Day 6 Wangduephodrang to Bumthang
There’s a morning drive to Trongsa to visit Trongsa Dzong (the biggest and the most impressive Dzong at an altitude of 1900m) and in the afternoon drive to Bumthang. Bumthang is the most historical valley with visible signs of the visit of the Great Buddhist saint Guru Rinpoche, Longchen Rabjampa and home of Terton Pemalingpa.
Overnight hotel base in Bumthang.
Day 7 Bumthang – Tangbi Mani Festival
Today you will attend a very unique village festival of Tangbi Mani. Glorious masks of demons and demonic animals arouse your senses as you watch the purification take place. Mewang ceremony (fire blessing) is performed on open ground. The lay monks perform purification rituals while all the people and guests jump over the flames to get themselves purified from their sins and evil deeds. It is believed that if one is able to jump over the flame three times he or she is protected from ill luck, and misfortunes are removed for that entire year. That is why people of all walks of life attempt to jump across the flame three times to be blessed for the whole year. Then mask dances and folk dances are performed as scheduled in the enclosed courtyard of the Temple. Of all the dances Goem Bernak is believed to be the most secret Dance (Tercham).
Overnight at the same hotel
Returning to Tangbi Mani Festival in the morning to enjoy our last hours of the Festival. After lunch there’s a hike to Shukdrag Gompa, a meditation monastery built around a sacred cave in which Guru Rinpoche, the founder of Tantric Buddhism, meditated in the 8th century. As you hike through Thangbi village, you will see beautiful traditional farm houses, happy children, and hard-working farmers. On the way to the Gompa, you will pass a small hut with a stone grinding wheel turned by water, used by the local people to grind buckwheat.
Overnight – same hotel.
Day 8 Excursion – Ura Valley & back to Bumthang
Enjoy an early breakfast and drive to Ura Valley. Ura is the highest valley in Bhutan and history tells of the earliest inhabitants of Bhutan here. It is considered the holiest of all valleys here. Cobblestone village roads between clusters of homes create a true medieval atmosphere. We will visit Ura Temple, with its unique temple and ancient masks, worn only at the time of festival. Ura village is endearing to all that visit.
Overnight same hotel
Day 9 Bumthang Gangtey
It’s a return journey from here as we drive back retracing the road to Pele La to go to Gangtey. We will have as many stops as possible on the way to make the drive easier and to enjoy the scenary. The Phobjikha Valley is surely one of the loveliest high altitude valleys in Bhutan. Phobjikha is one of Bhutan’s few glacial valleys, and chosen winter home of black-necked cranes which migrate here, having flown across the mountains from the Tibetan plateau. Visit the 17th century Gangtey Gonpa, the only Nyingmapa monastery in western Bhutan and it houses about 200 monks. If time permits we will walk down the alpine meadow passing by the habitat of the black-necked cranes.
Overnight – hotel/Guest House base in Gangtey.
Day 10 Gangtey Thimphu
A morning walk to explore the village, then return to Thimphu (about 5 hours drive). From Gangtey, the road gradually descends into the balmy Punakha Valley, and then begins a long climb back up to the Dochu La, where a stunning field of white chortens and colorful prayer flags send blessings up to the Himalayan sky; snow peaks line the horizon. From the La, it is only another hour to Thimphu. Check into your hotel, relax and be refreshed.
Overnight hotel base in Thimphu
Day 11 Thimphu Paro
After breakfast, depart for an exhilarating hike to Tango Monastery. Drive till the Dodena and embark on a vigorous hike up the mountain to Tango Goemba Monastery. Tango is one of Bhutanese’ most important Buddhist colleges. Its name, meaning ‘horse’s head’, is derived from the horse-head shaped rock at the top. It is a beautiful Dzong built in the 18h century by the 8th Desi, Druk Rabgye. Today Tango is home to the young reincarnate Lama, Gyaltse Tenzin Rabgye.
After Lunch Drive to Paro and if time permits then visit Drukgyel Dzong (a ruined fortress 16km away from Paro). On a clear day the peaks of Mt. Chomolhari (Alt 7329 m), ‘Mountain of the Goddess’ can be seen. Then visit Kichu Lhakhan (one of the oldest temples of Bhutan built in 659 AD by a Tibetan King) and visit local shops. Enjoy dinner in the quaint Paro Town.
Overnight- hotel base in Paro
Day 12 Paro – Haa Valley excursion 28th September
Day excursion to Haa Valley situated in the north-west of Bhutan bordering Tibet. It was closed to tourism until 2001. On arrival in the picturesque Haa Valley, stroll through the quaint town. Hike to Katso village (alt. 8840 ft). This is a fairly easy hike of about one hour’s walking through Katso village and fields. Opposite Katso village one can see the famous Katso Lhakhang (temple) of Guru Rimpoche built against the rocky ledge. Then return back to Paro.
Overnight – same hotel
Day 13 Departure from Paro International Airport 29th September
After breakfast in the hotel, drive to the airport in good time to catch your flight. Your escort for your tour will bid you farewell and soon you will see the remote and legendary Dragon Kingdom disappear again behind its guardian mountains.
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Hailing from the Great White North, the thrash quartet HAZZERD was initially formed by drummer/lead vocalist Dylan Westendorp and guitarist Brendan Malycky, two Calgary teens who were inspired by the early work of thrash legends such as Overkill, Metallica and Anthrax. The group self-released their debut EP, “Victimize The Innocent,” in 2014. The following year, the band recruited then- 18-year-old lead guitarist Toryin Schadlich.
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In recent years, HAZZERD has performed alongside the likes of Hatchet, Striker, Vicious Rumors, Archspire, Spellcaster, and Grim Reaper in addition to playing noted Canadian festivals such as Loud As Hell and Armstrong MetalFest. Look for the Canadian quartet to spend much of 2020 and beyond on the road, leaving a trail of sore necks in their wake. www.facebook.com/HazzerdThrash
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This interview originally appeared in Scram Magazine Issue #15.
Brute Force Speaks! An Interview with Stephen Friedland by Michael Lucas
When presented with the contact information for Mr. Stephen Friedland by Scram editrix and amateur gumshoe Kim Cooper, I was somewhat daunted. Would the story behind the Brute Force legend (as captured on the Columbia LP Confections of Love, an album which has fascinated me for upwards of a quarter of a century) be worthy of the superhuman notions I’d developed around this enigmatic creation? When I finally worked up the gumption to face the challenge, I was relieved to find that not only were the missing portions of the Brute Force saga anything but prosaic, but that Mr. Friedland was himself an extraordinary individual and extremely gracious to boot.
Brute’s appearance at the Scramarama was, for me, a special highlight in an already stellar lineup. I don’t feel that my life would have been complete without witnessing his awe-inspiring performance, which exceeded all expectations.
I could blather on indefinitely, but let’s get to the main event instead. Ladies and gentlemen… Mr. Stephen Friedland… Brute Force!
SCRAM: What was your involvement in the music world prior to Confections of Love?
BRUTE: When I was 24 I had a girlfriend, Bunny. Her father was Rock and Roll Hall of Fame drummer Billy Gussak, who played with Bill Haley. Billy had a piano in his house and took a liking to my songs. We collaborated on “My Teenage Castle (Is Tumblin’ Down).” Billy introduced me to record producers Hugo and Luigi at RCA. They recorded “My Teenage Castle” with Little Peggy March. They had also worked on “The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh)” with the Tokens, and they turned me onto them. I went to the Tokens’ office and played a few songs; they hired me as a songwriter and soon I joined their group, and became a Token.
SCRAM: This was after “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” and the hot rod album?
BRUTE: Yes, 1965. I was about twenty-five years old at the time.
SCRAM: You also wrote the classic “Nobody Knows What’s Goin’ On (In My Mind But Me),” which was recorded by the Chiffons. My editrix promised to flay me alive if I didn’t get the scoop on that song.
BRUTE: What is a thought? Where does a thought come from? How does a person feel about their thoughts? About secrets? These are some of the questions which might prompt an understanding of “Nobody Knows What’s Goin’ On (In My Mind But Me).” Texturally, it’s a love song: a person loves another person, to everyone’s disapproval, and because of societal pressure (who knows: parental, peer group, cultural), everybody says, “Give it up.” But what do they know? This leads the person to realize that, “Nobody knows what’s goin’ on in my mind but me,” a flat out declaration of independence, of individuality and of privacy of one’s thoughts. Freedom of thought. The song is very concerned with this larger issue of privacy of one’s thoughts, and to that extent is courageous in this day of Big Brother. There is a point, however, which the song doesn’t explore: the point when not expressing one’s thoughts can be an unhealthy thing to do and all the energy, whatever it is, just keeps building up and can become too much to bear for the “thinker of thought.” Secrecy is a subtextual element in the song. Keeping secrets, obviously, is a must when nobody else knows what’s going on in one’s mind. As a songwriter at that time I was exploring the workings of the human mind and, through a lovestory lyric, expressing my own feelings about love–interracial love perhaps–and the invasion of one’s mind by friends, family or government. The melody, I remember, during its creation, as being especially entrancing in the chorus, almost hypnotic in its repetition, enhanced by the lyrics, floating over the chord pattern, which are concerned with the mind. The mind singing about the mind. The song was produced by the Tokens while I was a member of the group. It was a chart record, which was very exciting, and I still receive royalties. Years later, I recorded “Nobody Knows” as the b side for the Apple single “King of Fuh.” I produced this with the Tokens: the cellophane wrapper from a box of Kool cigarettes, which I was chain smoking at that time, was used to produce a sound effect while I played piano. My rendition was very much more agitated and frenetic than the Chiffons’ rendition. I haven’t seen any of the Chiffons since that time, except on TV ads for compilation CDs, but I feel very lucky to have known them and to have had our paths cross and come out with a hit. And if you want to know any more, all I can say is…”Nobody knows what’s goin’ on in my mind but me.” But you can always ask!
SCRAM: Was your split from the Tokens an amicable one?
BRUTE: Yes. We were still friends. They produced the second Brute Force album–
SCRAM: A second Brute Force album exists?!?
BRUTE: Yes, Extemporaneous.
SCRAM: Whoa, whoa. I’ve heard extremely vague rumors about a second LP, but since I could never find any real evidence of it, I thought that it was just someone’s confusion of Brute Force with the Brute Force Steel Band.
BRUTE: No, produced by the Tokens in 1969 on BT Puppy Records, which was run by the Tokens and their manager at the time. It’s a piano/voice and spoken word recording made at Olmstead Recording Studios in N.Y. City with approximately forty people in attendance. It’s called Extemporaneous because many of the songs I sing when I perform are extemporaneous. The format of the album I planned in advance: I then added a lot as we went along. It was an electric evening during which everyone had lots of fun.
SCRAM: It’s an extremely difficult record to find.
BRUTE: Yes, it was distributed in a limited manner. I’ve actually included it in the new version of my Tour de Brute Force CD. [Which is recommended in the strongest manner possible as an essential addition to any music lover’s library, and also serves as an excellent introduction to Brute, if needed. -ML]
SCRAM: Were the songs similar to those on Confections of Love?
BRUTE: It was in what I’d term the Brute Force genre, “Heavy Funny” songs.” Peace songs. Comedy songs. Spiritual songs.
SCRAM: Now, back to Confections.
BRUTE: That was made shortly after leaving the Tokens. It took about three months to record, as I recall.
SCRAM: The Brute Force persona seems to combine qualities of beat poet, suave romantic crooner, and holy fool trapped in a world not of his making. Did the character of Brute Force arise out of the songs which you happened to compose for the album, or were the songs written with Brute Force in mind?
BRUTE: The characters that you mention have appeared, Zeliglike, from time to time. If a songwriter becomes anything during the writing of songs, it is another degree of being a songwriter. This is the way I put it:
A FEATHER FELL, A TALE TO TELL.
A TALE TO TELL, A FEATHER FELL.
Here we have two ways to understand the phenomenon which is presented to us, to decipher half the truth…(We, the living, alas, can understand but half of what this reality is.)… Seeing the feather fall we can describe it in any of the ways available. Both descriptions are secondary to the phenomenon anyway, the seeing of the real feather, and the mental seeing of the feather, as one would write a story. One may be called fact. One may be called fiction. Take your pick. This is the fulcrum upon which the media matrix see-saws, back and forth, creating a delerium of confusion, of artsy, slick, award-winning confusion: blistering the eyes with impossible editing not meant to be understood by the eyes; puncturing the eardrums with commercials spoken too quickly for the ears to understand; ripping off the public’s face with in-your-face moviescreen egomanical sex/sport/violence/playgames.
Now… the naming of the person, the ego who describes a truth or a fiction, compounds the illusion of communication and description. Should I have only been called Stephen Friedland, perhaps the whole trip would have been different. But the pseudonym was perceived as false by anyone and everyone, although people go along with the projection of the ego, for they themselves have an ego trip and are basically kind to accept Brute Force. However, my work and the appreciation of my person would have been initially appreciated in a more serious manner… young, Jewish songwriter. “Brute Force” incorrectly avoided that.
SCRAM: Many of the songs on Confections have a certain subversive quality, especially in the way you make social commentary through playing with cliché and convention.
BRUTE: Well, look at the liner notes. It’s heavy stuff, although comedically spiced. “Mistress Peace sleeps with soldiers” might be considered a bit subversive, although my political view of the world is decidedly spaced out: observing space and understanding that conflicts on Earth are always in relation to the phenomenon of the Space Mission, the colonization of the Solar System and the creation of earth as a supply station for the Space Mission.
SCRAM: I’d like to get your impression of the individual songs, if I might. “In Jim’s Garage.”
BRUTE: Secrecy of younglove from their parents. “He may be greasy and dirty, but that’s just the mark of his honesty” says it for Jim and I hope most of the blue-collar class.
SCRAM: “The Sad, Sad World of Mothers and Fathers.”
BRUTE: Still applies to the gap between parents and their children, and the lack of communication between spouses who’d rather watch TV than find out what’s happening with their daughter in a car outside with… him! I guess if the daughter was loved at home she wouldn’t be in such a… position.
SCRAM: “Tierra del Fuego.”
BRUTE: Love song, Latino, transcultural, fun with words.
SCRAM: “No Olympian Height.”
BRUTE: Straight-ahead lovesong, extolling the lover, “Do what you will, I am yours.” This was a poem written about a girlfriend, Abby. The line in the song about Grecian urns is a reference to “Ode On A Grecian Urn” by John Keats, in which we read:
“Beauty is Truth, Truth Beauty.
That is all ye know on Earth,
And all ye need to know.”
SCRAM: “Cuddly.”
SCRAM: Dixielandish lovesong. Everyone, well almost everyone, likes to get cuddly with their love-mate. Singing of the lyrics, “Baby, dey don’t make ’em like dat any more” was inspired by the great Jimmy Durante.
SCRAM: “To Sit on a Sandwich.”
BRUTE: Absurdity of the world: we might as well go sit on a sandwich in our “advanced civilization.” This song contains perhaps the most onerous pun of the last half of the 20th century: “Prepares for the wurst.”
SCRAM: Brute’s Circus Metaphor.”
BRUTE: Love lost, the characters metaphorically played by circus characters.
SCRAM: “Brute’s Party.”
BRUTE: A sarcastic description of the boredom of parties.
SCRAM: “As Long as my Song Lives.”
BRUTE: Our Art survives us. Long after I am gone
Will Friedlandishemusik live on and on.
So would it be with a love, with a friend
that knowledge of them need never end
should they be remembered in song
as words and melody play e’erlong,
and as long as your craft gives
then too my song in your work lives.
Long after the creator passes, the song lives on, and who does the song immortalize? The lover. See, it’s as long as my song lives, which is forever, for a song is inanimate and not as frail as our flesh. A song doesn’t die. It is embodied in a device, etched in marble, written on a page, a CD UFO zooming into the unknown to be enjoyed by a new generation.
SCRAM: “Tapeworm of Love.”
BRUTE: I wrote “Tapeworm of Love” while I was still in high school. It was an authentic fifties song with piano triplets. When I played it for John Simon at Columbia he liked the lyrics very much, but felt that the fifties feel was not in sync with the year we were recording, 1967. Nostalgia for the fifties had not yet occurred, so I wrote another melody. I endeavored to bring the intensity of the whole metaphor of the internal gnawing and adventurous biting of the tapeworm inside the gut through the use of the sitar and an ancient Indian raga played on marimba. The song is a paradigm of Brute Force absurdism. Yet, a love song…
SCRAM: “Making Faces At Each Other.”
BRUTE: Here’s a new face I’ve just learned, it’s called “making you happy baby” and is pretty self-explanatory. Making someone happy is wonderful. It’s giving. To give. This song is pointing to the ability of people to respond to their genuine inner feelings rather than responding to the outer image, the face. “Love is the most beautiful thing on the face of the Earth. I wanna make the face of Love…”
SCRAM: Was it difficult getting such an unusual album released?
BRUTE: It wasn’t difficult getting Confections released. Columbia released a lot, and what stuck to the wall they went with. My stuff was just too ahead of its time.
SCRAM: There were no problems from upstairs?
BRUTE: Sitting at a conference table with the executives was, as I remember it, uncomfortable, because they played some songs and I was sitting there, in this conference room at a big oval table, and I was probably high on amphetamines. I would know how to speak with them today. Exactly what to say.
SCRAM: But there wasn’t any resistance to your lyrics, as being too “cerebral” or “intellectual?”
BRUTE: There was resistance and the album was ahead of its time. Now the story is changing. A trans-generational reality, occuring. There is a nine-piece band in Birmingham, England, Misty’s Big Adventure, personnel averaging 23 years old, playing “Tapeworm Of Love” and “Hello” from Extemporaneous (email grandmastergareth@hotmail.com). At Scramarama, I met BF fans of all ages. Advertisements for BF are attracting fans from all over the world to write to Brute’s Force, the Brute Force fan club, at brutesforce@aol.com, in order to obtain BF music. The buzz is exciting and facing the situation, becoming less anonymous, has combated the resistance. Kind of a guerilla in the war of consciousness.
SCRAM: Any comments about the poetry on the back cover?
BRUTE: Yes, the couplet, “Mother Nature washes our genes, in her worn out washing machine.” When I looked at the back cover, I wondered why the next two lines were omitted. It’s really a quatrain which continues, “They’re hung up on the line to dry, by that old grouch, Father Time.” It would have made sense in the context of the album: you know, Mother, Father… lovesongs.
SCRAM: Are there any other Brute Force recordings besides Confections of Love and Extemporaneous?
BRUTE: At Columbia, I recorded a song I wrote in Russian and English titled “Hello Moscow,” a big band/ rock fusion. The session was catered, like a party, and attended by many invited guests, Leonard Cohen among them. The thread of the message was, “Hello Moscow, how are you doin’?” This was in 1967, the Cold War was in effect. In July 1968, with my lifelong friend Ben Schlossberg, I participated in an expedition to swim the Bering Strait from Alaska to Siberia. We made it half way to the Diomede Islands. It was documented in Life magazine, 9/20/68. The song itself, as was the expedition, is a natural extension of my weltanschauung. We live on a sundrop.
“There is one borderline, really, and that’s the edge of Earth: that roundness, that fullness, that mountained and vallied, water filled edge of Earth upon which we all live.” (Copyright 1969 Stephen Friedland)
I make Pledge of Allegiance to the Planet plaques. I burn into redwood the words:
I pledge allegiance to my planet.
And to the universe,
all around and within me.
One Spirit indivisible.
With Eternity for all.
(Copyright 1980 Stephen Friedland)
The synthesis of business relations and trade treaties is the modern day approximation of planetary nationality, what the military-industrial complex/media-matrix calls “globalism.”
SCRAM: And you recorded a single for Apple Records. How did that come about?
BRUTE: I had a girlfriend, Joanna. We were both at Monmouth College (now University) in West Long Branch, NJ. Around 1965, I moved to NYC. Joanna also moved to NYC, and by that time had met and hooked up with Tom Dawes. He was a member of the Cyrkle, who toured with the Beatles in the mid sixties, and were managed by Nat Weiss, a friend of Brian Epstein. I wrote a poem which turned into the lyrics, then composed a melody around 1967. Through Joanna I met her then-husband, Tom. Tom and I got to be friends and he said some good words about me to John Simon, who had been recording the Cyrkle for Columbia. I went to Columbia, played some songs live for John and that led to the, I, Brute Force, Confections of Love album. When I recorded “King of Fuh,” late ’68, I got the idea to bring a tape to him and see if he could get it to Nat and, who knows, maybe the Beatles. Well, that’s just what happened. A 1/4″ mix of the multitrack session of “King of Fuh,” recorded at Olmstead Recording Studios, was given to Tom. He brought it to Nat, who, I have learned, played it for George Harrison. George thought it was great, and he added strings from the London Philharmonic and kicked up the drums a bit. They released Apple 8 in May 1969, but Capitol/EMI censored it.
SCRAM: Why?
BRUTE: Basically, language taboo. It was a very nice song about the land of Fuh, which was ruled by a benevolent King. Since he was the King of Fuh, he was also known as the Fuh King.
SCRAM: Ah, I see.
BRUTE: The latest twist is that Ken Mansfield, in The Beatles, the Bible and Bodega Bay, makes it clear that John Lennon also had a hand in championing the record and pushing for its release in the U.S.A. Incidentally, “King of Fuh” has been added to the censored song database of the First Amendment Project at Vanderbilt University in Nashville. Writer and software developer Antonio Caroselli, in Italy, is currently writing my biography, and a detailed account of the Apple experience will be included.
SCRAM: With what sort of projects are you currently involved?
BRUTE: To take my music around the world. To write songs and record them. To manufacture state of the art formats of my music and performances. To advertise and sell these products, and to stay centered amidst all the conditions: WORK, FAMILY, FRIENDS, MONEY, SURVIVAL, SEX, FEAR, WAR.
SCRAM: What is your act like these days?
BRUTE: I perform an off the wall, non-traditional musical variety act. Songs, jokes, props, characterizations and improvisational songwriting, and philosophic exhortations. Additionally, I perform my straight music, lovesongs, spiritual songs, along with pure melody, playing keyboard, and guitar.”
SCRAM: Where can we catch your act?
BRUTE: I play comedy clubs and music venues nationally.
It is possible to see me,
Look, at night into the sky,
see there the farther shore.
When you wake
to start the day
again a vision forward draws
you on to see me.
A need to go on.
A drive to pursue.
All that and so much more
within the orbs of your eyes
shall who I am filter through.
Think not this is fame driven.
Nor quest for moment’s adulation.
For you shall see me everywhere
And not the censors of Capitol.
Nor the censors of EMI shall stop
the proclamation of Truth is Fearless.
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THE 2017 line-up of adventurous entertainment has been announced by the Buxton Adventure Festival – following a successful first year in the new monthly format.
Headline speakers include ultrarunners Jasmin Paris and Sean Conway, pioneering mountaineers Mick Fowler and Eric Jones, and author Richard Askwith telling the inspiring story of 1940/50s endurance running phenom Emil Zátopek.
BAF Director Matt Heason says he plans to build on the success of the first year by bringing a raft of new, leading adventurers to the heart of the Peak District.
He said: “We switched BAF from a single weekend event to 10 mini-festivals throughout the year to give each of our amazing speakers deserved headline slots and to provide more opportunities for people to attend.
“It has proved a huge success, with great audiences at each of our events throughout 2016, so it’s a format we want to continue with and build upon. We have a great line-up for the first half of 2017 already, with more to be announced over the coming months.
“I’d like to thank those who have supported BAF by coming along to one or more events throughout the year and also our sponsors – Derby University, Buxton Opera House, Buxton Advertiser, Old Hall Hotel and Heason Events. Without them we wouldn’t be able to bring these entertaining and inspiring speakers to the area.”
Tickets are now on sale for the following events, all taking place at the Pavilion Arts Centre, Buxton Opera House, in Buxton:
Main Speaker
Support Speaker
Jasmin Paris
The record breaking ultrarunner will talk about her achievements and her pre-race preparations. Sally Fawcett
Will share the lessons learned from an amazing 2016 ultrarunning season – from the mistakes to the medals. Cape Wrath Ultra
A film about the inaugural ultrarunning expedition through the Scottish Highlands from Rich Heap and Ben Pritchard.
7:30pm, Thursday, 8th Feb 2017 Sean Conway
Telling the tales of his life as an endurance runner and adventurer who completed the world's longest unsupported Ultra Triathlon, around the edge of Britain. Tim Mosedale
The Himalayan expedition leader and 5x Everest summiteer will talk about his mountaineering career and raising funds for orphaned Sherpa children following the 2015 earthquake. Supported
Matt Sharman's film follows Tim Mosedale on his fund raising odyssey, the 197-mile triathlon to rule them all.
7:30pm, Wednesday, 8th March 2017 Mick Fowler
The award winning and pioneering mountaineer will talk about his adventures in ranges around the globe. TBC TBC
7:30pm, Wednesday, 5th April 2017 Eric Jones
“The Ups and Downs of a Tremadog Tea Maker” is a rare public talk from the Octogenarian mountaineer who brought BASE jumping to the big mountains ahead of his time. TBC TBC
7:30pm, Wednesday, 10th May 2017 Richard Askwith
Journalist and author Richard Askwith will share the strange and haunting story of revolutionary endurance runner and Czechoslovakian soldier from the 1940/50s, Emil Zátopek. TBC Running Sucks – The Story of the Barefoot Runner
The story of Buxton-based Aleks Kashefi’s running career and why he finds running barefoot such a different experience.
Further Buxton Adventure Festival dates and speakers will be announced in 2017.
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Socioeconomic and Cultural Constraints in the Management of Bladder Rhabdomyosarcoma in a Resource Poor Setting
Okoro Jude Chidi1, Emechebe George1, Ezeogu Joseph1, Onyenwe Nathaniel Ejikeme2
1Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Imo State University, Orlu, Nigeria; 2Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Prof. Dora Akunyili College of Pharmacy, Igbinedione University Okada, Edo State, Nigeria.
Dr Okoro Jude Chidi
Email: jubhildr@yahoo.com
Background: With improvement in the control of infection and malnutrition, non-communicable diseases such as cancer may account for significant proportion of morbidity and mortality amongst under five children in future. We are hoping through this paper to drive home the reality and extent of the problem that patients, families, healthcare providers are confronted within the management of children with cancer. Case Report: A 3 year old male from poor socio-economic status presented with inability to pass urine, abdominal mass, generalized body swelling, fecal incontinence and rectal prolapse. Abdominopelvic CT scan, cystoscopy revealed a bladder mass involving both ureters, hydronephrosis and pelvicalyceal dilatation. Histological report showed sheets of rounded and spindle cells in a myxoid stroma with tumor cells showing visible cross striations, suggesting diagnosis of bladder rhabdomyosarcoma. Patient was jointly managed with the paediatric surgical team. Conclusion: Late presentation, ignorance, poverty, lack of appropriate equipments and manpower were notable constrains against effective management of this patient with bladder rhabdomyosarcoma.
Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is the commonest soft tissue sarcoma (STS) in childhood constituting about 40% of all soft tissue sarcoma and 5% of all childhood tumors [1]. Majority are sporadic and occur before the age of 5 years [1,2]. Brown and Oluwasola in Ibadan South West of Nigeria in their study on childhood rhabdomyosarcoma revealed that embryonic type is the commonest variant (61%), while the commonest site is head and neck (51%) [3]. Occurrence of the tumor in the genitor-urinary tract may present with hematuria, obstruction of the lower urinary tract, recurrent urinary tract infection, incontinence, or a mass detectable by abdominal or rectal examination [4]. Poverty and low educational achievement being a correlate of lower socioeconomic status have significant impact on the management of these patients leading to ultimately poor outcome.
The patient is a 3 year old male leaving in the rural area of South East Nigeria who presented with inability to pass urine, abdominal mass and generalized body swelling. The problem started six months prior to presentation with initial increase in frequency of urination, pain on micturition, straining on micturition and dribbling. Three weeks prior to presentation, he developed generalized body swelling, rectal prolapse and fecal incontinence. Inability to pass urine developed two days before presentation to our hospital. In the course of illness, his parents took him to see a laboratory technologist who prescribed some medication following a laboratory test; a traditional doctor, where he received herbal medication; and the church to receive healing. During this period the child’s clinical condition continued to deteriorate. The father is a menial worker while the mother is a petty trader; both parents have primary education only.
Examination at presentation revealed a chronically ill looking child in painful distress, moderately pale, febrile, generalized edema, distended urinary bladder, ballotable tender kidney, normal external genitalia and suprapubic mass. A clinical diagnosis of bladder outlet obstruction secondary to a pelvic tumor was made. Posterior urethral valve and urethral stricture were considered as differentials. Full blood counts, urine analysis, urine microscopy and culture showed nomocytic hypochromic anemia, severe urinary tract infection due to Pseudomonas aerogenosa. Serum electrolytes were normal while serum urea and creatinine levels were elevated with a calculated GFR of 58 ml/min/1.73m2. Abdomino-pelvic scan revealed an echogenic mass with irregular outline in the posterior part of the bladder and severe kidney pelvicalyceal dilatation. However the cortico-medullary differentiation was preserved. The abdomino-pelvic CT scan showed an enhancing heterogenous urinary bladder mass with bilateral moderate hydronephrosis and hydroureter. Cystoscopy revealed a soft grey grape like rounded mass involving the opening of the ureters. Histological report of biopsy done during cystoscopy showed sheets of rounded and spindle cells in a myxoid stroma. Tumor cells showed visible cross striations. A diagnosis of rhabdomyosarcoma of the bladder was made and the pediatric surgical unit was invited to review the patient. Urethral catheter was inserted for bladder drainage. The urethral catheters were repeatedly getting blocked necessitating periodic examination and changes.
Antibiotics were prescribed to treat urinary tract infections. Unfortunately on several occasions antibiotics prescribed were not available resulting in poor compliance to drug therapy. Non-availability of funds was cited as the reason for not providing the antibiotics though the spectrum of antibiotics in the hospital pharmacy was very narrow. There was no government or hospital policy recognizing indigent patients. Most of the fund used in buying drugs and paying for the tests were contributions from attending doctors, medical students and well meaning individuals. The patient was initially booked for surgery to relieve obstruction; however this was revised following cystoscopic findings. A large tumor was observed involving most of the bladder wall and obliterating the orifice of both urethras. Chemotherapy and radiotherapy was then advised to reduce the tumor bulk. Radiotherapy was not available and chemotherapy was never commenced until the demise of the child. Actinomycin D was not available locally and lack of fund was a huge impediment in procuring the drugs. During the course of the illness child became severely anemic necessitating blood transfusions to correct anemia and hematological abnormalities prior to commencement of chemotherapy. Renal function continued to deteriorate mainly because of the inability of the pediatric surgeons to relieve the ureteric obstruction due to non availability of ureteric stent, and reluctance of the pediatric surgeons in caring out a nephrostomy resulting in progressively worsening bilateral hydronephrosis and renal failure.
Our patient presented late to hospital, six months after the onset of illness. During this period, he was taken to a medical laboratory technologist, a traditional doctors, patent medicine dealers and spiritual houses for treatment. Inevitably, the disease condition worsened preventing timely and adequate treatment. Ineffective treatment received from these quacks may have complicated the disease process. It is not surprising that our patient ended up with very poor outcome. Gitau J et al. [5] in their work attested to the fact that poor outcome has been associated with late presentation and is a major contributor to under five mortality rate. Late presentation to hospital is a common phenomenon in this part of the world as reported by many workers [6-8]. Anolue and co workers [9] defined late presentation as presentation to hospital three months after the onset of symptoms. Common reasons adduced for late presentation in this part of Nigeria will include exploring other treatment options at home such as herbal medication and procuring drugs from patent medicine dealers, living far from hospital and low socioeconomic status [8]. Issues bordering on caregivers perception of the origin of diseases has been raised especially by some authors [10]. Most of our patients believe that diseases are caused by evil spirits, This is a reflection of deep seated cultural beliefs [11]
Drugs such as antibiotics, chemotherapeutic agents and essential laboratory tests required to manage the patient could not be provided by the parents due to paucity of funds. This is in the light of the fact that a significant number of children presenting to children emergency room in this part of the world have low socioeconomic status with most of the parents by WHO definition of poverty earning below the poverty line. Several studies in this part of Nigeria shows that a significant number of children with low socioeconomic status presenting to the hospitals have poor outcome similar to our index case [12,13]. However it is commendable that some tertiary institutions especially Federal institutions have policies to identify indigent patients, with a view of supporting these patients to obtain most effective treatment available. Some non-government organization provides facilities for free or subsidized treatment for certain categories of diseases such as tuberculosis, leprosy and acquired immune deficiency syndrome in children; unfortunately, childhood tumors are not included. IMSUTH as a tertiary institution unfortunately does not have any of these policies on ground. This is rather unfortunate because serious ethical issues bordering on neglect of patients may be raised against the attending medical doctors in the course of managing this child. Poor educational attainment and poverty of the parents of our patients was noted to be significant constraints to effective management of the patient. Parental ignorance stemmed from poor educational attainment resulting in inappropriate medical attention for their child led to late presentation. Obi-Nwosu et al. [14] working in the South Eastern part of Nigeria showed clearly that educational status of the caregiver significantly affected their health seeking behavior. Demand for healthcare facilities is a function of the level of education because they are more enlightened about orthodox medicine over traditional health care.
IMSUTH is a state owned tertiary institution, it is providing medical education and training to health professional and also serving as a research centre. In line with this, it should have appropriate medical equipment to aid in diagnosis, monitoring or treatment of medical conditions. In the management of our patient, the hospital lacked both facilities and manpower to effectively manage this patient. Most of the investigations such as serum electrolytes, urea and creatinine, CT scan and histology report on the biopsies were done in laboratories outside the hospital resulting in increasing cost, delaying diagnosis and commencement of treatment. Oladejo et al. [15] working in South Eastern part of Nigeria reported in their study that most tertiary hospital facilities in Southeast Nigeria are poorly equipped with poor maintenance culture. The need for effective and adequate support facilities such as laboratory services within the institution and the dangers of patronizing laboratory facilities which are not under the supervision of the institution cannot be over emphasized. This may raise serious issues of ethical consideration and quality of services rendered at these laboratories.
The nature and location of the tumor posed a great challenge to early diagnosis and commencement of treatment; it also contributed to late presentation to hospital. The location of a tumor determines the ease to which it can be assessed, which invariably affects early diagnosis and effective management. The impact of tumor location on the prognosis of patient has been a subject of series of research. Recently, a retrospective study [16] revealed that ureteral tumors had a worse prognosis. The diagnosis and effective management of these children required specialized equipments and highly skilled personnel for highly specialized procedures such as nephrostomy and radical nephro-uretectomy that are not available in the hospital.
Most of the state owned tertiary health institutions are unprepared to play key roles in the management of these children as shown by our index case. It is also important to recognize the socio-demographic characteristics of these children as exemplified by our index case. These include low socioeconomic status (poverty and poor educational attainment of the parents), delayed presentation to hospital, ill equipped hospital with lack of specialized manpower, lack of appropriate hospital and government health policies to effectively manage these indigent children.
Contributors: OJC: manuscript writing, patient management; EG. EJ: manuscript editing, patient management; ONE: critical inputs into the manuscript and patient management. OJC will act as guarantor. All authors approved the final version of this manuscript.
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Adigun IA, Rahman GA, Buhari MO, Ogundipe KO, Omotayo JA. Pattern of rhabdomyosarcoma in Nigeria children. J Natl Med Assoc. 2008;100:906-909.
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Gitau J, Irimu G, Wamalwa D, Njai D. Factors associated with late presentation to Kenyatta national hospital for acute severe illness in children aged 2-59 months. Pinnacle Medicine and Medical Sciences. 2016;3(2).
Oladeji A, Alalabi O, Jimoh M, Ntekim I, T Elumelu T. Delay in presentation of cancer patients for diagnosis and management: An institutional report. The Internet Journal of Oncology. 2016;13:1.
Adisa AO, Arowolo OA, Akinkuolie AA, Titiloye NA, Alatise Ol, Lawal OO, et al. Metastatic breast cancer in Nigerian tertiary hospital. Afr Health Sci. 2011;11(2):279-284.
Adesina OA, Olasoji OH, Ugboko VIO. Reasons for late presentation of cleft deformity in north eastern Nigeria. Kanem J of Med Sci. 2010;4(1):25-27.
Anolu RI, Orakwele CO, Oyeneyiu L, Abudu OO. Late presentation of patients with cervical cancer to a tertiary hospital in lagos. What is responsible? Eur J Gynaecoloncol. 2004;25(6):729-732.
Meremikwu MM, Elurie JE, Nkanga DG, Udoh EE, Ikpatt OF, Olaje EO. Socioeconomic constraints to effective management of Burkitt's lymphoma in south-eastern Nigeria. Tropical Medicine and International Health. 2005;10:92-98.
Abubakar A, Van B, Fisher R, Bomu G, Gona JK, Newton CR. Sociocultural determinants of health seeking behavior on Kenyan coast. A qualitative study. Plos ONE. 2013;8(11):e71998.
Adegboye MA. Socioeconomic status categories of rural dwellers in northern Nigeria. Advances in Research. 2016;7(2):1-10.
Olaogun AAE, Adebayo AA, Ayandiran OE, Olasode OA. Effects of mother’s socioeconomic status on the management of febrile conditions in under five children in a resource limited setting. BMC International Health and Humans Rights. 2006:6(1):1-6.
Obi-Nwosu AL, Nwosu OB, Nnaji G. Family and social determinants of health-seeking behaviour of caregiver of Febrile children in an urban city of South Eastern Nigeria. Arch Med. 2016;8:3.
Oladejo EJ, Umeh OC, Egolum CC. The challenges of health care facilities maintenance in tertiary hospital in south eastern nigeria. International J of Civil Engineering Construction and Estate Management. 2015;3:1-6.
Wu YJ, Dong Q, Liu L, Han P, Wei Q. The impact of tumour location and multi focality on prognosis for patients with upper tract urothelial carcinoma. A metaanalysis. Sci Rep. 2014;4:6361.
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US pork outlook positive despite trade uncertainty
The President of Global AgriTrends says despite the current disruption in the global trade of US pork the long-term outlook remains optimistic
In retaliation for import duties imposed by the Trump administration China has raised its duties on US pork to 62 percent and Mexico has imposed 20 percent duties on US ham.
"Trump, Trade and Global Pork" will be discussed as part of Saskatchewan Pork Industry Symposium 2018 November 14 and 15 in Saskatoon.
Brett Stuart, the President of Global AgriTrends, acknowledges that the election of Donald Trump has changed US global trade patterns, at least in the short term:
“You look at where we're at with pork exports today: our exports are positive this year to date, but our domestic prices are low.
“The spot cash hog price three weeks ago hit a 15 year low in the US. Our producers in the US are losing money today.
“It's easy to just throw stones at the trade agenda and say that's what's costing us money – and that is probably costing us a little bit of money – but the other reason is that we have big supplies in the US.
“US pork production grew well over two percent last year. It's up three to three and a half percent this year. On a per capita basis, the amount of pork produced for every man, woman and child in America is approaching a 15-year high.
“We've built new barns, we've built new plants, so supplies are abundant in the US and that's weighing on the market as well.
“I don't know if we'll see any fundamental structural change in US pork production that we can link to the trade agenda. We're definitely seeing some margin pressure but, again, it's a function of exports as well as the supplies here at home.
“Again the exports are positive this year to date.”
Stuart remains optimistic long-term – he says these political issues are temporary. The world population is growing and North American pork remains among the most competitively priced in the world.
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The Drummer, the Private Eye, and Me (Rush Fans Take Note)
Tell Us About Your Rides!
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by JimVonBaden » Fri Aug 17, 2007 10:38 pm
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by Chiba » Tue Aug 28, 2007 8:21 am
Rush's Legendary Drummer is Revered By Fellow Musicians
He's known as the Professor.
But that's not all they call Neil Peart. Stick the phrase "Neil Peart is..." in Google, step back and watch the accolades fly. As far as the Web is concerned, the Rush drummer is unreal, the greatest, a legend, the man. He is, some breathlessly proclaim, a rock god.
At his concerts, they stare and study, their arms busy in the air, miming his every move across his colossal kit. He doesn't stare back: Focused, intense, deeply invested, Peart is all business as he steers Rush through its marathon live show.
The enduring phenomenon of Neil Peart is one of rock music's rarely highlighted realities. In a rock world where musical prowess is often discounted, where his peers are often stereotyped with an amiable joke ("What do you call a drummer without a girlfriend?" "Homeless"), Peart is a rare sort indeed: a drummer beloved foremost for his virtuoso chops _ and a personal image directly opposed to rock flash.
On the Canadian band's latest concert tour, the 54-year-old drummer, lyricist and author is in his familiar spot behind bassist Geddy Lee and guitarist Alex Lifeson, once again the magnetic focus for many in the Rush audience.
If you want to start an argument, walk into a room full of rock fans and declare that so-and-so is the best whatever. But the conventional wisdom on Peart _ that he is one of rock history's very best _ is about as close to consensus as it gets. It's a reputation built on a lengthy, rarely flagging career, even as Rush has flown under the mainstream radar since Peart joined in 1974.
The stoic Peart is a drummer's drummer, a player whose high-end work has made him a legend among fellow musicians. He dominated Modern Drummer magazine's annual best-of polls so comprehensively during the 1980s that the publication eventually took him off the ballot and placed him on a special honor roll.
"He perhaps doesn't loom as large in the overall music world, or even in rock," says senior editor Rick Van Horn. "But within the drumming community, his stature is beyond iconic. No one has had this much impact for so long. He's influenced so many people and remained at the pinnacle of popularity for 30 years."
But even for casual listeners who wouldn't know a paradiddle from a pedal, Peart's skills are easy to discern. Muscular but fluid, geometric but colorful, his drumming can be akin to aural fireworks, and remains the perennial attraction even on such well-worn staples as the hit "Tom Sawyer."
Peart fan Bill Plegue of Chesterfield Township, Mich., recounts the night in 2004 that his wife attended her first Rush show.
"She's a classically trained piano player. She sings Broadway songs. Billy Joel is what she would consider rock `n' roll," says Plegue, 50. "And she walked out of there amazed _ `That guy plays so fast, I can't keep up with the beats in my head. How does someone do that?' Whether you like Rush or not, the musicianship alone is worth the price of a ticket."
Charlie Grover, former drummer for the Detroit band Sponge, is now with the Paper Street Saints.
"He's a human metronome, just rock solid. I think he kind of looks at it mathematically, and that's the thing about his playing _ it's so precise," says Grover. "He's not a 4/4 cat. He's the guy whose playing is studied. Neil Peart is the true innovator, the one who pushed drumming to the forefront."
There are faster drummers. More intricate drummers. More powerful drummers.
But there is perhaps no other rock player who brings all three qualities to the kit in such abundance _ and who has reaped such prestige for it.
On the Internet, long a prime gathering spot for Rush's self-professed geek audience, extensive fan tributes sit alongside heady discussions of Peart's lyrics. The video site YouTube teems with homemade homages, amateur drummers filming themselves playing Peart's challenging parts.
Still, you don't hear a lot about Peart outside musicians' circles and Rush audiences. Instrumental chops aren't always the most valued asset in rock, where style and attitude are often the coin of the realm. It's the reason Keith Richards, no virtuoso player, can be heralded as one of rock's guitar greats. Indeed, technical skill can be a rock `n' roll liability, as evidenced by the long critical disdain for progressive rock. In a sense, the entire punk genre sprung up to scorn the concept of trying too hard.
Top it off with the fact that Rush just might be the biggest rock band that's never been treated like a big rock band: no Rolling Stone covers, no Grammy Awards, no paparazzi chases. The group's mainstream profile has been so low-key, in fact, that Peart's name is commonly mispronounced, even by avid fans. (It's peert, not purt.)
"There's a bit of a club aspect to it, like a secret society," says fan Bobby Standridge of Springfield, Va. "It's one of those things where it's people in the know who derive the greatest pleasures from this band."
Standridge has analyzed Peart as much as anyone: He logged nearly 18 months creating a digitally animated film featuring Peart performing the Rush chestnut "YYZ." It became an Internet sensation in rock circles, ultimately tallying more than 1 million views after its 2005 release. The attention propelled him into a career as a full-time animator, working for ESPN, among others.
With its meticulous scrutiny of his moves at the kit, the clip _ which can be viewed at www.BobbysBrane.com _ symbolizes the Rush drummer's distinct following: When you're into Peart, you're really into Peart. On recent Rush DVDs, viewers are offered the option of viewing footage from multiple angles trained solely on the drummer.
"What I like about Neil's playing, and the way he approaches life, is that he's very deliberate. When he constructs his parts, he'll have a pattern he alludes to and shadows throughout a piece," says Standridge, 40. "He's not busy for busyness' sake. He always seems to play what's appropriate to the song, but within that it's fresh and innovative. And he always has total control of what he's doing."
Peart has his critics, and their complaints are easy to spot amid the dizzying, knotty discussions that fill certain corners of the Web: His technique is showy, indulgent, too cleanly precise for rock `n' roll. Jazz-savvy listeners say he's overrated at the expense of technically superior players. Much of the criticism is directed at the lyrics he writes for vocalist Geddy Lee, which some read more as highbrow prose than rock poetry.
During the late `70s, Peart's expressed affection for political philosopher and novelist Ayn Rand _ culminating in the "Anthem"-inspired album "2112" _ prompted sniping from rock's left-leaning establishment.
Over time, though, the vitriol has tailed off, much as it has for Rush itself. If only through attrition, the kudos have crowded out the criticism, as new generations of rock fans and critics have grown up with the band. Today, the threesome's status as elder rock statesmen has granted them a kind of collegial respect not always apparent in the past.
Peart, a mysterious personality even in Rush fan circles, became a sympathetic figure in the late `90s when he was struck by a pair of personal tragedies. The deaths of his wife and a daughter, just 10 months apart, became the stepping stone for his well-reviewed 2002 memoir, "Ghost Rider," which chronicled his therapeutic motorcycle journey across North America.
For fans, it was a familiar picture of intense self-determination _ one they'd come to know well from Peart's lyrics.
"The lyrics have been such a big influence on how I look at the world," says Standridge.
"What I take from them is that it's your life, it's in your hands, you make of it what you want ... So much of rock ` n' roll is about whining and complaining. Those lyrics say get up and do something about it."
But it's still that drumming _ the sublime skills, the exacting standards, the cool bravado _ where the personal inspiration starts.
Dream Theater's Mike Portnoy, the drummer most commonly pitted against Peart in fan debates about today's best player, says his style has diverged since his teen years as a Rush fanatic. But he knows where credit belongs.
"He was my first real drum hero," says Portnoy, 40. "Neil as a drummer, and Rush as a band, were the blueprints for this band's foundation. Without him I wouldn't be playing the way I play today. There's no doubt about that."
(c) 2007, Detroit Free Press.
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by BchrisL » Wed Aug 29, 2007 1:57 pm
South Park guys introduce Tom Sawyer, guess who is playing the drums.
BchrisL
by DUKR » Wed Aug 29, 2007 3:15 pm
BchrisL wrote: South Park guys introduce Tom Sawyer, guess who is playing the drums.
This was a big hit during the concert.. Gotta love South Park up on the big screens with Neil driving the beat!!!
DUKR
by Rick F. » Wed Aug 29, 2007 7:28 pm
I liked the South Park introduction to Tom Sawyer because they used the lines from Huckleberry Finn, instead, and "suddenly realized" that they were the wrong words. Good sense of humor.
BTW, thanks much, Chiba, for the article. The article also included a link to an animated drumming sequence that was nothing short of phenomenal--almost as good as the real thing!
BTWBTW, the number of hits on this thread is gradually closing in on the 40,000 mark. Who'da thunk?
PS--The BMW ON is going to publish the story as an article, although I don't yet know what issue it will be in.
For all my tour articles, check out rsftripreporter.net.
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40k. . . .
by Geddy » Fri Aug 31, 2007 12:48 am
40,000 mark... wow. Thanks for a great ride along Rick. I probably
added a few of those last week when I made this addition to the
Red Barchetta entry in Wikipedia.
As an aside, the writer of "A Nice Morning Drive", Richard Foster, recently had a chance to share his passion for motorcycle riding with Rush drummer/lyricist/author Neil Peart. Details of this experience were posted on the message board @ BMWBMW (BMW Bikers of Metropolitan Washington) under the title of "The Drummer, the Private Eye, and Me (Rush Fans Take Note)"
I first linked up to this story/site thru CB1100F.net. I currently ride a
Concours and 'The Ol Red Bull', an '83 CB11F. As much as I luv them
both for what they are and have been, I plan to morph them into a GS
by next summer.
BTW, my nick, Geddy, is not because I'm a Rush fan. I got it when I
lived overseas and that's how the Japanese pronounced my name.
Geddy
by Belg » Mon Sep 17, 2007 2:59 am
What a great ride report! Managed to suck me back from advrider for a night anyhow
I was sorta hoping his and my paths would have crossed in southern Utah this summer, when Iw as riding all over the country. In a strange way, they did... I passed that bus :=) Didn't recognize it for what it was, but thought highly of the idea/configuration for a toy hauler + horse trailer (long story). Never knew NP might or might not have been inside.
I'm very, very, incredibly jealous. I grew up listening to Rush, saw them for my first ever concert, see them every tour, and have always wanted to meet the guys, shake their hands, and thank em for what they do. And of course, do exactly what you did... Ride with 'em
Congratulations, and thank you very much for sharing :=)
by wiredcur » Mon Sep 17, 2007 6:41 am
Belg wrote: What a great ride report! Managed to suck me back from advrider for a night anyhow ...
Welcome back Mark, if only for a day. Glad to hear you're still around.
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by Belg » Mon Sep 17, 2007 5:19 pm
You know, as busy as I've been the past month since I've been back, I'm really, really surprised I am, in the ethereal sense of "still around".
I've been busy swimming in learning web-based business development after posting all my shots from my x-country meanderings over the summer. Haven't even gotten a ride report -started- yet. When I'm not doing that, I'm up in WV running around with my GF... in fact, could use that gps route myself for ideas The only "problem" is she's into photography too... so we generate more ideas and material than I have time to pursue/process/post
Shoehorn the above into 64 hour workweeks at my day job
Glad to hear things carry on whilest I dig myself deeper! Best,
by jck22903 » Thu Oct 18, 2007 9:33 am
C'mon, Mark, get that ride report written up. :ear
Was wondering where you'd been.
jck22903
by jbfields3 » Thu Oct 18, 2007 3:04 pm
What a pleasant surprise. Thanks for such a great recounting, Rick.
Seriously, any rider who has NOT read Ghost Rider needs to find a copy and ride with it until the reading is done. It is a diservice to yourself if you're missing the pleasure of that book.
jbfields3
by DUKR » Fri Dec 14, 2007 9:44 am
Just an FYI - RUSH has decided to extend the Snakes & Arrows tour into 2008!!
The official tour dates and cities haven't been published yet, but Washington has been noted as being on the list again..
Maybe you'll have another ride report for us, Rick!!
Great Stories!!
by bread » Fri Dec 14, 2007 2:09 pm
amazing stories.
Kudos to Rick F. for great stories!! "A Nice Morning Drive" was really good, and short too! (fits well with my stupid ADD attention span)
Your July ride report was most excellent too.
Thanks for bumping the thread, or I might have missed this gem!
[note to self: add Rush albums and "Ghost Rider" to Christmas list]
by Inthpkt » Fri Dec 14, 2007 4:09 pm
Neil Pert is drum doG
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV_90V4OeTQ
Inthpkt
by repo » Tue Jan 15, 2008 10:19 am
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Dr. Nelson L. Adams said the AMA's practices had a "devastating" effect on African-Americans' health.
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Joyner said African-Americans disproportionately suffer from chronic diseases that include heart disease, diabetes and high blood pressure.
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The United States women’s soccer team won on the world’s biggest stage on July 7, when the team defeated the Netherlands, 2-0 in the FIFA Women's World Cup final game in Lyon, France.
Rose Lavelle and Megan Rapinoe each put in a goal during the victory, which marked the national team’s second-straight World Cup title, as the U.S. also won the tournament in 2015. It was the USWNT's fourth championship overall.
It’s only fitting that Waverly-Shell Rock’s Kenzie Roling’s two soccer role models are Lavelle and Rapinoe.
Roling has her sights set on the U.S. women’s soccer team, as she has been in the Olympic Development Program (ODP) since 2015.
According to U.S. Youth Soccer, the purpose of the ODP is “to identify a pool of players in each age group from which a National Team will be selected for international competition; to provide high-level training to benefit and enhance the development of players at all levels; and, through the use of carefully selected and licensed coaches, develop a mechanism for the exchange of ideas and curriculum to improve all levels of coaching.”
Roling first had to try out for the 18-player state team, which she made during her first year of playing with the ODP. From there, she tried out for the regional team, which included a five-day camp, which she has been invited to all of the seasons she’s participated in the ODP.
She said the ODP has been a great experience, especially with her ultimate goal of joining the U.S. women’s soccer team.
“I want to be more prepared for college,” Roling said. “I think it would be awesome to be on the national team. That’s the ultimate goal with the ODP. Another hope off of the field is just to meet a lot of cool people at the regional and national level.”
The ODP took Roling away from the Go-Hawk girls’ basketball team last season for nearly a week, as she was competing in Boca Raton, Florida, with the ODP Midwest team against the ODP West, East and South teams.
Roling enjoyed that experience, as several national team coaches were in attendance to recruit potential players. She was lucky enough to be one of them.
“National coaches were there watching and that was a cool experience,” Roling said. “That is one of the ways to get onto the national team. They watch and recruit players, so I’m in the national pool. They could call me up for my team, whenever they wanted.”
What’s far more shocking than Roling’s soccer aspirations is the fact that she wasn’t interested in the sport of soccer at first.
A youth team in Waverly, coached by Randy Draper at the time, was the first time Roling was exposed to the sport. Roling had her heart set with dance and gymnastics.
When she got out on the soccer pitch, the rest was history.
“When I was younger, I didn’t want to play soccer at all,” Roling said. “Randy Draper was a coach for one of the younger soccer teams, so I think I started a year late. He [Draper] had me come out, and I immediately fell in love with it. I’ve been playing ever since.”
Draper had wanted Roling’s father, Brad, to help coach the youth team, to which he happily obliged. Brad helped coach Kenzie’s soccer teams from second through seventh grade.
Afted Brad knew that Kenzie was going to play soccer for quite some time, he immersed himself in learning all things soccer.
“My dad realized that I was going to be playing soccer for quite some time, and he made it his goal to learn as much as he could about coaching the sport, which has helped me learn a lot about the sport, grown my love for the game and helped me improve.”
Roling has achieved a stellar soccer career, even though she’s going to be a junior this fall at Waverly-Shell Rock High School.
During her first two seasons with the Go-Hawk girls’ soccer program, Roling helped her team get to back-to-back Class 2A state championship games, while finishing as state runner-ups in 2018 and 2019. She scored 71 goals and gave out 20 assists in those two seasons, according to QuikStats and the Iowa Girls’ High School Athletic Union’s state results.
Even though the high school soccer season ended in early June, Roling extended her soccer season throughout the summer months with her club team, Iowa Rush U16, who made it all the way to the U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships, July 22-28 in Overland Park, Kansas.
On July 23, Iowa Rush tied with Legends IE out of California, while they defeated Sunrise Sting of Florida, 3-2 on July 24. LVSA out of Nevada defeated Iowa Rush, 2-0 on July 25, which ended Iowa Rush’s nationals run, just one day shy of the semifinal round.
Iowa Rush’s run during the U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships was historic, as the 16U team was Iowa’s second team to qualify for the tournament and the first to win and tie a game.
Roling said competing at the national tournament was unique because of the history her and her teammates made along the way.
“The National Championships were amazing,” Roling said. “They were an amazing experience, especially being the second team to be there and making history with winning and tying a game. It was awesome. Those experiences help me grow as a player and a person, so much.”
Between the two high school seasons Roling has left in the black and gold and her future with Iowa Rush, one thing is for certain – she is anxious to continue improving her already solid soccer skills.
One way she will do that is by continuing to make history with the Iowa Rush U16 soccer team.
“My club team [Iowa Rush U16] qualified for a ton of different leagues,” Roling said. “We are playing in National League, and we were the first Iowa team to ever do that. I think that will be an awesome experience. We are playing in the top division of MRL, which is a league in soccer. I’m just super excited to play better competition.”
Just as Lavelle and Rapinoe inspired Roling’s soccer career, she hopes to return the favor to younger soccer players in the area.
For those wanting to play soccer at a higher level, Roling has a few words of wisdom.
“Always work hard, do what you love and good things will come,” Roling said.
Roling has verbally committed to the University of Iowa and their women’s soccer program, and she did so on her birthday this year, April 2.
Since Roling committed to the Hawkeye program, it aligns her soccer future on the similar path of Lavelle, who played collegiate soccer for the University of Wisconsin, a conference opponent of the Hawkeyes, and was also in the ODP and competed in the National League.
“She’s [Lavelle] so crafty and confident,” Roling said. “She’s very humble, and it’s very cool, because she played at the University of Wisconsin, which is a college I’ll be playing. It’s cool to see someone from a smaller college do that sort of thing and play on the U.S. Team.”
While Roling’s accolades continue to pile up, she has learned lessons from the sport of soccer, on and off the field.
Both lessons will stick with Roling far into the future and likely beyond her soccer career.
“On the field, challenging and pushing myself to my limits has helped me grow as a player,” Roling said. “Off the field, I’ve learned that soccer brings a lot of people together that have similar mindsets. When I was in Boca [Florida], almost every girl there was similar to me in school, soccer, friend groups. It was just cool to see people that are like you. It just brings a lot of people together, whether they play it or watch it.”
Kenzie Roling
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Jack Higgins Champion Stand Jumper of The North
The achievements of today's athletes go straight into the record books and make headlines all over the world, but in years gone by amazing feats were performed by men and women who went largely unsung. Blackburn had more than its fair share of such heroes: Strong Dick, William Hope Hodgson and Fat Janette, but none quite equalled Jack Higgins, champion jumper. This is his story.
Jack Becomes World Champion
Jack was born in 1871 in the King St district. His mother had a wardrobe shop in Leyland Street. Even as a boy Jack was attracting attention by leaping over crates of eggs outside Pemberton's shop in King St. Competitive jumping was much practised by young men at the time, often for small wagers. Despite his small stature, 5ft 3ins, Jack excelled them all and was soon challenging the acknowledged champions from other areas.
On July 22nd 1893 at the Moorfield Ground, Failsworth, he was pitted against Joe Darby of Dudley in a match in which £100 and the Championship of the World was at stake. The jump was to be a hop, two strides and a jump. Higgins won the first by over 2 feet. His second jump broke the world record, one which had stood for 22 years, by 17 inches, making him the undisputed Champion Jumper of the World.
Jack Perfects his Act
Using dumb bells to gain momentum Jack extended his repertoire. An assistant wearing a tall silk hat on which is placed a lighted candle stands next to a table. Jack retreats some way from the table, carefully calculating the distance. A couple of mighty strides and he is airborne, sailing far above the table, just clearing the candle which he extinguishes with a flick of his foot, before coming gracefully back to earth again.
As a variation on the candle extinguishing theme, Jack would place two lighted candles on the seat of the last chair in a row of 6, adjusting his run-up, he capers skittishly for a moment and then launches himself. With a couple of mighty bounds he is up and away over the chairs. He seems to hover over the last chair, long enough at least to extinguish both candles, then he alights gracefully and bows to the audience.
Jack Goes To America
Another jumping contest for the 'world championship' was held on September 19th 1894 at the Wellington Grounds, Bury. His opponent was an American and the prize money was £200. Higgins' winning margin was 13 inches. Higgins must have got into conversation with his opponent, who probably painted a glowing picture of the money that could be made in the USA in jumping exhibitions and contests, because Higgins left afterwards for America.
Jumping with weights was an undoubted performance enhancer, but it has been reckoned that even without them Higgins would have exceeded any jump on record by quite a margin. He was perhaps the finest natural athlete of his day, but lacked the benefits of proper training and management. It would seem financial success in the USA eluded him and he died there in straitened circumstances in the late 1940s.
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The third single from their upcoming album Secret Intelligent Light, the well-crafted harmonies and commanding of their studio space are of a quality that you would not expect from most New Zealand artists. Their goal is to evoke ‘An elegy for rebirth’, according to lead singer/songwriter Albert Nikolaj. Now, I’m too lyrically dense and sonically challenged to understand that, but I feel like others could. The tambourine could work like that! Immensely I possesses a sound that has me thinking I kinda get where they’re coming from on that regard. I can’t help but think of the first time I listened to Viðrar vel til loftárása by Sigur Rós, one of the few bands of their ilk that I’m actually familiar with. The feelings of completeness, of peace, yet combined with a frenetic energy are aspects that links both songs together – not necessarily in terms of similar audio structure, but in terms of overarching goal.
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02 15/06/14 Greg Byrne Lucan, Dublin 20:29
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07 22/05/16 Dale Mathers Tandragee, Armagh 17:55
08 22/05/16 Phil Hodge Loughinisland, Down 22:17
09 22/05/16 William Marks Kilkeel, Down 22:17
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12 22/05/16 Alan Shealy Cahir, Tipperary 22:17
13 22/05/16 Jackie Toal Laurencetown, Armagh 22:17
14 22/05/16 Donal O’Kane Belfast, Antrim 23:36
15 29/05/16 Pól O’Murchu Termonfeckin, Louth 23:54
16 29/05/16 Andreas Kusch Rush, Dublin 23:54
17 29/05/16 Paul Morrissey Dublin, Dublin 23:54
18 12/07/16 Aaron Shimmons Lisburn, Antrim 19:28
19 19/07/16 Gary Warnock Gilford, Down 17:16
20 08/04/17 Konrad Rawlik Gliwice, Poland 14:23
21 02/07/17 Alan Elwood Dromore, Down 22:40
22 09/07/17 Paul O’Callaghan Swords, Dublin 19:30
23 09/08/17 Aaron Shimmons Lisburn, Antrim 19:22 *
24 12/05/18 Nigel McKernan Belfast, Down 22:06
25 12/05/18 Denis Carrigan Kilkenny, Kilkenny 22:06
26 12/05/18 Linda O’Connor Kenmare, Kerry 22:06
27 12/05/18 Robbie Heffernan Kilkenny, Kilkenny 22:06
28 28/05/18 Moire O’Sullivan Derry, Derry 21:24
29 21/07/18 Clive Coffey Katesbridge, Down 23:44
30 21/07/18 Helen Cassidy Donaghmore, Tyrone 23:44
31 21/07/18 Stephen Cassidy Bellaghy, Derry 23:44
32 21/07/18 Martin McMullan Newcastle, Down 23:44
33 28/07/18 Simon Barnett Tring, Hertfordshire 23:23
34 05/08/18 Karina Jonina Ballinrobe, Mayo 21:20
35 16/08/18 Alex Kendall Sedbergh, Cumbria 20:52
36 06/10/18 Mark King Clough, Down 20:55
37 06/10/18 Dominic McInerney Newcastle, Down 20:55
38 06/10/18 Stephen Wallace Seaforde, Down 20:55
39 24/03/19 Micky McAuley Newtownabbey, Antrim 22:07
40 19/04/19 Mike Jordan Dromore West, Sligo 19:28
41 05/05/19 Steve Wathall Ulverston, Cumbria 20:21
42 25/05/19 Ciaran McAleenan Lurgan, Armagh 22:54
43 25/05/19 Stephen Bickerstaff Banbridge, Down 22:54
44 25/05/19 Ricky Cowan Newcastle, Down 23:12
45 25/05/19 Dean Russell Easton, Bristol 21:28
46 25/05/19 Bertie Goffe Kendal, Cumbria 21:28
47 22/06/19 Kathleen Monteverde Comber, Down 22:41
48 29/06/19 Niall Gibney Downpatrick, Down 20:41
49 29/06/19 Gavin Hynds Downpatrick, Down 22:46
50 12/07/19 Declan McGrellis Lisburn, Antrim 21:00
51 14/07/19 Martin Campbell Aghagallon, Armagh 22:53
52 14/07/19 Barry McCarroll Craigavon, Armagh 23:09
53 14/07/19 Sean Nickell Donaghadee, Down 23:15
54 15/07/19 Peter O’Farrell Dublin 21:14
55 15/07/19 Paul Mahon Dublin 21:14
56 20/07/19 Harry Pulham Glasgow 23:20
57 20/07/19 Jack McKenna Ballymena, Antrim 23:20
58 27/07/19 Lee O’Boyle Newtownabbey, Antrim 21:44
60 10/08/19 Adam Ervine Banbridge, Down 23:22
61 10/08/19 Sarah Quinn Banbridge, Down 23:22
62 10/08/19 Stefanie Ervine Banbridge, Down 23:22
63 10/08/19 David Brigham Newcastle-upon-Tyne 23:22
64 10/08/19 Robert Tyler Solihull, Warwickshire 23:22
65 10/08/19 Daniel Reece-Loram York 23:22
66 26/08/19 Leslie Mulholland Banbridge, Down 23:41
67 26/08/19 Hugh Suffern Banbridge, Down 23:46
68 08/12/19 Niall Gibney Downpatrick, Down 20:21w*
69 23/12/19 Paul O’Callaghan Swords, Dublin 20:48w
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Jim's Eclectic World: IMF Soccer Riot - all too brief a report
IMF Soccer Riot - all too brief a report
another report of my experiences...
Just some very basic info: (even for this length, there were a lot more newsworthy items of interest)
IMF Soccer Riot targeted the Fairmont Hotel with activists showing up around 3 AM and converging at the 24th and M Street location at about 3:30
Activists blocked off both ends of the block on 24th Street in front of the hotel and played soccer in the streets for more than 10 minutes before police finally arrived and then at first did little to stop anything. There were also a large number of air horns and chants and some very angry and aggressive security at the Fairmont. People woke up and looked outside their windows. It was extremely loud.
Based on a list obtained from police themselves, we knew they were at the Fairmont; we had further confirmed that by the action the night before where delegates had actually been seen.
All the ins and outs and ups and downs with police will have to wait for a full report; so much happened on that account. I know of only one arrest for an activist who was holding a broom, and the police arrested him for not wanting to give up that broom.
Police were very aggressive and did a lot of illegal things, everything from shoving activists and throwing them to the ground without provocation to simple things like refusing to give badge numbers repeatedly to forcing activists standing around doing nothing to move at random for no reason. It is not lawful for the police to force people to obey orders when they themselves are not doing anything unlawful. Police went at times from threatening to sedate to aggressive to disciplined to out-of-control. At points, hundreds of police converged.
But, this is not about the police; this is about the delegates, whom we were able to disturb and in some cases disrupt in multiple ways.
The action outside the Fairmont continued nonstop with energy until after 7AM. This gave activists a chance to confront very tired delegates directly entering their vans. (Again, I've left out an awful lot of great action).
Another very small group broke off after most had dispersed and went to the Washington Marriott. There they stopped a delegate van from leaving for over 10 minutes as they screamed at delegates who were clearly disturbed by their inability to get to the meetings. The bus was wedged in to a parking spot sticking into the road.
After facing near arrest there, those activists left for another hotel to find another small group facing police harrassment being followed by motorcycle police who were within inches of them trying to force them along a sidewalk. The original set of activists at the Marriott returned
to the Marriott and confronted other car and bus loads of delegates, often getting right into the door and screaming at the delegates who were feet and if outside inches away. Some other people at the Marriott got very upset with the activists but were ignored. Security called in police and again several dozen police on motorcycles surrounded these activists and forced them from positions on the public sidewalk. Along the road, another had offered activists 3 warnings for something that was inaudible. The activists left safely; however, and within a block, the police left
them all to themselves.
So, they went to the Lombardy, another scene of action from last night, and screamed some more at the hotel before heading toward the new IMF building at 19th and Pennsylvania. There, hundreds of delegates waited in line to go through security. This group descended on their line and were standing right next to them and yelled things like, "Murderers not welcome here!" Police quickly acted to move the delegates inside their barriers, rushing about half of them to another security checkpoint. Police (here MPD and Secret Service) did nothing to stop the activists who continued screaming at hundreds of IMF delegates for the next 20-30 minutes, mere feet away.
The actions, in the end, proved more disruptive than Adopt-an-Intersection in September with a similar number of people as those direct actions. This group of people was much better trained in affinity group behavior and were very committed to the goal of disruption of some of the delegates to inspire empowerment and to encourage the need for much better planning so that this kind of direct action can be more effective on a larger scale in the future.
This is only the shadow of a report. I hope others can come from this and all the actions. There was a lot more to the street march and confrontation of hotels where delegates stayed.
Again, there was one arrest, and hopefully people can share any jail support that can be done.
Actions against the World Bank and IMF as well as the military industrial complex and economic system that glues it all together will be ongoing in Washington, DC this week and next week and beyond.
We'll be back.
posted by Jim Macdonald @ 3:25 PM
sorry had to leave and couldnt make it to the actual protests. but it sounds like it was a success. thanks to you and everyone for making me feel welcome, and letting me learn a thing or two.
-Bry
Thanks Bry. If you are around, you should check out the sorts of things we work on every single week.
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Top 10: 2019 achievements and 2020 milestones
In reflecting on 2019, we'd like to offer a big thanks to all of our supporters for their attention and advocacy this year. We can't do this important work without you and the achievements listed here are, in part, due to the sustained effort of the Flood Free Calgary
Erin Fahey 2020-01-09T11:34:04+00:00 January 9th, 2020|
Reminder: Submit feedback on Bow River reservoir options before Oct 31
The deadline for public feedback on the three short-listed Bow River reservoir options closes at 4 p.m. on October 31. This is an important opportunity for stakeholders to get their feedback on record. That includes all Calgarians who would be protected from future flooding by the selected reservoir. AEP's Bow Basin
Erin Fahey 2019-10-29T13:28:30+00:00 October 29th, 2019|
Public invited to provide feedback on Bow River reservoir options
Alberta Environment and Parks (AEP) has short-listed three Bow River reservoir options. This upcoming Tuesday, October 15 is the last of three public information sessions intended to share project information and collect public feedback. Bow Basin Water Management Options Info Session #3 Tuesday, October 15, 2019 from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. RockPointe Church 255024 Lochend
Provincial ministers emphasize commitment to SR1 at CRCAG Annual General Meeting
In September, the Calgary River Communities Action Group (CRCAG) hosted their Annual General Meeting. Both Ministers Ric McIver and Doug Schweitzer spoke at the event and each emphasized the province's strong commitment to protecting Calgary, and to the Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir Project (SR1) specifically. Each year this event offers
Erin Fahey 2020-01-05T22:40:59+00:00 October 1st, 2019|Tags: BBWMO, Bow River, CRCAG, Doug Schweitzer, Elbow River, Ric McIver, Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir, Springbank Project, SR1|
Invite: Ministers McIver and Schweitzer to speak at CRCAG AGM on Sept 19
The Calgary River Communities Action Group is hosting its Annual General Meeting next Thursday. This event is an opportunity to hear directly from elected officials on key flood mitigation projects. Date: Thursday, September 19 Time: Doors to public at 6:30 p.m. Program starts at 7:00 p.m. Location: Royal Canadian
Erin Fahey 2019-09-13T17:07:34+00:00 September 13th, 2019|Tags: AGM, CRCAG, Doug Schweitzer, event, Frank Frigo, invite, Ric McIver, Rick Blackwood|
June newsletter: SR1 regulatory answers, Bow River reservoir project, monitoring river conditions
While June saw promising developments on both the Bow and Elbow rivers, the six-year anniversary of the Southern Alberta Floods (and the heavy rainfall warnings that accompanied it) served as a stark reminder that our city remains largely unprotected from another flood disaster. Our work is far from over,
Erin Fahey 2019-07-08T12:28:29+00:00 June 30th, 2019|
Bow River project focuses on site selection
With respect to the Bow River Water Management Options project, Alberta Environment and Parks (AEP) has spent the last six months focusing on site selection for three reservoir options on the Bow River upstream of Calgary. As part of its commitment to engagement, AEP has provided community stakeholders with
Erin Fahey 2019-07-08T12:21:48+00:00 June 30th, 2019|Tags: AEP, Bow River, Bow River Water Management Options, Wood Canada Limited|
How you can monitor weather and river conditions
The rainfall warnings we experienced in late-June hit a nerve for many Calgarians. When anxiety and fear run high, we can turn to data on weather and river conditions to help provide peace of mind. We've compiled quick-links for you to access information on current conditions and warnings. Alberta
Erin Fahey 2019-07-08T12:21:22+00:00 June 30th, 2019|Tags: alerts, flood season, weather monitoring|
The Province has submitted its responses to regulatory information requests relating to the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir Project (SR1). The 8,000-page document, compiled by Alberta Transportation, provides responses to information requests from Alberta Environment and Parks (AEP), the Natural Resources Conservation Board (NRCB) and the
Erin Fahey 2019-06-14T14:42:59+00:00 June 14th, 2019|Tags: AEP, CEAA, NRCB, Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir, Springbank Project, SR1|
May newsletter: SR1’s expert regulatory lawyer, flood season guide, water management issues
It is officially that time of year when Calgary is most likely to experience river flooding, and along with the arrival of flood season comes renewed public and media attention to our cause. The month of May saw a promising development on the SR1 file, a focus on water
Erin Fahey 2019-06-14T15:06:03+00:00 June 7th, 2019|Tags: community engagement, flood season, Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir, Springbank Project, SR1|
In May, water management issues took front and center at city council over two days mid-month. Watershed Management On May 13, during a day-long strategic meeting devoted to watershed management issues in the Calgary region, council discussed access to clean drinking water, stormwater and wastewater management, and overall water security
Erin Fahey 2019-06-07T14:27:57+00:00 June 7th, 2019|Tags: Bowness Responsible Flood Mitigation Society, city council, drought mitigation, Flood Resiliency Plan, Hillhurst-Sunnyside Community Association, watershed management|
It is officially that time of year when Calgary is most likely to experience river flooding. Flood season in Calgary runs from May 15 to July 15, and this year we will also observe the sixth anniversary of the Southern Alberta Floods. During flood season, there is a lot
Erin Fahey 2019-06-21T12:29:45+00:00 June 7th, 2019|Tags: Bow River Basin Council, CEMA, Disaster Risk Explorer, Flood Resilience Plan, flood season, media coverage|
Flood Free Calgary presents to Chinatown community
On May 9, Flood Free Calgary joined members of the Chinatown community to discuss the need for upstream flood mitigation. Paul Battistella Spokesperson Paul Battistella was joined by Calgary River Communities Action Group Co-president, Tony Morris, and Sandra Davis from City of Calgary’s river engineering team. Attendees
Erin Fahey 2019-06-07T14:27:18+00:00 June 7th, 2019|Tags: alert, Chinatown, community engagement, funding, weather monitoring|
Expert regulatory lawyer hired to expedite SR1 project
On May 3, it was announced that expert regulatory Martin Ignasiuk had been appointed to the Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir (SR1) file to assess opportunities to expedite the project. Martin Ignasiak (Image: Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP) Ignasiuk has 28 years experience in law, is a key contact
Erin Fahey 2019-06-07T14:29:34+00:00 June 7th, 2019|Tags: regulatory, Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir, Springbank Project, SR1|
March and April newsletter: Election impacts, design of Downtown Barrier, flood funding and more
Things ramped up quite a bit in March and April with the lead-up to the election. We were in close communication with fellow advocacy group, the Calgary River Communities Action Group, and together we connected with many election candidates to educate them about flood risk and upstream mitigation projects.
Erin Fahey 2019-05-03T11:46:29+00:00 April 30th, 2019|Tags: Bow River, Eau Claire, Eau Claire Promenade, Elbow River, funding, open house, presentations, provincial election, Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir, SR1|
Invitation: FFC presenting in Chinatown community
Flood Free Calgary has been invited to present to the Chinatown community about the need for upstream flood mitigation and the status of projects on both the Bow and Elbow Rivers. This is a public event and all are invited to attend. Date: Thursday, May 9, 2019 Time: 4:00-5:00
Erin Fahey 2019-05-03T11:44:19+00:00 April 30th, 2019|Tags: Chinatown, presentations|
Upstream mitigation post-election: What happens now?
Now that April 16th is behind us, and we all know we will be moving forward with a new UCP government, we wanted to share their public statement in support of the Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir (SR1) project and outline next steps for the project. “On day one of a
Erin Fahey 2019-05-01T10:02:05+00:00 April 30th, 2019|Tags: provincial election, Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir, Springbank Project, SR1, UCP|
Downtown Barrier designs revealed at Eau Claire open house
The city has revealed preliminary designs for the Eau Claire Public Realm Plan including the Downtown Barrier, a critical piece of infrastructure that will protect our downtown from future flooding. In April, the city hosted an open house to share design plans and seek feedback on the Eau Claire
Erin Fahey 2019-05-01T10:01:14+00:00 April 15th, 2019|Tags: Chinatown, downtown, downtown barrier, Eau Claire, Eau Claire Promenade, flood wall, RiverWalk, sunnyside, West Eau Claire Park|
City to host open house on Downtown Barrier this weekend
You'll remember two critical pieces of flood mitigation were completed in Eau Claire late last year; West Eau Claire Park and the Centre Street Bridge barrier. Now the city needs your input on the next phase: extending the Eau Claire Promenade to the Reconciliation Bridge. The city is hosting a public house to
Erin Fahey 2019-04-11T13:20:04+00:00 April 11th, 2019|Tags: Bow River, downtown barrier, Eau Claire, open house|
Flood Free Calgary presents at Inglewood Community Association
On April 7, 2019, Flood Free Calgary spoke about the need for upstream flood mitigation at the Inglewood Community Association's (ICA) general residents meeting. Spokesperson Paul Battistella was joined by Calgary River Communities Action Group Co-president, Tony Morris, and two representatives from the City of Calgary's flood team; Jonathan
Erin Fahey 2019-05-01T10:00:08+00:00 April 8th, 2019|Tags: community engagement, Inglewood, presentations|
Your flood stories: Meyer family, Elbow Park
This is a story shared by Nancy Inlow on behalf of her parents, Art and Viv Meyer, former residents of Elbow Park. My parents, Art and Viv Meyer, had lived on Park Lane since 1992 and another dozen years on Garden Cresent from 1962 to 1974 without ever having
Erin Fahey 2020-01-06T23:48:19+00:00 March 25th, 2019|Tags: flood stories|
Your flood stories: Taste restaurant, Victoria Park
This is a story shared by Brendan Bankowski, owner/operator of the now-closed Taste restaurant in Victoria Park. I owned a small 26 seat wine bar called Taste located in the Hotel Arts retail section along 1st Street SW in the Beltline. We had zero water, sewer or collateral damage.
Federal funds announced for Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir (SR1)
The federal government has announced it will provide $168.5 million to help fund the Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir (SR1) on the Elbow River. Minister Mason speaks at the federal announcement of $168.5 million in funding for the Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir. This is the second significant development for SR1
Erin Fahey 2019-03-13T16:21:58+00:00 March 13th, 2019|Tags: Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir, Springbank Project, SR1|
Your flood stories: David Allen, Roxboro
This is a story shared by David Allen, a current resident of Roxboro. Watch David's emotional journey in his video, "After the Flood": https://vimeo.com/98867653 Our initial reaction to the evacuation announcements going out over the radio on June 21, 2013 was one of scepticism more than anything. However, the gravity of
Your flood stories: Elbow River Casino, Victoria Park
This story was originally shared by the Victoria Park BIA on behalf of Scott Roberts, Director of Marketing at the Elbow River Casino. Scott Roberts, Director of Marketing at the Elbow River Casino, says the day the 2013 floods ripped through Alberta was one of the craziest days he’s experienced;
Erin Fahey 2019-03-07T11:06:31+00:00 March 7th, 2019|Tags: flood stories|
$15 million funding for Bow River local flood mitigation
Two critical Bow River flood mitigation projects, the Downtown Barrier and the Upper Plateau Separation Project in Sunnyside-Hillhurst are set to receive an additional $15 million in provincial funding through the Alberta Community Resilience Program (ACRP). Read the Government of Alberta’s news release on the March 6, 2019 announcement here. You can read
Erin Fahey 2019-05-01T09:58:50+00:00 March 6th, 2019|Tags: Eau Claire, flood mitigation, funding, sunnyside|
February newsletter: Your flood stories, coalition update, and Flood Free Calgary presentations
February was a fairly quiet month flood-news-wise but, with a provincial election looming, we've been busy behind the scenes working to educate people about Calgary's flood risk and upstream mitigation solutions, primarily the Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir (SR1). We've summarized updates below and you can read each item in more
Erin Fahey 2020-01-06T23:47:42+00:00 February 28th, 2019|Tags: flood coalition|
Your flood stories: SalvEdge Boutique, Victoria Park
This is a story shared by Krista Hopfauf, Owner/Operator of SalvEdge Boutique, a clothing consignment business currently operating in Victoria Park. It's been nearly six years since the devastating flood of 2013 but sometimes it feels like yesterday, especially the moment another tragedy or hardship strikes. Empathy comes more
Erin Fahey 2020-01-06T23:47:29+00:00 February 27th, 2019|Tags: flood stories|
Your flood stories: Margot Coppus, Elbow Park
This is a story shared by Margot Coppus, a current resident of Elbow Park. On Thursday, June 20, 2013 in the early afternoon, an announcement came through over the intercom at my office that anyone living in Elbow Park should go home and get ready to evacuate. By
Erin Fahey 2020-01-06T23:47:24+00:00 February 21st, 2019|Tags: flood stories|
Your flood stories: Stan Price, Rideau Roxboro
This is a story shared by Stan Price, a current resident of Rideau Roxboro. My name is Stan Price and I live in the community of Rideau Roxboro in Calgary. I remember the flood like it was yesterday, as I and pretty much our whole community was affected
Your flood stories: Tom Yeoman, Elbow Park
This is a story shared by Tom Yeoman, a former resident of Elbow Park. Having lived through the 2005 flood of the Elbow in Calgary, I felt almost prepared for 2013. Dutifully, when evacuation orders came on June 20, 2013, I was overnighting at my daughter's home. We found,
Erin Fahey 2020-01-06T23:47:11+00:00 February 6th, 2019|Tags: flood stories|
January newsletter: Former SR1 opponent agrees to sell land, flood coalition, your flood stories, more
Although it is still early in the year, January brought a couple promising developments in the fight for upstream mitigation. A surprise land purchase announcement from the Government of Alberta this week has been cause for optimism (albeit very measured optimism), and a newly formed flood coalition is strengthening
Erin Fahey 2020-01-06T23:48:41+00:00 February 1st, 2019|Tags: flood coalition, monthly newsletter, Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir, Springbank Project, SR1|
Former Springbank Project opponent agrees to sell land to Province
On Tuesday, the Government of Alberta announced that the Sprinkbank landowners, the Robinson family, had agreed to sell the land required for the Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir Project (SR1). The land purchase amounts to 188 hectares (465 acres) and, with this latest acquisition, the province has now purchased 20 percent of the total 1,566 hectares
Erin Fahey 2019-02-01T09:55:11+00:00 February 1st, 2019|
Do you have a flood story to share? We want to hear it.
Over the next few weeks and months, Flood Free Calgary (FFC) and the Calgary River Communities Action Group (CRCAG) will be profiling the stories of Calgary home and business owners about their experiences with disaster, tragedy, and perseverance through the 2013 Calgary floods. We want to hear from you! Selected stories will be
Erin Fahey 2020-01-06T23:46:51+00:00 January 31st, 2019|Tags: flood stories|
Your flood stories: Battistella Developments
This is a story shared by Paul Battistella, Co-owner/Operator of Battistella Developments and Spokesperson for Flood Free Calgary. Battistella Developments has been developing in Calgary inner-city for almost 40 years. During that time the growth and importance of the centre city has grown dramatically. East Village, where Battistella
Erin Fahey 2019-02-21T11:19:20+00:00 January 30th, 2019|Tags: flood stories|
Key documents and resources on Springbank-Off Stream Reservoir
Let's be clear. The misconception that the Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir Project (SR1) has not been given due scrutiny and study is false. When the province began looking at options for upstream mitigation on the Elbow River, substantial expert study was conducted that lead to the project being chosen over
Erin Fahey 2019-01-30T11:18:36+00:00 January 30th, 2019|
Flood coalition joins business leaders and advocacy groups in support of upstream mitigation
This January, Flood Free Calgary joined forces with fellow flood advocacy group, Calgary River Communities Action Group (CRCAG), to host a community forum on flood mitigation and to kick-off a flood coalition in support of upstream mitigation including the Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir Project (SR1). Community leaders were invited to the
Erin Fahey 2019-02-01T09:43:40+00:00 January 30th, 2019|Tags: flood coalition, provincial election, Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir, Springbank Project, SR1|
December newsletter: 2018 milestones, Springbank project faces more opposition, disaster funding, more
Happy New Year to you! As we venture into 2019 and face the challenges that may come, your support is greatly appreciated. Reflecting on 2018, the five-year anniversary of the flood served as a glaring reminder of how unprotected our city remains. We saw the commencement of study on
New penalties for ignoring disaster evacuation orders
As of November 19, 2018, citizens ignoring evacuation orders are now subject to fines up to $10,000 and/or up to one year in jail. These penalties are part of an amendment to the Emergency Management Act, the act that provides the legislative framework for local and provincial management of emergencies
Alberta receives $8.7 million for disaster funding from federal government
In December 2018, the federal government announced $8.7 million in funding for disaster mitigation projects in Alberta. The funds will be provided through the National Disaster Mitigation Program and will support 18 projects throughout the province. Risk Assessment(s) - Seven projects will fund risk assessments to identify flood hazards, potential impacts,
Rocky View County votes to oppose Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir project
Rocky View County council has voted to officially oppose the Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir Project (SR1) that is planned for the Elbow River. The county will ask the Province to halt the project and to reconsider alternate options, such as the McLean Creek (MC1) project. In the report reviewed by
Erin Fahey 2018-12-13T22:07:05+00:00 December 14th, 2018|
Bow River studies begin, Canmore gets NRCB approval for debris dam, and more news
Since we checked-in with you last month, there have been a couple of promising developments. We've summarized key news below and you can read each item in more detail on our blog. We spent the month of November connecting with many local businesses to discuss Calgary's flood risks and
Erin Fahey 2018-11-26T10:09:53+00:00 November 26th, 2018|
Study begins on Bow River upstream options
Alberta Environment and Parks (AEP) has awarded the contract for the Conceptual Assessment study of the three Bow River upstream options to Wood Canada Limited. The Request for Proposals (RFP) for the work closed on October 12, 2018, with Wood Canada Limited's Environment & Infrastructure Solutions team, located in Calgary, winning
Canmore gets regulatory approval for Cougar Creek debris structure
The Natural Resources Conservation Board (NRCB) has approved Canmore's proposed Cougar Creek debris and flood retention structure. The project has been progressing through regulatory review since Canmore's town council approved the project in 2015. As we wait for regulatory approval on the Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir (and will eventually need for
Bow River Basin Council Forum on December 12
The next Bow River Basin Council's (BRBC) quarterly educational and networking forum will be held on December 12th, 2018 at the Heritage Inn in High River. The forum is specifically themed on stewardship and there will be a number of presentations about the great work that is being done
Upstream mitigation on Bow, West Eau Claire Park, and more
We’re reaching out to update you on a few of the recent developments on flood protection for Calgary. In terms of the work Flood Free Calgary has been doing these past months, we have continued our important conversations with members of the business community to highlight the economic risks
Research on Bow River upstream options expected to begin in November
Earlier this year, the provincial government announced it would study three upstream storage options for the Bow River that were identified in the Bow River Water Management Project report in May 2017. To secure an independent firm to conduct the research, Alberta Environment and Parks (AEP) sent out a Request For
West Eau Claire Park completed
After 18 months of construction, West Eau Claire Park is complete. The public can now access the park gardens, public art, revitalized pathway and separated cycle track, all with the reassurance of flood mitigation built into the park's design. Below, we've compiled an overview of the project including details
Centre Street Bridge flood barrier near completion
This fall, the lower deck of the Centre Street Bridge was temporarily closed for flood mitigation improvements. The bridge has reopened and the project, which involves installing cement pillars steel guiderails and a concrete foundation to support placement of temporary aluminum flood barriers during a flood event , is
CEAA submits information requests on Springbank Project environmental assessment
As part of the normal regulatory process, the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA) has requested additional information on the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir Project. The information requests were submitted to Alberta Transportation, the project proponent, in three packages with a total of 86 questions: June
Springbank landowners withdraw legal action
In May 2018, a Notice of Application was filed asserting that the Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir Project (SR1) Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) submitted by Alberta Transportation did not meet the CEAA’s guidelines. A Federal Court hearing was scheduled in November, however, the landowners withdrew their application and the hearing has
Support the Springbank project – write to CEAA by June 15
Voice your opinion on Springbank Project - deadline is June 15 The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA) wants to hear your opinion on the Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir Project environmental assessment. The deadline for public comments is June 15. Get your support on record. As a next step, the CEAA will prepare the draft
Submit your feedback to CEAA – Open house Thursday, May 24
CEAA invites public comments on Springbank Project environmental assessment Tomorrow evening, the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA) will host the second of two open houses to collect public feedback on the environmental assessment of the Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir Project. When: Thursday, May 24, 2018 from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Erin Fahey 2018-05-23T14:10:18+00:00 May 23rd, 2018|
Province pledges funds for flood mitigation in Calgary
Government of Alberta announces funds for flood mitigation, will study three upstream options for the Bow River Earlier this month, the Government of Alberta announced funding for flood mitigation projects throughout the province, including $13.5 million for Calgary projects. The funds are part of the Alberta Community Resilience Program
Erin Fahey 2018-05-15T15:45:39+00:00 May 15th, 2018|
In terms of the schedule, the Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir (Springbank Project) is currently progressing through the regulatory process. As part of the regulatory process, Alberta Transportation (the Springbank Project proponent) was required to conduct an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) on the Project, to be submitted to both the provincial Natural Resources Conservation
Erin Fahey 2018-05-03T13:03:18+00:00 May 3rd, 2018|Tags: AEP, CEAA, EIA, Environmental Impact Assessment, NRCB, regulatory|
Welcome to Flood Free Calgary, thank-you for your support.
Over the past few months, we have had impassioned conversations with many of you on the topic of flood risk in Calgary. We are keen to start sharing flood-related information and to involve you in this important cause. Newly formed late last year, our organization works to advocate for timely flood
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Quantum Rush goes alpha!
The Quantum Rush team announced that the online future racer reached the alpha phase two weeks after its first trial by fire in form of an online racing event!
A few internal tests later it was official: the online racer's core features have been completed; important functionality, like buying and selling racers or the friends list that allows players to add friends as well as create teams to enter the matchmaking system together, has been implemented.
And so Quantum Rush is now on its way toward beta!
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There are some let's play videos on Youtube that give you a good idea of the gameplay you can expect from Quantum Rush. You would like to get in touch with the game's developers? The Quantum Rush team is always happy to receive feedback, be it on Twitter, their blog or by email.
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Newly discovered fossil sea urchin is the oldest of its kind
Researchers have uncovered a fossil sea urchin that pushes back a fork in its family tree by 10 million years, according to a new study.
A team from USC found the Eotiaris guadalupensis in the collections of the Smithsonian Institution from the Glass Mountains of west Texas, where it had been buried in a rock formation that dates back to 268.8 million years at its youngest.
“This fossil pushes the evolution of this type of sea urchin from the Wuchiapingian age all the way back to the Roadian age,” said David Bottjer, professor at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, and senior author of a paper announcing the find that appeared in Nature Scientific Reports on October 21.
This paper was a collaboration between Bottjer’s lab and Eric Davidson’s lab at Caltech. Jeffrey Thompson, a Ph.D. student at USC and was the lead author of the study, found the fossils of Eotiaris guadalupensis in the Smithsonian collections.
Eotiaris guadalupensis is a cidaroid, one of the two main types of sea urchins found in today’s oceans. The other group, the euechinoids, evolved wildly varying body types and accounts for almost all sea urchins alive today. Cidaroids, by contrast, look pretty much the same as they did millions of years ago. Both evolved from an ancestral group of echinoids known as the Archaeocidaridae, which are now extinct.
The divergence of the two groups marks a major — and relatively abrupt — shift in the genetic organization of sea urchins.
“It’s not just the color of a moth’s wing changing,” said Bottjer, referring to the classic example of the peppered moth in England that, in the post-Industrial Revolution’s sooty skies, began to appear in a darker color. “We’re looking at tightly intertwined networks of genes that change together to cause major morphological differences.”
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Pinning down the time at which the two groups diverged allows evolutionary biologists to better understand the processes that occur during major evolutionary changes.
Bottjer and Thompson will also expand on these findings at the Geological Society of America meeting in Baltimore on November 3 and 4, when they will discuss in separate presentations the burgeoning field of paleogenomics — tracking morphological innovations from the fossil record which are produced by know genes in modern organisms, to date when these genes first evolved.
Jeffrey R. Thompson, Elizabeth Petsios, Eric H. Davidson, Eric M. Erkenbrack, Feng Gao, David J. Bottjer. Reorganization of sea urchin gene regulatory networks at least 268 million years ago as revealed by oldest fossil cidaroid echinoid. Scientific Reports, 2015; 5: 15541 DOI: 10.1038/srep15541
Note: The above post is reprinted from materials provided by University of Southern California. The original item was written by Robert Perkins.
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A retired army general, Major General Patrick Ademu Akpa( Rtd) has joined the race to the Lugard house in Kogi. The retired army general from Kogi East said he is in the race following calls from his people to deliver them from bad leadership being perpetuated by the present administration.
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In a grimey THC fug in old Amsterdam, Dave Grohl's heart opened forever to a band who rocked, but rocked real slow.
My Band, Scream, were playing Amsterdam. This was 1986 and we were killing time between gigs, staying at a friend's house, smoking weed and doing nothing. I had grown up listening to hardcore and underground metal so I loved music that was heavy and fast with tuned out guitars. I was listening to bands like Trouble, Motorhead, Minor Threat and Bad Brains, and I was literally playing through this guy's record collection, every single last one.
When I got to the Melvins' Gluey Porch Teatments, I thought, Here's another hardcore record. But when I put it on it really fucking blew my mind. This was the moment I fell in love with the dirge aesthetic. The songs were so slow you couldn't imagine how the band kept time. It was 10 to 15 seconds between each hit! I had never heard anything so heavy before, and the fact these were teenagers from Aberdeen, Washington, playing music heavier than Black Sabbath or any metal record I had heard, was unbelievable! They had moments of spastic brilliance when they would break into a super-fast, intricate time signature that was incredibly complicated, but those blasts of quickness were mixed with wide-opened, tuned-down slow sections. It was just too wild to explain. They were bordering on prog rock genius - there were barely any 4/4 arrangements, barely any repetition, just arrangements that begin and wind like a snake to the end, so you don't really know what's happened to you. It's fucking unreal, that LP.
And their drummer, Dale Crover, just turned drumming on its side. He would do things with time signatures that no one else could have done, and still no one can do. He's the most individualist drummer I've ever heard in my life. I remember telling him years later that the drum sound on that record was the heaviest, darkest, most powerful drum sound I had ever heard. And he said, "Really? I recorded that with the biggest piece-of-shit drum set that was falling apart." If he could make a small, beat-up drum set sound like a thunderstorm, then that's testament to the man's genius. He's a fucking legend.
I listened to that record every day for two years. I studied it front to back. The Melvins have always been a love them or leave them' type band and that record put its hooks in me and I still can't get them out today. They had these great pauses in between the sections of their songs, so just when you think the song is going to kick back in, it takes another millisecond. It's like this dramatic tension before that hit comes in and makes it twice as heavy. I've never attempted to cover a Melvins' song, but I had the honour of playing drums on their singer Buzz's solo EP [King Buzzo] from 1992. Each member made a solo album that year. While Dale Crover is around and playing drums, I'm always going to be number two.
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Map of my Heart
September 4, 2017 - September 30, 2017
Mario de Rivera
Makati Shangri-La, Manila
Exhibition Notes: Map of my Heart
MARIO DE RIVERA: “MAP OF MY HEART”
Cid Reyes
With his unfailing gift for bestowing evocative and poetic titles on his shows and artworks – “Silence of Centuries,” “Hardin Botanico,” “People of Heaven,” “Nuestro Eden Perdido,” ”Songs from the River” – Mario de Rivera, in his current show organized by Hiraya Gallery, transports us once again to a nether region of the imagination, into a geography of memory and emotions. Welcome to De Rivera’s “Map of my Heart.”
In every visit to a De Rivera show, it’s as if an image bank had split open, whence emerges an opulence of a fabulous scenery, a veritable tapestry of pictorial memories drawn from a well of antiquity and contemporary pop temper. When De Rivera first burst onto the scene in the late Seventies, then sweeping into the Eighties, he struck an immediate chord with his audience, possibly because our eyes were parched for images that had been vanished, dismissed, demonized by the prevailing abstract art which was on the upswing, buoyed up by cultural institutions but actually impelled by the ruling personal sensibility.
Of De Rivera’s fecund offering of images of the past, one remembers, in particular, the exotic brown maidens, with skin the color of burnt terra cotta, like earthen daughters of Mona Lisa, whose visages looked directly at the audience with a wistful but calculated look. De Rivera’s paintings were spangled with images torn from the pages of history, each pictorial content totally divergent from the other, separated by a gulf of centuries and continents – Byzantine and Renaissance and Japanese ukiyo-e merging in an operatic and fantastical world. De Rivera weaves them all in a tangled chorus, sailing on a raft enriched by gleaming gold leaf. One would describe each work as “an eye-full.” The retina is caressed and seduced by an overwhelming cascade of images blossoming into disparate narratives which the mind spins into its own fabulist tales.
Eminent critic Alice Guillermo wrote of De Rivera’s “sumptuous imagery…showing the rich confluence of cultures…where traditions co-mingle…converging the artist’s faith in the essential unity of humankind…that cultures from all parts of the globe participate in a universal discourse and contribute to commonly shared meanings.”
In “Map of My Heart,” Mario de Rivera’s art has not lost a beat, with the passage of time burnishing the artist’s visual eloquence. And unfailingly, each work is a revelation to be savored and treasured.
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Shobhana Bhartia is the VC & editorial director of Hindustan Times. Read the biography & life history of this dynamic lady.
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Achievements - Daughter of renowned industrialist KK Birla, Shobhana Bhartia is the vice-chairperson as well as the editorial director of the Hindustan Times group, which is among India's major newspaper and media houses. In the year 2001, she received the Outstanding Business Woman of the Year award.
Born in the year 1957, the daughter of renowned industrialist KK Birla and grand daughter of GD Birla, Shobhana Bhartia is the vice-chairperson as well as the editorial director of the Hindustan Times group, which is among India's major newspaper and media houses. This lady holds the credit of raising Rs 400 Crore via public equity launch of the HT Media group in the year 2005. Till the year 2004, the Birla family owned 75.36 per cent stake in HT Media.
Here's more information about the biography of Shobhana Bhartia, who graduated from the Calcutta University and later, wedded Shyam Sunder Bhartia. This particular gentleman is the chairman of the Rs 14 billion Jubilant Organosys Limited, a Pharma company. Shamit Bhartia, their son, is also a member in the HT Media group. At the same time, he operates lifestyle businesses like Domino's Pizza franchise in the country and a convenience store chain in Bangalore city.
At the time when Shobhana Bharatiya became a member of the Hindustan Times in the year 1986, she was the very first woman chief executive of a national newspaper and in all probability, also among the youngest. Shobhana Bhartia is regarded as one of the crucial people there who played a pivotal role in revamping the image of the Hindustan Times into a "bright and young paper". The life history of Shobhana Bhartia's career is full of achievements.
Shobhana was nominated the member of the upper house of the Indian Parliament i.e. the Rajya Sabha. Shobhana Bhartia was also handed the Global Leader of Tomorrow award by the World Economic Forum in the year 1996. Then again in the year 2001, she received the Outstanding Business Woman of the Year award. The National Press India Award was given to Shobhana in the year 1992.
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This policy is designed to supplement the College’s sabbatical leave and leave of absence policies (see http://www.imperial.ac.uk/human-resources/procedures/guidance/special/) and sets out the approach to requesting sabbaticals (absence of more than one term during the Autumn, Spring and/or Summer terms) for academic staff members in the Faculty of Natural Sciences.
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Various, up to three terms maximum, and may be paid or unpaid
Review application form and forward to Head of Department
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A well-constructed sabbatical confers a long-term benefit on the academic staff member and also confers a benefit on the department. The purposes of sabbatical leave are staff development and enhancing the reputation of the College. For this reason, sabbaticals are seen as positive. However, sabbaticals can cause disruption within the department, so plans must be made so that the absence of the staff member does not lead to disruption in the normal activities of the department.
The decision as whether or not to grant a sabbatical rests in the first instance with the Head of Department, who will consult with the Department Management Committee or other committee convened to review requests for sabbatical leave, as relevant to the department. The factors that will be taken into consideration when approving requests include:
Effect on teaching commitments (courses, tutorials, project student supervision, etc)
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It is recommended that this is discussed with the Head of Department before an application is made.
In view of the above, the onus is on the academic staff member requesting to take a sabbatical to make arrangements for suitable cover, to ensure the sabbatical is feasible. The academic staff member could consider the following approaches:
Raising funds to provide cover for the work which would be missed during the sabbatical. The Leverhulme Trust is one agency that may provide such funds;
Proposing alternative logistical arrangements so that commitments are covered satisfactorily during the period of leave.
In all cases, suitable arrangements must be agreed with the Head of Department and in place before the academic staff member can start their sabbatical. In this respect, it helps if applications for sabbatical leave are made at least one year in advance.
A staff member can, in principle, request a two- or three-term sabbatical over two academic years, but it must be recognised that it can be difficult to arrange cover for teaching and administrative duties for both academic years; consequently, it is unlikely to be looked upon as favourably as a request for leave within a single academic year.
It must be recognised that although staff members are entitled to apply for sabbatical leave, there is no guarantee that it will be granted. Because the increased load placed on staff delivering teaching as a result of sabbatical leave must be limited, it is unlikely that the department will recommend sabbatical leave in any one year amounting to more than 5% of the teaching load.
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12/19/2019 [-] Live Donald Trump impeached for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress
12/19/2019 [-] U.S. House votes to impeach Trump for abuse of power
12/18/2019 [-] Former corporate raider charged over child abuse material
12/18/2019 [-] NZ PM Ardern staffer's abuse claims dismissed in report
12/18/2019 [-] Ardern staffer abuse claims thrown out
12/18/2019 [-] Catholic board seeks parishioner-led abuse investigation
12/17/2019 [-] Pope abolishes ‘pontifical secrecy’ in clergy sexual abuse investigations
12/17/2019 [-] Pope removes shroud of secrecy from clergy sex abuse cases...
12/17/2019 [-] Pope Francis scraps pontifical secrecy rule over sex abuse cases
12/17/2019 [-] Pope Removes Shroud of Secrecy From Clergy Sex Abuse Cases
12/17/2019 [-] Pope Francis abolishes 'pontifical secret' in clergy sex abuse cases
12/17/2019 [-] Pope abolishes 'pontifical secrecy' for sex abuse investigations
12/17/2019 [-] Over 750 historians urge Congress to impeach Donald Trump for ‘flagrant abuses of power’
12/15/2019 [-] “Ag-Gag” Laws Expose Whistleblowers to Prosecution for Reporting Animal Abuse
12/15/2019 [-] Biryani vendor thrashed, casteist remarks hurled at him in Noida
12/14/2019 [-] Trump’s mental derangement suggests he experienced abuse in childhood psychiatrist
12/13/2019 [-] Mass Opioid Abuse Is ‘Destabilizing’ World’s Poorest Nations
12/13/2019 [-] Noosa Councillor jailed for three years for child sex abuse
12/13/2019 [-] MLB to Start Testing for Opioids and Cocaine, Removes Marijuana From Drug Abuse List
12/12/2019 [-] 'Outrage' over Weinstein sex abuse settlement...
12/12/2019 [-] RING camera hacks see homeowners subjected to abuse, ransom demands...
12/11/2019 [-] APPLE Cook Monopolies aren't bad...
12/11/2019 [-] Noosa councillor Frank Pardon found guilty of child sexual abuse
12/11/2019 [-] Factbox Abuse of power, obstruction the charges against Trump explained
12/10/2019 [-] Barr cites 'gross abuses'...
12/10/2019 [-] DEMS CHARGE TRUMP WITH ABUSE OF POWER, OBSTRUCTION OF CONGRESS...
12/10/2019 [-] Berry farm company fined million over worker abuses
12/09/2019 [-] Locking People Up Doesn’t Make Us Safer, Abuse Survivor Says
12/08/2019 [-] House Impeachment Report Cites Abuse of Power, Bribery, Corruption
12/08/2019 [-] Police-Perpetrated Torture and Abuse Are Reopening Old Wounds in Chile
12/06/2019 [-] Sex abuse mother arrested
12/06/2019 [-] Amazon Abuses Workers and the Climate—Because It Can
12/05/2019 [-] Bruises Stephanie Travers claims she received from hospital staff
12/04/2019 [-] Why Melanie refused to stop fighting to bring her abuser to justice
12/04/2019 [-] U.S. bishop accused of sex abuse cover-up steps down
12/03/2019 [-] Abused power of presidency...
12/03/2019 [-] Abused Russian sisters who killed father face murder trial
12/03/2019 [-] Expelled Kerala nun pens memoir on 'sexual abuse by bishops'
12/02/2019 [-] New Wave of Abuse Suits Could Hit Church Like Never Before...
11/29/2019 [-] French cardinal doesn't see error of not reporting abuse
11/28/2019 [-] 'Abused and intimidated' Australia a world leader in school bullying
11/28/2019 [-] Politician names and shames social media trolls in Parliament
11/27/2019 [-] Sex abuse survivors slam indexing of redress payments as unfair
11/27/2019 [-] A cut, a colour and a call for help
11/27/2019 [-] Refused to meet sex abuse accuser?
11/27/2019 [-] U.S. Criticizes China for Abuses Revealed by Leaked Cables
11/27/2019 [-] Pennsylvania revamps child sex abuse laws
11/26/2019 [-] Police Chief Left Twitter Over 'Hairstyle Abuse,' Reported 'Insults' As A 'Hate Crime'
11/26/2019 [-] Amazon’s Labor Abuses Are More Appalling Than You Think
11/25/2019 [-] Argentine priests who abused deaf children get 40-year jail terms
11/23/2019 [-] Milan Hospital Displays X-Rays From Abused Women to Showcase ‘Daily Horror’ of Violence
11/22/2019 [-] Another Woman Who Accused Jeffrey Epstein of Abuse Sues His Estate
11/21/2019 [-] Google tightens political ads policy in effort to stop abuse
11/20/2019 [-] Conservative attorney dismantles GOP arguments against impeachment ‘Trump’s abuse threatens your freedom’
11/19/2019 [-] When pregnant wo
11/19/2019 [-] The 'invisible' warning sign at the heart of domestic abuse
11/18/2019 [-] Democrats to build case for abuse of powe
11/18/2019 [-] UK Witchcraft, Black Magic And Female Genital Mutilation 'Contribute to Increase in Child Abuse'
11/17/2019 [-] Booming Border Budgets Fund Human Rights Abuses and a Destructive Border Wall
11/17/2019 [-] Punched, stalked and harassed, women abandon UK politics over safety fears
11/14/2019 [-] International Criminal Court to Investigate Abuses Against Myanmar’s Rohingya Minority
11/14/2019 [-] Witnesses can expect abuse, death threats, say survivors of past scandals...
11/14/2019 [-] Bishop who investigated sex abuse accused of sex abuse...
11/13/2019 [-] Former primary school teacher jailed for 'callous' possession of child pornography
11/13/2019 [-] Cardinal Pell gets last chance to appeal sex abuse convictions
11/13/2019 [-] High Court grants leave for George Pell to appeal child sex convictions
11/12/2019 [-] NSW Police engaged in misconduct by racially abusing Afghan women, commission finds
11/11/2019 [-] Palestinian shot in back says Israelis abused him for hours
11/11/2019 [-] Former A
11/09/2019 [-] Roman Catholic Priests Will Not Break Confession to Report Child Abuse, U.K. Inquiry Told
11/09/2019 [-] French bishops back payments to sex abuse victims
11/09/2019 [-] ‘Deeply troubling allegations’ Nike to probe runner Mary Cain’s claims of abuse
11/05/2019 [-] SNOWDEN AMAZONFACEBOOKGOOGLE engage in abuse of personal privacy...
11/01/2019 [-] Leaked U.N. Report Shows Botched Investigation Into Sexual Abuse Accusations Against Peacekeepers
10/31/2019 [-] In Resignation Speech, Katie Hill Blasts “Misogynistic Culture” That Enabled Abuse
10/31/2019 [-] CIA-backed units carry out illegal killings, other abuse...
10/31/2019 [-] CIA-backed Afghan units c
10/31/2019 [-] ‘Damning cacophony of incriminating testimony’ that Trump abused power Nicolle Wallace
10/30/2019 [-] Trump’s Treatment of Women Was His Original Abuse of Power
10/30/2019 [-] What would Jesus boo? Jesus would make trouble for those who abuse their power
10/24/2019 [-] Video shows abuse of slain female fighter by Turkish forces
10/23/2019 [-] Drivers threatening, coercing, intimidating travellers at Melbourne Airport
10/23/2019 [-] Armenian parliament approves law criminalizing animal abuse
10/23/2019 [-] Ex-AG Matt Whitaker ‘pretty much acknowledges abuse of power’ in Fox News interview
10/21/2019 [-] AMAZON Alexa, GOOGLE Home abused to eavesdrop, phish passwords...
10/20/2019 [-] PM has unfinished business in reckoning with church abuse
10/18/2019 [-] SHOCK President bound, abused in Times Square ad...
10/17/2019 [-] The Dubbo man abused an emu in a video posted to social media
10/17/2019 [-] Alan Dershowitz boots rival lawyer from sex abuse case
10/16/2019 [-] Man arrested in Darwin over alleged child abuse offences
10/15/2019 [-] Bangladesh factory workers making Lululemon activewear claim physical and verbal abuse
10/15/2019 [-] City could face multiple child abuse cases
10/15/2019 [-] Bulgaria coach and players say did not hear racist abuse
10/15/2019 [-] Racist abuse blights Bulgaria-England qualifier
10/15/2019 [-] Sydney stabbing accused facing new charges over child abuse material, drugs
10/14/2019 [-] Man charged in Darwin over alleged child abuse offences
10/13/2019 [-] Abusive men using spyware to coerce, control and harass ex-partners, say experts
10/10/2019 [-] Pope accepts resignation of NYC bishop accused of abuse
10/09/2019 [-] Sylvia's daughter Clare, before she passed away later in life from a seizure.
10/09/2019 [-] Warren Strange from Knowmore, a legal service for abuse victims
10/09/2019 [-] Abuse survivor Diane Lynn wants to see the Jehovah's Witness Organisation change their practices.
10/09/2019 [-] Sylvia's daughter Clare was abused by her grandfather
10/09/2019 [-] Former Jehovah's Witnesses speak out about childhood abuse, say it was 'covered up'
10/09/2019 [-] Sylvia's daughter Clare wrote an impact statement about her grandfather's abuse.
10/09/2019 [-] New Report Reveals Widespread Abuse, Mistreatment of Women During Childbirth
10/09/2019 [-] Trump lawyer’s own words show why stonewalling is an abuse of power Ex-Whitewater counsel
10/09/2019 [-] England players ready to wal
10/09/2019 [-] Physical abuse, use of chemical restraints among complaints to aged care w
10/08/2019 [-] U.S. Blacklists Chinese Artificial Intelligence Firms Over Abuses Against Muslim Minorities
10/05/2019 [-] Marines disciplined at San Diego boot camp for abuse and racism targeting recruits...
10/05/2019 [-] macOS Systems Can Be Abused In DDoS Attacks
10/04/2019 [-] 'Out of control' Supermarket workers bashed, abused in crime spate
10/04/2019 [-] Himachal's valleys becoming dens of drug abuse
10/02/2019 [-] Court hears evidence alleging violent physical abuse against 12-week-old baby
10/02/2019 [-] Accused child sex abuser Malka Leifer granted bail in Israel
09/30/2019 [-] New York settles group home abuse lawsuit for million
09/30/2019 [-] Southern Baptists ready to put spotlight on sex-abuse crisis...
09/29/2019 [-] Online Content Depicting Child Sexual Abuse Is Growing at an Alarming Rate
09/27/2019 [-] UN launches probe into Venezuela rights abuses
09/27/2019 [-] Abuse of power, not criminality, key to Trump impeachment
09/26/2019 [-] Whistleblower Complaint Alleges Trump Abused Power
09/24/2019 [-] ‘Abuse of power’ Biden calls for Trump impeachment in scathing speech
09/24/2019 [-] Unilever's Ads and the History of Sexual Abuse Under Slavery
09/24/2019 [-] Child sexual abuse compensation claims flood in after WA's statute of limitations lifted
09/23/2019 [-] FIFA chief urges action after racist abuse halts Serie A game
09/22/2019 [-] Elizabeth Warren accuses Congress of complicity in Trump’s continued abuses
09/21/2019 [-] Warren accuses Congress of complicity in Trump’s continued abuses
09/21/2019 [-] Furious Biden goes scorched earth on ‘serial abuser’ Trump over smears in epic rant
09/20/2019 [-] Trump Singles Out California’s Homeless for Abuse
09/17/2019 [-] Boris Johnson 'abused his power' to silence Parliament, court told
09/17/2019 [-] George Pell seeks leave to appeal child sex abuse convictions in High Court
09/16/2019 [-] 'Man up' why so few men report sexual abuse
09/15/2019 [-] 'Evil 8' father sentenced to more jail time after daughter reveals further sex abuse
09/14/2019 [-] Fugitive ex-priest sentenced to 30 years in sex abuse case
09/13/2019 [-] DOJ Inspector General Completes FISA Abuse Probe...
09/13/2019 [-] Knox swimming teacher charged with possessing child abuse material
09/12/2019 [-] Drought and poor prices force South Australia farmers to close pig business
09/12/2019 [-] Case worker monitoring murdered boy did not check prior claims of abuse
09/11/2019 [-] Catholic Church in Tasmania won't follow new confession laws
09/11/2019 [-] 1,400 cases of 'revenge porn' abuse reported across Australia
09/10/2019 [-] Jacinda Ardern battles NZ Labour abuse allegations
09/07/2019 [-] Kansas City diocese names priests in 'the dreadful scourge of sexual abuse of minors'...
09/06/2019 [-] Former deputy principal jailed for prolonged sexual abuse of teen
09/05/2019 [-] Immorality, abuse, tyranny How toxic leaders damage schools
09/04/2019 [-] A decade and later, domestic violence still occurring at record levels
09/04/2019 [-] Former Canberra school teacher convicted a secon
09/02/2019 [-] Ex-police minister won't be charged over alleged sex abuse
08/31/2019 [-] COURT Fliers can sue over airport screener abuses...
08/31/2019 [-] Wave of child sex abuse lawsuits threatens Boy Scouts...
08/30/2019 [-] Lawsuit over U.S. airport screener abuses is revived
08/29/2019 [-] Abused women losing kids to child protection due to lack of housing
08/28/2019 [-] Former senior naval commander jailed for child sex abuse
08/28/2019 [-] Family Court expert charged with child sex abuse used in custody cases
08/27/2019 [-] Abuse victims rain hell on ‘coward’ Jeffrey Epstein in emotional court appearance
08/27/2019 [-] Story of abused dog that horrified nation - all a hoax!
08/27/2019 [-] Top MPAA Exec Fired Amid Sex Abuse, Blackmail Charges...
08/25/2019 [-] Stolen and abused, children of Garden Point mission lead charge for justice
08/25/2019 [-] Garden Point survivors speak out on abuse
08/25/2019 [-] 'Creeped out' Accused paedophile used by Family Court in custody cases
08/24/2019 [-] Britain’s Prince Andrew denies witnessing Epstein abuse
08/23/2019 [-] France launches sex-abuse investigation against Jeffrey Epstein
08/23/2019 [-] Yeshiva University hit with sexual abuse lawsuit
08/21/2019 [-] Selling stalking How spyware is helping to promote family violence
08/21/2019 [-] Australia’s Cardinal Pell loses child sex abuse appeal
08/21/2019 [-] Cardinal George Pell loses appeal against historical child abuse convictions
08/21/2019 [-] 'I just hope that it is all over now' Former choirboy abused by Pell
08/21/2019 [-] Live Pell 'disappointed' by appeal ruling, considers going to High Court
08/21/2019 [-] Jeffrey Epstein abused women during work release from jail, lawsuits claim
08/21/2019 [-] New sex abuse lawsuits filed against Boy Scouts in New York
08/21/2019 [-] Cardinal George Pell loses appeal against child sex abuse convictions
08/21/2019 [-] Live Pell arrives at court to learn outcome of appeal
08/20/2019 [-] Cardinal George Pell could walk free today. Here's how
08/20/2019 [-] Three more women sue Epstein's estate over alleged abuse
08/19/2019 [-] Britain’s Prince Andrew ‘appalled’ by Epstein abuse claim
08/19/2019 [-] Prince Andrew 'appalled' by Jeffrey Epstein sex abuse claims
08/18/2019 [-] Purported madam now focus in sex abuse cases...
08/16/2019 [-] With opioid abuse sur
08/16/2019 [-] 2 Women Sue Jeffrey Epstein’s Estate Claiming He Abused Them
08/16/2019 [-] Hundreds of New Child Sex Abuse Cases Are Flooding New York’s Courts
08/15/2019 [-] Social media abuse taken into account as surf rage attacker avoids jail
08/14/2019 [-] George Pell's appeal will be decided next week. This is what could happen
08/14/2019 [-] Call to overhaul sex abuse laws in wake of Grace Tame ordeal
08/14/2019 [-] Horror pics show abused elephant forced to take part in religious festival...
08/14/2019 [-] Epstein's estate sued as NY expands abuse victims' rights
08/14/2019 [-] Flurry of suits emerge as NY opens door to old abuse claims
08/14/2019 [-] New Mexico man accused of animal abuse; vet says cat on meth
08/13/2019 [-] 500 child sex abuse compensation cases stalled
08/12/2019 [-] NRL launches investigation into racist abuse of Latrell Mitchell
08/11/2019 [-] Her abuser could speak out. And he did. Now, she can too.
08/09/2019 [-] New Documents Show Jeffrey Epstein Declined To Answer Deposition Questions on Alleged Sex Abuse
08/09/2019 [-] Japan escal
08/08/2019 [-] Missing files and exorcism Guam's clergy abuse scandal...
08/08/2019 [-] Simone Biles on USA Gymnastics’ Failure to Stop Abuse ‘You Couldn’t Protect Us’
08/07/2019 [-] Father 'sadistically' abused at nursing home, daughter tells royal commission
08/07/2019 [-] 'He used to kick him, bash him' Inquest told of abuse before man's death
08/06/2019 [-] ‘The school remains vigilant' Knox Grammar teacher charged over child abuse images
08/05/2019 [-] R. Kelly faces new sex abuse charges in Minnesota
08/05/2019 [-] Should Clergy Be Required to Report Abusers Who Confess?
08/04/2019 [-] Pope encourages priests disheartened by sex abuse fallout...
08/02/2019 [-] Perth lollipop man jailed for filming himself molesting young school children
08/01/2019 [-] Lok Sabha passes bill to provide death for child abuse
07/31/2019 [-] Epstein set to return to court in sex abuse case
07/30/2019 [-] U.N. Palestinian Refugee Agency Engaged in ‘Abuses of Authority,’ Report Claims
07/29/2019 [-] Palmdale boy's dea
07/29/2019 [-] Priests accused of sex abuse turned to under-the-radar group...
07/29/2019 [-] Trump hurls racist abuse at Rev. Al Sharpton ‘Hates Whites & Cops!’
07/27/2019 [-] NFL star blames fertility treatment for failing substance abuse test...
07/27/2019 [-] Evangelical Megachurch Sued for Million in Child Sex Abuse Case...
07/26/2019 [-] Black rag dolls meant to be abused pulled from stores...
07/26/2019 [-] Drunk white man pulls gun on black neighbor and spews racist abuse police
07/26/2019 [-] Chelsea kennel sued for selling sick puppies, animal abuse
07/26/2019 [-] Former Anglican Dean convicted over sex abuse of 15-year-old boy
07/25/2019 [-] Ray Hadley reveals former producer is taking him to court over bullying claims
07/24/2019 [-] Was sexually abused when I was 13 TMC MP Derek O'Brien
07/24/2019 [-] Australian man held in Nepal over alleged child abuse
07/23/2019 [-] Australian paraglider charged over child sexual abuse in Nepal
07/22/2019 [-] When Online Teachers See Child Abuse
07/21/2019 [-] 'Internet brides' abused and held captive in suburban Australian homes
07/18/2019 [-] Abuse at real-life reform school inspires Pulitzer Prize-winner's new novel
07/18/2019 [-] Deemed dangerous, Epstein denied bail in sex abuse case
07/18/2019 [-] Trump's racist tweets have parallels to the abuse of Adam Goodes
07/18/2019 [-] An Early Survivor of Larry Nassar’s Abuse Speaks Out For the First Time
07/18/2019 [-] EU Commission fines Qualcomm for second time over market abuse
07/18/2019 [-] First look at 'UNTOUCHABLE' doc about Harvey Weinstein's alleged sex abuse...
07/18/2019 [-] Paedophile priest 'used disguise of holy orders' to sexually abuse children, court told
07/17/2019 [-] Carer spared jail over sexual abuse of boy with disability
07/15/2019 [-] How he groomed, abused his 'Number One girl'...
07/12/2019 [-] Trump Cabinet member quits over handling of Epstein sex scandal
07/12/2019 [-] Labor Secretary Acosta to Resign Amid Epstein Abuse Scandal
07/10/2019 [-] Treatment of Migrant Children at Border Is ‘Child Abuse,’ Says House Committee Chairman
07/10/2019 [-] 'No end of abuse' Tourists overwhelm Uluru with human waste
07/10/2019 [-] UN to investigate potential human rights abuses in Australia
07/09/2019 [-] Pelosi Calls on Trump’s Labor Secretary to Resign Amid Epstein Abuse Scandal
07/06/2019 [-] Amish aid worker indicted for child sex abuse in Ohio after fleeing from Haiti
07/05/2019 [-] 'He could check everything I bought' This is what financial abuse looks like
07/05/2019 [-] Michael Jackson fans sue alleged abuse victims from Leaving Neverland doco
07/04/2019 [-] Young Jewish Europeans face more abuse than their parents...
07/03/2019 [-] Catholic Church allowed Brother John Laidlaw to keep teaching after abuse, court hears
07/03/2019 [-] Sundance Co-Founder Gets at Least Six Years in Prison for Child Sex Abuse Case
07/02/2019 [-] Pastor of anti-gay Alabama church arrested after telling congregation he sexually abused boys
07/02/2019 [-] Facebook Abused To Spread Remote Access Trojans Since 2015
07/01/2019 [-] Girl Recalls Abuse in Texas Border Station
07/01/2019 [-] Amid abuse scandals, Vatican upholds confession secrecy...
07/01/2019 [-] Child sexual abuse material spreading 'exponentially' on social media
07/01/2019 [-] Child sexual abuse survivors in NSW blocked from 'fair compensation'
06/27/2019 [-] Creationist Ken Ham accused of ‘bullying and spiritual abuse’ by former Creation Museum staffer
06/27/2019 [-] China opposes U.S. abuse of export control, urges cooperation
06/27/2019 [-] 'I hope you rot in there' Jail for teacher who abused 38 students
06/25/2019 [-] 'They just don't give a s***' Abuse of bus drivers taking heavy toll
06/25/2019 [-] UN fears Myanmar human rights abuses in internet shutdown
06/24/2019 [-] Aged care home whistleblower accused of stalking, royal commission hears
06/24/2019 [-] Michael Jackson fans defiant as abuse claims loom over anniversary of his death
06/24/2019 [-] Tasmanian priest reveals own sexual abuse at hands of Catholic church
06/21/2019 [-] UK police arrest 44 in sex abuse inquiry
06/21/2019 [-] Spain's Supreme Court to settle 'Wolf Pack' sex abuse case
06/19/2019 [-] 'I was almost left homeless' The hidden financial costs of childhood abuse
06/18/2019 [-] Pop star Pookie ‘admits’ to substance abuse, helping hubby’s drug-trafficking
06/17/2019 [-] 'No-one will believe you' Top Anglican faces sex abuse trial
06/15/2019 [-] Actor said he was molested on set...
06/15/2019 [-] WA Government, banks join forces in crackdown on financial abuse of elderly people
06/14/2019 [-] Child abuse survivors 'ripped off' by agreements given chance to sue under law change
06/11/2019 [-] ICE Is Sending Asylum-Seekers to the Private Prison Where Mother Jones Exposed Abuse
06/11/2019 [-] Prosecutors crack down on clergy abuse as bishops gather...
06/11/2019 [-] Prosecutors crack down on clergy abuse as bishops gather
06/09/2019 [-] Southern Baptist Convention due to focus on sex abuse
06/07/2019 [-] When does a national security mindset become an abuse of power?
06/07/2019 [-] Presbyterian minister accused of using bizarre exorcism rituals to sexually abuse depressed men
06/07/2019 [-] New Mexico to Treat Opioid Abuse - with Pot...
06/06/2019 [-] Major road to be renamed over sex abuse allegations against former governor-general
06/06/2019 [-] Major road to be renamed after sex abuse allegations against former governor-general
06/05/2019 [-] Former Vatica
06/05/2019 [-] George Pell arrives at Supreme Court to appeal against child sex abuse convictions
06/04/2019 [-] Woman accuses top US cardinal of dismissing sex abuse case...
06/04/2019 [-] Judges prepare to hear George Pell's bid for freedom
06/03/2019 [-] Neighbours to rescue of boy abused by parents
06/02/2019 [-] Trump goes on ragetweet tirade at ‘abuser’ Mexico with threat ‘America has had enough!’
06/01/2019 [-] More must be done to fight child sex abuse
06/01/2019 [-] New 12-step program for survivors of church-related child sexual abuse
06/01/2019 [-] 155 patrons arrested at two Pattaya pubs for drug abuse
05/31/2019 [-] Catholic Church reports big rise in sex-abuse allegations...
05/31/2019 [-] Abuse of Migrant Children in U.S. Custody Goes All But Unpunished
05/31/2019 [-] Former foster carer who sexually abused seven children, jailed for 15 years
05/31/2019 [-] Kennerley Children's Home agrees to sign up for sexual abuse redress scheme
05/31/2019 [-] R Kelly charged with 11 additional counts in sexual abuse case
05/30/2019 [-] Ellen DeGeneres opens up about sexual abuse by stepfather
05/29/2019 [-] Child Psychiatric Abuse Is Real — I Should Know, I Lived It
05/28/2019 [-] After Years of Abuse, the Earth Has Sent Its Bill Collectors
05/28/2019 [-] What is it like for nurses working at the Royal Hobart Hospital in crisis?
05/27/2019 [-] ‘The Shame Was So Big.’ Ex-Boy Scouts Recount Stories of Abuse
05/27/2019 [-] Australian cardinal won’t fight child sex abuse charges if he loses appeal
05/26/2019 [-] Manager for Spiderman creator Stan Lee arrested over alleged elder abuse
05/25/2019 [-] Marvel Legend Stan Lee’s Former Manager Charged With Elder Abuse
05/25/2019 [-] 5 Catholic priests charged in Michigan sex abuse investigation...
05/24/2019 [-] SNAPCHAT Employees Abused Data Access to Spy on Users...
05/23/2019 [-] Judge warns parents after sentencing man who became addicted to child pornography at 13
05/23/2019 [-] Snapchat Employees Abused Data Access To Spy on Users
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Robot-assisted restorative proctectomy with coloanal anastomosis for anorectal malignant melanoma: An unusual case report
Yi-Chien Hsieh1, Ching-Wen Huang1, Wei-Chih Su1, Cheng-Jen Ma1, Yen-Cheng Chen1, Jaw-Yuan Wang2
1 Division of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2 Division of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery; Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital; Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Jaw-Yuan Wang,
Department of Surgery, Division of Colorectal Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, No. 100, Tzyou 1st Road, Kaohsiung 807
Anorectal malignant melanoma is a very rare but aggressive cancer which carries poor prognosis. Surgical intervention is the main management but whether wide local excision or abdominoperineal resection has better survival benefit remains controversial. However, robotic-assisted restorative proctectomy with coloanal anastomosis with intersphincteric resection (ISR) has not been reported yet. Hence, we presented a case with anorectal malignant melanoma treated with robotic-assisted ISR with coloanal anastomosis. The patient has satisfied post-operative life quality, and no local recurrence was noted after 3-year follow-up.
- Hsieh YC
- Huang CW
- Su WC
- Ma CJ
- Chen YC
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Habbakuk
Buy Spinning in the Air CD
Who are Habbakuk?
Sample Music from Spinning in the air.....
Habbakuk originated in 2004, born from a longstanding writing partnership between Jane and Graham Wilson and collaboration with Rob Adams. The present line up have been performing together since 2007 creating an interesting repertoire which fuses soft-rock, jazz-funk & folk influences with fast paced inventive guitar solos, creative bass lines and solid vocal harmonies.
Guitarist & song writer with origins in Cumbria but now an honorary Midlander - a born again rocker with a penchant for bass fishing, loves complex chord voicings & pushing musical boundaries - stands with Mozart (Amadeus) in the "too many notes" argument!
Jane Wilson
Vocals, harmonies & co-songwriter, a Bournville girl with a church ministry based in Droitwich, Worcestershire, creative influences include Stevie Wonder, Ian Dury, Steely Dan, Nile Rodgers, and Jesus.
Rob Adams
Vocalist & lyricist, born & bred in Birmingham, spent formative years listening to prog rock (alone!), infleunces include Radio Head, REM, Peter Gabriel, John Martin
Steve Publicover
Plays bass, originally from London, now Birmingham based, favourite musical listening includes 1970s rock, Todd Rundgren, Steely Dan, 1950’s-60’s Jazz, The Tubes .
Richard Denniston
The drummer, a native of Kingston upon Thames, now lives in Birmingham, worship leader at St John's Harborne, teaches drums & enjoys a wide range of music from 1950’s to 1990’s, including Rock ‘n’ Roll, Rock, Pop, Soul and Jazz.
Tim Sprackling
Plays keys, likes gadgets, dreamer, young at heart .
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HANSHI JUDAN, NAKAZA, SEIEI
KYOSHI HOBSON - SO HONBU CHO
RYUKYU KOBUDO
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Kiyobukan Updates: from the Desk of Kyoshi Hobson 11/26/2013
posted Dec 1, 2013, 2:15 PM by nintaikarate [ updated Dec 1, 2013, 2:28 PM ]
End of the year greetings to all of you! I pray that everyone receives this letter in good health and spirit.
Just to catch you all up on what events have been going on since the summer… I am extremely proud to announce Sensei Marques McCammon was promoted to Renshi/Godan by Hanshi as a part of his final words and wishes about the Kiyobukan. I was more than proud to be the barer of this exciting news as we had a special seminar at his dojo in San Marcos.
Additionally, we completed the Kata & Bunkai Conclave #6 at my dojo in early November. We had approximately thirty participants from four of our dojos in the association. We started out with basic bunkai and worked our way up.
Lastly, due to a conflict in schedule, Sensei Harriday’s dojo could not attend the Conclave. So the weekend following, they scheduled the exact seminar to be taught at their dojo. It was very well attended. Everyone trained hard and had a great time.
Beyond the update, I wanted to take this opportunity to express my sincerest gratitude for allowing me the opportunity to serve you in the Kiyobukan. It has been truly a great experience being the middleman between Hanshi Nakaza and our group. I have had the opportunity to come to everyone’s dojo on more than one occasion and have been fortunate enough to get to know everyone at least a bit better.
The Kiyobukan’s beginnings were meager. It was just Hanshi and I, and a big dream. Slowly but surely we built the organization, dojo by dojo, club by club to what it currently is today. Everyone has enjoyed summer camps with Hanshi, trips to Okinawa, conclaves, seminars and of course promotions. We all planned the perfect picnic, but the weather we just could not control.
As you all know, Hanshi passed early this fall after a strong bout with cancer. As you may already know, before he passed, Hanshi assumed the title of “Saiko Komon” (Senior Advisor) and he appointed me the “So Honbu Cho” (Main Association Chairman).
While I was in Okinawa, just before Hanshi passed, he told his family to tell me that I would be the one to carry on the Kiyobukan. They told that he had entrusted me, one-hundred percent, with the task of carrying his, and the Kiyobukan’s, legacy into the future. Although I am honored by the appointment, I would not hesitate to give it all back to have my instructor and close friend back amongst us.
Hanshi Nakaza was a giving individual. He gave his everything to his karate and to us. All he asked was that we always do our very best. He gave us a karate home and an opportunity to grow … He was, in essence, our adopted karate father and the Kiyobukan was his gift to us.
Kyoshi Brian Hobson
So Honbu Cho
International Shorin Ryu Kiyobukan
Virginian Becomes the First American Headquarters Chief of an Okinawan Karate Association
posted Sep 12, 2013, 3:56 PM by nintaikarate [ updated Sep 12, 2013, 3:57 PM ]
Hampton, Virginia’s, Brian K. Hobson has been appointed Director of the Okinawa Shorin-Ryu Kiyobukan’s headquarters in Okinawa, Japan.
Hampton, Virginia (PRWEB) September 12, 2013
Brian K. Hobson, a native of Hampton, Virginia has been appointed as the “So Honbu Cho” (Headquarters Director) of the Okinawa Shorin-Ryu Kiyobukan Association’s
Headquarters in Okinawa, Japan by the organizations Chairman, Hanshi (Grandmaster) 9th Degree Black Belt, Seiei Nakaza. This appointment marks the first time that an American has been granted the directorship of a karate association headquarters on Okinawa.
“Okinawa (Japan) is the birthplace of the Karate. However, Kyoshi (Master) Hobson has Karate of a quality to rival any senior student in Okinawa or anywhere else in the world,” quoted a representative of Hanshi (Grandmaster) Nakaza who presented Hobson with his promotion in Nakaza’s absence.
Karate is highly regarded by the Okinawan people, and is protected as a key cultural asset.
“I can’t put into words how humbled I feel by this appointment,” said Hobson. “I am not even sure that I fully comprehend the gravity of it at this point, but I pledge with my whole being that I will do everything in my power to make my teacher, my students, and the people of Okinawa proud of me.”
Brian Hobson is the owner and president of the Brian Hobson Karate Studio in Hampton, Virginia and has served as the Kiyobukan Association’s North American Director since 2008. A twenty-time U.S. National Karate Champion, former member of the, Olympic Committee sanctioned, U.S. Karate team, and an 8th Degree Black Belt, Hobson has been teaching Karate in Virgina since 1985. In his new position, Hobson will direct the standards and curriculum for all of the Kiyobukan Association members and perspective members worldwide.
About the Okinawa Shorin Ryu Kiyobukan
The Okinawa Shorin Ryu Kiyobukan (http://www.kiyobukan.com) is a traditional karate association founded by Hanshi (Grandmaster) Seiei Nakaza of Okinawa Japan. The association teaches Shorin Ryu Karate of the Matsumura, Itotsu, Chibana, Nakazato lineage with special focus on preserving the original fighting art of the Okinawan people. Founded in Itoman City, Okinawa the Kiyobukan has students around the world including nearly 1500 students across North America. For more information please visit http://www.kiyobukan.com.
Letter from Kyoshi
posted Jul 11, 2013, 1:40 AM by nintaikarate
Greetings to everyone in our Kiyobukan family! I pray that this letter finds everyone in good spirits and training diligently.
I am writing the this letter after a very good trip to Okinawa to train with Hanshi Nakaza.
As always we were greeted at the airport by Hanshi and Oshiro-san. Also this time we were greeted by our first time interpreter, Miki. After a quick introduction/reunion we were off to get a quick bite to eat. Since it was almost midnight when we finally got there, we ate Japanese fast food as Hanshi caught up with us and asked about others that were not in attendance. Next, we were shown our hotel (in Itoman City). This was the very first time any of us ever stayed in any other city other than Naha. The hotel was less than a year old, had a pool, close to a beach and Hanshi's dojo.
We did the normal tthings, such as go to Shuriedo, train like hell (in the heat), go to the beach, etc. What was different/unique about this trip??
1. We were featured (with pictures) in two of the biggest newspapers in Okinawa with Hanshi announcing the upcoming Summer Camp/Kiyobukan Tournament (check my facebook out for the pics).
2. Hanshi and myself were photographed for the Okinawan Masters project (I was truly honored).
3. Hanshi rented a beach cabin for everyone to enjoy the beach and for us to have a BBQ (the food was spectacular and of course before we left the day turned out to be a impromptu karate lesson in the cabin).
4. We attended a traditional dinner with traditional singing (our interpreter Miki is also an accomplished singer/guitarist. Her full time job is singing in Naha at a dinner theater)
5. Like last year, we attended the boat races in Itoman.
6. Everyone, including Hanshi attended the "Dojo Bar" and signed their names on the wall!
At any rate, Hanshi is very much looking forward to Summer Camp this year. After explaining everything to him, he was excited about this years first Annual Tournament! He was very adamant about EVERY dojo participating with their BEST athletes!!! So, again please encourage participation and if there are any questions please let me know.
After explaining the rules to Hanshi he made the following change to the rules:
In kata competition, you must at least use a minimum of 2 kata. You can not repeat the kata, until you have performed another kata in the next round.
1st round: Passai dai, 2nd round: Kusanku sho, 3rd round: either Passai dai or another kata other than Kusanku sho.
Remember this tournament is ONLY for current Kiyobukan members and for only ranks 5th kyu and above. Winners will not only be awarded their medals personally by Hanshi but also will receive FREE tuition for next years camp in sunny San Diego ($200 value).
Don't wait until the last minute to get your athletes prepared!!! Lets make this be an exciting part of the camp!!!
Just a friendly reminder: testing both black belts and under ranks in are eligible to test in front of Hanshi. There is no higher honor than to receive a certificate for a higher rank from the leader of your association.
Hanshi should be coming into Norfolk on Tuesday prior to camp and leaving the Tuesday after camp. Everyone that has signed up for camp is welcome to come early and/or stay later and train at my dojo. Please let me know if you plan on attending.
I look forward to seeing everyone this year at camp. If you have any ideas or suggestions please let me know asap!
In the spirit of Budo,
Brian Hobson,
KYOSHI HOBSON ANNOUNCES THE FIRST ALL KIYOBUKAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
posted Jan 23, 2013, 4:01 PM by nintaikarate [ updated Jan 23, 2013, 4:08 PM ]
Hampton, Virg. (January 23, 2013) - Kyoshi (7th Degree Black Belt) Brian Hobon, Rijicho (Director) of the International Shorin Ryu Kiyobukan recently announced his plans to host the first ever all Kiyobukan Karate Championship Tournament in conjunction with the 2013 Summer Training Camp in Hampton, Virginia. The tournament is designed to celebrate the strength and deep legacy of "Shuri-Te" and traditional Okinawan Karate.
"This will be the first year we will host our own karate tournament at the camp," said Hobson. "This will be the beginning of a legacy that we hope to carry on for many years."
The tournament will be open to only Kiyobukan members. Hanshi, Grandmaster, Seiei Nakaza will be in attendance and will present all awards to the winners of their respective divisions. According to Hobson the event will offer beautiful custom medals for the top competitors, and first place winners will receive full tuition for the 2014 training camp in San Diego California.
About the International Shorin Ryu Kiyobukan
Okinawan Shorin-Ryu Kiyobukan was founded in 2008 by Hanshi, 9th Dan, Seiei Nakaza of to preserve the legacy of Shorin-Ryu as Karate as it was passed down through the Matsumura, Itosu, Chibana, Nakazato lineage. After nearly 55 years of training with some of the most noted masters in the history of karate, in the birthplace of karate, Nakaza-sensei has fostered a gathering to preserve karate's future. The association was founded nurture purity of the Budo spirit of Okinawa and focuses on developing the
quality of karate-ka above all.
Sensei Paul Hamilton and Sensei Phong Tran are promoted to 5th Dan, Renshi. Sensei Paul Recieves Shihan Certification
posted Oct 5, 2012, 11:44 PM by nintaikarate [ updated Oct 6, 2012, 12:06 AM ]
August 2012 - Scarborogh, Ontario Canada
After more than 30 years in the martial arts and 22 years as an instructor Sensei Paul Hamilton has been promoted to the rank of Godan (5th degree black belt) Renshi by Hanshi Seiei Nakaza. After a grueling 7-hour test in which Renshi Hamilton and his top black belts showed the true depths of Kiyobu (pure warrior) spirit, Hamilton and Sensei Phong Tran, Hamilton's most senior student, where presented certificates of promotion to the rank of Godan Renshi, by Hanshi Nakaza, and Kyoshi Hobson.
Additionally, in recognition of his rich heritage as an instructor of Shorin-ryu Karate, Hanshi Nakaza also presented Renshi Hamilton with a Shihan Certification that internationally acknowledges his knowledge and skill as an instructor.
"The Shihan certification sets Renshi Hamilton above the masses," commented Kyoshi Brian Hobson. "He could take that anywhere in the world and traditional karateka will honor and respect it as a symbol of his knowledge and commitment to teaching."
In addition to Renshi Hamilton and Renshi Phong, Sensei Brain Butcher, SenseiTony Rosa, and Sensei Ravi Graham were all tested and promoted to the ranks of Sandan (3rd Degree), Yondan (4th Degree), and Yondan (4th Degree) respectively. Opel Jones, Ana Kupke, and Noah were tested and promoted the rank of Shodan (1st degree black belt) and will hence forth be regarded as Sensei.
KIYOBUKAN KARATE STUDENTS MEET WITH THE GOVERNOR OF OKINAWA
posted Jun 25, 2012, 8:12 PM by nintaikarate [ updated Jun 25, 2012, 8:19 PM ]
Kiyobukan Karate students were the honored guests of the Governor of Okinawa on Friday June 22, at the Executive Offices of the Governor in Naha City Okinawa.
The Governor greeted Hanshi Seiei Nakaza who was accompanied by Kyoshi Brian Hobson, and 7 karateka from the U.S. and Canada. The Governor, center in navy blue, told the shorin ryu stylist of his plans to develop a new venue on Okinawa to celebrate the Ryukyu Islands' rich tradition as the birth place of Karate.
Kiyobukan Participates in 500 year old tradition in Itoman-shi Okinawa
posted Jun 25, 2012, 7:51 PM by nintaikarate [ updated Feb 17, 2019, 2:33 PM ]
Members of the International Kiyobukan Kyokai participated in a 500 year old tradition on June 23, 2012 when they joined the people of Nashiro Village, Itoman-Shi Okinawa for the annual canoe race. Hanshi Nakaza and his students were special guests at the event thanks to the
Senator of Itoman City.
While at the event Kyoshi Brian Hobson directed a group of six Kiyobukan black belts to participate in the canoe race. The race launch from Nashiro beach with three teams racing simultaneously, all in traditional dress of the historic fishing village. The Kiyobukan team managed an
impressive secondly place finish behind the team from the Okinawan military.
Following the race the Kiyobukan karate-ka performed kata for the race attendees on the beach. The team performed Passai Sho to a warm reception from the event attendees. Following the event, Hanshi Nakaza, Kyoshi Hobson, and the other black belts joined the villages for a traditional eku dance, and luncheon at the village clubhouse. Following lunch, Sensei Phong Tran performed kata for the visitors of the community clubhouse.
"This was an amazing experience for us," said Kyoshi Brian Hobson. "Our Kiyobukan karate is now a part of the rich tradition of Nashiro Beach. There is no way to quantify the value of something like that."
Kiyobukan Welcomes Sensei Heidi Inman and The Dojo of Three Rings
posted Feb 22, 2012, 4:23 AM by nintaikarate [ updated Mar 18, 2012, 9:40 PM ]
HAMPTON, VA, February, 12, 2012 - Brian K. Hobson, Richicho (North American Director) of the Okinawan Shorin-ryu Kiyobukan Kyokai announced today that Sensei Heidi Inman and The Dojo of Three Rings has joined the Kiyobukan. Sensei Inman's school is located in Alta Visa, Virginia and offers classes for all age students. Inman presently holds the rank of Sandan (3rd Degree Black Belt) in traditional Shorin-ryu karate.
"We are proud to welcome Sensei Inman to our association," said Hobson. "She will bring a new perspective and a strong spirit to our association. I know that we will all work to make here feel welcome"
The Kiyobukan was founded in 2008, by Hanshi (9th Dan) Nakaza, Seiei to preserve and promote the legacy of traditional Okinawan Shorin-ryu Karate-Do and Ryukyu Kobudo. The name, Kiyobukan, translates to the "House of the Pure Warrior." It is Hanshi Nakaza's wish that every member of the organization endeavor to manifest that meaning the all of life and uphold the rich legacy that has grown from the original Shuri-Te.
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The first directions hearing will usually be held 28 days after the date the application was filed. It will be conducted by either a registrar (for matters in Classes 1 and 2) or the List Judge (for matters in Class 3) in a court in the Court’s building at 225 Macquarie Street, Sydney. The location of the Court and the precise time of the day when the directions hearing will occur will be shown on the court Lists posted on a notice board in the foyer of the building and on the Court’s website under Court Lists in the afternoon of the day before the directions hearing.
Information about the listing can also be seen:
By logging in to your case in the NSW Online Registry (read about Online Services here);
If the listing date is less than 3 weeks away, using the NSW Online Registry court list search
The applicant and respondent are to hand to the Court at the first directions hearing an agreed or their own versions of a minute of the directions they propose the Court should make to prepare the matter and facilitate the just, quick and cheap resolution of the appeal (paragraph 29 of the Practice Note).
These directions should be based on the usual directions in Schedule B to thePractice Note:
Usual directions for hearing
Usual directions for conciliation conference
If the parties do not agree, each party should prepare their own version of the directions they propose (paragraph 29 of the Practice Note).
Arranging conciliation
Miscellaneous appeals are usually appropriate to be resolved through conciliation rather than a court hearing. Conciliation is undertaken with a commissioner of the Court, usually with knowledge and expertise in the subject matter and issues raised in the appeal. Information is available on conciliation. The registrar or the List Judge will fix a conciliation conference, for short matters, before the Duty Commissioner on the next available Friday, or for other matters, within 14 days, subject to the availability of the Court and commissioners (paragraph 31 of the Practice Note). If the parties consider conciliation would not be appropriate for the particular appeal, they will need to give their reasons for that view to the registrar or the List Judge (paragraph 30 of the Practice Note). The registrar or the List Judge may still direct a conciliation conference after having considered the parties’ reasons.
Applying for leave to adduce expert evidence
This applies only if you are seeking a hearing date at the first directions hearing. Any party intending to adduce expert evidence at the hearing of any development appeal must apply for directions from the Court under Pt 31 r 31.19 of the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 permitting the adducing of expert evidence.
The application for directions is to be made at a directions hearing at which the development appeal is listed for hearing.
The application is to be supported by a completed information sheet, outlining the issues in the proceedings, the experts whose opinion is sought to be adduced as evidence in the proceedings, and the areas of expertise of each expert. At the hearing of the application for directions, the party seeking directions is to explain the expert evidence sought to be adduced and why the use of that expert evidence should be permitted, including why that expert evidence relates to a real issue in the proceedings and is reasonably required to resolve that issue.
Completed information sheets
If the parties are seeking hearing dates, they are to hand to the Court at the first directions hearing their completed Classes 1, 2 and 3 Miscellaneous Appeals Information Sheets (paragraph 36 of the Practice Note). These sheets assist the registrar or the List Judge to make directions that are appropriate to the particular circumstances of the matter and the parties.
The registrar or the List Judge will make directions, generally in accordance with the usual directions at first directions hearing, including fixing a date for conciliation (if appropriate) and for the second directions hearing, and directing the applicant and respondent to file and serve their statements of facts and contentions in accordance with Schedule A of the Practice Note. The registrar or the List Judge will state the directions orally. It is important that the parties record the directions the registrar or the List Judge makes. A written copy of the directions made is not usually sent to the parties.
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Media posting
What is Cataract?
Cataracts are a disease in which the crystalline lens becomes clouded.
The lens is in the eye, it corresponds to the lens in a camera. As you get older, the lens becomes clouded progressively. This is similar to the way hair gradually becomes white as you get older.
Normal eyes Cataract eye
The cause of cataracts like this is mostly aging, but there are other causes such as trauma (you have hit the eye a long time ago, etc.), radiation (you have been treated with radiation, etc.) The use of certain drugs (steroid hormone drugs, etc.) , diseases such as diabetes can cause cataracts.
When do you operate?
Cataracts may be operated on at any time unless it is too late. In the early stages of cataracts, vision will not be much worse. The cataract slowly progresses, but the visual acuity slowly worsens accordingly. Consider surgery if your life and work suffer because of cataract visual impairment.
Newspaper hard to read?
Cleaning is difficult?
Driving becomes uneasy?
During the course of having a cataract, cataracts may cause glaucoma or cause uveitis. In such a case, doctors actively recommend cataract surgery so that it will not be too late. In order to avoid this window of opportunity, visit a reliable ophthalmologist regularly when it comes to cataracts.
In order to prevent eye infection and inflammation for a while after surgery, please keep the following points
About 1 to 3 months after surgery,
use eye drops according to your doctor's instructions
Avoid facial cleansing and
bathing for about a week after surgery
Protect eyes from direct sunlight until
the condition of eyes calms down
State of the art multifocal intraocular lens (EDOF intraocular lens)
- Miniwell Lady® (SIFI) and Technics Symphony® Opti Blue (AMO) -
An intraocular lens is an artificial lens that is implanted in the eye instead of the lens extracted by cataract surgery. The intraocular lens affects the most visible operation (quality of appearance, quality of life) of various surgical items and devices related to cataract surgery.
The intraocular lens has a single focus intraocular lens and a multifocal intraocular lens. Since the single focus intraocular lens has only one focus, it requires eyeglasses frequently after surgery, but the multifocal intraocular lens has more focal points compared to the single focus intraocular lens. You can greatly reduce the frequency of glasses usage.
There are various kinds even if it is called multifocal intraocular lens In a word. Currently, the advanced multifocal intraocular lenses Minifell Lady ® (SIFI) and Technics Symphony ® Opti Blue (AMO) are called Extended depth of focus intraocular lens (EDOF) and have depth of focus. It is a completely new type of intraocular lens that was made to conceptually expand. EDOF intraocular lenses have lower contrast sensitivity (quality of appearance), halo, glare (glare), while acquiring a far wider clear vision range (range of focus) compared to single focus intraocular lenses, ghost (you can see something like a shadow), and so on. Conventional multifocal intraocular lens suffered from problems such as reduction in contrast sensitivity and secondary symptoms such as halo, glare, ghost, etc., in order to obtain high visibility capability. EDOF intraocular lens is a lens that can be used more reliably than many traditional multifocal intraocular lenses, with fewer secondary symptoms, although the near vision will be slightly reduced. Especially Miniwell Lady ® (SIFI) thinks that it is one of the most superior intraocular lenses today with fewer side effects than Tecniques Symphony ® Opti Blue (AMO).
Multifocal intraocular lenses are expensive due to their own burden, but patients who wish to reduce the frequency of use of eyeglasses after cataract surgery become more and more year by year, and more people who choose multifocal intraocular lens are increasing. * Technics Symphony® Opti Blue (AMO company) is approved by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare and is subject to advanced medical insurance.
Appearance of monofocal intraocular lens How to see the multifocal intraocular lens
Because multifocal intraocular lenses are highly functional, precise surgery and examination are required, and depending on the patient's eyes, personality and life, it may be worse than monofocal intraocular lenses. If you would like a multifocal intraocular lens during cataract surgery, if you are interested, please do not hesitate to contact your doctor or staff.
Toric (astigmatism correction intraocular lens)
The Toric intraocular lens, instead of the lens cloudy in cataract surgery, intraocular lens to be implanted one of the, correct astigmatism you can. Astigmatism is caused by distortion of the crystalline lens and cornea, which is the lens of the eye. Cataract surgery eliminates the distortion of the lens, but the distortion of the cornea, another lens, remains. If there is astigmatism, symptoms such as a blurred and double appearance are seen with the naked eye even after cataract surgery . Symptoms of astigmatism are alleviated by transplanting Toric intraocular lenses and correcting corneal astigmatism in the eye.
Toric intraocular lenses are exactly the same as ordinary intraocular lenses because the risk of surgery is the same as ordinary intraocular lenses , and financial burden is also insurance adaptation.
It can be said that there are no disadvantages of Toric intraocular lenses, and our hospital is actively using it for people with adaptation of Toric intraocular lens in cataract surgery.
How to treat cataract
1Do not treat
Normally cataract surgery is not something that must be done urgently. So it is one choice not to perform surgery immediately. If you leave it, cataracts will progress and your eyesight will slowly worsen. However, sometimes glaucoma and uveitis occur as the cataract progresses, and there is a situation that you will have to undergo surgery in a hurry.
The result of cataract surgery which is done after such an emergency situation is not as good as the result of normal cataract surgery.
Whether your cataracts will merge such glaucoma or uveitis in the future is hard to predict. Even if you decide not to undergo surgery in the near future, in order not to overlook such a period, visit a reliable ophthalmologist regularly.
2Medication
Currently, drugs that clearly improve cataract are not known. Drugs that delay the progression of cataracts include catarin, curryuny, isethion, and tion.
Most cataracts improve only by surgery. At our hospital, cataract surgery is performed under a surgical microscope with the latest equipment and technology, and we are satisfied we can help everyone.
Cataracts (cloudy lenses) are divided into the nucleus, the cortex surrounding it, and the outermost capsule (anterior capsule and posterior capsule). The procedure of surgery to remove them is divided into 22 steps, but as a general outline, it cuts out the central part of the anterior capsule, sucks the nucleus ultrasonically, or ejects it, and aspirates the cortex. The judgment of supersonic emulsification suction (cataract ultrasonic emulsification aspiration) or expulsion (cataractus extragudectomy) depends on the nature of the cataract, this is left to the director.
Removal of the cataract will cause an object to look blurry unless it compensates the lens with only the refractive power of the crystalline lens inside or outside the eye. In our hospital, it is usual to insert a lens called an intraocular lens into the eye and end the operation (intraocular lens transplantation). Normally, intraocular lenses will not be replaced throughout their lifetime. If you do not use an intraocular lens for any reason, use contact lenses or thick glasses after surgery. Contact lenses do not need to be put in and out every day, and they can be used continuously for about a week or so.
Cataract surgery is done to improve eyesight, all the staff below the director will do their best for this purpose.
However, in rare cases, the visual acuity of surgical results may not be different from the visual acuity before surgery, or it may be worse than the patient’s previous level of eyesight. The causes include bleeding in the eye, edema of the cornea, infection, adhesion failure of the wound, retinal detachment, retinal edema, endophthalmitis, diplopia, glaucoma, dropout of the intraocular lens, late cataracts and the like . Although we take all possible measures against these complications, we also note that in rare cases it may lead to blindness as a result.
There are also complications that can occur in any other surgery. That is, abnormal reactions to local anesthetic and other drugs used during surgery, sudden cerebral hemorrhage, sudden cardiac arrest etc. These complications are hard to foresee but fortunately the frequency is very low.
Before cataract surgery, please understand the above thoroughly. Please sign the surgical consent form afterwards. Do not hesitate to ask a doctor or nurse when you do not understand, or are worried, etc. when you come to the hospital. Also, if you feel any abnormality, do not leave as it is, please do not hesitate to seek immediate medical examination.
Surgery in our hospitalCataract surgery can be done on a day trip.
Advancement of surgery has enabled cataract surgery to be more secure and accurate than ever before. At our hospital, cataract surgery is done with patients hospitalized over one night and day trip. In addition, we can accommodate you in a nearby hotel, so please consult us. Cataract surgery is done in about 10 minutes with eye drop anesthesia.
Surgery uses supersonic waves from a small wound to aspirate the turbidity of the lens and then insert the intraocular lens. Usually surgery is performed with anesthetic eye drops. It is a delicate surgical operation performed using a microscope, but do not worry about it, so relax when you see the light of the microscope. After surgery, you will wear an eye patch for 1 day. Then you will use protective glasses for 1 week. Intraocular lenses can be used permanently.
The intraocular lens works to focus instead of the removed lens. Since the lens is inserted at the original position, there is no foreign body feeling and there is no need to remove it.
Eye glasses are necessary even after cataract surgery.
Depending on the degree of the lens to be inserted, the previous hyperopia / myopia status and the use of reading glasses frequency will change. Therefore, the glasses used before surgery will not suit. If necessary, we will match the pair of eyeglasses one month after surgery, but we can rent you a pair of glasses in the meantime. Please contact us.
We safely perform cataract surgery with advanced medical technology and the latest surgical equipment.
Doctors and staff pay close attention and aim for 100% success so that many people can feel satisfying joy of restored vision.
We hope to be highly regarded and trusted as a medical institution by everyone.
Since Miyoshi Eye Clinic opened in 1984, a total of 72,859 cases of cataract surgery have been performed.
66,804 cases treated in our hospital.
6,055 cases of business trip surgery.
A total of 72,859 cases
of cataract surgery have been performed.
The surgical results of our hospital are here
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Jean Paul Gaultier, bad to the bone
by MT2010 · March 8, 2010
In a nice interview for The Times Online.co.uk, french designer Jean Paul Gaultier reveals some interesting tidbits about how he started his collaboration with Madonna:
It must be nice to see all those early 1990s, Madonna-style boobs back in the world. How did they originally meet? I was a fan, he says. She made her first concert in Paris in 1987 or 1988, and there was a party after. I was intimidé, but she was first to arrive, waiting for everybody. She was like this always for 10 years, always on time but now… boof, finished! She is the last one, he laughs.
Alors, she was super-cute, so I said to er, I would love to do something super-special for you. She was like, Yeah, yeah, okay. Then, two days before my show, I receive a phone call. They tell me its Madonna, but Im like, Yeah, yeah, okay, whatever. I dont believe its possible. But the next day I ask if its true, and there is a number and I call and she answers and tells me to come to New York and we prepare for the tour.
So began a working relationship theyve dipped in and out of for 20 years. A friendship also developed, though I suspect Gaultier retains a fans fascination. I went to a club with her and all the good-looking boys were looking, but not recognising her. She was so famous, they couldnt imagine she would be there, so they were cruising her“.
However, his most hilarious Madonna memory relates to her wedding to Guy Ritchie in 2000. He wore a kilt with nothing under, says Gaultier approvingly. How do you know? I ask him, Its true? He say, You see! he says, miming Ritchie whipping up his skirt. And was it…? Well, I understood Madonna! Hahaha! he cackles, then shouts in delight as a plate of fish and different pastel-coloured mashed potatoes is placed in front of him.You can check out the rest of the interview by clicking here.
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Changi Airport begins Terminal 2 expansion works to increase capacity and enhance passenger experience
Press release • Jan 16, 2020 17:58 +08
The revamped entrance to the T2 Departure Immigration Hall will be defined by layers of overhanging planters set against a new colour palette of earthy tones.
SINGAPORE, 16 January 2020 – Changi Airport Group (CAG) announced today that expansion and renovation works at Terminal 2 (T2) will commence after the Chinese New Year holidays, beginning with check-in rows 9 to 12 in the Departure Hall. This marks the beginning of a multi-year expansion project which will increase T2’s handling capacity, as well as to replace facilities and amenities which are nearing the end of their shelf lives.
The expansion project will add 15,500 square metres to the terminal building and increase Changi Airport’s capacity by five million passengers per annum (mppa). This brings Changi’s total capacity to 90 mppa when the works are completed around 2024.
Last refurbished in 2006, the refreshed T2 will sport even more greenery and natural elements at every turn, in keeping with Changi’s signature garden theme in its terminals. There will also be space added in the Departure and Arrival Halls, giving more room to airport operations such as check-in and immigration clearance. Additional retail and F&B outlets will be introduced in both the public and transit areas, providing passengers and visitors with wider and refreshed options. At the same time, passenger touchpoints will be enhanced for a smoother and more seamless experience.
Transformed check-in layout in Departure Hall
The refurbished T2 Departure Hall will feature a spacious common-use central Fast And Seamless Travel (FAST) zone, with more automated check-in kiosks and bag drop machines. With this, more passengers will be able to use these self-service options to check-in early. Concurrently, the existing rows of check-in counters in the Departure Hall will be transformed to better serve passengers. All in all, the passenger handling capacity in the hall will be increased by as much as 20%.
To facilitate the expansion works, some airlines operating in T2 will be shifted to alternative check-in rows within the terminal during the course of works. The two flight information display flip boards will be retired, with the one between Check-in Rows 9 and 10 to be decommissioned next month.
A duplex F&B concept will be introduced at the north end of T2’s landside leading to Jewel Changi Airport, to provide visitors with a fresh dining experience, while transforming this gateway to Jewel.
Refreshed offerings in Departure Transit Hall
In the Departure Transit Hall, the Orchid Garden, which has provided calm reprieve to many passengers with its elegant orchids since 1997, will be closed to make way for a new garden. This new garden will showcase a revolutionary landscape design, incorporating a plethora of new plant species for the enjoyment of passengers when it re-opens.
To cater for more retail and F&B offerings for passengers, the commercial spaces within the Departure Transit Hall will be increased. In particular, the food street areas along the length of the Departure Transit Hall and overlooking the tarmac will undergo refurbishment. Designed to provide passengers with a garden dining experience, this area will incorporate dramatic green walls, hanging plants and soft lighting. More F&B kiosks options will be brought in, along with additional seating and a newly curated tenant mix for an enhanced dining experience.
In addition, all passengers, whether transferring, transiting or departing, can also look forward to refreshed waiting areas with more comfortable seating, relaxation zones and a new play area for children. New experiential zones will be introduced at various locations within the Departure Transit Hall to keep passengers entertained during their time at Changi.
Expanded Immigration Halls and more belts for baggage claim
To cater to higher passenger traffic passing through T2, the Departure and Arrival Immigration Halls will be expanded. Specifically, the Immigration Halls will be reconfigured to support additional automated immigration lanes. The Immigration Halls will similarly incorporate lush greenery, extending a warm welcome to our passengers.
To handle a higher volume of bags at T2, two existing baggage belts will be lengthened and another two new belts will be added, bringing the total number of baggage belts to 10. The Early Baggage Storage system will also be upgraded from semi-automated to fully-automated, allowing some 2,300 bags to be stored at any time.
Enhanced experience at Arrival Hall
In the Arrival Hall, a garden-like lounge will be created, where meeters and greeters can wait comfortably for their friends and families to arrive.
For the dining outlets in the public area of the airport, McDonald’s in the Arrival Hall will close on 31 January 2020, while Starbucks in the Departure Hall will cease operations in April 2020. The remaining F&B outlets in T2’s public areas will remain open for passengers and visitors until the later phases of the expansion works. With the refurbishment, a new cluster of F&B kiosks will offer additional quick bites options at the south end of the Arrival Hall.
Continuing operations amidst expansion works
Mr Tan Lye Teck, CAG’s Executive Vice President of Airport Management said, “The expansion and renovation works will rejuvenate T2, while the upgrades in the key operating infrastructure such as the baggage handling systems will enhance the terminal’s capacity and efficiency, allowing us to serve more airlines and passengers when the works are completed. T2 will continue to operate and welcome passengers, even as we work to minimise disruption to operations and inconvenience to passengers and visitors.”
The main contractor appointed for the T2 expansion works is Takenaka Corporation. The project is designed by JH Boiffils and a panel of multi-disciplinary consultants comprising RSP Architects Planners & Engineers (Pte) Ltd as the lead architect, with J Roger Preston (S) Pte Ltd, Rider Levett Bucknall LLP, Infoline Technologies Pte Ltd and Ignesis Consultants Pte Ltd.
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Changi Airport Group (Singapore) Pte Ltd (CAG) (www.changiairportgroup.com) was formed on 16 June 2009 and the corporatisation of Singapore Changi Airport (IATA: SIN, ICAO: WSSS) followed on 1 July 2009. As the company managing Changi Airport, CAG undertakes key functions focusing on airport operations and management, air hub development, commercial activities and airport emergency services. CAG also manages Seletar Airport (IATA: XSP, ICAO: WSSL) and through its subsidiary Changi Airports International, invests in and manages foreign airports.
The world's seventh busiest airport for international traffic, Changi Airport managed a record 65.6 million passenger movements in 2018. The airport’s latest gem, Jewel Changi Airport, opened in April 2019 and now attracts millions of visitors every month. Including Jewel, Changi Airport’s retail and dining offerings total more than 500 stores and over 260 F&B outlets. With over 100 airlines connecting Singapore to 380 cities worldwide, Changi Airport handles about 7,400 flights every week, or about one every 80 seconds.
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Roush Yates Engines Enjoy MOMENTUM!
The 2018 race season has been loaded with Roush Yates Engines’ horsepower. With more than half the season in the rear-view mirror and the chase for multiple championships ahead; 21 wins and 19 poles have been recorded, while 4,772 laps have been led by 33 different drivers, representing 16 different Ford Performance teams. This dynamic partnership between Ford Performance and Roush Yates Engines has been firing on all cylinders.
The Ford GTs, powered by the twin-turbo Ford EcoBoost V6 race engines, kicked off the 2018 season in January at the IMSA season-opener, Rolex 24 At Daytona. It was a case of deja vu for Ford Chip Ganassi Racing with a first-place finish for the second consecutive year in the 24-hour endurance race.
Ford GT Goes Back-to-Back at Rolex 24 | Ford Performance
No. 67 Ryan Briscoe, Richard Westbrook and IndyCar driver Scott Dixon recorded Ford’s first win of the season and marked Chip Ganassi’s 200th win. In addition, the No. 66 sister-car with drivers Joey Hand, Dirk Müller and Sébastien Bourdais (2017 Rolex winners) came in second, making it a 1-2 Ford finish.
NASCAR shifted into high gear in February, during Daytona Speedweeks and so did the 22 Ford Performance teams.
Brad Keselowski, Team Penske’s No. 2 Ford Fusion, came out to win the first non-points race of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) season, the Clash at Daytona International Speedway.
In their second year with Ford Performance, Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) has been dialed in, winning 8 out of the first 19 MENCS races of the season.
It was a 1-2-3 finish for Ford Performance at Atlanta Raceway. Powered by the Ford FR9 EFI race engine, the No. 4 of Kevin Harvick captured SHR’s 40th all-time MENCS win with his Jimmy John’s Ford Fusion, along with Ford teammates, Brad Keselowski and Clint Bowyer rounded out the top three spots in the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500.
In addition, Harvick swept the weekend, by taking the No. 98 Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste Ford Mustang to its first Victory Lane at Atlanta in the NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS).
The West Coast swing saw a lot of action, tallying up four NASCAR wins and the first MENCS pole of the season.
At Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Harvick drove the No. 4 into Victory Lane for the second week in a row, winning his 100th career NASCAR race.
Ryan Blaney, Team Penske’s new full-time driver of the No.12, also found success in the dessert, winning Ford’s first MENCS pole of the season in Las Vegas.
It was two wins for Ford Performance at the second stop on the West Coast, Arizona. Harvick reached another career milestone at ISM Raceway, winning his 40th career MENCS race and recording his third win in a row for SHR and Ford Performance.
Brad Keselowski also went to Victory Lane in Arizona, winning Team Penske’s first NXS race of the season in the DC Solar 200.
Joey Logano collected the second checkered flag, in as many weeks, for the No. 22 NXS team owner Roger Penske. Logano won Penske’s first Xfinity series race at Fontana and recorded his 29th career Xfinity win by leading 139 of the 150-lap race.
KohR Motorsports won the IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge Series (CTSC) race for the second consecutive year in Sebring, Florida. Drivers Nate Stacy and Kyle Marcelli picked up their first win as co-drivers in the No. 60 Ford Mustang GT4.
To wrap up the month of March, Clint Bowyer won his first race at Martinsville Speedway, leading a race high 215 laps in the MENCS STP 500. Bowyer recorded his first win under SHR and secured a spot in the run for the championship.
The No. 41 SHR driver Kurt Busch, leveraged the horsepower of the Ford FR9 engine to collect his 20th career pole at Texas Motor Speedway.
Texas also saw Team Penske’s No. 22 post its’ third win of the season in three straight races with its’ third different driver. Driver Ryan Blaney swept the NXS event by collecting both the pole and the race win.
California native, Joey Hand captured the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship pole in Long Beach, California, the location of the only street race on the IMSA schedule. The No. 66 FCGR team captured the pole with co-drivers Hand and Dirk Müller.
The double zero of Cole Custer (No. 00) from SHR captured consecutive Xfinity poles in Bristol, Tennessee and Richmond, Virginia.
At Talladega Superspeedway it was the Ford Fusions that took the pole and checkered flag.
SHR drivers swept the front row of qualifying, with No. 4 Harvick securing the pole, covering the 2.66-mile track in 49.247 seconds (194.448 mph) and teammate No. 41 Busch earning P2.
Joey Logano, the No. 22 driver for Team Penske, came away from Talladega with the win and became the third Ford Performance driver to secure a spot in the playoffs.
Logano recorded Ford’s ninth plate race win out of the last 11 races. No manufacturer has dominated the restrictor-plate tracks of Daytona and Talladega more than Ford Performance, which has won 17 of the last 30 MENCS events at these two tracks.
In May, the Ford Chip Ganassi Racing – UK team started the FIA World Endurance Championship Series (WEC) season out strong by qualifying on the pole and capturing the win in the season opener in the Six Hours of Spa. Andy Priaulx, Harry Tincknell and Tony Kanaan took the pole in the No. 67.
No.66, FCGR sister-car, took home the checkered flag with Stefan Mücke and fellow drivers Olivier Pla and Billy Johnson.
Ford Performance | Ford GT wins WEC Season Opener at Spa
At Mid-Ohio, we saw the IMSA CTSC series, No.8 Ford Mustang GT4 team of Chad McCumbee and Patrick Gallagher start on the pole.
While, the No. 60 KohR Motorsports/Roush Performance Ford Mustang earned its second CTSC win of the season with drivers Kyle Marcelli and Nate Stacy taking the checkered flag in the Mid-Ohio 120.
The month of May started off red hot in NASCAR as well. Harvick didn’t waste any time kicking off the month in Dover, Delaware, where he drove to Victory Lane for the fourth time this season.
Harvick went on to record two more wins, in as many weeks. The first at Kansas Speedway where he also won the pole.
Ford Performance | Beginning of the 2018 NASCAR Season
He then came home to Charlotte Motor Speedway, the home of NASCAR, where he won $1,000,000 in the NASCAR All-Star race.
Matt Kenseth returned to racing at Charlotte Motor Speedway, where his career started at Roush Fenway Racing, to record the 359th all-time career NASCAR pole for Jack Roush.
In addition, Brad Keselowski and Ford teammate Cole Custer made it a 1-2 start and finish for Ford Performance in the Charlotte Xfinity race, marking the fourth NXS win for Team Penske for the year.
Blaney recorded his second MENCS pole of the season in Pocono.
Ford Performance and Roush Yates Engines horsepower dominated Michigan with seven Ford Fusions finishing in the top-8. Clint Bowyer alongside SHR teammates made it a 1-2-3 finish. The No. 14 of Bowyer, with Kevin Harvick and pole winner Kurt Busch, made history with the first 1-2-3 finish for SHR. Ford teams led a race total of 121 laps out of the 133 lap race.
Recording a blistering 23.971 lap time, Austin Cindric scored his first NXS pole in the No.22 Team Penske Ford Mustang at Iowa Speedway,
On track in Watkins Glen, New York, the Ford Mustang GT4 took the pole with No. 80 AWA team of Brett Sandberg and Martin Barkey.
After starting in the front row in P2, the No.8 Multimatic Motorsports Mustang brought home the checkered flag at Watkins Glen International in the Continental Tire 240 with teammates Chad McCumbee and Patrick Gallagher.
It was the No. 67 FCGR team, driven by Richard Westbrook and Ryan Briscoe, that secured the GTLM pole at The Glen and recorded a milestone 300th over-all pole for Roush Yates Engines.
The No. 66 Ford GT with Dirk Müller and Joey Hand recorded the second IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship win of the season for FCGR at Watkins Glen International, putting Ford on top of the Manufacturers’ points leader board.
Paul Menard in the No. 21 Wood Brothers Ford Fusion won his first pole of the season and first with the Wood Brothers by narrowly beating Ford teammate Ryan Blaney, making it an all Ford front row in Chicago.
This MOMENTUM will propel us into the second half of the year and keep us focused on the mission this weekend in Daytona Beach for NASCAR and in Ontario, Canada for the IMSA road race series.
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Cameron criticised for photoshopping himself into Battle of the Somme pic
The Prime Minister has come under fire for posting pictures on his Facebook page in which he appears to be going over the top in the Battle of the Somme, leading the charge of the Light Brigade, and defeating the French at Agincourt.
A spokesman for Mr Cameron said: ‘Dave is a natural born fighter and leader of men, and he has more respect for British war veterans than anyone else, especially welfare profligate socialists.’
‘So this year, as a mark solidarity with our brave boys, he has not only sung the national anthem, worn lots of poppies and kept his top button done up, but has personally gone that extra mile and literally put himself right in the thick of it. Metaphorically speaking, of course.’
Mr Cameron is expected to look very smart on Remembrance Sunday.
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The sword is the weapon most closely associated with knights yet swords are used by other soldiers as well. Men-at-arms were expect dot be able to use other weapons as well, especially daggers, spears, and poleaxes. there are some other kinds of weapons is use in the Middle Ages, but they seem to have been is fair less common use among knights especially and other fighting men as well. That said, foot soldiers usually relied heavily on pole weapons other than poleaxes. Such weapons come in a bewildering variety of heads, each with its own particular arrangement of cutting, thrusting, and smashing surfaces.
Sword blades come in many varieties, and their forms change over time. At the beginning of the Hundred Years War, the forms favor cutting over thrusting and by the end, knightly swords at least, have reversed the preference. The grips change as well. Early on one-handed grips are very common and longer ones that can be easily held with two hands are rare. By the fifteenth century grips that can accommodate two hands are common. These changes seem to be closely related to the development of armor during the same period.
European swords typically have two edges that were sharpened to a greater or lesser degree along their lengths. Some specialized swords are exceptions. Falchions, for example, are broad bladed swords that are usually only sharpened along one edge. They are specialized for strong cutting action.
A Gallery of Swords
Daggers were worn as a side arm. Their blades, too come in different forms. Modernly they are classified by the shapes of their hilts, a practice that makes more sense to museum curators than to dagger users. Thus, we find rondel (with a round guard and/or a round pommel, baselard (which, though named after its supposed city of origin, Basel, is defined as having an “I” shaped hilt), quillon (with a guard that essentially forms a cross), eared (for the division of its pommel into two discoids), and ballock (kidney” for those preferring a post-medieval anatomy reference) daggers
A dagger is a weapon for close-in fighting. It was often a last rest for a fighting man. Sometimes it was used to finish off a helpless opponent, earning the weapon the nickname of “misericord” which rough means “ender of misery.”
A Gallery of Daggers
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Spears were often a fighting man’s first choice for a battlefield weapon. Even knights often made this choice. They have length, which helps kept a hostile opponent away from you, and this is important to someone who wants to go home after a battle. Spears relying on their points to thrust deep into a target.
In some battles, knights fighting dismounted would take their lances and cutting off the back end to make them handier to wield.
Poleaxes
Sir Geoffrey’s poleax, a style suitable to the late 14th century
Poleaxes seem to have been developed during the Hundred Years War, in an effort to produce a weapon to deal with the increasingly protective armor wore by knights. Early forms have short hafts of about 4 to 5 feet. their heads tend to feature an axe blade on one side and a spike or a blunt hammer head on the other. Later ones shift away from the axe blade, moving the hammer head to the front. Some even have the hammer head front and back. The shafts get a bit longer, too, until the poleax is a man’s height or a bit more. All poleaxes seem to feature a forward spike which allows them to be used for thrusting much like a spear. Some have a smaller spike on their butt end, allowing the other end to be used the same way.
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The Search For True History
Posted by Thomas Scarborough
We are all familiar, on a personal level, with the problems of history. In fact we continually revise the small histories which we ourselves create, with words such as ‘I misjudged him,’ ‘If only I had known,’ or ‘I can't remember it for the life of me.’ Our own practice of history, therefore, is contin-ually subject to review and correction.
Much the same is true of history on a grander scale: revisionist history in the United States, postcolonial history in former colonies, the paradigm shift in Islamic Studies, and so on. Everywhere, history is being reinterpreted and overturned. Where then do we find true history? A brief exploration of the problems of history promises to help us further.
There are various problems in the field of history which are fairly unique to itself. History is unrepeatable. We cannot retrieve the facts if we missed them the first time. History, too, will always represent a loss of information—a reduction of the events themselves. No written or oral history can truly encompass all that happened in the past. Even if we should select a small and (seemingly) manageable part of history—say, regional history, period history, or military history—this is not isolated from the whole. Any history, no matter how big or small, is ultimately an open system, and will always run up against the limits of completeness.
Worse, we find such limits to completeness within our very selves. As we step back to survey the world as a whole, we observe that the facts in this world are infinite—yet we ourselves are finite. And not only are the facts infinite, but they criss-cross each other in infinite ways. There is a mismatch, therefore—between the number of facts we find in this world, and the number of facts we can combine in our minds. It is certainly impossible to combine an infinity of facts in the mind. Our combination of facts is always incomplete and partial—and full of holes which need to be patched with hopeful, and believing, guesses.
An infinity of facts, then, leads us to another realisation. While we cannot obtain a complete combination of facts, we do have a kind of completeness—a finite completeness—in every one of us. We call it our world-view—and it is within such world-views that histories exist as a kind of sub-set, being knitted into their fabric. In short, history is as subjective as we are. We may not recognise this in our present, but we see it in our past:
Historical perspectives which in the past were highly rated may now be so unfashionable as to raise eyebrows if one merely mentions them: that history serves the purposes of the state, for instance, that it is about great men, or that it has a goal. We also see the past reflect on the present. In our common life, we have been plagued by massive oversight. Among other things, we have championed ideologies without foreseeing their ruin, and announced progress without recognising its devastation. In the same way, history may be written with or without crucial considerations, and no one may notice at all.
This should not be misunderstood. The historical record deals with crucial events: the discovery of new continents, for instance, crimes against humanity, or international treaties. All are able to teach us. Facts do exist—and facts should not be fabricated where they do not exist. Yet wherever we combine facts, we are selective, and in the process de-selective. The facts, wrote the historian Charles Beard, ‘do not select themselves, or force themselves automatically into any fixed scheme of arrangement in the mind of the historian.’ We need to combine the facts in our minds, by acts of choice, conviction, and interpretation regarding values.
For all of its problems, history will be written, and history will be read. The question then remains: on what basis may the truth of our histories be assessed? Did Caesar cross the Rubicon? Was Jesus Christ crucified? Did Marie-Antoinette really tell them to eat cake? What shall we write about colonialism? Has racism been on the rise? That is, when we have done our best to appreciate the ‘facts’, how shall we judge their adequacy as history?
We know it from the movies—and from books. We say, ‘That didn't ring true,’ or ‘That was far-fetched’—or, on the other hand, ‘That was true to life.’ Similarly we may judge history on its truth claims—namely, whether we think it represents a credible and faithful interpretation of our world, or whether it does not. That is, history needs to be credible not merely from the point of view of its factual content, but from the point of view of what is credible in itself. In fact there is no other basis on which we may judge history, unless the facts should definitely show us otherwise.
At first glance, this might seem to be a negative finding—a defeat in our quest for a valid or objective history. But far rather, it suggests to us positively that every history must be a questioning, a discerning, a reading between the lines, which at its best sets us free from presuppositions. History cannot properly be taught. History is intelligent judgement, and truth requires independent, impartial, robust thinking to discern those arrangements of facts which are sound and those which are less than satisfactory, which press in on us every day.
I much enjoyed your dissection of history, Thomas, and found it spot-on! I do have a question — to ask what you think. But first a little context.
One issue that parallels your discussion of history centers on today’s social media. I’m thinking, specifically, of how governments, organizations, and individuals may fabricate false narratives and, by extension, intentionally dubious history. To the extent history is being co-opted, some of what now passes as ‘history’ isn’t happening in natural fashion — whatever ‘natural fashion’ might be. Some of history-in-the-making getting placed on social media — which may never be rigorously curated with fact checking and source checking — is spurious. The aims may be any, such as to disrupt social order, to sow ideological positions, to serve revisionist purposes, or to stir antipathy. The overarching ambition may be to sway public opinion by planting false narratives on Facebook or on Twitter or other social-media platform, with the hope that some accounts will go viral and rope in believers. Accordingly, there’s a trust deficit — where these posted accounts may serve not only as the clichéd ‘first draft of history’, but final history. Although devices like propaganda have obviously existed throughout history, the obvious game changer today is the stunning reach and speed of today’s technology. It might be argued that the ubiquity of such unvetted, false narratives — and of disturbing, Orwellian-like boasts of a ‘post-fact’ and ‘post-truth’ world — are blurring the line between real history and pretend history.
So, my question is this: How do you see the role of social media in the making and recording of history for ourselves and posterity? How about, in particular, the role of social media to aid the ‘search for true history’ — including to discern ‘those facts which are sound and those which are not’ and to ‘judge history on its truth claims’? Thoughts, Thomas?
I'll address one aspect of this, which is fake news on social media, which seems to be accepted as true more often than not. Even true media reports may now be labelled fake, so that we have a situation of ‘who’s foolin’ who?’ Those who see through these things are those who have discerned truth (or merely doubt) through greater circumspection. I think that fake news on social media may finally mean the maturing of our attitudes to history and history-in-the-making.
There is a danger besides, and this is an older one. People deliberately compile and file reports which are false, and when this is discovered, it generates great interest. This recently happened to our Minister of Finance, and it has happened to me. Or worse, those who would be important contributors to a balanced history are completely eradicated. I wonder, though, whether it is possible to eradicate history at all, in a sense. It lives on in those who survive, and this influences everything.
Yes, Like Keith I see this essay as riding two horses (!) One task is to interpret events, to put them into a meaningful context.. this debate about history transcends questions about facts, for the key judgements are not factual.
The other debate does seem, as Keith suggests, more contemporary. I was reading 'in another place' an essay today on how false information drove people's thinking on Brexit. People thought there were lots of immigrants using public services, that Turkey was joining the EU, that Muslims now made up one third of the population ("horror"!)... all false but all evidently real in people's minds.
But in both the historical and the local frame, we have information, as Thomas says above, being twisted to support - what? Not 'the facts' but beliefs .. or 'prejudices'...
In Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis, Tertius, Jorge L. Borges writes: All men who repeat a line from Shakespeare are William Shakespeare.
No historian would be happy to hear that we deal with imaginative possibilities, also in regard to history. (?)
Mmm... actually, I gather there's a very influential set of historians who do just this. Actually, there are good philosophical reasons to reject the idea that history is black and white, a collection of 'facts' divorced from interpretations - isn't there?
It cannot be! What is a fact? Islamic religion seems to have sprouted out of nowhere, for a historian there is no proof ( no coins, representations etc) between the life of Mohamed and almost a century later when somehow the religion is appearing out of the blue. What does this mean? For many persons Islam exists. Telling there is no proof proves that proof does not proof the existence of something.
"What is a Fact". Great topic for a Pi essay, big question, of course! But this is from an influential English book in the 1960s.
"The facts are really not at all like fish on the fishmonger's slab. They are like fish swimming about in a vast and sometimes inaccessible ocean; and what the historian catches will depend, partly on chance, but mainly on what part of the ocean he chooses to fish in and what tackle he chooses to use – these two factors being, of course, determined by the kind of fish he wants to catch. By and large, the historian will get the kind of facts he wants. History means interpretation."
E.H. Carr.
The paradox of democracy perhaps. A decision may be based on an abstract majority (so many in favour, so many against, for reasons unknown), or one might try to get behind the votes, perhaps even weighting them (for all the right reasons naturally). My church tradition solves the problem like this: in certain forums, a vote is the will of Christ, a kind of override of whatever people thought they were really doing.
Art, in this situation, becomes a means as well as an end in itself; the repeated assaults of death, loss and separation have taught us that there is no eternal, permanent core that guarantees stability against the systemic unpredictability and mutability of adult life.
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In a religious freedom/liberty conflict among religious
employers, employees, and students, who wins?
Lack of willingness to dialogue on human sexuality.
Misinformation, disinformation, & other conflicts.
This topic is continued from the previous essay
Lack of willingness to dialogue:
It appears that on matters related to the intersection of human sexuality and religion in North America, there is a strong tendency to form opposing, non-communicating groups. We refer to them as "solitudes" in this web site. They throw verbal rocks at each other. They duke it out in the media. They organize demonstrations. Unfortunately, as in every war, truth and accuracy are often the first fatalities. Only on very rare occasions will they debate each other. The obvious way of harmonizing opposing belief systems -- through the use of dialogue -- is either non existent or essentially so. This can be extremely unproductive because conflict naturally causes both or all solitudes to harden their position and make resolution of their differences increasingly difficult. In a dialogue process, both or all sides enter the discussion with a desire to seek the truth and with the goal of emerging with a joint program. This enhances the chances of resolving the conflict.
In the past, most high profile cultural debates have been related to:
Race, as in debates over the abolition of slavery, elimination of desegregation, creation of equal opportunity programs, etc., and
Gender, as in debates over equal pay for equal work, access to birth control including emergency contraceptives, abortion access, equality in marriage, equality of opportunity and pay in employment, ordination of women, etc.
As of 2012, the most contentious religious/cultural debates in 2012 appear to be in the area of human sexuality: both human fertility and equal treatment of sexual minorities:
Human fertility:
On religious grounds, the Catholic church actively opposes access to contraceptive medication, supplies, and medical procedures whenever it can. They teach that every sexual act must be open to conception and thus the creation of new human life. This is based in part on the command in Genesis 1:28 in which God commands Adam and Eve -- and by implication all of their humans descendents -- to:
"Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it." (NIV version)
"Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it." (King James version).
A large majority of American adults and Protestant faith groups view contraception as a morally and ethically acceptable practice. The vast majority of the Catholic laity agrees: 98% of Catholic women have used birth control methods forbidden by the Catholic hierarchy at some time during their life; 70% are now using them while most of the remaining 30% are either past childbearing years, infertile, or sexually inactive. 1 Although many of this majority might recognize God's instruction to Adam and Eve to populate the Earth, they might recognize that there are limits to how many people the Earth can handle without overpopulation and the creation of an ecological disaster. Some women and their spouses prefer to remain childless so that they can pursue careers. Others prefer to have one or two children only. Birth control is used by most couples in order to limit the number and obtain the optimum spacing of pregnancies.
There is little dialogue about who gets to control women's fertility. We see conflict and posturing by various solitudes, but no significant level of dialogue.
Equal treatment of sexual minorities:
In a parallel situation, conservative Protestant denominations and para-church organizations mostly define homosexuality in terms of sexual behavior. They view homosexuality as an abnormal, unnatural, chosen, intrinsically sinful, and changeable lifestyle. They typically oppose the right of loving, committed same-sex couples to marry, and heavily advocate that lesbians and gay attempt to become "ex-gays" through reparative therapy and/or prayer. There is currently a growing realization among Protestants that while some lesbians and gays can be persuaded to become celibate, and some bisexuals can be motivated to restrict their relationships to members of the opposite gender, that changing a person from a homosexual to a heterosexual orientation rarely if ever happens.
The Roman Catholic church largely agrees with conservative Protestant denominations that a homosexual orientation is abnormal and unnatural. They often use the term intrinsically disordered. However, they view a homosexual orientation as unchosen, fixed in adulthood, and morally neutral if not acted upon. They advocate a life of celibacy in which the individual remains sexually inactive and without an intimate partner for life.
Liberal religious denominations; lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgender individuals and transsexuals; secularists, the main psychiatric, psychological, social worker professional associations; etc. view homosexuality as one of three sexual orientations that is normal and natural for a minority of adults, is discovered not chosen, is morally neutral; and is fixed in adulthood.
Webmaster's opinions (bias alert): High levels of bullying, harassment, anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation, and even completed suicides could be drastically reduced if religious conservatives and religious liberals could only join in dialogue with human sexuality researchers, psychologists, psychiatrists and other therapists in an honest commitment to harmonize their beliefs with reality and thus with each other. Because of what the author of this essay would describe as depraved indifference by many of these groups, dialogue is rare. Mennonites and Presbyterians have attempted dialogue, as have three Southern Baptist congregation of which we are aware; all three were expelled from the Southern Baptist Convention.
The suicide rate among lesbian gay and bisexual youth continues at a high level. The line of coffins containing the bodies of LGBT youth who just couldn't hold out hope that some day "It gets better" continues to grow. The author is deeply troubled at such a needless loss of life.
Misinformation and disinformation about the HHS birth control medication mandate by conservative information sources:
The mandate requires that health plans for female employees include access to emergency contraception (EC), like Plan B. Researchers have established that this medication works by inhibiting ovulation or by preventing fertilization. That is, they are true contraceptives.
However, many conservative religious and pro-life web sites claim that it works by inhibiting implantation in the uterus. Since these web sites typically define pregnancy as beginning at fertilization, they conclude that EC is an abortifacient. Thus we see them posting statements like:
Bishop Wall of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gallup, NM wrote a letter to his parishioners that is typical of letters from many other Catholic bishops:
"... the mandate includes abortion causing drugs. As stated above, HHS created this mandate after Congress asked it to develop a list of services all health plans should provide without co-pay. Instead of keeping with the prevention of diseases, HHS took it upon itself to include sterilizations, contraceptives and abortion-inducing drugs. By requiring coverage for all drugs approved for contraception and "emergency contraception" by the FDA, the mandate includes drugs that can interfere with implantation in the womb and therefore destroy the early human embryo." 2
The Family Research Council is perhaps the best known group listed by the Southern Poverty Law Center as anti-gay hate group. Reacting to the HHS mandate they wrote the following in a fundraising Email:
"Our team will remind Congress and the public that Washington-run healthcare is a moral disaster. It is a devastating attack on our religious liberties, our families, and our nation's freedom. We will remind them that current policies will force pro-life Americans to PAY FOR abortions and abortion-inducing drugs. This includes religious employers and individuals. They will have NO CHOICE." 3
They packed an amazing number of errors into a few sentences:
The Federal Government does not run healthcare. Healthcare is run by health insurance companies and by some companies who self-insure their employees. The government merely establishes minimum content for these plans.
The HHS mandate generates religious liberties for employees by allowing them to choose to use or not to use contraceptives without cost, in accordance with their religious/moral beliefs.
Forcing "pro-life Americans to PAY FOR abortions" is not valid. The HHS mandate does not cover abortions.
The medications covered under the HHS mandate to not induce abortions; they are true contraceptives.
Employers will pay the same amount to insurance companies whether one of their employees decides to take advantage of a preventative service or not.
In spite of what numerous religious information sources have stated, the root question is not whether the government has a right to limit the religious freedom of companies and agencies associated with a religious group. The root question is rather over who wins in a conflict over religious freedom:
Should the companies and agencies win the right to interfere with their employees' personal religious and moral decisions over contraceptives, or
Should the employees have the freedom to make their own religious and moral decisions independently of their employers' beliefs?
This topic continues in the next essay
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Rachel K. Jones and Joerg Dreweke, "Countering conventional wisdom: New evidence on religion and contraceptive use," Guttmacher Institute, 2011-APR, at: http://www.guttmacher.org/
Bishop James S. Wall, "Important Message from Bishop Wall," Diocese of Gallup, undated, at: http://www.dioceseofgallup.org/
Tony Perkins, Worst decision in American history? ... Help FRC respond," Circular mailing, Family Research Council, 2012-AUG-07, at: http://www.frc.org/
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Experts engaged for silicosis studies
WorkCover Queensland has engaged major universities for research on support for workers diagnosed with silicosis.
Industrial Relations Minister Grace Grace has announced Professor Malcolm Sim from Monash University and Professor Bob Cohen from the University of Illinois will lead expert teams to address important issues including:
the treatment, rehabilitation and retraining options that are available to improve workers’ capacity to work
the mental health impact and issues preventing return to work
ensuring the return to work environment is safe to protect workers’ long-term health
“Both teams bring extensive experience in the management of dust diseases and best practice return to work,” Ms Grace said.
“They are involved in research and other initiatives in schemes across Australia and internationally to improve how workers with dust diseases are supported in their recovery.”
WorkCover Chief Executive Officer Bruce Watson said the research would be published to ensure all workers’ compensation schemes would benefit from greater knowledge about best practice strategies to support workers.
“WorkCover Queensland is committed to providing the best possible support to Queensland workers who are diagnosed with dust diseases and is now supporting more than 168 workers who have been diagnosed with silicosis or progressive massive fibrosis,” Mr Watson said.
“This research will help continue to improve the support we provide, based on the latest research about best practice strategies.”
Ms Grace said the research project, estimated to cost around $80,000, is the next phase in the Palaszczuk Government’s response to the threat of silicosis.
“In September 2018 when the government received advice on the troubling spike in cases of silicosis in the engineered stone benchtop fabrication industry, it acted immediately, issuing a public alert about the risks of engineered stone and reminded industry of the prohibition on uncontrolled dry cutting of this stone,” she said.
“Since then, audits have been conducted on all known engineered stone benchtop fabricators in Queensland, health screening has been arranged for 1023 workers and forums for workers, employers and the medical community have been held and counselling has been arranged workers and their families.”
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Alianza Minerals (TSX-V: ANZ) CEO Jason Weber on High-Grade Silver Results from the Haldene Silver Project in the Yukon
Gerardo Del Real: This is Gerardo Del Real with Resource Stock Digest. Joining me today is the President and CEO of Alianza Minerals (TSX-V: ANZ)(OTC: TARSF), Mr. Jason Weber. Jason, how are you doing?
Jason Weber: Doing very well, Gerardo. And you?
Gerardo Del Real: I'm doing well. I'm happy to have you back on. You and I spoke, I believe, a little bit over a week ago. At the time, we were anticipating assays and we got them back.
I know that the headline was 455 grams per tonne silver over 1 meter, which of course, frankly, it's a fantastic intercept. But the fact that stuck out to me was that it was over a broader 10.66-meter section that averaged 125.6 grams per tonne silver, which is pretty spectacular.
I know you were excited about it. I had the opportunity to speak with Mark Brown recently. He was excited about it. I'd love to hear your take.
Jason Weber: Yeah we are, Gerardo. I think when you just look back to our last discussion, we talked about the first two holes in the program, which were in brand new areas that had never been tested by drilling before. That was the Bighorn and Ross anomalies.
Now we moved over into what we call the Mt. Haldane Vein System, which is where the old timers worked dating back to the 1920s. We drilled a couple holes, testing some high-grade mineralization that they had encountered in underground workings that date back to, well the most recent work on those was in the 1960s.
Gerardo Del Real: Right.
Jason Weber: So we sort of had two ideas. One was there might be a flat plunge to the high-grade shoot within this structure, or there might be a steeper plunge. And that's what these two holes tested. So for us it was important. One is to get some good high-grade numbers to sort of follow these high-grade shoots, but also to see that these structures are big.
For us, we're going to need big structures if we want to see bigger veins. So the fact that we've got the bigger veins, we've got high-grade silver, now it's vectoring to find where we might get bigger high-grade veins.
Gerardo Del Real: What's next to figure that part out? Obviously, it's going to be important to understand the orientation of those high-grade shoots, as you mentioned in the release. How are you going to do that? What's the next step?
Jason Weber: I think the first hole, hole 16, which had the 10.66-meter section of 125.6 grams silver, that hole had some of the high-grade mineralization in it. So that one was testing the flatter plunge to the high-grade shoot.
Jason Weber: So I think we'll vector on that for now. There is some complexity to the geometry of these structures and veins. I think a lot of people think of veins as being these basically planar bodies that sit in the rock and you just follow them forever. These, we actually are starting to think anastomoses. You think of a river delta and the river channel, it splays and winds and meanders through the delta. If you get a 10-meter structure, these veins might show a similar pattern within that structure.
So it makes it a little more difficult to try to correlate from one hole to the other. You can correlate the whole structure, but individual veins in between can be difficult. So that's where we have to, I think, put our thinking caps on and focus on some of that now.
Gerardo Del Real: Excellent. Elsewhere in the Alianza portfolio, what's going on?
Jason Weber: So right now we're just finishing compiling the work from the summer programs in Nevada. We announced our Horsethief results a couple of releases ago. I guess it was probably 10 days ago now. That led to a setup for drilling. We were hoping to get that in before Christmas, it won't happen. But as early as we can be out at Horsethief next year, we'll be drilling.
The other two projects, BP and Bellview, being earlier stage projects were a little a lower priority. We wanted to get Horsethief together as quick as we could. So now we're looking at those, compiling the data and seeing what the next steps are on those two projects.
Then we had our KRL project, the high-grade gold targets in Northern BC that we are just compiling right now. So we hope to have results out on that pretty quick.
Now we're sort of into the phase where all the data we collected is being compiled for news releases, but then also compiled for what is the next step, drilling, physics mapping, depending on what project we're speaking of.
Gerardo Del Real: Thorough update, Jason. Thank you very much. And of course, as always, I'm looking forward to chatting again as soon as we get some more information.
Jason Weber: Yeah. Great to speak with you, Gerardo.
Gerardo Del Real: Have a good one. Appreciate it.
Jason Weber: Thank you
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MYTH: ‘My Future Spouse Will Complete Me’
by APFLI | Sep 28, 2016 | Family Breakdown Issues, Marriage - Definitions / History / Statistics / Studies, Reasons for Abstinence, Responses - Advocacy / Dating / Instruction & Teaching Abstinence, Right to Life - Archive
Loneliness can be one of the most difficult things we as humans can experience. For many singles, the feeling of loneliness can be a motivating factor in finding the perfect spouse. However, finding the perfect spouse can drive a person to give up a healthy relationship for fear there is a better person out there. The desire to find the perfect spouse is understandable. When entering a lifelong covenant one must assess the overwhelming joy and the inevitable sacrifices marriage brings. For most people, this is the first life-long decision they have ever made. In relationships how often do we guard our hearts too closely when the need to surrender to an almighty, trustworthy God is necessary. Strive to learn the motivation of your restless heart. Take the anxieties and worries that plague you to a grace-filled God who provides rest, peace and hope. Evaluate your expectations. The reality is there is no perfect person on the planet. Marriages require us to be sacrificing, honest, and willing to serve. Your spouse may complement you, but he (or she) will never complete you. That is Christ’s job. Check out these three components to a successful marriage: 1. Character Assessing the character of another person allows you to understand if you value the same things. There will always be something to disagree on; however, having similar commitments and a cohesive worldview is important. 2. Chemistry Chemistry is easily assessed and helps in understanding that two people are attracted to one another. Contrary to what culture teaches us, chemistry isn’t just about physical attraction. There is also emotional attraction. Infatuation stems from...
Pornography and the Brain
by APFLI | Sep 28, 2016 | Parent Resources, Reasons for Abstinence, Studies - Abstinence / Pornography / Sex Outside Marriage Research
Resource Booklet: ‘Your Brain on Porn’ Neurons that fire together, wire together. Like other addictive substances, pornography floods the brain with dopamine. A consistent rush of dopamine traveling to the limbic system rewires the brain’s reward pathway and ultimately changes the makeup of the brain. This can result in an increased appetite for pornography. According to the author, there are five primary ways pornography effects the brain. 1. Watching porn decreases sexual satisfaction. It trains us to desire the variety and “designer sex” of porn more than the familiar sexuality of marriage. 2. Watching porn disconnects people from real relationships. It trains individuals to detach emotional involvement from sexual experience. 3. Watching porn lowers ones view of women. It trains the viewer to see women as sexual commodities, not people created in God’s image. 4. Watching porn desensitizes the viewer to cruelty. It numbs those watching to the seriousness of verbal and physical aggression. 5. Watching porn makes people want to watch more porn. It taps into the neuro-circuitry of the brain, forming a desire for the rush of sexual energy from porn again and again. Learn more about the effects pornography has on the brain by downloading a free copy of Your Brain on Porn. Sex is highly glorified in our culture. Between risqué ads and promiscuous characters, the average American will see 15,000 sexual references a year on television alone. Many popular shows like Game of Thrones are pornographic, yet millions of Americans, both Christian and non-Christian, watch them on a regular basis. With porn so prevalent, it’s easy to think it’s no big deal. In the...
Gender Ideology, Children, Objective Sexual Abuse, Comprehensive Sex Education: 3 Articles
by APFLI | Aug 17, 2016 | Child Development / Family Research, Parent Resources, Reasons for Abstinence, Responses - Advocacy / Dating / Instruction & Teaching Abstinence, Sterilization, Studies - Abstinence / Pornography / Sex Outside Marriage Research
The War on Abstinence and Fidelity A recent comment in The Lancet makes the case that when it comes to international HIV/AIDS prevention, abstinence and fidelity should be abandoned in favor of comprehensive sexuality education (CSE). Titled “A farewell to abstinence and fidelity?”, the brief article was written by authors from UNAIDS, the Swedish Association for Sexuality Education, and University College, London. Discussing the High-Level Meeting on Ending Aids held in June, they wrote: “Many socially conservative Member States, in alliance with the Holy See, argued against the deletion of abstinence and fidelity as core components of effective HIV prevention. They were urged on by actors on the margins who provided delegates with misinformation and spurious arguments in opposition to comprehensive sexuality education.” Proponents of CSE will not tolerate even the inclusion of abstinence and fidelity alongside other measures; only deletion will do. What nobody disputes is that abstinence and fidelity, when practiced consistently, are effective in preventing HIV, crisis pregnancies, and sexually transmitted infections, not to mention the emotional and psychological consequences of sex outside marriage. While CSE advocates frequently claim that abstinence education is ineffective in changing behavior—certainly a disputable claim—they show little interest in coming up with more effective abstinence-based curricula. Rather, they seek to impose a set of values around human sexuality that are highly controversial and, in many parts of the world, utterly unacceptable. Particularly when it comes to young adolescents, sexual activity can have devastating consequences, and brings no benefits. The fastest-growing health risk for adolescents around the world is “unsafe” sexual activity—but it isn’t as if “safe” sexual activity is beneficial to...
To Divorce-Proof Yourself, Don’t Have Premarital Sex: Report
by APFLI | Jun 6, 2016 | Abstinence - Archive, Family Breakdown Issues, Reasons for Abstinence, Studies - Abstinence / Pornography / Sex Outside Marriage Research
Some say it’s good to have a lot of sex partners before marriage so you get used to trying people out and can find what you like. Others, like me, have said that’s crazy talk. If you get used to shopping around before marriage, you’re developing a bad habit of loving and leaving that will make you more likely to divorce once married. A new study provides more ammunition for the latter idea. The study, of women who married in the 2000s, purports to find a “counterintuitive” result: That both women with zero to one and with three to nine sex partners are less likely to divorce than ladies with two or more than ten partners. Therefore, it says, “the relationship between divorce and the number of sexual partners women have prior to marriage is not linear.” But take a look at the graph. If you learned elementary-school-level graph-reading skills, you will see that only one sex partner frequency — the spouse only – no sex partners before marriage — is associated with extremely low divorce rates five years into marriage: graph — http://thefederalist.com/2016/06/06/report-to-divorce-proof-yourself-dont-have-premarital-sex/ So what do we see here? That women who married in the 2000s were least likely to divorce if they had no sex partners before marriage, at a rate of approximately 6 percent. That’s almost divorce-proof. Even just one sex partner before marriage moved up a woman’s chances of divorce within five years of marriage to one in five chances, at a 20 percent rate. Even though there’s a small dip between two and ten sex partners before marriage, the divorce rate for every other...
Fox News: Sex & College
by APFLI | Dec 16, 2015 | Parent Resources, Reasons for Abstinence, Responses - Advocacy / Dating / Instruction & Teaching Abstinence
Earlier this week Fox News aired a report titled “The Truth About Sex & College.” It tells the true story of a typical “casual hook-up” on a college campus that ended with an assault charge and a ruined reputation for a young man. As in most casual hook-ups, the one in the report involved extremely high levels of alcohol. This all comes back to one question – can someone consent to sex when they’ve been drinking? Many universities have decided that the answer is no. The fact that we are even being forced to have these conversations all over college campuses is disheartening. When did sex become so worthless that it is not worth remembering? When did sex become something that drunken strangers partake in? Parents, educators and influencers need to be the voices of reason for our youth and young adults; sex is an invaluable gift that should only be experienced within a committed marriage relationship. [16 Dec 2015,...
Schools Put Girls as Young as 12 on the Pill Without Their Parents Knowing
by APFLI | Aug 20, 2015 | Abortion - Archive, Contraception - Chemical Methods / Hormonal Contraception / Emergency / Morning After Pill, Reasons for Abstinence
In Britain, one in 20 minors are being prescribed birth control pills without their parents’ knowledge. The Daily Mail reports that some of these girls are as young as 12-years-old, and approximately 75,000 girls under the age of 16 receive the pill every year. This is a 50% increase in a decade. Unfortunately, parents are not aware that their daughters are on the pill because doctors aren’t required to inform them. The British pro-life group, Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC), said the following about the statistics: “Giving birth-control pills to under-age girls is uncaring towards children, undermines parents and exploits an uninformed public. It is uncaring towards children, because it ignores the fact that sexually-transmitted infections among teenagers have risen at the same time as increased provision of contraceptives. They continued, “It undermines parents by denying them their right and responsibility to govern their children’s behavior. It exploits an uninformed public, because no-one is told that, according to the manufacturers, the ordinary birth-control pill can kill newly-conceived embryos. In short, schoolchildren and parents are being betrayed by the birth control policies at work in Britain.” In the past, doctors have warned that the effect of oral contraceptives on minor girls is unknown and there could be long-term health risks for teenagers. They also said the pill encourages girls to engage in risky sexual behavior and normalizes underage sex, which results in more sexually transmitted diseases among teenagers. In fact, the statistics show that chlamydia cases have doubled to 206,774 in Britain; gonorrhea cases to 34,958; and herpes cases have increased by 79%. These diseases can be...
Porn and Video Games are Harming Boys’ Brains — and Bodies: Psychologist (2015)
by APFLI | May 18, 2015 | Reasons for Abstinence
Modern American young men are less violent than in the past, but prolonged use of video games and porn are causing unhealthy rewiring of their brains, says an expert on human psychology. In an interview with the BBC, Philip Zimbardo said that a study of 20,000 young men showed less violence, lower drug use, and less drinking than in the past – but that the replacement of father figures with video games and porn is leading to erectile dysfunction and other negative physical and psychological consequences. “Our focus is on young men who play video games to excess,” said Zimbardo, “and do it in social isolation – they are alone in their room.” “Now, with freely available pornography, which is unique in history…they are combining playing video games, and as a break, watching on average, two hours of pornography a week.” Overstimulation via video games and porn “begins to change brain function. It begins to change the reward center of the brain, and produces a kind of excitement and addiction,” says the psychologist, who detailed the study’s results in his new book, Man [Dis]Connected. Because young men are often alone with these activities, Zimbardo said that many men will “wish [they were] playing World of Warcraft” in class, and “when…with a girl,” they will tell themselves, I “wish I was watching pornography, because I’ll never get rejected.” Zimbardo defines excessive use of video games or pornography at five hours or more per day, though says it depends on the person. “It’s a new kind of an addiction – it’s an activity addiction. And for me, it’s not the number...
Sex, Depression & Suicide (6/03)
by APFLI | May 7, 2015 | Reasons for Abstinence, Studies - Abstinence / Pornography / Sex Outside Marriage Research
Sexually active teens are more prone to be depressed/suicidal than teens who are chaste. Early sexual experimentation has been “a substantial factor in undermining the emotional well-being of American teenagers”. Data taken from a national survey of 6,500 teens aged 14-17 showed that teen-age girls who had sex were three times more likely to be depressed than girls who didn’t. Sexually active boys were twice as likely to be depressed than boys who practiced chastity. “When compared to teens who are not sexually active, teenage boys and girls who are sexually active are significantly more likely to attempt suicide.” [data from National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health, Wave II, 1996. EF News & Notes, 13Jun03; www.heritage.org Robert Rector, Kirk Johnson and Lauren Noyes Heritage Fdn; Washington Times, 6/4/03; Family News & Focus, 6/3/03; Abstinence Clrnghse E-Mail Update 4Jun03 www.abstinence.net/library4; 25Jun03, EF...
Boundaries: The Forgotten Principles of Abstinence
by APFLI | Feb 21, 2014 | Reasons for Abstinence, Responses - Advocacy / Dating / Instruction & Teaching Abstinence
Abstinence is a realistic goal. However, just like any other goal, to achieve it you’ve got to make a game plan. Abstinence doesn’t just happen, it happens because two people have made a plan and are taking the necessary steps toward achieving their goal. Ron Hutchcraft gives a practical game plan for couples who want to remain abstinent. In a society that shows sex to be as casual as a handshake, one must make an effort to start realizing how special and important just holding hands can be. Hutchcraft touches on a few very important, yet often overlooked, steps to remaining abstinent. Perhaps, one of the most overlooked principles by young adults, who profess to want to remain abstinent, is setting up boundaries as they initiate their dating relationship. Talking about boundaries and deciding upon mutually achievable goals may help save a dating relationship from getting too physical. Hutchcraft advises, although “…you want to be alone with your date…too much time alone can lead you to do things you’ll regret later. Your relationship will be a lot healthier if you spend time with each other’s families and friends.” Also, individuals must learn to re-sensitize physical contact and displays of affection. Find 10 good ways to practice purity — http://www.christianitytoday.com/iyf/hottopics/sexabstinence/10-ways-to-practice-purity.html?start=1 Abstinence is as practical as any other goal if you set the right guidelines in place to help you achieve it. Practicing abstinence is like being an Olympic Gold Medalist, hard work, but well worth it in the end. [28 January 2014, http://www.abstinence.net/our-blog/abstinence-posts/boundaries-the-forgotten-principles-of-abstinence/ ] ...
Increasing Rates of Anal Cancer Due Mainly to HIV-Positive MSM (NJM, Oct2013)
by APFLI | Nov 2, 2013 | Reasons for Abstinence
Increasing Rates of Anal Cancer Due Mainly to ‘HIV-Positive MSM’: Study A new study has found a correlation between increasing rates of anal cancer in all Western countries and increasing rates of receptive anal intercourse among HIV-positive MSM. Researchers from the University of Amsterdam launched the study after becoming concerned by the 2.2 percent increase per year in anal cancer rates across Western countries. Their report, titled “The Increasing Incidence of Anal Cancer: Can it be Explained by Tends in Risk Groups?” was released this month in the Netherlands Journal of Medicine. It found that while smoking, having an HPV infection, or being an organ transplant recipient were associated with an increased risk of anal cancer, those who engaged in “receptive anal intercourse” and were “HIV-positive” had the "highest risk." Researchers concluded that the “increasing incidence of anal cancer can be partially explained by an increase in the incidence rate in and absolute number of the most important risk group: HIV-positive MSM.” In the Netherlands, for example, data showed that the incidence of anal cancer was found to have doubled in the last decade. Researchers found that while anal cancer remained “relatively rare” in the general population, it accounted for a “significant burden” of disease in risk groups such as MSM. Further data showing that “HIV-infected MSM […] have the highest risk for anal cancer” and that individuals were joining this risk group at an increasing rate every year (the number of HIV-positive MSM in the Dutch population increased by 51.7 per cent from 2007 to 2011), allowed researchers to connect the dots. “Since HIV-positive MSM have a...
Americans Think Homosexual Population is 735% Higher Than It Is, Gallup Finds
Americans Think Homosexual Population is 735% Higher Than It Is, Gallup Finds When a Gallup poll asked people to estimate how many Americans were homosexual in 2011, most guessed 25 percent. Turns out, they were about 22 percent off. The actual number, Gallup reported Thursday, is about 3.4 percent—a startling statistic for most people who just naturally assumed the media saturation was driven by a big population. Who can blame them? These numbers should be shocking to anyone who’s lived through the deluge of gay and lesbian policy, entertainment, school curriculum, and corporate capitulation of the past 10 years. According to Gallup, this survey is the largest single study of the U.S. LGBT population ever conducted. Over four months, Gallup canvassed the country by phone, interviewing more than 121,000 people. The results were based on answers to this question, “Do you, personally, identify as a lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender?” Although surveys like this one can be tricky—pollsters are never sure how many people are truly candid—the numbers are consistent with FRC’s research and other experts’. Just last year, the Department of Health and Human Services released a similar figure of 3.8 percent. In this instance, the biggest concentrations of LGBT were young adults (6.4 percent), women (3.6 percent), and young women (8.3 percent). Although the homosexual community may not be the largest in the U.S., it’s certainly the loudest. That might explain the major disconnect between the media’s portrayal and reality. Just last month, liberals celebrated a record number of homosexual and cross-dressing characters on TV, which is somewhat ironic today, considering the sliver of the population they...
Trends in HIV-Related Risk Behaviors Among High School Students United States, 19912011 (8/2012)
by APFLI | Aug 16, 2012 | Reasons for Abstinence
Trends in HIV-Related Risk Behaviors Among High School Students — United States, 1991–2011 In 2009, persons aged 15–29 years comprised 21% of the U.S. population but accounted for 39% of all new human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections. To describe trends in the prevalence of HIV-related risk behaviors among high school students, CDC analyzed data from the biennial national Youth Risk Behavior Survey for the period 1991–2011. The results of that analysis indicated that, although the percentage of students who had four or more sex partners decreased significantly from 18.7% in 1991 to 15.3% in 2011, the prevalence of having four or more sex partners did not change significantly after reaching 14.2% in 2001. This result and other results suggest that progress in reducing some HIV-related risk behaviors among high school students overall and in certain populations did not change significantly in the past decade… For Remainder of article & charts — http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm61e0724a1.htm?s_cid=mm61e0724a1_e [CDC, MMWR, Volume 61, Early Release, July 24, 2012;...
October 2013 – July 2012: Abstinence / Sexual Activity Outside Marriage
by APFLI | Jun 30, 2012 | Reasons for Abstinence
Homosexual or Heterosexual Parenting: Effects on Children / Regnerus (update June 2013)
Commentary– Wanting a Mom and a Dad: Children of Same-Sex Couples Ontario Judge: Parents Have No Right to Know What Homosexual Activist Taught Their Children in School Study Shows Homosexual Parenting Not Equal to Heterosexual Marriage Same Study Finds Host of Challenges for Kids of Homosexual Parents ‘Gold Standard’ Study’s Striking Findings: Children of Heterosexual Parents Happier, Healthier Mark Regnerus and the Storm Over His Controversial Homosexual Parenting Study The Vindication of Mark Regnerus… Commentary-– Wanting a Mom and a Dad: Children of Same-Sex Couples The Supreme Court is deciding whether or not to redefine marriage—and we're hearing a lot of claims about how well children do when they’re reared by homosexual couples. Sad to say, some of those claims are being made to the Supremes—and they are completely false. One man who knows a little about this first-hand is Dr. Robert Oscar Lopez, who teaches at California State University at Northridge. Lopez, who says he’s bi-sexual, was raised by his lesbian mother and her partner. And while he’s for civil unions, he’s against redefining marriage. At “Public Discourse,” a website run by the Witherspoon Institute, Lopez writes of the great professional risk he took when he and Doug Mainwaring filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court. Risky, because Lopez knows how vicious homosexual activists can sometimes be when anyone disputes their claims. Lopez is speaking out in part because he was asked to do so by others raised by same-sex partners, but who fear the repercussions of going public with their feelings. Contrary to what the gay lobby claims, Lopez writes, children raised by same-sex parents...
Common Reasons Why Same-Sex Relationships Fail (2011)
by APFLI | Nov 13, 2011 | Reasons for Abstinence
Common Reasons Why Same-Sex Relationships Fail [See all the November 2011 blog reports at http://daleoleary.wordpress.com/ ] The defenders of marriage should take advantage of what is known about same-sex attraction (SSA), because those promoting the redefinition of marriage have manipulated public opinion by distorting the facts and research. The five main distortions are: 1) Persons with SSA are born that way. 2) Persons with SSA can’t change. 3) Persons with SSA are just as healthy as persons in husband/wife marriages. 4) Same-sex relationships are just like husband/wife marriages except for the sex of the partners. 5) Children acquired by persons in same-sex relationships don’t have excess problems. There are numerous studies refuting the first two points and no credible studies supporting either. There are numerous well-designed large studies which have found that persons with SSA are far more likely that married men and women to suffer from: · Psychological disorders · Sexual additions and paraphilias · Suicidal ideation and attempts · Substance abuse and addiction, including to drugs, alcohol and cigarettes · To have unstable, unfaithful, non-permanent, non-exclusive relationships · To have health problems, particularly STDs including HIV and cancer · To have been victims of sexual abuse, rape, or domestic violence Those defending marriage frequently point out that same-sex relationships lack complementarity, but fail to explain how that lack affects the quality of the relationship and causes one or both of the partners to sacrifice something essential to their human dignity. Same-sex relationships fall into a number of patterns. The following list covers some of these...
Major Study: Changing Sexual Orientation IS Possible (2011, JSMT)
by APFLI | Oct 3, 2011 | Reasons for Abstinence
Major Study: Changing Sexual Orientation IS Possible Therapists who favor normalizing homosexuality say that it is impossible to change sexual orientation, and that the attempt to change is inherently harmful. However, the final results of a long-term study published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy has joined hundreds of other studies in concluding that such therapy is both possible and potentially well-indicated for many individuals. Psychologists Stanton L. Jones of Wheaton College and Mark A. Yarhouse of Regent University are the authors of the longitudinal study, which tracked individuals who sought sexual orientation change through involvement in a variety of Christian ministries affiliated with Exodus International. The authors note that the study overcomes a primary criticism of same-sex attraction (SSA) therapy data – that the results are not adequately documented over a period of time – by assessing its 98 candidates over a period of six to seven years after therapy concluded. Jones and Yarhouse’s results show the majority of candidates were successful in their goal of changing sexual orientation, and that the attempt was not harmful on average. Of the original 98 subjects, 61 were successfully categorized for general outcome at the last assessment. Fifty-three percent were categorized as successful outcomes; specifically, 23 percent reported success in the form of an essential change to heterosexual orientation and functioning, while an additional 30 percent reported no longer identifying as homosexual while maintaining stable behavioral chastity. At the six-year mark, 20 percent reported fully embracing a gay self-identification. Meanwhile, the authors say the measure of psychological distress did not, on average, reflect increases in psychological distress associated...
Bonded in The Brain: New Science Confirms View of Sex (10/2010)
by APFLI | Dec 1, 2010 | Reasons for Abstinence
[ED. While this article references the Bible, it is scientifically-based and worthy of posting here.] Many … parents must feel desperate when it comes to trying to protect their children from a hyper-sexualized culture that often encourages kids to ignore traditional morality. So what should parents do? At the top of the list should be this: Don’t be embarrassed nor apologetic about what the Bible says about sex. The truth is, on the subject of sex, science is catching up to the Bible. Pathways in the brain Most of us probably remember health classes in which rudimentary sex education lessons taught us the basics of reproduction. We remember that the onset of puberty is driven by the sex hormones estrogen (girls) and testosterone (boys). But human sexuality doesn’t stop with estrogen and testosterone. There are other, less familiar names that represent forces that are just as powerful – and their primary work environment is the brain. This is laid out in fascinating detail in Hooked: New Science on How Casual Sex Is Affecting Our Children, written by Joe S. McIlhaney Jr. and Freda McKissic Bush. Both are obstetrician-gynecologists who have served on the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS. As McIlhaney and Bush explain, the brain is a magnificent and wonderfully complex organ. It works by electrical impulses that flow through its basic cell – the neuron. These neurons communicate with each other through synapses, which function similarly to computer cables bridging the gaps between the cells. But even these cables do not connect to the neurons themselves. Neurochemicals complete the job of carrying information between the cells. The...
The Kids Are Not All Right… (2010)
Hollywood has been trying to charm the pants off moviegoers this summer [2010] with a flick about two lesbians who raise "a modern family" (which, by their definition, means gay porn, emotional abuse, and a general lack of sobriety). Ironically, the film was still showing when a federal judge tried to defend relationships like these as the ideal environment for children. When I [Tony Perkins, Family Research Council] debated the lead attorney for that case on CBS's "Face the Nation" last Sunday [8 Aug 2010], he insisted (like Hollywood) that the kids are all right in volatile same-sex households. In fact, he insisted that there isn't a scrap of social science showing that children fare better with a married mom and dad. "There simply wasn't any evidence," David Boies claimed. "… There weren't any empirical studies. That's just made up. That's junk science." As I said Sunday, he's just plain wrong. Not only is there research, but much of it has been confirmed by scientists in the pro-homosexual movement. In his rush to throw 40 years of analysis under the bus because it didn't suit his personal agenda, Judge Walker launched a full-scale assault on the international research community. Considering the quick 'snapshots' below, how many people would feel comfortable turning over young children to homosexuals? How many would agree with Walker that "same-sex couples are identical to opposite-sex couples?" Promiscuity and Infidelity Journal of Marriage and Family: In 2005, the dissolution rate of homosexual couples was more than three times that of heterosexual married couples, and the dissolution rate of lesbian couples was more than four-fold that...
Articles on Homosexual "Lifestyle", 2009-2010
by APFLI | Aug 9, 2010 | Reasons for Abstinence
47% of Homosexual Couples Have “Sex Agreements” – Only 45% Monogomous: Study Schools Warned by Physican Group About Dangers of Homosexuality Health Risks of the Homosexual Lifestyle — http://factsaboutyouth.com/posts/health-risks-of-the-homosexual-lifestyle/ Basic Info About Homosexuality Sexual Orientation is NOT Fixed Homosexual Men Have 50 Times Higher Rate of AIDS: CDC Annual Conference, 8/09 Abstract: Calculating HIV and Syphilis Rates for Risk Groups: Estimating the National Population Size of Men Who Have Sex with Men HIV/AIDS and Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) Ex-Homosexual Ministry Has 53 Percent Success Rate Study: Homosexuality Linked with Childhood Trauma Commentary: SOME ADOPTIONS DISASTROUS FOR KIDS 47% of Gay Couples Have “Sex Agreements” – Only 45% Monogomous: Study Forty-seven percent of gay couples in a recently published study said that they had "sex agreements" with their partners, which clarify how often and in what circumstances they are permitted to have sex with others. Only 45% said that their relationships were monogamous, while another 8% disagreed about whether their relationship was “open” or exclusive, according to an ongoing study by the Center or Research on Gender & Sexuality at San Francisco State University. The Gay Couples Study said that the couples interviewed typically put a positive spin on “open” relationships, with three out of four participants describing non-monogamous agreements as "positive" because it eliminates the need to lie to one's partner. The authors also claimed that, "we found that couples make sexual agreements because they want to build a strong relationship rather than for HIV protection." “With straight people, it’s called affairs or cheating,” according to Colleen Hoff, the lead researcher for the Gay Couples Study,...
Quotes to Abstain By…
I never learned how to treat a girl until I dated a girl in college who dressed modestly. She was interesting. She commanded respect. — recent college graduate Our main reproductive organ is our brain. —Molly Kelly I want a girl who’s going to respect me and my values. I don’t want a girl who will tease me and try to tempt away my self-control. I’m saving myself for my wife, and I hopes she waits, too. I think to have it with someone else would tend to tarnish the completeness and uniqueness of our totally belonging to each other. I want to learn how to make love with the person I’ll spend my life loving. —17-year-old boy If you don’t want to drive over a cliff, don’t pull up to the edge and race the engine. —high school counselor No man is free who is a slave to the flesh. —Seneca Abstinence is a promise you make to yourself. It’s important to me to stay true to myself and what I stand for. —Dwayne, It’s Great to Wait, www.greattowait.com It’s easier to share your body than your soul. —A teenager Living a life of chastity has showed me what true freedom and love actually are. I am able to see my girlfriend for the beautiful woman that she is with dignity and respect. My vision of her isn’t clouded with lust but rather magnified with love. —college student The only safe sex is in a marriage relationship where a man and a...
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Rob began his glamorous career in the TV industry cleaning toilets. It was in a post-production house where he also learned the crafts of coffee making, label printing, and eventually, editing television. It was in one of those dimly lit edit suites that Rob heard his first RMK voices demo CD. He was immediately mesmerised. A dream was planted, and some time later, Rob had put together his first demo.
Eventually, Rob went out on his own as an editor, then moved into studio directing and producing, mostly at Disney Channel, where he stayed more than five years; all the while dabbling in presenting and honing his voice skills.
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Review: It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini
by C.J. on 3:49 PM in Category: Young Adult, Feature: Review, Genre: Contemporary, Topic: Mental Health, Topic: Psychology
In memory of Ned Vizzini.
title: It's Kind of a Funny Story
author: Ned Vizzini
buy it: Amazon Goodreads B&N
rating: 4/5 [in the genre] or 7/10 [all books I’ve ever read].
recommended for: Fans of John Green and Rainbow Rowell. Lost souls.
will i read this author again?: Yes.
will i continue the series?: N/A
My Ratings Explained
Like many ambitious New York City teenagers, Craig Gilner sees entry into Manhattan's Executive Pre-Professional High School as the ticket to his future. Determined to succeed at life-which means getting into the right high school to get into the right college to get the right job-Craig studies night and day to ace the entrance exam, and does. That's when things start to get crazy.
At his new school, Craig realizes that he isn't brilliant compared to the other kids; he's just average, and maybe not even that. He soon sees his once-perfect future crumbling away. The stress becomes unbearable and Craig stops eating and sleeping-until, one night, he nearly kills himself.
Craig's suicidal episode gets him checked into a mental hospital, where his new neighbors include a transsexual sex addict, a girl who has scarred her own face with scissors, and the self-elected President Armelio. There, isolated from the crushing pressures of school and friends, Craig is finally able to confront the sources of his anxiety.
Ned Vizzini, who himself spent time in a psychiatric hospital, has created a remarkably moving tale about the sometimes unexpected road to happiness. For a novel about depression, it's definitely a funny story.
take home message
A raw, emotional take on one boy's decision to die, and in that darkest moment, the discovery of a will to live.
I've wanted to read this book for a long time. Mental Health Awareness Month seemed like the perfect time, given Vizzini's own battle with depression and death from suicide. If you've ever met depression, this book is an uncomfortable deja vu, like remembering your own thoughts. Vizzini perfectly captures the shame, the guilt, and the dizzying suffocation of depression. Craig is America's overworked uber-teen. His life is his elite school. His friends are tiny narcissists. And when he snaps from all the pressure, he wants to take his own life. Only instead, he checks himself in to the psychiatric ER. The people he meets there are quirky, yet authentic representations of shattered minds. Not violent criminals. Not screaming loons. Sad, worn people. Stuck-in-their-head people. Scarred people. People who still enjoy a good game of cards and who thrive on small accomplishments. People for whom life is chains. Craig's interactions with his fellow patients are touching and darkly humorous, with liberal helpings of teenage boy hormones and revelatory moments. Perhaps the ending is a little candy-coated, but it's not a promise of perfection: only hope.
plot . 4/5
It's a literary sort of plot. Not that it's dull or slow, but it's very much focused on characters and ideas rather than big huge events. Except for the big huge event that owns the first part of the book, Craig's dark night. But Vizzini actually starts before that, setting the stage for Craig's breakdown with the end of Craig's good days and the events leading to the bad day: self-absorbed friends, struggles at school, strings tightening. Then there's life in the hospital. You lose track of days in those pages, and I think it's intentional. It's a blur of pre-packaged meals and day room card games and art therapy. It's senseless conversations and Atavan. This is also about a teenage boy, which means that sex (and romances) is a huge topic, with Craig navigating his relationships with the sexy ambivalent Nia and the enigmatic Noelle. I think a lot of people disliked how shallow these relationships were, but that's kind of the point. This is a teenage boy. He's pumped up on testosterone. He's depressed and self-focused. These aren't future wives; just people to make connections with, good and bad. So the ending is meant not as a resolution, but as hope. A shard of sunlight out of something dark.
concept . 5/5
There are too many melodramatic, scandalous accounts of mental hospital stays. Chains and shock treatments and abusive nurses and schizophrenics screaming bloody murder. Then there's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, which is excellent but unfortunately dated--and doubly unfortunately, the only template most people have for mental institutions. Vizzini's account is realistic. (Not surprising, given it's basis in his own experience.) There isn't glitz. There's meal trays and smoke breaks. There are people trying to get a handle on the world. Craig's depression is also textbook--not in the sense of being dull, of course. It's just real. It's the undramatic sinking into apathy, the sadness with a veneer of self-absorption. To me, it's so much more poignant than the dramatic version.
characters . 4/5
Like John Green after him, Vizzini has a flair for the quirky. These are slight caricatures of people, almost-real people with a bit of flavor. Craig himself is both endearing and annoying, as depressed people can be. It's an unfortunately selfish disease, which makes its sufferers so isolated. Craig is too smart, too anal, too sex-obsessed, but also sweet and a little naive. His parents are hopelessly helpful. His friends are hormones with bodies. The people in the hospital are, ironically, the most alive. Jimmy, the man who sees numbers in his head. The President with his rules. The sad man from Egypt who wishes for music. Charles/Jennifer. Noelle, scarred from a hope to hide herself. They all have stories but in the hospital, they're card players, artists, and leaders. Each is drawn up with such earnestness that I loved each one.
style . 5/5
If you love John Green, you'll adore Vizzini. (After all, who do you think came first?) His style is sardonic and raw. It feels like being in the head of a teenage boy. Sadness. Sex. Art. Confusion. Sex. There's a lot of punchy description and bantery dialogue. The dialogue is my favorite; it's something you could have overheard on the bus or at the next lunch table.
mechanics . 5/5
There's not much to complain about. It's a tightly written book. There aren't a lot of loose ends flapping about. The pacing is quick, the writing polished.
Note: I purchased this copy. The price of the book and its origin in no way affected my stated opinions.
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Bear in Heaven (Adam on right)
(by Dawn Reed) You've been trekking with us for a bit now and may have noticed my total admiration for the Brooklyn based pros of dance your ass off electro rock- Bear in Heaven. When they were making their way around the US on a second go 'round in support of the phenom I Love You, It's Cool album, they got cut a little short to make their way home safely in the midst of Hurrican Sandy. They are back on the road this weekend for a mini tour through DC, Pittsburgh, Chicago, and Cleveland. I was stoked to get a hold of guitarist Adam Wills, and asked him the most important questions that have been eating at all of us BinH fans. Here he tells us about Mexican prison (kinda), bongos, and Amazonian icaros.
Scene Trek: Let's pretend NASA didn't transmit a song from Earth to Mars via the Curiosity rover by a dude from Black Eyed Peas. I mean, seriously. If NASA had asked you for a song to signify the moment in history, what track from your discography would you have put into the universe?
Adam: I think we should send them all 2700 hours of our slowed down album. It's deep.
Somehow, your album I Love You, Its Cool has been heard by beings in a different galaxy. What track do you think will drive them to come learn more about the human species?
I'd like to think the space guys are pretty mellow dudes and enjoy the more laid back side of our particular brand of electronic bongo rock. So I'd offer em up "Sweetness & Sickness." It's groovy and it's got bongos in stereo, so they might be pretty keen to come check this lil' planet out. (They already know everything about us.)
I love that you feature fan made videos on your website. One fan had set your music over rad scenes from Labyrinth, which was pretty dope. Would you consider remixing a song from Labyrinth?
Do people know the songs from Labyrinth? Crazy. I haven't seen that movie in 20 years. That's a rad video though.
Wyld Stallyns
Time travel exists, and Bear in Heaven gets to ride that phone booth (sans Wyld Stallyns!) to any time to change the face of music. What time would you go?
Time travel does exist. The "phone booth" is the dream plane. I go different places every time I close my eyes, no need to get in some silly booth.
What was one of your favorite places to perform at abroad?
Russia, Mexico, Australia, Poland, the more remote, the more memorable. Don't ask me about the time I almost went to Mexican prison. Ok, go ahead and ask.
I always like to pick music brains with: heard any amazing international bands recently? Have you stumbled upon any cool scenes that Westerners may not know of yet?
I'm pretty into sacred chants, icaros from the Amazon, Lakota morning songs, ya know, party music. Can't think of any particular scenes off the top of my head (haven't finished this cup of coffee yet.) But check out these gems from the past, Dave Bixby, Craig Leon, and J.D. Emmanuel.
Finally, what's going on in your post tour future? Recording, music videos, late night circuit, babies, vacay?
All of the above, you nailed it!
(by Dawn Reed) On a recent Scene Trek, we covered the flourishing underground rock scene of Seoul Korea via the Hongdae district. And in those clubs was where experimental rockers Apollo 18 had their first gig in 2008, before blowing up and touring North America with proper showcases at SxSW, a discography of insanely awesome noise that continues to grow, and recently crowned MTV Iggy's Artist of the Week! These dudes are amazing, and we hope that they tour the states again soon. In the meantime, we got a hold of Kim Dae-inn (bassist,) Choi Hyun-seok (guitar,) and Lee Sang-yun (drummer) who filled us in on cops breaking up SxSW parties, Korean beer, and playing on the moon. One day,... one day.
So what's the story behind your band's name? Are you fans of the space program or perhaps the video game from the 80's of the same name?
Sang-yun: Dae-inn chose the name kind of by accident. Hyun-seok was wearing a T-shirt that said “Aloha ‘76” on it. Dae-inn misread it and thought the T-shirt said “Apollo 18.” He thought that would be a really good band name. He suggested it to me and Hyun-seok and we said any name was fine with us.
In early 2011, you toured North America for the first time. What was your most memorable experience or performance while on the road there?
Hyun-seok: All of the gigs on that tour were memorable for different reasons. We played 16 gigs in the United States in 13 days so that tour was a lot of work, but it was a lot of fun too. We had so many great experiences while we were there. We were exhausted before our official SXSW showcase as we hadn’t slept in like three days because of the jet lag. I took a really short nap in our tour van before we went on and then we started downing cans of Red Bull. Our U.S. tour manager was really worried about us being too tired. When it came time to play, though, we felt alive and full of energy. I started shaking my guitar above my head and then Dae-inn and I jumped in the air as our opening song began. There’s a video of it on YouTube and you can hear our tour manager shouting “F#cking right!” in the background. That gig was a lot of fun to play.
We played a daytime party in a backyard during SXSW too. Just as we finished our set, the police showed up because the neighbors had complained about us playing too loud. That felt really rock ‘n’ roll to us! While we were playing, our tour manager told the party organizer that we were trying hard to be quiet. She laughed and said, “This is them trying to be quiet?”
After our concert in Tulsa, Oklahoma we were hanging out and drinking with the owner of the club. He was telling us these great stories about bands that had played there in the past. When it was time to leave, only us, the owner, and the bartender were still there. We thanked the bartender and she told us we were a great band and then pulled down her top and flashed her breasts to us. We were really surprised by this and didn’t know what to say!
Club Spot in Hongdae
The Hongdae clubs seem to be a place where indie rock thrives in South Korea (at least according to the internet.) Would you say it's still that way?
Dae-inn: There are small scenes in some other cities, but Seoul’s Hongdae district is where most of South Korea’s indie rock can be found. We played our first live gig together as Apollo 18 at a place called Club Spot in Hongdae.
What was the key moment in your life when you were like "I'm going to be a musician" ?
Dae-inn: That’s a hard question to answer. I don’t know if there was a “key moment.” We all started playing music in our teens. We first learned how to play other people’s music (as most people do) and then from there started coming up with ideas to make our own songs. I started to learn how to play guitar after watching a live video of Nirvana. I thought Kurt Cobain looked so cool onstage and I wanted to play guitar like him. I only began playing bass when we started Apollo 18.
Hyun-seok: A video made me want to learn how to play guitar too. It wasn’t a Nirvana video, though. Instead it was a video of Megadeth guitarist Marty Friedman. I thought the things he did on the video were amazing and after watching it I wanted to start playing guitar.
Sang-yun: Watching a street performer playing drums on a TV program made me want to learn how to play drums. He looked so cool and I felt really inspired after watching the TV segment on him.
What or who influenced you musically?
Dae-inn: All members of the band have very different tastes in music. Collectively we really like rock, hardcore, metal, grunge, post-rock, funk, blues, electronica, jazz, psychedelic music, and even a bit of pop music too. When we started to play together as Apollo 18, Hyun-seok said we should try to make music that mixed together all the styles of music that we each love.
Hyun-seok: So many things have an influence on us and the music we make. We’re inspired by everything we see and do, along with music, films, friends, and good beer. Korean beer isn’t very good, so I definitely feel inspired whenever we have tasty beer from other countries too drink!
Black (LP)
So currently you have 3 amazing EPs (Red, Violet, Black) and a completely rad LP Blue. How would you compare these to each other?
Hyun-seok: “Red” has more of a post-rock influence. “Blue” features harder, more experimental rock music. All the songs on “Violet” are instrumental and the music on the EP is a mix of different styles. “Black” features some post-rock and post-hardcore stuff. It also features the softest song, “Mur,” that we’ve made as a band.
Speaking of your latest release Black, gotta be honest, I can't stop playing it! One of my favorite tracks is "Corpse Flower." What was the inspiration behind it?
Dae-inn: Thanks! All of our songs are created by jamming together in our practice space. We just play together and see what comes from it. If something sounds good, we keep playing it. If it doesn’t we try something else. Things happen pretty naturally when we work on new music together. Nothing is planned out beforehand. If a track has vocals on it, it’s because Hyun-seok and I wanted to sing or scream something. If a track is instrumental, it’s because we didn’t feel like singing or screaming while we were jamming on it.
Any upcoming tours or more albums in production? How about a music video?
Sang-yun: We made music videos for the songs “Orbis” and “Iridescent Clouds” from 2009’s “[0] / The Blue Album.” “Orbis” stars a very talented bellydancer named Eshe. Eshe is from Canada originally, but lives in Seoul now. She’s a very good friend of ours and has performed live with us several times. It’s always a special treat to collaborate live with her.
Hyun-seok: We’re starting to write music for our next album now. We hope to record it maybe in May and would like to release it in June or July. While we are working on our new album, we don’t plan on playing many gigs. We do have two shows scheduled, though. One will happen on April 14 in a Korean city called Cheonan at a venue named Club Dolce. The other will be an opening slot for acclaimed American indie act Blonde Redhead during their Seoul gig at AX-Korea on May 4. When our album is released, we’d like to tour more in Korea and try to do some overseas dates as well.
What's your ultimate goal as a band? Gig on the moon?
Dae-inn: I’m really into outer space stuff so I’d love to play on the moon one day! Our ultimate goal is to just keep playing music together forever. We’re all really close friends and think of each other like brothers. We have really good chemistry together and want to keep developing that.
And finally, I always like to find out- what bands are you currently listening to?
Hyun-seok: Right now I’m listening to the new “Torture” EP from Seoul hardcore band 13 Steps. They are one of the best hardcore bands in Korea and I’m a big fan of their music. Their vocalist, Dokyo, has done guest vocals on our song “Manic Depressive” at a few of our concerts. I’m also listening to Seoul band National Pigeon Unity’s new “Molotov Cocktail” digital single. It features a track remixed by Dae-inn. I’m looking forward to hearing the new EP from Seoul’s Juck Juck Grunzie too. The group plan to release it in late spring or early summer.
(by Dawn Reed) A couple weeks ago, we featured Canadian electro violinist Eric Speed's video for "Maniac" as video of the week and wondered why in the hell his FB fanpage only had like 500 followers (because the current blog-based society unfortunately gravitates to that for fandom...) Then a couple days later, he got himself a Guinness World Record for being the fastest violinist in the WORLD! Needless to say, the numbers are starting to blow up, and will continue as Eric, Montreal-born and classically trained, is currently working on a third album with a new single dropping next week. Someone give this kid a world tour...
Congratulations Guinness World Record holder! You are the fastest violinist in the world right! How does that make you feel?
It doesn't change a thing. It's just confirmed that I'm really hyperactive. :)
So, to achieve the world record, you performed "Flight of the Bumblebee" in a mere 53 seconds! How did you go about prepping for that?
I'd practiced for ten days non stop while watching the series Heroes with subtitles at the same time. I cannot remember a word of the series because I can only remember the "Flight of the Bumblebee"...lol
So, you've been playing the violin since age 3. Who got you started? Did you want to be a violinist as a child?
My mom. She played the piano younger. Nobody's an artist at 3, but you can find out at this age if you have what it takes to continue later.
At what moment in your life did you realize you wanted to be a musician?
Around 22. I was finishing my conservatory in Montreal and I couldn't find my way through Orchestra or teaching the violin, so I realized I needed to do something different. I started two bands and discovered the electric violin.
We recently featured your dope-ass video for "Maniac" as Video of the Week. It's clearly a contender for video of the year! What was it like working on that video? Did you have any input to the idea/story?
It started in a café in Montreal. I was talking with Pierre-Luc Boucher, the director. He is a good friend of mine. We were talking of possibilities for this video, and we laughed at that idea. There was a silence after and we thought about it. We said to each other, "HEY what the hell this is a crazy cool idea!"
You have two amazing albums out, Eric Speed and Starland. How would you compare the two?
The first one (s/t) is more about the classical studies and soundtracks that I learned. It's a mix between game scores and movies. The second one (Starland) is more wild. I was doing some shows in clubs and the electro came a bit from those nights. I prefer the second album especially the last track, "Starland."
Your music would be perfect as the score for some cool action video game or movie. Have you scored anything yet or been approached?
I would be honored to do some soundtracks, especially videogames. I'm a videogame geek, I admit, and really love the soundtracks, especially Castlevania, Hitman 3, Mafia 2 and Uncharted. Well, I'm open to new ideas. Let me know if you want a crazy violinist-you never know! ;)
If you could re-score any film in history, what film would it be and why?
Mmm... The best movies are the movies with the best soundtracks, so I woudn't change a thing. BUT if I could do one I would say Tron Legacy. I was in total illumination when I saw this movie.
I always like to find out what bands people have on repeat. What are some bands/artists that you are currently listening to?
The training montage (song from) Rocky, the Tron Legacy soundtrack, and the Drive soundtrack. (Drive) is simply awesome and the soundtrack made it perfect.
So what are some of your upcoming plans? World tour? Another video? Maybe pick up another string instrument and attempt being the fastest cellist in the world next? ;)
I'm working on a third album and releasing the first single next week on itunes! And I'll be doing some shows in the next months. I'm very interested to create a great show with multimedia in the vibe of the video "Maniac", but live... if only I could find sponsors to help me build this idea. ;)
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Contributes on Indian and Nepalese communist movement
We publish in this Asia section an interview to the Indian comrades of Indian Communist Party Marxist-Leninist (People's War), published on Indian theoric review People's March, for Indian revolution. This party is one of the Indian radical left organizations, linked politically and theorical to Nepal Maoist of NCPm.
We can't found a modern development of Maoism in China, but in neighbour countries like Nepal and India, where there's a huge theoretical production. Surely China supports these organizations to bar the way to Indian expansionism and to make pressure on pro-USA governments in his south boundaries: Bhutan and Nepal. Nevertheless the Maoist resistance is really popular. If it is true that China tries to bar the way to the US imperialism, on the other side it has its own imperialism, and life and power conditions of Chinese proletarians show the lack ness of socialism in this country.
Instability of some areas in India and the control of a huge part of Nepal by Maoists are examples like revolutionary theories are linked to revolutionary practice.
Even if Indian progressists have won the last elections, and even if revisionist communists take part, comrades of ICPML (People's War) continue their struggle. The ICPML (People's War) boycotts the elections, but it tries to exploit all new political spaces in this new Indian situation, especially in Andhra Pradesh. In A.P. there's a big naxalita's community, represented by little bourgeois organizations and by revolutionary communist ones. Naxal, poor rebel paysant movement born in Bengali in the '60, is developed in all India. The movement, since the beginning has been directed by communists and inside Indian anti-revisionist Marxist-Leninist organizations are born. ICPML is born in Naxalita's movement too, now Naxalita and Maoist fighter are synonymous. Naxalites born in Bengali have an olive skin and they are in many Indian states. For poverty and skin colour they are discriminated and violent repressed.
In these last months, Nepal has been troubled by a lot of strikes and guerrilla actions, and the press has been obliged to speak about Nepal's Maoists. Nepal's monarchy has been obliged to increase foreign soldiers, often regular U.S and G.B. troupes presented like irregular contractors. The Nepal's army has admitted that it utilizes U.S. teachers. Never the less, this summer, Nepal's communists have aggressed in many parts of the country, even in Kathmandu.
It's interesting underline that Maoist struggle is not so popular in European left as Zapatista movement. Without giving any values on Chiapas movement, we see that Italian left hardly speaks about revolutionary process in Nepal. It scares to say that women are more present in NCP that in any other communist party in Europe, that Maoists practice armed struggle, with good results, that they want people power, that they develop a new red hegemony in Asia. It is better to speak about humanitarian doctors, brave escalators, poor farmers but happy, reassured by millenarian feudal society. To speak about this reality isn't an exotic desire, or repressed dreams that don't grow in the imperialist metropolis, but, simple, it means give a contribute to show the development of international communist movement, its ant imperialist struggle, and its possibilities to be a hegemony force inside society. In this world, where communism or is denounced as the biggest evil or is quickly settled as finished, the development of popular resistance and of the communist movement are a slap to all people enemies. The liveliness of communist movement isn't a repetition of ceremony, stories and legends, but it is the capacity to develop and to overtake the mistakes done in the past. We don't want to find the purity in the social revolution or in the revolutionary movement, but have a relation, learn, support all these organizations and comrades that are able to break with stereotype style.
We report a new book in English "Problems and prospective of revolution in Nepal", inside there are many articles of the main leader of NCP-Maoist, comrade Prachanda. We publish in this issue an article of this book about the problem of frontism, that is to say tactical possibility of communists to direct the alliance between working class with others class portions for limited objectives. The difference between people and working class is approached not only by Mao, but also by Lenin. It can appear like a linguistic formalism, but it hides an analysis on class portions involved in class struggle and an analysis on possibilities of communists to link different social parts for anticapitalist and antimperialist struggle. Religious and ethnic questions are still central elements when the imperialistic monopole grows. The most important bet for all revolutionary movement is to be able to build a common way for different parts, where this unit isn't a formal addition of social and cultural factors, but a real aims unit that found in the struggle the way to experiment a revolutionary development. We think this is important all over the world. Social parts are different and the answers are different too, but class division and the need to unite people on common objectives are fundamental points also for us. This contribute isn't a bible, but it want to be a stimulus and a new demonstration of communists' possibilities in the struggle for power. Communists' strategy and tactic are more that a leaflet or a magazine, we don't have to forget that is practice that determines the revolutionary way. The practice of Indian and Nepalese communist parties is supported by theoretical structure of Maoism without being stereotype. We don't want to introduce a debate on Maoism, but we see in it a lively with a lot of suggestions applicable in our reality. The diffusion and the utilization of Mao thought confirm its lively. Besides, Mao and Maoism, in Asia, represent a symbol of the emancipation from colonialism for thousand of men and women.
See the materials on the site www.peoplesmarch.com
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Magic Johnson’s publicity-shy wife Cookie in ad campaign urging women to get HIV tests
LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Former basketball star Magic Johnson's normally publicity-shy wife Cookie is emerging as a spokeswoman in a campaign urging black women to get tested for HIV.
Cookie Johnson is appearing with the former LA Lakers star in a five-year, $60 million public service campaign with ads directed by moviemaker Spike Lee.
She was two months pregnant when her husband tested positive for HIV in 1991.
The Henry J. Kaiser Foundation says almost a third of cases diagnosed among U.S. blacks in 2006 were women, double the rate for white women.
Cookie Johnson, who tested negative for the virus, says part of the community still has the attitude that “it can't happen to me.''
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Facebook Blocks 'Chutia', is Twitter Next?
New Delhi: If you are a "Chutia", your Facebook account might get blocked! No pun intended. This is what Facebook is doing these days.
Of late, Facebook reportedly blocked accounts of almost all the members of the All Assam Chutia Students' Union (Aacsu), confusing their surname "Chutiya" with Hindi slang. However, Chutiya, pronounced as Sutiya, is the name of a community in Assam.
But "Chutiya, or Chutia" is also a derogatory term in Hindi. And that's what Facebook must have presumed before deleting those accounts.
"Facebook has blocked the accounts of all the subscribers belonging to the Chutia community of Assam thinking the names are false and fabricated. For Chutia being an abusive word in the Hindi language, Facebook authorities thought that the account holders are fake and fabricated. But, they are still unknown to the fact that Chutia is an ethnic tribe of Assam which has a rich historical background in the state history," Firstpost quoted Jyotiprasad Chutia, Aacsu general secretary, as saying.
Facebook always insists that the users register themselves with their real name else the action will be taken against those using a pseudonym. But the latest move by Facebook is nothing but a result of its sheer ignorance. However, Facebook's goal may be to become an international verified identity service, but its desired project to become a network of real-named people is halted when the network spreads into cultures and languages where the company lacks expertise. And that's what has happened in this Chutiya incident!
If Facebook can not bear to have profiles with derogatory words on its site, then what about the pages with such names? There are many pages with lewd names on Facebook like "Ye kya Bakchodi hai?" that has over 94,000 subscribers, "Daaru Pi Daaru Bakchodi mat kar (Drink whiskey & stop being non-sense)", "Jab kismat ho Gaandu, to kya kare Pandu", "ye kya chutiyapa hai" with approx. 60,000 subscribers, and many others. These pages have existence on Facebook for quite long. And practically, most of the content posted on these sites are quite humour-driven, and not libidinous.
However, Google+ recently relaxed its real name policy to pseudonyms. Also, Twitter also does not ban users for having pseudonyms. But if one day, all the social networking giants continue this trend of removing fake names and become stringent with their real name policies, then there are many pages and accounts across these social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Google+, which might get deleted.
These also include the twitter account @BollywoodGaandu, which actually tweets about Hindi film gossips, @GhantaGuy, @SabChutiyapahai, and other such accounts on Twitter.
Besides, one more concern here is that will Facebook also remove the pages of companies and institutes whose acronyms come out to be dirty. One such example is Tamilnadu Advanced Technical Training Institute (TATTI). Though there are many other possibilities.
Thus, it is suggested that the social networking websites should focus more on the content than names. If something is to be removed, it should be based on the content being posted, not on the basis of profile or page names.
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#Facebook are Taking on #Snapchat with #MSQRD - Social Songbird
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Snapchat's lenses are one of the most popular things about the app. They allow you to play around with different animations to change your face and that can be pretty fun. So it was no surprise when MSQRD - or Masquerade - came on the scene. The app was essentially just the Snapchat lenses only the options are there every day and they're always adding more. From giving yourself anime eyes or funky glasses to turning yourself into Ironman or Leonardo DiCaprio, you can do it all. This week Facebook have announced that they're acquiring the app through a video posted by Mark Zuckerburg on Facebook using the app whilst Masquerade posted a blog entry on their website. For Masquerade this proves that they've hit their peak and that they're providing a good service but for Facebook it means so much more.
A few years ago Facebook tried to buy Snapchat. The app was clearly the next big thing and they wanted in but they were turned down. It seemed to be a smart move for Snapchat who are now making more money than they were back then and on their own. However they're still using technology that Facebook want and Masquerade also have and that's the facial recognition that both apps use. It can be assumed that for now Facebook will be using some of those filters in the Messenger app or for something similar. This is probably an attempt to attract a younger user base but it seems unlikely to work when there are still separate apps to use those filters on. Facebook had to do something though and that technology could be used for something more useful in the future.
The original app is still going be available in both in the iOS and Google Play stores which is a good thing considering the app was only released on Android this month and users don't even have access to the full range of filters yet. You can easily share the videos and pictures on social media already but expect them to become a little more Facebook and Instagram related in the future. The app is still growing in popularity and Facebook buying it may encourage more and more people to use it, though they will likely be older than Snapchat’s user base. Even before this procurement was announced people were claiming that their parents used this app. It’s totally free at the moment with no advertisements or anything, now it's owned by Facebook that could change in the future but it doesn't seem as if that will be necessary for such a small app.
We have to wait and see whether buying MSQRD was a smart idea or whether it's going to go downhill like Facebook's previous two attempts to copy Snapchat have.
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Alexandra Erin on February 20, 2008 in 06: A Period of Conflict
In Which A Mealtime Mix-Up Becomes Heated
I felt the first twinge of pain in the union, going up the stairs to the dining area. Twinge? More like stab.
“Are you okay?” Ian asked, when I stopped and nearly doubled over.
“Stomach pangs,” I said. I was guessing. It wasn’t very likely I was sick. “I’m still getting used to the whole solid food thing.”
“Do you need to lay down or something?”
“I just need some food and I’ll be okay,” I said.
“If you say so,” he said, offering me his hand.
“I do,” I said. I thought about refusing his touch, but didn’t. Why waste the opportunity because I was feeling shitty? I liked holding hands. Why did I have to be in physical pain before Ian would offer to do it? What did that say about him? About me?
We took the steps one at a time, slowly. Amaranth met us before we made it all the way up. Evidently, she’d been watching from the upper level.
“Oh, Mack, baby, are you okay?” she asked.
“She’s fine,” Ian said.
Two asked the same thing when we got to the top of the stairs, and Ian deflected it for me again. I leaned against him, drawing some comfort from the heat of his body against me. Not just comfort, either… I felt like shit, but something in me wanted to be fucked.
“So, I guess you made up your mind?” Amaranth asked Ian, with a gigantic, self-assured smile. I wanted to wipe it off her face.
“Uh, no,” Ian said. “Sorry.”
“Oh,” Amaranth said. Her smile fell, but not all the way. “Well… I hope you know you’ll be more than welcome to take advantage of Mack’s body, no matter what you ultimately decide.”
“Um… thanks?” Ian said. He gave me a look, searching for a cue, but I didn’t really have anything to say. I wanted to die and I wanted to take Ian with me, but I would have loved for him to take advantage of my body, too.
I just shrugged and he shrugged back.
“I mean, I’d love it if I could convince her to share her body with all comers, so to speak,” Amaranth went on, giggling a bit, “but I know that’s not going to happen. So, instead of dwelling on what–or who–she won’t do, I’d rather stay focused on the positive. She’s willing to put out for you, so I want you to consider her mouth and pussy yours, regardless of your actual relationship status.”
Ordinarily that kind of talk would have made me blush. I felt a little hot, but I don’t think I was actually blushing. If I hadn’t wanted Ian to be my boyfriend so badly, I probably would have been excited at the prospect of being his to use and discard casually.
Actually, I was excited by it… I was also worried, though. I wanted to be his girlfriend. I wanted to be at his disposal, but I didn’t want to be disposed of.
I didn’t think Ian would take Amaranth up on it, anyway. He’d been interested in no-strings-attached sex in the time between finding out I wasn’t human and finding out I was a person, but I didn’t think his core streak of decency would let him take advantage of me like that, outside an actual relationship.
“Um, so… we gonna get lunch?” Ian said, after several long moments of awkwardness had passed.
“We’re just waiting on Steff,” Amaranth said. She curled her upper lip back around her teeth, chewing on it.
“Is she okay?” I asked.
“Excuse me, Ian,” Amaranth said. She took my arm and drew me away from Ian. “I need to borrow my toy back for a moment.” When we were a bit away, she said quietly, “She went back to the center this morning.”
“I think maybe it was just her adjustment wearing off?” Amaranth said. “But, she just started crying in the middle of her class, and then she pulled her daggers out. I heard about it from a boy I have healing arts with.”
“Um… is everything okay, guys?” Ian asked us.
I nodded to him then turned back to Amaranth. I wasn’t trying to cut him out of the loop, but Steff didn’t want her personal troubles spread around and I had to respect her privacy.
“Is she going to be in trouble?” I asked, feeling suddenly sicker than ever. Amaranth knew the rules regarding this kind of thing better than I did.
“Well, she didn’t actually attack anybody,” Amaranth said. “There might be some kind of hearing? I guess… I guess I really don’t know, baby.”
My heart sank. If there ever had been a time for Amaranth not to admit ignorance, this would have been it. I wanted to hear that everything was fine.
“Here she comes,” Two reported, looking over the railing towards the entryway below. A woman with a similar taste in clothes to Steff had just come in with the stream of lunchtime traffic.
“No,” I said, shaking my head. Steff skipped, swayed, or glided… she didn’t trudge around with her head down like a dull human. “That’s not her.”
“I think you’re mistaken,” Two said. “Hi, Steff!”
The girl looked up and waved, and I saw to my shock it was Steff.
I noticed she was wearing a pair of blue flower barrettes in her hair that she hadn’t had at breakfast. When she got up the stairs, I could see there were tiny butterflies on them. I remembered her wearing another set of butterfly hairclips before. I’d have to remember that for the future, for birthdays and stuff… it would be nice to know there was something Steff liked that didn’t involve dead body parts.
“Hey, everybody,” she said.
Two leaned forward expectantly. Her face twitched when Steff didn’t respond.
“Hugs, Steff,” she prompted. “You’re supposed to hug me.”
“Oh, sorry, pseudowench,” Steff said. She sounded tired, and leaned against Two instead of doing her usual quick, firm clench. “It’s this potion they’ve got me… well, I mean, it’s something I’m trying.”
“Now do the kisses,” Two said, turning her head, and Steff obliged her with a peck on each check. She seemed to be a bit golem-ish herself at the moment. “Good. Oh, pretty,” Two said approvingly, noticing the barrettes.
“What?” Steff said. She reached up and touched her head, feeling the hair clips. “Oh. Viktor… Viktor gave them to me.”
She said it so matter-of-factly, no sense of pleasure or pride. That struck me as so wrong. I’d become used to hearing her say Viktor’s name like he was some kind of demigod, and I knew she treasured the things he gave her.
“Steff… are you really okay?” I asked.
“Good as gold, glitterbug,” she said. Her eyes fell on Ian. “Oh. Hi.”
“Um, hi,” Ian said. “Seriously, are you okay?”
“People keep asking me that,” Steff said. “I’m fine. I don’t feel anything.”
That was it. It wasn’t that she was tired. It was like she was numb, through and through. It was disconcerting. Steff was feeling. I felt a pang of sympathy… or maybe more like a cramp or spasm of sympathy.
Ian was at my side.
“Can we go on inside?” he said. “Mackenzie’s having some kind of… uh… stomach thing.”
It wasn’t really just my stomach, though, it was more kind of… all over, really, in my lower body. The base of my spine, my thighs, and everywhere in between were all getting in on the act.
“Oh… sure,” Amaranth said. She was still looking at Steff, and nearly worrying a hole through her lip now. “You have meal points, baby?”
“Ian’s buying for me,” I said.
“Oh,” she said with a hint of smugness, a radiant smile flooding her face. It seemed that she was drawing the same conclusion from Ian’s generosity that I had. Her smugness was infectious, and I found myself smiling, too, as we went through the line for the cash register.
Of course he would stay with me. He wouldn’t have bothered to comfort me after class if he didn’t intend to. It was so obvious. He could have just left things as they were, with his last words being angry. Why would he bother making up if he planned on breaking up?
I fought back a wave of despair that seemed to come out of nowhere, riding on the certainty that he was going to dump me and I’d be completely alone… he would somehow manage to dump me so hard it would negate Amaranth and Steff. It felt like somebody was using my whole lower abdomen as a pin cushion.
“Baby!” Amaranth said, grabbing my arms like she thought I was going to fall, and I realized I’d let out a moan. “Do you need healing?”
“I’m fine,” I said. “I just need food.”
“You don’t need… your food?” she asked.
“It’s only been a couple days,” I said. “My body’s just messed up today.”
She tugged at the corner of her lip.
“Okay,” she said. “But you let me know if you’re still feeling like this after you eat. We’re not taking any chances, understand?”
“I don’t think it’s that,” Ian said, and I shot him a dirty look.
Celia joined us a bit after we’d got our food and had ourselves situated at a table.
“‘sup, mammals?” she said, setting down a plate with three fried chicken drumsticks on it and a glass of milk. She seemed almost manic. I wondered if she was hasted. “Who wants to hear all about how awesome I am? Wait, wait… I’ll show you.”
She flicked her forked tongue out, hissed a few syllables over her closed fist, then opened it explosively, sending a shower of green and purple sparks arcing over the table.
“Pretty,” Two said.
“That’s very nice, Celia,” Amaranth said.
“Hairballs! That was supposed to be an animated snake,” Celia said. “I did it in class.” She repeated the gesture, and this time only produced a momentary green glow. “Damn it.” She turned her slit-pupiled eyes towards me. “I’d kill for your energy reserves, even if they came with the bad press.”
“Deal,” I said. I pushed my plate away. The few bites I’d eaten hadn’t seemed to help my pangs. In fact, I had an uncomfortably full sensation.
“Baby, are you okay?” Amaranth asked me.
“I’m just having a bad day,” I said, leaning up against her soft, comforting warmth. I mentally cursed the stupid “one person per seat” rule. All I wanted was to climb into her lap and curl up… or better still, climb beneath a blanket with her and go to sleep.
And maybe have some hot chocolate first.
“Oh, baby, is it your period?” Amaranth asked. “I wondered when that would start.”
“It’s not my period,” I said, sitting up. Suddenly Amaranth’s soft warmth was a lot less comforting.
“Not yet,” Celia said. “You’ve got less than a day to go.”
“How could you possibly know that?” I asked.
She flicked out her tongue.
“The tongue, she does not lie,” she said.
“You can not taste when somebody’s going to have their period,” I said.
“Yes I can,” Celia said. “It drove me crazy before I figured out what it was.”
“Um, when exactly did you… taste… Mackenzie?” Ian asked.
“It’s her sense of smell,” I said. “Anyway, it’s not my period, guys. I don’t have bad periods. I never have.”
“Okay, if you say so, baby,” Amaranth said, reaching across and stroking my hair with the arm I wasn’t pinning to her side.
“Don’t say it like that,” I said, jerking my head away from her touch. “I’d know if it was that. Can’t you guys usually tell?”
From all around the table came blank stares.
“Um, actually, baby, I think… you’re the only one here who has that particular, um… racial ability?” Amaranth said.
Of course. Ian was a boy. Based on her stray comments, it seemed like Celia’s lower levels were even more reptilian than her outer appearance suggested. Two was a golem. Most of her body seemed to be functional–this made for better spellcasting golems, since it let them replenish energy naturally–but nobody could make a fertile golem. Steff, of course, lacked the equipment. Amaranth’s “fertility” was of a different sort entirely.
“Man, where’s Dee when I need her?” I said, giving a feeble laugh. “I could use some solidarity here.”
“Dee celebrates menstruation and all the gifts it brings,” Two said.
“I hate you all,” I said, then buried my face against Amaranth’s shoulder. I heard the sharp intake of breath and knew I was a colossal bitch.
“I… I… I n-need…” Two sputtered. “I need clarification.”
“She didn’t mean it,” Steff said at the same time Amaranth said “She didn’t mean it, Twoey.”
“I really didn’t,” I said. “I just… I feel like crap. I don’t think I want to go to my fighting class today.”
I knew as I said it that Amaranth would never let me get away with skipping, though. Pacifist or no, she didn’t trust my ability to defend myself on my own. It had been her insistence that I take a real weapons class, and go every day.
“Oh… weeellll,” she said. “I suppose it would be okay to skip this once, if you go to the healing center and let them give you some herbs.”
“What for?” I said. “I’m not sick.”
“If you’re not sick, then it’s pretty obvious you’re having… problems,” Amaranth said.
“I don’t have that kind of ‘problem’,” I said sourly. “Other than my fucking filth-hole leaking blood and nastiness all over the place. That’s a big enough problem on its own, I think.”
“You’ve had a very stressful week,” Amaranth said. “You threw your natural feeding cycle off, and on top of that you’re using magic more heavily than you probably ever have in your life. It’s only natural that you might have some kind of reaction…”
“I eat blood!” I said. “There’s nothing natural about me!”
Ian coughed into his fist. Celia tipped her head back and pushed one of the drumsticks down her throat, big-end first.
“Baby… volume,” Amaranth said, though she sounded more hurt than reproving.
“I’m sorry,” I said, my eyes tearing up. “I don’t know what’s wrong with me today.”
“Right there with you, babe,” Steff said, and sighed.
“Is there anything I can get you?” Amaranth asked, putting her arm around me. I started to throw it off, then stopped. Something popped into my head, something I’d thought of earlier.
“Hot chocolate,” I said.
“What, baby?” Amaranth asked.
“I haven’t had it since I was little,” I said. “When the weather got cold… I hate the cold, but I loved hot chocolate.”
“I don’t think they have hot chocolate,” Amaranth said. “There’s chocolate milk.”
“They, um, put hot chocolate packets out with the instant oat meal and tea and stuff at breakfast,” Ian said. “They usually run out pretty fast, but I could go see if there’s some left.”
I turned my face to him with an insanely pathetic amount of gratitude.
“Could you, please?”
“Sure,” he said. “I’ll be right back.”
I watched him head over to the coffee counter. There were big bins of different packets that I’d never paid a lot of attention to. From where we were sitting, they looked pretty picked clean. I saw right away that the one he checked was empty. He went through the others anyway, but came back empty-handed.
“Sorry,” he said. “I could ask somebody at the counter if they can open up the cabinet…”
“I… I think I can make hot chocolate,” Two said, uncertainty painted across her face. It vanished and she stood up. “I’ll be right back.”
She got up and hurried away before I could say anything. I watched her get a glass. She took it over to the dessert island, where she spooned chocolate syrup into it, then went back to the beverage area, where she filled it with milk.
She brought it back to the table, a glass of milk with a thick gooey mass of dark sludge in the bottom.
“That’s not hot chocolate,” I said, wondering what she was thinking. “That’s chocolate milk.” I hated the edge in my voice. Two didn’t deserve it at all. I gave her some more of it. “And actually, it’s chocolate and milk.”
Two wasn’t listening, though. She was staring at the glass, frowning and wrinkling her brow in concentration. Her eyes were flicking around like they did when she was puzzling over something, and her lips were moving like she was memorizing lines.
The liquid in the glass began to swirl, the white milk changing color as the chocolate dissolved in it. Then the whirlpool stopped, the surface frothed and bubbled just a bit, and a little steam rose off it, carrying with it the scent of cocoa.
“There!” Two said proudly. She let out a big breath and wobbled a bit in her seat. “That was harder than I expected it would be. Here you go, Mack,” she said, lifting up the glass and setting it down closer to me. “Hot chocolate.”
I looked at the glass, then looked up at Two, looking at me with her big, pale blue eyes.
I started crying again.
“If she doesn’t want it, I’ll drink it,” Celia said.
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7 Responses to “161: The Lunch Period”
pedestrian says:
Okay, everybody at the table sympathize with the little demon girl bleeding out of her twat. Sounds like she caught the wrong end of half human.
Oh I just remembered a routine my wife and I would do at gatherings when someone wanted to discuss that awful book, women from venus men from mars.
she would complain:”I used to think men could try to be sensible but they are all lunatics!”
i would reply: “No way! Women are from Luna. Men are from Uranus.”
her reply:”Listen asshole, we women may be lunatics a few days a month but you men are assholes every day!”
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Psi-Ko says:
Oh, Pedestrian. Your comments leave me feeling dazed, confused and laughing all the same.
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zeel says:
Hoopla says:
‘“I… I… I n-need…” Two sputtered. “I need clarification.”’
This line broke my heart into a million pieces. Two is such a great and reliable girl. If I ever have a daughter, I wan’t her to be like Two… in only the good ways of course.
Jechtael says:
I’m fairly certain Mackenzie doesn’t just send food nowhere like Amaranth does. I have a strong suspicion that good old Brimstone denying her food as of the “coming into her nature” meant she stopped defecating because there was no reason, not because demons never defecate.
If you’re saying that this feeling is her needing to poop, then I agree completely, but I guess we’ll find out.
Um… gross. Also… gross.
Spoiler: Also no.
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Notes taken by Edward Tanguay on February 11, 2017 (go to class or lectures)
land, vacant, hides, commodity, felled, longer, Jungle, herds, slaughtered, belts, bovine, industrial, global, Plains, bison, Arizona, Elliot, mass, Chicago, indigenous, Comanches, Peace, extinct, doubled, Europeans, photographia, 1890, West, machines, bore, perforate
after the U.S. Civil War resolved the conflict between the South and the North
United States turned its sights to the West
1867 Indian Peace Commission
under the leadership of Major Joel Elliot
signed treaties with the Cheyennes, Plains Apaches, Comanches, Arapahos, and Kiowas
major reservations were established in present-day South Dakota, Oklahoma, and Arizona
1860 to 1890 reservation lands came under extreme pressure from white settlers, leading to increased conflict
at the edge of this pressure were
the cattlemen
land speculators
moved into and used these perceived-to-be vacant territories
newly arriving Americans and Europeans moved into the West
bison were important for sustenance for meat and hides for the indigenous survival
Comanche populations
the arrival of photographia captured images of Comancheria
not just military pressure on the Comanches
ecological pressure as well
the effect on the bison would in turn have an effect on the indigenous people
the Comanches would have decreasing access to this important ingredient for their own survival
a clash between industrial peoples and nomadic peoples
the assault on the bison took on industrial proportions for industrial ends
became a war of humans against animals fought with industrial weapons
conducted on a mass scale
because there was rising demand for hides for industrial consumption
hides were important because it was out of hides that you got leather belts
not the kind of leather belts that people wear, but leather belts to drive large machines
between 1850 and 1900 the price of leather doubled
and while the demand for leather rose, so did the supply, since the large bore rifle was developed during this time
delivered greater accuracy and ballistic impact from a longer distance
so that you could perforate the thick hide of a bison and bring the animal down
hunting expeditions, if you can call them that, were systematically organized, and bison were slaughtered in the millions
hunters took down as many bison as they could
left them lying in the fields to die
and continue following the herds to take down as many as he could
1878: 40,000 buffalo hides
Orlando Brown felled 6,000 bison in two months
small armies of men would move out into the plain pursuing the animals
by the 1880s the bison were almost extinct
Indians waged mostly futile resistance
Cherokee faced starvation
cities would emerge on the Great Plains to transform them
Chicago became gateway to the American West
cattle ranching took the place of the bison
commodity production
shipped to meat slaughter houses in Chicago
1906 "The Jungle" - Upton Sinclair
the land was being inducted into a more global system
Chicago became the bovine capital of the world
feral, adj. in a wild state, especially after escape from captivity or domestication ⇒ "There was a careful, managed balance of forces between Indian peoples and native, feral herds"
equipoise, n. balance of forces or interests ⇒ "As the bison were slaughtered and removed from the Great Plains, they were replaced by cattle and cattle ranching, and cities began to emerge on the plains to induct them into a national economic system, Chicago becoming in a sense the bovine capital of the world defining a new balance in the relationship between the city and the country each specializing in a task in relationship to other regions. Humans had coexisted with this macrofauna for centuries if not millennia, but the intensification of land use for commodity production upset this delicate equipoise."
Spelling Corrections:
perferate ⇒ perforate
indiginous ⇒ indigenous
Camanches ⇒ Comanches
millenia ⇒ millennia
Ideas and Concepts:
Lost American empires, via tonight's History Since 1300 class:
"Comancheria is the name commonly given to the region of New Mexico, west Texas and nearby areas occupied by the Comanche before the 1860s. Before the Comanche expanded out of present-day Wyoming in the early eighteenth century, the lands now known as Comancheria was home to a multitude of tribes—most notably the Apaches. Much of the region had previously been known as Apachería. But from the 1750s to the 1850s, the Comanches gradually became the dominant group in the Southwest.
Confronted with Spanish, Mexican, and American outposts on their periphery in New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, and Mexico, they worked to increase their own safety, prosperity and power. The Comanches used their military power to obtain supplies and labor from the Americans, Mexicans, and Indians through thievery, tribute, and kidnappings.
Although powered by violence, the Comanche empire was primarily an economic construction, rooted in an extensive commercial network that facilitated long-distance trade. Dealing with subordinate Indians, the Comanche spread their language and culture across the region. Their empire collapsed when their villages were repeatedly decimated by epidemics of smallpox and cholera in the late 1840s, after which the population plunged from 20,000 to just a few thousand by the 1870s."
19th century industrial warfare on animals, via this morning's History Since 1300 course:
"As the 19th century progressed, the assault on the bison took on industrial proportions for industrial ends. It became a war of humans against animals fought with industrial weapons for industrial purposes, conducted on an industrial scale.
While the decimation of these animals also happened to achieve the political aim for the United States to expand westward by decreasing access of the bison to the Native Americans, the primary driving force of this war was the rising demand for leather.
Hides were needed for industrial consumption because it was from hides that you got leather belts, not the kind of leather belts that people wear, but the kind of leather belts that drive large machines. Between 1850 and 1900 the price of leather doubled for this reason.
Not only demand for leather rose, but so did the supply, since the large bore rifle was developed during this time which delivered greater accuracy and ballistic impact from a longer distance so that one could much more easily perforate the thick hide of a bison from a safe distance and bring the animal down.
Hunting expeditions, if you can call them that, were systematically organized, and American bison living in their natural habitat were slaughtered by the millions."
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Marnock's style is usually described as 'gardenesque' as originally defined by J.C. Loudon. According to the Gardenesque School, all the trees and shrubs planted are arranged in regard to their kinds and dimensions; and they are planted at first, or, as they grow, thinned out to, such distances apart as may best display the natural form and habitat of each. The ideal garden was 'long established, where the trees have acquired the height of 9 to 12m , the shrubberies full and in vigorous health, together with the single trees and lawn shrubs throwing their scattered shade variously over the smooth lawn'. In such a garden bedding plants 'when mingled in the light and shade of such a scene as this, are seen the brilliant colours of yellow, red and blue with all their varied tints'. At Sheffield, uniformity at the boundaries of the garden was given by a single nurse species of poplar but variety was achieved by the careful siting of specimen trees within this framework.
Perhaps the most distinctive feature of a Marnock landscape is the importance, even on small sites, of a broad sweep of high-quality lawn and the position of trees in relation to it.
Marnock's landscapes were designed to be maintained to a high standard. At places like Dunorlan and Berry Hill, with wealthy clients, elaborate landscapes were immaculately kept. On the other hand at Sheffield Botanical Gardens a small staff maintained standards by avoiding time-consuming effects. Layouts like the drifts of pathside planting at Regent's Park and Sheffield Botanical Gardens, are in contrast to the dotting of individual plants within grassland, and were easier to maintain, as well as being more attractive.
Friendship with William Robinson
When William Robinson came to London in 1861 from Ireland, he was employed as under-gardener in the Royal Botanic Society's Gardens in Regent's Park. Here he stayed until 1866, for three of these years being foreman of the herbaceous department and forming a close friendship with Robert Marnock. Through Marnock, William met influential people, including the proprietors of the Times, who commissioned him to report on the Paris Exhibition in 1867. From this time forth he never ceases writing about plants and gardens. His great book 'The English Flower Garden' is still published.
Robert Marnock assisted his protegee in the design and general maintenance of Gravetye Manor which he purchased in 1884. Robert Marnock retired from Regent's Park in 1869 but still carried on working with his garden designs. He died in 1889, and worked on his last private commission at Rousdon, Devon right up to that time.
Some of the gardens that he has had an influence on are:
Alexandra Park, Hastings, East Sussex
Berry Hill, Buckinghamshire
Dunlorlan Park, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Eynsham Hall, Oxfordshire
Milner Field, Gilstead, West Yorkshire
Oakes Park , South Yorkshire
Pampisford Hall, Cambridgeshire
Storth Oaks, Sheffield High Hazels Park, Sheffield
Kenwood Hotel, Sheffield Weston Park, Sheffield
Sheffield General Cemetery Warwick Castle, Warwickshire
It is interesting to know that the original plans for Alexandra Park in Hastings have been discovered in the local council offices. Each plan is hand coloured and signed by the designer Robert Marnock.
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Nikon announces the D780 FX-format DSLR
Updating the popular D750, Nikon's new full-frame D780 adopts features from the D850 and D5. Some of the more relevant updates include the latest EXPEED 6 processor, touch operability, advanced autofocus capabilities, extensive video features and a variety of in-camera creative options.
The D780 offers a 24.5-megapixel CMOS sensor, shooting speeds of up to 7 fps at full resolution, silent shooting up to 12 fps, 4k video recording at 30 fps, and dual card slots along with the ability to record multiple file formats at the same time.
The Nikon D780 will be available in late January for a suggested retail price (SRP) of $2,299.95 for the body-only configuration, and $2,799.95 for single-lens kit configuration with the AF-S NIKKOR 24-120mm f/4G ED VR lens.
Full Release:
The Nikon D780 sets a new benchmark in DSLR performance, vastly improving upon the capabilities of the D750 by incorporating the newest technology and some of the popular features seen in the Z series, making it powerful and versatile enough to capture anything from fast-action sports to beautifully detailed night skies. The D780 is a seriously capable camera and offers the distinct advantage of being comfortable in the hands of a photo enthusiast, as well as being a popular pro-grade tool for weddings, wildlife, and production environments.
High Resolution Image Quality: Offering the optimal balance between resolution and file size, the D780 is equipped with a 24.5-megapixel backside-illuminated (BSI) FX-Format CMOS sensor to deliver superb image quality, fantastic dynamic range, beautiful color reproduction, stellar low-light ability and sharp clarity to excel in a wide array of shooting scenarios.
EXPEED 6 Processing Power: Designed with Nikon’s most advanced EXPEED 6 image processor, the D780 is packed with the same powerful processing engine as the Nikon Z 6 and Z 7, allowing for noticeable increases in speed. In addition to greater energy efficiency, EXPEED 6 delivers improved low-light performance, 4K UHD full-frame video with full pixel readout, and enhanced image clarity.
Wide ISO Range: The D780 retains the low-light ability that made it a photographer’s favorite for wedding receptions and nighttime photography, producing clean files with minimal noise effortlessly. Whether capturing a dimly lit dance floor, a stage performance or an astounding astro-landscape, users can rely on the D780 to retain ultimate clarity in even the most challenging lighting scenarios. The camera offers improved ISO performance across the entire range, which now goes up to 51,200 and is expandable to 204,800.
Blazing-fast speeds: The D780 keeps pace with the fastest action, offering shooting speeds of up to 7 fps1 at full resolution and shutter speeds as fast as 1/8000 or as long as 900 seconds2. Whether shooting the split-second action of motocross, or a bride’s walk down the aisle, the D780 lets you capture content with confidence when you only get one chance.
Two Powerful AF Systems Optimized for Any Shooting Style:
When shooting through the optical viewfinder (OVF): Nikon’s proven 51-point AF system is paired with an enhanced AF algorithm inherited from the flagship Nikon D5. 15 cross-type AF sensors maximize accuracy, and the camera uses an upgraded 180K-pixel Advanced Scene Recognition System, which analyzes the scene to ensure balanced exposures and accurate color reproduction. The AF system can reliably track rapidly moving subjects such as wildlife, yet also improves on its surreal ability to nail focus in challenging light, to -4EV in this mode.
In Live View: For the first time in a Nikon DSLR, the D780 is infused with mirrorless technology, featuring the same 2733 point focal plane Hybrid AF system employed in the Nikon Z 6, enabling broad coverage of approximately 90% of the frame. The system offers extremely fast, smooth and accurate AF in Live View and when recording video, a huge benefit for multimedia production. This is also Nikon’s first DSLR to feature Eye-Detection AF4, enabling a real-time tracking of multiple eyes in a scene to help ensure tack-sharp focus for portraits and candid shots.
Silent Shooting: When operating the electronic shutter in Live View, the D780 can shoot continuously without shutter noise at up to 12 fps. Silent shooting is ideal for documenting sensitive moments like a live performance, a wedding ceremony or discrete street photography.
NIKKOR Lenses: When combined with an extensive catalog of world renowned NIKKOR lenses, the versatile D780 knows no boundaries in taking on any artistic challenge.
Video Features for Creators
The D780 delivers the best video capabilities of any Nikon DSLR, incorporating technology found in the Nikon Z 6 mirrorless camera.
Full-Frame 4K video at 30 fps: Incorporating an FX-format BSI sensor and on-sensor phase detect AF, the D780 is capable of similar video capture functions of the Nikon Z 6, capturing full-frame 4K UHD video at 30 fps with full-pixel readout for absolute quality. A variety of other frame rates and resolutions is also selectable, including Full HD/120p for ultra-smooth motion in videos and epic slow-motion capture.
Flexible workflow: The D780 offers 10-bit output with N-Log5 or HDR (Hybrid Log-Gamma) support, raising the bar for video functionality and flexibility in post-production.
Advanced Cinematic Functions: Users can enjoy more creative freedom when capturing video with the D780 thanks to its host of advanced shooting modes, including focus peaking, highlight display (zebra stripes), interval timer and in-camera time-lapse movie file recording.
Advanced Creative Features
The D780 sports an innovative and useful feature-set that empowers professionals to explore their creative potential by affording a more efficient workflow coupled with unique effects.
In-Camera Creative Filters: With a wide-array of in-camera Creative Picture Controls and a Special Effects Mode, the D780 enables users to effortlessly add elements of personal flare to their photos and videos. Additionally, many of these popular special effects can be captured as a JPEG while simultaneously shooting an unaffected RAW image for more editing freedom.
Focus Stacking: Like the D850, the D780’s Focus Shift feature will appeal to macro, product and landscape photographers seeking extreme depth-of-field, by enabling the user to capture a series of shots at different focus distances and use third party software to generate a highly-defined image consisting of only the areas in focus.
More Flexibility with Multiple Exposures: New to the D780 is the ability to create a multiple exposure with non-consecutively shot images, giving photographers the capacity to superimpose images in-camera, even when captured from two entirely different locations and times.
Easy Wi-Fi6 and Bluetooth7 Connectivity: The D780 offers seamless image-sharing to a smartphone or tablet when connected to the Nikon SnapBridge8 app using the camera’s built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. With the latest SnapBridge app, it’s easy to download videos, RAW files or remotely control a camera from your phone or tablet.
Built Like a Nikon
New Touch Operability: Like the Nikon D850, the new D780 features a bright, tilting 3.2-inch LCD enhanced with touch operability to provide a more optimal user-experience.
Robust Design: Sporting a durable build with extensive weather-sealing, the D780 retains its role as a reliable tool to handle unpredictable conditions when working in the field.
Energy-Saving Performance: The D780 can capture 2,260 shots on single charge** which is a significant increase in battery life compared to the D750, making it the ideal companion for photographers embarking on a day-long outing.
On-The-Go Charging: With versatile USB Type C compatibility users can charge in-camera and transfer files more conveniently than ever.
Dual Card Slots: Featuring two UHS-II SD card slots, the D780 provides professionals with a safety net and the ability to record multiple file formats simultaneously.
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One idea can change people’s lives. Art is an effective tool that changes the lives of people by making one’s idea come true, and practicality is what designers look for in their art. The College of Art and Design at Korea University (KU) is also trying to teach students about such design and give more opportunities for them to try making their idea come true on their own. At the same time, the college recently had cooperation with Shinhan Bank, developing the advanced application (app) called “Shinhan Plus.”
In August, the College of Art and Design had the honor of winning two international awards—the 2019 IDEA Design Award from United States (U.S.) and the 2019 Red Dot Design Award from Germany. Since 2014, KU has received awards continuously, and the College of Art and Design has gained recognition by their creative ideas. The reason why the department was selected as the winner was because of the application they made— “Shinhan Plus.”
▲ Professor Yoo Seung Hun (School of Art and Design). Provided by Professor Yoo
▲ Team member Yang Seung Hee (Master's Degree Student). Provided by Professor Yoo
This application is created by Professor Yoo Seung Hun (School of Art and Design) and his teammate Yang Seung Hee, who is a master’s degree student in KU. It is a banking application that is a part to the Shinhan Financial Group, which is one of the largest total finance company in South Korea. Professor Yoo received a request from this finance group to develop a new application which aimed to solve the customers’ problems, finally developing the application.
To Integrate All Financial Services in One Hand
As there are four different preliminary service apps in Shinhan Financial Group called Shinhan Bank, Shinhan Credit Card, Shinhan Investment and Shinhan Life, there was a necessity for integration of those scattered apps. Both in the perspective of the company and customers, when using the previous system, those complicated services made people difficult to deal with the financial works and services. For the company, the situation might lose its competitiveness against other banks. Also, for the customers, they had to install more than 20 apps one by one to check all their economic activities, making difficulties because the customers’ self-managing services were separated.
To solve the difficulties, “Shinhan Plus Application” is based on open application program interface (Open API), which means a program that can share data platforms to open web. By opening the information, this could help various service developers and users for innovation in their services and applications. Therefore, four different services of Shinhan Financial Group’s previous banking application—asset curator, bank, card, investment and life— can be approached in one login; which name of the function is Single Sign-in. The advanced application provides the integration of bank services so that the users can check all of their bank activities through one integrated application.
According to an interview with Professor Yoo, when developing the Shinhan Plus Application, designers, finance experts and software development teams were all gathered to implement an intuitive interface to make it visualize complicated finance information easily. Moreover, the team aimed to make customers understand clearly about the service although they firstly use it. After the requirement from the Shinhan Financial Group, two members of Professor Yoo’s team in College of Art and Design finally devised an application, finally getting an award in the international stage.
Detail Look on the Application and Platform Design
Moreover, through one-swipe navigation, the app users do not need to download additional applications and programs to see their assets in four different services unlike the past. To help users to manage all of their scattered assets in one hand, designers of this app put many functions in it including artificial intelligence (A.I.) Finance Curator and Visual Cues. By adapting them in Shinhan Plus interface, the users could get more developed functions to manage their economic states and receive real-time information by simply installing the single app.
Not only functions and contents of the application is advanced, but also the design of this application is differentiated with other applications, having notable features to other banking application designs. As the majority of banking app users are composed of the elders, the designers of this app focused on the point that people whose ages are more than the thirties use the application the most. Therefore, they tried to provide the graphic styles, financial activities and the interests which a wide range of ages prefer.
▲ Shinhan Plus Application. Provided by Korea University
Another notable reason why this application is special is that it considers not just individuals but also companies. For individuals, the application utilized user experience design (UX design). Besides, for companies, the application combined certain business models for corporations, which made this application reflect a fusion style of design. From the planning stage, the application introduced a mixed-use design approach that combines UX designs for users and business models for businesses.
To Provide Convenience through Design
During the development period, there were discussions to coordinate the different opinions of each side—one was KU and designers who focused on users’ perspective, and the other was the financial group who focused on providers’ perspective. Although there were difficulties while making this application, they coordinated different opinions and finally completed the final design. Through the combination of user-centered design knowledge and data from financial companies, the design seems to have been well perceived at the Global Design Awards in the U.S. and Europe.
Professor Yoo said, “I hope the UX design and A.I. service in this application could solve the high barriers for the public to get knowledge about finance and investment in Korea.” As the app provide easier approaches to the users, general citizens may get more knowledge and manage their assets through the advanced application which integrates all the information about their economic states and assets. Through this cooperation with financial group from outside, KU could get renowned for its advanced research state which focused on design for the users. This can also be a starting point for students who participated in this practical research and industrial experience.
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Naked Alibi
Studio: Kino Lorber Studio Classics
Nov 21, 2019 Web Exclusive By Stephen Danay
Fritz Lang’s classic Columbia Pictures noir The Big Heat was by no means a huge hit. Well reviewed upon release and having grown in stature in the decades since for it’s terrific sense of style, excellent performances and boundary-pushing violence, the film didn’t even crack the top 50 highest grossing films for 1953. It’s odd then that Universal International would release such a flagrant, B-grade ripoff of The Big Heat the following year in the form of Naked Alibi.
The Big Heat features Glenn Ford as a loose cannon cop avenging the death of his wife and getting mixed up with a femme fatale played by Gloria Grahame. Naked Alibi features Sterling Hayden as a loose cannon cop avenging the death of his partner and getting mixed up with a femme fatale played by Gloria Grahame. The Big Heat takes a hard look at the darkness lurking beneath the placid surface of the suburban 50s family man. Ford’s violent protagonist is borderline nihilistic in his quest for revenge and his performance taps into that emptiness in a powerful way. Although he would go on to play one of the most iconic corrupt cops in all of cinema - the effortlessly cruel Captain McCluskey in The Godfather - Sterling Hayden never brings much depth or sympathy to his character of Joe Conroy. His cavalier thuggishness made him well suited to playing underdog criminals in classics like The Asphalt Jungle and The Killing, but casting him as a brutal cop on a righteous quest for revenge feels a bit like punching down. The film questions it briefly at the beginning, having Conroy get fired for witness harassment and brutality, but then walks it back hard by having his frightened, bullied, family man of a target - played by Gene Barry - escape to Mexico where it’s revealed that he’s actually a career criminal psychopath leading a duel life.
The mechanics and motivations of Barry’s character never make much sense, nor does the the film’s fictionalized version of Tijuana - here lamely named Border City - which looks like a studio lot and features no one who even appears Mexican, let alone any actual Mexican actors. It’s here that we’re introduced to Gloria Grahame’s Marianna, a lounge singer who gets caught between Barry and Hayden’s characters. Grahame was no stranger to playing women trapped in the thrall of violent, abusive men. Some of her finest performances were in service of this archetype, specifically in the Nicholas Ray/Humphrey Bogart classic In a Lonely Place and of course, The Big Heat. Grahame had a sourness to her sweetness, her high voice adept at delivering sardonic kiss-offs. She’s possibly the only actress in the history of cinema who could make a lisp sound sexy. As Debbie in The Big Heat, she’s sillier and more animated than most femme fatales, but no less sharp for it. Her bubbly exuberance is shot through with a sense of real tragedy that allows the audience to love her all the more for knowing she’s doomed. As Marianna in Naked Alibi, she seems actively bored to be playing a less interested retread of that character. That her character’s final scene actively invokes her final scene in The Big Heat down to the framing and dialogue, only makes the comparison feel that much more blatant and her arc in Naked Alibi that much more unearned. This problem is compounded all the more by the total lack of chemistry between Hayden and Grahame.
Naked Alibi is really only recommendable for its casual treatment of violence, which is fairly jarring for a film made in 1954. Nothing approaches the brutality of the coffee pot scene from The Big Heat, but several vicious beatings, a stabbing and a jump scare car bomb all feel like salacious attempts to push the Hays Code as far as possible. The grubby meanness of the film is admirable in its own way, but the effect is hampered by the limp direction and overall cheapness of the films visual style.
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Chelsea trumped Arsenal 4-1 in Baku to lift the Europa League trophy for the second time in their history while crashing Gunners’ Champions League hopes.
Arsenal will be playing in the Europa League next season after a crushing defeat at the hands of London rivals Chelsea in Baku. The Gunners were somewhat the favourites to win the Europa League this season, but Chelsea taught them a harsh lesson. We had earlier outlined the importance of this final for Arsenal, but the Gunners are now in a precarious position with their future.
The game was a tale of two halves as both sides got at the end of several chances in the first half. The second half, however, was all Chelsea. Former Gunners’ striker, Olivier Giroud, opened the scoring with a brilliant header around the 48th-minute mark. He was soon followed by Pedro and Eden Hazard made it three from the penalty spot.
Alex Iwobi came on after the third goal was conceded and gave the travelling fans some hope with an excellent effort to make it 3-1. Eden Hazard, however, had plans to crush any lingering hope for Arsenal as he added a fourth Chelsea goal. Arsenal failed to respond from that point, and the game ended with Chelsea lifting the Europa League trophy.
How did Arsenal stars fare during this defeat to Chelsea in the Europa League Final?
Petr Cech – 7
Not the memory he wants to carry into retirement, but Cech stood his ground when called upon and he should not be blamed for the debacle. Made some excellent saves in both halves, but he should not be accused for any of those four goals scored by Chelsea.
Not the end he would have wanted for his career. (Photo courtesy: AFP/Getty)
Sokratis – 3.5
After a decent season, Sokratis struggled big time in what was his worst performance till date with Arsenal. He was good initially and defended well, especially in one-on-one situations involving Hazard. His capitulation during the second half was surprising yet horrific, especially for the second goal. For the fourth Chelsea goal, he was at fault for not keeping track of Giroud’s movements.
Laurent Koscielny – 3
Koscienly, like Sokratis, came into this game on the back of some impressive performances and put in a horrible display against Chelsea. If reports are accurate, this might have been his last ever Arsenal game, and he too would not want to look back at this one, given the lack of organisation at the back.
End of the road for Koscielny’s Arsenal career? (Photo courtesy: AFP/Getty)
Nacho Monreal – 4
A surprising lack of reading of the game from Monreal, an aspect he is usually so good at. His positional awareness was completely off as he was time and again responsible for letting Chelsea barge down from his side. Was at fault for the crucial second Chelsea goal which effectively changed the course of the game.
Ainsley Maitland-Niles – 6
A classic tale of two halves. Maitland-Niles had a brilliant first period, where he controlled his side of the defence, especially his work against Hazard, got forward well and did everything just fine. The second period, he simply switched off and was left with questions to be asked. Should have pressed Emerson better for the first goal, while he was responsible for Chelsea’s third after conceding the penalty.
Sead Kolasinac – 5
On a surprising note, he was not as defensively exposed as his teammates were at the back. However, where he could have made it count was the final third, and he was wasteful, especially in the first half, completing just 47% of his passes. Had a few opportunities then to square it to one of the strikers, but was wasteful there as well.
Granit Xhaka – 5
Another example of contrasting halves, this time it’s Xhaka. Played well in the first period, creating some chances through some lovely balls into the box, but failed to do anything of that sort in the second period. Exposed in midfield and was overrun during counter attacks, all of which resulted in him having little or no control over the midfield areas.
Lucas Torreira – 5
His emotions after being substituted clearly showed his awareness of the performances he and his teammates had put in. With limited passing, he did handle the threat of Hazard well in the first half, but like others in his side, got exposed and lost control of everything they were doing post the break.
An anonymous performance from Ozil in the Final. (Photo courtesy: AFP/Getty)
Mesut Ozil – 3
The Arsenal front three flopped miserably, and Ozil’s performance simply exemplified that factor. The question should be where was he during the game. Totally absent created little or no impact in what was the biggest game in Arsenal’s recent history.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang – 4
He too, like Ozil was absent from the match only to pop u[ occasionally on the right side. There were times when he did try to do things, but failed and could not link up with striker partner Lacazette for anything significant.
Alexandre Lacazette – 3
Wastefulness, poor finishing and a lack of control are the three aspects that portray Lacazette’s performance against Chelsea. Offered no threat whatsoever, especially when the game was pretty open in the first half. Outrun by Luiz at the back in the second and could not force his way through to do anything of significance.
Arsenal’s formidable strikers failed to show up on the big stage. (Photo courtesy: AFP/Getty)
Matteo Guendouzi – 5
Sent to make an impact when the game was virtually over. He did cause more misery when he failed to track Hazard for the fourth goal, but again, the game was lost by then.
Alex Iwobi – 6
After conceding three goals if there was any hope left for Arsenal fans, then Alex Iwobi indeed invoked it. Came off the bench to score a brilliant goal, but soon Arsenal conceded a fourth, and it was game over.
Joe Willock – 6
He could have scored a good goal when put through by Lacazette but couldn’t. Evidently offered more significant threat than Ozil, but could not make an impact as the game was already lost by then.
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Q: I heard Madonna was interested in remaking Cléo from 5 to 7.
Agnès Varda:
Madonna was touched by the story of Cléo [a story of a women waiting for a cancer diagnosis], and she asked a woman to adapt the screenplay for her. It was OK with me. But her mother had cancer and died, and she quit the project. If I had remade it in the US at the time, I thought it should be a black woman being afraid of Aids – in those years, Aids was such a terrible threat. I would have loved to make it with Whitney Houston.
Killing your enemies, if it's done badly, increases their number.
I flew to Rome just a few days after Charles Aznavour died last October. And the girl next to me on the plane was French, so I asked her about Zanavour, and we talked a bit about his music and role in France. Then I brought up Varda as another old French legend and the girl had actually gone to see some Varda short documentaries in Los Angeles a few weeks before. And we chatted about Varda a bit.
You have to realize that noone I know in China knows who these people are -- I could almost be making them up. So it was exciting for me. This weekend I'm booking flights to Armenia where we plan to go to the Aznavour Museum in Yerevan. Really to me, Aznavour sounds a little silly singing in English and I can't say I'm a fan, but he had a brilliant career -- started as a protege of Edith Piaf, was in some films including a small but central role in Atom Egoyan's Ararat, and was often called the French Sinatra. He was Armenian, Charles Aznavourian originally. In Spring 2018, we went to Bulgaria and Romania, and when we arrived in Sofia, Aznavour was playing a sold out soccer stadium in Belgrade Serbia, not too far away. Not bad for an octogenarian.
We're also going to go to the Sergei Parajanov Museum in Yerevan. Parajanov is pretty amazing, I just rewatched Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors in preparation. Great film, with amazing visuals. If anyone hasn't seen that, hop to it -- you're missing out on a highly original film. Parajanov only made a handful of feature films as the Soviet authorities kept providing him free housing and health care in their gulags. The Color of Pomegranates is considered his masterwork, and has stunning images, but limited dialogue and definitely an art film entrant. Less accessible than Shadows.
France really should turn Varda's house into a museum -- where her cats could continue to live. She had such an impish charm and vitality and sense of purpose. She was going to be her own person, her own artist, and invite everyone to join in. Her two-tone bowl cut made her a performance artist of sorts. What's impressive about Varda is how she just kept on going, and producing films no matter where she was. In LA while Demy worked in Hollywood? Varda's in the back alleys recording the street graffiti of the early 70's, hanging out with Jim Morrison, and meeting up with Huey Newton and the Black Panthers.
She's curious and fearless and unflinching. Which gets you to a powerful film like Vagabond.
I was somewhat surprised when The Gleaners & I a 2000 documentary about scroungers became a minor hit. And Varda's persistence and dedication and empathy and charm really shine through. Beaches of Agnes is a bit slight, but creative and interesting, and she's still full of creativity and experimental in her 80's. Faces Places (2017) is a really fine documentary as Varda teams up with a young artist and they proceed across France ina mobile art studio producing giant collage works of art that involved the local people and whole villages. it's really a joyous and remarkable approach to art and making it relevant.
I have a set of Agnes Varda short films from the late 60's and 70's and should dig that out. I think it's something like 8 discs. Varda was a remarkable filmmaker and artist and person. Usually when someone is 90 all their work is well behind them, but Varda was still fully capable of creating a great film. Pretty unique.
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I've only seen one collection of her short films, Cinévardaphoto, which has her film on the Teddy Bear project. I'd like to find more.
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Biblical scholars uncover clear evidence of nepotism....
https://www.theonion.com/report-reveals-jesus-christ-may-have-benefited-from-fat-1833717521
He was wise beyond his years, but only by a few days.
I prefer Zombie Jesus and The Flying Spaghetti Monster, but Jesus getting ahead on nepotism is good too.
Hey, a trinity!
Ghulam
Joined: 20 May 2004 Posts: 4724 Location: Upstate NY
Bibi Andersson, Luminous Presence in Bergman Films, Dies at 83.
Ghulam wrote:
I remember her best as the two Saras in Wild Strawberries which probably means I need to see Persona.
Persona is disturbing, confusing, and possibly about vampires. And maybe lesbian love, spiders, the Holocaust, Vietnam, the emptiness of modernity, catatonia, abortion, orgy regrets, and why Swedes kill themselves in large numbers. If you understand the film, you didn't see it, and must watch it again until you don't understand it anymore.
Remove all dangerous prescription drugs, knives, and firearms from your dwelling before watching. Forget to feed your cat for half a day, so it/they will interrupt you while you're watching and bring you back from the hideous void that's yawning inside your mind.
billyweeds
Joined: 20 May 2004 Posts: 20463 Location: New York City
bartist wrote:
This is a bartist keeper. And, almost incredibly, right on the money.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/john-singleton-director-of-powerful-inner-city-drama-boyz-n-the-hood-dies-at-51/2019/04/29/a6d3fd58-67aa-11e9-8985-4cf30147bdca_story.html?utm_term=.6943f78355c1#
RIP John Singleton.
Those damn helicopters still get to me. And:
Furious Styles: Why is it that there is a gun shop on almost every corner in this community?
The Old Man: Why?
Furious Styles: I'll tell you why. For the same reason that there is a liquor store on almost every corner in the black community. Why? They want us to kill ourselves.
R.I.P. Doris Day, a great singer-actpr. She was marvelous in "The Pajama Game," sensational in "Pillow Talk," and absolutely stunning in Alfred Hitchcock's "The Man Who Knew Too Much." That she was not cast as Nellie Forbush in "South Pacific" is IMO one of the biggest boners in screen history.
James Cagney was quoted as saying he only worked with two women in his life that he would call great actresses. One was the legendary Laurette Taylor. The other was Doris Day.
Apologies for my long history of silence here.
It's time we discuss the future of this site and who will want to keep it going. The lat 3 years, it's been easy for me to just pay for the hosting fees and the domain name registration. This last round I did 6 months of hosting, which moved the billing date from first week of December to the first week of June. The cost is $160 a year to keep the site going ($120 for web hosting and $40 for domain registration). It's not been a concern, but ongoing, if we keep the site going, it's something we should discuss about going back to donations and dues.
I recently had a talk with Marc Campbell about any input he had on this site. He said "as I'm no longer involved it seems whoever is should make the decision. It's up to the community."
Additional apologies for multiple emails I've not responded to over the last 3 years on the status of this site.
As for the interim, I've paid for hosting for the next 3 months. That should give us time to make whatever decisions we need to for this site.
So I put this out to those who are still here and posting. What is the future of the site?
I will sometimes look in when no one has replied to a post for over a week. That can work for classic films and the like, but it's a little sluggish for current films. Many posts are now danglers, i.e. someone posted, no one ever replied to that post, leaving it an open question if anyone read it or garnered anything of value. I can't see spending $160/year for, what, 5 members? to have a sort of frustrating nonchat where they aren't sure if they are getting through or just monologists? I can't speak for anyone else, but I just really prefer more eyes on a page than you can get here these days. Best of luck, and thanks for all the film fellowship.
I'll pay $40 to that.
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Looks can kill.
Directed by: Rob Bowman
Jennifer Garner, as
Goran Visnjic, as
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Will Yun Lee, as
Kirigi
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, as
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Terence Stamp, as
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Reviewed on: January 16th, 2005
Jennifer Garner in Elektra.
The most important thing that Spiderman proved was that a superhero's alias life is as important to the movie as their superhero heroics. In Elektra we have a kick ass heroine with a completely tired personal life. The action is good and Garner looks great but there is nothing original to be had in this film.
Resurrected from Daredevil, Elektra is now an assassin for hire. While waiting for her next target to be revealed, she gets to know her neighbors, a man and his teenage daughter. Elektra is an introvert but the teen convinces her to spend Christmas with her and her father. Surprise, surprise! Her next target ends up being the man and his daughter. However, Elektra's mother was assassinated and she was raised by her single father and thus she has a change of heart. Instead of assassinating them, she becomes their body guard.
The movie makes a big deal about her resurrection. It reminds the audience no less than three times during the first ten minutes; first during the opening narration, then a character says it and then Elektra has this dialogue exchange with one of her victims, "Don't worry. Death's not that bad," she tells him. "Yeah? How do you know?" He asks. "I died once," she replies.
The movie is full of flashbacks, but none from Daredevil. The flashbacks are of her tormented youth and of her martial arts training. How many frigging movies have there been where we have montages or flashbacks of martial arts training. Just say you know karate. It's a superhero action movie. The audience will believe it.
The movie moves briskly enough along with one mild surprise. It also has some obvious setups. One character's demise is so obvious that the character himself makes a joke about how he knows he is going to die long before he ever does. It is like he was wearing a red shirt on the original Star Trek series.
Garner looks hot in her red leather costume. She is a great female action hero. However, Elektra's only notable personality trait is that she is shy, which doesn't make for much entertainment when she is not kicking butt.
Once again, the charm of Jennifer Garner totally eludes me, but in her defense, the things wrong with this movie have nothing to do with her. The fault lies with the writers who, as Eric said, could come up with nothing better for her to do between fight scenes, but act shy and coy. If this is the case, then why couldn't they show more and better fight scenes?
The most interesting aspect of Elektra's character is that she is the world's best assassin; not a superhero, but a borderline villain. However, after the opening scene, the movie quickly turns her into just another one of the boring good guys. The filmmakers should have been braver and put her dark side in the forefront, shown some other of her missions. If we're going to be affected by her change of heart, we should at least be shown how dark she really is. The opening teases us with her dark side, but then immediately withdraws from it.
Any hope that this was going to be an adult comic book movie was dashed for me when the villains were introduced. They're straight out of a Saturday morning children's cartoon and since they're not human (but demons who's dead bodies evaporate in a puff of green smoke), blood, gore and the nasty implications of Elektra killing so many humans is completely absent. And on top of it all, the film tries to throw on to them some silly mythology that makes little sense and is never fully explained.
Eric mentions that Garner looks hot in her red outfit and yes, she has a nice body, but she looks more like a Victoria's Secret model than a superhero in it. Like in Tim Burton's Batman when Michael Keaton would become instantly unshaven whenever he put on the suit, Garner takes the time to change her makeup and hairstyle before changing into her costume. She also apparently carries her own wind machine with her wherever she goes, because immediately she puts the costume on, a breeze blows up to sweep her hair back in a picturesque manner. Yet for all the sex appeal floating around in the movie, there is no sex or passion.
Following the success of the X-men and Spider-man movies, I had hoped that movies adapted from comic books were finally coming out from the shadows, but then along comes a movie like this one to push them back into them again.
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TMS Beer Project: Shock Top Belgian White
July 09, 2012 | Comments (0) | by Jake the Terrible Cubs Fan
With the name Saloon included in our moniker, one could surmise that we here at TMS like to drinky drinky. One that would make such an assumption would be correct, thereby throwing out the whole, 'when you assume you make an 'ass' out of 'u' and 'me' bullshit. We also like to plagiarize each other. In the same vein as the Wrigleyville Bar Project, we are proud to bring you another installment of the TMS Beer Project. The premise is simple: we review beers. Each rating will feature a variety of scores from 1-10 and comments from the bartender. This is a public service damn it. We don't want you to be the sucker who pays $15 for a six pack of some overrated Belgian cat piss. Now, we all drink massive amounts of beer so we know what we speak of. Each of us seem to have a favorite style of beer though. Will we be reviewing macrobrews like Bud and Coors? Oh you bet your Aunt Susie's ass we will. For purposes of this science experiment, and it is in the name of science, those will be the "control" group. Use them as a base line for when we review lesser known imports and microbrews. Without further ado, I bring you our next beer:
Shock Top Belgian White
Brewery: Shock Top Brewing Co. Anheuser-Busch
Type: It thinks it's a Belgian Style Wheat
Receptacle: 12 ounce bottle someone brought to my house and left here.
Drinkability (1 being Jim Jones' kool-aid, 10 being the nectar of the gods): 5
All 5 points go to the fact that I can drink it with ease. No points go to the fact that this is the shittiest excuse for a Belgian White I've ever had. Maybe a small bit of citrus detected but the coriander is non-existent. Did they just waft a bowl of coriander over the top of the brewing tank and call it good?
Look I don't like to get all beer snob with these but for fuck's sake look at the label in the photo. If you advertise coriander, you better deliver some god damn coriander.
Heartiness (1 being fresh mountain spring water, 10 being a pureed British steak infected with mad cow disease): 4
Hearty? If Karen Carpenter was a bottled beer, this would be it.
Intoxication (1 being your friend's weird pentecostal grandmother high on Jesus, 10 being Boris Yeltsin on a week long bender in the Crimea): 5
It's 5.2% so I suppose it'll get you drunk, if I chose to drink more of this shit.
Celebrities You May See Drinking This Brew: Jim Edmonds. Fucker is probably sucking one back now.
Affordability ($ being chicklets in Tijuana, $$$$ being diamond encrusted braised lamb shank from a trendy cafe on the Champs d'Elysee): $$: As far as six packs of "microbrews" go, I don't think it's too terribly expensive, but why the fuck bother? If you really want this beer then go get some Goose Island 312, or even some Leinenkugel's Sunset Wheat. I cannot tell you enough how incredibly not good this beer is.
This beer is as phony as the crappy "microbrewery" that makes it. I have a hard time liking much of anything in St. Louis, and Shock Top certainly doesn't help matters. If you must drink St. Louis beer then I wholly endorse the fine brews from Schlafly. Check those out instead of this pee water.
Posted in: Food and Drink, Jake the Terrible Cubs Fan, TMS Beer Project
Castro & Rizzo, Oops, That's Castro & LaHair to All Star Game
July 02, 2012 | Comments (2) | by Arcturus
"Don't You, Forget About Me"
Starlin Castro and Bryan LaHair were named to the All-Star Game. While Castro was a no-brainer, it was a little surprising to see LaHair get the nod. He did get off to a hot start, but has cooled significantly as the season has progressed. Plus with all of the Jizzo'ing for Rizzo'ing going on, I'm surprised that anyone remembered Bryan was still on the team.
Posted in: All-Star Game, Anthony Rizzo, Arcturus, Bryan LaHair, Chicago Cubs, Starlin Castro
It's Rizzo Time!
June 25, 2012 | Comments (0) | by Jake the Terrible Cubs Fan
It's official. Anthony Rizzo will make his Cubs debut tomorrow night. We want to wish Rizzo all the best as he begins his major league career. Hopefully it's a successful one. At least successful enough to unseat Stockard Channing from the top spot when I Google Image Search "rizzo."
Also, we call dibs on trademarking the catchphrase "I'M JIZZO 4 RIZZO!"
Posted in: Anthony Rizzo, Chicago Cubs, Jake the Terrible Cubs Fan
War Criminal: Older People Complaining About the Current State of Pop Music
June 21, 2012 | Comments (0) | by Adam Blank
Not a week goes by when I check my Facebook and don't see some snarky post by some 30+ year old man bitching about Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga or any of the other 4 pop stars currently inhabiting planet earth.
What the fuck is going on here? Aren't you a grownup? You have a career and a wife and kids. Or you don't and you live in your parents' basement while amassing an unparalleled blu-ray collection. Whatever. It really doesn't matter if you're an accomplished adult or an unemployed turd of a blogger drunk on cheap whisky in the middle of the night. You should have come to terms with pop music already.
Here's the memo you apparently missed: They stopped making pop music geared towards you the moment you walked across the stage and snagged your diploma. Whether that was your high school diploma or you happened to buy yourself another few years of youth by going to college is completely inconsequential. The moment you got out of school and tried to forge an existence is the moment pop music stopped being made with you in mind. So take a deep breath, shed a tear for your lost innocence, briefly complain about the useless Grammy Awards and plunge into the Wilco catalog already.
Typical fan at a Wilco concert
Our parents went through this with grace and style. Or at least mine did. I grew up with a sister who was the perfect age for a full-blown New Kids on the Block obsession. Posters, dolls, lunch boxes, and the constantly repeating "Hangin' Tough" playing on the newfangled CD player...which cost $400 and was only connected to the stereo of the entertainment center in the living room. I'm sure my dad wasn't thrilled with his daughter's skeevy-looking masturbation material hanging all over her bedroom walls, tempting her to seek out her budding womanhood, but he didn't complain about it incessantly, even though that period of time was probably weird as fuck for him. And he would certainly never have 'liked' an anti-New Kids on the Block group on a social network, had they existed at the time. He handled it the correct way; the entire rise and fall of a pop group wasn't worthy of his acknowledgment, even though his daughter was obviously rubbing it out like a bonobo monkey in heat to the 24" x 36" poster of Joey, Danny, Jonathan, Jordan and the other guy.
Joey's hair is ribbed for her pleasure
My dad might have been an anomaly though. Even back in the early 60's, adults were writing songs about that stupid teenage fad that were The Beatles. In 1964 alone, there were over 200 songs recorded about the Beatles, and a good chunk of them weren't positive.
Now, I'm not comparing Justin Bieber to The Beatles. And I don't necessarily think that complaining about Justin Bieber puts you on the wrong side of history. In fact, I'm pretty sure I've never even heard a Justin Bieber song. BECAUSE I STOPPED LISTENING TO THE THINGS THAT PLAY THAT KIND OF MUSIC OVER 10 YEARS AGO. I'd be willing to bet that I wouldn't like it, but I'm at that age (and posses enough self-awareness) that I realize I'd probably have flat out dismissed rock 'n' roll as an incomprehensible noisy mess had it just arrived on the scene during my early 30's.
Adam fighting the good fight c. 1962
The point is, this shit obviously isn't for us and we can't predict what stands the test of time. I'd like to think that our parents would have drown us in the nearest creek bed had they known "Don't Stop Believing" and "Wanted Dead or Alive" would be two of the top karaoke songs of all time. For all we fucking know, our grand-kids will be singing along to Ke$ha on the 2040's equivalent of the Guitar Hero franchise, Auto Tune Glory, on the PS8. The future very well may suck for us, but it simply isn't up to us to decide. In the meantime, listen to the shit you like (which, judging by the militant pop-music haters out there, is just the same old shit you listened to in high school anyway) and leave the brand new pop music to high school girls and DJs at gay clubs.
WTFATG*: Luis Valbuena
June 20, 2012 | Comments (1) | by Arcturus
Apparently I slept through spring training this year because I don't remember Luis Valbuena at all. If you're like me, you're wondering who this guy is. I thought he was one of our young farm guys. Not so.
Valbuena's MLB career started in 2008 for the Mariners. The Venezuelan was later traded to the Indians, then sent down to the minors in 2011 and eventually traded to the Blue Jays. The Cubs claimed him off waivers from the Jays in April 2012.
It's been a small sample size, but I like what I've seen from Valbuena. He looks solid in the field and he's got two homers and 7 RBIs in 6 games. He's also not Ian Stewart. His career stats don't really suggest that he'll continue on his current pace, although he hasn't played much the past few seasons.
Valbuena saw action in 17 games for Cleveland last year, following a 91 game campaign in 2010 and a 103 game run in 2009. He hit 10 home runs in 2009 with a .250 average, his best season. Homers dropped to 2 in 2010 and his average fell to .193. In the 17 MLB games he played in last year, he hit .209 with 1 home run.
So obviously Valbuena's probably not the long term answer at third base. Stranger things have happened though and the Cubs have a dearth of talent at third in the minors. He's only 27 and the job seems to be all his for the moment. Let's see what he does with it.
*Who The Fuck Are These Guys?
Posted in: Arcturus, Chicago Cubs, WTFATG
White Sox Fans: Take A Knee
June 19, 2012 | Comments (1) | by Rich Funk
This picture has nothing to do with anything. I just thought it was dumb.
I like to think I have a pretty good idea of what still counts as "stupid" in this country. It seems like year after year, the bar is lowered further and further, to the point where it's almost now just sitting on the ground. Getting into how the good ol' US of A got to this point is another post entirely.
It takes a whole lot for something to be so idiotic, so incomprehensibly dumb, that it stops me dead in my tracks and causes my brain to hurt trying to make a modicum of sense of what I'm seeing. It's even harder for something to have that effect on me when I see it on Facebook. Because I regard Facebook as mostly a dumping ground for the very first unfiltered thing that pops up in people's brains, my tolerance for seeing things there that make me want to light myself on fire is pretty high.
But holy shit, I cannot keep what I saw this morning to myself.
As someone that went to high school and college in Illinois, I have a lot of friends on Facebook that are Cubs fans and a lot of friends that are White Sox fans. When both teams clash, I see a lot of updates on Facebook (from both sides) that make me shake my head and move on. But what I woke up to this morning...I'll just jump into sharing it with you. All names have been blocked out to protect the innocent as well as the idiotic.
In case you can't read what the caption says, it's "(Name Withheld) tell this dummy they have the worst record in baseball and sit down lol". This in and of itself is perfectly reasonable. The Cubs do have the worst record in baseball, and in a rivalry like this, it's something that's bound to come up.
As we look at some of the comments that continue under the picture, things start to spiral out of control. Here's the first comment posted:
Well then. If you've ever seen bad improv before, you know that when someone can't think of anything remotely clever to say, they usually resort to excessive swearing or vulgar references, hoping they can get a cheap laugh. The internet equivalent of this is calling someone gay. The biggest difference is that for the improv performer, they're on the spot and have to say something. No one was clamoring for this person's two cents to be thrown in. There is no excuse. But at least we get the mandatory homophobic comment out of the way first. It frees up the rest of the conversation to go in any direction. Of course, it goes in a very predictable one.
There's a very real chance that the guy pictured at the top was being a drunk asshole and ruining the experience for everyone around him, If that's the case, he deserved to get booted out. But to the best of my knowledge, I don't think our homophobic friend was actually at the game. And if that's the case, they're saying the pictured gentleman deserved to be kicked out of his seat just because he was a Cubs fan that had the audacity to cheer for his favorite team in a game that just so happened to take place in the city that team also plays in.
Got it. So what you're saying is you're losing to the Cubs on purpose because you feel sorry for us? Now I know that this person probably doesn't actually think the Sox are losing to the Cubs out of pity. But even saying it makes your team look stupid. Either you look bad for tanking a game or you look bad for getting pasted by the worst team in baseball. You look bad in both cases.
Last night was the only Cubs win of the entire season??? Seriously??? I thought that a team that had an 0-66 record coming into last night would have made more news than it did. I didn't hear about this anywhere else.
The funny thing is that the simple addition of 3 words would have made this a valid statement. "This may be your only win all season against the Sox" would have been infinitely better. It's funny that taking out those 3 words would turn a valid point into one that makes zero sense.
I think my favorite part is that even when making a ridiculous statement, this person can't stick to their guns. If you're going to talk impossible smack, you say "THIS WILL BE YOUR ONLY WIN OF THE SEASON", not "this may be your only win this season". Have some conviction!
Also, talking about how terrible the Cubs are doesn't really look good for you. The "worst team in baseball" just hung a dozen on you last night. And you might want to call Kenny Williams about these "charity wins" you're giving to teams you feel bad for. You're .5 games up in your division and way back in the Wild Card. You can't afford to give many games away. I don't think Detroit will return the favor and tank against the worst teams they play.
What a fantastic bow to tie on the entire conversation.
First off, you wish your team sucked at trading? Even if we had the ship in Prometheus, I don't think we could discover a world where that makes sense, even as a joke.
The other thing that actually made me excited was that I'm connected through a mutual friend to someone that works in a MLB front office! How awesome is that? After all, the only way this person could ever know that the Cubs are currently "sucking" at trading Dempster and Garza would be if they were actually in on those trade calls between Jed Hoyer and other GMs across the league, right?
/sarcasm
Seriously, this is about the dumbest statement out of all the ones you've seen here. The Cubs have two prime trade chips in Dempster and Garza. Since they're still on the team, that means the Cubs have to be terrible at trading them, right? It's not because we're waiting for the best deal to come along, is it? It's not that we can get more for them closer to the deadline, using potential injuries and pitting other teams against each other to drive up the price, is it? This guy seems like the type of person that sends you incredibly lopsided trade offers in fantasy baseball, and gets pissed at you when you don't accept them.
I know that the people above aren't representatives of all White Sox fans. Hell, the person who posted that picture in the first place is a Sox fan, and one of the more knowledgeable baseball fans I've ever met. But the other commenters need to realize that they're making all White Sox fans look like idiots.
Sucking With Purpose
Well, the Cubs lost another series last night, dropping 2 out of 3 to Boston. This team has been every bit as bad as I expected them to be, but losing hasn't bothered me as much as it has in the past. Reason being, I'm still confident that Theo Epstein and Jed Hoyer have a plan to rebuild not just at the major league level, but system wide. That kind of sea change takes time and isn't going to happen overnight, much less over the course of a single season.
The only thing I've found frustrating is some of the comments and complaints I've read from some Cub fans on the internets. A lot of people seem to have missed the memo on just what's going on the North Side right now. There was no chance in hell the Cubs were going to be competitive this year, so please dispense with the bitching and moaning about Theo not knowing what he's doing or calling for Dale Sveum to be fired. It just makes our fanbase look foolish.
Yes, the Cubs suck. However, I would argue that this year, the Cubs suck with purpose. As one of the ESPN announcers pointed out last night, this is audition time. Any of the players on the current team might be trade bait or cannon fodder. Guys like Darwin Barney need to step up and prove they deserve to be on this team when the rebuilding dust settles. Theo and Jed are going to be watching carefully to determine who stays and who goes. Meanwhile, they appear to be ready to trade anybody they can get good prospects for, even ready to eat some money in order to do so. Along with the draft and the addition of Jorge Soler, this will go a long way to replenishing a barren farm system. Theo has admitted he made some mistakes in Boston, but most of those mistakes were on the free agent side. This guy knows talent and I have confidence he can build a first rate farm system, which to me is the foundation for sustained success. What a nice change from the Hendry regime, who merely threw oodles of money at the major league roster. The Cubs had a few good seasons with this method, but no sustained success.
Dale Sveum may not have been the sexy hire the fanbase was hoping for, but honestly, if I see one more doofus bitching about Sandberg not being hired, I'm going to slap them around. I'm not sure why these people believe the results would be different with number 23 in charge. I loved Sandberg the player, but Sandberg the manager has never managed at the major league level. There's no way in Hades he'd magically be able to make this a better ballclub. Being a Cub icon ain't gonna make Ian Stewart hit for average, reverse Soriano's steady decline, improve Castro's concentration, or solidify the duct-taped bullpen.
I see Sveum's role much like Alan Trammel's in Detroit a number of years ago. The Cubs have a motley collection of youth and veterans and Sveum's job is to stress the fundamentals and teach these kids to play the game the right way. As they get better, add some better free agents over the next two-three years and all of a sudden, you're ready to compete. Whether Dale will continue to be the manager at that point is anyone's guess, but I think he's the perfect guy for the task at hand. The only thing that worried me at first was how he handled the bullpen, but the bullpen is so bad, there's really no way of telling if he's handling it right or not. It seems like a complete crapshoot as to what kind of performance you're going to get from any Cub reliever at this point. Hard to pin that on Dale.
I hate to say it, but as fans, all we can do is be patient. I think we can look to what's happened in Detroit and Tampa Bay over the last decade to see what the future might hold. You build from the bottom up, not the top down and I think your team is going to always have a chance to be in it. The Cubs are going to have more money to spend than either of those teams in the next few years, but before you start spending money, a solid foundation has to be there. That's what the Cubs are doing this year: pouring the concrete. Yeah, watching it dry isn't going to be super exciting, but what the Cubs build on top of that just might be what Cub fans have been waiting for this past century and change.
Posted in: Arcturus, Chicago Cubs
TMS Beer Project: Grain Belt Premium
Apparently everyone at the Saloon forgot we were running a fucking blog again. In an attempt to keep some content fresh, allow me to revive an old feature. Also did the Cubs win? Eh, it doesn't matter.
Grain Belt Premium
Brewery: August Schell Brewing Co.
Type: I don't know, fucking BEER I guess.
Receptacle: 16 ounce god damn tall boy
It's not bad, but it is a heavy so if you have a vagina and can only handle light beers you're probably not going to fare well.
It's a regular blue collar beer. It's got some meat to it but it's not going rape your taste buds (it may rape your soul).
It's a traditional macro, and the fact that the ABV isn't labeled leaves me to believe it's probably around a 4.9%. However these are tall boys that I'm drinking. In fact it was a 12 pack of tall boys. I didn't know such things even existed until tonight. What else have I missed in my 33 years of life? So many more questions than answers have arose.
Celebrities You May See Drinking This Brew: Prince, Tim Pawlenty, Jesse Ventura, Rod Carew, Zombie Kirby Puckett, Brian Dennehy.
Affordability ($ being chicklets in Tijuana, $$$$ being diamond encrusted braised lamb shank from a trendy cafe on the Champs d'Elysee): $$: Grain Belt seems to sell at a higher price than PBR or High Life. Sometimes too high in my opinion. You shouldn't be spending over 10 bucks for a 12 pack. Unless of course the 12 pack is god damn tallboys. Seriously, tall boys in a 12 pack? What an age to be alive!
Overall: 8.12515
In the world of blue collar macro beers, Grain Belt is really overlooked and underrated in my opinion. PBR has the hipster crowd locked up. Schlitz has the hipsters that have tired of PBR. Old Style has the Cub fans. And High Life picks up the rest of America that shakes their cock at shitty light beer. If you haven't tried Grain Belt I highly recommend it if you can find it. More often than not it comes in bottles. But if you happen to find tall boys in a 12 pack, you buy that shit and never look back.
Posted in: Jake the Terrible Cubs Fan, TMS Beer Project
Hey Post-Dispatch, Asterisk This!
Come now. If you're going to put asterisks next to MLB achievements at least be consistent!
Seriously. I understand if you're upset because of the bad call. But show some respect to Santana. It's an official no-hitter so just recognize it as such. You wanna complain about the botched call then do it in your article instead of making a grand juvenile statement in your damn headline. It just makes you, the Cardinal fans, and your city as a whole look extremely petty.
Grow up St. Louis.
Posted in: Baseball, Jake the Terrible Cubs Fan
2012 WAIW Pub Crawl: The Aftermath
It seems like ages ago when I posted about attending the 4th Annual Wasting Away in Wrigleyville Pub Crawl. I had promised that I would video document the event and then publish my footage of each bar stop back here at the Saloon.
Well I've got good news and bad news.
First, the bad news. It turns out, that the first handful of bars provided nothing real interesting. Unless you enjoy watching relatively sober people quickly chug a beer before heading to the next bar. So I pretty much scrapped any ideas of posting that footage because it's pretty terrible and worthless.
Now the good news. I did eventually get some footage that's pure gold. Apparently shit doesn't start getting crazy enough until after the 8th inning. That footage, my dear readers, you will get to see.
So here's a basic bar-by-bar recap of what transpired, with the few amazing video clips I got added in.
Pre-Crawl: Lucky's Sandwich Shop
Standard meeting place every year. The plan is to fill up on one of their giant sandwiches to give yourself a solid base before the marathon of boozery begins. This may draw the ire of some folks, but can I just say, on the whole I find Lucky's sandwiches to be woefully overrated. Are they decent? Yes. But holy shit, can we take a knee with the fries and cole slaw on top? They make up 75% of the god damn sandwich. I'll happily take both items as sides with my normal sized sandwich thank you. It's disappointing when several bites turn out to be nothing but a french fry and cole slaw sandwich.
1st Inning: Blarney Stone ...aw shit, um Rebel, I guess
Classic Pub Crawl moment. It never fails that at least one bar won't be open for us when we get there. Rebel turned out to be a decent Plan B mainly for its proximity. I drank a Bud Light then I left. That's about all I can say here.
2nd Inning: The Stretch
Always a nice place with good staff. I avoided the wait for a beer and instead bought one from WAIW's Steve's bucket. Fellow TMS Bartender White Chili retells us his story about the time he stole someone's birthday cake from this place.
...on the way to Merkle's, WAIW John (aka Muldoon) offers some solid advice.
(This is the only worthwhile thing I filmed for 8 innings)
3rd Inning: Merkle's
Oh Merkle's. Home to so many terrible drunk moments I either don't or rather choose not to remember. After drinking two pee water Bud Lights I was ready to strap on a real beer so I went with the Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA. It was nice to finally have a beer that tasted like something. Not much else happened. They have Colonel Sanders statue at the entrance. I have no idea why.
4th Inning: Mullen's
Got an Old Style here. Spent a good chunk of time talking with Corey from Ivy Envy about how to podcast. Most of this conversation has now been lost in a booze-induced fog. I think you gotta record some shit and then put it on the web and... damn. I need to talk to Corey when I'm not drinking.
5th Inning: Sluggers
Like a dumb kid, every time I forego any beer and immediately run upstairs to the batting cages, where I then flail wildly at pitches and see how fast I can give myself blisters from the shitty bats with no gripping on them.
6th Inning: Captain Morgan Club, -wait, seriously? What's that? The Dugout is actually open? The day is saved!
In a strange twist of irony the Captain Morgan Club was close yet The Dugout was open. We must've gotten lucky and got there during one of the 4 hours a week they're open. Two years ago The Dugout was supposed to be a 7th inning stop but wound up being closed, therefore we spent an extra inning at Captain Morgan's instead.
7th Inning: Sports Corner
I never went to the old Sports Corner but the new incarnation is quite nice looking. Drank some High Life and played foosball. A few folks learned two things by being my teammate. 1) I'm fucking terrible at foosball. 2) I'll cheat like a motherfucker. I'm honestly kind of surprised I've never been punched while playing.
8th Inning: Murphy's
OK, now things start taking a turn. And the one firmly grabbing the wheel and veering us towards certain doom, is our good friend Malört. I do believe I had two shots of the stuff while there. Possibly three? It's not that important. What is important is that said Malört consumption then led to this.
After touching the Wrigley Field wall (and Mr. Funk apparently making out with it?), I decide to sprint like a drunken ass down the sidewalk to some folks up ahead. One of which, is our good friend, Mr. John Carruthers. As you can hear in the video as I reach them, John shouts "KARATE KICK!" followed by an audible "thunk" sound and then me making a grunting sound. The "thunk" would be John's foot landing squarely in my stomach. It knocked the wind out of me and I completely biffed on the sidewalk. Impressively though, I maneuvered to protect my iPhone. Aside from a few scrapes I was fine, and once I was able to breathe again I couldn't stop laughing.
9th Inning: Bernie's
We made it! Mostly unscathed. Once I got a beer and sat down I was able to have a word with John asking him to explain what just happened.
Cool story bro!
A little bit later I got some classic footage of a Pub Crawler passed out at the bar.
Post-Crawl: Gingerman
Ah yes. The official bar of Thunder Matt's Saloon. Had some PBR, did some more shots of Malört, and tried to make friends with an old Puerto Rican dude who was a marine in 'Nam. Pretty sure he was ready to stab me when I left. Oh, and I also made this disturbing discovery. Let me also say that I was pretty much shit-rocked at this point.
Thankfully I wound up not having AIDS. Mr. Funk and I later adjourned and went to the Double Door that night where we saw Electric Six, who managed to render me deaf for at least two days after.
And that's it. Fun times had by all. Oh and the Cubs lost the game too. I guess we were following that supposedly. I can't wait for next year's pub crawl. Hopefully I remember to not go in to John's dojo, WHERE KICK, MEETS CHEST!!!
Posted in: Bar Crawl, Booze, Chicago Cubs, Jake the Terrible Cubs Fan
Cubs of Yore: David Patton
May 31, 2012 | Comments (1) | by Shooter Muldoon
Ron Weasley: Nervous pitcher
Name: David Christopher Patton
Nicknames: Powder, O-Face, Jake's Stunt Double
Media Guide Year: 2009
Acquired: From the Reds for cash considerations the same day they picked him up in the Rule V draft in 2008. JIM HENDRY: DEALMAKER
Random Write-Up: David Patton was a Rule V guy who had an impressive Spring Training once upon a time. The Cubs, one playoff collapse removed from being perhaps the best team in baseball, were slated to contend for the pennant. It follows, then, that they would spend the majority of the year keeping a roster spot for a guy who had gone 4-5 in for the single-A Modesto Nuts the previous season. Right? Congratulations, you're Jim Hendry!
It became apparent fairly soon that the man was as overmatched as he was hairless, culminating in a Saturday relief appearance against the Cardinals in May 2009 that was so cartoonishly brutal it should have been the first act of an underdog Disney baseball movie. Subbing in for Sean Marshall with the Cubs down 3-1 against the hated rivals in St. Louis, our man gave up a single and proceeded to walk the bases full for Albert Pujols, who has been known to do some clutch hitting in his time. With the bases loaded and the meth-mouthed rabble of Busch stadium as far toward the edge of their seats as their fat fucking asses will allow, Mr. Patton throws a fastball down the middle to the best hitter in baseball. Game. Fucking. Over. Final score 8-2, Cards.
In 27.2 relief innings that year, the man we had to hang on to, lest he be scooped by an enterprising rival, managed a 1.807 WHIP and an ERA north of 6. He got "injured" and placed on the DL after the deadline had passed for the Cubs to hang on to him. Jim Hendry was said to have been seen tenting his fingers and laughing at a plate of chicken nachos later that evening. He need not have bothered. One crappy season in Daytona later, he was cut loose for good. He presumably wanders the central plains now, righting wrongs and teaching Mormon women about kung-fu love.
At least he got a cool $400,000 for his trouble, and a minor spot in the Cubs team history. Better than I can say. Of course, I never had Albert Pujols crush my soul either.
Also of Note: Over a thousand people have watched this video of him throwing a routine bullpen session in 2009. This makes me far more depressed and disappointed in the Internet than all but the darkest German scat porn found in the dank FTP basements of the web's underbelly.
Posted in: Cubs of Yore, Muldoon
Dear Mr. LaHair, Apology Rescinded!
May 29, 2012 | Comments (1) | by Jake the Terrible Cubs Fan
You son of a bitch! I put my guard down, admitted fault and tried to make amends and this is how you respond?
Stats before my apology: .384 AVG, 8 HR, 18 RBI, .476 OBP in 28 games
Stats since my apology: .200 AVG, 2 HR, 4 RBI, .279 OBP in 16 games
You're back on my shit list!
Posted in: Bryan LaHair, Chicago Cubs, Jake the Terrible Cubs Fan
Cubs of Yore: Milton Bradley
Name: Milton Obelle Bradley
Nicknames: Admiral Fuckstick, Ol' Shit-Ass, Dickbag, Dr. Blumpkin, Milty
Position: RF
Acquired: Signed to a 3 year/$30M contract that greatly helped Jim Hendry's reputation drop straight into the toilet.
Random Write-Up: Remember riding high the day Ted Lilly and the Cubs beat the Cardinals on a beautiful day at Wrigley to clinch the division in 2008? Say what you will about playoff collapses, but this is where the wheels really fell off. Even coming off an All Star season and a .321 average, there was a pervasive feeling that this was NOT going to end well. I'm not saying that we needed to keep Mark DeRosa and Kerry Wood around with that money, but I am saying that he eventual blowup wouldn't have been nearly as bad, nor as tinged with accusations of racism. 2009 was the fucking Challenger of the modern-era Cubs.
After his prolonged slump to begin the season, Milton Bradley decided that the reason he wasn't performing was because of pervasive racism in the Cubs fan base. Incredibly, Steve Rosenbloom, Alpha-Douche of the Chicago Media, decided this was his pot to stir, and proceeded to do so in the shittiest manner possible, bringing up names like Dusty Baker and Juan Pierre in the process. Now I've never heard the N-word at Wrigley, but I've only been to 100-something games, so maybe small sample size. The insane part isn't that Bradley threw that card, it's that the media, and to an extent the fans allowed themselves to be sucked into his bipolar whirlpool for the better part of two weeks.
So he left under circumstances that left him envying Todd Hundley, got arrested again on domestic violence charges, and we were left to ponder whether we were really turning a blind eye to racism or whether we perhaps put too much trust in a sniveling little faux-Mariotti and a man who inspired the TMZ headline "Ex-Dodger Bradley: I Never Threatened to Kill My Wife."
I'm not saying that the Chicago sports media is reactionary and easily manipulated. I'm just saying that they put a lot of stock in the word of a man whose wife accused him of swinging a bat at her. His failure to make contact just backs her story up even more. Perhaps there's a lesson to be learned among all this humorous head-shaking at the 2009 disaster.
Also of Note: Was responsible for most baseball fans learning the term "Restricted List," which really paved the way for all the whackadoo nutbags of today to grab an extra headline while their lives spiral out of control.
I Tried To Erase An Imaginary Curse by Walking With Goats And All I Got Was This Lousy Goat Curry
May 23, 2012 | Comments (0) | by Arcturus
There's a reason Cub fans are the laughingstock of baseball. It's stunts like this that send other teams' fans into hysterics. Look, it's great that they're raising money for cancer. It's nice that they're getting some exercise. The fact remains that these boobs are walking across the country because they believe that a man and his goat caused the 103 year old pennant drought on the North Side of Chicago.
Be it Bartman or the goat, I am so tired of Cub fans giving legitimacy to this crap. Blowing up the Bartman ball, goat carcasses left on the Harry Carey statue, rain dances in the outfield; nothing will change the fact that the Cubs' only curse has been a procession of bad baseball teams peppered with some bad luck whenever we do actually get a team that's worth a shit.
Other franchises have gone through long stretches of mediocrity. Look at Pittsburgh and Kansas City. Are their fans blaming the fucking supernatural? No. Is the answer walking across the country with a farm animal? Again no. The Cubs' time is gonna come, provided the owners continue to make building a winning franchise a priority. The worm will turn, folks. The Red Sox broke their championship "curse" not by making absurd pilgrimages or by desecrating Babe Ruth's grave, but by making smart baseball decisions. The Cubs can do the same.
In the meantime, please stop making it even more embarrassing to be a Cub fan.
Regression Song: Chicago Cubs
May 22, 2012 | Comments (1) | by Rich Funk
This is Garza's impression of what the Astros did to him last night.
Well...shit.
Things don't seem to be going well for the Cubs lately. The Sox came in and swept the first interleague series of the year. Garza got shelled last night. Dempster's looked pretty average lately. LaHair is doing his best impression of Alicia Keys' first single ('Falling'? Anyone remember? God, you stupid kids these days don't appreciate the classics...).
But as any gambler will tell you, just because a prostitute on the Vegas strip has a deep voice and a pronounced Adam's Apple doesn't necessarily mean it's a dude, and on a lonely night when you're down $20K, a mouth is still a mouth.
Wait, what? Hang on. I lost my train of thought there. Let me try that sentence again.
But as any gambler will tell you, luck can come in streaks and turn at any time. Take a look a Dempster last season. In six April starts, his ERA was a whopping 9.58. But if you looked at his underlying stats (BABIP, K/9, etc), mathematically he should have had a much lower ERA. In other words, his terrible April had a lot to do with bad luck. Baseball stat nerds knew he was going to turn things around eventually, and he did, posting a much improved 3.94 ERA the rest of the way.
Now some players can ride a good luck streak for an entire season sometimes. Remember Esteban Loaiza? If you played fantasy baseball in 2003 you do. From 1995 to 2002, Loaiza had a career ERA of 4.88. Out of nowhere, he goes 21-9 with a 2.90 ERA and obliterates his career bests in ERA, strikeouts, WHIP...pretty much everything. After 2003? He goes right back to being awful again for the final five seasons of his career.
That's just a rare case. Luck doesn't usually run one way or another for an entire season, as the Cubs are beginning to see.
I'm not saying that Garza, Dempster and LaHair aren't good players. But they were all performing way over their heads. Going into last night, Garza was carrying an ERA of 2.58 when really, he's about a 3.20 - 3.70 ERA pitcher. After last night's molestation at the hands of the Astros, that's exactly where he is now (3.72 ERA). Even after 2 shaky outings, Dempster's ERA is at a cool 2.28. Expect that to end up closer to 4.00 than 3.00 by the time the All-Star break comes around. And LaHair? Well he's certainly no top-10 player. If he can keep his walks up, he'll be solid, but anything more than 25 home runs and a .260 average would shock me.
The saddest thing about all this regression hitting at once? Three of the Cubs best players were getting extremely lucky on the field so far this season, and they're still a last place team 12 games under .500.
Bust out the Malört, gents. It's going to be a long year.
Posted in: Chicago Cubs, Mr. Funk
War Hero: Kerry Wood
Expect to see this picture 4,000 times this weekend.
One of my favorite baseball players of all time retired today. Kerry Wood is done suiting up in his familiar blue pinstripes and will announce his retirement this afternoon. With an ERA north of 8.00 and struggling with health already, he probably knew that it was time. While I would have loved to see him pitch one last inning in front of the home crowd this weekend (especially against the Sox), I think #34 has given us our fair share of memories over the years.
You're going to see a lot of articles written about Wood over the next few days. Links to video of the 20 strikeout game. Talk about the incredible (and sometimes improbable) playoff pushes Kerry was a huge part of. Since all of these things will be covered ad nauseum by bigger and better blogs, I'd like to take the time to point out some of my personal favorite Kerry Wood memories.
During a crosstown game in 2003 (I think), Kerry was pitching at US Cellular and Paul Konerko was standing in. Wood threw him a slider, and Konerko dropped practically to his knees because it looked to be on a direct path to his head. Only after he had already bailed out did the pitch break down at a Bugs Bunny-esque angle and settle in for a strike. It was one of the single nastiest pitches I've ever seen, which was a microcosm of Kerry's ability when healthy and dealing in his prime. And it didn't hurt that it made a Sox player look foolish.
I was as crushed as any other Cubs fan when Wood lost Game 7 in 2003 to the Marlins. But the fact that he stood up and took 100% responsibility for the loss really showed how much of a gamer Kerry was. He wanted the ball in the biggest moments in the biggest games. Sometimes I think that with his mentality, Kerry Wood could have been one of the best closers of all time had he only focused on relief pitching from day 1. It might have led to less injuries.
What really made me love Wood was that in 2008, we had to basically push him out the door to leave the Cubs. Hendry told him we couldn't pay him even close to market value and he didn't want to insult him with a lowball offer. Kerry said he didn't care. I really wanted him to sign back with the Cubs on whatever offer they could afford, but I think the player's union would have had a shit fit if a $10 million a year player signed for 20% of that.
On the "Former and Current Cubs I'd Love to Get a Beer With" list, Kerry is right near the top with Mark Grace and Kyle Farnsworth (you know that guy would start some shit worth seeing every time he goes out drinking). I'm assuming Wood will get some kind of front office or coaching gig with the Cubs, so it's not like he'll be gone forever. He was tough as nails, didn't talk any bullshit and did his job well. I don't think we could have asked for more from Wood in his time in Chicago.
Adios, 34.
(Side note: If you really want to read a good summary of Kerry Wood's awesomeness, get Three Nights In August, one of the better recent books on baseball. Lots of good Wood stuff in there.)
Posted in: Chicago Cubs, Kerry Wood, Mr. Funk, War Hero
Cubs of Yore: Jose Macias
May 18, 2012 | Comments (0) | by John
As a legitimate blogger who posts nearly weekly, I've made it a habit during my adult life to pick up a crisp, new Official Chicago Cubs Media Guide at the beginning of every year. No, I don't know why either. But now I find myself with a stack of these, and thus am able to throw myself down the rabbit hole of the Cubs careers that never were.
Name: Jose Prado Salazar Macias
Nickname(s): Joze Mackey, Now Pinch-Hitting, That Guy - What's His Name I Can Never Remember
Position: 3B/OF
Acquired: Traded from Montreal for Wilton Chavez, who has pitched for 14 different minor league teams, if you count the Mexican League.
Random Write-Up: Born in Panama City, Panama, a hardscrabble metropolis notable mostly for its vicious dancefighting culture.
Signed in 1992 by Montreal, which used to be a franchise that existed. Not many people saw them, though. Played in Montreal's minor league system from 1994 until 1997, when he was went to Detroit as a Rule 5 draft. Finally made the majors in 1999, where he was a lifetime .256 switch hitter with 26 home runs and 173 RBI. Came to the Cubs in 2004 and played two years as "that guy," then went to the Nippon-Hokkaido Ham Fighters, and the Diablo Rojos of the Mexican League a couple years after that.
Notice anything? Bland. He's perhaps the blandest of the mid-2000s Cubs, which is saying something. He makes Daryle Ward look like Mark Grace in terms of charisma. If he were white, I'd call him Whitebread, but I'll stay away from baking terms, as Brownbread sounds pretty racist.
Also of Note: He was at Wrigley on June 6, 2004, helping Greg Maddux win his 5th game of that year, back when we were a trendy World Series pick and LaTroy Hawkins was a name that people on the North Side hadn't yet begun to despise. It was also the first game at Wrigley where I enjoyed a wax paper cup of Old Style. I ... may or may not have been 20 years old at the time. It's where I got this media guide I inexplicably hang on to!
You May Remember Him From: You won't remember Jose Macias. But you all remember the concept of Jose Macias in your Cubs fan hearts.
Renaming Wrigley
Thanks to an idiot with diarrhea-mouth over at the Wall Street Journal, we've had yet another round of "Well, maybe we should tear down Wrigley"/"No, but maybe you're a fucking idiot" that in no way has become tiresome and idiotic. In no way at all.
But I will admit that as much as I think people who want to abandon ship for a bland, new-construction job are stupid, I don't at all mind new advertising or anything that would help build a Series-worthy team. Hell, I really like the new scoreboard that went up over the offseason, because the Bleacher Boxes were stupid, and so was the Family Seating section incarnation before that. I'd imagine most reasonable Cubs fans acknowledge that it'd be great to win a series, baseball has always been a business big on sponsorship, and that it's a great ballpark - a legendary ballpark - but once you start whispering that it's a cathedral, you need to take a fucking knee. It's baseball - you're not supposed to use your library voice when you're holding an Old Style.
So what level of sponsorship would you accept for a contender? A conversation among the bartenders envisioned a newly-renovated and thoroughly modern Wrigley Field, with one small compromise to modernity - sponsorship. Namely, this:
Oh, and we even thought of slogans. Credit attributed to the appropriately juvenile bartenders:
"Tampax Field - Built for comfort."
"Tampax Field - Home of the most absorbent outfield in MLB."
"Tampax Field - We screen "How Stella Got Her Groove Back" on the jumbotron between innings."
"Tampax Field - No, you don't look fat in this baseball stadium."
"Tampax Field - Where you can play baseball! Or go swimming, or horseback riding, or play tennis ..."
"Tampax Field - Where all the elevators are like that one from The Shining."
"Tampax Field - Where the Cubs keep up a heavy flow ... of WINS!"
"Tampax Field - A cardboard applicator full of family fun!"
"Tampax Field - Are you really going to trust your white pants to Store Brand Field?"
"Tampax Field - This isn't a good week."
"Tampax Field - Stay too long and you'll get toxic shock syndrome."
"Tampax Field - Because fairweather fans bleed Cubbie Blue periodically."
"Tampax Field - Where We Bleed Cubbie Blue (liquid)"
"Tampax Field - Where it's not 'hormones,' it's 'steroid rage!'"
"Tampax Field - Now with wings!"
Posted in: Chicago Cubs, Muldoon
Bullpen Stumbles, Pierre Fumbles
Just when I start to feel a little positive about the 2012 Chicago Cubs, the bullpen decides to remind me just why the Cubs are in last place. Now granted, as Dale Sveum pointed out, these guys are pitching in roles they really shouldn't be in. If Marmol and Wood were reliable this year, the Cubs wouldn't have to worry about tossing guys like Scott Maine and Michael Bowden out there to face major league hitters with a game on the line.
By the way, what the fuck is up with Matt Garza and his inability to throw to first base? His turf-burger in the 3rd was one of the more embarrassing things I've seen in a while. At least Juan Pierre managed to top that when he screened himself with his own glove and dropped an easy out on a Bryan LaHair popup.
Speaking of LaHair, the real bummer last night was his streak of consecutive games in which he reached base came to an end at 32. Pretty impressive for a guy a lot of people, including myself, were writing off as a 4A player. LaHair has been one of the main reasons I've actually enjoyed watching this team this year. Editor's Note: He did reach base on an error last night.
Last night's loss aside, I'm still feeling pretty positive about this team. They're not going anywhere this year, but they're a lot more fun to watch than the sad sack collection of dogdoo Cub fans were treated to over the past couple of years. I'm starting to look forward to games again, which is pretty cool.
Speaking of cool, it's awesome to have the Saloon back up and running. As you could no doubt tell from this post, I'm a little rusty at this whole blogging thing, but with time and more enthusiasm for this team, I'm hoping to once again reach the lofty heights of esoteric nonsense that made Thunder Matt a household name.
Laugh At The Cubs And The Cubs Laugh With You
LaHair is no longer allowed to 'raise the roof'
Without going into the specifics of why I loved a movie that many people didn't see, I'll just say I was a fan of 2011's Real Steel and leave it at that. Yes, it's basically just Rock-'Em, Sock-'Em Robots: The Movie. Yes, it's just as hard to get emotionally invested in as Rocky would have been if Rocky was a giant robot that couldn't feel pain.
The reason Real Steel was great was Hugh Jackman's performance. While not winning any Oscars (unfortunately), Jackman was completely committed to the role and sold the hell out of it, which is impressive considering he was acting alongside what was basically a bunch of toasters. And just being 100% committed to a silly role isn't the key to success (just ask Leo DiCaprio after J. Edgar).
What made the performance great was that the whole time, you could tell that Hugh Jackman was in on the joke with us. He knew how batshit ridiculous the concept of training boxing robots was, and you could tell that he had an attitude of "Eh, why not? Could be fun, right?" throughout the entire movie.
That's exactly the kind of feeling I'm getting from the Cubs and their recent play as of late.
This isn't like the 2007 - 2009 Cubs, who fell apart under the weight of expectation, either in the playoffs or just before. There's no delusion here. Everyone, from the fans to the players to the front office knew coming in that 2012 was going to be a full-on wash of a year. Year One of a new rebuilding project always is. And I think the team is playing better because of it.
If Bryan LaHair had come up a few years back and been expected to mash from day one like Hee Seop Choi or Micah Hoffpauer, would he have done nearly as good as he is so far in 2012? Who knows? But there's a chance he wouldn't. Cubs players don't handle the pressure of expectation to well.
But so far in 2012, players like LaHair and Campana know that they're playing with house money, and I think it's letting everyone play relaxed and loose. By no means are the Cubs a threat to win the division, but they've played some really great baseball against division leaders over the last few weeks and that's...well, that's something right?
2012 is shaping up to be a lot better than I expected so far on the North Side. Sometimes being in on the joke, even if you are the joke, is a lot more entertaining.
Posted in: Chicago Cubs, Hugh Jackman, Mr. Funk
Bartender Banter: Pub Crawl Edition
No Friday Bar Rag this week. Instead I'm too busy resting my liver for tomorrow's big event. I will be heading to Chicago for the 4th Annual Wasting Away in Wrigleyville Pub Crawl. 9 innings, 9 bars, no mercy. I'll be joining John and Steve from WAIW along with fellow TMS bartenders from past and present including Mr. Funk and White Chili, and whole cast of ragtag misfits for what's surely going to be an event I'll not remember.
And to share with you, our dear readers numbering in the tens, I plan to video document this event. Armed with a beer, my iPhone and a childlike sense of wonderment I will film our descent into madness, one bar at a time. Then historians can some day piece together the events of that day and perhaps shed light on what exactly happened. It'll be like Cloverfield but with fewer alien monsters and a lot more Malort.
Also, I made a map for the event!
It's a long hard journey, and some of you may perish along the way.
Posted in: Booze, Jake the Terrible Cubs Fan, Wrigleyville Bar Project
An Apology to Bryan LaHair
It's hard for me to say this but...
I thought for sure you would fail miserably, and after a month you'd be relegated back to AAA and out of our lives forever. However that has hardly been the case. I blame the long line of Cubs players showing promise that inevitably let me down. There are too many to name but specifically when it came to you I could only think of Micah Hoffpauir. The parallels were all there. Roughly the same age when he had a breakout year in AAA, he emerged with the big league club and was given a shot, only to fall flat on his face.
Granted there's a lot of baseball to be played yet, but you've already shown me that you sir are not the next Micah Hoffpauir. I just wanted to clear the air and say I'm rooting for you. So are we cool? Cool.
Mr. Samardzija. You're still not off the hook yet however.
FUN FACT: In 47 games with Chicago, LaHair now has 10 home runs. That's just two shy of Micah Hoffpauir's 12 in 162 games as a Cub.
Cubs Take A Series From A First Place Team? LOLWUT???
Unicorn George Brett shall haunt your dreams...or your nightmares.
I wish I had something witty or insightful to start this post off with. But I don't. Much like this year's Cubs team, I'm only going to do juuuuust enough here to (hopefully) keep your passing interest. Here's what I saw this weekend, with the Cubs and other things.
The Cubs took two of three from the Dodgers! As great as it is to have the Cubs take a series from a first place team, I feel like the Dodgers are not as good a team as their record may show. 11 of their 18 wins have come against the awful Padres, Astros and Pirates. Yes, you have to beat who you play, but I'd like to see the Dodgers beat a few better teams before saying they're "for real".
Rafael Dolis has done pretty well since being named one of the Cubs' potential closers. I hadn't seem him pitch much this year before today. I was confused about his pedestrian 2.45 K/9 seeing how he usually sits around 94 MPH. After seeing him this weekend, it seems like it's because he ONLY throws his fastball. Fangraphs says he goes to the heater almost 87% of the time. If he doesn't develop a changeup or throw his slider more often, the league is going to catch up to him. Quickly.
The Red Sox and Orioles played a 17 inning game today. Chris Davis, Baltimore's DH, went 0-8 as a hitter, but won the game by throwing two scoreless innings. Hopefully Chris Davis now needs Tommy John surgery. Am I still angry at being burned by Chris Davis multiple years in a row in fantasy baseball? Yes. Yes I am.
The Bulls lost. Again. All those people that said "There's no team as prepared to lose their best player as the Bulls" can suck it. With the Blackhawks out of the NHL playoffs and the Cubs being only passably interesting, I'm throwing my support behind the WNBA's Minnesota Lynx to defend their title this year.
Holy shit, The Avengers raked in $200 MILLION this weekend. Having seen it already, I can say it deserved every penny. I don't usually have the urge to watch many movies twice in the theater, but I'll definitely be seeing The Avengers again in the next month or so. Expect a final tally of about $450 million in the US.
Alright, Mad Men is almost on, so here's where we part.
Posted in: Chicago Cubs, Mr. Funk, Unicorn George Brett, Weekend Roundup
Friday Bar Rag Cocktail
While you sit and wonder if we really did see Carlos Marmol blow a save for the last time, here is a hodgepodge of crap for you to check out from the past week.
bbq for men - For $950. And it's going to have fucking terrible heat retention. But yeah, the mahogany handle is the tits. Can't wait to keep it outside during winter. Let's see how "art"looks after the thaw.
Prometheus International Trailer - Enjoy nerds.
New Nets logo - It's a million times cooler simply for not having "New Jersey" in it.
The Fourth Annual WAIW Pub Crawl is coming up on May 12. It's too late to buy the shirt (shown at right) but you can still probably tag along. You just won't be a suave-looking motherfucker like the rest of us.
Obiwan Kenobi Arrested - Jedi falling on hard times.
Kate Upton Bikini Dance - Probably not the best thing to watch at work. Actually you'll probably want some "alone time" for this.
Desipio.com - Take a trip down shitty Cubs memory lane.
Being cautious gives you Parkinson's - I know it looked like I did a ton of cocaine and drove my car into the side of a building before running off and stabbing a hobo. But it's all part of my Parkinson's prevention.
Three grannies watch Kardashian sex tape - The tip is purple!
Kate Upton Bikini Dance - Now in GIF form!
Tim Tebow Prom Date - Buddy Christ was able to chaperone.
10 Secrets to Life from Nick Offerman - Between this and the Swanson Pyramid of Greatness I think I have all I need to raise my children right.
Typical bang bang play.
T-Shirt Gatling Gun - The free fan promotion war has escalated. (Warning: site has repeating Flash video with sound that you can't seem to turn off or mute. Just an FYI for those that don't want to startle folks in the other cubicle with sounds of gunfire. Or maybe you do...?)
Shaq Attack:The Rise of Babies Named ‘Shaquille’ - I can't wait for all the Darkos to grow up and flash their upside potential.
10 Best Cities for Cheapskates - Maybe Howard Schultz could've ran the Sonics better in El Paso?
That's all for this week. I'll leave you with this:
Hey Jay, what type of diabetes do you have?
Posted in: Jake the Terrible Cubs Fan
Thunder Matts Saloon: A Primer
April 30, 2012 | Comments (1) | by Rich Funk
Holy shit, can we make up our minds? Please?
Like an extravagant, fiery phoenix, Thunder Matt's Saloon is open.Yes. We're back. Again. Jesus, how did this happen?
"What, you think I know?"
For those of you who are new around here (or just don't remember the last time we were around), Thunder Matt's Saloon is like the Mike Holmgren Coaching Tree. There were a lot of spinoffs, some more successful than others. If the words Pomp Culture, Steve Finley Was Here and Terrible Cubs Fan mean anything to you, you should be right at home with this new relaunch.
As for the rest of you, I'm here to help. Over the years of TMS being open in one form or another, we've strung enough coherent thoughts together (barely) to have a few semi-regular features. This primer is to catch all of you non-regulars up on what you can expect to see when we aren't complaining about the Cubs bullpen and how much we still hate Neifi Perez.
One of our favorite features around here is War Hero/War Criminal, where we slap one of those two labels on something we encounter in everyday life. For example, in the past we've named Baron Davis and Mark Grace as War Heroes. One the flipside of that coin, we've slapped the label of War Criminal on the following: getting hit in the nuts, geese, cilantro.
Overrated/Underrated attempts to give an accurate rating to something that probably doesn't deserve to have more than 10 words written about it. Overrated: Being tired (take a nap, asshole). Underrated: Randy Quaid, cash. We had a miniature firestorm on the site a few years ago due to Overrated/Underrated: Condiments Edition.
The Wrigleyville Bar Project will tell you where to drink and where to find the douchiest of all douchebags around Wrigley Field.
Did I mention we have occasional celebrity bloggers stop by? Everyone from Ron Burgundy to Huell Howser have stopped by the saloon from time to time. And being incarcerated has never stopped TMS special correspondent OJ Simpson from checking in every few weeks with his own column, OJ Simpson's Low Down Dirty Shame.
As you'll notice, the entire crew isn't back. Some bartenders have graduated, like LB, who moved on to the now defunct Unprofessional Foul and currently is a soccer bigwig at ESPN. John is doing his own thing at Wasting Away In Wrigleyville. So for now, it's just me and Jake, the Terrible Cubs Fan (previously known as Chip Wesley).
Like the header says, the Cubs coverage will exist, but it'll probably be spotty at best. If nothing else, you can always stop by for a quick Jeremy Piven Career Status check.
Posted in: Mr. Funk
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Trees for Oakland
To contribute to the urban forest in all of Oakland by planting and maintaining trees in the city, with emphasis in areas with limited canopy. By doing so, we aim to educate people about trees, combat climate change, and provide a more equitable distribution of trees within Oakland.
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Latest News: City Council restores funding for a tree crew!
Brief Background:
Oakland City Council cut the 2009-'11 budget for the Tree Services Division (a part of Public Works) because of the recession.
Tree Services laid off half of their employees, including 2 of their 3 work crews. They stopped pruning trees and stopped planting trees.
This situation inspired the founding of a new volunteer tree-planting program that later came to be called the Sierra Club Tree Team (or SCTT), which in turn gave rise to this program (Trees for Oakland, a project of the Oakland Parks & Recreation Foundation (OPRF)).
With the recession behind us, the Oakland Urban Forestry Forum and a coalition of community groups in Oakland have urged the City Council to do these 3 things:
restore funding for the Tree Services Division (part of Public Works) to at least the 2007 level of 30 employees;
fund an Urban Forestry Management Plan;
establish an Urban Forestry Commission or Task Force.
Read the full document here (click for 2-page PDF).
As of July 1, the City Council approved the next 2-year budget, for Fiscal Years 2017-'18 and 2018-'19.
It includes a restored 5-person crew (4 tree trimmers and 1 supervisor) for tree maintenance, under the Alameda County Measure BB sales tax for transportation projects.
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