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LSU Quarterback Joe Burrow May Become The Greatest LSU Quarterback In History! By Super Scout Max Emfinger
Posted on July 11, 2019 by maxemfingerrecruiting
LSU Quarterback Joe Burrow May Become The Greatest Quarterback In LSU History! By Super Scout Max Emfinger
Quarterback Joe Burrow (#9) was an Unbelievable an Incredible High School Passing Quarterback Freak at Athens, Ohio High School in The Plains and He Signed with his Home State and Favorite Team, The Ohio State University Buckeyes. He was The Top Quarterback Prospect in The 2015 Recruiting Class with Super Strong Arm to go with a Very Impressive High School Football IQ. He was A Natural-Born Leader with The Ability to Stretch The Field and The Ability To-Throw on The Run and also a tough runner that was not afraid of contact.
In his Senior Season at Athens High School, Burrow Completed 250 Passes out of 346 Attempts for 4,445-Yards and an Incredible 63 Touchdown Passes s and with a 151.6 Quarterback Rating. He also Rushed for another 642-Yards and 5 Touchdowns, giving him 5,087-Yards of Total Offense and 68 Touchdowns as a Senior.
Burrow Finished his 41-Game Three-Year High School Varsity Career with 670 Completed Passes for 11,416-Yards and 157 Touchdowns; 2,067-Yards Rushing-Yards and 27 Touchdown Passes; giving him an Incredible 13,483-Yards of Total Offense and an Unbelievable and Incredible 184 Touchdowns. Although Burrow had Really Impressive High School Stats, The Hand-Writing was On The Wall when he only Played in 3 Games in The 2017 Football Season, that Burrow would eventually Transfer to Another School.
Burrow was going to become a Very Attractive Transfer for any Team in The Country for Three Major Reasons. His Unbelievable Passing Talent was Probably The #1 Reason, but The Remaining Two-Year Eligibility and That He had Already Graduated from Ohio State were The Other Two reasons. These Three Facts would Make Joe Burrow an Incredible Rarity and with an Immediate Two-Year Eligible Quarterback for The Lucky Team.
That Lucky Team To-Get Joe Burrow was The LSU Tigers, whose Football Stadium is about 10 Miles from my House and he Quickly became The LSU Tigers Immediate Starting Quarterback.
For about 13 or 14 Years, The LSU Fans have been told in Spring Training that Their Tigers were going to Unleash a Fabulous New Offense, but then in The Fall, The New Offense Never Materialized, because The Former LSU Head Coach always Limited The LSU Quarterback. Burrow is The Most Impressive LSU Quarterback in a Few Years, after The LSU Quarterbacks Were Always Playing in a Poorly Controlled and Poorly Coached Offense in The Passing Game and The Tigers Running Attack Always Took Over.
Burrow Started all 13 Games of The 2018 Football Season, Passing for 2,894-Yards with 16 Touchdowns and He Rushed for Another 399-Yards and 7 More Touchdowns with Only Five Interceptions. His 7 Rushing Touchdowns tied The LSU Program All-Time Record For a Quarterback.
In That 2018 Football Season, The LSU Tigers Were Predicted To-Finish in Fifth Place in the Southeast Conference Western Division, but with Burrow, at The Helm, The Tigers Finished with their First 10-Win Season since 2013 and They Won their First New Year’s Six Bowl Game of The Playoff Period With a 40-32 Fiesta Bowl Victory over an Undefeated University of Central Florida.
Fiesta Bowl MVP Quarterback Joe Burrow After The Tigers Defeated Central Florida 40-32 In The Fiesta Bowl!
LSU Quarterback Joe Burrow (With Fiesta Bowl Game-Ball In Photo) was Awarded The Fiesta Bowl Offensive MVP after Passing for 394-Yards and Four Touchdowns. Defensive Tackle Rashard Lawrence (On The Right In Photo) was Awarded The Fiesta Bowl Defensive MVP after He Recorded An Unbelievably Fantastic Game with Five Tackles and Two Quarterback Sacks. Head Coach Ed Orgeron (In The Middle In Photo).
Burrow (6-4, 216, 4.6) Finished That 2018 With the Fourth-Best Passing-Yards in a Single Season in LSU Football History With His 2,894-Yards Passing and he is Poised in 2019 to become only The Fifth Quarterback in LSU History To-Break The 6,000-Yard Career Passing Record. Burrow will also become The First LSU Quarterback Since JaMarcus Russell To-Pass for 6,000-Yards. In 2018, Burrow Also Set or Tied Eight LSU Passing Records and He also became The Only LSU Quarterback In History With Four Victories Over Top 10 Teams in a Single Football Season.
In The 2019 Season, With The New Explosive LSU No-Huddle, Run/Pass Option Offense Will Be Completely Different, because This New LSU Offense Will-Give Burrow an opportunity To-Pass for Over 400-Yards in Every Single Game, including The First Two or Three Games of The Season which will Put his Name on The Heisman Trophy List. This New Run/Pass Offense, with as many as Four or Five Wide Receivers in The Game at The Same Time, will Guarantee Burrow and The New Offense of Keeping Pressure on Defenses and Guarantees a Great Opportunity For Burrow of Winning The Heisman Trophy Award.
Burrow will get at Least Two Chances To-Compete with Two Other Heisman Trophy Quarterback Candidates in Sam Ehlinger of Texas in The Second Game of The Season and Tua Tagovailoa of Alabama, later in The Season.
It is also Going To Be Interesting To Note The LSU Hiring of an Incredible, Young Passing Game Coordinator Named Joe Brady, who is a Brilliant Expert of The Run/Pass Option Offense, from The Penn State Offense.
Although Brady (In Photo) Learned The Run-Pass Option Offense at Penn State, when he was a Graduate Assistant Coach Under Coach Joe Moorhead, Brady Spent the Last Two Football Seasons on The New Orleans Saints Coaching Staff. Brady had a Wide-Ranging Staff Role with The New Orleans Saints, working under The Saints Offensive Coordinator Pete Carmichael.
It is Interesting to Note that Joe Burrow (#9) is Basically Running The New RPO Spread Offense in This Photo, as he is “Out of The Pocket” and Looking for an Outside Wide Receiver.
Coach Ed Orgeron (In Photo) Said That There is a Great Deal of Trust Between Burrow and The LSU Coaching Staff, during This Offensive Transition. There are Some Special Audibles That We Will Let Burrow Call At The Line of Scrimmage and We Also Allowed Him To-Call These Plays in The 2018 Season.
This New RPO Spread Passing Offense is Already an “Unbelievable Recruiting Tool” For The LSU Tigers Football Team. The Tigers Have Just Signed Four Of The Top Super Offensive Skill Players In The Country in The 2019 Recruiting Class To Play in The New RPO Spread Offense and To Prepare for The NFL. The Tigers also Were Able To Sign Four of The Most Incredible Offensive Linemen in The Country in The 2019 Recruiting Class. “Running Backs are not Signed to come to LSU to become great blockers,” said Brady.
“These Super Recruits Came to LSU to Run The Football and Catch Passes, out of The Backfield.” With this New RPO Spread Offense, Running Backs will Put-Pressure on a Defense that has absolutely “No-Clue” who is going to get the Football.
Wide Receivers will also be learning Pass Route Concepts so that all of The Wide Receivers on the Field can run Different Pass Patterns and be in an Incredible Matchups against all Different Defensive Backs on the Field. The New LSU RPO Offense gives the Offense more Options than an Offense that limits The Offense to Various Options.
Another Major Factor for The Tigers, Orgeron, Burrow, and Brady, is The Fact That The Tigers are Returning Four Super Wide Receivers Who Caught Passes From Burrow for 300-Yards or More in The 2018 Season. Those Four Wide Receivers Include Super-Star Justin Jefferson, along with Jamarr Chase, Derrick Dillon, and Stephen Sullivan. Jefferson (#2) Caught Two Touchdown Passes in The Fiesta Bowl and Could Join Burrow on The 2019 All-American Team.
“I am Very Comfortable With This New RPO Offense,” said Burrow. “I have been Running This Type of Offense ever since my High School Days at Athens High School and also my Days at Ohio State.”
About maxemfingerrecruiting
My mission and goal is to search for that hidden high school football talent that has not been found yet. I then evaluate him and try to help him to get some publicity. In 2003, 2004, 2005. and 2006, I hosted my Annual 7on7 National Championship. My goal was to get great athletes to one area where I could evaluate them and then help them with college coaches. The only drawback was that college coaches wanted to see the hidden gems in a game-type highlight film and so the college coaches suggested to me that I host a real All-American Bowl Game so that they could view these talented players in a highlight film, playing against other talented players. It's noted that the NCAA doesn't allow the college coaches to attend All-American Games or practices and so the Game Film is a great tool for the college coaches. In 2005, I hosted my 1st Annual All-American Bowl Game. In nine games in nine years, my wife and I have helped 549 HS football players to get a scholarship that came to our first Bowl Game practice without a single scholarship offer. This also does not count over 1,000 players who we have helped that did not play in our game, including over 100 players in the 2010 Recruiting Season. My Super Elite Top Gun Camp idealogy, is of course, to get as many Top Football Players to a Top Gun Camp so that all of my coaches and I can evaluate them, rate them, rank them, and promote them. There will always be "Diamonds in the Rough" to be found. My First Annual Max Emfinger's Super Elite Top Gun Camp was in July of 2010. The Camp was amazing and loaded with unknown and known talent. Many of them were invited to play in our 2011 All-American Bowl Game Classic. In 2007, in my 3rd Annual All-American Bowl Game, a player by the name of Kareem Jackson came to our first Monday practice, without a single scholarship offer. Jackson decided to come out early and he became a #1 Draft Choice in the 2010 NFL Draft for the Houston Texans.
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Dr. Stephen Frantz, Ph.D, became interested in researching glyphosates when his six-yearold dog died of bone cancer. He learned that Most commercial dog foods are contaminated with GLY from spraying of feed crops.
Dr. Stephen Frantz, looking a bit rumpled, sports a shock of silvery hair that he’s frequently too busy to trim. Now technically retired, but actually more active than ever, he recently engineered a victory in Washington, D.C.
With the help of Congressman Ted Lieu, he arranged two hearings on glyphosate (GLY), a critically dangerous and the most widely used herbicide (RoundUp) in the U.S. and the rest of the world.
Last June, Frantz put together, for the first time ever, a group of 11 scientists and science advocates who presented compelling evidence to Congressional staffers and EPA scientists that glyphosate does not meet the regulatory standards necessary for the EPA’s re-registration as a safe herbicide.
More than 75 people packed the Congressional hearing, along with the public, to learn about the many ill effects of glyphosate. Most people did not realize that exposure to this chemical is linked to autism, cancer, birth defects, obesity, gluten intolerance, dead butterflies and bees, crippled elk, climate change, and much more.
For instance, the monarch die-off is directly linked to glyphosate’s obliteration of milkweed, the butterflies’ main food source. The hearings generated much good discussion and ran longer than scheduled.
Glyphosate is the active ingredient in RoundUp, Monsanto’s best-selling herbicide. It has been used since 1974 on billions of acres of U.S. crops and kills the weeds on golf courses and playgrounds, in public parks and, of course, on or near fruit, vegetable and animal feed crops.
Monsanto’s genetically modified (GMO) corn and soybean crops, the primary feed for meat and dairy animals, are RoundUp-resistant. In other words, RoundUp can be sprayed extensively on GE corn and it will kill everything except the corn plant. Its residues are found everywhere: in the air, groundwater, rainfall, soil, dust, plants, animals and people.
Monsanto argues that the residue dissipates and becomes inactive, while world-wide research has determined otherwise. In March, 2015, the World Health Organization (WHO) International Agency for Research on Cancer declared GLY as a probable cause of cancer in humans. Slowly, it’s becoming clear that all of us, our pets as well, have some GLY and/or GLY-mutating cells lodged in our bodies.
Frantz’s interest in GLY goes back to 2006-07 when he was investigating White Nose Syndrome (WNS) disease in bats in upstate New York. He speculated that the nearby GLY spraying of RoundUp Ready GE corn where the bats foraged might be connected to WNS. As far as he knows, to date, there has been no research into this connection.
With a Ph.D. in pathobiology from Johns Hopkins University, he has had a long career researching zoonotic diseases–those passed from animals, including rodents, cockroaches and bats, to humans. How to manage these species with the most sustainable and ecologically sound strategies (a.k.a. Integrated Pest Management) has been Frantz’s work for more than 40 years.
What led him to devoting significant time and energy to eliminate GLY (and many other herbicides and pesticides), was the passing of his beautiful English Mastiff, Sanu Ri. She was only six-and-a-half years old and died from osteosarcoma (bone cancer). Most commercial dog foods are contaminated with GLY from spraying of feed crops. In addition, dogs are exposed to neighborhood lawns, parks and roadsides, which are commonly RoundUp-sprayed. Fifty percent of dogs in the U.S. now die of cancer. As a carcinogen, GLY has a tendency to concentrate in bone and bone marrow.
Moving from Massachusetts in 2013, Frantz joined the Progressive Democrats of the Santa Monica Mountains (PDSMM) and sought out local environmental activists. He was drawn to the Topanga Canyon Watershed Committee (TCWC) when he heard of its successful efforts to convince Caltrans to quit using RoundUp to kill weeds growing on the side of the Boulevard. His work with anticoagulant rodent poisons plus his GLY knowledge has brought considerable gravitas and expertise to the TCWC’s mission to clean, revitalize, and preserve our watershed and the flora and fauna that depend on it.
Frantz spoke at a Malibu City Council hearing last June about GLY.
As a result of his and others’ compelling testimony concerning other herbicides, Malibu has banned all synthetic pesticide applications in Malibu City-owned
and/or managed property.
That’s some good news, but the bad GLY news just keeps on coming.
On August 31, Dr. Anthony Samsel released the data he’s collected on vaccine contamination (http://www.tonu.org/2016/08/31/vaccine-glyphosate-link/).
Multiple tests of vaccines (measles, hepatitis B, shingles, diphtheria, pertussis) from half a dozen big pharma companies show high levels of GLY contamination. So, on top of the mercury and aluminium used in vaccines, we are injecting GLY directly into our kids.
So far, no legislation, guidelines or restrictions have grown out of Congressman Lieu’s hearings and now, it’s unlikely that President Trump’s EPA will have any interest in GLY and its fallout.
Here in California, however, we scored a big victory on January 27: Monsanto lost its suit against the state EPA’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment. From now on, consumer products such as RoundUp will fall into the Proposition 65 zone that requires products with potential cancer-causing ingredients to bear warning labels.
At a planetary level, the European Commission is registering a European Citizens Initiative (ECI) inviting the Commission “to propose an EU ban on glyphosate, to reform the herbicide approval procedure, and to set EU-wide mandatory reduction targets for herbicide use.”
Monsanto is a mega-company but, once again, people educating and organizing themselves at the grassroots (literally!) level, are making definite progress towards ensuring healthy food and, consequently, healthy people.
Thank you, Stephen Frantz, for representing Topangans, and the world, in these efforts.
Frantz’s beautiful English Mastiff, Sanu Ri, before she died of bone cancer. Fifty percent of dogs in the U.S. now die of cancer.
Tags: Caltrans, dog foods, Dr. Stephen Frantz, EPA, Glyphosate, Malibu City Council, Monsanto, Progressive Democrats of the Santa Monica Mountains, Roundup, Ted Lieu, Topanga Canyon Watershed Committee
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Compliance with CPAP in elderly patients with OSA
James M. Parish, Philip J. Lyng, Joyce Wisbey
Background: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is common in the general population and especially in the geriatric age group. Nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is a highly effective treatment but can be difficult for some patients to use. Objective: We investigated the question if older patients were less compliant with CPAP therapy than younger patients and may not realize its benefits. Methods: We conducted a prospective, non-randomized study comparing use of CPAP in patients over age 65 with patients under age 65. One hundred and seven consecutive patients with a new diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea were started on therapy with nasal CPAP. We obtained follow-up data on all 107 patients. Compliance with CPAP was assessed by patients subjective report of use and, in a subset of 21 patients, by objective measurement using a microchip installed in the CPAP unit that measures actual hours of use at therapeutic pressure. Results: The percentage of patients using CPAP regularly was not different in the two groups: 70% of patients in the over age 65 group used CPAP regularly vs. 72% of patients under age 65. The over 65 group used CPAP 6.5 nights per week, an average of 6.5 h of use per night. The under 65 group was not significantly different, using CPAP 6.8 nights per week, a mean of 6.7 h of use per night. Conclusion: Patients over age 65 are able to tolerate CPAP as well as patients under age 65.
Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Continuous positive airway pressure compliance
Positive pressure therapy
Dentistry(all)
Parish, J. M., Lyng, P. J., & Wisbey, J. (2000). Compliance with CPAP in elderly patients with OSA. Sleep Medicine, 1(3), 209-214.
Compliance with CPAP in elderly patients with OSA. / Parish, James M.; Lyng, Philip J.; Wisbey, Joyce.
In: Sleep Medicine, Vol. 1, No. 3, 01.07.2000, p. 209-214.
Parish, JM, Lyng, PJ & Wisbey, J 2000, 'Compliance with CPAP in elderly patients with OSA', Sleep Medicine, vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 209-214.
Parish JM, Lyng PJ, Wisbey J. Compliance with CPAP in elderly patients with OSA. Sleep Medicine. 2000 Jul 1;1(3):209-214.
Parish, James M. ; Lyng, Philip J. ; Wisbey, Joyce. / Compliance with CPAP in elderly patients with OSA. In: Sleep Medicine. 2000 ; Vol. 1, No. 3. pp. 209-214.
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Theatre Review: ‘Daddy Long Legs’ at Monumental Theatre Co.
Posted By: Kristen Waagneron: March 11, 2019
Caroline Wolfson and Kurt Boehm in Daddy Long Legs at Monumental Theatre Co. Photo Courtesy of Beth Amann.
Monumental Theatre Co. continues its 2019 season with “Daddy Long Legs”, a tender story of letters, literature, and love.
“Daddy Long Legs” is not a large musical. Two actors constitute the entire cast, narrating almost entirely through a folksy score from the team behind the musical adaptation of “Jane Eyre.” Premiering around the country in 2009, the little-known story is based on Jean Webster’s children’s novel of the same name, which shares themes with the works of Louisa May Alcott and L.M. Montgomery. Both the book and the musical are told in epistolary form, a series of letters between Jerusha and Jervis.
The plot centers around Jerusha Abbott, the oldest orphan at the John Grier Home, who nurses her talent for writing while longing to escape her dull, onerous life at the orphanage. Enchanted by her humorous essays, a mysterious benefactor offers to pay her tuition at an elite women’s college in exchange for one letter of acknowledgment per month. As Jerusha experiences the world for the first time, she writes to her mysterious “Daddy Long Legs,” a name she gives to her sponsor after a faint glimpse of his tall stature. But she does not realize that the benefactor who is old, gray, and bald in her mind is actually Jervis Pendleton, the young uncle of her friend, who is gradually falling in love with her through her letters.
Direction by Michael Windsor brings a story with a close-to-problematic premise (Jervis’s ethically questionable actions resolve a little too neatly for modern tastes) into the 21st century through a genuine sense of wonder that permeates every moment. For the majority of the show, Jerusha and Jervis are separated by a floor covered in letters, singing from their respective desks at each side of the aisle-style stage. When the two correspondents finally meet face to face, looking into each other’s’ eyes for the first time, it is with an outpouring of cathartic, genuine joy
“…a genuine sense of wonder permeates every moment.”
Caroline Wolfson’s Jerusha is a revelation; with all of Jo March’s imagination, Anne Shirley’s spunk, and humor all her own, Wolfson is the heroine young girls dream of becoming. Her expressive voice, full of hope, is perfectly suited to the extensive score, played on a keyboard, guitar, and cello for a grounded, contemporary feel. Wolfson is satisfyingly headstrong against Kurt Boehm’s reserved, yet sometimes obstinate Jervis. Boehm’s soaring vocals contrast his mild manners in songs like “Charity,” when he begins to realize the unexpected consequences of his correspondence with Jerusha. The duo of Wolfson and Boehm elevate the story beyond its source material, complicating the arc of the two characters and truly bringing the audience into their intertwining lives and letters.
It is rare that a story can so truly and unexpectedly warm your heart. But “Daddy Long Legs,” strange as it might seem, is a fleeting moment of sincere connection in a busy world. Thanks to evocative performances by Wolfson and Boehm, “Daddy Long Legs” is not to be missed.
Running Time: Two and a half hours, with one fifteen-minute intermission.
“Daddy Long Legs” runs through March 30th at the Ainslie Arts Center, 3900 West Braddock Road, Alexandria, VA 22302. Buy tickets online here.
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Kristen Waagner
Kristen Waagner is a theatre student at Northwestern University and a recent graduate of McLean High School. She began reviewing theatre as a high school sophomore with the McLean Cappies Team, and has not stopped since. When not writing, she enjoys acting and choreography.
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Current Research and Scholarly Interests Our research focuses on understanding fundamental molecular mechanisms underlying cancer development. Currently, we study signaling cascades initiated by cell surface receptors which are involved in: 1) the early event of prostate cancer initiation and 2) regulation of the transition from indolent to metastatic disease. The long term goal of our laboratory is to improve the stratification of indolent from aggressive prostate cancer and aid the development of better therapeutic strategies for the advanced disease.
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Foregrounding voices of colour
Looking for books to read? We asked some of our favourite, authors, activists and radical organisers to recommend books for our curated reading lists.
“You can’t do that! Stories have to be about White people”
AuthorMedia DiversifiedPosted on December 7, 2013 July 17, 2015 CategoriesCulture, Darren Chetty, Eastenders, Education, Literature, Student, What is British?TagsColor blindness, Eastenders, London, Tamarind Books, Teacher, Toni Morrison, White people, World Book Day
Young Writers of Colour
by Darren Chetty Follow @rapclassroom
I’ve spent almost two decades teaching in English primary schools, which serve multiracial, multicultural, multifaith communities. I want to explore two things I have noticed.
1) Almost without exception, whenever children are asked to write a story in school, children of colour will write a story featuring white characters with ‘traditional’ English names who speak English as a first language.
2) Teachers do not discuss this phenomenon.
Furthermore, simply pointing these two things out can lead to some angry responses in my experience.
Why are you making an issue of race when children are colourblind?”
is an example of the sort of question that sometimes gets asked.
Well let’s look at that. If children were writing stories where the race of characters was varied and random, there might be some merit in claiming that children are colourblind. However, even proponents of racial colourblindness do not argue that all people are White… and English. They argue that race no longer matters. If that’s true, why are young children of colour and young white children writing exclusively about white characters?
But, surely you are not arguing that teachers are telling them to do this?”
I’m not. I think it’s more complicated than that.
A few years ago, I taught a Year 2 class in East London. I had built up a good bank of multicultural picture-books and resources and shared these with the class whenever seemed appropriate. When it came time for the class to write their own stories, I suggested that they used the name of someone in their family for their protagonist. I wanted them to draw on their own backgrounds, but was worried about ‘making an issue of race’. When it came to sharing their stories, I noticed only one boy had acted upon my suggestion, naming his main character after his uncle. He had recently arrived from Nigeria and was eager to read his story to the class. However when he read out the protagonists name he was interrupted by another boy, who was born in Britain and identified as Congolese.
“You can’t do that! Stories have to be about White people.”
I’m confident the boy who announced this was being sincere and indeed, in the ensuing class discussion there was a fair bit of uncertainty about who could and couldn’t be in stories. I was surprised and confused by this. Why did they always write stories about children from very different backgrounds to themselves? And why were these characters always White? After all, I had shared a number of stories about children of colour with the class.
I just hadn’t realised what I was up against.
What do I mean? Well, if you are a teacher, try this with your class. Ask them to write down their favourite 25 children’s book characters. Then ask them to count how many of those characters are White (and look for other patterns too). Publishers like Verna Wilkins at Tamarind do a great job at promoting books featuring People of Colour. However, a friend of mine who writes for children, has been told by publishers that by making her central character a black girl, she will reduce its marketability – so unless she is writing specifically about ‘black issues’ she should make her ‘front-cover’ characters white.
On World Book Day, many primary schools ask children and staff to dress up as a famous book character. On this day in my local schools, you will see children of colour dressed as White fictional children. Again, this in itself might not be a problem – but the lack of options is worrying for some Black teachers and parents. A Black colleague’s exasperation at this, led to us creating a resource for discussion that has proved an effective way of starting conversations with colleagues and children about race and representation in children’s literature. World Book Day – A Teacher’s Dilemna
This isn’t confined at children’s literature of course. In her essay ‘Playing in the Dark’, Toni Morrison argues that “the readers of virtually all of American fiction have been positioned as white.” (Morrison 1992:xiv) We might ask if the same is true of children’s literature and how that might affect children’s relationship to story-writing. And I don’t think any such marginalization is limited to books. Take a programme set in the very area of England where I teach. When EastEnders was launched, it was lauded for its inner-city realism and diversity. Recently the BBC compiled this list of characters with the most ‘doof doof’ cliffhangers – an indication, albeit an imprecise one, of who has the main storyline. In the top 50 characters, the number of People of Colour was exactly zero.
Reflecting on my experience with my Year 2 class, the following year, whilst teaching Year 5, I was emboldened to experiment.
What would happen if for just one lesson I insisted they write about a character from a similar ethnic, religious, linguistic background as themselves – just as I sometimes insist they try to include fronted adverbials, or a moral dilemma for their protagonist?
First we discussed ourselves in terms of amongst other things: language, family migration, physical appearance including skin and hair, religion, hobbies and clothes. Then I asked them to write a character who was similar in some but not necessarily all of categories. As I modelled this process for them, I realized it was something I rarely did in class myself, causing me to later think of my role as a teacher of colour (indeed the only male teacher of colour in my current school.)
Then they wrote. Clearly, many of them enjoyed the lesson and many produced their best piece of writing. Here are a couple of examples:
Bang! As I stormed to headteacher Mrs. Paula’s office my head filled with fear. Fear of exclusion!
Mrs. Paula was a short, slim, young white woman with red ruddy cheeks. She was a stern woman who hated disobedience and inappropriateness. As I stroked my black hair, my smooth lips crumpled and my creamy brown face turned red with worry.
Maryam Patel was a twelve year old girl, whose parents were Indian, but she was born in Britain. She was a fairly religious person. However Maryam thought one does not have to wear a headscarf to be religious. She loved her red straight hair. Her hair was as red as blood. She had decided to dye her hair as she hated her dark brown hair. She loved football and the club she supported was Liverpool. One day I will play for the Liverpool women she thought.
I want to avoid making huge claims here. However, I do sense a greater emotional engagement with the story from the children and the beginnings of an authorial voice in both Michael’s dramatic first-person opening and Nabila’s character description.
Nabila did start four sentences with ‘She’ and I would want to give her feedback on varying her sentence structure. But there is genuine characterisation in the paragraph not just a short list of features, which I often encounter. More than that, there is some psychological insight in this 9 year-old’s writing precisely because she is using her own life as inspiration for her creativity.
Speaking to Nabila, she told me she had never written about an Indian heritage and/or Muslim character before. Nobody had ever told her she shouldn’t. But at the same time, nobody had ever explicitly given her permission. Subsequently, she wrote two further full stories about ‘Maryam Patel’. The third installment described Maryam’s trip to India. Trust me, it was a good read.
*Names of children have been changed.
Teacher, Governor, Higher Ed Tutor, Hip Hop Educator, P4Cer, PhDer. RapClassRoom Find Darren Chetty on twitter @rapclassroom
READ the follow up: Writing and Reading While Black. Lessons learned.
Our lives, our cultures, are composed of many overlapping stories. Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the story of how she found her authentic cultural voice — and warns that if we hear only a single story about another person or country, we risk a critical misunderstanding.
Book list for black girls: promoting self-love and empowering young black women (mediadiversified.org)
“Black people don’t go to galleries” – The reproduction of taste and cultural value (mediadiversified.org)
Eastenders: Not Quite #AllWhiteTV; Doesn’t Make It Right (mediadiversified.org)
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The Paperback Post says:
This was a great read! We conducted a study on the literature used in U.S. high schools and compared the authors heritage and sex. 76% Of the common literature is written by white English or American males. They leave such little room for minorities (including women). It’s unfortunate to think of the ways that schools contribute to the vision of a white world. You can read the blog here if you’re interested: https://thepaperbackpost.com/2017/04/03/women-in-high-school-literature/?iframe=true&theme_preview=true
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Interesting piece! One of the problems I had was the kids ‘projecting’ attitudes, etc. onto their characters that originated in their own lives. The good part was that we identified several social and family problems (abusive parents, no breakfast or missed meals on weekends, etc), but EVERY character was a well off white male of impeccable manners and concern for others. We realized, too late, that every kid wanted that ‘guy’ as a friend. Male/Female, B/W/etc, they all wanted to be Tom Swift’s buddy (Yes, I’m dating myself!) and live vicariously through him. My guess is they would all want Harry Potter as a BFF now.
One Black girl wrote how she went park walking with her dog and met her ‘Harry’ and they walked their dogs until dark, then he walked her home and said bye from the sidewalk because her Dad didn’t like white boys. Stupid me just saw the overlying pain, not knowing that her father had died a few years earlier. I wish I had known and could have helped her become her own ‘Harry, heroine of her own life.
shidensenn says:
this was such a great read. i remember in high school, reading manic magee or maybe it was Jr high? but i loved the fact race and everything was addressed the protagonist was a child that didn’t see a difference in color and really spoke to you. great read! wish i was in your class too haha
wakingupthechildren says:
This is very interesting and perhaps telling that we need to be more blatant about representation of people from all backgrounds and cultures being featured in stories, books, paintings, photographs etc etc…and positive ones, until it is part of everyone’s psyche. We are all people, all equal, all important and that is not what children from ethnic minority groups are feeling! It really needs a head-on change.
TMCN says:
Brilliant. Thank you.
mythoughts1blog says:
I love the thought that you put into it, and you are correct: there is a greater number of picture books about white children than those of other backgrounds. And it is unfortunate that, rather than embracing it, we are somehow taught, whether consciously or not, to ignore the diversity of our cultures and heritages. My former professor in a course about early childhood also mentioned this, and she emphasized using the mirrors and windows of books in our classroom: children should use books to see themselves and the world.
By the way, the idea of mirrors and windows came from this article, if anyone is interested in searching it up:
Wiltse, L. (2015) Mirrors and windows: Teaching and research reflections on Canadian Aboriginal children’s literature. Language and Literacy, 17(2), 22-42.
Locke Dor says:
I know I have commented on this but I really love it. It deserves some real appreciation. But the real question is, will this method of perception ever change? Will we ever be open to the day where they will show novels with people of color or motion films with the actors and actresses being people of color. I hope in that in this productive era, that we will see our society develop. Thank you so much for writing this!
kwesispeaks says:
I really enjoyed such a valid and daring post. I like Ralph Waldo Emerson’s quote “Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.” Concerning American education, I believe it is still producing talented thinkers; however, the rate and quantity are being lost in botched standardized test scores and constant disrespect for teachers. It is amazing how countries such as India, under the caste system, esteemed educators as being important in their society. Again, great read.
thegoldenavenue says:
Great post! I have seen this Ted Talk several times, even blogged about it myself as it is powerful! It really gets one to look at something we take for granted like literature and show a whole new light of how it effects others around the world.
readingroomcafeproject says:
This is a fantastic article. A couple of years ago I worked right in the heart of a couple of Pakistani families, and it took a while to work out why all of the characters the children wrote had western names, even though they were doing things like going learning Arabic and reciting the Quran. I was a bit confused until I heard an aunt calling two of the children Mary and Sam. Humayra and Usama. Luckily this family had a balance that they were comfortable with and the children were writing characters who they identified with.
Where I do find a problem is a character I’ve written. In my head she was always black – she’s an amalgam of some wonderful kid’s I’ve worked with, but people read her as white, because people expect her to be. Which is fine, I suppose and perhaps a more traditional name would have helped, but Delilah is a British child and her name, while not typically English, is one that wouldn’t stand out too much – I didn’t want to be that white woman writing a stereotype. It’s a hard line to walk.
libralove92 says:
It’s great for you to be bringing this type of insight unto your students. Despite all the challenges clearly the world is still changing, why not with one book at a time 🙂
mikaylaannm says:
Very important and insightful post! Thanks for sharing!
amerita says:
This is such an interesting article. I’m almost 25 years old and after reading this, I find I do the same thing as some of these children without knowing. Definitely going to be thinking about this the next time I write something.
lilly1949 says:
Congratulations on accomplishing your teaching goal! I was a teacher myself.
Wonderful insight, something I struggle with as an English teacher in a mid-Western state … finding ways to incorporate novels by non-white authors.
khulud khamis says:
Insightful and sadly true. In recent years, I have become aware of the absence of disabled women as main characters in fiction. It’s a theme i deal with in my writing, from a personal experience with my disabled mother, and, as a feminist, making the connections between the personal and wider socio-political issues.
leearango123 says:
Wonderful article exposing the truth in US Academia.
Great post good to know the facts on what education should be.
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B. Artis says:
Great article. Not long ago, a news channel interviewed black girls showing pictures of different girls and asking them to pick their favorite. Most black girls picked white girl pictures stating “they are me beautiful, they are prettier, I wish I were lighter “. So sad how they perceive themselves.
roofbreaker says:
Thank you so much for writing this! I am Hispanic and love writing but always have unknowingly wrote about characters who are white! I think you are so used to the culture of television and stories being promoted in class rooms! My husband grew up in Chicago and his school taught black culture! We def need to promote who we are because we all have a significant part in this world and we need to make our mark as multicultural people!
sandrosirait says:
You catch people’s attention.
Jê Ernesto says:
Really amazing! I just don’t like the use of “people of coulor” to talk about Black people.
Just say it: Black people, all right?
By the end, white people are people of colour or discolour?
It’s language keeps a Padron and it’s terrible tô hear, read or think about ir like it was normal.
hrgovan says:
Very valid points. Although you can argue that the use of an English-derived name does not mean said character is inherently English or white. I am mixed race and my parents nor myself are Jewish, but my name is still Hannah.
Race is important to discuss in literature because of the lack of ethnic and racial diversity in western literature. But is there an argument in creating characters with unknown or unstated characteristics such as race, or even gender and sexuality, to see how character development can be made when certain identity tropes are taken away?
I wish i were in your class. Thanks for making me ponder over such a delicate yet overlooked issue. Keep sharing your insights. Lots of love.
And yes i am an indian and Nabila’s character seems like the girl next door. Colours and shades indubitaly connects.
♥ 🙂
areebaimran says:
This is a brilliant article! I too think that other cultures should be given just as much exposure as the white culture so that we’re wowed by the uniqueness of the world. I’d definitely like to show a wider side of my own heritage from now onwards. Eye opener indeed!
maryangeladouglas says:
I can feel the heart, good will and genuine love for the children here. But a person as grand as Maya Angelou, in fact Maya Angelou was very concerned about African American children and all so called minority children (minority of what; a person with a soul is a majority before God and people who know what it is to stand as an individual) losing their heritage AS HUMAN BEINGS CONNECTED TO EVERY FORM OF LITERATURE WRITTEN BY ALL HUMAN BEINGS AS THEIR BIRTHRIGHT. FOR INSTANCE, SHAKESPEARE…the beauty of language. “ALL THE EXCELLENCIES ARE MINE, ” said Maya Angelou and she certainly meant the whole entire heritage of world literature inclouding the great classics written by “white” people. This is a ridiculous way of actually marginalizing so called minority kids generally by DENYING them the feeling that ANYTHING HUMAN ANYTHING BEAUTIFUL IS THERES by birthright whether they see themselves in the picture or not, it is the words in which human feelings, human aspirations, the human soul especially in poetry has been expressed for ALL TIME for ALL PEOPLE that belongs, belongs, belongs to them. The picture is in the words, the picture is in THE REFLECTION OF THE HUMAN HEART NO MATTER WHO WROTE IT WHEN.
mschievous1 says:
Excellent read, I enjoyed this in its entirety. I wish more teachers were like this, identifying underlying problems and addressing it. I recall writing as a child but never given color or race to the characters. It wasn’t until I was older that I became painfully aware of race. I digress, your doing an amazing job and the impact you are making in these children’s lives will be unforgettable. I wish I had a teacher like you.
Just Being Me says:
Very poignant post! Personally, when I write stories, I make sure there is diversity. One of my current works features an interracial couple and their mixed daughter. Life is full of color – why shouldn’t novels/movies/series/commercials/billboards/everything celebrate it? The face of the world has changed. We need to change with it.
MeroSource says:
I think it gives students everywhere including adults and better point of view. Well when it comes to story telling anyway.
repurposedbygrace says:
Wow, great perspective. As an educator myself, I have never given this much thought. I respect how you presented this issue as something that we need to bring awareness to and not make it a racist thing. Because as a white educator of multicultural students, I don’t intentionally push a ‘white agenda’ but I see now (thanks to your article) that I am sadly unaware of the lack of culture that our literature and curriculum include. And I believe most educators would be very accepting to the idea of adding more culture to the curriculum but just lack the awareness and know how. Thanks for being bold and provoking thought and change.
lukewedwards says:
A brilliant post, for someone who reads (and writes) a lot I had never thought of this but now you’ve highlighted it I can’t help but think that it is really obvious. https://saynototourguides.com/
insightyourstar says:
This is an excellent article. I am glad you are raising awareness about the niche in the market. Your perspective will give future writers an eyeopener and maybe they will try and make their characters more diverse. Moreover this article is beneficial for the education system as they could introduce more diverse books at an early age and maybe get children to study it as part as their curriculum. I hope this article gets more views. Thank you.
Ms. Conqueror says:
Great read! I question this very same thing as I raise a young African American girl. When I was a kid I believe that I probably wrote stories with white characters also. My dolls were white, the television shows I watched had white main characters, and the books I read in school had white characters also. I do believe the world that we live in now is a bit more diverse than it was back in the 90’s when I was a kid. Even with this it hasn’t changed that “American culture” is “White culture. This definitely affects the lenses that kids see themselves through, how they perceive the world, and how they tell their respective stories.
piecesofme2016 says:
Very interesting post! I teach secondary music in the UAE but we have a cross curriculum for year 7 and this is based off 4 books Macbeth, Boy overboard, Private Peaceful and The demon headmaster. At least Boy Overboard relates to Arabic children but the others are based on white characters. It would be nice if school incorporated books of black origin, (or different ethnic backgrounds full stop) instead of being exclusively white. It immediately excludes a group of people. This post reminds me of a black girl in the news recently who said that Santa Claus should be an animal an not a white man for all children to be able to relate, after all its all about inclusion within schools!
Wow, great perspective! Loved it.
Kavya Shah says:
This article raises a very important question. It stresses me out to see the condition today.
It is a brilliant post. It made me think about things beyond my small little world.
Imani Odindo says:
Excellent article. This is very true. I remember my days in school, I was that student who always wrote an essay about white people. Now that I think of it, I believe people or rather the society at large could change their perspectives on this issue.
thehimzheart says:
great one!
rositaintanp says:
I agree , i hope there were dedicated teachers in indonesia . And teaching with more sincerely
midnightexpressions says:
Deez says:
I feel this is anecdotal. Young children just imitate. They don’t put any thought into issues like this.
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Zach Sweers, who posts 'Catch A Predator' type videos under the name of Anxiety Wars, has been told once again to stop it.
The Michigan Attorney General, and the Michigan State Police, have once again asked vigilantes such as Sweers to stop going after and approaching suspected sexual predators with online videos.
Attorney General Dana Nessel released a statement this week in which he urged Sweers to "...leave this work to professionals." She added that vigilante work will not be tolerated in Michigan.
Sweers, who lures child predators in by pretending to be underage children online, had quit making the videos for a time. He recently has posted two new videos under his alias Anxiety Wars in the past three weeks where he personally confronts alleged predators after extensive online chatting, most of which is sexually charged.
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Teixeira Impales Rodney, Mariners With Missive
YANKEES 2, MARINERS 1
As a closer for both the Tampa Bay Rays and the Seattle Mariners, Fernando Rodney has earned 13 career saves against the Yankees and all 13 were punctuated with his trademark – but annoying – shooting of an arrow gesture after the final out.
On Sunday, Mark Teixeira shot a figurative arrow through Rodney’s and the Mariners’ hearts.
Teixeira launched a high-arcing home run into the right-field bleachers off Rodney (2-4) with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning to break a 1-1 tie as New York took two of three games from Seattle in front of a sweltering paid crowd of 42,926 at Yankee Stadium.
Teixeira’s home run, his 23rd of the season, handed a victory in relief to right-hander Dellin Betances (6-2) and left-hander Andrew Miller tossed a perfect ninth, striking out two, to earn his 20th save in as many chances this season.
The early innings of the contest were marked by a fierce pitcher’s duel between 2007 American League Cy Young Award winner CC Sabathia of the Yankees and 2010 American League Cy Young Award winner Felix Hernandez of the Mariners.
The left-handed Sabathia and the right-handed Hernandez matched zeroes until the top of the fifth inning when former Yankee Jesus Montero and Chris Taylor opened the frame with a pair of opposite-field singles.
After Mike Zunino successfully laid down a sacrifice bunt to advance both runners, former Yankee Austin Jackson laced a lined single to center to score Montero. But Sabathia was able to limit the damage by striking out Kyle Seager and former Yankee Robin$on Cano with Taylor on third.
The Yankees, meanwhile, were able to tie the contest in the bottom of the sixth after Brett Gardner started the inning by drawing a walk. One out later, Teixeira grounded a hit-and-run single just past Taylor into center-field to advance Gardner to third.
With two out, Carlos Beltran, who had just been activated from the 15-day disabled list earlier in the day, slapped an opposite-field single to left to score Gardner with the tying run.
Hernandez, 29, was charged with just the one run on five hits and three walks while he fanned five batters in six innings. “King Felix” is 5-1 with a 1.38 ERA in his eight starts at the new Yankee Stadium.
Sabathia, 34, in one of his better outings of the season, also yielded one run on six hits and one walk as he struck out seven in six innings.
“CC pitched extremely well,” Mariners manager Lloyd McClendon told reporters. “His command was exceptional. He did a tremendous job. So did Felix. He was one pitch away from getting out of that [sixth] inning.”
Despite leading Major League Baseball with 48 saves last season and being chosen as an American League All-Star, Rodney has blown four saves and entered the contest with a 5.45 ERA. As a result, he had lost his closing duties to rookie right-hander Carson Smith.
McClendon opted to use the 38-year-old right-hander with one out in the eighth inning. Rodney was able to retire Alex Rodriguez on an infield popup and he had Teixeira down on a 1-2 count.
But he threw a 98-mile-per-hour fastball over the heart of the plate and Teixeira was able to make good contact with it.
“[I] just put a good swing on it. He threw the pitch earlier, the pitch before, right by me and I just knew I had to get ready a little bit earlier,” Teixeira told reporters. “The second one I was ready for.”
With the victory the Yankees earned the 50th victory with 41 losses. They hold a four-game lead over the second-place Baltimore Orioles in the American League East. The Mariners dropped to 42-50.
Teixeira entered the contest 20-for-66 (.303) with a league-best six home runs off Hernandez. He was 2-for-3 with two singles against Hernandez on Sunday and is now hitting .319 off him. In addition, his 23rd home run surpasses the 22 he hit all of last season. Teixeira’s 3-for-4 day raised his season average to .249. To top off his day he made an outstanding grab of a foul ball in the second row of the stands off the bat of Nelson Cruz in the eighth inning.
Give Sabathia a lot of credit for holding the Mariners to one run on a day the Yankees were facing a tough right-hander in Hernandez. He entered the game 4-8 with a 5.47 ERA. But since May 28 when he was 2-7 with a 5.67 ERA, Sabathia is 2-1 with a 4.70 in his past eight starts. More importantly, the Yankees are 5-3 in those contests. So the 34-year-old veteran is keeping the Yankees in position to win his starts.
Beltran’s RBI single to tie the game in the sixth was a testament to a good veteran hitter not trying to do too much and shooting an outside curveball the opposite way. Though Beltran has been a huge disappointment to the Yankees between his injury-plagued 2014 season and his .262 average with just seven homers and 30 RBIs this season, he still adds a solid switch-hitter to lengthen the lineup for the second half of the season.
Jacoby Ellsbury entered the day with a plus-.300 career average against Hernandez but he ended up grounding out weakly to first all three times he faced him. He ended the day 0-for-4 and his average has slipped to .302. He is 1-for-17 (.059) in his past four games dating back to July 12.
Once again, when the Yankees have a choice between a up-and-coming homegrown player and a veteran free agent they side with the veteran. When the Yankees activated Beltran from the disabled list on Sunday they surprisingly optioned second baseman Rob Refsnyder, 24, to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre despite the fact that Stephen Drew, 32, is batting .181 after hitting .162 last season. Refsnyder hit .167 with a homer and two RBIs in four games including his first major-league home run on July 12 that allowed the Yankees to beat the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park last Sunday.
The Yankees will have Monday off before welcoming the Orioles to Yankee Stadium for a crucial three-game series.
Right-hander Nathan Eovaldi (9-2, 4.50 ERA) will open the series for the Yankees. Eovaldi, 25, has not lost a game since June 16 and he won his last start by holding the Red Sox to three runs on seven hits with four strikeouts in five innings last Sunday.
Left-hander Wei-Yin Chen will start for the Orioles. Chen allowed three runs (two earned) on eight hits with seven strikeouts in eight innings in tough-luck loss to the Washington Nationals last Sunday.
Game-time will be 7:05 p.m. EDT and the game will be broadcast nationally by the MLB Network and locally by WPIX.
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Jones’ Three-Run Blast In 11th Sinks Mariners
YANKEES 5, MARINERS 3 (11 INNINGS)
When the Yankees obtained Garrett Jones from the Miami Marlins this winter they envisioned his left-handed power and versatility as an outfielder and first baseman would be perfect fit. But up until Tuesday, Jones has struggled to bat .232 with one home run and four RBIs.
With one swing that all changed.
Jones connected on a 2-0 pitch with two on and two out in the 11th inning for a three-run homer off left-hander Joe Beimel that allowed New York to come from behind to defeat Seattle at Safeco Field.
The Yankees were granted the opportunity to win their first extra-inning game of the season in four tries after Stephen Drew delivered a two-out RBI double off closer Fernando Rodney in the bottom of the ninth inning that tied the game at 2-2.
That set the stage for 11th, which hit a speed bump when Brian McCann had erased a leadoff single by Didi Gregorius by hitting into a double play. However, Drew singled off right-hander Tom Wilhelmsen (0-2) and Brett Gardner followed with a single of his own.
Jones, who entered the game as a pinch-hitter in the seventh and struck out, then faced Beimel. His blast off Beimel landed well into the bleachers in right-center to reclaim a lead the Yankees had lost in the third inning.
Left-hander Justin Wilson (2-0) pitched a scoreless 10th, making a spectacular diving grab of a popped up bunt by Rickie Weeks and turning it into a double play, to earn the victory.
Andrew Miller was touched for a run in the 11th on an RBI single by former Yankee Robinson Cano. But Miller struck out the major-league leader in home runs, Nelson Cruz, representing the potential winning run to earn his 16th save in 16 tries this season.
The Yankees grabbed a 1-0 lead in the top of the third inning after Gardner drew a one-out walk on a disputed checked swing and advanced to second on a wild pitch by left-hander Mike Montgomery, who was called up from Triple-A Tacoma and was making his first major-league start.
One out later, Alex Rodriguez also drew a walk on a disputed checked swing. Mariners catcher Mike Zunino and manager Lloyd McClendon were ejected from the game by first-base umpire Will Little for arguing the call. On the very next pitch from Montgomery, Mark Teixeira stroked an RBI double to score Gardner.
The Mariners responded in the bottom of the frame off left-hander CC Sabathia. Austin Jackson, who was 4-for-4 with two walks in the game, slapped a one-out single to left. One out later, Cano hit a lined single to right that Carlos Beltran bobbled to allow Jackson to reach third.
Cruz followed with an opposite-field single to right that scored Jackson to tie the game.
The Mariners broke the tie in the sixth after Logan Morrison reached on a one-out single and Welington Castillo, who had replaced Zunino in the third inning, followed one out later with a single that advanced Morrison to third. Yankees manager Joe Girardi replaced Sabathia with right-hander David Carpenter and Jackson greeted him with a double that scored Morrison.
But the Yankees tied it in the ninth off Rodney, starting with a leadoff walk by Chase Headley and a two-out single by McCann, who was pinch-hitting for John Ryan Murphy, to move Headley to third. Drew then laced a double to right that scored Headley easily.
Montgomery was charged with one run on four hits and two walks with four strikeouts in six innings of work in his debut. Sabathia was charged with two runs on nine hits and two walks with five strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings.
With the victory the Yankees improved their season ledger to 28-25 and they maintained their one-game lead over the second-place Tampa Bay Rays in the American League East. The Mariners are 24-28.
Oddly enough, Jones’ three-run home run was his his second of the season. Jones, 33, also hit a pinch-hit three-run homer with one out in the eighth inning off right-hander Tanner Scheppers to draw the Yankees to within 10-8 of the Texas Rangers in a game the Yankees eventually lost 10-9 on May 22. At that point, Jones was batting .150 with no homers and one RBI. Since then, Jones is 9-for-19 (.474) and that surge just may have rescued Jones’ tenure with the Yankees.
If you throw out Carpenter’s inability to get Jackson out in the sixth that lost the lead, the Yankees bullpen was spectacular the rest of the way. The Mariners had many chances to win the game but Chasen Shreve, Jacob Lindgren, Dellin Betances, Wilson and Miller combined to yield just one run on four hits and two walks with seven strikeouts in five innings. The biggest reason the Yankees are on first place is their formidable bullpen.
Drew, 32, also may have saved his future with the team with his RBI double in the ninth and his clutch two-out single in the 11th. Drew entered the game batting .160 with five homers and 15 RBIs after he batted a combined .162 in 2014 with the Boston Red Sox and the Yankees. The Yankees hope that Drew can turn it around soon but the team’s other second baseman, Jose Pirela, is batting just .222. Second base prospect Rob Refsnyder is batting only .276 with two homers and 18 RBIs and he also has committed 11 errors in 46 games with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
Carpenter, 29, was called upon to do one thing – get out Jackson with two outs and runners on first and third – and he failed to do it. Carpenter is 0-1 with a bloated 4.82 ERA despite being able to throw 95-mph fastballs. But Carpenter has given up 20 hits and seven walks in 18 2/3 innings (1.45 WHIP) covering 22 appearances. There is just no excuse for how awful he is pitching.
Gregorius, 25, would have ended up with big goat horns if the Yankees ended up losing the game. Gregorius was on first on a pinch-hit single off right-hander Mark Lowe to lead off the seventh. Murphy followed with a hard-hit single to right that should have allowed Gregorius to reach third with no outs. However, Gregorius tripped over the second-base bag and ended up being thrown by Cruz. The young shortstop was 2-for-3 after entering the game but his mental mistakes and physical errors at short sometimes hurt this team.
Outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury likely will not return to Yankees off the 15-day disabled list until late June, general manager Brian Cashman told Michael Kay on ESPN Radio on Tuesday. Cashman said Ellsbury will wear an immobilizing brace on his right knee for at least another week. Then the 31-year-old veteran, who has not played since May 19, will have 10 days to resume baseball activities and perhaps begin a rehab assignment. Ellsbury is leading the team in batting (.324) and steals (19) with one homer and six RBIs.
The Yankees will have an opportunity to sweep the three-game series with Mariners on Wednesday.
Right-hander Masahiro Tanaka (2-1, 3.44 ERA) will come off the disabled list to start of the Yankees. Tanaka, 26, last pitched on April 23 and was sidelined with tendinitis in right wrist and tightness in his right forearm.
The Mariners will counter with right-hander Taijuan Walker (2-5, 6.18 ERA), who is baseball’s equivalent of the little girl with the curl. When he is good – like his last outing – he is really good. He shut out the Cleveland Indians on just two hits with no walks and eight strikeouts in eight innings on Friday. But his record and ERA indicate how bad he has been in his other nine starts.
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Yankees, Rays Look To Be Class Of Tough A.L. East
The American League East is a division loaded with talent. It consists of a world champion, a playoff team, the winningest franchise in baseball history and two power-laden clubs with some pitching. Of those five teams it is possible that three teams could claim playoff spots. Let’s look into the magic ball and see what we can predict. In no particular order let’s look at the teams:
After an injury-marred 2013 season managing general partner Hal Steinbrenner loosened the pursestrings and allowed general manager Brian Cashman to throw out nearly $500 million to free agents. That brought in the best available pitching free agent in Masahiro Tanaka, the best in catcher available in Brian McCann, two All-Star outfielders in Jacoby Ellsbury and Carlos Beltran, a left-hander for the bullpen in Matt Thornton and two important infielders in Kelly Johnson and Brian Roberts.
Needless to say the Yankees are not planning on winning 85 games and missing the playoffs as they did in 2013.
Added to what the Yankees already had, this team is loaded for a playoff run. The rotation is five deep with CC Sabathia, Hiroki Kuroda, Ivan Nova, Tanaka and the sensational return of Michael Pineda this spring has the other teams in the division worried. Only the Tampa Bay Rays can boast a rotation close to this and they only have four healthy starters at the moment.
The bullpen is missing Mariano Rivera and no one will tell you that David Robertson will make anyone forget the greatest closer in history. But no one can believe he can’t do as well as Rafael Soriano did in 2012. The rest of the bullpen has undergone a makeover because of the loss of Boone Logan and Joba Chamberlain. Shawn Kelley and Thornton will handle the late-inning work. The addition of 6-foot-8 rookie Dellin Betances is going to give the bullpen depth because Betances might have the best stuff of the group.
Add to this corps three starting pitchers shifted to the bullpen, David Phelps, Adam Warren and left-hander Vidal Nuno. Phelps and Warren are holdovers from last season and Nuno, 26, gives the Yankees a second lefty to go with Thornton.
The Yankees only need to hope that Mark Teixeira and Derek Jeter return to form. They both missed virtually all of the 2013 season and both are being counted upon to help the offense. They also are hoping that Johnson can fill in for the suspended Alex Rodriguez and Roberts can fill the huge hole left by the childish and petulant departure of Robinson Cano. The Yankees issued Cano’s No. 24 to spring training invitee Scott Sizemore. That tells you what they think of Cano after he left.
Ellsbury will combine with Brett Gardner to provide speed and daring on the bases. McCann and Beltran will join Teixeira and last season’s acquisition Alfonso Soriano to give the Yankees a lot of power in the middle of the lineup. Johnson and Roberts can provide double-digits power as well at the bottom of the order.
The bench features the catcher many teams wanted this spring in Francisco Cervelli, All-Star outfielder Ichiro Suzuki and a pair of hot-hitting rookie infielders in Dean Anna and Yangervis Solarte. Slick-fielding shortstop Brendan Ryan starts the season on the disabled list with an upper-back injury.
Top to bottom the Yankees are loaded with talent, power, speed, a great rotation, a solid bullpen and a versatile bench. They will go a long way in deciding who wins the division and who ends up in the playoffs.
The Rays are a product of a similar model that used to keep afloat the small-market Minnesota Twins. You try and keep a small corps of good young players together long enough to win until they start leaving via free agency. Of course, this method requires that you keep all the plates spinning at once for a long, long time.
If you don’t you lose.
The Rays were fortunate to keep left-hander David Price off the open market for a year. He will join left-hander Matt Moore and right-handers Alex Cobb and Chris Archer to provide the only rotation in the division that can rival the Yankees. Jeremy Hellickson begins the season on the disabled list but he has not been real effective when he has been healthy so I am not sure how his season will go.
The Rays dumped Fernando Rodney because he blew too many saves and was shaky in those he did save. Enter former Rays right-hander Grant Balfour, who was not signed by some other teams because of some medical questions. Balfour has only had one season as a closer and there is no guarantee the Rays can get another season out of him.
The rest of the bullpen is good. Balfour’s fellow senior citizen, Joel Peralta, is the setup man. He is joined by lefty Jake McGee and former closer Heath Bell. Right-handers Josh Lueke, Brandon Gomes and lefty long man Cesar Ramos round out a pretty solid corps.
The Rays are really lacking speed this season. Their only real base-stealing threat is Desmond Jennings, who is been doing a very bad imitation of Carl Crawford since he arrived.
Now the Rays are looking to generate lots of power with Evan Longoria and Will Myers in the middle of the lineup. The problem is Matt Joyce is coming off a disappointing season and he has not lived up to expectations at all. They also have to hope an aging Ben Zobrist can bounce back after a down 2013 campaign.
The additions of James Loney at first base and Yunel Escober at shortstop helped the offense and defense last season. They hope Ryan Hanigan can provide defense and leadership behind the plate this season.
As always, manager Joe Maddon will mix in spare parts like Sean Rodriguez, David DeJesus and Jose Molina. In addition, he will shift his defense to drive opponents nuts, But if the Rays should falter, Price will be on the trading block before the league deadline. If that happens, the Rays season is over.
In any event, this will be Price’s last year with the Rays and the Rays have to roll the dice they win the division this year. Otherwise, it’s lights out at Tropicana Field for their fan base of 7,500. If things don’t pick up at the gate the team could be headed elsewhere.
Most Yankee fans forgot what happened in 2013 so we will leave it at that.
The Red Sox prospects for 2014 would seem to be bright. After all, they hope to have the same rotation they finished with back this year.
They are counting on Jon Lester, Clay Buchholz, John Lackey, Jake Peavy and Felix Doubront to be just as good in 2014. Problem is Lester is notch below what an ace should be. Look at most fantasy drafts this season and you will find Lester going in the middle rounds because of his high ERA and even higher walks-to-innings-pitched (WHIP) ratio.
Clay Buchholz also is going late in drafts because he has had a hard time staying healthy. His recurring back problems are not going away. He can only treat it to stay on track.
Lackey and Peavy are also on the north side of their usefulness. Both are crafty veteran pitchers and they will win their share on guile. But this group pales in comparison to the Rays and Yankees. That does not even take into account Doubront, who if you look as his 2013 numbers you wonder why the Red Sox like him so much.
To be sure, Koji Uehara was a miracle worker for them after the Bosox tried a number of unsuccessful closers since Jonathan Papelbon left years ago. But Uehara turns 39 on Wednesday and there is no net for him if he fails to do what he did late last season.
Boston does have lefty Andrew Miller and Junichi Tazawa back and they added Edward Mujica. But they do not have Craig Breslow at the start of the season and this bullpen is just a lot less deep than it was in 2013.
The same can be said for the starting lineup. Instead of bringing Xander Bogaerts, Jackie Bradley Jr., and Daniel Nava off the bench they will have to play to fill holes when Ellsbury, Stephen Drew and Jarrod Saltalamacchia left the team.
Grady Sizemore actually beat out Bradley in center but the Red Sox know they can’t just run the oft-injured former All-Star out there every day. Bogarerts at short, Will Middlebrooks at third and center are unsettled positions with unknown quantities in them. A.J. Pierzynski takes over behind the plate and should be an offensive upgrade from Salty but teams are going to run wild on him on the bases.
The Red Sox just hope they can get another year out of fading DH David Ortiz, who at age 38 is well beyond borrowed time. He had a horrible spring and players at 38 do not get better. They fade.
The Red Sox will still revolve around Dustin Pedroia at second and they just hope that Shane Victorino (who begins the season injured), Mike Napoli, Jonny Gomes, Mike Carp can still do what they did last season. But as we know it is hard to repeat as champion. The last team to do it was, well, the New York Yankees in 1998, 1999 and 2000. Red Sox Nation remembers that period of time.
So I do not think there is going to much in the way of magic at Fenway this season. It just not in the cards.
The Jays are all about redemption.
They gave a fading infielder out of Pittsburgh Pirates and a disappointing third baseman out of the Cincinnati Reds a place on the team and they were rewarded with Jose Bautista and Edwin Encarnacion. Those two players form the most feared middle-of-the-order pair in baseball. Both could easily hit more than 40 homers apiece.
The Blue Jays even rehired manager John Gibbons even after they fired him three years ago.
So the Blue Jays were the cool team to pick in 2013 after they added Melky Cabrera and Jose Reyes to what they already had in Adam Lind, Brett Lawrie and Colby Rasmus. But their recipe for success did not count on a complete meltdown of their starting rotation.
Ace R.A. Dickey pitched with a bad back, Brandon Morrow was also hurt and former ace Ricky Romero forgot completely how to pitch successfully. Last season was just not pretty for the Jays.
But they have renewed hope in 2014. Dickey is healthy again and Mark Buehrle can still eat up innings with his soft-tossing junk. Add to that a healthy Morrow and you have the makings of a staff, But the other two spots will go to Drew Hutchison, who at 23 hopes he can establish himself as a starter this year, and an old friend Dustin McGowan, who last pitched as a regular in the Jays rotation in 2008. he is now 32 and he is an expert in rehabs.
Now that is some reclamation project.
Casey Janssen fell into the closer role when Sergio Santos was injured and now both form a nice tandem at the end of the game. Lefty Brett Cecil and hard-throwing righty Steve Delabar make the Jays bullpen one of the best in the division this season.
But bullpens have a way of wearing down when the starters do not succeed and have to be taken out early. In the rough and tumble American League East, the Blue Jays rotation just lacks the ability to hang with the big boys.
There is no doubt their offense is impressive. They will hit their share of home runs. But they also will lose a lot of games by scores of 9-7 and 8-5 because of this shaky rotation.
Cashman pointed out this spring what was painfully obvious. The luck the Orioles used to make the playoffs in 2012 was bound to be paid for in 2013. Orioles manager Buck Showalter took offense. But the truth always hurts, Buck.
The Orioles did not win those one-run and extra-inning games they won in 2012 and they finished with the Yankees in a tie for third place in 2014.
It is hard to see how the Orioles make it much better in 2014 even with the addition of right-handers Ubaldo Jimenez and Bud Norris and outfielder Nelson Cruz.
The issue with the Orioles is the same as last season. The starters Jimenez, Chris Tillman, Miguel Gonzalez, Wei-Yin Chen and Norris are all fine pitchers in their own right but who, for Pete’s sake, is the ace? And is that ace better than the pitchers they face routinely like David Price, Masahiro Tanaka, Clay Buchholz, R.A. Dickey or Matt Moore?
The answer is no and Showalter will learn that quickly.
Jimenez is just a middling starter and Norris just looked good compared to all the awful pitchers the Astros kept running out there. Neither make the Orioles much better.
The addition of Cruz is curious because the Orioles are loaded with offense in mega-power threat Chris Davis added to Adam Jones, Matt Wieters, and J.J. Hardy. Cruz adds to that power but it is hard to see how that helps keep runs of the board.
The Orioles bullpen also took a major hit when Jim Johnson left for Oakland and took the 101 saves he recorded for the O’s the past two seasons with him. The Orioles are asking journeyman right-hander Tommy Hunter to do a job he has never done before and close games.
They did not add much around him either. They still rely on right-hander Darren O’Day and left-hander Brian Matusz to set up. Getting to them may be an issue because none of the rest of Orioles bullpen is really proven.
So Showalter just has to hope that his team can score runs in droves night after night to cover for a weak pitching staff. The mix of this starting staff and bullpen may be the worst in the division because the Blue Jays actually boast a much stronger bullpen.
Showalter may be an excellent manager but he can’t turn cubic zirconium into diamonds. There just no magic left for the Orioles.
1) NEW YORK YANKEES
2) TAMPA BAY RAYS
3) BOSTON RED SOX
4) TORONTO BLUE JAYS
5) BALTIMORE ORIOLES
I see a close race between the Rays and Yankees and both will easily make the playoffs. The Red Sox will not collapse but I do see them fading as the season progresses when their rotation routinely starts breaking down. The Blue Jays will win their share of games with their offense and bullpen. But there will be days when good pitching will beat good hitting. On those days the Blue Jays will lose. The same for the Orioles. If they do not average seven runs a game they are in a heap of trouble. No team can do that consistently enough and no one can in this tough division. They will fall to the basement with a loud thud. Sorry, Buck. The truth hurts, huh!
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Yankees’ Post-Rivera Bullpen Still Looks Talented
This season’s ninth innings are going to seem very strange for the New York Yankees.
For the first time since 1997 the team will not have the benefit of the greatest closer in baseball history.
Mariano Rivera was the gold standard of the modern era one-inning closer and won’t it be odd not hearing “Enter Sandman” reverberate throughout the Yankee Stadium?
Rivera leaves taking his major-league 652 saves and career ERA of 2.21. He also removes the security blanket that managers Joe Torre and Joe Girardi had that made them so successful. Opponents will enter the 2014 season extremely happy that No. 42 will not be in the Yankees’ bullpen.
The question is who will take Mo’s place?
Though no promises have been made, David Robertson will have the opportunity to fill the biggest shoes in baseball.
Robertson, 28, like Rivera, is a product of the Yankees’ minor-league system and he has been Rivera’s set-up man for the past three seasons.
In four full seasons and parts of a fifth, Robertson has compiled a 21-14 record with a sparkling 2.76 ERA. Last season, Robertson was 5-1 with 2.04 ERA and superbly set up Rivera in his final season.
The big question is can the former University of Alabama closer handle the job at the major-league level. Robertson has a mere eight saves in 18 chances in the majors.
When handed the role in 2012 when Rivera injured his knee early in the season, Robertson faltered and was replaced by Rafael Soriano. That experience leaves enough doubt about him heading into the new season.
But Robertson has the goods to close. He can bring a low- to mid-90s fastball, a cutter he learned from the master Rivera and a knee-buckling curveball. The only question is can he keep his pitch counts down to get through a clean ninth inning consistently?
Rivera’s lifetime WHIP (Walks and Hits to Innings Pitched) was 1.00, which is excellent. Robertson is sporting a career WHIP of 1.25, which is not great for a reliever. However, his WHIPs over the past three seasons have been 1.13, 1.17 and 1.04.
The 1.04 WHIP from last season is a career low. That is closer material. So Robertson stands as the No. 1 candidate as of today.
The Yankees still could sign a closer before spring training opens. But that is not looking likely.
The best closer on the market, Grant Balfour of the Oakland Athletics, signed a two-year deal with his former team the Tampa Bay Rays. Former Rays closer Fernando Rodney, 36, was excellent in 2012 but regressed in 2013 with 37 saves and 3.38 ERA and a high WHIP of 1.34.
In addition, the Yankees have already spent a lot of money on free agents this offseason. Can they afford to add more?
A more likely scenario would be a trade packaging some players in return for an experienced bullpen pitcher who can set up and close out games. Stay tuned.
The Yankee bullpen also will be without some other familiar names in 2014.
The Colorado Rockies signed left-hander Boone Logan to a three-year deal. The Detroit Tigers signed right-hander Joba Chamberlain to a one-year deal.
The Yankees did sign veteran left-hander Matt Thornton, 37, from the Boston Red Sox. Thornton has some heavy mileage on him but he provides the team a quality left-hander who has had experience as a set-up man and closer.
Thornton has a career record of 32-42 with a 3.53 ERA, a 1.29 WHIP and 23 career saves. He was 0-4 with a 3.74 ERA in 60 games with the Chicago White Sox and the Red Sox last season. He will essentially replace Logan as the team’s main left-hander.
The Yankees also have a holdover in right-hander Shawn Kelley, 29, who was 4-2 with a 4.39 ERA in 57 games with the Yankees last season. The former Seattle Mariner essentially made Chamberlain obsolete after recording 71 strikeouts in 53 1/3 innings with his devastating slider.
Kelley and Thornton are likely to be Girardi’s main seventh and eighth inning options this season.
The Yankees also have high hopes for right-hander Preston Claiborne, 26, who was impressive in the early stages of his rookie season.
Called up in May, Claiborne did not issue a walk in his first nine appearances. On July 28, Claiborne was 0-1 with a 2.06 ERA and a 1.00 WHIP in 29 games. However, the wheels came off the wagon quickly and he was 0-1 with a 8.80 ERA in his last 15 games.
The Yankees still believe the big Texan nicknamed “Little Joba” can pitch as he did in his first 29 games in the major leagues. As long as Claiborne is attacking the strike zone to get ahead he can be a huge weapon for Girardi this season. Claiborne has a very high ceiling and spring training will determine just how far he can go in 2014.
Speaking of high ceilings, the reliever to watch this spring will be left-handed specialist Cesar Cabral, 25.
A Rule 5 draft pick in 2011, Cabral was competing for a job with the Yankees in 2012 when he suffered a fracture of his left elbow in his final appearance of spring training and he missed the entire 2012 season.
His rehab also extended into 2013. In 30 games in three stops in the minors, Cabral was 1-1 with a 5.40 ERA. But he had 43 strikeouts in 36 2/3 innings. He was called up to the majors when the rosters expanded on Sept. 1 and he made his major-league debut on Sept. 2.
Cabral ended up 0-0 with a 2.45 ERA in eight late-season games, striking out six in 3 2/3 innings. Lefties hit .125 off him.
It looks as if the Yankees have found a gem in the young lefty. Cabral enters 2014 as almost a shoo-in to make the team to give the team a lefty specialist they have lacked since Clay Rapada injured his arm in spring training last season. Mark my words, Cabral is something special.
The other two spots in the bullpen are up for grabs. But the Yankees have a lot of options to fill those spots.
Should Michael Pineda claim a spot in the starting rotation and join CC Sabathia, Masahiro Tanaka, Ivan Nova and Hiroki Kuroda, one obvious choice to fill out the bullpen is David Phelps.
Phelps, 27, has served as reliever and spot starter for the past two seasons.
In two seasons he is 10-9 with a 4.11 ERA in 55 games (23 starts). His ERA is inflated because he been less successful as a starting pitcher the past two seasons. Girardi and pitching coach Larry Rothschild would like to see Phelps resume his role in the bullpen because of his versatility and effectiveness.
Phelps does not possess a crackling fastball but he does have extreme confidence in his stuff. He throws strikes and his control is excellent.
Along with Phelps, the Yankees used rookie right-hander Adam Warren as a long reliever and spot starter last season. Warren, 26, responded with a 3-2 record and a 3.39 ERA in 34 games (two of them starts).
Warren enters spring training in the running for the No. 5 spot in the rotation but could very well end up as the long man out of the bullpen again. Unlike Phelps though, Warren has a mid-90s fastball and he has been better as a starter.
The same can be said for 26-year-old left-hander Vidal Nuno.
Nuno won the James P. Dawson Award in 2013 for being the most impressive rookie in spring training. He then went 2-0 with a 2.25 ERA at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre before making his major-league debut as a reliever in last April.
He was 1-2 with a 2.25 ERA in five games (three starts) before a strained left groin sustained on May 30 shelved him for the rest of the season.
Nuno is a soft-tosser but he has exceptional control. His ability to fool hitters with his breaking stuff makes him a good possibility as a No. 5 starter if he is impressive again this spring. He also could become a third lefty as a long man in the bullpen.
At the very least, Nuno could return to Scranton and be ready for fill in as a starter or reliever for the Yankees should they need to replace an injured pitcher. Nuno is an excellent insurance policy for Girardi.
One very intriguing bullpen possibility for the Yankees is former top prospect starter Dellin Betances, 25.
The 6-foot-8, 260-pound right-hander flamed out as a starter in 2012 when he recorded a 6-9 record and 6.44 ERA with 99 walks in 113 1/3 innings at two minor-league stops. The Yankees made him a reliever in 2013 and he was much better.
Betances was 6-4 with a 2.68 ERA and 108 strikeouts in 84 innings at Scranton. He cut his walks to just 42.
He was called up in September and had a 10.00 ERA in six games late in the season. But the Yankees believe he has potential to be a dominant reliever in the major leagues is he continues to harness his control. He has mid-90s fastball and his power curve is getting better.
Betances enters this spring as a dark-horse bullpen candidate with the tools to become an excellent reliever someday and perhaps a future closer.
The same can be said of right-hander Mark Montgomery, 23, the team’s current No. 11 prospect.
Montgomery has a 93-mile-per-hour fastball but his biggest weapon is a drop-off-the-table slider that has shot him through the minor-league ranks.
In 2012 he struck out 13.8 batters per nine innings as he advanced through Double-A Trenton. He also led the organization in saves. Last season, Montgomery was 2-3 with a 3.38 ERA with 49 strikeouts in 40 innings at Scranton.
He will get an opportunity to show his progress this spring but he likely will start the season in Scranton. The Yankees still see him as a future setup man or closer. He may get his shot sometime in 2014.
Another minor-leaguer worth watching this spring is 24-year-old right-hander Chase Whitley, who spent most of last season at Scranton.
Whitley was 3-2 with a 3.06 ERA with 62 strikeouts in 67 2/3 innings in 29 games. The Alabama native also showed some ability as a starter late in the season.
In five late-season starts, Whitley was 1-0 with a 1.64 ERA. The Yankees will evaluate him this spring and determine what role he might be best suited. But his solid numbers in the minors indicate he is on track to make the major leagues in a few years.
One interesting aspect of the candidates I have mentioned so far is that seven of them (Robertson, Claiborne, Phelps, Warren, Betances, Montgomery and Whitley) were originally drafted by the Yankees. Two others (Cabral and Nuno) are products of the team’s minor-league system.
The other two candidates (Thornton and Kelley) were signed as a free agent and via a trade, respectively.
Although the Yankees’ position players in the minors are progressing slowly. The same can’t be said for the starters and relievers they have been developing the past few seasons. That is a testament to the scouting department and general manager Brian Cashman.
The Yankees need to continue that development as they move forward.
The biggest testimony to that progress will be if Robertson seamlessly settles in as the team’s closer. He may be replacing a huge legend. But if anyone can do it, it is Robertson.
A lot is riding on Robertson;s right arm and the Yankees are very hopeful he can meet the challenge.
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Overbay’s Homer Allows Yankees To Eclipse Rays
YANKEES 4, RAYS 3 (11 Innings)
Teams that win often seem to have this never-say-die attitude that carries them through difficult spots in games. The New York Yankees faced that in the ninth inning on Saturday when they were down 3-1 with two out and Tampa Bay Rays closer Fernando Rodney on the mound with a 3-2 count on Lyle Overbay.
The Rays were within one strike of victory but Overbay drew a crucial walk and the Yankees rallied to tie the score in the ninth and Overbay smacked a two-out solo home run in the 11th inning to give New York a dramatic come-from-behind victory over Tampa Bay in front of 25,874 at Tropicana Field.
After Overbay walked, Rodney was called for a balk that allowed Overbay to take second. Then pinch-hitter Brennan Boesch, who was just called up on Saturday to take the roster spot of injured outfielder Curtis Granderson, slapped an excuse-me-swing opposite-field double to left to score Overbay.
The Yankees then tied it when they were again down to their final strike as Brett Gardner poked a 1-2 pitch into centerfield that allowed Boesch to score just ahead of the throw of Desmond Jennings and the tag applied by catcher Jose Lobaton.
Rodney, who sported an 0.60 ERA and saved 48 games in 2012, has now blown a major-league-leading five saves this season and his ERA is 5.40.
Ivan Nova further frustrated the Rays in the 10th inning when he walked Ben Zobrist to load the bases with one out. But Nova escaped the jam by striking out James Loney swinging and retiring Matt Joyce on a routine grounder.
That set the stage for Overbay’s heroics in the 11th inning against right-hander Josh Lueke (0-2).
With two out and 1-0 count on him, Overbay drove an inside fastball deep into the rightfield bleachers for eighth home run of the season.
Mariano Rivera, showing a huge contrast between the teams’ two closers, came in the bottom of the 11th and he needed only nine pitches to strike out Lobaton swinging, getting Yunel Escobar on a routine groundout and fanning Jennings swinging to end the contest.
Rivera earned his 18th save in 18 chances this season.
The Yankees opened the scoring in the first inning off left-hander Matt Moore, who entered the game 8-0 with a 2.29 ERA.
Gardner opened the contest with a double in the rightfield corner and he scored two outs later on a lined single up the middle by Travis Hafner.
The Yankees held that lead until the Rays finally got to rookie left-hander Vidal Nuno in the fifth on a one-out double by Jose Molina and a two-out RBI double by Jennings to tie it at 1-1.
Moore left after six innings having given up five hits and two walks while he struck out a pair.
Nuno opened the seventh by giving up a leadoff single to Loney.
The usually reliable bullpen of the Yankees, however, was unable to keep the Rays from scoring a pair runs in the frame. Shawn Kelley yielded a double to the pinch-hitting Joyce and Boone Logan was unable to keep pinch-hitter Kelly Johnson from stroking an RBI single that scored Loney.
Joyce was able to score on a fielder’s choice when a ball off the bat of Escobar was fielded by Jayson Nix but catcher Austin Romine was unable to prevent Joyce from sliding home underneath his tag.
But, fortunately for the Yankees, they did not give up when they were down 3-1.
In fact, after having their American League record 19-game winning streak when they scored first in a game snapped in Baltimore on Tuesday, they were able to make it 20-1 behind Overbay’s remarkable at-bats in the ninth and the 11th.
With the victory the Yankees improved their season mark to 30-18 and they remain a full game ahead of the second-place Boston Red Sox in the American League East. The Rays not only have lost the three-game series but they dropped to 24-24, six games behind the Yankees in fourth place in the division.
Overbay, 36, may be hitting only .255, but he is providing the Yankees with some quality at-bats, clutch hits and nearly flawless defense at first base. His eight home runs are tied for third on the club and his 28 RBIs are second on the team to Robinson Cano’s 34. It is going to be hard for Yankees to cut Overbay loose when Mark Teixeira returns but they may be forced into it.
Nuno, 25, was absolutely brilliant in his second major-league start. He surrendered two runs on five hits and one walk while he struck out two over six innings. That means Nuno has given up just one run on eight hits and four walks while fanning five in 11 innings in those two starts. That is an ERA of 0.82.
Gardner started the Yankees off with a leadoff double and he scored the Yankees’ first run in the first. In the ninth he delivered a key two-out RBI single that tied the game. Very quietly Gardner is beginning to pick up his offensive game. He has delivered at least one hit in eight of his past nine starts and he is 10-for-33 (.303) with a home run and five RBIs during that span. In fact, his two-run home run in the fourth inning was a key blow in Friday’s victory over the Rays.
Kelley and Logan did not do their jobs in the seventh inning and it cost the Yankees two big runs. Kelley was unable to retire Joyce and Logan was victimized by the lefty-swininging Johnson. One run was charged to Nuno and the other was charged to Kelley. But both Kelley and Logan should be ashamed of themselves for the way they pitched.
It is official: Vernon Wells is in a full-blown slump at the plate. He was 0-for-5 in the game and he did not get a ball out of the infield. He is also 0-for-10 in the series and he also has no hits in his past 11 at-bats. That has lowered his season average to .270 and it is falling fast.
The Yankees placed Granderson on the 15-day disabled list with a fractured knuckle on his left pinky finger and he is expected to be sidelined for at least four weeks. Boeach, 27, was recalled from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, where he was hitting just .179. Boesch hit .209 with two homers and five RBIs in 20 games in his earlier stint with the Yankees. . . . The Yankees also on Saturday claimed right-hander David Huff off waivers from the Cleveland Indians. Huff, 28, made three relief appearances for the Indians, giving up five runs in three innings. He was 3-1 with a 4.07 ERA in nine games (two starts) with Triple-A Columbus. To make room on the 40-man roster, the Yankees designated for assignment left-hander Francisco Rondon. . . . Hiroki Kuroda completed a full bullpen session on Saturday and he said he believes he will have no problem making his next start on Tuesday at Citi Field against the New York Mets. Kuroda was struck in the right calf on Wednesday in a game against the Orioles. Meanwhile, David Phelps reported that his right forearm felt a little sore after he was struck by a ball off the bat of Zobrist in the eighth inning of Friday’s game against the Rays. Phelps is scheduled to pitch in Wednesday’s game against the Mets but that will depend if he is able to throw a bullpen session. . . . Left-hander Andy Pettitte (sore left trapezius muscle) said he felt fine after a bullpen session on Saturday and he expects to come off the 15-day disabled list on June 1, when he is eligible to be activated.
The Yankees will have their brooms out on Sunday for a potential sweep of the Rays at Tropicana Field.
Left-hander CC Sabathia (4-3, 3.43 ERA) will start for the Yankees. Sabathia settled for this third straight no-decision after allowing a one-run lead to slip away against the Orioles in the seventh inning on Monday. He is 10-10 with a 3.30 ERA lifetime against the Rays.
Sabathia will be opposed by right-hander Alex Cobb (5-2, 2.73 ERA). Cobb held the Toronto Blue Jays to one run on three hits in 6 1/3 innings for a victory. He is 2-1 with a 2.22 ERA in his career against the Yankees.
Game-time will be 1:40 p.m. EDT and the game will be telecast nationally by TBS and locally by the YES Network.
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Rays Pay Steep Price In 9th On Ichiro’s 2-Run Hit
Ichiro Suzuki entered Tuesday’s game batting just .200 and it was beginning to look as if all those years of playing baseball were starting to take its toll. But the Tampa Bay Rays found out there is no hitter more dangerous than a great hitter in the throes of a horrible slump.
Suzuki slapped a two-out bases loaded single off reliever Fernando Rodney to drive in two runs to break a 2-2 tie in the ninth inning as New York edged Tampa Bay in front of an embarrassingly small paid crowd of 17,644 at Tropicana Field.
David Robertson (1-0) pitched a perfect ninth inning in relief of starter Phil Hughes to earn credit for the victory. Though Evan Longoria greeted him with a first-pitch home run in the bottom of ninth, Mariano Rivera retired the next three hitters to earn his sixth save in as many chances this season.
Robinson Cano started the ninth inning with a single off Rays starter David Price (0-2). Rays manager Joe Maddon then elected to bring Rodney to face left-hander Vernon Wells.
Wells struck out but Cano was able to swipe second base, which forced Maddon to walk pinch-hitter Travis Hafner intentionally to set up a potential double play.
However, Lyle Overbay was able able to draw a walk on a 3-2 pitch from Rodney to load the bases and, after Chris Stewart popped out, Suzuki came to the plate.
Suzuki also was instrumental in allowing the Yankees to tie the game in the eighth with a one-out single and he advanced to third on a single to left by Jayson Nix. He then scored on a infield groundout by Brett Gardner.
Price entered the eighth with a 2-1 lead on a two-out RBI single by Jose Molina that scored Matt Joyce.
Price gave up three runs on eight hits and no walks while he struck out five in eight-plus innings of work.
However, Hughes matched him pitch-for-pitch after a shaky first inning in which he gave up a walk to Desmond Jennings, a double by Ryan Roberts and sacrifice fly to Ben Zobrist that scored Jennings.
Hughes then settled in giving up just two runs on six hits and two walks and he struck out six batters in seven innings. It was his second consecutive strong outing but he has received a no decisions in both of them.
With the victory the Yankees improved their season ledger to 11-8. The Rays fell to 9-11.
Suzuki, 39, has had the Yankees concerned because he slumped miserably in the final three weeks of spring training and began the season in the same hitting funk. Manager Joe Girardi elected to bench him in favor of Brennan Boesch twice against left-handers in the past week. Hopefully his two hits in the last two innings, scoring the game-tying run and driving in the game-winning runs will get him going.
In his last two starts, Hughes has given up four runs on 12 hits and two walks and he has fanned 12 in 14 innings. After giving up the sacrifice fly to Zobrist in the first inning, Hughes retired 16 of the next 19 batters he faced until he opened the seventh inning by walking Joyce. Joyce eventually scored on Molina’s hit and it likely cost Hughes the victory. But Hughes is pitching well after two dreadful starts to begin the season. He lowered his season ERA to 5.14.
Cano was 2-for-4 and both his hits set up runs. After Eduardo Nunez reached first to lead off the fourth inning on a wild pitch on a swinging third strike, Cano advanced him third on a single. Wells then drove in Nunez with an opposite-field single to right that tied the game at 1-1. Cano raised his season average to .342, which currently leads the team.
It is just about decision time for the Yankees on Ben Francisco, who started for a second consecutive game as the designated hitter. Francisco was 0-for-3 in the game and he is hitting a miserable .080 on the season after hitting a combined .308 with eight doubles, three homers and nine RBIs for the Cleveland Indians and the Yankees in spring training. The Yankees chose to keep Francisco over Juan Rivera, though Rivera also had a good spring. Rivera is currently a free agent and could be signed by any club.
The Yankees are finding out their Achilles’ heel is left-handed pitching. With Kevin Youkilis out of the lineup for a third straight game with lower back stiffness, the Yankees were forced to start Francisco at DH in place of Hafner, the lefty swinging Overbay at first and Nix at third. After Matt Moore shut them down on one run and two hits on Monday, Price held them to two runs on seven hits on Tuesday until the ninth inning when they rallied off the right-handed Rodney.
The Yankees were 1-for-9 with runners in scoring position until Suzuki delivered his game-winning single in the ninth.
Youkilis was held out of the lineup for a third straight game on Tuesday and he now is not expected to play until Thursday. Youkilis originally injured the back in the fifth inning of Saturday’s game in Toronto against the Blue Jays and re-aggravated the injury on Monday during batting practice in St. Petersburg, FL. . . . Mark Teixeira admitted on Tuesday that he will not meet his stated goal to return to the lineup by May 1. Though Teixiera has been cleared to take dry swings from both sides of the plate, he has not advanced far enough to begin hitting a baseball. Instead of remaining in Tampa to continue his workouts, Teixiera will return with the team to New York after Wednesday’s game. . . . Derek Jeter will be in New York on Thursday and will hold a press conference. Jeter, who found out last week that he sustained another small fracture in his surgically repaired left ankle, has not made any public comment since he learned will be out until after the All-Star break.
The Yankees will have a chance to win the rubber game of their three-game set with the Rays on Wednesday.
Veteran left-hander Andy Pettitte (3-0, 2.01 ERA) will start for the Yankees. Pettitte is coming off another strong 7 1/3 innings in a victory over the Blue Jays on Friday. Pettitte, 40, gave up three runs on six hits and a walk while he struck out five. In his last 10 seasons, Pettitte is 16-5 with a 4.13 ERA against the Rays.
The Rays will start right-hander Alex Cobb (2-1, 2.53 ERA). Cobb also allowed three runs in 7 1/3 innings in a victory over the Oakland Athletics on Friday. He is 1-1 with a 3.15 ERA in three career starts against the Yankees.
Game-time will be 7:10 p.m. EDT and the game will be telecast by the YES Network.
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Yankees Will Prevail In 2013’s ‘Game Of Thrones’
The New York Yankees open defense of their American League East championship on Monday against the Boston Red Sox with pundits and even their own fans criticizing them for their many injuries and their reluctance over the past few years for opening their wallets to get quality young players. I will try to examine how I believe the division race stacks up and predict how it might go. You may be surprised by my conclusion.
REAL LIFE GAME OF THRONES
If you are a fan of HBO’s series “Game of Thrones” you might notice that the American League East is a lot like the many kingdoms in the show.
The Yankees, with their money and dominance, are a lot like the Lannisters. The Boston Red Sox are a lot like the Starks, highly principled and loyal folk who fight the good fight only to suffer myriad indignities and failures. Of course, you also have those teams like the Toronto Blue Jays, the Tampa Bay Rays and the Baltimore Orioles who also are swirling around the periphery of Kings Landing believing they have a rightful claim to wear the crown.
The 2013 season will play out a lot like the television series and I can tell you why I believe that.
A DOMINANT KING
Since 1995 the Yankees have only missed the American League playoffs once (in 2008) and they have won the division championship in 16 of the past 17 seasons. If that is not dominance than what is? Like the Lannisters, the Steinbrenner family has lavished riches of the kingdom on the best knights to defend the realm and their loyal subjects have been a fairly happy lot for the most part.
But their knights have grown old and their battle wounds have been severe. Some are ready for the fight in 2013 but others are not. Their apparent weakness has given their rivals confidence they take the crown away and you saw that play out this spring.
THE KING NORTH OF THE WALL
The Blue Jays had a legendary team in the early 1990s and they won two world championships during that period. But since then they have fallen into a barren abyss of failure. But their general manager Alex Anthropoulos engineered a winter campaign to load his roster with the best players the Miami Marlins and New York Mets could offer him.
They boast a starting lineup with the speedy Jose Reyes and a line-drive hitting machine in Melky Cabrera to add to their long-ball threats Jose Bautista and Edwin Encarnacion. They also pried away National League Cy Young Award-winner R.A. Dickey from the Mets to add to right-hander Josh Johnson and left-hander Mark Buerhle from the Marlins to form a strong rotation with their own holdover Brandon Morrow.
The kings of North think they now have a team that storm the wall protecting the kingdoms that lie s to the south such as Kings Landing in 2013.
But there are some warning signs that could give them pause before they are able to proclaim victory.
One is the Blue Jays’ bullpen. I was listening to their broadcasters this spring lamenting about how weak this group appears to be.
Closer Casey Janssen is coming off shoulder surgery and they HOPE he will available for Opening Day. Behind him is failed closer Sergio Santos and his awful 7.88 spring ERA and Esmil Rogers and his 6.39 ERA.
Of all the teams in the A.L. East, this bullpen projects to be the worst in the division, especially if Janssen is unable to capture lightning in a bottle and return as the closer he was last season when he saved 22 of 25 games. The Blue Jays may have to cover there bullpen weakness by asking their starters to go longer than they should.
That tends to weaken the starters and it also could be discouraging when the offense builds a 6-1 lead after six innings and they end up losing the game 7-6. That will get mighty old for the Rogers Centre faithful this summer.
The offense has its own issues.
Third baseman Brett Lawrie plays the game all out and he also tends to get hurt a lot. He enters the season banged up and there are questions about how good centerfielder Colby Rasmus, catcher J.P. Arencibia and designated hitter Adam Lind really are. They have yet to establish themselves as quality major-league players.
There also is a major questions about whether Reyes, whose talents in the past have been held back by leg issues, will be able to play a full season on the hard artificial surface of Rogers Centre without issues at age 29.
So instead of automatically installing them as the kings of this division, you may want to look deeper into these drawbacks. Teams do not win championships on paper. Just ask the 2012 Marlins.
THE LORDS OF BALTIMORE
The Orioles remind me of the twisted and tortured King Stannis, who attacked Kings Landing in season two of the “Game of Thrones” only to be turned back at the gates by the eldest of the Lannisters and his men just as if seemed they were winning.
Stannis had a magical sorceress behind him convincing him that he could win the battle, but he failed in the end. She later told him he still could prevail even as he was licking his wounds in defeat. Manager Buck Showalter is much like this sorceress. His skill of masking weaknesses and enhancing strengths of a ballclub made the Orioles seem much stronger than they appeared to be in 2012.
They won such a ridiculous amount of one-run and extra-inning games that they qualified for the playoffs as a wild card only to be dispatched in Game 5 of the American League Division Series by the CC of Sabathia. They were at the gates of the kingdom of The Bronx only to be turned away by their elders, Prince Derek Jeter and the eldest of Lannisters, Raul of of the House Ibanez.
Showalter still believes his charges can storm the gates of the castle and take the throne in 2013. But, unlike most teams in this division, he did not add much of anything to this team. He is largely counting on the same black magic of 2012, which rarely happens.
Those one-run victories in 2012 can easily turn into one-run losses in 2013. Those extra-inning miracles can become extra-inning nightmares a year later.
Their rotation of Jason Hammel, Wei-Yin Chen, Miguel Gonzalez and Jake Arrieta really scares no one. Nobody is going to get up out of bed at the hotel and say “Oh no, we have no chance of winning because Arrieta is pitching tonight!”
The bullpen with closer Jim Johnson is solid but hardly merits superlatives.
The team largely returns the same cast in 2012 minus Mark Reynolds and with the return of second baseman Brian Roberts, who has not played a full season in the majors since 2009.
Adam Jones and Matt Wieters are marvelous talents and Nick Markakis is healthy after missing the stretch run. But I have to wonder if all the magic Showalter spun in 2012 really will return in 2013. Teams like this usually fall back to the pack and that is what I see for the Birds.
DRAGONS AT THE PORT CITY
The Tampa Bay Rays remind of the Targaryens, who once sat upon the throne in 2008 when they faced the Philadelphia Phillies in the World Series but have been unable to mount the offensive to get back there.
They have been trapped wandering in a hot climate in Florida and they have been restricted by the lack of soldiers and a lack of money to really win it all.
One year they lose Carl Crawford and Matt Garza. Another year they lose B.J. Upton and James Shields. They try to compensate with their own farm system because they lack money to compete with the Lannisters or the Starks of this division.
They only have the fire of their small but growing dragons who someday might destroy the mightier armies they have to face. For now, it appears the dragons are way too small and too inexperienced to go the entire distance.
The Rays rely on a pitching staff led by the American League Cy Young Award-winner David Price. How ironic that a team that has to pinch its pennies would be beholden to man named Price.
Behind him on promising youngsters like Matt Moore, Jeremy Hellickson and Alex Cobb. But there are problems here.
Hellickson spent most of the spring throwing much less than fire at opposing batters. He was rocked often and ended up with a 6.75 ERA. Moore did not fare much better. His velocity was way off and his command was even worse. He finished the spring much better but his once-high promise has faded some.
The Rays have to rely on these pitchers and their bullpen led by reclamation project Fernando Rodney and his 48 saves because the offense leaves a lot to be desired.
Without Upton, the Rays will have to rely on Evan Longoria even more for power. Longoria himself has a problem staying healthy and, if he is missing for any portion of the season, the Rays can kiss their hopes bye-bye.
They have a semblance of an offense with Longoria, Ben Zobrist, Desmond Jennings and new shortstop Yunel Escobar. But they also are starting guys like Matt Joyce and Luke Scott, who have not proven they can establish careers for themselves and help a team win.
They also are still counting on Jose Molina to do a bulk of the catching at age 37.
The Targaryens in the television series did not have enough money to purchase the ships to ford the sea leading back to Kings Landing. That kind of jives with the subjects who live in Tampa, FL, who are unwilling to lay down their riches or mount their horses to ford the bridge that leads to the Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg.
The low attendance puts even more stringent strains on the team’s coffers to keep players like Price in the kingdom for their entire careers.
The Rays, with their young dragons, should remain afloat long enough to mount a serious challenge to take the throne. But the rich Lannisters in the Bronx still have the wisdom and wherewithal to stem the tide. Like in the series, men do not blindly follow the bravest warriors but remain loyal to the men with the gold.
The gold remains in the Bronx.
THE STARKS OF BOSTON
In Season Two of “Game of Thrones” the elder Stark loses his head, the eldest daughter is enslaved to the Lannister king, the youngest daughter is lost in the hinterlands, the two youngest boys have their home burned while the man’s widow and the eldest son plot to overthrow and vanquish the Lanisters to avenge the patriarch’s death.
That pretty much wraps up the Red Sox of 2012. Winterfell befell Landsdowne.
Their king (Bobby Valentine) had his head lopped off and served to the media, they abandoned their home fans and cast adrift a lot of their high-priced talent in order to restock and rebuild to defeat their arch-enemy in the rich Bronx. It was indeed a completely lost season for the Red Sox and the Starks.
They hold out hope that a new manager (Jon Farrell) and a team built around Dustin Pedroia and Jacoby Ellsbury will help get them back to the promised land they have failed to reach since 2007. In fact, they have failed to make the playoffs in the last three seasons.
They want left-hander Jon Lester and right-hander Clay Buccholz to pitch better while young Felix Doubront develops and they pray retreads Ryan Dempster and John Lackey (all kingdoms must have their lackeys) have something left. The problem is that this was the division’s worst pitching staff in 2012 and no swordsmanship will make it much better in 2013.
The bullpen has undergone a two purges since Jonathan Papelbon rode off for the riches of the Phillies. They are now hoping a Pirate can plug the leaks in the hull of the bullpen. Joel Hanrahan has come over from Pittsburgh to be the closer while former closer Andrew Bailey and lost child Daniel Bard try to figure out what happened to their talent.
Bailey is the team’s setup man while the Bard (in true Shakespearean fashion) has been cast into the dungeons of the minor leagues. For shame, for shame!
It also appears that the kingdom’s version of Hodor, David Ortiz, is finally showing signs that those seasons of carrying excess weight have a price. He has a bad heel and he can’t even trot, let alone run. Without Ortiz, most of the power and production will fall upon first baseman Mike Napoli.
There are lots of weaknesses everywhere, including shortstop (Stephen Drew, really?) and catcher, where Jarrod Saltalamacchia hits home runs in small bunches and strikes out in major droves.
Though young outfielder Jackie Bradley Jr. promises to give the Fenway faithful something to cheer about when the team is dredging the bottom depths of the division, the ponderous weight of the anchor of this foundering team will keep them from even getting a whiff of the roses near the Iron Throne.
THE RICHES OF KINGS LANDING
The Evil Empire in the Bronx has paid its knights Alex Rodriguez, Jeter, Sabathia, Mariano Rivera, Andy Pettitte and Mark Teixeira handsomely over the years. Along with the reward of titles and championships, the team has also fallen short of its goals of late due to injury and the age of these players.
It actually started last season when spring injuries to Michael Pineda and Joba Chamberlain was just a mere hint of what 2012 would bring. Rodriguez missed time, CC pitched with a sore elbow, Pettitte was lost for a time, Jeter hobbled until he broke in the playoffs,
Speedy outfielder Brett Gardner played in only 18 games.
So why should 2013 be any different?
The rich Lannisters are already missing Nick Swisher, Russell Martin, Ibanez, Eric Chavez and Andruw Jones because payroll concerns were such they were ordered to cut back on their excesses.
Injuries to Teixera, Curtis Granderson, Phil Hughes and a slow recovery by Jeter this spring heightened the concerns of fans who have loyally followed this team over the years. The town criers, the scribes and pundits all denounced this team and said it was dead. They would not win the title in 2013.
They may even finish last.
STARK REALITY
But an odd thing happened on Friday. The team that was battered all spring played a Washington Nationals team that many say will win the world championship in 2013 fell to the Yankees. Oh, it was just an exhibition game. I know it did not count.
But what you saw in the Yankees was a semblance of a very good team. Pettitte pitched well and the bullpen proved to be as strong as ever.
The major surprise was the offense with Robinson Cano, Kevin Youkilis, Eduardo Nunez and Vernon Wells seemed to respond and it all seemed to come together in one cohesive package.
Rays manager Joe Maddon said earlier this spring that he fails to believe that the Yankees will be bad in 2013. He said he thinks they will be as difficult to beat as they always have been. I agree.
You see injuries do heal. The Yankees will get Jeter, Hughes, Granderson and Teixeira back at some point this season. They also might get Rodriguez back.
They are a team that has always gotten off to slow starts and got better as the season moved along. I see the same scenario this season.
The pitching with Sabathia, Hiroki Kuroda, Pettitte, Hughes, Ivan Nova and David Phelps is deep. They have Rivera in the bullpen for one last season and David Robertson, Chamberlain and Boone Logan form a strong setup group for the King of Closing.
The offense features the two best singles hitters of their generation in Ichiro Suzuki and Jeter along with the speedy Gardner. Cano, who is due to become a very rich free agent signing after the 2013 season, is poised for breakout season of offense and defense. He could very well win the Most Valuable Player award this season.
Youkilis looks like the Youkilis of 2007, when he led the rival Red Sox to their last championship. You add Granderson and Teixera to that and you have a good offense to go along with strong pitching.
The “new guys” Wells, Brennan Boesch, Ben Francisco and Travis Hafner will have pressure on them to keep the team afloat until the stars come back. They might fail but they can’t be any worse than last season’s Yankees that failed to hit with runners in scoring position.
It also behooves manager Joe Girardi and general manager Brian Cashman that the Yankees are looked upon as dead meat awaiting a fork to be thrust into them. Perhaps lower expectations is a good thing for the Yankees after always being the team expected to win.
Girardi has a chance to really manage this season and Cashman has staked his reputation by finding these veteran pieces to fill in while the wounded heal in the tent.
That is why I truly believe that some how, some way the Yankees, the rich Lannisters of the Bronx, will have just enough to win this division again.
They may stumble in the playoffs. That is almost as much expected by their fans. But I do see victory here.
PREDICTED FINISH
For fans of the show “King of Thrones” I must add a note that Season Three premieres tonight at 9 p.m. EDT on HBO. If you liked this analogy to the A.L. East please pause a moment miladies and milords to send me a raven.
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“The last time I saw Paris her heart was young and gay, no matter how they change her, I’ll remember her that way…” Eartha Kitt’s song certainly triggers my fondest memories of the city and reminds one again that many successful visits are the result of a mixture between planning and accident. Too often the quality of a visit to Paris is measured in monuments, museums or places of interest; the been there done that, but there is, however, other yardsticks which offer different but equally memorable experiences. One of the most convenient and dynamic districts of central Paris must be Le Marais, and if you also believe that people watching or shopping should qualify as an Olympic sport, it provides a perfect mixture of local and foreign; packed with both touristic and lesser-known attractions makes it the ideal choice for romantics and fanatics alike. First home to the aristocracy from the middle ages, more recently the gay sets of the eighties, Jewish and Chinese communities, Le Marais strikes a chord as an example of tolerant urbanity within the sprawling metropolis of Paris.
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Where to stay in Le Marais
The recent history of the Marais is about gentrification, ‘bobo’ popularity and rocketing real estate, so finding a room larger than a litter box is tricky, to say the least. There is, however, one designer who has managed to transform interiors in a way that one barely notices the size of the space, notably by covering every inch of it so your eye has nowhere to focus, almost like being on the inside of an embroidered couture dress; Jacques Garcia.
In the quiet side street of Rue de Bourg Tibourg not too far off the main drag, lies the eponymous little hotel; Bourg Tibourg. The unsuspecting facade and small entrance door belie the attention to detail which awaits. It’s a contemporary twist on the traditional chateau decor but on a much smaller scale. Intimate drama would be a good description since it’s equally suited to a scandalous love affair as to a mid-century spy thriller. Service is the game changer here, as is the discretion and satisfaction. Bourg Tibourg becomes the HQ for the exploration of Le Marais, close enough to be convenient, but out of the way enough not to be conspicuous.
Nearly opposite the hotel are the famous tea merchants Mariage Frères, who have a fabulous tea tasting ritual and a delicate tearoom in which you might forget which century you are in.
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Hotel Dupond-Smith
Hôtel Dupond-Smith is located in the Marais area in central Paris. It offers individually decorated rooms with design features.
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Hôtel Vernet
Hotel Vernet is located just 100 m from Avenue Champs Elysées. Featuring an impressive glass dome designed by Gustave Eiffel, the restaurant offers traditional French bistro food.
La Maison Champs Elysées
This 19th-century building is located in Paris, between the Avenue des Champs Elysées and the River Seine.
Located in the heart of the Marais quarter in central Paris, this modern hotel is surrounded by two paved courtyards and has views of the roofs of Paris.
Hôtel Henriette
Hotel Henriette is located just 200 m from the Gobelins Manufactory and 500 m from the Latin Quarter. It features an interior courtyard lined with trees, where you can have breakfast in the morning.
Hotel Les Bains Paris
Located just a 5-minute walk from the heart of the Marais district and 1 km from the Louvre Museum, Hotels Les Bains Paris offers an indoor swimming pool, terrace and concierge service.
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Fashion is clearly a part of the history of the Marais, like the ironic twist of John Galliano recently opening his boutique at a falafel’s throw from the café where his infamous faux pas took place
These days the Marais sadly only offers a shrinking glimpse of its colourful, seedy past with its warren of small streets now the it-place to bag big brands (granted there are also a fair number of artisanal stores); Rue des Archives, since transformed to BHV high street, used to be the mainstay of the gay ghetto. Rue de Sévigné, now joining the area between Rue de Thorigny and Rue de Turenne as the go-to for galleries, was previously lined with fashion upstarts and the fashion fringe. All of it still existing here albeit in a different guise. Couturier Azzedine Alaïa, for instance, has had a long time presence in the Marais on Rue de Moussy, he renovated a 19th century warehouse to create a super discreet gallery as an outlet for his passion for fashion and art, open all year and to the public it remains one of those interesting ‘round the corner’ finds when exploring these old streets. As is the case of discovering where Helmut Newton stayed and in 1975 took his iconic shot of ‘Le Smoking’ for Vogue in Rue Aubriot. Fashion is clearly a part of the history of the Marais, like the ironic twist of John Galliano recently opening his boutique at a falafel’s throw from the café where his infamous faux pas took place.
Speaking of falafel, although everyone is aiming for that ultimate bistro lunch, it’s often quite convenient to grab-and-go in one of Rue de Rosiers’ Jewish Bakeries or at Pitzman in Rue Pavée next to the Synagogue where the queues are shorter, afterwards make sure you pop in at L’éclair de Génie further along for exactly that. The Synagogue and all its decorative fittings were the work of the architect Hector Guimard, Art Nouveau champion and yes, he of the famous Parisian metro station entrances. Architecturally speaking, closer to the river bank also lies the only remaining examples of medieval Parisian architecture, two 15th-century half-timber houses on Rue François Miron, close to Rue des Barres, which escaped Baron Haussmann’s grand 19th-century urban work.
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The nearby mouth-watering market on Saturday mornings at Place Baudoyer is well worth it for a picnic lunch especially if you are lucky enough to visit during spring; the hidden parks scattered between Rue Vielle du Temple and Rue de Turenne are some of the most popular and best kept secrets in Paris. Hard to miss are all the aristocratic 17th-century hôtel particuliers, which now house the most interesting museums: besides the obvious Museé Picasso or Carnavalet, is the Museé de la Chasse et Nature higher up in Rue des Archives and just a block further is the perfumery of État Libre d’Orange, who has created scents for icons such as Rossi de Palma, Tilda Swinton and Tom of Finland.
If you’re at all the fragrance-queen type, you can’t miss out on Frédérique Malle’s new store in Rue des Francs-Bourgeois to stock up on his 100% biodegradable rubber incense, the welcome nostalgia of it when opening your suitcase back home will certainly get you planning your next trip back. If that doesn’t work the Cire Trudon candle from Rue Sainte Croix de la Bretonnerie definitely should. The point being that between window shopping, which the French call ‘lèche vitrine’ literally; licking the window, and cafés, bistros and restaurants, you’d hardly need the use of any mode of transport between Rue Beaubourg and Boulevard de Beaumarchais, no wonder they turn the heart of the Marais into a pedestrian zone every Sunday.
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Where to eat and drink in Le Marais
A recent favourite early dinner destination discovery, the result of a mild misunderstanding, can be found off the Rue de Bretagne close to the popular Les Enfants Rouges Market, strangely also called Les Enfants Rouges, hence the misunderstanding, but a totally rewarding one at that. As far as restaurants in Paris are concerned the general rule is: expensive, mediocre but with a view, or cheaper, worthwhile, and without a view. Les Enfants is of the latter and bridges traditional French bistro fare with the Japanese heritage of the chef, ‘libère la bistronomie’ as one journalist noted. Au Petit Fer à Cheval near the corner of Rue Vielle du Temple and Rue Sainte-Croix de la Bretonnerie may be the only exception to the restaurant rule. Its menu is traditional, good, cheap and the view is perfect for man-spotting before heading off to one of the regular LBGT guest book signings at Les Mots à la Bouche across the road or, if you were lucky enough to receive an invitation, a viewing at the Marian Goodman Gallery in Rue du Temple.
For the staunch bourgeoisie, a post-dinner walk before turning in should be eventful enough, but those in search of something more should saunter over to Les Souffleurs in Rue de la Verrierie. Close to being its own contradiction it is a refuge for local artists, models, designers, DJ’s and poets, go figure. Downstairs from the narrow bar is a cramped vaulted dance floor where guest events and
DJ’s introduce you to both the established and the new. Openness is the keyword here, so if you’d rather not, then don’t. It’s equally likely that you could be dragged into some discussion about speculative capitalism’s influence on the theatre or invited to someone’s home.
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Marché Beaudoyer | Photo: Jean-Bastien Lagrange
L’Elephant du Nil; mostly frequented by down-and-out locals it boasts limited service and an equally limited menu
The Marais might have regrown its aristocratic aspirations and the haunting sadness of an old milliner moving out to make space for a new Zadig and Voltaire store might seem lamentable, but there are still a small relief in visiting the lesser known village of St Paul, especially the arcade behind the church between Rue Charlemange and Rue de L’Ave Maria. Here in an extended courtyard is a collection of proud specialist antique dealers; one in art deco, another in school materials from the 1900’s to the 70’s, even a boutique des inventions who well, lives up to its name. There are a specialist gem and jewellery store and one specialising in old English porcelain, which together with another second-hand furniture store share this leafy enclave with a delightful little café serving a host of homemade treats.
Even though it seems as if there wouldn’t be a moment’s rest to be had in this little beehive, I usually make a point to. At the Metro entrance to the St Paul line, with an open view across Rue Saint-Antoine to the busy Rue de Rivoli, is the small terrace of L’Elephant du Nil; mostly frequented by down-and-out locals it boasts limited service and an equally limited menu, so why then recommend it? Because when it comes down to the soul of Paris it is its people, and there are few places where one can enjoy a crisp Chablis, and from behind your Balenciaga’s play an incognito witness to the sunset spectacle of a totally inspiring part of Paris go about its day like you were never there.
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Is your nice next-door neighbor Norman Bates?
October 28, 2014 Linda Rosenkrantz
As you might imagine, the Whitepages is a tremendous repository of names, and in recent years they have begun to use it to put together some interesting—and often humorous—subject-specific statistical reports, especially around various holidays.
This Halloween is no exception. They recently released their list of the thirteen most common names in the country shared with horror movie villains, as well as a few famously frightening directors and authors, together with the data on which state they are most commonly found.
Taking the top spot on the list – and putting fear in hearts of audiences everywhere – is Michael Myers from Halloween with 4,282 people nationwide sharing the name. Rounding out the top five are Stephen King (author; 2,068 people), Norman Bates (Psycho; 96 people), Jason Voorhees (Friday the 13th; 30 people), and Annie Wilkes (Misery; 25 people).
“Many people could say they’ve been scared by a number of the villains on this list, but until now have probably never thought that one could be living next door!” says Liz Powell, culture and trend expert from Whitepages. “For fans of a ‘friendlier ghost’ neighbor, Whitepages data found 2,632 Caspers nationwide, the most living in North Dakota.”
Additional Halloween-centric name data includes:
Carrie (Carrie): 315,711; 23,343 in California; first name only
Hannibal (The Silence of the Lambs): 6,399; 97 in California; first name only
Frankenstein: 510; 92 in Pennsylvania; last name only
Ghost: 38; 14 in Pennsylvania; last name only
The Whitepages Top 13 list breaks down how many people share the name in the U.S., as well as the states where the most people with these names are living.
Top 13 Most Common Horror Movie Monikers
1. Michael Myers (Halloween): 4,282; 333 in Ohio
2. Stephen King (Author): 2,068; 168 in Texas
3. Norman Bates (Psycho): 96; nine in Texas
4. Jason Voorhees (Friday the 13th): 30; four each in Pennsylvania, California, New York
5. Annie Wilkes (Misery): 25; ten in Georgia
6. Jack Torrance (The Shining): 10; two in California
7. Wes Craven (Director): 7; two in North Carolina
8. Alfred Hitchcock (Director): 7; two each in California and Maryland
9. Max Cady (Cape Fear): 6; three in Florida
10. Freddy Krueger (A Nightmare on Elm Street): 5; two in Washington
11. Donnie Darko (Donnie Darko): 4; 3 in Pennsylvania
12. Samara Morgan (The Ring): 2; 1 each in Texas and North Dakota
13. Damien Thorn (The Omen): 1 in California
To learn more about name popularity in the United States, visit: http://www.whitepages.com/.
1 Response to “Is your nice next-door neighbor Norman Bates?”
clairels Said on October 30th, 2014 at 5:26 pm
Reminds me of an episode of Seinfeld where Elaine was dating a guy with the same name as serial killer Joel Rifkin, and she insisted he change it after they paged him at a baseball game.
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Naomi Johnson For Boise City Council
Bringing community voices into council decisions.
Why I Am Running
As a first-generation college graduate I understand first-hand overcoming obstacles and identifying available resources. Throughout my education in social work I learned about how the structures and systems in which we operate often place the source of an issue on the individual. After completing my personal goal of clinical licensure, I am ready to make an even broader impact on my community.
I am an active community member. I want to take that involvement to the next level and transform what I have learned about systemic issues into thoughtful solutions. The Boise City Council would benefit greatly from someone with a background in social justice.
I have a strong voice and influential strategy that I consider unique. It is most important to me that voices generally silenced are represented by the city council. A vote for me is a vote for you, and I look forward to all the good work to be done by including every voice in the city.
A Phone Bank Reflection
As I scrambled to pick up the pizza and head out to host the first phone bank of my campaign, I felt more than anything, a bit eager. So I stopped, and took a breath, and questioned why I might be looking forward to something that generally takes a lot of work and energy … and humor. Then I remembered – this time last year I was hosting some of the first phone banks I had ever organized – and I bonded with people at every single phone bank, whether it was a community member I was calling or a phone banker in my same shoes – doing the work.
My eagerness paid off, it was just how I remembered. At first, we were all a little nervous and cranky – not sure how many “good calls” we would have – nervous that people would be annoyed. Then, we all found are places in the house, one of us in the laundry room, one in the bedroom, one in the kitchen, and another in the dining room, and our voices start taking up space. And there was laughter and sweetness in the voices filling up space. These volunteers are doing uncomfortable things … because they believe in something … and they want to be a part of it. I hear them ever so politely saying “I don’t want to take up too much of your time …” and “… she believes in bringing your voice…” and I am calling people – and the moment … all of this … is not lost on me – I feel gratitude.
There is not a single thing like bonding over phone banking – and many of my friends who have put in the work would agree. You make friends on the phone, you share ideas, and political views, and energy over the phone. And you bond with the people sitting next to you – because you both … all three, four, and five of you – are living life meaningfully.
It’s not about me – or my campaign … or winning. It’s about doing things that you are passionate about … and feeling what it feels like to have the universe confirm that you are right where you are supposed to be.
Friday nights, folks. It’s where it’s at.
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Hey Ya’ll – HAPPY FALL! I hope these cooler months will give you all time to follow what’s happening in City Council. Just this last Tuesday they voted on language that basically gives the City a backdoor route to building a sports park / stadium. Check out Boise State Public Radio coverage as well …
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Affordable Housing, The City, and CVS
This weekend I participated in a rally at the Arcade Building on State St right across from Albertsons. If you all remember during my City Council candidacy we heard the City and TJ Thomson say that affordable housing is not in their hands, that the Idaho Constitution basically removes their power as a city to enforce …
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Reflection – “I feel pride.”
Community and City Council Accessibility
“It is a priority of mine to bring ordinary voices into council decisions by improving council accessibility, embracing controversial conversations, and increasing representation to include all neighborhoods.”
F35s and Boise’s Livability
“Boise City Council should embrace controversial issues and be willing to discuss both the positive and negative impacts of F35s coming to our community. Ultimately, it matters less my stance on the issue, and more whether or not your neighborhood will be impacted, and if there is opportunity for your voice to be heard.”
“Welcoming City”
“To sincerely cultivate our diversity as a city we must focus on economic equality, appropriate police responsibility, and respect for human rights for all Boiseans. We must increase available resources and celebrate all of the cultures that exist within that help create our community!”
“Our recent handling of the homeless situation at Cooper Court was inexcusable and did nothing but make the situation less visible. I will create community partnerships with successful agencies that already exist in our community. As your Councilwoman, I will consider homelessness a priority and continue to use the housing first philosophy to get our veterans and homeless individuals off the streets.”
Environmental Impacts of the City
“We must continue to grow our understanding of our impact as a city on the environment by maintaining projects like the Open Space & Clean Water levy and by understanding the importance of banking locally.”
Biking and Transportation
“There are many benefits in continuing to improve our biking community as well as addressing the importance of a highly functioning and accessible transportation system. I look forward to working with community members already chipping away at these issues to create the livability we all deserve in Boise as a city.”
Representing Renters
“As it stands, there is no one on the Boise City Council that rents their housing. This limits perspectives around issues of rising costs for renters and the limited availability of affordable renting options. I will give a voice to individuals and families who may have limited resources and those who make the choice to opt out of home ownership.”
“We have economically-minded individuals on our city council and have seen the many benefits. I will add a unique and necessary perspective by continually representing the best interests of our various community members and their unique needs.”
Our profession’s Code of Ethics states we are to ‘engage in social and political action that seeks to ensure that all people have equal access to the resources, employment, services, and opportunities they require to meet their basic human needs and to develop fully. Social workers should be aware of the impact of the political arena on practice and should advocate for changes in policy and legislation to improve social conditions in order to meet basic human needs and promote social justice.’ Naomi lives this every day and the Idaho Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers is proud to endorse her for Boise City Council.
Delmar de la Torre Stone, NASW Idaho Chapter, Executive Director
I wholeheartedly endorse Naomi Johnson for Boise City Council.
Her knowledge of Boise City issues and concerns comes from her many activities and involvements with those issues at a grass roots level.
She is the real deal. Her main emphasis is to bring the many voices of Boise citizens to decision making processes of our City Council, especially those voices which are often neglected.
Rev. Ed Keener
As long as I have known Naomi Johnson, she has been tirelessly working toward justice with a level of passion and persistence that can only be fueled by the purest and deepest of love. Grounded in community, guided by a strong moral compass and an unwavering belief in what is possible, a pure and idealistic vision of the government we deserve that will create the changes we so desperately need in the world, Naomi could not be a better fit for a Boise City Council and the work to it must do for us.
Even though her heart is more than enough for me, much can be said about her personal and professional work ethic. She is thorough, well-researched, committed to both personal and professional growth and committed to perfecting her craft of advocating for justice. Whether it be in the professional realm of her Social Work career or at the grassroots level where she shines, Naomi has a keen eye for gleaning the most effective approach at a micro and macro level while never losing sight of who or what matters. It was an honor to bear witness to the magic and space she created when breathing life into the Bernie Sanders campaign in Idaho and to witness the magic that is Naomi when it comes to inviting folks in and mobilizing them into action in the campaign of resisting injustice. She has an immense capacity for true empathy evident by her choice of issues to focus on in her City Council run, and a solid base of integrity and ethics in her approach. I wholeheartedly and undoubtedly trust her to put people before profit, community before corporations, and what is right before what is convenient. Plainly stated, Naomi is the people’s candidate and that is why she has my vote.
Yara Slaton
As an immigration lawyer in what feels like a new world order, it has become critical to rely on people outside my professional circle to care, to act, and to stand up (and with) others. It was in this effort that I met Naomi. Over the last several months we have worked on difficult and rewarding projects and have witnessed how Naomi is able to help others see that every one of us has something to offer in support of the struggle for justice. Naomi is competent, reliable and most importantly, has decided she wants to do the work of a City Council member. That she has made the decision, is enough for me to know that given the chance, she will do just that – work for all of Boise.
Maria Andrade, Immigration Lawyer
Naomi is a thoughtful, fearless, dedicated advocate for those often unheard and marginalized by politics and public policy. I love her integrity and ability to get seemingly impossible things done.
Nicole Lefavour, Former Senator
I have worked closely with Naomi for the past 4 years. She brings her full self to everything she does. I am inspired by her courage and optimism. She believes in the possibilities of what can be achieved and works tirelessly to promote change. She never gives up just because something is tough. She brings this passion and perseverance to her activism, working to empower those who have been disenfranchised. She listens but is not impressionable. She is authentic and trustworthy. She speaks truth to power and she has my vote for Boise City Council.
Ivy Merrell
Mother, Musician, Social Worker
Boise Bench Resident
Naomi has my endorsement for city council. Throughout the years I have seen and experienced the energy and passion she has for the city of Boise. She has been an active community member and strives to educate and inform voters with each election. She truly believes that every community member has a voice and as a City Council women I know your voice will count!
Maritza Lorenzana, LMSW
Naomi has shown me by example that an ordinary voice is important in community decisions. She has inspired me to let go of the old paradigm that ‘I won’t make a difference’. I know that as our City Council Woman she will take action to represent voices from all areas of our community. I am incredibly excited for her campaign.
Heather Socwell, LMT, Reiki Practitioner
Naomi has both the values and skills needed in a leader. She is an engaged and creative problem-solver with a deep commitment to doing what is right. I look forward to the contributions she will make to the City Council.
Lori Watsen, Clinical Assistant Professor, BSU
Excited to endorse Naomi Johnson for City Council! She has a strong track record of community engagement and advocating for vulnerable populations. We deserve to have such a hard working and compassionate person as our local government representative!
Andrea Christopher, MD, MPD Primary Care Physician & Health Policy Researcher
Naomi Johnson:
Exemplary
Ally and Advocate
Respected and Respectful
I honestly am very grateful that Naomi is running for city council. She is someone that is committed to equity, empowering the community, and will do fabulous work to better our City of Trees.
JT Cole, Father, Husband, and Idaho Native
As a long-term resident of Boise, Idaho am writing today to express my sincere and utmost support of Naomi Johnson for City Council. She has been a tremendous supporter of our community with extreme determination and strength to make our city stronger and more united. I have no doubt that she will serve with great diligence and fortitude.
Naomi is a dedicated public servant. I have had the pleasure of working closely with her and witnessed first hand her tireless determination to make democracy work for the people- especially those who’s voices are ignored by our current system. Boise is lucky to have Naomi as a resident, organizing and volunteering so much of her time; she is exactly the kind of person we need on our City Council. I have no doubt Naomi will improve avenues for citizen engagement and participation in the important decisions that affect our community. I wholeheartedly endorse Naomi Johnson for Boise City Council and ask you to join with me in electing this strong talented woman to work for us at City Hall.
Caleb Hansen, Small Business Owner
Naomi understands that access to the decision-making process has, for far too long, left so many in our community without a voice. For as long as I have known Naomi, she has tirelessly dedicated herself to lifting up the voices of those who have been shut out.
Naomi is a caring and thoughtful community organizer whose tenacity gets things done.
I proudly endorse Naomi Johnson for Boise City Council so that all of us have opportunity to have a voice.
Anthony Lee, Community Organizer
As a coworker, Naomi has the smarts, the spirit and the heart to be a great representative on the City Council! I am thrilled that she is running to represent me.
Peggie Lynne
Naomi Johnson is a proud Idahoan with a strong connection to her community. Born and raised in Twin Falls, she has a vested interest in the rights of Idaho’s people and families. As a community organizer and social worker, she works side by side with residents from all walks of life to improve our community.
Naomi has tirelessly worked to improve the vitality of her community and the well-being of her community members. She has organized and hosted open events that aid community involvement surrounding topics of local participation in government, state-political education, and voting education. She has volunteered for and raised money towards providing education and aid to marginalized groups in the community.
Naomi talking to the media about her work as a community organizer
Naomi graduated in 2014 with her Masters in Social Work, which provided her an ever-growing platform for civic engagement. Since 2013, Naomi has provided mental health and case management services through her work with Veterans locally, as well as crisis services to victims of domestic violence.
Naomi’s focus on issues of social justice and civic engagement, her work as a civic organizer, and her background in social work, provide a platform to aid Boise as it continues to grow and meet the needs and issues of all its community members.
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Those wondering how the newly reshuffled Focus Features will differentiate itself from its arty, Oscar-garlanded predecessor need look no further than “That Awkward Moment,” in which a couple of twentysomething dudes jacked up on Viagra school each other in the acrobatic art of urinating “horizontally.” “Brokeback Mountain” it’s not, though that is one of the better gags in tyro scribe-helmer Tom Gormican’s familiar tale of three commitment-phobic New Yorkers forced to re-examine their philosophy of “bros before hos” when Ms. Right walks into each of their lives. The pic falls well short of its efforts to combine the raucous vulgarity of the “Hangover” movies with Cameron Crowe-ish depth of feeling, but Gormican had the good fortune to cast one of the most interesting young actors in movies today, Miles Teller, and to surround him with an able-bodied cast that deserves better than most of what they’ve been given. That plus the heavily advertised promise of Zac Efron in various states of undress and coitus should give “Awkward” a sizable moment at the February box office.Gormican begins and ends “That Awkward Moment” with Efron’s Jason sitting alone and forlorn on a bench in Gramercy Park on a chilly winter’s night, and in between flashes back to show us how he got there. It’s a story that involves so many staggeringly selfish and stupid decisions (even by romantic-comedy standards) that, at a certain point, it becomes impossible to muster the slightest concern for the character and whether he’ll ever find true love or simply keep chasing tail all the way into the nursing home. (The “moment” of the title is said to be the one where a relationship either falls apart or advances to the next, more serious level — which is precisely when Jason tends to call it quits.)In one of those fantasy movie jobs that seems to provide for unusually spacious Manhattan apartments and reams of J. Crew couture, Jason works together with best bud Daniel (Teller) as in-demand book-jacket designers, while third musketeer Mikey (Michael B. Jordan) inhabits a slightly realer world as a doctor who, as the movie opens, has just been dumped by his wife (Jessica Lucas) for another man. Taking a page from those bromantic horndogs of Shakespeare’s “Love’s Labour’s Lost,” the three friends swear off any serious entanglements with the fairer sex for the foreseeable future, heeding Jason’s advice of keeping a “roster” of friends with benefits to be called upon for guilt-free hookups.All of which is well and good until Jason meets his Princess of Aquitaine in the form of Ellie (Imogen Poots), a lit-world fellow traveler whom he initially mistakes for a high-class hooker. (No satire on the cutthroat machinations of the publishing industry seems intended.) Around the same time, Daniel starts to feel something like love for his longtime platonic gal-pal Chelsea (Mackenzie Davis), while Mikey tries to patch things up with his ex — all in secret, of course, lest “the guys” find out about it.The three leads have an affable, easygoing chemistry. Efron isn’t asked to do much more here than prance around in his skivvies and, when his insensitive-jerk behavior catches up to him, look like a doleful puppy dog who’s been left out in the rain; but as skivvy-prancing, rain-soaked puppy dogs go, one could certainly do worse. Jordan, who made such a forceful impression in “Chronicle” and last year’s “Fruitvale Station,” has the least developed role, complete with an unfunny running gag about his discolored penis.But it’s Teller who really kicks things up a notch whenever he’s onscreen, especially in his scenes together with newcomer Davis, who’s very good at playing the kind of self-deprecating girl-next-door who’s always been better at hanging out with guys than cozying up to them. Teller (“Project X,” “The Spectacular Now”) may be the least ironic or postmodern actor under 30 in movies today, and even though he’s cultivated a persona of the fast-talking, joke-telling wiseass who never takes things seriously, there’s an underlying sweetness and sincerity to his work that shows us how all that bluster is just his character’s defense against a profound fear of getting too close.As director, Gormican has a decent sense of visual storytelling and a good feel for New York locations, but he doesn’t really know how to build a scene rhythmically, and the movie’s third-act attempt at a big, farcical Thanksgiving Day setpiece falls desperately flat. As a writer, he’s loaded up his debut script with dated pop-culture references (Bridget Jones, really?) and strains repeatedly for those Crowe/James L. Brooks moments in which a character seemingly ad-libs some poetic monologue rife with insights about life and love. Only, when Gormican’s characters do this, what they have to say wouldn’t make the cut at American Greetings. Teens and twentysomethings who possess even less life experience and emotional maturity than these characters may find profundity in some of this. All others need not apply.
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PÖFF film festival brings hundreds of international movies to Tallinn ({{contentCtrl.commentsTotal}})
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Movie-goers at this year's PÖFF festival Source: Abdolhossein Rezvani/PÖFF
The 23rd annual Black Nights Film Festival, or PÖFF, opened on Thursday night, bringing hundreds of movies, shorts and animations from round the world to film goers.
This year, PÖFF focuses on Arabic cinema, ERR's culture portal reports, bringing movies from the past decade from that region.
With close to 300 movies in the festival's main program, which runs to Dec. 1, navigating round the schedules and picking which movies to watch can obviously be a challenge, even for the most ardent film goers.
Vikerraadio presenter Arp Müller says he plans to watch 26 movies in the coming weeks, taking time off work to do so.
"I've been taking a week off during PÖFF for a couple of years now, to devote myself fully to watching movies, from morning to evening. At PÖFF, three films, or sometimes four [in a day], are normal for me," Müller said.
"When checking the schedule, I always prefer screenings where the director or the filmmaker is actually present. What I really like about PÖFF is that when I watch a film, I have questions and thoughts. I can then ask the director themselves. That gives a completely different dimension to watching a movie," he added.
Film-goer Kersti told ERR current affairs show Aktuaalne kaamera that she wants to see movies which focus on humanity.
"I don't want to see war, I don't want to see politics, I want to movies which focus on being human, and I've been able to get experiences where there are movies like that," she said.
Heigo Rohtla, who according to ERR's culture portal is director of Tallinn Crematorium, has been going to PÖFF for the last eight years, and plans to watch 12 movies.
"I prefer Scandinavian cinema and sports movies," he said.
PÖFF volunteers say that they are also a good source of what movies to pick, noting that they get to see plenty of what's on offer.
In addition to the main PÖFF event, PÖFF Shorts brings animation and, as its name suggests, short movies, and Just Film focuses on offerings for children and young people.
There are also Culinary Zone and Fashion Cinema and Industry@Tallinn organizes meet and greets with filmmakers and other industry professionals, masterclasses and more.
A sister event, KinoFF, running to Nov. 24, is held in Ida-Viru County and offers new films from Russia.
The best way to keep up with what's going on is to visit PÖFF's official site here.
PÖFF, the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, began in 1997 and since then has grown into one of the largest film festivals in northern Europe. Organizers say it attracts around 80,000 movie-goers, as well as over 1,000 guests and industry specialists ,plus over 160 journalists. It has been International Association of Film Producers Associations (FIAPF)-accredited, since 2014, one of just over a dozen such festivals internationally.
The original Aktuaalne kaamera segment is here.
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Culture.ee: Reviews for three PÖFF films screening again this week
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North Korea chases Bitcoin to bust sanctions
As new UN sanctions hit the increasingly isolated state, Pyongyang's premiere hacking group doubles-down on stealing Bitcoin.
By Alexander J Martin, Technology Reporter
Tuesday 12 September 2017 14:02, UK
Image: The hacking group 'Lazarus' is believed to be sponsored by Pyongyang
North Korean hackers have been accused of the largest cyber heists the world has ever seen - and, as sanctions on the secretive state start to bite, Pyonyang's premiere hacking group has started stealing Bitcoin, too.
The cryptocurrency is perfectly suited for dodging sanctions, despite the ferocious volatility in its value, as payments are processed in a distributed manner rather than through a central authority.
New sanctions following North Korea's most recent nuclear test will hamper its ability to legitimately import gas and oil from China, but the nation retains an ability - and an increasing interest - in generating enormous revenues through cybercrime.
Evidence suggests that a North Korean government bureau has been conducting illicit economic activity for quite some time.
From 2015 through to 2016, a series of sophisticated cyber heists targeting the SWIFT global financial messaging service allowed a state-sponsored cybercrime collective, which researchers called the Lazarus Group, to steal millions of dollars.
Cybersecurity researchers linked the Lazarus Group to North Korea, although it is not known whether it is part of the secretive government bureau Office 39, or a group hired by Pyonyang's elite to fill their own coffers.
Image: Bitcoin offers an easy way for the isolated nation to generate revenue
New research by cybersecurity firm FireEye's Luke McNamara describes North Korea's increasing interest in cryptocurrencies as an asset class, with the value of Bitcoin increasing by 400% since January of this year.
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Mr McNamara notes how the secretive North Korean agency known informally as Office 39 has been a critical asset of the state by generating black market revenues since at least the 1970s.
It is estimated to bring $1bn a year through illicit activities, including counterfeiting US dollar currency, producing narcotics, and even smuggling gold.
FireEye's research noted how escalating economic sanctions against North Korea were accompanied by an upsurge in spearphishing campaigns targeting South Korean cryptocurrency exchanges.
Targeting the exchanges rather than simply the Bitcoin itself offers the attackers an opportunity to anonymise the thefts or withdraw the digital cash for fiat currencies such as the South Korean won, US dollar or Chinese renminbi.
"It should be no surprise that cryptocurrencies, as an emerging asset class, are becoming a target of interest by a regime that operates in many ways like a criminal enterprise," said Mr McNamara.
"While at present North Korea is somewhat distinctive in both their willingness to engage in financial crime and their possession of cyber espionage capabilities, the uniqueness of this combination will likely not last long-term as rising cyber powers may see similar potential.
"Cyber criminals may no longer be the only nefarious actors in this space."
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China food delivery firm Meituan continues strong run since listing
By Yingzhi Yang and Brenda Goh
Reuters November 21, 2019
FILE PHOTO: Drivers of food delivery service Meituan are seen in Shanghai
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese food delivery giant Meituan Dianping beat market expectations with a 44% jump in third-quarter revenue and a second straight quarterly profit, as it increased its dominance in the business.
Competition in China's food delivery sector has become less cut-throat as companies roll back profit-damaging subsidies, which in turn has allowed Meituan to capitalize on its first-mover advantage over rivals in the country's smaller cities.
According to research firm Trustdata, Meituan has steadily increased its share of China's food delivery market to 65.8% as of end-September, compared with 60.1% a year earlier.
Revenue for Meituan, which is China's third-biggest internet company by market value and is backed by gaming giant Tencent Holdings Ltd, came in at 27.49 billion yuan ($3.5 billion) for the July-September quarter, up from 19.1 billion yuan in the same period a year earlier.
That compares with a market consensus estimate of 25.92 billion yuan drawn from 11 analysts, according to Refinitiv I/B/E/S data.
It booked a profit of 1.33 billion yuan, its second consecutive quarter of profit since listing last September.
"The two consecutive quarters of profitability gives investors more confidence on the food delivery business model," said David Dai, an analyst at Bernstein Research.
Meituan's food delivery division - its core business - reported revenue of 15.58 billion yuan in the quarter, a 39.4% increase from a year earlier.
"Strong execution enabled Meituan to sustain [the] growth momentum, improve unit economics, and enhance the market position of core businesses," said Wang Xing, chairman and chief executive of Meituan, adding that consumers from lower-tier cities would become the future source of growth.
Meituan said gross transaction volumes for the quarter rose 33.6% to 194.6 billion yuan, while the annual number of transacting users climbed 14% to 435.8 million. Valued at some $72 billion, Meituan operates one of China's most popular apps, also offering travel bookings, restaurant recommendations, movie tickets, bike sharing and map services. It has also set up a grocery retail business Meituan Maicai.
(Reporting by Yingzhi Yang and Brenda Goh; Editing by Alex Richardson and Elaine Hardcastle)
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Guber Election: How we outsmarted Elechi, others —Umahi, Egwu
Posted by News Express | 31 December 2015 | 5,266 times
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State and former Governor Sam Egwu on Wednesday publicly narrated how they outwitted the immediate past governor, Martin Elechi, and his allies, to emerge victorious in the April 11 and March 28, 2015 elections respectively.
They said during a thanksgiving service by Egwu, who is the current Senator representing Ebonyi North Senatorial Zone, in Umuebe in Ohaukwu Local Government Area, that they formed a prayer quartet and handed over their struggle to God.
While Egwu, who was the first to disclose this, described Umahi as the arrowhead of the struggle, the Ebonyi Governor said Egwu’s wife, Eunice, was their consultant.
The Senator disclosed that a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, and the incumbent deputy governor of the state, Kelechi Igwe, were the other two members of the quartet.
He told the large gathering which included Anyim and members of the Ebonyi State Executive Council that they found out that Elechi was opposed to his candidature and that of Umahi because he wanted his in-laws to occupy the two positions.
The Senator said: “I remember a particular day, myself, Pius Anyim, David Umahi, and Kelechi Igwe sat down in the dining room of the former SGF (Anyim) and we prayed about our mission.
“We asked God to support us in the mission we had embarked upon. We knew it was difficult, very, very difficult, but we committed it into the hands of God. Four of us prayed that we were going by the grace of God to contest the elections; we prayed that Engr. David Umahi becomes the governor of Ebonyi State; myself to be the senator and Kelechi Igwe to be the deputy governor.
“Of course, Senator Anyim said he was not going for any position, but he would solidly be behind us.”
Egwu, who thanked God for answering their prayers, hailed Governor Umahi and
Senator Anyim, whom he described as the force behind his victory and the face of the struggle in Abuja. He called on political office seekers to always seek God’s endorsement.
Umahi, in his remarks, also narrated the struggle with former governor Elechi, even after he (Elechi) was advised by the Nigeria Governors’ Forum to allow Egwu and himself to contest the elections.
He disclosed that after their prayers in Anyim’s home, they became stronger and more determined to contest the elections.
The governor said: “We can’t thank you enough, our dear Senator Anyim; we can’t thank you enough. You got all the important personalities to help us; you also brought the funds needed alongside with your friends.
“At a time, we were more interested in former governor Egwu going to Senate than myself going for governorship position.”
He praised Eunice Egwu for lending her support to the struggle, adding that she was their main political consultant.
Senator Anyim said he was elated because their prayer for Umahi to become the governor of Ebonyi State and for Egwu to become a Senator was answered by God.
•Photo shows Senator Sam Egwu.
Source: News Express
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Publications, talks & workshops
Remael, A. & Reviers, N. (2019). Media accessibility and accessible design. In M. O’Hagan & T. Hartley (eds.), Routledge Handbook of Translation and Technology. London & New York: Routledge.
Reviers, N. & Remael, A. (2018). Multimodality and Audiovisual Translation: Cohesion in Accessible Films. In L. Pérez-González (ed.), The Routledge Handbook of Audiovisual Translation. London & New York: Routledge.
Remael, A., Reviers, N. & Vandekerckhove, R. (2018). Audiovisual Translation. Theoretical and methodological challenges: some research trends. In Y. Gambier & S. Ramos Pinto (eds.), Audiovisual Translation. Theoretical and methodological challenges. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 65-78.
Remael, A., Reviers, N. and Vandekerckhove, R. (2016). “Audiovisual Translation. Theoretical and methodological challenges: some research trends.” In Gambier, Yves and Sara Ramos Pinto (eds.), Audiovisual Translation. Theoretical and methodological challenges [Special Issue], Target 28/2, 248-260.
Reviers, N. (2016). “On Context and Intersemiotic Cohesion in Audio Description.” InMartin Kažimír (ed.). Kontexty: Interdisciplinárny zborník. Gorlice: Osrodek Kultury Prawoslawnej.
Reviers, N. (2016). Audio Description services in Europe: An update. The Journal of Specialised Translation, 26, 232-247.
Reviers, N., & Remael, A. (2015). “Recreating Multimodal Cohesion in Audio Description: A Case Study of Audio Subtitling in Dutch Multilingual Films.” New Voices in Translation Studies, 13, 50–75.
Reviers, N., Remael, A. and Daelemans, W. (2015). “The language of Audio Description in Dutch: Results of a corpus study.” In Jankowska et al. (eds.)
New Points of View on Audiovisual Translation and Accessibility. Bern: Peter Lang.
Remael, A., Reviers, N. and Vercauteren, G. (2014). Pictures painted in words: ADLAB Audio Description guidelines. Published by ADLAB: Audio Description: Lifelong Access for the blind.
Maszerowska, A., Matamala, A., Orero, P. and Reviers, N. (2014).
“From source text to target text: The art of audio description”. In Maszerowska, A., Matamala, A. and Orero, P. (Eds.). Audio Description: New Perspectives Illustrated. John Benjamins, pp. 1-10.
Reviers, N. (2012). “Audio description and Translation Studies: A functional text type analysis of the audio described Dutch play Wintervögelchen”. In Bruti, S., Di Giovanni, E. & Orero, P. (eds.) Audiovisual translation across Europe: an ever changing landscape. Bern/Berlin: Peter Lang
Reviers, N. (2011). “Audio description and translation studies: A functional text type analysis of the audio described Dutch play Wintervögelchen”. Artesis VT Working Paper
Reviers, N. (2010). Analysing AD in terms of text types. Paper presented at the 10th Conference of the European Society for the Study of English, Torino, Italy
Reviers, N. (2011). Audio Description in Dutch: initiating corpus research into a new form of multimodal translation. Paper presented at the conference ‘Points of View in language and culture: Audiovisual Translation’ at the Jagiellonian University, Krakau, Poland.
Reviers, N. (2012). The Linguistic features of Audio Description. Paper presented at the 25th Conference of the Canadian Association of Translation Studies, part of the Congress 2012 of the Humanities and Social Sciences. Waterloo, Ontaria, Canada.
Reviers, N. and Remael, A. (2013). Audio Description for live performances: The role of the introduction, paper presented at the 5th Advanced Research Seminar on Audio Description (ARSAD), March 13-14, 2013.
Reviers, N. (2013). Audio Description in Dutch: a corpus-based study of the linguistic features of the text type. Paper presented at the conference “New Research in Translation and Interpreting Studies”, Tarragona, Spain
Reviers, N. (2013). Audio Description and multimodal corpus development: a challenging combination. Paper presented at the 7th EST Congress, Germersheim, Germany
Reviers, N. (06/11/2014). Technology and the study of audiovisual translations: An example of a research project. Paper presented at the 10th Languages and the Media Conference, Berlin, Germany
Reviers, N. (28/11/2014). Introducing Corpus Analysis into Audio Description Research. Paper presented at the BAAHE annual conference entitles “Digital trends in (applied) linguistics, literature and translation studies.
Reviers, N. (19/03/2014). The language of Dutch AD: first results of a corpus based study. Paper presented at the 5th ARSAD conference, Universita Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain.
Reviers, N. (03/11/2016). The Language of Dutch Audio Description: facts and figures. Paper presented at the 11th Languages and the Media Conference, Berlin.
Reviers, N. (2019). Opera for all: a practisearcher’s report. Paper accepted for Media for All, Stockholm, Sweden.
Reviers, N., Schrijver, I., Robert, I. (2019). Towards an encompassing, adaptable and future-oriented TS framework: some methodological explorations. Paper accepted for the EST Congress “Living Translation”, Stellenbosch, South-Africa.
Reviers, N. (09/11/2018). Poster presentation about the OPEN Expertise Centre for Accessible Media and Culture at the Second Conference on Barrier-free communication in Geneva.
Reviers, N. & Hanne Roofthooft (04/09/2018). The functions of Audio Introductions: and update. Paper presented at the 12th Languages and the Media, Berlin.
Workshop with Gert Vercauteren entitled “Designing a Course in Media Accessibility” at Languages & the Media, Berlin, October 2018.
Workshop with Gert Vercauteren entitled “No Roses without Thorns”, at Languages & the Media, Berlin, November 2012.
One-day Workshop on Audio Description for the theatre at the Artesis University College, Antwerp: “Audiobeschrijving voor theater: all the world’s a stage”, 27/04/2013.
Reviers, N. & Vercauteren, G. (03/09/2018). Teaching Media Accessibility. Workshop at the 12th Languages and the Media, Berlin.
OPEN workshops and consultancy: see OPEN Website.
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Libraries Matter!
Thank you to the Newfoundland and Labrador New Democratic Party for showing their commitment and support to the Newfoundland anf Labrador Public Libraries.
Letter from Alison Coffin, NL NDP [link to PDF].
Newfoundland & Labrador Election 2019
All candidates have been sent letters regarding their stance on the Newfoundland and Labrador Public Libraries, and whether or not they will follow through with the EY Organizational and Service Review recommendations, as laid out in the Future State Plan.
Letter to Dwight Ball, Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador
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NLLA Conference 2019: 50 Years of Celebrating Libraries
DAY 1: Monday, April 29th, 8:30 am-4:45 pm
Hampton Hall, Marine Institute, 155 Ridge Road, St. John’s NL
Parking available in M1 (West end)
8:30-9:00 Registration
9:00-9:10 Opening remarks
9:10-10:00 Keynote: Beth Maddigan
Beth Maddigan is the Head of the Education Library & Commons at Memorial University. She has worked in libraries since 1982 in seven different positions, three different types of libraries, and two provinces. Beth is an advocate for community literacy and free library programming. She was the lead author for three books on these subjects and continues to research community-led library initiatives in public and academic libraries.
10:00-10:45 The Legislative Library of Newfoundland and Labrador
Kimberley Hammond, Director, Information Management & Legislative Librarian, Legislative Library, NL House of Assembly
This session will focus on the services and collection of the Legislative Library of the House of Assembly, Newfoundland and Labrador. Established in 1836, the Legislative Library mainly serves the Members and staff of the House of Assembly and the civil service, supporting the research, development and oversight of government policy and legislation. Researchers of political and legal history and policy development are also welcomed clients. The session will discuss the common types of reference services provided and how they have evolved over the last 20 years; the tools used and developed by the Library; and will showcase some of the unique items in the collection. Also discussed will be the responsibility of public bodies to deposit their publications with the Legislative Library under The Rooms Act s.21(6), as well as the Government and Legislative Library Online Publication Portal (GALLOPP) initiative of the Association of Legislative Libraries in Canada (APLIC).
Kimberley Hammond was appointed Director of Information Management and Legislative Librarian with the House of Assembly in 2000. Previously, she held various special library and records management positions within the civil service. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from MUN (PoliSci) and a Master of Library and Information Studies from McGill.
10:45-11:15 Break
11:15-12:00 Who was Robert Saunders? Tales of a Library Benefactor
Janet Goosney, Information Literacy Coordinator, QEII Library, Memorial University, & Colleen Field, Acting Head, Centre for Newfoundland Studies
In summer of 2018, Janet Goosney received an unusual reference question about a book held in the QEII Library collection. As she assisted the patron, she noticed some curious things about the book: for example, how did it travel to our collection, from its original home in a Wisconsin public library? And who was Robert Saunders, whose bookplate was in this and many other older books in our collection? She called CNS librarian Colleen Field to find out, and that is where our exploration began. Come to our presentation to learn more about this unique library benefactor, who donated thousands of books to Newfoundland libraries between 1946 and 1966.
Janet Goosney is a Public Services Librarian at Memorial’s QEII Library. As a reference librarian and library educator, she greatly enjoys the discoveries and synergies that often characterize the practice of librarianship.
Colleen Field is the Acting Head of the Centre for Newfoundland Studies at Memorial University’s QEII Library. Connecting researchers to resources, especially unique materials relating to Newfoundland and Labrador, has been her primary focus as a librarian for many years.
12:00-1:00 NLLA Elections & Spring General Meeting
1:00-2:00 Lunch
2:00-2:45 Wikidata: What It Is, Why It Matters
Jordan Patterson, Cataloguing and Metadata Librarian, QEII Library, Memorial University
On one hand, Wikidata is a niche service for a particular sort of user, but on the other, it plays a supporting role in our lives every single day. What is it? Most of us are familiar with the various projects of the Wikimedia Foundation, Wikipedia chief among them, but the newer, lesser-known Wikidata has yet to break out into the spotlight. Wikidata is a vast store of structured data freely available to the public and it is governed by the same open philosophy that underlies all other Wikimedia projects. This session will explain how Wikidata works with linked data and why it is already an important feature in the information landscape, despite its limited uptake and visibility relative to Wikipedia. In addition to the what and how of Wikidata, this session will explore some current issues and potential opportunities in the use of this amazing database.
Jordan Patterson is a Cataloguing and Metadata Librarian at Memorial University of Newfoundland. His professional interests include linked data, subject analysis and classification, and rare books. His favourite book is Brideshead Revisited.
2:45-3:30 Libraries as Conduits for Public Engagement in Health and Healthcare Decisions
Sheila Tucker, Liaison Officer for Newfoundland and Labrador, CADTH
The goal of this presentation is to discuss the critical role of health information resources in decisions related to individual health and healthcare, and the valuable role of libraries and information specialists in supporting understanding of and access to credible health information. The problem of misinformation and lack of access to quality information results in poor decision-making at many levels. The anti-vaccine movement, controversies over what constitutes “appropriate” management in chronic diseases such as diabetes, and debates over public investments in healthcare all provide interesting case studies in sources of health information and how these can influence decisions at individual and population levels. Unfortunately, public engagement in such issues is often characterized by misinformation and controversy which is often played out in the media. As well, personal health decisions which are clouded by lack of information or misinformation can result in poor choices which adversely affect individual health and well-being. It is proposed that the public would benefit from skills training in how to access and critically appraise health information. Libraries are hubs of information for the public and are therefore key receptors for such information and training. This presentation will profile critical appraisal tools which may be useful resources for libraries in support of services to the public and will engage participants in a dialogue of the barriers and enablers to the use of these tools.
Sheila Tucker holds a Bachelor of Arts (Conj.); Bachelor of Arts (Hons.); Bachelor of Education (Memorial University); Master of Library and Information Science (University of Western Ontario); and a Certificate in Public Administration (Memorial University). She has completed courses in health technology assessment, community health, and research methods in health.
3:50-4:30 Lightning Round
Sign! Sign! Signing at Storytime
Julia Mayo, Branch Supervisor Marjorie Mews Public Library
Some research suggests that baby sign language might give a typically developing child a way to communicate several months earlier than those who only use vocal communication. I have introduced sign language elements as a fine motor activity within my traditional story time. The parents and children have responded very positively. I will hopefully in 7 minutes be able to share some simple signs you can take away with you.
Invisible Structures: Deconstructing the Library Space
Marnie James, Collections Analysis Intern, QEII Library, Memorial University
This brief talk will cover a graduate student research project that’s in its early stages at Western University. The project itself involves looking at the way Library of Congress (LoC) shelf classifications could potentially affect users’ access to monographs in the physical library space. For example, finding works on alcohol or drug abuse shelved next to ones on disability and therefore positing that these subjects are intellectually related. While many scholars have critically examined library classifications, few have studied people’s experiences and perceptions of the classifications in this way. Ultimately, the aim of this project is to understand how the spatial arrangement of books in the stacks might affect a user’s experience of the library and potentially impart a problematic worldview.
Tales from the 49th Past President
Kate Shore, Access Services Librarian, QEII Library, Memorial University
My 3 year term as Vice-President/President/Past-President, has likely been one of the more eventful and demanding over the past 50 years of NLLA’s history. Much of the excitement arose from the fateful budget of 2016, the one that slashed the NLPL budget and threatened to shutter half the libraries in the province. This short talk will discuss what it was like for me, with a fun sprinkling of mistakes, lessons and why fighting for libraries in the province is such an NLLA thing to do!
Connecting Users to Articles: Correlations Between Article Level Linking and Journal Use Statistics
Michelle Swab, Public Services Librarian, Health Sciences Library, Memorial University
This project analyzes and compares COUNTER usage statistics for electronic journal titles with and without article level linking, controlling for subject area and relative journal importance. Although electronic holdings clean-up is currently underway, the results of this project may be able to inform collections assessment for journal titles from publishers that may not have the capacity to provide article level linking.
Julia Mayo has worked with the public libraries for 12 years, and believes that any time is a good time for storytime! Storytime is one of Julia’s favourite aspects of her job at the public library. It is a very effective tool for early literacy and the library is a wonderful resource for families.
Marnie James is an MLIS candidate at Western University and the Collections Analysis Intern at the Memorial University of Newfoundland. Her research interests involve knowledge organization systems and structures as they intersect with institutional discourses and the role of the user. When her nose isn’t buried in a book, you might find her out hiking, working on a craft project, or planning her latest travel venture.
Kate Shore is the Access Services Librarian and Anthropology/Archaeology Liaison Librarian at the QEII Library. Kate completed her BA degree in History/Anthropology (Hons.) at Memorial University and then worked as a library assistant in an array of St. John’s libraries before pursuing her MLIS at Western University. Prior to coming to the QEII, Kate started her librarian career as the sole librarian at the Janeway Resource Centre.
Michelle Swab has been a Public Services Librarian at Memorial University’s Health Sciences Library since 2013. Previously, she worked as Clinical Outreach Librarian at Bracken Health Sciences Library, Queen’s University. She holds an MA (Ethnomusicology) from Memorial University and an MLIS from Western University.
4:30-4:45 Day 1 Closing remarks
DAY 2: Tuesday, April 30th, 8:30 am-4:45 pm
9:10-10:00 Keynote: Catharyn Andersen
Catharyn is Inuit from Nunatsiavut, Labrador and is the Special Advisor to the President on Aboriginal Affairs at Memorial University. Prior to working with the university, Catharyn worked for 10 plus years with the Nunatsiavut Government, and formerly the Labrador Inuit Association, serving in the roles of director and Inuttitut Language Program Coordinator with the Torngâsok Cultural Centre in Nain, Labrador. She holds a bachelor and master of arts in linguistics, and a master of business administration from Memorial University, as well as an international baccalaureate diploma from Lester B. Pearson United World College of the Pacific.
10:00-10:45 The Power of a Smile: Customer Service and Community Building
Never underestimate the power of a smile and the impact of a positive attitude. Working with the public can be challenging to say the least, but you may have more in your professional “tool box” than you might think.
Julia Mayo has been working with the Newfoundland and Labrador Public Libraries since 2007, and feels extremely lucky to work with other positive minded individuals who make coming to work a fun and motivating experience.
11:15-11:45 Geek Out at the Library
Leigha Chiasson-Locke, Children’s Services Librarian, Newfoundland & Labrador Public Libraries
The AC Hunter Public Library hosted its inaugural Geek Out at the Library Day in May, 2018 to tremendous success! Learn how hosting a free mini sci-fi con enticed in new patrons and old patrons into the branch and how geekery brings staff closer together!
Leigha Chiasson-Locke is the new provincial Children’s Services Librarian for NLPL. Prior to this, she was an NLPL Regional Librarian for St. John’s where she enjoyed collaborating on programs and projects that would increase the library’s visibility around the city. Leigha is also a total geek who is delighted that there is final a Captain Marvel movie. She is thrilled to nerd out with you today.
11:45-12:30 Round Table Conversations
MISU Student Lounge, Marine Institute
Industry Seminar Room, Marine Institute
1:30-2:15 Growing Kids Who Can Change the Game: The School Library Learning Commons Movement in Newfoundland and Labrador
Leigh Borden, Teacher Librarian, Holy Trinity Elementary School, Torbay
In Newfoundland and Labrador, a recent government task force acknowledged in its report that school libraries and teacher librarians are integral to student achievement. However, for many years, school library programs and teacher librarian positions were diminished throughout the province, with some schools having excellent collections and nearly full-time teacher librarians, and other schools having little to no access to either.
Excitingly, as a result of the implementation of the task force recommendations, the school library learning commons movement in Newfoundland and Labrador has been ignited! This presentation will focus on the way the school library learning commons movement in Newfoundland and Labrador can inspire our young people to be innovators, experimenters, learners, and leaders who are empowered, not disenfranchised, by the unique nature of our many rural, remote, and tiny schools.
This presentation will interest anyone working in school library learning commons, those committed to the traditional library to learning commons shift, and those who work in rural and remote communities. The presenter, Leigh Borden, has had the opportunity to work as a mentor teacher-librarian through this process and will share her experiences in helping lead this transformative process for school libraries in NL.
Leigh Borden has been teacher librarian at Holy Trinity Elementary in Torbay, NL, for the past 10 years. Over the past three years she has been heavily involved as a mentor teacher librarian in a school library learning commons pilot organized by the provincial Department of Education. She began her teaching career at Pierre Laporte Middle School in the Toronto District School Board. Leigh is a graduate of the Master of Teaching program at OISE and holds an MA in English Literature from the University of Toronto and a BA (Hons) from Memorial University of Newfoundland.
2:15-3:05 Book Teasers
Supermarket Baby
Susan Flanagan, Owner/Director, 48 Degrees Inc.
A switched shopping cart and geographically-challenged black bear threaten Henry Larsson’s freedom and sanity. Help arrives in a 1983 Ford LTD Country Squire.
From well-known author Susan Flanagan comes the immensely enjoyable satirical novel, Supermarket Baby about newly-retired Henry Larsson whose life goes off the rails after an innocent trip to the supermarket – a provincial court judge wants to throw him in prison, his lawyer wife is not in an understanding mood, his motorcycle trip has been kyboshed. Henry wishes himself back at work at City Hall safe from a looney station wagon woman and a misplaced black bear.
Cycles and Connections in The Break by Katherena Vermette
Heather Pretty, Cataloguing Librarian, QEII Library, Memorial University
The Break by Katherena Vermette is a book of circles, cycles, and connections among the characters. I will be talking about these connections and also themes and imagery around the breaking and healing of spirit, family, friendships, and community.
Catching the Light by Susan Sinnott
Erin Alcock, Science Liaison Librarian, QEII Library, Memorial University
The kids call her Lighthouse: no lights on up there. In a small town, everyone knows when you can’t read. But Cathy is just distracted by the light, lines, and artistry of everyday life. She is a talented artist growing up in tiny Mariners Cove and yearns for acceptance. She dreams of enrolling in art school, but getting there will be a struggle. Hutch Parsons is everything Cathy is not: charismatic, popular, smart. Overflowing with energy, he is confident in his plans for the future. But one icy evening his world is upended and those plans are swept away.
Dancing between points of view, Catching the Light explores the ordinary lives of two extraordinary people. With gorgeously lyrical language and a strong sense of place, this tender novel announces a bright new voice in Atlantic fiction. Winner of the 2014 Percy Janes First Novel Award for an unpublished manuscript.
Dare to Lead… in Libraries
Meghan Gamsby, Head, Public Services, QEII Library, Memorial University
In Brené Brown’s new book “Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts.” she answers the questions “How do you cultivate braver, more daring leaders, and how do you embed the value of courage in your culture?”. The theme of courage seems especially important in libraries today as we continue to evolve and meet our users’ changing needs. Allow me to share with you some of what Brown has learned through two decades of studying leaders and organizations and see if I can inspire you to be brave and convince you to read this book.
Susan Flanagan is a freelance journalist (BJ, King’s College, NS – 1991) whose written works have appeared in Canadian Geographic, National Geographic (maps), The Hockey News, Doctors’ Review, Newfoundland Quarterly etc. Susan also contributed columns to The Newfoundland Herald (2002-04) and The Telegram (2011-15). Supermarket Baby is her first novel.
Heather Pretty is a Cataloguing Librarian at Memorial University. She is the Chair of the Canadian BIBFRAME Readiness Task Force and an At-Large Member of the Program for Cooperative Cataloging Policy Committee.
Erin Alcock is a Liaison Librarian at the QEII Library. She is very happy to be on the organizing committee for NLLA’s 50th anniversary conference.
Meghan Gamsby is the head of Public Services at the QEII Library. She held a variety of science librarian positions before coming to Memorial. Helping students learn and grow is her favorite part of the job.
3:05-4:30 Past Presidents’ Presentation and Reception
All NLLA members and conference-goers are invited to attend the Past President’s reception, and to show our appreciation to our many past presidents throughout the years!
3:05-3:20 Refreshments
3:20-3:30 Welcome
3:30-4:00 Plenary speaker Suzanne Sexty
It was a dark and stormy night in December 1969 when the NLLA was inaugurated. Whether you were there or not, this conference is one of many results of that meeting. Come and share your memories of the NLLA over the last 50 years with those of us who remember (sort of) the first meeting. A perfect segue into the reception.
Suzanne Sexty came to Newfoundland in 1968 and, after working in, or advocating for, various libraries in the province, retired from the Queen Elizabeth II Library (MUN) in 2001. She is presently enjoying researching and writing local history.
4:00-4:30 Reception
Post-Conference Dinner 5:30
Tuesday April 30th, 2019 5:30pm
Merlo’s Inferno
193 Kenmount Road
(Attendees will order and pay individually at restaurant)
NLPL Budget Request
The Newfoundland and Labrador Library Association (NLLA) is pleased that the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador is invested in the Newfoundland and Labrador Public Libraries (NLPL), something exemplified by the spending of almost $250,000 on an organizational and service review of the NLPL as a whole by an external source in 2016.
The recommendations from the EY report have been encapsulated in the Future State Plan, and now the government must truly show they are invested in our provincial libraries by increasing the budget by $1.7 million, bringing the total budget to just under $13 million.
The EY Report found that, per capita, NLPL is the least well supported library system in Canada. The requests detailed in Phase One of the Future State Plan, such as increases to library hours, library materials, and programming, as well as improvements to technology, and library leadership, will be the first step in reaffirming the Government’s investment in Public Libraries in this province.
Please see links for correspondence with the Minister of Education Early Childhood Development;
NLLA letter to the Minister of Education Early Childhood Development
Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development response letter to NLLA
Posted on March 28, 2019 by NLLA
SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES are available please contact Catherine Lawton (Catherine.Lawton@mi.mun.ca) or Donna Inkpen (dinkpen@mun.ca) for details.
Keynote Speaker – Beth Maddigan
We are proud to announce that Beth Maddigan will be a keynote speaker at this years conference.
Keep up to date as the planning continues:
For the NLLA 50th anniversary conference, we are seeking proposals, the deadline date is March 18th, 2019. Extended until March 29th!
CALL FOR BURSARY APPLICATIONS
The NLLA is pleased to announce the 3rd year for the Conference Bursary for the 50th Anniversary Conference. The bursary will be open to all members of the NLLA currently residing in Newfoundland and Labrador. The bursary can be used for travel expenses and/or accommodation. Funds will be awarded on an as needed basis.
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2019 NLLA Conference Bursary – Time is running out get your applications in soon!
2019 NLLA Conference Bursary Guidelines
The Newfoundland & Labrador Library Association’s 50th Anniversary Conference will take place over two days, on Monday, April 29th and Tuesday, April 30th, 2019. This year, our theme is:
50 years of Celebrating Libraries
Bursary Guidelines
Deadline for Application will be Friday April 12, 2019
Funds can be collected at the 2019 NLLA Conference. If you are unable to attend the conference, the bursary will be forfeited. Please note, due to limited funds, if the number of applicants exceeds the funds available for bursaries, bursaries will be awarded to as many applicants as possible. Not all costs may be covered and will be reviewed on a case-by-case situation.
You must be a member by the time you apply
What the funding will cover
The cost of two-way travel from hometown to St. John’s
Accommodation associated with conference attendance in St. John’s
What do I need to provide
Accommodation invoice/receipt
Receipt(s) can be submitted after the conference. In some cases, it may not be possible for recipients to get accommodation receipts until they checkout. Additionally, travel receipts may not be issued until a return trip is completed. Bursary funds will not be issued until receipts are received.
How to estimate travel expenses
Driving – Gas is charged at $0.35/km
Bus – DRL Price Calculator
Air – Air Canada, WestJet or Pal
To qualify, members must be:
Employed in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador in a library/archive/museum related field and have worked in that field for at least one year
Must have prior authorization to attend or take part in the conference from your supervisor/employer
You can become a member when submitting the application by also submitting the membership application and fees.
The reviewing of applications and awarding of the bursary will be made by the Bursary Planning Committee, comprised of members of the conference planning committee and chaired by the Vice President of NLLA.
Bursary Application
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Brownber Hall was lovely and we were sent on our way by Peter and Amanda. The weather was dull and we were expecting drizzle and low cloud.
We hadn’t gone more than a mile before we were entranced by the gorge known as Smardale. Lush green banks enclose a footbridge over a small river which winds away past the shelved sides of ancient quarrying towards a viaduct which completes the scene.
The viaduct completes the scene in this picturesque gorge
One of the real joys of this walk through the English landscape is how a single turn in the path can offer up something completely different: an entirely new scene. Smardale is like that and it was easy to understand as we dropped down to the bridge why the combination of trees, water and a shallow, sheltered gorge offered our ancestors everything they could need.
Smardale Bridge
This area has many unexplained mounds and barrows and dips with names that belong to legend: pillow mounds: giants graves: the several settlement: and even – Robin Hoods Grave . Wainwright remarks that at ground level there’s little to see ‘at least to inexpert eyes: indeed, a man with other matters on his mind could walk across the severals site without noticing any features out of the ordinary’.
The walk is excellent, amongst limestone outcrops with a fine view ahead of the River Eden to Nine Standards Rigg and the high skyline of the Pennines.
We stopped at the next landmark, Kirkby Stephen, for coffee but hastened on over Franks Bridge. The bridge is a 17th century corpse lane bridge and there are stones at the far end where the coffins could be rested on their way from Hartley or Winton. It is said to be named after Francis Birbeck, a brewer.
Franks bridge in Kirkby Stephen over the River Eden
As we crossed the river we came across a signpost that verified our position at 82 miles from St Bees. By the time we had finished our walk at Keld we would be half way across the country.
The River Eden and almost half way on the Coast to Coast
This area – formerly Westmorland, though officially subsumed into Cumbria, had the feeling of a holding pen before we were unleashed into our next exciting area of wilderness. As we left Kirkby Stephen we could see the Pennines rising in a huge barrier ahead.
This is the boundary between Cumbria and North Yorkshire and the crossing of the watershed.
We went through the village of Hartley and climbed steadily out into the pen moorland of Hartley Fell.
Hartley Fell with the Nine Standards Rigg just visible on the horizon
It was a long drag up and Archie and I were grateful for a rest on a handy sofa.
Stone sofa on the way up to Nine Standards Rigg
Nine Riggs Standard is at the summit of Hartley Fell. The name is derived from a group of standing stones or cairns, the Nine Standards, located near the summit.
The Nine Standards themselves, some of which were originally more than four metres high, are just to the north of the fell’s summit at a height of 662m. Their original purpose is uncertain but one possibility is that they marked the boundary between Westmorland and Swaledale. Another theory is that they were constructed by the Roman Army to look like troops from a distance!
I was certainly a memorable place for us. We were lucky that the weather had improved and we had great visibility We could see a the High Street Range in the Lake District to the West where we had come from and could just make out the profile of the North Yorkshire Moors in the far distance to the East.
At the summit of Nine Standards Rigg a trig point marks the watershed divide across England. From this point rivers flow West to the Irish Sea and East to the North Sea.
Trig point marking the watershed with Nine Standards Rigg in the background
The watershed is a very wet, boggy place and the path is very badly eroded. It took a while to yomp our way across the boggy moor and reach firmer land on our descent towards Swaledale.
Whitsundale Beck gradually gained shape and yes – it was flowing to the East. The path improved as we arrived at the small hamlet of Raven Seat.
We were now in the Yorkshire Dales National park.
The Yorkshire Dales National park
Pleasant walking through walled pastures follows with gates and barns. The beck is always impressive with a fine waterfall being followed by a deep ravine.
Deep ravine in Whitsundale
The path comes down to meet the River Swale at the B6270.
The River Swale
We followed the road into Keld but stopped on the way to view Wain Wath Force – one of many impressive cascades in Upper Swaledale.
Wain Wath Force
Keld is a cluster of stone buildings haphazardly arranged on the banks of the River Swale. Little has changed here. This is the end of Swaledale – beyond this are the wild moors of the watershed.
More importantly – Keld is half way, and Keld Lodge had a bed, food and drink for the three of us.
Half Way house
30km with 827m of elevation.
The GPX file for the route that we followed is here.
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By Courtney Rae Kasper On May 18, 2016
This summer, English rockers the Temperance Movement will debut the sophomore album, White Bear, followed by a headlining tour.
The five-member outfit kick off the July run at the Ride Festival in Telluride, Colorado, and are scheduled to make stops at Lost Horizon in Syracuse, Mercury Lounge in New York City and Underground Arts in Philadelphia before the tour closes in Detroit. And on May 15, the group exclusively premiered the video for the record’s title track via Loudwire.
The three-minute video was the creation of noted photographer and director Steven Sebring, who used his signature “revolution system” camera techniques to produce a stunning visual manipulation of time and light. Sebring also created the album’s cover image “of a girl and a bear, interlaid and overlapping in magical realism” inspired by Fyodor Dostoevsky’s essay, Winter Notes on Summer Impressions.
The rising rock band that includes vocalist Phil Campbell, bassist Nick Fyffe, drummer Damon Wilson and guitarists Paul Sayer and Matt White. Although bearing the same name as the prohibitionist social movement of the 1900s, the Temperance Movement is not straightedge when it comes to gritty rock and roll. They have opened for heavyweight acts like the Rolling Stones, and this summer, the group shares the Ride Festival bill with Pearl Jam and Cage the Elephant, among others.
White Bear officially drops July 15 via Fantasy Records, but is available for pre-order now via iTunes and Amazon. If you want to see them live, scan the dates here or below to see if the Temperance Movement is coming to a venue near you.
The Temperance Movement summer 2016 tour:
7/9-10 – Ride Festival – Telluride, CO
7/12 – Marquis Theatre – Denver, CO
7/14 – Bottom Lounge – Chicago, IL
7/15 – Limelight – Peoria, IL
7/16 – The Stache at Intersection – Grand Rapids, MI
7/18 – Lost Horizon – Syracuse, NY
7/19 – Mercury Lounge – New York, NY
7/20 – Underground Arts – Philadelphia, PA
7/22 – A&R Music Bar – Columbus, OH
7/23 – The Shelter at Saint Andrews Hall – Detroit, MI
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Serotonergic modulation of synapses in the developing gerbil lateral superior olive
Kent K. Fitzgerald, Dan Sanes
Neural Science
The lateral superior olive (LSO) is a primary site of binaural convergence that responds selectively to changes in interaural level difference (ILD) by integrating ipsilateral excitatory and contralateral inhibitory inputs. The circuit matures during the first three postnatal weeks, undergoing several structural and functional changes that are influenced by afferent activity. Therefore modulation of synaptic activity by neuromodulators may participate in the maturation of this circuit. The present study describes robust effects of serotonin (5-HT) on LSO synaptic function. Using whole cell voltage-clamp recording from gerbil LSO neurons (postnatal days 6-13) in an in vitro slice preparation, we have identified several distinct forms of serotonergic modulation of spontaneous and evoked synaptic transmission. First, 1-2 min application of 5-HT (100 μM) activated prolonged bursts of spontaneous inhibitory postsynaptic currents (IPSCs). However, there was an age-dependent decline, such that this effect rarely was observed beyond postnatal day 8.5-HT apparently increased the excitability of inhibitory afferents, because 5-HT-induced IPSCs were blocked by tetrodotoxin. A second effect of 5-HT was to depress rapidly and profoundly the amplitude of electrically evoked excitatory postsynaptic currents (EPSCs). In contrast, 5-HT also depressed evoked IPSCs but to a significantly lesser degree. The receptor subtypes mediating these effects were examined using specific 5-HT agonists and antagonists. A 5-HT1 agonist, 5- carboxamidotryptamine, produced EPSC depression but did not induce spontaneous IPSCs. A 5-HT2 agonist, α-Me-5-HT, reproduced all the observed effects of 5-HT (PSC depression as well as induction of spontaneous IPSCs), whereas a 5-HT2 antagonist, ketanserin, blocked the induction of spontaneous IPSCs. Therefore induction of spontaneous IPSCs is mediated by 5-HT2 receptors, whereas both 5-HT1 and 5-HT2 receptor types contribute to PSC depression. Serotonergic modulation of LSO synapses may have consequences for both developmental plasticity and auditory function. Serotonergic induction of IPSCs was observed primarily in young animals and thus may represent a mechanism for amplifying the activity of inhibitory synapses in LSO during a period of use-dependent plasticity in postnatal development. PSC depression, which preferentially affects excitation, is a potential mechanism for modulation of ILD tuning.
Journal of Neurophysiology
Inhibitory Postsynaptic Potentials
Gerbillinae
Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials
Serotonin 5-HT1 Receptors
Serotonin 5-HT2 Receptor Agonists
Serotonin 5-HT2 Receptor Antagonists
Serotonin Receptor Agonists
Ketanserin
Serotonin Antagonists
Superior Olivary Complex
Fitzgerald, K. K., & Sanes, D. (1999). Serotonergic modulation of synapses in the developing gerbil lateral superior olive. Journal of Neurophysiology, 81(6), 2743-2752.
Serotonergic modulation of synapses in the developing gerbil lateral superior olive. / Fitzgerald, Kent K.; Sanes, Dan.
In: Journal of Neurophysiology, Vol. 81, No. 6, 1999, p. 2743-2752.
Fitzgerald, KK & Sanes, D 1999, 'Serotonergic modulation of synapses in the developing gerbil lateral superior olive', Journal of Neurophysiology, vol. 81, no. 6, pp. 2743-2752.
Fitzgerald KK, Sanes D. Serotonergic modulation of synapses in the developing gerbil lateral superior olive. Journal of Neurophysiology. 1999;81(6):2743-2752.
Fitzgerald, Kent K. ; Sanes, Dan. / Serotonergic modulation of synapses in the developing gerbil lateral superior olive. In: Journal of Neurophysiology. 1999 ; Vol. 81, No. 6. pp. 2743-2752.
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Solo Exhibition: ”Accra My Love” (Bernard A. Zuckerman Museum of Art at Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA)
Lyle Harris (Other)
Art and Art Professions
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Hottest 23 July ever measured; even hotter day ahead
By Janene Pieters on July 24, 2019 - 07:45
Dog drinking water from a bottlePhoto: Chalabala/DepositPhotos
Tuesday was officially the hottest July 23rd ever measured in the Netherlands. The thermometer in De Bilt climbed to 31.6 degrees at 5:50 p.m., breaking the previous record from 2013 with 0.1 degree Celsius, Weerplaza reports. Wednesday will be even hotter. Temperatures will climb to 30 degrees across the country by 11:00 a.m. Limburg may even see maximums up to 39 degrees.
De Bilt is not the hottest place in the Netherlands, but is traditionally used as the thermometer for weather in the country. Meteorological institute KNMI is located there. The highest temperature measured on Tuesday was 34.6 degrees in Eindhoven. The highest temperature ever measured in the Netherlands on July 23rd was 35 degrees in Maastricht in 1911.
After a hot night, the Netherlands has another hot day with a good chance of breaking weather records ahead of it. By 11:00 a.m. thermometers across the country will read between 28 and 32 degrees, with the hottest part of the day still to come. Maximums will range between 32 degrees on the Wadden to 38 degrees in the south, with some places in Limburg maybe reaching 39 degrees, according to Weerplaza.
The hottest July 24th ever measured was in 1994, when a maximum of 34.1 degrees was measured in De Bilt. On that date thermometers climbed to 35.5 degrees in Gilze-Rijen, near Tilburg.
Meteorological institute KNMI issued a code orange warning for extreme heat for the entire country except the Wadden area, where a code yellow warning is in place. The warning will remain in effect until at least Friday. "There is persistent heat with little cooling during the nights", the meteorological institute warns. "Pay extra care and attention to vulnerable people in your area. Take measures: stay hydrated. Keep yourself and your home cool. Limit physical exertion. Take water with you when you travel."
Public health institute RIVM implemented the National Heat Plan - a warning for everyone to be aware of the risks posed by persistent heat. It is also a call for people to look after each other, especially vulnerable groups like the elderly, babies and toddlers, people with chronic diseases, overweight people, and people in social isolation. Be alert to overheating, sunstroke and dehydration. Symptoms include fatigue, concentration problems, lightheadedness or dizziness, and headaches.
ProRail, NS and public works department Rijkswaterstaat took a number of measures to make sure traffic flows as smoothly as possible during this streak of hot weather. This includes deploying extra personnel to deal with breakdowns quickly. All three institutes call on travelers to take drinking water with them when they take the car or train.
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UNILORIN trains 150 students on emergency response to trauma patients
fatima mohammed
Faculty of Clinical Sciences, University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) trained 150 undergraduate students of the institution on best way
to render first aid treatment to trauma patients in emergency situations.
The training, which took place on Monday at the university was tagged “First Responder Basic Trauma Training”, aimed at building a pool of first respondents to injury situation.
Also, Ensure sustainability of LASU , VC urges staffs, students.
The Principal Coordinator of the training, Dr Abdulrasheed Nasir, disclosed that the training was majorly aimed at raising competent individuals who would be equipped with the capacity of addressing immediate health challenges.
He said that the training was the first of its kind at the university and was also designed to facilitate good swift victim response in case of emergency.
Nasir added that the students would gain knowledge, first aid kits and certified identity cards to allow them to offer first aid services to those who might need such.
The Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Sulyman Abdulkareem, who declared the course open, thanked the facilitators of the training, which, he pointed out
was good opportunity for the students.
The vice-chancellor, who was represented by Dr Alex Akanmu, the Sub-Dean of Student Affairs, expressed the hope that with consistent production of those who
have the skills to rescue others from emergency health challenges, the society would be safer as more people would become their brother’s keepers.
The Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research, Technology and Innovations), Prof. Mikhail Buhari, said that the trainees should regard themselves as lucky and advised
them to take the training serious.
Buhari advised the students to practice the training as much as possible in their homes or hostels and congratulated them for being chosen.
The training was witnessed by the Dean, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, UNILORIN, Prof. Ibraheem Katibi; the Director of Health Services of the university,
Dr Rasheed Odunola; and members of the Red Cross Society, among others.
Edited by: Hadiza Mohammed-Aliyu
Related Topics:Abdulrasheed NasirAlex AkanmuIbraheem KatibiMikhail BuhariRasheed OdunolaSulyman AbdulkareemUnilorin
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Yes, Blizzard Is Still Working on Diablo Immortal
Alive and well in Hell.
byMatthew Adler
Posted Nov. 2, 2019, 1:33 a.m.
Last year's BlizzCon 2018 was met with fan outrage over the announcement of Diablo Immortal, a mobile iteration of the popular Action RPG franchise that was announced when fans wished for a proper mainline entry.
Thankfully, with today's Diablo 4 announcement, fans can finally rest easy. That does not mean, however, that Diablo Immortal has been cancelled.
In a blog post published earlier today, Blizzard gave fans an update on the status of the mobile Diablo, making it clear that it wants "it to include all the things you know and love about Diablo: multitudes of monsters to slay, troves of loot to collect and customize, and powerful classes to play with friends or on your own."
Diablo Immortal takes place between the events of Diablo II and Diablo III. According to the post, "as Sanctuary recovers from the aftermath of Baal’s invasion and the destruction of Mount Arreat, powerful malevolent forces seek the remains of the Worldstone for their diabolical desires."
Blizzard also announced six classes will be playable: Barbarian, Crusader, Monk, Necromancer, Wizard, and Demon Hunter - the latter of which is playable for the first time at BlizzCon 2019.
Ultimate Abilities have also been added and function as follows: "all classes gain charge for their chosen Ultimate by using basic attacks. Once this charge has been built up, players can choose to augment their basic attack for a short time in a face-meltingly powerful display of strength, guile, or raw magical potential."
Blizzard also teased what they are calling "the first batch of skill-altering Legendary items" which include "turn[ing] your Scorch’s burning fireball into an icy Frozen Orb, chang[ing] up how Exploding Palm targets foes and dishes out damage, or transform[ing] deadly arrows into grenades when using Strafe."
One of the biggest concerns over the game being released on mobile is microtransactions. When asked about whether or not they will be included, Blizzard responded, "We’re focused on building a great Diablo game first. That said, we know the business model is top of mind for lots of people out there and we’re taking the time to get it right. It’s too early to share details, but we want to make a Diablo game players love and to support it for years to come. We plan to achieve that by creating an ecosystem that accounts for and welcomes every type of player—from our most die-hard Diablo veterans to those who’ll be exploring Sanctuary for the first time."
Blizzard plans to support Diablo Immortal after launch with a variety of events and content updates that include balance changes, new areas to explore, bosses, dungeons, an expanded loot pool, new story content, and new classes.
There is no official release date as of this time, but Blizzard stated it will be sharing more information on Diablo Immortal next year. Stay tuned to IGN and we'll be sure to update you once it becomes available.
Curious to see what else was announced at BlizzCon 2019? Here's everything that Blizzard announced during its press conference, including Diablo 4, Overwatch 2, Hearthstone updates, and a new World of Warcraft expansion.
Matthew Adler is a Freelance Journalist who is very excited for Diablo 4, and really hopes that Diablo Immortal doesn't end up being hot trash. You can follow him on Twitter @matthewadler and watch him on Twitch.
Release Date: Jan. 1, 1997
Platforms: Pc, Macintosh, ps
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Star Trek: Picard - How Seven of Nine and Hugh the Borg Fit in to the Show - Comic Con 2019
As Jeri Ryan and Jonathan Del Arco join the CBS All Access series, we take a look at their characters’ histories and how they make perfect sense for the show.
byScott Collura
Posted July 24, 2019, 9:25 p.m.
CBS All Access dropped a photon torpedo bombshell at San Diego Comic-Con with the announcement that the Borg characters Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan) and Hugh (Jonathan Del Arco) will be appearing on the upcoming series Star Trek: Picard. The series, which of course features the return of Sir Patrick Stewart in the title role (and will also bring back Brent Spiner as -- apparently -- Data, Jonathan Frakes as Riker and Marina Sirtis as Troi), will obviously play into Jean-Luc Picard’s own dark history with that feared cyborg race.
It’s a surprising development because the casting of Ryan is the first major crossover between The Next Generation cast and Star Trek: Voyager (although the Next Gen films did feature a couple of cameos with characters from its sister show). So let’s look at the history of Hugh, Seven of Nine and Picard as well and consider how their paths could be converging in Star Trek: Picard.
Hugh the Borg
Hugh was a Borg drone who first appeared in the Next Generation episode “I Borg.” After the very successful 1990 two-parter “The Best of Both Worlds,” which saw Captain Picard being turned into the Borg known as Locutus, the writers of Next Gen struggled to find a way to return to the threating race of cyborg boogeymen. As series writer-producer Ron Moore put it, “We keep saying they're unstoppable and if we keep stopping them it undercuts how unstoppable they truly are."
So rather than depict another giant space battle where the galaxy as we know it as at stake, “I Borg,” which aired two years after “The Best of Both Worlds,” told the story of how the Enterprise crew happened upon a crashed Borg shuttle. There is one survivor, a young Borg that calls itself Third of Five and who Dr. Crusher insists must be taken to the Enterprise so that they can treat its wounds and save its life. As the Borg recuperates, Picard and his crew develop an ingenious plan: They will implant a logic bomb computer program in the Borg’s mind which it will then relay to the other Borg when it returns to its fellows, causing a cascading failure that could in theory take down the entire race without ever having to fire a single Starfleet phaser.
Hugh (Jonathan Del Arco)
The only problem is that, while working with Third of Five, Crusher and Chief Engineer Geordi La Forge begin to see the Borg’s personality and individuality emerge now that it’s cut off from the Collective. Soon they even give him a name, Hugh, and once Picard realizes this -- after trying to fake him out by pretending to be Locutus -- he offers him asylum. Picard cannot in good conscience return this person to the Borg. But Hugh doesn’t want to put the Enterprise in jeopardy, and so he chooses to return to the Collective where he risks becoming an automaton again. The last time we see him in the episode, he glances briefly at Geordi as he’s beaming up to the Borg Cube, an apparent sign that his individuality could remain intact.
Borg Rebellion
Ironically, Hugh’s identity and sense of self was catastrophic to the Borg when he returned. As this individuality spread among his shipmates, it broke down the hive mind structure of the Borg. The functions of Hugh’s ship were abandoned and its drones left in confusion and disorder. As a result, the larger Collective cut itself off from these stricken Borg in order to avoid the danger spreading to their entire race.
These events are explained in the Next Generation two-parter "Descent" (1993), where it turns out that Data’s “brother” Lore eventually found Hugh’s ship adrift and became the leader of the group. Acting as a sort of false prophet to the individualized drones, Lore manipulated the masses, made false promises of salvation, and promised to lead them and guide them.
Talk to Executive Editor Scott Collura on Twitter at @ScottCollura, or listen to his Star Trek podcast, Transporter Room 3. Or do both!
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PHO 123, BOS 119 Final
Rodney Hood Hilariously Slaps Phone Out Of Fan’s Hand After Being Ejected
by on Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 9:24PM
Rodney Hood had a bad night and he didn’t want it on camera.
The Utah Jazz forward was ejected after picking up his second technical foul during the third quarter of his team’s game against the Washington Wizards on Wednesday night, and then he took his frustration out on a fan who was sitting courtside.
As the Duke product was being escorted off the floor, he saw a fan recording his ejection on his phone and Hood took matters into his own hand, slapping the device out of the man’s grasp.
put rodney hood in the hall of fame literally right this instant pic.twitter.com/609CWD44fi
— Shea Serrano (@SheaSerrano) January 11, 2018
me after reading your tweets pic.twitter.com/mjuUo3xpGF
— Tim Cato (@tim_cato) January 11, 2018
We don’t care who you are, that’s funny.
While we’re sure Hood will be hearing from the NBA and likely replacing the phone after his action, this already is in the books as one of the best moments of the 2017-18 NBA season.
Thumbnail photo via Russ Isabella/USA TODAY Sports Images
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JayZ! What’s Up With Tidal?
Published On January 10, 2018 | By Tom Huskerson | News and Analysis
Tidal, JayZ’s music streaming service, is still going through some changes. Some say its going out of business. Others say it’s on solid ground and growing. It’s all about who you believe. But any way you look at it, things are happening.
The most recent announcement from Tidal is that it is launching apps for Apple and Android streaming television. Subscribers to Tidal will now be able to stream not only Tidal’s entire library of music but also video content like concerts, livestreams, and music videos directly on their TVs.
The new apps are just the latest moves by Tidal. Tidal recently added support for Apple’s CarPlay along with integration with Sonos speakers. The move is seen as a way for Tidal to reach listeners on AppleTV which doesn’t have a Spotify app.
The Tidal TV app is currently available on iTunes and Google Play.
But there is more to this story. Can Tidal even survive? Music streaming is a brutal business. JayZ knew this when he got in the game. His edge was to pay artists more for their work than other music streaming services and include them as part owners. Good idea. But is it working?
News reports are surfacing that Tidal is facing both money and subscriber growth issues. According to Norway’s Dagens Næringsliv (DN) Tidal is losing money to the tune of $44 million dollars before taxes in 2016. The report also said that Tidal is down to just six months of operating capital. Most recently Tidal picked up a nice chunk of change from Sprint who purchased a 33 percent stake for $200 million. The deal included a reported $75 million fund for exclusive content. Was that enough to keep Tidal afloat? According to JayZ’s business partner Juan Perez the money gave Tidal “sufficient working capital for the next 12-18 months.”
A spokesperson for Tidal told Endgadget, “We have experienced negative stories about Tidal since its inception and we have done nothing but grow the business each year.” The company claims it will achieve profitability in middle of this year.
But Jay-Z’s report of Tidal’s subscribers is in dispute. In September 2015, Jay-Z tweeted that Tidal had over 1 million subscribers. But DN reported internal records of payments to record labels showed that number to be closer to 350,000. Six months later JayZ claimed it had reached the 3 million subscribers. Some say the number was actually 850,000. Internally Tidal claims about 1.2 million subscribers but has kept quiet about the numbers every since.
But whatever the numbers are they lag way behind the really big boys of music streaming like Spotify which, as of July of last year, claimed more than 60 million subscribers and Apple Music with 30 million subscribers.
One final note, JayZ’s boy, Kanye West, might want to pay attention since he considering a move into music streaming. There are lessons to be learned here.
Breaking It Down.
Tidal is in trouble. JayZ has the right idea to pay artists more and offering them ownership in Tidal. But JayZ has to do two things. First he needs to get real and come clean about the subscriber situation and the money situation. Get that out there. Then he needs to take a step back and focus on building audience. He has the content and he and his wife can reach millions of people. Focus on bringing the upcoming generation to his Tidal service. Bring new artist up. I know he has the connections with the top artists in the industry. But can he find the next big star? The new names. JayZ needs to take hip-hop and pop music forward a step or two. Forget competing with Apple or Spotify. Forget whats happening now. Work on what going to happen next. Someone found JayZ on a street corner in New York. He needs to go back to that same corner and see who took his place. Focus on a smaller segment of the market. Become a more exclusive service for the new generations. Bring in new names and subscribers will come running. Tidal is small. Stay that way until you get big.
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Tom Huskerson Tom Huskerson Bio Born in Richmond Virginia Tom Huskerson is a military veteran who settled in California after his discharge. Tom attended Santa Barbara City College where he began his writing career as a campus reporter. He worked as an intern news reporter for the Santa Barbara News-Press writing feature stories before moving on to San Francisco. At San Francisco State University Tom studied broadcast communications and began to focus on the Internet. He completed his graduate thesis on Internet advertising. Tom was the first student to ever focus on the Internet as a graduate student at San Francisco State University. After graduation he went to work for Zona Research in California’s Silicone Valley. As a research associate Tom supported senior analyst writing on the latest developments in the Internet industry. During the dot com boom Tom worked for several web businesses as a market researcher and analyst. As a writer and researcher Tom has authored various technical works including a training program for Charles Schwab security. Other projects included professional presentations on workplace violence and hiring security contractors. Tom has also written both fiction and non-fiction works and blogging for a travel website. He has published two books of short stories and completed two novels. Tom is the owner of Scribe of Life Literature and EbonyCandle.com. Tom is not the chief editor for the OnTechStreet. com. A news and information blog that focuses on tech news for African-Americans. The blog is the result of his desire to inform the African American community of the dangers and benefits of the cyber age. In his blog Tom reports on information security, new and analysis, scams and hoaxes, legal happenings and various topics that arise from the age of information. Tom believes that technology is a necessary tool for black people and they should know what is happening. Tom writes believing that techno speak is for the professional and that valuable information can be communicated using plain language. As a result he has embraced the motto, Less Tech, More Knowledge.
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Animal 24:7 - Series 6 - Episode 13
Series following people dedicated to rescuing Britain's wildlife and pets. Presenter Tom Heap is on the trail of the whale lost in the city of Glasgow. RSPCA Inspector Clare Ponsford cracks down on animals being kept on high rise balconies and the cute kittens dumped in a cardboard box.
2010-03-31 09:15:00 - 2010-03-31 10:00:00 on BBC One West, BBC One Northern Ireland, BBC One Scotland, BBC One East Yorkshire, BBC One Channel Islands, BBC One Cambridge, BBC One South East, BBC One Oxford, BBC One Yorkshire, BBC One North East, BBC One North West, BBC One East, BBC One East Midlands, BBC One West Midlands, BBC One London, BBC One South, BBC One South West, BBC One Wales,
Presenter Tom Heap
Producer Julie Beanland
Executive Producer Jess Fowle
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Long Lost Hot Hatches - Fiat Tipo Sedicivalvole
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Ask anyone to name a hot Italian hatchback and they'll probably say Lancia Delta Integrale. The Tipo Sedicivalvole shares much with the legendary Lancia. Not the turbo and 4 wheel drive sadly but much of the platform plus a 2.0 litre version of the Lampredi Twin Cam. But what does Sedicivalvole mean? Only the most important thing in late eighties/early nineties hot hatch badging; sixteen valves.
The Tipo had been around since late 1988 and was a big step on from its predecessor the Strada/Ritmo, even if it did share the same basic platform (as did the Delta). The boxy styling gave exceptional room inside, it was 70% galvanised to stop the rust bunnies and even won European car of the year in 1989. Sadly what the car was lacking was a proper Golf GTI rival. Fiat produced a lukewarm 110bhp 1.8 litre 8 valve from 1989 and a warmer 1.8 16v with 138bhp from 1991, unfortunately the Tipo was a bit tubby.
Although we don't think of 1180 kilos (2601 lbs) as heavy for a modern car, back in the early 90's it was positively obese for a smallish hatch. Fiat had no choice but to drop in the 2.0 litre 16 valve lump from Lancia, upping power to 148bhp and reducing 0-60 to 8.4 seconds. As with all the best Italian engines, it looked pretty damn good too. Thanks to a slippery drag co-efficient of 0.31 top speed was 128mph, more than the Golf 16v. Handling was improved with 15" alloy wheels and uprated suspension, braking was dealt with by all round discs that were vented up front.
To distinguish it from the cooking models, the Sedicivalvole got more aggressive bumpers with a red pin stripe, side skirts, a more open grille and body coloured mirrors. Inside you avoided the questionable digital dash of some models, gaining a smattering of analogue dials instead along with a leather Momo steering wheel and the option of Recaro seats. According to the wonderfully 90's dealer information video, there was a strong eco push too, the car receiving a 3 way catalytic converter that allowed it to comply with the 1983 American clean air act. Wow.
So it was roomy, pretty well equipped, didn't rust and was reasonably fast. So why has it been forgotten? For a start it looked a bit too much like the smaller Uno, for seconds the Italians still had a bit of a reputation when it came to reliability and for thirds it just wasn't exciting enough. Still, if you do fancy one the above car is currently on sale for just £1450 here in the UK. Even though the white makes it look a bit like a refrigerator with windows, I am strangely drawn to it. With 126,000 miles on it, I fear it could only end one way, expensively.
From AJTaylor's blog The Wastegate.
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Why Gertrude’s and Not Alice’s? And Who Ate the Brownies?
By Moira Hodgson • 10/20/97 12:00am
“The world was full of evolution … with music as a background for emotion and a great deal of eating as an excitement.” Reading this quote, which is printed on the menu of Gertrude’s, you would probably think the author was Frank McCourt, rather than Gertrude Stein, whose prose typically runs more to sentences that seem to go round and round, heavy on gerunds if not adjectives. The reason for naming this new Upper East Side restaurant Gertrude’s is somewhat obscure. Why not just as well name it after her companion Alice B. Toklas, who, after all, did the cooking during the almost 40 years they were together, and even wrote a book on the subject?
To enter the restaurant, which is in a pretty town house just off Madison Avenue, you walk down a few steps into a rather cramped, wood-paneled room which has banquettes and, on warm evenings, a couple of tables outside in the pocket courtyard. On a recent night, the room was packed with businessmen, trophy wives (“and dumped trophy wives,” as a friend put it), models and their dates, many of whom were having cocktails around the small bar. I tried to imagine Gertrude, in her sandals and rough-hewn clothes, her face like a Roman emperor, tugging the mustachioed Alice behind her, making a sweep through this crowd.
Tucked away in the back on the ground floor is an unexpectedly large, comfortable room with a skylight and a carved stone fireplace, oriental carpets, sofas and tables set far apart. A little too much of the interior decorator is in evidence to make this the setting for a Gertrude Stein salon, however, and she would have blanched at the art-by-the-yard hanging on the tasteful olive green walls, which includes a couple of etchings made from photographs of her and Alice. (One of the couple in Provence is on the cover of the menu.)
Upstairs there is another, smaller dining room with walls covered with green chinoiserie and more paintings, hung at discreet distances from each other, not all together like hers were: floor to ceiling, Matisse on Picasso on Derain on Juan Gris.
“This place feels so very 50’s,” commented a friend who came to Gertrude’s with me for lunch one day, as we listened to the crooning “I Love Paris in the Springtime” music that was being piped into the rooms. “They even have hair spray in the bathroom.”
Gertrude’s is co-owned by Howard Stein (no relation), proprietor of the supper club Au Bar and the dance club System. The chef Laurent Manrique was formerly at Peacock Alley at the Waldorf. His cooking is contemporary French drawn from his native Gascogne and the Basque region, and it is light and often deft. I couldn’t help but wonder, though, when we were handed our menus and I noticed that the chef’s wine selection of the day was a hefty $95. Isn’t the chef’s choice supposed to be a bargain? One of the cheapest wines on the list was Jolys, which my husband ordered, in honor, he said, of Maria and Eugene Jolas, publishers of a magazine and friends of Gertrude Stein’s. It was delicious.
There is a lot about the food at Gertrude’s that I am sure the writer would have liked, starting with a rich, delicate soup of the day made from chestnuts, and a terrine of cassoulet: duck confit, beans, sausage and foie gras. Ravioli stuffed with foie gras were good, too, served in a light Parmesan broth with asparagus and wild mushrooms. This was a better choice than the lobster ravioli, which were bland (and I must admit to a prejudice in favor of lobster in its purer forms-boiled, grilled or in a salad). Fresh, snowy chunks of crab meat served with a colorful garnish of diced beets, grapefruit and mâche were delicious, however, as were the oysters, topped with caviar and nestling on a bed of greens. Too bad the tuna rillettes were just a cut above deli tuna salad, served on eggplant comfit.
As we looked through the open doors of the upstairs dining room, we could see right into a restaurant on the same level across the street. I remembered a concert I had once been to in SoHo, where, as we sat in the dark listening to a Tibetan gong recital, a young woman entered her loft across the street and turned on the lights. For the next hour, she went about her business unaware that 40 pairs of eyes were watching her every movement as she undressed and went to bed.
The main courses we tried included a wonderful rare magret of duck, and a veal chop that was a little overcooked but came with an interesting combination of caramelized fennel, grapes and chorizo. A special of hare in deep, dark red wine sauce, subtly flavored with dark chocolate, was exceptional, as was the monkfish Basque-style, with prosciutto crisps and a fricassee of mixed peppers. But at lunch one day, the black risotto was mushy and the seafood fricassee served on it simply muddied the flavors. A piece of striped bass came in a pleasantly light lemon and tomato bouillon with potatoes and zucchini, but it, too, was overcooked.
Desserts included a strange tart made with pieces of citrus fruit arranged like a fruit salad on a pastry shell with grapefruit sorbet and passion fruit sauce. Pear brioche with prune Armagnac ice cream was too sweet, and a scent of cheap perfume pervaded the fruit gazpacho, which, with the fruit cut into tiny, floating cubes, looked like a mosaic tile floor. The sorbet with it, also flavored with orange water, tasted like cologne. The warm, gooey flourless chocolate cake, de rigueur on every menu in New York these days, it seems, was very good, however.
My husband made the error one evening of ordering what was listed as a “fromage special.” He had expected a plate of assorted French cheeses, which we would all share. Instead, a mottled pinkish slab that looked as though it were made of marble was set down in front of him. He took a taste and called our waiter over for an explanation. It turned out to be Robuchon, put in the robot-coupe with figs, pine nuts and pink peppercorns. I wondered if the chef, before conceiving this dish, had been experimenting with one of Alice B. Toklas’ famous hash brownies.
Filed Under: Lifestyle, Dining Out, Gertrude Stein, Frank Mccourt, Alice B Toklas, Laurent Manrique
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Ogwen Bank
Wildlife and Gardens
From formal lawns to mystical woodland glades, a wander around our local parks and gardens is like exploring an enchanted world within a magical world.
Zip World (Penrhyn Quarry)
Next door to Ogwen Bank Holiday Park is one of the biggest attractions in the Uk, Zip World is located in the world’s largest slate quarry, Penrhyn Quarry which is now home to the fastest zip line in the world, Velocity 2, where you can fly 500m above the bright blue quarry lake. If you are looking to experience the zip wire, then why not make a long weekend of it by renting one of our weekend pods with hot tubs overlooking the stunning Ogwen River.
HOME TO OUR WORLD-FIRST SURF LAGOON.
It’s a splendid sight to behold: guaranteed waves set against a backdrop of mountains and forests, right in the heart of beautiful North Wales. Our man-made inland waves roll in beginner, intermediate and advanced zones.
Conwy Castle
Just down the road from Ogwen Park is the historic and iconic Conwy Castle. Climb to the top of one of Conwy Castle's eight towers to get a stunning view of Conwy, explore the inner and outer wards with their many rooms and explore the castle walls with their 21 towers that completely enclose Conwy town. Conwy is a delightful town, stepped in history with strong independent shops, great food, and a lively atmosphere.
19th-century fantasy castle with spectacular surroundings.
Venue Cymru
Venue Cymru is a theatre, conference centre and arena in Llandudno, Conwy county borough, North Wales. Formerly known as the Aberconwy Centre and the North Wales Theatre and Conference Centre, is now a large arts, conference and events venue. Venue Cymru has a theatre, conference centre, and arena.
Mostyn Gallery
There's more to MOSTYN than its reputation as the foremost contemporary gallery and visual arts centre in Wales.
Smallest House in Great Britain
Squeeze in and see what it would be like to live in Britain's smallest house.
The Royal Cambrian Academy of Art
Constituted in 1881 by Queen Victoria the Royal Cambrian Academy in Conwy is a centre for artistic excellence in Wales, it aims to exhibit work by members of the Academy, to promote up and coming artists of quality, to mount historical exhibitions and offer a lively venue for education.
RSPB Conwy Nature Reserve
Conwy RSPB reserve is a nature reserve of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds situated on the east side of the Conwy estuary in Conwy county borough, North Wales. It covers 47 hectares and protects a variety of habitats including grassland, scrubland, reedbeds, salt marsh and mudflats.
Bodnant Gardens
With expansive lawns and intimate corners, grand ponds and impressive terraces, a steep wooded valley and stream, as well as remarkable plant collections from all over the world, Bodnant Garden is one of Wales’ best gardens and a great place to relax and unwind
Welsh Mountain Zoo
The Welsh Mountain Zoo is also known as the National Zoo of Wales, the oldest and most established Zoo in Wales having been born as a small family run business in 1963.
Llandudno is shopping offers the perfect blend of modern malls and speciality shopping
Beaumaris is a captivating seaside town, with its mix of medieval, Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian architecture.
Providero Coffee Shop
Based in Llandudno is the other North Wales coffee shop to be honoured with a place in the latest Indy Coffee Guide.
Osborne House
Osborne House in Llandudno is a boutique hotel, all lavish drapes and flouncy frills, has a lively bar for drinks with a sense of timeless elegance.
Ye Olde Bull's Head, Beaumaris
The Bull is located on the south east coast of Anglesey in the heart of the pretty town of Beaumaris. A seaside town rich in history, Beaumaris is a place to relax and indulge in the breathtaking views over the Menai Strait and Snowdonia mountain range.
Aber Falls Distillery Visitor Centre
Aber Falls Distillery have a premium range of small batch, handcrafted gins and liqueurs. Our Visitor Centre is open for tours of the distillery and your chance to experience the skill and passion that goes into Aber Falls spirits.
Bragdy Conwy Brewery, Llysfaen, Conwy
The first Brewery in Conwy for over 100 years.
Cwrw Cader Ales, Dolgellau, Gwynedd
First established in 2012, the brewery has grown, although it is still considered a micro-brewery.
Gwinllan Conwy Vineyard, Conwy
Gwinllan Conwy was founded by wine enthusiasts Colin and Charlotte Bennett. They work together with Vineyard Manager Sarah Stewart, also assisted by their girls Tillie and Hattie at harvest time. Gwinllan Conwy invite you to join them for a unique vineyard experience, in a beautiful part of North Wales.
Porth Eirias
The chef Bryn Williams is chiefly known - outside Wales, at least - for cooking the Queen’s 80th birthday dinner, and as chef-proprietor of the much-lauded Odette's in London
Halen Môn
Halen Môn is now one of the world's top salts, and its behind-the-scenes story is well told at their visitor centre.
Boathouse Climbing Wall
A new indoor climbing facility serving the North Wales area, we offer a welcoming space for both the local community and visiting holidaymakers. The Boathouse Climbing Centre is located in the Old Lifeboat Station in Llandudno
Zip World Quarry Karts
Gear up for a gravity-fuelled adventure with Quarry Karts! Take on the UK’s ONLY mountain cart experience as you fly down the Penrhyn Quarry mountains, alongside the world’s fastest zip line!
Ogwen Bank Caravan & Lodge Holiday Park
Ogwen Bank Caravan and Lodge Park , Snowdonia , Gwynedd, UK, LL57 3LQ
info@ogwenbank.co.uk
Reservations: 01248 600 486
Book a tour of Ogwen Bank
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Nazism Essay Examples
The Major Cause of the Second World War and the Rise of Nazism - History - Essay
3240 words - 13 pages 1 Jennifer Gu Craig Chubb Social Studies 24 October 2018 The Major Cause of the Second World War and the Rise of Nazism There is no doubt World War One drastically changed the world. This catastrophic event punctured Europe, leaving it devastated like never seen before. After indescribable suffering and millions dead, the world would never wish to have such a horrendous incident again, creating a peace treaty with reparations against Germany. The Versailles Treaty had saddled Germany with tremendous payments of war restitution, leaving her strung in economic chaos, stripped of its territory, caused widespread humiliation, and drove the then ineffective Weimar Republic out of power weakening VIEW DOCUMENT
nattional Socialist revolution 1933-1939 impact German social and cultural life - Modern History - Esay
1637 words - 7 pages regime of Nazism had a significant effect on women as they were now believed to be weaker and inferior.[footnoteRef:1] Despite this view, women were important to Hitler’s Volksgemeinschaft because they insured the growth of the population especially in preparation for war. The role of the women in Nazi Germany was the role of motherhood. As once said my Goebbels “The mission of women is to be beautiful and to bring children into the world”[footnoteRef:2]. The Nazi attitude towards women was seen in the slogan, ‘Kinder, Kuche, Kirche[footnoteRef:3]’ which translates to Children, Kitchen, Church. To encourage woman to have more children, Hitler made birth grants higher so that women would be VIEW DOCUMENT
How is the holocaust relevant today - History - essay
873 words - 4 pages communities today. It is something that concerns the very cores of Jews. The Holocaust affects all those who were born either before, after, or during the event. The post-Holocaust birth of a Jew, whether he or she is conscious of it or not, is a statement against Nazism. The Nazis wanted to destroy the Jewish people, but Jews exist. Their very existence is a statement of a fight against Nazism, and a victory, if you like, over Nazism. Therefore, all these things impact on how Jews see themselves. The Holocaust not only affected all the survivors and harmless people that died but the Holocaust has impacted our views amongst society. While the Holocaust is far more likely to now be a staple of history VIEW DOCUMENT
Triumph of the Will: A Nazi Propagnada Artisitic Documentary - Year 11 - Info
1208 words - 5 pages shows her significance within Film Culture as was able to prove herself in a male dominated world and industry in a time when women in Germany were expected to conform to the stereotype of a wife and mother. Leni Riefenstahl proves herself to be significant to film culture as it was Triumph of the Will which influenced various other nations to create anti-Nazi propaganda such as Britain’s The Curse of the Swastika. This shows her significance to the film industry as, through the stylised imagery within Triumph which glorified Nazism, she was able to inflict fear into the heart of an elite superpower which in turn caused them to distribute anti-Nazi propaganda. Triumph of the Will is a surging VIEW DOCUMENT
Comminism In Eastern Europe Essay
475 words - 2 pages The 8th of May 1945 is an important date.Not only that is the day when the Second World War ended, but also it is the day in which Europe was divided in two zones.What determined this division was the communist doctrine.The US and the USSR were the two big nations, which 'saved' the world from the catastrophe of Nazism; also, they were the only countries, which were still 'active' after the world ended. This is why the two of them were elected as 'patrons' of the new Europe.Britain was as well the winner of the war, being in alliance with both America and Russia, however its loyalty to the US led to its subordination.Soon after the end of the 'total war' then, Europe was split into 2 areas VIEW DOCUMENT
The Message Of Non-Violence In Lest Innocent Blood Be Shed By Philip Hallie
606 words - 3 pages forces like Nazism" (83). Their faith taught them an all-inclusive respect for humanity that was the true root of the conscientious objector position. Because"...Jesus himself had refused to do violence to mankind, refused to harm the enemies of his precious existence as a human being," (34) the Chambonnais, in turn, became friends of the weak and the poor people of the earth. They believed human life was too precious to justify the killing that had produced the communist victory over France" (34).The major challenge of Trocme's message of non-violent resistance was how to practice it in Nazi-dominated France. Trocme's sermons did not provide "neat blueprints for nonviolent practice in the war; the only the message to look for within them was to move against destructiveness (85). These "moves" included resisting raising the flag in obedience to Petain in both schools (91) and Amelie's instructed refusal to ring the bell for the Anniversary of the National Revolution (97). VIEW DOCUMENT
an essay about a literature piece "Written in Stone" - University of Texas Literature - Essay
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Assess the impact of ideology of Nazi Foreign policy up to 1939 - Scots 12 - Essay
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An Examination Of How Naivety Is Created To Convey Innocence And Explore Complex Issues In The Boy And In Striped Pyjamas
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konrad adenauer : life and his commitment to eu - canterbury uni - speech
1067 words - 5 pages this as a way for Protestant and Roman Catholic Germans to unify and stand against Nazism and promote Christian values in government. After the war, he once again became Mayor of Cologne, which had been heavily bombed. Being the leader after the second world war would have been a huge task for anyone. Germany was in a worse state than any other country given its small size and being bombarded from all surrounding countries. It was literally in ruins. There was lots of starvation, unemployment issues and all the infrastructure was ruined. In 1949, at age 73, he was elected the first Chancellor of West Germany. His main aim was to make sure that West Germany transitioned to a soverign, democratic VIEW DOCUMENT
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What Are The Main Moral Quandaries In Relation To Moral Relativism? Especially Given Increasing Globalisation, Is Moral Relativism A Suitable Solution To Moral Conflicts Between Cultures?
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Polymer Mechanichemistry
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608 words - 3 pages Using Crucible Quotations WellIn the essay you will be expected to back up your points with references to the text of the play. Some of these will be general, for example:Proctor's initial reluctance to go to Salem confirms for Elizabeth, and the audience, his ongoing attachment to Abigail.References which serve to only reveal elements of the plot are suited to indirect quotes.References which relate to the theme/idea of the question will be more direct, using words or lines from the play verbatim. These will either be introduced or integrated. References to the play can be introduced using these kinds of phrases:Corey disagrees with Parris over his allowance, and criticises him when he VIEW DOCUMENT
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Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Latin American History
Oxford Research Encyclopedias Latin American History
1492 and Before
1824–c. 1880
Afro-Latin History
Church and Religious History
Digital Innovations, Sources, and Interdisciplinary Approaches
History of Brazil
History of Central America
History of Latin America and the Oceanic World
History of Mexico
History of Northern and Andean Spanish America
History of Southern Spanish America
History of the Caribbean
Indigenous History
Legal and Constitutional History
Revolutions and Rebellions
Science, Technology, and Health
The Abolition of Brazilian Slavery, 1864–1888
History of Brazil, Slavery and Abolition
10.1093/acrefore/9780199366439.013.733
Slaves in the War Against Paraguay: The Social and Moral Crisis of Brazilian Slavery
The Free-Womb Law
Black Intellectuals
Luís Gama (1830–1882)
André Rebouças (1838–1898)
José do Patrocínio (1853–1905)
From Emancipation to Abolitionism
Abolitionism Becomes a Mass Movement
Abolition in Ceará and the Prohibition of the Inter-Provincial Slave Trade
The Growth of the Abolitionist Movement
Abolitionism Becomes National
The Sexagenarian Law
Radicalization and Abolition
Discussion of the Literature
Free Afro-Brazilians in the 19th Century
Agricultural Transformations in Sugarcane and Labor in Brazil
The Brazilian Economy during the Colonial Period
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Summary and Keywords
Brazil was the last Western country to abolish slavery, which it did in 1888. As a colonial institution, slavery was present in all regions and in almost all free and freed strata of the population. Emancipation only became an issue in the political sphere when it was raised by the imperial government in the second half of the decade of the 1860s, after the defeat of the Confederacy in the US Civil War and during the war against Paraguay. In 1871, new legislation, despite the initial opposition from slave owners and their political representatives, set up a process of gradual emancipation. By the end of the century, slavery would have disappeared, or would have become residual, without major disruptions to the economy or the land property regime.
By the end of the 1870s, however, popular opposition to slavery, demanding its immediate abolition without any kind of compensation to former slave owners, grew in parliament and as a mass movement. Abolitionist organizations spread across the country during the first half of the 1880s. Stimulated by the direct actions of some of these abolitionist organizations, resistance to slavery intensified and became increasingly a struggle against slavery itself and not only for individual or collective freedom. Incapable of controlling the situation, the imperial government finally passed a law in parliament granting immediate and unconditional abolition on May 13, 1888.
Keywords: Brazil, abolition, slavery, 19th century, abolitionism
Department of History, Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
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Raumfahrt - Monaco’s own Space Program Aims Skywards with High Tech NanoSatellites
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Two vast frontiers stretch almost beyond our reach, the oceans and outer space. Prince Albert I was instrumental in bringing science to bear on the oceans, pioneering environmental projects in advance of today’s scientists and on which they can now benefit. During Prince Albert II’s reign, Monaco is currently venturing in the exploration of the last and arguably the most exciting frontier – space. Monaco is already the leading European country to engage with NASA via Axiom, an organisation partnering NASA on Space travel.
Monaco has seeds planted in a new fast growing area of applied science – the use of nanosatellites (ultra small and light satellites) to explore near space and gather important data that helps us understand more about our changing climate and telecommunications.
Prince Albert II visits OSM @OSM
The Giant Monacosat in High Orbit
Did you know that right now above us Monacosat has a satellite flying at thirty five thousand kilometres above the earth and weighing thousands of kilos, 4.800 kilos to be exact. That satellite was engineered to cover more than 1.6 billion people which is 19% of the World population holding 7 billion people. Imagine – it englobes more than 90 countries.
It’s a giant compared to a nanosatellite. These new much tinier versions have recently been made possible due to rapid advances in technology, particularly advances in the miniaturization of components. It’s a revolution similar to what happened with computers and telephones. No need to weigh tons and cost hundreds of millions of euros to reach Earth’s orbit at 500 kilometres in near-space as opposed to 35.000 kilometres.
And so the occupation of space is now opening up in particular to a private company in Monaco which can create powerful satellites for millions instead of many multiples of that. Their low-costs make it possible to fulfil the Monaco company’s vision of even sending up entire fleets or constellations of nanosats. The first constellation in which Monaco is a partner is called Cicero.
A Space Program Ideal for Monaco
And the key feature that Francesco Bongiovanni its founder seized on – which sparked his idea that this is an ideal business for Monaco to diversify into – is that nanosatellites and their components can be engineered by small teams of young brilliant people in a small space. And Monaco is lightning fast and nimble at raising capital when the right business idea comes along.
@OSM
A World First for Monaco
And so on 300 square meters of the fifth floor of the Triton building in Fontvieille a seed is growing that is part of Monaco’s future. There the young futuristic company called Orbital Solutions is working on a nanosatellite. It is aptly named OSM1 Cicero – it is the key to a modern healthy business with high added value – SPACE. Already honoured by a visit from Prince Albert this year, a significant milestone awaits Orbital Solutions just around the corner – OSM1 Cicero is targeted to be officially registered in the United Nations as Monaco’s first nanosatellite in orbit – the first in history and a powerful statement that Monaco has a Space program.
Keep a sharp eye on this Monaco business. It is on the cusp of a world first – if they make their targeted March 2020 launch date they will be the fastest entrepreneurial start-up to ever successfully launch a nanosatellite.
Monaco’s Orbital Solutions Team @OSM
Francesco Bongiovanni is aiming high not just at the sky – he has already secured exclusive European rights to the world’s most sophisticated data-sensing technology to be included in Monaco’s satellite. And he has visions of tempting NASA to consider his Monaco created space-engineering company to design a high-tech payload on a future mission to the moon.
Difficult to imagine that Monaco’s Orbital Solutions current jewel OSM1 Cicero is a satellite that is only slightly bigger than a shoebox – and you can carry it; it weighs in at about ten kilos.
Imagine a budget of just over one million euros will now create a satellite. An international team of Orbital Solutions engineers have been busy designing their satellite to include a multitude of modules with sophisticated circuitry. Green energy solar collectors power the battery. It is a super high tech dwarf which in the lexicon of the space industry is baptized a “nanosatellite”.
Harvard educated Francesco Bongiovanni not only holds a doctorate in engineering but is a knight of Monaco’s Order of Saint Charles for his humanitarian and biodiversity protection endeavours; he worked with the Principality to rebuild homes in Indonesia for people devastated by a tsunami; and again with the Principality helped to protect threatened fish species and coral near Papua New Guinea. Passionate about music he would love to write more symphonies but for now he is 24/24 steering Orbital Solutions to play a role in protecting the environment both on Earth and in Space.
Francesco told HelloMonaco that he has concluded a deal for the launch at Kourou in French Guiana in a Vega Rocket managed by ArianeSpace. It is scheduled for March 2020.
Francesco Bongiovanni interviewed with HelloMonaco about this exciting pet project that occupies him nights, days and weekends.
Francesco Bongiovanni
HelloMonaco: Why is the Space nanosatellite business a perfect fit for the Principality?
Francesco Bongiovanni: “Serendipity led me to an interest In nanosatellites – and then the light bulb went on: this is an ideal high-added value business for Monaco – nanosatellites can be produced in a small space – a perfect fit for the Principality. Monaco can stake out a niche in a high growth sector of the Space industry.”
HelloMonaco: Can a Space business and in particular nanosatellites help find solutions to our environmental problems?
Francesco Bongiovanni: “My goal is definitely to create a new high-tech business sector for Monaco in Space. And also to focus this business on finding solutions for our climate and our environment on Earth and in Space. Our first nanosatellite will gather data on climate. With climate change intensifying, the accuracy of atmospheric information is of paramount importance. Through a remote sensing technique called radio occultation ,the OSM1 Cicero will collect raw data in order to perfect specialized prediction models. Better predictive models could be a game changer in solving climate problems. We can also build satellites to measure greenhouse gas emissions such as methane.
HelloMonaco: What about solutions to environmental problems in Space itself?
Francesco Bongiovanni: “In future there is the possibility that Monaco play a role using nanosatellites to solve the problem of Space debris. This will require injections of more capital and Monaco has great expertise in creative financing.
HelloMonaco: Do you envision Monegasques scientists working in a Monaco Space program?
Francesco Bongiovanni: “If in future as we grow there are budding brilliant Monegasque scientists working abroad Monaco will be one of the key places in the world with a Space program where they can return to to apply their talents. Because there are many opportunities to use sophisticated data and components, to expand our Space program by vertical integration for the benefit of humanity. For the moment we are launching an educational initiative to have the students of two schools in Monaco build a small satellite in our lab that we will then launch into orbit. We are also taking two young students for a week long “stage” in February.
HelloMonaco: OSM1 Cicero is Monaco’s first nanosatellite. Do you envisage a whole constellation, perhaps in partnership?
Francesco Bongiovanni: “We are on our way with this launch. We will partner OSM1 Cicero with two other nanosatellites for a constellation of three. With a constellation of thirty we can gather data on the entire globe. Imagine the possibilities!”
Quelle: HM Hello Monaco
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Repo Men
Repo Men [Blu Ray]: when organ replacements are bought on hire purchase, people who miss payments have said organs removed by repo men. Jude Law is in the future again, hanging out with cyborgs again, sporting an awful accent… again. Live Schreiber is a snake oil salesman / shark in a suit… again. So the casting’s not very imaginative. Storywise, it hurts your head to watch such an incoherently directed film: three months pass in 5 minutes. One character goes from rich to unwell, to a hobo, then finds hobo love, then becomes an action hero, then a blood fetishist… Then from out of nowhere someone gets a conscience. It’s generally hard to know what’s what in the mangled plot, as well as how much time has passed and what’s supposed to have happened between the scenes. There’s some heavy flow gore (done well), cheeky product placement, a ridiculous voiceover, and it’s the only film I’ll probably ever watch and shout “Scan her tits!” at the screen. Things eventually pick up with a semi-redemptive OTT knife-and-saw fight near the end, followed by an insane blood orgy and a half-decent ending that made me add a 1/2 mark out of pity. The other two points are for Whittaker and the soundtrack. Blu Ray picture and sound are both solid – but just don’t waste your time with the film! Repo Men is a classic case of great idea with batshit terrible execution; rendering it the definition of idiotic.
Jennifer’s Body [Blu Ray]: when a slew of horrific murders hit a sleepy town, Needy starts to think her best friend is a blood-thirsty vampyre. On the surface this appears to exists as a Megan Fox bootay appreciation vehicle, which is fine by me, especially because she plays a sexy femme fatale – with some brilliantly lewd lines. Fortunately, there’s more here than just foxy Fox. The film is laced with a good dose of black humour and absurdity; just enough to confirm that it’s not taking itself too seriously – 8675309 / Goths at a Funeral / Emo band story arc etc. It’s also ‘teen horror’ to the core: with an emphasis on ‘hip’ music, high school setting, sexually charged ‘teens’, pop cultural references, slang vocabulary… right down to the Prom Night finale. The direction’s strong, and BD picture and audio quality are both very good – also the directors cut is apparently far superior to the theatrical version. I was more than surprised as I watched this with a constant smile, and some proper belly laughs; it’s one of the best in its genre since the likes of the Faculty and Idle Hands. After its initially poor cinematic reception Jennifer’s Body will hopefully shine a lot brighter on DVD/Blu Ray as it’s far better, runnier, sexier, more violent and smarter than it looks, and you’d expect.
A Single Man: [Blu Ray] – Follows an over-educated, depressed homosexual suicidal lecturer! The role could have been totally melodramatic Oscar Bait, but was played realistically by Firth. Stunning performance, well-earned gongs. He’s simply great to watch, and is the intense focus of every scene. The colouring / sound mix playfully tweaks with what you see and hear for around the first hour, but by the end it’s overused with some ridiculous gray = sad / colour = happy scenes. For being such an intense story, it’s very slow burning – with a few dramatic peaks to keep staleness at bay – I feel the drama could have been milked a little more. It’s undoubtedly well directed; every shot is stylish and looks cinematic, even scenes like a man on the toilet! The Blu Ray isn’t very watchable: much of the film has a stylistic (read as: shitty) diffusion / grain to the picture to set the era and tone. Overall, it’s quite a plain non-eventful story, boosted by a brilliant central performance.
Rubber [Blu Ray]: For reasons unknown, a discarded tyre comes to life, and starts a murderous rampage using its psychokinetic – head exploding – powers. There’s an awesome short movie in here, but in order to ‘beef it up’ into a film, several (ridiculous) elements are thrown in that don’t really do it for me. A film that’s punctuated with meta sequences and references should have a better reason for doing so than simply adding to the runtime; the entire observer side-story just broke up and detracted from the fantastic personification of a demented tyre. The SFX and direction are impressive – the tyre’s personality is built up piece by piece as he shakes, moves, inquires, turns, breathes, rolls, crushes and showers all on its own. Moreover, the film has an art exhibit / music video style and feel throughout, with fresh visuals and great cinematography featuring the Californian desert. The BD picture is among the best I can remember watching, every texture is rendered crisp and sharp; audio is generally flat, but bouncing when the music kicks in. I liked Rubber, but really wanted to love it – ultimately, it should have either been a 20 minute intense short, or full-on 80 minute character study of the tyre.
Vengeance / 復仇 [Blu Ray]: a French chef travels to Hong Kong to avenge a brutal attack on his daughter and her family. Having a mish-mash of French, English and Cantonese dialogue this clearly has international aspirations. As you’d expect from Johnnie To it’s a very well-directed film; in particular he gets the most out of his cast, even from the lead character – aging rocker (now botox-faced) Johnny Hallyday (!WTF!) – although Anthony Wong’s the real star as usual. To also wrings a lot of tension from many of the buildup and action scenes – although there is one nighttime shootout that’s a total mess, and several times when it changes from night to day (and vice versa) in 2 seconds flat. So it’s all good, until the film starts dragging on a bit, throwing up some strange plot twists (Memento anyone?) and generally falling into the ‘Asian Gangster’ pitfalls – many stylishly dressed gangster factions are all entangled with one another and disputes can only be settled through gun-centric confrontations – the only difference is the European actors, who seem a bit crowbarred in for international effect. As a Blu Ray, the picture’s OK and the sound is impressive enough (thunderous gunshots). Despite the big names and big story, for a person that’s seen scores of Asian gang movies, this has already faded in to the big pot of genre films.
Hobo with a Shotgun [Blu Ray]: tells the tale of an individual with no permanent residence, and his acquisition of a short-range firearm… Duh! Being born the same way as Machete, I had some reservations before starting this – but they were short-lived. EVERYTHING about this film is an authentic ode to the horror/exploitation ‘masterpieces’ I grew up watching from the 70s and 80s. The setting is a dystopian, lawless town, so rotten that only the eponymous anti-hero can clean it up with a shotgun. There’s fantastic gore every 5 minutes, and all kinds of insane and outrageous blood-soaked SFX. The story is so absurd and OTT that you simply can’t begin taking seriously. – it’s essentially a cheap vehicle used to maximise the blood ‘n’ guts factor. Rutger Hauer is a little too good for this type of film, fleshing out an emotional, solid central character. Abby also makes a good scream queen, and the rest of the cast are enjoyable stereotypes. The colour pallet is very saturated; bright and poppy, the blood leaps off the screen – Hauer’s face was also what BD was made for; the faithfully recreated Carpenter-esque 80s sci-fi horror synth soundtrack and gunshots pump out of all speakers – this is worth the Blu Ray upgrade if the film sounds like your bag. All in all, the video, music, plot, gore, sleaze and nastiness all combine to make this feel like an authentic retro film – unlike the one crappy video-grain effect used on Machete. This beat every expectation I had, and while it’s no cinematic masterpiece, it’s certainly an absolute must-see for all horror/B-movie/retro movie fans.
The Interceptor: [Blu Ray] [not even going to try to explain the plot here]. It boils down to being a hardcore Sci-Fi picture featuring the paranormal, supernatural, people from another realm… and that’s just the headlines. It starts with a dude jumping out of an exploding plane, and has similarly insane and impressive stunts for the duration. The action’s handled and executed very well – edited perfectly with long steady takes so you know what’s actually happening! (Speedboat chase / huge fight scenes and generally a shitload of car-flipping stunts) To balance out the awesomeness there’s an overdose of artsy-fartsy dreamy sequences that don’t really make much sense, or advance the story much, but nevertheless look pretty. There’s Assassins creed style visuals with symbols and glyphs all over the shop, an overload of suits ‘n’ shade dudes, and a few hotties thrown in for good measure – put everything together and it’s a nerds wet dream. The BD picture detail is stunning and the minimal pallet ensures that any colours leap out; the sounds solid enough too, particularly in the action sequences. After Nightwatch and Daywatch it’s strange that Russia’s biggest films still go down the Black Vs White, Good Vs Bad… route. A more technically proficient, stylish and insane film you could not ask for – a simpler story, you could.
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Vatican Defends Pope Against ‘Blasphemous’ Cover-Up Claims
Filed Under:Local TV, Pope Francis, Priest Sex Abuse Scandal, Vatican
VATICAN CITY (AP) — A top Vatican cardinal issued a scathing rebuke Sunday of the ambassador who accused Pope Francis of covering up the sexual misconduct of a prominent American cardinal, saying his claims were a “blasphemous” political hit job.
Six weeks after Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano threw the papacy into turmoil over his claims about ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, the head of the Vatican’s bishops office said there was no evidence in his files backing Vigano’s claims that Francis annulled any canonical sanctions against McCarrick.
Ouellet did confirm for the first time that McCarrick, now 88, had been subject to some form of disciplinary measures given uncorroborated “rumors” of misconduct in his past. But Ouellet said the “exhortation” to live a discreet life of prayer stopped short of binding canonical sanctions, precisely because the rumors lacked proof.
Ouellet’s letter was issued Sunday, a day after Francis authorized a “thorough study” of all Vatican archives into how McCarrick rose through the ranks of the Catholic Church despite allegations he sexually preyed on seminarians and young priests.
The letter, addressed to Vigano but identified as an open letter to the faithful, marked an extraordinary end to the official Vatican silence about Vigano’s claims. In it, Ouellet both defended the pope and excoriated Vigano, asserting that the conservative cleric had used the scandal over sexual abuse in the U.S. to score ideological points with Francis’ critics on the Catholic right.
“In response to your unjust and unjustified attack, dear Vigano, I conclude that your accusation is a political setup without any real foundation that could incriminate the pope, and I repeat that it has profoundly wounded the communion of the church,” Ouellet wrote.
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He demanded Vigano “come out of hiding and repent” for having falsely accused Francis and questioned how he could continue to celebrate Mass and pray the rosary given his “incomprehensible and gravely reprehensible” attack on Christ’s vicar on Earth.
The McCarrick scandal has thrown the U.S. and Vatican hierarchy into turmoil, given that it was apparently an open secret in some U.S. church circles that he would invite seminarians into his bed. Two men received settlements starting in 2005 from two New Jersey dioceses after they alleged McCarrick sexually molested or harassed them.
The Vatican was informed starting in at least 2000 about the seminarian complaints. But it wasn’t until last year that it was informed of an accusation that he had molested a minor — a far more grave canonical crime than merely sleeping with adult seminarians.
Francis accepted McCarrick’s resignation as a cardinal in July after a U.S. church investigation determined that an allegation that he groped a teenage altar boy in the 1970s was credible. Since then, another man has come forward saying McCarrick molested him when he was a young teen.
Ouellet’s letter marked the Vatican’s first direct response to Vigano’s 11-page denunciation published Aug. 26 in which he accused two dozen Vatican and U.S. church officials of covering up for McCarrick since 2000, and demanded Francis resign for his role in the scandal.
Vigano claimed he told Francis during a June 23, 2013, meeting that Pope Benedict XVI had sanctioned McCarrick to a lifetime of penance and prayer for having “corrupted a generation of seminarians and priests.”
He said the sanctions included a prohibition from traveling or lecturing for the church or celebrating Mass publicly. The historic record, however, is rife with evidence that McCarrick travelled widely in the years in which he was allegedly under sanction, with even Vigano toasting him warmly at an awards ceremony in New York in 2012.
Ouellet did acknowledge that McCarrick had been “strongly exhorted” not to travel or appear in public, and to live a discreet life of prayer given the rumors against him. But he said a review of his files showed there were no documents about any canonical sanctions ever imposed by Benedict, and that it was “false” to suggest Francis had annulled any such measures.
“After a review of the archives, I find that there are no documents signed by either pope in this regard, and there are no audience notes from my predecessor, Cardinal Giovanni-Battista Re, imposing on the retired archbishop the obligation to lead a quiet and private life with the weight normally reserved to canonical penalties,” Ouellet wrote. “The reason is that back then, unlike today, there was not sufficient proof of his alleged culpability.”
Vigano had implied that Francis, even after being informed about McCarrick’s misdeeds, nevertheless rehabilitated him from “canonical sanctions” and made him a trusted counselor as he set out to remake the U.S. bishops’ conference.
Ouellet pointed out that the June 2013 meeting occurred as Francis was meeting with all his ambassadors for the first time and was gathering an “enormous quantity of verbal and written information” about the church.
“I strongly doubt that McCarrick concerned him to the degree you’d like to think, given he was an 82-year-old emeritus archbishop who had been out of a job for seven years,” Ouellet wrote.
Ouellet said in all his meetings with Francis about bishop nominations, he never heard him once refer to McCarrick as a trusted counselor. As prefect of the Congregation for Bishops, Ouellet meets weekly with Francis to discuss nominations, and presumably would have come to understand if McCarrick had Francis’ ear.
Ouellet said he understood that Vigano might be bitter at the way his own career ended, a reference to Vigano’s disappointment — expressed in leaked letters in 2012 — that he was never made a cardinal as he claimed he had been promised. But Ouellet said he couldn’t believe Vigano had arrived at such a “monstrous” and “blasphemous” conclusion, given that Francis had nothing to do with McCarrick’s career rise.
“You cannot end your priestly life in an open and scandalous rebellion that inflicts a painful wound” on the church and divides its people, he ended his letter. “Come out of your hiding place, repent for your rebellion and return to better feelings toward the Holy Father rather than fostering hostility against him.”
(©Copyright 2018 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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Meet the Instructor: Ricky Evans
By Alex Sanyal on April 18, 2018 in Homepage News, News
Ricky “Glytch” Evans
You may have taken hip-hop classes with Ricky “Glytch” Evans at our studios, but did you know that this 32-year-old from South Philly performs regularly and has made numerous appearances on international stages and national television? He’s also pretty smooth on a pair of roller skates! Read on to learn more about how Ricky got into dance, his advice for adults wanting to get started and his new Intro to Breakdancing series.
Philly Dance Fitness: Do you remember when you first started dancing?
Ricky Evans: Yes, and it was terrible! I was 8 or 9 and my grandma used to have a big boombox in the kitchen. On Saturdays, I would clean the kitchen and music would be playing on the radio, and I just started doing whatever I thought was right. My mom told me I had no rhythm at that point and I couldn’t dance. I really didn’t know what was I doing, but I was just jamming.
When did you become confident with your dancing?
It was a middle school dance, eighth grade. I saw the reaction that the ladies gave me and I knew I was onto something! I mean I was just an average kid, straight A’s, stuff like that. I was kind of little but when the school dance happened and I just started doing these moves and I noticed the attention that I got, I was like “Oh, okay, I gotta keep this going.”
Ricky performing with another member of The Hood Locker crew at the “Juste Debout” hip hop competition.
I studied street styles — popping and locking, house, old school hip hop and breaking. When I first started, it was a hobby, but then in 2005 I joined Face Da Phlave Entertainment, a dance crew that focused on training these styles individually. We had to have knowledge in all the styles that make up a hip hop dancer’s background. That has taken me somewhere because now I’m doing a lot more teaching between kids and adults in all of these styles.
How did you get into teaching?
I was 21, doing demonstrations at different schools where we would give the history of hip hop and run after school program classes to show kids how they could use dance and other art forms as alternatives to drugs, bullying and violence. It was part of an educational grant. Even though I was still training, I got booked to start teaching because there were so many classes. My first gig was actually at a community college, it was pretty awesome.
Ricky teaching a Saturday morning Hip-Hop Intro class
I choreograph when I’m asked to but I like teaching more than choreography because I feel like there is something more to gain from information about dance than just a combination of moves. I want students to walk away with knowledge so they can dance for themselves the same way someone would want to learn a language and be able to hold a conversation on their own.
You studied with Rennie Harris, an award-winning choreographer, dancer and artistic director from North Philly. Tell us about that relationship.
I’ve been cool with Rennie since I first started dancing. Actually, my first lessons came from his festival, Illadelh Legends, that he has during the summer. We would go to University of the Arts for two weeks in August and learn from the pioneers. About six years ago we did a tribute to the creator of locking, Don “Campbellock” Campbell, and Rennie was there and he saw our piece and wanted us to perform in this 0ff-Broadway play he had called LUV American Style. That was the first time I got to work with him. Then after we started showing up to rehearsals, he threw us into his repertoires so we would tour as part of the show. Since then he’s continued to include us in a lot of his work, and now we do different tours and hip hop theater pieces.
The Hood Lockers performing at the NYC Couture Fashion Show
We battle and compete all the time, all across the country. One of my crews, The Hood Lockers, was featured on So You Think You Can Dance. I’ve also gone to Paris to represent the U.S. in an international dance battle called Juste Debout, and from there started teaching workshops in Colombia.
What do you enjoy most about teaching at Philly Dance Fitness?
The variety of people that I get in my class, week in and week out. Even among my regulars, everyone is different. It’s different groups and different energies, and while it’s a challenge to fine tune things based off the people in the room, the people there make it more fun. They appreciate the knowledge I’m bringing. I like being able to connect with adults on a level that they can understand so we can all really grasp the concepts of hip hop.
What advice do you have for adults considering a dance class for the first time?
You have to approach it as if you’re learning a language and you’re learning the ABC’s for the first time. You have to make it fun. You can’t get caught up in what you think you know about the style or the class. If you come into a class and your expectations are something crazy, you kind of close yourself off. You have to let those expectations go. Dance is art, you have to be open to it and open to whatever you’re going to learn. You’re definitely going to get something good here.
What do you do when you’re not dancing?
I work overnight security at Sugarhouse Casino when I’m not teaching. Although dance is my main source of fitness, I actually enjoy working out at the gym and cooking or grilling to make some healthy and tasty meals to stay in shape. I also roller skate. I’ve loved roller skating since I was a kid, but it wasn’t until recently that I actually tried to learn different techniques and moves. I skate at least twice a week, and I like to incorporate dancing along with skating. Sometimes it’s actually more fun to skate than dance. I’m fascinated with finding the freedom to move within a space that is altered by physics, and dancing on skates is definitely a challenge that I enjoy conquering.
Ricky, in red, with other members of The Hood Lockers
Join Ricky at our studios for some authentic hip-hop flavor. Get started with an Intro or Hip-Hop Cardio class, or challenge your footwork at the Intermediate section. New this spring, he’ll also be piloting a 3-week Intro to Breakin’ series starting May 6. If you’ve always admired b-boys and b-girls, now’s your chance to learn some of their tricks, absolutely no experience required! Space is limited, so please pre-register to secure your spot.
See Ricky and his crew in action in this clip (0:36 – 3:01):
Also check out the Hood Lockers music video to Busta Rhymes Ft Q-Tip – You Can’t Hold The Torch (featuring Ricky from 1:38 – 1:54). Other videos can be found on Youtube at “The Hood Lockers” or “Ricky Glytch Evans”
— Interview by marketing intern Alexandra Sanyal, edited for brevity and clarity
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Fortuna Reefer
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×Fortuna Reefer - Mona Island Emergency Coral Reef Restoration
Fortuna Reefer - Mona Island Emergency Coral Reef Restoration
Ship groundings are serious threats to coral reefs. Corals may be crushed or become dislodged. On July 23, 1997 a 325-foot container ship, the Fortuna Reefer, ran aground on the fringing coral reef surrounding Mona Island a nature reserve off the coast of Puerto Rico. The 6.8 acre site was dominated by an old growth stand of Elkhorn coral, Acropora palmatta. Despite the absence of an oil spill, the case was pursued under the Oil Pollution Act because of a substantial threat of an oil discharge and from the injuries to the coral related to the response actions. To ensure the highest probability of successful restoration, an expedited settlement was reached and restoration occurred several months after the grounding incident and was completed by October, 1997. The restoration strategy consisted of reattaching branches of coral that were sheared off by steel cables used in response activities by securing them with stainless steel wire and nails to the reef buttress and to the existing relic Acropora palmatta framework. At the conclusion of the restoration work, over 1,857 coral fragments were stabilized. Monitoring stations have been established to track the success of the restoration effort.
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Fortuna ReeferThe road down to the only existing housing at Mona Island leads to the stagingand docking areas for the restoration workers.
The road down to the only existing housing at Mona Island leads to the stagingand docking areas for the restoration workers.
Date: Summer, 1997
Credit: NOAA Restoration Center, Erik Zobrist
Location: Puerto Rico, Mona Island
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Justia Patents AdjustableUS Patent for Dual capacity reciprocating compressor Patent (Patent # 4,479,419)
Dual capacity reciprocating compressor
Nov 2, 1982 - Westinghouse Electric Corp.
A multi-cylinder compressor 10 particularly useful in connection with northern climate heat pumps and in which different capacities are available in accordance with reversing motor 16 rotation is provided with an eccentric cam 38 on a crank pin 34 under a fraction of the connecting rods, and arranged for rotation upon the crank pin between opposite positions 180.degree. apart so that with cam rotation on the crank pin such that the crank throw is at its normal maximum value all pistons pump at full capacity, and with rotation of the crank shaft in the opposite direction the cam moves to a circumferential position on the crank pin such that the overall crank throw is zero. Pistons 24 whose connecting rods 30 ride on a crank pin 36 without a cam pump their normal rate with either crank rotational direction. Thus a small clearance volume is provided for any piston that moves when in either capacity mode of operation.
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This invention pertains to the art of dual capacity compressors or pumps in which the dual capacity is obtained through changing the connecting rod stroke length from one length to another through reversal of the driving motor.
While I consider that my invention is applicable to devices used in other environments, it is particularly applicable for use in compressors in domestic heat pumps especially designed for use in a northern climate where a wide range of refrigerant flow rate is required. If the heat pump is sized for the greatest heating load which occurs at low ambient temperatures, then it has too much capacity at more moderate ambient temperatures and must cycle on and off, which leads to performance penalties.
One arrangement which has been devised to avoid the problem is found in Sisk U.S. Pat. No. 4,236,874 which teaches a reciprocating compressor which employs an eccentric cam rotatably mounted on the crank pin in which the rotation of the cam on the crank pin is angularly limited. On reversal of compressor rotation, the cam shifts from one angular extremity to an opposite angular extremity and by so doing changes the vector sum of cam eccentricity and crank pin throw so as to provide two different stroke lengths. A change in displacement and clearance ratio results in two different refrigerant flow rates depending upon the direction of rotation of the motor. The cam is driven from one end point to the other by the fraction of compressor torque delivered by the cam eccentricity.
Experimental use of the noted arrangement has shown that it operates substantially in the manner intended, but has also shown that the operation of the compressor in the reduced capacity mode has certain deficiencies. In particular, as the pressure ratio across the compressor increases (due to a decrease in the temperature of the medium from which the heat pump is drawing heat), the flow rate which the compressor delivers drops in accordance with the amount of stroke reduction designed into the eccentric cam. This condition is caused by the larger clearance volume resulting from a shortened stroke. The larger the clearance volume, the smaller the pressure ratio the piston can produce. Because the friction and other losses in the compressor are not decreasing at a comparable rate, the compression efficiency of the compressor decreases rapidly along with the flow rate.
The aim of my invention is to provide an arrangement in which this loss of efficiency during operation in the reduced capacity mode is lessened.
In accordance with my invention, I provide a compressor with at least two reciprocating pistons and provide the eccentric cam on the crank pin means for less than the total number of pistons, with the cam having eccentricity equal to the crank pin throw of the crank pin means upon which it is rotatably mounted, and provide means limiting the rotation of the cam between opposite positions of about 180.degree. apart, in accordance with the direction of crank shaft rotation, with the cam in one position adding to the eccentricity of the throw of the crank pin means upon which it is mounted, and in the other position subtracting the eccentricity from the throw so that in the reduced capacity mode of operation of the compressor any piston having a stroke length depending upon the position of the eccentric cam will have a zero stroke length.
As stated in terms of the functioning of the device, one or more pistons will operate in all modes with a full stroke length, while any piston associated with an eccentric cam will operate at either a full stroke length or no stroke length.
FIG. 1 is a side view of a hermetic refrigerant compressor representative of one type to which the invention may be applied, with the shell shown in cross section and certain parts being broken, this figure being a prior art figure taken from the noted patent;
FIG. 2 is a diagrammatic cross-sectional view of a crank pin and eccentric cam according to my invention, this view showing the cam in a position for full stroke operation;
FIG. 3 is a view similar to FIG. 2 with the cam in the opposite position to give zero stroke operation;
FIG. 4 is a partly diagrammatic view, mostly in longitudinal cross-section, of a two piston compressor with the arrangement according to the invention, and with the cam in the full stroke position as in FIG. 2;
FIG. 5 is a view similar to FIG. 4 with the cam in the FIG. 3 position for zero stroke operation of the one piston; and
FIG. 6 is a graph showing the effects upon capacity and energy efficiency ratios when pressure ratios change in accordance with ambient temperature changes, for pistons with two different clearance volumes.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
The invention is considered applicable to compressors and pumps other than those used in the refrigeration art, but the invention will be explained in that connection.
The description will proceed in connection with a prior art structure disclosed in the noted patent to provide an explanation of one environment in which the invention may be applied, and also to provide an explanation of the problems experienced with the prior art structure. Reference should be had to the noted patent for details not considered necessary herein.
Referring to FIG. 1, a generally cylindrical hermetically sealed shell 10 has an inlet 12 through which the suction gas refrigerant is admitted to the shell, and one or more discharge gas tubes 14 through which the compressed gas exits from the shell. The upper part of the shell houses a reversible electric motor 16 whose rotor is fixed to the upper end of the crank shaft 20 to rotate the crank shaft in one direction or the other depending upon the direction of rotation of the rotor.
In the illustrated unit, the compressor has two cylinders 22 in one of which piston 24 reciprocates and in the other of which the piston 26 reciprocates. These two pistons are connected to the crank pin means area generally designated 28 by one connecting rod 30 and another connecting rod 32. The crank pin means area, which is a principal concern of my invention, is obscured in FIG. 1 by the strap ends of the connecting rods.
Referring now to FIGS. 2-5, FIG. 2 may be considered to correspond to a section taken along the line 2--2 of FIG. 4, and FIG. 3 corresponds to a section taken along the line 3--3 of FIG. 5. The crank shaft 20 has one crank pin means 34 which has one crank throw, and another adjacent crank pin means 36 on the same shaft which has a greater crank throw. The eccentric cam means 38 is rotatably mounted on the crank pin means 34, and this eccentric cam has a degree of eccentricity equal to the crank throw of the crank pin means 34. The longitudinal center lines of the crank shaft, crank pin and the eccentric cam are indicated by the numerals 40, 42 and 44, respectively. The total throw of the crank pin and the eccentric with the parts in the relationship shown in FIG. 2 is equal to the dimension indicated by the arrow 46 to the left of FIG. 2. The crank throw of the crank pin means 34 itself is equal to half this value and would be equal to the distance between the crank shaft center and the crank pin means 34 center.
With the crank shaft rotating in the direction indicated by the arrow, the eccentric remains in its illustrated rotative position upon the crank pin means 34 by virtue of the pin or key 48 affixed to the cam 38 and projecting into the circumferential recess 50 formed as a groove through 180.degree. in the crank pin means 34. The key and the ends of the recess constitute the means limiting the rotation of the cam relative to the crank pin since in FIG. 2 the rotation of the crank pin in the indicated direction forces the end of the recess against the pin, while in FIG. 3, with the cam rotatably repositioned upon the crank pin means 34, the opposite end of the recess will bear against the key 48. The repositioning from one position to an opposite position takes place automatically upon reversal of motor direction due to the frictional forces between the crank pin strap and the cam.
It will be apparent that with the cam positioned relative to the crank pin as shown in FIG. 2, a full stroke of the piston 26 is obtained in accordance with the dimensions of the cam and crank pin means. Conversely, in the FIG. 3 position, the cam 38 has rotated to a position upon the crank pin means 34 in which the eccentricity of the cam is subtracted from the throw of the crank pin means 34 so that the longitudinal center lines of the crank shaft and of the cam exterior coincide at the location 40, 44. Thus as the crank shaft turns in the direction indicated in FIG. 3, the piston 26 has zero stroke and whatever losses are associated with a stroke dimension are avoided.
The other crank pin means 36 (FIGS. 4 and 5) is provided with a crank throw which is greater than the crank throw of the one crank pin means 34 and provides a full stroke to its piston 24 irrespective of the direction of motor rotation. Thus, regardless of whether the eccentric cam 38 is in either of its positions of FIGS. 4 and 5, the full stroke and relatively high efficiency, because of small clearance volume, is available to the connecting rod 30 and its piston.
The advantage to be obtained with my arrangement, as contrasted to an arrangement in which all of the pistons can have a full stroke or a reduced stroke (but greater than zero), will perhaps be better appreciated from the information in FIG. 6. The 5 percent CV (clearance volume) curves in both the upper and lower portions of the graph indicate in a general way the changes in capacity and in EER (energy efficiency ratio) as the ambient temperature decreases and the pressure ratio (PR) increases, each of these curves being based upon some given condenser temperature. The 5 percent CV generally corresponds to a piston having a full stroke as with the cam 38 in the full stroke FIGS. 2 and 4 positions, and as with the other piston driven by crank pin means 36 irrespective of the positioning of the cam 38. The 25 percent CV curves show changes in capacity and EER, also with different ambient temperatures. The 25 percent CV corresponds to a reduced stroke mode of operation as disclosed in the noted Sisk patent. It will be seen that with respect to both capacity and with respect to EER, the 25 percent curves are in a lowered position with respect to a full stroke curve, and in the case of the EER ordinate, the slope of the 25 percent curve is significantly greater so that as the ambient temperature reduces and the pressure ratio increases, the disadvantage of the reduced stroke piston increases.
With a northern climate type of heat pump to which this invention is considered particularly applicable, there are frequently days in which the ambient temperature calls for heating but is not severe enough to call for full stroke of all pistons. Such ambient temperatures might be between, for example, 30.degree. to 45.degree. F. (-1.degree. to 7.degree. C.) as indicated on the abscissa of the graph. Below a temperature in the neighborhood of 30.degree. F., the device would typically go to full stroke heating. The line 52 on the graph indicates such a temperature range and it will be seen that if a reduced stroke device is used therein, which would frequently be a considerable portion of the operating time in the heating mode, the capacity and EER are penalized to the extent of the vertical distance between the 5 percent and the 25 percent CV curves. Thus, with the arrangement according to my invention, any operation is at full stroke so that the disadvantages of reduced clearance volume are avoided in all cases.
The description has proceeded in connection with a two piston compressor for purposes of the example. It will be apparent that the invention is applicable to compressors having two or more cylinders. Thus, with a three cylinder compressor, the arrangement would normally be to extend the reduced crank pin 34 and cam means 38 to accommodate two pistons for either full stoke or zero stroke and a single piston would be driven in the full stroke at all times. With a four piston compressor, two pistons would normally be always full stroke, while with a five piston machine, normally two would be always full stroke.
Also, while the description has proceeded in connection with a radial type of compressor, the invention is considered to be equally applicable to the so-called aligned arrangements in which each adjacent crank pin means is separate and has off-set longitudinal center lines.
Because the length of stroke change with my arrangement is greater than that where only a reduced stroke is provided, the problems of imbalance because of the greater eccentricity may be potentially more severe with my arrangement. However, this may be accommodated by lightening parts of the cam, such as by drilling strategically located holes, and/or using different density materials for different parts of the cam.
1. In a compressor including at least two reciprocating pistons, the improvement comprising:
a crank shaft with separate crank pin means for each piston, at least one crank pin means having one crank throw and at least another crank pin means having a greater crank throw;
eccentric cam means rotatably mounted on said one crank pin means, said eccentric cam means having an eccentricity equal to said one crank throw;
one connecting rod connecting said cam means to one piston, and another connecting rod connecting said one crank pin means to another piston;
means limiting rotation of said cam on said one crank pin means to opposite positions of about 180.degree. apart, and in accordance with direction of crank shaft rotation, said cam in one position adding the eccentricity to the throw of said one crank pin means, and said cam in the other position subtracting the eccentricity from the throw of said one crank pin means so that with said cam in said other position said one piston has a zero stroke length.
2. A compressor according to claim 1 wherein:
said compressor includes at least three reciprocating pistons; and
said eccentric cam means is associated with the crank pin means for at least half, but less than all of the pistons.
said one crank throw plus the eccentricity of said cam is equal to said greater crank throw.
4. In the method of changing the capacity of a multiple cylinder refrigerant compressor by reversing the direction of rotation of the motor driving the compressor to change the overall throw of crank means comprising eccentric cam means on crank pin means for less than all pistons of the compressor:
operating said motor in one direction to automatically rotatively position said cam means in one position to add the eccentricity of said cam means to said crank pin means to give equal, full stroke lengths with one crank throw for all pistons of the compressor;
operating said motor in the opposite direction to automatically rotatively position said cam means about 180.degree. from said one position to an opposite position to subtract the eccentricity of said cam means to give zero stroke length for those pistons driven from crank pin means provided with said eccentric cam means.
3010339 November 1961 Brock
4143995 March 13, 1979 Diuisi
4236874 December 2, 1980 Sisk
Filed: Nov 2, 1982
Date of Patent: Oct 30, 1984
Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp. (Pittsburgh, PA)
Inventor: Robert W. Wolfe (Wilkinsburg, PA)
Primary Examiner: William L. Freeh
Attorney: E. C. Arenz
Current U.S. Class: Adjustable (92/133); Chambers Formed At Opposite Ends Of Rectilinearly Moving Pumping Member (417/534); Parallel Laterally Spaced Relatively Movable Pumping Members (417/539); Adjustment With Respect To Common Drive (417/429)
International Classification: F04B 2306; F01B 704;
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Justia Patents By Device Having Means To Apply Outwardly Directed Force (e.g., Expander)US Patent for Auxiliary orthodontic appliance Patent (Patent # 5,383,784)
Auxiliary orthodontic appliance
Sep 1, 1993 - Dentaurum J. P. Winkelstroeter KG
Auxiliary orthodontic appliance, namely expansion screw for the maxilla or mandible, bracket or buccal tube, which in order to improve its properties consists of titanium or an alloy on the basis of titanium and the surfaces of which are formed by a titanium oxide skin.
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The invention relates to an auxiliary orthodontic appliance for human beings. This may be an auxiliary orthodontic or orthopaedic appliance for the maxilla or mandible. As used in technical terminology, such an auxiliary appliance is an article in the form of an expansion screw, a bracket, a buccal tube or a ring-shaped tooth band which remains in the mouth for a limited amount of time. Expansion screws are used for expanding the human jaw and also for correcting the position of one or several teeth. Brackets and buccal tubes also serve to correct the position of the teeth and are attached to the teeth, in the given circumstances, by means of a ring-shaped band which surrounds the pertinent tooth.
An expansion screw usually consists of two screw body parts and a threaded spindle which has threads running in opposite directions on either side of a spindle head at the center of the threaded spindle and engages corresponding threaded bores of the two screw body parts so that the two screw body parts are adjustable relative to one another by turning the threaded spindle. In the given circumstances, guide means, in particular, in the form of guide pins, can also be provided to prevent the two screw body parts from twisting in opposite directions when the threaded spindle is turned. The various parts of expansion screws known so far consist of stainless steel or nickel-silver alloys. Stainless steel was also used for the manufacture of brackets and buccal tubes, but ceramic and plastic brackets are also known, however, these are not fully satisfactory with respect to their strength.
Although it has been known for a long time that stainless steel and nickel-silver are not sufficiently resistant to corrosion for these purposes and, in particular, can cause allergic reactions on account of their nickel content, so far not a single manufacturer of such auxiliary appliances anywhere in the world has marketed expansion screws, brackets or buccal tubes which do not have the disadvantages explained above.
As the auxiliary appliances in question are worn in the mouth, the prevention of electrochemical corrosion of the auxiliary appliance constitutes quite a considerable problem. For example, in view of amalgam tooth fillings, the metallic auxiliary appliances known so far have also not proven fully satisfactory in this respect. In the case of expansion screws made of nickel-silver with guide pins and threaded spindles made of stainless steel, for example, the electrochemical corrosion can occur within a few days if the parts made of nickel-silver are not protected by a chrome or nickel coating.
The object underlying the invention was to create auxiliary appliances of the kind in question which do not lead to problems even if the wearer has already undergone restorative dental treatment, and in accordance with the invention this object is accomplished by the auxiliary appliance consisting of titanium or an alloy on the basis of titanium and its surfaces being formed by a titanium oxide skin whose electrical breakdown potential in synthetic saliva with a pH value of 2.3 at 37.degree. C. is greater than 2000 mV.
Titanium and titanium alloys have been in use for a long time for high-quality technical parts such as, for example, watch cases, and owing to their biocompatibility also as materials for implants. However, in spite of the difficulties indicated hereinabove and known for a long time, so far expansion screws, brackets and buccal tubes have never been made of titanium or alloys on the basis of titanium anywhere in the world. These auxiliary orthodontic appliances are distinct mass-produced articles in the manufacture of which these materials have not gained access although titanium and its alloys can be worked in an absolutely economical way by the available cutting tools, titanium and its alloys are obtainable as fine powders so the auxiliarly appliances an question can also be manufactured economically by metal injection molds, and although molding materials are available to allow titanium and its alloys to also be castable economically in a precision casting process.
Surprisingly it was ascertained that a titanium oxide skin as defined hereinabove passivates the inventive auxiliary appliances to be worn in the mouth sufficiently even if the wearer also has teeth which are provided with an artificial part consisting of an alloy with a high gold content, which can be added as a further advantage to the known biocompatibility of titanium and alloys on the basis of titanium.
To measure the breakdown potential of the oxide skin which is producible, for example, by anodic oxidation or annealing in an atmosphere containing oxygen, synthetic saliva according to German Industrial Standard 13912 and a measuring cell according to ASTM (see G5-Rec. Practice for Standard Reference Method for making Potentiostatic and Potentiodynamic Anodic Polarisation Measurements, 1980 Annual Book of ASTM Standard, Part 10) should be used; in this connection reference is also made to the essay "Grundsatzliches zur Methodik potentiodynamischer Polarisationsmessungen an Dentallegierungen in kustlichen Speicheln" (Basics on the method of potentiodynamic polarisation measurements of dental alloys in artificial salivas) by J. Geis-Gerstorfer and H. Weber, Deutsche Zahnarztliche Zeitschrift (German dentists' magazine) 42, 1987, pages 91-97.
Alloys on the basis of titanium are to be understood as high-alloy titanium alloys according to German Industrial Standard 17851.
A particular advantage of the inventive measure is obtained with expansion screws in which higher demands have to be made on the strength of the threaded spindle than on that of the screw body parts. In known expansion screws with a threaded spindle made of a material of higher strength than the screw body parts, the galvanic corrosion of the parts made of nickel-silver could only be reduced by coating them with nickel or chrome. With an inventive expansion screw, on the other hand, the respectively required strength of screw body parts and threaded spindle is achieved solely by the choice of different, standardized degrees of purity of the titanium without this causing differences in the electrochemical series (titanium is available on the market in four different standardized degrees of purity according to German Industrial Standard 17850--grades 1 to 4--which differ in their strength, more particularly, titanium of a lower degree of purity has a greater strength than purer titanium and so, for example, grade 4 titanium is used for the threaded spindle of an expansion screw according to the invention, whereas, for example, grade 1 or 2 titanium can be used for the screw body parts. Nevertheless, there is never any allergy risk with an expansion screw according to the invention, which is not the case with the known expansion screws made of stainless steel or of nickel-silver with a nickel coating.
Three embodiments of the auxiliary appliance according to the invention are shown in perspective illustrations in the appended drawings, more particularly, in
FIG. 1: an expansion screw, in
FIG. 2: a bracket and in
FIG. 3: a buccal tube.
DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The expansion screw shown in FIG. 1 consists of a first and a second screw body part 10 and 12, respectively, a threaded spindle 14 with a spindle head 16 and two guide pins 18. The threaded spindle 14 has on either side of the spindle head 16 spindle sections 14a and 14b with threads running in opposite directions. These engage corresponding threaded bores of the screw body parts 10 and 12 so that the spacing of the two screw body parts 10, 12 from one another is adjustable by turning the threaded spindle 14. The two guide pins 18 can each be fixed in one of the two screw body parts 10, 12 as they are primarily to prevent the two screw body parts 10, 12 from twisting in opposite directions when the threaded spindle 14 is turned. A transverse bore 16a in the spindle head 16 enables insertion of a tool for actuation of the threaded spindle 14.
As mentioned previously, the threaded spindle 14 can consist, for example, of grade 4 titanium, whereas the remaining parts of the expansion screw for maxilla or mandible can consist of grade 1, 2 or 3 titanium, and all of the surfaces of the various parts are coated with a thin titanium oxide skin.
FIG. 2 shows a bracket designated in its entirety 20 with a base 22, FIG. 3 a buccal tube designated in its entirety 24 with a base 26 which like the base 22 of the bracket 20 for attaching the bracket to a tooth, serves to attach the buccal tube to a tooth. Neither the bracket nor the buccal tube requires further description as the design of these auxiliary appliances is known and the latter differ from the known auxiliary appliances only in the material and in the feature that their surfaces are coated with a thin titanium oxide skin.
When an alloy on the basis of titanium is referred to hereinabove, this means that this alloy contains more than 50 per cent by weight titanium. The oxide skin can be readily obtained in an oxidizing atmosphere, and the thickness of the oxide coating can be controlled by, for example, changing the composition of the oxidizing atmosphere, the treatment temperature and/or the duration of the treatment--a relatively thick oxide coating can be produced even by a short heating of the auxiliarly appliances in air without having to accept a loss in the strength of the parts.
1. Auxiliary orthodontic appliance, characterized in that said auxiliary appliance comprises at least one of titanium and an alloy on the basis of titanium and its surfaces are formed by a titanium oxide skin whose electrical breakdown potential in synthetic saliva with a pH value of 2.3 at 37.degree. C. is greater than 2000 mV.
2. Auxiliary appliance as defined in claim 1 comprising two screw body parts adjustable relative to one another by means of a threaded spindle, characterized in that said threaded spindle consists of a titanium material of higher strength than said screw body parts.
3. Auxiliary appliance as defined in claim 2, characterized in that said threaded spindle consists of titanium of a lower purity than said screw body parts.
4. Auxiliary appliance as defined in claim 1, characterized in that its components are in the form of injection molded parts.
5. Auxiliary appliance as defined in claims 1, characterized in that its components are in the form of precision castings.
6. Auxiliary orthodontic appliance, characterized in that said auxiliary appliance comprises at least one of titanium and an alloy on the basis of titanium and its surfaces are formed by a passivating skin comprising a compound of titanium formed in-situ on the surfaces and having an electrical breakdown potential in synthetic saliva with a pH value of 2.3 at 37.degree. C. greater than 2000 mV.
10. Auxiliary appliance as defined in claim 6, characterized in that its components are in the form of precision castings.
4722689 February 2, 1988 Corbett
4818226 April 4, 1989 Berendt et al.
5066224 November 19, 1991 Block et al.
5167499 December 1, 1992 Arndt et al.
0297908 January 1989 EPX
2318617 February 1977 FRX
Filed: Sep 1, 1993
Date of Patent: Jan 24, 1995
Assignee: Dentaurum J. P. Winkelstroeter KG (Ispringen)
Inventor: Friedrich Sernetz (Pforzheim)
Primary Examiner: Gene Mancene
Assistant Examiner: Nicholas D. Lucchesi
Attorney: Edward J. Timmer
Current U.S. Class: By Device Having Means To Apply Outwardly Directed Force (e.g., Expander) (433/7); Bracket (433/8); Band (433/23)
International Classification: A61C 300;
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Justia Patents Flexible Catheter GuideUS Patent for Sensor catheter having reduced cross-talk wiring arrangements Patent (Patent # 8,795,203)
Sensor catheter having reduced cross-talk wiring arrangements
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Improved wiring arrangements for sensor catheters are provided to reduce wire-to-wire cross-talk wherein wires connecting the sensor of the sensor catheter to a processing unit are divided into a plurality of wire bundles contained within respective sheaths, with the wires in wire bundle twisted together reduce electromagnetic signal interference among the individual wires, or between wire bundles.
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This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/668,451, filed on Sep. 22, 2003, now U.S. Pat. No. 8,162,856, which claims the benefit of U.S. provisional patent application Ser. No. 60/413,267, filed Sep. 23, 2002, each of which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
This application relates to medical devices such as catheters that have sensors at their distal tips to which electrical wiring is connected.
Sensor catheters are used to gather information during medical procedures for diagnosing and treating patients. Ultrasonic imaging catheters, for example, may be used to gather ultrasonic images of a patient's blood vessels. Alternative imaging techniques also may be used, such as magnetic resonance imaging, optical coherence tomography and infrared imaging. During certain procedures, catheters may be used to gather a variety of physiological parameters such as temperature, pressure, pH, flow velocity and/or volumetric flow. Gradients or changes in physiological parameters across an area of interest may also be determined.
Sensor catheters are typically connected to control and analysis equipment, which may be used to generate images from raw imaging data and display physiological parameters. A number of wires must be run along the length of a typical catheter to connect the control and analysis equipment disposed at the catheter's proximal end to the sensor(s) disposed at the distal catheter tip.
In many instances, there are seven or more wires that convey power supply voltages, ground potential, drive signals, and raw sensor signals to and from the catheter sensors. These wires may be organized as a single cable bundle. However, cross-talk or noise among signal wires is a source of interference when using a sensor catheter to gather sensor measurements. This may adversely affect ringdown performance.
In view of the above, it would be desirable to provide an imaging catheter including improved wiring arrangements to reduce wire-to-wire cross-talk.
In view of the foregoing, it is an object of the present invention to provide a sensor catheter having improved wiring arrangements for reducing wire-to-wire cross-talk.
In accordance with the principles of the present invention, sensor catheters are provided having improved wiring arrangements that reduce wire-to-wire cross-talk. The wires are grouped in distinct subgroups such as pairs of wires or groups of three or more wires that carry related signals. Accordingly, a group of seven wires may be divided into two twisted wire pairs and one group of three twisted wires. In this manner, wire-to-wire cross-talk is reduced.
By way of example, in an ultrasonic imaging catheter, the two wires that carry sensor signals from the ultrasonic imaging catheter may be grouped together and twisted closely together as a pair. As a result, cross-talk between the two wires is reduced, especially when compared to wire arrangements in which all of the wires are arranged in a single bundle. In addition, wires associated with ultrasonic drive signals also may be grouped together as a pair. Likewise, wires carrying power supply and clock signals (e.g., for use by multiplexer circuits at the catheter's distal end) may be grouped together as a pair.
The above examples are merely illustrative arrangements. According to the present invention, sensor catheters having varying signaling needs and signal wires will require different wire subgroup arrangements. The resulting wire subgroup arrangements may be twisted together to form a single wire group formed of multiple wire subgroups.
Further features of the invention, its nature and various advantages will be more apparent from the accompanying drawings and the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments.
The above and other objects and advantages of the present invention will be apparent upon consideration of the following detailed description, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which like reference characters refer to like parts throughout, and in which:
FIG. 1 is a side view of a previously known sensor catheter system;
FIG. 2 is a side-sectional view of the previously known sensor catheter of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a previously known wire bundle for a sensor catheter;
FIG. 4 is cross-sectional view of a first embodiment of a wiring arrangement for a sensor catheter constructed in accordance with the principles of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is cross-sectional view of a second embodiment of a wiring arrangement for a sensor catheter constructed in accordance with the principles of the present invention; and
FIG. 6 is cross-sectional view of a third embodiment of a wiring arrangement for a sensor catheter of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 1, a previously known sensor catheter system 10 comprises catheter 12 including proximal end 12a attached to processing equipment 14 and distal end 12b including sensor assembly 16 comprising one or more sensors. By way of example, sensor assembly 16 may includes a temperature sensor, a pressure sensor, a pH sensor, a flow velocity sensor and/or a volumetric flow sensor for measuring temperature, pressure, pH, flow velocity and flow volume. Of course, sensor assembly 16 may include sensors other than those listed above.
Sensor assembly 16 also may include an imaging sensor, such as an ultrasound, magnetic resonance, optical coherence tomography or infrared imaging sensor. Imaging sensors are typically used to gather images from locations inside a patient's body during surgical and diagnostic procedures. Catheter 12 may be configured to gather images from inside a patient's blood vessels during percutaneous procedures such as cardiological or peripheral intervention. An illustrative catheter that may be used for ultrasound applications is described in commonly assigned U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/233,870, filed Aug. 29, 2002.
Referring to FIG. 2, signals from sensor 16 are transmitted to and from processing equipment 14 via wire bundle 18 including a plurality of wires. Sensor assembly 16 may include an ultrasound sensor that transmits signals to processing equipment 14, which processes the signal data and displays the resulting images on a suitable display screen. Alternatively, sensor assembly 16 may include other sensors that transmit different signals to the processing equipment.
Processing equipment 14 also transmits signals that control the operation of sensor assembly 16. For example, if catheter 12 is an ultrasound imaging catheter, processing equipment 14 transmits drive signals for one or more transducer elements disposed within the sensor assembly. These drive signals cause the transducer elements to emit acoustic vibrations directed towards a target area within the patient's body.
Power supply signals and clock signals (e.g., for synchronizing the timing of circuitry within sensor assembly 16) also may be transmitted to sensor assembly 16 from processing equipment 14 via wire bundle 18. In order to improve overall system performance, it is desirable to reduce cross-talk between the different wires, regardless of the type of signal being transmitted.
Referring now to FIG. 3, a previously known wiring arrangement 20 for a sensor catheter comprises a single wire bundle having six individual wires 20a radially surrounding central wire 20b. Wiring arrangement further comprises outer sheath 21 for retaining the wires 20a and 20b. This arrangement has the advantage of being relatively compact, but suffers from a relatively high degree of wire-to-wire cross-talk.
Referring to FIG. 4, a first embodiment of a wiring arrangement for sensor catheter 12 constructed in accordance with the principles of the present invention is described. Wiring arrangement 22 comprises first wire bundle 24 contained within sheath 25, second wire bundle 26 contained within sheath 27 and third wire bundle 28 contained within sheath 29. First wire bundle 24 includes wires 24a and 24b, which are twisted together to assist in electrically isolating the wires from the environment, thereby reducing electromagnetic signal interference among the individual wires. Similarly, second wire bundle 26 includes wires 26a and 26b that are twisted together; third wire bundle 28 includes wires 28a, 28b and 28c that are twisted together. All three wire bundles 24, 26 and 28 are twisted together to form wiring arrangement 22 and housed within outer sheath 30.
Referring to FIG. 5, a second embodiment of a wiring arrangement for sensor catheter 12 constructed in accordance with the principles of the present invention is described. Wiring arrangement 32 comprises first wire bundle 34 contained within sheath 35, second wire bundle 36 contained within sheath 37 and third wire bundle 38 contained within sheath 39. First wire bundle 34 includes wires 34a and 34b, which are twisted together to assist in electrically isolating the wires from the environment, thereby reducing electromagnetic signal interference among the individual wires. Similarly, second wire bundle 36 includes wires 36a and 36b that are twisted together; third wire bundle 38 includes wires 38a, 38b and 38c that are twisted together. Unlike the embodiment of FIG. 4, wire bundles 34, 36 and 38 of the embodiment of FIG. 5 are not twisted and retained within an outer sheath.
Referring to FIG. 6, a third embodiment of a wiring arrangement for sensor catheter 12 of the present invention is described. Wiring arrangement 42 comprises first wire bundle 44 contained within sheath 45, second wire bundle 46 contained within sheath 47 and third wire bundle 48 contained within sheath 49. The first pair of wires includes wires 44a, 44b and 44c, which are twisted together to assist in electrically isolating the wires from the environment, thereby reducing electromagnetic signal interference among the individual wires. Similarly, second wire bundle 46 includes wires 46a, 46b and 46c that are twisted together; third wire bundle 48 includes wires 48a, 48b and 48c that are twisted together. All three wire bundles 44, 46 and 48 are twisted together to form wiring arrangement 42 and contained within an outer sheath 50.
Twisting the wires in the wire bundles has been observed to reduce electromagnetic interference among the wires. In some embodiments, the wires are twisted in a clockwise direction, while in others the wires may be twisted in a counter-clockwise direction. Alternatively, wires within different bundles may be twisted in different directions depending upon the application of the sensor catheter. Moreover, multiple wire bundles may be twisted together to form a single wire group. When forming a single wire group from multiple wire bundles, the direction of wire bundle twisting preferably is opposite to the direction in which individual wires are twisted when forming the multiple wire bundles.
The wiring arrangements of FIGS. 4-6 are merely illustrative. As would be appreciated by those of skill in the art, many different wiring arrangements are possible without departing from the scope of the present invention. For example, the wiring arrangement may include 2 or more wire bundles, each wire bundle including two or more individual wires.
Although preferred illustrative embodiments of the present invention are described above, it will be evident to one skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the invention. It is intended in the appended claims to cover all such changes and modifications that fall within the true spirit and scope of the invention.
1. A method, comprising: coupling a plurality of wires to the sensor assembly such that the plurality of wires extend from the distal portion of the catheter to the proximal portion of the catheter, wherein the plurality of wires are divided into at least first and second wire bundles, each of the wires in at least the first and second wire bundles twisted together such that the wires in at least the first and second wire bundles are not arranged side by side in order to reduce electromagnetic interference between the wires, wherein the plurality of wires carry control signals transmitted to the sensor assembly and sensor signals transmitted from the sensor assembly, and wherein at least the first and second wire bundles are twisted together and disposed within an outer sheath having an inner wall forming a space containing at least the first and second wire bundles of the plurality of wires;
providing a catheter having proximal portion and a distal portion;
coupling a sensor assembly to the distal portion of the catheter; and
wherein the first wire bundle of the plurality of wires coupled to the sensor assembly consists of a pair of wires;
wherein the second wire bundle consists of a pair of wires;
wherein the plurality of wires coupled to the sensor assembly are further divided into a third wire bundle, wherein the wires in the third wire bundle are twisted together to reduce electromagnetic interference;
wherein the third wire bundle consists of three wires.
wherein the wires in the first wire bundle are twisted together in a first direction and the wires in the second wire bundle are twisted together in a second direction substantially opposite the first direction.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the first wire bundle of the plurality of wires coupled to the sensor assembly consists of a pair of wires.
4. The method of claim 3, wherein the pair of wires of the first wire bundle is twisted together in a clockwise direction.
5. The method of claim 3, wherein the pair of wires of the first wire bundle is twisted together in a counter-clockwise direction.
6. The method of claim 3, wherein the second wire bundle consists of a pair of wires.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein the plurality of wires coupled to the sensor assembly are further divided into a third wire bundle, wherein the wires in the third wire bundle are twisted together to reduce electromagnetic interference.
8. The method of claim 7, wherein the first, second, and third wire bundles are twisted together and disposed within the outer sheath.
wherein the wires in the first wire bundle are twisted together in a first direction, the wires in the second wire bundle are twisted together in the first direction, and the first and second wire bundles are twisted together in a second direction substantially opposite the first direction.
10. A method, comprising:
providing a flexible elongate member having a proximal portion and a distal portion;
disposing a sensor assembly adjacent the distal portion of the flexible elongate member; and
coupling a plurality of wires to the sensor assembly such that the plurality of wires extend from the sensor assembly to a connector adjacent the proximal portion of the flexible elongate member, the plurality of wires configured to carry control signals to the sensor assembly and sensor signals from the sensor assembly, wherein the plurality of wires are divided into a first wire bundle and a second wire bundle, each of the wires in the first and second wire bundles twisted together such that the wires are not arranged side by side in order to reduce electromagnetic interference between wires in the first and second wire bundles, wherein the wires of the first wire bundle are disposed within a first sheath, wherein the wires of the second wire bundle are disposed within a second sheath, and wherein the first and second sheaths are twisted together and disposed within an outer sheath having an inner wall forming a space containing the first and second wire bundles.
11. The method of claim 10, wherein the wires in the first wire bundle are twisted together in a clockwise direction.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein the wires in the second wire bundles are twisted together in a counter-clockwise direction.
13. The method of claim 10, wherein at least one of the first and second wire bundles consists of a pair of wires.
14. The method of claim 10, wherein the plurality of wires further are divided into a third wire bundle, wherein the wires in the third wire bundle are twisted together.
15. The method of claim 14, wherein the third wire bundle consists of three wires.
16. The method of claim 14, wherein the first, second, and third wire bundles are twisted together and disposed within the outer sheath.
17. The method of claim 10, wherein the wires in the first wire are twisted together in a first direction, the wires in the second wire bundle are twisted together in the first direction, and the first and second wire bundles are twisted together in a second direction substantially opposite the first direction.
18. The method of claim 10, wherein the sensor assembly includes at least one of an imaging sensor, a temperature sensor, a pressure sensor, a pH sensor, a flow velocity sensor, and a volumetric flow sensor.
19. The method of claim 18, wherein the sensor assembly includes an imaging sensor selected from the group of imaging sensors consisting of an ultrasound imaging sensor, a magnetic resonance imaging sensor, an optical coherence tomography imaging sensor, and an infrared imaging sensor.
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Date of Patent: Aug 5, 2014
Patent Publication Number: 20120184834
Assignee: Volcano Corporation (San Diego, CA)
Inventors: Gregory Kent Williams (Sacramento, CA), Stephen Charles Davies (Folsom, CA), Gerald L. Litzza (Sacramento, CA)
Primary Examiner: Max Hindenburg
Assistant Examiner: Jonathan M Foreman
Application Number: 13/431,332
Current U.S. Class: Flexible Catheter Guide (600/585); Temperature Detection (600/549); Measuring Fluid Pressure In Body (600/561)
International Classification: A61M 25/00 (20060101);
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Nepal Christians Begin Legal Battle for Burial Ground
Hindu group declares country a Hindu state; upper castes seek halt to conversions.
KATHMANDU, Nepal, April 19 (CDN) — With the government refusing to listen to their three-year plea for an official cemetery and ignoring a protracted hunger strike, Nepal’s Christians are now seeking redress from the Supreme Court.
“Every day there are two to three deaths in the community, and with each death we face a hard time with the burial,” said Chari Bahadur Gahatraj, a pastor who filed a petition in the high court on March 13 asking it to intervene as authorities of Nepal’s oldest Hindu temple had begun demolishing the graves of Christians there.
Gahatraj and Man Bahadur Khatri are both members of the newly formed Christian Burial Ground Prayer and National Struggle Committee that since last month began leading a relay hunger strike in a public area of the capital, asking for a graveyard. They said they were forced to go to court after the Pashupati Area Development Trust (PADT), which runs Nepal’s oldest Hindu shrine, the Pashupatinath temple, said it would no longer allow non-Hindus to use the temple’s forested land.
“We don’t want to hurt the sentiments of any community,” Gahatraj told Compass. “Nor are we trying to grab the land owned by a temple. We are ready to accept any plot given to us. All we are asking for is that the burials be allowed till we get an alternate site.”
Judge Awadhesh Kumar Yadav has since ordered the government and PADT not to prevent Christians from using the forest for burials until the dispute is resolved. The legal battle, however, now involves a counter-suit. Hindu activist Bharat Jangam filed a second writ on March 20, saying that since the forest was the property of a Hindu temple, non-Hindus should not be allowed to bury their dead there just as churches do not allow Hindu burials.
Subsequently, the court decided to hear the two petitions together, and yesterday (April 18), the hearings began. While two lawyers argued on behalf of Gahatraj and Khatri, a cohort of 15 lawyers spoke against their petition. The next hearing is scheduled for May 3.
Along with the legal battle, Christians have kept up their relay hunger strike. To step up pressure on the government, the protestors also announced they would lead a funeral march to the offices of the prime minister and the culture minister and hand over coffins to them as a symbolic protest. If that too failed, they warned they would have no option but to go on hunger strike in front of the prime minister’s office and parliament, this time carrying dead bodies with them.
Alarmed at the rate the issue was snowballing, the government finally responded. Yesterday Culture Minister Gangalal Tuladhar opened talks with the protestors, agreeing to continue the negotiations after three days. The government also formed a four-member committee to look into the demand. Currently, Christians are asking for cemetery land in all 75 districts of Nepal.
Protestors were wary of the government’s intent in the overture.
“This could be a ploy to buy time and bury the issue,” said a member of the Christian committee formed to advise parliament on drafting the new constitution, who requested anonymity.
Though the committee formed to look into the Christians’ demand for burial land has been asked to present a report within two weeks, Christians suspect the panel is dragging its feet.
“The new constitution has to be promulgated by May 28, but it does not seem likely that the main political parties will be able to accomplish the task,” the Christian committee member said. “And if the constitution doesn’t materialize in time, there will be a crisis and our problem will be shelved.”
Hindu Nation
Adding to their unease, Christians are now facing a redoubled campaign by Hindu groups for the restoration of Hinduism as the state religion, five years after parliament declared Nepal, the world’s only Hindu kingdom, secular.
If the new constitution had been promulgated last year, it would have consolidated secularism in Nepal. But with the country missing the deadline due to protracted power-sharing rows among the major political parties, Christians still feel under threat.
On Thursday (April 14), when the country celebrated the start of the indigenous new year 2068 with a public holiday, the Rastriya Prajatantra Party-Nepal, which seeks the reinstatement of Hinduism as the state religion, kicked off a campaign at the Bhadrakali temple in Kathmandu. As curious onlookers and soldiers patrolling the nearby army headquarters looked on, party members fervently blew into conch shells and rang bells to draw people’s attention to their demand.
The party, which is also seeking the restoration of monarchy, took some oblique shots at the Christian community as well.
“There is a deliberate and systematic attempt by organizations to convert Hindus,” said Kamal Thapa, party chief and a former minister. “These organizations are guided by foreign powers and foreign funds. If the widespread conversion of Hindus is not stopped immediately, we will have to take stern measures.”
Three days later, an umbrella of Hindu groups – the Rastriya Dharma Jagaran Mahasabha (the National Religion Resurrection Conference) held a massive gathering in the capital, declaring Nepal a “Hindu state” and meeting with no official objection. The proclamation came as the climax to a three-day public program calling for the restoration of “the traditional Hindu state.” Several Hindu preachers and scholars from neighboring India attended the program, held on the grounds of the Pashupatinath temple, which is also a UNESCO-declared World Heritage Site.
The “Hindu state” proclamation was the brainchild of Shankar Prasad Pandey, a former member of parliament from Nepali Congress, the second largest party in Nepal, now in opposition. Though Pandey was a sitting Member of Parliament in 2006, when the body unanimously declared Nepal secular, he began opposing the move soon afterwards, leading four campaigns against it nationwide.
“I consider the nation and the Hindu religion to be more important than the party,” said Pandey, known as the MP who began to go barefoot 32 years ago to show solidarity with Nepalese, who are among the poorest in the world. “Over 90 percent of the Nepalese want Nepal to be a Hindu state. However, the government is led by people whose only concern is power and money.”
Pandey’s campaign is supported by Hindu groups from India and the West: Narendranath Saraswati, who is the Shankaracharya or religious head of a prominent Hindu shrine in India’s Varanasi city; Dr. Tilak Chaitanya, chief of a group in the United Kingdom that propagates the Gita, the holy book of the Hindus; and Tahal Kishore, head of a Hindu organization, Radha Krishna Sevashram, in the United States.
Two weeks before the May 28 deadline for the new constitution, Pandey and his followers plan to step up the campaign for a “Hindu state” in the capital. Though Pandey denies it could stir up animosity between the majority-Hindus and Christians – whose minority population is said to have crossed 2 million but is actually only 850,801, according to Operation World – there are fears of religious tension if not outright violence.
The Hindu rallies continue to grow as a pressure tactic. Yesterday (April 18), members of Nepal Brahman Samaj, an organization of “upper castes” from whose echelons temple priests are appointed, fought with security forces in front of parliament house, demanding their rights be respected and an end to conversions.
More Hindutva (Hindu nationalist) campaigning is scheduled on April 29, when the Rastriya Prajatantra Party-Nepal’s Thapa has called for a mass gathering in the capital.
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NEW SOUTH WALES NATIONAL PARKS UNDER THREAT???
The New South Wales government is now considering some level of development in the national parks of New South Wales. Just what level of development that may be is yet to be made clear. It is understood that the development may include accommodation projects, various commercial enterprises and guided bush walks.
Tourism Minster Jodi McKay, a former news reader with NBN television, is waiting on a report from a government commissioned taskforce looking into ways that tourism can be increased in the state’s national parks.
The planned tourism development of national parks is a major step away from the ‘wilderness’ goals of recent times and represents a threat to the wilderness values of national parks and world heritage listed areas.
However, a certain level of development may be appropriate, given the serious deterioration of many of the amenities and signage within New South Wales national parks. Many access routes are also seriously degraded following years of poor management.
Perhaps a quality New South Wales national parks and reserves web site could be developed, with the current web site being quite dated and not particularly useful for visitors to the national parks of New South Wales. Quality information on the attractions and access to each national park would greatly improve the tourist potential of New South Wales national parks.
If quality visitor brochures/leaflets on such things as camping facilities, access routes, walking trails and park attractions could be developed and made available via PDF documents on the web site, potential visitors could plan their trips and this would certainly increase visitor numbers to the national parks.
Quality content and relevant up-to-date information on each national park, as well as well maintained access routes and facilities would encourage far more people to visit the national parks and give visitors a memorable experience.
BELOW: Footage of the Warrumbungle National Park in NSW.
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SCIENTISTS FIND ANCIENT BOWL THAT MAY CALL JESUS A MAGICIAN
The report below comes from the Christian Telegraph and describes the discovery of a bowl that ‘scientists’ so called are speculating all manner of theories on. It seems the discovery of any object can be used to push an agenda of any type – in this case an agenda that will stop at nothing to nullify the claims of Christ.
The footage below was found on YouTube regarding the discovery of this bowl:
The report from the Christian Telegraph now follows:
In what is certainly to be a controversial speculation too hard for many Evangelical Christians to swallow, scientists claim they have found an ancient bowl that refers to Jesus Christ as a magician, reports Michael Ireland, chief correspondent, ASSIST News Service.
A team of scientists led by renowned French marine archaeologist Franck Goddio recently announced that they have found the bowl, dating to between the late 2nd century B.C. and the early 1st century A.D., that is engraved with what they believe could be the world’s first known reference to Christ.
In an online article by Jennifer Viegas of the Discovery Channel posted to the MSNBC website, scientists say the engraving reads, “DIA CHRSTOU O GOISTAIS,” which has been interpreted to mean either, “by Christ the magician” or, “the magician by Christ.”
The MSNBC article says that if the word “Christ” refers to the Biblical Jesus Christ, as is speculated, then the discovery may provide evidence that Christianity and paganism at times intertwined in the ancient world.
“It could very well be a reference to Jesus Christ, in that he was once the primary exponent of white magic,” said archaeologist Goddio, who is co-founder of the Oxford Center of Maritime Archaeology.
In her article, Viegas says that Goddio and his colleagues found the object during an excavation of the underwater ruins of Alexandria’s ancient great harbor. The Egyptian site also includes the now submerged island of Antirhodos, where Cleopatra’s palace may have been located.
Viegas says that both Goddio and Egyptologist David Fabre, a member of the European Institute of Submarine Archaeology, think a “magus” could have practiced fortune telling rituals using the bowl. The Book of Matthew refers to “wisemen,” or Magi, believed to have been prevalent in the ancient world.
According to Fabre, the bowl is also very similar to one depicted in two early Egyptian earthenware statuettes that are thought to show a soothsaying ritual.
“It has been known in Mesopotamia probably since the 3rd millennium B.C.,” Fabre said. “The soothsayer interprets the forms taken by the oil poured into a cup of water in an interpretation guided by manuals.”
Fabre added that the individual, or “medium,” then goes into a hallucinatory trance when studying the oil in the cup.
“They therefore see the divinities, or supernatural beings appear that they call to answer their questions with regard to the future,” he said.
Viegas writes that scientists theorize the magus might then have used the engraving on the bowl to legitimize his supernatural powers by invoking the name of Christ.
Goddio said, “It is very probable that in Alexandria they were aware of the existence of Jesus” and of his associated legendary miracles, such as transforming water into wine, multiplying loaves of bread, conducting miraculous health cures, and the story of the resurrection itself.
Viegas explains that while not discounting the Jesus Christ interpretation, other researchers have offered different possible interpretations for the engraving, which was made on the thin-walled ceramic bowl after it was fired, since slip was removed during the process.
Bert Smith, a professor of classical archaeology and art at Oxford University, suggests the engraving might be a dedication, or present, made by a certain “Chrestos” belonging to a possible religious association called Ogoistais.
Klaus Hallof, director of the Institute of Greek inscriptions at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy, added that if Smith’s interpretation proves valid, the word “Ogoistais” could then be connected to known religious groups that worshipped early Greek and Egyptian gods and goddesses, such as Hermes, Athena and Isis.
Hallof additionally pointed out that historians working at around, or just after, the time of the bowl, such as Strabon and Pausanias, refer to the god “Osogo” or “Ogoa,” so a variation of this might be what’s on the bowl. It is even possible that the bowl refers to both Jesus Christ and Osogo.
Fabre concluded: “It should be remembered that in Alexandria, paganism, Judaism and Christianity never evolved in isolation. All of these forms of religion (evolved) magical practices that seduced both the humble members of the population and the most well-off classes.”
“It was in Alexandria where new religious constructions were made to propose solutions to the problem of man, of God’s world,” he added. “Cults of Isis, mysteries of Mithra, and early Christianity bear witness to this.”
The bowl is currently on public display in the exhibit “Egypt’s Sunken Treasures” at the Matadero Cultural Center in Madrid, Spain, until November 15.
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Sealed Church in Bogor, Indonesia Appeals to UN
Posted on July 31, 2010 by particularkev
In Bekasi, another church is shuttered – again.
JAKARTA, Indonesia, July 6 (CDN) — The Gereja Kristen Indonesia (GKI) Taman Yasmin Church in Bogor, West Java has filed a religious discrimination appeal with the United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, church leaders said.
Since April 11 the congregation has held services on the roadside in front of the sealed church in stifling heat. The church pastor, the Rev. Ujang Tanusaputra, told Compass that the congregation has held Sunday services six times in front of the building that the mayor of Bogor sealed.
“We are going to continue worshipping by the roadside as part of the struggle to remove the seal,” he told Compass.
Tanusaputra said that the church had received an official building permit from the Bogor City government.
“Yet, somehow, because of a group that objected to the presence of a church, our construction was stopped and later sealed,” he said.
He said that even though the church brought suit against the sealing in court – and won – the congregation is not permitted to worship in the building, which is 80 percent completed.
Tanusaputra said he hopes the Lord will intervene to show that Indonesia is a country where laws are followed and all faiths may freely worship.
One of the church elders, Thomas Wadu Dara, said that before the church was constructed, and after the congregation had won the court case, there was a meeting with the Bogor mayor. The mayor told them to go ahead with construction and to build relations with the community so that their presence would be understood and accepted.
The construction was going smoothly until a Muslim group began demonstrating and the government sealed the building to appease them.
“I am greatly disappointed and cannot accept this reasoning in a law-abiding country,” Wadu Dara said.
Wadu Dara said he hopes that the Bogor government will be firm and honor the decision of the court in Bandung, the provincial capital.
“I hope that the seal will be taken away and that we can finish construction,” he said.
Jayadi Damanik, a member of the church’s legal team, added that the sealing of the church is arbitrary and without legal basis.
“We have requested that the Bogor government be aware of the sealing and remove it,” he said, adding that he was astonished that Bogor city officials were not obeying the Bandung provincial court decision in favor of the GKI Yasmin church.
The government wants people to obey the law, yet the government itself is not respecting the rule of law, Damanik added.
“This is most ironical in a law-abiding country such as Indonesia,” he said.
On June 20 Compass visited the church’s Sunday worship, where about 200 people met in a service limited to one hour. Approximately 100 policemen were present with at least 10 vehicles and nearby water cannon.
“If the building were unsealed, we wouldn’t need such tight police security,” said Wadu Dara.
During the service, a 20-year-old woman fainted from the heat of the sun.
Defying the Law
A survey by the denomination showed that there was a need for the church in the Taman Yasmin area. The Taman Yasmin Housing development had land zoned for a church, but that land was used for a worship place of another faith.
The GKI Yasmin development team purchased a 1,720-square meter commercial lot from PT Inti Inovaco and contacted community members, leaders, and civic groups regarding the construction of a church building. On March 10, 2002, the church had collected 170 signatures of citizens agreeing to the presence of a church on West Bogor Ring Road, Curug Mekar village, Bogor City.
The church canvassed the area six times between 2003 and 2006, holding public information meetings attended by hundreds of people, including youth and local leaders. It secured and submitted the necessary recommendations, and on July 13, 2006, the mayor of Bogor issued a decree granting GKI Yasmin a building permit.
On Aug. 18, 2006, the church held a public meeting with the head and the secretary of the Indonesian (Muslim) Cleric Elders (Majelis Ulama Indonesia Bogor), the West Bogor district officer, Muslim leaders, village heads, the chief and deputy chief of the West Bogor police and leaders of community organizations. The next day, a representative of the Bogor government who read a message from the mayor laid the church cornerstone.
Yet less than two months later, on Oct. 11, the church received a letter from the Bogor City secretary ordering the church to stop construction and move to another location.
On Dec. 6, 2006, the church received a letter from PT Inti Inovaco stating that the Taman Yasmin Housing area was not zoned for non-Muslim community facilities. The Taman Yasmin Great Mosque was using the land zoned for community facilities (its foundation had been laid). The church therefore decided to stay where it was, and on Jan. 10, 2007 laid the foundation for its building.
On Feb. 10, 2007 a demonstration took place in front of the Bogor City Legislature demanding that the church building permit be revoked. Four days later, the Bogor government sent a letter to the church freezing the building permit.
The church immediately reacted. It sent letters to the mayor, other involved government bodies, Muslim clerics and Islamic community organizations and filed a complaint with the national human rights commission.
The church argued that according to Article 6, paragraph 1 of Joint Ministerial Decree No. 8 and No. 9 (2006), there is no legal “freezing” of a permit. This decree says that a permit can be cancelled only through court proceedings. GKI Yasmin went to court.
On Sept. 4, 2008, the court in Bandung nullified the Bogor government letter “freezing” the building permit. Bogor City appealed the decision and lost. The Bandung court issued a letter on March 30, 2009 stating that Bogor City had exhausted all appeals.
With the legal issues cleared, the church resumed construction. On Jan. 8, 2010, however, the church received a threatening letter. A short time later, a band of people damaged a fence around the property.
On Feb. 25, Bogor Mayor Diani Budiarto retracted his recommendation for the project, citing community pressure and protests since the building permit had been issued in 2006. The church received a letter on March 8 from the Bogor government ordering that construction stop.
On March 11 the Bogor government hung a sign saying “sealed” on the fence without following legal procedures, so the church continued construction. Church leaders wrote a letter to police and a local military commander in April notifying them that worship services would start on April 11. On the day before this initial service, members of the church people were setting up chairs when police – in defiance of previous court decisions – arrived at 5 p.m., cut the lock on the gate, and replaced it with their own lock. They also placed a sign on the gate that read, “Sealed.”
Since April 11 the congregation has been holding services in front of the fence by the roadside.
In Bekasi, Dialogue Fails and Another Church is Closed
JAKARTA, Indonesia, July 6 (Compass Direct News) – After failed dialog between Indonesian officials and representatives of the Huria Kristen Batak Protestan (HKBP) Podok Timur Indah Church in Bekasi City, West Java, government officials sealed the house where the church was meeting.
The church pastor, the Rev. Luspida Simanjuntak, said the church that was meeting in Mustika Jaya district had attempted talks with the government, but pressure from Islamic organizations, including the Islamic Defenders’ Front, was so strong that the government could not stand up to it.
On June 20, Bekasi City officials sealed the building. Bekasi City Area Deputy Zaki Hoetomo admitted that the action was taken because of pressure from Islamic organizations upset by expanding Christian influence. Officials sealed it by placing a sign in front of the structure stating that it violated zoning, permit and construction regulations.
The church has been meeting in the house as the local government has delayed the processing of its application for a building permit.
Hoetomo said officials had contacted church leaders three times about the use of the house, but that there had been no response.
Members of the congregation wept as the building was sealed. Representatives of Islamic organizations, including the Anti-apostasy Forum of Bekasi, also witnessed the sealing.
Simanjuntak said the closure was unjust.
“How is it possible to forbid people to worship?” Simanjuntak told Compass, adding that the government was favoring the majority and neglecting others.
The pastor said the congregation will be firm and continue its regular worship at the place.
“We are going to stay at this house and worship according to our faith, even if we have to do it in the street,” Simanjuntak said.
The church of 1,500 members has thrived in the Mustika Jaya district for four years, its building permit application bogged down in bureaucracy.
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Two Churches Forced to Close in Indonesia
Islamists pressure officials to stop Baptist services; Batak worshippers also told to cease.
JAKARTA, Indonesia, February 4 (CDN) — Local governments have ordered the closure of two churches on Indonesia’s Java island.
Under pressure from Islamist groups, authorities ordered Christian Baptist Church in Sepatan, Tangerang district, Banten Province to cease services. In Pondok Timur, near Bekasi in West Java, officials abruptly closed the Huria Christian Protestant Batak Church (HKBP) after delaying a building permit for four years.
Tangerang district authorities issued a decree on Jan. 21 ordering all worship activities to cease at the Baptist church. At a meeting in the district offices, officials pressured church officials to sign a statement that they would stop all worship activities, but they refused.
The Rev. Bedali Hulu said that he received the government order on Jan. 26. In addition, a sign was placed on his church’s worship building saying, “Stop! This building violates government decree number 10 of 2006.”
Hulu told Compass that on Dec. 7 a banner was placed on the street leading to the housing area that said, “We Reject the Presence of Uncontrolled Churches in our Area,” and “We Reject Uncontrolled Churches in Sepatan District.” On Dec. 12, citizens presented a letter rejecting the presence of the congregation to church leaders.
The church has permission to worship from both local citizens and the Christians in accordance with a Joint Ministerial Decree promulgated in 1969 and revised in 2006, Hulu said.
“However, the pressure from Islamic groups is so strong, it’s as if the local government can do nothing,” he said.
Islamic groups stirred up demonstrations against the church on Dec. 19, when 30 people demonstrated during a Christmas celebration for children, and another demonstration followed the next day. On Dec. 27, a large crowd from the Islamic Defenders’ Front (FPI) arrived and demanded that worship cease.
Police on Dec. 29 issued a letter ordering that services stop because they violated local government regulations. The next day church leaders met with local officials but did not reach an agreement.
The church of 130 people has been facing such obstacles since 2006. It began in 2005 after reporting to local authorities and receiving permission.
Opposition from the FPI began the next year, and the church was forced to move services from house to house. On Nov. 4, 2007, as children attended Sunday school, around 10 FPI members arrived and broke up the meeting. On Nov. 19 of that year, several FPI members sent a letter to Hulu warning him and his family to leave the village within six days or the extremists would chase them out.
Hulu left temporarily on the advice of police, but his wife and mother-in-law were allowed to remain.
Last year, unidentified people burned the church building on Sept. 20; police have done nothing, he said.
Closure Order
Near the city of Bekasi, West Java, the government has given a deadline for the cessation of services to the Huria Christian Protestant Batak Church in Pondok Timur. The Rev. Luspida Simanjuntak said that services were ordered to cease after last Sunday (Jan. 31).
The government requested that church officials sign a letter agreeing to this order, but they refused, Simanjuntak said.
The pastor said a local official told them that the order was based on a meeting between the local government and nearby residents who objected to worship services. Simanjuntak told Compass that they were invited to a meeting with the residents who objected, the village officials and the head of the Interfaith Harmony Forum for Bekasi City, Haji Hasnul Chloid Pasaribu. Instead of discussing the situation, however, officials immediately gave the church a letter stating that permission for services extended only to Jan. 31.
“The letter was composed after consulting only one side,” said Simanjuntak. “The church aspirations were never heard.”
The church had been worshipping at that location since 2006.
“From the beginning we worked on the permission, starting at the block level and village level,” he said. “At that time we received permission to worship at my home. We never had problems in our relations with the local citizens.”
The church applied for a worship building permit in 2006, but local officials have yet to act on it, he said.
“Are we not allowed to worship while awaiting the building permit?” Simanjuntak said.
Rev. Gomar Gultom, general secretary of the Indonesian Fellowship of Churches, said that the organization will formulate a request to the Indonesian Senate to provide solutions for the two churches.
“In the near future, we will meet senators from the law and religion committees to discuss this matter,” Gomar said.
Johnny Simanjuntak of the Indonesian National Human Rights Committee told Compass that the government has failed to carry out its constitutional duty to protect freedom of worship for all citizens.
“Clearly the stoppage of any particular religious activity by the government is proof that the government is neglecting the human rights of its citizens,” he said.
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WORLD EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE ASSEMBLY CLOSES IN THAILAND
More than 500 senior evangelical leaders gathering in Pattaya, Thailand from October 25-30, 2008, have wrapped up their General Assembly, after five days of intensive discussion to plan the way forward in world evangelization, reports Michael Ireland, chief correspondent, ASSIST News Service.
On Wednesday, delegates agreed upon six major resolutions setting out an evangelical response to religious liberty, HIV and Aids, poverty, peacemaking, creation care and the global financial crisis, according to a media release obtained by ANS.
“The worldwide financial turmoil is, at its root, evidence of what happens when too many are captivated by greed and put their faith in, and entrust their security and future aspirations to, a system animated by the maximization of wealth. Many legitimately feel betrayed,” read the resolution on the global financial crisis.
“While we hope that the painful consequences of the turmoil will be mitigated, our concern is that its impact will continue to permeate into more regions and economies of the world. We recognize that this economic crisis will have the most painful impact on the poor, who are the most vulnerable.
“We reaffirm our faith in God and acknowledge that He is in control. We repent when we have placed our trust in money, institutions and persons, rather than God. Our security is not found in the things of this world.”
The resolution called on Christians to care for the poor during the crisis and live simply and generously.
“The Body of Christ, His Church, is living with HIV,” stated the resolution on HIV, a major focus area for the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA). “With brokenness we admit that as Evangelical Christians we have allowed stigmatization and discrimination to characterize our relationships with people living with HIV. We repent of these sinful attitudes and commit to ensuring that they are changed.”
In the preamble to the resolution on the Millennium Development Goals, evangelical leaders stated, “In coping with the financial crisis of 2008, governments and international institutions have shown how quickly and effectively they can move to mobilize massive resources in the face of serious threats to our global, common economic well being.
“Yet one child dying of preventable causes every three seconds and 2.7 billion people barely sustained on an income of less than two dollars per day has yet to evoke a similar level of urgent response.
“We believe this to be an affront to God, a shame to governments and civil society, and a massive challenge to the witness and mission of the followers of Christ.”
World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) international director Dr Geoff Tunnicliffe told delegates that they faced additional challenges to fulfilling the Great Commission from radical secularism, postmodernism, declining Christianity at the same time as growing interest in spirituality, trafficking and migration.
He insisted, however, that great challenges also brought great opportunities for evangelical engagement.
“We see this tremendous growth and this seismic shift in the church around the world and we are excited to what God is doing as he raises up women and men around the world in so many different places,” he said.
“As we think about the global reality of the world in which we live, [there are] immense challenges but also immense opportunities.”
Dr Tunnicliffe also said that the WEA would remain committed to integral mission “or holistic transformation, a proclamation and demonstration of the Gospel”.
“It is not simply that evangelism and social involvement are done alongside of each other but rather in integral mission proclamation has social consequences. We call people to love and repentance in all areas of life,” he said.
He reaffirmed the WEA’s commitment to world evangelization.
“If anyone tells you that we’ve gone soft on world evangelization you can tell them that we are totally committed to world evangelization because it is only Jesus Christ that changes people’s lives,” he said.
A highlight of the week was an address from the Rev Joel Edwards, who was commissioned during the assembly as the new director of Christian anti-poverty movement Micah Challenge.
In his address, the former head of the UK Evangelical Alliance told delegates that the power to rehabilitate the word ‘evangelical’ lay in their hands.
“Whatever people think of evangelical Christians, if people are going to think differently about evangelicals the only people who can actually change their minds are evangelicals,” he said.
“We must reinvent, rehabilitate and re-inhabit what evangelical means as good news. We must present Christ credibly to our culture and we should seek to be active citizens working for long-term spiritual and social change.
“Words can change their meaning. If 420 million evangelicals in over 130 nations across the world really wanted it to happen, evangelical could mean good news.”
In another key address, the head of the Evangelical Fellowship of India, the Rev Richard Howell said that an identity anchored in Christ and a universal God was an evangelical non-negotiable in an age of pluralism.
“We have but one agenda: obedience to the Triune God revealed in Jesus Christ,” said Dr Howell. “We are evangelical Christians for the sake of God.”
“Our identity has to be related back to God. Unless we do that, we will never know who we are. Our identity comes from God and God alone.”
“The Christian belief in the oneness of God implies God’s universality, and the universality implies transcendence with respect to any given culture.
“Christians can never be first of all Asians, Africans, Europeans, Americans, Australians and then Christians.”
The assembly also heard from the Chair of the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization (LCWE), Douglas Birdsall.
The WEA is collaborating with the LCWE in its major Cape Town 2010 meeting, which will bring together 4,000 evangelicals to assess the next steps in realizing the movement’s vision of ‘the whole church taking the whole gospel to the whole world’.
“You might ask is there a need for an international congress that deals with world evangelization,” Birdsall told the assembly. “I would say that throughout history, such a gathering is only necessary when the future of the life of the church is threatened by some type of challenge – either internal challenge or external pressure.”
The assembly also saw the launch of the WEA Leadership Institute, a brand new initiative to see the leaders of the WEA’s 128 national alliances trained to serve and proclaim Christ within some challenging contexts.
“Leading an Evangelical Alliance is not easy,” commented Dr Tunnicliffe. “That’s why we want to provide them with the relevant training and resources.”
Also commissioned during the week was the new leader of the WEA’s Religious Liberty Commission, Sri Lankan national Godfrey Yogarajah.
Dr Tunnicliffe rounded up the assembly with a call to evangelicals to keep in step with God’s work on earth.
“It is my prayer that we in our community will be women and men who live with divine purpose within our lives, that we will be good leaders envisioned by God to make a difference in the world,” he said.
“The most important thing that you can do with your [life] is to integrate it into the never ending story of God’s kingdom. God’s already at work in the world. He’s doing things. We just need to align with what He is doing.”
World Evangelical Alliance is made up of 128 national evangelical alliances located in 7 regions and 104 associate member organizations. The vision of WEA is to extend the Kingdom of God by making disciples of all nations and by Christ-centered transformation within society. WEA exists to foster Christian unity, to provide an identity, voice and platform for the 420 million evangelical Christians worldwide.
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Performer: Tony & Carolyn
Title: We've Only Just Begun
Date of release: 1971
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Genre: Pop / World
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We've Only Just Begun" is a hit single by The Carpenters written by Roger Nichols (music) and Paul Williams (lyrics). Ranked at No. 405 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time", it is frequently used as a wedding song. The song was originally recorded by Smokey Roberds, a friend of Nichols, singing under the name of "Freddie Allen"
We’ve Only Just Begun. Produced by Jack Daugherty. Album Close To You. We’ve Only Just Begun Lyrics. We've only just begun to live White lace and promises A kiss for luck and we're on our way We've only begun. Before the rising sun, we fly So many roads to choose We'll start out walking and learn to run And yes, we've just begun. Sharing horizons that are new to us Watching the signs along the way Talkin' it over, just the two of us Workin' together day to day, together. There was actually a wonderful writer named Tony Asher who wrote for this ad agency, and he’d had a skiing accident and he broke his arm, so he couldn’t write or play the piano or whatever.
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We've Only Just Begun ● The Carpenters. BPM of 116. Key of C Major. We've Only Just Begun by The Carpenters is in the key of C Major. It should be played at a tempo of 116 BPM. This track was released in 1970.
A We've Only Just Begun / I'll Be There
Written-By – B. Gordy*, B. West*, H. Davis*, P. Williams*, R. Nichols*, W. Hutch*
B I Can Get Away From You (But I Can't Get Over)
Written-By – Michael Masser, Pam Sawyer
Arranged By – David Van DePitte
Producer – Sam Locricchio
Matrix / Runout (Runout Area Side A): V.I.P. 25068F LENNY L3-S-L-901M07
Matrix / Runout (Runout Area Side B): V.I.P. 25068F LENNY L3-S-T2-930M01
V.I.P. 25068F Tony & Carolyn We've Only Just Begun / I'll Be There (7", Single, Promo) V.I.P. V.I.P. 25068F US 1971
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AKPABIO AND HIS ALTER-EGO: ANY LESSON IN NEBUCHADNEZZAR FALL? (PART 1)
By Thomas Tomas.
Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall
All the King’s horses and all the kings’ men
Couldn’t put Humpty Dumpty together again
Thousands of men have fallen from their on-top-of the world positions but had not deserved the attention of history. Not that they refused to clear their way into the reckonings of history; and not that history deliberately refuse to recognize their falls. But, perchance, because while they were on top of the world, they reasoned that a day would come when they would descend from the echelon to the ground, and their actions would either defend or crucify them.
Of a truth, the majority of the people in the world today, especially in this part of the globe are metaphorically like those who are on board an aeroplane – those they see on earth are tiny. Any leader who has an aerial view of his followers or compatriots is arrogant and is bound to fall, and once that happens, he’s gone!
King Nebuchadnezzar is an example of a leader with an aerial view of his followers/subjects. The feelings of his subjects did not matter to him. God was nothing to him either. He also destroyed God’s chosen and refused to heed God’s warning. Nebuchadnezzar was severely punished: his throne was destroyed in Babylon, while he roamed in the bush like an animal for seven years!
Leaders like Nebuchadnezzar have a penchant for publicity. They can do anything to get publicized. Their own hypes are often mischievous – to cover up their dirty tracts. It works for them, though. This is the tactics Chief Godswill Akpabio employed while he was holding sway, such that those who were not indigenes of the Akwa Ibom State were swayed by the publicity stunts heavily sponsored by him. The former Senate Minority Leader would seize any available opportunity to reel out drums of his “uncommon transformation”. In the Senate, he abandoned legislation and pursued clownery to the detriment of the State. In fact, majority of the people of Akwa Ibom State, including his former lieutenants, had wished for Akpabio’s uncommon fall, and of course, they knew he would fall, just that they wanted it as quick and sudden as possible to commiserate his atrocious and comic reign in the State and in the Senate. Those who knew he would finally “kiss the dust” politically did not know it could happen “like play, like play” because of who Akpabio made them believe he was. Who could have believed that Senator Godswill Akpabio could be dethroned politically in less than 3 hours before the election was over against his wish? Certainly, it was, and still is, a shock, to so many people across Nigeria. Akpabio defeated?!
How Akapbio fall (or fail in the last election) is not within the scope of the piece. What concerns this piece are the lessons of (or in) his fall. But it is a subject of debate for decades now among historians whether men actually learn from the lessons of history or not, hence Professor Abednego Ekoko once admitted jokingly that “history has no lessons, but the only lesson of history is that men refuse to learn from history”. What are the lessons of Akpabio’s sudden and Nebuchadnezzaric fall?
The main lesson which Akpabio’s fall teaches mankind is a lesson in humility – that is, how not to play God. Senator Akpabio in the past 12 years had carried himself as a demigod. Because of this, lives were wasted, people were humiliated and or made to fall from their grace; ethnicity was data shot with impunity. The former Governor spent the State’s resources to procure awards for himself and his wife to the extent of attempting to fight his way to the Guinness Book of Records just for self-aggrandizement. All these were to aid him in his craze to intimidate the very people he professed to govern. Then, there was so much noise in the State, and bogus names like “Ono Mkpo Inam”, “Uko Akwa Ibom”, “Utueneikang Ibibio”, “Eka Esit Mbom”, “Mother Theresa of our time’, etc. made airwaves.
Senator Akpabio treated so many people in the State like pariahs and with utter disdain. He did what was in his mind at any given time. He was able to coerce Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly to always carry out his instructions with immediate effect, and whipped every institution including the judiciary, traditional rulers, etc to his line. Arrogance! Pride! Pomposity! The Bible says “pride goes before fall”.
Secondly, Akpabio’s fall seems to set Akwa Ibom people free and restore hope and decorum (so I think). Many people would not have a chance so long as Akpabio holds sway. He would have still decided who gets what, when, and how. He would have continued to deny people their rights, and turn the minority into the majority overnight. Now, there’s a new lease of life, and Akwa Ibom people now know that they can dethrone any leader who goes against their collective aspirations.
Finally, Akpabio’s fall has taught people to respect one another no matter their status, stature, creed, religion, background, sex, etc. Senator Akpabio has now realized that he should have consulted his people before he took the decision to move to the APC. He has since discovered (though he’s yet to recover) that he has no fools for followers – that those he claimed were fools or his dependants were no fools or his dependants, after all. He has now come to his senses that he should have begged for votes, not going about with the assumption that he had done much for Annang people when he was the governor, therefore, they cannot stop voting for him to return to the Senate.
Like Nebuchadnezzar, Akpabio is now crawling on his knees, begging every Tom, Dick and Harry for leniency and for political recognition. Has Akpabio gone out of his mind like his alter-ego? But packing the entire youths of the State to the Tribunal recently is a clear sign of dementia (I may be wrong), but verily, if Akpabio will repent, and purge his mind of all arrogance and other vices, especially self-assumption, like his alter-ego, his throne may be restored (Daniel 4 verse 34-37).
Thomas Thomas is the General Editor of Global Concord Newspaper, Uyo
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Quotations list about heroin, amphetamine and amphetamines captions citing Shirley Chisholm, Charles Bukowski and John Mellencamp sayings.
It is not heroin or cocaine that makes one an addict, it is the need to escape from a harsh reality. There are more television addicts, more baseball and football addicts, more movie addicts, and certainly more alcohol addicts in this country than there are narcotics addicts.
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The whole LSD, STP, marijuana, heroin, hashish, prescription cough medicine crowd suffers from the Watchtower itch: you gotta be with us, man, or you're out, you're dead. This pitch is a continual and seeming MUST with those who use the stuff. It's no wonder they keep getting busted.
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You know, it's cigarettes that killed (Jerry) Garcia. Everyone thinks it's heroin, but it wasn't. It was cigarettes.
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Who lives longer? The man who takes heroin for two years and dies, or a man who lives on roast beef, water and potatoes 'till 95? One passes his 24 months in eternity. All the years of the beefeater are lived only in time.
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CSX Receives Award of Excellence for Emergency Response Tool
The National Alliance for Public Safety GIS (NAPSG) Foundation has granted an Award of Excellence in Public Safety to CSX for its “CSX Rail Respond” mobile-computing application, which provides firefighters, police officers and other emergency responders with easy mobile access to critical information about the commodities traveling on CSX rails in near-real time.
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CSX Rail Respond supports safe and effective response to rail-related incidents by allowing emergency first responders to determine the exact contents of any rail car on a CSX train, along with emergency response information and recommendations for protective action distances. The service is free to first responders, as are all the safety training and response tools CSX provides. The system is accessible from any Android, iOS or Windows mobile device, tablet or desktop computer, so responders can access the information while en route to an incident or once they arrive on scene.
CSX Rail Respond is part of a comprehensive suite of electronic and traditional information-sharing and training tools that CSX makes available to first responders in the communities it serves, to help ensure that emergency planning officials, firefighters, police officers and other emergency workers have access to the information they need to respond safely and effectively to incidents on the railroad.
CSX was nominated by former battalion chief of the Charlottesville (VA) Fire Department, David Hartman and he stated:
“The application is a dream come true for incident commanders as it directly and immediately impacts the safety and effectiveness for our responders.”
Chief Rand Napoli, chairman of the NAPSG Foundation’s Board of Directors, said:
“The NAPSG Foundation is grateful for the opportunity to recognize and showcase truly amazing leadership efforts in public safety GIS. The nomination we received for CSX highlighted how CSX Rail Respond has made a difference for the community and is helping advance the field of GIS in public safety.”
Skip Elliott, CSX vice president of Public Safety, Health & Environment, said:
“CSX’s Rail Respond mobile application is successful due to a collaborative effort between CSX and our emergency first response partners that incorporated their feedback and usage needs into the development of this tool. The future success of this and similar systems is founded on our ability to continue working with those partners and listening to their feedback.
“We’re grateful for this recognition of Rail Respond and CSX’s commitment to transparent information-sharing, because timely and fact-based decision making can make the difference in supporting successful responses to rail-related incidents.”
First responders interested in accessing CSX Rail Respond can visit www.csxrailrespond.com to request a new account.
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Ways to Get Rid of Evil Ghosts and Spirits
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Black Magic and Evil Ghosts
Article by Craig Hamilton-Parker. Most people have inner fears that occasionally manifest in some irrational way. Thoughts that people find unacceptable are relegated to the fringes of consciousness. Denied and repressed, these thoughts tend to result in illogical behavior or compulsive fears. This is often the case when people believe that are being attacked by ghosts and spirits. Afraid “of their own shadow,” instead of accepting that the problem is within, they look beyond the physical even to the spiritual world for an explanation of their fears.
Many reports of demonic attack and malevolent spirits may be explained by this aspect of psychology. However, the power of the mind can also influence the world around us, and these repressed energies can take on physical form to influence the world by psychokinesis.
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I spoke earlier of “mind fields,” and how they surround individuals, places, and groups of people. I have cited a case from Tibetan mysticism in which a Tulpa entity is created from the mind of the meditating monk and how this entity took on a life of its own. There are similar reports from other cultures about spirits, born of the mind, which became temporary independent beings. They very likely have no self-sustaining consciousness or sense of self, but act out the original motivations of their creator. I have myself investigated a number of so-called haunted houses and reports of spirit attack, and it is my belief that many of these are not spirits at all but thought forms that have taken on an energy of their own. Once brought into being, they continue to feed on the energy and the fear of those people who come in contact with them. Like the Tulpas of Tibet or the Genies of Arabia, these thought forms have no self-awareness; they react to us but have no will of their own.
Experience by Spiritualist Medium
One powerful example of a deliberately created mind form happened to a close friend of mine, a very powerful medium. My friend is a very level-headed woman; not someone prone to fantasy or exaggeration. At the time, her group was working with a distressed young man who had become involved in a Black Coven. He now wanted to break free because of the unsavory sexual activities that some members were practicing. The coven must have found out about what was happening and, as her group sat in meditation for their trance séance, all Hell broke loose.
“As soon as we sat I was ‘controlled’ by something which filled my mind with abominations,” she says. “I saw an altar draped in a black cloth with black candles placed upon it and I was being dragged towards it. I screamed and then vile and vicious language and abuse spilled forth from my mouth. I was completely unable to stop what was happening.
“The control left me and I was myself again, hugely relieved. Then, within two minutes, I was cackling like some demonic hag threatening myself. This went on for awhile; changing from me to monster and back again, and being unable to stop the changing from taking place.
“By this time I was on the point of total hysteria. Our healer friend came across saying ‘that’s enough!’ and gave me healing which cleared whatever was attached to me, or using me.”
For my medium friend, a thoughtful and very stable person, to have come out with “vile and vicious language” is completely out of character. As a tutor at a leading mediumistic teaching organization, she explains to her students that there is nothing to fear in developing mediumship, for spirits cannot harm us if we work within the right conditions. “I believe that, in this instance, the Coven had sat down and created, with mind power, a thought form and directed it toward us,” she says. “It attached itself to me when I was most vulnerable. If I had known that it was possible for thought forms to be so powerful, perhaps I could have protected myself from what happened. I was shaken by what happened but not, I believe, harmed in any way. My problem was the same problem that infects all new mediums, thinking I could take on the world on my own and literally walk where ‘angels fear to tread’.”
Evil Ghosts and Black Magic
Breaking the Connection
Fortunately, at that sitting, a mutual friend of ours was present and was able to break the connection with the Coven’s thought form. This incident happened to my friend at the early stages of her trance work. Future mediumistic meetings had no further problems. Rarely is a person vulnerable, in a mediumistic circle, for we are protected by the group’s collective energy, which shines around us like a brilliant light. In the instance cited above, the group was unaware that such a thought form had been projected towards them, and they proceeded without adequate preparation. Recognizing that you are dealing with a thought form helps you disperse its energy. Spiritual healing can help do this, too, breaking the attachment that a thought form has to an individual. Knowledge that it is “not real” also helps dissipate the fear associated with these things. Similarly, cheerfulness and laughter are powerful weapons.
Earthbound Spirits & Evil Ghosts
Earthbound spirits is the term given to spirits that have not been able to progress to the afterlife. They are the main theme of Hollywood’s ghosts and spooks, and a great deal of misunderstanding has arisen about these things. Just about all of the many cases on which I have been asked to help are either the result of over-active imaginations or other manifestations of psychic power. For example, objects that move by themselves or fly about are often caused by a living person with an emotional problem. Their spiritual energy is under such tension that it cannot find a release in normal life; it therefore explodes as a physical manifestation. (Sometimes the earth energy of certain places can amplify this paranormal phenomena.)
Repressed anger or sexual fears may result in the psyche’s energy escaping in such a way that it can move objects or manifest as poltergeist activity. These people are generating powerful thought forms that can influence the world around them or appear as ghostly phenomena. There are many instances on record of phantoms of living people. These often occur in times of crisis. For example, one woman wrote to me saying, “We emigrated to Ontario, Canada, where my father worked in the steel plant. Dad was very ill and sick in bed when I went with my friends to the club. On the way home I said “Here comes Dad to meet us.” There was no mistaking him and we all saw him, a miner, short, bandy legged with his flat cap on his head. I rushed towards him, wondering how he had recovered so quickly, but as I approached he was gone.” In this instance, the father was still alive when the group saw him.
What is a Ghost Double?
A large number of phantom encounters involve some sort of life crisis, most frequently the crisis of death. In the example I quoted above, the ill man died soon after the girls saw the vision. Apparitions of the living may manifest themselves for no particular reason. Many people have written to me of seeing their doubles, or of being separated from the body and performing mundane tasks. The person projecting the phantom is entirely oblivious to what is happening, yet the phenomena is seen by observers.
Similarly, ghosts and haunting are experienced by groups of people who have no emotional connection to the deceased. Hospitals, museums, mansions, and houses of all sorts, dilapidated or not, have been the abodes of human or animal ghosts. And, as well as individual ghosts, witnesses report seeing ghost trains, ships, long-sunken submarines or phantom armies fighting ancient battles.
Ghost Experience
One interesting example from my own experiences was a woman who claimed that a spirit was sexually molesting her. My initial reaction was that this was either someone with a serious psychological complaint or perhaps suffering from sleep paralysis. However, Spiritualists who contacted me regarding her claim reported witnessing a lot of poltergeist activity related to the “attacks.”
When the woman showed me around her modern apartment and explained the places where the phenomena happened, I felt no particular negativity. However, I could certainly feel negative vibrations connected to the woman herself. I believed the phenomena was coming from her, as projected energy, but how could I prove this to her? My solution was to sit with her and connect to someone she knew in spirit. Using my mediumistic ability, I gave her rock solid evidence of her dead father. Once she was absolutely certain that I was indeed in contact with him, I then asked him to tell us what was the source of the poltergeist activity. He confirmed that it was his daughter’s own energy and that she needed some counselling and healing to get her back into balance.
It is not easy to tell someone that they have not seen a ghost; that the phenomenon troubling them emanates from them. However, it is often the living that create this frightening vicious circle of poltergeist activity fueled by fear. To stop the manifestation, victims must understand that they are the source of the phenomena. To protect themselves from these things, they simply have to stop being afraid.
‘Psychic Protection’ will help you to overcome the negative forces in your life. It is an easy to understand explanation of paranormal forces and gives powerful techniques to protect the soul.
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In February of 2007 Prof. Bird published the landmark paper in Science establishing the principle of reversibility of Rett symptoms in mice, providing the proof-of principle which suggests reversal may be possible in humans.
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Zika virus is a single-stranded RNA virus of the Flaviviridae family, genus Flavivirus .
Transmission occurs through the bite of an infected Aedes species mosquito. Intrauterine, perinatal, sexual, laboratory, and possible transfusion-associated transmission also have been reported. Although Zika viral particles were found in the breast milk of 1 woman, and virus RNA has been detected in breast milk of 2 additional women, transmission of Zika virus through breastfeeding has not been documented.
Zika virus was first identified in Uganda in 1947. Before 2007, only sporadic human cases were reported from countries in Africa and Asia. In 2007, the first documented Zika virus disease outbreak was reported in the Federated States of Micronesia. In subsequent years, outbreaks of Zika virus disease were identified in countries in Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific. Zika virus was identified for the first time in the Western hemisphere in 2015, when large outbreaks were reported in Brazil. Since then, the virus spread throughout much of the Americas. (See www.cdc.gov/travel for current CDC travel notices for Zika virus.)
Most Zika virus infections are asymptomatic. Symptomatic infections are generally mild. Commonly reported signs and symptoms include fever, maculopapular rash, arthralgia, and conjunctivitis. Other symptoms include myalgia and headache. During the outbreak in Brazil in 2015, the Ministry of Health of Brazil reported a marked increase in the number of infants born with microcephaly, although it is not known how many of these cases were associated with Zika virus infection. Zika virus RNA was subsequently identified in tissues from several infants with microcephaly and from fetal losses in women who were infected during pregnancy. (See Box 3-6 for more information about Zika and pregnancy.) Guillain-Barré syndrome also has been reported in some patients after Zika virus infection.
Box 3-6. Zika in pregnancy
Zika virus infection in a pregnant woman can cause microcephaly and other congenital brain abnormalities in the fetus. CDC recommends that pregnant women not travel to any area with ongoing local transmission of Zika virus. Pregnant women who travel to these areas should talk to their health care provider first and strictly follow steps to prevent mosquito bites. Women who are trying to become pregnant should consult with their health care provider before traveling to an area with ongoing local transmission and strictly follow steps to avoid mosquito bites during the trip.
People who have traveled to an area with Zika and have a pregnant partner should use condoms or not have sex (vaginal, anal, or oral) during the pregnancy.
Travelers who have returned from areas with Zika virus transmission should consider preconception counseling with their health care provider and wait to attempt conception until the risk for sexual transmission is believed to be minimal. For more information, visit www.cdc.gov/zika.
Health care providers can contact the CDC Zika Pregnancy Hotline (770-488-7100, ZikaMCH@cdc.gov or ZikaPregnancy@cdc.gov, or fax 404-718-2200) for clinical consultation on Zika virus infection in pregnancy.
Zika virus infection should be considered in patients with acute onset of fever, maculopapular rash, arthralgia, or conjunctivitis who live in or have traveled to an area with ongoing transmission in the 2 weeks preceding illness onset. Because dengue and chikungunya virus infections share a similar geographic distribution and symptoms with Zika, patients with suspected Zika virus infection should also be evaluated and managed for possible dengue or chikungunya virus infection. Other considerations in the differential diagnosis include malaria, rubella, measles, parvovirus, adenovirus, enterovirus, leptospirosis, rickettsiosis, and group A streptococcal infections.
For people with suspected Zika virus disease, Zika virus rRT-PCR should be performed on urine specimens collected <14 days after onset of symptoms or serum specimens collected <7 days after onset of symptoms. A positive rRT-PCR result confirms Zika virus infection, and no antibody testing is indicated. Serum IgM antibody testing should be performed if rRT-PCR is negative or for samples collected ≥7 days after illness onset. However, these serologic assays can be positive because of cross-reacting antibodies against related flaviviruses, such as dengue or yellow fever viruses. Virus-specific neutralization testing can be used to discriminate between cross-reacting antibodies in primary flavivirus infections, although neutralizing antibodies might still yield cross-reactive results in people who were previously infected or vaccinated against a related flavivirus (secondary flavivirus infection).
Health care providers are encouraged to report suspected Zika virus disease cases to their state or local health departments to facilitate diagnosis and mitigate the risk of local transmission in areas where Aedes species mosquitoes are active. Zika virus disease is a nationally notifiable condition. State health departments should report laboratory-confirmed cases to CDC according to the Council of States and Territorial Epidemiologists case definitions. Pregnant women with laboratory evidence of Zika virus infection should be reported to the US Zika Pregnancy Registry or the Puerto Rico Zika Active Pregnancy Surveillance System for clinical follow-up.
No specific antiviral treatment is available for Zika virus disease. Treatment is generally supportive and can include rest, fluids, and use of analgesics and antipyretics. Aspirin and other nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) should be avoided until dengue can be ruled out to reduce the risk of hemorrhage. People infected with Zika, dengue, or chikungunya virus should be protected from further mosquito exposure during the first week of illness to reduce the risk of local transmission. Pregnant women with laboratory evidence of Zika virus infection should be evaluated and managed for possible adverse pregnancy outcomes.
Avoiding mosquito bites can protect against Zika virus infection (see Chapter 2, Protection against Mosquitoes, Ticks, & Other Arthropods). Using condoms during sexual contact with people with possible Zika virus infection also may reduce transmission risk. For more information on sexual transmission of Zika, see Zika and Sexual Transmission on the CDC website (www.cdc.gov/zika/transmission/sexual- transmission.html). Zika virus likely can be spread through blood transfusions. Blood donors returning from areas with active transmission of Zika virus should defer donation for 4 weeks after return (or 4 weeks after resolution of symptoms, if they become ill with symptoms consistent with Zika virus). Mothers are encouraged to breastfeed infants even in areas where Zika virus is circulating, as available evidence indicates the benefits of breastfeeding outweigh any theoretical risks associated with Zika virus infection transmission through breast milk.
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(IC) The Train Station. Posted by Game Master.
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msg #25
(IC) The Train Station
The gunman tries to steer away from the train as he spots Zach. He raises his gun up and fires just as Ben's shot hits his horse in the right flank. The bullet hits Zach but seems to graze him but it will leave one heck of a mark. Zach's shot hits the man's arm. The horse falls down, slamming him to the ground and the train passes right by him.
Zacharias Walker
Deputy, 20 posts
Zach ducked down, cursing softly as he winced in pain.
Siobhan McCormmick
School Teacher, 15 posts
Siobhan pressed her hands over the child's ears as guns were fired over their heads. When no further shots were fired, she glanced up to assess the situation. She continued to comfort the child and keep it from seeing the dead mother.
"Is everyone all right?" she asked.
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Zach winced.
"I've had worse, ma'am. Luckily, this feller here got a good shot in. How's the youngin?"
"Yes, lucky for us all," she said, glancing to the large man nearby.
She patted the child's head. "They're a bit shaken, for sure. Poor dear," she said, glancing to the child's mother lying in the middle of the aisle.
Zach nodded grimly
'I'll inform the conductor. Then we can move the mother. "
Ignoring his arm and walking quickly, Zach went to inform the people in charge of the train
Benjamin Mueller
Carpenter, 4 posts
Carpenter / Wainwright
Ben slowly got to his feet as he watched the man on the horse tumble and fall, crushed beneath the animal. He felt a bit bad for the horse, but it had to be done, he supposed. Reaching down, he wordlessly helped Siobhan to her feet of she were to take his hand. "Y'all hurt at all?" he asked, looking down at the sobbing child.
He glanced back at Zacharias and tipped his hat slightly. "Pure luck," he said honestly as he holstered the gun, then looked back at Siobhan and the babe in arms. He noted the pat on the head; it seemed a bit awkward, all things considered. The child was still sobbing.
"Name's Benjamin Mueller," he said, nodding to the woman after he was satisfied she was alright. He reached out and gently stroked the babe's cheek to comfort him. He, after all, had experience with sobbing babies. "You sure you're alright, ma'am?" He gently motioned to the side to the closest bench and finally stepped back away from her so she could move, remaining between her and the body.
This message was last edited by the player at 02:10, Wed 14 Mar 2018.
Several people look shocked and others are in tears. Its hard to tell who was killed or whatnot in the back of the train unless someone goes back there. The train keeps moving along as normal. A old lady peers up from a chair and nudges her husband. Nothing. She nudges him again. Nothing. When she looks over at him, he has a hole in his throat and is dead. She holds him in her arms sobbing.
When Zach heads for the conductor, he is stopped by a train employee."Yes? I heard the shots! Several of them! One of the bandits tried to kill the conductor!" He leans forwards, coughing a few times and stands back up."But I got him. I got him good." Of course he's trying to cover up a wound on his side and it looks bad.
Zach shook his head in sadness, and spoken to the man.
"Just need yerself down a spell and rest. You've done plenty. "
Zach then headed up to the front of the train to make sure everyone vital was okay
In reply to Benjamin Mueller (msg # 31):
Siobhan paused a moment before accepting the man's hand, then shifted her other arm to lift the child as she stood. "I'm fine," she said, glancing at the weeping old woman and then to the dead mother on the floor. She'd never been shot at, nor seen anyone get shot at such close range. Sure, she'd read about gunfights about town, or seen dead criminals on display, but this was so ... Immediate. And horrifying.
"Siobhan McCormmick," she responded automatically. She noted how he was comforting the child and smiled. "I'm ... A bit shaken. But I'm sure I'll recover faster than others."
She eased back onto a bench and held the boy's head to her shoulder. "Poor dear. So sudden ..." she whispered.
Ben nodded softly when Siobhan confirmed she was alright and settled back in the seat. He grimaced at the sad sight that laid out before them, the bodies on the floor, the tacky blood slowly spreading across the metal plating. "Stay here. Try to keep yourself and the lil' man calm. I'm goin' to see if the conductors are alright and move the bodies outta the passenger cars." Again, he spoke softly, almost gentle in his tone. As horrific as it all was, if there were indeed no sheriffs or deputies or constables hired by the train to handle a crisis, they were going to have to do it on their own. There was little else to do but find space in the luggage compartments, or maybe an empty private cabin in first class. That would have to be up to the conductor. He followed Zacharias up to the front of the train to talk with the conductors and decide what was to be done.
Zach was able to get around him and Ben followed shortly behind. The man sits down and winced at the pain but a woman helped him out, and bandaged the wound with two handkerchiefs. They make it through another train car and get to a storage area full of odds and ends from the passengers. When they are about to go into the next car, one of the side doors open and two men move from the outside into it. They seem surprised as Ben and Zach are there but they draw their guns but do not fire them."Put your guns down! This train be it is getting robbed!"
Elsewhere, the boy starts crying in Sio's arms. A woman sits down, looking distraught but glances at her."Oh my...." She mutters and pulls out some brandy."Put a small bit of this under his tongue. Help calm him. Let him see you as well. Put him near yah heart."
Zach, with the honed instincts of a trained lawman, ducked down behind a pile of boxes, firing at the men, using the boxes for cover!
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Siobhan glances at the woman and her offer, but then nods. She takes the flask and shows it to the boy before taking a tiny sip. She then puts a little on her finger and puts it in his mouth. She then pulled his head to her chest, feeling her heart thump deep inside.
"Thank you, Ma'am. This is all so sudden. I've never ... Not where I'm from, in Albany," she said with a bit of a stammer in her voice.
Unlike the Deputy, Ben did not have the honed instincts of a lawman. As a matter of fact, it had been pure, stupid luck that he'd hit that horse running beside the train, and he knew it. His eyes widened as the men ahead of him drew their guns, and staggered back as Zacharias began to fire with a ferocity, despite his injury. He was of course concerned that he'd cause more trouble than good for the deputy, but his pride wouldn't let him just leave a man to take on two to one. If nothing else, maybe he could be a distraction... He pushed himself down behind another pile of luggage, drawing his gun and crouching, but not yet shooting. No use in wasting bullets if he didn't have to! The deputy was probably a way better shot, anyway.
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As Sio tries to relax with the child who quiets down, more shots are fired from further up in the train! Most people here duck and hit the ground as best as possible.
The carpenter and the lawmen brace off against their foes. One of them is hit on the leg and falls down and fires off a shot towards Zach but it hits the box in front of him. Grain comes out and hits the floor. He tries to get behind some more boxes as well. The other man fires two shots towards Ben. One of them hits him before he gets behind the luggage, nicking his side. He turns to his friend and then ducks behind some boxes. It looks like its a bit of a standstill.
Zach hunkered down, waiting for a clear shot.
In a relaxed, almost lazy, voice, he called out to the gunmen.
"Okay, boys, looks like this is as far as you go! We can stay here as long as we need to, but folks will be coming to meet the train soon, as we're expected in town soon.
So you got two choices. Stay here and get caught when the cavalry gets here, or leave with what ya got.
I'd prefer y'all waited for yer chance at the hangman's noose, but it's up to y'all.!"
The cavalry line was mostly a bluff, but he figured they didn't know that
Sun 18 Mar 2018
Ben let out a short shout of shock and pain as he reached over and gripped his side where the bullet had bitten him. It seared like fire, and was growing rapidly wet under his fingers. He looked down, confirming the blossom of red blood soaking into his white shirt. He uttered a swear and crouched as low as he could, looking up as the deputy began to speak. He grimaced at his calm tone, privately impressed, and mimicked his actions, trying to steady himself for a clear shot down the galley.
Hearing more gunfire, Siobahn covered the boy's head and rocked him gently. She craned her neck a little to try to see into the next car. "Seems we're not out of the woods yet," she whispered.
"Or we can wait for our friends tah get down here and kill yah! I like them odds!" One of them wince as he bandages up his leg. He fires blindly at Zach and Ben, two shots that misses them before ducking back down behind some boxes. The other fires again, another two shots but still miss them both.
A man stands up and goes to the rear of the passenger cart and goes to go out into another passenger area but is blown away! One of the goons rushes passed Sio! Where did it come from?. The goon has a sawed-off shotgun and a mask over her face and doesn't seem to really care about the other passengers. The baby starts to cry again. Two woman see this and grab at the goon. The gun is tosses over near Sio and the goon pulls out a revolver. The two woman keep the goon occupied, not letting it raise the gun.
In reply to Game Master (msg # 44):
Zach doubled down on his bluff.
"I got plenty ah bullets far all ah ya! Any ah you varmints who don't get off the train now, ain't gettin off alive!"
While he did that, he looked for an opening to either shoot again, or retreat back the way he came, and kept an eye behind him, figuring help for.the bandits would come that way
[deleted] | msg #46
This message was deleted by the player at 02:08, Mon 19 Mar 2018.
Shocked at the appearance of the bandit in the passenger car, Siobhan tried to keep the child quiet, but it was no use. Seeing the two women lash out at the man, she set the child down in the seat across from her and moved for the shotgun.
Picking up the weapon, her hands were shaking slightly. She took a breath and quickly reviewed the lessons her daddy had taught her brothers about guns. 'Hold it steady, point only at things you want to shoot, finger off the trigger until you're ready to fire.'
She stepped closer to the grappled bandit and aimed the gun at his head. "That's enough! Don't make me put you down, Dog!"
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The bandana gets ripped off of the bandit revealing to to be a woman! She tries to get away but with the other two woman holding her she can't."Yah'll gonna die!" The woman snaps out.
Meanwhile in the storage cart, Ben seems to be in pain. He holds his side and grips his gun. The man tries to take aim but the pain in his side keeps him from it.
The bandits look at eachother and the one not hurt stands up and fires at Zach and Ben three times and goes to get behind the boxes again while the other heads for the door away from them. He's limping and falls down.
Zach tried to take advantage of the confusion as the bandits friend falls and fired at the last bandit.
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Paul Ryan Will Run for Speaker
Secured support of supermajority of Freedom Caucus.
Ed Krayewski | 10.21.2015 11:23 PM
(Congress)
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.), who was Mitt Romney's running mate in 2012, will be running for Speaker of the House of Representatives, according to reporting by Politico and sourced to someone "close" to Ryan.
Earlier tonight, Ryan secured the support of a supermajority of the 40-member House Freedom Caucus, who helped sink John Boehner's speakership and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy's bid to replace him. As a condition of running for Speaker, Ryan wanted an endorsement from the House Freedom Caucus.
His demands also included the House change the process surrounding the "motion to vacate," which can be used by discontented members of the majority, like many of the members of the House Freedom Caucus are, to threaten to remove the Speaker.
The demands are an evolution of his previous position, which has been, since Boehner announced his resignation earlier this month, that he did not want the job, and signal his desire, as Peter Suderman noted earlier today, to evolve the position of Speaker.
No previous candidate for president or vice president has served as Speaker of the House before, though a number of Speakers of the House (5) later ran for president or vice president, including James Polk, the 11th president, and John Nance Garner, who was Franklin Roosevelt's first vice president and said the position wasn't worth a "bucket of warm piss."
John Boehner has set October 28 as the date for the election of his successor.
NEXT: Nick Gillespie Talks Smack About Joe Biden & Paul Ryan...
Ed Krayewski is a former associate editor at Reason.
Scarecrow & WoodChipper Repair
October.21.2015 at 11:33 pm
So he’s a trivia answer now, eh?
Good work if you can get it, I guess.
October.22.2015 at 7:13 am
To me, Speaker sounds like one of the worst jobs you can have. Bottom 5% at best.
Earlier tonight, Ryan secured the support of a supermajority of the 40-member
“House Freedom Caucus” Lol. Maybe the freedom to slave the way they want to.
Sevo
The issue and the guy have been featured now several times. I’m still at a loss as to why I should give a rat’s ass regarding who is “Speaker of the House”.
I know Pelosi used the position to ram O-care through, but she’s a slimy excuse for a human being and could probably have done so from the position of janitor, given her abrasive personality.
And I can’t see any R proposals I’d like to see ‘rammed through’, given that most of the Rs seem to be concerned with gays and abortion and other sky-daddy stuff.
Can we just leave the position empty and tie up congress for months?
Thing is the Republicans aren’t be able to “ram through” anything since Obama will veto it and hope to cause another “shutdown”.
mnarayan
Third in line for the presidency.
If nothing else, I’m confused as to why he was willing to work his ass off for a shot at VP but required begging to take the next spot over.
Speaker is totally different than VP. Third in line for presidency means nothing because the odds are infinitesimal that you’ll be called up. VP is a cushy job with no responsibilities. You just spend 4-8 years making political connection and preparing yourself to run for the top spot. Speaker is a thankless job akin to herding hundreds of cats with nothing but a vacuum cleaner.
pan fried wylie
Speaker is a thankless job akin to herding hundreds of cats with nothing but a vacuum cleaner.
except, that sounds fun.
Swiss Servator
*arches eyebrow*
Really….?
I’m picturing a small high school gym with 434 cats in it and a vacuum cleaner. It actually does sound like it would be fun for a half hour or so.
The entire time you are herding the cats everyone in America is criticizing your attempts and when you ultimately fail to do it you are publicly humiliated.
Bern-o-Matic 5000
Ryan is currently the chair of the House Ways & Means Committee, which gives him a huge amount of power over things he cares about, including the budget and appropriations. Budgeting and House procedure are dull dull dull, so chair of W&M has the added benefit of little media coverage.
Speaker is a thankless and high-profile job that requires keeping members of your party in line and dealing with the warring factions of your own party. Anything that goes wrong or an idiocy by the Tea Party, the war hawks, etc., will be blamed on him, at least in part.
VP is about as cush a job in government as they go. You vote on the incredibly rare occasions when the Senate is split 50-50, and you gear up for a presidential run. That’s it.
That’s inevitable, given the current President. I don’t expect any big changes in Congress’s behavior until Jan. 2017, and then only if the white house switches parties.
October.22.2015 at 12:11 am
James Polk, the 11th president,
Perhaps the best, certainly in the top 5.
Well he certainly Got Things Done of a very nation-building variety in a single term.
Princess Trigger
CANALZZZ!
“Panama: Where you’re going, you don’t need ROADZ”
-Panamanian Bureau of Tourism
“…John Nance Garner, who was Franklin Roosevelt’s first vice president and said the position wasn’t worth a “bucket of warm piss.””
Deserves mention that Garner may have been displeased less by the office than by the imperial piece of crap who was then president and presumed he was king.
FDR, knowing full well he was involved in the execution of a world war, in the full knowledge of the promise of nuclear weapons, knowing (or presuming to know) he was involved in negotiations which would affect world powers for the next half-century, and knowing full well he was at death’s door, refused to include Truman in any of the discussions regarding any of those issues.
The man’s remains should have been tossed in a local drainage ditch, rather than wast resources to move them back to NY.
FDR lived only about three months past inauguration. He might not have known he had so little time to go, but he surely knew he hadn’t long. It’s beyond my imagination what an ego he must have had to charge ahead anyway. Maybe he wanted to be in charge when Hitler lost, maybe he thought he could last long enough to see the Japanese beaten and continue reshaping the US after peace returned, but whatever the excuse, it was pretty sorry.
Abe Lincoln, on the other hand, whatever his other failings, at least would have avoided the worst of reconstruction, although I have no idea what he would have thought of the 14th amendment, KKK, and general treatment of the freed slaves.
Regardless of any FDR presumptions regarding his health, it was criminally negligent NOT to have included Truman in the discussions for at least the last 6 months of his life; he and everyone who encountered him knew he wasn’t gonna make it through his 4th term. Truman WAS going to be prez.
Even that ego-maniac Churchill was decent enough to take Attlee to the Potsdam conference; FDR couldn’t be quite so concerned, even if he represented the most powerful nation on earth at the time.
It says something that Churchill was more modest than that piece of shit.
Ooops.
Churchill brought Attlee to Potsdam; FDR did not bring Truman to Yalta.
Does not affect my point; FDR should have been held criminally negligent and AFAIK, only Miscamble has made that point so far.
And apologetically, as the misplaced hero-worship remains.
Gray Ghost
I wonder how history would have changed if that idiot Zangara had shot FDR instead of Cermak (and a bunch of other people).
I’ve posted this before is anyone talking about the fact that Portugal might soon be ruled by a Socialist-Communist anti-austerity coalition?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/fin…..cency.html
Typical: The Communist/Green coalition in Greece is called the United Democratic Coalition.
Lee G
So they’ll be even more broke than before.
hurts_donut
but does he still do p90-x
I’m sure he’s moved on to P90X3 what with the busy schedule.
Meet the new boss!
Actually, probably not the same as the old boss!
Yeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh!
AlmightyJB
Coulter doesn’t like him so he’s got that going for him
http://www.anncoulter.com/colu…..#read_more
That article is horribly written. It’s like she isn’t even trying.
Almanian's Rusty Woodchipper
WE’RE SAVED!!!!!!!!
*wipes brow in relief*
UnCivilServant
He can go fuck himself.
We’d be better off with an empty chair than a pro-obama republican
And yes, I know he was on the milquetoast slate last election, but his actions in office have differed greatly from what would be expected of someone ‘in opposition’.
commodious spittoon
Opposition is just another word for racist.
brady949
I applaud Paul Ryan for finally realizing he’s never going to be President. As Clint Eastwood says, a man’s got to know his limitations.
VictoriaAnker
I bought brand new BMW by working ONline work. Six month ago i hear from my friend that she is working some online job and making more then 98$/hr i can’t beleive. But when i start this job i have to beleived her
??????? —— http://www.HomeJobs90.Com
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Scribble, scribble scribble! Eh, Mr. Gibbon?
As a now former and once long-time member of the Society of Professional Journalists, I was taught — indeed, had it drummed into me — that the best prose style was invisible, that it disappeared like window glass, letting the matter and substance of what was being written be transmitted from one mind to the other effortlessly, almost telepathically, as if it had no need of linguistic intercessor. One should never notice that there were words — black tadpoles — darting across the white expanse of page.
Yet, that was never how I felt in my deep heart’s core. I came to writing through love of reading, and that which I loved to read were words that gave me pleasure in the reading. Certainly, the stories being told carried their own power, and the ideas expressed fertilized and pruned my own ever-growing and expanding sensibility. But for utter pleasure, it was the words. I enjoyed writers who used those words and fashioned elegant sentences with a joyful abandon. I loved those sentences that could fill out a printed page with dependent clauses, semicolons and parenthetical interpolations. Hemingway made a distinction between those writers who were “taker-outers” and those who were “puter-inners.” My heart always went lost to the puter-inners, the piler-on-ers, the expanders and expatiators. I frequently crack a book not for what it has to tell me but for its way of telling it, for its personality, its sparkle.
Until recently, for instance, the New Yorker magazine had two primary and alternating film critics. One — David Denby, who recently retired from the ring — was a sober and thoughtful critic, whose judgment I valued, and whose taste was undeniably similar to my own. I could trust his opinion when I meant to put down my peso for a ticket. But the other — Anthony Lane — gave me joy in the reading. Each week, when the magazine materialized in my mailbox, I opened to the final pages to see who was writing. If Denby, my heart sank a little, not because he was a bad writer, he wasn’t — he was actually a very clear and intelligent crafter of words — but because Lane’s reviews, even when espousing views antithetical to my own, sparkled with wit and inventive phrases; the page bubbled. I looked to Denby for discernment and taste; what I got from Lane was a kind of naughty tickle to my brain, as if he were sharing some ripe piece of villainous gossip. I learned a lot from my schoolmasters, too, but I loved going to the amusement park.
Or, consider author Elmore Leonard’s famous advice to writers, where he warns them away from what Steinbeck called “hooptedoodle:”
“Rule No. 10: Try to leave out the part that readers tend to skip.
“A rule that came to mind in 1983. Think of what you skip reading a novel: thick paragraphs of prose you can see have too many words in them. What the writer is doing, he’s writing, perpetrating hooptedoodle, perhaps taking another shot at the weather, or has gone into the characters head, and the reader either knows what the guys thinking or doesn’t care. I’ll bet you don’t skip dialogue.
“My most important rule is one that sums up the 10.
“If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it.”
This is all well and good for Elmore Leonard, who wants to make the reader turn the page, as if the last one were worthless, but maybe there was gold in the next. And that is fine for a certain kind of book. It reminds me of the advice given by film director Sam Fuller, when asked what makes a good movie.
“A story,” he said, with a cigar in his teeth.
“And what makes a good story?”
“A story.”
But it isn’t the story that gives me the pleasure I seek, it is the hooptedoodle.
Here are a dozen of the books that satisfy my addiction to hooptedoodle, the books I return to over and over just for the sybaritic enjoyment of chewing over their words, gurgling their wine on my palate as I suck in a bit of air to pick up the notes of wood and chocolate, words I can inhale and breathe out like the curl of smoke from a good cigar. I recommend them to you.
Edward Gibbon, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
This monumental tome, in six volumes, follows its subject with intense scholarship. Gibbon had read all the sources, so that we don’t have to. After all, how much Procopius or Irenaeus have you actually imbibed? But it isn’t the history itself that propels the work, it is Gibbon’s propulsive prose, a piling on of detail and irony that keeps me buried in the pages. I can pick up a volume and dip into it at any point and come away with a full belly. Such wonderful, rich, cream-filled sentences:
“If a man were called to fix the period in history of the world during which the condition of the human race was most happy and prosperous, he would, without hesitation, name that which elapsed from the death of Domitian to the accession of Commodus.”
It is Gibbon’s theme that the empire fell because it embraced Christianity. He reaches for his highest caliber irony when discussing what he calls its “superstition.” And although he lives in an age of an established church in England, when everyone was nominally pious, he uses his irony to express what he felt he could not say outright. About the claim of miracles, and of resurrection:
“But the miraculous cure of diseases of the most inveterate or even preternatural kind can no longer occasion any surprise, when we recollect that in the days of Irenaeus, about the end of the second century, the resurrection of the dead was very far from being esteemed an uncommon event: that the miracle was frequently performed on necessary occasions, by great fasting and the joint supplication of the church of the place, and that the persons thus restored to their prayers had lived afterward, amongst them many years. At such a period, when faith could boast of so many wonderful victories over death, it seems difficult to account for the scepticism of those philosophers who still rejected and derided the doctrine of the resurrection. A noble Grecian had rested on this important ground the whole controversy and promised Theophilus, bishop of Antioch, that, if he could be gratified with the sight of a single person who had been actually raised from the dead, he would immediately embrace the Christian religion. It is somewhat remarkable that the prelate of the first eastern church, however anxious for the conversion of his friend, thought proper to decline this fair and reasonable challenge.”
As the Duke of Gloucester said when the author presented him with a copy, “Another damned thick book! Always scribble, scribble, scribble! Eh, Mr. Gibbon?”
Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita
A wicked and malicious book, all verbal skyrockets and Roman candles, there is no more sustained example of literary pyrotechnics in English in the 20th century (the requirement for English disqualifies Finnegans Wake). It tells the story of the nympholept and child molester Humbert Humbert in his own words, which drip with irony from start to finish, yet with a second layer of irony underneath, provided by Nabokov. Humbert freely admits his crime, with charm and erudition, but Nabokov lets us know that however forthcoming Humbert seems to be, there is an imposture in self-revelation. All in virtuoso prose: “You can always count on a murderer for a fancy prose style,” he says.
There is misogyny and misanthropy in Humbert, which you can read in his description of a dalliance he has with another amour, Rita:
“She was twice Lolita’s age and three quarters of mine: a very slight, dark-haired, pale-skinned adult, weighing a hundred and five pounds, with charmingly asymmetrical eyes, an angular, rapidly sketched profile, and a most appealing ensellure to her supple back — I think she had some Spanish or Babylonian blood.”
“She was so kind, was Rita, such a good sport, that I daresay she would have given herself to any pathetic creature or fallacy, an old broken tree or a bereaved porcupine, out of sheer chumminess and compassion.”
“When I first met her she had but recently divorced her third husband — and a little more recently had been abandoned by her seventh cavalier servant — and others, the mutables, were too numerous and mobile to tabulate. Her brother was — and no doubt still is — a prominent, pasty-faced, suspenders-and-painted-tie-wearing politician, mayor and booster of his ball-playing, Bible-reading, grain-handling home town. For the last eight years he had been paying his great little sister several hundred dollars per month under the stringent condition that she would never enter great little Grainball City.”
A little later:
“Then one day she proposed playing Russian roulette with my sacred automatic; I said you couldn’t, it was not a revolver, and we struggled for it, until at last it went off, touching off a very thin and very comical spurt of hot water from the hole it made in the wall of the cabin room; I remember her shrieks of laughter.”
James Joyce, Ulysses
Joyce has a reputation for being difficult, but when he wants to be clear, there is no better stylist in the English language. His prose is clear and direct and redolent of the things of this world. If I were to choose a single sentence (or two) that sums up everything I love most in a book, it would be:
“Mr Leopold Bloom ate with relish the inner organs of beasts and fowls. He liked thick giblet soup, nutty gizzards, a stuffed roast heart, liverslices fried with crustcrumbs, fried hencods’ roes. Most of all he liked grilled mutton kidneys which gave to his palate a fine tang of faintly scented urine.”
But he can make dire fun of his other protagonist, Stephen Daedalus, and the way the scholar can drown in Aquinian scholasticism. Going down for the third time, Daedalus says:
“Ineluctable modality of the visible: At least that if no more, though through my eyes. Signatures of all things I am here to read, seaspawn and seawrack, the nearing tide, that rusty boot. Snotgreen, bluesilver, rust: coloured signs. Limits of the diaphane. But he adds: in bodies. Then he was aware of them bodies before of them coloured. How? By knocking his sconce against them, sure. Go easy. Bald he was and a millionaire, maestro di color che sanno. Limit of the diaphane in. Why in? Diaphane, adiaphane. If you can put your five fingers through it, it is a gate, if not, a door. Shut your eyes and see.”
Herman Melville, Moby Dick
There is no more perfect example of the “putter-inner” than Melville. He expands; he exfoliates; he swells with words on words. I love his best work like little else in American literature. I can reread I and my Chimney or Bartleby or The Piazza or Benito Cereno over and over again, sucking up the juices. But it is Moby Dick that is the champ. I had trouble reading it at first, not because I found it hard going — quite the opposite — but because I loved its opening chapter so much that each time I picked it up, I found myself not reading where I had left off, but starting anew each time with “Call me Ishmael.” I must have read the first chapter a hundred times before I managed to break through and get to the end.
“Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people’s hats off — then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can. This is my substitute for pistol and ball. With a philosophical flourish Cato throws himself upon his sword; I quietly take to the ship. There is nothing surprising in this. If they but knew it, almost all men in their degree, some time or other, cherish very nearly the same feelings towards the ocean with me.”
The pith of the book can be found in Ahab’s description of his hatred of the white whale:
“All visible objects, man, are but as pasteboard masks. But in each event — in the living act, the undoubted deed—there, some unknown but still reasoning thing puts forth the mouldings of its features from behind the unreasoning mask. If man will strike, strike through the mask! How can the prisoner reach outside except by thrusting through the wall? To me, the white whale is that wall, shoved near to me. Sometimes I think there’s naught beyond. But ’tis enough. He tasks me; he heaps me; I see in him outrageous strength, with an inscrutable malice sinewing it. That inscrutable thing is chiefly what I hate; and be the white whale agent, or be the white whale principal, I will wreak that hate upon him. Talk not to me of blasphemy, man; I’d strike the sun if it insulted me.”
Laurence Sterne, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Esq.
This must be the funniest book in the English language. Sterne manages to make fun of the human condition without ever seeming mean about it. There is a gentleness to it, even when he is close to obscene, as when he opens the book with the very moment of conception for its hero, and the discomfiting dialog between his mother and father at the moment of ejaculation:
“I wish either my father or my mother, or indeed both of them, as they were in duty both equally bound to it, had minded what they were about when they begot me; had they duly consider’d how much depended upon what they were then doing; — that not only the production of a rational Being was concerned in it, but that possibly the happy formation and temperature of his body, perhaps his genius and the very cast of his mind; — and, for aught they knew to the contrary, even the fortunes of his whole house might take their turn from the humours and dispositions which were then uppermost; — Had they duly weighed and considered all this, and proceeded accordingly, — I am verily persuaded I should have made a quite different figure in the world, from that in which the reader is likely to see me. — Believe me, good folks, this is not so inconsiderable a thing as many of you may think it; — you have all, I dare say, heard of the animal spirits, as how they are transfused from father to son, &c. &c. — and a great deal to that purpose: — Well, you may take my word, that nine parts in ten of a man’s sense or his nonsense, his successes and miscarriages in this world depend upon their motions and activity, and the different tracks and trains you put them into, so that when they are once set a-going, whether right or wrong, ’tis not a half-penny matter, — away they go cluttering like hey-go mad; and by treading the same steps over and over again, they presently make a road of it, as plain and as smooth as a garden-walk, which, when they are once used to, the Devil himself sometimes shall not be able to drive them off it.
Pray my Dear, quoth my mother, have you not forgot to wind up the clock? — Good G..! cried my father, making an exclamation, but taking care to moderate his voice at the same time, — Did ever woman, since the creation of the world, interrupt a man with such a silly question?”
James Agee, Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
While ostensibly, this is a book about white tenant farmers in Alabama in the 1930s, it is almost more about Agee’s guilt over the fact that he is using their misery to make a book, and his empathy for their condition, and his righteous insistence on not falling back on stereotypes and formulae, but to get it absolutely right, to be absolutely accurate, which leads him to vast circumlocutions as he tries to find just the right words.
It is a very hard book to describe, so unlike anything else in the literature, and must be taken in long draughts to get the real flavor of it. Short quotes will not do.
A long section describes him late at night in the Gudger cabin, fretting over his relationship with them. He describes the lamplight and the bare wooden walls, all in minute detail, so we don’t too easily generalize, which, he feels would be a lie. All the while, on the other side of that wall the family sleeps, husband, wife, sister-in-law and four children.
“.. and there lie sleeping, on two iron beds and on pallets on the floor, a man and his wife and her sister and four children, a girl and three harmed boys. Their lamp is out, their light is done this long while, and not in a long while has any one of them made a sound. Not even straining, can I hear their breathing: rather I have a not quite sensuous knowledge of a sort of suspiration, less breathing than that indiscernible drawing-in of heaven by which plants live, and thus I know they rest and the profundity of their tiredness, as if I were in each one of these seven bodies whose sleeping I can almost touch through this wall, and which in the darkness I so clearly see, with the whole touch and weight of my body: George’s red body, already a little squat with the burden of thirty years, knotted like oakwood, in its clean white cotton summer union suit that it sleeps in; and his wife’s beside him, Annie Mae’s, slender, and sharpened through with bone, that ten years past must have had such a beauty, and now is veined at the breast, and the skin of the breast translucent, delicately shriveled, and blue, and she and her sister Emma are in plain cotton shirts; and the body of Emma, her sister, strong, thick and wide, tall, the breasts set wide and high, shallow and round, not yet those of a full woman, the legs long thick and strong; …”
It goes on. Nothing is easily said in this book; it is all tortured and parsed:
“The Gudgers’ house, being young, only eight years old, smells a little dryer and cleaner, and more distinctly of its wood, than an average white tenant house, and it has also a certain odor I have never found in other such houses: aside from these sharp yet slight subtleties, it has the odor or odors which are classical in every thoroughly poor white southern country house, and by which such a house could be identified blindfold in any part of the world, among no matter what other odors. It is compacted of many odors and made into one, which is very thin and light on the air, and more subtle that it can seem in analysis, yet very sharply and constantly noticeable. These are its ingredients. The odor of pine lumber, wide thin cards of it, heated in the sun, in no way doubled or insulated, in closed and darkened air. The odor of woodsmoke, the fuel being again mainly pine, but in part also, hickory, oak and cedar. The odors of cooking. Among these, most strongly, the odors of fried salt pork and of fried and boiled pork lard, and second the odor of cooked corn. The odors of sweat in many stages of age and freshness, this sweat being a distillation of pork, lard, corn, woodsmoke, pine, and ammonia. The odors of sleep, of bedding and of breathing, for the ventilation is poor. The odors of all the dirt that in the course of time can accumulate in a quilt and mattress. Odors of staleness from clothes hung, or stored away, not washed. I should further describe the odor of corn: in sweat or on the teeth, and breath, when it is eaten as much as they eat it, it is of a particular sweet stuffy fetor, to which the nearest parallel is the odor of the yellow excrement of a baby. All these odors as I have said are so combined into one that they are all and always present in balance, not at all heavy, yet so searching that all fabrics of bedding and clothes are saturated with them and so clinging that they stand softly out of the fibers of newly laundered clothes. Some of their components are extremely ‘pleasant,’ some are ‘unpleasant’; their sum total has great nostalgic power.”
Mickey Spillane, The Big Kill
From the sublime to the ridiculous. Mickey Spillane said he didn’t have readers, he had customers. “The first page sells the book,” he said, “the last page sells the next book.”
But there is a vigor in his prose, tinged with kitsch, for sure, but still vivid in the extreme. You could find examples in almost any of the books, but this is from The Big Kill:
“It was one of those nights when the sky came down and wrapped itself around the world.
The rain clawed at the windows of the bar like an angry cat and tried to sneak in every time some drunk lurched in the door. The place reeked of stale beer and soggy men with enough cheap perfume thrown in to make you sick.
Two drunks with a nickel between them were arguing over what to play on the juke box until a tomato in a dress that was too tight a year ago pushed the key that started off something noisy and hot. One of the drunks wanted to dance and she gave him a shove. So he danced with the other drunk.
She saw me sitting there with my stool tipped back against the cigarette machine and change of a fin on the bar, decided I could afford a wet evening for two and walked over with her hips waving hello.”
Lawrence Durrell, The Alexandria Quartet
If there were ever an author who required you to have a dictionary beside your reading table, it was Durrell. He would choose “pegamoid” and “objurgation,” as a dare. In his books, language is the readers’ usufruct, somewhere in the banlieus of usage.
The Alexandria Quartet are four novels that tell the same story, each from the point of view of a different actor. We find out that no one really understands what is happening, but it is happening in Alexandria, Egypt, and is populated by espionage, love-sickness, sex and camels. Durrell’s prose is as perfumed as it comes, and the books, as a unit, are perhaps best read when the reader is still young; older, you have less patience for the exoticism and the verbal barnacles crusting the pages. I love it.
I’ll give only a short tasting, from the last volume, Clea:
“The whole quarter lay drowsing in the umbrageous violet of approaching nightfall. A sky of palpitating velours which was cut into the stark flare of a thousand electric light bulbs. It lay over Tatwig Street, that night, like a velvet rind. Only the lighted tips of the minarets rose above it in their slender invisible stalks — appeared hanging suspended in the sky; trembling slightly with the haze as if about to expand their hoods like cobras.”
Henry David Thoreau, Walden
Thoreau mixed ancient Greek writers with agronomy; no philosopher had so much to say about beans since Pythagoras. What elevates his style is a mixture of close observation with nature and the ability to fly, like Icarus, up to the heavens in vast sweeps of inspired hooha. Metaphors grow like weeds in his paragraphs, and we are all the richer for it. There is something Shakespearean about his means of expression: A rich overflowing of imagery, mixed, we might say, like a salad, and unpruned like a feral apple tree. He simply can’t stop making new metaphors:
“Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in. I drink at it; but while I drink I see the sandy bottom and detect how shallow it is. Its thin current slides away, but eternity remains. I would drink deeper; fish in the sky, whose bottom is pebbly with stars. I cannot count one. I know not the first letter of the alphabet. I have always been regretting that I was not as wise as the day I was born. The intellect is a cleaver; it discerns and rifts its way into the secret of things. I do not wish to be any more busy with my hands than is necessary. My head is hands and feet. I feel all my best faculties concentrated in it. My instinct tells me that my head is an organ for burrowing, as some creatures use their snout and fore paws, and with it I would mine and burrow my way through these hills. I think that the richest vein is somewhere hereabouts; so by the divining-rod and thin rising vapors I judge; and here I will begin to mine.”
Jack Kerouac, On the Road
“That’s not writing, that’s typing,” said Truman Capote. But there is power in it. Kerouac set out across the country in the late 1940s, with peanut butter sandwiches and a part-of-the-way bus ticket. He ended up a sorry, alcoholic travesty, ruined by the popular image of the beatnik. But his book is better than that. Even if he sometimes forgets Elmore Leonard’s Fifth Rule of Good Writing: “Keep your exclamation points under control.”
“George Shearing, the great jazz pianist, Dean said, was exactly like Rollo Greb. Dean and I went to see Shearing at Birdland in the midst of the long, mad weekend. The place was deserted, we were the first customers, ten o’clock Shearing came out, blind, led by the hand to his keyboard. He was a distinguished-looking Englishman with a stiff white collar, slightly beefy, blond, with a delicate English-summer-night air about him that came out in the first rippling sweet number he played as the bass-player leaned to him reverently and thrummed the beat. The drummer, Denzil Best, sat motionless except for his wrists snapping the brushes. And Shearing began to rock; a smile broke over his ecstatic face; then the beat went up, and he began rocking fast, his left foot jumped up with every beat, his neck began to rock crookedly, he brought his face down to the keys, he pushed his hair back, his combed hair dissolved, he began to sweat. The music picked up. The bass-player hunched over and socket it in, faster and faster, it seemed faster and faster, that’s all. Shearing began to play is chords; they rolled out of the piano in great rich showers, you’d think the man wouldn’t have time to line them up. They rolled and rolled like the sea. Folks yelled for him to “Go!” Dean was sweating; the sweat poured down his collar. “There he is! That him! Old God! Old God Shearing! Yes! Yes! Yes!” And Shearing was conscious of the madman behind him, he could hear every one of Dean’s gasps and imprecations, he could sense it though he couldn’t see. “That’s right!” Dean said. ‘Yes!’ Shearing smiled; he rocked. Shearing rose from the piano, dripping with sweat. These were his great 1949 days before he became cool and commercial.”
H.L. Mencken, Prejudices, Series I-VI
My personal hero, Mencken was a sour old pessimist, a journalist through and through, who never let sentiment cloud his prejudice. Almost anything he wrote is worth reading, not so much for the ideas therein, which are sometimes lamentable, but for the vigor and spark of their saying. I can read his work endlessly, like eating popcorn or Fritos, and never get tired of it.
“Of all forms of the uplift, perhaps the most futile is that which addresses itself to educating the proletariat in music. The theory behind it is that a taste for music is an elevating passion, and that if the great masses of the plain people could be inoculated with it they would cease to herd into the moving-picture theaters, or to listen to Socialists, or to beat their wives and children. The defect in this theory lies in the fact that such a taste, granting it to be elevating, simply cannot be implanted. Either it is born in a man or it is not born in him. If it is, then he will get gratification for it at whatever cost — he will hear music if hell freezes over. But if it isn’t, then no amount of education will ever change him — he will remain stone deaf until the last sad scene on the gallows.”
Robert Burton, Anatomy of Melancholy
Finally, there is Robert Burton (1577-1640), the great magpie of English literature, who put everything he could stuff into his one big book. It purports to be about melancholy — depression, as we know it — but really, it has no boundaries. Burton cannot say something once, but must, like Walt Whitman in his cataloguing mania, say it three, four, five times over, in slightly varying phraseology, just to make his point, to emphasize it, to make it clear, to ram it home, to buttonhole you and make sure you have got it.
This is a particularly juicy section, in which he discusses sex and the contemptus mundi of the sallow-skinned blue-stockings that in our own day, as much as in his, make our lives less gaudy and fleshy.
“Into what subject have I rushed? What have I to do with Nuns, Maids, Virgins, Widows? I am a Bachelor myself, and lead a Monastick life in a College. I am truly a very unfit person to talk about these subjects, I confess ‘tis an indecorum and as Pallas, a Virgin, blushed, when Jupiter by chance spake of Love matters in her presence and turned away her face, I will check myself; though my subject necessarily require it, I will say no more.
And yet I must and will say something more, add a word or two on behalf of Maids and Widows, in favour of all such distressed parties, in commiseration of their present estate. And as I cannot choose but condole their mishap that labour of this infirmity, and are destitute of help in this case, so must I needs inveigh against them that are in fault, more than manifest causes, and as bitterly tax those tyrannizing pseudo-politicians’ superstitious orders, rash vows, hard-hearted parents, guardians, unnatural friends, allies, (call them how you will), those careless and stupid overseers, that, out of worldly respects, covetousness, supine negligence, their own private ends, (because, meanwhile, it is well for him), can so severely reject stubbornly neglect and impiously contemn, without all remorse and pity the tears, sighs, groans, and grievous miseries, of such poor souls committed to their charge. How odious and abominable are those superstitious and rash vows of Popish Monasteries, so to bind and enforce men and women to vow virginity, to lead a single life against the laws of nature, opposite to religion, policy and humanity, so to starve, to offer violence to, to suppress the vigour of youth! by rigourous statutes, severe laws, vain persuasions, to debar them of that to which by their innate temperature they are so furiously inclined, urgently carried, and sometimes precipitated, even irresistibly led, to the prejudice of their souls’ health, and good estate of body and mind! and all for base and private respects, to maintain their gross superstition, to enrich themselves and their territories, as they falsely suppose, by hindering some marriages, that the world be not full of beggars, and their parishes pestered with orphans! Stupid politicians!
Stupid politicians, indeed!
Voyage Around My Library
A Facebook friend left a challenge for her followers:
“In a text post, list 10 books that have stayed with you in some way. Don’t take but a few minutes, and don’t think too hard — they don’t have to be the “right” or “great” works, just the ones that have touched you. Tag ten friends, including me, so I’ll see your list.”
There are so many books I have overlooked. There is no way to tally up the consequence of reading most of them: Such cumulation is like measuring the rain that fills the sea bed.
But I want to pick out several of the idiosyncratic ones, outside the usual suspects (Camus, Dostoevsky, Lawrence, Shakespeare, Faulkner, Hemingway, et al.), which can be assumed. My taste has always gravitated to the forgotten, abused and out-of-fashion. There is something in my sensibility that just flat-out enjoys complex, baroque sentences and the kind of observational intensity that you find most developed in those authors hovering on the edge of custom or sanity.
Part of this preference comes from a desire for transcendence, and transcendence never comes in conventional form.
Longinus explains why my tastes may run to the extravagant.
“The startling and amazing is more powerful than the charming and persuasive,” he writes.
His On the Sublime is a sometimes numbing description of rhetorical tropes, but several times in their midst, he breaks free and discusses the big issues. In the climactic 35th chapter, he breaks out:
“What was it they saw, those godlike writers who in their work aim at what is greatest and overlook precision in every detail? … (W)e are by nature led to marvel, not, indeed, at little streams, clear and useful though they be, but at the Nile, the Danube, or the Rhine, and still more at the Ocean. … nor do we consider out little hearthfire more worthy of admiration than the craters of Etna whose eruptions throw up rocks and boulders or at times pour forth rivers of lava from that single fire within the earth.
“We might say of all such matters that man can easily understand what is useful or necessary, but he admires what passes his understanding.”
It is that great writing that attracts me to Henry Thoreau and Herman Melville. Both have a foundation in a kind of biblical tone, a King James timbre, full of striking metaphor and cosmic awareness.
“Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in. I drink at it; but while I drink I see the sandy bottom and detect how shallow it is. Its thin current slides away, but eternity remains. I would drink deeper; fish in the sky, whose bottom is pebbly with stars.”
“All visible objects, man, are but as pasteboard masks. But in each event — in the living act, the undoubted deed — there, some unknown but still reasoning thing puts forth the mouldings of its features from behind the unreasoning mask. If man will strike, strike through the mask! How can the prisoner reach outside except by thrusting through the wall? To me, the white whale is that wall, shoved near to me. Sometimes I think there’s naught beyond. But ’tis enough. He tasks me; he heaps me; I see in him outrageous strength, with an inscrutable malice sinewing it. That inscrutable thing is chiefly what I hate; and be the white whale agent, or be the white whale principal, I will wreak that hate upon him. Talk not to me of blasphemy, man; I’d strike the sun if it insulted me.”
That ain’t Hemingway.
But it isn’t only Walden and Moby Dick; I have spent many hours in happy lucubration over the pages of Thoreau’s Journals, collected in two giant volumes by my favorite publishing house, Dover Books. And I can hardly pass up re-reading most of Melville’s short stories, I and My Chimney, The Apple-Tree Table and Piazza. I read them over the way one listens to a favorite tune, waiting for your favorite chorus to set your toe tapping.
But for intense unreadability married to heartbreaking self-flagellation and obsessive observational skill, you cannot beat James Agee’s Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, a volume of such personal journalism that it makes Tom Wolfe or Hunter Thompson look like disinterested sub-sub-librarians.
The book is an investigation of tenant farmers in Alabama during the Depression and Agee spends a portion of his life living with one of the families he reports on. And he spends an entire chapter describing the shanty room he is sitting in late in the night under a kerosene lamp as the family sleeps in the other room. He describes, it seems, every knot in the wood of the walls he stares at, every hook holding up every potholder or towel. It approaches the insane, but in the same way the fevered eyes of Vincent Van Gogh looked at the wheatfield and crows. Every bush is the burning bush.
The intensity, the engagement is the thing.
“Every fury on earth has been absorbed in time, as art, or as religion, or as authority in one form or another,” he writes. “The deadliest blow the enemy of the human soul can strike is to do fury honor … Official acceptance is the one unmistakable symptom that salvation is beaten again, and is the one surest sign of fatal misunderstanding…”
Perhaps Agee attempts more than is possible in sewn signatures and binding, and maybe he is a fool for even trying, but I am his target and he hits me in the quick.
Official acceptance means becoming part of an unexamined and cataloged orthodoxy: Things settled so you don’t have to parse them out all over again. The problem with that is:
“The way that can be named is not the constant way.”
The Tao Te Ching can be read as an ambiguous and mystical series of woo-woo New-Age aphorisms, or it can be taken as precise and direct in meaning. Most of its readers, and many of its more recent translators opt for the former, turning it into a kind of text to daze its readers and perhaps sell them a regimen of dietary supplements.
I take the latter view, that it means what it says and means it directly.
If there is one thing at the core of my intellectual being, as a dense molten iron core of the planet, it is a recognition — I cannot call it a belief, because it is too obvious — a recognition of the primacy of diversity and fecundity in the cosmos. A sense that existence is too complex ever to be summed up in a political philosophy, theology or epistemology. Every esthetic and intellectual movement comes a cropper against the largeness and variety of the universe. As the Tao puts it, any time you name something, you have lied.
The way that can be named is not the constant way: Our cultural world view and our personal understanding of the structure and meaning of the world — our umwelt — changes over time, and changes in ways that are largely predictable, at least in wider outline, even if details surprise us.
These are the waves hitting the shores that we see over and over — a pendulum swinging back and forth — over the centuries, and embodied in cultures we name as pairs: Hellenic and Hellenistic, Romanesque and Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque, Neoclassical and Romantic. It is the same pendulum slowly rocking.
Most people take sides, like T.S. Eliot’s angry brief against John Milton, but some of us step back and observe them as two sides of the same coin. Taking sides is self-limiting: “mind-forged manacles.”
“It is the way of heaven to show no favoritism.”
For me, the most interesting times are those on the cusp of one or the other named moments: the change itself, rather than the brief second when the pendulum stills on one end of the arc or the other.
And it leads me to such peculiar books as Xavier de Maistre’s Voyage Around My Room, a travel book — or a parody of a travel book — about the room de Maistre is trapped in during a house arrest in 1790, at just the point that the classicism of the 18th century was melting into the weirdness of the coming age. But it also takes seriously — if that is the word — the possibility that one might invest a description of one’s daily surroundings with the same majesty one might use to describe, say, Goethe’s journey over the Alps. Every bush, again.
Oh, I wish I could go on. I have left out Robert Burton’s Anatomy of Melancholy; I have left out the Mahabharata and its Bhagavad Gita; I have snubbed Yeats’ A Vision. Villon’s Testament; the Daybooks of Edward Weston — I have inherited for the meat of my bones the DNA from my parents, for better or worse, but I have inherited my intellectual genes from all the books I have had the happiness to encounter.
NEXT: The books age with their reader
Keeping life simple
This is not news to America’s wives, but: Men hate change.
I don’t mean only a pocketful of pennies and dimes — fishing weights in the trousers — I mean that a man feels uncomfortable if his favorite easy chair has been moved for vacuuming and put back no more than an inch from its original spot. He will feel compelled to nudge it that last inch.
I mean that when a favorite shirt finally blows through at the elbows, he won’t throw it out, but will wear it on Saturdays, to the dismay of his wife and daughter; and when it is finally no more than strings of tattered fabric hanging from a collar, he will use it to polish the car.
And what is more, when he needs to replace a work shirt, he will find a carbon copy, preferably bought from the same store, even the same rack, as the first.
I mean that when an old TV goes on the fritz, a man will stand there holding the aerial in his hand, watching the Cubs through the snow, rather than go out and buy a new tube.
Guys who buy Fords trade them in on new Fords, guys who buy Chevys later buy more Chevys.
How many men do you know who try different hairstyles?
Most men I know settled on a hairdo in high school and have kept it until there was no hair left to do.
I’ve seen 50-year-old bald men who have gathered what fringe remains and greased it into a ducktail.
Sometimes this aversion to change is misread by wives as being laziness. And sometimes it may be, but by and large, a man doesn’t fix that creaky door because for him the creak has become a familiar part of the home, and he simply doesn’t want to change it.
The great example of this principle in literature is the story by Herman Melville, “I and my Chimney.” It is comic and depressing at the same time.
Its narrator stands guard against the constant plans for improvement his wife devises.
“Old myself, I take to oldness in things; for that cause mainly loving old Montague, and old cheese, and old wine; and eschewing young people, hot rolls, new books, and early potatoes and very fond of my old claw-footed chair … But she, out of the infatuate juvenility of hers, takes to nothing but newness; for that cause mainly, loving new cider in autumn, and in spring, as if she were own daughter of Nebuchadnezzar, fairly raving after all sorts of salads and spinages, and more particularly green cucumbers (though all the time nature rebukes such unsuitable young hankerings in so elderly a person, by never permitting such things to agree with her).”
The narrator’s fallback position, always, like the hero of Melville’s other story, “Bartleby, the Scrivener,” remains, “I would prefer not to.”
The basic instinct men have for what can be seen as monotony is a part of the way life is compartmentalized for them. For women, I often feel, life is all of a piece. Each part flows into the next, and women seem quite happy to think about or do several things at once.
Men are not that talented, and part of what has become an aversion to change is really just a man’s way of putting certain things on automatic pilot so he doesn’t have to think and act on them, so he can focus his attention on whatever he believes is important.
If one attacks life freshly and alertly each day, there are millions of decisions that will have to be made. A man feels overwhelmed by them.
So whatever can be decided by rote — the shirt, the socks, the route to work — is preset and unaltered, so that he can expend his energy creatively at the office.
So it is a matter of priorities. For mothers, what must be attended to is whatever minor emergencies present themselves, in whatever order they occur. The baby needs changing, the third-grader has skinned his knee, the teen-ager needs the car keys.
She cannot do as the man does and make a list of things in their order of importance, and address them in that order. Some men spend their whole lives on that list, rearranging it as new problems present themselves and never getting to the actual problems themselves.
Like many people, I used to think that gender differences are merely learned behaviors, but the older I get, the more I realize that the different wiring of men and women is more fundamental. If women are unhappy about the way men act, they shouldn’t immediately ask that men be different; you might as well ask that they have three arms instead of two.
It is more to the point to ask why they are as they are, whether tens of thousands of years ago on the veldt such behavior made a kind of genetic sense that in a 20th-century city is now obsolete.
Perhaps women as nurturers must keep their attention as widely spread as possible, so as not to miss the one kid headed for the pool while attending to the other’s bruised arm.
Men as protectors needed to focus their attention very narrowly, ignoring lesser commotions for the larger one of a preying lion or wolf.
At which point matching socks are kind of silly.
Booking travel
I love travel, and next to that, reading about it. But most of what I read leaves me flat; most travel writers upholster their pages with supposedly useful bits of information meant to lead me to a favorite hotel or a great nude beach where I can buy the killer margarita.
Most travel writing is in essence consumer news, and consumerism is both shallow and boring. That is not what I seek when I open up a book. I want to be transported to the place the author writes about; if I cannot afford the airfare, I want the words on the page to vanish, leaving me underneath the palm trees or on the mountain crest. I want to feel the moist tropical breeze on my cheek.
The best writing is not about four-star restaurants, but about the experience of the place, whether hotel or Irish bog. I have found that happens most often not in the works of so-called travel writers, but in the works of those who are writers first, travelers only by happenstance.
That is because, ultimately, the travel experience happens not on the ground, but in the head. It is the digestive sensibility of a great writer that can suck the marrow out of an experience and present it to us for our own understanding and enjoyment.
”One says Mexico: One means, after all, one little town away south in the Republic,” wrote D.H. Lawrence in Corasmin and the Parrots. ”And in this little town, one rather crumbly adobe house built round two sides of a garden patio; and of this house, one spot on the deep shady veranda facing inwards to the trees, where there are an onyx table and three rocking-chairs and one little wooden chair, a pot with carnations, and a person with a pen.”
Now that puts you in a place. And a very particular place, seen through very particular eyes.
Henry Miller opens up his wonderful travel book, The Colossus of Maroussi, saying, ”I would never have gone to Greece had it not been for a girl named Betty Ryan who lived in the same house with me in Paris. One evening, over a glass of white wine, she began to talk of her experiences in roaming about the world. I always listened to her with great attention, not only because her experiences were strange, but because when she talked about her wanderings, she seemed to paint them: Everything she described remained in my head like finished canvases by a master. It was a peculiar conversation that evening: We began by talking about China and the Chinese language, which she had begun to study. Soon we were in North Africa, in the desert among people I had never heard of before. And then suddenly she was all alone, walking beside a river, and the light was intense and I was following her as best I could in the blinding sun, but she got lost and I found myself wandering about in a strange land listening to a language I had never heard before. She is not exactly a story teller, this girl, but she is an artist of some sort, because nobody has ever given me the ambience of a place so thoroughly as she did that of Greece.”
Miller then turns that favor over to us in his book. It is not just about a place, but about how a particular and intelligent sensibility interacts with a place.
Sometimes that happens in a novel, such as Jack Kerouac’s On the Road or Herman Melville’s Typee. These give us such a strong sense of being there that the plot sometimes seems little more than an excuse to travel to a new place to feel unfamiliar weather and sunlight.
But it is on their books specifically about travel that I mean to write. I’m sure you have your favorites, just as I have mine. Try some of these out next time you can’t afford two weeks in Tahiti:
1. Sea and Sardinia, by D.H. Lawrence. ”Comes over one an absolute necessity to move. And what is more, to move in some particular direction.” His other travel books are just as direct, just as full of the feeling of life and energy, populated with odd and compelling personalities. Mornings in Mexico, Twilight in Italy, Etruscan Places — if I were to name the single best travel writer, it would be Lawrence.
2. The Colossus of Maroussi, by Henry Miller. Forget the four-letter Miller of the Paris gutter. His vision of Greece, uncorrupted by pious Classicism, is all about location, location, location. His American travel books, The Air-Conditioned Nightmare and Remember to Remember, are more episodic, but still among his best work.
3. The Encantadas, by Herman Melville. ”Take five-and-twenty heaps of cinders dumped here and there in an outside city lot; imagine some of them magnified into mountains, and the vacant lot the sea; and you will have a fit idea of the general aspect of the Encantadas, or Enchanted Isles.” Melville takes us to the Galapagos Islands and gives us all we know of them outside of Darwin.
4. The Narrow Road to the Deep North, by Matsuo Basho. The greatest writer of Japanese Haiku takes us on a walking tour of the northern portions of Edo-period Japan. ”Days and months are travelers of eternity. So are the years that pass by. Those who steer a boat across the sea, or drive a horse over the earth till they succumb to the weight of years, spend every minute of their lives traveling.”
5. The Desert, by John C. Van Dyke. One of the most peculiar books ever written, it is the love letter of an obsessed stalker to his beloved Southwest deserts. Written in 1901, it is full of the most effulgent language ever put to paper. And it would be pure breathless kitsch if every word weren’t the most truthful and accurate observation of the land.
”The reds are always salmon-colored, terra-cotta or Indian red; the greens are olive-hued, plum-colored, sage-green; the yellows are as pallid as the leaves of yellow roses. Fresh breaks in the wall of rock may show brighter colors that have not yet been weather-worn, or they may reveal the oxidation of various minerals. Often long strata and beds, and even whole mountain tops show blue and green with copper, or orange with iron, or purple with slates, or white with quartz. But the tones soon become subdued. A mountain wall may be dark red within, but it is weather-stained and lichen-covered without; long-reaching shafts of granite that loom upward from a peak may be yellow at heart but they are silver-gray on the surface. The colors have undergone years of ‘toning down’ until they blend and run together like the faded tints of an Eastern rug.”
6. Travels, by William Bartram. The full title gives us the wonderful 18th-century flavor of the book: Travels through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges, or the Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws; Containing An Account of the Soil and Natural Productions of Those Regions, Together With Observations on the Manners of the Indians, Published in Philadelphia, 1791.
It is my favorite of any number of similar books that follow the author through what was at the time unknown and miraculous new territories. Jonathan Carver’s Travels through North America, from 1778, or William Dampier’s A New Voyage Around the World, from 1697, are full of ”travelers’ tales.”
Later, the journals of Lewis and Clark and of John James Audubon are full of the same sense of being there.
7. Life on the Mississippi, by Mark Twain. Such a classic, it hardly needs touting, but there is no more completely compelling vision of a river and the life that survives because of it.
8. California and the West, by Charis Wilson Weston. The reason most people pick up this book is for the historic photographs by Edward Weston. But the stories his wife, Charis, tells about their travels while making the photographs are a complete delight and present a picture of America between the wars with dusty roads, bad food and cheesy tourist traps.
9. Italian Journey, by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. The great German writer and natural philosopher managed to get into the spirit of Europe’s sunny south by meeting a bunch of Germans in Rome and rhapsodizing about Classical civilization. It is a funny, moving and infectious memoir, and I can’t put it down.
10. A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers, by Henry David Thoreau. This is only one of several quirky and idiosyncratic travel books by the Transcendentalist author. You could as well choose The Maine Woods, Cape Cod or A Yankee in Canada. How idiosyncratic? ”I fear I have not got much to say about Canada, not having seen much; what I got by going to Canada was a cold,” he writes. He also lies. He has got much to write about Canada.
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150th Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda's birth
The 150th Birth Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda is being commemorated under the directions of a National Committee headed by Hon'ble Prime Minister and National Implementation Committee chaired by Hon'ble Finance Minister.
An amount of Rs. 100 crores has been sanctioned for the Vivekananda Value Education Programme to Ramakrishna Mission, Belur Math. Apart from this commemoration related proposal from various organizations are being supported by this Ministry through financial assistance. A proposal for establishment of "Swami Vivekananda Indian Ministry of Culture Chair" in University of Chicago, USA by grant of an endowment is also under advanced stage of sanction.
Other approved proposals which have been approved include production of a film on Swami Vivekananda at an estimated cost of Rs. 70 lakhs by Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT), renovation of 4 historical monuments by ASI at an estimated cost of Rs. 12.42 crore, upgradation of Ramakrishna Mission Sevashrama (Vrindaban) hospital at an estimated cost of Rs. 2.70 crore, grant to Shree Ramakrishna Ashrama (Kalahandi) for carrying out various commemorative activities and for addition to their existing building with an estimated expenditure of Rs. 3.01 crore, grant to Ramakrishna Vivekananda Mission, Barrackpore for construction of an auditorium with an estimated expenditure of Rs. 1.36 crore, grant to Government of Assam for undertaking commemorative activities with an estimated expenditure of Rs. 53.19 lakhs.
In addition, many proposals are under active consideration. Few notable of them are - construction of Swami Vivekananda Cardiac Care and Diagnostic Centre at an estimated cost of approx. Rs. 20.21 crores by Ramakrishna Mission Seva Pratisthan (Kolkata), grant to Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture (Kolkata) for taking up various commemorative programmes at an estimated cost of approx. Rs. 6.17 crores, grant to Ramakrishna Vivekananda Smiriti Mandir (Khetri) for conservation of their building at an estimated cost of approx. Rs. 0.73 crores, grant for the renovation of Metropolitan Institution (Kolkata), a school, where Swami Vivekananda is stated to have studies at an estimates cost of approx. Rs. 1.10 crores.
1. Vivekananda Andhra Pradesh Ratha Yathra 2012 - 14.
Ratha Yatra flag-off ceremony at Ramakrishna Math, Hyderabad on 11th September 2012
Flag-off ceremony Pictures
2. Youth Convention, Khammam 2013
Ramakrishna Math Hyderabad organized a youth convention at Khammam with the Financial Assistance from the Ministry of Culture, Government of India. Youth participated from 15 different colleges studying Engineering, Post Graduation, Degree and Medicine. Swami Bodhamayananda Maharaj, Swami Shitikanthananda Maharaj, Sri Balachander addressed the delegate. Sri Sai Naresh, Collector, Khammam District was the Chief Guest.
Please find the following link for Kammam Youth convention Photos:
Youth Convention, Khammam 2013
3. Youth Convention, Ramakrishna Math, Hyderabad
Youth Convention organized by Vivekananda Institute of Human Excellence, Ramakrishna Math, Hyderabad, exclusively for engineering students on the theme “ Transforming Youth To Transform India” on October 9, 2013. Sri N. Mukteshwar Rao (I.A.S), Commissioner for Endowments and Cultural Affairs, Government of India was the Chief Guest Dr. T.G.K.Murthy, Outstanding Scientist (retd) ISRO, Bengaluru, Karnataka, was the Special Guest.
Please find the following link for Hyderabad Youth convention Photos:
Youth Convention, Ramakrishna Math, Hyderabad 2013
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4. Youth Convention Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Kakinada, Ongole and Bhimavaram
Srikakulam: On 6/11/2013 Youth Convention was held at Grand Hotel, Srikakulam. Lajjapathi Roy, Vice Counsellor of Ambedkar University and Prominent Doctors of the town were present. About 850 students were participated from 18 different colleges. Sri K.V.N Murthy coordinated the event. All the students were given a set of 4 books of Swami Vivekananda, A portrait with inspiring message and Certificate of participation.
Vizianagaram: As part of 150th Birth Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda and Under the state government project Youth Convention was organized on 5/11/2013 at Ananda gajapathi Auditorium , Vizianagaram. Around 550 students participated from 13 different colleges. Sri T.A.V Narayan Raju, Dean MIMS was the Chief Guest. Swami Bodhamayanandaji, Swami Guneshanandaji and Swami Raghunayakanandaji were the speakers.
Ongole: Under the State Government Project in Ongole, Ramakrishna Math Hyderabad, organized a Youth Convention on 14/11/2013 at TTD Kalyan Mandapam. Prakasam Dist. Collector, Sri Vijay Kumar I.A.S was the Chief Guest. Sri RamaSeshu, Project Officer, Rajiv Vidya Mission was the Guest of Honour. Swami Parijneyanandaji and Swami Purnabodhanandaji.
Kakinada: On 31/10/2013 Youth convection was held in Kakinada at Surya Kalamandir. JNTU-K, Vice Chancellor, Tulsi Ramachander Prabhu was the Chief Guest. Sri Suryanarayana, Covenor, Swami Vivekananda Seva Samiti also spoke on the occasion. Monks of the Ramakrishna Math also addressed the gathering. Satya Narayana Raju Joint Commissioner of Income Tax gave a inspiring message. About 600 youth participated from different colleges.
Bhimavaram: On 5/12/2013 Youth Convention was held at V.V.S Gardens, Bhimavaram. Swami Bodhamayanandaji and Swami Raghunayakanandaji was present in the Youth Convention. Dr. T.G.K.Murthy, Outstanding Scientist (retd) ISRO, Bengaluru, Karnataka and Sri A.Sitarama Raju, Director, Sri Mallikarjuna Chemicals Private Limited were the the speakers. About 1250 students were participated from 20 different colleges. The organizers thanked Dr. Siva Verma for giving V.V.S Gardens for conducting a successful youth convection.
Please find the following link for Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Kakinada, Ongole and Bhimavaram Youth Convention Photos:
Youth Convention in Bhimavaram - 2013
Youth Convention in Ongole - 2013
Youth Convention in Kakinada - 2013
Youth Convention in Srikakulam - 2013
Youth convention in Vizianagaram - 2013
5. National Youth Day(3-Day Grand Youth Festival) on 10 to 12 January, 2014
National Youth Day - 10th January, 2014
Vivekananda Andhra Pradesh Route Map 2012-14
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Killer Quotes?
These quotes from Jahangir Akhtar were heard being uttered today in Rotherham to anyone who would listen:
“I will be coming back to become a Councillor for Rotherham West, I can walk into my council seat when I want to.”
“I will be getting my job back as a Councillor for Rotherham West and Vice Chair of the Police Crime Commission.”
“Labour Party will not take my Whip off me I am a special person, this issue on the Times Newspaper no one will ask me”
“I own Rotherham West, particularly the Asian community.”
“When I say to them to sit down everyone sits down. When I say to them, bow down, they all bow down to me.”
“I have been told, I would get my job back as Chair of the Police Crime Commission in South Yorkshire, as I did not commit an offence this issue no one in my community can say anything to me.”
Referring to the meeting, that Akhtar had with Shaun Wright, SYPCC and other Police people yesterday , he said “I have negotiated a price to get my job back as Vice Chair of the Police & Crime Committee”, we have exchange my job with money for me to get my job back. In the meantime, Labour Party Headquarters has said, “they will give me a minimum resignation as a job,” he also confirmed it is a backhand agreement, with Councillor Shaun Wright.”
Think the attitudes on display here are a major part of the problem! Don’t you?
Have we now learned, why Sajid Bostan would utter these words, “we’ve fixed the Council, fixed the Police, fixed the Advertiser and fixed the local BBC!”?
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36 thoughts on “Killer Quotes?”
Graham on September 4, 2013 at 6:32 pm said:
I hope that these comments are not true as I guess for someone to hear these would need to be in the room with him during his daily meetings which is unlikely. I for one, openly support him, and I am sure that those leading the services will improve through this experience.
yep on September 4, 2013 at 6:41 pm said:
Does this article imply that both the councillor and commissioner are corrupt ?
Has the commissioner been asked to confirm . . . .
Thinker on September 4, 2013 at 6:43 pm said:
Some one should tell janghir akhtar He is a councillor for the west Ward, Not the Emperor. I don’t know where He gets this Deluded idea that he rules The asian community.
The Asian community in Rotherham hate this Vile baboon. But sadly they are Afraid of him. So they vote in fear, But that fear is now Disappearing.
Because the party Janghir fears the most (RESPECT PARTY) Is getting stronger by the day.
Vote RESPECT and Get rid of this menace once and for all!!!
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Rotherham Local Lad on September 4, 2013 at 6:46 pm said:
You openly support a person, who goes around helping CSE in Rotherham and does nothing to prevent it, Graham you should be ashamed of yourself, that means your guilty as much as asbo akhtar in committing the crime, we should put an investigation on you next.
My wife already has! I repeat “I did not see on the toilet seat!”
think you might have done a typo on it tho’.
@Rothpol,
I really hope you have a trusted source for this.
Trusted yes, but verified by other testimony. I gather these utterances, or something with substantially the same meaning, were repeated, almost tape recorder-like!
I heard from a source he had a meeting yesterday with Councillor Shaun right regarding his police crime and commissioner job, regular reader did you know about that meeting or do you need asbo to confirm it for you.
I was not aware of that meeting – and frankly that they had a meeting means nothing; but I am aware that some people attempt to set-up Rothpol (for whom I can assure you I have absolute respect) – including one quite recent one in this blog.
No meeting, but uttered ad nauseam, where Muslims congregate in Rotherham.
Yvonne Ridley, interim Leader of the Respect Party on September 4, 2013 at 7:17 pm said:
I wonder how many tape recordings were running during that meeting
that was my thought!
The truth hurts on September 4, 2013 at 8:19 pm said:
Yes dirty filth has once again revealed its true colours but the truth is sajid Bostan is a fat teletubbie who has the brain the same size of a peanut so yes obviously if one were to have the same I.Q level as a new born baby (now that is an insult to the baby) will naturally start asking kid’s questions ‘asbo the fidler can we fix it?’
Jason Brooks on September 4, 2013 at 8:23 pm said:
If he does think he’s the emperor of Rotherham, remember the madness of Nero while Rome burned and Caesar. Akhtar all I can say is beware the ides of march. Hopefully. This horrible, can’t use the word man, needs putting in his place.
Yes he sure does well said @Jason Brooks but the million dollar question is who is going to put him in his place? He seems to be under the impression that this is going to be a landmark in history with the rise of asbo fidler and since when does rotherham bow down at him. He is the one bowing down at his fellow taxi drivers’ mercy for those precious votes and oh yes he might be the emperor of Ms Ahmed’s back yard yes most definitely. Rightfully said asbo, Rotherham will be sure to put you in your rightful place but back to the million dollar question who is going to take the lead in doing so? @Thinker, I have a question for you, what makes you say it is the respect party that he fears?
He is terrified of the voters! They are the one’s, that will throw him out next May, should the Labour Party be stupid enough to even have him as a member by then. Never mind present him to the voter as a credible Labour candidate!
He seems confident of somebody voting for him. More back handers and promises to his loyal followers I’m sure. Odious man.
Curious Citizen on September 4, 2013 at 9:12 pm said:
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The One on September 5, 2013 at 12:40 am said:
He owns Rotherham west?? I hope he declares that on his tax return… Moron!!
Anonymous on September 5, 2013 at 8:07 am said:
Akhtar temporally resigned, don’t make me laugh.
Is he still getting paid?
Is he still receiving briefings for members?
It’s all about trying to fool the public and they are doing a very good job.
Thinker on September 5, 2013 at 9:21 am said:
Counsellor Janghir Akhtar Declaring he owns Rotherham West ! If this is true, then the voters of Rotherham west, Have a duty to kick him out in may 2014 Elections. Janghir When ppl vote for you, It means you are obliged to serve them. It doesn’t mean that you have become the emperor. If the voters voted you in,they can also vote you out! Bear that in mind. EMPEROR JANGHIR AKHTAR.
Pink Politico on September 5, 2013 at 12:32 pm said:
The Emperor with no clothes! Would be more apt.
Those who formerly formed a line to shake his hand, now turn their backs!
His power and influence was always partly a mirage, like all illusions, they disappear when you get close enough.
Time perhaps for him to do as he was told? Stand down as a Councillor forthwith!
ronnie on September 5, 2013 at 12:43 pm said:
wow , cllr akthar has some power !! bow down to me what ?? what a laugh .
It perhaps would be funny but unfortunately, this thug and bully actually believes these things to be true!
The second Deputy Leader to go off on one into fantasy land, and in the process, damage everything that Labour says it stands for!
How many more outrages have to be exposed, before the Labour Party removes his Party Card, at least until all the investigations are complete?
Colin Tawn on September 5, 2013 at 2:47 pm said:
The most curious aspect of all this is the Labour party’s unwillingness (fear?) to remove Akhtar’s Party card, just how odious does a person have to be and what level of behaviour is tolerated before Iain McNicol-General Secretary of the Labour Party-takes drastic action to stop this man (mis)representing the Labour Party? Are they afraid Akhtar will play the race card?
If the Labour party refuses to sanction Akhtar then at least we will know what a vote for Labour means……………………..
Corruption at the highest levels.
Nothing new there then.
Colin Tawn on September 5, 2013 at 10:29 pm said:
My post above seems to have spurred the Labour party into action .
See Andrew Norfolk Reports!
A regular reader on September 6, 2013 at 8:58 am said:
It had happened before your comment, check the date on this:
http://www.sarahchampionmp.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/CSE.04.9.13.pdf
I had my tongue firmly in my cheek when I posted.
would this be the same Sarah Champion who is associated with Common Purpose ?
This most certainly would!
A regular reader on September 6, 2013 at 12:04 pm said:
… and Sarah Champion MP had also tweeted:
“VE+ RMBC have commisioned an independent inquiry into child abuse. Well done to all of you publicably and behind the scenes who raised concerns”.
at 7:16 AM – 4 Sep 13
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Anonymous on September 16, 2013 at 3:45 pm said:
Ca i declare that I have attended many Common Purpose Training Sessions;part of my job. It’ was amazingly dull – no conspiracy. Just instructions on how to fill in certain forms. How disappointing for ‘moon landing brigade’. Next please.
Back to the point. Mr Akhtar – if he said it – is a little misguided; he doesn’t own me and I will continue to work to ensure he’s history.
An independent inquiry on the real issues concerning his role please. Dead man clutching at stars and all that.
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The Presto Foundation launches under the Linux Foundation
Published: September 23rd, 2019
- Jenna Sargent
Facebook’s widely popular data query engine Presto now has the full support of the Linux Foundation. The Presto Foundation has been formed around the project.
According to the Linux Foundation, Presto is a distributed system that can be run on large clusters of machines. What makes it special is that it can query data where it is stored, rather than having to move it to a separate location before running queries on it. The foundation first launched early this year to help advance the query engine.
RELATED CONTENT: SD Times Open-Source Project of the Week: Presto
“Presto has been designed for high performance exabyte-scale data processing on a large number of machines. Its flexible design allows processing data from a wide variety of data sources. From day one Presto has been designed with efficiency, scalability, and reliability in mind, and it has been improved over the years to take on additional use cases at Facebook, such as batch and other application specific interactive use cases,” said Nezih Yigitbasi, engineering manager of Presto at Facebook.
Founding members of the Presto Foundation include Facebook, Alibaba, Twitter, and Uber. These founding companies plan on using the foundation to allow contributors to drive the future direction of the project. Eventually, they hope that Presto will be the “fastest and most reliable SQL engine for massively distributed data processing.”
Presto was developed in 2012 by Facebook. It was created so that data scientists would no longer have to choose between an expensive commercial solution to get fast analytics, or a slow, but free solution. “At Facebook alone, over a thousand employees use Presto, running several million queries and processing petabytes of data per day. After creating Presto we open sourced it to see if other companies were having the same issues and wanted to collaborate. It turns out many other companies were interested and so under The Linux Foundation, we believe the project can engage others and grow the community for the benefit of all,” said Kathy Kam, head of open source at Facebook.
Under the Linux Foundation, the Presto Foundation will have an open and neutral governance model. This will allow the project to scale and diversify its community.
“The Linux Foundation is excited to work with the Presto community, collaborating to solve the increasing problem of massive distributed data processing at internet scale,” said Michael Dolan, vice president of strategic programs at the Linux Foundation.
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About Jenna Sargent
Jenna Sargent is an Online and Social Media Editor for SD Times. She covers Microsoft, data, programming languages, and UI frameworks and libraries. She likes reading, tabletop gaming, and playing the guitar. Follow her on Twitter at @jsargey!
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Tom is responsible for our third party fund selection alongside Gary Moglione. He has worked in the investment industry since 2009 after graduating from the University of Liverpool with a first class degree in Mathematics with Finance. After beginning his career as an investment analyst for Royal Liver Asset Managers, he later joined Seneca IM in October 2011.
During his spare time, Tom can be found spending time with his daughter, at the gym or attending Stoke City FC games.
tom.delic@senecaim.com
Gary Moglione
Gary joined Seneca IM in April 2018 and is responsible for our third party fund selection alongside Tom Delic. He has worked in the investment industry since 1999 with a major portion of this specialising in fund selection both on a fund of funds and a multi-manager basis. He has previously worked as a fund manager for Royal Liver Asset Management where he managed two of their multi-manager funds (UK Equity and Global Equity). He then joined the multi-asset team at Pioneer Investment Management (later to be taken over by Amundi Asset Management) to manage equity assets in their funds of fund range.
Outside of the office, Gary enjoys travelling, spending time with his family and watching Liverpool FC.
gary.moglione@senecaim.com
Gabby Byron
Investment Services Executive
Gabby joined Seneca in October 2019 with over 4 years’ experience in the investment industry. Upon successful completion of a Business Administration Apprenticeship, she then studied towards and completed the CISI Investment Operations Certificate and Investment Advice Diploma. In her previous role at Quilter Cheviot, Gabby worked as a Trainee Investment Manager assisting in the management of portfolios for private clients, charities and trusts.
In her spare time, she enjoys reading, travelling and spending time with her friends and family.
gabby.byron@senecaim.com
David joined the board of Seneca IM as chief executive in April 2015. He has previously worked in management, business development and investment roles at Momentum, Midas Capital, Cazenove and Flemings among others.
David graduated in Modern History from Wadham College, Oxford in 1986. He is a member of the Liverpool University Pension Fund Advisory Committee, and is Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society. His interests include Asian art, history and dogs.
david.thomas@senecaim.com
Ian Currie
Ian qualified as a chartered accountant with KMPG and was involved in corporate finance with Peel Hunt & Co, Apax Partners & Co and Altium Capital before co-founding Zeus Group who provided corporate finance, private equity, stockbroking and pension administration services. He then went on to be co-founder of Seneca Partners. Ian joined the board of Seneca IM following its acquisition in March 2014.
Ian is on the board of Hedley & Co Stockbrokers, a partner of Palatine Private Equity LLP and sits on the board of trustees for the Lowry Arts Centre in Manchester. In his spare time Ian enjoys playing golf and watching football.
ian.currie@senecaim.com
David Warnock
David has experience of both public and private companies in the UK and USA. He co-founded Aberforth Partners and prior to that worked with Ivory & Sime plc and 3i Group. He is chairman of Troy Income & Growth Trust plc.
David is a graduate of Edinburgh University, Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) and gained a Certified Diploma in Accounting & Finance. In his spare time David can be found enjoying a round of golf.
david.warnock@senecaim.com
Following a long and successful career at Legal & General where he was national sales director for the Platform and Distribution division, Peter is now head of Policy Strategy Development at industry body, TISA. Peter’s role at TISA encompasses the Distribution, Wrap & Platform, Technology Innovation and Retirement Policy Councils, as well as a number of working parties including the innovative Digital Identity project.
Peter joined the board in January 2016. In his spare time, he enjoys long distance running and photography.
peter.smith@senecaim.com
Steve is a founding Partner of Penta Capital LLP. Prior to this he was formerly a director in the private equity division of The Royal Bank of Scotland. As well as transacting, his focus is on fundraising and investor relations.
Steve is a chartered accountant having trained with Arthur Andersen after graduating from the University of Glasgow. In his spare time Steve likes to ski, cycle and play golf.
steve.scott@senecaim.com
Elaine was appointed to the board in September 2014 as operations director and company secretary having been compliance and money laundering reporting officer with Seneca IM since 2007. She began her career in personal tax and trust accounting, working for a number of major accountancy practices in Liverpool. She later went on to work for Rathbones, Unilever and Tilney Investment Management, before being appointed vice president for Investment Services at Pershing Securities.
Elaine is qualified as a chartered management accountant. Outside of work Elaine enjoys eating, sleeping, cars and holidays.
elaine.smith@senecaim.com
Steve joined Seneca IM in October 2016, having held a number of senior management and business development roles within the insurance industry.
Steve is a Chartered member of the Insurance Institute, with more than 25 years’ experience working in the insurance and investment markets primarily with intermediaries. When he isn’t working, Steve likes to spend time with his family and is a keen golfer.
steve.hunter@senecaim.com
Helen O'Loughlin
Helen joined Seneca IM in April 2017. In her previous role at Premier Asset Management, she had specific responsibility for business growth within the retail adviser market.
Helen has over 10 years’ experience in financial services and has also held successful roles at Friends Life, Just Retirement and with AIG in Melbourne.
In her spare time, Helen has a passion for travel and different cultures. She also likes to spend time with her family and is a season ticket holder at Manchester United.
helen.oloughlin@senecaim.com
Lucy Dolan
Lucy joined Seneca IM in April 2018 with over 7 years’ experience in the Financial Services industry.
In her previous role at Barclays UK, Lucy was part of the Barclays Premier Relationship Team, specialising in client experience and development of colleagues.
When not working, Lucy enjoys travelling. She also enjoys keeping fit and spending time with her family.
lucy.dolan@senecaim.com
Michael Agnew
Michael joins Seneca with over 2 years’ experience in the financial services industry.
In his previous role at Barclays UK, Micheal’s main focus was to obtain positive outcomes for clients as a Premier Relationship Manager.
Within his spare time Michael regularly attends Everton FC games and has a season ticket in the Gwladys street end at Goodison Park. He also enjoys running and playing football.
micheal.agnew@senecaim.com
Emmy Duke
Senior Marketing Executive
Emmy has joined Seneca IM as Senior Marketing Executive and is responsible for marketing planning and development, brand awareness and all client communications.
Emmy has recently returned to Liverpool from London after gaining invaluable experience in both marketing and social media over the past 6 years.
When not at work, Emmy enjoys travelling, walking her dog and catching up on box sets.
emmy.duke@senecaim.com
Kieran Martin
Marketing & Communications Assistant
After successfully completing a Sales & Marketing Apprenticeship, Kieran joins Seneca IM as Marketing & Communications Assistant supporting the Marketing Manager.
In his spare time, Kieran enjoys playing his guitar and actively gigging across the Northwest region. He is a great outdoors person and loves walking dogs and keeping active.
kieran.martin@senecaim.com
Lucy Key
Lucy graduated from The University of Liverpool with a degree in History. With previous experience within a Digital Marketing agency, Lucy joined Seneca IM to further her marketing skills.
In her spare time, Lucy enjoys spending time with her friends, fitness, and travelling.
lucy.key@senecaim.com
Operations and Compliance
Andy has joined Seneca IM as Office Manager, with a particular focus on IT. He has a strong office management and organisational background from a range of industries. These include banking, construction, property management and the public sector.
Outside work his interests include cars, politics, reading and cooking.
andy.moore@senecaim.com
Ian Borrows
Operations and Compliance Monitoring Officer
Ian has been with Seneca IM since 2005, after graduating from The University of Liverpool with a B.A degree in Geography. Ian is responsible for fund operations and assists with compliance monitoring for the company.
Ian is a big Liverpool FC fan and also enjoys music, video games and films.
ian.borrows@senecaim.com
David Binnion
Finance and Operations Manager
David joined Seneca IM in April 2016 as a senior member of the Operations, Finance and Compliance Team, with more than 15 years’ experience in financial, management and fund accounting. He spent five years with Greenpark Capital prior to their takeover by Stepstone Group and joined Seneca from Bibby Financial Services.
When not at work, David likes to play badminton and is a fan of TT, looking for an opportunity to return to the Isle of Man TT at some point.
david.binnion@senecaim.com
Darron Pace
Darron has joined Senena IM as Compliance Manager, with 12 years’ experience in the alternative asset sector. Darron joined from SL Investment Management applying a risk based focus to compliance. He has experience with regulators in Europe and around the globe, including BaFin, the Irish Regulator and the SEC. Managing compliance with amongst others AIFMD, MiFID, OFT and FCA.
In his spare time Darron enjoys the outdoors, hiking, camping and walking the dogs.
darron.pace@senecaim.com
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Tropicana Records RM755.3mil Revenue For The First 9 Months of FY19
PropertyGuru 12 December 2019
Property developer, Tropicana Corporation Berhad and its group of companies (“Tropicana” or “the Group”) announced its unaudited financial results for the first nine months for the financial year ended 31 December 2019 (“FY19”).
For the third quarter under review (“Q3 FY19”), Tropicana recorded a revenue of RM246.1 million, decreasing 19.9% from the corresponding quarter in FY2018 due to lower sales and progress billings across some of the Group’s existing on-going projects.
Meanwhile, for the cumulative nine months of FY19, Tropicana recorded revenue of RM755.3
million, 27.5% lower than the preceding year of the same period caused by a decrease in sales and progress billings across projects in the Klang Valley and Southern regions.
The Group posted a lower PBT of RM32.8 million in Q3 and RM110.4 million in the cumulative nine months period in 2019, fuelled by fixed general and administrative expenses, including a one-off professional fee incurred for a corporate exercise.
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The Group remains well-positioned to deliver sustainable earnings performance for the rest of the year, anchored on 14 on-going projects and strategic approaches to unlock the value of its prime landbank, located in the Klang Valley and Southern regions of Peninsular Malaysia.
Coupled with the completion of its recent corporate exercise and proposed collaborations by end of November 2019, which is expected to increase Tropicana’s landbank to a total of 3,504.24 acres
with a combined GDV in the pipeline of RM79.94 billion.
Tropicana is poised to achieve its targeted GDV of RM2.5 billion for all new launches in FY19.
These new launches include the second phase of shop offices, Triana, and the latest residential phase for Elemen Residences at Tropicana Aman, Kota Kemuning. The latter is the first phase of lakeside super-link homes, designed for families, complete with amenities and facilities within the township.
The Group also introduced Phase 2 of Ayera Residences at Tropicana Danga Cove in Iskandar
Malaysia; the fourth landed residential phase, Lakefield Residences at Tropicana Heights, Kajang;
Edelweiss SOFOs and Serviced Residences at Tropicana Gardens which comes complete with
different product offerings and price points to suit consumers’ varying income levels; and the first
commercial phase at Tropicana Metropark, Subang Jaya, Shoppes & Residences (South) consisting
of retail and serviced apartments for the millennials and young executives who prefer vibrant,
integrated community living.
Despite the muted growth experienced by the property market and conscious consumer sentiment, the Group will continue to focus on delivering long-term value to its stakeholders,
targeting new launches amounting to a GDV of RM3.0 billion in 2020. These new launches, which
are expected to contribute positively to the Group’s earnings in the coming year, include the
strategically-located low-density condominiums at Tropicana Miyu, Petaling Jaya; the first phase
of Tropicana Grandhill, the Group’s inaugural development in Genting; and new phases at
Tropicana Heights, Tropicana Danga Cove and Tropicana Aman.
Following the success of its first hotel, W Kuala Lumpur, Tropicana will be opening its second hotel and the first 199-room Courtyard by Marriott in Penang in FY2020 to further strengthen its investment property portfolio and boost its recurring income stream.
On the whole, the Group believes there will still be demand for landed properties and integrated developments in prime locations with accessibility to good amenities and attractive pricing. The
Group is confident that its relentless efforts in delivering long-term value to its customers will increase its competitive advantage and position them for further growth in the year ahead.
Tropicana has paid a first interim single-tier dividend of 2.78 sen per share on 20 February 2019
and also paid a second interim single-tier dividend on 4 October 2019 via distribution of treasury shares on the basis of 3 treasury shares for every 100 existing ordinary shares held in Tropicana.
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Capita Share Price
Capita Share Price (CPI)
Buy / Sell CPI Shares
Last Trade: Sell 319,655 at 172.35p
Day's Volume: 3,157,846
ISIN: GB00B23K0M20
52wk Range: 98.66p - 185.25p
Shares in Issue: 1,669m
Sector: Support
Recent Trades History Capita (CPI)
Sell* 319,655 172.35 Ordinary
Share Price History for Capita
16th Jan 2020 (Thu) 172.00 174.65 170.25 170.675
15th Jan 2020 (Wed) 174.45 176.55 172.45 172.825
10th Jan 2020 (Fri) 165.00 168.15 164.70 167.825
23rd Dec 2019 (Mon) 163.65 170.20 163.65 164.475
19th Dec 2019 (Thu) 173.70 173.70 166.20 169.025
CPI - Capita Investor Summary
Capita is a leading business administration outsourcing service provider. The company has been a constituent of the FTSE 100 share price index since 2004, marking its position as a one of the UK's most significant companies. The company began in the mid 1980s as a part of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy and was shortly afterwards the subject of a management buyout, turning the division into an independent private company. The company currently operates from over 250 sites internationally, employing over 26,000 people, and within this the firm operates 22 call centre sites employing 500 staff on over three hundred contracts. Capita undertakes a significant amount of outsourced administration work on behalf of public bodies, including local authorities, TV licensing, the Driving Standards Agency and the London Congestion Charge. The company's Human Resources Division currently processes over £1.1 billion of wage payments a year (many public sector) whilst the education division processes absence information with 22,000 schools.
The company now offers a broad array of services across nine different markets: central government, local government, education, life and pensions, insurance, financial services, health, corporate and transport. The company has been able to expand aggressively through merger and acquisition and has brought previous strong names in their field under the Capita brand (for example transport/engineering consultancy Symonds Group was integrated into Capita's Property Consultancy as Capita Symonds). The company recorded revenues of £1.2 billion in 2008 with a pre-tax profit of £120 million.
News about Capita (CPI)
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Today sees the release of the CONTROL-A-BOSS remote control, an invention from Author, Comedian & Entrepreneur, Sheridan ‘Shed’ Simove. The CONTROL-A-BOSS remote has buttons and functions designed to control a Boss’s actions, including ‘IGNORE LATENESS’, ‘MAKE DECISION’ and most worryingly for the Economy, ‘PAY RISE’.
Creator, Simove, who’s latest book ‘IDEAS MAN’ charts the birth of his remote control range, explains how the CONTROL-A-BOSS came to be made. “No one likes being told what to do by their superior…”, Simove says, “So I thought I’d make a remote control to help all the wonderful workers out there…”.
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University of the Sunshine Coast - Sunshine Coast (USC)
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The University of the Sunshine Coast researchers collaborate with local, national and international governments, institutions and industries to deliver innovative, high-quality research with real impact. In 2015 the Australian Research Council ranked USC well above or above world standard in nine key research areas and equal to world standard in five others. The University has seven research clusters: accident research; aquaculture and agriculture; animal and marine ecology; creative humanities; forestry research; medical and health science; and sustainability and environment. Recent notable successes have included tuna breeding in captivity (collaborative research), fast-growing tropical hardwoods (collaborative research) and climate change adaptation projects.
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Vol 3, No 2 (2012): New Uncertainty Principle, Cosmos ex Natura & Relation of Chaos Equation to God
A New Uncertainty Principle Containing the Level of Consciousness, How to Achieve Enlightenment Scientifically, Cosmos ex Natura: Part I & II, Relation of the Chaos Equation to God, Being Ant-worthy & One More Proof that There Is a God.
Vol 3, No 1 (2012): Paradox of Creation, Universe, Life & Consciousness
Biological Plausibility of the Pace of Creation Written in the Genesis, Future Implications of a Pre-Adamic, Global & High Ancient Civilization, Pregnant Zero and Universal Paradox, the Nature & Sensitivity of Chaos, The Way of the Ultimate Tao, the Self-Aware Emptiness of the Quantum Universe &Various Thoughts on God & Science.
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Vol 2, No 10 (2011): Reality in a Holographic World, Buddhist Metaphysics & Quantum Buddhism
What is Reality in a Holographic World? The ‘Epiontic’ Dependently Originating Process of Cyclic Existence, The Quantum Truth of the Buddhist Metaphysics of the ‘Two Realities’, The Metaphysics of Nondual Epiontic Quantum Mindnature, & Quantum Darwinism, Quantum Bayesianism & Quantum Buddhism.
Vol 2, No 9 (2011): Hints of Higgs Boson, Existential Mechanics & What Is Scientific GOD
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Vol 2, No 8 (2011): Hajj & Eid al-Adha 2011: Purity, Equality, Peace & Awareness of the Ultimate Reality of Allah
This is the first installment of SGJ V2(8) released on this special occasion of millions of Muslims starting annual Hajj and soon celebrating Eid al-Adha. Remaining articles are to appear within the month of November, 2011.
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Historical Writings & Speeches:
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“Declaration of Independence” by Thomas Jefferson (July 4, 1776)
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OJG> Vol.8 No.13, December 2018
Historical Course Follows Climate Change: Patterns of the Northern Hemisphere — From Peoples’ Migration until the Industrial Revolution (3rd-18th Century)
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DOI: 10.4236/ojg.2018.813071 303 Downloads 466 Views Citations
Werner Schneider1, Elias Salameh2*
1Technical University of Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany.
2University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.
This paper relates to the statement that the so-called “Little Ice Age” (RCC 6: 1.350-1.800 A.D.) represents—besides the 8k-Event (8.200-8.000 yr cal. B.P.)—the fastest and strongest onset in Holocene History [1]. Its intention focuses on the correlation of interplaying natural processes (i.e. solar energy variation, aerosols, oceanic currents, volcanism as part of plate tectonics, heat flow) with social/political evidence through the time-span of Peoples’ Migration until Industrial Revolution (3rd-18th Century). The time-span comprises the cool/wet/respectively dry climate phase of the P.M. (260-550), a Climate Optimum (600-1.100 A.D.) owning a final Thermal Maximum (1.100-1.260 A.D.) and the “little Ice Age” (1.350-1.800 A.D.), the latter intercalated by the Spörer Minimum (1.460-1.550 A.D.) and the Maunder Minimum (1.650-1.720 A.D.). Thereby, an average temperature difference of 1.0°C - 2.0°C seems sufficient for incising climatic/cultural consequences [2]. It has become obvious that a Climate Optimum primarily provides constructive life conditions; however with a problematic final as the following “Effect-Chain” tells: balanced agricultural/cultural population growth → rich harvests → satisfying nourishment → health, encouragement → overpopulation under favorable materialistic conditions → increasing stress → lack of food, high prices → revolts → migration. In contrast, cool/wet/resp. dry conditions originate destructive/depressive conditions (see Peoples’ Migration) which initiate the following “Effect Chain”: bad agricultural conditions → poor/no harvesting → famine → disease, growing death rate → social, political revolts, wars → human cruelties with psychic/religious background (inquisition, witch-combustion → general chaos (30 yr-war) → death, migration (maritime endeavors, colonization). Furthermore, it should be stressed that volcanic aerosols play besides the solar influx variation—an important role on climate/cultural change [3]. However, the effects of oceanic currents’ heat flow of Mid-Oceanic Ridges and Hot Spots, as well as Earth-Magnetism and Sun/Earth Geometry are poorly understood in this context (Example: Iceland as hot spot situated on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge having been working since 40 Ma). The Chapter-introducing citations play a challenging role in regard to Science Criticism and touch the so-called 95% Confidence line (accepted realm of causal interrelation and according recommendation to Society [4]).
Little Ice Age, Climate-Change, Social/Political Concern, Psychic/Spiritual Implication, Volcanism, Plate Tectonics, Peoples’ Migration, Northern Hemisphere, Natural/Cultural, Effect-Chains, Science Criticism
Wise Sayings:
Unsere Wahrnehmung der Umwelt wird von Teilen des Gehirns erzeugt, zu denen wir keinen Zugang haben, und dieses Prinzip des unzugänglichen Apparats und der vielfältigen Täuschung trifft nicht nur auf unser Sehen und unsere Zeitwahrnehmung zu, auch höhere Funktionen wie Denken, Fühlen und Glauben arbeiten nach dem Muster.
“Our perception of environment is being originated by part of the brain to which we do not have any access. And this principle of an inaccessible apparatus and manifold disillusion meets not only our seeing and our time perception, also higher functions of thinking, feeling and belief are based on this pattern”.
David Eagleman, Neurologist, 2012 [5] (Trans. Sch.).
Originally stimulated by the discovery of the meteorite crater Jebel Waqf as Suwwan, Eastern Jordanian Desert [6] [7] [8] , the authors focused their interest on whether major impact and super-volcanic activity might possibly have initiated climate effects on Neolithic and Bronze Age Cultures in the Near/Middle East and in Central Europe as well [9] [10] .
By using the Holocene climate data of Majewski et al. [1] , a surprisingly high coincidence of rapid climate changes (RCC 1 - 6) with rise and fall of the relevant cultures becomes obvious. The analytical data are based on the commonly applied gases (CO2, CH4, SO2, NOX) and isotopes (14C, 18O, 10Be) recovered from ice-core samples of Greenland (GRIP, GISP 2), paleontological data, aerosol and impact-events (Figure 1).
Among the six RCCs (11.500 yr cal. B.P.-1.800 A.D.) the latter (1.350-1.800 A.D.) represents―besides the early 8k-Event (8.200-8.000 yr cal. B.P.)―the fastest and strongest onset during the Holocene (“Little Ice Age”) [1] .
Because of the low availability of differentiated records, missing recent sections, and complex anthropogenic output, the authors [1] limited their investigations onto the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. Thus, modern time data
Figure 1. Rise and fall of human cultures in the Near/Middle East and in Central Europe throughout Holocene with preference of Neolithic and Bronze Age Cultures; in correlation with natural events like RCCs [7] , mega-volcanism, impacting, and others [6] .
are to be referred i.e. to Schellnhuber [2] .
Accordingly, this paper deals with the time-span 3rd-18th Century whereby both RCC 5 (750-950 A.D.), RCC 6 (1.350-1.800 A.D. = “Little Ice Age”), and the Great Thermal Maximum (1.100-1.250 A.D.), are of special interest [11] (Figure 2).
The publications of Clube & Napier [12] , Hoyle [13] , Hsü [14] , and Schellnhuber [2] intensified our interest on this subject, since a few of them even keep―beyond the climate/culture-interrelationship―the influence of RCCs and “Rare Events” on psychic/religious effects for possible [12] [13] .
“The only defense against wrong hypotheses is poor logic, curiously enough”. Fred Hoyle, 1993, Astrophysicist [13] .
Majewski et al. used the following parameters for Holocene climate analysis [1] .
Figure 2. Solar Activity (based on eye-recorded Sun Spots, ∆14C-data) and Aerosol-level (volcanic SO4―residuals) throughout the time-span 750-1.800 A.D. [9] including both RCC and RCC6 [7] . See characteristic distribution of Sun Spots and Aerosol-levels with regard to the Thermal Maximum (1.100-1.255 A.D.) and both Spörer Minimum (1.460-1.555 A.D.) respectively Maunder Minimum (1.650-1.720 A.D.) (“Little Ice Age”).
・ Ice-core GISP 2: SO4-residuals, volcanic aerosols.
・ Antarctic CO2, Taylor Dome.
・ Ice-core GRIP: CH4.
・ 14C-residuals, 200 yr smoothing in connection with the number of sun spots (eye-observed).
・ Summer and winter insolation.
・ Global glacier advance.
・ Ice-core GISP 2: Na+ (200 yr smoothed).
・ Ice-core GISP 2: K+ (200 yr smoothed).
Moreover, the number of eye-observed sun spots was used for the interval 1.100-1.800 (9: Figure 2).
Generally spoken, the following causes and theories concerning RCCs are commonly accepted [i.e. 2].
・ Variation and cycles of solar energy-influx on the earth’s surface.
・ Cosmic radiation impulse.
・ Solar activity and Earth Magnetism, variation of the Earth’s Magnetic Field.
・ Migrating interplanetary dust clouds.
・ Change in the Earth/Sun Geometry.
・ Aerosols (SO4-particles) originated by volcanism, hot spots.
・ Major Impacts [15] .
・ Plate Tectonics (plate movement, earthquakes, volcanism [3] [16] .
・ Heat Flow of diverse Volcanic Provinces (Mid-Oceanic Ridges, Subduction Zones, and Hot Spots).
・ Oceanic Currents.
- Anthropogenic causes for RCC predominantly concern the time-span since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in England after 1750 [2] [17] :
- Enrichment of atmospheric Green House Gases (CO2, CH4, etc.).
- Variability of the physical, chemical, and biological conditions of the Earth Surface by the exploitation of resources, forestry, agriculture etc. and pollution of global scale.
Nevertheless, since the beginning of the Medieval Climate Optimum (600 - 1.255) there took already place a signification influence on the Northern Hemisphere by increasing agriculture and varying wood-clearing that approximately produced some 200 × 109 tons of CO2 [2] .
3. Interplay/Interdependence and Correlation of Parameters Applied [1] [11]
“Wenn der Zusammenhang von Ursachen und Wirking sich als nur statistisch gültig bzw. als nur relativ wahr herausstellt, dann ist auch das Kausalprinzip in letzter Linie nur relativ zur Erklärung von Naturvorgängen verwendbar und setzt eben damit das Vorhandensein eines oder mehrerer anderer Faktoren, die zur Erklärung notwendig wären, voraus. Das heisst soviel, als dass die Verknüpfung von Ereignissen unter Umständen von anderer als kausaler Natur ist und ein anderes Erklärungsprinzip verlangt”.
“If the coherence of cause and effect represents itself as merely statistically valid resp. as relatively true, then the principle of causality works finally only relatively useful to explain natural processes and presumes the existence of one or more other factors being necessary for analysis. That means the interconnection of events appears as of other causal nature and therefore, demands another explanation principle”.
Carl Gustav Jung, Psychologist 1990 [18] (Trans. Sch.).
The Sun Spot-diagram (Figure 2) represents the “Great Thermal Maximum” (1.100-1.255 A.D.) in the final stage of a longer lasting “Medieval Climate Optimum” (600-1.255 A.D.). The Great Thermal Maximum itself owns an environment of Sun Spots.
RCC 5 (750-950 A.D.) falls into the time-span of the Climate Optimum. Indeed, it appears less significant throughout the Holocene climate course. However, it reveals telecommunication of global scale in the Northern Hemisphere, week wind activity over the North Atlantic and Siberia while the production of Atlantic deep water increased [1] . There is also an increase of CO2, solar activity variation, and glacier retreat in the Swiss Alps (Figure 2, Figure 3).
The RCC 6-Interval (1.330-1.800 A.D.) yields the most significant RCC known as “Little Ice Age” characterized by the Spörer Minimum (1.650-1.720 A.D.)
Figure 3. Climate-related patterns recovered from Greenland Ice-Cores GISP2 and GRIP: Volcanic Aerosol, ∆14C-residuals (200 yr smoothed), Global Glacier Advance/Retreat, Na+ and K+-contents (both 200 yr smoothed) throughout the relevant time span [7] . See correlation with the Thermal Maximum and both temperature minima.
and the Maunder Minimum (1.650-1.720 A.D.) and between both a distinct temperature increase (Figure 2, Figure 3).
The RCC 6-Interval in general, shows dominant cool poles, wet tropics, and glacier advance in middle latitudes, CO2―decrease, CH4―increase, and strong aerosol-variation are typical. 14C and 10Be-data underline rapid Solar Activity-variation causing strong climate patterns (Figure 2, Figure 3). There are distinctly delimitated aerosol-maxima during the RCC5-Interval (755-950 A.D.) and during the Great Thermal Maximum (1.100-1.255 A.D.) as well as during the time-span between both Spörer Minimum (1.460-1.550 A.D.) and Maunder Minimum (1.550-1.650 A.D.) and finally after 1730 (comp. [3]).
Both temperature-minima reveal low aerosol levels. Obviously, the aerosol-distribution positively correlates with subaerial volcanism predominantly related to the Greenland-Iceland-Faeroe Ridge/North Atlantic Volcanic Province (Figure 4).
Between the 13th and 17th Century the number of high-tide-floods along the North Sea Coast was enormously growing up. Records register more than 50 flood-events of whom the Marcellus-Event (1362) and the Burchardi-Event were outstanding [ [19] Table 1].
Figure 4. Greenland-Iceland-Faeroe Ridge (dotted) developed since 40 Ma Hot Spot Activity below the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Spreading-rate: 1 - 2 m/a [14] .
Table 1. Storm high-tides along the North Sea coast through the time-span 1200-1825 [18] .
The Na+ and K+―maxima of GISP2 (1) coincide with both Spörer and Maunder Minimum, positively correlating with global glacier advance and negatively with the aerosol-level, stressing they do not relate to subaerial volcanism (Figure 2, Figure 3).
Since magmatic gases lack of Na+ and K+, both typical ions in sea water (Na+: 10.770 ppm, K+: 380 ppm) and in evaporate deposits, their significant occurrence may be explained by sea water―vaporization during submarine volcanism across the North Atlantic Volcanic Province, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, predominantly on the hot spot of the Greenland-Iceland-Faeroe Ridge [ [16] Table 2]. Furthermore, submarine basalt spilitization by seawater accompanied by zeolite-mineralization (Na+, Ca2+), cannot play any role as K+-source.
Both Spörer and Mauder Minimum positively correlate with 14C-residuals. Increased values are interpreted by lower solar activity [1] .
All temperature maxima (1.100-1.255, 1.350-1.460, 1.650-1.700, after 1.740 A.D.) coincide with aerosol maxima whose subaerial volcanic contribution may mainly relate to the North Atlantic Volcanic Province (Figure 4).
An outstanding volcanic event was the eruption of the Laki Fissure, Iceland in 1783 that produced a deadly ash and gas cloud (SO2, HF, HCl, H2S) migrating southward via North and Central Europe and brought extreme hazard on life conditions just shortly prior to the French Revolution (1789) [20] .
4. Discussion of Interdepending Causes Relating to Climate Change
4.1. Solar Energy Variation
“Der Einfluss der solaren Strahlungsdichte ist von der Wissenschaft bis vor kurzem unterschätzt worden. Wenn wir der Sonne den Platz einräumen, der ihr gebührt, so heisst das nicht, dass wir uns unserer Verantwortung gegenüber GAIA entziehen. Das Wissen sollte uns bescheiden machen. Wir sind nicht einmal in der Lage das Wetter zu bestimmen, unsere Regentänze tragen wenig dazu bei, eine Dürreperiode zu beenden…. Wir wissen wenig über die Launen von Helios”.
Table 2. Major sub-aerial and submarine volcanic events (874-1.896 A.D.) on/off Iceland [25] .
8000 yr B. P.: Strongest fissure eruption; Last 5000 yr: 200-300 volcanoes’ formation; Past 11 Centuries: around 150 eruptions.
“The influence of solar radiation density has been recently underrated by science. If we grant the importance to the Sun it deserves, it does not mean we do neglect our responsibility to Gaia. Knowledge should make us unpretentious. We are just not in the position to direct the weather; our rain dances scarcely give contribution to terminate a drought… We do know rather little about Helios’ caprices”.
K.J. Hsu, 2000, Geologe und Klimaforscher [14] (Trans. Sch.).
In their critical and profound work [21] Hoyt and Schatten stress the major role of the Sun with special regard to natural climate change on Earth in time scales of decades and centuries as function of solar radiation density. The authors took the time-span prior to the beginning of the Industrial Revolution into focus, too, in order to avoid the influence of massive anthropogenic impact.
Accordingly, sun-induced climatic cycles comprise intervals of 8 a, 12 a, 18-23 a, 40-50 a, 80-92 a, and 300-334 a.
There do exists both positive and negative correlations of Sun Spots with global average temperature (W. Koppen cit. in [14] Table 3).
Besides this non-linear solar influx the Albedo-effect may play another important role in the Earth’s surface-temperature discussion [17] .
4.2. Solar Activity and Earth-Magnetism
In 1989 Canada was without electricity by an overload of national grid caused by
Table 3. Correlation of Sun Spot numbers and temperature [12] .
a strong solar outbreak [17] . Nowadays such sun eruptions disturb telegraphy, radar, satellite communication, GPS etc. if the Earth Magnetic Field would be too weak which is increasingly working.
The electromagnetic radiation of the Sun Wind is screened by the Earth magnetic Field and turned out via its magnetic poles. The magnetic poles of our planet continuously change their position as the magnetic field changes its intensity what happens 106 times faster as plate tectonic processes work (mm-cm/a) [17] .
The intensity of the Earth Magnetic Field steadily decreases since records started some 150 yr ago showing a significant minimum across the Southwest Atlantic (Figure 6). Thereby, Earth might lose its bimodal magnetization approaching a reversal pole change recovered for all > 10,000 resp. Ma (15) (Figure 5).
These processes may challenge the question up to what intensity fauna and flora may be concerned. Is there any definite proof of such effects on climate, historical course, biological and psychic aspects? This is a challenge the scientific community is asked to deal with.
4.3. Changes in Earth-Sun Geometry
The Croll-Milankovitch hypothesis tells that the gravity attraction between Sun, Earth, and the other Planets (especially the Moon) generate three long term cyclical perturbations. If synchronized global climate is concerned [17] :
・ Distance variation between Sun and Earth change the Solar Influx on Earth (period: 96.000 a).
・ Change of obliquity of the Earth’s axis varies on 21˚, 8˚ - 24˚, 4˚, at present about 23.5˚ (period: 40.000 a).
・ The third cycle originates from the precession of the equinoxes, i.e. the manner in which the Earth “wobbles” as it spins on its axis. This cycle comprises another variation of distance between Earth and Sun once again changing the solar irradiance on the Earth’s surface (period: 21.000 a).
4.4. Influence of Aerosols Predominantly Originated by Volcanism
Aerosols originate from magmatic gases like HCl, HF, H2S and SO2. Reacting with water of the atmosphere they produce the relating acids. Other atmospheric
Figure 5. World Map of Magnetic Anomalies (Champ). Data in Nanotesla See magnetic high of the Lithosphere Field around the North Pole and weak magnetization of South America/Southwest Atlantic. Source: Earth-Magnetism. Auf der Spur der Wechselwirkungen-Helmholtz-Zentrum. Deutsches Geoforschungs-Zentrum Potsdam, 22nd ed., 2008, Potsdam.
aerosols are hygroscopic condensation nuclei as dust blown up from the Earth, volcanic ash, soot particles, sea salt ejected into air with air bubbles (0, 001 to over 10 µm in diameter) [17] .
The publication of Siegl et al. [3] provides a profound insight into the climate-influencing role of subaerial volcanic output by filtering the sun-light that cause global temperature decrease with all climatic and anthropogenic consequences.
4.5. Plate Tectonics (Magmatism, Hotpots, Earth Quakes, Hydrothermalism, Heat Flow along Mid-Oceanic Ridges)
Regarding the climate data recovered from Greenland ice-core (GISP2) (see Figure 3), the question is whether Iceland located on the mid Atlantic Ridge (MAR) as Hot Spot [16] , has had climatic influence on the adjacent land masses by its tremendous heat-flow (Table 2).
As part of the North Atlantic Province and as one of the largest hot spots on Earth, Iceland owns a diaper-cap of ~1000 km in diameter and a basaltic crust-thickness measuring ~20 km. The diapir and its MORB-source define the high level of Iceland as part of the Greenland-Faeroe Ridge (GIFR) situated on the MAR [16] . The MAR passed the Mantle-Diapir during Eocene (~40 Ma) where the GIFR developed by a low spreading rate (~1 cm/a) on both sides of the Rift Valley.
Up-doming of the Asthenosphere and crust-extension have been accompanied by MORB-Volcanism that initiated heat-flow, additionally strengthened by the Iceland Hot Spot-Activity [22] .
Hydrothermally originated White Smokers (100˚C - 300˚C) and Black Smokers (~350˚C) are associated with the basaltic melt periodically effused along the rift axis by ~1.100˚C.
In general, on Mid-Oceanic Ridges an increased thermal gradient and conductive heat transfer generate in average a heat flow of ~100 mWatt/m2 where some 21 km3 of magmatic rocks are being crystallized per year [16] [23] [24] .
Episodic lava production occurs through a time-span of some 10,000a followed by the next cycle of re-effusion along the subsequent dike-generation (magnetic stripe patterns).
Such “Heat Power Stations” located along the world-embracing system of Mid-Oceanic Ridges have had a tremendous impact on temperature, chemistry, and Oceanic Currents and thereby on climate implications, hitherto scarcely analyzed [15] [16] [17] [23] [24] .
Own studies on the East Pacific Rise (13˚ - 21˚ South) reveal how hydrothermally precipitated metalliferous ooze is asymmetrically deposited some 40 km west of the EPR-Rift Valley (source area) by westerly directed oceanic currents [25] , compare the contrasting sedimentary patterns around the Brine Deeps of the Red Sea Rift-System [26] .
4.6. Oceanic Currents (Figure 6)
As part of the World-Oceans’ connecting system of Oceanic Currents, the Gulf Stream/North Atlantic underlies the Coriolis-Effect moving clock-wise under thermohaline circulation and modifies the climate of the adjoining land masses with a warm/wet climate tendency [27] . Owning an effective capacity of 1.5 Petawatt (according to two Mio modern Atomic Power Stations) by a speed of ~2 m/sec, it has had an important influence on NW European Climate and on anthropogenic activities like Maritime Trade [2] .
Figure 6. Oceanic Current belt: Warm surface current (grey), Antarctic Circumpolar current (white), intermediate waters (black). Source: Natural Environmental Research Council (Redrawn) [15] .
The recent cooling of the Gulf Stream by melting glaciers of Greenland and the Arctic may initiate a climate change to being rather cool/ wet in NW-Europe. However the Albedo-effect caused by increasing surface of recently ice-uncovered basement rocks may regionally (North/Central Europe) originate high pressure areas owing a dry/warm climate.
4.7. Major Impacting
There is no hint on major impacts and related effects through the time-span concerned. However, let us keep in mind Hoyle’s Comet [13] .
5. Cultural Events Relating to Climate Change (Figure 8)
“Das Gehirn sucht nach Mustern im Chaos und will Konsistenz. Unsere Gehirne sind meisterhafte Erzähler. Sie verstehen es ausgezeichnet, sogar aus eklatanten Wiedersprüchen eine stimmige Geschichte zu spinnen. Mit Hilfe von Geschichten ergeben verwirrende Informationen einen Sinn. Das “ICH” ist so ein Märchen, eine vom Gehirn aus Zweck-Pragmatismus erfundene Fiktion”.
“The brain focuses on patterns in chaos and wants consistence. Our brains are masters of narration. They are excellently endowed to tell coherent stories despite severe contradictions. Supported by stories confusing information finally makes sense. The “Ego” is such a fairy tale, a fiction invented by the brain because of object pragmatism”.
5.1. Peoples’ Migration Period (260-550 A.D.)
This time-span owns a slight, but nevertheless, significant average temperature decrease (ΔT = 1˚C - 1.5˚C) and a rise of precipitation throughout Europe that resulted in wet-cold summers [2] (Figure 7). Bad harvests, increasing famine, predominantly in Northern Europe, led finally to a progressive migration of Germanic People (i.e. Goths) from north to south while the Huns invaded to Central Europe from Central Asia (~375). Both Peoples threatened the Roman Empire.
Precursors of global cooling already appeared in Central Asia during the 1st/2nd Century. However, in contrast to Europe, windy summers developed to being dry-cold that led to barren conditions of Central China’s “Dust Bowl” [13] . Like in Northern Europe, peoples therefore, escaped towards South/Southwest by reasons of snowfall in summer, frozen Yangtze River, famine etc.
Under pressure and assault of the migrating Goths, Burgundians, Swebians, Vandals, and Lombardians the Roman Empire fell in disorder during the 5th Century caused by lack of food, stress, pandemies and power [28] .
There is obviously no plausible theory from historical side to explain Peoples’ Migration versus natural hazards (climate change, volcanic events). Indeed a strong volcanic outbreak occurred on 535 that prevented grape-harvesting across the Mediterranean. Furthermore, a Comet crossed the Earth’s Orbit and might have had relating impact effects around ~500 [12] [13] .
The Near/Middle East provided cool-dry summers that, in turn, caused bad harvests followed by the decline of the pre-Islamic Empires through Arabia until ~600. The beginning water problems during the first Century at Petra, Jordan
Figure 7. Climate variability (precipitation, temperature) and political/social events for the time span 400 until recent. See significant patterns during Peoples’ Migration [8] .
initiated, in connection with the Roman occupation, the end of the Nabatean Culture along the Caravan Route Damascus―Mecca/Medina [28] .
5.2. Climate Optimum after Peoples’ Migration (600-1.100 A.D.) including RCC 5 (750-950 A.D.)
Since the beginning of the 7th Century, the climate of the Northern Hemisphere favorably developed for agricultural ecosystems as well as for cultural/social growth due to an adjustment of a stable combined Atmosphere/Ocean System [2] (Figure 8).
Thus, the Merowingers, Franconians, Magyarians, Normanians, and Anglosaxians spread out by growing population and established their Empires [28] . A sequence of interrelating/interdepending “Effect-Chains” can be recognized as: good climate conditions à rich harvests à satisfying nourishment à health, encouragement à overpopulation under excellent conditions à increasing stress à lack of food à migration. The latter appears in contrast to the migration character of the Germanic tribes from poor climate conditions during Peoples’ Migration.
Whether subaerial volcanism and/or the Eldgja-outbreak (875-935 A.D.) on
Figure 8. Correlation of Climate Variability and other natural processes (i.e. volcanism) with Historical Events from the 3rd until 18th Century in Europe, China, and the Near/Middle East.
Iceland may had forced the end of the Franconian Empire or influenced by its subsequent effects (ash cloud filtering solar influx), may be open [22] as well as the role of the Supernova of 1054 [29] coinciding more or less with the fall of both Normanian and Anglosaxion Empires [28] .
Fulminant flourishing Theravada-Buddhism in Asia, mainly at Bagan, Myanmar surprisingly started during the time of this Supernova. Contemporaneously the Emperor/Pope-Constellation in Europe, the Islam-Invasion to North Africa and to southwest Europe took place [28] [30] .
The Islam-Era began with Prophet Mohammed (570-632 A.D.) and his followers. They occupied Egypt, Libya, Syria and Iraq and destroyed the Sassanid Empire. The Omayyad (Damascus) conquered the Indian and Iberian Peninsulas [28] . Within one century after Mohammed’s death the Arab Empire had been growing up to the largest Empire west of China.
Sufism, a stream of Islamic Mysticism, massively arose during the second half of the 9th Century across the Near/Middle East and later found its way to Spain (Kalifat Cordoba) and to the European Principality Houses [31] [32] [33] [34] .
Dependent on ethnic and cultural conditions Sufism spread out between Spain and Afghanistan and modified itself under the influence of Jews, Taoists, and Nestorians (Christians) along the Silk Road.
Sufism still globally works and has been excellently introduced to Western Countries by Idries Shah, co-founder of the Club of Rome, including NASRUDIN’S Stories for teaching Derwishes [33] [34] .
Syncretism grew up along the Silk Road during the Tang Dynasty (618-907 A.D.) where peoples and traders of diverse Ethnics and Religions met for a vivid exchange of wares, ideas, philosophy, religion and poetry, i.e. at Kashgar, Dunhuang, Kucha, Turfan etc. [35] . Economic growth, irrigation improvement, agricultural land distribution for local farmers led to a constructive development under favorable climatic conditions.
Nevertheless, the final stage of the Tang D. surprisingly exposes chaotic and destructive conditions introducing to the so-called 5 Dynasties and 10 Empires (907-960). This period correlates with a series of volcanic events on Iceland (875-935), possibly causing temperature fall by ash clouds filtering solar influx and initiating cold-dry conditions [see 3].
In the modern climate records [1] the RCC 5-period appears as less outstanding, but of global scale telecommunication, rather weak winds over the Atlantic and Sahara, slight change in solar output, and little CO2-increase.
During this time-span wood-cutting and agriculture grew up. Estimation tells that during the Middle Ages ~200 tons of CO2 had been originated [2] .
5.3. Thermal Maximum (1.100-1.260 A.D.)
A high number of Sun Spots and strong Volcanic Activity (aerosols) including the most violent Hekla-Eruption in historical times (1104), as well as a series of submarine eruptions off Reykyanes Peninsula, Iceland (Table 2) underline the scenery of temperature rise (Figure 2).
Concerning Europe and adjacent regions, the following historical events occurred more or less contemporaneously within the short time-span of 160 years (Figure 8).
・ Crusader activities on the way and in the “Holy Land” (1.096-1.228 A.D.).
・ Hanse Towns Endeavors (1.150-1.250-1.282 A.D.).
・ East Colonization (since 12th Century until 1.360).
・ Continuation of the Pope-Emperor Constellation (1.153-1.250 A.D.).
・ Mongolians’ Invasion (1.135-1.241 A.D.).
・ Shifting of Castles/Principality Buildings from Low Lands to elevated areas (convenient climate)
According to the above mentioned “Effect Chain”, Asia progressively recorded a wide-spread expansion of desert peoples. The long-lasting Song D., China fell into ruin at the end of the Thermal Maximum caused by bad harvests after temperature decline. Buddhism continued to flourish in SE-Asia (Bagan, Myanmar).
At the beginning of the Thermal Maximum, the Near/Middle East brought the fall of the Seldschukian Empire by the Mongolians and later the replacement of the latter by the arising Osmanians (since 1317).
The total time-span following (1.260-1.800 A.D.) comprises the so-called “Little Ice-Age”.
5.4. Transitional Period (1.260-1.460 A.D.)
Owning less Sun Spots, the first hundred years of this period expose a relatively abrupt temperature fall in Europe whereas the second half was somewhat warmer. Amidst this time-span started RCC 6 (1350) accompanied by strong Hot Spot-activities on Iceland by forming a new Island [22] .
Outstanding events through this transitional period were:
・ -Overwhelming North Sea High-Tide Floods since 1285 including one of the most deadly one: “Mandtränke” (19, Table 1) (Figure 9, Figure 10).
・ -Pestilence epidemics (1.320-1.355 A.D.) when one third of the European population died.
・ -100 years’ War between France and England (1.340-1440 A.D.) [30] .
・ -Inquisition of the Catholic Church since 1562 when laws for their protection were published against Heresy after intra-ecclesiastical discussion with rebellious believers. Organized torture application became a common method. Merely the Pope was responsible in cases of Inquisition working under strong secrecy and illegality [36] .
・ -End of all activities that occurred during the Thermal Maximum except East-Colonization.
The Mongolians installed the Yuan D. in Asia when falling temperatures caused bad life condition, social suppression, peasant revolts [14] [28] coinciding with the beginning of RCC 6. The Ming D. followed on the Yuan D. after warming up.
Figure 9. “STICH” of the Burchardi-Flood, 1634. West Coast of Schleswig-Holstein, North Sea. Contemporary representation, from: [18] .
The Osmanians set an end to the Mongolian invasion in the Near/Middle East 1317 continuing to establish their huge Empire.
5.5. Spörer Minimum (146-1.550 A.D.)
Lack of sun spots, continuous North Sea-Flooding, aerosol minima (less volcanic activity), and temperature decrease (ΔT = 1.5˚C/a in England) with glacier advance in Europe characterize this time-span. Extremely bad agricultural conditions provided poor harvests, famine, social and religious tension and revolts [28] [30] :
・ Peasant revolts in Europe (1525).
・ Reformation of Christianity by Luther (1517).
・ Witch Persecution [36] : As basic instructive work served the book “Malleus Maleficarium” published in 1486 for witchcraft processes that began during the 2nd half of the 15th Century and continued with varying intensity until 1775 (combustion of the last woman). Most of these women were mid-wife’s, experienced in herbal healing superior to men and medical scholars and the scholastic World [36] .
Figure 10. Map of the West Coast of Schleswig-Holstein, North Sea after the Burchardi-Flood of 1634, drawn by Johannes Mejer 1651, from: [18] .
There does exist no written hand downs of the Catholic Church but estimations tell of several millions of victims (90% women) [36] . For being accused as a witch the following motives were sufficient: accused by neighbors without definite reason, business competition, jealousy, envy, refused affection, good education. Authorities gained the inheritance of rich people and single women (murder with robbery).
The term “Holocaustum” (Greek/Latin) = Extensive combustion, Brandopfer suits to the cruelties that happened throughout the time of Renaissance and Humanism in the barren wet-cold climate period of the so-called “Little Ice Age” in Europe.
1) Large-scale destruction, esp. Human lives by fire, see: Oxford Advanced Dictionary of Current English. Revised, updated (A.S. Horn-by with A.P Cowie)―Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1974.
Generally there is evidence of:
・ Rise of Early Capitalism since end of the 15th Century.
・ Maritime endeavors, global migration and increasing trade, predominantly by Spain and Portugal to be interpreted as a hopeful option versus the hazardous regional life conditions in parts of Europe (Table 4) [6] .
During the Ming D. ice and snow in summer caused peasant revolts especially in the famine years 1.458, 1.465, 1.467, 1.478, 1.479, 1.483-1.504, 1.506-1.521 A.D. accompanied by cannibalism [14] .
In the Near/Middle East where the climate was rather moderate across the Mediterranean/Levant, the Osman Empire extended westward to the most important Empire in the world. Under Suleyman (1.520-1.566 A.D.) it covered parts of Europe, Near/Middle East, and North Africa and had influence on military/political trends in Central Europe [28] .
Table 4. Marine endeavors and voyages through the time span of the “Little Ice Age” (1250-1800) [27] .
5.6. Spörer/Maunder Transitional Interval (1.550-1.650 A.D.)
This interval owns a slight temperature rise positively correlating with aerosols (volcanism) and with sun spots. Two Super Novas appeared in 1572 and in 1604 [29] . North Sea High-Tide Flooding continued accompanied by the Burchardi-Flood (1634) that provided the topographic frame-work of the modern coast-line (Table 1, Figure 9, Figure 10). The Komagatake-eruption occurred in 1641. Intensive rain and vermin plagues caused spoiled harvests throughout 1.619-1.627 A.D. [19] .
Maritime Endeavors continued (Table 4) followed by increasing Colonization of the world by Western Empires since 1615 as option versus the desperate situation in Europe [28] .
The 30 Years-War (1.618-1.648 A.D.) firstly developed as a religious war between Catholics and Protestants [28] . In its second phase European Empires raised political/territorial claims that brought destruction, chaos, famine and death over millions of people when France finally controlled Central Europe (Peace Agreement of Westfalia). The political/social scenario of this time-span was realistically reworked i.e. by Schiller’s classic work “Wallenstein” [37] and in the modern novel “Tyll” by Kehlmann [38] .
Witch-processing/combustion continued with an absolute climax through 1589-1631 during the time of “Re-Catholization” (since 1570) with an outstanding excess at Würzburg (1.627-1.629 A.D.) where mainly well-educated citizens and children became victims [36] .
In China summer snow and ice (1.578-1.598 A.D.) caused agricultural, social, political chaos and death until the end of Ming D. The last King Emperor committed suicide on the Coal Hill of the “Forbidden Town” in Beijing (1644) when revolting peasants assaulted the Emperor Palace during the Manschu-Invasion (Qing D.) [14] [28] .
In the Near/Middle East the Osman Empire, furthermore, enjoyed obviously better climatic conditions, and expanded under Suleiman over the Mediterranean [28] .
5.7. Maunder Minimum (1.650-1.720 A.D.)
Like the Spörer Minimum, this period is also characterized by an Aerosol-Minimum (less volcanism) and missing Sun Spots, however introduced by the Komagatake-Eruption (38). North Sea-Flooding decreased. Absolutism dominated Europe after the 30 Years-War [28] .
Inquisition and witch processes ended during the second half of this time-span [36] . Highly evident is the migration of Europeans to the New England States, North America due to unemployment, lack of food, fast price growth and high population which are mostly economic reasons in their homelands [28] .
The Qing D. arose in China at the end of the Spörer-Minimum under chaotic conditions.
Obviously recognizing the favorable situation, the Britain’s opened a Trade Office at Guangzhou, China (1685), found access to several harbors (1793) and started their opium-trade that led to the Qing-Policy of “Closed Doors”. The Portuguese occupied Macao [28] .
The Osmanians continued their expansion in the Mediterranean and in North Africa [28] .
5.8. Post-Maunder Minimum (1.720-1.800 A.D.)
Convenient average temperatures, a balanced distribution of precipitation/ temperature-ratio through the vegetation period, regular periods of Sun Spots, a distinct aerosol maximum mainly caused by Iceland-Volcanism (Laki, Hekla), and less North Sea-Flooding provided the natural background for the developing societies underlined by the RCC 6-Period.
As cultural/ political events/currents resulted the rise of Preussen as World Empire, Absolutism, Europeans Age of Enlightenment, growth of citizenship, beginning of the Industrial Revolution in England (1761), Seven Years-War between France and England by colonization animosities in North America (1.756-1.763 A.D.), Napoleon’s wars (1.792-1.815 A.D.), and the French Revolution (1.798-1.799 A.D.).
In China the Qing D. continued until 1911 while the Osman Empire found its end with the Sykes-Picot Agreement in 1916.
An excellent example for natural à cultural/political dependence represents the Laki-Fissure-Outbreak, Iceland in 1783/1784 [3] [20] [22] . Ash and gas clouds (HCl, HF, SO2) spread out over Northwest and Central Europe. Studies by English Historians verify characteristic volcanic features like thick dry acidic fog darkening parts of Europe over months, stop of maritime trade, hail hazards, cold winters and strong storms never experienced before [20] .
Social consequences revealed high rates of sick/dead people, poor/missing harvests, extinction of whole villages, 8000 people died during winter-flooding along the English North Sea Coast.
As historians tell this event was simply forgotten and replaced. Some 100 new craters originated then along the Laki-Fissure. The total amount of explosive and effusive products amounts up to 300 Million m3. Blue fog dominated Iceland’s atmosphere and poisoned half of the cattle, 3/4 of the sheep and 20% of the population died by famine and disease (1.783-1.786 A.D.). There was an enormous harvest loss across Europe. Ash clouds filtered sun light even after years. Cold winters and cold summers had their effects on global scale for years [20] .
The French Revolution (1.789-1.799 A.D.) immediately followed the Laki-Event. French historical publications (from 1789), indeed mention evidence of financial crises, governmental indebtedness, destructive economy, bad harvests, revolts against growing trouble, high prices for bread and increased living expenses [28] . However, no hints are given in that publication on background data and causes, but they tell that the French Revolution, as part of effect-chain facts, provided the basics for Napoleon’s Wars.
With the Industrial Revolution (2nd half of the 18th Century) started an open time-span (Anthropocene: not definitely fixed) when human behavior massively provided environmental/climatic influence on global scale and let abruptly decrease the index of natural/anthropogenic impact-ratio (see i.e. [2]).
“Es ist höchste Zeit eine ernsthafte Diskussion draüber zu führen, woher die 95% Konfidenzgrenze kommt (ob der Wissenschaftler von einem Kausalzusammenhang sprechen und Massnahmen empfehlen). Und ob sie in der heutigen, fast kritiklosen Anwendung sinnvoll ist. Sie stellt eine hohe Hürde für eine bestimmte Art von Fehlern dar. Aber in unserem Essay zeigen wir, dass sie viele andere Arten von Fehlern eben nicht verhindert”.
“It is high time to perform a sincere discussion on: from where from the 95% Confidence Line originates (If scientists accept a causal coherence and recommend undertaking steps!). And whether it appears meaningful as being applied nowadays in an almost uncritical way? It represents a high hindrance for a special sort of mistakes. But we show in our Essay that it cannot prevent many other kinds of mistakes”.
Naomi Oreskes, Geologist, Science Historian, 2015 [4] (Trans. Sch.).
“Hinzu kommt, dass wir in weiten Teilen eine unzureichende Wissenschaft und eine gefährliche Politik haben, obwohl die 95% Konfidenzgrenze allgemein anerkannt ist”.
“Furthermore, across extended fields we have an insufficient Science and dangerous Policy though the 95% Confidence Line is commonly accepted”.
Eric M. Conway, Wissenschafts-und Technikhistoriker, 2015 [39] (Trans. Sc.,).
Though some interrelations among climatic factors are discussed in this paper, its focus is definitely directed on the climatic à culture dependence. The time-span regarded represents a cyclicity of alternating constructive and destructive Climatic/Historical phases whereby the average temperature change of ΔT = 1˚C/year - 2˚C/year is one of the most important key-parameters [2] .
Furthermore, there is no doubt that cultural/political achievements given during more or less longer constructive periods, may be strong enough to have significant influence on the following period despite climatic challenge. However, culture remains a plaything of climate.
Thus, the following climate/cultural patterns may be distinguished.
6.1. Climate Change to Wet/Cold Conditions
Typical examples for this trend are represented by the time-span of Peoples’ Migration (200-600 A.D.) and the “Little Ice Age” (1.250-1750 A.D.), the latter intercalated by two cold intervals affecting both Asia and Europe.
Features generally reveal the Effect-Chain: bad agricultural conditions à poor/no harvests à prices’ increase à famine à disease, growing death rates à social/political dissatisfaction à revolts, wars à human cruelties with psychic/religious background (Inquisition, Witch Combustion) à general chaos à migration (Maritime Endeavors, Colonization).
6.2. Climate Change to Dry/Cold Conditions
This is the Asian Analogy to Europe revealing the same patterns (including cannibalism) under the formation of a “Cold Drought” (Chinese “Dust Bowl”) throughout both two time spans [12] above cited.
6.3. Climate Optimum (600-1.100 A.D.), a Constructive Period
Balanced temperature/precipitation-ratio through seasons provides favorable agricultural condition for rich harvests, growth of Culture showing less stress situations, general satisfaction, and good time for wise political leaders except the time span 907-960 when strong volcanic activity (Iceland) might has had destructive influence caused by migrating ash clouds filtering solar influx thereby initiating temperature decrease [see 6.1, 6.2].
6.4. Thermal Maximum (1.100-1.250 A.D.), Lemminge-Model
Under the ideal climate conditions during the Climate Optimum (600-1100) the societies grew up and culminated regionally to wealth and over-population.
Thus, the peoples―coming out from convenient living conditions―were more or less confronted with the following change under increasing temperatures: balanced growth à overpopulation à food deficit à rising unemployment à general dissatisfaction à higher prices à bimodal distribution of wealth à revolts, wars à ideological tension of world religions (i.e. crusading) à migration, colonization à aggressive trade endeavors.
According to the laws of thermodynamics [17] , higher temperatures implies higher availability of energy to be compensated either by physical activities (i.e. wars, colonization, adventures) or by psychical activities (i.e. fulminant rise of Buddhism at Bagan, Myanmar, animosities among World religions).
6.5. Extreme Hot Droughts
This phenomenon seems less relevant for the time span and regions regarded, possibly except in the Near/Middle East and only for short intervals.
6.6. Volcanic Events
According to Sigl et al. [3] and others [13] [39] volcanic ash and gas clouds play an important role in climate change [14] and political/economic/cultural stress through years, decades and even centuries.
The cyclicity of magma-effusion and eruption (~10.000 a) of the Greenland-Iceland-Faeroe-Hot Spot has been hitherto poorly discussed (Figure 4) and very probably may play an important role in the Northern Hemisphere heat flow-scenery since Tertiary [16] .
6.7. Major Impacts, Super Novae and Comets
Major impacts do not play any major role throughout the region and during the analyzed time span.
Whether Super Novae mentioned in this paper had really influence on religious/spiritual changes (Rising Buddhism at Bagan, rising Osman Empire) is actually open, although coincidences do exist.
As cited and currently discussed in a former paper [10] , (see also Figure 1) in this paper, a comet has had repeatedly crossed the Earth’s orbit since 14,300 yr cal. B.P. [11] [12] .
Its rendezvous with Earth coincidences with some climatic and other natural events (i.e. Volcanism) as well as with Rise and Fall of Cultures throughout Holocene; the next meeting is to be expected on 2100 A.D. (Figure 1).
The authors postulate that such “Rare Events” may also have had spiritual influence on the “Origin of Religions” [12] resp. on the spiritual psychic state of human beings as well [11] . They tell that in times of hazards dark depressive and destructive processes occur in cultures concerned while in intervals of climatic optimum and well balanced conditions positive constructive processes would develop.
If so, human cruelties during peoples’ migration (see Hoyle’s Comet 8 in Figure 1) and during the “Little Ice Age” (Inquisition, Witch Holocaust) represent such depressive times pans while the Climate Optimum brought out constructive and culture-supporting evidence.
Curiously enough, historical representations, lack in most cases of background information on environmental and climatic causes/conditions (i.e. Peoples’ Migration) as well as missing hints on volcanic events (Laki, Iceland à French Revolution) and on “Rare Events” (Major impacts) though such natural processes, as influencing factors, have been massively discussed since half a century (see references).
“Thinking, truth may be, seems sufficient. Come along; let us settle where the rose is blooming”
Richard Burton (19th C.), British Sufi, From: Idries Shah: Die Sufis [31] .
The World Atlas of History was a very valuable help [28] to the authors.
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Kansas Jayhawk Mens Basketball takes on Iowa State for ESPN Big Monday (Video)
Kansas has turned around from their 0-3 losing streak from 2 weeks ago to stand toe to toe with Kansas State to keep pace for the Big 12 league lead at 11-3 in conference play. The Jayhawks (23-4) have won four straight and are tied with Kansas State atop the conference standings. Iowa State is 19-8 on the season and 9-5 in conference play. The Cyclones have won three-straight games heading into Monday and own the country’s third longest home winning streak at 22.
The Jayhawks are 15-1 at home, 6-2 in road games and 2-1 on neutral courts in 2012-13. In his 10th season at KU, Bill Self holds a 292-57 record for an 83.7 winning percentage. Overall, Self is one win shy of his 500th career victory with a 499-162 record in his 20th season as a head coach. He could get that 500th win tonight at Iowa State.
Iowa State leads the Big 12 in scoring at 79.5 points per game and has a +10.9 scoring margin. The Cyclones also lead the conference in rebounding at 39.6 boards per game, three-point field goals made at 9.6, three-point field goal percentage at 37.0 and assists at 16.3. ISU also averages 6.9 steals per contest and shoots 45.8 percent from the field.
This will be another big test for this revived KU team. As with Oklahoma State, Iowa State plays tough on defense and can keep the pressure on the offensive end. If Kansas can play their best basketball as they have in the past 4 games, then look for a KU narrow win on the road. They must avoid getting behind early or allowing Iowa State to stick around at the end for a chance to cash in on a last second three to win or tie.
Kansas leads the all-time series with Iowa State 172-59, dating back to 1908. Kansas head coach Bill Self is 17-3 all-time versus Iowa State, including 16-3 while at KU, while ISU’s Fred Hoiberg is 1-4 all-time against KU.
Kansas overcame a six-point second-half deficit in the first meeting in Big 12 play at Allen Fieldhouse to defeat Iowa State 89-87 in overtime in Allen Fieldhouse. KU redshirt freshman G Ben McLemore scored 33 points, including the game-tying three-pointer at the end of regulation.
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Watch: Airmen from the 12th Aircraft Maintenance Unit assemble a Reaper drone in full MOPP gear
by Alex Hollings Feb 15, 2018
While serving in the American military, there aren’t many three words phrases that will instill a more instant sense of dread than, “GAS! GAS! GAS!” If you’re in training, it means rushing to don your hot, miserable MOPP gear in time to do whatever fresh hell your leadership has planned for you under the guise of training for combat operations in an environment contaminated by a nuclear, chemical or biological agent.
If you’re in country when the announcement comes, it’s even worse, as you rush to done your hot, miserable MOPP gear in time to survive whatever fresh hell the enemy has lobbed at you.
MOPP Gear, which is an acronym for Mission Oriented Protective Posture Gear, includes a protective over-garment (often actually two separate pieces: a coat and trousers), a mask with respirator, a helmet (kevlar) cover, gloves and usually a few additional odds and ends like detection equipment, decontamination kits, and antidotes for some common chemical hazards. The suits, in effect, are intended to keep America’s war fighters operational even in environments where internationally banned area denial weapons have been employed, and depending on the hazard, can keep someone relatively safe from contamination for around 24 hours.
MOPP Gear is designed to protect service members from various chemical, biological, or radioactive elements for up to 24 hours. (Air Force photo)
It’s important to note, however, that MOPP gear cannot and will not protect a service member from exposure to high energy, highly penetrating ionizing radiation such as would occur after a nuclear blast. The only way for America’s service members to survive that sort of radioactive bombardment, more often than not, is to high tail it out of the area.
Despite being banned by the United Nations, some countries still employ chemical and biological weapons as a part of their formal military infrastructure. Although they have repeatedly denied it, Syria has been accused of using chemical weapons against rebels and even civilians living in rebel controlled territory during their ongoing civil conflict, and according to South Korean intelligence, Kim Jong Un’s North Korean regime may possess the largest stockpile of chemical and biological weapons anywhere on the planet. North Korea was implicated in the assassination of Kim Jong Un’s elder half-brother Kim Jong Nam using a banned chemical agent last year, which seems to support that claim.
So with conflict in Syria not only ongoing, but seemingly escalating between foreign nations providing support to various groups (namely, Russia and the United States), and the ever looming threat of war against North Korea, MOPP training for America’s service personnel is more important than ever. Most Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, and Airmen need only to practice donning the equipment and going about their day, but other, more complex procedures need to be completed too.
In this video shared by Cannon Air Force Base in New Mexico, home to 27th Special Operations Wing, members of the base’s 12th Aircraft Maintenance Unit can be seen assembling an MQ-9 Reaper Drone while wearing full MOPP gear, approximating what it might be like if called upon to field the autonomous aircraft in a combat zone like Syria or North Korea following a chemical or biological attack.
Even without MOPP gear on, this assembly looks like a daunting process, but for anyone that’s ever tried to complete simple tasks through the lens of your MOPP mask, this sped up video is even more impressive.
Ever wondered what it looks like to assemble an MQ9? How about assembling one wearing MOPP gear? Members of the 12th Aircraft Maintenance Unit performed an exercise assembling an MQ9 over a set time frame, but for the first time in MOPP gear! pic.twitter.com/ryQXhc4jxj
— Cannon AFB (@CannonAFB_) February 13, 2018
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Neil Armstrong, the first human being to walk on the Moon, blows out candles while other watch.||Neil Armstrong blowing out candles in NASA's Lunar Recieving Laboratory on his 39th birthday after the Apollo 11 mission in 1969. Credit: NASA/Terry Slezak
10 Things: Happy Birthday, NASA
By Phil Davis
Feature | October 1, 2018
Quite a few candles have been lit since NASA was born on Oct. 1, 1958. Here’s a quick look back at some highlights from six decades of exploration—and a glimpse of what’s ahead.
For full coverage of NASA's last six decades of exploration, visit NASA: 60 Years and Counting.
On May 5, 1961, Alan Shepard Jr. became the first American in space when Freedom 7 was launched by a Mercury-Redstone rocket. Credit: NASA
1. “Light This Candle” (NASA's Age: 19 months)
May 5, 1961: Lighting candles has a double meaning at NASA thanks to Alan Shepard, the first American in space.
Astronaut Alan B. Shepard, Jr. sits in his Freedom 7 Mercury capsule, ready for launch.
Just 23 days earlier, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin had become the first man in space.
''That little race between Gagarin and me,'' Shepard said, ''was really, really close.''
After several delays and more than four hours in the capsule, Shepard was ready to go, and he famously urged mission controllers to ''fix your little problem and light this candle.''
They did, and America’s human spaceflight program was officially off the ground.
A printout of Mariner 2 data sent back from Venus during the first-ever close visit to another planet.
2. Hello, Neighbor (Age: 3 years)
Dec. 14, 1962: Mariner 2 wasn’t just the first spacecraft to successfully visit another planet. The 42-minute scan—all data, no images—transformed theories of Venus as a hot, wet and jungle-like world cloaked in steamy clouds. Mariner 2 offered the first glimpse of the Venus we know today: an unusual world with a backwards rotation and intense heat and pressure that render the surface off limits to human explorers.
Mariner-Venus 1962 Final Project Report (PDF)
Mariner 2 Mission Profile
An engineer puts the finishing touches on a color-by-number version of Mariner 4's digital data from Mars.
3. First TV Image of Mars (Age: 5 years)
July 15, 1965: Engineers watching the first digital image come down from Mariner 4 at Mars in 1965 couldn’t wait for image processors to make a color image. So they printed out the incoming data in strips, mounted the on a board and hand-colored the strips (the numbers represented colors) with pastel chalk until the now-familiar reddish hues of Mars emerged on the strips—the first close up image of another planet.
This unusual photograph, taken during the second Apollo 12 extravehicular activity (EVA), shows two U.S. spacecraft on the surface of the moon. The Apollo 12 Lunar Module (LM) is in the background. The unmanned Surveyor 3 spacecraft is in the foreground.
4. Science on the Surface of the Moon (Age: 7)
Apr. 20, 1967: The success of Surveyor 1 in proving it was safe for astronauts to land on the Moon—one theory held a lander might sink into deep dust—led engineers to start adding more science to future missions. Surveyor 3 carried a soil sampling scoop that dug trenches in the lunar soil and scooped some up for close study by the lunar lander’s television cameras.
Surveyor 3 also has the distinction of being the only robotic lander visited by human beings in deep space (so far). The crew of Apollo 12 used Surveyor 3 as a precision landing target, touching down close enough to walk to the robot and collect a camera and soil scoop so engineers could study the effects of more than two years sitting on the Moon.
Color mosaic of Olympus Mons volcano on Mars from the Viking 1 Orbiter.
5. Vikings to Mars (Age: 17)
June-July 1976: The twin Viking landers—the first landings on Mars that returned science data—get most of the glory. But they were backed up by twin orbiters that went by the same name. The combined Viking landers and orbiters truly brought the surface of Mars into focus for the first time, imaging the entire surface of the Red Planet at a resolution in unprecedented detail. The global view of Mars revealed, among other things, the first tantalizing hints of past water on Mars.
What first appeared to be a comet-like asteroid, may in fact be the product of a head-on collision between two asteroids traveling five times faster than a rifle bullet (5 kilometers per second).
6. Everything is Moving (Age: 30+)
Apr. 24, 1990: The Hubble Space Telescope, launched on this day, may be best known for its stunning views of distant stars and galaxies, but it also helped reveal our own solar system as an active, dynamic place. A few examples:
July 1994: Hubble caught a comet smacking into Jupiter—the first time human beings witnessed firsthand a collision between a comet and a planet. It also captured an apparent asteroid collision with Jupiter in 2009.
Jan. 6, 2010: Hubble captured what appears to be a head-on collision between two asteroids. Astronomers have long thought that the asteroid belt is being ground down through collisions, but such a smashup has never before been seen.
Sept. 26, 2016: A Hubble team announced the first evidence of possible plumes erupting from Jupiter’s moon Europa (see No. 9).
Donald Brownlee, Stardust principal investigator with the University of Washington, flashes a victory sign for the successful arrival of Stardust material.
7. A Piece of the Action (Age: 47)
Jan. 15, 2006: The crew of Apollo 11 has the distinction of completing the first return of soil and rock samples from beyond Earth. Robots collect samples from places people can’t go—plunging, for example, into the tail of a comet to collect samples.
NASA’s Stardust mission returned the first pieces collected from an active comet in 2006. Next on deck for NASA is OSIRIS-REx, which will collect America’s first asteroid samples from asteroid Bennu in 2019. The honor of the first asteroid sample return goes to Japan’s Hayabusa in 2005.
Cristina Dalle Ore, Senior Scientist (SETI), left, Alissa Earle, Graduate Student (MIT), and Rick Binzel, New Horizon Co Scientist (MIT), react to seeing the spacecraft's last and sharpest image of Pluto before closest approach later in the day, Tuesday, July 14, 2015
8. We <3 Pluto (Age: 56)
This enhanced color view from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft zooms in on the southeastern portion of Pluto's great ice plains, where at lower right the plains border rugged, dark highlands.
To say that New Horizons shook the foundation of planetary science with it's 2015 Pluto flyby is an understatement.
Scientists found a world far more complex and geologically active than expected, including Sputnik Planitia, currently the largest known glacier in our solar system. The discoveries not only introduced us to the Pluto system, but hinted at what awaits as scientists examine other worlds in the Kuiper Belt.
New Horizons will soon give us another close look at something new when it makes a close pass by MU69 in the Kuiper Belt on Jan. 1, 2019.
Margaret Kivelson, surrounded by colleagues from her latest mission as part of the Europa Clipper science team.
9. Science Never Stops (Age: 58 years)
May 14, 2018: An 89-year-old scientist was part of a team that used more than 20-year-old data to provide increasing evidence the Jupiter’s ocean moon Europa may be venting plumes from its global ocean into space. The data came from NASA’s Galileo spacecraft, which orbited Jupiter from 1995 to 2003. The scientist, Margaret Kivelson, was on the original mission team and joined with other colleagues in reanalyzing the data and combining it with Hubble observations that reported the first evidence of the plume.
Meet Margaret Kivelson
More About Europa Clipper
Systems engineer Annie Marinan discusses NASA's Mars Cube One (MarCO) technology demonstration mission during a prelaunch media briefing in May 2018. The small twin MarCO satellites are on their way to Mars with the InSight lander. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
10. More to Come (Age 60+)
NASA has an active fleet out there. Here a just a few upcoming highlights:
Nov. 26, 2018: NASA’s InSight mission will land on Mars. We’ll also be testing MarCO (engineer Annie Marinan is shown here with a full-scale model), the first interplanetary small satellites, as a communications relay for the landing.
Dec. 3. 2018: OSIRIS-REx arrives at asteroid Bennu.
Jan. 1, 2019 Another First: Celebrate the New Year with something completely new--New Horizons will make a close pass by MU69, a Kuiper Belt object about a billion miles beyond Pluto. MU69 will be the most distant object ever explored by human beings.
In Development: Mars 2020 rover (the descent stage is pictured), Europa Clipper (destined to explore that alien ocean from No. 7), asteroid missions named Psyche and Lucy and potential new missions to return humans to the Moon.
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We’ve got our hands on the official track list of the soundtrack of Bright, the upcoming crime fantasy movie directed by David Ayer and starring Will Smith, Joel Edgerton, Noomi Rapace, Lucy Fry, Edgar Ramirez, Ike Barinholtz, Enrique Murciano, Jay Hernandez, Andrea Navedo, Veronica Ngo, Alex Meraz, Margaret Cho, Brad William Henke, Dawn Olivieri, and Kenneth Choi, watch it below:
Bright Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Various artists.
1. Broken People – Logic & Rag’n’Bone Man
2. World Gone Mad – Bastille
3. Home – Machine Gun Kelly, X Ambassadors & Bebe Rexha
4. Crown – Camila Cabello & Grey
5. Darkside (feat. Kiiara) – Ty Dolla $ign & Future
6. Danger – Migos & Marshmello
7. That’s My N**** – Meek Mill, YG & Snoop Dogg
8. Smoke My Dope – Steve Aoki & Lil Uzi Vert
9. FTW (F**k The World) – A$AP Rocky & Tom Morello
10. Cheer Up – Portugal. The Man
11. Hares On The Mountain – alt-J
12. Campfire – DRAM & Neil Young
13. This Land Is Your Land – Sam Hunt
There are official music videos for some of the songs:
Bastille – World Gone Mad (from Bright: The Album) [Official Music Video]
Machine Gun Kelly, X Ambassadors & Bebe Rexha – Home (from Bright: The Album) [Official Audio]
Ty Dolla $ign & Future – Darkside feat. Kiiara (from Bright: The Album) [Official Audio]
Plot Synopsis:
Set in an alternate present-day, this action-thriller directed by David Ayer (Suicide Squad, End of Watch, writer of Training Day) follows two cops from very different backgrounds (Ward, a human played by Will Smith, and Jakoby, an orc played by Joel Edgerton) who embark on a routine patrol night that will ultimately alter the future as their world knows it. Battling both their own personal differences as well as an onslaught of enemies, they must work together to protect a thought-to-be-forgotten relic, which in the wrong hands could destroy everything.
The movie soundtrack of Bright will be released on December 15, 2017 by Atlantic Records.
Here’s the movie trailer:
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SPiN Wired
Stallion Life
Photo Gallery: Homecoming 2019
Hayden Fowler, SPiN Wired Editor-in-Chief
This past week, Oct. 7-12, South Pointe went Hollywood for the annual Homecoming event.
From spirit week dress up days to the long-awaited football game against the Lancaster Bruins, students and teachers alike participated in one of South Pointe’s biggest events of the year. The overall theme, Hollywood: Lights, Camera, Action!, inspired all the dress up days, after school events, and the dance.
Beginning with “Sleeping Beauty”, students came dressed in pajamas and showed out during all three lunches for a Pie-a-Teacher & Administrator event. Tuesday, Oct. 8, came with “Avengers” day, allowing students to come to school as their favorite superhero and come to a special viewing of “Black Panther” later that night in the auditorium. Wednesday stood for “The Blind Side”, or Jersey Day, and had students showing support for their favorite college, NFL, NBA, and MLB teams. Due to unfortunate pipe bursts and flooding in Rock Hill, Rock Hill School District was closed on Thursday, Oct. 10, which led to all Homecoming activities for the day being cancelled. But, with the district opening back up on Friday, the Stallions got to show out on “Stallion Spirit” day and attend the annual pep rally and football game.
One of the most anticipated parts of Homecoming is the Friday night football game in which the South Pointe Stallions took on the Lancaster Bruins. After a long fight against Lancaster High, South Pointe came out on top with a score of 42-22. Not only did the Varsity Football team win, so did a few seniors of the Homecoming Court. After campaigning for a week, Jamia Blake and Ahmad Hall were selected as South Pointe’s Homecoming Queen and King. McKenzie McCrorey and Nevaeh McGuinness were also voted as first and second runner-ups.
The Homecoming dance then took place the following day and came with the announcement of the Junior Prince and Princess. CJ Owens was crowned prince and Mahogany McCullough for princess.
South Pointe’s Student Council, the organizers of Homecoming, also collected change and gave percentages of the profits from all events featured throughout the week for Pilgrim’s Inn, a local shelter for abused women and children. With the help of officers and Homecoming court candidates, around $900 was collected for the shelter.
The 2019 South Pointe Homecoming, yet again, was a major success for Stallion spirit.
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Photos by: Hayden Fowler, Carly Kennedy, and Cassidy Clark
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HomeBrowse by SpeakerBr. Francis Maluf, M.I.C.M.Fr. Feeney Update Radio Programs #4 MP3
Fr. Feeney Update Radio Programs #4 MP3
THIS IS A DOWNLOADABLE PRODUCT, NOT A CD.
The Fourth Fr. Feeney Update:
Contains #17-21 Programs:
17. What do we mean by the Ottaviani intervention?
18. The divinity of Christ: Is it a fundamental doctrine of our faith
19. Is there such a place as purgatory?
20. What does the church mean by the virtue of charity?
21. Are we losing our catholic values?
Every Saturday morning from 1987 through 1993 Brother Francis would be interviewed on a radio program that was aired from Boston throughout New England. It was called The Fr. Feeney Update because Father's memory and teaching were kept alive weekly on New England air-waves by his oldest and closest disciple. Brother would typically answer any theological or pastoral question with the words "Father Feeney taught us that . . . etc." The host of the program was Pat Romano, publisher of the New England Catholic News, and a professional radio news commentator with ABC News for over 30 years. Mr. Romano's mellifluously toned questions were usually concerned with the issues of the day that pertained to the Church and her mission, but they would also spin off into current world events, history, theology, lives of the saints, the liturgy, and contemporary assaults against traditional Faith and Christian morals by enemies within and without the Church. There were 330 programs in all, each recording lasting fifteen minutes. Every program is a small masterpiece of Catholic journalism.
Time Duration 81 Minutes
Can an Implicit Faith in Christ Be Sufficient for Salvation? MP3
Complete Philosophy MP3 Set
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PoleFreaks Studio
Before You Begin (0:12)
Video Tour (3:54)
Full Moves List A - Z
Pole Tips and Talking Points
How To Train - Where to Start?
Training Both Sides
Things To Do Every Training Session
Frequency of Training
Pole Do's and Don'ts
How To Engage Your Muscles (2:13)
Pole Goodies - Where To Buy Them
Buying a Pole - Where to Start?
How To Clean Your Pole
How To Get Momentum (0:50)
How to Avoid Pole Burn (1:28)
Hyper-mobility with Pole (0:49)
Different Names For Every Move
How To Work Around Feeling Slippery
Spin vs Static
How To Spot
Rate Of Progression
Training By Yourself
Grips - Hand Positions (6:04)
Twisted Grip - Why I Avoid It
How to Pull and Push When Inverted (1:53)
How To Loop A Resistance Band (2:08)
12 Week Training Plan - Getting Started on the Pole
12 Week Training Plan
Warm Up, Cool Down and Stretches
Warm Up (9:23)
Cool Down (5:44)
Upper Back and Shoulder Stretches (6:14)
Straddle Stretches (23:23)
Front Splits (44:29)
Outside Step - Two Handed (1:38)
Outside Step - One Handed (0:51)
Pirouette (1:38)
Elbow Pirouette (1:59)
Cup Grip Pirouette (2:27)
Ballet Hook (1:35)
Walking Around The Pole (0:59)
Fireman Spin (2:27)
Fireman Pike Spin (1:49)
Mermaid Spin (1:53)
Extended Fireman Spin (2:24)
Closed Cross Leg Fireman Spin (2:13)
Open Cross Leg Fireman Spin (1:38)
Inside Hook (2:46)
Front Hook (2:11)
Outside Step - Front Hook (1:27)
Extended Front Hook (2:14)
Back Hook (3:25)
Outside Step - Back Hook (2:27)
Chair Spin (2:27)
Chair Pike (1:23)
Split Leap (1:53)
Chair Spin - Back Hook (3:01)
Carousel - Forearm Grip (2:18)
Carousel - Back Hook (2:39)
Carousel - Split Grip (2:15)
Tinkerbell (2:35)
Dolphin Spin (1:14)
Inside Step (1:59)
Juliette Spin (2:20)
Outside Step - Inside Step (1:44)
Corkscrew Spin (2:30)
Corkscrew Variation (2:20)
Cartwheel (1:55)
Cartwheel Repeats (1:51)
Cartwheel - Claw Grip (1:33)
Inside Leg Hook Spin (1:49)
Forwards Attitude Spin (1:57)
Backwards Attitude Spin (2:39)
Forwards Attitude Spin - Backwards Attitude Spin (2:42)
Cradle Spin - Split Grip (3:02)
Cradle Spin - Forearm Grip (1:51)
Cradle Spin - Straddle Variation (0:59)
Sunwheel Spin (2:47)
Straight Leg Spin (4:16)
Boomerang Spin (1:29)
Crab Spin (1:18)
Pea and Post Prep Spin (2:05)
Pea Spin (2:42)
Post Spin (2:06)
Reverse Grab - Basic (3:15)
Reverse Grab - Attitude Legs (2:08)
Reverse Grab - Chair Spin (2:11)
Reverse Grab - Back Hook (1:39)
Reverse Grab - Kick Entry (1:58)
Pixie Spin (2:46)
Monkey Spin (1:34)
Leap (2:09)
Spin Down (2:14)
How To Spin One Handed (3:41)
Floor Based Moves
Pencil - Headstand (2:51)
One Leg Bent - Headstand (0:48)
Bow and Arrow - Headstand (2:20)
Stag Legs - Headstand (1:57)
Half Crab - Headstand (1:28)
Crab - Headstand (2:09)
Russian Layback - Headstand (2:26)
Headstand Crunch Up (2:43)
Deadlift - Headstand (2:24)
Forearm Stand (3:22)
Leg Hook (1:20)
Step 'n' Slide (1:50)
Pole Squat (1:59)
Chair Pose (2:07)
Log Rolls (2:24)
Butt Spin (2:44)
Knee Spin (3:11)
Pike Leg Lifts (on the floor) (1:11)
Leg Switches (on the floor) (1:55)
Floor Star (1:22)
Floor Jade (2:27)
Cartwheel (on the floor) (1:56)
Cartwheel (on the floor) - Martini (2:51)
Assisted Fish Flop (2:52)
Fish Flop (1:22)
Planche (3:38)
Strength Moves
Prayer Slides (1:33)
Pull Ups (1:59)
Ballet Hook Oblique Crunches (1:09)
Knee Tucks (2:14)
Straddle Leg Lifts (1:21)
Pike Leg Lifts (1:25)
Aerial Inverts - Tucks or Straddles (1:02)
Negatives (0:54)
Pole Squats (1:05)
Seated Lowers (1:38)
Wheelbarrow Press-Ups (2:07)
Inverted D Lifts (1:45)
Cup Grip Hang (2:24)
Split Grip Push Out (3:23)
Climbing Repeats (1:31)
Pull Up Climb (2:51)
Dragon Flags (3:05)
Shoulder Mount Strength Exercises (2:33)
Strength Exercises - Non Pole
30 Day Press-Up Challenge
Ankle Stability Exercises (1:37)
Asymmetrical Press-Ups (1:32)
Kneeling Press-Ups (1:05)
Kneeling Press-Ups Wide (1:04)
Mountain Climbers (1:06)
Mountain Climbers - Knee to Elbow (0:51)
Oblique Crunches (0:44)
Press-Ups (1:09)
Press-Ups Wide (0:38)
Press-Up Wide Walk Outs (1:15)
Reverse Plank (0:42)
Serratus Anterior Pushes (1:09)
Side Plank (1:39)
Tricep Dips (1:04)
Wall Press-Ups (0:55)
HIIT Workouts
Week 1 (2:26)
Week 10 (2:35)
Basic Climb - Crucifix (4:14)
Forwards Crucifix Climb (3:38)
Bow (3:07)
Thigh Hold (2:27)
Forearm Climb (3:06)
Spinning Pole Climb (2:21)
Side Climb (2:58)
Chinese Pole Climb (1:31)
Pole Seats
Pole Seat - Basic (3:26)
Pole Seat - Basic Variations (1:33)
Lift To A Seat (1:57)
Layout (3:17)
Scissor Seat (1:45)
Plank - Two Handed (3:05)
Plank - One Handed (2:40)
Peter Pan (2:36)
Ball (2:44)
Pike (3:31)
Hip Hold - Straight Legs (2:43)
Hip Hold - Bent Leg Variation (1:44)
Cross Knee Release (3:38)
Double Cross Knee Release (3:36)
Cross Ankle Release (2:27)
Wrist Seat (3:33)
Violator (2:14)
Safety Dismount (0:59)
How To Invert (2:18)
Basic Invert (2:19)
Forwards Crucifix - Inverted (2:19)
Crucifix - Inverted (2:19)
V Invert or Straddle Invert (2:46)
Spinning Chopper (2:39)
Inside Leg Hang (from a Straddle) (2:14)
Straddle (from Pike) (1:48)
Thigh Hold - Inverted (2:22)
Thigh Hold - Bent Leg Variation (2:07)
Mantis (2:39)
Wheelbarrow Dismount (2:13)
Push Dismount (2:59)
Handstand Kick Down (1:52)
Butterfly Handstand (3:48)
Butterfly - Body Close (3:02)
Butterfly (2:58)
Caterpillar (3:53)
Flatline Scorpio (3:19)
Inside Leg Hang (from Flatline Scorpio) (2:37)
Scorpio Handstand (3:28)
Allegra - Open (2:33)
Allegra (4:06)
Outside Leg Hang from the Floor (2:35)
Outside Leg Hang (3:48)
Flatline (1:56)
Marley - Ankles Crossed (3:05)
Marley - Holding Ankles (3:24)
Forwards Crucifix - Climb Over (2:56)
Climb Over (1:18)
Superman (from an Invert) (1:45)
Jade Hip Hold (2:45)
Jade (3:24)
Genie (3:27)
Genie - No Handed (1:41)
Brass Monkey (from a Genie) (4:36)
Tulip (2:10)
Extended Butterfly (2:52)
Inverted D (2:23)
Flower (2:07)
Ayesha (3:18)
Transition To A Cup Grip (1:48)
Transition To An Elbow Grip (2:40)
Inverted Kick Down (1:26)
Pole Handstand (4:10)
Handstand Deadlift (2:31)
Handstand Into Pole (2:49)
Shoulder Dismount (6:05)
Shoulder Mount (5:36)
Brass Monkey (from a Shoulder Mount) (3:24)
Aerial Invert (3:15)
Handspring Prep (2:41)
Handspring (3:45)
Iron X (3:22)
12 Stage Invert Plan
Pole Holds
Split Heel Pose (from the floor) (3:16)
Viva (2:01)
Star (1:58)
Superman (3:50)
Apprentice (2:38)
Hero (2:54)
Frodo / Forearm Cradle (3:13)
Figurehead (2:28)
Umbrella (2:28)
Umbrella Split (2:44)
Swan (2:25)
Sailor (from a Side Climb) (3:08)
Cupid (from a Side Climb) (2:35)
Miracle (2:33)
Genie (from standing) (3:42)
Air Walk (4:01)
Reiko Split (2:03)
Flying K (2:39)
Stargazer (2:38)
Crescent Moon (4:32)
Bad Kitty Hold (3:04)
Shi Shi Spin (3:45)
Pole Hug (2:23)
Ballerina (4:55)
Lois Lane (2:33)
Thinker (2:06)
Embrace (3:42)
Yogini (3:30)
Teddy (3:24)
Pike - Armpit Hold (3:40)
Twisted Yogini (3:24)
Flag - Straddle Variation (1:45)
Flag - One Leg Bent (1:40)
Flag (2:15)
Flag Split (3:22)
Machine Gun (3:54)
Swimmer (3:06)
Twisted Sister (3:47)
Ball Drop (5:26)
Pole Inverts - Other
Bow and Arrow (from Cross Knee Release) (4:47)
Pencil (from Cross Knee Release) (4:38)
Iguana Dismount (3:38)
Iguana Mount (4:39)
Dangerous Brian (5:06)
Iguana Crab (2:53)
Reverse Ayesha Pencil (4:45)
Reverse Ayesha Straddle (3:39)
Handstand Climb Over (2:30)
Handstand Crunch Up (2:55)
Handstand - Straddle Dismount (3:24)
Cup Grip Butterfly Handstand (3:41)
Scissor Hold (3:35)
Sailor (from an Invert) (2:41)
Cupid (from an Invert) (2:35)
Broken Bird (2:29)
Inside Leg Hang Variation - Double Legs (2:49)
Inside Leg Hang Variation - Dragons Tail Grip (4:24)
Duchess (3:35)
Tabletop (3:13)
Recliner Invert (3:05)
Knot (2:38)
Martini (2:44)
Triangle Seat (3:43)
Russian Seat (3:19)
Russian Layback (5:26)
Cooper Split (2:23)
Pterodactyl (3:06)
Blade (1:40)
Twisted Gemini (2:14)
Genie Split (3:49)
Butterfly Pull Up (2:40)
Titanic (4:31)
Inverted Spiderman (2:51)
Genie Flip Invert (2:46)
Meathook (4:26)
Scutoid (3:30)
Gargoyle (3:01)
Helix (2:11)
Broken Dragon (2:18)
Wonder (3:29)
Unicorn (3:33)
Side Superman (2:30)
Lois Lane (from an Invert) (3:30)
Tulip Variation (3:16)
Sneaky V Handstand (2:32)
Sneaky V (4:01)
Caterpillar Repeats (2:18)
Russian Butterfly (5:05)
Jackknife (2:34)
Pencil (2:35)
Pencil - Forearm Grip (3:07)
Transition to a Forearm Grip (3:19)
Shoulder Mount Pencil (1:39)
Shoulder Mount Straddle (3:24)
Shoulder Mount Butterfly (2:45)
Inverted Moonbeam (2:45)
Love Hug (3:10)
Sky Dancer (2:52)
Shoulder Mount Flip (2:51)
Shoulder Mount Bounce Down (2:48)
Aerial Shoulder Mount (2:27)
Max Split (4:17)
Combos and Routines
Outside Step - Pirouette - Fireman Spin (3:29)
Outside Step - Inside Hook - Elbow Pirouette (1:42)
Outside Step - Back Hook - Log Roll - Floor Star (3:14)
Outside Step - Pirouette - Chair - Front Hook - Chair Pose (2:44)
Outside Step - Cup Grip Pirouette - Carousel - Climb (2:55)
Carousel - Back Hook - Kick Over - Pole Squat (3:23)
Outside Step - Inside Step - Cartwheel - Cartwheel (2:12)
Inside Step - Cup Grip Pirouette - Inside Leg Hook - Leg Switch (2:59)
Inside Step - Outside Step - Closed Cross Leg Fireman - Extended Fireman (2:06)
Boomerang - Climb - Bow - Spin Down (1:53)
Extended Front Hook - Sunwheel - Pole Hug (2:19)
Crossed Chair Combo (5:40)
Boomerang - Climb (2:42)
Reverse Grab - Climb (2:03)
Reverse Grab - Invert (1:41)
Cradle Spin - Straddle Invert (1:43)
Outside Step - Back Hook - Invert (3:46)
Side Climb Twizzle Combo (3:04)
Post Spin - Side Superman Combo (5:32)
Ball Drop Combo (4:24)
Back Hook Twizzle Combo (5:22)
Carousel - Shoulder Mount (3:37)
Stargazer - Cross Knee Release (3:48)
Cross Knee Release - Bow and Arrow Handstand - Handstand Dismount (3:37)
Cartwheel - Bow and Arrow Combo (5:35)
Cartwheel - Meathook (2:53)
Plank - Cross Ankle Release (3:13)
Reiko Split - Split Heel Pose (2:14)
Reiko Split - Butterfly (3:51)
Flatline - Marley Variation (2:31)
Apprentice - Butterfly (3:29)
Butterfly - Flatline Scorpio (2:44)
Cupid - Butterfly (3:00)
Straddle Hold - Butterfly (3:51)
Sailor - Marley (2:47)
Side Climb - Outside Leg Hang (3:50)
Leg Switches (4:07)
Outside Leg Hang - Flatline Scorpio (3:36)
Outside Leg Hang - Figurehead - Apprentice - Butterfly (4:07)
Genie Tumble (3:09)
Martini Drop (4:38)
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Posted on January 20, 2017 by davidzhines
“People have completely forgotten that in 1972 we had over nineteen hundred domestic bombings in the United States.” — Max Noel, FBI (ret.)
Recently, I had my head torn off by a book: Bryan Burrough’s Days of Rage, about the 1970s underground. It’s the most important book I’ve read in a year. So I did a series of running tweetstorms about it, and Clark asked me if he could collect them for posterity. I’ve edited them slightly for editorial coherence.
Days of Rage is important, because this stuff is forgotten and it shouldn’t be. The 1970s underground wasn’t small. It was hundreds of people becoming urban guerrillas. Bombing buildings: the Pentagon, the Capitol, courthouses, restaurants, corporations. Robbing banks. Assassinating police. People really thought that revolution was imminent, and thought violence would bring it about.
One thing that Burrough returns to in Days of Rage, over and over and over, is how forgotten so much of this stuff is. Puerto Rican separatists bombed NYC like 300 times, killed people, shot up Congress, tried to kill POTUS (Truman). Nobody remembers it.
Also, people don’t want to remember how much leftist violence was actively supported by mainstream leftist infrastructure. I’ll say this much for righty terrorist Eric Rudolph: the sonofabitch was caught dumpster-diving in a rare break from hiding in the woods. During his fugitive days, Weatherman’s Bill Ayers was on a nice houseboat paid for by radical lawyers.
Most ’70s of the bombings were done as protest actions. Unlike today’s jihadists, ’70s underground didn’t try to max body count. And ’70s papers didn’t really give a shit. A Puerto Rican group bombed 2 theaters in the Bronx, injuring eleven, in 1970. NYT gave it 6 paragraphs.
Protest bombings started on college campuses. The guy who moved them off-campus was a dude named Sam Melville. Melville was an older radical (mid-30s). He’d thought idly about bombings before, but in February ’69 he hooked up with two Quebecois separatists on the run. Melville was fascinated by their knowledge of revolutionary tactics. He admired them so much, he even drove them to the airport so they could hijack a plane to Cuba.
Logical next step for Melville: emulate them. Specifically, find an explosives warehouse, steal dynamite, start a bombing campaign against United Fruit. Except United Fruit had moved their warehouse, so he bombed a tugboat company instead. Whoops. Next: a bank, injuring 20. A bombing spree ensued, but the FBI had an informer, and Melville was busted red-handed with a sack full of bombs. He became a hero to the movement, and later a martyr: he was one of the inmates shot in the Attica uprising.
After Sam Melville, bombings were A Thing.
One thing Burrough makes clear: the 1970s underground was not primarily focused on Vietnam. It was domestic. Focused on the black cause. Burrough traces black radicalism through guys like Robert Williams, Malcolm X, Stokely Carmichael, H. Rap Brown, and Huey Newton, but for me this particular thread really takes off when it gets to Eldridge Cleaver, whom I haven’t read and really feel I should.
Cleaver, born in Arkansas, moved to California, attained his fame based on two things: 1) he was a rapist and 2) he could write. Leftists have this weird thing about deifying criminals who can write. Norman Mailer and Jack Henry Abbot being the most famous example. In Cleaver’s case, he viewed the rape of white women by a black dude like himself as a revolutionary act.
Cleaver wrote to a radical attorney, impressed her, and seduced her; she secured his release & promptly set him up with a gig at RAMPARTS. White radicals fell hard for Eldridge Cleaver. This became an trend, part of a couple of uneasy dichotomies that you see a bunch of.
Example #1: Huey Newton, Malcolm X used the idea of violent resistance mainly as a recruiting tool. Eldridge Cleaver believed that shit.
Example #2: Some white leftists (like SLA) worship black revolutionaries, crave their leadership. Others (like the Weathermen) want to lead.
Cleaver hooked up with the Black Panthers, so we’ll see him again when we talk about them. For now, let’s look at Weatherman.
The Weathermen (technically, the name of the group was Weatherman, singular) came out of a group called Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). SDS was a college organization with a bunch of campus chapters. That meant existing machinery that worked, and membership numbers. A fantastic resource, if you want to mine it to build a guerilla movement.
SDS started radicalizing in ’66. By ’67, Burrough notes, an SDS leader is saying in the New York Times, “We are working to build a guerilla force in an urban environment.” He backed down quickly, but the genie was out. And then 1968 happened, and things went completely batshit.
You have to understand: in 1968, many radicals absolutely believed that the United States was getting ready to collapse. One Weatherman puts it: “We actually believed there was going to be a revolution. We believed 3rd World countries would rise up and cause crises that would bring down the industrialized West, and we believed it was going to happen tomorrow, or maybe the day after tomorrow, like 1976.”
They believed the revolution was imminent. BELIEVED IT. Like Alex Jones’s audience believes in chemtrails. That level. Absolute, apocalyptic. The SDS got angrier and angrier, and wound up doing an occupation at Columbia University, which got attention. At the same time, they read up on the foco theory of Che’s buddy Regis Debray: that small guerrilla groups could overthrow the US.
If you think this sounds completely insane and crazy, you’re absolutely right. But think about it this way: who’s in SDS leadership?
SDS leadership is disproportionately well-off Jewish kids at elite universities. The kind of people who create Facebook.
Well, in 1968 you can’t go to the Bay Area & create a killer app, so if you want to disrupt stuff you literally have to start a revolution. And that’s the equation: Paranoid fervor of chemtrail-sniffers + Silicon Valley’s faith in its ability to change the world = the Weather Underground.
When it shakes out, two of the big SDS movers and shakers are John “JJ” Jacobs and Bernadine Dorne. Their goal: to take over SDS entirely. Because, remember, organization is critical. SDS is a nationwide organization. And college campuses are receptive to radical messages.
How receptive? In fall of 1968, there were 41 bombings and arson cases on college campuses. We’re not talking letters under doors or vandalism, here. We’re talking about Molotov cocktails setting shit on fire. Here’s how radical SDS was: Burrough notes that Weatherman’s opponents for leadership in SDS elections were “Progressive Labor,” who were literal Maoists. To distinguish themselves, Weatherman called for white radicals to live like John Brown: ie, to kill the enemies of black liberty.
The election was nuts; Weatherman literally expelled their opponents from the party before the vote, so SDS split. But Weatherman occupied the national office, which meant they could evaluate SDS members as potential recruits.
The FBI was up SDS’s ass, and Weatherman’s. They harassed the core cadre. Beat them. Threatened them. This does not dissuade revolutionaries. Weatherman started doing crazy stuff with SDS: street brawls, public nudity, sexual orgies, ordering established couples to break up. If you think it sounds like a cult, you’re right. This is literally cult indoctrination stuff. They were remaking people, seeking the hardest of hardcore.
The Black Panthers, erstwhile allies, thought Weatherman was nuts. But Weatherman, despite pro-black rhetoric, didn’t care. (Weatherman’s pro-black rhetoric was mainly Phariseeism, done to win acclaim from other whites. Basically, they’re Tim Wise.)
Just to skim through some of the stuff Burroughs addresses: Weatherman’s Bernadine Dohrn goes to Cuba, meets a North Vietnamese delegation, and literally discusses forming an American VC (!!!). Weatherman-controlled SDS chapters around the country are taking over classrooms, running through schools yelling, promoting Days of Rage. As commies, Weatherman is into in fomenting revolt among the working class. Their problem, they keep discovering, is that working class wants to beat the shit out of them.
But Weatherman kept molding their people. They did Maoist “criticism/self-criticism” sessions, lambasting people for weaknesses. If you think the Maoist self-criticism technique sounds like it bears a resemblance to privilege workshops, you’re not wrong. But Weatherman went farther.
They planned to get thousands of people in a massive protest: October 8, 1969, the Days of Rage. But only a couple hundred showed up, so they decided to turn being small into an asset. Weatherman abolished SDS, and went underground.
At about the time they were doing this, the Chicago police stormed Fred Hampton’s apartment and shot him to death in his sleep. Bernardine Dohrn’s reaction to Hampton’s murder included (infamously) praise for the Manson family murder of Sharon Tate.
It’s about this point where you would think even the most dedicated of hard leftists would realize that things are going off the rails.
But Weatherman is locked in, and getting increasingly insular and cultish. Eventually, there are maybe 150 Weathermen left out of all of SDS. And now they turn to a new organization: the underground, which offered (among other things) a market for new identities. If you’re thinking “hey, I bet that market has something to do with Vietnam-era draft dodgers,” spot-on. They established covers.
And then they started bombing.
Bill Ayers claimed that Weatherman never meant to hurt anyone; this is absolutely a lie. Their first bombing (which they never officially claimed, but which members admitted to Burrough) was a police shift change in Berkeley. Weatherman remains the prime suspect in a police station bombing in the Haight that killed a police officer, though they deny this. In 1970, Weatherman planned to kill a bunch of people at a dance at Fort Dix… but instead blew up their own NYC safehouse in a work accident.
This up-close encounter with death made Weatherman realize they had no stomach for it, and they decided to not try to kill people anymore. (Okay, they did try to kidnap a Rockefeller, but they fucked that up and couldn’t find their victim. Because they were shit.)
Weatherman is facing a few problems at this point: 1) they’re on the run 2) flower children are now dominant in the movement, not hard left 3) people are less supportive of bombings after a postdoc was killed by a Wisconsin car bombing of a university math building that did army research 4) as Burrough very amusingly points out, Americans had decided they actually liked the counterculture in parts: they liked the music and the fashion and a lot of them discovered they liked weed; what they didn’t care about were the radical politics — i.e., literally the only thing Weatherman was trying to sell them.
So Weatherman tried to suck up to the flower children by helping Timothy Leary (doing 10 years for 2 joints) escape from prison and to Algiers. They thought about freeing Huey Newton, but Leary was in minimum security and Newton was in max and WELP (Newton was free soon, anyway).
But none of it mattered. Nobody cared.
Weatherman had fucked themselves. They’d abandoned the Black Panthers, who now looked down on them. They were leading nobody. They could have made a difference with the organization of SDS, but they’d set it on fire to build Weatherman. And now they’d decided they weren’t going to kill people any more.
So if you’re a radical who’s willing to kill, but decide you won’t… what does that leave? How long can you keep bombing bathrooms until it gets boring? Well, Weatherman is about to find out. Enter the long suck.
A reminder: during this period Weatherman is being hunted by the FBI. So how are they staying fed, sheltered, alive? Part of it is fake I.D.s. The other part of Weatherman staying alive and free is: they are being funded and supported by the National Lawyers’ Guild.
I just want to emphasize this: radical lawyers are literally giving fugitive domestic terrorists who are still bombing money and support.
And it’s harder for hippies to sneak bombs into places. What’s great cover? Parents with children. Weatherman used radical lawyers’ kids. Dohrn actually convinced a radical lawyer’s wife to leave her husband and take the kids and go under with the Weather Underground.
Weatherman bombed the Pentagon in ’72, but by 1974, they’re fighting among themselves, arguing about feminism (hence their name change to Weather Underground). And this is where Weather Underground becomes incredibly relevant to 2016 again: because they decided to re-enter mainstream politics. To do this, they decided, they would take over the radical left, and use that as wedge/entry point to change society.
This was the plan: 1) Publish a manifesto (Prairie Fire) 2) Make an aboveground group, the Prairie Fire Distribution Committee — not Weather! oh, no! not Weather! — no, just people who admired Weather 3) Turn the PFDC into a permanent group, the PF Organizing Committee 4) Hold a PFOC conference to unite the entire radical left under PFOC 5) Weather’s people deals with their legal issues, then officially take PFOC over, ta-dah!
Weather prints Prairie Fire themselves, distributes thousands of copies to radical organizations and bookstores, does bombings to promote it. This is, Burrough notes, a pretty impressive achievement just in terms of logistics, especially considering they’re on the run from the FBI.
Everything goes smoothly in Weather’s plan until the PFOC conference happens, which looks stunningly like what we’re seeing emerge in today’s Democratic party politics. The white leftist elites (Weather) are stunned to discover that the diverse radicals (black, American Indian, Puerto Rican) they’ve imagined leading actually have opinions of their own, and perfectly rational desires for their own power, and no desire to be ruled by Weather’s upper-crust radicals.
One of Burrough’s Weather interviewees notes that she was very upset and rattled to continually be called racist. This was before white leftists started to unpack their invisible knapsacks and bewail their whiteness as original sin. She couldn’t grasp it.
In the end, Weather was ignominously expelled from their own conference by a Communist who had been one of their former members. (Said Commie later got arrested himself by the Feds when he tried to start a bombing campaign of his own).
Meanwhile, the DOJ, searching FBI files in response to an unrelated civil rights lawsuit, found evidence of black bag jobs and illegal wiretapping against Weather Underground. So at the end of all this, who faces legal trouble? Not Weather. The FBI. Not big trouble, mind. The FBI guys got fined for the black bag jobs against Weatherman. They served no jail time, and President Reagan pardoned them in April 1981.
In the end, the Weather’s fugitives turned themselves in with little trouble. To give you an idea: Bill Ayers was scott-free. Cathy Wilkerson did a year. Bernardine Dohrn got three years probation and a $1500 fine. The radical lawyers, accessories to Weather’s bombings? Nada. Zip. Zero.
They did pretty well afterwards. Bernardine Dohrn was a clinical associate professor of law at Northwestern University for more than twenty years. Another Weatherman, Eleanor Stein, was arrested on the run in 1981; she got a law degree in 1986 and became an administrative law judge. Radical attorney Michael Kennedy, who did more than any to keep Weather alive, has been special advisor to President of the UN General Assembly. And, of course, Barack Obama, twice President of the United States, started his political career in Bill Ayers’s living room.
This is the difference between the hard Left & hard Right: you can be a violent leftist radical and go on to live a pretty kickass life. This is especially true if you’re a leftist of the credentialed class: Ph.D. or J.D.
The big three takeaways for me about Weatherman, when it comes to political violence in America as we might see it in 2016:
Radicalism can come from anywhere. The Weathermen weren’t oppressed, or poor, or anything like that. They were hard leftists. That’s it.
Sustained political violence is dependent on the willing cooperation of admirers and accomplices. The Left has these. The Right does not.
Not a violent issue, but a political one: ethnic issues involving access to power can both empower and derail radical movements.
Moving from the white Leftists to the black revolutionaries, let’s talk for a second about George Jackson. Massive criminal history, seriously violent dude: his own father actually testified against his parole. Jackson was in Soledad prison in 1970 when a fight between white and black inmates broke out in the yard. With no warning, a white guard ended the fight by shooting three black prisoners dead. In retaliation, George Jackson and two other inmates murdered a guard by throwing him off the tier. They became known as the Soledad Three.
Fay Stender, who’d defended Black Panther Party founder Huey Newton, also defended Jackson. She got the radical community backing his freedom and published a book of his letters. So George Jackson got famous.
This is where radical professor Angela Davis comes in. Davis, if you don’t know, is so dedicated to communism that she literally got her Ph.D. behind the Iron Curtain. From a moral perspective, that’s a little like somebody getting a Ph.D. in old South Africa specifically because they dig apartheid.
On August 5, 1970, Davis had a long meeting with George Jackson in prison. After her meeting with George Jackson, Davis bought Jackson’s little brother Jonathan, still in high school, a shotgun. Two days later, Jonathan took hostages in a courtroom and demanded the release of the Soledad Three.
Jonathan killed the judge before being killed himself. Two other hostages were badly wounded. As for George, on August 21, 1971, somebody — prison officials held it was Jackson’s lawyer — gave him a gun. Jackson took seven hostages before he was killed by snipers while trying to escape prison. Five of the hostages were found dead in his cell.
Jackson wasn’t the only black radical of the period to meet a violent end. The contrast in the fates of 70’s black radicals and white radicals is pretty stark. A lot of white radicals came out okay. A lot of black radicals came out dead.
But Angela Davis did great. She’s had a successful career and remains celebrated. Arrested for her part in Jonathan’s plot, Davis was acquitted, and became a radical icon.
I think an underappreciated factor in Angela Davis doing so well afterward is her position as part of the credentialed class. Like the Weathermen — and unlike most black radicals — Angela Davis had access to Institutions.
Institutions are one of two major assets that the Left has and the Right lacks. The other is Shock Troops.
Institutions are organizations the Left controls that operate for the benefit of the Left’s people. The Right doesn’t really have these. As an example, there are occasional hard right lawyers, but so far as I know there is no such thing as the Reactionary Lawyers’ Guild.
The other thing that the Left has that the Right doesn’t are Shock Troops: unshameable actors.
Institutions and Shock Troops are important resources for the Left. They work together. The Left’s Institutions accept, cater to, train, and/or employ its people, including Shock Troops. And, in the cases of several Weathermen (and Davis), give them cushy jobs in their Shock-Troop retirement.
What happens when you have Shock Troops, but no, or few, or short-lived Institutions? That’s the story of black radicalism in the USA.
Burrough’s Days of Rage provides a quite good overview of several parts of black radicalism. We’ll review three groups here: BLA, the Symbionese Liberation Army, and the Family. (There’s also a little mention of the NWLF, who aren’t a black radical movement but fit in timewise with the SLA.)
Odd fact: in 2016 we saw a lot of news stories about police being targeted for murder, including a spectacular attack in Dallas…and I didn’t seen a single news article mentioning the Black Liberation Army. That’s how forgotten this stuff is!
The short answer to “Who were the BLA?” is “they were a splinter group of the Panthers.” The longer answer requires a little bit of backstory.
In January, 1969, 23 Black Panthers attempted a combination of bombing and sniper attacks on police and at a board of education office. As in a lot of these cases involving radical groups plotting violence, two of the Panthers in question turned out to be undercover NYPD. The actual Panthers involved became known as the Panther 21.
The Panther 21 were found not guilty after an 8-month trial — pretty impressive, because while the undercover cops gave them two fake bombs the Panthers also got real dynamite from another source, so their third bomb actually went off! With the informants and acquittal, in some ways it’s similar to the Malheur Occupation thing, only with an actual murder plot attached.
But can you imagine if a famous conservative like, I dunno, Gary Sinise had tried to raise money for the Malheur Occupation dudes? Okay, well, exactly that happened, but it was Leonard Bernstein raising money for the Panther 21, who actually tried to murder people! Tom Wolfe wrote a classic article about Bernstein’s party and the period’s radical chic.
The main reason Burrough discusses the Panther 21 episode: it showcases a growing problem for the Black Panthers. Namely, for a good number of their members, the Black Panthers are not nearly militant enough. And there are a LOT of Panthers at this point. When Huey Newton gets out of prison in 1970, he finds a Black Panther Party that’s grown bigger than his ability to run. Meanwhile, Eldridge Cleaver (remember him?), who’s been running stuff with Huey inside, has set himself up in Algiers with, I shit you not, a nice stipend and an actual embassy paid for by the Algerian government, which I guess really means by the Russians. (The Panthers didn’t have their embassy long. It was gone by the fall of ’72, probably bc some Soviet beancounter said WHAT.)
As you can imagine, at this point Newton and Cleaver absolutely loathed each other, so clearly the smart thing for the party to do was have a phone call between them Live. On. Television. On a local San Francisco talk show.
Sadly, this is not on YouTube.
The TV chat went as well as you’d expect, which means it ended with Cleaver and Newton literally expelling each other from the party. The factionalism was so bad that a Cleaverite Panther was murdered by a Newtonite. The Black Panthers expected a civil war.
If you’re going to have a war, it makes sense to organize for one. So a NY Panther named Dhoruba Moore organizes the Black Liberation Army. One of Moore’s BLA recruits is a young woman named Joanne Chesimard, later known as Assata Shakur. Another is a fellow named Sekou Odinga.
But the Panther civil war never actually happens. And then cops stop three Panthers on the street, it turns into a shootout, and a Panther is killed. The Panthers are understandably enraged, and — wouldn’t you know it? Dhoruba Moore has his new wing of hitters just sitting there.
So the BLA shrugs: eh, forget the civil war; let’s go kill some cops.
In May 1971, BLA started going out shooting cops in NYC. Two cops were killed with a submachine gun fired from a car. Then two more were brutally short down in the street (Burrough gives the details; they are horrifically graphic). Moore’s group claimed both killings. In truth, a copycat Panther group killed the second two.
The challenge for the BLA is that, while Weatherman has radical lawyers willing to fund and abet them, the BLA, like most radical groups, does not. So the BLA takes to robbery to secure funding. Founder Dhoruba Moore is arrested in one of these attempts, but the BLA keeps rolling.
Eldridge Cleaver, BTW, is totally down with this mayhem. But he does not want to coordinate it. Cleaver’s instruction calls for autonomous cells. In theory: autonomous BLA cells cannot be rolled up wholesale by the cops. In practice: none of the cells know what the other is doing. This leads to batshit crazy things like two BLA cells trying to rob the same bank at the same time.
The point of the robbery, though, let’s not forget, was to enable BLA to better kill cops. BLA used robbery money to establish training camps down South. They killed cops there, too. Within nine months of start-up, BLA had attacked ten cops, killing seven, in four different states. Not a furious pace, but steady.
Chesimard’s cell was finally arrested in 1971, after a massive car chase and gunfight in South Carolina. They were caught with a gun that belonged to one of the murdered cops.
So, of course, they were back walking the streets in NYC by fall ’72.
Yeah: in 1971, you could get in a gunfight with cops, shoot a cop, be carrying a gun stolen during a different state’s double cop murder — and get out of prison in less than a year!
Ever wonder why the American public got behind the idea of mandatory minimums and stiff sentences? The Seventies. The Seventies are why!
As BLA attacks continued, a lone wolf perp in New Orleans, a black radical named Mark Essex, shot 19 people, killing 9, 5 of them cops. Then NYC saw two BLA attacks on cops in 53 hours, and people started thinking that there was a nationwide conspiracy. (It wasn’t that huge.)
In 1973, Chesimard was shot and captured following a shootout on the New Jersey Turnpike in which a policeman was killed. Not much later, the police finally landed an informant, and after a few stakeouts and gunfights they arrested or killed BLA’s shooters. Sekou Odinga got away. But that’s basically the end of the BLA. Except…
Except this flurry of activity and press has all the radicals who weren’t involved thinking, “Dang, I missed out!” And guess where there’s been a ton of radicalization? In U.S. prisons!
Weatherman had tried to rally the working class. No luck. They weren’t into being radicalized. But black prisoners really, really were.
And white radicals — many the kind who’d be really into privilege confession today — started getting into the idea of black leadership. I mean: really into the idea of black leadership. To the point of fetishizing it. Fetishizing black convicts, especially.
I told you this gets crazy, right? Well, here’s a little taste of the stuff Burrough gets into. Check this out:
In 1972, a group called Venceremos, from the Bay Area, literally broke out a black convict named Ronald Beaty during a prison transport so he could train them in guerrilla tactics and lead a revolution.
That was their actual plan. That was their entire actual plan.
Exactly that one bit from South Park, but a bunch of ’70s white Bay Area radicals going, “Token, you’re black; you know guerrilla tactics.” (Spoiler: when Beaty got arrested again, he promptly rolled over on the white radicals.)
But where there’s a demand, a supply will surface, and in 1973, a black inmate named Donald DeFreeze capitalized on the trend. To better explain Donald DeFreeze: imagine that Eldridge Cleaver & George Jackson are YouTube stars, ok? Well, DeFreeze is the comments.
DeFreeze escaped prison and hooked up with a Berkeley, CA radical named Patricia “Mizmoon” Soltysik. DeFreeze and Mizmoon assembled a small cell of eight men and women. Say hello to the Symbionese Liberation Army. Slogan: “Death to the fascist insect that preys on the blood of the people!”
So their first target, of course, is Oakland’s first black school administrator, superintendent Marcus Foster!
I know. You’re thinking, “Wait, what?”
Foster had dared suggest ID cards for kids and using police to curb in-school violence. For this, the SLA murdered him, on November 6, 1973. In 1974, the SLA kidnapped 19yo heiress Patty Hearst, demanding her family do massive food giveaways (which they did). The food giveaways actually got the SLA some favorable attention in the radical press, for forcing the rich to give to the poor. Meanwhile, the SLA was indoctrinating Hearst and raping her repeatedly. Then the SLA offered her a choice: to join them, or be released.
Let me ask you a question: in the shoes of 19-year-old Patty Hearst, how much would you trust the assurances of Donald DeFreeze and the SLA? That’s exactly how much Hearst trusted them when they said they’d let her go. So she said of course she’d join them. Hearst famously robbed a bank with the SLA and went on the run with them. The account I’ve given of her decision is hers, which I believe.
The press was going nuts. Imagine a Kardashian were kidnapped, then resurfaced having become a terrorist. That’s what this was like.
The SLA’s darkest day came when they were busted for shoplifting in L.A. It turned into a gunfight. They split up: Hearst and a couple in one direction, DeFreeze & the rest in another. Hearst’s party got away. DeFreeze’s took over a random house, and was indiscreet about it. Cops closed in. There was a massive gunfight and a fire. DeFreeze and his party died horrible deaths.
Hearst’s survivors sought the help of a radical named Kathy Soliah, who had championed the SLA at a rally that got newspaper attention. Literally, I think that’s it: they’d read her name in the newspaper, and looked her up. And of course she helped them. Soliah not only arranged shelter for them, she helped them re-recruit. #the70syall
Soliah also started a study group called the Bay Area Research Collective, publishing a radical paper called Dragon. Dragon published bombing news, how-to bomb manuals, communiques from underground groups. You could send them letters to claim your bombings. The Bay Area Research Collective also had its own terrorist group: the New World Liberation Front. More on them in a minute.
The SLA, now restaffed, robbed a bank in Sacramento, murdering a bank patron, Myrna Opsahl. This turned the heat on them again, hard. They returned to San Francisco and started bombing for revolution and fighting among themselves. The cops picked most of the SLA up (Hearst included) not long after, and that chapter was concluded.
But what about that NWLF thing?
NWLF was an oddity: domestic terrorism by creative commons. If you wanted to detonate bombs in their name, you could! That was its thing. And people detonated bombs in the name of the NWLF. Regularly. For three years.
In 1975, NWLF bombs went off in San Francisco once a week for nine months. They targeted local politicians, including Dianne Feinstein’s house. NWLF bombed a trial, country clubs, the opera. The bombings didn’t wholly stop until 1978. The reason NWLF bombings stopped: the guy who did most of them went insane and killed his girlfriend with an axe.
But to return to the black radicals, and Institutions: one of the most insane stories is that of Lincoln Detox and the Family. July and November of 1970, a gang occupies the South Bronx’s Lincoln Hospital and presents demands to administrators. The demand: Lincoln Hospital facilities are shitty. The gang demands a drug treatment center, and they demand to operate it.
They got nearly a million bucks from the government to do it. That’s what the 1970s were like. This was Lincoln Detox. It was run by militant leftists. (They gave the BLA medical supplies, to give you an idea.) Methadone came coupled with Marxist education, paid for by the city. Political education as a cure for heroin addiction.
I’m not kidding! This really happened! New York City was paying for it all!
Lincoln Detox was, in short, an Institution for leftist radicals, paid for by city tax dollars. And it was robbing the city blind. Burrough’s accounting of how blind is stunning: in 1973, Lincoln Detox was treating half the patients its contract called for, at rates *four times* those of other city clinics. In 1976 HHC found nearly $1 million in unsubstantiated payroll, with staff absentee rates up to 71%. The clinic refused to share its personnel records, but during an auditors’ visit only half the 45 listed staff were on duty. Despite this remarkable absenteeism, the staff were still managing to make thousands of dollars in personal phone calls.
NYC’s Addiction Services Agency was supposedly in charge, but when Detox refused to give required information they’d cut all funds in 1973. So Lincoln Detox got money from Health and Hospitals Corporation, another city agency, which gave money with no strings. Any effort to control the clinic caused massive protests — the clinic staff occupied HHC’s offices and smashed stuff at one point.
Clearly, the only logical thing to happen at this point in the story is for Tupac Shakur’s future stepfather to study acupuncture.
Look, I told you today’s installment gets crazy.
It turns out that Marxist education is not actually helpful in curing drug addiction, so clinic staffer Mutulu Shakur learns acupuncture. He learns from a doctor working at Lincoln Detox, but his education is interrupted when the doctor dies of a heroin overdose. IN THE CLINIC.
But he finds a new teacher and he and others eventually get doctor of acupuncture degrees from the Acupuncture Association of Quebec. Naturally, with a cushy city gig and a growing acupuncture practice, Shakur comes to the same decision you would in such a situation: “I should use this place and its connections to start robbing banks so I can raise money to start a revolution.”
“Also,” he doubtless added, “to pay for a cocaine habit that is already considerable *fnorrrrrrrrkkkkkk*”
Reminder: this is all happening at a drug treatment clinic that is fully funded by the tax dollars of the City of New York!
But Shakur has never robbed a bank. He needs an experienced bank robber and oh look here comes Sekou Odinga, formerly of the BLA! Naturally, Shakur and Odinga need some logistical support, and what better place to find this than a bunch of white communist feminists —
Look, I told you this story gets crazy.
The feminists are the May 19 Communist Organization, whom Odinga knows through a white radical named Marilyn Buck, who had bought ammo for BLA. Black leadership fetishization is in full effect, so May 19 looks at Shakur and Odinga and assumes OF COURSE they know WTF they’re doing. This union of Lincoln Detox, the last of the BLA, and a bunch of feminist commies gives birth to the radical group known as the Family.
It came at an opportune time. Ed Koch was elected Mayor of New York in 1978, and he had no patience for the Lincoln Detox radicals. Koch evicted them, closed the clinic, and reopened it in a new location under complete city control.
This left Shakur a bit adrift, but bank-robbing was going well. Shakur and his white feminist allies decided: hey, let’s jailbreak radicals. They broke a FALN bombmaker out first (more on that in a moment). Then they went for Joanne Chesimard.
Chesimard, aka Assata Shakur, was serving life for the murder of the cop killed during her capture. But under little security. How little?
Sekou Odinga — who was a wanted fugitive at the time — went to visit Chesimard, and brought her a gun. That was it. Chesimard sheltered in Pittsburgh for 9 months, then managed to get to the Bahamas, and after that Cuba, where she lives today.
So now the 1980s roll around, Mutulu Shakur has a new acupuncture clinic in Harlem, and the Family’s robbing banks for revolutionary funds. This is a great set-up. Or it would be, if the revolutionary funds weren’t going straight up Shakur’s nose. If you believe the May 19 crowd — and it’s embarrassing enough to be plausible — the feminist commies had no idea about the cocaine; they just naively thought Shakur & his fellow black revolutionaries (cokeheads all) had tons of wonderful revolutionary energy. It goes back to the white ’70s radical black leadership fetishization. “It’s all right, they’re black, they know what they’re doing!”
Turns out massive amounts of cocaine and firearms are never a good mix. The Family killed a Brink’s guard during an NYC armored car robbery, which drew serious NYPD attention. And then October 20, 1981 happened. An armored car robbery. White radicals driving, black radicals shooting.
During the robbery, the perpetrators opened fire, killing one guard, wounding two. They took 1.6 million (leaving 1.3 more). The shooters made rendezvous with the switch vehicle, driven by David Gilbert and Kathy Boudin, formerly of Weatherman. But the switch vehicle parked in the wrong spot. A line of sight was left open. A witness saw everyone, all the cars, the cash, the guns. The witness called the cops, and the police pulled over Kathy Boudin and David Gilbert. In the back of their U-Haul trailer, under a blanket: Mutulu Shakur, and four more Family members, heavily armed and coked to the skies.
Boudin and Gilbert were asked to get out of the vehicle and sit beside the road. The police went around back to search the U-Haul. Kathy Boudin and David Gilbert proceeded to create a distraction, drawing the police’s attention. And the shooters came out of the U-Haul and murdered two police officers.
Two Family members carjacked a doctor’s car and drove off. David Gilbert hopped in another of the getaway cars. Kathy Boudin was nabbed by an off-duty corrections officer as she ran down the highway. The local police chief followed the two escaping cars. One crashed, and he rounded those people up (including David Gilbert).
Marilyn Buck, of May 19, escaped, but the cops found her apartment. She was the logistics officer, so she had the records of the safe houses. And the building superintendant had the license plate numbers of a bunch of their cars. Further round-ups were only a matter of time.
But because I keep coming back to the power of Institutions to shelter leftist radicals, to close our time with the Family: Kathy Boudin, accomplice and facilitator to multiple murders, was paroled in 2003.
She is now an adjunct professor at Columbia University’s school of social work.
So, looking at the BLA, SLA, the Family, wth a detour to NWLF — what do we learn about political violence? Looking, in particular, through the lens of our the concepts of Institutions and Shock Troops, and why these matter:
Institutions are crucial to the longevity of organized campaigns of political violence by Shock Troops.
Shock Troops that don’t have Institutions fare worse and have shorter careers than Shock Troops that do.
Shock Troops without support from Institutions tend to turn to crime, often violent crime, for money.
Doing violent crime to raise money eventually bites Shock Troops in the ass.
The bigger a Shock Troop army, the more financial support it needs, whether from an Institution or from criminal activity.
The Shock Troops that succeed without Institutions have as few members as possible & avoid violent crime (the NWLF guy didn’t do robbery; he grew tons of reportedly amazing weed), and keep a low profile outside of their Shock Troop actions.
Having an Institution is no guarantee of keeping it; Institutions can be attacked by adversaries or other outside forces (see: Lincoln Detox).
All of which is to say: in some respects, a resurgence of political violence in the United States would look similar to previous versions — but in others, it’d look very different.
The last story I’ll share from Days of Rage is, I’m not gonna lie to you, the craziest of the lot. How crazy? Let me ask you this:
What if fanatics made a serious and nearly successful attempt on the life of the President of the United States?
What if those fanatics got into the Capitol building and committed a mass shooting on Congress while it was in session?
What if those fanatics conducted bombing sprees, for years, in multiple American cities?
And what if people really did do every one of those things, and you’d never heard of them? That’s the story of Puerto Rican separatists.
The President they tried to kill was Harry Truman, in 1950, as told in the book American Gunfight. They shot up Congress in 1954, wounding five Congressmen (who recovered). They bombed American cities like mad in the 1970s.
The ’70s bombing campaign was done by a group called FALN. The FBI’s working theory is that the FALN was a creation of Cuban intelligence.
I’m still not kidding.
FALN starts from a couple of different places. One path goes back to a dude named Filiberto Ojeda Rios, a Puerto Rican communist.
Ojeda Rios trained in Cuba, worked for their spy service, and then went back to Puerto Rico to start a revolution. It didn’t work. Plan B: go underground & start bombing. Castro approved. so Ojeda Rios formed a group, MIRA, to attack in Puerto Rico & the US mainland. It didn’t last. MIRA was rolled up when the police caught their NYC bomber. Ojeda Rios was arrested in PR, but he skipped bail and vanished.
The second path to FALN traces back to Chicago, and a young Puerto Rican named Oscar Lopez Rivera. He and his high school buddies were young activists.
The story is Oscar Lopez Rivera & friends were recruited by Filiberto Ojeda Rios. Raising the q: …so, uh, could FALN be considered an act of war?
It’s murky. Per Burrough, there’s no evidence Cuba gave FALN operational orders. More that they wound them up, let them go.
That said, FALN had an amazing set-up in the hard left. Not only were they trained in bomb-making by Weather Underground, they had possibly the best Institution any radical group has ever had: the Episcopal Church.
FALN started bombing in ’74. Their demands were 1) Puerto Rican independence 2) release of PR separatist prisoners. Their deeds were nasty. FALN targeted cops with a fake call and a boobytrap, disfiguring one. They bombed a restaurant on Wall Street, killing 4, injuring over 40. Outrage at the deaths changed their approach. They started bombing at night, setting off department store fires — nonlethal, but harrowing. More harrowing: FALN opened new fronts in Chicago and in Washington, D.C. Bombing in three cities demonstrates serious logistics.
Eventually cops lucked out: a Chicago guy robbing his new neighbors found shitloads of explosives, and tried to sell them to a police informant. Using building records, the Chicago PD and the FBI got a name: Carlos Torres, a Puerto Rican community organizer whose wife worked for the feds — she was an equal employment specialist at the EPA.
The FALN safehouse also yielded a copy of a business letter to one Maria Cueto, of the National Commission on Hispanic Affairs. The NCHA was a charitable organization affiliated with the Episcopal Church. When the FBI started looking into it, their hair stood on end. Basically, every. single. person of interest in the FBI’s FALN investigation was, or had been, on NCHA’s board of directors.
Maria Cueto was FALN. She had used her position to put a half-dozen FALN members, including chief bombmaker Guillermo Morales, on the NCHA board. Let me emphasize how amazing this was: these were *paid positions.* Puerto Rican terrorists were being paid thousands of dollars by the Episcopal Church. Like cannibalizing and repurposing a nonprofit. It may be the greatest Institution in American radical history. FALN was literally using a charity run by the Episcopal Church as a front.
Yeah. It gets crazier.
You would think the Episcopal Church would be outraged. Horrified to be dragged into the legal proceedings. You’d be wrong. Liberal Episcopal bishops were enraged — with the FBI! Claimed govt was out to stop the church from funding progressive Hispanic groups! The institution the FALN had compromised went full-force to defend them and mobilized mainstream institutions on FALN’s behalf!
Cueto and a colleague were hauled before a grand jury. The National Council of Churches (!!!) rallied behind them even as FALN went on a new bombing campaign specifically demanding the grand juries be halted.
Progressive ministers accused the FBI of illegal harassment. FALN radical actions were being supported by mainstream legal lawfare. And the various cases against FALN wore on through 1977, getting nowhere.
On August 3, 1977, FALN called in bomb threats to seven sites, causing mass evacuations in downtown Manhattan. But they weren’t just threats. Carlos Torres’s wife left a bomb at Mobil Oil HQ’s employment office. The explosion killed one person and injured several more. The Torreses and Oscar Lopez Rivera were indicted based on fingerprint evidence, but they were in the wind.
And now the story gets even crazier. As 1978 rolled around, the FALN cases were falling apart. Several suspects were freed, even as the bombs continued. Then, on 12 July 1978, FALN’s chief bombmaker Guillermo Morales had a work accident. With a bomb. Morales blew off nine fingers, his lips, and his left eye. The explosion broke his jaw to boot. Devastating injuries. Knowing the cops were coming, a crippled, bleeding, disfigured Morales still tried to flush incriminating FALN documents and rig a gas explosion trap for the cops to get the police when they showed up. With. No. Hands. (The trap didn’t work, thank God.)
All of that is not yet the crazy part.
This is the crazy part: Remember Mutulu Shakur and the Family? Who jailbroke radicals?
If you think a bunch of coked-up black radicals and feminist commies can’t come up with a plan to spring a handless Puerto Rican bomber all I can say is, you don’t know the Seventies, brother. Check this shit.
By May 1979, Morales is as healed up as he’s gonna get. He’s down to one eye and one thumb. He’s in custody, under 24-hour guard. He has a window. But there’s a metal grate on it. And it opens onto a sheer forty-foot drop. He’s not going anywhere.
Radical attorney Susan Tipograph, who insisted that attorney-client privilege exempted her from search, visited Morales on 18 May 1979. Mysteriously, after that, Morales had wire cutters. Tipograph was never charged.
Laboriously, with basically no hands, Morales cut through the grate over his window. Punched out the screen. The Family had brought a ladder. But ladders look longer when you’re coked out of your gourd, or they just fucked up, because the ladder was only twenty feet long. The distance to the ground was forty feet.
Morales had no rope. And no fingers. He had a ten-foot length of bandage. And brass balls. Somehow, this dude with no fingers lowers himself from the window on the bandage. It snaps. Morales falls 20 feet onto an air conditioner, then another 20 feet to the ground. Injured, but alive. The Family and FALN whisk him away.
The guard on Morales’s door slept through the whole thing. Morales was not missed until an hour after dawn. Their bombmaker returned to them, FALN embarked on a new campaign of robberies, bombing, and interfering with elections.
Wait, what? Yeah. In 1980, the FALN attacked the NYC campaign HQ of George H.W. Bush in an effort to destroy voter-registration lists. Another team smashed up the Carter-Mondale HQ in Chicago. The FALN even threatened delegates to the party conventions. Nobody remembers!
The FALN round-up, when it came, happened by accident as they were getting ready to rob an armored car near Northwestern University. The FALN stole a panel truck to use as a switch vehicle. A campus cop spotted it, and police put it under surveillance. They nabbed 2 FALN. Another call led police to 2 more vans: the ambush awaiting the armored car. The people in the vans were disguised: wigs, false moustaches. The cops took them in. The arrestees were totally silent. The cops began to wonder if this was above their paygrade, and called the FBI. An FBI agent recognized several of the suspects.
Just like that, most of the FALN had been rolled up. All the suspects refused to mount defenses at trial. They were found guilty, sentenced for eight to thirty years. Another indictment for seditious conspiracy piled decades on top of that. But Oscar Lopez Rivera and Guillermo Morales were still free.
In Christmas 1980, a new group called the Puerto Rican Armed Resistance bombed Penn Station in NYC during rush hour. No one was hurt. In May 1980, the PRAR called in bomb threat to JFK. A Pan Am handyman found their bomb, and alerted people, but the bomb killed him. Two more bombs at the airport were found in the aftermath. It was all getting going again. And then, just like that, it ended two weeks later when Oscar Lopez Rivera and a new recruit got stopped for an illegal U-turn. Lopez Rivera got 55 years.
Guillermo Morales was arrested — in Mexico, which refused to extradite him to the US. He eventually emigrated to Cuba. Got clean away.
Let me ask you a question: how the hell did I not know this story? Forget the presidential assassination attempt. Forget the mass shooting in the Congressional chamber. Just look at the FALN stuff: a years-long bombing campaign in multiple American cities, by perpetrators trained and initiated by a foreign power. A terrorist organization that parasitized a church so effectively, it got the church infrastructure to act on its behalf. A stunning escape from custody almost too astounding to believe.
Why is this not a movie? Why is this not two or three movies? This story is amazing! And it’s just totally memory-holed. Here’s how memory-holed it is: I didn’t even know that, in 1999, seeking Puerto Rican voter support in New York for HRC’s senate run, President Clinton offered clemency to 16 imprisoned FALN. 14 accepted. Congress condemned it at the time. But people remember the Mark Rich pardon. Not FALN.
What does it mean for us? First, let’s be blunt: most political violence is not going to be as well-trained & highly disciplined as FALN. You’re not going to see that level of skill again, unless the Cubans decide they want to come to play. What you might see, on both sides, is what to me is the most amazing part of the FALN story: its parasitization of the Episcopal Church.
Organizations don’t have to fully capture institutions. They can latch onto them, and come to be seen as limbs. One person in a position to hire effectively suborned the Episcopal Church to give violent radicals jobs, stability, and even protection. As with everything, the Left will be much better at this kind of operation than the Right will. But the Right might do it on occasion.
The other takeaway: again, Lefty radicals have more opportunities and more acceptance from their mainstream than Righty ones. I don’t see Eric Rudolph getting clemency, no matter the administration. He shouldn’t. Nor should have FALN.
Of course, that didn’t stop President Obama, in the last days of his administration, from commuting the sentence of Oscar Lopez Rivera. The decision caused ecstasies of delight in Lin-Manuel Miranda, celebrated author (and former star) of HAMILTON, who pledged to reprise in the role in a Chicago performance especially for Lopez Rivera, whom Miranda referred to as “Don Oscar.”
That’s everything I want to cover from Days of Rage. There’s more in it. Buy the book; read it; you won’t regret it. It’s amazing history.
But it’s the implications of Bryan Burrough’s book that scare the willies out of me.
I am afraid that the United States is in for political violence in 2017. It could be as bad as or worse than the 1970s. I have some ideas as to what some of it may look like. It really isn’t pleasant to think about.
Political violence is like war, like violence in general: people have a fantasy about how it works. This is the fantasy of how violence works: you smite your enemies in a grand and glorious cleansing because of course you’re better.
Grand and glorious smiting isn’t actually how violence works. I’ve worked a few places that have had serious political violence. And I’m not sure how to really describe it so people get it.
This is a stupid comparison, but here: imagine that one day Godzilla walks through your town.
The next day, he does it again.
And he keeps doing it. Some days he steps on more people than others. That’s it. That’s all he does: trudging through your town, back and forth. Your town’s not your town now; it’s The Godzilla Trudging Zone.
That’s kind of what it’s like.
I’m going to talk about some nasty things here. I do not want any of it. But some or all of it could happen. Some of it already is. In 2017, I am very pessimistic about America’s future, to the point that I think the country should seriously consider a National Divorce.
Everyone feeling nice and at ease now? Good, let’s get started.
Let’s not mince words: the United States of America is currently engaged in a cold Civil War.
In North Carolina, the Republican governor lost re-election, so the Republican legislature convened a special session to limit powers of the post. Democrats nationwide howled with justified outrage; as we all know, legislators who dislike a governor should flee the state to block quorum, facilitate occupation of government buildings by mobs, and have allies execute secret raids on homes on the governor’s supporters. All of those are things that the Democrats did to oppose a Republican governor in Wisconsin, and the Democrats were pretty cool with it.
This isn’t a cutesy “both sides” argument. Nor am I calling out the press for bias, or politicians for hypocrisy (that’s later).
My point is: did you notice the Left and the Right use fundamentally different tactics?
This is no accident. They’re different cultures. The Left and Right don’t just want different things. They also have different abilities, goals, resources, and senses of propriety. Meaning contemporary political violence from the Left and from the Right will look very different.
Now, 2017 isn’t going to be the 1970s. Goals, situations, and cultures change. The actors want different things. But we can look to the ’70s for hints.
Like: what kind of people will do this stuff?
The mental model we have for domestic terrorism in 2017 is shaped by what scares us: mass shooters and jihad. ’70s radicals were different. ’70s radicals wanted to get away with their crimes. They wanted to avoid detection, they didn’t want to get arrested, and they didn’t want to die. Most ’70s bombers had no moral objection to killing people, but they also didn’t go to any great lengths to maximize body count. That’s pretty different from 21st-century mass shooters (who tend suicidal) & jihadists (for whom a high body count is part of the message).
Some suicidal mass murderers choose political targets, though it’s uncommon. Overseas jihadists draft depressives, but that takes organization (and willingness to use suicide attacks). When we’re talking about domestic political violence, we’re mostly talking about stuff that is coldbloodedly plotted by serious people.
So maybe we can hope that political violence in the US, ’70s-style, won’t go all-out for massive numbers of deaths? Well… maybe. The way I see it, domestic conflict in the United States could operate in basically four stages:
targeted political violence, mostly short of murder
political violence with murder as the default
The United States should start seriously talking about National Divorce before we get to stage 3.
We’re in Stage 1 now. Stages 2 and 3 are what we’re concerned with: the public getting mobilized. What would that look like, on Left and Right?
People tend to think that the Right will be an awesome, horrific force in political violence. The SPLC’s donations depend on that idea. Righties tell themselves that *of course* they’d win a war against Lefties. Tactical Deathbeast vs. Pajama Boy? No contest. Why, Righties have thought about what an effective domestic insurrection would look like. Righties have written books and manifestos!
It’s horseshit.
The truth: the Left is a lot more organized & prepared for violence than the Right is, and has the advantage of a mainstream more supportive of it.
You think that’s unfair? Okay, well: imagine an abortion clinic bombing ring getting presidential clemency.
Imagine an abortion clinic bomber getting a comfortable job at an elite university.
Outrageous, right? No way the Right could get away with that. But the Left does! And the press gives them cover.
(This is the “hypocrisy and media bias” section, by the way.)
The press freaked out and called for a National Conversation every time some shithead punched a protestor at a Trump rally. If Trump fans pulled a Portland, running through the streets, intimidating motorists, smashing windows, what would press reaction be? You don’t need me to tell you: pants-shitting hysteria fascism OMG Hitler. When Lefties really did that: “meh, that’s what Lefties do.” No need for a National Conversation. Certainly not a Clinton disavowal.
Organizing protests like Portland and the other cities takes experience, efficiency, and a lot of people you can call out. The Left can do that. The Right can’t. That is a logistical advantage that is enormous, and it matters. Because a Left that can tell that many people to do that stuff in that many places can also tell at least some of them to do something else.
The hard Left selectively uses violence, normalizes it with weasel words: “Direct action.” “Diversity of tactics.” “Nonviolent property damage.” “Antifa.” If you want to know why Righties will get down with streetfighting, if it comes to that: take a look at Antifa. A good long one.
Part of the bargain of civilization is ceding the authority to commit violence to the State. (Has its own problems. Beats the alternative.) Lord knows there are people I’d love to beat the shit out of in the street, but if I don’t get to then neither do you. No, I don’t give a flying fuck who they are; you don’t get to do that.
Lefties say, “Well, that’s Nazis, they only do that to Nazis; Nazis are different, you have to shut that shit down, etc.” Great. Except that Lefties pull the same “shut this shit down!” stuff on mainstream Righties on college campuses, all the while calling them Nazis.
Hell, Lefties said Ted Cruz was a Nazi, Mitt Romney was a Nazi, George W. Bush was a Nazi. I’ve done human rights work that had me working in proximity to the U.S. military, so at a professional meeting a Lefty called me a Nazi.
So if you tell me that I’m a Nazi, and tell me people I respect are Nazis, and tell me you’re in favor of going out and beating up Nazis, guess what? I am suddenly very interested in the physical safety of Nazis.
And I’m Jewish.
Lemme tell you a true story.
In 209 BC, two Qin Dynasty army officers, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, were ordered to lead their troops on a march to provide reinforcements. Massive flooding delayed them. They couldn’t make their rendezvous time. In the Qin Dynasty, this carried the death penalty. No excuses.
“What’s the penalty for being late?”
“What’s the penalty for rebellion?”
“Well — we’re late.”
And that’s the story of the Dazexiang Uprising.
How does full-on streetfighting start in the United States of America? My guess is: pretty much like that. “What’s the penalty for kicking the living shit out of Leftist protestors?” “Oh, Jesus, we’d be demonized as Nazis.” “…what’ll they do if we don’t kick the living shit out of Leftist protestors?” “They’ll — hmmmmmmm….”
So, what’re the odds of Righties kicking the living shit out of Lefty protestors actually happening? Depends on what happens January 20th, and after. Before the inauguration, the movement DisruptJ20 announced plans to screw up the inauguration.
Here’s a pre-inauguration article on DisruptJ20. Notice the variety of things they had on the agenda at that point.
Now reread that article, and think about how the national press would react if instead of a commie it were Richard Spencer.
The thing about commies is you have to pay attention to what they don’t say: “This is a nonviolent protest and we will not attack anybody.” Instead, it’s: “We are preparing for the possibility of sporadic fights breaking out because people are very emotional about this.” Cute, huh?
Protests like DisruptJ20 operate on a sliding scale from disruption to violence. This is deliberate. They harass their opponents, and try to bait opponents into attacking them. One tactic you often see: if one of their protestors does get violent, other protestors will loudly call, “Peaceful protest! Peaceful protest!” This is not an attempt to dissuade the violent person, but to persuade onlookers that they are not seeing what they are seeing. At the very least, the protestors figure, onlookers will assume “they’re not all like that! They’re trying to stop the bad one!” Of course, that’s a scam.
If at any point in 2017 Trump supporters are harmed or harrassed like the rally in Chicago, expect Righties to get very interested in forming street defense leagues: goons and headhunters to make Black Bloc spit teeth. And they’ll be purely defensive. For a while. But they’re human. So then they’ll think about getting proactive.
Bluntly: this is dangerous. The people who do it for the Left are literal Communists. What kind of Righties will it draw? Oh, I dunno, I’m guessing people who’re comfortable with violence, who don’t mind breaking norms or being arrested…
…if you’re now thinking, “Oh shit,” well, guess what? So am I.
If streetfights start happening on a regular basis on American streets, our democracy will corrode very quickly. We’ll see rapid radicalization at both poles, meaning normalization of political extremists.
The usual story American politics tells of how extremists get politically normalized is, to say the least, inaccurate. “Extremists get normalized bc the mainstream says things so beyond the pale it invites extremes.” ie, “Republicans make Nazis.” Bullshit.
How extremists really get mainstreamed: because the extremists have organization, logistics, and manpower that the mainstream finds useful.
Mainstream Lefties happily go to protests they favor that are organized by the literal Stalinists of ANSWER & the Worker’s World Party. Why? The commies are really good at getting people signs and making sure there are enough port-a-potties. When you’re great at organizing signs & port-a-potties, Lefties overlook that you’re into an ideology that murdered a hundred million people.
So how far would this go? Would mainstream Nazi-hating Righties be ok w/ literal Nazis on the streetfighting squads that keep them safe?
I dunno; how’d you feel about folks who voluntarily get their bodies between your peaceful gathering and a crowd trying to intimidate you?
Lefties could keep that very human thing from happening. But they’d have to de-escalate. And they won’t. Mellow out on college campuses? Quit disrupting righty events? No chance. It’s too much fun. So the hard Left is going to do more to normalize literal Nazis in America than anyone since Charles Lindbergh.
Let me be blunt, though: with or without literal Nazis, if Lefties pull another Chicago, Righty defense groups will happen. I honestly don’t think think the literal Nazis are going to be as involved in streetfighting as you might think. It’d be a distraction. The big thing the hard Right is trying to do right now is create organization and infrastructure. They have, historically, sucked at it. The hard Left has great infrastructure. Look at DisruptJ20: they know enough lawyers to have 2 teams dedicated to getting them out of jail! Think any Righty group has gotten around to organizing lawyers on tap like that? Nope.
Why are the Lefties so good at this? Communism. The American Communist Party got fantastic hand-me-down Russian-facilitated training, and shared. But hard Righties learn from overseas compatriots now, too. And a bunch of overseas hard Right movements are aided by the Russians. It’s not gonna happen overnight. But in ten or twenty or fifty years, you could have a superbly organized hard Right movement in America.
Now, you can do two things with radical infrastructure: use it to nudge the mainstream (SDS) or use it for radical action (Weatherman). I think Righties have to go SDS, while Lefties have room to go Weatherman. This is not from any innate philosophical difference, but purely practical. Effective Righty infrastructure is too rare & valuable to risk. (Also, any Righty organization or conspiracy is going to be stocked to the gills with snitches. Look at Malheur. Literally 25% snitches!) So I cannot stress this enough: any righty organization designed from the ground up to be violent is doomed to fail.
What this means: hard Left violence will be coordinated. Hard Right violence will be distributed.
Terrorists are basically mass murderers, or people who want to be. If you think about it, there are three kinds of mass murderers, and the typology applies to political violence too. The first kind is loners. The second kind is conspiracies (which have to be very tight-knit, or somebody narcs). The third kind is guys from the murder factory. A murder factory is a self-perpetuating machine that brings in recruits and spits out killers. Islamic State: that’s a murder factory.
Murder factories are hard to build. Weatherman tried to build one. They failed. The hard Left is bigger with fifty years more experience now, and I still doubt they could make a murder factory without support from a foreign power. That leaves conspiracies for Lefties, and loners for the Right.
So if Lefty violence will mostly be the result of conspiracies, while Righty violence will mostly be the work of loners, there will be differences in the kinds of things that Lefties and Righties will be able to do. A lone perpetrator can pull off a bombing, for example, but not a riot.
Left and Right also have different vulnerabilities. The Left is far better at allowing its people, esp radicals, to rise and mainstream. As a result, way more new Lefties attain prominence and effective leadership status than Righties. This makes for a deeper activist bench. With a sea of effective, prominent Lefties, Lefties who are lost will be mourned but not irreplaceable. This is emphatically not the case for Righties. To be perfectly blunt: the Right would be extremely easy to disrupt with targeted assassinations. The Left would not.
Once political violence starts, the smart move is to keep your violence low-level and try to provoke the other guys into serious violence. This, as with everything else, favors the Left. The Left can absorb a hell of a lot of serious violence. Martyrs are fuel for Leftism. Look at the history of unions. So these are the tactics I see the Left using for early political violence:
use as many different nonmurderous but disruptive-to-violent tactics as possible — “shut it down,” occupations, property damage, riots
weaponize Institutions against Righties, when possible
drag events out — long, very low-level conflict works in Lefties’ favor
target individual Righties for intimidation/disemployment, to discourage others
target the most effective Righties for Unpersoning, lawfare, and (only if absolutely necessary; this would be very rare) assassination
Yes, the Left is doing almost all of this stuff already. But it could be ramped up. Take disemployment: Lefties clamoring to get somebody fired. The way it works now is reactive, news-cycle driven. It doesn’t have to be. Political donations are public record. So are voter registrations. It would be trivial to set up a Disemployment Committee to scrape these. HR departments tend to have a lot of Lefties in them. They could bring back a coordinated blacklist. You’d never know it.
Expect expansion to second-order targets, too. If you can’t target someone (bc they’re self-employed, and unshameable), go for their family — that’s already happening, by the way. Remember: most Americans are a paycheck or two from financial calamity. I’m surprised disemployment hasn’t yet been repaid with murder.
Setting up fake petitions to get your enemies to sign themselves up on your Enemies List is a tactic I expect to be pretty bipartisan. Lefties’ enemies lists will have fewer prominent Righties and Righty infrastructure types on them, just because there are fewer of those.
If you notice who Lefties really tend to go after, it’s two kinds of people:
Righties who might be growing in popularity and/or influence, to make them radioactive and make others afraid to associate with them
regular people, who have employment and social fragility, to make them scared to admit WrongThink.
So Lefties will target more people on top and on bottom, status-wise. Righties will target more in the middle, go for the Lefty NCO corps. That’s because the biggest impact the Right can make at this stage of conflict is to destroy, damage, or neutralize Lefty Institutions. But Lefty Institutions are massive cultural power centers. Universities, Media, Bureaucracies, Organizations/Foundations, Cities.
The Right is not big enough or organized enough to really destroy Lefty Institutions. Like the Left, they’ll be looking to intimidate people out of the game and take away enemy tools. Example: Institutional and media bias means radical Leftist tactics are accepted, which means radical Leftist tactics become normalized. Ergo, the only way the Right can delegitimize Lefty tactics is to use them, at which point they’ll become The Worst Things Ever Done By Man. My guess is the Right will start using Leftist tactics against members of Leftist Institutions: “This is what you ordered. Eat it.”
Some of this could actually be constructive for campus civility. For instance, I’ve long argued that if a Righty speaker is disrupted on a college campus, then campus Righties should *disrupt every single Lefty speaker for the remainder of the school year.* Of course, Righties can’t get away with what Lefties get away with, so no swarming, no intimidating people, no pulling fire alarms. What Righties can get away with: standing up and chanting, at the top of their lungs, “THIS IS WHAT YOU DO TO US.” In multiple stages, for maximum distraction. Leaving peacefully, of course. The bad news is that’s about as cheerful as these face-offs are going to get. They can and probably will get much nastier.
Specifically, I think the hard Right is going to discover the joys of “nonviolent property damage,” which the Left has foolishly normalized. I’m always puzzled when Lefty journalists praise “nonviolent property damage” as if they don’t have offices, homes, and personal property. University administrators who let Lefties disrupt Righty speakers with impunity also have offices, homes, and personal property. Heck, when Lefty rioters get arrested, papers print their names and mugshots. And they have homes, and cars, and … you know the drill.
The advantage of “nonviolent property damage” for Righties: one person can do it without trying to put together a conspiracy. Nor does it injure people. But let’s be blunt: though no people are hurt it is, despite what Lefties say, violence and it would get very ugly, very fast. And it wouldn’t be entirely effective. The Institutions wouldn’t be destroyed. They’d still be there.
But what happens if the Trump administration is a player? No, I don’t think the Trump administration is going to be putting people in camps, or offering free helicopter rides. What the Trump admin might do is use the full force of the federal government to take a chainsaw to Leftist Institutions’ funding and power. Which threat, of course, could spur radical Lefties to violence. (Remember: provoking your enemy to violence is a goal.)
It gets really nasty if government and non-government factions combine, whether by design or merely taking advantage of each other. What could that look like? Imagine this sequence of events:
President Trump goes to hold a provocative rally in a Leftist area of a Leftist city, inviting a “shut this shit down” Lefty riot. The riot happens. Righties show up… and join the rioting Lefties, ensuring that as much damage is done to local property as is possible. Trump’s DOJ blames the Lefty rioters for the damage, prosecutes for conspiracy to riot, and tears apart their funding structure under RICO. The federal government delays for ages, and finally (on the start of a holiday weekend) denies the city recovery assistance for damages, motivating other cities to avoid that fate by proactively shutting down any Lefty radicals who show signs of organizing.
I dunno if that’d work, or what hell it’d unleash. But I can see something like that happening.
Ultimately, what nongovernmental actors can do depends on their capabilities, organization… and money. Money was the big thing that hampered radical groups in the ’70s. People died or killed people or were arrested trying to get it.
In the 70s, radicals were basically limited to 3 options:
parasitizing existing institutions (like FALN and the Episcopal Church),
leeching off organizations of well-off radicals (Weatherman and the National Lawyers’ Guild), or
robbing banks (everyone else).
Robbing banks isn’t a great strategy long-term. That’s how people got police attention, and occasionally gunfights and murder charges. In 2016, I’d expect radicals to use electronic crime options: ransomware, identity theft, that sort of thing. Less risk of detection. On the Left, though, most violent plots would be funded in the same manner as the FALN: parasitization.
Given the sea of Lefty foundations, nonprofits, and professions, parasitizing a few organizations to fund terrorism would be very doable. Nor would it be hard for YouTube stars or Leftists with Patreons — or, hell, the National Lawyers’ Guild — to turn money toward radicals.
On the Right, funding would be more of a challenge. It always is. Bitcoin would make funding anonymously easier. Also, many righties would be acting alone, so they wouldn’t have huge budgets. Still, the Left, again, has an absolutely massive structural advantage.
There will also be efforts to target each others’ funding. Note that Lefties already do this to Righties, and Righties to Lefties. Righties want to not give their own money to their enemies. Lefties want no one to give any money to their enemies. You can see some of this going on now re: defunding Planned Parenthood. For the pro-life groups, it’s about abortion, full stop, but for Steve Bannon, I’m guessing it’s about a powerful institution that uses money & political organization to support enemy politicians. Of course he’d look to stop taxpayer dollars from going to Planned Parenthood. If you think of politics as a war, that’s a no-brainer.
This is a rare area where Lefties are more vulnerable than Righties, because Lefty organizations get more taxpayer support than Righties do. Lefties are great at mobilizing boycotts and targeting advertisers, though, as we’re seeing them currently do with Breitbart. Could issues over some of this turn violent? Yeah. People could be threatened for advertising, showing support, etc. Any violence would be attention-getting threats/demonstrations, rather than murders. Breaking windows, bombs in offices at night, and the like.
Mostly, though, Americans who turn to political violence will target gatherings of their enemies, and people on their enemies’ lists. Because people are angry at their enemies. They want to punish them. All this godawfulness gets even wackier if the factions of the government get involved. Which, uh. They sort of already are.
The Left has the Bureaucracy and the Deep State. To judge from the press, the CIA is already at war with the Trump administration. So if there are any Righties still dreaming of smiting, lemme point out again: the Left is better placed to go at it than the Right is.
Righties might go, “Yeah, but the military!” Yes, the military runs very heavily Righty. As do the cops. To which my answer is: if we get Civil War II, how many Americans do you think the U.S. military is willing to run over with tanks?
At some point, there’s going to have to be a negotiated settlement for either strong federalism or national divorce. But we’re not gonna do either, because Americans want to rule each other, so.
If you’re asking, no, I don’t know how we’re going to stop this. I don’t even know why you’d ask me. Maybe CalExit could take some pressure off, but I dunno. I feel that bad times are coming.
All right, I’ve yammered more than that game theory guy. Let’s recap and wind up:
The Left wants to disrupt the Right’s power, organizations, celebrations.
The Right is sick of Leftist disruption and wants to punish it with force.
The hard Left has an effective infrastructure. The hard Right is looking to build one.
The hard Left will use the tactics it’s already using.
The hard Right will use Leftist tactics, at which point the Press will become very interested in denormalizing those tactics.
I’m guessing the Trump administration will try to eviscerate Lefty Institutions with budget cuts and the hard Left infrastructure with RICO.
Look for lots of property destruction, by everyone. I would not be surprised to see innovative tactics used to destroy property.
The press is a Lefty weapon and a Righty target.
Everyone will have enemies’ lists. All of us are already on somebody’s.
Effective Righty violence will be, by necessity, by loners or by really close conspiracies (think family members).
Effective Lefty violence will be by capable, fully operating cells.
If we get political violence between civilians, it’s mostly going to be low-level until it abruptly isn’t.
Some suicidal mass murder types may copycat political violence and choose political targets.
You do not want white people to riot. You Do Not. Want. White People. To Riot.
Nobody wants Civil War II. That doesn’t mean we won’t get it anyway.
I feel a little sick writing about this stuff. And a little stupid for talking about it. It sounds crazy in daylight. But every place I’ve been that had this happen thought it sounded crazy, too. And I have a bad feeling that right now what Americans want is to chop each other down like trees.
You want to know what I’m really terrified of? Imagine a few dozen iterations of this story:
There’s a famous case where a shadowy group was after a high-value, high-status target who used his considerable resources to retreat. The group couldn’t get to him. So they targeted everybody associated with him: Friends. Family. Staff. Lawyers. Sympathetic journalists. Eventually, that utter devastation of infrastructure led to the death of the high-value, high-status target, whose name was Pablo Escobar.
That’s what I’m really scared of. Killing like that, on repeat. It’s my nightmare scenario. I know it’s unlikely. But — and this is the stupidest part of this whole thing — after 2016, I’m a little superstitious, and I’m wary of omens.
The shadowy group that unleashed carnage on Pablo Escobar’s Institutions had a name.
They were known as Los Pepes.
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RickZ says:
When the conservative philosophy/mindset is ‘live and let live/pay your own way’ and the left’s philosophy/mindset is ‘pay my way and I’ll let you live’, a national divorce is inevitable. How acrimonious that divorce will be is the question.
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“Ergo, the only way the Right can delegitimize Lefty tactics is to use them, at which point they’ll become The Worst Things Ever Done By Man. My guess is the Right will start using Leftist tactics against members of Leftist Institutions: “This is what you ordered. Eat it.””
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The FBI did a criminally irresponsible job of investigating the Oklahoma City Bomb that was born in Sanilac county, Michigan, and the Militia Culture permeating it. There were TWO militias up there. (1) The CITIZENS Militia, with 85 year old Hattie Farley, which OPPOSED the Sheriff and the “Good Old Boys” and (2) The violence prone, RACIST, PRO-sheriff “element”.
Sanilac county Sheriff Virgil Strickler was BFF and business partner with David Rydel, “commandant” of the “united States Theatre Command” militia which is named in the FBI “Project Megiddo” report for Y2K. Strickler let the Rydel militia use the deptment’s shooting range. LOUD explosions on the Nichols farm were repeatedly reported to Strickler, So what do you know! when the Feds raided the farm the evidence was cleaned up. James Nichols stated in his speech at the Dearborn Centennial Library that the FIRST person he wanted to talk to was Strickler, which he did BEFORE talking to the FEDS. James was welcomed home as a HERO when he was released from Federal custody. All described in Nichols’ book “Freedom’s End”
The “support network” for the bomb extended to the very top of Sanilac County. Worth Township in Sanilac county, had a Supervisor, James Payne, who flew Confederate flags on his property for decades. He drove around with a Confederate license plate, and had a Black Lawn Jockey holding a Confederate flag standing right at his door. Sheriff Strickler REGULARLY passed that lawn jockey and saw the flags as he entered Payne’s home to socialize. Payne bragged about “using” his Public Office to direct the State Police Weighmaster to harrass Minority truckers coming through Worth township, and how he did not want “dirty niggers” in His township. This got recorded and all came out in a township meeting. Eric Levine, owner/editor of “The Sanilac County News” never once printed a negative word about the Racism and Confederate flags, rendering support via his silence. Levine never printed a word about Janice Putz, the Township Clerk, and Payne’s successor in office, publicly defending Payne’s racism in a township meeting.
James Nichols gave a talk at the Dearborn Centennial Library promoting his book/conspiracy theory blaming the Government for the Olahoma bomb. I walked up to him afterward and offered him documentation about judge Donald Teeple’s campaign financing. Nichols did not want to hear anything negative about THAT “Government Operative” …… very ODD to say the least. Why would he decline documentation on someone supposedly his enemy ….. unless …….
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2016 NFL Draft Player Profiles: Oregon QB Vernon Adams
By Josh Carney
Our second quarterback profile in as many days. Oregon’s Vernon Adams.
#3, Vernon Adams Jr., QB — Oregon/5’11″/200 Lbs/Redshirt Senior
-Strong, accurate arm to fit balls into tight windows
-Great pocket awareness
-Excels at throwing out-routes from sideline-to-sideline
-Strong runner despite limited size
-Extends plays with athleticism and awareness
-Quick release, easily flicks the ball away
-Rarely makes mistakes as a decision-maker throwing the ball
-Quick feet that lets him bounce around the pocket avoiding pressure
-Lower half is inconsistent as a passer, feet can be all over the place
-Struggles with accuracy and touch on the run
-Prone to batted passes at the line due to short stature
-Tends to throw across his body when on the run
-Has an issue falling away from some throws when pressure is bearing down on him
-Small hands for QB
-Doesn’t appear to have much anticipation
-Undersized for position
-Holds Big Sky record for most career passing touchdowns (110) and ranks 10th all-time in FCS history
-Finished as runner-up for Walter Payton Award (FCS trophy for best player) after sophomore and junior seasons
-64.9 completion percentage, 2,643 yards, 26 touchdowns, six interceptions for Oregon in 2015
Film Breakdown
On tape, Vernon Adams Jr. is an electrifying player for the quarterback position.
He showed that over three years at Eastern Washington and through one injury-riddled year at Oregon.
It’s easy to label Adams as a dual-threat QB thanks to his nearly 1,400 rushing yards in college, but he’s far from that.
That’s not to say that Adams can’t make plays taking off should a play break down; it’s saying that he’s a passer first, always keeping his eyes up scanning the field looking for a receiver to throw to while avoiding pressure.
By keeping his eyes up and extending plays in the process, Adams has a knack for creating splash players for his receivers down the field, allowing them to work open deep so that Adams can find them.
While he routinely does this game-to-game, Adams struggles mightily with accuracy and touch on deep throws, often throwing the ball 5-10 yards past his receiver.
Despite having issues with accuracy and touch on deep balls, Adams really excels as a short-to-intermediate passer, showcasing his powerful arm and strategic ball placement.
However, standing just 5-feet-11, Adams has plenty of limitations as a passer. Throughout his career, Adams had a tough time staying in the pocket, resulting in poor mechanics, a wild lower half and the inability to get throws off cleanly due to his short stature.
That resulted in a lot of batted balls.
On top of that, Adams struggles with anticipation and often misses throwing windows because he’s late to see them.
Despite being a mobile QB that can extend plays with his feet and strength as a runner, Adams can often get swallowed up in a pocket, resulting in poor mechanics as a passer rushing to get the ball away.
Adams does a nice job of climbing the pocket, but once the pressure comes towards him from the front, everything Adams does goes to hell in a hand basket.
His arm angle drops down; his feet are all over the place and he doesn’t even step into the throw.
He makes a habit of falling away from throws, but there are times where he just leaves you dumbfounded with some of the throws he makes.
That has to be one of the best throws on the run I’ve seen in quite some time from a college quarter.
Not only does Adams extend the play by getting out of the pocket, but he keeps his eyes up, tries to get his shoulders and hips square to the line of scrimmage as best as possible and just uncorks a missile for the touchdown.
Plays like that leave you thinking he has serious potential in the NFL.
Then you see this one and the belief continues to build.
There’s the awareness of the rush, the quick feet and hips to avoid the defender, scooting to the perimeter and then a strong arm and great ball placement for the big gain, dropping the ball right over the defender.
Same thing here by Adams.
He’s able to avoid the rush multiple times and still keeps his eyes up to find his receiver down the field. A better throw towards the hash marks likely leads to a touchdown, but that stuff can be worked on.
You can’t teach athleticism and awareness in the pocket.
However, he’s so inconsistent that plays like this rarely show up again in the same game.
Adams’ mechanics are so spotty as a passer that it’s easy to label him as a project.
The arm strength is there as a passer, but he is very lax on his mechanics, leading to plenty of missed opportunities.
Similar to the play against Washington, Adams has a chance to do it again against Oregon State, but he fails to set his feet, doesn’t step into the throw and basically throws across his body, resulting in an incompletion that could have gone for a big gain.
When Adams has time he works through his progressions very well and shows plenty of patience as a passer.
If he were a QB that looked to run as often as possible, he’d likely have tucked it here in the red zone. But with a clean pocket and no sense of urgency, Adams scans the field over and makes the right play.
I’d like to see him get into a more traditional offense where he has the time to scan the field behind an NFL line that can hold blocks for longer than 2-3 seconds like the lines at Oregon.
I think the awareness, high football IQ, competitiveness and ability to take what the defense is giving him is there.
He just needs some more coaching and needs to bulk up just a bit to withstand some hits he’ll take as a QB that can get out of the pocket to extend plays.
He’s not a top five QB in this class, but I wouldn’t say he’s far off. He’s raw coming from high-octane systems, but the tools are there to work with. It’s now up to the coaching staff he lands with to mold him into an NFL QB, whether that’s as a starter or a trusted backup option.
Projection: 6th round
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Peregrin Took’s Journey from Boyhood to Manhood
October 3, 2016 / stephencwinter / 2 Comments
After the tale of how Eówyn and Merry ride to war together Tolkien takes us back to Minas Tirith and to the unhappy Peregrin Took, lonely, hungry and afraid as war draws ever closer.
“Why did you bring me here?” He asks Gandalf and the answer brings him little comfort.
“You know quite well,” said Gandalf. “To keep you out of mischief; and if you do not like being here, you can remember that you brought it on yourself.”
I said that Gandalf’s answer gave him little comfort and that is true in the sense that we normally mean it, to take a child in our arms and to hold that child in loving safety until the unhappiness passes. That is the right thing to do with a small child and not to give a child that kind of comfort is to deny her or him something very precious. In order to become a true man or woman a child must know the happy innocence of the garden but there comes a time when either the child must either leave the garden or the world outside will enter it by force.
Pippin probably thought that when he left the Shire to go with Frodo and Sam that it was a glorious “growing up” moment in his happy life. All that lay ahead was adventure and Tolkien must have been thinking about the young men crowding into the recruiting stations at the outset of the First World War in happy expectation of something magnificent before the reality hit home in the long misery of war in the trenches.
Pippin does not realise that something of great significance is happening to him. He only knows that he feels unhappy. Even when he is attired in the magnificent livery of the Tower Guard, something that once would have given him great delight he simply feels uncomfortable “and the gloom began to weigh on his spirits.”
An immature person just tries to make the gloom go away just as Pippin wants it to go. From time to time in this blog we have looked at Robert Moore and Douglas Gillette’s fine study of the masculine psyche, King, Warrior, Magician, Lover. Moore and Gillette show the importance of these classical archetypes in shaping each man’s life. A boy who has grown up in the garden protected by good parents and a nurturing community will journey towards the adult king by way of becoming a divine child, a chosen one. He will journey towards the adult warrior by way of becoming a hero and some might think that the hero is the adult warrior. The journey to the adult magician is by way of the precious child and to the adult lover by way of the oedipal child.
Each of us, as we gain insight into ourselves, will see which of these archetypes are best developed in us and to what degree we are still held in an immature stage of development. In Pippin’s case it is pretty clear that the least developed aspect of his psyche is the magician. He needs Gandalf at this point in his life if he is to have any chance of growing up.
Readers might be thinking of mature men in The Lord of the Rings such as Aragorn and Faramir. They may remember that we spent some weeks last year thinking about Faramir when Frodo and Sam were with him in the refuge of Henneth Anûn and that he has little interest in being the hero of the story. His focus lies solely in doing the job. His desire is not his own glory but the restoration of Gondor; not just that Gondor wins but that something of the true greatness of Númenor should live again among his people. That is why he will welcome Aragorn as king with joy. Something that his father could not do.
Pippin is on the way to becoming a man and Gandalf knows that he is. That is why he does not treat him like a child. Pippin has to be miserable and to do his duty nevertheless if he is to be the “very valiant man” that Gandalf declared him to be when they first reached the defences of the Pelennor Fields.
Sam Shows Us that We are Part of a Very Great Story
December 8, 2015 / stephencwinter / 2 Comments
Sam does not know it yet but he is beginning to see what the world truly is once you draw back the veil that hides reality from our eyes. In these last few weeks we have been thinking about Sam’s reflection on the story in which he and Frodo have been a part. Sometimes as we strive to put our thoughts into words it is as if an idea or, even better, an image, takes hold of us and suddenly we can see and speak of what we have seen.
Sam begins to see glimpses of the kind of story that they are in but being Sam, being most wonderfully, Sam, it is of Frodo that he now speaks:
“And people will say: ‘Let’s hear about Frodo and the Ring!’ And they’ll say: ‘Yes, that’s one of my favourite stories. Frodo was very brave, wasn’t he, dad?’ ‘Yes, my boy, the famousest of the hobbits, and that’s saying a lot.”
This is all too much for Frodo who shares with Sam the plain good hobbit virtue of not taking oneself too seriously. It is too much to begin to think of hobbits as famous and it is certainly too much to think of himself as the “famousest” of them all! Frodo begins to laugh at the sheer absurdity of the thought but Sam is not to be put off. His imagination has been captured by the image of the storyteller at work who makes the world strange for a moment in order, at the end of the tale, to return the hearer to his own reality just a little changed. No matter that Sam’s story teller is a father reading to his own children. In this simplest of domestic settings he is no less than a bard with harp in hand chanting verses to the household of a great lord in a meadhall on a long winter’s night. And what Sam sees as Frodo tries to deflect him with his laughter is the stones of the mountains of the Ephel Dúath listening to a sound that “had not been heard in those places since Sauron came to Middle-earth”. He sees the “the tall rocks leaning over them” as if (and this is my image to add to Sam’s!) they are warming themselves upon a fire. Sam has become a mythmaker and not even Frodo’s deflecting mockery can stop him now.
Frodo will be carried to the very end of his quest by the mythmaking vision that has awoken within Sam. His laughter is at least in part a response to what he considers to be Sam’s efforts to cheer him up but what Sam has done is much, much more. In the days that lie ahead Sam will go into battle with a creature of the foulest kind and he will storm an orc tower in order to rescue his master. Such are the deeds of the greatest of heroes and even Beren himself would be honoured to numbered among a hero such as Sam will become and yet all Sam can do is to think of Frodo.
Maybe, like Frodo, we may not be able to see the story of which we too are a part for what it truly is. We should not blame Frodo and we should not blame ourselves either. Frodo bears a burden that even Gandalf and Galadriel feared to take and step by step on his weary pilgrimage to the very heart of Sauron’s power it robs him of all strength and joy. Soon he will have no more capacity to laugh or even to remember that there is a reality beyond the darkness of the dungeon of Mordor. No we should not blame him. But if we can do so then we should strive to do as Sam does and to strip away the veil from before our eyes. Tolkien spoke of the “True Myth” of the Incarnation that we will celebrate soon on December 25th that the Catechism to which he assented described thus:
“The only-begotten Son of God, wanting to make us sharers in his divinity, assumed our nature, so that he, made man, might make men gods.”
Sam is beginning to glimpse glimmers of the True Myth and they will carry him to glory. They can do the same for us too. Our destiny, if we could but see it, is to become gods.
A Meditation on a True King
November 4, 2014 November 4, 2014 / stephencwinter / 15 Comments
The Riders of Rohan ride for two days towards the Fords of Isen where the remnant of the army that had been commanded by Theodred, son of Théoden, until he fell, still strive to hold out. They are met by a messenger who counsels them to go no further.
“Where is Eomer?” he cries, “Tell him there is no hope ahead. He should return to Edoras before the wolves of Isengard get there.”
The whole mood is one of despair and the arrival of Eomer makes no difference to this. But then Théoden rides forward and speaks to the messenger.
“I am here,” he says. The last host of the Eorlingas has ridden forth. It will not return without battle.”
And with those words everything is transformed. The messenger falls to his knees “with joy and wonder”. No new hope has been given. The likely end to this story is still death for them all and the end of Rohan and yet despair has gone because the King has come to his people. What until that moment had been expectation of a meaningless death is now full of meaning. We know that the title of the last volume of The Lord of the Rings was The Return of the King and that it refers to Aragorn and his return to Gondor; but it could equally refer to Théoden and his return to his own people, the Rohirrim. The return of the King always brings transformation.
In their study of the masculine psyche, King, Warrior, Magician, Lover Robert Moore and Douglas Gillette write, “The mortal man who incarnates the King energy or bears it for a while in the service of his fellow human beings, in the service of the realm (of whatever dimensions), in the service of the cosmos, is almost an interchangeable part, a human vehicle for bringing this ordering and generative archetype into the world and into the lives of human beings.” In other words it is the energy that matters more than the person. If Eomer were the king as he will be later then his arrival would be enough. He would incarnate the King energy just as Théoden does now. What matters is that the energy must be incarnated by a true king who gives his life in service of the people, the realm, the cosmos. When that happens a life giving order comes to the world.
This is what distinguishes a true from a false king. The false king, as Moore and Gillette say, is either a tyrant or a weakling. The Rohirrim go to war with Saruman, the tyrant, the false king, who can only impose order by force and fear and whose rule will always take life and not give it. Even the instruments of the tyrant must ultimately be a denial, a mockery, of life. In The Lord of the Rings this mockery is expressed by means of the orcs. But it is not only from the tyrant that the people seek liberation but from the weakling too. The Rohirrim have been delivered from their own weakling king. As Moore and Gillette put it, “Kings in the ancient world were often ritually killed when their ability to live out the King archetype began to fail. What was important was that the generative power of the energy not be tied to the fate of an aging and increasingly impotent mortal.”
Gandalf has liberated Rohan from their increasingly impotent king and an energy is released in its people that Saruman and his slaves can never know. Now even if they are defeated the defeat will not be meaningless but still generative. Now the deaths that have been suffered at the Fords of Isen and the death of Theodred, the king’s son have meaning. We will end this week with Moore and Gillette again.
“When we are accessing the King energy correctly, as servants of our own inner King, we will manifest in our lives the qualities of the good and rightful King, the King in his fullness… We will feel our anxiety level drop. We will feel centred and calm, and hear ourselves speak from an inner authority. We will have the capacity to mirror and to bless ourselves and others.”
Gandalf’s Dark Journey
February 19, 2014 March 18, 2014 / stephencwinter / 8 Comments
Already we have seen signs that Gandalf is not what he was before Moria. He is no longer Gandalf the Grey but the White and he describes himself as being what Saruman should have been. There is a potency in him that Aragorn and his companions have not seen before so that when Aragorn names him, Captain, it is a recognition of that potency. It is a recognition too of a turning of the tide. The brave but seemingly hopeless pursuit of the young hobbits and their captors is at an end and now there is a call to war.
And this moment of transformation comes for them all after a dark journey. For Aragorn it comes after doubt and then a commitment to a hopeless task. For Gandalf it comes after his mighty battle against the Balrog in Moria, a battle described in the language of myth, a struggle of super beings, of warfare in heaven where Michael the Archangel does battle with Satan and casts him out down to the earth. It is a battle that takes Gandalf to unimaginable depths and heights and eventually it costs him his life.
“Then darkness took me, and I strayed out of thought and time, and I wandered far on roads that I will not tell…Naked I was sent back- for a brief time, until my task is done.”
The great spiritual traditions all know the dark journey. The long sojourn of the children of Israel in the wilderness and the captivity in Babylon; Jesus in the wilderness, fasting forty days and nights, surrounded by wild beasts and tempted by the devil; St Anthony in the desert doing battle with the demons and the spiritual tradition of the monastary that was inspired by his example; the Dark Night of the Soul of St John of the Cross in which all consolation is taken away so that the soul learns at last to cleave to God without consolation. And if we listen to the wisdom that the great traditions have to teach us then our own journeys through the dark can be journeys not of loss but of transformation.
I suspect that it has never been easy for us to be able to embrace the dark journey. If it were easy then why is the journey so often described in the language of elemental struggle? It is striking that so much literature written for children lives with this language quite comfortably and that so much so called “adult” literature shies away from it. Even in the world of contemporary spiritual literature the really popular titles are of books that promise “success” and the overcoming of our inner demons. The language that we are most comfortable with is that of ascent. This is not surprising. Our fear is that when we descend into the abyss it may be without a bottom and there may be no way out of it. When William Shannon first wrote his excellent biography of the 20th century American monk, Thomas Merton, he entitled it, “Thomas Merton’s Dark Journey.” When I bought my copy a few years later the title had become “Thomas Merton’s Paradise Journey.” I did not mind too much. The content was the same and I knew that the Dark Journey and the Paradise Journey are one and the same thing for those prepared to travel on them but I suspect that the publishers may have felt that the second title may have been easier to sell than the first.
The Lord of the Rings is a dark journey and Tolkien employs the language of myth to take us on it. Wisely he does not try to preach to us but I suspect that much of its popularity is because as we read it we are taken on this journey at a level below our consciousness. This will have done more good than any can tell. Deeds done in the unseen world can never be measured. But it is possible to allow this great myth to teach us to embrace our own dark journeys and to find the courage to endure them and the hope that we will at last find transformation just as Gandalf and Aragorn do.
Ready to Risk Everything
January 8, 2014 January 9, 2014 / stephencwinter / 2 Comments
Treebeard has lived for ages beyond the reckoning of almost every living creature, except perhaps Tom Bombadil. He has seen the rise and fall of many kingdoms, the glory of Gondolin and Nargothrond and the terrible might of Angband and its master, Morgoth. And he has weathered all this like a mighty oak delighting in the summer sun and standing fast against the storms of winter. To live through all that he has seen has required above all the ability to survive, to harvest whatever is given, to store when necessary, and to endure, always to endure. “I do not like worrying about the future,” he tells Merry and Pippin. For him it is enough to live each day as best he can, fulfilling the task given to him to be the shepherd of the trees.
But now he is prepared to risk all upon an attack on Saruman’s stronghold of Isengard, an attack that may well see the end of the Ents and their age long vigil. “It is likely enough that we are going to our doom,” he says, “the last march of the Ents.”
When the human enterprise is reduced, either to a desire to dominate others for the sake of our own aggrandisement, or in a bid to build fortresses about ourselves when domination no longer seems to be a possibility in order to preserve whatever we can hang onto then this enterprise has been given over to the mean and diminished spirit of Saruman. There is a right and proper desire to conserve what is good, true and beautiful, but as Gandalf says to Treebeard, “You have not plotted to cover the world with your trees and choke all other living things” as Saruman has done, choosing at the moment of the wreck of his ambition to hang onto the shreds of his desire rather than submit and so become a servant once more.
Perhaps, like Treebeard, we will rightly give much of our lives to the building and preservation of some goodness in the world, a home where children can be raised and guests welcomed. Such a life is a good life and worthy of respect. It is when our homes become mean places set in competition against the need of others, with doors and windows permanently barred and shuttered, that they diminish and we with them. And the same is so when we become incapable of risking what we have for the sake of a greater good. Patrick Kavanagh expresses this in his wonderful poem, “The Self Slaved” when he declares:
Me I will throw away.
Me sufficient for the day
The sticky self that clings
Adhesions on the wings
To love and adventure,
To go on the grand tour
A man must be free
From self-necessity
Kavanagh discovered this freedom after being successfully treated for cancer and sensing that he had been given his life back again.
In the poem he discerns a meanness of spirit from which he has been liberated. Now he can truly live life. He goes on to say:
I will have love, have love
From anything made of
And a life with a shapely form
With gaiety and charm
And capable of receiving
With grace the grace of living
And wild moments too
Self when freed from you.
Treebeard knows this spirit and in marching on Isengard he gives himself up to such a wild moment with joy. Happy the one who knows how to do this, whose life does not shrivel up in meanness and diminishment.
On Learning How to Receive Good Gifts
December 4, 2013 December 5, 2013 / stephencwinter / 4 Comments
With long but steady strides Treebeard takes Merry and Pippin on a long journey across the Fangorn Forest but at its ending they are in a safe place for the first time since leaving Lothlorien. They are in Wellinghall at the foot of the Misty Mountains, one of Treebeard’s dwelling places in the forest. “I like it,” he says. “We will stay here tonight.”
Treebeard gives Merry and Pippin a drink very like the water of the Entwash that they had drunk earlier that day near the borders of the forest after escaping the orcs and Tolkien tells us that the water had “some scent or savour in it which they could not describe: it was faint, but it reminded them of the smell of a distant wood borne from afar by a cool breeze at night.” Tolkien seems to have had a particular love for this kind of description. He hints at what it is that his characters remember. They are “reminded” of the smell and the wood is “distant” and its savour “borne from afar”. Later in his description of Aragorn’s use of athelas to heal those who have been wounded in the Houses of Healing after the Battle of The Pelennor Fields he uses it in a particularly poignant manner. Instead of a simple and straightforward description of the properties of the herb or of the drink he evokes the memory of a sensation, a memory that lies hidden at the edge of consciousness. In the case of Aragorn’s use of athelas this is especially striking. When he uses it to bathe Frodo’s wound after the attack at Weathertop we are simply told that “the fragrance of the steam was refreshing, and those that were unhurt felt their minds calmed and cleared.” In the Houses of Healing Tolkien again hints at memories that are evoked by the effect of the steam. It is as if the memory, mingled with the working upon the senses of the aroma of the herb crushed in warm water and the hands of the true king, achieves the healing of body and soul and spirit together.
Here it is not so much healing that is achieved. That came about if you remember when the hobbits drank of the streams of the Entwash earlier that day. Here Merry and Pippin find refreshment and nourishment but what refreshment; what nourishment! Later their friends will observe that they have grown in stature and other hobbits will find them almost intimidating.
What a journey they have been upon since their capture by the orcs and Pippin’s unhappy description of himself as “a nuisance: a passenger, a piece of luggage”. They have been through a kind of initiation together and now they are warriors and ready for battle. There is nothing that they have done which has brought about this transformation except their refusal to give up and their total loyalty to their friends and to the quest even though all seems hopeless. Later this will be described as a “gentle loyalty” thus distinguishing it from the fierce loyalty of battle hardened members of the Fellowship like Gimli or Legolas, but it is loyalty nonetheless. In Tolkien’s Christian understanding of such things no gift can be described as a payment to honour a contractual obligation. The hobbits did not encounter Treebeard or drink “of the draughts of Fangorn” as their due wage for loyalty. But without that loyalty no gift could have been received. The same is true for us. It is by means of our commitment to the good that we, like Merry and Pippin, will be capable of receiving gifts that will transform us.
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October 1, 2019 October 7, 2019 robotical712
Plot Speculation for The Rise of Skywalker
Written by robotical712, all views are my own.
Marketing for The Rise of Skywalker is due to start in earnest this week. In preparation for a full plot prediction, I layout where I think the movie will be going.
Note: I’ve followed the leaks for The Rise of Skywalker’s entire production and have come to strongly suspect the production has been managing them from the beginning. While there are likely to be some legitimate leaks or details that will show up in marketing to ‘legitimize’ the plot ‘leaks’, it’s impossible to distinguish them from the rest. Therefore, I will not be using them from here on out.
During the run-up to The Last Jedi, I had taken a stab at putting a plot prediction together. By its final iteration, it had become fairly detailed. Alas, it wound up being fairly off the mark even if I got the overall flow of the movie largely correct. It was, however, a fun and instructive exercise that I learned a lot from even in failure. With that in mind, I will be working towards a predictive outline for The Rise of Skywalker.
Up to this point in its development, The Rise of Skywalker has been a very different animal than The Last Jedi. I completed the first iteration of my outline for that movie at the end of July. At that point, I had a decent idea of how the movie would be structured and what the characters were doing at the start of the movie (being set immediately after The Force Awakens helped). From there, I could try to trace the paths through the movie. For TROS, it’s a very different situation. Currently, we’re missing an enormous amount of key information.
While I think I have a decent idea of what Rey and Leia’s overall stories through the film will be, I can’t say the same for almost everyone else. Poe will of course be trying to lead the Resistance under Leia, but Finn’s role at the start of the film is opaque. I have some ideas of what Kylo Ren will be doing in the film, but his goals and disposition towards Rey are unknown. With the old characters we at least have two films to draw from, but the same cannot be said for the new characters. We know Zorii will likely play into Poe’s story somehow and signs point to Jannah being important for Finn’s, but what they’ll actually do is impossible to derive from the official information. Throw in Palpatine, the “Sith” fleet and Knights of Ren and the challenge becomes even greater.
In light of the current unknowns, I won’t attempt a full outline until at least after the trailer. Instead, I’ll summarize what I think the main themes and story threads will be and then loosely outline through the midpoint of the movie. I apologize in advance for any omissions, particularly for Finn. His story will be vital to TROS and any shortchanging here simply reflects the current paucity of information.
General Themes and Story Threads
The Skywalker Family
The main theme and story of the trilogy remains the Skywalkers dealing with the legacy of Darth Vader and their struggle to define themselves. With a third generation of Skywalker fallen to the dark side, the family faces a bleak future. Do they control their own destinies or will it forever be ruled by the dark side?
Through two movies, Rey has remained ignorant of her place in the Skywalker family’s struggles. Now, she will finally face the knowledge Luke had tried to protect her from. Will she be able to overcome it, or will it doom her to the same fate as her cousin?
October 7 Update: In the Journey to TROS material, Rey is having significant issues calming herself and connecting with the Force.
For decades, Leia tried to ignore the knowledge of who her father was and avoid acknowledging what she had inherited from him. Now, she faces the fall of her own son and must help another Skywalker deal with the horror of learning who she is. Perhaps in finally confronting her own demons, she can save at least save her niece and finally confront her son.
Despite his best efforts, Kylo will still feel the pull exerted by his family and the light, especially in regards to his mother. It remains to be seen whether he still thinks Rey can be brought to his side or whether he needs her for something. What his ultimate goals are, remain a mystery.
While they’ve been busy trying to recruit to their cause, the Resistance is still completely outmatched by the First Order. They’ve managed to foment local resistance through the galaxy, but these ‘sparks’ have yet to turn into a general conflagration. In TROS, the light in the galaxy finally rises to meet the dark.
Finn is committed to the fight and will now to turn that into inspiration for the galaxy as a whole. Yet, his focus is still on his friends.
Judging by what we know of the Resistance’s state and activities at the start of the movie, it appears Rey, Finn and Poe have mostly either focused on securing support for the Resistance or trying to foil Kylo’s plans.
Kylo Ren became Supreme Leader after killing his master, Snoke. A year into his reign, his perch likely remains precarious. Those leaders from the former Empire are unlikely to welcome the young grandson of Vader as their leader and follow more out of fear than loyalty. If Kylo is to fashion the First Order in his own image, these elements must be forced into line or eliminated.
Observations and Speculation
I think the first half of the movie will visit go roughly something like this:
Unnamed Jungle Planet – It appears to be the site of the main Resistance base at the time of the movie and, based on what JJ said, where the movie begins for the heroes (it’s entirely possible it will open with the villains). We’ll get to see what everyone has been up to since we last saw them. The heroes will hear Kylo is after something on Pasaana and off they go.
Pasaana – As laid out here, I suspect the object Kylo is after will be Anakin’s podracing helmet. Grabbing it will prompt the chase scene. Towards the end of our time here, Kylo Ren and the Knights of Ren will pay the heroes a visit. The heroes will be shocked to learn Kylo was after a podracing helmet and even more surprised when it triggers some remnants of Threepio’s wiped memories. Recovering the memories is what leads the team to traveling to Kajimi.
Kijimi – This will be where the heroes meet Zorii, D-0 and most of Threepio’s
relevance will be here. Babu Frik (described as a ‘Droid Maker’) will be the person they see to restore Threepio’s memories. The most important memory will be of Anakin kneeling in front of the graves on the Lars’ moisture farm which Rey will recognize (“Pauper’s graves”).
The heroes will be located and forced to flee before the First Order uses one of the superlaser equipped vessels to destroy the workshop.
Ocean Moon of Endor – The heroes travel to this world to pay a visit to the second Death Star remains. Either they’re looking for Vader’s lightsaber or Rey comes across it while exploring the remains. Either way, when she touches it, it will trigger a vision mirroring TFA.
I think the vision will confirm her father is Luke, but lead her to believe he abandoned her because he thought she would turn out to be a monster like Vader. This will set up her principal conflict of the film – did being a Skywalker doom Ben to the dark side and will it in turn doom her? (The vision will later turn out to be incomplete – Luke did not abandon Rey.)
After this vision, will be the Death Star II fight with Kylo, which she will lose.
This brings us to or just after the film’s midpoint and what happens next, I have no idea.
I think ‘Rey’s family’s ship’ will turn out to be the one Lando is using in the film.
Keri’s statement that she’s from Poe’s past makes it highly unlikely she has anything to do with Rey’s story (Lando on the other hand…).
I’m thoroughly convinced the third act will take place on Jakku. Everything ties back to this world and its secrets.
It’s possible Passaana was conceived, in part, to cover for scenes intended to be set on Jakku.
At some point, the Resistance will be on the verge of giving up; Finn will be the one to rally them. This act will precipitate those on the side of light throughout the galaxy to rally to the aid of the Resistance.
Finn will also be faced with a seemingly important mission and going to Rey. He will choose to go to Rey and it will turn out to be the most important thing he could do.
The attention Palpatine is receiving is suspicious if defeating him is the main conflict of the film. I think it will turn out Kylo has anticipated Palpatine’s attempt at returning and has been preparing for it (hence the interest in Sith knowledge). Stopping Palpatine will not be the main conflict of this film (I anticipate beating him will turn out to be a false climax in fact), it will be a battle over the future of the Skywalkers and the Force itself.
It will turn out Kylo was directly responsible in some way for Rey’s abandonment.
I hate to say it, but I don’t see Leia surviving this film, but she’ll become the first female Force ghost.
The Sithtroopers existence suggest Kylo Ren is circumventing the First Order’s normal leadership and creating his own personal army.
In SWSC’s ‘way too early predictions‘ we predicted Rey would go back to Ahch-To in TROS. With the information we now have, it’s increasingly difficult to see how that would fit. If it takes place after DS II, it removes Rey from the other ongoing plot threads right when the story should be ramping up.
Anything not mentioned above (ie: Poe, Kylo’s helmet, Finn’s story for most of the movie, Jannah, Luke, the Sith troopers/fleet, Hux, the FO, General Pryde, etc.) I’m still thinking about.
I will add to this as I go and intend to do a full plot prediction in the next two months. Of course, I especially hope to add more to Finn, Jannah, Poe and other non-Skywalker story threads. Let us know your predictions in the comments!
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I look forward to reading it.
I personally hope that the true way to bring balance is for the light and dark to coexist. Rey will need to reject her own Jedi training and win Kylo over in order to achieve this and defeat Palpatine once and for all. Then they will establish the new Skywalker order.
Annlyel James says:
This sounds somewhat accurate and yet probably not accurate at the same time.
Like you, I’m guessing the movie will begin with the First Order, like in The Force Awakens. J.J Abrams will want to establish the First Order’s might in the galaxy and how important it is for the Resistance to defeat them. Beyond that, I’m at a blank. I can’t wait to see your full plot prediction in the coming months.
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The Music of King's: Choral Favourites from Cambridge (2019)
performed by King's College Choir of Cambridge (choir, chorus)
composed by American Traditional, Antonio Lotti, César Franck, Chinese Traditional, Claudio Monteverdi, Frank Martin, Gabriel Fauré, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Henry Walford Davies, Hubert Parry, John Goss, Lennox Berkeley, Morten Lauridsen, Ola Gjeilo
Yo-Yo Ma: The Classical Cello Collection (2015)
performed by Barbara Bonney (soprano), Edgar Meyer (double bass), Emanuel Ax (piano), Isaac Stern (violin), Jaime Laredo (viola), Kathryn Stott (piano), Pamela Frank (violin), Rebecca Young (viola), Ton Koopman (harpsichord), Ton Koopman (organ)
composed by Antonin Dvorák, Arnold Schoenberg, Béla Bartók, Benjamin Britten, Camille Saint-Saëns, César Franck, Edouard Lalo, Edward Elgar, Ernest Bloch, Franz Schubert, Gabriel Fauré, Johann Sebastian Bach, Johannes Brahms, Jules Massenet, Ludwig van Beethoven
Great Chamber Music (2013)
performed by Auer Quartet, Boris Rener (clarinet), Budapest Haydn Quartet, Csaba Onczay (cello), Danubius String Quartet, Eder Quartet, Ensemble Villa Musica, Gould Piano Trio, István Tóth (double bass), János Fehérvári (violin), Jean-Claude Gérard (flute)
composed by Alexander Borodin, Antonin Dvorák, César Franck, Felix Mendelssohn, Franz Joseph Haydn, Franz Schubert, Johannes Brahms, Ludwig van Beethoven, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Songs of Inspiration (1989)
performed by Kiri Te Kanawa (vocals), Mormon Tabernacle Choir (choir, chorus), Utah Symphony, Julius Rudel (conductor)
composed by Anonymous, César Franck, Charles Gounod, Felix Mendelssohn, Giuseppe Verdi, Henry Rowley Bishop, Johann Strauss II, Ludwig van Beethoven, Pietro Mascagni, Richard Rodgers
Glorious Pipes: Organ Music Through the Ages (2004)
performed by Gillian Weir (organ), Helmut Walcha (organ), Marcel Dupré (organ), Olivier Latry (organ), Peter Hurford (organ), Peter Planyavsky (organ), Pierre Cochereau (organ), Simon Preston (organ), Thomas Trotter (organ), Ton Koopman (organ)
composed by César Franck, Charles-Marie Widor, Dietrich Buxtehude, Felix Mendelssohn, Franz Liszt, Johann Sebastian Bach, Johannes Brahms, Louis Marchand, Max Reger, Nicolas de Grigny, Olivier Messiaen
Christmas with The Three Tenors [CD + DVD] (2007)
performed by José Carreras (tenor), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Plácido Domingo (tenor), The Three Tenors
composed by Adolphe Adam, Alessandro Stradella, César Franck, Charles Gounod, Franz Gruber, Franz Schubert, Georges Bizet, Giuseppe Verdi, Irving Berlin, John Francis Wade, Pietro Yon, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Very Best of Jacqueline du Pré (2005)
performed by Daniel Barenboim (piano), Gerald Moore (piano), Jacqueline du Pré (cello), John Williams (guitar), Osian Ellis (harp), Pinchas Zukerman (violin), Roy Jesson (organ)
composed by Antonin Dvorák, Camille Saint-Saëns, César Franck, Edward Elgar, Felix Mendelssohn, Franz Joseph Haydn, Gabriel Fauré, Johann Sebastian Bach, Johannes Brahms, Ludwig van Beethoven, Luigi Boccherini, Manuel de Falla, Maria Theresia von Paradis, Max Bruch
Sacred Songs [Bonus Track] (2005)
performed by Mark O'Connor (violin), Renée Fleming (soprano), Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano), London Voices (choir, chorus), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Andreas Delfs (conductor)
composed by César Franck, Charles Gounod, Engelbert Humperdinck, Francis Poulenc, Franz Schubert, Gabriel Fauré, George Frederick Handel, Hector Berlioz, Johann Sebastian Bach, John Newton, Leonard Bernstein, Max Reger, Siegfried Ochs, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
performed by London Voices, Luciano Pavarotti (vocals), Wandsworth School Boys' Choir (choir, chorus), Kurt Herbert Adler (conductor)
composed by Adolphe Adam, César Franck, Charles Gounod, Franz Schubert, Georges Bizet, Hector Berlioz, John Francis Wade, Louis Niedermeyer, Pietro Yon, Saverio Mercadante
performed by Ambrosian Singers (vocals), Christopher Bowers-Broadbent (organ), Jessye Norman (soprano), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Alexander Gibson (conductor)
composed by César Franck, Charles Gounod, Christmas Traditional, English Traditional, Franz Schubert, John Newton, Pietro Yon, Robert MacGimsey, Stephen Adams (Michael Maybrick), Traditional Spiritual
Best Cello 100 (2009)
performed by 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic, Alexander Dedyuhkin (piano), Alexey Zybtsev (piano), Catrin Finch (harp), Charles Owen (piano), Christopher van Kampen (cello), Daniel Barenboim (piano), Dmitry Shostakovich (piano), Eric Heidsieck (piano)
composed by Antonin Dvorák, Antonio Vivaldi, Arthur Sullivan, Astor Piazzolla, Benjamin Britten, Camille Saint-Saëns, César Franck, Claude Debussy, Darius Milhaud, David Popper, Dmitry Shostakovich, Edvard Grieg, Edward Elgar, Ernest Bloch, Felice Giardini, Max Bruch
Domingo: The 50 Greatest Tracks (2015)
performed by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Gerd Feldhoff (bass), Hans Sotin (bass), Ileana Cotrubas (soprano), Joan Sutherland (soprano), José Carreras (tenor), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Peter Lagger (bass), Peter Maus (tenor), Plácido Domingo (vocals)
composed by Agustín Lara, Camille Saint-Saëns, Carlos Gardel, César Franck, Eduardo di Capua, Eldo di Lazzaro, Ernesto de Curtis, Ernesto Lecuona, Franz Lehár, Franz Schubert, Friedrich von Flotow, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini
Jacqueline Du Pré: The Complete Recordings [Box Set] (2007)
performed by Daniel Barenboim (piano), Desmond Bradley (violin), Ernest Lush (piano), Gerald Moore (piano), Gervase de Peyer (clarinet), Herbert Downes (viola), Jacqueline du Pré (cello), John Williams (guitar), Osian Ellis (harp), Pinchas Zukerman (violin)
composed by Antonin Dvorák, Benjamin Britten, Camille Saint-Saëns, César Franck, Edouard Lalo, Edward Elgar, Felix Mendelssohn, François Couperin, Franz Joseph Haydn, Frédéric Chopin, Frederick Delius, Gabriel Fauré, Georg Matthias Monn, George Frederick Handel
Opium: Mélodies françaises (2009)
performed by Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Gautier Capuçon (cello), Jérôme Ducros (piano), Philippe Jaroussky (counter tenor), Renaud Capuçon (violin)
composed by André Caplet, Camille Saint-Saëns, Cécile Chaminade, César Franck, Claude Debussy, Ernest Chausson, Gabriel Dupont, Gabriel Fauré, Guillaume Lekeu, Jules Massenet, Paul Dukas, Reynaldo Hahn, Vincent d'Indy
The Most Relaxing Violin Music in the Universe (2005)
The Ultimate Relaxation Christmas Album 2 (2005)
performed by Anthony Way (treble), John Scott (organ), Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Lynton Atkinson (treble), Mark Tinkler (treble), Musica Sacra, Robert King (treble), Simon Keenlyside (treble), Stephen Cleobury (organ), Stephen Goss (guitar)
composed by Anonymous, English, César Franck, Christmas Traditional, Franz Gruber, Franz Schubert, Gabriel Fauré, Harold Darke, Harry Simeone, Henry John Gauntlett, James Pierpont, Johann Sebastian Bach, John Rutter, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Richard Storrs Willis
Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Franck, Liszt, Schumann,Tschaikowskij, Bartók (2013)
performed by Clara Haskil (piano), Géza Anda (piano)
composed by Béla Bartók, César Franck, Franz Liszt, Johann Sebastian Bach, Johannes Brahms, Ludwig van Beethoven, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Robert Schumann, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
French Impressions (2012)
performed by Jeremy Denk (piano), Joshua Bell (violin)
composed by Camille Saint-Saëns, César Franck, Maurice Ravel
The Christmas Spirit [Universal] (1996)
performed by Andrew Davis (organ), Catherine Rogers (contralto), David Briggs (organ), David Corkhill (percussion), Helen Watts (contralto), James Blades (percussion), Joan Sutherland (soprano), John Bowen (vocals), John Scott (organ), Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
composed by Adolphe Adam, César Franck, Charles Gounod, Christmas Traditional, Felix Mendelssohn, Franz Gruber, Franz Schubert, Frederick H. Martens, George Frederick Handel, Harold Darke, Hector Berlioz, Henry John Gauntlett, Jester Hairston, Johann Sebastian Bach
Simple Gifts (2005)
performed by Aled Jones (tenor), Bryn Terfel (vocals), Bryn Terfel (bass baritone), John Williams (guitar), London Symphony Orchestra, London Voices, Simon Keenlyside (baritone), London Voices (choir, chorus), London Symphony Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth (conductor)
composed by Alan Murray, Amanda McBroom, Anonymous, English, Anonymous, Swedish, César Franck, Charles Gounod, Christmas Traditional, Giovanni Pergolesi, James P. Carrell, John Rutter, Joseph Brackett, Karl Jenkins, Lowell Mason, Stanley Myers, Stephen Sondheim
Wandsworth School Boys' Choir
Simon Keenlyside
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How Many Trains run between BALHARSHAH (BPQ) & MUZAFFARPUR JUNCTION (MFP)
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The last train from BALHARSHAH (BPQ) to MUZAFFARPUR JUNCTION (MFP) is RAPTI SAGAR EXP. (12522) that departs at 13:15 and runs 1 days a week
Which is the fastest train to MUZAFFARPUR JUNCTION (MFP) and what is its timing?
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Torsten Dettlaff is a photographer, videographer and YouTube creator from Bristol, UK. He founded tdcat.com in the year 2000 and has spent the last 2 years developing the TDCatTech YouTube channel. The channel reviews technology, photo, video and audio products helping others make decisions around whether a product is right for them. He also creates tutorials on software used in the industry such as Adobe CC products, Native Instruments and Blackmagic Davinci Resolve. Despite fairly niche and specialist content, TDCatTech has achieved over 5 million views.
Torsten had a love for audio and music since the age of 4 when he worked out how to record on his parent’s reel to reel tape recorder. This expanded into computers since using the BBC Micro at school. Between 1992 and 2000, Torsten focused much of his time on radio and broadcast engineering. He worked on short-term license stations in both an engineering and presenter capacity. It was while living in Austria that Torsten fell in love with photography and experimented with various film SLR cameras. He acquired his first digital camera in 1999, but it wasn’t until 2006 that he began working with the Canon 5D and has never looked back. He has experimented with a number of styles but is usually found working with candid, portrait, product or stock photography. Examples of his stock photography can be found on websites across the world.
In 2011 Torsten decided that video was becoming a vital skill to have and he ventured into learning after purchasing a Canon XF100 camera. This learning curve continues very much to the present day and it’s this learning that drives the creation of a large number of his video related online tutorials.
Working a full-time job as a BI developer in the mobile telecommunications industry and having a family, doesn’t leave much time for creative pursuits. He is always testing and experimenting with new technology and, whatever he works with, you can be sure it will be done thoroughly, accurately and with a minimalist style. That’s his approach, and it shows in everything from his photography through to his YouTube videos.
Projects are undertaken whenever time allows. In 2018, Torsten partnered with Artlist and Skylum to produce review and tutorial videos. He has also done some pre-release videos for Amplesound on their latest virtual guitar instruments. Other recent work includes a growing portfolio of Davinci Resolve tutorials, promotional and review videos for camera and technology companies and a group of detailed videos on the Sony PXW-Z90 and the older Panasonic DVX-200 camera. He has also released a number of videos reviewing mobile radios (PMR446 / FRS) including range tests, audio tests and radio reviews.
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New Acunu Analytics for Cassandra NoSQL Supports Real-Time Big Data Analytics
Acunu Analytics brings “fast-to-build” rich queries, rich data modeling, and real-time results to the Cassandra NoSQL community.
Note: TDWI’s editors carefully choose vendor-issued press releases about new or upgraded products and services. We have edited and/or condensed this release to highlight key features but make no claims as to the accuracy of the vendor's statements.
Acunu, a real-time big data analytics specialist, has released Acunu Analytics for Cassandra. For the first time, Cassandra users don’t need to be database experts to build business-value applications. Instead, Cassandra users can easily undertake dynamic analysis of high-velocity data streams at scale and in real-time.
“Improved time to market for new applications and lower cost of ownership for Cassandra developers are vital levers in a rapidly growing market where skills are scarce and at a premium,” said Chris Gomersall, Acunu’s CEO. “Currently, critical skills are being deployed trying to build complex ‘plumbing.’ Acunu Analytics allows developers to focus instead on providing real-time results that drive their business.”
"Until today Cassandra users could only build real-time analytics applications from the ground up, with only the most basic building blocks to work with making application creation time-consuming and costly,” said Tim Moreton, founder and CTO at Acunu. “Users were trying to collect data and present real-time insights into that data but were finding Cassandra data modeling to be the steepest part of the learning curve. Acunu Analytics takes away those problems and delivers powerful analytics capabilities with easy to integrate code.”
Acunu Analytics delivers a platform and toolset that makes it possible to build and extend complex, real-time applications easily and quickly. It does this by layering flexible and expressive data modeling on top of Cassandra's base 'key-value pair' data model and by delivering a much richer query capability; one that is more recognizable to developers used to the ease of use and power of SQL.
Acunu’s experience of and knowledge about Cassandra means it has been able to build a complex platform that has wide applicability in infrastructure monitoring, mobile applications, social media applications, and many other operational intelligence use cases.
Key features and benefits include:
Low latency answers: Fresh data is reflected in Acunu Analytics queries in less than a second from when it was first created. Users can be confident their decisions are not out of date before they have made them. Monitoring apps are not viewing the world in the rear-view mirror of a batch indexing phase.
Powerful analytics: Acunu Analytics brings the rich queries expected by users of SQL databases to the NoSQL world, enabling familiar concepts such as SELECT, WHERE, JOIN, and GROUP BY and built in aggregating functions such as topK and Standard Deviation.
Easier data collection: Acunu Analytics simplifies data collection by providing a JSON-based API, custom data integration, and integration with Apache Flume.
Analytic apps your way: Acunu Analytics makes it easy to build analytic apps on top of its analytics layer. Whether they use the pre-built dashboards, configure client-side Web applications using widgets, or build custom apps using the Acunu Analytics API, users can quickly build the apps they need.
When they are not building Acunu Analytics, Acunu engineers also continue to make significant contributions to the core Apache Cassandra distributed database. Acunu led the headline feature of the latest 1.2 release, Virtual Nodes, which dramatically simplifies the scaling up and down of Cassandra clusters, eliminating a major management headache.
Acunu Analytics for Cassandra is free for evaluation, with licensing for production systems starting at $40,000 for a multi-node cluster which includes Cassandra support. Acunu Analytics for Casssandra is available immediately. More information is available at www.acunu.com.
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WR Tyreek Hill - Kansas City Chiefs
5-10, 185 Born: 3-1-1994 College: West Alabama Drafted: Round 5, pick 2016
Photo: Troy Taormina, US Presswire
Week 20: vs Tennessee Titans
All WR vs TEN
FBG says: Good matchup. Patrick Mahomes may have closed out the season with a few question marks with multiple passing touchdowns in just two of his last six games and an uncharacteristic four interceptions over that span, but he squashed all concern last week with his spectacular 321-yard, 5-touchdown thrashing of the Texans. Mahomes also had one of his best games of the season back in Week 10 against the Titans (446 yards and three touchdowns), so he will enter this matchup with plenty of confidence. Tight end Travis Kelce should also be riding high coming into this week, as he finished the regular season as the top-producing fantasy tight end and is also coming off a massive performance of 10 catches for 134 yards and three touchdowns last week--his first multi-touchdown game of 2019. Kelce has handily led the Chiefs passing attack in targets and remains the most predictable piece of this passing offense. Tyreek Hill has been quiet in recent weeks with fewer than 75 yards in each of his last seven games and only two scores over that span. However, he exploded for a season-high 11 catches, 157 yards, and a touchdown the last time these two teams met--and the Titans secondary is in worse shape now than they were back in Week 10, which should only bode well for Hill. The Titans passing defense is far from a scary unit on paper, as they finished the regular season ranked 24th allowing 255 passing yards per game while racking up a mediocre 43 sacks (T-13th). Finding a consistent pass rush has been a struggle for this team all season, but they did get to Lamar Jackson four times last week. These Titans edge rushers should be in for a challenge against stout Chiefs tackles this week though, and Patrick Mahomes is one of the more elusive quarterbacks in football. The real story here is Tennessee's secondary, which has been noted as a highly susceptible unit. They have allowed plenty of yards to be racked up against them on multiple occasions, including a season-high 446 yards from Mahomes back in Week 10 and 365 yards from Jackson last week. However, where this defense has excelled is through their playmaking ability, finishing tied with the eighth-most interceptions (14) in the season while racking up three interceptions during the postseason. Kevin Byard is one of the top safeties in football while slot cornerback Logan Ryan is having arguably the best season of his career. Outside cornerback Adoree Jackson is back from injury and playing well, while late-season addition Trumaine Brock is surprising many with his physical and relatively effective play. With that all said, this group will still have challenges containing the many weapons on this Chiefs offense. Even if they assign Byard to watch over Tyreek Hill, Travis Kelce can easily gash this team that has notably struggled to cover tight ends, giving up the seventh-most yards (916) to the position during the regular season. Both Hill and Kelce have distinct advantages in their matchups, so the Titans will definitely need a few big plays by this defense to have a chance at stopping the dynamic Chiefs passing attack.
16 at CHI 59 0 0 0 5 5.0 72 0 0 7.2
17 vs LAC 43 0 0 0 5 4.0 61 0 0 6.1
19 vs HOU 0 1 4 0 4 3.0 41 0 1 3.5
20 vs TEN PROJ-Dodds * 1 * * 5.4 * * * *
20 vs TEN PROJ-Tremblay * 1 * * 5.1 * * * *
20 vs TEN PROJ-Bloom * 1 * * 5.0 * * * *
2019 2018 2017 2016 PPR Non-PPR
Tyreek Hill's percentile rank in each category, among WR with more than 50 fantasy points.
2019 Week 19 vs HOU (4 / 3 / 41 / 0 rec, 1 / 4 / 0 rush)
Tyreek Hill caught three passes for 41 yards on four targets and rushed one time for four yards. Considering the five touchdown passes and 300+ yards for Mahomes, I would have pegged Hill for a larger share than 41 yards and four targets, but that's the way it goes when you play with two superstars in Kelce and Mahomes, and an efficient running back in Willliams. When all are on their game, there isn't going to be much scraps for the fourth player. Hill did have catches of 17 and 20 yards, and forced a deep pass interference penalty. On the bad side, Hill muffed a punt early in the first quarter that gave the Texans the ball at the Chiefs six yard line. This resulted in an easy touchdown drive for the Texans, and a 21-0 lead, a lead that would have broke most teams but not the Chiefs.
2019 Week 17 vs LAC (5 / 4 / 61 / 0 rec)
Tyreek Hill caught four passes on five targets for 61 yards in the Chiefs win over the Chargers on Sunday. Hill was bottled up for most of the game with a majority of his total coming on a 47 yard gain that set up Williams second touchdown. On that play, the Chiefs were facing a third and seven from their own 26 yard line. Mahomes took the snap out of the shotgun and was given a clean pocket from his offensive line. Hill was lined up in the right slot and ran a go-route straight up the field, outrunning the Chargers secondary. Mahomes put a nice ball on Hill, but had it been further out in front of him it would have gone for an easy touchdown. Instead, Hill had to turn back and make the catch over his shoulder for the 47 yard gain. After having back to back 100+ yard games, Hill has not had one since week 10, and has scored only once in his past six games.
2019 Week 16 vs CHI (5 / 5 / 72 / 0 rec)
Tyreek Hill caught five passes on five targets for 72 yards in the Chiefs win over the Bears in week 16. The Chiefs wore down the Bears with long, sustained offensive drives, so Hill's explosive playmaking took a backseat to Kelce and the Chiefs backfield. Hill had the long catch of the night for the Chiefs on a 19 yard reception that kicked off the Chiefs second touchdown drive. Hill also pulled down catches of 13 and 15 yards, which were some of the longest of the night for Mahomes. Hill's five targets were second only to Travis Kelce, who lead the team in catches, yards, targets and touchdowns. Mahomes will need to depend on Hill a bit more next week when the Chiefs take on a Chargers secondary that ranks as a top five unit this season. In their first meeting, the Chargers were able to hold Hill without a catch on two targets, the only time where the explosive wide receiver failed to record a reception this season.
2019 Week 15 vs DEN (7 / 5 / 67 / 2 rec, 1 / 1 / 0 rush)
Tyreek Hill caught five passes for 67 yards and two touchdowns on seven targets in the Chiefs win over the Broncos on Sunday. Hill got off to a very fast start in this game, catching a 41 yard touchdown on the Chiefs first possession. With the Chiefs facing a first and 10 from the Broncos 41 yard line, Mahomes took the snap under center and play-action faked the handoff to his running back. Hill was lined up on the left side of the formation and ran a deep post-route where he angled his route a bit flatter than usual, which gave him more field to outrun the two defenders the Broncos had on him. Hill was able to get behind the two defenders and give Mahomes a wide margin for error on the deep ball. This didn't end up mattering though, as Mahomes dropped the ball perfectly onto Hill's hands, in stride and out in front of him where only Hill could make the catch. When Mahomes has this much time in the pocket to wait for Hill to get behind his defender, it is nearly impossible to stop as Hill is one of the best in the NFL in creating separation deep down the field. Hill's second touchdown catch of the game came on the Chiefs first possession of the second half, and the offense facing a first and goal from the Denver five yard line. Mahomes took the snap out of the shotgun and immediately rolled out to his left on a designed bootleg. Hill was positioned on the inside left slot and ran an out-route to the left side of the end zone where he set up his defender by stutter-stepping and faking to the inside. Hill picked his spot perfectly, as he was able to break at the exact point where Watkins was coming to the inside of the field, effectively creating a pick on Hill's man which left him wide open for the easy five yard touchdown catch.
2019 Week 14 vs NE (8 / 6 / 62 / 0 rec, 2 / 8 / 0 rush)
Tyreek Hill caught seven passes on nine targets for 66 yards while also rushing two times for four yards in the Chiefs win over the Patriots on Sunday. Hill has had quite a bit of success against the Patriots in the past, which could account for the New England defense bracketing him in coverage this game and not letting him see one on one coverage down the field. Hill's most impact catch in this game came with the Chiefs facing a third and 19 at their own 46 yard line. Mahomes took the snap out of the shotgun and was given a clean pocket by his offensive linemen. Mahomes waited for Hill to break free down the field on a deep crossing route before firing a strike to his receiver. Hill made a tough catch on the play, extending out to snag the ball as a Patriots defender hit him from behind. This play set up one of two touchdown drives for the Chiefs on the day and ended up being the difference between the two teams at the end of regulation.
2019 Week 13 vs OAK (8 / 5 / 55 / 0 rec, 1 / -4 / 0 rush)
Hill was covered well by Trayvon Mullen and mostly limited to medium gains on the day. Maxx Crosby engulfed him on one end around and Hill did have one big 3rd and long conversion into the red zone, but mostly didn't have a big effect on the game.
2019 Week 10 vs TEN (19 / 11 / 157 / 1 rec, 1 / 3 / 0 rush)
Tyreek Hill caught 11 passes on 19 targets for 157 yards and one touchdown, while also rushing one time for three yards. The 19 targets were a career high for Hill, and a sure sign that the Chiefs know who their offense runs through. It was the second consecutive week that Hill has gone over 140 yards and a touchdown. Hill's day could have been even bigger had Mahomes not overthrown him on a deep ball where Hill had several steps on the Titans safeties. If you wanted to see how much Hill has grown as a route-runner since entering the NFL, this was a good game to watch. Hill not only consistently beat his defender down the field, but he also used that speed to set himself up on shorter routes where the defense needed to give him a cushion. This resulted in a lot of yards after the catch for Hill, but more importantly it kept the Titans secondary guessing, which is why he was able to beat them over the top, despite the Titans constantly throwing double teams at him. Hill's touchdown catch came with the Chiefs facing a first and 10 from the Titans 11 yard line. Mahomes took the snap out of the shotgun with Hill and two other receives bunched to his right and Williams sprinting in motion to the right side of the formation just prior to the snap. The play was designed to be a clear out route for Hill, who ran a crossing route where he angled himself diagonally to the back left corner of the endzone and ran to it. Hill was able to create separation from his defender immediately, which gave Mahomes plenty of real estate to find him in the back of the end zone. For the 11 yard score. While Hill's speed should not shock anyone at this point, it is certainly impressive to see how quickly he can get a step on his man, especially in the short field where defending speed is much, much easier.
2019 Week 9 vs MIN (8 / 6 / 140 / 1 rec, 1 / 5 / 0 rush)
LeSean McCoy rushed three times for nine yards and caught one pass on one target for zero yards. After fumbling at crucial points in the game in weeks past, McCoy is looking like he might be phased out of his time share with Williams. It is not that Williams is the more effective runner, because he is not, McCoy has been very efficient this season and looks spry for a player with so many miles on him. McCoy has always carried the ball like someone running to give a cell-phone call to another person, with one hand and no semblance of protection. This was less of a problem when McCoy was the featured back on the Eagles and Bills, and was churning out big plays and 1,000 yard seasons. Now, he is the second man in a platoon of running backs, and any fumble is going to be criticized and looked at closely. His fumble last week was avoidable, and it came at a crucial point in the game, so it is not surprising that Andy Reid has turned to Williams to head his rushing attack. I don't see McCoy being completely phased out going forward, but the chances of him becoming the lead back have come and gone, barring injury. .
2019 Week 8 vs GB (9 / 6 / 76 / 0 rec, 1 / 5 / 0 rush)
Tyreek Hill caught six passes on nine targets for 76 yards against the Packers on Sunday night. Hill was Moore's most targeted player on the offense, and he did well with the opportunities he was given. Hill's main weapon is his speed, but Moore is not the type of target who is going to throw him open down the field like Mahomes, so Hill depended mostly on his ability to gain yards after the catch in the short and intermediate passing game. Hill had a long gain of 21 yards that set up a Chiefs field goal, bringing them from near midfield to the Packers red zone. With Mahomes coming back next week, Hill's value remains a high value target and a proven playmaker who will convert long touchdowns with an average target volume for a #1 receiver.
2019 Week 7 vs DEN (5 / 3 / 74 / 1 rec)
Tyreek Hill caught three passes for 74 yards and a touchdown on five targets in the Chiefs win over the Broncos on Thursday. Since returning from an injury last week, Hill now has three touchdown catches in the past two weeks and his return could not have come at a better time with Mahomes injury. He will be depended on to give the Chiefs explosive plays as Matt Moore does not have the same type of playmaking ability as Mahomes. Although Hill only had three catches in this game, he made his presence felt by scoring on a 57 yard touchdown. With the Chiefs facing a first and 10 from their own 43 yard line, Moore took the snap under center and play action faked the ball to McCoy in the backfield. Hill started on the left outside left position and ran a crossing pattern towards the right sideline. He was able to get out in front of his defender and turn his route upfield as Moore lofted a pass up and over the defense. From there it was all Hill, as he outran his defender without being touched on his way to the 57 yard score. In order for the Chiefs to keep pace in the AFC, they will need Hill to keep churning out big plays until Mahomes returns from his injury.
2019 Week 6 vs HOU (10 / 5 / 80 / 2 rec)
Tyreek Hill caught five passes on 10 targets for 80 yards and two touchdowns in the Chiefs loss to the Texans on Sunday. In his first game back, Hill made his presence felt by scoring two touchdowns, and leading the Chiefs in receptions, targets, receiving yards and touchdowns. Hill's first touchdown catch was a thing of beauty, as the diminutive wide receiver went up and high pointed the ball against two Texans defenders. It was the type of play that reminds you Hill is much more than just a burner at the receiver position. He has improved his route-running by leaps and bounds since his rookie season, and he doesn't just have speed, but is an incredible athlete capable of coming down with contested passes. He also showed impressive strength by dragging two Texans across the goal line after making the jumping catch. Hill's second touchdown was an easy one as the Texans defense left him wide open after Hill ran a double move, starting with a crossing route to the middle of the field from the right slot, before running back to the right side of the end zone for an easy six yard touchdown. Hill's presence gives the Chiefs an extra dimension on offense, and I would not be surprised to see this offense get back on track Thursday night against the Broncos.
2019 Week 1 vs JAX (2 / 2 / 16 / 0 rec, 1 / 5 / 0 rush)
Tyreek Hill caught two passes for 16 yards on two targets, while also rushing one time for five yards. Hill left early in the game with what has been described as a "sternoclavicular joint injury" which was originally thought to be sending him to Injured Reserve. Hill managed to avoid IR, and the latest injury reports have him slated to miss somewhere between three and five weeks.
Chiefs | Kansas City advances to AFC Championship Game (Sun Jan 12, 06:36 PM) - Kansas City Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes completed 23-of-35 passes for 321 yards, five touchdowns and no interceptions in Sunday's AFC Divisional Round win over the Houston Texans. He also led the team with 53 rushing yards on seven attempts. RB Damien Williams ran 12 times for 47 yards with two touchdowns, while adding two grabs for 21 yards and a third score. TE Travis Kelce had a monster game with 10 grabs, 134 yards and three touchdowns. WR Sammy Watkins had two grabs for 76 yards and he added 14 rushing yards. WR Tyreek Hill ran three times for 41 yards with a four-yard run and one lost fumble. WR Mecole Hardman was good for two receptions and 19 yards, while WR Demarcus Robinson ended his day with one catch for four yards on four targets.
Our View: Mahomes was a cool customer and the Chiefs got even more special teams and defense breaks than the Texans by the time the game was over. The Chiefs offense is clicking at the right time although the Titans beat them earlier this year. Kelce had a record-breaking performance as the first player to catch three touchdowns in a quarter in the postseason.
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How Toni Morrison’s works Inspired me to Write
Her rich narratives inspired me to write with depth and without constraint.
When I recently saw Toni Morrison trending on google my stomach flipped. How likely was it that she was trending because she had broken the internet with a controversial picture or been involved in some tasteless topical scandal or a public spat with a peer? Highly unlikely. Toni Morrison was a Nobel prize winning writer who stood on the platform of her integrity to inspire others and scatter her gems of wisdom among us literary types. So when I saw her trending, I thought the worse and sadly I was right. Her recent passing has really saddened me, not only because she was arguably one of the greatest writers whoever lived, but because stumbling on her work as a child is what inspired me to write. It might sound odd but for the longest time I always considered it a privilege that my favourite author was still living and breathing while I was.
An Early Introduction
My introduction to her work came through a copy of the novel Paradise which I found laying around one of the spare rooms in my grandmother’s house. At my young age, a lot of the sentence structures and dense metaphors were beyond me. I was unfamiliar with words which read like art. My first encounter with how she wove her words together so abstractly intrigued me and I hoped to one day access her stories.
I was second time lucky when the motion picture of Beloved was released. A part slave narrative about a woman named Sethe who (now freed) is haunted by the child she sacrificed in her infancy. Sethe lives with her surviving daughter Denver When a mystery woman named Beloved appears out of nowhere and wreaks havoc on their household. Oprah Winfrey bought the rights to the novel and starred alongside Danny Glover and Thandie Newton in the 1998 motion picture. I was captivated by it and it soon became one of my favourite films. Of course, the novel was even better.
A Life’s Worth of Writing
Toni Morrison did with words, what I hadn’t thought possible. She wove intricate portraits that humanised the suffering of a historically oppressed people. She brought the narratives alive that compelled people of all backgrounds to sit, up, take notice and empathise. Moreover, she inspired me to gather my experiences and spill them onto blank pages through one of her most memorable quotes:
“If there is a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.”
I absolutely adore this quote. It’s nurturing and yet earnest about the need for us writers (arguably the biggest procrastinators) to be proactive in creating the art that we want to consume instead of waiting for what may never appear. She did exactly this with her own work and thank God she did! I can’t imagine a world without her stories in it. Morrison juxtaposed the traumas of slavery with the infinite possibilities of newfound freedom in Beloved, she liberated her characters without minimising their suffering.
In The Bluest Eye, which I discussed in this previous post, she holds up many mirrors which enable us to see how little black girls view themselves both internally and externally, how their beauty and worth is viewed both within and beyond their own communities and the external factors which help to either shape their strong sense of self-worth (Claudia McTeer) or lack thereof (Pecola Breedlove).
Her works serve as historical artefacts; fictional ethnographies that speak to the very real socio-historical experiences of black women and yet can engage everyone. Her stories are many things at once: harrowing, brutal, awakening, educational, honest, beautiful. I’m just grateful that she inspired me to pick up something that I love- painting pictures with words. And for that I am truly grateful.
Have you ever read anything by Toni Morrison? If not, which writer’s work has inspired you the most? Let me know in the comments below!
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Siraj cries foul in elections
LAHORE - Jamaat-i-Islami chief Sirajul Haq has said the number of rejected voters in the 25th July elections was higher than the total number of rejected votes in all the previous elections in the country’s history which proved pre-poll rigging as well as post poll rigging.
In a statement here yesterday, he said that the international establishment was out to block the way of the religious parties to power in every possible manner and it was not willing to allow the religious people to come to power even through democratic process.
He said that the PTI government was adding to the price hike instead of providing relief to the people. He said that the masses were expecting revolutionary changes from the government to curtail price hike, poverty and unemployment. He said that Prime Minister Imran Khan, in his speech soon after winning the elections, had promised creation of ten million jobs for the youth besides five million houses for the homeless and freeing the country’s economy from the IMF hold. However, he said, that soon after coming to power, the government had raised the electricity tariff and gas prices.
Sirajul Haq said that the JI had filed a petition for the accountability of the 436 persons named in the Panama leaks but there had been no progress in that direction. He urged the government to adopt effective measures for the recovery of more than five hundred billion dollars of the country lying abroad. He said that the properties of the Pakistan in London, Dubai and New York were besides that.
Meanwhile, JI Secretary General Liaqat Baloch called for giving due importance to Urdu language in the courts, government offices besides competitive exams and added that no nation could progress without adopting its national language.
He said that a Muslims could never compromise on the Khatme Nubuwwat issue and the sanctity of the Holy Prophet (PBUH).
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Descendants of the Caillieuw family
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Jean Baptiste SyoenAge: 53 years1792–1845
Jean Baptiste Syoen
Syoen
Source: Opzoekingen in de klappers op West-Vlaamse huwelijksakten burgerlijke stand
Source: Artikel over E.H. Henri Syoen
Civil marriage Anne Theresia Costenoble — View this family
Woumen, Diksmuide, West-Vlaanderen, BEL
#1 Zr. Rosalie Syoen
#2 Pieter Jacobus Syoen
Source: Bidprentje Syoen Pieter J
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Angeline Robbe
Marie Josephine Syoen
Pierre Syoen
Anne Theresia Costenoble
Pieter Jacobus Syoen
Carolus Ludovicus Syoen
Zr. Rosalie Syoen
Family with Anne Theresia Costenoble - View this family
Birth: 1793 — Klerken, Houthulst, West-Vlaanderen, BEL
Marriage: October 17, 1814 — Woumen, Diksmuide, West-Vlaanderen, BEL
Sophia Carolina Dupon
Florimond Syoen
Bruno Syoen
Irma Rosalia Syoen
Sylvie Marie Syoen
Marie Heléna Syoen
Elisa Syoen
E.H. Henri Amaat Jan Baptist “Henry” Syoen
Clotilde “Zuster Angelique” Syoen
Birth: August 13, 1830 38 37 — Woumen, Diksmuide, West-Vlaanderen, BEL
Death: August 8, 1915 — Ardooie, West-Vlaanderen, BEL
Amelia Selschotter
Jean Baptiste Syoen, son of Pierre Syoen and Angeline Robbe, was born in 1792 and died in 1845 at the age of 53. He married Anne Theresia Costenoble, daughter of Jean Baptiste Costenoble and Catharine Francoise Dewaele, on October 17, 1814 in Woumen, Diksmuide, West-Vlaanderen, BEL. She was born in 1793 in Klerken, Houthulst, West-Vlaanderen, BEL.
Children of Jean Baptiste Syoen and Anne Theresia Costenoble:
Pieter Jacobus Syoen (1830–1915)
Zr. Rosalie Syoen (1825–)
Pieter Jacobus Syoen, kolenhandelaar and landbouwer, son of Jean Baptiste Syoen and Anne Theresia Costenoble, was born on August 13, 1830 in Woumen, Diksmuide, West-Vlaanderen, BEL and died on August 8, 1915 in Ardooie, West-Vlaanderen, BEL at the age of 84. He married Sophia Carolina Dupon, daughter of Carolina Sophia Dupon, on July 21, 1860 in Woumen, Diksmuide, West-Vlaanderen, BEL. She was born on May 25, 1838 in Diksmuide, West-Vlaanderen, BEL and died on February 24, 1903 in Woumen, Diksmuide, West-Vlaanderen, BEL at the age of 64.
Children of Pieter Jacobus Syoen and Sophia Carolina Dupon:
Florimond Syoen (1873–1953)
Sylvie Marie Syoen (1876–1954)
E.H. Henri Amaat Jan Baptist “Henry” Syoen (1870–1941)
Clotilde “Zuster Angelique” Syoen (1879–)
Carolus Ludovicus Syoen, son of Jean Baptiste Syoen and Anne Theresia Costenoble. He married Amelia Selschotter on October 3, 1866 in Woumen, Diksmuide, West-Vlaanderen, BEL.
Florimond Syoen, hereboer landbouwer, son of Pieter Jacobus Syoen and Sophia Carolina Dupon, was born on September 1, 1873 in Woumen, Diksmuide, West-Vlaanderen, BEL and died on September 22, 1953 in Woumen, Diksmuide, West-Vlaanderen, BEL at the age of 80. He married Adriana Maria “Adriane” Rousselle, daughter of Gustave Alos Rousselle and Clothilde Pharailde Van Eecke, on April 6, 1910 in Boezinge, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, BEL. She was born on April 27, 1886 in Boezinge, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, BEL and died on November 24, 1961 in Roeselare, West-Vlaanderen, BEL at the age of 75.
Children of Florimond Syoen and Adriana Maria “Adriane” Rousselle:
André Syoen (1911–1992)
Zr. Maria Clotilde “Zuster Maria-Amelie” Syoen (1912–1980)
Jeanne Godelieve Syoen (1913–2002)
Germaine Syoen (1914–)
Angela Irena “Angèle” Syoen (1915–2006)
Ivonne Esther “Yvonne” Syoen (1918–1994)
Pieter Hendrik “Pierre” Syoen (1919–2011)
Hendrik Maurice “Henri” Syoen (1920–1996)
Madeleine Lucienne Syoen (1923–2011)
Alice Agnes “Alice” Syoen (1924–2012)
Robert Syoen (1927–1927)
Omer Syoen (1927–1928)
Bruno Syoen, beenhouwer, son of Pieter Jacobus Syoen and Sophia Carolina Dupon.
Bruno Syoen had 2 children.
Irma Rosalia Syoen, herbergierster, daughter of Pieter Jacobus Syoen and Sophia Carolina Dupon. She married Henri Taveirne on June 7, 1893 in Woumen, Diksmuide, West-Vlaanderen, BEL.
Sylvie Marie Syoen, daughter of Pieter Jacobus Syoen and Sophia Carolina Dupon, was born on March 29, 1876 in Woumen, Diksmuide, West-Vlaanderen, BEL and died on December 26, 1954 in Woumen, Diksmuide, West-Vlaanderen, BEL at the age of 78. She married Hector Lucien Ooghe, son of Joseph Bernard Ooghe and Amelie Sophie Bondeyn, on June 6, 1900 in Woumen, Diksmuide, West-Vlaanderen, BEL. He was born on August 14, 1870 in Woumen, Diksmuide, West-Vlaanderen, BEL and died on December 26, 1954 in Woumen, Diksmuide, West-Vlaanderen, BEL at the age of 84.
Children of Sylvie Marie Syoen and Hector Lucien Ooghe:
Jozef Gerard Antoine Ooghe (1901–1981)
Maria Amelia Sophia Anna Ooghe (1902–1965)
Rachel Anna Clara Ooghe (1903–1903)
Gerard Joseph Antoine Ooghe (1904–1973)
Joanna Anna Clothilde “Jeanne” Ooghe (1905–1989)
Gilbert Henri Pieter Octave Ooghe (1906–1987)
Michel Alfons Joseph Ooghe (1907–1907)
Martha Godelieve Sylvie Ooghe (1908–1935)
Anna Maria Edmonda Ooghe (1910–2004)
Alphonse Adrien Albert Ooghe (1911–1993)
Octave Edmond Henri Joseph Ooghe (1913–1913)
Jules Pierre Gérard Joseph Ooghe (1914–1914)
Marie Heléna Syoen, landbouwster, daughter of Pieter Jacobus Syoen and Sophia Carolina Dupon. She married Pieter Jacobus Lanoye, son of Pieter Jacobus Lanoye and Amelie Oorreel, on July 24, 1900.
Elisa Syoen, huishoudster, daughter of Pieter Jacobus Syoen and Sophia Carolina Dupon.
Elisa Syoen had 1 child.
Birth Artikel over E.H. Henri Syoen
Marriage Opzoekingen in de klappers op West-Vlaamse huwelijksakten burgerlijke stand
Name Opzoekingen in de klappers op West-Vlaamse huwelijksakten burgerlijke stand
Death Artikel over E.H. Henri Syoen
Source Opzoekingen in de klappers op West-Vlaamse huwelijksakten burgerlijke stand
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Family with Anne Theresia Costenoble
Jean Baptiste Costenoble
Catharine Francoise Dewaele
Jean Baptiste Syoen(1792–1845)
Anne Theresia Costenoble1814
Pieter Jacobus Syoen(1830–1915)
Carolus Ludovicus Syoen(–)
Zr. Rosalie Syoen(1825–)
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Video Weekend: Moonhooch/KC Roberts & The Live Revolution
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EDITOR’S PICKS:
Every Exit is an Entrance: 30 Years of Exit Art
http://www.viiphoto.com/news/exhibition-every-exit-is-an-entrance-30-years-of-exit-art/
Exit Art is pleased to announce their final exhibition EVERY EXIT IS AN ENTRANCE: 30 YEARS OF EXIT ART. Founded in 1982 by Executive Director Jeanette Ingberman and Artistic Director Papo Colo, Exit Art has grown from a pioneering alternative art space into an innovative cultural center.
THE WEEK: JUNE 1-3.
May 31, 2011 July 22, 2011 | The 22 Magazine
!Women Art Revolution SCREENING @ IFC.
This revelatory “secret history” illuminates the Feminist Art movement through interviews with and works by visionary artists, scholars and critics like Miranda July, The Guerrilla Girls, Yvonne Rainer, Judy Chicago, Marina Abramovic, Yoko Ono, Cindy Sherman, Barbara Kruger, B. Ruby Rich, Ingrid Sischy and Carolee Schneemann. Score by Sleater-Kinney’s Carrie Brownstein.
In person appearances:
Wednesday, June 1: Lynn Hershman Leeson & Alexandra Chowaniec at 6:10pm, Leeson, Chowaniec, & Kathleen Hanna at 8:10pm
Thursday, June 2: Chowaniec & Howardena Pindell at 2:10pm, Chowaniec & Carolee Schneemann at 6:10pm, Chowaniec & J. Bob Alotta at 8:10pm
Friday, June 3: Chowaniec& Janine Antoni at 12:10pm, Chowaniec & Joyce Kozloff at 6:10pm, Chowaniec & Martha Wilson at 8:10pm
Saturday, June 4: Chowaniec & Howarden Pindell at 2:10pm, Chowaniec & B. Ruby Rich at 6:10pm, Chowaniec & Guerrilla Girls Frida Kahlo and Kathe Kollwitz at 8:10pm
Sunday, June 5: Chowaniec & Howardena Pindell at 2:10pm
Monday, June 6: Chowaniec & Carey Lovelace, Chowaniec & Connie Butler at 6:10pm
Tuesday, June 7: Chowaniec, Carey Lovelace & Faith Ringgold at 6:10pm
SCREENING TIMES.
GUERILLA GLEE CLUB (CLICK LINK FOR MORE INFO) (DATE CHANGED TO JUNE 2)
The Peripheterists
curated by Jocko Weyland
June 1 – July 30, 2011
Opening reception: Wed, June 1: 6-8 pm
Guided Tour: Wednesday, June 8: 6:30-8 pm
Music Event: Thursday, July 14: 7 pm
Featuring work by:
Nicole Andrews Brandes, Natascha Belt, Dave Bevan, Dwayne Boone, Gerardo Castillo, Rick Charnoski, Edward Colver, Ale Formenti, Renée French, Joseph Griffith, Thomas Hauser, Mark Hubbard, Chuckie Johnson, Gary Kachadourian, Taliah Lempert, Doug Magnuson, Alfredo Martinez, William McCurtin, Stu Mead, James Niehues, Gloria Park, Daniel Pineda, Randy Turner, Dennis Tyfus, Unidentified Cameroonian barbershop painters, Sereno Wilson, Jesse Wine, Jason Wright.
Tony Bennett unsuspectingly coined a new term of surprising relevance when he once said he liked what Oskar Kokoschka did “along the peripheter.” Though meaning the perimeter and periphery in the painting itself, he innocently zeroed in on a murky netherworld away from the formal where success and failure, acceptance and indifference, and Tony Bennett and Oskar Kokoschka meet. Like these two disparate personalities, the artists in The Peripheterists elude the standard definition of outsiders to form a diverse and unaligned but oddly complimentary non-scene that doesn’t really register with either the hoi polloi or the intelligentsia. In many cases low-key and unsung though prodigiously gifted, all are fairly unconcerned with and unknown in that rarely satisfying milieu known as “The Art World.”
The Peripherterists examines the wide-ranging connections, affinities, and allusions amongst works that posses the popular appeal often absent at the your typical white cube. That luck, social standing, ladder climbing, and a multitude of other variables determine who gets fêted is not news by any means, but it does give rise to an urge to address that vexing situation with a gathering of mostly uncelebrated rare birds. A few encounters amongst many will have Mark Hubbard’s fantastical diagrams for actual skateparks, Gloria T. Park’s expressionist wig designs, and Jim Nieuhues’ paintings that are the basis for ski area maps consorting with Sereno Wilson’s glittery Nubian goddesses, Nicole Andrews’ paper cutouts of ennui-suffused suburbanites, and Stu Mead’s poignant, troubling, and very funny depiction of sexually active adolescents. This is not a polemic but an excursion into parallel realm of wonderful art that combines the fiercely individualistic and unorthodox with the accessible, and brings up old-fashioned but eternal questions about what art is and why people bother.
Jocko Weyland is the author of The Answer is Never – A Skateboarder’s History of the World (Grove Press, 2002) and has written for Thrasher, The New York Times, Cabinet, Apartamento and other publications, and is also the creator of Elk magazine, books and gallery.
Full Moon Storytelling Night: Folk Tales and Tellers From Guyana
Wednesday, June 1, 6:30-8:30pm
East 28th St. and Newkirk Ave. (East Flatbush)
Moonlight Stories in the Garden (duppy (ghost) stories of the Caribbean and tales of the sea)
Thursday, June 2, 7-9pm
Prospect Heights Community Farm
256 St. Marks Avenue (Prospect Heights)
DIXON PLACE:
CHANGING SKINS: FOLKTALES ABOUT GENDER, IDENTITY AND HUMANITY WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1 AT 7:30PM
& SCHISMISM: NATURAL LAW FRIDAY, JUNE 3 AT 9:30PM
SCHISMISM: NATURAL LAW: Lisa Karrer’s multi-media performance is inspired by the life of Charles Darwin. Karrer’s collaboration with composer and multi-instrumentalist, David Simons, features an arresting assortment of sonic and visual backdrops, including video sequences linked with original soundtracks, voice, triggered theremin, and live acoustic and electronic compositions. These combined elements illuminate an interwoven collection of concepts, associations and stories that mirror Darwin’s complex exploration of evolution and universal connectedness. In the spirit of natural selection, audience members choose the sequence of onstage events during the performance.
CHANGING SKINS: Compiled and performed by Milbre Burch and directed by Emily Rollie, featuring photographs from “Meta-Genesis,” (above) an exhibit of portraits of transgender folk by Columbia, MO-based photographer, Jane Lavender.Changing Skins interweaves gender-bending folktales from cultures spanning the globe with musings on the construction of gender and identity. Compelling storytelling for grownups!
Under Glass: A Victorian Obsession
An Illustrated Lecture and Show and Tell with Glass Parlor Dome Collector John Whiteknight
Date: Thursday, June 2nd
Admission: $5
Part of the Out of the Cabinet: Tales of Strange Objects and the People Who Love Them Series, presented by Morbid Anatomy and Morbid Anatomy Scholar in Residence Evan Michelson
A smoking monkey dressed as a Marquis, a Wild West scalping scene created in beeswax, a cemetery scene made from the deceased’s hair, and stuffed pug dog puppies, all under glass domes!!!!!
The bell jar, or glass parlor dome, is synonymous with our memory of the Victorian Age (1837 – 1901). During the 19th century, these blown glass forms were referred to not as domes but as shades, and graced nearly every parlor, protecting a broad variety of treasures–including miniature tableaux, waxworks, natural history specimens, taxidermy of exotic birds and pets, automatons, and delicate arrangements of hairwork, featherwork, and shellwork–from dust and curious fingers. (READ MORE.)
MUSEUM OF (UN) NATURAL HISTORY featuring new works by KIM HOLLEMAN
Opening FRIDAY JUNE 3rd 6-10PM
65 Union Street Brooklyn NY
WORK Gallery is pleased to present Museum of (Un) Natural History featuring new sculptures and a street installation by artist Kim Holleman. The Museum is a collection of environments that have all been drastically physically and/or psychologically changed by human intervention. Using mostly synthetic materials, noxious chemicals, and items culled from the trash or found on the street, Holleman creates models of parks, empty lots, nostalgic structures and architectural futures. Each miniaturized landscape represents and critiques our consumptive habits and land use, the visual results of which are both fantastical and grim. Hazardous threats to the environment’s natural balance overwhelm the landscapes, leaving an eerie beauty in the wake of irreversible destruction.
In a truck lot adjacent to the Museum is Trailer Park: A Mobile Public Park, a “portable, natural, public park” inside an RV trailer. The interior is an actual park, where visitors go inside to go outside. Masonry paths, a waterfall, and the splendor of living shrubs, trees are ready for dispatch to wherever a green refuge is needed.
ASHES // JEREMY DYER || JUNE 2 // 6-9 PM @OCCULTER
THURSDAY JUNE 2, 2011, 6-9PM
SOUND PERFORMANCE BY IAPETUS
RUNS THROUGH JULY 3
“I create fictional spaces that explore the intersection of memory, history and myth through the landscape-as-image. My method is to photograph, collect, deconstruct, and reassemble photographic material — collapsing multiple points in time and space into a single scene. This mirrors the fragmentation and flattening of experience as it occurs in the creation of memory while reflecting a sense of dislocation from place. As an atavistic response to the landscape, my images engage ‘land’ as a site of indifferent natural forces. Seen through a texture of skin, ash and the blackened fuzz of a violent guitar, each work is subsequently a nostalgic articulation of our histories, new histories made impossible by memory and mythology”. Jeremy Dyer lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.
UPTOWN ART STROLL: INWOOD/WASHINGTON HEIGHTS
NoMAA is pleased to announce the arrival of the Uptown Arts Stroll 2011, the most anticipated annual community arts festival in Washington Heights and Inwood. The Stroll will showcase the outstanding painters, photographers, writers, musicians, actors, dancers, and other creative people and arts groups that are contributing to the cultural life of Northern Manhattan. These artists will exhibit and perform in local businesses and institutions, open spaces, parks and other local venues throughout the month of June.
This year, NoMAA is delighted to partner with the 12th Annual Carnaval del Boulevard, a celebration of Dominican & Latino culture produced by the Juan Pablo Duarte Foundation, The Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center, and the Washington Heights Business Improvement District, to kick-off the Stroll with a community celebration on Thursday, June 2nd, 6–8:30 p.m. at The Shabazz Center. On Saturday, June 4th, NoMAA and the Stroll will join El Carnaval del Boulevard and the Washington Heights BID from 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. on St. Nicholas Avenue from 181st to 188th Sts., presenting art and performances from our local artists. read more »
KAREN J. REVIS: LUCID @ SEARS PEYTON GALLERY.
Fuse Works presents: Alarums and Excursions
At Front Room Gallery
Friday June 3, 2011, 7-9pm
open friday – sunday – 1 pm to 6 pm
147 roebling street
williamsburg, brooklyn
an exhibition of multiples and prints including: Gregory Curry, Glen Einbinder, Ross Racine, Chuck Jones, Jody Hanson, Luca Bertolo, Andrew MacDonald, James Leonard, Celeste Fichter, Peter Feigenbaum, David Shapiro, Jan Obornik, Chiara Camoni, John O. Smith, Julia Whitney Barnes, Rik de Boe, Lotte Lindner and Till Steinbrenner, Sarah Vogwill, George Spencer, Emily Roz and Cammi ClimacoAlarums and Excursions is the sixth exhibition of multiples and prints by Fuse Works, an organization dedicated to exhibiting and promoting editioned artwork. The exhibition presents new work by 21 artist comprising prints, multiples, books, and digital works. (READ MORE.)
Japan Society presents
Thursday, June 2, 7:30 PM
Join us for a surprise work-in-progress presentation of WaxFactory’s 416 MINUTES, featuring an extraordinary collaboration with artists from Japan and Eastern Europe, and inspired by the imagination of Haruki Murakami. In the company’s signature multidisciplinary style, this unsettling new work shadows an actress whose escape from a film studio sets her on a trail of chance encounters during the hours of the night when things take on a particularly eerie glow. Conceived and directed by Ivan Talijancic. Free Admission. Reception to follow.
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SLOAN FINE ART, FRIDAY JUNE 3rd
Main Gallery: Aaron Smith “Coterie of the Wooly-Woofter”
Opening Reception: Friday, June 3rd, 6 to 8 pm
Exhibition: June 2 to 26, 2011
Project Room: Anthony Iacono “Victor Victoria”
DAVID SANDLIN @ CENTRAL BOOKING, JUNE 3rd 6:30pm
Over the past 15 years, David Sandlin has produced eight major volumes (and several side works) of narratively connected artist’s books, collectively called A Sinner’s Progress. The books have ranged in format from hand-silkscreened limited editions to tabloid-style newspapers and pulp comics, each in service to its narrative function. Thanks to a fellowship from the NYPL’s Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers in 2010, Sandlin has begun work on a graphic novel, which he intends to be the culmination of the series. Belfaust, a love-triangle mystery loosely based on the Faust legend, will depict the backstory of the three main characters in A Sinner’s Progress and bring the narrative to closure. Sandlin’s presentation will discuss his influences and process in regard to the series.
Cirque des Batardes (presented by HITS Company) @ LE POISSON ROUGE.
Fri., June 03, 2011 / 7:00 PM
$12 in adv, $15 at door
Cirque des Batardes
(presented by HITS Company)
Stemming from old world styles and techniques, Cirque des Batardes is an avant-garde approach to classical forms such as vaudeville, commedia dell’arte, buffon, ventriloquism and, of course, cirque. Essentially taking on the form of a comic variety show, Cirque features a dozen acts including dancers, actors, and musicians to create a hilarious evening of spectacle and oddity. Led by their questionable emcee, the entire company seems to come from a different time. The entire production, in fact, appears in sepia tone like an old film dusted off and rediscovered. The company of misfits and performers must learn deal with their old school ways in the modern context in order to survive.
Erin Debold
Krista Worby
Jo Mei
Jack Ferver
Amelia Meath
Becky Abrams
Colin Drummond
Nessa Norich
Nick Choksi
William Popp
Carly Hoogendyk
Mark Junek
Julia Eichten
Addison Anderson
OUT OF PRACTICE: CURATED BY NUDASHANK
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Book Signing: Danny Lyon’s Deep Sea Diver
ICP Store, 1133 Avenue of the Americas
Friday, June 3, 6:00pm–7:30pm
Join Danny Lyon for a signing of his book Deep Sea Diver.
With his vintage Leica and accompanied by a young translator named Lolly Pop, American photographer Danny Lyon traveled across Shanxi Province in North West China six times between 2005 and 2009. The result of Lyon’s unfailing enthusiasm for immersing himself in local banter and customs is an extraordinary portrait of China and the Chinese, one seldom seen by foreigners. Lyon’s unparalleled photographic findings and discoveries are presented in this limited edition photobook alongside his handwritten annotations and commentary, as well as his ever-inquisitive and non-judgmental prose.
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The Top Ten Best Songs by MISS A
Posted on December 4, 2016 by Nick 7 Comments
I’ve been wanting to do a miss A countdown for awhile now, but the problem is that they only have nine actual singles. This is despite being together for over five years. And with an uncertain hiatus holding the future of the group hostage, it’s unclear whether we’ll ever be getting more songs to add to the list. But they’re too awesome not to have a countdown of their own, so I threw in leader Fei’s recent solo single to round things out.
10. Love Again (2010)
Released as a tie-in for a commercial campaign prior to their official debut, Love Again showed promise, but remains one of the group’s lesser works.
9. Fantasy (Fei solo) (2016)
With its lush soundscape and understated vocal, the first big solo release from the group proved that there’s more to look forward to even as miss A moves into hiatus. (full review)
8. Love Alone (2011)
Upping the instrumental heft with a dance floor-ready pulse, Love Alone sweeps in with glittering synths and one of the most convincing all-English performances that k-pop has ever given us.
7. Breathe (2010)
Upping the quirkiness another level, Breathe’s chirpy synth-driven instrumental is percussive k-pop at its best.
6. I Don’t Need A Man (2012)
With its bright sprinkling of electronic percussion and half sung, half spoken hook, the addictive I Don’t Need A Man is hard to resist.
5. Only You (2015)
With its warped electro squiggles, Only You was a strong comeback after two years away from the k-pop world, and one of production duo Black Eyed Pilseung’s first big hits.
4. Touch (2012)
Moving towards a more hypnotic, mature pop approach, Touch builds with an exotic mix of electronics and a driving beat.
3. Good Bye Baby (2011)
Released at the group’s commercial peak, Good Bye Baby expands on the attitude-infused sound of their debut with a a fuller production that incorporates electric guitars and robust backing vocals.
2. Hush (2013)
Building on Touch’s dense template, Hush reinvented the group as a purveyor of powerful, structurally diverse dance pop. It has a tremendous build, supported by strong harmonies and vocal arrangement.
1. Bad Girl, Good Girl (2010)
A spare, beat-driven debut that showcases an off-kilter, seesaw melody that has become one of the group’s most memorable and iconic refrains. Rarely are debut tracks the best song in a group’s arsenal, but Bad Girl, Good Girl got it perfect the first time. Years later, it still sounds like nothing else out there.
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Mediation and facilitation are fundamentally prevention tools, which help our clients and their partners to engender a deeper understanding and agreement before a conflict escalates into destructive, potentially violent, conflict
Mediation and Facilitation
We advocate the use of mediation between governments, communities and private sector actors at every stage of an intervention. Mediation and facilitation help ensure that expectations are managed and met, and disagreements are brought to the surface so that they can be resolved. This is especially important when engagements take place in countries already experiencing conflict or tensions, and when parties must work across ethnic, religious or cultural boundaries.
We advocate for the use of mediation between governments, communities and private sector actors at every stage of an intervention. Mediation and facilitation are communication tools which help ensure parties are speaking the same language, expectations are managed and met, and disagreements are brought to the surface so that they can be resolved constructively, and creatively.
Mediation and facilitation processes are even more imperative when engagements take place in countries already experiencing conflict or tensions, and when parties must work across ethnic, religious or cultural boundaries.
Mediation and facilitation may be used to serve a variety of purposes, including:
To negotiate the terms of a new agreement between a company and the government, or a company and communities.
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To manage or de-escalate a crisis situation as a result of an unforeseen incident between the government and private sector actors, or private sector actors and communities;
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We facilitate consensus-building activities and/or planning processes internal to either companies or communities in complex environments, with a view to building collaborative dynamics.
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Country Chair Shell Companies in Nigeria and Managing Director Shell
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Manager, Extractive Industries Governance Adam Smith International (ASI)
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Posted on October 26, 2017 November 9, 2017 by jttcousa
“Live Music Night” at Sisserou’s Restaurant Featuring Branjae and Scott McQuade! November 9th, 2017
Branjae and Scott Provide An Evening Of Jazz and more at Sisserou’s!
Each 2nd Thursday of the month Sisserou’s Restaurant offers some of the best live entertainment Tulsa has to offer, the month of November features the exciting return performance of Branjae and Scott McQuade!
Born in the city of Motown, raised in the city of The Gap Band, Branjae has made her mark musically around her hometown, while establishing a fan base in multiple areas like Atlanta and across the ocean in the UK. Her live music mix of, Rock, R&B, Funk and Jazz keeps live music lovers full and yet wanting more, while she has captured club audiences in the UK through her funky House and Dub Step tunes.
Scott McQuade
Scott McQuade is undoubtedly one of the top keyboardist in the area, he has also performed in several states around the country and in Canada. This dynamic duo will not just provide you a musical event but a musical experience!
In addition to the great music you get to treat yourself to Sisserou’s delicious menu offerings, extensive beverage selection, and relaxing atmosphere, you’re in for an incredible evening!
Click below to make your reservation: (Reservations are strongly suggested)
http://www.sisserousrestaurant.com/reservations/
Poster courtesy of Taylor Entertainment Group.
These shows are a Tulsa Jazz.Com and Taylor Entertainment Group Production.
Thursday November 9th 2017 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Location: Archer and Main St, Tulsa, OK 74103
Sisserou’s Restaurant Website: http://www.sisserousrestaurant.com/
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The first general standard requires that an audit of financial statements is to be performed by a person or persons having
Which of the following standards requires a critical review of the work done and the judgment exercised by those assisting in an audit at every level of supervision?
An auditor uses the knowledge provided by the understanding of the internal control structure and the final assessed level of control risk primarily to determine the nature, timing, and extent of the
An auditor's primary consideration regarding an entity's internal control structure policies and procedures is whether the policies and procedures
To obtain evidential matter about control risk, an auditor selects tests from a variety of techniques including
Prior to commencing fieldwork, an auditor usually discusses the general audit strategy with the client's management. Which of the following matters does the auditor and management agree upon at this time?
Which of the following factors most likely would cause a CPA to decline to accept a new audit engagement?
Which of the following factors would least influence an auditor's consideration of the reliability of data for purposes of analytical procedures?
A previously communicated significant deficiency ordinarily should be communicated again if
Which of the following statements concerning analytical procedures is correct?
Which of the following is the authoritative body designated to promulgate attestation standards?
As the acceptable level of detection risk decreases, an auditor may change the
A CPA in public practice must be independent in fact and appearance when providing which of the following services?
The primary objective of procedures performed to obtain an understanding of the internal control structure is to provide an auditor with
Which of the following statements is correct concerning an auditor's required communication of significant deficiencies?
Which of the following procedures would an auditor most likely perform in planning a financial statement audit?
When an auditor increases the planned assessed level of control risk because certain control procedures were determined to be ineffective, the auditor would most likely increase the
An auditor concludes that a client has committed an illegal act that has not been properly accounted for or disclosed. The auditor should withdraw from the engagement if the
In performing an attestation engagement, a CPA typically
Which of the following characteristics most likely would heighten an auditor's concern about the risk of material misstatement arising from fraudulent financial reporting?
The most likely result of ineffective internal control policies and procedures in the revenue cycle is that
An entity with a large volume of customer remittances by mail could most likely reduce the risk of employee misappropriation of cash by using
Which of the following statements is generally correct about the reliability ofaudit evidence?
Which of the following audit procedures would an auditor most likely perform to test controls relating to management's assertion concerning the completeness of sales transactions?
The audit working paper that reflects the major components of an amount reported in the financial statements is the
Which of the following most likely would indicate the existence of related parties?
Which of the following procedures would an auditor most likely perform during an audit engagement's overall review stage in formulating an opinion on an entity's financial statements?
In auditing accounts receivable the negative form of confirmation request most likely would be used when
Before applying substantive tests to the details of asset accounts at an interim date, an auditor should assess:
"There have been no communications from regulatory agencies concerning noncompliance with, or deficiencies in, financial reporting practices that could have a material effect on the financial statements." The foregoing passage is most likely from a
"We have disclosed to you all known instances of noncompliance or suspected noncompliance with laws and regulations whose effects should be considered when preparing financial statements." The foregoing passage most likely is from a(n)
Which of the following controls would be most effective in assuring that recorded purchases are free of material errors?
An auditor should request that an audit client send a letter of inquiry to those attorneys who have been consulted concerning litigation, claims, or assessments. The primary reason for this request is to provide
To which of the following matters would materiality limits not apply in obtaining written management representations?
In which of the following circumstances is substantive testing of accounts receivable before the balance sheet date most appropriate?
The purpose of segregating the duties of hiring personnel and distributing payroll checks is to separate the
An auditor's purpose in reviewing credit ratings of customers with delinquent accounts receivable most likely is to obtain evidence concerning management's assertions about
The objective of tests of details of transactions performed as substantive tests is to
Which of the following documentation is not required for an audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards?
An auditor should design the written audit program so that
In designing written audit programs, an auditor should establish specific audit objectives that relate primarily to the
Which of the following procedures is least likely to be performed before the balance sheet date?
In determining whether transactions have been recorded, the direction of the audit testing should be from the
Which of the following combination of procedures would an auditor most likely perform to obtain evidence about fixed asset additions?
An auditor may achieve audit objectives related to particular assertions by
The sampling unit in a test of controls pertaining to the existence of payroll transactions ordinarily is a(an)
The risk of incorrect acceptance and the likelihood of assessing control risk too low relate to the
Which of the following audit procedures probably would provide the most reliable evidence concerning the entity's assertion of rights and obligations related to inventories?
When an auditor tests a computerized accounting system, which of the following is true of the test data approach?
An auditor is determining the sample size for an inventory observation using mean-per-unit estimation, which is a variables sampling plan. To calculate the required sample size, the auditor usually determines the
Processing data through the use of simulated files provides an auditor with information about the operating effectiveness of control policies and procedures.
One of the techniques involved in this approach makes use of
An auditor should trace bank transfers for the last part of the audit period and first part of the subsequent period to detect whether
The primary responsibility of a bank acting as registrar of capital stock is to
An auditor most likely would perform substantive tests of details on payroll transactions and balances when
Cutoff tests designed to detect credit sales made before the end of the year that have been recorded in the subsequent year provide assurance about management's assertion of
In performing tests of controls over authorization of cash disbursements, which of the following sampling methods would be most appropriate?
In evaluating the adequacy of the allowance for doubtful accounts, an auditor most likely reviews the entity's aging of receivables to support management's financial statement assertion of
Which of the following courses of action would an auditor most likely follow in planning a sample of cash disbursements if the auditor is aware of several unusually large cash disbursements?
Which of the following characteristics most likely would be an advantage of using classical variables sampling rather than probability-proportional-to-size (PPS) sampling?
Which of the following statements is correct concerning statistical sampling in tests of controls?
Comfort letters ordinarily are addressed to
When compiling a nonpublic entity's financial statements, an accountant would be least likely to
Comfort letters ordinarily are signed by the entity's
Which of the following matters is covered in a typical comfort letter?
Green, CPA, was engaged to audit the financial statements of Essex Co. after its fiscal year had ended. The timing of Green's appointment as auditor and the start of field work made confirmation of accounts receivable by direct communication with the debtors ineffective. However, Green applied other procedures and was satisfied as to the reasonableness of the account balances.
Green's auditor's report most likely contained a(an)
When engaged to audit a not-for-profit organization in accordance with Government Auditing Standards, an auditor is required to prepare a written report on compliance with laws and regulations that includes
(NOTE: This is a CPAexcel simulated Exam Question, not AICPA licensed Material)
The effects of financial leverage result when a firm finances assets using:
Which of the following statements is correct concerning both an engagement to compile and an engagement to review a nonpublic entity's financial statements?
Which of the following representations does an accountant make implicitly when issuing the standard report for the compilation of a nonpublic entity's financial statements?
Which of the following statements is correct regarding a review engagement of a nonpublic company's financial statements performed in accordance with the Statements on Standards for Accounting and Review Services (SSARs)?
In which of the following situations would an auditor ordinarily choose between expressing an "except for" qualified opinion or an adverse opinion?
When engaged to compile the financial statements of a nonpublic entity, an accountant is required to possess a level of knowledge of the entity's accounting principles and practices.
This requirement most likely will include obtaining a general understanding of the
When a qualified opinion results from a limitation on the scope of the audit, the situation should be described in an explanatory paragraph
The standard report issued by an accountant after reviewing the financial statements of a nonpublic entity states that
Which of the following phrases would an auditor most likely include in the auditor's report when expressing a qualified opinion because of inadequate disclosure?
A client has capitalizable leases but refuses to capitalize them in the financial statements. Which of the following reporting options does an auditor have if the amounts pervasively distort the financial statements?
Wolf is auditing an entity's compliance with requirements governing a major federal financial assistance program in accordance with Government Auditing Standards. Wolf detected noncompliance with requirements that have a material effect on the program.
Wolf's report on compliance should express
General Retailing, a nonissuer, has asked Ford, CPA, to compile its financial statements that omit substantially all disclosures required by GAAP. Ford may comply with General's request provided the omission is clearly indicated in Ford's report and the
Moore, CPA, has been asked to issue a review report on the balance sheet of Dover Co., a nonpublic entity. Moore will not be reporting on Dover's statements of income, retained earnings, and cash flows.
Moore may issue the review report provided the
Reporting standards for financial audits under Government Auditing Standards (the Yellow Book) differ from reporting under generally accepted auditing standards in that Government Auditing Standards require the auditor to
An accountant's compilation report on a financial forecast should include a statement that the
When a CPA examines a client's projected financial statements, the CPA's report should
At a confidential meeting, an audit client informed a CPA about the client's illegal insider-trading actions. A year later, the CPA was subpoenaed to appear in federal court to testify in a criminal trial against the client. The CPA was asked to testify to the meeting between the CPA and the client.
After receiving immunity, the CPA should do which of the following?
XYZ Corporation is having financial difficulties. Its CFO has ordered subordinates to pump up revenues artificially and hide that fact from the external auditor. If an internal auditor of XYZ intentionally misleads XYZ's outsider auditor from the ABC Accounting firm, the internal auditor has:
Question 5 (AICPA.080962REG-1B)
Duncan, an accounting firm, is auditing Alchemy Inc. Regarding commissions and referral fees, which of the following arrangements would be permissible?
A CPA who is not in public practice is obligated to follow which of the following rules of conduct?
Under the Statements on Standards for Consulting Services, which of the following statements best reflects a CPA's responsibility when undertaking a consulting services engagement?
The CPA must
Under the Code of Professional Conduct of the AICPA, which of the following is required to be independent in fact and appearance when discharging professional responsibilities?
Locke, CPA, was engaged to perform an audit for Vorst Co. During the audit, Locke discovered that Vorst's inventory contained stolen goods. Vorst was indicted and Locke was validly subpoenaed to testify at the criminal trial. Vorst has claimed accountant-client privilege to prevent Locke from testifying.
Locke may be compelled to testify
Ron is a partner in the Houston office of KPMG. A partner in Ron's office is the lead partner on the team that audits Midstream Pipeline, which operates intrastate oil and gas pipelines, but Ron is not on the engagement team. Which of the following scenarios represents an independence violation of the AICPA Code of Conduct?
The CPA firm, where Joanna is currently a tax partner, is auditing Bubbles Corp. in Austin. Her mother, Teresa, has been working as a receptionist for Bubbles for the last 30 years. Her best friend since grade school, Maggie, is currently serving as CFO at Bubbles. Joanna knows that her brother, Jonathan, sank most of his savings into a purchase of 6% of Bubbles outstanding stock, which he currently owns. Does Joanna have an independence issue?
An accountant may accept an engagement to apply agreed-upon procedures to prospective financial statements provided that
In order to preserve independence, the PCAOB requires:
According to the standards of the profession, which of the following activities would most likely not impair a CPA's independence?
According to the standards of the profession, which of the following circumstances will prevent a CPA performing audit engagements from being independent?
Which of the following is a term for an attest engagement in which a CPA assesses a client's commercial Internet site for predefined criteria that are designed to measure transaction integrity, information protection, and disclosure of business practices?
A CPA in public practice is required to comply with the provisions of the Statements on Standards for Attestation Engagements (SSAE) when
An accountant's report expressing an opinion on a nonissuer's internal control over financial reporting should state that
In a state jurisdiction having an accountant-client privilege statute, to whom may a CPA turn over work papers without a client's permission?
Mell Corp. engaged Davis & Co., CPAs. to audit Mell's financial statements. Mell's management informed Davis it suspected that the accounts receivable were materially overstated. Although the financial statements did include a materially overstated accounts receivable balance, Davis issued an unqualified opinion.Mell relied on the financial statements in deciding to obtain a loan from County Bank to expand its operations. County relied on the financial statements in making the loan to Mell. As a result of the overstated accounts receivable balance, Mell has defaulted on the loan and has incurred a substantial loss.
If County sues Davis for fraud, must Davis furnish County with the audit working papers?
Which of the following did SOX NOT do to protect whistleblowers?
Dan provided original information to authorities regarding a securities fraud in his company. It led the SEC to impose penalties of $2 million. Which of the following is most likely to be Dan's award under Dodd-Frank?
Which of the following is necessary to be an audit committee financial expert, according to the criteria specified in the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002?
Which of the following did Dodd-Frank do regarding a whistleblower's right to sue for retaliation accorded by SOX?
A public company audit committee's "financial expert" must have all of the following except:
Fang provided original information to authorities regarding a securities fraud in his company. The information led to an imposition of penalties of $500,000. It also led to Fang being fired in retaliation by his public company employer. Which of the following is true?
Public company audit committees must contain which of the following?
Under SOX, it is a crime to punish a public company whistleblower who provides truthful information relating to which of the following:
Mar has been complicit in her public company's accounting fraud. She consults a lawyer as the time comes to file her firm's 10-K with the SEC. She is a little uncomfortable with what she might have to do. The lawyer will likely tell her that she will have to certify (and be potentially criminally liable for lying about) these matters:
Milo Corp. maintains daily backups of its accounting system in a fireproof vault in the file library. Weekly, monthly, and annual backups are stored in a secure, fireproof vault at an off-site location.
Maintenance of the backup files is an example of
Review of the audit (also called transaction) log is an example of which of the following types of security control?
Which of the following statements presents an example of a general control for a computerized system?
Controls in the information technology area are classified into the categories of preventive, detective, and corrective. Which of the following is a preventive control?
A company's new time clock process requires hourly employees to select an identification number and then choose the clock-in or clock-out button. A video camera captures an image of the employee using the system. Which of the following exposures can the new system be expected to change the least?
Which of the following is an example of a detective control?
In the COSO "cube" model, each of the following is a control objective except
In the COSO "cube" model, this component of internal control enables an organization's people to identify, process, and exchange the information needed to manage and control operations.
This component of internal control concerns the policies and procedures that ensure that actions are taken to address the risks related to the achievement of management's objectives.
This fundamental component of internal control is the core or foundation of any system of internal control.
This component of internal control concerns testing the system and its data.
According to COSO, which of the following is a compliance objective?
This is the process of identifying, analyzing, and managing the risks involved in achieving the organization's objectives.
In the COSO (2011) "cube" model, each of the following are components of internal control except
According to the 17 COSO control principles, risk reduction primarily relates to which fundamental component of internal control:
According to the 17 COSO control principles, establishing a whistle-blower hot line contributes to:
According to the 17 COSO control principles, information quality primarily relates to which fundamental component of internal control:
According to the 17 COSO control principles, organizational objectives primarily relate to which fundamental component of internal control:
According to the 17 COSO control principles, addressing control deficiencies primarily relates to which fundamental component of internal control:
According to the 17 COSO control principles, change management primarily relates to which fundamental component of internal control:
According to the 17 COSO control principles, fraud primarily relates to which fundamental component of internal control:
The original COSO model has _____ control components, while the COSO ERM model has _____ control components.
Strategic, operations, reporting, and compliance objectives are a part of which of the following models of internal control?
Which of the following items is one of the eight components of COSO's enterprise risk management framework?
Which component of the COSO ERM framework is concerned with management's decision to avoid, accept, reduce, or share risk and to develop a set of actions to align risk with the entity's risk preferences?
Activities that can be useful in monitoring control system effectiveness include all of the following except
The goals of risk management include:
According to COSO, which of the following is the most effective method to transmit a message of ethical behavior throughout an organization?
Each of the following is a limitation of enterprise risk management (ERM) except
Which of the following control activities should be taken to reduce the risk of incorrect processing in a newly installed computerized accounting system?
Recognizing potential impediments to communication between system user and system designer can be useful in
A senior executive of an international organization who wishes to demonstrate the importance of the security of company information to all team members should
In which of the following organizations might segregation of duties be easiest to achieve?
A manufacturing firm noted that it would have difficulty sourcing raw materials locally, so it decided to relocate its production facilities. According to COSO, this decision represents which of the following responses to the risk?
Which of the following is most useful when risk is being prioritized?
According to COSO, the two primary attributes of effective evaluators are
Which of the following are reasons that internal controls need to be monitored?
Which of the following is the best definition of a compensating control?
Within the COSO Internal Control-Integrated Framework, which of the following components is designed to ensure that internal controls continue to operate effectively?
According to COSO, an effective approach to monitoring internal control involves each of the following steps,except
According to COSO, the use of ongoing and separate evaluations to identify and address changes in internal control effectiveness can best be accomplished in which of the following stages of the monitoring-for-change continuum?
Internal control monitoring is considered
Which of the following is not a major step in the COSO model of control monitoring?
In a large public corporation, evaluating internal control procedures should be the responsibility of
The system of internal control begins with
The IIA's International Professional Practices Framework includes among its "mandatory" guidance each of the following elements except
One of the Rules of Conduct in the IIA's Code of Ethics states, "Internal auditors shall perform internal audit services in accordance with the International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing." To which Principle of the Code of Ethics does this Rule of Conduct relate?
The IIA's Code of Ethics identifies four "Principles" around which the 12 Rules of Conduct are organized. Each of the following key words or phrases is associated with these Principles except
What term identifies the type of internal auditing standards used to measure the quality of the internal auditor's conduct in delivering internal audit services?
What term identifies the type of internal auditing standards used to describe the characteristics associated with organizations and individuals who provide internal audit services?
The IIA's Definition of Internal Auditing specifically mentions each of the following terms among the organizational objectives to be improved by internal auditing except
What term is used in the IIA's International Standards to identify the person responsible for managing an organization's internal audit activity?
The Attribute Standards related to an internal audit activity's Quality Assurance and Improvement Program must include periodic external assessments. How often is an external assessment required?
The Attribute Standards focus on four primary themes around which the remaining Attribute Standards are organized. Each of the following key words or phrases is associated with those four primary themes except
Standard 1300, "Quality Assurance and Improvement Program," states, "The chief audit executive must develop and maintain a quality assurance and improvement program that covers all aspects of the internal audit activity." Six additional Attribute Standards provide further requirements on that topic. Which of the following is an accurate statement regarding the standards applicable to the required Quality Assurance Improvement Program?
The Performance Standards focus on seven primary themes around which the remaining Performance Standards are organized. Each of the following key words or phrases is associated with these seven primary themes except
What term identifies the guidance in the International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing that distinguishes between requirements for "assurance" services and "consulting" services?
There are seven additional Performance Standards that relate to Standard 2000, "Managing the Internal Audit Activity." The general theme of these standards associated with Managing the Internal Audit Activity is best characterized by which of the following statements?
Question 1 (IFTC-0112)
Controls in the information technology area are classified into the preventive, detective, and corrective categories. Which of the following is a preventive control?
An organization relied heavily on e-commerce for its transactions. Evidence of the organization's security awareness manual would be an example of which of the following types of controls?
Which of the following types of control plans is particular to a specific process or subsystem, rather than related to the timing of its occurrence?
Question 4 (CGIC-0032)
Which of the following is true about the Sarbanes-Oxley requirements regarding the audit committee financial expert?
Which of the following is not a component of COSO's enterprise risk management framework?
Which of the following is not required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002?
Which of the following is not an advantage of the employment of an enterprise risk management (ERM) system?
A financial statement audit performed under the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 must include an examination and report upon
An important benefit of an enterprise risk management system is
Question 10 (CGIC-0023)
Which of the following bodies has developed a framework for enterprise risk management?
Which of the following executives of an issuer corporation must certify to the accuracy and truthfulness of financial reports filed with the SEC?
Which of the following is not a responsibility that should be assigned to the audit committee of the board of directors?
Which of the following components of internal control are characterized by ongoing activities and separate evaluations?
Which of the following can be the most effective monitoring device for effective corporate governance?
From a corporate governance standpoint which of the following best describes the main goal of a form of executive compensation?
Which of the following components of internal control encompass policies and procedures that ensure that management's directives are carried out?
Which of the following forms of compensation is more likely to result in shirking by management?
In the COSO framework, individuals within the company that monitor internal controls are referred to as
The COSO definition of internal control considers control activities a(n):
If internal control is properly designed, the same employee should not be permitted to
ACC 576 Week 7 Assignment 1 Economic and Monetary Policy
Assignment 1: Economic and Monetary Policy
Using the Internet and Library, research the economies and monetary policies of two (2) countries.
Write a four to five (4-5) page paper in which you:
Choose one (1) of the two (2) countries that you have researched, and give your opinion on the degree to which the chosen country manages its economy and monetary policy well. Provide support for your opinion.
Compare and contrast the economies and monetary policies of the two (2) countries that you have researched. Make at least two (2) recommendations as to the primary manner in which both countries could improve their economy and / or monetary policies.
Analyze the impact that economic and monetary policies of one (1) of the chosen countries currently exerts upon its trade with other countries. Make at least two (2) recommendations as to changes that the chosen country should make to its policies to benefit its foreign trade.
Propose one (1) alternative economic and monetary policy that would make one (1) of the chosen countries stronger over the longer term. Support your proposal with anticipated outcomes related to the selected alternative policy.
Use at least three (3) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, your name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
Analyze domestic microeconomic and macroeconomic principles that impact businesses.
Analyze international economics and its impact on businesses, globalization, and business strategy.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in business law and tax.
Write clearly and concisely about business law and tax using proper writing mechanics.
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IET Achievements Awards for exceptional engineers and technicians: Nominations open
16 of the world’s top engineering and technology talents will be honoured with medals for services to the industry
Bengaluru, April 23, 2019: The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has opened nominations globally for its prestigious Achievement Awards 2019.
The IET Achievement Awards exist to recognise individuals from all over the world who have made exceptional contributions to the advancement of engineering, technology and science in any sector. This can be through research and development in their respective technical field or through their leadership of an enterprise. The Awards also honour young professionals and feature the Apprentice and Technician of the Year Awards, which include the Apprentice of the Year, Technician of the Year and Armed Forces Technician of the Year.
Neeraj Kumar Sharma, a Geotechnical Engineer from Bangalore, currently working in the India office of Atkins as a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group, won the prestigious Technician of the year award in 2018, for his extensive experience and strong technical skills in geotechnical design of transportation infrastructure.
On receiving his award last year, Neeraj commented, “It was indeed a great privilege and honour to be recognized from a pool of such highly talented and dedicated individuals. A recognition of this scale was a fantastic way to promote engineering and technology among my colleagues and friends and put the spotlight on the younger engineers working in our industry. Personally, this award has undoubtedly raised my profile both within and outside the company and I find people in general are now more interested in knowing about my career”.
Mike Carr, IET President, said, “The IET’s Achievement Awards recognise talented individuals across the globe who have each excelled in their professions and have made a vast contribution as pioneers of important areas in the engineering and technology industries. “If you work with an exceptional engineer or technician, please don’t hesitate to nominate them for these prestigious awards. I wish everyone the best of luck and look forward to celebrating the very best engineering and technology talent who have all helped shape and advance the world around us for the benefit of society.”
Professor William Webb one of the winners last year was one of the founding directors of Neul, a company developing machine-to-machine technologies, which was subsequently sold to Huawei in 2014 for $25m. As IET’s youngest former President, he led initiatives to broaden the IET’s reach and make its output more relevant to the non-engineering community. He has also been instrumental in pioneering changes to radio spectrum management as the Director for UK’s Ofcom.
On receiving his award last year, William commented: “It’s wonderful to get peer recognition as a sign that my work has been noticed and is making a difference. It is also a great motivator to keep actively working across the industry to achieve more in the future.”
The Achievement Awards will take place as part of the IET’s Achievement Awards and Scholarships programme, which celebrates excellence and research in the sector and encourages the next generation of engineers and technicians. All IET awards seek to inspire and reward engineering excellence, including apprentices at the start of their careers, through to reputable, established professional engineers and technicians.
Find out more about the Achievement Awards here: www.theiet.org/achievement.
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The oldest advertisement in the world found in Thebes, Egypt | Did you know that
Today advertising pervades our lives. The media and new technologies make it impossible to escape. Anywhere in the world we are subjected to an “uncontrolled pressure” to buy and consume. There are people who regard advertising as the art of convincing the public to spend money on objects they do not need. British historian Hobsbawm called the society of the twentieth century the “affluent society” which means that the need to consume governs our lives consciously and unconsciously. Undoubtedly, the luxuries of our parents have become our needs.
But advertising is not something new. Traces of it can be found in the origins of civilization and trade. Since products to market appeared, the need arose to make them known and the most common way to do so was oral communication.
The question now is: Where was the first ad in the world found? We go back to 3000 BC to find it. In Egyptian civilization, the god Dyehuty was considered the god of wisdom and had authority over all other gods. As the inventor of the words he confided his secret to the scribes so they could tell his truths in writing. Thus as the gods do not lie, writing became divine.
We found a propaganda advertising (political and religious) in many of the inscriptions on the obelisks and even in the Narmer Palette (currently in the Egyptian Museum). Although in the case of the pallet, and according to some authors, the real purpose was to expose the domain of the king to the world on behalf of the gods.
Many of you might have seen in many bas-reliefs throughout the history of ancient Egypt, images of the pharaoh smiting his enemies with a mace. It is also a propaganda symbolic image of royal power. But the papyrus became a much more manageable material than stone for these first announcements.
Oldest advertisement
Therefore, it is in the prosperous city of Thebes that the first advertising slogan appeared, the papyrus of slave Shem. In it, a seller of fabrics called Hapu, claimed he would give a reward (a whole piece of gold) to those who report the whereabouts of the slave Shem and return him to the store, where the most beautiful fabrics are woven for each person’s taste. In this subtle way he was advertising his product while drawing the attention.
Thebes Findings
Currently, the papyrus can be found in the British Museum in London. But… what happened to the slave Shem? Did they ever end up finding him and was he returned to his master? Nope. Shem managed to escape from his destiny. He was never heard of again and according to other papyri, Hapu expanded their business with the coin he managed to claim thanks to his brilliant advertising scheme.
Photos: Jorge Lascar, Fidgit the time bandit, Peter Roan.
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“Scotland small? Our multiform, our infinite Scotland small?” (Hugh McDiarmid)
In the end, it’s about how we see ourselves. It’s about pride. It’s about how we see ourselves.
Here’s the thing. I’ve been in the car a lot this week. Last Thursday I spent the day listening to the whole divorce paper / resignation / Brexit omnibouroch. At no point did I feel it had anything to do with me. I’ve moved on. In my mind I am now a citizen of an independent Scotland. But not everyone sees it like this.
I’ve often thought that our continuing reluctance to fully commit ourselves to becoming the truly modern, normal, progressive, outward looking and inclusive country that we obviously should be and desperately need to be might be explained by our insistence on always seeing ourselves through the prism of our larger neighbours. It’s the Scottish cringe writ large and it manifests itself when we market ourselves as “the best wee country in the world”. It’s front and centre when we hear people at Burns Suppers say how we overachieve given how small we are, when actually we are successful because of our size, not in spite of it. The real impediment to greater success isn’t the size of our land mass but a continuing constitutional settlement that denies us the eighty-five percent of the powers that every other democracy in the world gets to wield, a situation that we are conned by establishment groupthink and media shibboleths into thinking is normal, when in truth its democratically outrageous and quite absurd. By calling ourselves small we’re immediately putting ourselves on the back foot. And we’re not even that small. Wee? We are a median sized country. Most countries are about our size. Our size is normal. “We achieve so much for such a wee country”, say unionists bedecked in tartan at Burns Suppers. But actually I’d argue that often we’re successful precisely because of our size, not in spite of it. Although I’m sure we’ll cope with all that extra revenue now that a massive new oil field has been – ahem – “discovered”. And by the way, they can’t pay for Brexit without the oil that they see as rightfully theirs. The next campaign for independence – whether by referendum or general election or any other method – will be brutal. We had better be ready.
So how do we see ourselves?
This is an important question as unless we see ourselves as a country then we cannot fully become one. I remember being in a Birmingham taxi a few years ago and taking a ‘phone call from a friend in Forfar. “I’ll call you when I get home”, I said. “I’m out of the country for a couple of days”. The laughter from my fellow travellers – including a kindred Scot – was revealing. To them, Birmingham and Stranraer existed in the same country and therefore I couldn’t have left it. I’ve never thought like that, but then I’m not everybody. And how could I blame them for not thinking us a country when we – or fifty-five percent of us – had just voted not to be one?
Sitting at my desk on Saturday morning I was listening to BBC Scotland’s “Off the Ball”. It happily proclaims itself as “the most petty and ill-informed football show on the radio” but while it’s full of anarchic, risqué humour and banter it has plenty of insight. Saturday’s discussion centred on the debate around the many Scotland players who had called off with sometimes questionable injuries only to be found running around with Lazarus-like brio and energy when the league programme resumed three days later. A contributor opined that if your country came calling, you should be proud to play, even if it meant breaking through the pain barrier and dealing with the sheer hassle of flying to Tirana of a Saturday when you’ve a big derby the following weekend. “I suppose that depends”, replied the presenter, “on what you consider to be your country”.
That was, at once, highly off-message for the BBC but also a deeply perceptive comment. That Scotland is my country has always been, for me, a given. But that’s not true for everybody. How could it be, when the very language of our existence is deliberately designed to deny us our identity and frame us in permanent branch office status?
English football is governed by the Football Association, Scottish Football by the “Scottish” Football Association. The Scottish Rugby Union seems subliminally inferior to the Rugby Football Union that runs English rugby. Our farming interests are represented by NFUS – the National Farmers Union of Scotland. For our English friends it is simply the NFU. We are not allowed to see ourselves as a country. You may have your Burns night and your tartan but you are British and we are in charge. And you voted No. So eat your cereal. And thank us at your leisure.
Theresa May, the English Prime Minister, was in Scotland yesterday. “We must come together as a country”, she said. But the UK is not a country. Scotland is a country. And how dare she ask me for your support for a Brexit that Scotland rejected and which will hurt us disproportionately and which was illegal. And don’t dare to ask me to support you after your Conservative Party in Scotland leader, Ruth Davidson, whose MSPs voted against its own country over the withdrawal bill, traduced me as a thief and a vandal, the better to ingratiate herself with the Westminster establishment that will further her career. You called us citizens of nowhere and enemies of the people. After you promised us continuing membership and security in the EU, a bulwark against terrorism and a lurch to the right, shipyard contracts, the safeguarding of HMRC jobs. And then called me a grievance monger for simply pointing out that you hadn’t even tried to deliver even the tiniest part of this. And I’m called a chippy Jock for questioning the ubiquitous Union fleg on tatties and rasps when they are grown in Fife. And now you want my vote. And now you want my support. Aye, right. Get tae. To coin a phrase, now is not the time.
Here’s where I’m coming from. There comes a time when Scotland can no longer afford to sacrifice itself to save England from itself. We cannot waste a second longer fighting in a battle that only involves us because we shamefully voted to remain part of a self-harming constitutional arrangement, and to not to be a country. 2014 was the most epic act of self harm in the history of Scotland, a vote that said “we wish to be colonised. Do to us as you wish”. The No vote was always going to be seen not as an article of trust but as a betrayal of weakness. As a vote to be asset stripped. A mandate for colonialism. Everything that has happened since 2014 – EVEL, the power grab, Brexit – couldn’t have happened if we hadn’t been so stupid. We boasted. We cowered. I’m done with trying to understand your reasoning. If you had little or nothing to lose and yet still voted against Scotland because you were worried about your pension and now complain then I have nothing but contempt for you because where we are now is entirely your fault. It’s high time you took ownership for your selfishness.
In a sense, the Brexit omnibouroch feels like a quarrel from a faraway country of which we know little. And yet for Scotland it is very much ours, and only because an archaic constitutional arrangement from 1707 drags modern Scotland into a 2018 Brexit death spiral with a narrative – xenophobia, immigration, neoliberalism – that is utterly alien to us. Scotland alone has remained closest to the post-war, social contract consensus. Scotland isn’t leaving the UK. The UK is leaving Scotland.
Which brings me to the rammy about Nicola Sturgeon not being allowed to take part in the Brexit debate. I ought to be outraged about this. But I’m not.
Deep breath. Bear with me.
We shouldn’t go within a million miles of this debate, which given that both protagonists broadly agree isn’t a debate at all, but a discussion. Let us instead have nothing to do with it. What a total waste of our time and resources. Brexit is not our battle. We are wasting our energies on something that cannot be won. We must stop trying to appease people who despise us and who will not be appeased. Scotland is our country so our first and only responsibility is to our people. Our job is not to help England save itself from itself. There was a time when it was worth trying to do so. That time is long past. They don’t want our help. They are beyond reason. The only way we can help them is by becoming independent and leading by example. But we can no longer afford to be part of a quarrel that is not of our making.
Is it really the best use of our talents and energies when we spend the last two years trying to save England from itself, especially when it has shunned our help at every single turn? There is no such thing as a good Brexit, but even if there were Scotland didn’t vote to leave the EU. We don’t want the least / worst option and even if we get a soft Brexit then we’re still out of Europe and our democratic wishes aren’t respected. Only staying in the EU satisfies the democratic wishes of a Scotland where sovereignty lies with the people. Anything less than that betrays the settled will of the people of Scotland.
Even if Brexit is stopped – and it won’t be – we will still have a power grab. Barnett will end. Our Scottish Brand will be sold for English gold. Devolution will continue to be rolled back. David Mundell may still have a job. We’ll be where we were in 2016, only worse.
You have to seriously ask if attempting to mitigate the effects of things we utterly reject represents the best use of the time and energies of our First Minister and MSPs, particularly when all we can win are the scraps from the table, particularly when our hosts despise us. I must admit. I have so much pride in my parliament but equally I must be honest. I have never felt so “huff’d and cuff’d and disrespeckit”, not just by Westminster but by people within Scotland who hate devolution and for whom our poverty, stupidity and smallness is an article of faith. “If not now”, asked Alex Salmond in 2014, “then when?”. And I have to admit that when I hear the First Minister say that she will announce plans for independence “in the not too distant future” then a part of me dies. Either independence is a good idea or it is not. There is no such thing as an optimum moment. History proves that there comes a point where you just ride the rapids. This is where we’re at.
There’s a line in perhaps the most misunderstood song in history, Robert Burns” “Ye Jacobites by Name”. It is possibly the first and arguably the greatest anti-war song ever written.
“So, leave your schemes alone / adore the rising sun / and leave another man to his fate”
The schemes of Westminster are not ours and the sun is rising.
Let us leave them to their fates. Let forge our own future. While we still can.
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Tagged as: Alec Ross, Brexit, opinion, Scottish Independence
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mullwharcharcom says:
Wisdom… Thank you. Shared.
“Last Thursday I spent the day listening to the whole divorce paper / resignation / Brexit omnibouroch. At no point did I feel it had anything to do with me.”
Thing is, Alec, Brexit – if it happens – will affect us all, you know it will. So, I’m hi-jacking your article ( if Fiona allows me to!) to tell folk about a public meeting which Alistair Carmichael – who is our MP, and therefore, our representative in the Mother Of All Parliaments ( tongue firmly in cheek ). Here’s the info……………
Alistair Carmichael’s email address is……………Alistair Carmichael alistair@alistaircarmichael.co.uk
“Brexit is the biggest issue we have faced as a country during my time in Parliament. With the European Union signing off on the deal over the weekend, the Prime Minister has named the date for Parliament to have its say on Tuesday 11 December.
I have advocated during this entire process that views of constituents must be heard and taken into account – that is why I have argued for a people’s vote, so that the final decision doesn’t rest with MPs like me, but with you.
I want to hear what you think.
Since the Prime Minister published her deal my email account has been filled with people who voted remain saying that this deal is not what they wanted, but also by many people who voted leave, and who do not feel that this was the deal they were promised.
Straight after the referendum I held a public meeting on what it meant for our community. Now that the Brexit deal has taken shape, I want to hold one again. I would like you to join me in the Lifestyle Centre at the Pickaquoy Centre in Kirkwall, this Friday (30th) from 7pm until 8pm, where I will talk a little about Brexit, and what I think it means for the Northern Isles, and then I will open the floor to hear your thoughts and comments.
If you can’t make my meeting on Friday, then please don’t hesitate to reply to this email with your views and I will respond to you. I would be very grateful if you could RSVP here so I know how many people to expect.
P.S. Please do forward this invitation to anyone who you think may be interested in attending this public meeting. The more people who attend, the more useful and interesting the discussion will be.
Alistair Carmichael
http://ldorkneyshetland.nationbuilder.com/
Brexit is right upon us, and needs to be dealt with/stopped.
Then, not far ahead, independence for Scotland. But, I honestly think that we have to do our best about Brexit – NOW.
I can see your anger, flowing through these words, and can entirely see why – but……….first things first.
Brexit, could do so much harm.
Ian Waugh says:
I’m one of those lucky pensioners who has a company pension on top of my meagre state pension, l which means that – Indy or no Indy; Brexit or no Brexit- I’m not likely to starve. Was pleased to have (and use) the opportunity to vote Yes in 2014 …was also a remainer in 2016. I’m not a sore loser because both votes went the other way – more sad for my fellow People of Scotland who couldn’t bring themselves to see the value that Independence would bring to our country. Probably around 30% of the country are 100% unionist and 30% 100% (ie with no longering fears) or Indy …the middle 40% are ready to be persuaded. Our DGP4Indy group – like many other groups around our country – are out on street stalls, in our local library, and elsewhere talking (and listening) to folk and, hopefully, helping them come round to the firm belief that this ‘median’ (optimal?) sized country will thrive when, once again, Independent 👍
Above spelling mistakes the fault of fat fingers on wee phone …I’m sure readers will guess what was meant 😉
Geordie says:
A great, seething, blood-boiling piece that must have been thumped out of your keyboard with clenched fists. I share your anger, tinged with despair at those ProudScotsBut. Alex McLeish is one such article, standing there singing FoS without a hint of irony or self-awareness. By the way, the Off the Ball comment were by Stewart Cosgrove, our Indy man in the BBC Shortbread enemy camp. As my mum says, Stewart for king and Lesley Riddoch for queen in Indy Scotland!
Steve Sloan says:
As my good friend Alec knows, my frustration is that as an Englishman is Scotland, I only wish those who voted “no” in 2014 had an inkling of the importance ( lack of) with which Scotland is see in Westminster . We are invisible because we are 9% of the UK and a difficult truculent 9% at that, thus votes that by and large don’t count.
If it were any different then the dialogue with Scotland over Brexit would have been different too. In looking for instance at immigration, what suits the East or South of England far far outweighs what matters in Scotland. The noise we make is distant and can be ignored.
Did we as a country not see what the Conservatives did to the Labour voting North of England in the 80s and 90s? If it is far enough away and doesn’t vote for us , it doesn’t matter.
For us in the South of Scotland we have MPS who don’t just ignore how Scotland voted for Brexit they are the cheerleaders for either Mrs May or a harder Brexit. We their constituents really don’t count.
We are in the grips of another round of ” Conviction Politics” and we need to resist it, and the best way to resist it to not need to address it at all, through independence .
imacg says:
Fantastic, I concur with every last word in there. Well said Alec!
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The ravens stole my homework
Short stories and other fiction, and perhaps the occasional thought on books and writing.
Sonnet #1
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En dag till
Stories in English
The Wages of Their Deeds
The Stray
Grief is the wage of good deeds, Stranger thought, looking down at the cross by his feet. He was standing on a sandy hill on an overcast day. His long, black duster and the scarf he had wrapped around his head and face to protect him from the desert’s moods flapped around him. From a distance, the entire scene was a uniform shade of dust.
In front of him in the sand, a rough, cross-shaped marker was halfway buried, but the letters that had been carefully carved in the stone were still legible. They read, quite simply:
It was three years earlier that Stranger walked into Colony Five to visit his family, and walked out having rescued a stray. That time, he had come with the demons of the desert on his heels, and though the sandstorm had not yet gained its full, murderous momentum, he was met by closed shutters and empty streets when he strode into town.
The desolation was an improvement on the place, if Stranger’s memory served, and it usually did. Like most Mixer cities, Colony Five was an unwelcoming corner of civilization, run down and full of crime, hostility and filth. If it weren’t for Hopeful and Warlike, who had taken a liking to the spot, and decided to stay there, it was the least likely place for Stranger to choose, to while away the days of his leave.
He rounded a corner, confident he knew where he was going despite the dusty, suffocating sheets of sand that rolled through the air, destroying visibility and creating the illusion of humanoid shapes that seemed to ghost down the streets, carried by the screaming fury of the winds that had birthed them. The first time Stranger had seen one, he had regretted ever having mocked his family’s Sixer servants for believing the storms to be carrying desert demons. Having now spent years working as a trail finder and caravan guard, he wasn’t entirely sure, anymore, that the ancient Sixer beliefs didn’t have the right of it, although few, even among the Sixers, held with the Faith anymore.
In front of him, out of the dust, a red light shone dully and though he couldn’t make out the sign, Stranger remembered it from his mental map of Colony Five landmarks. It was a drinking establishment and a brothel and, what was far more distasteful to Stranger, it was well-known for keeping slaves. The sign was nevertheless a welcome sight, as it confirmed he was on the right street, and Stranger braced against the quickening wind, increasing his pace. When he had almost drawn even with the brothel’s door, it was suddenly thrown open, and a small shape tumbled out, rolling across the street in a shamble of flailing limbs, the long band of its tail spinning wildly through the air behind it.
“And don’t come back, you worthless little waste of good food!”
The voice came from the open door, in the low growl Sixer vocal chords tended to make of the trade tongue, and then the door slammed shut without any further comment. As partings went, Stranger thought, the words and the slammed door couldn’t, at least, be faulted for indecision. In contrast, there was Stranger himself, looking down at the shivering, crumpled heap at his feet, knowing he should walk away, but for some reason finding himself unable to do so. The despair written in every line of the trembling form was pathetic and if Stranger just left the boy here, he would surely be dead by tomorrow.
No great loss, most would say. No one missed Mixer city trash or at least, no one that mattered. Stranger scratched the back of his head and let out a grumbling sound, somewhere between a sigh and a grunt.
“You, boy”, he said. “Can you walk?”
The crimson-haired head tipped back, revealing a gaunt face with huge, yellow eyes and wickedly pointed teeth and Stranger estimated that, although he was in the Sixer part of town, the boy was at most half Sixer. What the other half was, aside from a dash of human, Stranger wouldn’t venture to guess, and it didn’t matter. Like most of the part human mongrels, this kid was a man-made toy, tossed aside when it failed to meet requirements, or maybe just because his owner grew tired of looking at his pretty face. There were all sorts of ways for a young boy to end up a slave in a Mixer city brothel, and few of them made for a comfortable retelling.
The boy stared up at Stranger, his eyes narrowed in suspicion that tried to look like defiance and almost made it. It was a good look. Not a happy look, but a look that spoke favorably for the kid’s chances at survival. In a place like Colony Five, survival was as close to a good thing as you were ever likely to get.
“‘Course I can walk”, the boy said. “So?”
“Walk”, Stranger advised, turning away without further words of encouragement. He walked on without turning to see if the boy was following along behind him. He would, or he wouldn’t. Stranger didn’t care one way or the other. Except, if he didn’t care, why had he given the boy the option to follow?
“Getting soft in my old age”, Stranger murmured to himself, a smile tugging experimentally at one corner of his mouth. The other corner, the left one, was frozen in a stiff line, surrounded by scar tissue too deep and too badly healed to allow for much movement on that side of his face. Stranger’s was a hard, ugly mug, a fitting advertisement for a man best known for hard, ugly deeds, and grown men, hardened criminals, had been known to wet themselves at the sight of it.
But his face didn’t seem to bother the boy, Stranger noted, when a sideways glance showed him that the kid had gathered the courage to slink up beside him. His shoulders were hunched, but his chin was held stubbornly high, speaking of a spirit unbroken. The boy had courage.
Good. The way his life looked to be heading, he was certainly going to need it.
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