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Oscar Niemeyer. A vida è um sopro
by Fabiano Maciel, Brazil 2006, 52'
Fabiano Maciel MUSIC: João Donato, Berna Ceppas, Kassim, Felipe Poli
PHOTOGRAPHY: Marco Oliveira,
Jacques Cheuiche EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:
RESERCHES: Eduardo Guedes,
Nuno Godolphin ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: Priscilla Martins Celeste
SOUND: Bruno Fernandes, Roberto Riva PRODUCTION: Santa Clara Comunicação
EDITING: Joana Collier, Nina Galanternick, Jordana Berg DISTRIBUTION: Wavelength e Gávea Filmes
Presented at The Screen of the Arts 2010
Oscar Niemeyer (Rio de Janiero, 1907-2012), who was awarded the prestigious Pritzker Prize for architecture in 1988, the Praemium Imperiale in 2004 and, most recently, the prize of the Spanish Orden de las Artes y las Letras, is one of the most salient figures on the international modern architectural scene. Interviewed in the year of his 100th birthday, celebrated in Italy with shows at the Palazzo Reale di Napoli in 2007 and at the Bastioni delle Porte Palatine in Turin in 2008, the prolific, eclectic Brazilian architect recounts his life and long career, begun with Lucio Costa and marked by his encounter and collaboration with Le Corbusier. Illustrating his own creative philosophy, Niemeyer describes some of his best-known projects, from the City of Brasilia to more recent commissions. In Italy, his work includes Palazzo Mondadori in Segrate, the headquarters of the Burgo paper factories at S. Mauro Torinese and the headquarters of the Fata European Group at Pianezza, Turin. He also designed the Auditorium Oscar Niemeyer in Ravello (Salerno), which was completed in 2009.
Fabiano Maciel
The author of various documentaries and feature-length films, producer of videos for rock groups, he produced Vaidade (2003), about cosmetics merchants in Amazonia, which won the Best Documentary prize at the International Festival of Ethnographic Film in Rio de Janeiro. Carrapateira Não Tem Mais Ciúmes da Apolo 11 (2004) was shown at Festivals in Havana, Biarritz and San Francisco. His only fiction film, Pracinha (2003), was shown at the Festivals of São Paulo, Belo Horizonte e Toronto.
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The Best Web Storages in Securing Photos
by Jacob Turner on November 4, 2019
Nowadays, mobile phones, stick for photo storage and laptops are being widely used in everything. People can now depend on it from using it as a mode of communication up to taking unique photos. It is indeed a proof that technology advances.
However, certain circumstances can greatly challenge our dependency on these gadgets. If they accidentally have thrown and destroyed, the saved documents and files are already useless. Recovering them is not as easy as it is if there are no back-up copies.
It can be really depressing and frustrating especially thinking about the photos…
What’s The Science Behind Baseball
by Jacob Turner on September 19, 2019
Baseball is a really fun sport. It is one of the most played sports worldwide. This sport may take a long training process for its players. The game requires skill, accuracy, aggressiveness and speed.
If you’re familiar with the game, you’ll know its main concept—to have a homerun. The fundamental of the game is to hit the ball by a bat, catching it from the opponent and vice versa.
This are the game basics that the people see, but more than this, only a few get to notice the science behind baseball.
In this article, we’ll show you the science behind the sport.
The game …
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Science laboratory equipment supplies are a necessity in every school as part of the entire teaching process. As mentioned on www.alltimelist.com – best reviews, various apparatuses are available for students to use for experiments and research purposes.
Having the aforementioned equipment helps student prove their concept based on what they have learned from their teacher’s discussion supported by a wide array of explanations from numerous reliable resources like textbooks. Conducting experiments makes the lessons easier for students to understand and it also increases their interest in science….
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With the advancement of best rated trail camera technology, people have been moving on to options that can help them create the most stunning montage by using a combination of different cameras. Be it drones, fish-eye lens cameras, or monstrous zooming cameras, the camera technology has evolved multifold in a span of only a few years.
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What Are Robot Lawyers?
by Jacob Turner on August 23, 2019
Technology is on the rise lately as the human workforce is under the threat to be replaced by robots such as shop assistants, עורך דין, translators, and truck drivers. However, lawyers should also be concerned with the rise of the robot lawyers. Robot lawyers are an A.I. application that can do specific tasks that are usually performed by lawyers and paralegals. A competition was held in October 2017 where a group of over 100 lawyers from London’s most expensive firm competes against an A.I. named “Case Cruncher Alpha”.
The lawyers and A.I. were given a set of problems about PPI…
Math and Science: How Are They Related?
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In the field of education, two subjects may overlap with each other. For example, to further understand literature, we also need to understand history. Additionally, to understand history, we must be familiar with the tiny bits of science.
With regards to math and science, according to history, a lot of scientists who…
Science-Backed Study Tips for Your University Entrance Examination
by Jacob Turner on July 7, 2019
A university entrance exam preparation can be a heavy burden specifically during study time. When studying, we try to find best gre prep course on how to best absorb and retain the information effectively in our brains. Some look for a quiet place while others need a certain background sound. Regardless of your technique, there are scientific ways you can follow so your studying habits will improve. This article will provide you with six methods studied by researchers with the aim of enhancing your study sessions.
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Exercise brings a positive impact on your brain by bringing …
How do Cleaning Detergents Work?
by Jacob Turner on April 29, 2019
We always have dirty surfaces around us which need cleaning. Global Marine Renew Able Says, we grab our reliable detegents to do the cleaning, but, have you ever wondered how do cleaning detergents work? What makes them so efficient for cleaning boats, surfaces, or clothes? If you’d like know, read on below:
What cleaning are detergents made of?
The are four main components that makeup detergents are surfactants, carriers, chelators, and builders.
How cleaning detergents work
The above four elements work together, creating a mechanical action which removes dirt…
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Partick Thistle mascot Kingsley told to cool his raucous goal celebrations by security officials
THE jagged yellow mascot has become a global media sensation, but Kingsley’s excitable celebrations have led to him being told to calm down by match stewards.
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Partick Thistle mascot Kingsley celebrates with the Jags team after taking an early lead against Killie
SCOTTISH football's most famous mascot Kingsley has been told to calm down his raucous goal celebrations by security officials.
The jagged yellow mascot became a global media sensation after being unveiled by Partick Thistle in June and is a massive hit with fans of the Firhill club.
But Kingsley’s excitable celebrations have led to him being told to cool it by match stewards.
Jay McGhee, the man behind the mascot, revealed to The Guardian that he was told to tone things down during a match with Kilmarnock when he celebrated a goal on the touchline.
He said: “I got into trouble for winding up the away fans. I’ve been told to stay away from them.
“The crowd loves him. The club have told me to wind up the opposition, but I have to keep myself in check. I slapped my bum in front of Celtic’s huddle. I’ve never experienced an adrenaline rush like it.”
The mascot was designed by artist and Jags fan David Shrigley as part of a sponsorship deal with US investment firm Kingsford Capital.
He became a social media phenomenon, giving Partick Thistle 95 million hits on Twitter in June - a 7,000& increase on the whole of last season and became the seventh most popular trending story in the world.
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1.1. Safer Wales would like to thank the Committee for the opportunity to provide evidence towards scrutiny of the ‘Gender –based Violence, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (Wales) Bill’, which we applaud as a step forward for victims in Wales.
1.2.Safer Wales has over 17 years experience in developing and delivering evidence-based services for victims of Domestic Abuse, Sexual Violence, Women and Girls exploited through street based prostitution and Women offenders.
2 About Safer Wales
2.1 Safer Wales manages Women’s Safety Unit which provides a fully qualified team of CAADA qualified Independent Domestic and Sexual Violence advocates to support women who are high risk victims of domestic abuse and sexual violence; developing the MARAC, Specialist Domestic Violence Court (SDVC) and the IDVA service.
2.2Safer Wales developed the Safer Wales Dyn project, launched 2006. Safer Wales Dyn project is the lead project working with men experiencing domestic abuse and sexual violence. Dyn Wales Helpline and training to support services across Wales and the UK.
2.3Safer Wales develops and delivers services to reduce violence, exploitation and slavery. Safer Wales StreetLife project works with women at risk of violence and exploitation, particularly women exploited through street-based prostitution. Safer Wales StreetLife provides outreach and intensive support and case management to improve personal and community safety reducing violence and abuse. Safer Wales StreetLife developed the Sex Workers Operational Team (SWOT): Safer Wales targeted prevention service for young girls reduces risks of child sexual exploitation through positive engagement, increased disclosure and access to learning.
Safer Wales is a member of the Violence Against Women Action Group and Welsh Women’s Aid and we fully support their written evidence submissions in particular:
3 General Principles and purpose of the Bill: removal of Violence Against Women’
3.1. Safer Wales is disappointed with the loss of the term ‘Violence Against Women’ from the title of the Bill. Safer Wales feels its replacement with ‘Gender Based Violence’ has presented a gender neutral response to Domestic Abuse, Sexual violence, FGM, Forced Marriage, crimes committed in the name of honour, slavery, stalking and harassment. All of which are crimes that disproportionately effect women and girls. In Wales in 2013/14, there were 6,325 prosecutions for offences of violence against women and girls , with a conviction rate of 76.7%. Of these, 5,637 were cases of domestic abuse; 257 cases of rape, and 431 cases of sexual offences.
3.2. Both domestic abuse and sexual violence are included within the internationally accepted understanding of what constitutes ‘violence against women’ along with other forms of violence and abuse which disproportionately affect women, such as female genital mutilation (FGM), women and girls exploited through street based prostitution, forced marriage, crimes committed in the name of ‘honour’, human slavery, stalking and harassment.
The current internationally accepted definition of ‘violence against women’ used by the United Nations, World Health Organisation, Crown Prosecution Service, UK Government and international governments is:
’Any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or mental harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life."[1]
This definition is particularly significant as it firmly places violence against women as a violation of women’s human rights and reflects interntional understanding of this. Safer Wales is proud of Wales taking a lead in this area, as recognised by the UN Rapporteur, however, we are concerned that the dilution of the title of the Bill may weaken the potential positive and pro-active international and local impact of eradicating violence against women and girls.
Safer Wales developed the Dyn project to support men who experience domestic abuse. Men and Boys will continue to experience domestic abuse and sexual violence and Safer Wales is strongly supportive of the principle that all victims should have access to effective, appropriate support services. Safer Wales recognition of all victims including children as victims is important to combat the harmful impact of such violence. Safer Wales feels that the inclusion of the term ending violence against women and girls does not detract from appropriate and effective victim services.
3.3. Safer Wales is concerned that the gender neutral term will mislead the public commissioners, and victims who access services across Wales. The success of the Womens Safety Unit and the Dyn project are that they are gender-informed; designed for women and men. Safer Wales believes that a gender neutral response will not engage with victims, or recognise the differences in women’s and men’s services.
3.4. The Safer Wales Dyn project developed an assessment tool, based on research, This assessment ensures that we are able to offer appropriate support to all victims based upon risk of harm, identification of primary victim, increasing safety and provide appropriate support for cases where counter allegations exist. Safer Wales’ fromtline delivery experience supports a direct difference of approach is required for men and women to maximise service effectiveness.
4 General principles and purpose of the Bill: role of the Advisor
4.1 Safer Wales welcomes the Advisor role and would strongly suggest that the proposed Advisor role has the authority to hold parties to account, with scope to issue sanctions should public authorities not comply. Safer Wales would suggest the setting up of an independent advisory group from specialist third sector organisations to inform and support the Advisor.
5 General principles and purpose of the Bill: omission of education and prevention
5.1 Safer Wales request that the Welsh Government ensure that prevention is at the forefront to prevent future victims of violence against women. Safer Wales recognises that the current curriculum review will consider domestic violence. However, Safer Wales supports embedding the prevention agenda at every level across the education system, incorporating a whole school approach. Safer Wales believes prevention needs to be set in statute, which will serve to support the curriculum review.
5.2 Safer Wales request that more work be done with boys to break the cycle of violence against women and girls including boys who have witnessed violence against women. Safer Wales recommend that the Welsh Government take the lead to do more work to ensure that boys are engaged with and specific programmes developed and evaluated. Safer Wales recommends that more work be done, to challenge the root causes of violence against women which include; sexism and lad culture.
6 The financial implications of the Bill –Increased pressure on services
6.1Increase in people accessing services due to increased public sector awareness through ’Ask and Act’ and Welsh Government campaigns e.g. live fear free will put pressure on frontline services, particularly IDVA services. Safer Wales recognises that domestic abuse is costly to the Welsh economy. (Recent Wales figures on the cost of just domestic abuse on the Welsh economy was a total of £826.4 million, which included £303.5m [health care, criminal justice costs, social service, housing, legal and economic] and £522.9m [human and emotional costs]).[2]However, Safer Wales believes these costs will mitigated in the long-term, by appropriate identification and response, beneficial for future generations. Safer Wales recommends compulsory audit of demand for services, relevant costs and where evidenced savings across public sector service areas.
6.2 Safer Wales would recommend that the Welsh Government reference the CAADA review of Domestic Abuse services in South Wales to support the influencing of commissioning of services in other areas across Wales.
6.3 Safer Wales would recommend that evidence based services be protected e.g. IDVA services and that the standards are maintained across the sector e.g. formal CAADA qualifications maintained and funded. Safer Wales would recommend that commissioners recognise an IDSVA particular role and qualifications to ensure that consistency for victims across Wales is maintained. Safer Wales recognises that there will be an unlikely increase in funding, however it is vital that evidence based interventions are protected.
6.4 Safer Wales recommends that funding is sustained for evidenced based services for longer periods e.g. three to five years
[1] United Nations: ‘Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women’, General Assembly http://www.un.org/documents/ga/res/48/a48r104.htm
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Boxing returned to Worcester last night (Thursday) for the first time in more than five years to the delight of a capacity crowd of 2,100 passionate fans at the Palladium.
The inaugural event of the "New England’s Future" series, presented by Rivera Promotions Entertainment, featured 10 action-packed fights, highlighted by rising Worcester featherweight prospect Irvin Gonzalez (5-0, 5 KOs).
"The support we received from the sold out crowd was exciting for our first show," said promoter Jose Antonio Rivera, the former 3-time, 2-division world champion. "We working on our second show in March, of course, right here in Worcester."
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Professing to Learn: Creating Tenured Lives and Careers in the American Research University
reviewed by Susan Gardner - October 19, 2009
Title: Professing to Learn: Creating Tenured Lives and Careers in the American Research University
Author(s): Anna Neumann
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore
ISBN: 0801891310, Pages: 320, Year: 2009
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In her book, Professing to Learn: Creating Tenured Lives and Careers in the American Research University, Anna Neumann offers a new perspective on the faculty career, focusing on the little understood period of development of recently tenured faculty. Specifically, Neumann provides an intimate glimpse into the scholarly lives of 78 faculty members at five universities in the immediate years following their tenure and promotion to associate professor. Building on the work of scholars such as Baldwin and Boyer, Neumann focuses on what she terms the “scholarly learning” of these early mid-career faculty, providing a better understanding of how the roles of teaching, scholarship, and service inform one another and provide a rich and holistic basis for post-tenure faculty life. In the seven chapters of the book, Neumann presents the perspectives of a diverse group of faculty members who attest to their commitment but also their surprise at this new turning point... (preview truncated at 150 words.)
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Arimaa is one of the fastest growing modern strategy games. Rules are simple and intuitive enough for kids to play easily, yet there is more than enough strategic depth to satisfy the most demanding gamer. If you enjoy challenging games like Chess, Checkers, Go, or Shogi, discover Arimaa and see why it was chosen in the Discovery Channel's list of the Top 10 Mind-bending Strategy Games and also recommended by Scientific American MIND magazine.
Arimaa Puzzles
Puzzles is a version of the Arimaa game that starts from a position where you are only a couple of moves away from victory. You just need to finish the game with as few moves as possible. The easier puzzles can be played very quickly but with the more advanced ones it can be quite a challenge to figure out the winning move. The puzzles in this app come in packs of ten, starting from very easy ones that help you learn the game rules. The easiest puzzles require just one move from you to win the game. When your skills grow you can add more challenging packs from the store.
Three Guys Walk Into a Saloon
3 Guys is a game where you are trying to throw the game characters to a marked target area on the screen. The game idea is simple and you only need one finger for playing, points you earn by speed and style. The guys in the game are made of flexible joints so they can be stacked or twisted and this gives you possibility to earn bonus points. To get max points you need to play fast and get the guys stacked up in twisted positions inside the target area. The game levels are first simple to get you going but the levels become more challenging when you play further.
Honest Joe Poker
Honest Joe is a robot that plays one-on-one Texas Hold'em poker. The bot is basically a programmed rule base that makes decisions whether to fold, call, bet or raise. Joe is an honest robot that never cheats and is just doing his best by using his artificial intelligence to figure out his own actions based on his own cards and your actions. The game collects statistics of the played hands so you can follow how much better you are than the bot.
A1 Game Clock
Now you can replace a physical game clock with this inexpensive app that has more features than even the most expensive digital game clock. This app has special support for Chess, Checkers, Draughts, Backgammon and Arimaa, but can be used for any two player game. It provides predefined settings for standard time controls used by FIDE, World Backgammon Association, American Checker Federation, FMJD and other organizations.
Curl Shots
Curl Shots is a game on ice loosely adapted from the game of curling. The objective in the game is to launch stones from one end of an ice field and try to hit the target area at the other end of the field.
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Unable to locate this species in the field, Roger Heim and Rolf Singer based their descriptions of this mushroom on dried specimens purchased from Matlazincan Indians in the marketplace of Tenango del Valle, in the Nevado de Toluca region of the State of Mexico. In 1958 Heim described this fungus as Psilocybe wassonii, but without any Latin designation; Singer and Smith described it in the same year as Psilocybe muliercula (muliercula = "little women"). Both descriptions reported this fungus growing in Pinus forests surrounding the town of Tenango del Valle. However, after several expeditions to the area, Dr. Gaston Guzman located it 10 kilometers from Tenango del Valle in an Abies forest on the slopes of the Nevado de Toluca [Guzman 1958; letter to author 1999].
Closely related to Psilocybe zapotecorum, this mushroom prefers a similar habitat -- rich, dark soils in marshy areas -- where it can be found fruiting throughout summer in small groups or dense clusters.
In 1979 Guzman, along with Stephen H. Pollock, described a new entheogenic species found by them in the Naolinco region of the State of Veracruz, Mexico. This mushroom prefers rich soils in deciduous forests where it can be found fruiting singly or in small groups. The pseudorhiza at the base of the stalk is characteristic. This species was named Psilocybe wassoniorum to honor Wasson and his wife Valentina, and to remedy the nomenclatural dispute regarding Psilocybe wassonii.
Above: "Wasson's Psilocybe" (Psilocybe wassoniorum Guzman et Pollock).
Aquarelle by Carol Ann Wells. Courtesy The Stain Blue Museum Collection.
Guzman, G. "El habitat de Psilocybe muliercula Singer & Smith (=Ps. wassonii Heim), agaricaceo alucinogeno mexicano." Revista de la Sociedad Mexicana de Historia Natural 19: 215-229 (1958).
Guzman, G. The Genus Psilocybe: A Systematic Revision of the Known Species Including the History, Distribution and Chemistry of the Hallucinogenic Species. Beihefte zur Nova Hedwigia Heft 74. J. Cramer, Vaduz, Germany (1983).
Guzman, G. "Wasson and the development of Mycology in Mexico." In: Riedlinger, T.J. (Ed.) The Sacred Mushroom Seeker: Essays for R. Gordon Wasson. Ethnomycological Studies No. 11, pp. 83-110. Dioscorides Press, Portland, OR (1990).
Guzman, G. and S.H. Pollock. "Tres nuevas especies y dos nuevos registros de los hongos alucinogenos en Mexico y datos sobre su cultivo en el laboratorio." Bol Soc Mex Mic 13: 261-270 (1979).
Heim, R. "Diagnose latine du Psilocybe wassonii Heim, espece hallucinogene des Azteques." Revue de Mycologie 23(1): 119-120 (1958).
Heim, R. and R.G. Wasson. Les Champignons Hallucinogenes du Mexique. Etudes Ethnologiques, Taxinomiques, Biologiques, Physiologiques et Chimiques. Archives du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Series 7, Vol. VI. Paris, France (1958).
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new fighting in the disputed kashmir region soaring tensions between india and pakistan. and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. thing to brazil tell us how unbearable that lives have become even before the latest crisis. a spanish warship accused of ordering commercial vessels to leave. is challenged by the british navy . and horsing around look at the ancient sport of tent in iraq.
tensions between india and pakistan after a suicide bombing in india in kashmir last week at least forty one indian security personnel were killed both countries have called the ambassadors home to india accused pakistan of having a hand in the attack on denies that meanwhile there's been more fighting in the troubled himalayan region for indian soldiers have been killed as well as two rebels and a civilian but overall this the international court of justice is hearing a case about a former indian navy officer who's been sentenced to death in pakistan. let's go live now to fez jamil he's in new delhi for us sometimes first will just tell us a bit more about this latest violence.
well laura this latest violence began late on sunday when security forces engage in a gun battle with armed gunmen who are holed up in a house in india that mr bush near that's when four soldiers and one civilian the man who's the owner of the house were killed security forces then pursued the gunmen and then later on monday there was another gun battle where the two gunmen were killed and security forces are saying now at least one of the men may have been responsible in their belief for the attack last week that killed at least forty paramilitary soldiers and what's this case in session court of justice all about what to expect saying from that today. well the timing of this court case that the i.c.j. is completely coincidental the decision was made by the court in december to hold it now this revolves the case of bush on job that he's
a retired indian naval officer and india says he's a businessman who was kidnapped taken to pocket stand where he was then arrested at baucus john says he's a spy now currently india and pakistan this week will be giving their submission their version of events and each side will be able to give their rebuttal but it will be some time before we get a decision because that won't happen until the summer meantime both countries at least baucus on his says they will abide by the i.c.j. ruling but happening right now is only added tension between the two countries ok thanks for joining us there from new delhi. he's wanting developments from pakistan's capital. danger in the running high between india and bog it's done over the disputed kashmir day india is of course blaming the guest on for masterminding the deadlier dagg on an indian corn voyager story could go and also of course of aiding the kashmiri militants however bugger son had said all along
that day needs to be edgy lucian's of the cue ball gets on ready to draw on any difference said red india across their day by the india of course refuting and what many people say as by have ploy by the indian government which one are you did issue because of the upcoming election and the budgets on these every quarter day high commissioner in new delhi for consultation this was a move prompted by the indians recalling their high commissioner for consultations however although the indians and august arnie's have been ordered over this issue india warns that the issue of kashmir should be something guided by laterally between the two countries however the so do foreign minister weighing in on that saying that day really tried a level best to try to deescalate tensions between the two nuclear armed
neighborhood. then inside its government has blocked members of the european parliament from entering the country it's been invited by opposition to one guy day to meet the national assembly quite dead is also trying to enlist a million volunteers to head to the border on saturday to see foreign aid being stalled in neighboring countries. we're being expelled from venezuela our passports have been withheld we've not been informed of the reason nor do we have any document that justifies it because they have just thrown us out we came to venezuela with an official invitation from the national assembly a body that is recognized internationally and even recognized by the venezuelan president we are the first international delegate. that was visiting the interim president one guy do when in a country a dictator closes the windows and turns off the lights that is when he goes from words to actions long live a free venezuela. as the standoff intensifies to present the door of venezuelans continue to leave the country in droves the crumbling economy has already forced
more than three million to seek a new life abroad on time james back to some of them in the brazilian border town of packer rymer one hundred a crossing every day. on brazil's border with venezuela the migrants continue to arrive many of them relieved at least for the moment to have seemingly put their desperation behind them back home jackson maria just twenty three years old had quit school to work in a bakery and a lot of innocent young people like us couldn't achieve our goals of it as well i had to stop my academic studies because it became a choice between studying and eating. but even that choice difficult as it may have been didn't make things much easier they left another the money i made from one week before was only enough to buy me one kilo price. his friend i modified also twenty three tells me things were unbearable well before the current political
crisis and can't help but laugh when describing the dark absurdity of the past few weeks ok even the so in the say made though so he said no ok so people are now saying we have two presidents one issues in order the other refuses it one last for eight the other says the eight one pos it's public disorder in politics and neither of them is looking out for the welfare of the people but at this processing center in the town of pocket i'ma run by brazil's federal government and supported by the united nations refugee agency exhaustion is also palpable officials tell us that today alone over six hundred venezuelans cross from venezuela into brazil and many of those migrants will be applying for asylum and many of them will be seeking medical care so now we see more people arriving in very bad conditions arriving in urgent need of medical attention so a lot of people coming to arrive here because we need to immediately transported to
board these different medical care some people arrive if we actually do nothing but there will still be wearing stefania decided to leave when she realized it would be too expensive to have another baby in venezuela a little eccentric with a medicine but a surveillance and my sister said she couldn't believe i was leaving i said yes i'm going i took my child and left time i got here by getting rides and travelling for two days and. like many others here she's happy for a brief respite. in this very temporary setting where children play with soldiers and things do albeit fleetingly seem a little bit better. and dizzier in parker dima on brazil's border with eunice wheeler seven members of britain's opposition labor party have resigned in protest against german goldman's leadership but politicians say his failure is a break says anti semitism and a culture of bullying that left them no choice of space often to an independent
group but will not be forming a new party roman says he's disappointed by that decision a spanish warship has been accused of ordering commercial vessels to leave disputed waters ned to bolton before being challenged by the british navy the government of the british overseas territories says the spanish ship sailed way off to brief confrontation states of gibraltar a tiny piece of land just sing out and spain's southern coast has long been disputed between spain and the you came let's take a listen to an excerpt of the radio conversation that took place between the ship's issues. forty four through our t.v. aside spanish territorial waters writing conditional you know state russia which i suggest to you thank you dearest early for starting to reorder.
you wherever you are. already challenge has been monitoring developments from london. so the government of gibraltar says that a spanish warship radioed commercial vessels anchored at gibraltar and told them to leave spanish waters now according to the governments of gibraltar these are foolish games only of nuisance value played by those who don't accept unimpeachable british sovereignty over the waters around her brother as recognized by the whole world in the united nations convention on the law of the sea now gibraltar is a british overseas territory and it was ceded by the spanish to the united kingdom in seven hundred thirteen in perpetuity so the british say it's ours now and it will be forever more but of course with the u.k.
trying to leave the european union at the moment relations with spain are important and gibraltar becomes a pressure point essentially that the british fear the spanish are going to use because they've always wanted gibraltar back against the u.k. in its negotiations with the european union essentially what it becomes is another example like northern ireland of britain's complicated colonial history and its territorial legacy coming back to bite it basically in the here and now and making things very complicated as breck's it unfolds and the u.k. tries to leave the european union whether is next and then israel implements new law that will withhold millions of dollars in palestinian funds. and we'll tell you why migrants are being ordered to leave an italian town that was once a model of integration.
hello eastern siberia it's still minus fifty five which is a huge contrast to everywhere around to be honest and that's more or less be on the top of the shot you can see here and the if this as if anything is warming up so one of the tiles next m m's minus five at beijing this plus eight this massive cloud here covers developing rain that's going to china is moving towards southern japan server of the miserable day quite possibly to start your day at least jury wednesday and then the sun comes out afterwards we're up in the teens a represents in pyongyang says you could call it a rapid rise in temperature but the rain itself is quite unusual you should see quite so much rain in central southern china not during february but there it is again and if anything it's patchy virtually anywhere in central and southern china
where the northern limit still and i see one in her none of which is part looking beautiful at the moment because of that snow and delays are yes and he has a forecast for hong kong back in the warmth by wednesday twenty five degrees and it should be dry which is the story throughout fifty everywhere further south until you reach sutton borneo sort of way see bits of java and maybe occasionally in sumatra you'll see a decent shot but mostly it's dry. part .
and again you're watching al-jazeera has a reminder of our top stories this hour pakistan has called its ambassador home from india during a move by india's government as tensions escalate across india and to kashmir at this for indian soldiers have been killed in fighting between suspected separatists gunmen and security forces in the disputed region after a suicide bombing on thursday. members of the european parliament have been refused entry to venezuela by the government they were invited by the national assembly an opposition leader. who has declared himself into a president. and
a spanish warship has been accused of ordering commercial vessels to leave to special forces there gibraltar before being challenged by the british navy government of the british overseas territory says the spanish ship sailed away after the brief confrontation. israel has implemented a new north that will take way millions of dollars of tax revenue from the palestinian authority a move it's assigned to penalize the authority for supporting the families of palestinians serving jail time for said reports from west jerusalem. benjamin netanyahu began his weekly cabinet meeting insisting that he would follow through on the course he said we could go to start with holding money from the palestinian authority. today i will submit to the cabinet for approval the deduction of the salaries of terrorist from the palestinian authority money the cabinet will hear a detailed report regarding the money from security officials issues important legislation that we've advanced and today we're going to implement it as i promised
the money in question is taxes raised by israel on behalf of the palestinians and sent to them every month for years netanyahu and his allies have attacked the palestinian policy of paying prisoners families calling it incitement to terror pointing to the fact that the longer the sentence the more serious the conviction the higher the payment last july those. it assumes were translated into israeli legislation now in the midst of an election campaign in which the right wing vote could prove crucial netanyahu is implementing the law withholding one hundred thirty eight million dollars in palestinian taxes in the face of widely reported warnings from his own security establishment suggesting such a move could in fact increase instability and violence. the palestinian prisoners club says about ten percent of the nearly six thousand inmates in israeli jails have been involved in deadly attacks the rest jailed for lesser offenses their families all deserving of support its president says the israeli move won't change a necessary policy. that the aid money that we give to the palestinian families is
not for the prisoner or for the martyr who is dead we give the money to the family israel wants to practice collective punishment for most palestinians the system is a consequence of life under occupation abandoning it under israeli pressure is politically all but unthinkable the palestinian authority has condemned the israeli decision as piracy saying it's part of an effort to increase the pressure on the head of the publication of the trumpet ministrations peace plan expected some time after israel's april election ari force at al-jazeera western reserve. roving passive spectators. described u.n. peacekeepers deployed during days of violence last year and central african republic doctors without borders says the force did not protect civilians in the city of a tank of at least fifteen people were killed in the violence there has asked the un mission for a response but so far we haven't received any credit has more on the allegations.
of these homes unbutton of food we're trying to show to people displaced by conflict in central african republic but now these houses stand as a reminder of six days of murder arson and looting that began last october. there were six days that brought what the un described as an unacceptable humanitarian tragedy. it began as isolated attacks by the mainly christian groups and mostly muslim fighters did stash aid agency doctors without borders says the four were celica fighters soon at least a wave of violence civilians at aid workers caught the middle it says you had peacekeepers deployed to protect civilians at the time didn't do much you can well imagine sneaking since the un battalion which is supposed to protect the civilians has been inefficient when confronted with this violence we used to military and
workers had to open the gate of our hospitals or the population could take shelter because they found no other shelter. allegation group petered by the city's mayor and witnesses a lot. so we were watching these elements at the gate and i was just filming and they were smiling it's not serious. the blue helmets were in their vehicle and they were following the extra work of fighters they were on the roads and they were watching the rebels burning down the i.d.p.'s site. the un peacekeeping operation said lapham public has had more than twelve thousand members from several nations says twenty fourteen it's aimed at protecting civilians were abducts control eighty percent of the area earlier this month the government side peace deal with forty rebel groups after holding direct talks for the first time it's the eighth attempt to begin to end the six year conflict. al jazeera.
astray as government says political parties are being targeted in a cyber attack carried out by a foreign state a breach of the palmers that was detected on february the eight the government says the attack was just a gated but investigators have found no evidence of interference in upcoming federal elections under thomas has more from survey. the prime minister scott morrison didn't name any particular country when he talked about a sophisticated state actor being behind this cyber attack but most people think the security service is most suspect china although russia is another possibility as is indeed the united states or even israel now this all started ten days ago when the prime minister said the security services detected a cyber attack on the parliamentary computer system including the e-mail accounts of some m.p.'s and it's been joining the investigation into that cyber attack ten
days ago that has revealed that political parties computer systems have also been attacked now that's significant because the major political parties here hold huge amounts of personal information about voters they use that of course when it comes to targeting votes is in the run up to elections and there's a national election here jew probably in may now the prime minister said there's no evidence yet that there's been any electoral interference by the state actor but the concern of course is that that could come. some of the jarius leading presidential candidates have condemned the decision to postpone elections by a week the delay was announced just hours before polls were supposed to open and it's adding to economic uncertainty and it just reports from my degree these days the only thing that we could know how much does is it a tool for the children. he wants to work but no one is hiring because of the
uncertainty around the elections to add to his problems is all the children have been sent back from boarding school until the vote is taken place. just trying to feed the families tough enough for someone who depends on daily earnings it's been made had now because no one is true of what will happen the disruption doesn't stop with people like you. trade in borno state had been picking up over the last two years following attacks by boko haram fighters and the security clampdown to stop the violence centuries old trade routes between neighboring countries had reopened but if you want to do business during election season this is a major reminder market it's worth progress from come with. me here to public and beyond come to find bargains but in the past few days not much transactions after you can place here the ones we talk to say most of the buyers from across the border i keep him waiting until after the elections. most of us has
seen his weekly earnings grow from eight thousand to a few hundred dollars. a lot less we know about the hope now is for a quick and peaceful conclusion of the vote. when i think there's. a limit and it is that abuse here no income it's going to be just as it is not too difficult i think it will impact on the house the election commission as richard will national elections for saturday with state elections coming two weeks later the cost of the delay and the insight or so she added with it is difficult to estimate but businesses expect to be hit hard and any recovery will depend on who gets elected. al-jazeera. nigeria residents of the southern italian town of it's been decimated by an old of hundreds of refugees moved out this is spend it mayor
is now awaiting trial for aiding and legal immigration from some of. these quite streets where once bustling with activity people and purpose but reaction has become a shadow of its former self. raffia has been living here for four years she came from pakistan her family made this place their home and they are one of the few families that remain here because before the project is everything's good they give us everything's to help us. finish project is finished crumbling buildings were turned into shops restaurants and homes now lie empty again the occupants left after pressure from the authorities those that lived his say riyadh she had once been full of optimism now no more.
this playground used to be full of children now nothing no one's left here. last year the mayor the when he was arrested for allegedly encouraging illegal immigration the main accusation that he arranged a marriage between an italian man and a nigerian woman who had been forced into prostitution so that she could remain in the country. reaction is integration model breathed new life into this village but it became a target immigration politicians including the deputy prime minister. who frequently voiced his antagonism towards this project so now once again the actual lies practically deserted and all the effort that went into rejuvenating this place is now wasted while the mayor was praised for pioneering a model of integration that benefited the area matteo salvini led
a campaign to stop the movement of humanitarian rescue ships out of italy's ports and revelled on social media what mr mcconnell was arrested. no longer allowed to set foot in riyadh mr lucado is awaiting trial and says he is being used as an example for those who do not heed the new immigration policies. the message that came from here was that for once it was possible to create a diverse multi-ethnic society and that wasn't allowed. instead they created political success from propaganda which turned the least fortunate people against each other. the quietness hit a reflection of the new normal immigration is no longer an issue of assistance but of control those who remain say it is a sad place hope of new life has been abandoned and the welcome it once promised no longer allowed sunny diagonal al-jazeera southern italy. war and political
instability and iraq of held by his economic development the decades and surprisingly investments in forces. one discipline in particular has great cultural significance for iraqis on the wider region ten pegging went to baghdad to find out more. it's called tent to taking an ancient horse riding skill believed to be practiced by armies around the world over two thousand years ago. and some of these iraqi reuters a rather good at it. is a member of the iraqi equestrian team he writes an eight year old arabian far abroad called she has our old. says the fall of saddam hussein in two thousand and three until now i have one around forty five medals and four of them were gold but the equestrian sports here are no longer taken seriously they suffer lack of government support and of private investment iraq's equestrian federation
used to be a sporting institution that the country was proud of his club was a favorite hangout for saddam hussein's sons to show off their wealth both owned horses worth millions of dollars which they kept at the stables years of war the political instability means the club's facilities for foreign on hold times. iraq's a question federation was set up in one thousand nine hundred twenty two during the year is of iraq's short lived monarchy the six thousand horses here that scion were raby and sorra braids the envy of the questions and breeders around the world now during the war that toppled saddam hussein all the horses here was stolen and even today the federation still struggles to survive. but a few of iraq's elite who didn't flee the country still come to ride secondary school students in shell assad harmeet rides an eleven year old horse called nivo
in show low represented iraq could be used to limp pigs held in argentina last year she came twenty fourth out of thirty participants in the horse jumping event i feel comfortable i feel i am there i am going to heaven and when i am writing courses because it's my honest because it's a culture of our town because the horse is far ahead for the killings it's my history which strict international quarantine rules prevent iraq you reuters like in shallow taking the whole seas abroad to compete in events instead they have to write animals supplied by the host nation the world health organization says iraq relax sufficient expertise to deal with infectious acquiring diseases that we cannot participate properly need to national tournaments because of these quarantine laws cannot show our true potential this is the biggest challenge we face. the writers here say despite the ban they will continue to strive
toward international success and recognition and preserve a cultural tradition so intake to iraq in the arab world. you're watching our top stories pakistan has called its ambassador home from india mirroring a move by india's government to escalate across india. at least four indian soldiers have been killed in fighting between suspected septa's gunmen and security forces in the disputed region after a suicide bombing on thursday members of the european parliament have been refused entry to venezuela by the government ever invited by the national assembly and opposition leader. who was declared himself interim president.
we're being expelled from venezuela our passports have been withheld we've not been informed of the reason nor do we have any document that justifies it because they have just thrown us out we came to venezuela with an official invitation from the national assembly a body that is recognized internationally and even recognized by the venezuelan president we are the first international delegation that was visiting the interim president one guy do when in a country a dictator closes the windows and turns off the lights that is when he goes from words to actions long live a free venezuela a spanish warship has been accused of ordering commercial vessels to leave disputed waters near gibraltar the for being challenged by the british navy the government of the british overseas territory says the spanish ships sailed away after the brief confrontation the status of gibraltar a tiny piece of land just southern coast has long been disputed by the two countries. seven members of opposition labor party have resigned in protest
against leadership the politicians say his failure that anti semitism and a culture of bullying had left them choice. into an independent group but will not be forming a new policy. he's disappointed by that decision under strain is government says political bosses have been targeted in a cyber attack carried out by a foreign state the breach of the pollens that work was detected on february the eighth the government says the hike was sophisticated but investigators have found no evidence of interference in the upcoming federal elections it also hasn't said which country it is responsible for the attack. updates with all the headlines the news continues on the al-jazeera. inside story.
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battle across south carolina. >> you vote for trump, we win here, we're going to run the table. >> trump blasts jeb bush. rubio vows to challenge trump. safe and sound home at last after four terrifying days at sea, caught in hurricane-force winds fearing for their lives. those passengers from that nightmare cruise now on dry land and here in our studio live on "gma." and good morning, america. happy thursday. let's take a live look at royal caribbean's "anthem of the seas." there it is docked safely in new jersey. they had four scary days on the water. those huhuicane-force winds and passengers from that ship are standing by right now. robin will talk to them live. >> i think they kissed the ground when they got back here. also have a big morn ing ahead.
a huge "scandal" event taking us behind the scenes and those empty chairs. no, no, wait till you see who's coming to visit us. she won't be by her lonesome much longer. >> told her where the camera is. arctic blast moving east. temperatures 20 degrees below normal. for many it's about to get worse. more than 50 million could face below freezes and to rob marciano for that. >> good morning, george. temperatures below freezing. come this weekend will drop another 20 degrees. the polar vertex will release a chuck of cold air and that means we'll be in the deep freeze. this picture out of i-90 east of cleveland. the lake-effect snow machine in erie and ontario. south of buffalo and fulton, new york, another 10 to 12 inches likely. then here we go with temperatures. actual morning temperatures and then we push that cold air further to the south and chicago
minus 10 and on sunday morning, if we hit zero degrees in new york city, george and robin, that will be the first time the coldest night, i should say, since 1994. >> whoo. >> bundle up. >> i'll sleep in. >> rob, thank you. now to breaking news in that oregon standoff. the four remaining occupiers may turn themselves in and end their more than month-long protest. the fbi surrounding them right now and abc's neal karlinsky is in bend, oregon, with the latest. good morning, neal. >> reporter: robin, good morning. a bizarre and fluid scene out here. the fbi moved in overnight and the standoff appeared to be ending but that is when the four inside who are still holed up in there called out that they feared a shoot-out was imminent. >> you're gonna come up with your hands up. >> no, we're not. >> reporter: overnight chaos at the standoff as the fbi move in on the final four hold-outs now 40 days into an occupation of this federal wildlife refuge. >> be reasonable. >> reporter: the hold-outs live
inside. in the background the fbi can be heard telling them to surrender as the four claim they fear the fbi will murder them. >> do the right thing all right. >> what the right thing is to kill us? >> reporter: they posted these defiant videos on youtube. >> tired of you guys. telling us what we can and can't do. >> reporter: showing them lashing out at the fbi and doing doughnuts in a government vehicle. >> yeah. >> reporter: just last month the standoff's leaders were arrested during a traffic stop during which group spokesman lavoy finicum was shot and killed. according to investigators, he was reaching for a gun after briefly fleeing. and this morning cliven bundy, the 748-year-old father of the oregon occupation leaders who sparked his own fight with the federal government over a cattle grazing right in 2014 also now behind bars, taken into custody by the fbi while flying in to
hold-outs overnight. the four inside say they will drop their guns and surrender. later this morning when a nevada legislator and supporter of theirs shows up on the scene but they have changed their minds before, though, this time the fbi's patience appears to be wearing very thin, george. >> yeah, very dangerous situation. okay, neal, thanks very much. we move to the race for the ite house. "your voice, your vote," and the democrats will face o o tonight. let's take a look at the stage in wisconsin set for their first debate since new hampshire. the big question now, will hillary clinton try something new after bernie sanders' sweeping win? abc's cecilia vega is here with the latest. good morning, cecilia. >> reporter: george, good morning to you. bernie sanders didn't just win in new hampshire, it was one of the largest margins of victory since jfk won there in 1960. now, hillary clinton's team is rethinking the strategy and we could see it unfold tonight on that debate stage. as both sides prepare to come face-to-face at tonight's debate, for the first time since
hampshire victory, this morning, worry inside camp clinton. sources telling abc news hillary clinton's top advisers are now calling supporters from big donors to backers in congress trying to ease concerns. >> we've learned it's not whether you get knocked down that matters, it's whether you get back up. >> reporter: the strategy now shift the focus to south carolina and nevada, the hope that clinton support among african-american and latino voters can help propel her to the nomination. the 22-point loss in new hampshire, bigger and more embarrassing than her camp ever expected. so big even sanders was shocked. you sound like you're surprised by the outcome yourself? >> we thought we'd win but not by that large a vote. >> reporter: when i asked about the uphill fight ahead, this stark admission. if the election were tomorrow do you think you could win south carolina and nevada? >> no. fortunately for us, the election is not tomorrow.
recent attacks from bill clinton. has he gone below the belt. >> i think so. look, i know he's going to be out there defending his wife. trust me, my wife will be out there defending me. >> reporter: but the battle now for minority voters. sanders' first stop after his big win, harlem where he ate soul food and met with al sharpton. and listen to this, that new hampshire win was very lucrative for bernie sanders. in the 18 hours after the polls closed there, sanders raised more than $5 million shattering the campaign's previous record for money raised in less than a day. guys, and it is mostly from small donations. >> that's what's been fueling him all along. high stakes tonight in this debate. clinton team telling you anything about their strategy? >> you know, it's funny, george. they won't. they don't want to put their playbook out. in the past they've given us nuggets here and there. we expect issues affecting minority communities to be a big one. that's the battleground and where bernie sanders is especially vulnerable watching for hillary clinton to go on the attack tonight and bernie
he is ready for it. >> okay, cecilia, thanks very much. >> very important tonight. thank you, cecilia. now to the republican race, the field down to six candidates this morning after chris christie and carly fiorina announced they are dropping out. now, all eyes on south carolina where the next primary is about to take place. abc's jon karl is there for us in clemson, south carolina. good morning, jon. >> reporter: good morning, robin. fresh off his big win in new hampshire, donald trump took a victory lap here in south carolina last night, he's hoping a win here would make him unstoppable. the republican candidates are bringing their fight for the gop nomination to the south this morning. llying supporters overnight, donald trump said a south carolina win would clear his path to the republican nomination. >> we win here, we're going to run the table. after winning so big in new hampshire. all of these characters are going to give it up. >> reporter: trump once again trained his fire on jeb bush who
carolina showing can save his campaign. >> you have a guy like bush who has his big fund -- it's terrible. i'll be honest, the last thing we need is another bush. that i can tell you. >> reporter: and while ted cruz, the winner of the iowa caucuses couldn't repeat that performance in new hampshire, he says he won't be deterred by trump's victory. >> one of the most important conclusions coming out of these first two states is that the only candidate who can beat donald trump is me. >> reporter: meanwhile, marco rubio is trying to get back on track after his disappointing fifth place finish in new hampshire. we caught up with rubio as he headed to south carolina. he says he's willing to take on the gop front-runner. are you going to go after donald trump? >> it's no longer in my opinion enough to say the great things we're going to do but you won't tell us how you're going to do them. >> reporter: and john kasich after his surprise second place finish in new hampshire drew an
kasich has relied on a positive campaign but says he is ready to hit back at hisis rivals. >> don't mess with me, okay. so i'm not going to be a pin cushion for a marshmallow but i'm also not going to spend my time trying to trash other people. >> reporter: with chris christie and carly fiorina out, that republican field is a lot smaller as you remember, robin, at one point we had 17 candidates. now just 6 but that means donald trump and the anti-trump candidates down to five. >> that is true. but what is the situation right now? how does the race stand right now in south carolina? >> reporter: well, we've had no reliable polling since a week before the iowa caucuses. but donald trump had led every poll here in south carolina going all the way back to october. i don't imagine that's changed very much. >> probably not. thank you. >> all the polls in new hampshire, as well. let's get more from our political analyst matthew dowd.
from iowa and manchester, new hampshire and that has vicious politics. >> it gets nasty and negative fast. it has aspects of iowa and new hampshire. first it's anpen primary. that means democrat, independents and republicans can vote in it like new hampshire. but it also has the highest personal of evangelicals similar to iowa but one of the differences in the evangelicals in south carolina is they're not driven to the polls by social issues but establishment conservative issues and so when you look at all the panorama of this and also is, south carolina is going to have twice as many liberal and moderate voters as iowa, so when you look at it, you give advantage, donald trump, when you go into south carolina. >> and he probably has the lead going in. let's talk about the democrats. that debate tonight. a lot of commentary swirling around hillary clinton's debate strategy. does she go very, very positive, put forward a vision, some people said she hasn't done that or is now the time to really try to take down bernie sanders? >> well, listen, george, she's been wounded and she's bleeding
do is apply a tourniquet and stopping bleeding so she doesn't lose nevada the next state up. what i would do if i were her prosecute the case directly against bernie sanders and ignore the moderators and basically say in a calm, cool, strong way prosecute the case saying the only person on this stage that can get anything done is meme your ideas are great. they're aspirational but the only thing that get those done would be me. i would turn to him and prosecute the case. >> we'll be watching tonight. matthew dowd, thanks very much. >> thank you. now to new developments overnight in ferguson, missouri, the federal government announcing it's suing the city trying to force it to overhaul its policic department. which has repeatedly been accused of racial discrimination. abc's pierre thomas is in washington with that story for us. good morning, pierre. >> reporter: good morning, robin. in a blunt press conference the attorney general accused the city of ferguson of stonewalling attempts to right the wrongs of a police department she flatly described as racially biased.
>> reporter: this morning the justice department firmly agreeing with african-american residents of ferguson saying their complaints of unfair and racially biased police enforce enforcement are in fact true. >> the ferguson police department's violations in particular were expansive and deliberate, stopping people without reasonable suspicion. by arresting them without cause and by using unreasonable force. these violations were not only egregious, they were routine. they were driven at least in part by racial bias. >> reporter: the justice department now suing the city of ferguson less than 24 hours after the city council rejected a deal to reform the police. >> i think the things that we've of course aed for are very reasonable. we're not trying to take away any safeguards. >> reporter: the attorney general wasn't buying it saying blacks in the city which saw so much unrest after the fatal police shooting of michael brown -- >> they have waited decades for justice. they should not be forced to wait any longer. >> reporter: ferguson officials say they're willing to reform police practices but argue that
too costly and that changes were needed. ferguson city councilman mark burns sent us an e-mail last night saying while washington politicians can run up endless debt that doesn't work in ferguson where we, quote, actually have to p p our bills. the legal showdown now fully engaged. robin. >> it certainly is. all right, pierre, thank you. now we turn to amy with the morning's other top stories starting with a tragedy in maryland. >> it is so, so sad. flags are flying at half-staff across maryland to honor two sheriff's deputies shot and killed while responding to reports of a suspicious person at a panera restaurant. this is north of baltimore. police say the suspect who is wanted on two warrants opened fire targeting the deputies before he himself was shot dead. the deputies were 16 and 30-year veterans of the force. well, there are new precautions now because of the zika virus. the u.s. olympic committee says it will hire infectious disease experts to advise athletes about the outbreak in brazil after
concerns about traveling to the rio games this summer. north korea leader kim jong-un appears to have made another move to tighten his grip on power. sources in south say he's executed his top army general citing abuse of power, a day after the senate approved harsherharsh er sanctions on the regime. they're con depping iran for releasing video of a detained american sailor who appeared to be crying. a u.s. navy spokesman says we are disgusted by the exploitation of our sailors for propaganda propaganda. ten were held after straying into iranian waters. and some terrifying scenes from india as an elephant rampaged through this town for hours crushing cars. it damaged about 100 homes. people ran for their lives but the animal was not on the attack. apparently it was just looking for the way back to the forest. it was subdued with tranquilizers and returned to the wild. and finally, sometimes you just really, really need your
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>> exchanging head butts at the top of the ladder. >> reporter: it's hits like that and slams like thisin that now has one of pro wrestling's most beloved superstars off the mat. >> i took a test that said maybe my brain isn't as okay as i thought it was. >> reporter: 34-year-old wwe champion daniel bryan announcing this week that he's walking away from the sport he loves because of concussions. >> within the first five months of my wrestling career, i had already had three concussions. and then it gets to the point when you've been wrestling for 16 years that adds up to a lot of concussions. >> reporter: his doctor documents at least ten of them, some bryan says even leading to seizures. so, unlike many pro athletes in sports where concussions are a constant danger bryan is one of the first to walk away before too much damage is done
others to consider. >> you have a responsibility to yourself, to your family, to your friends just to protect yourself. >> reporter: and bryan makes it clear he doesn't blame the sport or the wwe. he says after his last concussion, even after several outside doctors had given him the okay, the wwe would not clear him to return. and that decision may have saved him from a situation where he wouldn't have been able to walk away by choice and maybe without major consequence. >> this is his choice. >> you're seeing more and more athletes. nfl players have left the sport early in their careers because of concussions. people becoming much more proactive. >> clear about why he's doing it. rob with the record. cold in the east. heat in the west. >> yin and yang and california, three days in a row of record-shattering heat and we'll do it again today. maybe slightly cooler, 10 to 20 degrees above normal. reinforcing shot with a run of
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we welcome you back to "gma." you're looking at the "anthem of the seas," safely docked this morning in bayonne, new jersey, hurricane-force winds. how some of the passengers from live. i'm going to talk to them in just a moment. looking forward to that. >> we are. lara out in hollywood behind the "scandal." how is it going in the oval? >> it's not bad, george. i could get used to this. i am in the oval office, while the "scandal" oval office and
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ever even happened. certainly that's a far cry from the accounts that we've been hearing again and again from passengers who talk about this massive ship listing at 45 degrees and then if you count up three stories they talk about water going overtop of those balconies three stories high. after four harrowing days at sea, the "anthem of the seas" finally made it to shore where passengers were greeted with cheers. the 4500 now sea-weary passengers thankful to be on dry land. >> i'm alive. i'm alive. this is insane. >> reporter: again and again, we heard stories of fear, of passengers saying as the ship was being pounded by 30-foot waves and wind gusts topping 100 miles per hour sunday night they thought for sure they would not survive. >> some people were absolutely terrified. it was scary. >> reporter: some are still questioning the captain's judgment to venture out to sea with severe storm warnings in the forecast and wednesday
apologized to its passengers in a statement calling the event exceptional and saying the company has identifyied gaps in our planning system that we are addressing. what happened this week showed that we need to do better. >> something went wrong. we either didn't interpret the forecast correctly or we will see any way to change our procedure, processes to do anything to make sure this doesn't happen. >> reporter: maritime lawyer jim walker says half a dozen passengers already called him from the ship wanting to file a lawsuit. >> the real issue here is whether the cruise lines have any liability for the fear and anxiety that most of these passengers had and in most cases, cruise lines are not responsible when the passengers have been fearful of weather conditions. >> reporter: while at least four people suffered minor injuries, royal caribbean says the ship didn't sustain any major damage. the ntsb is currently
in the meantime, royal caribbean tells us "anthem of the seas" will once again set sail on saturday, heading to the bahamas. robin. >> all right, linsey, joining us now to share share stories are peter and angela alupus. ash lot and charlotte lipman and lauren, whitney, brittany and alex hayes. good morning to you all. >> good morning. >> do you still feel like you're rocking a little bit? >> absolutely. >> i was just looking at you as you were watching that. we're so thankful that there are only some minor injuries and that you all are doing okay. okay, who kissed the ground when they got back? anybody do that? everyone? you always hear about people saying they're going to kiss the ground. peter, we saw your sister's video that she posted. you guys were told to stay in your cabins. it looks like you guys were in a washing machine. i mean, what was it like inside -- >> that's exactly what it was like. it was absolutely terrifying. we were on the third floor with
saw the ocean with dori swimming by. >> good you can have a sense of humor about it right now. but the captain would come on. you could hear even -- 17 years he's been a captain. he was experienced but there are a lot of crew members, this was their first time out. could you hear the fear in their voices? >> absolutely. my sister walked out into the corridor and saw some of the staff hugging and crying and that's when she got concerned. we also didn't have any life vests in the cabin which is unusual. we've cruised many times and i guess they keep them at stations now but we were told to go back to the cabins and there were no life vests. luckily we had our own personal snorkel vests and my sister was wearing it throughout the -- >> yes. >> you guys have been on cruises before. wasn't your first rodeo. >> we have. >> lauren, okay, i can understand this, you had a panic attack. >> oh, yeah. >> even though you were -- >> beyond. >> even though you were told to stay in the cabin, you had cabin
>> we were probably -- we were all together probably in the room for 20 minutes if that and then we left. yeah. i couldn't do it and the crew members were even telling us get back to the room and i said, no. i'm not going back. >> i hate to use the phrase but you said you felt like you had a "titanic" moment. >> i felt that way when the captain came on the actual loudspeaker telling us to get back to our rooms. he didn't sound very convincing that it was going to be okay so it just -- everyone around us just started crying, saying they couldn't breathe. i had a guy rubbing my back up the stairs saying it's going to be okay. when everyone is freak out like that it gives you a lot of anxiety. >> not everybody was freaking out. charlotte, you're 10 years old. it was your birthday cruise. >> yeah. >> and your daddy and everyone said you were having a a good time eating candy and stuff. what was the like for you. >> it was kind of scary since i saw the waves and they were basically almost crashing on to our terrace. and the room is basically tilted all the way down like a ramp but
down and then i fell on the bed. it was fun but still really scary. >> yeah, because your daddy was there for you and you had to be concerned, papa. >> it was very concerning but we tried to make the best of it. >> you said you got to eat candy and got quality time with your dad, one-on-one time with your dad so there was a bonus there. you heard in linsey's report the response from royal caribbean saying that there were some gaps and stuff. looking back, what do you all think should have been perhaps done differently, would you want something different? >> yes, it came to my attention from a meteorologist friend of mine this storm had been forecast up to a week before and i've been watching the news since we came on land and they say even 24 hours before, the forecast was very accurate as far as what we were sailing into. so, you know, in retrospect, the captain did maneuver us through the storm, but i think he was instrumental in getting us to the storm and that's what i
how do we prevent this fwra happening again. >> the big lesson here. show of hands. who is going to go on a cruise ship again? >> look at you. >> a few shaky hands. charlotte was right up. quite a daughter you have there. >> she's a daredevil. >> hey, thank you all very much and finding the humor in it. i know it had to be some very scaryy moments and thank you for sharing your story. >> they're not scared off at all. coming up as the temperatures plunge what should you do if you want to use your phone outside? we'll look at the touch screen gloves that can keep you connected. put them to the test.ve with... a pebble. some males, however... are smarter than others. save up to 30% on select diamonds in rhythm. at kay, the number one jewelry store in america... every kiss begins with kay. guys, kay jewelers would like to remind you... ...it's engagement season.
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here with the exclusive results. hey, gio. >> it's cold outside. you know regular gloves don't work on touch screen devices but wirecutter.com broke it down. you know which one is the best. this morning here are the results right now on "gma." >> typing in the cold can be a pain in more ways than one. >> annoying having to take off the gloves every time to send a text. . >> reporter: regular gloves don't work with touch designs. here's why, the fabric blocks the charge from your finger which activates your phone. nick guy, a website that advises on best gadgets evaluated 12 pairs to find out how well they work. they don't have the tips we're so used to seeing. >> the technology is advanced. this he actually sew in silver and copper thread that conducts electricity and allows you to use your touch screen as if you weren't wearing gloves. >> to test for touch screen
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food as it should be. >> jay: good morning. it's 7:56 on your thursday, february 11. i'm jay siltzer. the subfreezing temperatures have search teams looking for a haywood county man who went missing this week. 57-year-old scott turner's pickup truck was found in oconee county on tuesday. he was last seen in canton the day before at the evergreen paper plant where he works. turner's families and more than 60 searchers are looking for him. >> a suspected bank robber is in custody. deputies with the madison county sheriff's office say 47-year-old tony reems was arrested at a motel in north dakota.
thursday. authorities are in the process of extraditing him back to north carolina. >> north carolina's koreaning program for welfare recipients indicate the vast majority of people who go to health and human services are not users. the lawmakers passed the welfare drug testing law over governor mccrory's attempt to veto it. >> here's ingrid with your skywatch forecast. >> ingrid: good morning, everyone. starting off with cloudy conditions across some portions of the region. here in north asheville starting to see some of that blue sky, 20 . same thing at the asheville airport. 18 in burnsville. 11 in newland. 22 right now in greer. 21 in gaffney. 24 in greenwood. the winds gusting at 7 miles an hour. not terribly bad. 20 up towards boon. the wind chill right now 5
back here in asheville 11 . this wind chill advisory is until 10:00 this morning above 3500 feet. it's a cold start but above freezing this afternoon. now tonight back down to 21 , increasing cloud cover, staying chilly. greenville 45 , mostly sunny and tonight back down to 27. now it looks like a slight
tomorr good morning, america. kim kardashian opening up about baby number two and that big debate about moms, kid and being happy. experts weigh in with three ways for all moms to reduce the stress. new this morning, questions about how popular weight loss centers are getting people to shed those pounds. the new report raising big questions about whether some even work. dr. ashton here live with what you need to know before you sign up.
things are about to get "scandal"-ous right here. >> don't tell me you can't do this. primetime's hottest show like you've never seen them before live, unfiltered and we're going live on the "scandal" set and behind closed door. >> sit down. >> as we say -- >> all: good morning, america. yes, indeedy, good morning, america. suit up, gladiators. you know who you are. "scandal" is back tonight, and we're celebrating big time this morning. unprecedented access behind the scenes as you saw the entire cast is going to be joining us live. >> yeah, who needs sleep? it's 5:00 in the morning there in l.a. lara is there on the set with the entire cast. first time we'll see it. hey, lara. >> hey, yeah, george, this is unprecedented. so kind. "gma" starts at 7:00 in new york. that's 4:00 a.m. out in l.a.
we're in the studio where "scandal" comes to life. i'm in pope & associates with the gladiators, everybody. we got huck, quinn, we got olivia and marcus and we -- i have a question. something is wrong with this picture. gladiator, gladiator, gladiator, first lady. you have infiltrated. a little foreshadowing of something to come in. >> we could tell you but we'd have to kill you. >> yeah. >> we're here. >> we like you too much. >> please don't kill me. i did notice, guy, they do have some new clients here. >> suspects. >> i'm not sure if they're clients or suspects. but as i told them off camera they have a lot of work to do. >> stephanopoulos. >> the dirt. >> uh-oh. >> we'll have a full cast talk and we'll talk with all these guys and give you secrets all throughout the 8:00 hour. mwah, back to you.
a lot coming up. now to amy with the morning rundown. >> the big story this morning after 40 days, the standoff for that wildlife refuge in oregon may be finally ending. the four remaining militia members are promising to turn themselves in after being surrounded by the fbi. meanwhile, cliven bundy was arrested in portland last night, the father of ammon bundy who led the occupation of the refuge to protest the use of public lands. well, hillary clinton and bernie sanders are preparing for another crucial debate tonight, this time in wisconsin. it will be their first face-off since sanders' landslide victory in new hampshire. sources tell abc news hillary clinton's top advisers are calling supporters and donors trying to ease concerns about their campaign. they are focusing on south carolina and nevada and relying on support among african-american and latino voters. on the republican side, donald trump telling supporters in south carolina, if he wins
quote, run the table to the nomination. ted cruz claims he is the only candidate who can beat trump. john kasich is considered a long shot in south carolina, but the ohio governor is making news as he prepares to sign a bill defunding planned parenthood. in health news, encouraging signs about dementia in america. it appears to be on the decline. a new study finds rates of dementia are down more than 40% since the 1970s among whites. doctors say the change is most likely because of lower rates of heart disease and they also found a link between higher education and a lower risk for dementia. well, we have an update on this video we showed you of that man helping police catch a drug suspect by tripping him. on a sidewalk. police released the video in hopes of finding him so they could thank him for doing their legwork and now they have. it turns out he is a soldier in the british army and like any good soldier he is always on duty. and finally the secret service has posted a sign
seem a little obvious. it reads, weapons prohibited at the white house. well, the agency tells "usa today" that it's required by law to post the sign to have the right to search people. but here's the deal. that law was passed back in 1988. it took them 28 years to get the sign up. no word why it took so long, but good work, guys. better late than never, robin. >> i guess so, amy. thank you. we have a big health headline for the millions of americans frying to lose weight. two-thirds of u.s. adults are classified as overweight or obese and a new study from johns hopkins says those popular weight loss centers that so many use may not be helping. dr. jennifer ashton is here with the details. what's going on? >> if you are overweight or obese and in my office i would likely counsel you about the importance of losing weight and then might likely refer you to one of these weight loss centers to help you because this is an
so what this study did, they did a report card in an urban area of medical weight loss centers and what they found, they didn't do so well. there is a lot of room for improvement. one of the findings was about 1% only follow the actual medical guidelines in helping patients lose weight. fewer than one in three are actually supervised by a physician. and only about 3% are recommending the proper amount of physical activity. so, again, not such good report card here. >> these are shocking numbers. >> yeah. >> why are they not following the requirements? >> we don't know. i mean, my take on this is a number of possible explanations. number one, a center may choose deliberately to pursue their own approach, which is fine as long as you're transparent about it and want to follow your own recipe. what would be more concerning if they were actually unaware that there were real guidelines that should ideally be followed and, lastly, obviously there could be
be a scam so this is a scenario where patients need to proceed with caution. >> congratulations, you are just newly -- >> yes. >> board certified when it comes to obesity medicine. there is some research out there that shows why it is so difficult for many to lose weight. >> right, we know based on the obeseity medicine data in some cases losing a significant amount of weight may not be as simple as eating carrot sticks and exercising a lot. this is a complex issue with multiple causes. there are metabolic reasons, hormonal reason, environmental reasons, exposure in utero, behavioral, genetic. this is a war on obesity, so we need an army to fight it. >> jen, you know so many people, they see these centers in malls, in strip malls and all around. what is your recommendation. >> well, proceed with caution. okay, there are a couple of tips. nun one, you want to be clear about your goals. are you going to lose 20 pounds or going because you're trying
the credentials of the people operating these centers. >> good. >> that should be up front. it's not a secret. you are entitled to know their qualifications. ideally, people can go to the internet and read the american heart association and obesity society guidelines on weight loss from 2013. it's a magnum opus but it is there and accessible for everyone to look at and, lastly, you have to factor in cost. we say it all the time. it's expensive to be overweight. but getting good health can also be expensive and so cost has to be factored in. >> wonderful suggestions right there. >> thank you. >> like she needs another title. doesn't have enough going on. >> a little bit of free time. >> jen will answer your questions. tweet her drjenashton. kim kardashian opening up about baby number two and starting a parenting debate. morning. lara is live on the
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welcome back to "gma." we'll start now with kim kardashian. she's opening up about how these handling that new addition to her family going from one child to two and we have expert advice on how to manage that challenge. reena ninan has the story. >> reporter: kim kardashian has conquered the worlds of reality tv, fashion and social media. but going from one baby to two, that's something she says she's still trying to master. posting this week, i get no sleep. in reference to balancing the needs of her newborn son with those of her toddler daughter, north west. one is like one she writes repeating something her mother once told her. two are like twenty. every wake second i'm not with the baby i'm with north. i feel like i go into overdrive to give my daughter attention and make her feel loved. >> this is exactly what your reality stars to be like.
kardashian proved she's just like every other mother out there. completely overwhelmed by taking care of kids. >> reporter: the strain from becoming a second time mom is far from uncommon. according to a 2015 study conducted by the university of michigan, 65% of women are likely to be less happy in the first year or two after the birth of their second child. nicole herwitz knows 9 stress of going from one to two. the new york mom says she was just getting no a routine with her firstborn max when she welcomed a new baby two months ago. >> mornings used to be really easy. my son would wake up and we would do breakfast for him and get him off to school. now it's a lot of preparing at night to get the toddler out the door and start things all over with the newborn. >> reporter: experts say enlist help from a baby sitter or spend time with mommy friends who understand the stress and
regular basis. >> if your older child is feeling jealous or left out, you can always make them feel included in taking care of the baby. >> reporter: for "good morning america," reena ninan, abc news, new york. >> you have to pull the older child off the younger child. >> yeah, you have to watch those two. >> absolutely. >> and kim is very fortunate. she has her resources to be age to help her out that some other mothers might not have. now to the moment we've been waiting for all morning, lara live in hollywood. with the cast of "scandal." enjoy, lara, enjoy. >> oh, thank you, robin. you know i'm in heaviening. i love the show and the cast is just as nice as you would imagine. "scandal" back tonight. millions of viewers have followed every plot twist about olivia, fitz, mellie, the entire crew. we'll talk about all that but first we want to get you caught up on what's gone on. take a look. >> it's handled. >> no one handles a scandal. >> don't tell me you can't do this. >> reporter: quite like olivia pope.
gladiators are back in business. and things are getting a little complicated. >> i was trying to save us. >> there is no us. >> reporter: when we last saw them at christmas, president fitz narrowly survived an impeachment trial. his ex-wife mellie became an overnight political sensation. olivia's evil dad came back into the fold. >> i may be the bad guy but the worst guys are out there. >> reporter: and for a brief moment, it looked like the white house may even have a new first lady. but she found out that even the best fairy tales don't always have happy endings. >> we tried. >> we did. >> reporter: so where will it all end up? >> it don't matter. i know. >> reporter: of course we'd love to tell you but then we'd have to handle you. right now an unprecedented look behind the scenes on the set of prime time's hottest show so grab your popcorn, gladiators. >> silt down. >> reporter: because this
starts now. yes, cannot tell you how excited i am to be here for this unprecedented live look at "scandal" behind-the-scenes. the show as i said back tonight at 9 p.m. i'm here with 13 members of the cast and we are going to -- [ cheers ] and tables are turned. i'm interrogating you guys today. >> uh-oh. >> we have all agreed to spill some "scandal"-ous secrets but here is a little look at something to come tonight. >> yes, yes. >> are you going to open the door? are you okay? >> i'm fine. what do you mean. >> i mean, you won't open the door and that's weird. is there someone in there. >> this isn't about a client. you want to talk on the phone. surveillance -- >> we do not want anyone at the nsa to hear about this. >> why? who's the client? >> the head of the nsa. >> i was just trying out for a role. i'm not going to live. i have a captive audience and i love the show so much.
i'm going to start -- oh, so kerry washington, thanks for being here. very, very early. all of you, thank you. >> our first gladiator and one of our most fierce gladiators. >> i tried to dress the part today. >> sexy. >> thanks. the scene that we just saw what are you hiding behind the door, girl? that scene, huck is trying to talk to you. you will not -- usually you let everybody in. you have something, either a man or a something. >> uh-huh. 9:00, 8:00 central. 9:00, 8:00 central. >> really? >> that's my answer. >> the only way you get to see what's behind the door. >> does what's behind the door have a heartbeat? >> hmm. poet lick speaking. >> that's beautiful. >> i see life in all kinds of things. >> that was great. >> whoo. >> i have a big crush -- we saw a glimpse of it. i feel like fashion is almost another character in the show. >> uh-huh. >> it definitely tells a bit of the story and what we've seen so far indicates a sea change of
start -- i want you to roll one more clip and you'll understand what i'm talking about. go ahead, roll this. >> we are never done. we do not give up. >> my world, my rules, this is war. >> there is no script. >> do you want to be a gladiator in a suit? >> it's handled. >> i like that. >> oh, yeah, you throw that white hat. out with the white, in with the red. let me ask any of you what is the red symbolize? what's the change we'll see in olivia and in all of you? >> ooh, wow. what is the change? >> if you say 9:00, 8:00 central -- >> no. it feels like it feels like we're not hiding anymore. it feels like -- which is ironic because of the clip we just showed of hiding. but it feels like everybody is trying to step into their new truth. >> are you sick of being on the white horse? do you have a different agenda now. >> we'll see. i think everybody is still
that's so much to me what the show is about. everybody is trying to be the best version of themselves. >> not everybody. >> upstanding person. >> trying. >> not everybody is -- >> not everybody is able. >> i was going to point right to your dad. >> no, no. >> he thinks he's being the best version of himself. >> absolutely. yeah. >> i mean, nobody does a soliloquy like you, my friend, joe plays command. >> thank you very much in front of my entire case. >> yes, thank you. >> there's just something about the lilt in your voice and i love the dynamic that's happening or that i'm sensing between you three. scott foley and guillermo, my hunk. what's to come? what can you tell us about the dynamic between that triangle? >> well, the last thing you saw, right, was that he walked into my house which means that we're either going to be very close or there's going to be a lot of blood. >> really, okay. >> oh, wow, look, look at the action. >> oh, well --
you can't see but i just saw a very touching moment. >> it was. >> i'm not feeling we'll be singing "kumbaya" during that scene. >> you don't know. the last thing we saw jake walking into rowan's house so i think there's a lot of possibility there. you know, there was some harsh feelings in the past and understandably so. >> yeah. >> but i think there's an open door there in huck, i want to ask you. your character is probably the most complicated. i just called you huck. guillermo. >> okay. >> guillermo, how is that for you to play -- must just be a delicious piece of meat for an actor. >> yeah. >> and also what can we expect from your character? >> it's awesome. you know, i'm the luckiest guy. i feel like i'm on television to portray huck but you know, huck, i think, is trying to be that normal guy. you know, he's trying to be that guy. really, he's trying really,
one of those scenes a few episodes ago where he doesn't major step forward. >> huck is getting soft. >> kind of. strong. >> amen. >> that, i agree. >> i absolutely agree. >> resisting the -- >> trying to break -- >> yeah, katie, next to you is corn themous. [ applause ] >> yeah, yeah, yeah. >> he might not be as willing to willing to do. >> very true? my friend. so how -- >> yet. >> oh, really. >> i mean, who knows. who knows. >> that's true. how will that dynamic work, though, when you're willing to pull teeth literally? >> i think that you'll see a lot going forward about what it's like to have a new gladiator in the office and how we all sort of deal with that energy and what responsibilities we give him, what we don't give him and how he fits into the fold. >> all right and then -- darby, who is my fashion icon.
>> ah. >> and abby, poor abby, that's tough to be in that press room. you had a hard time with the press core. do you get a break? >> abby comes into a little bit of a different scene in this second half of the season and there is a major change. >> ooh. >> that's all i can say, major. capital m-a-j-o-r. >> oh. >> so are we saying abby has one of the biggest story linesy should we be watching abby. >> yeah, yeah. >> i know. >> i haven't even gotten to this side. >> every story -- >> equal opportunity writing. but abby -- >> i would say every character has major changes. >> and i mean, portia, this little three-way back here quite literally and art must, wellemus, welcome to the family. i want to hear about that.
all the time. playing cyrus beane and the president and first lady and wait for the best -- the nukts of your relationship and, of course, with this gal, kerry washington, because we do have more with "scandal" coming up. plenty more time coming up so thank you f this little sort of sneak peek, more to come, everybody, but just a reemindreminder, "scandal's" winter premiere is tonight, 9:00, 8:00 central. please stay with us, though, we'll get a little "scandal"-ous coming up. back to you guys in new york. >> lara, please tell each and every onene of them how grateful we are for them getting up like that, playing with us this morning. we know how early it is and our audience is loving it. you tell them. >> they baited the hook this morning. >> thank you, thank you, to each of you. we can't wait for me. outside to rob. >> we're grateful for those bearing the cold. you're from australia. why would you come to the cold? >> something different. just something different but,
>> well, heading to hawaii. warmer stopover. you want to build a snowman. snow rowers in idaho. wind with light sticky snow will bring you that yodel there in the three feet of snow across we have more from the set of "scandal" coming up in our next half hour. >> also "deals & steals," tory and jesse will be here with that.
>> jay: good morning. it's 8:27 on thursday, february 11. i'm jay siltzer. new information is released in the case of a murdered asheville artist. juan jimenez of swannanoa is set to stand trial for first-degree murder. chris ortega was found strangled to death in october 2014. in addition to his murder charge, jimenez was indicted on 20 counts of producing child pornography. police say he took photos
girl performing sex acts. >> a suspected bank robber is in custody. 47-year-old tony reems was arrested at a motel in north dakota. he is accused of robbing the first citizens bank in marshall last thursday. authorities are in the process of bringing him back to north carolina. >> a convicted felon is back in jail. kevin dalton is accused of violating his mother's protective order eight times times.
feel like 10 outside. make sure you bundle up if you are about to head out to work. and, of course, the wind chill advisory will expire at 10:00, only for above 3500 feet. we will warm above freezing tonight. back below it tonight with increasing clouds.
and tonight down to 27. don't stop can't stop it's like a freight train stoepts stop can't stop until you feel >> this is the world premiere of the first video ever done completely in zero gravity. it's called "upsign down and inside out." these guys are always fun. >> they certainly are always fun. known for their creative -- >> got these balloons with paint in them that explode and kind of shatter all over the cabin. >> there you go.
>> i wonder how many trips they had to take to do that. >> rob. >> go back on that cruise ship. even the group has done creative videos and even said this one was out of the box for them. and you can see the full video on our facebook page right now. you want to check that out. >> very cool. also this morning, mario batali is here, he is taking on our $5 dinner challenge. i'm going to team up with him for i guess we're making penny pinchers penne chlt. >> it's going to taste good if mario is here. let's get back to lara. lara. >> hi, everybody. welcome to "pop news" time. i am on the balcony on the set of "scandal" with the one and only josh mowalina. we begin with part one.
>> do you like adele? >> sure. hello from the other side >> hello. it's me. actually it's adele. she is in california dreaming about how it used to be. actually she's probablyy dreaming about how tomorrow night will be. a surprise pop-up last-minute concert she's throwing for her most loyal fans ahead of her performance at the grammy awards. 1500 tickets were offered to super fans -- you had to be registered at adele.com which i know you were. >> this is the surprise. we know it's tomorrow. >> she surprised fans by saying, hurry, go to my website. >> she just walks into ralph's is a surprise. >> but this is big. 1500 fans get to see her. she's got a world tour coming but this is just for the very biggest fans like i am with "scandal." >> sure. >> and not to worry if you didn't get tickets they are all gone now, six shows coming here in l.a. at the tapements center and all over, world tour for adele starts this summer.
and the places. >> uh-huh. >> also in "pop news," if you don't have a date for valentine's day, i can't help you. >> i do. my wife of 20 year. >> fantastic. if you ladies don't have a date, no problem. how about a little pillow talk with fabio. >> fabio? >> yes. >> check this out. >> yeah, baby. >> fabulous. >> oh, yeah. there's cheesy music, rose petals. champagne and inexplicably a wind machine. >> he still looks good. he's hanging in there. i probably should not be speaking. >> hallmark is offering -- i feel like i have to talk like this. >> i wish you would. >> he's prepared a lovely evening for you thanks to hallmark offering 18 minutes of the long hair lothario's undivided attention on their timing site feeling.com. he's stretched out on a bear skin rug. he will ask you how you are, of course, he's not really listening to your innermost fantasies, your secrets.
ending. >> i feel like after three minutes of skyping with fabio it would get awkward. >> it's not even skyping, it's a video that rolls. >> you're watching and he's pretending to -- >> listen, if you don't have any other plans on valentine's day as the gladiators would say, fabio has it handled. yeah, you see what i did there. >> it was good. >> so now we have two other teammates of yours. >> artemus will help me. you have wine, wine coolers and you seem to like wine coolers. i know that that olivia likes a nice bottle of red. we came up with a game. these are all wines and description. tell me which cast member best matches the wine. first one is rose, bubbly flirty, regular as summer beach houses. >> jeff perry. >> jeff perry. >> okay, artemus. >> 23 we get to hard liquor, i
>> saving that for last. malbec, deep and soulful. >> i think papa pope, no? >> that's what i was thinking. >> i don't know about that actually. >> deep. >> who in real life is malbec. deep and soulful. >> nobody on the show. >> fantastic. >> we don't have any of those. >>. r ri risli risling. sweetest of the sweet. >> bellamy. >> she's very sweet. >> anybody catch that. portia was like, me. >> i just wanted one person -- >> i was assuming -- >> i was mind melting. white zinfadel. high alcohol content. you like to have a good time. >> that might be me. >> we got our zinfandel. >> i love it. >> oh, that's it and, okay, and good old hooch. you said you wanted it. >> well, that's susan's -- >> you said you were going to name. >> oh, shoot, how about -- oh, tequila, i'd say scott foley.
>> bitter after-taste. >> sampling of the secrets of the "scandal" set. for now, though, back to you in new york. more with the president and olivia coming up. >> now i want a glass of wine. so early. >> it's almost 9:00. >> thank you, lara. thank you everybody. a lot more with "scandal" coming up. amy and mario batali, our $5 dinner challenge. >> that's right. we are giving celebrity chefs 5 bucks to whip up a well balanced meal and this morning a celebrity chef and co-host of "the chew" is taking on the challenge, mario batali, come on out. [ applause ] >> all right, you, this is not an easy challenge, $5 but you've got it covered and it's in the bag. >> absolutely. >> first of all i have a box of pasta which we'll only use half. >> pasta is a good option for people on a budget. >> absolutely. the problem with americans, a lot think of it as a single portion serving. this is enough for four people. >> all right. >> then sausage. >> sausage. delicious italian spicy sausage.
>> we'll only ice half of it then broccoli. >> broccoli. >> 85 cents worth for a half a head. >> that is an incredible -- this is your total right here. >> yes. >> that brings you to a grand total of $3.21. that is amazing. >> all right. >> pretty incredible. so, let's get cooking. we need any items from our pantry. >> could you bring me extra virgin olive oil, chili flakes and quarter pound of the '50s sliced real thin. that was a joke. >> i want to tell you. you actually have a brand-new restaurant. congratulations. >> i do. >> first in ten year. >> first new restaurant in ten years called -- >> laserena, means the mermaid in "the odyssey" that would sing from the rocks of cerano. it would crash the ships and die. no one will die in this restaurant. >> all right.
what we always do, right before we drop the pasta in the water we salt it so you always remember. right before i put the pasta in i put the salt. salt is free on today. then we cook it until it's out there. if you do it you cook it according to the package instructions written right on the box. cook it one minute short of that and then throw it in with all of the rest of the things we call palm de mento. i put three of the links back in the freezer. don't be afraid to freeze. don't leave it on the counter. take it out the night before and put it in the fridge and broccoli is blanched in water and throw it in like that. >> you blanched it. how long do you blanche. >> when you blanche things you bring water up to a boil and throw it in quickly with a little bit of salt, take it out after one minute, put it in ice water to shock it and refresh it which retains the chlorophyll. >> glad i asked. >> retains the crunch and also helps you know you're maintaining some of the vitamins and minerals. >> very nice. good. all right.
colander around the house or a sick, let me reach for the sink, ooh, sorry. >> virtual kitchen. >> the virtual sink is so good. what's important in good pasta dish, don't take the noodles out and just put them naked on the plate. you toss them into the pan with the condiment so the two separate ingredients, the noodle and all the other stuff come together as one. >> yeah. >> now we'll add a little chili flakes. >> a marriage of flavors. >> exactly. a little drizzle of extra olive virgin oil. >> cheese. >> just a little cheese. >> cheese is expensive and will mask it. >> and you buy your cheese in bulk. >> buy my cheese in bulk and also i only keep in the refrigerator how much i'll use that week, a half pound. the rest in the freezer wrapped twice in foil and then in a plastic wrap. >> you can freeze that. >> you can freeze cheese -- the hard, dried cheeses you can freeze. the soft ones not so much. >> put the cheese --
so that it melts -- almost becomes a little like fondue. >> oh. >> one of the big things about italian pasta cooker erercookery. abudanza, simple food. never see giant italians walking around on the street. they eat pasta every day. they eat the right portion. >> thank you so much. >> this is amazing. >> oh. >> robin is like -- >> a little of that. >> look how much robin is eating. >> robin is a good eater. she's clearly responsible because she's slim and sexy. >> you're good. >> stop it some more. you can get recipes at goodmorningamerica.com on yahoo! i almost spit it out. outside to rob. we'll save you some. >> looks delicious and hot. we're cold out here. you bought the hat here. good job. chilly for sure. where it's warmer is the midsection all the way up to the north he with. temperature in the 70s.
southern oregon. the northwest will see more rain coming >> all right. this weather report is brought to you by weight watchers. back to you, amy. >> amazing, 34$3.21.
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>> look at bellamy. meanwhile, bellamy is fine. >> bellamy doesn't like me. >> doesn't care with olivia being gone. she is focused on becoming the president of the united states. >> yeah, yeah. >> right? >> doesn't get much help from her ex. >> if she needs it. >> amen. >> so, are you watching -- >> helping other places. who knows. >> hence, why we saw bellamy in olivia pope's office earlier in this show. thank you for sharing a secret. >> could it be? could it be? >> that's what this segment is all about. >> digging, digging. >> cornelius, the very handsome, very earnest gladiator, newest member of the team. getting on the set, working with this team which is like a family what was that like for you and what was something that surprised you, a "scandal" secret about one of your cast mates. >> first off i was really
like a family on set. people are really genuine, open and like family when you kind of get in there you get teased a [ laughter ] >> that's true. i've had my share of -- let us say pranks but -- >> a little bit. >> they put a little sprinkle on. what else? i love to eat. i found somebody who loves to eat just as much as i do. >> who is that. >> this man. every morning. >> how long are the days on the set? tell me about the days. i imagine a show like this very long. >> we have the hardest working crew in hollywood. this crew like any of us -- [ applause ] >> our crew is tireless and they are professional and like if they are the family you're not seeing here because no way we'd be sitting here without them and work harder than anybody up here. >> they're here today with us. >> they came in. >> thank you, guys. behind the scenes. so one of our viewers wanted to know who hangs out off screen?
>> we all do. >> i've actually been out with a few and i've seen you all -- the wine flows even when you're not in olivia's apartment. >> yeah, definitely. >> the girls like to gather and do walks -- >> we do too. >> boys do too. >> did you watch the super bowl together? anybody? >> no. >> i want to ask you, kerry, your wardrobe changes, which did you like better, being the gladiator in white or the kind of sexy lady in red? >> this one -- it was tricky for me. our very first sitting was in the script that olivia starts wearing bright colors and lynn and i kind of froze. we sat and looked at each other and try again the next day. one of the ways i've distinguished between kerry and owe live i wear a lot of bright colors and she doesn't. we're figuring it out. >> it was a huge shift.
deserves an award. >> she is a genius. >> i agree. >> i just need to know before we go, can you really remain alone? you've got your -- flanked by your two loves, can olivia pope stand on her own two feet? >> i think it's also -- that's an interesting question. are you alone when you are surrounded by friends and family. like she still has her gladiators, maybe that's enough for now. >> is that enough? >> maybe. >> it is whaha her father wants for her. >> oh. >> stand on her own two feet. >> listen, command. >> it's the truth. >> we always worry about what your ulterior motive is. >> to make sure my daughter is happy. >> oh, my god. >> or dead. >> so, who here is going to leave our "gma" moment and thank you so much for having us and for coming in early and go home and take a nap? raise your hand. >> that we can raise. >> i don't blame you. >> you guys are going to go -- >> i'm above it.
we love you, keep up the great work. >> thank you. >> great to see how it unfolds. mwah, mwah, mwah. don't miss the winter premiere. i'll say it again, "scandal" tonight, 8:00 central, right here, where -- >> abc. >> that's right. coming up.
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>> jay: good morning. it's 8:56 on your thursday, february 11. i'm jay siltzer. the subfreezing temperatures have searchers looking for a man who went missing in haywood county. 57-year-old scott turner's pickup truck was found in oconee county on tuesday. he was last seen in canton the day before at the evergreen paper plant where he works. turner's family and more than 60 searchers are looking for him in north carolina. turner is 6 feet tall, 205 pounds, brown eyes, -- i'm sorry, brown hair and blue eyes. >> we have an update on a robbery. steven month company is in custody. vestigators say he robbed the dollar general. he was arrested yesterday afternoon and remains in jail on a bond of $200,000.
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end of the spectrum, in my opinio i want you to take a look at this picture. that is lamar odom fighting for his life. if you watch "keeping up with the kardashiaas," that was actually on the show last night. >> hard to believe. >> it's hard to believe. i know you'll all remember wh he was in the hospital, we were told that there would be no cameras, no filming, they would never ex him in that way. hmm. and we wonder why lamar has been spotted out. lamar, cognac inhand, in the middle of an mall on mother's day, not the firrt time he's been seen drinking since he od in october. reportedly he promised khloe he wouldn't drink again. i saw him less than a month ago and he looked determined to make a full recovery. what's next for you, lamar? >> get back on the court. >> are you going to try and play again? >> yeah. i've still got >> on last night's "keeping up with the kardashians," khloe hinted she as open to their relationship making a full recovery as well. >> we need cut our ties and figure it back out. >> that scene was shot in february. we checked and khloe has yet to file div
end of the spectrum, in my opinio i want you to take a look at this picture. that is lamar odom fighting for his life. if you watch "keeping up with the kardashiaas," that was actually on the show last night. >> hard to believe. >> it's hard to believe. i know you'll all remember wh he was in the hospital, we were told that there would be no cameras, no filming, they would never ex him in that way. hmm. and we wonder why lamar has been spotted out. lamar, cognac inhand,...
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after garcia torres allegedly killed 15-year-old sierra lamar, day one is on the court calendar. a look at the timeline between her disappearance and today. >>> that's a dud for the doves in oklahoma city as thunder hand the warriors one of the worse losses of the season. steve kerr said his team got what it deserved. "today in the bay" continues now. >>> a very good monday morning to you. thank you for joining us. >> at least that game wasn't late so we could get sleep. >> welcome to the work week and the commute. >> monday morning commute and monday morning forecast. >> it's a nice start. we'll see peeks of sun here and there. we'll see that today. looking at the view from at&t park toward san francisco. we will have clouds once again. sunrise happening as we speak with clearing today, with breezy winds and comfortable temperatures staying slightly cooler than average. it will be cooling quickly tonight as that sea breeze kicks in. 8:17 we'll have a sunset. let's check in with mike with an update on that crash. >> the first one cleared at the toll plaza. this one at the berkeley
after garcia torres allegedly killed 15-year-old sierra lamar, day one is on the court calendar. a look at the timeline between her disappearance and today. >>> that's a dud for the doves in oklahoma city as thunder hand the warriors one of the worse losses of the season. steve kerr said his team got what it deserved. "today in the bay" continues now. >>> a very good monday morning to you. thank you for joining us. >> at least that game wasn't late so we could...
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and we could be closer to an answer. the trial for sierra lamar's accused killer set to begin after several delays. >>> kris sanchez joining us live in san jose with what might be decided 2 court today. >> reporter: good morning to you. it has been four years of false starts and false hopes for the family of sierra lamar. justice moves slowly, but when you have a case like this one, where so many people recognize the name and face of the victim, it does put a time stamp on the time justice takes. anthony garcia torres is 25 years old charged with kidnapping and killing 15-year-old sierra lamar back in march 2012. she was leaving her home for school the day she disappeared but never made it to the bus stop. the judge granted his attorneys more time to test evidence. now one of those attorneys is in trial on another case so the judge could delay today's beginnings once again. he could face the death penalty if convicted. the utmost care is taken in this case so everything is done by the book. >>> a grass fire burning in monterey county. more than 3,800 acres have been scorched. it's c
and we could be closer to an answer. the trial for sierra lamar's accused killer set to begin after several delays. >>> kris sanchez joining us live in san jose with what might be decided 2 court today. >> reporter: good morning to you. it has been four years of false starts and false hopes for the family of sierra lamar. justice moves slowly, but when you have a case like this one, where so many people recognize the name and face of the victim, it does put a time stamp on the...
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is another delay for the man accused of killing sierra lamar. >> how much longer the family will have to wait for justice. >> i don't care what people say. i just do what i need to do. >> next a gathering that welcomed the pack back to the city. >> unsettled weather pattern with a possibility of isolated thunderstorms. the accu-weather forecast is coming up in just a moment. >>> and going beyond the headlines with cheryl jennings, taking you to vietnam tonight. see how some women are helping clear farmfields left enis really built into theat foundation of the company. whole foods market is engaged with pg&e on many levels, to really reduce energy and reduce our environmental footprint. for a customer like whole foods, saving energy means helping our environment, and we can be a part of that. helping customers save energy is a very important part of what pg&e does. we can pass those savings on to the environment, the business, and the community. pg&e really is an expert in saving energy, and that partnership is extremely exciting. together, we're building a better california. i am
is another delay for the man accused of killing sierra lamar. >> how much longer the family will have to wait for justice. >> i don't care what people say. i just do what i need to do. >> next a gathering that welcomed the pack back to the city. >> unsettled weather pattern with a possibility of isolated thunderstorms. the accu-weather forecast is coming up in just a moment. >>> and going beyond the headlines with cheryl jennings, taking you to vietnam tonight....
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trial expected to begin for today of the man that it was -- that was accused of killing lamar.>>> new developments in the death of the man in millbrae, the arrest just made and the person connected to the victim.>>> looking at a commit that is getting busier as the people hit the roads, 80 westbound is one of those commutes, and you can see more people on the freeway.>>> temperatures of the weekend low with cloud cover, and looks like it will continue with the name -- the same theme. hi. is the internet still out? yes! i have nothing. come on! work together. work together. work together. do you got anything? i don't have anything. no i don't have anything. please come back internet. i love you. i love you so much. just come back. please. please. he's streaming a cat video. (family laughs) and the whole party is looking... can i take a look? mitch come on! get high speed internet from at&t with 99.9% reliability for just $30 a month. keep calm, your internet's on. >>> good morning and welcome back to mornings on 2, 5:30 am. were looking around the bay area toward san francisco, fog in
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accused of killing sierra lamar. >> how much longer the family will have to wait for justice. >> i don't care what people say. i just do what i need to do. >> next a gathering that welcomed the pack back to the city. >> unsettled weather pattern with a possibility of isolated thunderstorms. the accu-weather forecast is coming up in just a moment. >>> and going beyond the headlines with cheryl jennings, taking you to vietnam tonight. see how some women are helping clear farmfields left you don't let anything keep you sidelined. that's why you drink ensure. with 9 grams of protein and 26 vitamins and minerals. for the strength and energy to get back to doing... ...what you love. ensure. always be you. i'm keeping my mom healthy! keepers, i'm keeping dad on schedule. i'm keeping my mom happy! comfort keepers in-home professional caregivers can provide meal planning and preparation, health and wellness services and personal care services through custom care plans that can change as needs change, so your aging loved ones can stay happy and healthy in their own home. ♪ >>> tonight a vi
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sierra lamar's murder case could begin later today. kris sanchez is at the courthouse. are there any possible hold-ups? >> unfortunately there is a possible hold-up because one of the defense attorneys is still going to try on another case and thus it could delay this particular case. torres now 25 years 0 old is charged with kidnapping and killing 15-year-old sierra lamar in 2012. you heard countless times she left home heading to school and never made it to the bus stop. his lawyers asked to submit more evidence for testing and there is that chance today's much-anticipated start could be delayed again because the one defense attorney is on another case. it has been four years since the 15-year-old disappeared. her body has never been found. this at this point is a capital murder trial for torres. he could pay with life if found guilty. >>> 4:33. three people in jail. one was arrested at a swat raid saturday. she is keith green's ex-girlfriend. other people were arrested over the weekend. green's body was found last week in the north bay. >>> to baltimore where a judge is expected t
sierra lamar's murder case could begin later today. kris sanchez is at the courthouse. are there any possible hold-ups? >> unfortunately there is a possible hold-up because one of the defense attorneys is still going to try on another case and thus it could delay this particular case. torres now 25 years 0 old is charged with kidnapping and killing 15-year-old sierra lamar in 2012. you heard countless times she left home heading to school and never made it to the bus stop. his lawyers...
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: charles here. harvey: so we broke the story, remember way back when, that lamar odom almost died of a cocaine overdose? he was near death in a hospital and the kardashian family vowed they would never put this on tv. guess what? charles: if you saw "keeping up with the ca -- kardashians" you saw lamar odom on life support with tubes coming out of him. this had to be at the worst. harvey: he was near death. in fact, hypothetical he was going to die. so why would they promise back then and now all of a sudden it was displayed all over the place on television. that is khloe showing lamar the pictures
: charles here. harvey: so we broke the story, remember way back when, that lamar odom almost died of a cocaine overdose? he was near death in a hospital and the kardashian family vowed they would never put this on tv. guess what? charles: if you saw "keeping up with the ca -- kardashians" you saw lamar odom on life support with tubes coming out of him. this had to be at the worst. harvey: he was near death. in fact, hypothetical he was going to die. so why would they promise back...
that. >>> there's another delay in the trial accused of killing sierra lamar. torres has retained his defense team and agreed to withdraw the request for a speedy trial. his lawyers are tied up with other cases. he's charged with kidnapping and killing sierra lamar in 2012. >>> her body has never been found. they will ask for a change of venue. >> the chug has to -- judge has to balance his right to a fair trial and look at generally change have venue motions are not favored. >> the jim set a -- judge set a pretrial hearing by the end of june. >>> a toddler declared brain dead is out of the u.s. the family fought to keep him on life support. last month he had a asthma dark a -- attack and wept into a coma. doctors at the new hospital have determined he's not brain dead. >>> bill clinton will be in san francisco. he's made seven rahl -- several appearances in california. this morning's event is a break fast reception. he will be in freemont this afternoon. >> if we grow the economy from the middle in and the bottom off we can all rise together. >> hillary clinton will be in the bay are
that. >>> there's another delay in the trial accused of killing sierra lamar. torres has retained his defense team and agreed to withdraw the request for a speedy trial. his lawyers are tied up with other cases. he's charged with kidnapping and killing sierra lamar in 2012. >>> her body has never been found. they will ask for a change of venue. >> the chug has to -- judge has to balance his right to a fair trial and look at generally change have venue motions are not...
happened and what delays are building. >>> he is accused of murdering a teenager, sierra lamar, and his trial to supposed to start today. will it happen? we will tell you why a delay is possible. >>> a very busy monday morning. may 23rd. i am gasia mikaelian. >> good morning. i am dave clark. we have breaking news in the morning commute. a caltrain accident. sal, what happened? >> well, just about 25 minutes ago we got a tweet from caltrain that after checking it out, we found out that there was a train that hit a pedestrian on the caltrain line near california and oak grove. and now we're finding out that pedestrian has died. caltrain is announcing the train 305 was involved, and there is a bus bridge in place taking people away from the incident. so if you take caltrain this morning, there will be major delays. our reporter alex savidge is just moments away from the scene and he will have a live report from the scene coming up very shortly. all right. let's go to the rest of the traffic. westbound is backed up at the bay bridge for a 15 to 20- minute delay. there are no major problems
happened and what delays are building. >>> he is accused of murdering a teenager, sierra lamar, and his trial to supposed to start today. will it happen? we will tell you why a delay is possible. >>> a very busy monday morning. may 23rd. i am gasia mikaelian. >> good morning. i am dave clark. we have breaking news in the morning commute. a caltrain accident. sal, what happened? >> well, just about 25 minutes ago we got a tweet from caltrain that after checking it...
attorneys in the lamar murder case want to move a torrial out of the south bay. that trial was delayed yet again yesterday. the case is going to be in court in june. antonin garcia-torres was accused of killing sierra lamar. ing head of security operations has been replaced. bonuse the subject of a house hearing in staff mismanagement efightestionable bonus decisions. ity imself received $90,000 of bonuses in just one year. >>> firefighters are making good progress on the metz fire burning in monterey county. that had gone through almost 4,000 acres of land. it's now up to 50% containment. no structures were damaged or are threatened. that started on sunday and the cause is still under investigation. >> want to check the forecast with kari. in esterday we had sunshine, mild temperatures and cool breeze. there were a couple of pop-up storms. we'll watch for the same thing today. otherwise morning clouds and very pleasant afternoon. during your lunch break temperatures will be in the low to mid 60s reaching to the low 70s for the south bay, north bay, peninsula and tri-valley. san franci
attorneys in the lamar murder case want to move a torrial out of the south bay. that trial was delayed yet again yesterday. the case is going to be in court in june. antonin garcia-torres was accused of killing sierra lamar. ing head of security operations has been replaced. bonuse the subject of a house hearing in staff mismanagement efightestionable bonus decisions. ity imself received $90,000 of bonuses in just one year. >>> firefighters are making good progress on the metz fire...
KTVU Fox 2 News at 6pm : KTVU : May 23, 2016 6:00pm-6:31pm PDT
man accused of killing sierra lamar has withdrawn his request for a speedy trial. the defendant says if work is bun done on the case i will step back. it allows his defense lawyers that are bogged down on other trials to stay on his case. garcia torres is charged in the disappearance of 15-year-old sierra lamar. her body has never been found. garcia torres' defense team plans to file a change of venue motion but legal analysts say that can be different. >> the judge has to balance the right of many are torres to a fair trial and look at the fact that generally change of venue motions are not favored and very expensive and very cumbersome. >> the judge ordered another april status hearing for june 17th. defense lawyers plan to file three motions by the end of next month. >>> morgan hill police say they are trying to find a shop- lifting suspect that took off running. i want to show you pictures of the man. they say he went on a shop lifting spree in the target store on cochran road. they say he cut the tags off on electronic items and put them in a bag. when he confronted with th
man accused of killing sierra lamar has withdrawn his request for a speedy trial. the defendant says if work is bun done on the case i will step back. it allows his defense lawyers that are bogged down on other trials to stay on his case. garcia torres is charged in the disappearance of 15-year-old sierra lamar. her body has never been found. garcia torres' defense team plans to file a change of venue motion but legal analysts say that can be different. >> the judge has to balance the...
KPIX 5 Noon News : KPIX : May 23, 2016 12:00pm-12:31pm PDT
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accused of killing sorry lamar has been delayed again. it was supposed to start last month but the defense pushed it back. garcia-torres will be in court next month. he has been in jail since 2012 when lamar vanished on the way to the bus stop in more gone began hill. -- morgan bill. if convicted of murder, garcia- torres faces the death penalty. >>> and now to campaign 2016, and kiet do shows us if you not party affiliation doesn't matter, you might want to think again. >> reporter: today is the last day to register to vote or change party positive affiliation. we have seen a steady stream of people coming in to do so today, and a lawsuit has been filed because of party preference. if you want to vote in the primary and choose between hillary clinton or bernie sanders, you have to tell your registrar. if you don't say anything, you will get a ballot without any presidential candidates on it. joe williams was registered as an independent but switched to democrats to vote for bernie sanders in the primary. he thinks the rules are confusing. do you think this process needs to change? >> i th
accused of killing sorry lamar has been delayed again. it was supposed to start last month but the defense pushed it back. garcia-torres will be in court next month. he has been in jail since 2012 when lamar vanished on the way to the bus stop in more gone began hill. -- morgan bill. if convicted of murder, garcia- torres faces the death penalty. >>> and now to campaign 2016, and kiet do shows us if you not party affiliation doesn't matter, you might want to think again. >>...
his public defender with a private attorney. >>> the trial of the man accused of killing sierra lamar may not start next month. torres filed a motion for a new attorney which his lawyer said would delay the trial another year. the judge says he can refile it later. sierra lamar was 15 when she disappeared from a school bus stop. her body was never found. >> a billion dollar investment leads to tonight's bay area business watch. that is how much money apple has sunk into uber's biggest rival in china. this largest sin investment it's received. the dow plummeted 185 points. >> tesla is adding an inventive to buyers, giving a tax waiver if they come to the fremont factory to pick up the vehicle. state officials hope they'll spend money on tourism and makeup for lost tax revenue. >> we're used to labels that say made in china, but how about made in san francisco? >> reporter: a new shipment just arrived. >> we have fabric from around the world. >> it's part of the cut loose clothing factory. it makes and ships clothes from around the world. >> 10, 15 years ago it would have been lucrative
his public defender with a private attorney. >>> the trial of the man accused of killing sierra lamar may not start next month. torres filed a motion for a new attorney which his lawyer said would delay the trial another year. the judge says he can refile it later. sierra lamar was 15 when she disappeared from a school bus stop. her body was never found. >> a billion dollar investment leads to tonight's bay area business watch. that is how much money apple has sunk into uber's...
defender with a private attorney. >>> the trial of the man accused of killing sierra lamar may not start next month. torres filed a motion for a new attorney which his lawyer said would delay the trial another year. the judge says he can refile it later. sierra lamar was 15 when she disappeared from a school bus stop. her body was never found. >> a billion dollar investment leads to tonight's bay area business watch. that is how much money apple has sunk into uber's biggest rival in china. this largest single investment it's received. the dow plummeted 185 points. >> tesla is adding an inventive to buyers, giving a tax waiver if they come to the fremont factory to pick up the vehicle. state officials hope they'll spend money on tourism and makeup for lost tax revenue. >> we're used to labels that say made in china, but how about made in san >> reporter: a new shipment just arrived. >> we have fabric from around the world. >> it's part of the cut loose clothing factory. it makes and ships clothes from around the world. >> 10, 15 years ago it would have been lucrative. >> rosemary sa
defender with a private attorney. >>> the trial of the man accused of killing sierra lamar may not start next month. torres filed a motion for a new attorney which his lawyer said would delay the trial another year. the judge says he can refile it later. sierra lamar was 15 when she disappeared from a school bus stop. her body was never found. >> a billion dollar investment leads to tonight's bay area business watch. that is how much money apple has sunk into uber's biggest...
Noticiero Telemundo 48 : KSTS : May 23, 2016 10:00am-10:31am PDT
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KTVU Mornings on 2 at 4:30am : KTVU : May 23, 2016 4:30am-5:01am PDT
scheduled start of the man trial that is accused of killing sierra lamar. we are in san jose.>> reporter: good morning. it appears the trial may be delayed again, we just do not know. the defense attorneys have been asking for more time. it appears that the suspect garcia torres was frustrated with his defense attorneys because he recently had asked for new ones, and they said that they needed more time because they needed time to work on it because they had been working on other cases, and now they need to decide whether to grant the defense more time or go for the trial today. garcia torres has been sitting in jail, and the district attorney says they are ready for the trial, the prosecutors say they have dna evidence that links him to sierra lamar. volunteers have helped hundreds of organized searches, but they have never found the body of the fifth teen-year-old. the hearing will begin this morning.>>> the time is 434, and the san francisco acting police chief is trying to build the community trust, and he started by meeting members of the third baptist church, and said t
scheduled start of the man trial that is accused of killing sierra lamar. we are in san jose.>> reporter: good morning. it appears the trial may be delayed again, we just do not know. the defense attorneys have been asking for more time. it appears that the suspect garcia torres was frustrated with his defense attorneys because he recently had asked for new ones, and they said that they needed more time because they needed time to work on it because they had been working on other cases,...
KPIX 5 News at 5PM : KPIX : May 13, 2016 5:00pm-5:31pm PDT
and killing 15-year- old sierra lamar is asking for new lawyers now. antolin garcia-torres back in court this morning. he says he hasn't been granted a speedy trial because his court-appointed lawyers are busy with other cases. 15-year-old sierra lamar disappeared on the way to a bus stop in 2012. he was linked to other kidnappings. sierra's body has never been found. >>> san francisco police chief greg suhr is speaking out for the first time since four supervisors joined a group of protestors pressuring him to quit. mayor lee is steadfastly standing by him. >> we got oversight by the professionals at the department of justice. i don't need four supervisors who are not professionals doing the political thing. i need them to pay attention to the reforms that we're putting out there and invest in that because that's what the public wants. >> as long as i'm chief of police i have a lot to do and i'm going to be about doing it. i don't have any intention to step down. i have a lot of work before me keeping the city safe, supporting the officers and doing the real hard task nationally f
and killing 15-year- old sierra lamar is asking for new lawyers now. antolin garcia-torres back in court this morning. he says he hasn't been granted a speedy trial because his court-appointed lawyers are busy with other cases. 15-year-old sierra lamar disappeared on the way to a bus stop in 2012. he was linked to other kidnappings. sierra's body has never been found. >>> san francisco police chief greg suhr is speaking out for the first time since four supervisors joined a group of...
NBC Bay Area News at 6 : KNTV : May 13, 2016 6:00pm-7:01pm PDT
dramatic move today in court in the sierra lamar case. the man accused of killing lamar insisted his trial get under way by june 21st. but his lead attorney didn't agree with him. the attorney is busy with another case. torres then asked the judge to change attorneys. that would lead to at least another year of delays. after a brief closed court meeting, garcia torres withdrew his request. the two sides will return to court later this month. lamar disappeared going to school in morgan hill four years ago. >>> 18 and counting. a man stabbed to death in san jose overnight. now the city's 18th homicide of the year. the victim was found at a strip mall at king and story. police say it probably happened around midnight. the victim died right where he was stabbed. the suspect got away, but if you saw something or know any information, you're urged to call the police department. >>> around the same time, a man and his dog were killed in a house fire in concord. there was a woman in the house as well. but she was able to get out. she only suffered minor injuries. the home was on tan jer
dramatic move today in court in the sierra lamar case. the man accused of killing lamar insisted his trial get under way by june 21st. but his lead attorney didn't agree with him. the attorney is busy with another case. torres then asked the judge to change attorneys. that would lead to at least another year of delays. after a brief closed court meeting, garcia torres withdrew his request. the two sides will return to court later this month. lamar disappeared going to school in morgan hill...
NBC Bay Area News at 11AM : KNTV : May 23, 2016 11:00am-12:01pm PDT
>>> right now at 11:00, four years after sierra lamar disappeared, her accused killer showed up in court today and once again today his trial is delayed. the reason the trial will not start for at least another month. thanks for joining us. i'm kris sanchez. >> and i'm scott mcgrew. first, b.a.r.t. trains are not stopping at the embarcadero station. let's go to mike inouye. mike? >> yes. folks over here are going to be affected. the embarcadero station is having a major medical emergency. that's the only information that we have gotten, other than the fact that there are 30-minute delays possible. almost all of the lines go through that station. they are not stopping there but they are traveling through the area and it's causing an issue for some folks. if you need to get off there, use the muni station. we haven't heard of anything from smta. we'll update you on twitter as we're able to do that as well. meanwhile, if you want to hit the roads, traffic is flowing no problems in and out of san francisco and out of the bay. we're watching the b.a.r.t. tracks. >>> once again, the tria
>>> right now at 11:00, four years after sierra lamar disappeared, her accused killer showed up in court today and once again today his trial is delayed. the reason the trial will not start for at least another month. thanks for joining us. i'm kris sanchez. >> and i'm scott mcgrew. first, b.a.r.t. trains are not stopping at the embarcadero station. let's go to mike inouye. mike? >> yes. folks over here are going to be affected. the embarcadero station is having a major...
Caught on Camera : MSNBCW : May 1, 2016 2:00pm-3:01pm PDT
space behind the desk. 38-year-old lamar moore enters and walks slowly through the room. suddenly, he opens fire. >> i see a big gentleman with a shotgun. i felt pain in my ear. i reached it. i see blood. >> sergeant satee is grazed in the neck. officer david andersson who just started his shift is shot in the forehead. >> just heard a very, very loud boom. felt like i was hit in the head with a baseball bat. lost my balance and went down. don't remember hitting the floor. >> off camera, sergeant kerry schultz is also hit. >> i was shot center mass in my bulletproof vest. >> as commander davis crouches to avoid the gunman, he takes sergeant satee's gun and tries to fend off the attacker. [ gunshots ] >> i fired several shots after ducking down and looking back up, trying to use cover and concealment at the same time. >> officer theodore jackson also returns fire. then suddenly, lamar moore makes a running leap over the front desk, landing close to commander davis. >> i didn't even see him jump over the desk. once i looked back up, he was right there in my face with a shotgun. [ shots
space behind the desk. 38-year-old lamar moore enters and walks slowly through the room. suddenly, he opens fire. >> i see a big gentleman with a shotgun. i felt pain in my ear. i reached it. i see blood. >> sergeant satee is grazed in the neck. officer david andersson who just started his shift is shot in the forehead. >> just heard a very, very loud boom. felt like i was hit in the head with a baseball bat. lost my balance and went down. don't remember hitting the floor....
KRON 4 News at 11 : KRON : May 23, 2016 11:00pm-11:16pm PDT
publicity. he's akeudzed of the march 2012 murder of then 15-year-old sierra lamar. her body has never been found. garcia tor resident will be -- for a status hearing then the judge in the case likely to decide on that change of venue motion. in san jose. >>> prosecutors failed for the second time in their bid to hold baltimore police accountable for the arrest and death of freddy gray. this was the scene as he left the courthouse today. he was found not guilty. he's one of six officers charged in connection with the events leading to the april 2015 death of freddy gray. his attorney argued his compliant touched grey only twice once to help him off the ground and again to help two other officers load him into a van. he was the second of six officers to stand trial. the first case ended in a mistrial. >>> new details tonight on the egypt airplane that crashed into the mediterranean last week. in 2013 we've learned that the same plane made an emergency landing after one of its engines overheated. aviation experts say that an overheated engine would be an unlick cause of a crash. it went
publicity. he's akeudzed of the march 2012 murder of then 15-year-old sierra lamar. her body has never been found. garcia tor resident will be -- for a status hearing then the judge in the case likely to decide on that change of venue motion. in san jose. >>> prosecutors failed for the second time in their bid to hold baltimore police accountable for the arrest and death of freddy gray. this was the scene as he left the courthouse today. he was found not guilty. he's one of six...
another court delay in the trial of if man accused of killing sierra lamar. he agreed to withdraw a request for a speedy trial. his lawyers are tied up with other cases. the torres is accused of killing sierra lamar in 2012. her body has never been found. his lawyers will ask for a change of venue, legal experts say they may have a tough time getting that. >> the judge has to balance the right of garcia torres to a fair trial and look at the change of venue motions are not favored and are expensive and cumbersome. >>> five people were killed when a skydiving tour plane crashed and caught fire in hawaii. >>> it went down moments after taking off. a pilot, two sky dive instructors and two jumpers were on board. the identities have not been released. the plane appeared to have engine problems when it burst into flames in the air. >> something must have been wrong with the engine. it caught fire. >> the ntsb and the faa are investigating to determine the cause of the crash. >>> wile story, a milwaukee woman rammed a sheriff squad car during a traffic stop injuring two deputies and -- an
another court delay in the trial of if man accused of killing sierra lamar. he agreed to withdraw a request for a speedy trial. his lawyers are tied up with other cases. the torres is accused of killing sierra lamar in 2012. her body has never been found. his lawyers will ask for a change of venue, legal experts say they may have a tough time getting that. >> the judge has to balance the right of garcia torres to a fair trial and look at the change of venue motions are not favored and...
Eyewitness News at 5:30 : KYW : May 27, 2016 5:30am-6:01am EDT
marriage to former nba player lamar odom. kardashian first filed for divorce back in 2013. but that was never finalized. remember that. and then khloe called it off last year after lamar was found unconscious in that nevada brothel. now he recovered but it looks like their relationship didn't. >> and gwyneth paltrow and chris martin are almost officially consciously uncoupled. remember when they broke up at first? that's what they were calling it? the oscar winning actress and cold play front man reached a divorce settlement yesterday. now they just need a judge to sign off on the deal to end their ten year marriage. >> all right, so each his own, but the consciously uncoupled thing? common. they're getting a divorce. >> maybe they did it for apple. maybe they use those words. >> whatever works, right? >> surprising discovery in a new jersey neighborhood. >> see the historic item uncovered under a house when we come back. >> unconsciously i don't want to lie down. i refuse to lie down. why suffer? stand up to chronic migraine... with botox®. botox® is the only treatment for chronic mi
marriage to former nba player lamar odom. kardashian first filed for divorce back in 2013. but that was never finalized. remember that. and then khloe called it off last year after lamar was found unconscious in that nevada brothel. now he recovered but it looks like their relationship didn't. >> and gwyneth paltrow and chris martin are almost officially consciously uncoupled. remember when they broke up at first? that's what they were calling it? the oscar winning actress and cold play...
, david louie, abc 7 news. >>> the trial for the man accused of killing morgan hill teenager sierra lamar nearly four years ago has been delayed again. we were in court today as the defendant appeared before a judge. his trial was scheduled to begin today. torres' public defenders told the judge they needed more time to prepare to represent him. lamar disappeared while walking to a bus stop back in 2012. her body has never been found. >>> hayward police say someone stole a squad car from the headquarters parking lot early this morning. the officer had stepped away leaving the car locked with the engine running. police used gps tracking to find the car about 15 minutes later abandoned iks, intact and as you can see nothing was stolen. >>> a vandal leaves his mark on a cross at the center of controversy in santa clara. you can see the "x" painted on the 14-foot granite cross located inside memorial cross park. it appeared after an avowed atheist filed suit against the city demanding the cross be removed from public property. he calls it an affront to the first amendment. he's been joined in
, david louie, abc 7 news. >>> the trial for the man accused of killing morgan hill teenager sierra lamar nearly four years ago has been delayed again. we were in court today as the defendant appeared before a judge. his trial was scheduled to begin today. torres' public defenders told the judge they needed more time to prepare to represent him. lamar disappeared while walking to a bus stop back in 2012. her body has never been found. >>> hayward police say someone stole a...
KTVU Mornings on 2 at 9am : KTVU : May 23, 2016 9:00am-10:01am PDT
. >>> the trial is scheduled to be underway for the man accused of kidnapping and killing sierra lamar. antolin garcia torres was arrested back in 2012 and has been held without bail in a san jose jail cell ever since. prosecutors say they have dna evidence from his vehicle and from sierra's clothing linking him to lamar. the 15-year-old's body has never been found. prosecutors will seek the death penalty if garcia torres is convicted. we have a crew in the courtroom and we will update you on what happened coming up at noon. >>> we are following some other stories in our newsroom. let's go to dave clark. >> sal, thank you. here are some of the top stories we are firing. calfire crews are making progress near a fire near soledad fueled by strong winds. it started yesterday afternoon. this photo was posted by calfire on twitter. now, about an hour ago they said it's between 20 and 40 percent contained. the wind has died down some, which is helping the firefighters. almost 4,000 acres have burned. so far there is no word of any injuries or homes threatened. >>> an alumnus of san jose stat
. >>> the trial is scheduled to be underway for the man accused of kidnapping and killing sierra lamar. antolin garcia torres was arrested back in 2012 and has been held without bail in a san jose jail cell ever since. prosecutors say they have dna evidence from his vehicle and from sierra's clothing linking him to lamar. the 15-year-old's body has never been found. prosecutors will seek the death penalty if garcia torres is convicted. we have a crew in the courtroom and we will update...
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KPIX 5 News at 11PM : KPIX : May 16, 2016 11:00pm-11:36pm PDT
morning. detectives identified this - 26-year-old 'erick lamar ne as a suspect. he is considered armed and danger investigators believe nelson might be driving this black spectra. police say the suspect and e victim knew each other. the motive is unclear. curry short on a 3 point att and that will do it disappointment in dub nation tonight. the golden state warriors fell short in game one of the western conference finals, at oracle arena. christin ayers is there ton. christin.. there was an ups cheap tickets! ((pkg)) natsot no fireworks outside of orae arena tonight tesla motors says it will look into allegations of underpaid factory workers. according to an investigatiy the mercury news: 140 sub- contractors who were hired build a paint shop at the fremont factory.. were paids than 5 dollars an hour. those employees were all hired thh a german company.. which iso accused of misusing foreign visas. today tesla c- e-o elon musk tweeted: "sounds like the wrong thing happened on many levels. will investigate to make it right." san mateo will keep using r light cameras... despite so
morning. detectives identified this - 26-year-old 'erick lamar ne as a suspect. he is considered armed and danger investigators believe nelson might be driving this black spectra. police say the suspect and e victim knew each other. the motive is unclear. curry short on a 3 point att and that will do it disappointment in dub nation tonight. the golden state warriors fell short in game one of the western conference finals, at oracle arena. christin ayers is there ton. christin.. there was an...
NBC Bay Area News at 6 : KNTV : May 6, 2016 6:00pm-7:01pm PDT
call at 888-996-tips. >>> one week from today the man accused of killing sierra lamar returns to court. it has been more than four years since lamar disappeared on her way to high school in morgan hill. dozens volunteers are angry and frustrated at the on going legal delays. the family is also frustrated. the murder trial was supposed to start last month but was postponed yet again. he is due in court next friday for another hearing. the actual trial is scheduled for may 23rd. >>> a san jose family will have to wait longer for any sense of comfort. they were expecting the man convicted of murdering their mother to be sentenced today but it was delayed by the judge. in a story you'll see only on nbc, david trujillo joins us where the family is not only emotionaly crushed. >> the victim's own cousin is the defendant. there was a delay in the sentencing and it honorth victim's husband. >> on a dark and gloomy morning, he walks out with bad news. he has to tell his three little girls the man who pled guilty to killing their mother still hasn't been sentenced. >> >> translator: angry
call at 888-996-tips. >>> one week from today the man accused of killing sierra lamar returns to court. it has been more than four years since lamar disappeared on her way to high school in morgan hill. dozens volunteers are angry and frustrated at the on going legal delays. the family is also frustrated. the murder trial was supposed to start last month but was postponed yet again. he is due in court next friday for another hearing. the actual trial is scheduled for may 23rd....
. >>> for a trial waiting in limbo for years, the sierra lamar murder case could move forward today. it's not clear if that trial date will be set today. sierra lamar disappeared four years ago on her way to school in morgan hill and her body had still not been found. prosecutors say there is dna evidence linking garcia torres to the crime. >>> the morgan hill gym owner accused of sexually assaulting his clients is expected in court to face charges. the owner and trainer at wolfpack training center. five female clients are accusing him of sexual assault. wolf smith faces up to 40 years in prison if convicted. >>> happening today, a somber annual event taking place in washington. the names of the fallen officers who have died in the line of duty around the nation will be honored at the law officers memorial. this year 52 names are being added. including michael johnson from san jose and hayward police officer scott unger. >>> 5:36. stunning and very rare images in the bay. did you get a chance to see these whales yesterday coming underneath the golden gate bridge. right now the focus
. >>> for a trial waiting in limbo for years, the sierra lamar murder case could move forward today. it's not clear if that trial date will be set today. sierra lamar disappeared four years ago on her way to school in morgan hill and her body had still not been found. prosecutors say there is dna evidence linking garcia torres to the crime. >>> the morgan hill gym owner accused of sexually assaulting his clients is expected in court to face charges. the owner and trainer at...
. >> steve:investigators would like to talk with this man. 26-year-old erick lamar nelson. the death of 25 year old poinsettia parks. her body was found floating in one of the duck ponds at newhall community park, near the boxer boulevard entrance. >> steve:when parks was pulled from the water. police determined she was a victim of a homicide. describe what they found. >> is smell like something did. --it smelled >> we look into the pond to see something floating and it was an orange shirt. >> we saw blood and a wig. >> steve:police say a warrant has been issued for the arrest of nelson. who should be dangerous. anyone with information about this case is asked to call concord police. >>"i have never seen him treat women anything other than respectfully >> pam:decision 2016. >> pam: girlfriend is accusing the new york times of distorting her experience with the presumptive republican presidential nominee. >> pam:from carly fiorina to megyn kelly, donald trump has not hesitated to insult women on the campaign trail. the new york times tried to find out how he treated women privately. >> p
. >> steve:investigators would like to talk with this man. 26-year-old erick lamar nelson. the death of 25 year old poinsettia parks. her body was found floating in one of the duck ponds at newhall community park, near the boxer boulevard entrance. >> steve:when parks was pulled from the water. police determined she was a victim of a homicide. describe what they found. >> is smell like something did. --it smelled >> we look into the pond to see something floating and it...
KTVU FOX 2 News at Noon : KTVU : May 23, 2016 12:00pm-1:01pm PDT
how the fire started. in vallejo, ktvu, fox 2 news. >>> this man accused of killing sierra lamar is delayed again until june. >> torres was arrested back in 2012 and held without bail ever since. prosecutors say they have dna evidence linking him to lamar and the body was never found and he disappeared near the home on the way to school. prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty if torres is convicted. >> facing murder charges with the death of a man. he went missing last month and his body was found more than a week ago up in sonoma county and they arrested tiffany lee, green's ex girlfriend's. we are told by a jail official that the girlfriend is under arrest. they face the charges of murder and conspiracy to commit murder. >>> firefighters are battle ago wildfire. it started at 3:30 in the afternoon near soledad. right now, the fire is 40% contained and burned close to 40,000 acres. no word of injuries or homes threatened. it is fueled by strong winds and it has tied down and they begin to make progress. >>> to the west coast finals. game three did not go as planned for th
how the fire started. in vallejo, ktvu, fox 2 news. >>> this man accused of killing sierra lamar is delayed again until june. >> torres was arrested back in 2012 and held without bail ever since. prosecutors say they have dna evidence linking him to lamar and the body was never found and he disappeared near the home on the way to school. prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty if torres is convicted. >> facing murder charges with the death of a man. he went...
KPIX 5 News at 6:00PM : KPIX : May 23, 2016 6:00pm-7:01pm PDT
services is aware and involved. redwood city, kpix 5. >>> the murder trial for lamar has been pushed back another month. torres was in court he waived his right to a speedy trial his lawyers need more time to file motions. he is accused of the 2012 kidnapping and murder of sierra lamar his attorney plans to ask the judge to move the trial out of the south bay. >>> judge in baltimore cleared a police officer in the arrest and death of freddi grey last year he died after suffering spinal injuries after being tossed around in a police van. the judge ruled the arresting officer acted reasonably nero teared off after the verdict was read. he was accused of being negligent. several other officers are facing charges for second degree murder. >>> president obama made history he announced the half century arms embargo with vietnam will be lifted. >> just a generation ago we were adversaries now we are friends. >> i have the is seen as an effort to limit china's influence in asia. his next stop is japan, the first sitting president to do so. >>> warm welcome home for a bay area dignitary. she
services is aware and involved. redwood city, kpix 5. >>> the murder trial for lamar has been pushed back another month. torres was in court he waived his right to a speedy trial his lawyers need more time to file motions. he is accused of the 2012 kidnapping and murder of sierra lamar his attorney plans to ask the judge to move the trial out of the south bay. >>> judge in baltimore cleared a police officer in the arrest and death of freddi grey last year he died after...
WTTG (FOX)
Fox 5 News @ Ten : WTTG : May 11, 2016 10:00pm-11:00pm EDT
by WTTG
in woodbridge a woman got into a fight with ronald aewers and mic ol lamar. nicole stole her phone and took off with boyfriend on bicycles and there was a headley hit-and-run and the victim was nicole lamar. they arrested him at the scene and faces robbery charges. >> police in prince will yunl county arrested a teenager for imperson nateing a police officer. tyson rasher was arrest the light night at the potomac mills mall why woodbridge. the teenager walked up to mall computerty and identified hi himself as a prince william county police officer. >> he had a replica his person and set of handcuff and officerable items that makes a reasonable person believe he was hochd. >> rash ser held without bond and sketched to make court appearance next month. >> new tonight at 10 update to a story we first drought you last year. >> a would bridge virginia veteran that tried toy spraws up into his barment complex will have --. >> shawp, tony, mickey triplets a disabled vehicle ran and washington d.c. corrections officer paint aid picnic pench out the apartment and charged with disinstruction
in woodbridge a woman got into a fight with ronald aewers and mic ol lamar. nicole stole her phone and took off with boyfriend on bicycles and there was a headley hit-and-run and the victim was nicole lamar. they arrested him at the scene and faces robbery charges. >> police in prince will yunl county arrested a teenager for imperson nateing a police officer. tyson rasher was arrest the light night at the potomac mills mall why woodbridge. the teenager walked up to mall computerty and...
NBC Bay Area News at 11 : KNTV : May 22, 2016 11:00pm-12:01am PDT
, her body has yet to be found, but the trial for he sierra lamar's killer is set to begin tomorrow. is he charged with kidnapping and killing 15-year-old sierra lamar in 2012. she left for school but never made it to the bus stop. the trial was to begin last month, but attorneys asked for more time for testing. and it's suspected that the trial date could be delayed again. the judge could delay it one more time. >>> in richmond tonight, yet another freeway shooting at 6:00 this evening from interstate 580. crews briefly closed some lanes for bullet casings. this is the latest in a string of shootings, some of them deadly. there does not appear to be a victim connected to tonight's shooting. >>> in concord, police are going door to door looking for surveillance video after a drive-by shooting that happened on clayton road. nobody was hurt and doesn't appear to be any damage, but investigators are treating this very seriously, the white vehicle is a four door compact. >>> officers who responded, had to rescue two people and their dogs after a khcoyote cornered them. the coyotes seemed ke
, her body has yet to be found, but the trial for he sierra lamar's killer is set to begin tomorrow. is he charged with kidnapping and killing 15-year-old sierra lamar in 2012. she left for school but never made it to the bus stop. the trial was to begin last month, but attorneys asked for more time for testing. and it's suspected that the trial date could be delayed again. the judge could delay it one more time. >>> in richmond tonight, yet another freeway shooting at 6:00 this...
The Ten O'Clock News on KTVU Fox 2 : KTVU : May 23, 2016 10:00pm-11:01pm PDT
. >>> the man accused of killing sierra lamar has withdrawn his request for a speedy file. garcia torres retained his defense team and agreed to the delay as long as his case is moving forward. his defense lawyers are tied up with other cases and the delay means they will be able to remain on his case. garcia torres is charged in the 2012 disappearance of 15-year- old sierra lamar. her body has never been found. garcia torres' attorneys plan to file a change of venue motion but legal analysts say they may have a tough time getting that motion approved. >> the judge has to balance the right of mr. garcia torres to a fair trial and also look at the fact that generally change of venue motions are not favored and very expensive and very cumbersome. >> the judge ordered another pretrial status hearing for june 17. defense lawyers plan to file a total of three motions by the end of next month. >>> the u.s. supreme court has sided with california and rejected an appeal of the state's ban on shark fins. a group of bay area chinese- americans argued that california was exceeding its authority and
. >>> the man accused of killing sierra lamar has withdrawn his request for a speedy file. garcia torres retained his defense team and agreed to the delay as long as his case is moving forward. his defense lawyers are tied up with other cases and the delay means they will be able to remain on his case. garcia torres is charged in the 2012 disappearance of 15-year- old sierra lamar. her body has never been found. garcia torres' attorneys plan to file a change of venue motion but legal...
rafael. >>> 6:01 am. >>> the trial for the man accused of killing the morgan hill teenager sierra lamar is supposed to start today, and it has been four years since garcia torres was arrested, and we are live in san jose, and there could be another delay.>> reporter: the judge will need to decide whether it is appropriate and fair to start the trial today, and the defense has asked for more time, and it appears that the suspect, garcia torres is frustrated with his defense attorney, and had recently asked for new ones. the public defender said they needed more time because they were working on unrelated cases, and now it is up to the judge to decide on whether to agree to delay the trial again or to go forward. garcia torres has been in jail since his arrest in 2012, and prosecutors say they are ready for the trial. they have dna evidence from the car of garcia torres, and his dna is on her clothing. the 15-year-old's body has never been found. there is a lot of emotion involved in this case, and usually volunteers will show up at the proceedings, and they may again after this hearing g
rafael. >>> 6:01 am. >>> the trial for the man accused of killing the morgan hill teenager sierra lamar is supposed to start today, and it has been four years since garcia torres was arrested, and we are live in san jose, and there could be another delay.>> reporter: the judge will need to decide whether it is appropriate and fair to start the trial today, and the defense has asked for more time, and it appears that the suspect, garcia torres is frustrated with his...
ABC7 News 9:00PM on KOFY : KOFY : May 13, 2016 9:00pm-10:01pm PDT
accused of killing sierra lamar may not start add planned. in court, the public defender told the judge they need more time to prepare to represent him. torres then filed a motion for a new attorney, which his lawyer said would delay the trial another year. torres met with the judge in closed court, then withdrew that request but the judge says he can refile it later if he chooses. sierra lamar was 15-year-olds old when she disappeared back in 2012. her body has never been found. >>> governor brown released his reviced budget today. the $122 billion spending plan includes $72 billion for k-through 12 public schools, an increase of nearly $3 billion. medicare spending hold steady, and it would put $2 billion into a rainy day fund. >> instead of pulling back, in the last two recessions, the state of california accelerated its spending, and therefore made the budget cuts all the more painful. >> the governor's budget now heads to the legislature for a month of intense negotiations. by law, legislators must send the governor a final spending plan by june 15th for the fiscal year that
accused of killing sierra lamar may not start add planned. in court, the public defender told the judge they need more time to prepare to represent him. torres then filed a motion for a new attorney, which his lawyer said would delay the trial another year. torres met with the judge in closed court, then withdrew that request but the judge says he can refile it later if he chooses. sierra lamar was 15-year-olds old when she disappeared back in 2012. her body has never been found. >>>...
Today : KNTV : May 23, 2016 10:00am-11:01am PDT
surrounding the death of sierra lamar. today the wait may end in the criminal case. >>> take a look at weather and traffic after the break. >>> it will be another nice and quiet day across the bay area with a mix of sun and clouds and cooler than average temperatures. expect a high of 68 degrees. east bay at 65 degrees. in the trivalley some mid-70s. also low 70s for the south bay. north bay, a slight chance of rain there today with some of those showers mainly popping up over the higher elevations. in san francisco look for a high of 63 degrees with breezy winds kicking up to about 25 miles an hour. let's head over to mike now for a look at what's happening on the roadways. >> just happening over here we're looking at westbound commute, we talked about this back up at gilmore. there's a motorcycle crash. you can kind of see it behind that sign. now let's look at your maps. that will slow you the breakdown of the slowdown by golden gate field. that's the worst of it. things quickly improve as you pass by university. the shot we just showed you. as we zoom out, the rest of the east bay
surrounding the death of sierra lamar. today the wait may end in the criminal case. >>> take a look at weather and traffic after the break. >>> it will be another nice and quiet day across the bay area with a mix of sun and clouds and cooler than average temperatures. expect a high of 68 degrees. east bay at 65 degrees. in the trivalley some mid-70s. also low 70s for the south bay. north bay, a slight chance of rain there today with some of those showers mainly popping up...
yet another legal twist in a murder trial for the man accused of killing sierra lamar. next the reason the trial may never take place in a santa clara county courtroom. >>> i'm bob redell live in vallejo where police are trying to capture the man who set this house on fire that killed a 5-year-old boy. >>> good tuesday morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. mike will give us a quick traffic report. >> i've got stuff. >> first peeks of sun. >> why not? we have a lot of clouds and every now and then the sun makes an appearance. that's the kind of weather you'll see today. it's now 48 degrees in the north bay and 58 in the east bay. peninsula, you're looking at 70 today. 72 in the south bay overall very comfortable, becoming mostly sunny. a slight chance of a spot shower for the north bay. i'll give you details on that and also a look ahead to the memorial day weekend coming up. let's head over to mike now tracking the crash near hayward. >> tracking parker. you are getting to work as well. all these folks at the bay bridge toll plaza. we'
yet another legal twist in a murder trial for the man accused of killing sierra lamar. next the reason the trial may never take place in a santa clara county courtroom. >>> i'm bob redell live in vallejo where police are trying to capture the man who set this house on fire that killed a 5-year-old boy. >>> good tuesday morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. mike will give us a quick traffic report. >> i've got stuff....
. the sierra lamar murder case could move forward today. torres is accused of killing the morgan hill teenager. it's not clear if a trial date will be set today. sierra lamar disappeared on her way to school in morgan hill four years ago. dna evidence links torres to that crime. >>> community alert about the movements of high-risk registered sex offender. fairfield place say juarez dmitrez was moved. he was recently released from prison and is on supervised parole. he is currently not wanted for any crimes but this is happening in the fairfield area. >>> an accused killer remains in a south bay jail this morning initially. andre redmond of san francisco agreed to do a jail house interview with us but declined at the last moment saying he still needs a lawyer. police say redmond killed a man in a home in the santa cruz mountains and a short time later after police pursuit, another person died in a car crash. police are linking redmond to both murders. investigators aren't saying if redmond knew the victims and no information about a motive has been released. >>> we know the name of the
. the sierra lamar murder case could move forward today. torres is accused of killing the morgan hill teenager. it's not clear if a trial date will be set today. sierra lamar disappeared on her way to school in morgan hill four years ago. dna evidence links torres to that crime. >>> community alert about the movements of high-risk registered sex offender. fairfield place say juarez dmitrez was moved. he was recently released from prison and is on supervised parole. he is currently not...
sierra lamar wants a new trial because his court appointed lawyers aren't giving him a speedy trial. he has been in jail since 2012. that's when sierra lamar seen here vanished on the way to the bus stop and was never seen again. garcia-torres was identified as a person of interest in the disappearance because of evidence allegedly linking him to the case. her body was never found. >>> governor brown using a fable to make his case for frugal spending. he is proposing a $122 billion budget plan down slightly from january because tax revenues will be nearly $2 billion less than expected. brown quoted the fable of the ants and the grasshopper in which the ant prepares for days of necessity. >> like everything else, things don't last forever. and right now, the surging tide of revenue is beginning to turn. >> brown is sticking to his push to put an extra $2 billion in the reserve fund. mainly to protect social services if a new recession were to happen. the governor says the budget will stay in balance for the next two years barring unforeseen developments. >>> new at 6:00, public schoo
sierra lamar wants a new trial because his court appointed lawyers aren't giving him a speedy trial. he has been in jail since 2012. that's when sierra lamar seen here vanished on the way to the bus stop and was never seen again. garcia-torres was identified as a person of interest in the disappearance because of evidence allegedly linking him to the case. her body was never found. >>> governor brown using a fable to make his case for frugal spending. he is proposing a $122 billion...
suspectses. >>> defense attorney in the sierra lamar case want to move it out of the south bay. antonin garcia torres is accused of kidnapping and killing sierra lamar four years ago. >>> two deputies face criminal charges in connection with an alleged inmate beating last summer. they turned themselves in yesterday. each one is accused in a beating that left inmates severely injured. they each face account of felony assault. ruben garcia says two guards gave him a fractured jaw and other injuries. he remains skeptical despite yesterday's arrest. >> i'm not too confident about it because they are in a position where a lot of times it gets swept under the rug or they take an extremely lesser charge. >> garcia only came forward after the investigation into the beating death of michael tyree. three other deputies face criminal charges in that case. >> north bay police officer caught on tape pulling a gun on man filming him is being sued. dave rodriguez is facing a federal civil rights lawsuit. you may recall this viral video from last july. rodriguez was patrolling the neighborhood
suspectses. >>> defense attorney in the sierra lamar case want to move it out of the south bay. antonin garcia torres is accused of kidnapping and killing sierra lamar four years ago. >>> two deputies face criminal charges in connection with an alleged inmate beating last summer. they turned themselves in yesterday. each one is accused in a beating that left inmates severely injured. they each face account of felony assault. ruben garcia says two guards gave him a fractured...
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KVVU (FOX)
FOX5 News This Morning : KVVU : December 1, 2016 7:00am-9:00am PST
by KVVU
railroad museum.. t peter dawson to get his caboose up to boulder city and showing us some holiday spirit. nevada southern railway excursion train at the nevada state railroad museum proudly present santa train. located in boulder city, they have four trains to ride on including a 71/2" gauge steam model train. ride the same rails the workers did while constructing the hoover dam. leaves the station on december 3, 4, 10, 11, 17 & 18. cc will resume shortly less than a half hour to go before a local radio host starts climbing his way to the top of a 30 foot scaffold less than a half hour to go before a local radio host starts climbing his way to the top of a 30 foot scaffold -- and that's where he'll live and broadcast live the next 12 days with the hope of tugging on the heartstrings of listeners to give during the kluc toy drive -- it's over at nv energy and fox'5 mike doria is there -- each day, 24 hours a day, we will be collecting donations on behalf of help of southern nevada to benefit local families and hundreds of non- profit agencies. we are seeking new, unwrapped toys, bi
railroad museum.. t peter dawson to get his caboose up to boulder city and showing us some holiday spirit. nevada southern railway excursion train at the nevada state railroad museum proudly present santa train. located in boulder city, they have four trains to ride on including a 71/2" gauge steam model train. ride the same rails the workers did while constructing the hoover dam. leaves the station on december 3, 4, 10, 11, 17 & 18. cc will resume shortly less than a half hour to go...
kicks off this weekend in boulder city. we even got the chance to speak with the big man himself. "i come down every year to visit with all the good little boys and girls on the santa train... every year down here in boulder city. the santa train the santa train runs every weekend until christmas at the nevada state you can ride a train here in southern nevada. tickets are 6- dollars. as cassandra just mentioned, thousands of santas will take over downtown tomorrow morning for the las vegas great santa run! and we'll be right in the thick of it. festivities kick off at nine a-m tomorrow. the five k starts at ten. the santa run benefits opportunity village. join les krifaton and i tomorrow on fox5 news this morning from 6 to 8 am! lewi there... dressed in his best santa suit, as racers prepare to take over the streets of downtown. it should be a fun morning. coming up... a triple threat! an actor, composer, and artist has his work on display here in las vegas. coming up... we about sir anthony hopkins? the actor is also a painter, and his work is being exhibited at two galleries here
kicks off this weekend in boulder city. we even got the chance to speak with the big man himself. "i come down every year to visit with all the good little boys and girls on the santa train... every year down here in boulder city. the santa train the santa train runs every weekend until christmas at the nevada state you can ride a train here in southern nevada. tickets are 6- dollars. as cassandra just mentioned, thousands of santas will take over downtown tomorrow morning for the las...
at the nevada railroad museum. we told fox5's peter dawson to take his caboose to boulder city and show us some holiday spirit. nevada southern railway excursion train at the nevada state railroad museum proudly present santa train. located in boulder city, they have four trains to ride on including a 71/2" gauge steam model train. ride the same rails the workers did while constructing the hoover dam. the santa train leaves the station on december 3, 4, 10, streets of downtown... this saturday--- there will be a sea of santas.... for the the las vegas great santa run it's not too late for you to join in the fun. festivities kick off at nine a-m and the five k starts at ten a-m and it is all for a good cause--- the santa run benefits opportunity people across the valley have been receiving random, racist letters... seemingly from a local h-o-a and a lawfirm. ""they've gone to reno, theyve gone to mesquite, they've gone all over the place....to categorize people in the way that theyve done, to me its a hate crime" " john leach.. whose firm's letterhead has been used.. says neither he
at the nevada railroad museum. we told fox5's peter dawson to take his caboose to boulder city and show us some holiday spirit. nevada southern railway excursion train at the nevada state railroad museum proudly present santa train. located in boulder city, they have four trains to ride on including a 71/2" gauge steam model train. ride the same rails the workers did while constructing the hoover dam. the santa train leaves the station on december 3, 4, 10, streets of downtown... this...
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Uncertainty looms over extent of scrubber use ahead of IMO 2020 rule
by ShippingHerald Environment, Headlines, Shipping News, The Wire, Top Stories
A cloud of uncertainty over the marine fuel mix hovers ahead of the International Maritime Organization’s global sulfur cap regulation, with many sources saying that shipowners are likely to wait and watch before choosing a viable option including using scrubbers to comply with the rule.
Less than two years remain before the IMO’s sulfur cap comes into effect on January 1, 2020, requiring shipowners to burn 0.5% sulfur-compliant bunker fuel compared with 3.5% sulfur currently.
They have a variety of options — 0.5% sulfur bunker fuels, marine gasoil, scrubbers with HSFO, or alternatives such as LNG, LPG and even methanol.
However, confusion reigns as the industry grapples with the magnitude of the change and the possibility of additional costs.
There are about 95,000 ships on water. Currently less than 300 are installed with scrubbers, John D’Ancona, divisional director, dry cargo, at Clarksons Platou, said at the S&P Global Platts 5th Annual Asian Refining Summit in Singapore last week.
Shipowners were observing the situation for now, he said.
“The reasons are quite simple: uncertainties surrounding the options going forward, particularly fuel choices and pricing, and the fact that shipping has gone through some of the worst markets in history over the last several years,” he said.
“Furthermore, shipowners are currently having to deal with other regulatory costs such as installing ballast water treatment systems. The additional capex and opex of installing scrubbers, and uncertainty about the price spread between compliant fuels and HSFO, is likely to prompt many to wait,” he added.
Besides the high costs associated with retrofitting vessels with scrubbers, the need for new port facilities to deal with sludge treatment and continuous monitoring that abatement systems necessitate would likely impede its widespread adoption, Eni Vice President Technology Licensing Masimmo Trani said at the conference last Friday.
“We estimate at least for the first five years from 2020 onward the use of HS [heavy sulfur] fuels for ships equipped with scrubbers will be limited to around 45 million mt/year,” Trani said.
Citing industry estimates, Trani said global maritime transport consumption of high sulfur heavy fuel oil would be around 240 million mt in 2019.
Maersk Line, the world’s largest shipping company, said last year that it would not be using scrubbers.
More recently, Hong Kong’s Pacific Basin Shipping — one of the world’s largest owner and operator of modern Handysize tonnage — has also dismissed the use of scrubbers, opting instead for low sulfur fuel oil.
“We do not think that sulfur scrubbers are an effective solution either technically or environmentally,” Pacific Basin CEO Mats Berglund said during the company’s results briefing recently.
However, some sources still maintain that pricing will be the ultimate deciding factor to determine the choice of bunker fuel, a shipowner will make.
According to some shipowners, high sulfur fuel oil has to be at least $200/mt cheaper than 0.5% low sulfur fuel oil or 0.1% marine gasoil to incentivize the installation of scrubbers.
Scrubber installation is currently expensive, around $3.5 million for each ship, while LNG, despite being the most suitable fuel, has a long way to go, said Neelabh Sharma, chief manager, strategy, at IOC.
LNG bunkering requires huge spending on upgrading port infrastructure and is mostly viable for short/medium fixed routes where availability is more or less assured, industry sources said.
“Ships need flexibility. You commit yourself to a route where you can find fuel readily,” Maersk Oil Trading’s head of trading Peter Beekhuis said at last week’s conference.
Doubts also loom over sufficient supply of 0.5% sulfur bunker fuel after the new rule is implemented due to the possibility of a glut of HSFO, pushing down its price.
If HSFO prices fall, it will make installation of scrubbers attractive, Coco Vroon, managing director of the Vroon Group, said at the MARE Shipping Forum in Singapore recently.
“We don’t know what will happen at that point of time. We are all guessing,” he said.
Source: Platts
New Fuel Rules Push Shipowners to LNG
LNG bunkering is an idea whose time hasn’t come (yet) – Platts
Compliance with IMO 2020 rule to be high despite concerns – consultant
Shipping makes final push to adapt to IMO 2020
Singapore will remain world’s top bunkering hub post 2020: Maersk executive
IMO likely to set global sulfur cap on bunker fuel from 2020
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Nikos Vatopoulos :The 15 portraits of Vasilis Soulis
The 15 portraits of Vasilis Soulis, 1,00*1,00, oil on canvas, make up a universe almost immaterial. Forms intimately familiar, all from the artist's surroundings, extend and deepen the concept of portrait. In his new solo exhibition at the ena contemporary art gallery of Valaoritou Street 9c (edited by Iris Kritikou), Vasilis Soulis displays psychic anatomist’s properties as he removes housings to arrive at an alloy of darkness and light. "Portrait photography is the effort to interpret the other," he says. "Unconsciously, you also present yourself".
Born in Athens in 1981, a graduate of the School of Fine Arts with Professor Yiannis Psychopedis, Vassilis Soulis has the gift of inner observation. He moves predictable rules to deliver interpretations of beauty. As a viewer, one feels the variety of human types, all flowing in fluid or airy form to a common tank. "Trying to attribute the psyche of people I used a technique that was wetter and more transparent," he says. "The tone differences in the portrait are very close, there are too many halftones, the light is marginal, as I tried to give the figure inwardness and depth".
Looking at the forms from a close distance, they seem to be like geophysical atlases exposed to rain and sun, eyes on withdrawal or straight showdown. The form tends to subdue to a light of undetermined origin. "The color is dull, gloomy and mild," says Vasilis Soulis. "Liquid dye creates fluidity in the shape I need to get out of the areas I do not want to stress and have them stay in subsidence." The more portraits stand opposite to photorealism, the more they are illuminated internally. It is the course of a dematerialization.
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Toby Keith - A Little Less Talk And A Lot More Action
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Toby Keith And Willie Nelson music video Beer For My Horses
DVD: Best Of Country Video Vol.6
Toby Keith Covel (born July 8, 1961), best known as Toby Keith, is an American country music singer-songwriter, record producer, and actor. Keith released his first four studio albums - 1993's Toby Keith, 1994's Boomtown, 1996's Blue Moon and 1997's Dream Walkin', plus a Greatest Hits package for various divisions of Mercury Records before leaving Mercury in 1998. These albums all earned gold or higher certification, and produced several chart singles, including his debut "Should've Been a Cowboy", which topped the country charts and was the most played country song of the 1990s. The song has received three million spins since its release, according to Broadcast Music Incorporated.
Signed to DreamWorks Records Nashville in 1998, Keith released his breakthrough single "How Do You Like Me Now?!" that year. This song, the title track to his 1999 album of the same name, was the Number One country song of 2000, and one of several chart-toppers during his tenure on DreamWorks Nashville. His next three albums, Pull My Chain, Unleashed, and Shock'n Y'all, produced three more Number Ones each, and all of the albums were certified multi-platinum. A second Greatest Hits package followed in 2004, and after that, he released Honkytonk University.
When DreamWorks closed in 2005, Keith founded the label Show Dog Nashville, which merged with Universal South Records to become Show Dog-Universal Music in December 2009. He has released seven studio albums through Show Dog/Show Dog-Universal: 2006's White Trash with Money, 2007's Big Dog Daddy, 2008's That Don't Make Me a Bad Guy, 2009's American Ride, 2010's Bullets in the Gun, 2011's Clancy's Tavern, 2012's Hope on the Rocks, and 2013's Drinks After Work, as well as the compilation 35 Biggest Hits in 2008. Keith also made his acting debut in 2006, starring in the film Broken Bridges and co-starred with comedian Rodney Carrington in the 2008 film Beer for My Horses.
Overall, Keith has released sixteen studio albums, two Christmas albums, and three compilation albums. He has also charted more than forty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, including nineteen Number One hits and sixteen additional Top Ten hits. His longest-lasting Number One hits are "Beer for My Horses" (a 2003 duet with Willie Nelson) and "As Good as I Once Was" (2005), at six weeks each. He has sold more than 40 million albums worldwide.
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Home > Newsroom > Richemont and Alibaba Group announce global strategic partnership
Richemont and Alibaba Group announce global strategic partnership
Companies to form a joint venture to launch luxury retail platform for Chinese consumers
Partnership to provide luxury brands enhanced access to vast Chinese market
Richemont, the Swiss luxury goods group, and Alibaba Group today announce a global strategic partnership to bring the retail offerings of YOOX NET-A-PORTER GROUP S.p.A. (YNAP), the world’s leading online luxury retailer, to Chinese consumers.
Under the partnership, YNAP and Alibaba will establish a joint venture (JV) to launch two mobile apps for YNAP’s NET-A-PORTER and MR PORTER multi-brand, in-season online stores for consumers in China. Alibaba will provide technology infrastructure, marketing, payments, logistics and other technology support to the JV. The partnership will also leverage YNAP’s strong relationship with leading luxury brands, some 950 of them being currently distributed through YNAP in China.
In addition, the JV will launch NET-A-PORTER and MR PORTER online stores on Alibaba’s Tmall Luxury Pavilion, an exclusive platform dedicated to the world’s leading luxury brands. Launched in 2017, the Tmall Luxury Pavilion aims to create the same brand exclusivity and tailored shopping experience that customers shopping offline typically enjoy. It enables brands to deliver highly personalised shopping experiences through curated homepages, customised brand pages, product recommendations and exclusive VIP awards.
YNAP and Alibaba will also explore future offerings that enable the JV’s customers to enjoy unique and seamless online and offline shopping experiences through digitising and fully integrating the retail value chain from merchandising and marketing to payments and last-mile delivery. The JV will focus on serving consumers in China and will extend to Chinese consumers travelling abroad.
Johann Rupert, Chairman of Richemont, said: “Chinese customers at home and abroad are an increasingly important customer base for Richemont and for the broader luxury industry. Our digital offering in China is in its infancy and we believe that partnering with Alibaba will enable us to become a significant and sustainable online player in this market. Alibaba has become the preferred online destination in China, with world-class teams in technology, logistics and marketing. Through this joint venture, we look forward to opening the important Chinese market to NET-A-PORTER, MR PORTER and the luxury brands they offer their clientele. To this end, we will work with Alibaba to ensure NET-A-PORTER and MR PORTER’s continuing expansion as neutral, open and sophisticated platforms.”
YOOX NET-A-PORTER has always built long-term relationships with its brand partners, protecting and nurturing the finest luxury names online. Together with Alibaba, we will offer our brand partners the same quality and reliability for the Chinese online market. Leveraging NET-A-PORTER and MR PORTER, luxury brands can access a neutral and powerful platform to maximize China’s
immense potential.
Federico Marchetti, CEO of YOOX NET-A-PORTER GROUP, said.
Daniel Zhang, CEO of Alibaba Group, said: “This multi-faceted partnership will bring Chinese consumers unprecedented access to the world’s leading luxury brands. Chinese consumers are expected to account for nearly half of the global luxury market by 2025, and through this partnership, Alibaba and YNAP will be even better positioned to capture this compelling market opportunity. As Chinese consumers continue to upgrade their lifestyles, we want to meet the desires of Alibaba’s more than 600 million users. By integrating online and offline commerce through our New Retail technologies, we will be able to deliver a seamless experience to consumers as well as better enable these leading brands to engage their customers in new and innovative ways. We believe this announcement is just the beginning of a long-term partnership, and together we are committed to exploring many more opportunities to collaborate in the future.”
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Pia Wurtzbach Amplifies Everyone’s Courage at Love Gala 2019
More than four years after winning Miss Universe 2015, Pia Wurtzbach has remained committed to her causes especially on HIV awareness campaign as she headlines “Love Gala 2019: Courage Amplified” – an event powered by the LoveYourself Inc.
The Love Gala, the Asia’s premier charity and awards event that supports HIV awareness and education campaign, will be held on May 11, at the ABS-CBN Vertis Tent, Quezon City.
Wurtzbach, a UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador for Asia and the Pacific, will also be joined by Miss Universe 2018 Catriona Gray, who is a volunteer-ambassadress of the LoveYourself – a non-government organization that promotes HIV awareness and education campaign in the Philippines. To join Wurtzbach and Gray on this causes, tickets for the Love Gala are available at www.lovegala.org.
LoveYourself founder and Executive Director Ronivin Pagtakhan said that Wurtzbach was chosen to be one of the Love Gala ambassadresses along with Gray as they both have the strong passion and desire to use their voices on the HIV advocacy.
“The Love Gala is an opportunity for people to be brave and show their support on the cause. We can all do our part to help minimize the cases of HIV by showing that we are united in our advocacy and by taking actions to make a difference,” Pagtakhan said.
The Love Gala continues the global movement by uniting individuals and organizations in a night of exquisite musical entertainment and worthwhile fundraising and a perfect venue for people to learn more about what they can do to support the cause.
The gala night will also honor outstanding advocates who have greatly contributed their communities at the second Ripple Awards: five (5) individuals, three (3) organization and one (1) project of the year.
Institutions and organizations supporting Love Gala are Absolut & Olmeca, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations, Business Mirror, Department of Health, Durex, F1 Hotel, Inspi Store, Mass TV, MP School, Mont Albo, PhilHealth, Philippine National AIDS Council, Pilipinas Shell Foundation Inc., Rotary Club, Save the Children, Shopee, The LoveYourself Incorporated, UNAIDS, Victoria Court and World Health Organization.
Wear Love for More Love!
As part of fundraising activities, Wurtzbach is also one of the faces of the “Wear Love for More Love” shirts – a limited edition tops released by LoveYourself in partnership with Inspi and online shopping ‘Shopee.’
Comedian and impersonator Kaladkaren Davila also supports the cause.
The “Wear Love for More Love” merchandise has two distinct designs: The LoveYourself Black Shirt and The Love.Fight.Cure. Red Flip Shirt – these are made of premium cotton while the shirt’s design is silk-screened with a straight hem.
For only PhP249.00 you can already help the good cause of the LoveYourself. The shirts come in XS to XL sizes.
A huge portion of the sales from the LoveYourself merchandise will be used to support the organizations’ free and confidential HIV testing services, awareness programs and community movements like the Love Gala 2019: Courage Amplified.
So, what are you waiting for? Hurry! Add to cart and purchase the shirts NOW, as it will only last until May 1. The shirts will be shipped at your doorsteps wherever you are in the Philippines.
VIDEO: http://bit.ly/LoveGala2019Vid
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Francesco Rosselli
Aliases: François Roussel; Francesco Roscelli / Rossello
Born: c.1510
Died: after 1577
French composer. As his madrigals were published under various italianized forms of his name (Rosselli, Rossello, Roscelli, etc) historians have generally concluded that he was Italian, but in a document cited in I-Rslf he is referred to as ‘Franciscus Roussel gallus’. All we know of his activities outside Italy is that before 1568 he was a protégé of the seneschal Guillaume de Gadagne in Lyons. Two lists of the famiglia of Cardinal Alessandro Farnese show Roussel among the 11 musicians employed by the cardinal in 1544 and as a member of his household in 1563. This relationship may help to explain certain items in the composer's biography, in particular his nomination by the cardinal to the position of magister pueorum of the Cappella Giulia in 1548 and his appointment as maestro di cappella of S Lorenzo in Damaso in 1564. He was employed at S Luigi dei Francesi from 1566 to 1571 and at S Giovanni in Laterano in the years 1572–5.
View the French Wikipedia article on Francesco Rosselli. (English translation by Google)
Works include 8 masses, 14 motets & numerous chansons & madrigals. The superius part of Adoramus te Christe I is used for (the 19c?) Adoramus te, Christe (attrib. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
Adoramus te Christe I
Adoramus te Christe II
L'aspetto sacro de la terra vostra
Works by Francesco Rosselli in the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)
Retrieved from "https://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php?title=Francesco_Rosselli&oldid=1059529"
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Big Boi, Killer Mike, BlackOwned, C-Bone & Rock D - "Kryptonite (I'm On It)"
An underrated ATL classic, "Kryptonite" is a song ideally meant to be blasted in the car, headphones, or on a superb speaker system. It doesn't get as many spins as it deserves simply because a lot of people haven't heard it (the track was relegated to Purple Ribbon's 2005 collaborative album Got Purp, Vol.2 rather than a Big Boi solo album). Still, I defy you not to get amped up as you listen to this song.
Labels: Atlanta, Big Boi, BlackOwned, C-Bone, Killer Mike, Purple Ribbon, Rock D
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Self Scientific - "Leftside" x "Deeper Roots"
Nas - "What Goes Around" (feat. Keon Bryce)
Blue Scholars - "Second Chapter"
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Saint Laurent Unveils Spring Men’s Campaign with Music from Hunx and His Punx
The brand’s spring campaign video features male models Rexx Osterkamp, Ethyn and Kevin shot by Slimane himself and is soundtracked by the Hunx and His Punx.
By Marissa G. Muller
Judging by Saint Laurent Paris’ spring men's campaign, it doesn't seem like Hedi Slimane plans on straying from the rock vibes he's established at the fashion house. The brand's spring campaign video, featuring male models Rexx Osterkamp, Ethyn and Kevin, and shot by Slimane himself, is soundtracked by the Hunx and His Punx track, "You Don't Like Rock'nRoll." Saint Laurent also unveiled a new print ad starring Rexx Osterkamp in the "Blood Luster" Teddy. Check it out below.
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Daumier's Hack Drivers
"Cabriolet, sir, sir?" "I can barely afford to walk!" (Le Charivari, 1839)
A good portion of the current cultural image of the cabdriver developed in the Nineteenth Century. Hack and cab drivers were commonly featured in the physiologies – illustrated lists of common urban personalities or character types, a sort of “Who Are The People In Your Neighborhood?” meant to reassure readers that the quickly changing city was still legible.
Honoré Daumier (1808-1879) was one of the great lithographers and caricaturists of the time. Daumier had a keen political conscience, and loved to skewer the powerful and wealthy, not hesitating to take on the King himself. At the same time, Daumier did not exempt everyday Parisians from satire; as Baudelaire put it, Daumier “teaches us to laugh at ourselves.”
Daumier was very conscious of what today might be called the micropolitics of everyday life. He was also particularly observant of the indignities and hidden injustices of transportation—most famously, in his depictions of third class railway passengers, but also the long-suffering riders of omnibuses and stage coaches, and even those travelling by boat on the Seine. He also repeatedly returned to the subject of Parisian fiacres (hacks) and cabriolets (cabs), and the interactions between their drivers and passengers.
In Daumier’s prints, the hackmen are selfish, wily, and unkempt—precisely as they appeared in the work of his contemporaries. However, as a champion of the poor and oppressed, Daumier was more sympathetic to workers, including hackdrivers, than many of the other physiologues of his time. The bottom line for Daumier, nevertheless, is that no one gets off easy, and most often, both drivers and passengers come across as ridiculous figures.
Driver: Where to, bourgeois? Shall it be by the hour or by the trip?
Passenger: Rue St. Honoré.
Driver: What number?
Passenger: I will show you... Rue St. Honoré.
Passenger: I don't know!
Driver: Excuse me then: by the hour!
Many of Daumier's cab cartoons focus on a common source of contention between drivers and passengers: the method of fare calculation. Decades before the invention of the taximeter, Parisian cabs charged either a flat rate by the trip, or a variable fare based on time. In the above comic, a savvy driver deals effectively with a drunk, disoriented customer. Seeing that the passenger is uncertain of the correct address, the driver declares it a time-based fare, to ensure that he will be paid for the inevitable time spent searching for the actual destination. Like almost all of Daumier’s hackdrivers, the driver here is holding a whip, wearing an overcoat, and sporting a tall plug hat which has become warped and misshapen through long exposure to the elements.
COACHMAN: Go on, Gentlemen, argue over my cab as much as you like. But argue by the hour, for I will have my pay! (Le Charivari, 1855)
This driver waits stoically for two disputing passengers to duke it out over his cab, while insisting that he will be paid for the wasted time.
By the Minute: "Driver, you're hardly moving!" "Driver, you're not going anywhere!" (Le Charivari, 1857)
Since the per-hour rate was slightly higher than the per-trip rate, it was often advantageous for drivers to give rides by time rather than by trip—leading in turn to suspicions by passengers that drivers were driving intentionally slowly, in order to “run up the fare.” Daumier illustrates these concerns with these two excruciatingly slow drivers, grinning like Cheshire cats at the complaints of the helpless businessmen trapped in their vehicles.
A fiacre by the hour. (Le Charivari, 1839)
Less conspiratorially, in this illustration the driver has simply fallen asleep through exhaustion, to the consternation of his passenger, who is paying by the hour. The yellow body and black top was typical of Paris cabs in this era.
Daumier would return to the theme of the sleeping fiacre driver in a later cartoon:
"Look here, driver, look here... what are you thinking? I will never arrive at the train on time... I will miss the train!" (The driver continues to voyage through the land of dreams.) (Le Charivari, 1864)
"Driver, stop! I will pay by the hour!"
"By the hour? In the rain? You insult me!"
(Le Charivari, 1864)
Then as now, rain would bring a reversal of power, and cabdrivers, instead of having to search for passengers, took advantage of increased demand to pick and choose the most desirable fares. Here the gentleman hailer offers to pay the driver the higher per-hour rate in order to secure a ride. The driver pretends to be insulted by this pandering—more likely, he hopes to make more money at the per-trip rate than at the per-hour rate, while the rain lasts.
"Driver, driver! You have to stop for me, save my life! bring me quickly, by the trip!" "Come on, Spaniard, you're not being reasonable. You don’t have to fear the rain because you have a coat!" (Le Charivari, 1858)
Then again, these rain-soaked Commedia dell'arte performers dressed as Scaramouche (?) and Pierrot offer to to pay by the trip; but the driver refuses, perhaps because of their destination, or perhaps because he knows actors are likely to be broke, and therefore unlikely to tip well.
"Driver! The hand of our daughter!" (Le Charivari, 1867)
Desperate for a cab, a family offers their daughter's hand in marriage to the driver who will stop for them—to no avail.
"Take you to the Madeleine? Give me a break! I will take you to the Jardin des Plantes, I have a dinner appointment in that direction." (Le Charivari, 1866)
Daumier may be intentionally ambiguous about just who is “abusing the liberty” of whom. The bourgeois couple, who have apparently been pestering the off-duty fiacre driver with requests for a ride? Or the driver, who decides to take them, not to their destination, but to a place more convenient for him?
"The ladies are from the half-world (demi monde), but they don't wear half-skirts (demi-jupes)." (Le Charivari, 1855)
Like expensive clothes, riding in hacks was a status symbol of the rich, but was open to appropriation by upwardly aspiring members of the lower classes. Here, Daumier pokes fun at the pretentions of prostitutes who mimic both the clothes and the riding habits of the nobility.
"Driver, are you hired (loué)?" "No, sir." "Well, love those who advise you, not those who praise (loue) you." (Le Charivari, 1842)
This pedestrian joker’s pun on the French word for "hail" makes the driver grimace. It’s about as funny as asking an English-speaking cabdriver, “Are you free? ... Then how do you make any money?”
The following driver calms an anxious passenger with a mix of soft-spoken friendliness and subtle menace reminiscent of Tom D'Andrea in Dark Passage:
"Calm yourself, bourgeois, and know that I will drive you as gently as if it were your funeral!" (1842)
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Zero Tolerance for Bleeding Gums
Medical/Dental Professionals
Preventing Hospital Pneumonia Deaths
March 1, 2014 / ZT4BG Public
ScienceDaily (Dec. 15, 2008) — Hospital-borne
infections are a serious risk of a long-term
hospital stay, and ventilator-associated
pneumonia (VAP), a lung infection that
develops in about 15% of all people who are
ventilated, is among the most dangerous.
With weakened immune systems and a higher
resistance to antibiotics, patients who rely
on a mechanical ventilator can easily develop
serious infections — as 26,000 Americans do
every year.
Thanks to a proven new clinical approach
developed by Tel Aviv University nurses,
though, there is a new tool for stopping the
onset of VAP in hospitals.
This new high-tech tool? An ordinary toothbrush.
Three Times a Day Keeps Pneumonia Away
“Pneumonia is a big problem in hospitals
everywhere, even in the developed world,”
says Nurse Ofra Raanan, the chief researcher
in the new study and a lecturer at Tel Aviv
University’s Department of Nursing. “Patients
who are intubated can be contaminated with
pneumonia only 2 or 3 days after the tube is
put in place. But pneumonia can be
effectively prevented if the right measures
are taken.”
Raanan, who works at the Sheba Academic
School of Nursing at The Chaim Sheba Medical
Center, collaborated with a team of nurses at
major medical centers around Israel. The
nurses found that if patients — even
unconscious ones — have their teeth brushed
three times a day, the onset of pneumonia can
be reduced by as much as 50%.
A Pioneering Study with Measurable Effects
It’s difficult to quantify the effects
precisely, the researchers say. “While the
research shows a definite improvement in
reducing the incidence of hospital-borne
pneumonia, it’s hard to say by exactly how
much toothbrushing prevents VAP,” says
Raanan, but the published evidence shows a
direct correlation for intubated patients.
“Sometimes, however, doctors and nurses do
everything right and the patient still gets
pneumonia. But this approach will certainly
improve the odds for survival.”
Normally, the teeth and oral cavity in a
healthy mouth maintain a colony of otherwise
harmless bacteria. Infection takes root when
a breathing tube allows free passage of the
“good” bacteria into the lower parts of the
lung. The bacteria travel in small water
droplets through the tube and colonize the
lung. Once there, the bacteria take
advantage of a patient’s weakened immune
system and multiply. A regular toothbrushing
kills the growth and subsequent spread of the
bacterium that leads to VAP.
Augmenting the Preventative Routine
There are additional steps for preventing the
onset of VAP. Today, nurses typically use a
mechanical suction device to remove
secretions from the mouth and throat. They
also put patients in a seated position and
change the position every few hours.
Toothbrushing, say Tel Aviv University
nurses, should be added to the routine.
Although nurses in some American hospitals
already practice toothbrushing on ventilated
patients, these new results may convince
medical centers around the world to invest
more resources in this routine practice,
thereby saving lives.
Oral hygiene curbs pneumonia risk in elderly
Reuters – Oct 23, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Among nursing home residents, having a nursing aide help them maintain good oral hygiene lowers the odds of them dying from pneumonia, a study suggests.
Pneumonia is the leading cause of death in elderly nursing home residents, Dr. Carol W. Bassim and colleagues point out in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. “Several studies have shown that poor oral hygiene or inadequate oral care are also associated with pneumonia,” they add.
Bassim, now at the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research in Bethesda, Maryland, and her associates studied the impact of enhanced oral hygiene care for residents in two wards at a Florida nursing home compared with residents in two other wards.
Initially, there was no difference in the mortality rate from pneumonia between the two groups. However, patients in the oral care group were older and more disabled than those who did not receive oral care, and once this was taken into account the risk of dying from pneumonia was more than three times higher in patients who did not receive oral care.
Pneumonia in the elderly is often triggered by aspirating saliva or food. It is likely that the risk of pneumonia “depends on the quality and the quantity of the oropharyngeal contents of a patient at the time of respiratory inoculation or introduction,” Bassim and colleagues explain.
“The quantity of saliva inhaled and a predisposition to gross aspiration events may not be modified through oral care,” they add, “but this study indicates that oral care may be involved in significantly reducing the harmful quality of the intra-oral environment, reducing the risk of a patient dying from pneumonia.”
SOURCE: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, September 2008.
Presence of periodontopathic bacteria in coronary arteries from patients with chronic periodontitis.
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Parts of the propaganda war
Before I consider the exciting new War Against The Jews - it might be a little premature to write about it - a little clean-up of links:
Making movies to promote Zionism at the expense of making money has put Hollywood's greatest businessman almost out of business. But hey, if it can allow the shooting of one Palestinian child it's worth it, right?
From Greg Bacon in the comments, arrests have been made in the Venezuelan 'anti-Semitic' synagogue attack, and the arrested include "at least one security official from the synagogue". Like clockwork: Chavez complains about the slaughter in Gaza so the Jews attack themselves to try to garner sympathy. It has happened so, so many times it is almost a joke.
The Jew-controlled American publishing industry is also pulling its weight. This is not just an attack on the fake memoirs; it is also surprisingly 'anti-Semitic', especially as it is published in the New Yorker (remember when the New Yorker used to be relevant?).
Speaking of finding things in odd places, an excellent photo essay on Gaza published in in the New York Times, kinda like opening Der Stürmer in 1943 and finding a similar article on the suffering of the Jews. Published where it is, I assume it is just Jewish sadistic porn.
Also from the comments, a good analysis of the BBC's refusal to allow an appeal for Gaza relief. The BBC couldn't allow Gaza relief to be mentioned as that might cause people to ask why the people of Gaza need relief, which is, by definition, an 'anti-Semitic' question. My question: why does Mark Thompson still have a job?
In the same vein, it is apparently now illegal in Britain to express an opposition to genocide. Just another example of how the JIZ will eventually wreck everything until they are stopped.
Rowan Berkeley said...
Knesset: 120 seats
The final Haaretz poll before the election suggested a strong right-wing bloc of at least the following 60 seats:
Likud with 27 seats,
Yisrael Beiteinu on 18 seats,
Shas with 9 seats
National Union Habayit Hayehudi (the Jewish home) on 6 seats. According to the poll, a center-left bloc would only be able to muster 54 seats:
Kadima with 25 seats,
Labor on 14 seats,
New Movemment-Meretz on 7 seats, Hadash on 3 seats,
United Arab List-Ta'al on 3 seats Balad with 2 seats.
11:45 AM, February 10, 2009
All the Zionist parties being more or less genocidal, these projected returns are largely devoid of interest.
12:11 PM, February 10, 2009
Greg Bacon said...
JA, these thoughts are VERBOTEN. If you persist in these heresies, you VILL be tracked down and burned at a stake. JA! Nein, VE VILL crucify you like the dog you are, you heathen!
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – World Jewish leaders told Vatican officials that denying the Holocaust was "not an opinion but a crime" when they met on Monday to discuss a bishop they accuse of being anti-Semitic.
My Catholic grade school teachings are a bit rusty, but I believe that one can commit a sin by commission--actually doing the act--or by omission--only thinking about the act.
Does that mean that practicing Catholics have committed a sin if they had thoughts about the Holocaust™?
And is that a venial or mortal sin?
Since Israel and her lackey's are always using the issue of the Holocaust™ to shut up anyone pointing out that they are murdering Palestinians en masse, does questioning Israel's ethnic cleansing of Palestine also count as a sin? Or does asking questions about Israel's murderous campaign against Palestinians only count as a crime?
One can question or even deny the existence of a God, but it's not a crime. But one can't ask questions about the Holocaust™?
Will the Holy See issue guidelines on what questions are a crime and or a sin?
What's next? Crucifying people for having asked questions about the Zionist version of the Holocaust™?
I agree. Does it really matter if Ted Bundy or Jeffrey Dahlmer is voted in to head the Tel Aviv Terror Masters?
The closest Israel got to a peace maker was Rabin and you see what they did to him.
Aletho News said...
Interesting juxtaposition in news stories:
Differing narratives on killings ~ AP opts not to report the use of dogs on civilians
http://atheonews.blogspot.com/2009/02/differing-narratives-on-killings-ap.html
exit polls will begin appearing as soon as polling closes, at 10 p.m. Israel time.
I can promise you all that they will be utterly devoid of interest.
Sorry, fellows, but you guys realize the US is having a cardiac arrest after Timmy Geithner's folderol speech, don't you?
DOW down 4.6%, 2:33 pm
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=^DJI&t=1d&l=on&z=l&q=l&c=
The Babylon-credit system is broken beyond repair, and soon a large number of Americans will be homeless, destitute and living on food-stamps.
I hope the good people here has already taken the necessary precautionary measures concerning water and food supplies.
If the Mad Max scenarion actually happens, the American ire that will be unleashed on the criminals will be something to behold.
When food shelves in grocery stores are no longer filled or you can't afford to buy the basic necessities thanks to Zimbabwe like inflation, let's see how many of us dumbass Americans still know more about "American Idol" than what's happening in DC.
At the fire house I was stationed at, try and talk about the economy or some bill being passed in DC and all you'd get would be blank stares.
But bring up last night's "Big Game," and the table would erupt with conversation.
Not picking on firefighters, since this disease of stupidity is across the spectrum
The ignorant, spineless and the apathetic are getting just the kind of government they deserve.
Unfortunately, so are the rest of us.
According to a Rafi Smith exit poll commissioned by Ynet,
Kadima won 28 Knesset seats,
Likud won 26 mandates,
Yisrael Beiteinu won 16 seats,
Labor won 14 mandates.
According to Channel 1,
Yisrael Beiteinu won 14 seats, Labor won 13 mandates.
As Orwell already mentioned Greg.
If each of the main blocs (Kadima/Labor, Likud/Beiteinu) only has 42 seats, that gives maximal play to the small parties (primarily Shas) to make idiotic demands in return for agreeing to join anybody's coalition - as usual.
My children keep urging me to move to the city, but I suspect it's more likely that they'll end up joining me here, where we do have food, water, fuel and shelter. Once the electricity is gone, of course, I'll have no way of letting you all know how we're getting on.
but reality is this:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/4571961/Israel-election-Arabs-to-overtake-Jewish-population.html
already an apartheid state in my opinion, but I remember, long ago xymph made the point on this reality...
An article from the propaganda war?
SO, WHY DO PEOPLE BELIEVE IN THE HOLOCAUST?
Most people have been shown the film footage taken by American/British propaganda teams who accompanied troops as they liberated the Bergen, Belsen, Buchenwald, and Dachau concentration camps.
The footage, especially from the Belsen camp, features large numbers of emaciated prisoners and corpses.
At this point, nearly everyone is deliberately (mis)led to the (false) conclusion that Jews were exterminated by gas chambers.
That this conclusion is false, is clear, if you are aware of the universally agreed fact, that there were no extermination camps in Germany. Even the extremist, Simon Wiesenthal, admitted this (in a letter to the respected British periodical Books and Bookmen, April 1975, p5, where he says "there were no extermination camps on German soil..."). No historian, Jew or otherwise, any longer claims that there were extermination camps in Germany (the Jew historians still claim that there were extermination camps, but now they claim that they were all located in Poland).
In particular, this means that there was no genocide, and no gas-chambers, at the camps Bergen, Belsen, Buchenwald or Dachau (as these camps were in Germany).
So, the above mentioned film footage from these German camps cannot be evidence for genocide, because, according to ALL the historians, there were no extermination camps in Germany
Clearly then, this US film footage (contrary to what you are told) DOES NOT, and NEVER DID, prove genocide of Jews.
So, the emaciated prisoners and corpses shown in the US film footage, had to have some other cause, or causes.
In fact, the other causes have long been known, but hidden by the Jews. Generally, the Germans managed to adequately feed the prisoners of the concentration camps, even with the transport system under sustained attack. Many photos are available which show thousands of reasonably well-fed prisoners. For example, this photo from Dachau (taken on liberation):
http://cleveland.indymedia.org/uploads/2009/01/dachau-inmates.jpg
Or, this photo from Buchenwald (taken on liberation).
http://cleveland.indymedia.org/uploads/2009/01/buchenwaldsurvivors.jpg
Or, this photo from Birkenau (Auschwitz) taken on liberation.
http://cleveland.indymedia.org/uploads/2009/01/birkenau09.jpg
What actually happened, was that procedures aimed at holding various diseases in check, broke down under the pressures of war. The main killer, was disease, in particular, typhus.
Typhus is spread by lice. Zyklon-B was an insecticide used to kill the lice that spread Typhus. The Typhus epidemics that raged through the camps (in both the first and second world wars) killed many thousands. If you suffer from Typhus, your body wastes away and you look as if you are starving to death. Typhus, is the reason for most of the severely emaciated prisoners and corpses.
Typhus, explains the mixture of severely emaciated prisoners and healthy prisoners. Those who caught the disease, became severely emaciated, and often died, those who didn't, remained reasonably healthy prisoners.
http://cleveland.indymedia.org/uploads/2009/01/hoax-fig-11.jpg
Derrick Sington, a political prisoner at Belsen, stated:
"Towards the end of February 1945 my own situation changed completely.
By that time typhus had become a serious danger for the whole camp. It was the species of typhus which is transmitted by lice. At one time all the transports which arrived at Belsen had had to pass through a "human laundry" and this disinfection seems to have been effective enough to keep the camp free from lice until the autumn of 1944.
At the end of October a big transport had, for the first time, been admitted to the camp without being disinfected, because there had been some damage to the machinery of the shower-baths. Unfortunately the people of this transport were louse carriers, and from that day the lice gradually spread over the whole camp. [...] Typhus broke out in Camp I about the end of January. At first there were only a few cases, but a month later a dozen had appeared, and it became impossible to check the disease [...]."
From "Belsen Uncovered," Duckworth, London, 1946, by Derrick Sington, pages 117-118.
http://cleveland.indymedia.org/uploads/2009/01/hoax-fig-9.jpg
Of course, this unchecked Typhus epidemic, meant that the death rate at Belsen, was very high, and that there were plenty of emaciated prisoners and corpses to film, in order to feed the lie, that Jews had been systematically exterminated.
http://cleveland.indymedia.org/uploads/2009/01/dachau-prisoners.jpg
A few more reasonably well-fed Dachau inmates (photo taken on liberation).
http://cleveland.indymedia.org/uploads/2009/01/dachau-corpses.jpg
And, some emaciated corpses at Dachau (photo taken on liberation).
http://cleveland.indymedia.org/uploads/2009/01/buchenwalddead.jpg
Some emaciated corpses at Buchenwald (photo taken on liberation). This should be compared to the reasonably well-fed Buchenwald prisoners, pictured above.
Here are a few of articles that may help explain what happened:
A Quick Proof that the Holocaust Story is a Lie.
http://linux.50webs.org/holocaust/jew-math.htm
http://guardian.ifastnet.com/holocaust/jew-math.htm
The Jews Declare War on Germany (in 1933).
http://linux.50webs.org/holocaust/jews-declare-war.htm
http://guardian.ifastnet.com/holocaust/jews-declare-war.htm
Death Certificates issued at Auschwitz.
http://linux.50webs.org/holocaust/auschwitz-data.htm
http://guardian.ifastnet.com/holocaust/auschwitz-data.htm
Looks like Netanyahu won. Does that mean he'll celebrate the win like Judeofascists celebrate their holy days by butchering some Palestinians or bombing some Beirut apartment buildings?
Reuters, Steven C. Johnson, Feb.10:
The US on Tuesday rolled out a revamped bank rescue plan that may ultimately cost more than $2 trillion and moved a step closer to enacting an aggressive package to stimulate the world's biggest economy and help reverse the global slowdown....
Geithner and Bernanke in the cash room of the US Trashusury
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20090210/tpl-uk-financial-20b2d2f.html
The U.S. Treasury intends to set up a public-private fund that could absorb up to $1 trillion in toxic assets from banks' books, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said....
the European Commission said European banks should be pressured to declare the bad assets on their books in return for government aid.
hold a minute - aid for bad banks?
Another idea would be to make denial of economic progress a crime as in case of h-locust and make the Vatican pay reparations for that bishop Williamson's disbelief and the Swiss?
European shares ended 2.9 percent lower after the U.S. rescue plan came out and banking giant UBS posted the biggest one-year loss in Swiss history, saying it would cut 2,000 investment banking jobs.
far away from my days.
Jesus: "The truth will set you free"
Actually, no ... just the opposite, it will land you in jail, and you will be excommunicated from Mother Church, Jesus, you goddamn Denier, you.
While both Kadima and Likud cautioned that it was necessary to await the final results, both did their best to spin the results in their favor. Kadima insisted that its apparent emergence as the largest party showed that the public wanted Livni as prime minister. Likud countered that the victory for the rightist bloc overall was a clear repudiation of the current Kadima-led government's policies and a vote for a Netanyahu-led government. Both parties rejected the idea of sharing power via a rotation government. At Labor Party headquarters, in contrast, the atmosphere was one of unrelieved gloom: The party had been fighting desperately to hang onto third place, and it apparently lost the battle. Before the vote, party chairman Ehud Barak had been angling for the post of defense minister under either Netanyahu or Livni. But Labor officials said Tuesday night that the party's poor showing made it virtually impossible for it to join a Netanyahu government. (Haaretz)
I think that in Israel's case, the more right-wing the government, the easier it will be to isolate the country, because despite everything it is objectively so tiny,
Also, it will be interesting to see whether there is an increase in Jewish emigration from Israel to western Europe, the USA, or elsewhere. The hebrew term for this is 'yerida' ('going down').
I am imagining a big influx of 'Tel Aviv Trustafarians' to Amsterdam, like during the first reign of king Bibi in 1996-1999, if anyone keeps track of this sort of thing.
especially as it is published in the New Yorker (remember when the New Yorker used to be relevant?).
I've collected every issue of the New York Times for the past few months and could most certainly open a New World Order museum and exhibit with some of the pages..fully framed, of course. So now there is no debating it: U.S. journalism is dead and the Neocons and Zionists killed it..
Right Bloc:
27 - Likud
15 - Beiteinu
11 - Shas
05 - UTJ
03 - Jewish Home
04 - National Union
65 - Total
Left Bloc:
28 - Kadima
13 - Labor
03 - Meretz
04 - Hadash
04 - Ta'al
03 - Balad
1:49 AM, February 11, 2009
The question is, what will Shas do?
Lemme see if I can dial this number ... Click! Whirr ... Click!
"I'm sorry, the government you have elected is inoperative ..." Click! Inoperative!"
- Gil Scott-Heron, "h2o gate blues" (1973)
"Starved to death in the Jew run concentration camp called Gaza."
That should make a great Hollywood movie.
The hebrew term for this is 'yerida' ('going down').
Ohh, so that's what my congesswoman and Two Senators have been doing to Israel, "yerida."
And here all along I just thought they were giving AIPAC blowjobs.
Recall the scene from "Schindler's List" where the evil Nazi commandant shots the Jew prisoner in the concentration camp.
Now imagine the exceedingly EVIL Jews doing the same thing to the Gaza concentration camp prisoners,... EXCEPT WITH ONE TON BOMBS.
Imagine that,... the EVIL Jews are dropping ONE TON BOMBS on their caged prisoners.
Makes the Nazis seem positively humane.
Stupid kikes. They can't even manage to elect a government (izzy) let alone run one (U.S. gov. into the ground). Between Bibi & livi there will be a battle about who is the more right-wing i.e. murderous. Parasites, every last one of them.
Number 'Two of Six' of Ezra Pound's Money Pamphlets is up here
proof that 69% of europeans are retarded:
Poll: 31% of Europeans blame Jews for global financial crisis
jew-logic 101:
"(...) and the fact that so many of the defrauded investors are Jewish has created a perfect storm for the anti-Semites," Foxman said
yeah, that is foxman at his weirdest.
i am sick beyond belief of the phrase 'perfect storm'. it's hollywoodese.
"...and the fact that so many of the defrauded investors are Jewish has created a perfect storm for the anti-Semites," Foxman said
and what percent would 'so many' be?
"perfekt sturm und drang" is what foxman was itching to say and tried to communicate subliminally
from angry arab:
War criminals and fascists compete:
NBN TV today talked about the Israeli elections by saying that "Israeli war criminals and fascists are competing."
Here's one of the more rational and educated replies to that story:
Before you accuse Europeans of anti-semitism, ask whether it is true that there are many Jews in the finaincial industry and whether they were responsible for anthing. It is a factual question that can be answered factually. Then make the argument one way or another, instead of jumping to conculusions about anti-semitism.
If we are taking measures against ALL Arabs because 19 of them comitted a criminal act on September 11, we can talk about ALL JEWS.
You cannot have it both ways.
Amen. Whatta say to that, Abe?
from alana smith at counterpunch:
Fahad Hashmi is a 29-year-old Pakistani man who received his bachelor's degree in political science from Brooklyn College in 2003 and his master's degree in international relations from London Metropolitan University in 2006.
In 2004, he allowed an acquaintance, Junaid Babar, to stay at his London apartment for two weeks. While there, Babar kept raincoats and waterproof socks in his luggage, which the U.S. alleges he later gave to a high-ranking member of al-Qaeda.
Simply because of this--raincoats and socks--Hashmi was arrested by British police at London's Heathrow Airport on June 6, 2006, and charged with providing material support to al-Qaeda. He was not accused of providing money or resources to al-Qaeda, or personally giving anything at all to any member of al-Qaeda, or o being a terrorist himself. Yet he was held in the general prison population of Belmarsh Prison in England for 11 months, and then extradited to the United States, where he has been held in solitary confinement for over a year.
Extradited by "Mikey" Chertoff, then head of the DHS and imprisoned by "Mikey" Mukasey of the DOJ.
Maybe he'll wind up like another victim of Judeo facism, Sami Al-Arian
greg, an argument could be made that all gents who are not "anti-semitic" (in broad, foxmanian sense) are retarded.
the rest either landed on their heads or have sold ass to jews (and are thus secretly anti-semitic, e.g., joe biden or condi rice).
recognizing this reality should be the starting point of gentile liberation front (glf).
i think it's irrelevant, shlomos, b/c hardly any jews were defrauded, it's a shell game ending in israel, where they can reclaim their investement + interest (stolen goy money).
why do you think that of all the countries, only israeli banks have 100% bulletproof secrecy protection and cannot be challenged by the us (read: jew-run) authorities.
the kosher butcher is standing there with his axe in plain sight of uncomprehending cows.
THE FRAUD ELIE WIESEL (A WELL-KNOWN HOLOCAUST LIAR).
Elie Wiesel states in his book "Night" that when the Germans evacuated Auschwitz, he was given the option of staying at the Auschwitz hospital, with his father registered as a patient, to await the arrival of the Soviets, or to join the evacuation with the "mass-murdering" Nazis to Germany.
Guess what? Elie Wiesel chose to go to Germany with the "mass-murdering" Nazis.
Amazing,... eh? Elie Wiesel chose to accompany the "mass-murdering" Nazis on a long march in the middle of a freezing winter, taking his father with him, rather than wait (with about 7,650 other sick or disabled Jews) for the Soviets to arrive.
Wiesel's father died because of his choice. The actual quote is:
"The choice was in our hands. For once we could decide our fate for ourselves. We could both stay in the hospital, where I could, thanks to my doctor, get him (his father) entered as a patient or nurse. Or else we could follow the others. 'Well, what shall we do, father?' He was silent. 'Let's be evacuated with the others,' I told him."
Isn't it hilarious,... that the Jew Elie Wiesel (whose books repeatedly describe horrendous Nazi "mass-killings" of Jews at Auschwitz) should choose to go with the very same Nazis that had been "mass-killing" his fellow Jews, rather than wait for the Soviets.
Collapse of entire (almost) world economy in 24 hours, thanks to 550 BILLION being stolen. Bet there was one SLC whose economy wouldn't have collapsed, eh?
$550 Billion Dollar Bank Run - Collapse Of The Entire World Economy In 24 hours
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xKPcyvlfnc&feature=related
But the bloodsuckers aren't giving up, they've still got a few trillion left in the US Treasury to cart off to Khazaria, aided and abetted by their oh so friendly lackey's in Congress and the White House.
It is fair to ask why the Nazis didn't bother to kill off these last 7,650 witnesses to "genocide" (those left behind when Auschwitz was evacuated).
7,650 witnesses to "genocide" just let go by the "mass-murdering" Nazis.
It is also fair to ask why the Nazis didn't bother to kill off the other 60,000 witnesses to "genocide" that they transfered to other camps in Germany.
Another 60,000 witnesses to "genocide" just let go by the "mass-murdering" Nazis.
It is also fair to ask why the Nazis needed the hospitals at Auschwitz and Monowitz, since they could just kill the Jews who got sick and were unable to work. Of course, killing all Jews who were sick and unable to work, is part of the Jew Auschwitz myth.
Imagine that, the "mass-murdering" Nazis tried to heal sick Jews. Surely they should have just killed them.
someone is dumping some very mouldy looking 'holocaust denial' leftovers on here for some reason.
Instruct me. I find the holocaust swindle comments apt. To be sure the comments repeat common knowlege for anyone who has done a little reading, but they have new point when we recall the actions of the murderous children of the "holocaust", and their equally murderous grandchildren today. I am content to see to what sort of point "anonymous" is leading.
Your blog gains daily. First rate work.
Lobro,
You are flat out wrong until you distinguish between the predator Jew and the innocent who was raised from birth, just as you or I, with preconceptions which are, on closer inspection a pack of lies.
It seems to me to be the worst sin in all the world to punish a man for what was done at another time by someone else.
In more practical terms, anyone with more than five millions should hang.
Grettir, none of them are remotely new.
OK Rowan,
I'm throwing in the towel. Do try to recall in your Hegelian miasma, that not everyone is blessed with your intellectual clarity and certainty. (Hmmm, miasma, clarity; thesis, antithesis, ... .)
Geh shoin!
A must read for all
http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/KB13Ak01.html
You know xymphora, it becomes more difficult to read your blog during work hours (no access internet home)with the larg boycott poster.
I agree. At first, I just ignored the comments, but the seem to be getting more virulent.
Which would give someone somewhere the excuse needed to censor this blog.
And maybe that's the whole point of the "Jew this, Jew that" posts.
Anon, if you feel so strongly about the HD issues, then why not identify yourself with a REAL name and not some lame ass pseudonym?
http://www.antiwar.com/orig/giraldi.php?articleid=14220
Grettir,
... synthesis
Presumably it's being presented as evidence, Rowan. It's subject to evaluation and refutation, but shouldn't be dismissed out of hand as propaganda.
above, saw couple of almost forgotten names: chertoff and mukasy. anyone know where these rats have landed. surely somewhere high up on the taxpayer welfare payroll
well, i for one applaud anonymous repeating what to some are rehashed stories - lest we forget, eh?
and i for one do tend to forget, only remember that there were 6 million virulent lies spun out of it, 60,000 from katowice alone, entire families and extended families of lies, begging to be heard and seen by the weeping, popcorn crunching world.
Why aren't they naming the people who performed the electronic withdrawal of the 550Billion$? That can be done can it not?Jocelyn Braddell www.thehandstand.org
The facts, anonymous has collected again about the extermination of people during WW-2, are not disputed by historians today. I suppose. Gitta Sereny wrote e.g. in the NYT years ago, that Auschwitz was not an extermination camp (but claimed them further east).
But the impression people have today usually is dominated by 1-2oo movies and countless publications that lately have appeared.
So it is a clarification to sometimes remember some factual history, as more, as the "victim-survivor" narrative is used today, to justify "Israel's right to defend itself" ( against almost unarmed Palestinians behind fences and Walls for generations now).
Myself not author of anonymous contributions, mostly agree with him.
So, while no one be-littels the the suffering of so many during second Worldwar, it is correct to set the weights according to facts.. opposed to the false impressions the movie-industry is spilling out.
sorry the last anonymous, 8:31 AM, was Fritz
grettir, i postponed response until i figured out what irks you, i think i got it now.
the core concept is the one of in the broad foxmanian sense.
instead of chopping into uselessly minute parts what is quite simple logic, i will ask you whether indeed, you'd qualify as "antisemite" in that broad foxmanian sense, i.e., would foxman claim that grettir is an antisemite.
if the answer is yes (and how could it fail not to be), then welcome to my camp, although you always were there.
in a broad lobrovian sense, people disliked and despised by foxman (some > 99.7% of the planet) should all declare themselves as such, parallel to the movement of self-reporting to authorities as holocaust doubters.
after all, if foxman says i am an antisemite, it would be antisemitic of me to resist his authority.
a good choice of reply to mossad's "by deception you shall wage the war" might be "the truth shall be your sword, the logic your shield".
rats, fail to be, not NOT to be.
Lobrovianism fails,however, if Foxman criticises anti-Zionist Jews, any of them, as or in the spirit of "self-hating." I don't follow him closely enough to make the determination which I'm guessing is the affirmative.
you must be yockeying, ken.
and i can attest that i am not an anti-self-hating-semite
Anonymous, you MORON, the camps had hospitals because during the entire war, they denied the existence of the camps. ALSO, if you will remember, Nazi experimenters such as Joseph Megele did inhuman experiments on Jewish inmates in the camps - something NO human being should have been subject to.
The "hospitals" existed to experiment on people, not to heal them, idiot.
And as for you folks referencing "hollywood movies" for your accusations that the facts are incorrect, perhaps you should be reading HISTORY BOOKS instead? You will find ample FACTUAL evidence of the camps and the horrible things that happened there - no movies need to be seen to know this.
Lastly, you ask why did the Nazis leave people alive at the end of the war? Because they turned tail and ran - many to Argentina and other havens for Jew haters.
Perhaps YOU should consider moving there.
You people have to rely on lame suppositions to justify your completely ridiculous and false statements. OF COURSE you cannot research the facts: they would show you to be wrong.
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"The Oklahoma City Bombing After 22 Years".
"The Watergate Style Break In That Covered Up Shocking Wave Of Clinton State Department Scandals". Theft of some computers, leaving other valuables behind, from a small law office that just happened to be representing a State Department whistle blower when Killary was Secretary of State.
"Maxine Waters Loses Her Mind to “Anti-Russia Dementia” – Like the Rest of the Black Caucus". "It's time for Democrats to drop the Russia 'shtick'".
"Erdogan’s Neo-Fascist Turkish Allies".
"Who's coming to dinner in New Zealand?".
"The Mélenchon Factor". Voters are striking out against the power structure all over the West, and the key is giving them a decent anti-establishment choice. Americans had a similar chance, but lost it when the Clintonistas shivved Bernie. Mélenchon is a shockingly good candidate, a 'skeptic' who wants to pull out of NATO.
"Experts Warn That Trump's Lies About North Korea Hurt America's Credibility". The failed Trump bluff shows he was never serious about North Korea.
"West does not want to investigate incident in Idlib, Russian diplomat says".
"US, Iraq Trying to Quash Coverage of ISIS Chemical Attacks". "Head games? ISIS touts chemical weapons attacks, but Iraqis, US play it down".
"The Story of How Fake Sugar Got Approved is Scary As Hell":
"Aspartame was discovered at GD Searle, a Chicago drug company, in the 1960s. The FDA first approved it in 1974, but an FDA scientist at the time, Adrian Gross, discovered that there were serious shortcomings in all 15 long-term studies that Searle submitted for review. For example, some rats in the studies died but were not autopsied after to discern the cause; in other cases, the aspartame was not mixed well enough into the feed and the rats were eating around it. There was also evidence of brain tumors in the rats in several studies.
Gross's findings, along with pressure from other scientists, resulted in a public board of inquiry in early 1980 consisting of three independent scientists who reviewed the data and voted to withhold approval because they "did not believe Searle's studies conclusively showed aspartame did not cause brain tumors."
At the time, Donald Rumsfeld was the CEO of Searle. He was also on the transition team for Ronald Reagan, who was inaugurated in 1981. After the inauguration, Searle re-applied to the FDA for approval, at which point Reagan fired the FDA commissioner and replaced him with Arthur Hayes Hull, Jr., who re-approved aspartame for dry products.
Aspartame quickly flooded the market, and two years later was also approved for use in liquids. Soon after, Hull left the FDA and took a job with Burson Marsteller, the PR firm for Searle. Meanwhile, Searle (which Monsanto purchased in 1985) made billions and Rumsfeld, of course, later became the Secretary of Defense under George W. Bush. (For more on this history, check out the 60 Minutes segment from 1996 and the Times article from 2006.)
Many of those Searle studies that Gross questioned are now lumped into the data that says aspartame is safe. And though the question of aspartame causing brain tumors has largely been dismissed over the years, there hasn't been much new data on the subject. In fact, a 1987 General Accounting Office report states that 28 out of 69 scientists said more research was needed in the areas of "neurological functions, brain tumors, seizures, headaches, and adverse effects on children and pregnant women." Nonetheless, the report added, research was ongoing in all areas except brain tumors. What's more, the FDA dissuaded the National Toxicology Program (NTP) from doing further cancer research on aspartame. As the founder of the NTP, David Rall, put it, "It's a wonderful way to ensure that it isn't tested—discourage the testing group from testing it and then say it's safe.""
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Triathlon - 22. April 2007.
4th ĂTZI ALPINE MARATHON- Naturns/Schnals (South Tyrol)
Victory goes to Italy, Germany win the women’s relay
Naturns/Schnals (South Tyrol), April 22, 2007 – Among the women the winner was the 39 year old Laura Mazzucco from Mondovì (Piedmont) who finished the race in 4 hours, 39 minutes, and 32 seconds, that is 15 minutes faster than in 2006. The second place went to the 34 year old Andrea Innerhofer from Gais, South Tyrol, with a delay of 8 minutes and 5 seconds, the third to Marcellina Dossi from Volano (Trentino) with a much larger delay, 34 minutes and 41 seconds behind the winner.
The very narrow relay was a really thrilling challenge, as some of the strongest athletes from Italy, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland were competing in it.
Among the women success went to the German super team composed of the 25 year old twins Maria (MTB) and Stefanie (German national ski touring team member) Koch, and Paula Maingold, who really did well in running. She crossed the finish line at the Bergrestaurant Grawand after 4 hours, 1 minute, and 40 seconds. The South Tyrolean team did exceptionally well and finished second with a delay of 3 minutes, 9 seconds, and 9 tenths: thank to Alexandra Hober, two-times Italian MTB champion, Irene Senfter (mountain running), and Annemarie Gross (skiing). Hober did the handover second, with a delay of 4 minutes, whereas Senfter was third at her handover. Thus it was Gross to catch up in her ski touring leg. The Austro-German threesome lead by Barbara Gruber finished third.
“From flowering orchards to high mountain glaciers”, this is the slogan of the fourth edition of today’s (April 22) Ötzi Alpine Marathon. This really demanding challenge is carried out on a distance of 42.2 km and a difference in height of 3,242 m. From Naturns (554 m) the course follows the Schnalstal, reaches Kurzras and climbs then up to the top station of the glacier cable car (3,212 m). It includes three disciplines, mountain biking, running and ski touring.
With 365 participants from five nations the event scored a new record: 155 athletes participated in the individual race, 70 in the relay made up of three team members. Compared to last year the race recorded 85 participants more.
The Ötzi Alpine Marathon is disputed in three disciplines (MTB, running and skiing). The start is in Naturns. From there the participants cover 24.2 km mountain biking, until Unser Frau, then they continue running over a distance of 11.8 km up to Kurzras, and from there they climb on their skis to the Bergrestaurant Grawand, covering a difference in height of 1,201 m. As already mentioned there are two rankings, one for individual participants and one for relay teams.
The participants in the individual race started in Naturns at 9:00, the relay teams at 10:00.
The all over prize money is of 15,000 Euro, including individual and relay race.
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International drug ring: Schapelle Corby's link to man accused
Christine Flatley
Thursday, 15 August 2019 12:46 pm
MDMA Corby twist
A man was on the run on Thursday - believed to be involved in an international drug ring busted with more than $90 million worth of MDMA.
766kg of the drug powder was found yesterday at two properties south of Brisbane - in what is Queensland's biggest drug bust.
Three men and a woman have been charged - while an arrest warrant has been issued for a New South Wales man.
In a surprise twist, one of the accused, Viliami Kisina, is related to Schapelle Corby through her half brother.
There is no suggestion Schapelle or any of her relatives have any involvement.
Queensland police said their record-breaking MDMA seizure has helped prevent up to 12 million ecstasy tablets from reaching Australian streets.
Police won't reveal where or when they seized 766 kilograms of the powder, but say the drugs are the highest purity ever recorded in Queensland and have a potential street value of $90 million.
The seizure is the largest of its kind in Queensland and the third largest in Australia.
Police believe the drug supply chain was being managed by a syndicate based in the United Kingdom.
Australian-led drugs bust smashes international ring, seizes narcotics worth $230m
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Two British men, aged 51 and 40, have been arrested in Queensland and charged with drug possession and supply.
Another two UK citizens - a 60-year-old man and a 49-year-old man - have also been arrested in New Zealand after authorities in Auckland seized 200kg of the drug ice destined for their local market through the syndicate.
A man from Loganlea and a NSW woman have also been charged, with further arrests likely.
The seizure represents approximately seven per cent of the 1.1 tonnes of ecstasy consumed annually in Australia.
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Britney Spears' Dad Hands Over Conservatorship to Her Care Manager
Jamie Spears cited ongoing health issues
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Britney Spears’ father is no longer legally in charge of protecting his daughter’s best interests.
A judge approved Jamie Spears’ request to temporarily relinquish Britney’s conservatorship due to ongoing health issues. The singer’s new conservator is Jodi Montgomery – her longtime care manager.
According to court documents obtained by ET, Montgomery will have the power to restrict and limit access to Britney and the power to retain caretakers and security guards.
Britney hasn’t been completely in control of her affairs for about a decade when Jamie assumed legal responsibility following several public meltdowns that left family concerned for her well-being.
The legal filing comes just days after Britney’s children were granted a temporary restraining order against Jamie. A source told ET Jamie “engaged in conduct that was physically abusive” towards 13-year-old Sean. The children’s father, Kevin Federline, reportedly filed a police report the next day.
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by Jackie Sibblies Drury
Pulitzer Prize Finalist/Winner 2019
Imprint: Theatre Communications Group
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
Parent Company: Theatre Communications Group
An astounding new play about race and power in America, explored through the lens of a family drama.
“Dazzling and ruthless…one of the most exquisitely and systematically arranged ambushes of an unsuspecting audience in years…a glorious, scary reminder of the unmatched power of live theater to rattle, roil and shake us wide awake.” —New York Times
Grandma’s birthday approaches. Beverly is organizing the perfect dinner, but everything seems doomed to go awry—the silverware is all wrong, the radio is on the fritz, and the rest of the family can’t be bothered to lift a hand to help. And yet, what appears at first to be a standard family dramedy takes a sharp, sly turn into a startling examination of deep-seated paradigms about race in America.
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Aja James – Paranormal Fantasy Romance Author
"So interesting and intense that once I got into it I didnt want to put it down." — Amazon reviewer
Pure/Dark Series
Pure Healing
Dark Longing
Scene 1, Chap 4, Book 8
January 7, 2019 Aja James Parnormal Fantasy Romance Author
This is for you, Princess!
“You should put these on before we begin.”
A soft T-shirt and loose, drawstring-waist, cotton trousers were tossed at Maximus as he pulled himself to a sitting position on the bed. Both items were new, for they still sported tags, which he ripped off with a flick of his hand.
Wordlessly, he shrugged into the clothes, taking a few seconds to gather his wits.
It didn’t escape his notice that the woman watched him avidly as he lifted his butt to pull up the pants. She stared in unabashed fascination at his groin before he tucked himself out of sight.
A fission of awareness chased down his spine.
He was hard and aching, fully erect, but he ruthlessly shut down the basic animal needs.
The act of leashing his urges gave him a calming sense of familiarity. Controlling the beast within was like donning an invisible armor, hiding his true self from the world.
In his mind, a slew of questions pushed to the fore, but he didn’t give them voice. Questions like: What are we beginning? Why have I been lying naked and unconscious in this bed? How long have I been out?
And nonsensical thoughts like—
Why do I want to drag you into this bed with me, gorge upon your blood, and lose myself in your body for days on end?
What he said was, “Where am I?”
“In my hideout,” came the quick response.
Not the most enlightening of answers.
“Who are you?” That seemed to be the next logical query.
“Ariel Kyles,” she said with less certainty, a small frown creasing her brow. “You know who I am. You’ve been tracking me.”
Yes, he knew who she was. Special Agent Kyles. Middle name Pain-In-His-Ass.
Her speech was staccato, as if she wasn’t used to speaking. She used the minimal words possible to convey her thoughts, and there were noticeable pauses in between sentences as if she were translating between languages in her head.
Strange. Maximus was almost certain she was born and raised in the U.S., a native American English speaker even though she’d also acquired fluency in several other languages while serving her country in various capacities.
Perhaps she wasn’t translating languages in her head so much as debating within herself what to say out loud. He could sense that she withheld more information than she divulged.
His gaze meticulously catalogued her elfin features, those startling golden green eyes, black, slashing brows and full red lips in a ghostly pale face.
He’d seen her pictures before, some grainy, taken from afar; some crystal clear, zoomed in with a special lens. He’d gotten his hands on classified information tucked deep into her personnel file at the Bureau. But the living, breathing woman didn’t fit the dry facts and figures he’d collected.
The female seated not five feet in front of him was mysterious and wild. Larger than life.
“How long have I been here? How did I come to be here?” he asked, his voice calm and low, as always, but vibrating just slightly with an undertone of impatience.
She wasn’t very forthcoming when he wasn’t asking questions, even though she was the one who said they needed to talk.
“A little over three days,” she answered directly. “You were shot up pretty bad. Practically died. So I brought you here to recover. It’s a safe house I never use. Off the grid. Not the apartment in my records.”
He took in his surroundings with an efficient sweep. No, this was not the address he had of her on file. The place had no windows. He didn’t hear sounds coming from outside. They must be in a remote location.
“You brought me here.” He shot her a doubtful look.
He was easily twice her weight and towered over her by a foot. She must have had help to get him here. Which begged the question, where was her aide? Who was she working with?
She cocked her head at him as if hearing his unspoken question.
“I dragged you here by myself. I’m stronger than I look.”
He remained skeptical but didn’t argue with her.
For long moments, he was silent, sifting through the bits and pieces of the past three nights.
“You…healed me,” he surmised reluctantly, not liking the fact that he was so deeply indebted to her.
He might have been unconscious, but he did retain fragments of memories.
Memories of her feeding him her blood. Her hands gently stroking his too-tight skin to calm him. Her mouth…
His cock jerked hard and seeped pre-cum as it remembered too.
Her heavenly mouth had given him the release his body so sorely needed as it battled the stress of coming back from death. She’d given him exquisite pleasure to combat the mind-bending pain.
As if she knew where his thoughts had gone, she slowly licked her wet, pink tongue across her upper lip, then around the corner to the luscious lower one.
“You don’t owe me for that,” she uttered low, reading his mind. “That was the reward I took for feeding you.”
She looked like she wanted more of him right now. A rumbling noise vibrated through her body as she continued to stare at him like a predator hypnotizing her chosen prey.
It sounded like someone had started a small motor in the silent room.
Agent Kyles was purring.
Maximus’s fangs punched through his gums as saliva flooded his mouth. His sex pulsed and shuddered like a lightning rod set off by a mighty storm.
He wanted her too.
With a violent urgency he’d never felt before. It was all he could do to keep himself from leaping on top of her, pull her to her knees and pound into her hard and deep while biting the back of her neck and marking her his.
He shook his head to clear it.
What was happening to him? He had more control than this! He never lost control.
As if sensing his determination to resist his darker instincts, she gave his crotch one last lingering, covetous look before asking him a question in turn.
“Do you remember what happened that night?”
The fog of primal lust lifted from his head. Maximus would rather not remember, but there was only so long he could put it off.
He recalled going to the docks to meet Agent Kyles, impersonating a higher up in her division. They’d been ambushed by dozens of shooters. He was taken down by a vampire killer.
That was when…
Maximus gouged the heels of his palms into his eye sockets as an explosion of pain within his chest robbed him of breath. His nostrils filled with acid.
Simca.
She’d sacrificed her life to save him.
Dark Goddess above! He couldn’t breathe. The beast within him howled and thrashed, banging against the prison of his conscious mind.
He’d lost his partner three nights ago.
He’d watched her beautiful black hide get shot full of bullet holes. She’d leapt into the air at that last moment…and disintegrated into a shower of stardust.
She was gone.
Just like that, after centuries by his side, his partner, his family—his everything—was gone!
Maximus shuddered uncontrollably when a strong hand squeezed his arm. His first instinct was to tear the offensive limb from his person; he couldn’t bear to be touched right now.
Instead, he grasped the hand tightly with his own, as if clutching a lifeline.
“Look at me, Maximus. Focus.”
Helplessly, he obeyed and opened his eyes.
“We have to get out of here. I don’t know how long this safe house will remain secure. Even now, they’re tracking us. It won’t be long before we’re found.”
Through the wet filter of his lashes he stared into familiar golden green eyes. Almost immediately, his breathing calmed. His heart slowed its frantic thumping.
Who was this woman?
“Who is tracking us?” he asked instead, her lowly uttered words momentarily distracting him from mind-numbing despair.
“Medusa and her henchmen,” she replied readily, as if she hadn’t just revealed the name of the Dark and Pure Ones’ nemesis.
“I must alert the Cov—”
“You’ll put your comrades in danger if you tell them,” she broke in.
“Besides, Medusa is likely counting on your contacting them and could piggy back onto their communication channels. You’ll only blow our cover faster. Her new tech master is just as good as, if not better than, your Grace Darling. If he’d been Medusa’s digital architect at the time, you never would have been able to retrieve the list of names.”
“How do you know this?” He had to ask.
How could a human woman possibly know so much? Not only about his Kind, his role among the New England Dark Ones, the fight clubs she’d infiltrated, but also about their enemies and Medusa’s plots?
She regarded him with an unreadable expression.
“You vampires are so arrogant,” she informed him without judgement, simply making an observation.
“Humans aren’t stupid. We’ve known about your Kind for a very long time. You’ve made allies amongst us. Of course you have. After all, you are outnumbered tens of thousands to one. Do you really think we haven’t kept our own tabs on you?”
“What do you know about the list of names?” Maximus grasped onto what she’d said. Something told him she didn’t say it casually.
“A list of all the warrior-class Dark and Pure Ones in existence along with their physical coordinates,” she replied readily. “The ones that are italicized are True Bloods, Dark Ones born. And there are also names marked by asterisks.”
“What do those signify?”
Her eerie feline eyes glinted with a flash of fire.
“Would you like to find out?”
His eyes narrowed, his body tensing with aggression.
From all appearances, she’d saved his life, but that didn’t mean he could trust her.
“I’m not in the mood for games,” he growled.
She ignored his warning, not in the least afraid of him.
“Your name is on that list,” she told him.
He gave a sharp nod. He knew this already. It would have been odd if his name wasn’t on the list, for the most formidable immortal warriors were Medusa’s primary targets for recruitment.
“So is the name of your panther.”
Maximus’s breath froze in his lungs, even though he knew that too.
“Her name was Simca, was it not?”
Was, not is. He didn’t want the reminder.
“You can get her back,” Ariel Kyles said, hypnotizing him with her uncanny stare.
“The one you think you lost. I carry her inside me now. There is a way to release her.”
His mouth parted in shock.
“But we have to release you first.”
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Hello readers! This is Aja (pronounced Asia). Welcome to my site! A bit about myself: I’ve been writing stories since the age of six, and novels since the age of thirteen. Can’t say that those early efforts were particularly good, but I sure loved putting them down on paper! And whether I document them or not, stories are forever forming and expanding and interconnecting in my head. The best part is–it’s completely organic, the way the stories develop. When the inspiration hits, I write just so I myself can learn where the characters are headed because oftentimes, they take me by surprise! It is my ultimate dream to become a best-selling novelist one day and share my stories with as many readers as I possibly can. My other loves include art, cooking, old movies (anything with Audrey Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe, Robert Redford, Vivien Leigh, Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Clark Gable, and all the song and dance numbers because you can’t watch them and not be happy!) I adore taking long walks with my husband and running after my two rambunctious kids. I have traveled extensively (all seven continents except Antarctica) and have a multi-cultural upbringing. I speak two and a half languages and binge watch TV shows when the mood strikes. I love hearing from readers, so please contact me directly! Subscribe to this blog to get the latest news and updates and free chapters in upcoming books! Ciao for now! XOXO Aja James View all posts by Aja James Parnormal Fantasy Romance Author
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Thank you,Aja! 😎For giving this to Princess!……and the rest of us,starving for more of Max and Ariel 😉
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Grassroots Girls Initiative: Empowering girls in West Bengal
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Posted by Elizabeth Daube
This guest post from the Grassroots Girls Initiative tells the story of Mohammad Bazar Backward Class Development Society (MBBCDS) and their efforts to end child marriage and empower marginalized women and girls. MBBCDS is an nonprofit organization that AJWS supports in West Bengal, India.
The Situation for Girls
West Bengal is one of the poorest states in India and its tribal villages are labeled “economically backward.” Female literacy is extremely low; more than half of adolescent girls are either pulled out or drop out of the education system by high school. Girls in tribal villages are extremely vulnerable to early marriage, early pregnancy and domestic violence.
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The Mohammad Bazar Backward Class Development Society (MBBCDS) works with marginalized Muslim and tribal women and girls in rural West Bengal. Through education and counseling, the organization empowers girls to stay in school, and combat violence, sexual assault, discrimination and high dowry demands. MBBCDS also runs a weekend tutoring programs for girls to bolster their education, provide empowerment training and support.
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Among the chaotic cacophony of Kolkata’s train station, I’m waiting for the boarding call with Ayesha Khatun, founder of the grassroots organization Mohammad Bazar Backward Class Development Society (MBBCDS).
“The biggest problem for girls is child marriage,” Ayesha tells me as we gather our bags and start walking to the platform. “When the girl is 10 or 11, the family will consider marriage. Since the daughter won’t come back, the parents are giving away their responsibility for her. After marriage, girls face problems like doing all the housework, sexual violence, and the in-laws not accepting that she is a family member—they see her as a maidservant. She has no opportunity or rights. Girls will say, ‘I can’t do all this work, I am a small child,’ so there is often fighting with in-laws.”
As people pour onto the platform, Ayesha holds onto my arm so I won’t get swept away and explains how dowry has created a huge debt system that makes families view their daughters as burdens. To marry off a daughter, parents must pay about 50,000 rupees (US $805) and two or three gold ornaments, plus the cost of inviting about 100 people to the ceremony. Families will sell assets, borrow or the mothers will beg from the others in the community. In-laws often demand more dowry after the marriage takes place and threaten the safety of the girl if the parents don’t pay.
In the midst of all this, we’re wrangling our way onto the train. The train rumbles then rattles for five hours into rural West Bengal. Arriving at Heruka, we drive through lush, green fields into the village to interview some girls and visit the MBBCDS center.
A girl from the MBBCDS community. Photo credit: Lydia Holden.
MBBCDS offers free weekend tutoring at the center just for girls, while also teaching girls about their legal rights, how to make low-cost sanitary napkins (an alternative to the old, dirty clothes most girls in West Bengal are forced to use). When necessary, MBBCDS provides books, pens and fees to keep girls in school. Key to MBBCDS’ work is empowerment training. Through tutoring, counseling, song, dance, sports and conversation, MBBCDS is instilling self-worth and confidence in girls so they can stand up for their education and against child marriage.
“We are learning what our rights are so we can protest against the problem,” explains Nafisa Khatun, 13. Sitting on mats outside her home, Nafisa’s entire family is present, listening curiously as we chat. “We have education rights, we don’t always need to stay in the house, we can go outside to see everything. If girls under age 19 in the village are being married we go to the mother to protest and ask why they are doing this. We have a strong power—together we can protest against early marriage and violence.”
Walking down the dirt road together to the MBBCDS center, we pass a dilapidated building that I assume is abandoned. “No,” says Nafisa, “that is our school. The building is bad, but the main problem for girls is the toilet—there is no water at the school and it is very dirty. We must go to the pond outside the school in the open, so there is no privacy for us girls.”
Arriving at the MBBCDS center, I’m greeted by girls singing, dancing and reciting poetry. I’m then taken to the vocational training room to meet Rahima Khuna, 14, who is involved in a program that trains girls to make sanitary napkins. “Before I used old, dirty clothes which was dangerous,” says Rahima. “So I started the hygiene training and we make sanitary napkins to use and sell.” As Rahima shows me how the sanitary napkins are made, she tells me that her father was against her education, instead wanting her to marry; it’s only through the support of MBBCDS that she remains in school. Girls including Rahima are also trained in embroidery and sewing to help them cover school fees. “Here we are taught how to overcome problems and achieve our dreams. If MBBCDS was not here all these things we’ve achieved like staying in school and not being married would be damaged. We would try, but our progress would stop.”
As the sun sets behind the banyan trees, the girls jump on their bikes or head out on foot to return home for dinner. They wave and smile as I snap a few pictures and tell me to return soon so they can show me how much more they’ve accomplished to secure their rights.
Help Seed the Change
Organic solutions are growing at MBBCDS, but more resources are needed. The girls of MBBCDS want to know:
What are some other vocations with low start-up costs the girls can learn to help them earn school fees? What are the steps to set up the training?
Help seed the change by posting your answer at Growing Organic Solutions for Girls! Your answer will not only help MBBCDS, but it could be worth US$2,000 for this group.
Lydia Holden is communications lead for the Grassroots Girls Initiative.
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A new strain of Avian Influenza virus, popularly known as bird flu, has entered Nigeria and spread to 26 states and the Federal Capital Territory, with over 3.5 million birds affected, the Federal Government has said.
According to the government, in a bid to prevent the entry of the disease into their respective countries, Nigeria’s neighbours have proposed a ban on poultry and poultry products from Nigeria.
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, disclosed this in Abuja for Tuesday at a consultative meeting with commissioners for agriculture/livestock, states directors of veterinary services and major stakeholders in the poultry industry. Ogbeh explained that the first outbreak of bird flu in Nigeria was reported in 2006 and spanned through 2008, but was controlled and eradicated through concerted efforts facilitated by the availability of resources from a World Bank-sponsored project and support from the country’s development partners.
The minister said, “Almost a decade later, precisely in December 2014, the disease reoccurred in a commercial poultry farm and a live bird market in Kano and Lagos states, respectively.
The current status of the disease in the country is quite alarming; it has now affected 26 states and the FCT, with over 3.5 million birds culled so far. “Recently, a new strain of the bird flu virus (H5N8) was reported in Kano. The new strain is believed to be very pathogenic and more devastating to poultry species and, therefore, it may further add to the burden of the H5N1 strain that is currently circulating in the country.
“The disease is transboundary in nature and also trade-limiting; some of our neighbouring countries have proposed to ban poultry and poultry products from Nigeria.
This may undesirably lead to an egg glut in the country.
”Ogbeh stated that there were already huge and unacceptable losses in the poultry industry and the nation as a whole, and urged the agriculture commissioners of the various states to retrace their steps in order to provide safe food for Nigerians as well as ensure national self-sufficiency in food production. He noted that aside from paucity of funds, other challenges that led to the outbreak of the disease included lack of compliance with on-farm quarantine measures and movement restriction; violation of biosafety measures leading to rapid spread of the disease; and clustering of poultry farmers with limited adherence to hygienic measures. Others, according to the minister, are reluctance of poultry farmers to register with the state directors of veterinary services for easy monitoring and regulation; and unregulated activities of egg and manure merchants.
To help address the challenges, Ogbeh said the Federal Government had provided disease containment materials, reviewed the national emergency preparedness plan on Avian Influenza, enhanced the laboratory diagnostics capacity at the National Veterinary Research Institute in Plateau State, and created awareness and advocacy on the disease.
He stated that other measures put in place to address the situation were the allocation of quality grains to the Poultry Farmers Association to support its members across the country, and the payment of N707.67m to 276 farmers as compensation.
“The Federal Government is determined to continue to work with state governments, PAN and other stakeholders in the poultry industry to come up with sustainable measures to prevent, control and eradicate this disease from our country within the shortest time possible. This is the major reason for our meeting here today,” Ogbeh said.Participants at the meeting urged the Federal Government to complete the payment of compensation to farmers who lost millions of naira as a result of the previous outbreak of bird flu in Nigeria.
This, they said, would encourage the farmers to make public any further development of bird flu in their respective areas before the disease would spread to other locations.
Responding, Ogbeh said, “We acknowledge our inability to act promptly in the past to be ahead of the disease and to complete payment of compensation to affected farmers. This was due to constraint of funds as a result of the prevailing economic downturn.”
“But I want to assure you that we are looking for money and we will pay the compensation.”
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October 23, 2019 by Tammi Jonas
What a delicious year of growing and eating and winning and celebrating it’s been for AFSA! And yet while the food sovereignty movement has had many successes, I’d like to acknowledge the very real struggles farmers across Australia, especially in the east, are facing in the worst climate-change-affected areas. The past year has seen the loss of countless farms as the rains simply haven’t come, dams and water allocations have dried up, and grain stores run out. Australian dairy farms are in crisis, as are pig and poultry farms reliant on grain inputs that have had astronomical price rises, and horticulture farms reliant on rain that hasn’t fallen or water stolen further upstream by big irrigators with the support of corrupt government policies. AFSA is committed to supporting farmers in climate-proofing their farms and business models with agroecological and degrowth practices to ensure a future of radical abundance is possible for all.
This time last year we saw the introduction of simplified guidelines for pastured pig and poultry farms in Victoria. It was a hard-won result after three years of working closely with the Victorian government to achieve acknowledgement of the low risk small-scale pastured pig and poultry farms pose to community amenity and ecosystems.
Meanwhile, we were also working hard on AFSA’s second book Farming Democracy: Radically transforming the food system from the ground up – launched in March 2019. Farming Democracy is the story of eight diverse and fascinating small-scale regenerative farmers from around Australia. In telling their stories each farm identifies and illustrates many of the issues they have faced in their quest to establish a fair, democratic, sustainable and resilient food system on their farm.
The farms in the book are as diverse as the food they produce, some with full or partial control of their supply chains, with varying levels of diversity and integration in their models, and at different places in their thinking about the role of growth in their businesses, all thoughtful in their approaches. They opened their hearts, their farms, and even their books to show what it costs (and earns) to grow and distribute food in ethical and ecologically-sound ways.
We launched the book at Farm Day Out at Jonai Farms in the central highlands of Victoria, a region that is an epicentre of the small-scale regenerative and agroecological farming movement. While the event itself was not a successful fundraiser for AFSA as intended, it was a joyful day of like-minded people working towards a food sovereign future fuelled by good tunes, great vibes, and excellent food. Important lessons about the way we try to fundraise for the food sovereignty movement were learned.
In April, we welcomed the visit by the UN’s High Level Panel of Experts to Canberra, where they explained their newest report on agroecology and ‘other innovations’ for sustainable agriculture, and noted with dismay the stark difference in the CSIRO’s understanding of and demonstrable lack of support for agroecology, a position we’ve witnessed regularly in the Australian government’s participation in international meetings of various governing bodies of the UN.
AFSA happily accepted an invitation to become a member of the newly constituted Regenerative Agriculture Alliance established at Southern Cross University (SCU). Together with new and old comrades from across all scales of the regenerative farming movement, we’re working to influence policy at all levels to support the management of healthy soils to repair Australia’s degraded landscapes and assure a prosperous and long future for Australian agriculture.
Many AFSA members and Committee members attended the fifth annual Deep Winter Agrarian gathering at Willunga in South Australia, renewing and striking new friendships and camaraderie with the movement of small-scale regenerative and agroecological farmers and our allies. We issued a declaration calling for recognition of the long experience and deep traditional knowledge of the Traditional Owners’ food production and care for land, increased attention to our critically endangered soils using holistic management and regenerative practices in agriculture, and for increased farmer and community control of the means of production – supply chain infrastructure such as abattoirs, boning rooms, grain mills, and the like.
AFSA are part of a global movement opposing the introduction of GMOs into the food chain without adequate regulation and scant consideration for human health. In solidarity with other organisations and individuals working to stop the de-regulation of GMO in Australia and globally, we have written to politicians and attended meetings advocating for safe regulation and labelling of GMO. New moves to de-regulate ‘new breeding techniques’ put all of us at risk of eating untested, unlabelled genetically modified (GM) foods – including animals. Powerful scientific evidence shows that new GM techniques such as CRISPR pose risks that require expert assessment and management. It’s vital that gene edited organisms are assessed for safety before being released into our environment and supermarkets.
While we reluctantly farewelled the exuberant Sarah de Wit, our excellent inaugural AFSA Legal Defence Fund paralegal, it was with great pleasure that we hired Airlie Morris, a lawyer with 20 years’ experience, to build on Sarah’s foundational work supporting and advocating for small-scale farmers, food producers, and eaters in Australia.
It was another busy year writing government submissions advocating for small-scale farmers and everyone’s right to nutritious and delicious food. Amongst a number of other submissions around the regulation of veterinary and agri-chemicals, protection of valuable agricultural land around Melbourne, animal welfare standards, and the impact of animal rights activists on livestock farmers, we put a strong case against FSANZ’s proposal to require a licence to sell lettuce, which we cautiously believe looks unlikely to proceed.
Our international work (funded by the Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the UN) has remained strong, with participation at the UN Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA) as sub-regional members of the International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty (IPC), where the first Report on the State of the World’s Biodiversity for Food & Agriculture was launched. The world is losing biodiversity at an alarming rate, and the UN is under no illusions that industrial agriculture is playing a significant part in the problem, while agroecology can play a major part in the solutions. We were honoured to be part of seed sovereignty meetings in northern Italy and learn some of the ways communities of farmers are wresting back control of seeds from the handful of multinational corporations who control the global seed supply.
Two of our farmer members of the National Committee attended the annual regional conference of La Via Campesina in Japan, and another the regional women’s conference in Thailand, working with our comrades from across South East and East Asia to shine the light on the negative impacts of multinational corporations controlling the food system and promoting the rights of peasants and Indigenous Peoples to collectively determine their own food and agriculture systems.
AFSA Secretary Ruth Gaha-Morris was selected for the sub-regional role on the Coordinating Committee of the Civil Society Mechanism (CSM), which articulates to the UN World Committee for Food Security (CFS), and joins us at this year’s Food Sovereignty Convergence directly from meetings in Rome.
Scanning the horizon, AFSA have our sights set on legalising sales of raw milk from the farm gate as one means of saving Australia’s dying dairy industry while giving people the choice to consume unprocessed foods from a safely regulated industry. We’re also closely monitoring the rise of false solutions to the problems of industrial agriculture such as the corporate-controlled rise of mass-produced vegetable-based protein patties and lab meat. We reject all ‘solutions’ that simply maintain corporate control of the food system in an undemocratic capitalist economy.
I’d like to thank the 2019 National Committee and staff for your work and commitment to the food sovereignty movement locally and globally, as well as your camaraderie and many shared feasts over the year. To those who are leaving us to focus on fertile grounds at home and in your local communities – Anna Treasure, Fraser Bayley, Kat Munksgaard, and Jess Brugmans – a special thank you and fare thee well!
We fight for what we eat, we eat what we fight for!
Viva la revolución!
Tammi Jonas, President
Filed Under: Advocacy, Food Sovereignty Convergence, GMO, Governance, International, Legal Defence Fund, President's report, Regulations
Industrial ag’s spurious biosecurity claims revealed
October 6, 2018 by Tammi Jonas
AFSA and our partners recently negotiated a streamlined application process for pastured pig and poultry production… however, during the final stages in planning and negotiation, state administrators suddenly removed non-chicken poultry–ducks, quail, turkey, squab….from the proposed streamline application process on the basis of “biosecurity” concerns.
AFSA commissioned a report by Robert G. Wallace, PhD to unpack the presumptions underlying removing non-chicken poultry. Wallace asks, “What are the reasons? Are they legitimate? Do such decision trees represent something other than scientific criteria? Are alternative policy positions possible?”
“Does the discrepancy between how industrial and regenerative farmers are regulated depend on the political power by which agribusiness is able to impose the worst social costs of production upon Australian states and its citizens with little consequence (Halpin and Martin 1999, Dibden and Cocklin 2007)? Does that power include a kind of gaslighting out of a moral economy of agribusiness’s control, forcing smallholders to carry the load (and blame) for biosecurity problems little of their making and emerging at scales far greater in industrial production (East 2007, Bryant and Garnham 2014, Moyle et al. 2016)? It increasingly appears that the largely unfounded notion wild waterfowl and pasture poultry in Australia represent inherent gateways through which industrial poultry production is placed at risk is presently a global go-to fallacy, deployed across multiple countries internationally, and aimed at redirecting attention away from intensive production’s role in driving the evolution and spread of newly emergent disease (Engering et al. 2013, Wallace 2016b, 2017).”
Read the whole report here: Wallace Duck and Cover Report September 2018.
Filed Under: Agroecology, Fair Food Farmers United, Legal Defence Fund, Research Tagged With: biosecurity, ducks, free range, pastured, poultry
MAJOR WIN FOR FOOD SOVEREIGNTY AS VICTORIA ANNOUNCES PLANNING REFORMS
June 27, 2018 by Tammi Jonas
The Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance (AFSA) is celebrating a win for small-scale pastured pig and poultry farmers – and everyone’s access to food grown in ethical and ecologically sound ways – with the Victorian Government’s announcement of the long-awaited reforms to the planning scheme.
The reforms acknowledge the very low risk these systems pose to environment and amenity, and introduce a streamlined permit application process for low density mobile outdoor pig and chicken farms, with no requirement for referrals to other agencies nor a notice and review period.
‘While we still maintain that small-scale pastured pig and poultry farms should not have been required to obtain a permit to farm in the Farming Zone, just as their grazing counterparts are not required to, we have accepted this compromise as a way forward to give local councils and communities confidence that our intentions to raise animals responsibly and respectfully are matched by our farming practices,’ said AFSA President Tammi Jonas.
Up until 2015 small-scale pastured pig and poultry farms were advised by councils across the state that they did not require permits as they were generally considered to be ‘extensive’ or grazing systems. However, a VCAT ruling in 2015 deemed free-range pig farm Happy Valley as ‘intensive’ due to importing the majority of the pigs’ feed.
The decision triggered a process that has taken three years to address what farmers, councils, and the state government all agreed was an unintended consequence of an imprecise definition.
AFSA mobilized its members and partnered with other organisations across the state such as Slow Food Melbourne, Open Food Network, and the Victorian Farmers Markets Association, which led to an unprecedented 270 submissions made to Agriculture Victoria late last year calling for scale-appropriate, risk-based planning provisions.
‘We are delighted at this outcome after years of working with the Victorian Government, and optimistic that small-scale regenerative farmers have a seat at the table now that we have collectivized our voices in an organization that the Government recognizes as the voice of small-scale farmers,’ said AFSA President Tammi Jonas.
‘Whilst the new scheme is not perfect, it blends solid scientific principles with a pragmatic approach for planners to ensure that our sector can continue to expand rapidly while protecting environment and amenity. The Government and its departments are to be congratulated for recognising the emergence of our sector and asking for our help to formulate this new policy,’ said Bruce Burton of Milking Yard Farm.
“Regrarians Ltd applauds the Victoria State Government’s process since it released its draft reforms in September 2017. Working with partner organisations such as AFSA, VFMA along with many of our clients affected by these reforms, we have been encouraged by the professional collaboration of these stakeholders to work with the government such that the regenerative agriculture industry’s interest and best practice have been included. We look forward to continuing the collaboration so that further development of the reforms serves the interests of a regenerative future for Victoria’s agriculture,” said Darren Doherty of Regrarians Ltd.
AFSA hopes this is the first of many amendments to legislation that is hampering the growth of regenerative agriculture across Australia, from scale-inappropriate planning schemes to food safety regulation.
‘We want to see regenerative farming become the new normal, with care for soil, water, animals, farm workers, and eaters at the core of our farming practices, but for this to happen, we need governments to shift their policy focus from supporting industrial agriculture to enabling regenerative farming.’
‘We’re encouraged by Minister for Agriculture Jaala Pulford’s announcement last month of the Artisanal Agriculture program, with $2 million earmarked to support our members in their efforts to grow food in ethical and ecologically-sound ways,’ said Jonas.
One significant concern that remains is the failure to include other species of poultry (such as ducks, geese, turkeys, quail and squab) in the streamlined process. However, ‘AFSA has been assured by the Minister that the work to include other species of poultry in the streamlined process will be undertaken as a matter of priority,’ said Jonas.
Contact: Tammi Jonas, President
Filed Under: Advocacy, Fair Food Farmers United, Legal Defence Fund, Media Releases Tagged With: land use, pastured, permits, pigs, planning, poultry, Victoria
Response to the Proposed Draft Australian Animal Welfare Standards and Guidelines for Poultry
May 17, 2018 by Courtney Young
View AFSA’s entire submission here.
The current review of the Model Code of Practice for the Welfare of Animals – Domestic Poultry offers the first opportunity in 15 years to improve the minimum welfare standards for domestic poultry in Australia. It provides the chance to modify Australian standards to reflect current animal welfare science and equivalent international developments.
The Proposed Draft is significantly more comprehensive than the previous welfare standards in the 4th Edition, as well as in other welfare codes for ostriches and emus, some of those standards dating back to mid-20th century management practices. We commend the collective and lateral efforts of the Animal Welfare Task Group (AWTG), the Stakeholder Advisory Group (SAG) and Animal Health 9 Australia (AHA), and welcome the opportunity to comment on the Draft during the 90 day public comment period.
It is necessary for Australia to lead a fundamental reshaping of animal welfare standards that meet international standards and community expectations, and that is based on scientific research and available data from Australian farms. Many farmers give ethical reasons for changing towards pastured poultry production methods because of the maximum animal welfare and provenance it offers if well managed.18
This submission aims to contribute on behalf of small-scale, pasture-based poultry producers so that best animal welfare standards can be achieved more readily and regulated appropriately.
In this submission, AFSA will primarily make comment relating to the standards and guidelines for domestic poultry due to scope of our representation of poultry farms extending to small producers of layers, broiler chickens and ducks. As principle, we support best animal welfare practices in the industry as a whole.
What the Proposed Draft means for Farmers- Farmers employing pasture-based practices will lose a once in a generation opportunity to be heard in the decision-making process relating to poultry welfare. Continued large-scale production of poultry will further dominate the market and drive small-scale farmers into ‘niche markets’.
What the Proposed Draft means for Eaters- It will turn a blind eye to popular demand for higher standards of welfare and eaters will continue to have low access to sustainably produced meat and/or eggs that positively impacts quality. Consumer quality perception when purchasing poultry will be informed by perceived standards of welfare and environmental factors that do not in fact meet their expectations.
What the Proposed Draft means for Poultry- Domestically raised poultry in conventional systems will continue to suffer from worse physical and mental states than those in countries with advanced animal welfare standards such as all nations of the EU, various states of the US, New Zealand and Canada.
What AFSA Members want- We demand that the Agriculture Ministers of all states and territories, Premiers and Local MPs support best examples of animal welfare standards using data relating to pasture-based systems. We urge that they back research into better solutions for livestock welfare to meet community expectations and public health interests. We support the development of a more inclusive, science-based system for setting animal welfare standards where an independent body monitors the animal welfare standards and investigates regulatory behaviour.
List of Recommendations
Recommendation 1: Phase out battery systems in the next 3 – 5 years and phase out all cage systems in the next 10 years. This should be done using a strategy to transition the industry such as that used in Austria (where battery cages were prohibited in 2009)19, and supporting long-term management of cage-free systems as done across the EU.
Recommendation 2: Transition poultry systems to free range over 10 years and during that transition reduce the maximum stocking density in barns or sheds (as they are phased out) for non-cage layer hens to 2 birds per metre squared and meat chickens 15kg per square metre. (Option E suggests reducing maximum stocking densities in barns or sheds for non-cage layer hens to 9 birds per m2 and meat chickens 30kg/m2)
Recommendation 3: Current practice of rearing poultry outdoors on pasture for egg and meat production be considered with the updated or new Regulatory Impact Statement and be added as a supporting paper to reflect the absent data on Australian poultry farms.
Recommendation 4: Establish an independent non-governmental body that oversees the development of animal welfare regulation and represents all relevant stakeholders including small-scale farm businesses.
Recommendation 5: Directly source data from Australian pasture-based farms and genuine free-range farms by visitation or by extended consultation in order to obtain correct information about the quality of alternative poultry production.
Recommendation 6: Explore research on alternative agricultural production occurring internationally in order to gain a more comprehensive understanding of the benefits of pasture-based poultry systems. Recommendation 7: Australia primarily sign the Universal Declaration of Animal Welfare.
Filed Under: Fair Food Farmers United, Legal Defence Fund, Submissions
Poultry Welfare Reforms Fact Sheet
January 31, 2018 by Courtney Young
The Codes for animal welfare for poultry are being reviewed for the first time in over 15 years.
The result will be one Australia-wide Code on animal welfare for poultry. Two main documents, along with an independent Farmed Bird Science Welfare Review and many supporting papers, have been released for public comment:
The Draft Standards and Guidelines; and
A Regulatory Impact Statement.
In total these documents stack up to over 700 pages. So we have condensed some of the basic information you need to know in a fact sheet.
We were deeply disappointed to see that, despite early expectations for the process, there was no mention of battery cages being banned.
If they go ahead, the proposed Draft Standard will make things worse for consumers, genuine free-range producers and birds raised on poultry farms.
AFSA’s vision is to enable regenerative farming businesses to thrive. We recognise that Australians want food that is grown locally and without damage to animal health and the environment. Food produced on small regenerative farms is in demand. We believe that it is critical that government heeds changing community expectations by supporting the growth and viability of regenerative agriculture while protecting the environment and human and animal health.
The reforms have been in progress since mid 2015. They were intended to reflect the latest science on animal welfare, recommended industry practices and community expectations. Instead, the integrity of the drafting process is being questioned after egg industry representatives were recently accused of engaging in ‘systemic collusion’ with the NSW Government to thwart moves to outlaw battery hens.
The outcome was that the banning of battery cages was kept out of the Draft Standards. With NSW having the highest production rates of caged eggs in the country, this collusion ought to have been expected.
For many reasons, such as there being over 10 million hens kept in conventional cages, false and misleading claims about egg-labelling and many others, AFSA is concerned for the future of genuine free-range systems for raising poultry on farms.
Australia should ban battery hens as in countries like Canada, New Zealand, Switzerland and Austria. We should follow the example of the ACT where the use of battery cages is prohibited.
Whether you’re a poultry farmer, egg or chicken consumer, chef or animal rights advocate, your views on the Draft Standards are crucial to the consultation process and to the future of poultry welfare in Australia.
We know that you care about animal welfare as much as we do. In 2016, nearly 10,000 consumers, farmers, retailers and advocacy groups provided input to the new national standards to define ‘free-range’.
The welfare reforms are just as important to secure the future of genuine free-range poultry farming in Australia and gives us a chance to reduce regulatory uncertainty faced by producers.
Make your own submission by 5pm Monday 26 February 2018. Alternatively, email us at admin@afsa.org.au with your concerns and we will include them in our submission.
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New regulations under the Environmental Protection (Great Barrier Reef Protection Measures) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2019 will require more documentation of agricultural practices and permits for changes to cropping and land use. While strongly supporting measures to protect water quality in the Reef, AFSA has highlighted the difference in ecological impacts between small-scale, regenerative […]
NSW Fresh Food Pricing Parliamentary Inquiry Hearing
On Friday 22 June 2018, AFSA attended the NSW Fresh Food Pricing Parliamentary Inquiry Hearing at Parliament House in Sydney. AFSA was selected and recognised as a key stakeholder in the food system by the parliamentary members in this Upper House inquiry. Tammi Jonas, president of AFSA, and our paralegal Sarah de Wit were welcomed […]
View AFSA’s entire submission here. The current review of the Model Code of Practice for the Welfare of Animals – Domestic Poultry offers the first opportunity in 15 years to improve the minimum welfare standards for domestic poultry in Australia. It provides the chance to modify Australian standards to reflect current animal welfare science and […]
The Codes for animal welfare for poultry are being reviewed for the first time in over 15 years. The result will be one Australia-wide Code on animal welfare for poultry. Two main documents, along with an independent Farmed Bird Science Welfare Review and many supporting papers, have been released for public comment: The Draft Standards […]
Collective action in support of small-scale, regenerative farmers
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Vegetables production and marketing: practice and perception of vegetable seed producers and fresh growers in Nepal
Krishna P. Timsina1,2 &
Ganesh P. Shivakoti2
Seed sector in Nepal has high comparative advantage, and the Government of Nepal has also emphasized to develop and strengthen seed supply system in Nepal. However, it has been facing different types of limitations and risks at different levels of the vegetable seeds system in Nepal. Therefore, this paper analyzes overall existing vegetable seeds production environment, its marketing practice and perception of seed producers and users in Nepal.
Using simple random sampling technique, a total of 275 seed producers and seed users were selected for the study purpose from four districts. Among them, 175 seed producers were from Rukum and Kavre; 100 seed users were from Rupandehi and Palpa. In addition, 75 seed companies/agro-vets/cooperatives/traders/service providers were selected purposely from all study districts. Indexing techniques, Chi-square test and willingness to pay using direct survey method were used to analyze the data.
It was estimated that on average about 10–20% losses were observed in vegetable seeds from farm to wholesale due to poor drying, management and storage practices. The unfavorable environment immediately after harvesting and need to dry several times were ranked as first drying and storage problems, respectively. From the analysis, it was found that selection criteria for hybrid and open-pollinated were found significantly different among fresh vegetable growers. The reasons for choosing hybrids were due to their higher production, attractive fruits and more profit. The study reveals the mismatch between seed production and variety demanded by the fresh growers. Moreover, results on tendency of farmers to change preferred varieties and their willingness to pay additional price for high-quality vegetable seeds indicate the market potential for expansion of quality seed in the future.
It seems that the promotion of new post-harvest technologies to maintain dry chain throughout the vegetable seeds system that can provide higher return to the farmers would be easily accepted by the respondents. Therefore, the advantage of microclimatic diversity in hilly areas of Nepal and the seed grower’s willingness to maintain good-quality seeds can be utilized to produce huge amount of seeds for the fulfillment of national demand in the plain areas as well as export, especially in SAARC countries.
Seed sector in Nepal has high comparative advantage, and the Government of Nepal has also emphasized to develop and strengthen seed supply system in Nepal [9, 13]. Vegetable seeds are recognized as lucrative enterprise for improving the livelihood of farmers and addressing the issues of self-sufficiency, food security and economic development of remote areas [3, 17]. Vegetable seeds give 3–5 times higher income as compared to alternative cereal crops, enabling farmers to buy at least three times more food as compared to growing traditional food crops on the same land [3]. Most of the studies reported that vegetable seed production is more profitable than food grain crops [5, 10, 24]. The cropping pattern in study area in upland area is mainly dominated by maize and included other crops like legumes, vegetables, wheat and vegetable seeds. In the lowland area, the cropping pattern was mainly dominated by rice and included other crops like wheat, potato, spring maize and vegetable seeds [20, 21].
The demand for quality seed is increasing day by day, presenting new challenges to meet the consumer’s demands by taking competitive advantage in the context of international practices [22]. Major areas for producing vegetable seeds are focused in mid and high hills of Nepal. The hilly area of Nepal has microclimatic diversity to produce several kinds of vegetable seeds. Seed marketing is not yet specialized in the overall seed system. However, a few seed companies have initiated systematic marketing with proper grading, standard packaging and labeling for some vegetable seeds, but they have lacking research and development activities [15]. Marketing of quality seeds is constrained by the absence of well-established seed marketing companies and inadequate quality control services. The seed vision of Nepal (2013–2025) focuses on marketing of high yield and quality seeds across the country through strengthening of seed networks and seed supply channels in the public–private partnership modalities [13]. The organized vegetable production and distribution system from local to international level is necessary in the context of growing demand for quality vegetable seeds [14]. Nepalese vegetable seeds sector has been facing issues such as low level of knowledge and capacity at the farm level, dependency on middlemen for trading of product, inadequate market supports, weak input relationships, and limited learning and innovation at local level [17]. Price fluctuation, quality seed production (varietal purity, germination, viability, genetic stock used, drying, packaging), and demand for hybrid seed are also the major issues related to the vegetable seeds sector in Nepal. Moreover, limited numbers of seed storage and processing facilities, immature seed companies and mismatch between demand and supply of seeds are also the major constraints in vegetable sector. On this background, this paper focused to analyze overall existing vegetable seeds production environment, its marketing practice and perception of seed producer’s and seed users in Nepal. This helps to harmonizing the policy for achieving strategic fits in the downstream and upstream part of the vegetables sector in Nepal.
Selection of study areas, crops and sampling
Rukum and Kavre districts of Nepal were selected purposely for the analysis of seed producers, as these districts are major vegetable seed-growing districts of Nepal. From the selected districts, onion from Rukum and tomato, cucumber, French bean and okra from Kavre were selected. Similarly, for seed users Rupandehi and Palpa districts were selected representing Terai and hilly districts of Nepal. The study was focused at three levels: first at field level (seed producers, seed users, cooperatives), second at district level (agro-vets, district-level service providers, seed traders, cooperatives) and third at central level (seed companies, large agro-vets, central level service providers). A total of 350 samples were selected including seed producers (175), seed users (100) and seed companies/agro-vets/cooperatives/traders/service providers (75) for the study purpose. The details of the study area, population, sampling design and techniques are given in “Appendix 1”.
Indexing techniques
Farmers’ perceptions on the importance given to the different seed drying and storage problems were analyzed by using a 5-point scale of problems comprising very high importance, importance, medium importance, low importance and the very low importance by using 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1, respectively. This total score indicates the respondent’s position in the continuum [4, 6]. The index of importance is computed by using the following formula:
$$\begin{aligned} {\text{Iimp}} = & \sum \left( {{\text{si}}\;{\text{fi}}/N} \right),\;{\text{where,}}\;{\text{Iimp}} = {\text{Index}}\;{\text{of}}\;{\text{importance}},\;\sum = {\text{Summation}} \\ {\text{si}} = & {\text{Scale}}\;{\text{value}},\;{\text{fi}} = {\text{Frequency}}\;{\text{of}}\;{\text{importance}}\;{\text{given}}\;{\text{by}}\;{\text{the}}\;{\text{respondents}} \\ N = & {\text{Total}}\;{\text{numbers}}\;{\text{of}}\;{\text{respondents}}. \\ \end{aligned}$$
Considering the categorical nature of variables, Chi-square test was used was used to test the association between selection criteria of hybrid and OP vegetable seeds.
Willingness to pay
The maximum willingness to pay for high-quality vegetable seeds was calculated using directed survey method. It is psychologically motivated method which was used first time in 1954 by Stoetzel [18]. This method is cost and time-effective, and it has strong advantage in individual-level estimations [2]. Initially in the field, each respondent was asked the current price they had paid (based on actual quantity they had used in the last season) for vegetable seeds (crops and varieties specific). Then, we introduced the concept of quality seed and checked their understanding about seed quality attributes. After that, we described the actual standards of quality vegetable seeds set by the government of Nepal to each individual respondent before asked them questions related to maximum willingness to pay. (1) Are you willing to pay additional price for good-quality vegetable seeds? If yes, (2) How much maximum price you are willingness to pay for quality seed/s? While asking, same quantity they had used in the last season was considered. The following formula is used to calculate the percentage of willingness to pay additional price for each vegetable seed.
$$\begin{aligned} {\text{PCW}} = & \left( {{\text{CP}} - {\text{MWP}}} \right)*100 \\ & \quad {\text{CP}} \\ \end{aligned}$$
where PCW = percentage change in willingness to pay, CP = price paid for current vegetable seed, MWP = maximum willingness to pay for good-quality vegetable seed.
Production environment of seed producers
Average area per household was 0.61 and 0.28 hectare in Kavre and Rukum districts, respectively. In the Kavre district, farmers have more uplandFootnote 1 area compared to lowland.Footnote 2 However, in the case of Rukum, low and upland areas were more or less similar. On average, sampled farmers allocate 25–40% of their farm area to vegetable seed cultivation based on the types of crops. In the case of onion seed production in Rukum district, 80% of production was based on informal contracts with local traders and national-level seed companies, whereas in Kavre district for the remaining four crops, 100% production was based on informal contracts of CBOs with seed companies, agro-vets and traders. Most of the seed growers in the study area varied in knowledge of different aspects of seed quality. About 40.6, 71.4 and 43.3% of farmers had knowledge of field quality standards, isolation distances and presence of off-type plants, respectively. Those are the criteria set by the Nepali Seed Quality Control Center (SQCC) for maintaining seed quality standards [12, 16].
The onion and cucumber seed producers were using a single variety (Red Creole of onion and Bhaktapur Local of cucumber) for seed production. The Red Creole was planted in November to December at an altitude ranges from 850 to 1200 m from mean sea level, and it was harvested in May to June. The average minimum and maximum temperature was 13 and 24 °C, respectively. Similarly, Bhaktapur Local was planted in January to February at an altitude ranges from 700 to 1200 m from mean sea level, and it was harvested in May to June. The average minimum and maximum temperature was 17–19 and 22–23 °C, respectively. In the case of okra, tomato and French bean (FB), numbers of varieties cultivated for seed production in the study area were 2, 3 and 4, respectively. Even though the numbers of varieties ranged from 2 to 4, more than 80% of farmers were using single variety. Arka Anamika (93%) for okra, Chaumase (52%) for FB and Lapse (52%) for tomato have high market shares in the study area. Arka Anamika was planted in April to July at an altitude ranges from 700 to 1650 m from mean sea level, and it was harvested in August to October. Chaumase was planted in August to September at an altitude ranges from 750 to 1500 m from mean sea level, and it was harvested in October to December. Lapse was planted in May to June at an altitude ranges from 900 to 1500 m from mean sea level, and it was harvested in September to October. The average minimum and maximum temperature was same as cucumber for other three crops, namely okra, FB and tomato. The details of the production environment of vegetable seeds producers are given in “Appendix 2”. Farmers were getting about 98% of source seed of onion from Government farms, whereas in the case of the remaining four crops, cooperatives were the major source (49.7%). About 16.6% of the farmers have been using their own previous year selected seed for seed multiplication programs. About 60% of the FB producers were using their own seed for its multiplication followed by tomato (26.7%), okra (6.7%) and onion (1.8%).
Major drying and storage problems of seed growers
The indexing technique was used to identify the major problems faced by farmers in drying and storage of vegetable seeds in the study area. Among the different problems, unfavorable environment immediately after harvesting was the major drying problem followed by direct sun drying that deteriorates the seed quality. In case of storage problems, “need to dry” several times was ranked as first followed by fluctuation in seed moisture content due to unfavorable environment, incidence of insect pests and lack of proper extraction and processing methods (“Appendix 3”). Timsina et al. [19] reported that the poor seed quality imposes large logistical costs on farmers could be reduced by utilization of desiccant bead drying and hermetic storage techniques.
Practice and perception on post-harvest function and marketing of vegetables seed
About 24% of onion seed producers tested seed before selling to end users. In the onion, some of the seed companies or traders were performing this function if they felt it to be necessary. However, in the remaining four crops, 100% of producers reported that seeds were tested before sale. This function was facilitated by cooperatives. One hundred percentage of the onion seed was tested in government laboratories, whereas in case of remaining crops, 100% of seed was tested in private laboratories due to access and availability at the nearest point. In the study area, about 49.7% farmers had knowledge of safe moisture contents for storage. About 77% of the seed producers were using sun drying followed by more than one method (17%), which also includes sun drying. For tomato, drying inside of room (23%) was also the preferred method of drying for maintaining its quality. About 80% of the farmers were interested to introduce new methods of drying that can contribute to maintaining seed quality, whereas about 20% farmers were neutral in their response. Among all crops, 95% of onion seed producers sold seed immediately, followed by cucumber (47%), tomato (37%), French bean (33%) and okra (30%). About 93% of farmers practiced individual storage. Knowledge on hermetic storage (sealed storage) was found in 13% of farmers, which suggests a need to create awareness on hermetic storage practices in the study area. Almost all farmers were doing the sorting/cleaning activities of the seed, whereas only 68% of the farmers were following grading practices. About 63% of the farmers were doing bulk packaging. Most of the seeds produced and sold by farmers to traders or seed companies were sun-dried and packed in jute or polythene bags. More than 62% of the seeds in the study area were sold through contracts with different seed companies, traders and agro-vets via cooperatives followed by local traders (32%) and more than one option (5%). Only 0.6% of the farmers sold seed directly to seed companies. Ray et al. [11] reported that contract production systems increased the employment and improved rural economy of small farmers.
Future strategies of seed producer’s
The results show that about 28, 58, 96, 95 and 99% of the respondents were interested in collective production, drying, packaging, storage and marketing of vegetable seeds in the future, respectively. It seems that the promotion of new post-harvest technologies that provide higher return to the farmers would be easily accepted by the respondents. Markelova et al. [8] carried out study on collective action in smallholders’ market access and reported that collective action can bring advantages for small-holder marketing. Similarly, Kruijssen et al. [7] also indicated about many positive outcomes of collective action such as an access to markets, access to resources, increase bargaining power, risk reduction, achieve economies of scale, control of supply. When the individual behavior moves toward progressive coalition, then the innovation may translate into growth. If the innovation and the collective action are positive, then there are great possibilities of increasing growth in groups [1].
Land allocationn and varieties used by fresh vegetable growers
Average land holdings of fresh vegetable growers were 1.02 and 0.30 ha in Rupandehi and Palpa, respectively. Despite the smaller land holdings in Palpa district, the % area allocation for fresh vegetable production was higher, i.e., out of total land holdings, 23 and 50% of areas were allocated for fresh vegetable production in Rupandehi and Palpa, respectively. Among the different vegetable crops, the area allocated for onion (22%) was highest in Rupandehi followed by cucumber, tomato, FB (17% each) and okra (13%). In Palpa, the area allocated for tomato and FB was highest (33%), followed by cucumber and okra (13% each) and onion (6%).
Different types of varieties such as local, open-pollinated and hybrid have been grown in the study area. For onion and French bean, no hybrid varieties were used in the study area. Similar was the case for okra in Palpa. Most of the onion seed used in Rupandehi was from India. Timsina et al. [21] reported that one reason for the farmers in Rupandehi preferring to get onion seed from India was the lower price in comparison with Butwal and Bahirahawa. Besides, only one variety of Nepalese onion was available in the field, other qualities of imported onion seed such as good-sized bulb, no bolting (flowering) during its production and longer storage duration also motivated farmers choosing imported seeds. It clearly shows that the functional strategies in the upstream as well as market side of supply chain for the domestic onion seed do not match properly with the preference of the downstream part of supply chain [21, 16]. Knowledge of variety names of different vegetables varied in the study area, ranging from 43 to 93% depending on the crops. Varieties of onion such as Gauti, Gauran and Lanka in Palpa and AFDR were not cultivated in Rupandehi. Nasik was popular in Rupandehi, whereas AFDR was popular in Palpa district. In case of tomato, farmers were using about 37% unknown varieties with different names such as 9802, Nabin, Bombay, 509 JK and S-22. Among known varieties, Srijana was ranked first (33%), followed by Manisha (15%), Laxmi (6.7%), Winsari (3.3%), and Lapsegede, Gaurav and Raja (1.7%). Srijana was very popular in Palpa, whereas Laxmi was popular in Rupandehi.
Cucumber farmers were using about 20% unknown varieties with different names such as Local Chetai and Johapuri. Among known varieties, Bhaktapur Local was ranked first (56%), followed by Green Long (12%), VNR-128 (8%) and Ninja (4%). Only 15% of FB varieties used by farmers in the study area were unknown. Among the known varieties, Four Season (Chaumase) was ranked first (40%) followed by Trisuli (25%) and Kentucky Wonder (20%). For okra, none of the varieties were known by Palpa farmers. Arka Anamika was the most popular okra variety in both Rupandehi and Palpa districts. Moreover, about 74, 57, 46, 36 and 58% of the respondents agreed on an increasing trend of area allocation for onion, tomato, cucumber, FB and okra, respectively, in the last 5 years, which indicates the potential for increasing demand for quality seeds in the coming days in Nepal.
Perception of vegetable growers on selection of seed type and their willingness to pay
Perceptions of farmers on selection of hybrid and OP varieties of vegetable seeds were taken. The Chi-square test was used to test the association between selection criteria of hybrid and OP vegetable seeds. Single respondents were given a chance to choose more than 1 option so the values presented in the table may overlap. From the analysis, it was found that selection criteria for hybrid and OP were found significantly different (χ2 = 61.6, df = 6 and p = 0.000). Results indicated that farmers were choosing hybrids mainly due to their higher production, attractive fruits and more profit, whereas the main reasons for choosing OPs were easy availability and preference given by the consumers (Table 1).
Table 1 Perception of farmers for selection of seed types (n = 100)
The major place to purchase commercial seeds for selected vegetable crops was from the private sector. About 87, 94, 85, 83 and 81% commercial seed of onion, tomato, cucumber, FB and okra, respectively, were obtained from private sources. The private sources included agro-vets, traders and seed companies. None of the farmers were getting commercial seed from the government except onion. Farmers were also using their own saved seed for fresh vegetable production in FB and okra. Seed from Indian markets was also another option for farmers in Rupandehi district or fresh vegetable production as it lies on the border with India (Table 2).
Table 2 Sources of commercial seed for fresh vegetable production (%)
About 33% of the respondents were practicing germination tests of seeds before sowing to the field. More than 80% of farmers were aware about the populations of uniform and healthy plants in the field, whereas about 65% knew about off-type plants. The mean germination percentage of vegetable seeds was 77%; however, it varied from 2 to 98% with standard deviation of 17%. For all vegetable seeds, farmers were willing to pay an additional price if high-quality seed would be available in the market. Farmers in the study area were willing to pay 30, 33, 30, 31 and 23% higher price for onion tomato, cucumber, FB and okra, respectively. This indicates that the potential for market expansion for quality seeds in Nepal is immense (Table 3). Timsina et al. [20] reported that most farmers were willing to pay more for higher-quality seed of tomato. Moreover, farmers were willing to pay 30.5, 46.9 and 26.7 Nepali Rupees (NR) in tomato seed price for germination, vigor and purity of tomato seed, respectively, in order to increase each attribute by 1%.
Table 3 Farmers’ willingness to pay additional price (%) for quality seed
Limitations and risk points for the vegetable seeds system in Nepal
Different types of limitations and risks were observed at different levels of the vegetable seeds system in Nepal. At the input level, issues included the quality of source seed that has been produced in different horticultural farms; limited technical knowledge with local agro-vets on quality of seeds; limited numbers of varieties used for seed multiplication programs; deterioration/resistance breakdown in source seed due to continuous use without maintenance; and supplying low-quality vegetable seeds to seed users. Fresh growers have reported that germination and vigor of vegetable seeds in the study area were poor and weak, respectively. This was found especially for open-pollinated seeds. In some cases, the emergence of seed in the field was zero. Moreover, they also complained about the unavailability of preferred varieties in time. Inadequate technical support services from government offices, low levels of technical knowhow and awareness on improved seed production, scattered production, low levels of commercial farming, limited research on vegetable seeds production, and weak production planning based on demand were the major challenges at the production level. At the postproduction level, various issues were noted in the postproduction of vegetable seeds, such as absence of collective marketing in full phase; inadequate market information system; low levels of post-harvest knowledge; poor post-harvest handling by transporters in large-sized packages; absence of vertical integration; quality debate between traders and farmers; and high moisture absorption during transportation in gunny bags to the destination market.
It was estimated that on average about 10–20% losses were observed in vegetable seeds from farm to wholesale due to poor management and storage practices. Most of the seed companies and agro-vets thought that if seeds were dried, the quality would deteriorate automatically due to poor storage systems. Cleaning and sorting were the only processing activities adopted so far by seed growers before selling to traders. In the case of onion, dipping in water to sort out immature seed and other inert materials was the major practice before drying and selling seeds, which was a potential cause of reduced seed quality [21]. It was reported that a combination of high temperatures (> 37°C) during drying of wet seeds could further damage the seeds, causing reduction in quality of seed lots [19].
This study was carried out to know the current status of vegetable seed production, distribution and use in Nepal. About 80% seed production in Rukum district was based on informal contracts with local traders and national-level seed companies, whereas in Kavre district 100% production was based on informal contracts of community-based organizations (CBOs) with seed companies, agro-vets and traders. Most of the seed growers in the study area have varying knowledge of different seed quality aspects. Almost all farmers were doing sorting/cleaning activities, whereas only 68% of the farmers were following grading practices. The USAID funded Horticultural Innovative Lab Project has been creating awareness to maintain the quality of seeds through proper drying and storage practices. It has initiated the concept of the “dry chain,” which means “make it dry and keep it dry” throughout the whole seed chain [19]. In the alternative of dipping seed in water, we can promote manual winnowers. We can improve the quality of vegetable seeds in two ways in Nepal, first improving the genetic quality from research stations and second increasing physiological quality such as vigor and germination through adopting proper drying and storage methods. From the above results and discussion, it seems that promotion of new post-harvest technologies that provide higher return to the farmers would be easily accepted by the respondents. The economic opportunity to introduce modern drying and packaging technology to obtain greater benefits in seed systems is reported, but it was varied in different business models. The sharing of positive net income and negative net income for different actors in different models was different, but seed users’ benefits were similar and the largest in all business models due to minimization of losses from poor germination and a yield increment using higher-quality seed [23]. Local, open-pollinated and hybrid seeds are being using in the study area. Until 2016, single hybrid variety of tomato is released among all vegetable crops in Nepal. Whereas higher preference of farmers on hybrid varieties of tomato (77%), okra (48%) and cucumber (39%) is observed. Therefore, supply of good-quality hybrid seed based on farmers demand is required to meet the demand of downstream part of the seed chain. Moreover, results on tendency of farmers to change preferred varieties and their willing to pay about 30% higher additional price for high-quality vegetable seeds, indicating the market potential for expansion of quality seed in the future by improving percentage of vigor, germination and purity in the seed. Further, it is suggested to carry out feasibility study and identify the policy environment for joint venture among national and international seed companies for import and export of vegetable seeds including hybrid.
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KPT was the lead investigator and the initiator of the study also responsible for literature search and write-up. GPS was responsible for the overall study design and provided critical feedback on the manuscript. Both authors read and approved the final manuscript.
We thank vegetable seeds and fresh growers in the studied communities who participated in the study.
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Oral informed consent was obtained from each respondent from each of the participating households and stakeholders.
The partial funding was provided by Horticulture Collaborative Research Support Program Award #09-002945-50.
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Appendix 1: Details of the sample design and sampling techniques
Rukum Onion 300 55 Seed producers Purposive and simple random sampling
15 Cooperatives, traders, agro-vets and service providers Purposive
Kavre Cucumber 200 30 Seed producers Purposive and simple random sampling
Tomato 40 30 Seed producers Purposive and simple random sampling
French bean 132 30 Seed producers Purposive and simple random sampling
Okra 45 30 Seed producers Purposive and simple random sampling
12 Cooperatives, agro-vets and service providers Purposive
Rupandehi Fresh vegetables 390 60 Veg. growers Purposive and simple random sampling
Palpa Fresh vegetables 107 40 Purposive and simple random sampling
Kathmandu valley 15 Seed company, cooperatives, agro-vets and service providers Purposive
Others 10 Service providers Purposive
Seed producers (no) = 175; seed users (no) = 100; seed companies/agro-vets/cooperatives/traders/service providers (no) = 75; total sample for study = 350
Appendix 2: Production environment of vegetable seeds producers in the study area
Altitude from mean sea level (m)
Growing seasons
Temperaturea
Minimum average (°C)
Maximum average (°C)
Rukum Onion Red Creole 850–1200 November–December to April–May 13 24
Kavre Cucumber Bhaktapur Local 700–1200 January–February to May–June 17–19 22–23
Tomato Lapse 900–1500 May–June to September–October 17–19 22–23
CL cross 700–1900 February–April to May–September 17–19 22–23
Srijana 1300–1400 March–May to July–December 17–19 22–23
French bean Four season (Chaumase) 750–1500 August–September to October–November–December 17–19 22–23
Trisuli 750–1300 August–September to October–November–December 17–19 22–23
Kentucky wonder 1100–1300 August–September to October–November–December 17–19 22–23
Okra Arka Anamika 700–1650 April–July to August–October 17–19 22–23
Kavre selection 1100–1650 May–June to September–December 17–19 22–23
aAverage data recorded from subtropical vegetable seeds production center Musikot, Rukum and spices development center, Panchkhal, Kavre
Appendix 3: Major drying and storage problems in the study area
Onion (n = 55)
Tomato (n = 30)
Cucumber (n = 30)
French bean (n = 30)
Okra (n = 30)
Overall (n = 175)
Index value
Problems in/during drying
Unfavorable environment immediately after harvest leading to low seed quality 2.5 I 2.5 I 3.0 I 2.9 I 2.9 I 2.7 I
Seed damage in direct sun drying 1.6 II 2.0 II 1.6 II 1.8 II 1.9 II 1.7 II
Bird/insect damage during drying by hanging above fire (Aageno) or window 0.2 III 0.7 III 1.6 II 1.0 III 1.2 III 0.8 III
Problems in/during storage
Need to dry several times 2.6 II 2.8 I 3.0 I 2.5 I 2.7 I 2.7 I
Fluctuation in seed moisture content due to unfavorable environment 2.7 I 1.4 III 1.2 III 1.9 III 1.9 III 2.0 II
Infection/incidence of insect pests and effects on health of stored seeds 1.2 IV 2.2 II 1.8 II 1.7 III 2.2 II 1.7 III
Post-harvest loss due to lack of proper extraction and processing 1.4 III 0.7 V 1.0 IV 0.9 IV 0.9 V 1.1 IV
Losses due to rats and other animal damage 1.0 V 0.9 IV 1.0 V 1.5 IV 1.0 IV 1.1 IV
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Yield of faba bean (Vicia faba L.) as affected by lime, mineral P, farmyard manure, compost and rhizobium in acid soil of Lay Gayint District, northwestern highlands of Ethiopia
Endalkachew Fekadu ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0003-4059-09761,
Kibebew Kibret1,
Asmare Melese2 &
Bobe Bedadi1
Soil acidity with associated low nutrient availability is one of the major constraints to faba bean (Vicia faba L.) production on Ethiopian highlands. Integrated use of organic and inorganic amendments is believed to reduce soil acidity and improve crop production. Therefore, this field experiment was conducted with the objective of evaluating the effects of lime, mineral P, farmyard manure (FYM), compost and rhizobium in acid soil of Lay Gayint District, northwestern highlands of Ethiopia, in 2016–2017 main cropping season. The experiment comprised twenty sole and combined treatments arranged in a completely randomized block design with three replications.
Combined application of 8 t FYM ha−1 + 30 kg P ha−1 + 3.6 t lime ha−1 significantly (P < 0.05) increased plant height, number of leaves and branches per plant, pod length, biological and straw yields. Grain per pod, grain yield and thousand grain weight were significantly (P < 0.05) increased with the application of 4 t FYM ha−1 + 15 kg P ha−1 + 7.2 t lime ha−1. This treatment resulted in 102% grain yield advantage over the control. The next higher grain yield advantage of 89% was achieved with 4 t FYM ha−1 + 15 kg P ha−1 + 3.6 t lime ha−1. Nodule number and nodule dry weight per plant were also improved due to 4 t FYM ha−1 + 15 kg P ha−1 + 7.2 t lime ha−1 application. Among sole treatments applied separately, 8 t FYM ha−1 was observed to be superior in all parameters considered followed by 7.2 t lime ha−1.
Combined application of 4 t FYM ha−1 + 15 kg P ha−1 + 3.2 t lime ha−1 could be suggested as effective amendment to improve the yield of faba bean and therefore contribute the effort to insure food security in strongly acid soils of the study area.
Faba bean (Vicia faba L.) is an important highland pulse crop of Ethiopia, which covered 520,519 ha of the cultivated land with annual production of 6,88,667 tons and a productivity of 1323 kg ha−1 [1]. The crop takes the largest share of the area under pulses production. It is a crop of manifold merits in the economy of the farming communities in the highlands of Ethiopia and serves as a source of food and feed [2]. It is one of the legumes being integrated into the smallholder farming systems to improve soil fertility through atmospheric dinitrogen (N2) fixation and serve as cheap source of protein. However, the yield in the country in general and in the study area in particular is still low, which is below the world average where faba bean yield is 1700 kg ha−1 [3]. Several factors account for the low productivity of faba bean, of which soil acidity and fertility decline, frequent disease occurrence, parasitic weeds and lack of high yielding varieties could be mentioned [4].
Soil acidity and associated low nutrient availability is one of the major constraints to faba bean (Vicia faba L.) production on Ethiopian highlands. Under such acid soils, severe chemical imbalance caused by toxic levels of exchangeable aluminum (Al), manganese (Mn) and hydrogen (H) ions coupled with a parallel critical deficiency in available nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), potassium (K), calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), zinc (Zn) and molybdenum (Mo) limits the growth and production of legumes [5].
Low diversity of Rhizobium leguminosarum has been reported in acid soils compared to limed soils [6]. Thus, limited persistence of rhizobium in the soil can depress nodulation and growth of faba bean in acid soils. Similarly, Kellman [7] reported abundance of rhizobium in soil and on plant roots is reduced due to soil acidity which directly inhibited colonization and nodulation. High concentration of Al3+ inhibits root infection with rhizobium and nodule initiation even in the presence of sufficient number of rhizobium [8].
Soil acidity, either natural or developed by human activity, has serious negative effects on the sustainability of annual crop production in various parts of the world. Soil acidity management and crop productivity improvement are therefore important for enhancing food provision globally and regionally.
The adoption of management practices involving integrated application of lime and OM of animal and plant origin increases the quality of soils, by reducing acidity and improving soil chemical and physical properties, serves as a source of nutrients, maintains soil moisture and neutralizes toxic Al [9]. Research has shown that application of FYM or compost has significant impact on the chemical, physical and biological properties of the soil. Most of these effects are due to an increase in soil OM [10]. Manure is an excellent source of major plant nutrients such as N, P and K, and also provides many of the secondary nutrients that plants require. Manure also has a liming effect, which neutralizes the acid characteristic of most smallholder soils [11]. This could in turn provide favorable conditions for rhizobium survival. Changes observed in soil physical properties include increased infiltration, water-holding capacity and reduced compaction and erosion [12].
The use of composts has been recognized generally as an effective means for improving soil aggregation, structure and fertility, increasing microbial diversity and populations, improving the moisture-holding capacity of soils, increasing the soil cation exchange capacity (CEC) and increasing crop yields [13]. The improvement in the nodulation, growth and yield characters of faba bean and other legumes from organic amendments has been reported by different researchers [14,15,16].
Moreover, application of lime tends to raise the soil pH by displacement of H+, Fe2+, Al3+ and Mn4+ ions from soil adsorption site, and subsequent neutralization of H+ and precipitation of Fe, Al, Mn as hydroxides [17]. More than increasing soil pH, it also supplies significant amounts of Ca and Mg, depending on the type of liming materials. Indirect effects of lime include increased availability of P, Mo and B, and more favorable conditions for microbially mediated reactions such as N2 fixation and nitrification, and in some cases improved soil structure [18].
Phosphorus nutrition plays important role in legumes and symbiotic N2 fixation. The formation of seeds and fruits is especially depressed in plants suffering from P deficiency. Thus, not only yields but also poor quality seeds and fruits are obtained from P-deficient soils [19]. It has been reported that faba bean requires high P for energy expenditure in nodule formation [20].
Several researchers [21,22,23] have conducted studies on soil fertility management of faba bean in different areas of Ethiopia. Most of the reports revealed significant improvements on the yield of faba bean due to chemical fertilizers and manure applications. However, the integrated effects of lime, organic, inorganic and biofertilizers on the growth and yield of faba bean remain less investigated.
Farmers in Lay Gayint District have access to FYM and compost, though there is strong competition of these organic amendments for fuel. On the other hand, the cost of mineral fertilizers and lime is getting high, beyond their purchasing capacity. Therefore, the contributions of these locally available amendments integrated with inorganic and biofertilizers on faba bean yield need investigation. Consequently, this study aimed at evaluating the effects of lime, mineral P, FYM, compost and Rhizobium leguminosarum and their combination on faba bean yields in acid soil of Lay Gayint District, northwestern highlands of Ethiopia.
The study was conducted at Lay Gayint District of South Gondar Zone of the Amhara National Regional State (ANRS), Ethiopia. It is located at about 175 km northeast of Bahir Dar, along the Woreta–Woldia highway. The district lies within the geographical grid coordinates of 11°32′–12°16′ N and 38°12′–38°19′ E, and covers an estimated area of 1548 km2. It is one of the districts of the ANRS where food insecurity is a chronic problem for the majority of the rural population.
Altitude of Lay Gayint District varies between 1500 and 4231 meters above sea level (masl). The area is characterized by plain (10%), undulating (70%), mountainous (15%) and gorges and valleys (5%) topographic features. The major land use patterns of the study area comprise cultivated land (45%), grazing land (14%), forest/bush land (5%), water body (2%) infrastructure and settlement (6%) and unproductive land (28%). Agro-ecologically, the district is divided into four elevation and temperature zones, namely: lowland (kolla) (13%), midland (woina-dega) (39%), highland (dega) (45%) and wurch (very cold or alpine) (3%) [24].
Based on a 20-year climate data (1997–2016) obtained from Ethiopian National Meteorological Service Agency [25], Lay Gayint District receives a mean annual rainfall of 1020 mm. The main rainy season occurs between June and September which represents the long rainy season (meher), and the small rainy season (belg) occurs between March and May. The mean minimum and maximum air temperature of the district is 6.9 and 21.9 °C, respectively.
Geologically, the study area is covered with loosely compacted tuff, boulders tuffs and normal light, fine-grained tuff and basalts of varying texture which changes laterally to pyroclasts erupted during Cenozoic Tertiary and mid to late Tertiary period in the Pliocene [26]. The majority of the soils in Lay Gayint District include Cambisols, Luvisols, Leptosols and Regosols [27].
Most of the people in the district are engaged in mixed agriculture (crop cultivation and livestock rearing). Crop production is entirely rain-fed, except in very specific and small areas where vegetables are cultivated using traditional and small-scale irrigation. The most commonly produced crops in the study area are annual crops such as Triticum aestivum L., Eragrostis tef (Zuccagni), Zea mays L., Sorghum bicolor L., Hordeum vulgare L., Cicer arietinum L., Vicia faba L., Phaseolus vulgaris L. and Solanum tuberosum L.
The agricultural activity in the area is not productive enough because of the recurrent natural calamities. Natural resources are deteriorating, and soil erosion is marked by the presence of expanding gullies. Rapid population growth has resulted in shrinking the farmland sizes and grazing lands. Land degradation, moisture shortage, ground and surface water depletion, increasing infertility of soil and natural hazards like drought, landslide, incidence of crop pests and weed and livestock diseases, coupled with cultural and attitudinal factors, are among the major problems in the study area. All these, in turn, have made the district one of the food- and nutrition-insecure areas of the ANRS.
Soil sampling and samples preparation
Surface soil samples of the experimental field at Lay Gayint District, with pH less than 5.5 measured at field condition using portable pH meter, were collected using auger at 0–20 cm soil depth. The collected soil samples were bulked to make a composite sample. The soil samples were air-dried, crushed and made to pass through a 2 mm sieve size for the analysis of soil pH, texture, available P, exchangeable bases, exchangeable acidity and CEC, whereas, for analysis of OC and total N, samples were made to pass through 0.5 mm sieve size.
Determination of soil physical and chemical properties
Soil texture was determined using Bouyoucos hydrometer method [28]. Bulk density (BD) was determined on the undisturbed soil sample using the core method, in which the samples were dried in an oven set at 105 °C to constant weight [29]. The oven-dried weight was divided by the volume of the soil core to get the bulk density value. The pH of the soil was measured potentiometrically in the supernatant suspension of a 1:2.5 soil-to-water ratio using a pH meter as described by [30]. Organic carbon was determined using the wet oxidation method [31] where the carbon was oxidized under standard conditions with potassium dichromate (K2Cr2O7) in sulfuric acid (H2SO4) solution. Total N was determined by the Kjeldahl method [32], while available P was extracted using the sodium bicarbonate solution following the procedure described by Olsen et al. [33]. The exchangeable cations (Ca, Mg, K and Na) were extracted with 1 M ammonium acetate (NH4OAc) solution at pH 7.0 [43]. Exchangeable Ca and Mg in the leachate were determined by atomic absorption spectrophotometer (AAS), while exchangeable K and Na were determined by flame photometry [34]. The potential cation exchange capacity (CEC) of the soil was determined from the NH4+ saturated samples that were subsequently replaced by K+ using KCl solution. The excess salt was removed by washing with ethanol and the NH4+ that was displaced by K+ was measured using the micro-Kjeldahl procedure [35] and reported as CEC. Total exchangeable acidity was determined by saturating the soil samples with 1 M KCl solution and was titrated with 0.02 M NaOH as described by Rowell [34]. From the same extract, exchangeable Al in the soil samples was determined by application of 1 M NaF which formed a complex with Al and released NaOH and then NaOH was back-titrated with a standard solution of 0.02 M HCl [36].
Manure, compost and liming material analysis, and lime requirement determination
Manure and compost pH was measured in water (soil-to-solution ratio of 1:5) using a pH meter with a glass and reference calomel electrode after the suspensions were shaken for 30 min and allowed to stand for 1 h. Total N content was determined by Kjeldahl method as described by Jackson [32]. The organic carbon was determined by wet oxidation method through chromic acid digestion [31]. Total P, K, Ca and Mg were determined following wet digestion with H2O2/H2SO4 [37]. Total Ca, Mg, K and Na were determined by AAS and P measured as described by [38]. The calcium carbonate equivalent (CCE) of the Dejen lime was determined by dissolving a graduated amount of lime with excess of standard 0.5 M HCl followed by boiling for 5 min. The excess acid was back-titrated with standard 0.1 M NaOH solution using phenolphthalein as an indicator after filtration. From the amount of NaOH used to neutralize the excess acid of the blank and the filtrate, the CCE of the lime was calculated by Issam and Antoine [39] as:
$$\left[ {\left( {{\text{ml HCl}} \times 1\;{\text{M}}} \right) - \left( {{\text{ml NaOH}} \times 0.5\;{\text{M}}} \right)} \right] \times \frac{{{\text{Volume of HCl}} \;(100\;{\text{ml}})}}{{ {\text{Volume of infiltrate aliquate}}\;(10\;{\text{ml}})}} \times \frac{100}{1000 \times 2} \times \frac{{100\;{\text{g}}}}{{{\text{Weight of soil g}} }}$$
Lime requirement (LR) of the soil was determined by Shoemaker, McLean and Pratt (SMP) single-buffer procedure [40], where triplicate dry soil samples each weighing one kg were thoroughly mixed with 0, 800, 1600, 2400, 3200, 4000 and 4800 mg of CaCO3. Each soil sample weighing 1 kg was filled in polyethylene bags and mixed with the rate of lime to be tested. Then, the soil was mixed thoroughly and incubated under room temperature for a period of 30 days. The soil and the CaCO3 were wetted with distilled water to maintain field capacity. Finally, soil samples were collected, dried and ground to pass through a 2 mm sieve and then the pH was measured. From the relationships between the amounts of CaCO3 applied and the corresponding pH values, the level of CaCO3 sufficient to raise the pH of the soils to 5.5 was selected as the lime requirement of the soils.
Experimental design treatments and procedures
The experiment comprised of 20 treatments with various combinations of lime, mineral P, FYM, compost, and rhizobium (Table 1). These treatments were assigned to each plot of 2.4 m × 4 m in RCBD with three replications. Gross plot size consisted of 12 rows of faba bean spaced at 40 cm of 4 m length. The net plot size was 1.6 m × 3.2 m leaving one outer most row on both sides of each plot and 0.4 m row length at both ends of rows as borders. The land was plowed two times before planting by using oxen drawn implements. Lime (CaCO3), FYM, and compost were applied thoroughly and evenly distributed to the plots and worked into the soil 40 days before sowing the seed of faba bean where as P was applied at planting.
Table 1 List of treatments for field experiment
Faba bean (Vicia faba L.) variety Kasech which was used as a test crop was collected from the Adet Agricultural Research Center (AARC). Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar. viciae strain EAL-110, was used as inoculant. It was obtained from the Menagesha Biotech Industry (MBI), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Faba bean seeds were inoculated at the time of sowing with a powder containing an equivalent of 108 viable bacteria cells g powder−1. Faba bean seeds were sown at a rate of 200 kg ha−1 during the mid of June 2016. The necessary field management practices were carried out as per the practices followed by the farming community around the area.
Data collected
At harvest, ten plants were taken at random from the center to estimate: plant height (cm), number of branches and leaves per plant, pod length (cm), number of pods per plant, grain per pod (g), thousand seeds weight (g). Total aboveground biomass yield was determined by weighing after complete sun-drying at harvest from the net plot of 5.12 m2 and converted into kilogram per hectare. Grain yield was measured by threshing the dried plants from the net plot area and adjusted to 12.5% seed moisture content and straw yield was determined as the difference between the total aboveground biomass (straw plus grain) and the grain yield of the respective treatments.
Nodule number and dry weight per plant were assessed from each treatment. The root of faba bean plant was uprooted using a hand fork and washed by tap water. Nodules remaining in the soil were picked by hand. Nodules attached to each plant root were also removed and separately spread on a sieve for some minutes until the water drained from the surface of the nodule. Finally, the average number of nodules plant−1 was recorded for each treatment. After the nodules were oven-dried to 65 °C for 48 h, the average nodule weight per plant was measured for each treatment.
The data obtained were subjected to analysis of variance (ANOVA) that is appropriate to experimental design as described by Gomez and Gomez [41] by using the generalized linear model (GLM) procedure of statistical analysis system (SAS) software package version 9.1 [42]. Duncan’s multiple range test (DMRT) was employed to test the significant difference between treatment means.
Soil fertility status prior to experiment and quality of organic amendments
Following the USDA [43] soil textural class triangle, the soil is clay in texture and the clay separate is the dominant one (Table 2). The soil bulk density value was below the critical value of 1.4 cm−3 for a clay texture to restrict root growth [44]. The soil was strongly acid in reaction [56]. The exchangeable soil acidity and exchangeable Al3+ were 3.84 and 1.52 cmolc kg−1 soil, respectively. Under such soil acidity environment, crop growth is adversely affected due to the toxicity of Al on plant roots, reduced availability P and microbial activity such as atmospheric N2 fixation, and OM decomposition [45]. The available P falls within the low range (6–10 mg kg−1) for clay soils [46] and therefore indicates the need for applying supplemental P in these soils. Exchangeable Ca2+ and K+ were in the range of medium, while exchangeable Mg2+ and Na+ were in the range of high and low, respectively, in the soil [47].
Table 2 Selected physical and chemical properties of the experimental soil
The moderate range of exchangeable K+ indicates that supplemental K fertilization is required based on the types and varieties of crops grown in the area. The soils at the experimental site had low organic C (0.5–1.5%) and medium total N (0.05–0.12%) [48].
The result of LR determination indicates that the amount of lime required to raise the pH of the soils to the target pH value, which was 5.5, was 7.2 t CaCO3 ha−1. Since the soil has high clay content and CEC and thus high buffering capacity, high amount of lime was required to alleviate acidity and increase the productivity of acid sensitive crops. The analysis of manure and compost is given in Table 3.
Table 3 Some chemical characteristics of FYM and compost
Effects of amendments on growth characteristics of faba bean
Application of organic and inorganic amendments significantly (P < 0.05) increased plant height, number of branches and leaves per plant and pod length over the control and the magnitude varied with treatments (Table 4). Application of 8 t FYM ha−1 + 30 kg P ha−1 + 3.2 t lime ha−1 showed maximum number of branches and leaves per plant and pod length of faba bean (Table 4). Among the sole treatments, addition of 8 t FYM ha−1 was superior in bringing about improved growth parameters of faba bean in acid soil. On the other hand, these growth attributes were found to be the lowest with sole P application at 30 kg P ha−1.
Table 4 Effects of rhizobium, organic and inorganic amendments on growth parameters
The observed increased growth characteristics of faba bean could be due to the incorporation of FYM, which supply favorable chemical, physical and biological soil environment in the growth medium. The release of N through decomposition of FYM augmented with biological N2 fixation by the host crop itself favored the growth in height, leaves and pod length of faba bean. Integration of lime further played significant role in reducing soil acidity and Al toxicity, and therefore increasing the availability of the applied P. The availability of P in turn might hasten root growth to explore wider volume of soil and absorb water and nutrients that increased the aboveground biomass of faba bean. The lowest growth indicated with sole P application could be due to P fixation in acid soil. Additional studies reported increase in plant height of faba bean due to FYM and P application [23], number of branches and leaves of faba bean due to combination of FYM and rhizobium [49]. Consistent with this finding, Chinthapalli et al. [50] indicated that application of cow dung at 15 t ha−1 showed significant growth over the inorganic fertilizer urea and potassium chloride in terms of germination percentage, fresh weight and dry weight, plant height, shoot length, root length as well as number of leaves in faba Bean and pea plants at Arbaminch.
Effects of amendments on yield characteristics of faba bean
The yield parameters such as grain per pod, grain yield, straw yield, biological yield and thousand grain weight were found to be significantly (P < 0.05) influenced with the application of sole and combined organic and inorganic treatments. Application of 8 t FYM ha−1 + 30 kg P ha−1 + 3.6 t lime ha−1 increased number of pod per plant from 3.4 to 9.2, straw yield from 1037 to 2904 kg ha−1 and biological yield from 1910 to 4431 kg ha−1 (Table 5). The other treatment having 4 t FYM ha−1 + 15 kg P ha−1 + 7.2 t lime ha−1 increased grain per pod from 2.0 to 3.6, grain yield from 873 to 1769 kg ha−1 and thousand grain weight from 357 to 650 g. This combination marked 102% grain yield advantage over the control. The result implied that reducing the rate of FYM and P by half and increasing the rate of lime from half to full in the treatment combinations caused the highest grain yield increase over the control. The next higher grain yield advantage of 89% was achieved with 4 t FYM ha−1 + 15 kg P ha−1 + 3.6 t lime ha−1. With regard to sole treatment applications, 8 t FYM ha−1 applied to the soil improved the yield traits, while lower yields were obtained from sole P. The effect of 8 t FYM ha−1 + 30 kg P ha−1 + 3.6 t lime ha−1 to show increased growth in height, branches and leaves was not reflected in the grain yield of the crop. Although more number of pods per plant were observed, the seeds filled in the pod were less in number and weight indicating that application of 4 t FYM ha−1 combined with 15 kg P ha−1 was sufficient to give better grain yield provided that the soil is limed with 3.6 t lime ha−1.
Table 5 Effects of rhizobium, organic and inorganic amendments on yield parameters
The importance of P nutrition in increasing dry matter production was noticed in soils treated with lime and FYM. For instance, application of 8 t FYM ha−1 + 30 kg P ha−1 + 3.6 t lime ha−1 added the yield by 17% as compared with the same combination but without P integration (8 t FYM ha−1 + 3.6 t lime ha−1). Getachew and Chilot [51] revealed that FYM and P fertilizer had a highly significant effect on plant height, number of pods per plant, total biomass and seed yield of faba bean in acid soil. Likewise, pods and seed yields per plant were increased significantly with applying chemical + biofertilizer + organic as one treatment which produced the highest pods and seed yields per plant of faba bean [52].
Manisha et al. [53] revealed that the integrated application of organic wastes and chemical fertilizer in conjunction with lime significantly improved the yield and quality of peanut. Application of FYM was superior to NPK application, while further liming showed the maximum increase in plant height, pod length and pod number per plant of pea in acid soil over the control [54].
The decomposition of FYM and the resultant nutrient release, the increase in soil pH due to lime together with P nutrition contributed for the increase in grain, straw and biological yields of faba bean. Hellal et al. [55] explained that these increases in yield and its components as a result of application of the FYM may be attributed to the release of micro- and macronutrients, which might enhance the activity of photosynthesis and protein synthesis in the leaves that in turn reflected positively on faba bean yield attributes.
The significant effect of P with FYM may be due to the fact that organic anions and hydroxy acids liberated during organic matter decay have immobilized Fe and Al through complexation or chelation and therefore prevented phosphate ions from reacting with Fe and Al [56]. The growth and yield responses to adding lime in the combination might be attributed to the decrease in exchangeable Al3+ content and to an increase exchangeable Ca2+, and stimulated P nutrition and increased the P content in the tissue of faba bean. In the same way, Ayodele and Shittu [57] suggested that manure enhanced maize response to lime and fertilizer application through the improvement in soil pH, available P and exchangeable Ca and Mg, and reduction in Al, Fe and Mn. The presence of P in the combination could contribute for the growth and yield increase. This increase in yield may be due to the physiological role of P on the meristematic activity of plant tissues and consequently increasing plant growth. Phosphorus also functions as a part of enzyme system, having a vital role the synthesis of other foods from carbohydrate [58]. The lack of significant yield response due to inoculation is attributed mainly to the presence of native effective strains of rhizobium in the soil, which could be activated when pH is improved [59]. Furthermore, the rhizobial strain might not be effective to the soil conditions of the study area. The lower yield obtained due to only P may be attributed to the acidity of the soil that renders P unavailable through P fixation.
Effects of amendments on nodule characteristics of faba bean
Nodule number and nodule dry weight were significantly (P < 0.05) affected with the application of organic and inorganic treatments over the control. The highest nodule number and dry weight per plant were obtained from the application of 4 t FYM ha−1 + 15 kg P ha−1 + 7.2 t lime ha−1 (Table 6). Considering sole treatment application, maximum number of nodules and nodule dry weight per plant were recorded due to the application of 8 t FYM ha−1, followed by 7.2 t lime ha−1, while the lowest was from sole P.
Table 6 Effects of rhizobium, organic and inorganic amendments on nodule characteristics of faba bean
In consent to the present finding, nodule number and weight of various legumes were increased due to P and FYM applications [60]. The plants which were not inoculated with rhizobium, but treated with FYM, lime and P formed nodules with a higher number as compared with plants inoculated and received the same treatment. This could also be verified by comparing the results from sole rhizobium inoculation and sole lime application. The result showed that the soil contained indigenous rhizobium that could be activated and effective in nodule formation and when the soil pH is corrected, sufficient carbon is supplied and P is supplemented.
Liming reduces Al3+ and H+ ions as it reacts with water leading to the production of OH− ions, which react with Al3+ and H+ in the acid soil to form Al (OH)3 and H2O. The precipitation of Al3+ and H+ by lime causes the pH to increase, enhances microbial activity and nutrient availability [61]. Mineral P which is readily available is involved in the high rates of energy transfer that must take place in nodule formation. Besides, P promotes the development of extensive root systems and nodule development. The addition of FYM supplies of microorganism’s food enhancing their population and therefore mineralization. Zengeni et al. [62] also indicated that indigenous rhizobium numbers is increased with manure application, which serve as a source of C and provide a favorable environment for bacterial multiplication.
The production and productivity of faba bean are constrained due to soil fertility decline and soil acidity, among other factors. In order to investigate the growth and yield of the crop, field experiment was conducted with separate and combined application of lime, mineral P, FYM, compost and rhizobium on acid soil of Lay Gayint District. The growth and yield parameters were significantly increased due to the treatments applied except sole mineral P.
The contribution of lime in reducing soil acidity, food and energy derived from FYM and the role of P in nodule formation and overall growth of faba bean were the important effects observed from the combination of treatments. Generally, 4 t FYM ha−1 + 15 kg P ha−1 + 3.6 t lime ha−1 could be recommended provisionally to reduce soil acidity and improve the productivity of faba bean in the study area. However, the experiment should be repeated over years including various strains of rhizobia isolated for acid soils.
ANRS:
Amhara National Regional State
AAS:
CCE:
calcium carbonate equivalent
CSA:
central statistical agency
FYM:
farmyard manure
DMRT:
Duncan’s multiple range test
ENMSA:
Ethiopian National Meteorological Service Agency
Food and Agricultural Organization
GLM:
LR:
lime requirement
MBI:
Menagesha Biotech Industry
Masl:
OC:
RCBD:
randomized complete block design
SMP:
Shoemaker, McLean and Pratt
SAS:
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This work was carried out in collaboration with all authors. Author EF designed the study, performed the statistical analysis, wrote the protocol and wrote the first draft of the manuscript. Authors KK and AM managed the analyses and interpretations of the study. Author BB managed the literature searches and edited the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
The authors gratefully acknowledge the Ethiopian Ministry of Education for funding the study.
The datasets used and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
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The Ethiopian Ministry of Education supported the research fund in financing for input purchasing and analysis of soils in the laboratory.
School of Natural Resources Management and Environmental Sciences, Haramaya University, P.O. Box 138, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia
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Fekadu, E., Kibret, K., Melese, A. et al. Yield of faba bean (Vicia faba L.) as affected by lime, mineral P, farmyard manure, compost and rhizobium in acid soil of Lay Gayint District, northwestern highlands of Ethiopia. Agric & Food Secur 7, 16 (2018) doi:10.1186/s40066-018-0168-2
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Moving on from midterms: Will Congress get nasty?
Midterm results are in. And, looking ahead, lawmaking could get rough for Congress next season.
Jonathan Martin, senior political reporter at POLITICO, joins John Roberts on American Morning to break down what America can expect when its newly elected lawmakers arrive in Washington.
Will Tea Party energy shake up D.C.?
Could moderate GOP-elects help get business done?
And, how's Pelosi taking it all?
Martin gives his take.
How do you think the candidate your state elected will fit in?
Filed under: American Morning • Midterm elections • Politics
ronvan
Zero work, zero ethics or standards, zero effort to help "We the people". Positive effort to line their pockets with money, to make deals "behind closed doors" with big business & the MIC, to continually lie & cajole WE the people, and to act like "little children" when it comes to getting anything done. Yet "WE the people" never learn! So we threw out some democrats & put republicans in their place and actually think this is going to help? Now nothing is going to get done. If WE the people really want to make change and let ALL of our "elected children" stand up and pay attention then WE have to make a decision to throw ALL of them out and start over! Could we be any worse off?
M. Barnes
Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Our country will continue on the path to destruction on matter who is in office, unless we, as a nation, repent of our sins , return to God and obey his word, his every word. It is the only truth and this national only hope.
In state of Michigan. we have this Syder guy, as govenor, don't have much of a clue who he is. I did read where he was head of Gateway computer, and, then that business was outsourced to China. Maybe only way to get people in Michigan working is if we have the Chinese immigrate here to put Michigan back to work?
O'Connell already made accusations about some raising of ethics. What now is that? More like the 6 million that they spent 2 years on Clinton and Monica, while many of them were doing the same thing? Bringing nasty sexual comments into our living rooms over and over day after day?
People of Kentucky? Why this guy? Term limits?
I keep hearing in my head "Bring in the Clowns, we've got to have clowns, They're here...." Ta DA...
Will Congress get nasty? Where have you been for the last 4 years? The GOP has filibustered & blocked almost everything. Many Americans actually believe that the Constitution requires 60 votes to pass legislation. It doesn't!!! But it now takes 60 votes to even get a bill moved to debate!
The GOP tals about the debt bit has blocked bills to end subsidies for co's that outsource jobs overseas & blocked a bill to end subsidies for big oil. They talk about ending "entitlements" but never talk about corporate welfare, which dwarfs all the social programs in this country.
They filibustered extending unemployment benefits a couple of times because "we don't have the money." But they think we can afford to extend tax breaks for the wealthiest at a cost of more than $700 billion. They talk about the cost of health care reform but never talk about the costs of their Medicare Part D program that continues to benefit the insurance co's.
The media needs to quit airing the lies & talking points & report the facts! Hold Congress accountable!!!
They're not there to work, they're there to support the party. Both sides just want to be treated like big shots, get lobbying money, and grab as large a piece of the pie as they can while they are there.
These are not difficult jobs. No boss notices when they don't show up, they get treated like royalty and they only have a performance review every 2 years and those are in gerrymandered districts set up to protect them.
I don't expect anything different. The DEMS spent there time there worrying about doing to much, and the GOP will spend their time in there trying to attack the President and solidifying their power base. They'll start thinking about tax paying voters again 1 1/2 years from now.
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A former carny kid casts an insider's eye on the amusement business, Coney Island, and fun places in between
Amusing the Zillion’s Guide to Free Summer Events in Coney Island
Posted in Events, Travel, Visitor Info, tagged concerts, Coney Island, Coney Island 2012, dancing, fireworks, history, Mermaid Parade, movies, music, talent show on June 15, 2012| 1 Comment »
Coney Island Fireworks Posters. Photo © Tricia Vita via flickr
Coney Island is still the People’s Playground. You can come here with a couple of bucks in your pocket and have a great time people watching on the boardwalk. Here’s our guide to more than a dozen free events this summer, including fireworks, music, dancing and movies on the beach. Stay tuned for the 2012 schedule of the Seaside Summer Concert Series, which will once again be held at Surf Avenue and 21st Street in Coney Island beginning in mid-July. Update July 7: The free concerts begin on July 12 with Gloria Gaynor and the Village People. Among the six summer concerts are Joan Jett and the Blackhearts on August 9 and Gladys Knight and the Commodores on August 16. Check the Seaside Concert website for full schedule and details.
Friday Night Fireworks, June 15 through August 31. Coney Island Boardwalk. The first Friday night fireworks of Coney’s 2012 season begin today at 9:30 pm. The free summer-long show is once again sponsored by Deno’s Wonder Wheel Park, Luna Park including the Scream Zone and the Cyclone, and the Brooklyn Cyclones. In addition, the Cyclones have scheduled fireworks on their Opening Day– Monday, June 18th—as well as on Wednesday, July 4th, and four Saturdays when they have home games: July 7, August 4, August 11 and August 25. Friday night “Karaoke on the Boardwalk” in front of the Wonder Wheel also starts today from 7pm.
Coney Island Dancers. Photo © Jim McDonnell via smugmug
Coney Island Dancers Outdoor Dance Parties, Boardwalk at W 10th Street and W 15th Street. Dance and party at two locations on the Boardwalk this summer with the Coney Island Dancers. CID’s Commander-in-chief Rican Vargas–he’s the guy in military whites– says the group has been performing on the boardwalk for almost 15 years: “Just follow your ears to the beat and your eyes to the gathering.” The weekend parties are 12 noon till 8pm, with a street festival set for Saturday, August 18th on West 10th Street. Check the schedule on CID’s website.
Pet Costume Contest. Photo © Deno’s Wonder Wheel Park
Pet Day and Pet Costume Contest, Deno’s Wonder Wheel Park. Saturday, June 16. Last Year’s 1st Annual Pet Day was an occasion for costumed dogs and one lucky parrot to parade on the Boardwalk and ride in miniature floats. The pooches wore a sailor hat, an opera hat, sunglasses and even a Hawaiian skirt. We’re hoping to see a Noah’s Ark of exotic pets this year–how about a hermit crab or an iguana? The costume contest begins at 2pm, with preregistration recommended for the 25 slots. Pets are also invited to ride the Wonder Wheel with their owners. Sonny, a Rottweiler owned by Wonder Wheel Park’s Vourderis family, used to ride all day in his very own car. He loved the Wonder Wheel. RIP Sonny.
Abe Feinstein at the Coney Island History Project. Photo © Coney Island History Project.
“Abe Feinstein: 50 Years of Coney Island Photography,” Coney Island History Project, through July 1. In the History Project’s free exhibit center on 12th Street, you’ll see photos of a vanished Coney Island that you won’t find anywhere else. Abe Feinstein, 83, has been photographing his neighborhood since he moved to Luna Park Houses in 1962. Selected and printed by History Project director Charles Denson, the images include icons like Steeplechase Park’s Pavilion of Fun, the Parachute Jump in action, and Shatzkin’s Knishes, where signs advertised huckleberry and cherry knishes. The show runs through July 1 at the exhibit center, which is open Saturdays and Sundays from 12 noon till 6pm.
Mermaid Parade founder Dick Zigun of Coney Island USA beating his drum. Photo © Tricia Vita
Mermaid Parade, June 23. We’ve met New Yorkers who passionately proclaim their love for Coney Island though they come here only once a year for the Mermaid Parade. It’s worth the trip from anywhere. If you plan to join the parade as a mermaid or other sea creature, we recommend registering in advance. Our fave free spot to watch (and photograph) the parade is near the reviewing stand on Surf Avenue at West 12th Street, where marching groups strut their stuff and bribe the judges. Other good spots to watch the parade for free are on Surf Avenue at the corner of Stillwell facing Nathan’s or West 10th near the Cyclone. The Boardwalk has great ambiance, but you’ll miss seeing the hippie buses and vintage cars. This year the parade is celebrating its 30th anniversary and is bound to be jam-packed. It starts at 2pm. Don’t be late–or you may find yourself unable to swim across Surf Avenue!
Sound Check for Nathan’s 4th of July Hot Dog Eating Contest. Photo © Tricia Vita
Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest, July 4. The Road to Coney for 15 regional qualifiers leads to the corner of Surf and Stillwell Avenues for “The Big Dance.” If you can’t make it, the event will be televised live on ESPN at 3 pm. Yes, that’s right, the traditional starting time of “high noon” has been changed due to ESPN’s live coverage of the Wimbledon Gentlemen’s Quarterfinals. On the plus side, the one-hour telecast will also include coverage of the Women’s Championship. Go, Sonya! UPDATE June 26: According to a press release from Major League Eating, the contest was changed back to its original starting time of 12 noon, with the women’s championship at 11:30 am. Traffic jam averted: “An expected crowd of some 40,000 for the contest followed by an early evening Cyclones game required the contest to be moved back to 12 Noon.”
Coney Island Flicks on the Beach Summer Film Series. Photo Courtesy of EPIX
Flicks on the Beach, Schedule TBA. Last summer, Flicks on the Beach was a welcome new addition to Coney’s roster of free summer-long events and will be returning this season though the schedule has yet to be announced. The Coney Island Development Corporation (CIDC), NYC & Company and EpixHD partnered with Rooftop Films to launch the free Monday night film series on the beach. The event drew over 3,000 attendees to its eight movie screenings featuring such popular films as Saturday Night Fever, Annie Hall and Moonstruck along with pre-show entertainment and contests. Which flicks would you like to see this summer? UPDATE July 9: The 2012 season of Flicks on the Beach began on July 2 and continues on Monday nights through August 6 August 13. The schedule includes Bound for Glory featuring David Carradine as Woody Guthrie, Woody Allen’s Manhattan, and Jim Henson’s The Muppets. Full schedule here. The show begins at dusk on the beach near West 10th Street.
Sand Sculpting Contest, Coney Island. Photo © Bruce Handy/Coney Island Photo Diary via flickr
22nd Annual Sand Sculpting Contest & Unity Day, July 21. According to the contest sponsor Astella Development, amateur sculptors will compete in five categories for cash prizes of $400, $200 and $100. The contest takes place on the beach from West 10th to West 12th Streets, where fifty mounds of sand are prepared by the Parks Department for the sand sculptors to transform into works of art. Pre-register online at Astella’s website.
Coney Island Talent Show. Photo © Bruce Handy/Coney Island Photo Diary via flickr
3rd Annual Coney Island Talent Show, July 28. The first Coney Island Talent Show – “A spectacle of sunshine and lollipops on the Boardwalk!”–was the most successful new Coney event of the season. It featured singers, dancers, magicians and jugglers, as well as a contortionist, a sword swallower, and Justin Bieber and Jackie Gleason impersonators. The 3rd annual talent show might feature — you! Producer Jen Gapay of Thirsty Girl Productions has posted an open call for contestants for this year’s contest. The talent show’s four categories are Creative Kids 9-12 years old, Creative Kids 13-17 years old, Circus Freaks and Sideshow Geeks, Song and Dance, and Best Drag Performance or Celebrity Impersonator. For an application visit coneyislandtalentshow.com.
Wonder Wheel Music Marathon. Photo © Deno’s Wonder Wheel Park
7th Annual Deno’s Wonder Wheel Music Marathon, August 4 and 18. A dozen rock and surf bands including The Clams, Strange But Surf, and Beware the Dangers of a Ghost Scorpion! will play on the Boardwalk in front of the Wonder Wheel for two Saturdays in August from 2pm. Brooklyn babes Witches in Bikinis are perennial faves. According to their bio, the group formed in 2005 for a performance of ‘Witches In Bikinis’ with one singer and two witch back-ups at The Slipper Room in Manhattan’s Lower East Side for a fundraiser. Current witches Ali, Dreamie, Kaitlin, Kendra and Ruthie will cast their spell on August 18.
Spook-A-Rama’s Cyclops on History Day. Photo © Jim McDonnell
2nd Annual History Day at Deno’s Wonder Wheel Park and The Coney Island History Project, August 11 August 12. For the second year in a row, the 92-year-old landmark Wonder Wheel teams up with the non-profit Coney Island History Project to bring live music, entertainment and history to the heart of Coney Island. Last year, Spook-A-Rama’s legendary Cyclops came out of retirement to join in the fun. At this season’s event, the Hungry March Band, Banjo Rascals, Benjamin Ickies & the Coney Island Screamers, and Lady Circus will perform on the Boardwalk, West 12th Street and throughout Wonder Wheel Park. A Coney trivia contest with historian Charles Denson and a Wonder Wheel Draw-a-thon are some of this year’s activities. Prizes include ride passes and souvenirs of good ol’ Coney Island.
Dancers at Luna Park. Photo © Jim McDonnell via smugmug
New York City’s Got Talent and End of Summer Concert, Luna Park. August. Luna Park is launching two brand-new free events in August. On three consecutive Fridays–August 3, 10 and 17–performers will compete in “New York City’s Got Talent” for the chance to perform in Z100’s End of Summer Concert at Luna Park. The concert promises “today’s hottest performers, as well as known & loved Brooklyn talent” and will be held on West 10th Street on August 24. (Update…August 10 show rescheduled for Sunday, August 12, 4-7pm)
Many thanks to Coney Island photographers Bruce Handy and Jim McDonnell for their photos.
Related posts on ATZ…
July 9, 2012: Coney Island 2012: Free Movie Screenings on the Beach
May 29, 2012: Photo Album: Coney Island Lights & Signs of the Times
May 13, 2012: Coney Island Fireworks 2012: Fridays, 4 Saturdays & July 4th
April 22, 2011: Coney Island Has 64 Rides and 30 Weekends of Summer!
Coney Island Hip-Hop Anthem: AMO1’s Fight for Your Right to Save Coney
Posted in Music Video, tagged AMO1, Coney Island, Fight for Your Right to Save Coney, Hip Hop, music, Save Coney Island, Thor Equities, video on July 19, 2009| Leave a Comment »
“You gotta fight for your right to Save Coney. A real landmark but they’re trying to make it phony,” raps Coney Island hip-hop artist AMO1. The anthem was written for the group Save Coney Island.
What makes this special is AMO1’s Coney roots. “They’re tryin’ to tear my land down…tryin’ to destroy a legend,” he says. “Don’t let it get destroyed by Thor Equities. Keep every acre of land for amusements.” The Cyclone roller coaster, Deno’s Wonder Wheel Park, the freak show, and cotton candy on kids’ faces get a mention in the vid. AMO1 pays tribute to the go karts, which were bulldozed by real estate speculator Thor Equities in 2007.
The first time you ever drove was at the go kart races
Get hungry and go to Nathans
Most been here their whole life cause it’s amazing
Let’s stop them from tearing it down to the pavement
Cause this is all we got for the youth so let’s save it.
If there was ever a time to fight for your right to Save Coney, it’s now or never. The City Council’s Land Use Committee is expected to vote on the rezoning plan this week. Perhaps even as early as tomorrow morning! The full Council vote is scheduled for July 29. In a last ditch effort to save the People’s Playground, Save Coney Island is asking New Yorkers to call their elected officials and request changes to the City’s plan.
7/20 UPDATE: we just received an urgent email from Save Coney Island that The Land Use Committee met today and recessed without making any recommendations. The Zoning and Land Use Committees are now scheduled to vote tomorrow, Tuesday the 21st, on revisions to the Coney Island rezoning plan:
WE NEED YOU TO ATTEND AND MAKE OUR PRESENCE FELT!
When: 10:30 am
Where: City Hall Chambers.
PLEASE, GET THERE EARLY TO GET THROUGH SECURITY.
Bring a sign! The last time, they gave us a hard time about anything bigger than 8.5 x 11. You can download one no bigger than that here(pdf).
The vote by the Land Use Committee is the last chance for the plan to be fixed. If council members choose to vote on the plan without significant amendments dealing with the amusement area, we will know that they ignored your calls and that they are indifferent to the destruction of the “People’s Playground”. The vote by the entire City Council is scheduled for July 29th.
Keep making phone calls! Call Quinn, Recchia, and your council member. Tell them that Coney Island amusements are a city-wide issue, and that the plan must be fixed. All the info you need to make a call is here. Call now!
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The Girl Who Trod on the Loaf
A translation of Hans Christian Andersen's "Pigen, som traadte paa Brødet" by Jean Hersholt. Info & links
You have quite likely heard of the girl who trod on a loaf so as not to soil her pretty shoes, and what misfortunes this brought upon her. The story has been written and printed, too.
She was a poor child, but proud and arrogant, and people said she had a bad disposition. When but a very little child, she found pleasure in catching flies, to pull off their wings and make creeping insects of them. And she used to stick May bugs and beetles on a pin, then put a green leaf or piece of paper close to their feet, so that the poor animals clung to it, and turned and twisted as they tried to get off the pin.
"The May bug is reading now," little Inger would say. "See how it turns the leaves!"
As she grew older she became even worse instead of better; but she was very pretty, and that was probably her misfortune. Because otherwise she would have been disciplined more than she was.
"You'll bring misfortune down upon you," said her own mother to her. "As a little child you often used to trample on my aprons; and when you're older I fear you'll trample on my heart."
And she really did.
Then she was sent into the country to be in the service of people of distinction. They treated her as kindly as if she had been their own child and dressed her so well that she looked extremely beautiful and became even more arrogant.
When she had been in their service for about a year, her mistress said to her, "You ought to go back and visit your parents, little Inger."
So she went, but only because she wanted to show them how fine she had become. But when she reached the village, and saw the young men and girls gossiping around the pond, and her mother sat resting herself on a stone near by, with a bundle of firewood she had gathered in the forest, Inger turned away; she was ashamed that one dressed as smartly as she should have for a mother such a poor, ragged woman who gathered sticks for burning. It was without reluctance that she turned away; she was only annoyed.
Another half year went by.
"You must go home someday and visit your old parents, little Inger," said her mistress. "Here's a large loaf of white bread to take them. They'll be happy to see you again."
So Inger put on her best dress and her fine new shoes and lifted her skirt high and walked very carefully, so that her shoes would stay clean and neat, and for that no one could blame her. But when she came to where the path crossed over marshy ground, and there was a stretch of water and mud before her, she threw the bread into the mud, so that she could use it as a steppingstone and get across with dry shoes. But just as she placed one foot on the bread and lifted the other up, the loaf sank in deeper and deeper, carrying her down until she disappeared entirely, and nothing could be seen but a black, bubbling pool! That's the story.
But what became of her? She went down to the Marsh Woman, who brews down there. The Marsh Woman is an aunt of the elf maidens, who are very well known. There have been poems written about them and pictures painted of them, but nobody knows much about the Marsh Woman, except that when the meadows begin to reek in the summer the old woman is at her brewing down below. Little Inger sank into this brewery, and no one could stand it very long there. A cesspool is a wonderful palace compared with the Marsh Woman's brewery. Every vessel is reeking with horrible smells that would turn a human being faint, and they are packed closely together; but even if there were enough space between them to creep through, it would be impossible because of the slimy toads and the fat snakes that are creeping and slithering along. Into this place little Inger sank, and all the horrible, creeping mess was so icy cold that she shivered in every limb. She became more and more stiff, and the bread stuck fast to her, drawing her as an amber bead draws a slender thread.
The Marsh Woman was at home, for the brewery was being visited that day by the devil and his great-grandmother, the latter a very poisonous old creature who was never idle. She never goes out without taking some needlework with her, and she had brought some this time. She was sewing bits of leather to put in people's shoes, so that they should have no rest. She embroidered lies, and worked up into mischief and slander thoughtless words that would otherwise have fallen harmlessly to the ground. Yes, she could sew, embroider, and weave, that old great-grandmother!
She saw Inger, then put on her spectacles and looked again at her. "That girl has talent," she said. "Let me have her as a souvenir of my visit here; she will make a suitable statue in my great-grandchildren's antechamber." And she was given to her!
Thus little Inger went to hell! People don't always go directly down there; they can go by a roundabout way, when they have the necessary talent.
It was an endless antechamber. It made one dizzy to look forward and dizzy to look backward, and there was a crowd of anxious, exhausted people waiting for the gates of mercy to be opened for them. They would have long to wait. Huge, hideous, fat spiders spun cobwebs, of thousands of years' lasting, over their feet, webs like foot screws or manacles, which held them like copper chains; besides this, every soul was filled with everlasting unrest, an unrest of torment and pain. The miser stood there, lamenting that he had forgotten the key to his money box. Yes, it would take too long to repeat all the tortures and troubles of that place.
Inger was tortured by standing like a statue; it was as if she were fastened to the ground by the loaf of bread.
"This is what comes of trying to have clean feet," she said to herself. "Look at them stare at me!"
Yes, they all stared at her, with evil passions glaring from their eyes, and spoke without a sound coming from their mouths. They were frightful to look at!
"It must be a pleasure to look at me," thought little Inger. "I have a pretty face and nice clothes." And then she turned her eyes; her neck was too stiff to move. My, how soiled she had become in the Marsh Woman's brewery! Her dress was covered with clots of nasty slime; a snake had wound itself in her hair and dangled over her neck; and from every fold of her dress an ugly toad peeped out, barking like an asthmatic lap dog. It was most disagreeable. "But all the others down here look horrible, too," was the only way she could console herself.
Worst of all was the dreadful hunger she felt. Could she stoop down and break off a bit of the bread on which she was standing? No, her back had stiffened, her arms and hands had stiffened, her whole body was like a statue of stone. She could only roll her eyes, but these she could turn entirely around, so she could see behind her, and that was a horrid sight. Then the flies came and crept to and fro across her eyeballs. She blinked her eyes, but the flies did not fly away, for they could not; their wings had been pulled off, and they had become creeping insects. That was another torment added to the hunger, and at last it seemed to her as if part of her insides were eating itself up; she was so empty, so terribly empty.
"If this keeps up much longer, I won't be able to stand it!" she said.
But she had to stand it; her sufferings only increased.
Then a hot tear fell upon her forehead. It trickled over her face and neck, down to the bread at her feet. Then another tear fell, and many more followed. Who could be weeping for little Inger? Had she not a mother up there on earth? A mother's tears of grief for her erring child always reach it, but they do not redeem; they only burn, and they make the pain greater. And this terrible hunger, and being unable to snatch a mouthful of the bread she trod underfoot! She finally had a feeling that everything inside her must have eaten itself up. She became like a thin, hollow reed, taking in every sound.
She could hear distinctly everything that was said about her on the earth above, and what she heard was harsh and evil. Though her mother wept sorrowfully, she still said, "Pride goes before a fall. It was your own ruin, Inger. How you have grieved your mother!" Her mother and everyone else up there knew about her sin, that she had trod upon the bread and had sunk and stayed down; the cowherd who had seen it all from the brow of the hill told them.
"How you have grieved your mother, Inger!" said the mother. "Yes, I expected this!"
"I wish I had never been born!" thought Inger. "I would have been much better off. My mother's tears cannot help me now."
She heard how her employers, the good people who had been like parents to her, spoke. "She was a sinful child," they said. "She did not value the gifts of our Lord, but trampled them underfoot. It will be hard for her to have the gates of mercy opened to let her in."
"They ought to have brought me up better," Inger thought. "They should have beaten the nonsense out of me, if I had any."
She heard that a song had been written about her, "the haughty girl who stepped on a loaf to keep her shoes clean," and was being sung from one end of the country to the other.
"Why should I have to suffer and be punished so severely for such a little thing?" she thought. "The others certainly should be punished for their sins, too! But then, of course, there would be many to punish. Oh, how I am suffering!"
Then her mind became even harder than her shell-like form.
"No one can ever improve in this company! And I don't want to be any better. Look at them glare at me!"
Her heart became harder, and full of hatred for all mankind.
"Now they have something to talk about up there. Oh, how I am suffering!"
When she listened she could hear them telling her story to children as a warning, and the little ones called her "the wicked Inger." "She was so very nasty," they said, "so nasty that she deserved to be punished." The children had nothing but harsh words to speak of her.
But one day, when hunger and misery were gnawing at her hollow body, she heard her name mentioned and her story told to an innocent little girl, who burst into tears of pity for the haughty, clothes-loving Inger.
"But won't she ever come up again?" the child asked.
"She will never come up again, " they answered her.
"But if she would ask forgiveness and promise never to be bad again?"
"But she will not ask forgiveness," they said.
"Oh, how I wish she would!" the little girl said in great distress. "I'd give my doll's house if she could come up! It's so dreadful for poor Inger!"
These words reached right down to Inger's heart and seemed almost to make her good. For this was the first time anyone had said, "Poor Inger," and not added anything about her faults. An innocent little child had wept and prayed for her, and she was so touched by it that she wanted to weep herself, but the tears would not come, and that was also a torture.
The years passed up there, but down below there was no change. Inger heard fewer words from above; there was less talk about her. At last one day she heard a deep sigh, and the cry, "Inger, Inger, how miserable you have made me! I knew that you would!" Those were the dying words of her mother.
She heard her name mentioned now and then by her former mistress, and it was in the mildest way that she spoke: "I wonder if I will ever see you again, Inger! One never knows where one is to go!" But Inger knew that her kindly mistress would never descend to the place where she was.
Again a long time passed, slowly and bitterly. Then Inger heard her name again, and she beheld above her what seemed to be two bright stars shining down on her. They were two mild eyes that were closing on earth. So many years had passed since a little girl had wept over "Poor Inger" that that child had become an old woman, now being called by the Lord to Himself. At that last hour, when the thoughts and deeds of a lifetime pass in review, she remembered very clearly how, as a tiny child, she had wept over the sad story of Inger. That time and that sorrow were so intensely in the old woman's mind at the moment of death that she cried with all her heart, "My Lord, have I not often, like poor Inger, trampled underfoot Your blessed gifts and counted them of no value? Have I not often been guilty of the sin of pride and vanity in my inmost heart? But in Your mercy You did not let me sink into the abyss, but did sustain me! Oh, forsake me not in my final hour!"
Then the old woman's eyes closed, but the eyes of her soul were opened to things formerly hidden; and as Inger had been so vividly present in her last thoughts she could see the poor girl, see how deeply she had sunk. And at that dreadful sight the gentle soul burst into tears; in the kingdom of heaven itself she stood like a child and wept for the fate of the unhappy Inger. Her tears and prayers came like an echo down to the hollow, empty shape that held the imprisoned, tortured soul. And that soul was overwhelmed by all that unexpected love from above. One of God's angels wept for her! Why was this granted her?
The tormented soul gathered into one thought all the deeds of its earthly life, and trembled with tears, such tears as Inger had never wept before. Grief filled her whole being. And as in deepest humility she thought that for her the gates of mercy would never be opened, a brilliant ray penetrated down into the abyss to her; it was a ray more powerful than the sunbeams that melt the snowmen that boys make in their yards. And under this ray, more swiftly than the snowflake falling upon a child's warm lips melts into a drop of water, the petrified figure of Inger evaporated; then a tiny bird arose and followed the zigzag path of the ray up to the world of mankind.
But it seemed terrified and shy of all about it; as if ashamed and wishing to avoid all living creatures, it hastily concealed itself in a dark hole in a crumbling wall. There it sat trembling all over, and could utter no sound, for it had no voice. It sat for a long time before it dared to peer out and gaze at the beauty about; yes, there was beauty indeed. The air was so fresh and soft; the moon shone so clearly; the trees and flowers were so fragrant; and the bird sat in such comfort, with feathers clean and dainty. How all creation spoke of love and beauty! The bird wanted to sing out the thoughts that filled its breast, but it could not; gladly would it have sung like the nightingale or the cuckoo in the springtime. Our Lord, who hears the voiceless hymn of praise even from a worm, understood the psalm of thanksgiving that swelled in the heart of the bird, as the psalm echoed in the heart of David before it took shape in words.
For weeks these mute feelings of gratitude increased. Someday surely they would find a voice, perhaps with the first stroke of the wing performing some good deed. Could not this happen?
Now came the feast of holy Christmas. Close by the wall a farmer set up a pole and tied an unthreshed bundle of oats on it, that the fowls of the air might also have a merry Christmas, and a joyous meal in this, the day of our Saviour.
Brightly the sun rose that Christmas morning and shone down upon the oats and all the chirping birds that gathered around the pole. Then from the wall there came a faint "tweet, tweet." The swelling thoughts had at last found a voice, and the tiny sound was a whole song of joy as the bird flew forth from its hiding place; in the realm of heaven they well knew who this bird was.
The winter was unusually severe. The ponds were frozen over thickly; the birds and wild creatures of the forest had very little food. The tiny bird flew about the country roads, and whenever it chanced to find a few grains of corn fallen in the ruts made by the sleds, it would eat but a single grain itself, while calling the other hungry birds, that they might have some food. Then it would fly into the towns and search closely, and wherever kindly hands had strewed bread crumbs outside the windows for the birds, it would eat only a single crumb and give all the rest away.
By the end of the winter the bird had found and given away so many crumbs of bread that they would have equaled in weight the loaf upon which little Inger had stepped to keep her fine shoes from being soiled; and when it had found and given away the last crumb, the gray wings of the bird suddenly became white and expanded.
"Look, there flies a sea swallow over the sea!" the children said as they saw the white bird. Now it seemed to dip into the water; now it rose into the bright sunshine; it gleamed in the air; it was not possible to see what became of it; they said that it flew straight into the sun.
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Answers in Depth Browse Volume
Why We Help: Do Our Microbes Make Us Do It?
by Dr. Elizabeth Mitchell on September 15, 2017
“When she was good she was very very good indeed, and when she was bad she was horrid.”1 Did her gut flora make her that way?
Scientific American: “Can Microbes Encourage Altruism?”
Altruism seems to fly in the face of Darwinian survival of the fittest.
Evolutionists usually explain altruism in terms of the advantages it provides to a group or family.
Our bodies and those of animals are home to microorganisms with which we interact, more often than not to the betterment of our own health.
Based on computer simulations, some scientists report that microbial influence may be responsible for the origin of altruistic behavior.
Altruism—selfless sacrificial behavior to help others—is a mystery to evolutionists. In a truly evolutionary worldview, there must be a naturalistic explanation for all that exists. So how did altruism evolve?
The evolutionist asserts that survival of the fittest—by selecting from an almost infinite array of randomly generated natural options—is responsible for all that exists, ever did, or ever will. And that includes not just the physical bodies of all living things but all of their abilities, instincts, intellects, and behaviors. Morality, in that worldview, is nothing more than the evolved preference of people for certain advantageous behaviors over others. Is morality a mere product of biology, perhaps even of the microbes that live inside us? A group of scientists at Tel Aviv University thinks so. They propose that bacteria in our intestines may be responsible for human altruism.2
Survival of the Selfish, or the Selfless?
Survival of the fittest, along with the supposed random emergence of life and all its components, is foundational to an evolutionary worldview. Survival of the fittest refers to the tendency of those traits that best enhance survival of living organisms—be they bacteria, beans, bears, or boys—to become established in a population. Provided those traits help their owners survive to reproduce themselves, that is.
Evolution is at its core a religion of time, chance, and death. Survival of the fittest is seen as the selective mechanism that “decides” who lives and who dies, who survives and thrives and passes on their genes. Survival of the fittest is consistent with behavior governed by self-interest. So how can evolutionists explain altruism—a tendency toward self-sacrificing behavior for the good of others—if survival of the fittest is the mechanism that supposedly brought all things into existence? Genuine altruism involves strengthening another at your own expense. If everyone diminishes his own chance of flourishing by helping those less fortunate, shouldn’t altruism die out as those who practice it weaken and fade away?
The Evolution of Why We Help
Evolutionists have put forth a number of theories to explain how diminishing an individual’s own fitness for survival could, through natural selection, become an established characteristic in a population. These include “kin selection” and “group selection”—the idea that sacrificing to help others in your family or group ultimately passes on genes that promote production of more sacrificial individuals like yourself. The group grows stronger, even at the expense of altruistic individuals. Kin selection became mathematically codified as an evolutionary model explaining altruism in the 1960s. Known as Hamilton’s rule, this cost-benefit principle predicts that altruism will evolve if the sacrificial cost to do-gooders is less than the benefit to the recipients of the good deeds multiplied by their genetic relatedness.
Another evolutionary explanation for altruism holds that reciprocity—essentially the trading of favors—mathematically adds up to good for everybody in a group. We could call this the “what’s in it for me” principle of being nice.
A few years ago evolutionist Martin Nowak worked out more of the mathematics showing how looking out for number one often means looking out for your neighbor. Convinced that cooperation has been a universal driving force for the evolution of every level of complexity from genes to us, he summed up evolutionary history as a snuggle for survival when he wrote,
This universality suggests that cooperation has been a driving force in the evolution of life on earth from the beginning. Moreover, there is one group in which the effects of cooperation have proved especially profound: humans. Millions of years of evolution transformed a slow, defenseless ape into the most influential creature on the planet, a species capable of inventing a mind-boggling array of technologies that have allowed our kind to plumb the depths of the ocean, explore outer space and broadcast our achievements to the world in an instant. We have accomplished these monumental feats by working together. Indeed, humans are the most cooperative species—supercooperators, if you will.3
Thus, the concept that being good to others, even at your own expense, can be good for you is not new, even among humanistic evolutionary thinkers. What the Tel Aviv team brings to the table is a look at factors outside the individuals in a population that could create and perpetuate a spirit of altruism. They propose that individuals might become altruistic under the influence of their microbiome—the microbes that live in their bodies. “Previous works considered altruism only from the perspective of the host,” says Tel Aviv University evolutionary biologist Lilach Hadany, who led the research. “Where classical models would explain the evolution of altruism under some circumstances, this [could explain the] evolution of altruism under wider conditions.”4
Blame the Bugs
Your body is home to trillions of fellow travelers—bacteria and other microorganisms that make up your microbiome. While some, given that we live in a sin-cursed world, are your enemies, most are not. In fact, God designed them to be your friends. This fascinating world of microbes that God created has remained largely hidden for 6,000 years. Now that DNA sequencing has made it possible to detect and characterize microbes that are difficult to culture, scientists can appreciate the scope of the microbial ecosystems living throughout the world and inside each of us. Could microbes influence how we think and feel? Those questions are the subject of ongoing research.
This fascinating world of microbes that God created has remained largely hidden for 6,000 years.
There is precedent for microbial influence on host behavior in animals. A classic example is the way Toxoplasma gondii infestation attracts rats to cat urine, thereby dooming the rats while giving the Toxoplasma microbes access to the cats in which they thrive and reproduce. And around Halloween, when the new season of popular zombie programs air, we are reminded of a fungal infestation which drives ants to be the “climbing dead,” ascending high in the trees to die and thus becoming aerial distributors for the zombie apocalypse as they rain spores on the population below. (Learn more about these climbing dead in “Zombie Ants and Genesis.”)
Clearly, therefore, microbes can drive complex multicellular organisms to destructive behavior that helps the microbes. Sometimes the benefit to the microbes merely involves making more hosts available without destroying the hosts. For instance, fruit fly larvae are attracted to the scent of chemicals produced by bacteria in their gut. Scientists, who reported this discovery in 2014, suspect the resulting group hug helps the microbes gain easy access to new hosts.5
If microbial hosts could, instead of being destroyed by their parasitic guests, be manipulated to promote group survival through self-sacrifice, might altruism become a defining characteristic of the host species? That is the question the Tel Aviv group chose to investigate. As Berkeley evolutionary biologist Andrew Moeller explains, “Microbes can influence the behaviors of animal hosts, so it is not outside the realm of possibility that microbes could promote altruistic behaviors.”6
Bugs ‘R’ Us?
What has Hadany’s Tel Aviv team found? Their work has been entirely confined to the world of computer simulations, but the math suggests that if a microbe-induced altruism occurs in a population, it could lead to establishment of that behavior in the population without any regard to kinship or relationships between individuals. The microbe-established altruism—based on their model—could become established in the population because the microbes soon inhabit most of its members.
The Tel Aviv model sort of does an end-run around genetics. That leaves open the question of what might happen to the behavior if the microbes die off. Would the Golden Rule go out the window with the bugs? A recent study exploring this question in animals involved treating mice near the time of birth with antibiotics to destroy their indwelling microbes. Microbial destruction resulted in aggressive mice that did not work and play as well with others as the untreated mice. The authors suspect that destruction of microbial gut flora at a critical time in brain development alters neurotransmitter levels, producing these murine sociopaths.7
So if microbes promoted altruism to develop in a population, would elimination of the microbes undo it? Would the population become sociopathic, like the antibiotic-treated mice? If the altruistic behavior is solely a result of the microbial presence and offers no other advantages to the population, perhaps so, the Tel Aviv group suggests.
The Tel Aviv scientists picture the ebb and rise of altruism as a sort of arms race between microbes and host mutations. For instance, Hadany says, “If the host has a mutation that makes it resistant to the manipulation of the microbe, the host could start behaving less altruistically.”8 Microbes multiply more quickly than their hosts, she points out, and because “there are many more microbe generations, the microbes have an evolutionary advantage.”9
On the other hand, Hadany speculates, “A new microbe could evolve, this microbe could spread in the population, and while the microbe benefits, the host also benefits.”10
Microbiomes and Morality
So what is the upshot of all this? Are we nice or nasty because of the microbes that live inside us? Should we be giving the blame or the credit for our actions to the bugs in our bellies? As Hadany says, “Any behavior—I’m now thinking, ‘Is it me, or is it my microbes?’”11
Should we be giving the blame or the credit for our actions to the bugs in our bellies?
Such a question is absurd. First of all, there is no evidence that gut microbes control human behavior. This study involves only a computer simulation of ifs. Secondly, even if microbes can influence the behavior of high-functioning organisms like humans, the microbial presence does not explain the origin of those behaviors.
The thought is that microbes, if they influence behavior, might do so through their influence on various neurotransmitters in the host. Let’s consider therefore, for comparison, other chemicals that influence our behavior, chemicals our own bodies produce. If we jog, the beta-endorphins produced in our brains may give us a surge of pleasure that outweighs the agony of the run, motivating us to exercise again tomorrow. Does that mean we must jog tomorrow? No, we might find it a pleasing option, but we might just as easily choose to be a couch potato instead. Whatever the influences on our feelings—beta-endorphins in our brain or our spouse’s praise—we have the free will to jog or not to jog.
Choice or Microbial Coercion?
Our microbiome is a vital component of who we are. It supports our health in many ways, some only recently discovered. Yet if our gut microbes are ever found producing chemicals that make altruistic behavior feel better, the microbes will still not be responsible for the origin of altruism.
Has our cultural romance with being a self-made man or woman ended? It is astounding that after centuries—actually millennia, about six of them—of man rebelling against God, telling God that we want to make our own decisions, we now rush headlong into a materialistic worldview to the point that we wish to assign both the blame and the credit for being who and what we are to naturalistic causes beyond our control. If we wish to understand who and what we are, to know the origin of all the best and the worst in this world, we need to look to the one unbiased reliable eyewitness account of our history, the history of humanity and of all that is, was, and ever will be, in the Word of God.
Nothing to date has shown that microbes can override the ability of human choice or even overwhelm it the way mind-altering drugs like alcohol and hallucinogenic drugs do. Furthermore, while the structure of the human brain and the connections between the neurons in it may both influence and be influenced by things that happen to us, we still choose how we will act. God has given us that ability.
God created all things, including Adam and Eve, the parents of all humans, good. (See Genesis 1:27.) He also gave them freedom to choose whether to obey him. They chose poorly when they rebelled against their Creator. Their sin—the first sin—left the stamp of a sinful nature on all of us. Acting selfishly in our sinful nature, we override the good image of God with which we were created. The motivations that drive human behavior are complex and must involve the interplay of all that God created us to be and all the toxic influences of our sin-cursed world and our sinful natures. Ultimately God’s Word informs us that, even when we try to do our best, apart from God our efforts are tainted by our sinful nature. “No one does good, not even one” (Romans 3:12).
Though spoiled by our selfish, sinful nature, we still often act altruistically. We may act for the good of others because of love or a sense of duty or just a calculating awareness of “what’s in it for me.” In trying to understand why we sometimes act altruistically instead of becoming a race of uniformly sociopathic people, we may credit our personal psychological makeup, our upbringing, or kinship selection. We may be motivated by the perks of good citizenship, fear of reprisal, or maybe even our microbiomes. But one place we will not discover the origin of our nature is in evolutionary thinking. Evolutionary thinking ignores a part of our history that science cannot objectively observe—the time and method of our creation. God created humans in his image. And we know, through Jesus Christ the Son of God’s sacrificial death on the cross, that God’s nature is truly one of sacrificial love.
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Massive Consumption of Gelatinous Plankton by Mediterranean Apex Predators
Luis Cardona, Irene Álvarez De Quevedo, Assumpció Borrell & Alex Aguilar
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Aviationcvcom reveals plans to launch state of the
AviationCV.com reveals plans to launch state-of-the-art Check-Pilot platform
Every year airlines worldwide spend millions on hiring the best HR professionals in order to source the best aviation specialists. Still, having top people on deck in the HR department does not automatically guarantee the best people in the cockpit. Neither do the pricey hours spent on document verification, resumes and background checks. Luckily, Aviation.CV.com has come up with an innovative solution which will revolutionize the process of recruiting pilots – a new Check-Pilot platform containing extensive information on pilots’ career development.
Soaring demand & costly training triggers temptation to cut corners
This summer Boeing released a forecast projecting that between 2017 and 2036 the demand for pilots shall exceed 630,000. It means that in order to keep all aircraft in the air, a new pilot must be trained every 15 minutes. However, with such an influx of new specialists on the market, sorting the wheat from the chaff may seem like mission impossible.
Although it may seem that the rising demand for pilots and the ceaseless allure of the profession should keep training classrooms filled to the brim, the high cost of studies accompanied by stringent selection criteria make the dream of becoming a pilot unattainable for many. And while some are seeking for ways to finance their costly aspiration, others are looking for ways to cut corners and cheat the increasingly desperate system.
“Depending on the location, pilot training may cost in excess of USD 100,000, and that’s prior to the mandatory number of flying hours that a pilot needs to build in order to fly for an airline. Needless to say, some young specialists lack the financial resources or patience and seek ways to pass around certain requirements,” comments Skaiste Knyzaite, CEO of AviationCV.com.
According to S. Knyzaite, the new Check-Pilot platform will greatly benefit airlines as it will allow them to access a pilot’s history in a matter of several clicks. Aside from the formal requirements with regard to flight hours, health checks or necessary permits, the platform will also allow recruiters to access other crucial information. For instance, a record of any dents in the employment history, such as cases of being late, turning up to work intoxicated or records of undesirable workplace conduct, will allow airlines to instantly eliminate unworthy candidates without having to spend costly hours on time-consuming background checks.
Great tool for pilots with a clean record of employment
Although from the first glance it may seem that airlines are the ones to benefit from the Check-Pilot platform the most, it can also serve as an outstanding tool for pilots who maintain clean records of employment. At the moment, pilots seeking new employment opportunities have to accumulate all the necessary documents and spend a considerable amount of time crafting perfect resumes and eloquent motivational letters. The new platform will eliminate the need to go through any of these processes as all of the pertinent information can be renewed, stored and accessed on a single profile.
“This profile will serve as a brilliant tool for pilots wishing to promote their candidacies to potential employers. In a way, having a complete up-to-date profile on the platform will automatically convey a message that a pilot maintains a clean history of employment and has nothing to hide from the future employer. Not unlike a well-designed business card produced in a face to face setting, a produced link to a Pilot-Check profile will push the candidate ahead of the competition,” explained S. Knyzaite.
Added value to all parties within the industry
In addition to facilitating the recruitment process to both airlines and pilots, the Check-Pilot platform can greatly improve flight safety. After all, the ability to access a complete employment history will clearly reduce the possibility of hiring incompetent and risk-loving candidates. In turn, this would help to significantly cut the number of incidents or accidents attributed to pilot error.
Moreover, the Check-pilot platform has great potential to be used in integration with other global online databases, such as credit history sites. This would allow pilots to demonstrate clean employment history to financial institutions when applying for loans, mortgages, etc.
All in all, the platform will serve as a great source of information for multiple parties, optimize aviation staff recruitment process and increase flight safety.
“Just consider the following: anyone who has ever tried hiring a nanny would know that a resume on its own tells little about the candidate. Nowadays, we do not even hire a car without seeing the driver’s service history and customer feedback on a smartphone app first. I cannot see how hiring a pilot is any different,” concludes the CEO of AviationCV.com.
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Leo individuals are dynamic, self-confident, and highly dramatic. They are often generous, organized, protective, and beautiful read more about the Leo Zodiac Sign.
LEO zodiac sign personality : love, life mission, health, career
It's ultimately a guide for how well each star sign will get along with the other star signs. Leo daily lucky number. The sun takes a year to travel through the twelve Zodiac signs, but it's not exactly a year of days. This eclipse series has a distinctly royal aura to it, especially regarding the British Crown, being in play during the toppling of the English monarchy in With daily, weekly and annual Leo readings from Russel Grant.
Leo: July August 22 You're independent and self-sufficient…until you're not. To see the crystals, stones, and gems for Leo scroll to the bottom of this page. See more ideas about Zodiak aries, Horoscope of leo and Libra negative traits. Summary of Leo compatibility. Chances are, this person was a Leo, the sign born between July August Leo season goes from July 23 to August The least compatible zodiac signs with Aries are Cancer water and Capricorn earth.
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Big-hearted that they are, the Leo graciously shower love and affection on people. House Leo represents Passion. Leo is the 12th largest constellation in size, occupying an area of square degrees. The Leo astrological star sign, starting when summer is the most splendid, is the proud cavalier of the horoscope, with the traits of one who wants to shine like the summer sun - and mostly does.
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It is fairly easy to find because the "pointer stars" of the Big Dipper point to Leo. If you want, you can download Original resolution which may fits perfect to your screen. Chief among the traits of a Leo is their fierce need for self-expression. Virgo, Capricorn, Scorpio - they're all horospopes, or Star Signs, based on when your birthday is. This sign's place in the horoscope, first, also represents their need to be first throughout life.
Leo and Cancer Compatibility: A Cancer won't immediately enjoy playing second fiddle to Leo, not because they crave the spotlight for themselves but because they view Leo's vain ways as inauthentic or even shallow. The People, Personality. As a fire sign Leo exhibits righteousness. The other end of the spectrum is the Leo-Virgo cusp and if you're born between the 16th and 23rd of August you'll be prone to possessing some of the traits of the next star sign to you, which is Virgo. Thursday, August 22, The two words that define Leo are "I do".
Encuentra y guarda ideas sobre Leo starsign en Pinterest. Leo Star Sign T-Shirts and Hoodies on Redbubble are expertly printed on ethically sourced, sweatshop-free apparel and available in a huge range of styles, colors and sizes. Let us take a look at a list of celebrity Leo men and women who have made their mark in history. When that advice is offered, Leos expect it to be followed to the letter.
The name is Latin for lion, which is an apt one for those born under this sign are natural made leaders. Free Shipping. Stubborn, fixed views, strong, cruel, independent, organizing capacity and talents for propaganda, humanitarian, frequenting solitary places, generous, famous. The meaning attached to this seems to be that both the good and bad characteristics associated with Leo are perpetual.
Find out what it's like to date Leo man or Leo woman. They have to have all the ideas. Leo is represented by the lion, and these spirited fire signs are the kings and queens of the celestial jungle. Instinctive, warm, creative, extravagant and delightful Leo Your ruling 'planet' is the Sun, your best day of the week is Sunday and your best colours are gold, yellow and orange.
Leo Lucky Lottery Numbers. It is a type of Chalcedony. There are intriguing signs that Leo and Cancer compatibility can work well as a love affair too, provided both partners give a little understanding to the other. With Uranus moving through another of the Fire signs until , your life journey is set to include adventures bringing increased contact with new cultures.
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Find out your lucky numbers, winning numbers for lottery, gambling, betting. Those born under this zodiacal sign are real survivors who are not content to just weather the storm but to come out to top. Read your free Leo horoscope for today to get daily advice. Each zodiac is unique, meaning different signs are more compatible. Generally, people with the starsign Leo are thought to be compatible with people of the other fire signs, Aries and Sagittarius.
Astrological zodiac predictions for every star sign from Astocentre. Don't be surprised later when your strength is matched by your star twin, who has just as powerful a need to shine as you. Learning the Leo star sign personality and Leo traits can help you coexist in harmony with this zodiac sign, which can be light-hearted and fun-loving, but also arrogant and egomaniacal.
High-spirited Leo helps Taurus cast off their cloak of reserve and indulge in the moment.
Leo's energy is one of love, laughter and play, yet Leo's can have their dark times, especially when they fail to come up to their own, really high expectations. Your Monthly Horoscope for August. It is recognizable in the night sky because of its bright stars and crouching lion shape. It may seem as if people are trying to rain on your parade, but they're just trying to do their duty. It is or they are your strong day figures.
Fights about money will likely erupt. I had a crush on a Leo man once but I got over it, thankfully - he was a whore. There is something in it for both of them; needs get met on both sides. This is a small problem in the grand scheme of life and relationships and one that's easily gotten over once you know someone. Like the Lion or Lioness, there is a quality of nobility and a natural air of leadership that surrounds all Leos.
Monday to Friday brings love, peace, harmony, and beauty, with a focus on your love life, creativity, and finances. Those born under the sun sign of Aries tend to be extroverted individuals who are really energetic and, as their ruling element. The flow of communication is smooth and feels right. Both registration and sign in support using google and facebook. August 21, Leo Star Sign. The least compatible signs with Leo are generally considered to be Taurus and Scorpio.
The Leo Star Sign Personality. Slim fit, order a size up if you'd like it less fitting. The ruler of Leo is the Sun. This star sign offers tons of affection to those in their inner circle with a sense of confidence beyond their years. Everything about your Cosmic Cub is creative and fun. Leo is the one person who will complete you and stand by you no matter whatwill make u feel good about yourself.
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He is not the one to waste his charm in empty air; there will always be an audience admiring him. Leo is the King or Queen, the performer, the child, and the clown. Its name is Latin for lion. Loveable Leo, you can tell a Leo especially a male Leo by the way they strut about - literally, with their head up high, basking in the sun, and demonstrating their full glory. You searched for: zodiac leo star sign! Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and one-of-a-kind products and gifts related to your search.
Leo is not too hard to satisfy. Free Daily Horoscopes at StarSigns. Because of this Leo is imbued and linked intimately to the awesome star of the solar system. Leo is the fifth sign of the astrological year and is known by its astrological symbol, the Lion. Since August a series of eclipses has occurred in Leo or Aquarius, which is why, if you belong to these two signs you have had such an up and down time of it. Leo July 23 - August 22 Roll out the red carpet, because Leo has arrived. What is my star sign? When people ask about their astrological star sign they usually want to know what their sun sign is.
To unfold what lies further ahead, take a look at your Leo weekly and Leo monthly horoscope. They love grand gestures, and they want to show the world how attentive and caring they can be. They also can't resist flashiness and often buy their partner the biggest and best presents. Leo is an adventurer, seeking to balance an intense life of social obligations and travel with plenty of downtime to relax and luxuriate.
Work and outward appearances matter to this sign, and they're willing to do whatever it takes to gain a job title or workplace status, even if it means temporarily sacrificing their precious leisure time. Benevolent with their time and attention, Leos are never cliquey, always showing friendliness and politeness to everyone. While almost everyone else is entranced by the Leonine personality, Leos are their own harshest critic and consider each day a challenge to be the best, brightest, and boldest Lion they can be.
L for leaders E for energetic O for optimistic. A natural leader, Leo's very presence inspires others to be the best they can be. But with great power comes great responsibility. Leos love the pull of the limelight, and they're occasionally swayed by what other people want or expect them to do. Although this sign has a loud inner voice, learning to listen to it—especially if it's guiding them toward an unpopular move—is a lifelong lesson that will only make proud Lions stronger and more resilient.
Lions are well known for their loud roar. But learning to quiet down and listen is essential for Leos to reach their peak power—especially when they're hearing a voice that doesn't match their confidence and certainty. And while this sign thrives on their split-second decision-making and reaction skills, they might sometimes benefit from taking a few seconds, minutes, or even days before making their opinion known on a subject.
Researching all sides, doing due diligence, and learning from other people's experiences are all essential for a Leo to be as strong a leader as possible. A giving nature.
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Effects of Time and Concentration of Sodium Ascorbate on Reversal of NaOCl-Induced Reduction in Bond Strengths
Charles H. Weston, Shuichi Ito, Bakul Wadgaonkar, David H. Pashley
Oral Biology
The use of NaOCl as an endodontic irrigant lowers the bond strength of resin cements but this can be reversed by the use of 10% sodium ascorbate for 10 min. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of time and concentration of ascorbate at restoring the bond strength. Group 1 roots were prepared using 0.9% NaCl as an irrigant; group 2 roots were irrigated with 5.25% NaOCl; group 3 roots were irrigated with 5.25% NaOCl followed by 10% ascorbate for 10 min; group 4 roots were irrigated with 5.25% NaOCl followed by 10% ascorbate for 3 min; group 5 roots were irrigated with 5.25% NaOCl followed by 10% ascorbate for 1 min; and group 6 roots were irrigated with 5.25% NaOCl followed by 20% ascorbate for 1 min. All roots were then filled with C&B Metabond, stored 1 day in water, and then cross-sectioned into 6 slabs, 1 mm thick, that were trimmed and tested for tensile bond strength. The results demonstrated that 5.25% NaOCl irrigation produced (p < 0.05) significant reduction in resin-dentin bond strengths, but this can be reversed by 10% ascorbate treatment for 1 min.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joen.2007.04.004
Ascorbate
dentin bond strength
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Weston, C. H., Ito, S., Wadgaonkar, B., & Pashley, D. H. (2007). Effects of Time and Concentration of Sodium Ascorbate on Reversal of NaOCl-Induced Reduction in Bond Strengths. Journal of Endodontics, 33(7), 879-881. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joen.2007.04.004
Effects of Time and Concentration of Sodium Ascorbate on Reversal of NaOCl-Induced Reduction in Bond Strengths. / Weston, Charles H.; Ito, Shuichi; Wadgaonkar, Bakul; Pashley, David H.
In: Journal of Endodontics, Vol. 33, No. 7, 01.07.2007, p. 879-881.
Weston, CH, Ito, S, Wadgaonkar, B & Pashley, DH 2007, 'Effects of Time and Concentration of Sodium Ascorbate on Reversal of NaOCl-Induced Reduction in Bond Strengths', Journal of Endodontics, vol. 33, no. 7, pp. 879-881. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joen.2007.04.004
Weston CH, Ito S, Wadgaonkar B, Pashley DH. Effects of Time and Concentration of Sodium Ascorbate on Reversal of NaOCl-Induced Reduction in Bond Strengths. Journal of Endodontics. 2007 Jul 1;33(7):879-881. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joen.2007.04.004
Weston, Charles H. ; Ito, Shuichi ; Wadgaonkar, Bakul ; Pashley, David H. / Effects of Time and Concentration of Sodium Ascorbate on Reversal of NaOCl-Induced Reduction in Bond Strengths. In: Journal of Endodontics. 2007 ; Vol. 33, No. 7. pp. 879-881.
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Strong motion earthquake accelerograms, digitized and plotted data, Volume I - uncorrected accelerograms; Part C - Accelerograms IC041 through IC055
Earthquake Engineering Research Laboratory, (1971) Strong motion earthquake accelerograms, digitized and plotted data, Volume I - uncorrected accelerograms; Part C - Accelerograms IC041 through IC055. California Institute of Technology . (Unpublished) https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechEERL:1971.EERL-71-20
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The first set of 20 uncorrected digitized earthquake accelerograms was published in July, 1969 as Volume I, Part A of the present series. That volume also contained introductory material and background information describing the methods used, accuracies, etc. which should be referred to by all users of the data. Parts A and B have contained accelerograms from earthquakes dating from March 10, 1933, and are a portion of a complete series planned in 1969 covering all the important accelerograms to that time. The San Fernando Earthquake, however, provided more than twice as many records as previously available. In view of the importance of this earthquake, it was felt that we should interrupt the original plan and issue this and succeeding Parts containing San Fernando Earthquake accelerograms, before returning to the original series. The record from Pacoima Dam has received a great deal of attention. Included here are 42 seconds containing the main shock and the first clearly identifiable aftershock, together with six further aftershocks. Because of its importance and the high trace amplitudes involved, the Pacoima record was digitized from the original paper film. All the remaining paper film records were digitized from contactnegatives. Although most reproductions of the Pacoima record indicate some dim portions of the trace, the original trace was clearly distinguishable with no ambiguity. The special problems of this particular accelerogram are treated in the paper by Trifunac and Hudson listed in the references on page 5. The six portions of the Pacoima record containing the aftershocks have the following starting times, measured in seconds after the start of the main shock trace: 52. 6, 69. 6, 104. 6, 162. 0, 230. 1, and 309. 1 sec. These starting times are indicated by arrows on the reproduction of the Pacoima record appearing on page 6. Records from-buildings or arrays containing more than one instrument are included together in one. Part where possible. Part C contains records from Holiday Inn at 8244 Orion Blvd., L. A. , the Kajima Building at 250 E. First St., L. A. , (three records each) and the Union Bank at 445 Figueroa St., L. A. (two records.). As in previous reports the printout and plots contain asterisks and arrows, respectively, .indicating where the record was shifted in the digitizer when required. We should like to express our gratitude to personnel from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory who have assisted so capably on the digitizing: Miriam Blount, Jeannyne Gunkel, Jo Jean Kos, Carolyn Level and Florence Sims. In. addition we should like to thank our regular digitizers and assistants, students and otherwise, for their conscientious. work: N. R. Bacheliri, D. A. Blount, Esther Dizack, R. C. Dullien, H. H. Kwai, H. H. Law, V. W: Lee, M. Y. -C. Ngan, W. J. Raymond and K. K. Tung. We would also like to acknowledge the general support off the Earthquake Research Affiliates. The whole program has at all stages been conducted through the generous help of grants from the National Science Foundation, and- we have enjoyed the close cooperation of the staff of the Seismological Field Survey of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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Wednesday, 4 December 2002, 22:00 UTC
Barbara Roseman, Chair
Raimundo Beca (RB)
Eric Decker (ED)
Julian Dunayevich (JD)
Hartmut Glaser (HG)
Hans Petter Holen (HPH)
Kenny Huang (KH)
Sabine Jaume (SJ)
Cathy Wittbrodt (CJW)
* Quorum achieved
Oncoming AC Member:
Mark McFadden (MM)
Listener/Observers:
Adiel Akplogan
ARIN:
Richard Jimmerson, ASO Secretariat (SEC)
Raymond Plzak, President (RP)
APNIC:
Anne Lord (AL)
Anne Lord, ASO Secretariat (SEC-AL)
Paul Wilson (PW)
LACNIC:
Raul Echeberria (RE)
RIPE NCC:
Axel Pawlik (AP)
ICANN:
John Crain (JC)
Apologies received
Minutes from October 16, 2002, AC Teleconference
Minutes from November 6, 2002, AC Teleconference
Report from LACNIC III Meeting
Status of Open Actions
ICANN BoD transition
January Workshop (create agenda committee)
ASO GA (create agenda committee)
Any Other Business (AOB)
The Chair opened the call at 22:00 UTC. The Chair asked the SEC to review the Agenda.
No apologies received.
Absent: Takashi Arano, Sueng-Min Lee, Wilfried Woeber.
RP requested adding a discussion on the transfer of the SEC, and the Chair requested adding a discussion of ICANN Nomcom and the ASO selecting a representative under Any Other Business.
Formal Approval of the Minutes of October 16, 2002 AC Teleconference.
The Chair asked for any comments. There were no comments. The Chair then entertained a motion to approve the minutes. ED moved to approve the minutes of October 16, 2002, and this was seconded by HG. All were in favor and the motion passed unanimously.
Formal Approval of the Minutes from November 6, 2002, AC Teleconference.
The Chair asked for any comments. There were no comments. The Chair then entertained a motion to approve the minutes. HG moved to approve the minutes of November 6, 2002, and this was seconded by SJ. All were in favor and the motion passed unanimously.
Report from LACNIC III Meeting.
The Chair explained that an AC member from the region should give the update. The Chair called on LACNIC to give update. HG gave a brief update of the first LACNIC meeting that was held in Mexico City on November 11 and 12, 2002. He expressed that it was a successful meeting with representatives from all the RIRs attending. RE added that they announced the election of new Chair of Board of LACNIC, Oscar Messano, their former Treasurer, and that HG himself is the new Treasurer. All the presentations from the meeting can be found on their website at www.lacnic.net. The Chair prompted all to read the policies posted on the website as well.
Chair asked the SEC to review the list.
Open action item list
Action #0206-02 JC
Post responses to ICANN evolution and reform report to the ASO list. ON-GOING.
Action #0209-01 SEC
Discuss location of web page (RIR vs. ASO) to post status of RFC 2050 and create web page.
The SEC reported that he received information from MM over the past few days and that this information will be posted with an announcement forthcoming.
The Chair asked the Secretariat to invite all ASO selected ICANN Board members to a teleconference on Wednesday, October 16 at 21:00 UTC.
This was done.
The AC asked the Secretariat to gather attendance statistics for the ASO AC teleconference, year to date.
This was done. It included listeners and observers, it was announced to the mailing list, and it was posted to website.
Add agenda item “Creation of Agenda Committee” to the agenda for the Next ASO AGM.
This item will be discussed below as item 10, and will be completed.
Action #0211-02 MD
MD to supply SEC with new list of AfriNIC observers/listeners.
This was done. The SEC stated that the Chair of the interim BoD, Dr.
Quaynor, supplied this information, and it has been posted and sent to the list.
Add Mark McFadden to the ac-coord list.
This was completed. MM will be an AC member on the next scheduled call in January 2003.
The Chair requested that the SEC please notify the ac-coord list once the ARIN X minutes have been posted.
Shelf list [items pending action outside the ASO AC]
Action #12-4 RIRs/IANA
Resource request procedure document. RIRs awaiting response to date.
RP gave a brief updated stating that while in Mexico City, the RIR executives met with Stuart Lynn and opened a dialog on this subject. They are all working to resolve it.
ICANN BoD transition.
The Chair explained that the AC needs to decide to retain current directors and decide on how it is to be accomplished because, moving forward, the procedure changes. One term expires 2003, one in 2004, and one at the end of 2005. The Chair stated that there had been suggestions on the list, and felt that the one that preserved the most continuity was proposed by RP.
RP suggested that the term expiring in 2003 actually expire when the transition occurs, which ICANN states will be in June 2003. In June 2003, seat 10 will be open, which will need to be filled and will not expire until June 2006; and seat 9 will be open and will not expire until June 2004.
RP suggested that Lyman Chapin’s term (which expires in December 2004) actually expire June 2004; and that Mouhamet Diop be appointed to the seat 10, which expires in June 2006. In doing this, Lyman Chapin’s term is cut by 6 months, and Mouhamet Diop’s term is extended by six months. This would extend the continuity of the current director, and no election would be needed in 2003. RP also suggested that the seat expiring in 2003 be retained as an ad-hoc member of Board for continuity purposes. The Chair said she will request that the ICANN Board approve this.
Chair asked for comments. RB stated that he felt it premature to discuss this at this time and that the ASO should wait until the ICANN Board initiates the transition. RP stated that discussing the issue would be alright as long as the ASO notes that the proposal is contingent upon the ICANN transition. The Chair then requested that she and the SEC or RP write a letter to the ICANN Board regarding this proposal.
The Chair entertained a motion to approve the proposal. ED moved that the ASO AC approve the proposal put forward by the Chair and RP: Specifically, that Lyman Chapin’s term (seat 10) expire in June 2004; that Mouhamet Diop be appointed to seat 9 which will expire in December 2006; and that the term for the Director lasting through 2003 be extended through the transition, and that the ASO AC request that the ICANN Board allow this Director to remain as an ex-officio ad-hoc representative until December 2003. This was seconded by CJW. The Chair called for a vote and the motion passed unanimously.
Chair called for volunteers to draft an agenda for the workshop and what they’d like accomplished. MM asked the Chair to volunteer and she agreed. SJ and AL also volunteered. The Chair requested an action item to post the Draft Agenda prior to the next scheduled AC teleconference.
The Chair announced that Santiago, Chile would be the next location. The Chair called for volunteers for this committee, and stated that she could not volunteer. AL, RB, and MM volunteered.
Transfer of the SEC
RP stated that the transition has begun to move this administrative function from ARIN to APNIC. ARIN will host the next teleconference in January to facilitate the transition. The web and associated materials have been transferred to APNIC already.
ICANN Nomcom
The Chair explained that the ASO needs to put a procedure in place for finding a Nomcom member, and select a member for January. RP suggested that the ASO follow the same procedure as they do for finding a Board member. The Chair agreed that that process would work, but separately they need to find someone for 2003. RP suggested the current retiring Board member. The Chair also suggested the Chair of the AC. RP asked JC if the Nomcom would receive the same support as the Board in terms of travel. JC responded that it is the Board’s idea was that the Nomcom would primarily function by electronic means and teleconferences, but the Board would be open to supporting travel if need be, however, it has not really been addressed at this point. The Chair asked the SEC if the AC elected someone from the AC to this position, would RIRs support their position for 2003 only. She asked the SEC to gather information on this matter.
MM suggested that it may be useful to know this before the January call. The SEC set a soft deadline of the end of the year. The Chair then stated that all options will be proposed to the list for discussion, and given that the next call is in early January, the timeframe should be sufficient.
MM suggested that in regard to the 2003 position, the AC simply nominate and elect someone from the AC ranks. He did not think the Chair should do it because the AC would change in terms of the kind of work they would do, and the Nomcom is going to be a tremendous amount of work. In this exceptional circumstance, maybe the best option would be to nominate from the AC ranks.
It was decided to table this discussion until the next scheduled teleconference in January, and to discuss three options (selecting the AC Chair, or another AC member, or an ICANN board member) on the mailing list. MM suggested that the Chair contact the ICANN board members to see if they’d be willing to participate. The Chair agreed. RP then stated that he’d prefer to see a concrete reply from ICANN regarding funding before making a proposal. The Chair agreed.
ED asked when the meeting in Santiago, Chile meeting would take place. RE replied that it would be April 23-25, 2003 with the ASO GA meeting in the afternoon on April 24. The Chair asked this information to be posted to AC list.
RP presented the issue of the election for AC Chair in January. The Chair stated that the RIRs will fund travel to ICANN meetings, and it is not an option, if you are the Chair, you are expected to go. The AC decided to discuss this issue at the next regularly scheduled call. It was proposed to discuss the role of the AC Chair before electing one.
RP expressed his thanks to CJW, whose term was expiring, for her service and participation in the ASO AC.
The Chair called for a motion to adjourn at 23:10 UTC. CJW moved to adjourn and this was seconded by ED. The motion passed unanimously.
Action #0212-01 CHAIR/ARIN STAFF
Compose letter to ICANN Board regarding BoD transition proposal requesting that it is contingent upon the ICANN transition.
Action #0212-02 AGENDA COMMITTEE
Post Draft Agenda for the January Workshop to the list prior to the next scheduled AC teleconference.
Gather information by the end of the year regarding support from the RIRs to the AC for the ICANN Nomcom for 2003 only.
Post the date of the next ASO AC face to face meeting in Chile to the list.
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A draft whitepaper of my parameterization idea
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Re: A draft whitepaper of my parameterization idea
Post by dahnielson » Sat Mar 29, 2008 4:10 pm
Just want to add that my original thought about compiling the virtual instruments, instead of just providing a run-time environment for them, was the possibility to have them compiled into LV2 plugins (replacing LADSPA/DSSI) and implementing the "instrument mode" as a LV2 host. The compilation of circuits into a single dynamically loadable object could provide optimization advantages over run-time built circuits in addition to create stand-alone (un-editable) LV2 plugins and JACK-application.
Another possibility is to just compile the components into LV2 plugins and having Omnibus just patch them together into circuits. Which I just realized when studying the LV2 website:
Ports are no longer limited to the float data type. Port type extensions will allow plugins to handle any data type, e.g. MIDI or OSC. Other possibilities include frequency domain (FFT) data, sample files managed by the host... any type conceivable
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Ardour2, Qtractor, Linuxsampler, M-AUDIO Delta 1010, Axiom 61, Korg D12, AKAI S2000, E-MU Proteus 2k, Roland R-5, Roland HP 1300e, Zoom RFX-1000, 4GB RAM x86_64 Intel Pentium Dual 1.80GHz Gentoo Linux
Consul wrote: As you can probably guess by now, I care as much (if not, more) about the non-linear characteristics of the circuit than the linear. Simulating the linear properties is well-established and a lot of documentation exists on how to do it. Nailing the linear and non-linear at the same time, that's the interesting problem that will result in a final program above and beyond what's been done before. Runge-Kutta, again, looks like a method that solves only for linear behavior. The thing is, Spice does know how to do both at the same time, and I really would like to know how, so that we could then possibly make our own optimized version for real-time audio.
Well, as you described it yourself, I think you have to approximate the non-linear behavior so it can be solved as a linear behavior. E.g. in simulation of vehicle dynamics the friction has obvious non-linear properties and the most common solution for tires is to use Pacejka and solve it linearly (N.B.: it's a long time since I played around with such behavior, dynamics and integration).
Remember, attention to details is important if you're designing a nuclear reactor, in synthesizing all we have to do is to fool our quite gullible auditory system.
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Post by Consul » Sat Mar 29, 2008 5:19 pm
The only thing I can think of would be to build the non-linear part of the model as a piecewise-defined set of the solved linear equations. In other words, depending on the amplitude of the input sample, the appropriate linear model will be picked, process the sample, then output it. The feedback loops (delay lines) will be common to all of the piecewise models, though. I'll use a basic filter for illustration.
A basic IIR filter requires two feedback delay lines of two samples each, one for the input, and one for the output. Each new input and output are placed at the beginning of their respective delay lines, and the math for the next output is done using the values now held in both delay lines.
Now, imagine we have a piecewise-defined filter, with different math to be done depending on the value of the new input sample. Regardless of which piecewise "layer" is used, though, the same delay lines are always used. This means that the previous inputs and outputs to be used for the new calculation may very well have been calculated with a different layer than what is being used now.
The interesting part is going to be compiling the different piecewise functions based upon the non-linear properties of the components of that particular model. An important part of this will be knowing how many piecewise functions to compile, and what their respective ranges will be. One advantage we have is that computers now have lots of memory available. We might also have to pay attention to the cases right at the layer boundaries, so that the change in the algorithm from one sample to the next doesn't result in the creation of any "corners" in the wave, which would create aliasing noise.
Darren Landrum
The emulation of non-linear behavior is encapsulated by the component, i.e. the component being a black box.
N.B.: My suggestion to call networks "circuits" and their nodes "components" was rather tongue-in-cheek and buzzwording on my part.
P.S. I'm starting to warm up to the idea of components as LV2 plugins and Omnibus VIs as hosts routing the signals between them, that is circuits being assembled at run-time and components at compile-time.
Well, the LV2 spec is certainly flexible enough to allow for the idea to work. RDF is still kinda alien to me, but I suppose I can get it eventually.
As for "circuits" and such being tongue-in-cheek, I pretty much knew that. It did open the door for me to explain my ultimate goal of the simulation of linear and non-linear behaviors, though. I've been wanting to get a discussion going on that for some time. If we go the black-box approach and use LV2 for each component of a DSP network, I'll still be able to experiment with non-linear effects in my own time.
Over on the Reaper side of the music world, myself and one other fellow started up a project to use the internal Jesusonic engine to make a modular synthesizer. Jesusonic is a compiled scripting language for DSP. The way it was implemented in Reaper, though, it had 64 variables that represented 64 audio-rate busses that signals could travel down, per track. So we were able to design a synthesizer out of multiple Jesusonic scripts (the track treats each as its own plugin) using those 64 channels for routing our signals. There were disadvantages, such as no polyphony, though the other fellow (whose name escapes me) had some ideas on getting around that. But MIDI information flowing to the track was always available to every plugin slot, and all 64 busses could be accessed by name and in a functional manner as well. Here's the thread on it:
http://www.cockos.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16926
PS - I'm usually always in #linuxsampler on Freenode if you ever want to drop by. I can't always guarantee being available, but I'm logged in at any rate. I go by Consul on there as well.
For the record, the current SVN of Ingen (http://wiki.drobilla.net/Ingen) already supports LV2, so what we want might already be built.
I still want to explore the whole "compilation of circuits with linear and non-linear properties" though, since that's an area unexplored in the open source world.
One thing that I forgot to mentions was that the idea of letting people create new components using Omnibus still holds water (i.e. being sort of a LV2 factory).
You can always treat components as integrated circuits.
My point is, I don't see why you can't do components with linear and non-linear properties.
Last edited by dahnielson on Sat Mar 29, 2008 7:51 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Consul wrote: I still want to explore the whole "compilation of circuits with linear and non-linear properties" though, since that's an area unexplored in the open source world.
Well, compile-time it is then with continuous integration. No LV2 as components, just our own.
Consul wrote: Over on the Reaper side of the music world, myself and one other fellow started up a project to use the internal Jesusonic engine to make a modular synthesizer. Jesusonic is a compiled scripting language for DSP. The way it was implemented in Reaper, though, it had 64 variables that represented 64 audio-rate busses that signals could travel down, per track. So we were able to design a synthesizer out of multiple Jesusonic scripts (the track treats each as its own plugin) using those 64 channels for routing our signals. There were disadvantages, such as no polyphony, though the other fellow (whose name escapes me) had some ideas on getting around that. But MIDI information flowing to the track was always available to every plugin slot, and all 64 busses could be accessed by name and in a functional manner as well.
Cool. Nice hacks are always cool.
Part of the way this would have to work is by allowing recursive embedding of blocks within blocks. To illustrate, at the Elemental level (we can't call it the core level, as that's the name Reaktor uses officially), we have:
Mutliplier
Subtractor
N-Sample Delay Line (where every sample in the line can be read separately via an index)
Theoretically, everything DSP can be made with these elements, but there are more we can add for convenience (I'm sure there are more, but this'll illustrate the idea):
Variable Delay Line (where the length of the line can be changed in real-time, at the expense of being able to index any point along it)
However, the Elemental level can also contain other elemental operations for things like file access, arrays and indexing, access to sockets, and other such things. A sample playback object might want to be an element as well.
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R2B Coin Review: “The Asian Currency” pump and dump altcoin
R2B Coin claim to be “processed and managed” by Williams Corporation Limited, a company purportedly based out of Hong Kong.
Other than stating Williams Corporation is “a licensed global firm which operates as a service provider”, no further information about the company is provided.
Two executives are featured on the R2B Coin website, David Wu (Asian Marketing Director) and Eddie Lo (Business Director).
Wu’s corporate bio states he’s an American citizen originally from Taiwan.
He holds a real estate license in the state of California and has experience building and selling million dollar homes in Palo Alto, California. He also has experience working in California hospitals as an Emergency Room Technician.
When he returned to Taiwan from the US in 2008, he helped coach Taiwan’s Olympic swim team.
He has owned restaurants in Las Vegas, Nevada, Los Angeles, California and, most recently, in Taipei, Taiwan.
Mr. Wu speaks five languages fluently and he has been engaged in network marketing for over 30 years, primarily in Taiwan and in China.
No details about Wu’s purported thirty-year history in network marketing are provided.
Read on for a full review of the R2B Coin MLM opportunity.
R2B Coin Products
R2B Coin has no retailable products or services, with affiliates only able to market R2B Coin affiliate membership itself.
The R2B Coin Compensation Plan
R2B Coin affiliates invest in R2B coins.
Trainee – invest $100 and receive $100 worth of R2B coins
Manager – invest $500 and receive $520 worth of R2B coins
Team Manager – invest $2500 and receive $2725 worth of R2B coins
Director – invest $5000 and receive $5550 worth of R2B coins
CEO – invest $25,000 and receive $30,000 worth of R2B coins
Chairman – invest $50,000 and receive $65,000 worth of R2B coins
R2B are pre-generated points sold to R2B Coin affiliates at an initial cost of 0.8 cents per coin.
R2B Coin themselves set the internal value of R2B, based on the value rising per set number of new R2B coins purchased from the company (up to $188).
The current internal value of R2B is not publicly disclosed on the R2B Coin website.
The idea is that R2B Coin affiliates invest in R2B at a set price, over time R2B Coin increase and price and when an affiliate cashes out through the internal exchange a ROI is realized.
Referral Commissions
R2B Coin pay referral commissions via a binary compensation structure.
To qualify for residual binary commissions an R2B affiliate must recruit two affiliates (one placed on either side of their binary team).
A binary compensation structure places an affiliate at the top of a binary team, split into two sides (left and right):
The first level of the binary team houses two positions. The second level of the binary team is generated by splitting these first two positions into another two positions each (4 positions).
Subsequent levels of the binary team are generated as required, with each new level housing twice as many positions as the previous level.
Positions in the binary team are filled via direct and indirect recruitment of affiliates. Note there is no limit to how deep a binary team can grow.
Residual commissions paid out through a binary team are based on points.
Points are generated when recruited affiliates placed into a binary team invest in R2B Coin affiliate packages:
Trainee – 10 points
Manager – 30 points
Team Manager – 200 points
Director – 300 points
CEO – 500 points
Chairman – 1000 points
At the end of each day R2B Coin tallies up new points generated on both sides of the binary team.
For every 100 points on one side matched with 200 points on the other side, a $50 residual commission is paid out.
Binary commissions are capped weekly based on affiliate recruitment:
recruit two affiliates and earn up to $2000 a week in binary commissions
recruit four affiliates and earn up to $5000 a week in binary commissions
recruit eight affiliates and earn up to $10,000 a week in binary commissions
recruit twelve affiliates and earn up to $20,000 a week in binary commissions
recruit twenty affiliates and earn up to $50,000 a week in binary commissions
R2B Coin pay residual commissions on earnings of downline affiliates, paid out down two levels of recruitment (unilevel):
recruit four affiliates and receive a 5% commission on level 1 (personally recruited affiliates)
recruit eight affiliates and receive a 10% commission on level 1
recruit twelve affiliates and receive a 10% commission on level 1 and 5% on level 2
Joining R2B Coin
R2B Coin affiliate membership is $28.
Full participation in the R2B MLM opportunity requires an additional minimum investment of $100.
R2B Coin presents itself as your typical “Missed bitcoin? Invest in our altcoin!” pump and dump scheme.
If you had bought Bitcoin for $1 000 Back in 2013, they would have been worth more than $3 million today.
Some people did and it changed their lives, a nice place to live, a new car, nice holidays, but most of all; more time to spend with their loved ones.
Every day there is a new opportunity for someone, and today this opportunity has come to you!
R2B coins are pre-generated by R2B Coin. They are not publicly tradeable and hold no value outside of R2B Coin itself.
The entire premise of R2B Coin’s $188 projected value is calculated manipulation through the company’s internal exchange.
As the image to the right shows, every few thousand R2B coins sold R2B Coin jack up the value.
That’s pretty much it and the whole concept relies on new investors willing to pay R2B Coin and earlier investors more for worthless R2B coins.
On the MLM side of things R2B Coin operates as a pyramid scheme, with no products or services marketed to and/or sold to retail customers.
The pump stage of the coin has R2B Coin promising merchant adoption and of course a balloon in R2B coin value;
With R2B, and its exploding number of users and members who will be paid to sign up shops, restaurants, or any kind of companies, the number of places where you can use R2B Coin will very fast reach millions on a global basis.
DON’T WAIT, the price increases constantly, the faster you buy the more you will make. Register now!
The dump will occur when affiliate recruitment slows down and nobody buys R2B coins at the inflated internal value.
As far as merchants go, no legitimate business is going to get involved in an entirely speculative altcoin with no real-world application or purpose.
A few R2B Coin affiliates who also own businesses might sign up, but that’s about it (think OneCoin and their DealShaker “merchant” platform).
David Wu and Williams Corporation Limited meanwhile sit on the real money they’ve been paid for R2B coins that cost them little to nothing to generate.
Run the scheme for as long as it’s profitable, then disappear when it all turns to crap.
One last point I’ll leave you with is as I write this Alexa estimate the US is the largest source of traffic to the R2B Coin website (46%).
It follows that the US is thus R2B Coin’s largest investor market.
An investment opportunity like R2B Coin is classified as a security in the US and requires registration with the SEC.
A search of the SEC’s Edgar database confirms that neither Williams Corporation Limited or David Wu are registered to offer securities in the US.
This means that in addition to pyramid fraud, R2B Coin are operating the investment side of their business illegally across the US.
As we’ve recently seen with USI-Tech and BitConnect, this doesn’t end well.
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6 Comments on “R2B Coin Review: “The Asian Currency” pump and dump altcoin”
Jan 23rd, 2018 at 1:58 pm Jack(Q)
Another copycat of the failed Gladiacoin compensation plan?
Jan 23rd, 2018 at 2:10 pm Oz(Q)
Not quite. GladiaCoin are doublers, R2B Coin is a pump and dump altcoin.
Same basic Ponzi model though, just different presentation.
Jan 26th, 2018 at 10:57 am Ryan(Q)
Cease and desist issued yesterday by TX Securities Board.
Jan 26th, 2018 at 11:52 am Oz(Q)
Covered here – https://behindmlm.com/companies/r2b-coin-securities-fraud-emergency-cease-and-desist-issued-in-texas/
Purna Dawadi
Dec 17th, 2019 at 3:24 pm Purna Dawadi(Q)
Could you please let me know if it’s possible to get the money back that was invested to buy R2B coins? And how?
Is the investment at R2B coin at risk now? Any suggestions please?
Dec 17th, 2019 at 3:31 pm Oz(Q)
R2B Coin was a Ponzi scheme. It collapsed ages ago and your money is long gone.
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Dawn Foods expands range of gluten-free ingredients
Abbie Dawson · 26 March, 2019
Dawn Foods has improved and expanded its range of gluten-free ingredients to meet increased demand for free-from bakery.
Dawn’s gluten-free Vanilla Muffin, Chocolate Muffin, Brownie and Chocolate Cake mixes have been given new and improved recipes, and now contain UTZ-certified sustainably sourced chocolate. The company has also increased the bag size for all gluten-free mixes from 12.5kg to 15kg.
New additions to the gluten-free range are a Choux Pastry Mix, a Lemon Cake Mix and a Plain Cake Mix. A gluten-free Cookie Mix is also planned to launch soon.
The cake mixes can be used across a variety of applications such as muffins, sheet-cakes and traybakes. The Choux Pastry Mix can be used for patisserie such as éclairs and profiteroles, requiring the addition of water, egg and oil. Dawn recommends filling the pastry with fresh cream, flavoured with Dawn Compounds or Dawn Fruit Fillings, which are also free from gluten.
All its gluten-free ingredients have been produced in a dedicated BRC-certified gluten-free production facility and could be used in the same way as their regular counterparts, giving the same finished product with no compromise on flavour or texture, Dawn said.
Last week, the ingredients manufacturer named Megan Roberts, a finalist at last year’s Baking Industry Awards, as student ambassador.
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Bakels extends vegan range with four new fillings
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Bugsy Siegel’s Gray Chalkstripe Suit
Warren Beatty as “Bugsy” Siegel in Bugsy (1991).
Warren Beatty as Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel, violent and visionary “celebrity” gangster
Los Angeles, January 1945
Film: Bugsy
Director: Barry Levinson
Costume Designer: Albert Wolsky
Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel is one of the most fascinating mobsters. He was certainly innovative, developing the idea of Las Vegas as a money-grabbing desert mecca. However, he had an insanely volatile personality, which made him both good and hated as a gangster.
By the film’s chronology, Bugsy is sent out to the west coast by his New York pals Luciano and Lansky in January 1945. In real life, he had made the trek out about ten years earlier, but who’s counting? On the first day, he butts heads with local boss Jack Dragna and manipulates control of Dragna’s wire system immediately. Not only that, he buys a mansion from a famous opera singer, buys a beautiful Cadillac convertible, and meets the fiery woman for whom he would throw his life away.
What’d He Wear?
When he arrives in Los Angeles, Bugsy is decked out in a very fashionable gray chalkstripe flannel suit. Costume designer Albert Wolsky and his team appropriately won the Oscar for Best Costume Design for the film, and Bugsy’s matinee-idol look is a testament to that.
The suit gets plenty of wear during the gangster’s first day in L.A., but it is too warm (and not flashy enough) for 1940s Hollywood, and it quickly finds a place in the back of Bugsy’s closet as loudly-checked sport coats and lightweight glen check suits become the norm.
Much like Beatty himself, Bugsy finds it hard to resist the lure of a woman. Any woman.
The suit jacket is double-breasted with the wide, padded shoulders that fashionable ’40s men’s suits were known for and sharp peak lapels. The ventless back pulls in his torso, further accentuating the shoulders. Indeed, Bugsy looks imposing in the suit, most notably when he struts up to Jack Dragna’s house.
It has flapped hip pockets and a welted breast pocket, which Bugsy adorns with a white silk handkerchief, folded to display a couple puffy points. The front has a 6×2 button stance; Bugsy only keeps the top of the two buttons fastened and never unbuttons it. The 3-button cuffs are in the same gray horn as the buttons on the front.
The suit trousers are also common for the era, with flat fronts and cuffed bottoms that break high over the shoes. Since he never removes his jacket in the scene, we can only see the side pockets when he places his hands in them. We also don’t know if the suit is worn with a belt or braces, but none of his other suits have suspenders, so we can assume these trousers are either fitted or worn with a belt.
Bugsy’s shoes are black leather laced dress shoes with raised heels, worn with black dress socks.
His shirt is white with a large collar (not ’70s big, but only ’40s big) with a moderate spread. He fastens his French cuffs with a pair of gold square cufflinks with rounded edges.
Luckily, Bugsy’s cufflinks get plenty of airtime due to his exaggerated arm motions in nearly every scene.
Bugsy wears a very fashionable silk striped tie that, as production photos reveal, is very short and wide. However, he never unbuttons this jacket, so we don’t see it in the film. The tie has solid black and charcoal blue stripes running diagonally (in the American R-down-to-L style), intersected by thin silver stripes in the opposite direction (L-down-to-R) to create a check effect.
Bugsy wears a pair of cool tortoise browline sunglasses with gold lens rims, very similar to the Ray-Ban Clubmaster style (which Tim Roth wore in Reservoir Dogs). These glasses were especially popular in the 1950s, enjoyed a retro re-popularity in the 1980s, and are again fashionable today in the 2010s. If you don’t get a pair of these now, you’ll have to wait until the 2040s to look cool again wearing them!
Your closest bet would just be to buy a pair of the Ray-Ban RB3016 Clubmaster Classic shades with color code 49/21, signifying tortoise-colored acetate frames and temples with a crystal green solid lens. These specs run only $145 for a retro cool accessory offering both quality and class.
Bugsy’s accessories don’t end there. Being a gangster, he always wears his standard issue gold pinky ring on his left hand. Although he had flamboyant taste, his wristwatch is very tasteful and modest with a gold rectangular case, black leather strap, and white squared face with a black center. Does anyone know anything about this watch?
The real “Bugsy” Siegel was as much as fashion plate as Beatty’s character. I don’t know if his vanity included looking at the closest mirror at every opportunity, but it’s not a stretch to believe that the film quirk was based on something like that.
Siegel was known to wear both single-breasted and double-breasted suits. He did indeed have a suit like the one in the film, although the only evidence I can find of it is from a few grayscale photos of varying quality, so bear with me in terms of resolution.
Although the trope of “the man in the gray flannel suit” often evokes images of a dull, or at least commonplace, businessman, Bugsy used the look to stand out in a town where a sharp-dressed man could be a gangster, a movie star, or just a wannabe.
By this time in his life, Bugsy had become much better versed in how to treat women (which isn’t saying much since one of his first arrests was for rape…) After spending some time in Hollywood, he became just as smooth as his movie star friends, including boyhood pal George Raft, played in the film by Joe Mantegna. Of course, some of Bugsy’s easy charm in the film is more Beatty than Bugsy, although the two men undeniably shared the habit of bedding actresses without difficulty.
While it wouldn’t be in any man’s best interest to act like Bugsy Siegel, whether around women or gangsters, a man could learn a lot about class by conducting himself like a ’40s icon. Beatty plays Bugsy with a quick wit, remarkably infused with both confidence and self-deprecation, since no woman likes a braggart, but no woman likes a self-loathing wuss, either.
He keeps his Zippo – gold, of course – within reach to draw it in nanoseconds if a damsel-in-distress needs a light. Although, sometimes he knows the best thing to do is ask for one…
Bugsy: Got a light?
Virginia: The way you were looking at me, I thought you were going to ask for something more interesting.
Bugsy: Like what?
Virginia: Use your imagination.
Bugsy: I’m using it.
Virginia: …Let me know when you’re finished.
Of course, it doesn’t always work as planned…
Virginia: Well, my oh my, you’re pretty ferocious for a mom’s concern, aren’t ya? The rest of the time you’re just some good-looking, sweet-talking, charm-oozing, fuck-happy fellow with nothing to offer but some dialogue. Dialogue is cheap in Hollywood, Ben. Why don’t you run outside and jerk yourself a soda.
Do your best to not receive this admonishment from anyone.
How to Get the Look
Bugsy was a sharp-dressed man both in fiction and reality. Just because he was a man in a gray flannel suit didn’t mean he had to dress like one.
Gray chalkstripe flannel suit, consisting of:
Double-breasted suit jacket with sharp peak lapels, 6×2 button stance, welted breast pocket, flapped hip pockets, wide padded shoulders, 3-button cuffs, and a ventless back
Flat front trousers with turn-ups/cuffed bottoms
White dress shirt with large moderate-spread collar and double/French cuffs
Black & charcoal blue striped silk necktie with silver contrast stripe
Gold square cufflinks with rounded edges
Black leather cap-toe oxfords
Tortoise half-framed browline sunglasses with brown lenses
Gold pinky ring, worn on left hand
Gold rectangular wristwatch with whit/black dial and black leather strap
White silk pocket handkerchief, folded into points in the jacket’s breast pocket
Do Yourself a Favor and…
Check out the movie.
Written by luckystrike721 Posted in Suit, Two-Piece Suit, What to Wear to the Office Tagged with 1940s, 2-Piece Suit, Balmorals/Oxford Shoes, Bugsy (1991), Bugsy Siegel, Colt Detective Special, Double-Breasted Suit, French Cuff Shirt, Gangster, Gray Suit, Gun, Los Angeles, Mafia, Pinstripe/Chalkstripe Suit, Revolver, Spring, Suit, Warm Climate, Warren Beatty, White Shirt
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August 19, 2015 - 7:14 pm Crazyneno7x
The watch looks like a Bulova “bruce”. Or possibly a Bulova “lone eagle”. Hope that helps.
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“Shanghai”… The China syndrome
The “most progressive state in the country” has embarked on an ambitious redevelopment project that hints at the title of Dibakar Banerjee’s new film, Shanghai. It’s called International Business Park, and the acronym is reconfigured – on stage, during a celebratory dance performance by an “imported kamariya” (no lowly desi dancers, after all, will behoove these aspirations) – as India Bana Pardes. Naturally, there is a spoilsport, an activist named Dr. Ahmadi (Prosenjit Chatterjee), who urges the people being relocated (you might say dislocated) to hold on to their lands and not sign any papers. He will soon be assassinated, and this event will set in motion a lengthy, dry procedural that’s also a depiction of a pulsating microcosm of India, situated around a metaphorically named Bharat Nagar. Manmohan Desai, in Desh Premee, reached for a similar metaphor when he set his story in a Bharat Nagar – but had someone like Dr. Ahmadi existed in that film (made in the cinematic climate of those times), he’d have been a saint. Here, he’s something of a sinner.
In an early scene, as Dr. Ahmadi alights from his plane, he is preceded by a leggy starlet, the one with the imported kamariya. She is besieged by the media, whose members are predictably oblivious to Ahmadi’s presence. Do they even know that he’s written a timely book titled Kiski Pragati Kiska Desh?, attacking the development project, and that he’s here to speak out against it? But with Dr. Ahmadi, there’s no self-pity. There are no laments about the trivialisation of the fourth estate. He simply walks up to the starlet and engages in casual conversation, which directs the media’s attention towards him. He’s smart – perhaps even a bit of an opportunist. He’s cut off soon when they realise they have no use for his moralising, and they return to quizzing the starlet about her next film, but he’s snatched for himself a spot of limelight. Even later, before entering the hall for his big speech, he’s hit by a stone, and instead of fulminating with righteous fury, he goes inside and makes light of this incident.
“Victim nahin banna hai,” Dr. Ahmadi tells Shalini (a miscast Kalki Koechlin), a former student with whom he had an affair, and he subsequently issues threats to intimidate a couple of goons harassing her. Dr. Ahmadi, in short, is far from the good-hearted, conservative Muslim we’d have found in the Manmohan Desai era. (Even his wife, a Hindu named Aruna, was a former student of his, and who can say there weren’t more students that he managed to seduce?) It is this sort of detailing that sets apart the films made these days from the ones we got earlier – we now have evasive characters instead of rock-solid archetypes, and Dibakar Banerjee is nothing if not an expert chronicler of character. This is why he gets such fine performances from actors (yes, even Emraan Hashmi) who do so much with so little. We aren’t given a lot of establishing detail about the oleaginous politician played by Farooq Sheikh – and in that sense, he’s certainly embodying the archetype of the Corrupt Man of Power – but by the end, by the time he’s reduced to exquisite bafflement while staring at the skewer of paneer tikka in his fingers, he’s fleshed out as a completely one-of-a-kind character.
Banerjee’s finely honed sense of detailing extends beyond the people in his films to the places they inhabit. There is a delicious sense of the absurdity that surrounds us when Shalini raises her voice outside the room the bloodstained Dr. Ahmadi has been wheeled into and a nurse reprimands her to step outside: “Yeh hospital hai. Please jaake bahar fighting kijiye.” (The line is also an excellent example of how English and Hindi twine so easily in daily usage, unlike the dialogues in our upscale multiplex movies that creak and groan with the strain of being translated into Hindi from the original English.) And elsewhere, when Krishnan (Abhay Deol), who is overseeing the enquiry into Dr. Ahmadi’s assassination, presides over some sort of hearing, a ball rolls in from outside, where kids have been playing. A man’s death is being discussed, and an assistant has to break away to warn a child, “Yeh khelne ki jagah nahin hai,” that this is not a playground. Speaking of which, when was the last time you saw a character sweating it out in a game of badminton?
If God is in the details, then Banerjee’s films are certainly sky-scraping cathedrals. As if in cognizance of unspeakably dirty dealings, something is always being cleaned in the first half – a bookshelf is dusted, a floor is swept, a corridor is mopped (which only causes someone to skid). And when it comes to who really runs the country, we’re shown clearly that it’s not the power brokers who have minions standing by with bottles of mineral water when the taps in the bathrooms run dry, but the great unwashed masses who throng the streets in constant celebration and bring the cars carrying those powerful men to a grinding halt. Banerjee even manages to delineate, through Abhay Deol, a reasonably convincing Tamilian – a far cry from the caricatures we see in films like The Dirty Picture, which are all surface. With Krishnan, we see a neatly trimmed moustache, hints of talking to his amma, and a way of lapsing into owr (instead of aur) and bejna (instead of bhejna). He doesn’t do this always (in other words, he doesn’t overdo this) – just enough to betray his roots, his tongue, no matter how many postings he’s held in Hindi-speaking states.
But look past these dazzling details, and we get a hollow shell of a film that’s about as “timely” as yesterday’s newspaper. When Costa Gavras made Z (from the Vassilis Vassilikos novel that Shanghai is also adapted from; there are nods here in a permission denied to hold an event in a hall, and in a pickup truck that hovers around menacingly), it was the late 1960s. It was the counterculture, when the Cold War (with its threat that the world would vanish in a mushroom cloud) was a frightening reality, and a peace-mongering politician who spoke of disarmament (the equivalent of the Dr. Ahmadi character) was a genuinely vital figure that people identified with. More importantly, that was an era of widespread mistrust. You couldn’t trust the parents who raised you, the politicians who governed you – and Z, along with the decade’s other political thrillers like The Manchurian Candidate, paved the way for the subsequent decade of mainstream Hollywood movies (Three Days of the Condor, The Parallax View, All the President’s Men) that played on audience’s fears about shadowy government conspiracies.
The fear of those times, that the System was corrupt and out to get you, is no longer a fear – it’s an institutionalized reality that we’ve become inured to. Whether this attitude is healthy in a democracy is a different question – but as drama, these stories simply don’t have the power to jolt us anymore. Banerjee is an admirably high-minded filmmaker, and he won’t resort to conventional dramatic devices. A “lesser” filmmaker would salivate at the prospect of milking the transition of Emraan Hashmi’s character (a pornographer named Jogi, whose most telling detail is that he’s a Rajput who’s a skin-saving coward) from uncaring onlooker to an active participant in the political drama that forms the film’s core, and Jogi’s rooftop escape from thugs out to get him might have become an action set piece. But Banerjee won’t go there. He drains the pulp elements of his story of all juice, as if following Hitchcock’s footsteps from Torn Curtain, where an assassin’s murder is presented not as a thrilling set piece but as a protracted and agonising portrait of how difficult killing someone can be.
That may be how things are in real life, but it cannot be the motivation to watch a movie whose trajectory is so numbingly familiar. People keep making Romeo and Juliet over and over, but the reason an Ishaqzaade works is because of the detailing as well as the drama. There is no shame in amusing an audience, as Banerjee himself proved in his masterful Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!, which was both a smart critique of the India we live in as well as a bloody entertaining movie. Even the big reveal here, at the end, carries no charge. Besides, if you’re no fan of conventional drama, why incorporate traditional dramatic moments like the Big Reveal? Why stage half-hearted songs like Bharat Mata ki Jai, which is shoehorned badly into the film in a moment that makes no sense? Shanghai is full of memorable filmmaking but it isn’t a memorable film. There’s a lingering sense here of wanting to rise above the material, which is fine, but then why pick this material in the first place? In a sense, the title could refer to Banerjee as well. Like the politicians in the film who want to sacrifice India for a shining simulacrum of China, he’s rejecting the inbuilt cravings of Indian audiences in favour of a low-key, Western kind of sophisticated filmmaking, easier to admire from a critical distance than be entertained by up close.
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Utkal Mohanty
Just back from Shanghai. Actually I was back from it last night, but thought I will sleep over it before putting down my thoughts. And so? Disappointed. All my worst fears about the film came true. I would say it was watchable and the performances of both Emran and Abhay were good. And that’s about it.
To start with, at the story level it was very naïve. If an IAS officer could get at a CM so easily everyone would have been doing it. And if it was supposed to be fantasy, then why this pretence of naturalism? I would rather watch Shankar’s Mudalvan where at least some political philosophies are articulated.
Then there is the triteness of the story itself. This kind of political expose may have been new in the 70’s when Z came out. But today it is old hat and does not evoke any kind of disbelief and outrage.
So let’s come to the style and execution. The grammar of cutting scenes midway is novel, but gets irritating after a while. The idea might have been to give the whole proceedings a feel of naturalness , but it only ends up looking arty. Take the speech of Dr Ahmadi about ram asking for water ina mall. It is cut off after the first sentence and the story is completed later when Krishnan is watching the video footgae. But the story is so lame that the punch line has no punch. I so much prefer Salim-Javed’s story of the sone ki murgi in Deewar.
Also if the idea is to present things as they are without over-dramatizing where do songs like Imported Kamariya and Bharat Mata kI Jay come from? You expect me to believe they have dances like that performed at official government functions. Or that they have crowds singing songs like Bharat Mata on the streets. If these are supposed to be artistic liberties then go all the way and stage them properly. When a song like Al I izz well or Give me sunshine is used in 3 Idiots it is in tune with the general narrative style and the words in the songs articulate some thoughts very clearly. Another way of using a song is the Mahie Gill mujra in Gulall. It is witty, picturized with humour and not like a wanna-be item number.
And then there is Kalki. Why the hell she is cast in that role? She behaves like a zombie and looks like an alien. There is no nuance to her performance. She scarcely looks human. Her kiss with Dr Ahmadi is another art film cliché.
The worst part of the film is that it is neither satirical as some critics have commented or offers any new insights. Agreed Hindi films in general overexplain. But this one explains nothing. Shouldn’t the title of Shanghai been touched upon a little more somewhere I the film? There is much more to the idea of Shanghai that just corrupt politicians. If so called ‘ thinking’ directors can up with nothing more than the revelation that the CM herself is behind the land deals, I will take Prakash Jha or Shankar any day ( who at least has the sense to bring out show the middle –class who read the newspaper over a cup of tea and are unwilling to join the hurly-burly of politics are as much to blame as corrupt politicians…in Mudhlavan.) Characters like Dr Ahmadi are cardboard stereotypes and he does not even have anything interesting to say.
That brings me to my general low opinion of political thrillers. In my opinion they are so inadequate at throwing up any in-depth understanding. But at least the best of them like the original Z act as very enjoyable thrillers. This one is just about average as an engaging thriller. The best that one can say about the film is that it is a time pass film. And the time for most part passes quite slowly.
i saw this movie yesterday and felt nothing at all. It was blank. There was master class acts often that would make me smile or amuse me. Being a blogger i couldnt even conjure some words to write about this film. Yet you wrote one of your best write-ups here. Take a bow BR 🙂
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Rasik Tirodkar
The observation in the last few lines of your review is simply brilliant!
travellingslacker
Very disappointed… doesn’t intrigue like a thriller… nor does it seriously analyze the socio-economic or political issues that it deals in…
yes, nice details but simply not enough to be called a good film… PST & VD remains the best films so far in a year in with Sriram Raghavan & DB released films… let’s see what AK has in store now…
Watched Shanghai last night and was waiting eagerly for your take on it. The only point I disagree on is the acting — barring Farooq Sheikh, who did wonders for a character that would otherwise have gone unnoticed, I found the other performances just adequate. Yes, Emraan Hashmi was a pleasant surprise, but that joy was completely negated by Kalki Koechlin employing the same empty, wide-eyed expression on about 6 different occasions. I couldn’t help but compare Shanghai to Kahaani where the casting was exceptional.
Also, what did you make of the slipping-on-the-wet-floor scene? Was it meant to foreshadow how each of the 3 characters would eventually behave in the face of the denouement, or as the mess had been “cleaned” up?
vishal yogi
>> “Western kind of sophisticated filmmaking”
Would you say that PST is an Indian kind of sophisticated filmmaking?
I loved that one, and I wonder if such a distinct Indian thing (or rather a collage of elements) exists or could potentially exist later on, if it already doesnt.
I am not a veteran (yet) when it comes to appreciating cinema, and I hope my question is not silly or otherwise. If it has already been answered or discussed in any online source or books, I’d appreciate the info!
travellingslacker: Yeah, it appeared that all the energy was expended in adding flavour and detail and finally they lost track of *what^ they were adding all that flavour and detail to.
For a political thriller, nothing new in the politics, and no thrills either. I wonder how many people in the audience were still invested in whether anyone got punished etc. by the end.
Vanya: About “the slipping-on-the-wet-floor scene,” I didn’t see it as a foreshadow. Just that this was slippery ground, and that they’d have to be watchful or they’d “skid.” How did you read this scene?
Also, I think Kalki was cast for the way she looks. The character is that of someone who doesn’t look Indian, so that Emraan can tell her “India aapko suit nahin karega.” And then she surprises him by biting the fingers of the man who jumps on the autorickshaw — thus proving that she is as “Indian” than he is, perhaps more so. So they needed someone who could be mistaken for a dainty thing, but who’s really as savage as everyone else. She’s as (deliberately) progammatic a part of the microcosm as everyone else — a Tamilian, a Rajput, a Muslim, and so on.
vishal yogi: I would say that PST too is more “Indian” than this, and the loose yardstick I use is whether an Indian audience exposed only to Indian cinema will be able to follow (and be entertained/engaged by) what’s going on. I’d think that that audience would be a little baffled by “Shanghai,” and no amount of badly-thrust-in item songs can alleviate this disconnect.
When Kalki and Abhay both slip on the floor, I felt this immediate concern for Emraan’s character as he began to walk across; that’s the only reason I started to read a lot into that scene. And at the end, out of the three of them he “stumbled” the least, so to speak (Kalki lost it and mercilessly attacked the driver; Abhay was one foot out the door before he was convinced to turn around).
So, you’re saying Kalki is this generation’s Tom Alter? 😛 Although, yes she brings an innate vulnerability which always makes her character likable. I just felt there was so much more potential to her role.
Sudipta Bhattacharjee
Nice post – mostly agree with you BR. Was dis-satisfied about the following – noted them below (have highlighted the same points in Jai Arjun Singh’s blog too):
1)why couldn’t Prosenjit’s and Abhay’s character be Bengali and north Indian (respectively)? Prosenjit’s Hindi and Abhay’s Tamil accent (IMHO-of course I wud defer to your view on Tamil accent 🙂 But it was the inconsistency of the accent that didn’t work for me – unlike say, Mohanlal in ‘Company’) were not upto the mark and took away something from their otherwise competent performances.This is a particularly relevant point given that these actors were decided before finalizing the screenplay.
2)The ‘Bharat Mata’ song, while well done on a stand-alone basis, was more suited in a Madhur Bhandarkar movie
3)the almost complete lack of background music was jarring and took away something from the storytelling – it is a very difficult thing to pull off and ‘Shanghai’ IMHO didn’t succeed in this aspect
4)Why Vishal-Shekhar for music direction in this one – somehow, music seems to have gotten a step-motherly treatment in this movie – very unlike Dibakar
Any specific thoughts on the above?
P.S. – BTW, did you know that Prosenjit is yesteryears’ star Viswajeet’s son, started his career in Hindi films as a ‘chocolate-boy’ romantic hero with ‘Andhiyan’ (you may youtube. The movie also starred Mumtaz and Shatrughan Sinha. Praosenjit’s Hindi was much better then)and was offered ‘Maine Pyar Kiya’ before Salman Khan? a delicious ‘what-if’ scenario for a bollywood buff, no? 🙂
Manu Mysore
Except Abhay and Farooqh’s performance, nothing works for this movie ………Watching Parallax View just a day before was sure an experience……
Regarding the language issue, I thought that Abhay Deol’s character spoke in a slight Tamil accent in once scene and no accent in the rest of the movie. Also, in recent movies, there is a tendency to have lines that were constructed in English and translated word-by-word. Traces of this were there even in this movie, (I can’t remember the exact instances but some of Kalki’s lines for example)
When you say there was nothing “new” in the political thriller, what exactly are you looking for? Surely by that standard, as a nation, we have well gone past any attempt by our filmmakers to shock us politically. Just because we are insulated from the reality does not mean the subject lacks gravitas. I think the movie was investing most of its energies into the character of the bureaucrat.That he was in charge of the Bharatnagar land acquisition initially and was hesitant to take up his added responsibility, was no coincidence. It all built up to that scene when he confronts his senior bueraucrat and bullies him(Farooqe Shaik was not a politician here). Apart from this the silent twist with the doctors wife joining the IBP was extremely subtle. It was laced with irony and wit, and for me that seemed more than enough ride for a gripping movie.
Sudipta Bhattacharjee: About your points —
1) “why couldn’t Prosenjit’s and Abhay’s character be Bengali and north Indian (respectively)?” Because a microcosm means you have to have a representative India filled with people from all over — a Rajput, a Tamilian, etc. A more valid question might be: Why couldn’t Abhay’s character have been played by a Tamil actor?
3) The lack of score didn’t bother me at all.
4) “Why Vishal-Shekhar?” But why not? They make music. The film needs music. Nobody talked about OLLO’s music, because it wasn’t by abig name, and if roping in big music director’s adds to the value of the package, why not?
P.S. ‘Maine Pyar Kiya’ without Salman Khan? What a delicious anecdote! 🙂
prasun: I quite like the way Dibakar Banerjee uses language. His films (and films like Delhi Belly) are the rare instances where the Hindi/English mix comes off sounding right, unlike Cocktail (whose trailer I saw before Shanghai). I kept thinking: Why don’t you guys just speak English, dammit?
Also, the traces of Tamil need not be in the “accent”, as you put it. It’s in the subtler details like “bha” being pronounced as “ba”, because there is no “bha” in Tamil. And you can acquire it as you speak, but there are times you lapse into “ba.” I thought that was beautifully done.
Partha: Reg. “When you say there was nothing ”new” in the political thriller, what exactly are you looking for?” I guess I’m looking for something that tells me more about the situations we’re handed. I did not find any particularly intriguing insights — they all seemed to me fairly stock situations. Take away the detailing in the film, and what do you really have that we haven’t seen earlier?
“Apart from this the silent twist with the doctors wife joining the IBP was extremely subtle.”
I didn’t see this as a twist. There’s a big hint earlier on when she makes a determined speech on a news channel about her husband’s condition. It’s very well done (in the sense that it’s not harped on), but it wasn’t surprising to me.
You are not anymore my fav critic 🙂
Govardhan Giridass
“Kalki is this generation’s Tom Alter” ROTFL. Best I’ve heard in a long time. Made my day. Thank you.
The language in these movies is definitely better, but every once in a while there is an odd line that would have worked better in English. To me, it appeared that Abhay Deol’s character was a Tamil who had grown up in Delhi – and therefore spoke Hindi like a Dilliwala – but still spoke Tamil at home (he talks to his mom in one of the earlier scenes). To my untrained ear, his Tamil didn’t sound like a native speaker. So it was weird when he “lapses” in the boardroom scene with Kaul. Just my perception though.
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Santosh Kumar T K
Kangna Ranaut is the poor man’s (filmmaker’s) Kalki Koechlin, or the other way around. I am not quite sure about Tom Alter, though!
Raj Balakrishnan
What is PST and VD? And AK
Shanghai is leftist drivel: capitalists are bad, big projects are bad, mining is bad, development is bad, etc. That loony arundirty Roy could have written this stuff.
Brangan, I have not seen Shanghai, because it did not release in the cinema halls here in the town stay at in US. But given that I admire the logical way you analyze movies, I am surprised by this comment that you make: “Take away the detailing in the film, and what do you really have that we haven’t seen earlier?”
Isn’t modern cinema a lot about detailing, style, and adding grey shades to those once one dimensional characters? Didn’t ‘kaminey’ (I know I know people loved Kaminey and I will probably get lynched for saying this) work along the same lines, as in give us colorful characters in the police offers, the maharashtra-loving bhai, the wacky/weirdo brothers who made money out of horse racing? Take all that away, and we don’t have much of anything that I had not seen before – a movie where things go wrong at every move, plans do not work out, and at the climax, usually through a fight, everything falls in place. I can think of Hera Pheri, Hungama, 99, House Full….wrong of me to compare these movies to one another, but aren’t they incomparable mainly because of the treatment, the detailing and the character building?
Anushil Gupta
disagree with you here again. what new intriguing insight this film offer which one didn’t know? I think the question should be what new intriguing insight this film offer which one didnt know in films? Name 3 Indian films, (name 1 with the exception of Hazaro Khawaishen aisi), which dealt with political corruption and the public apathy with as much integrity? yes may be the know-all couch intellectuals amongst us is inured towards the happenings and with no ‘big-revelation’ or the so called orgasmic moments to shock us. Saw the film with my fiancée who reports to the Commissioner of a state, she was shocked, despite seeing the same happenings(or non happenings) day in and day out. For me the point of the film was just that, apathy, and that shocks in its completeness. Also have heard many folks complain about not explaining many things, well these are the same folks who complain about the spoon feeding in Indian cinema. (Again you keep mentioning things vaguely about being Indian cinematically, don’t understand the concept, indianness of cinema,curious, could you elaborate)This one didn’t and yet if you look closely everything is explained. Why can’t a film-maker make things which have stopped being shocking, and what makes it inferior if it is engaging even if you knew it all. For us the trajectory was pretty predictable, including the climax, and yet the wonder was the tension DB managed to sustain. Agree with you about the first 20 mins or so, pretentious long takes of Kalki’s face that didn’t contribute to anything and so on, the two item songs, distracting camera work..commercial compulsions of a higher budget may be, experimentation.. but then towards the second half it had has hooked. planning a second look soon, would recommend one for you.
“even the big reveal carries no charge…”, somehow BR I thought that was the beauty of the film..sort of like a japanese haiku or painting,that through all the murkiness, there is a kind of no charge existence we live in, apathy or whatever.
For a mainstream movie to have the audience in the hall, without waltzing in and out unlike the infamous thaniavarthanam music academy vadaai cases, here the audience actually stayed until the credits rolled and was over…almost waiting for something else to happen.For me the draw was that he wove silences and longshots along with the two item numbers that was quickle dispensed with..
and agree..dame kalki , acting classes maybe?!
Abhirup.
I would like to ask the same question that Apu has, Mr. Rangan. Lots of films tread familiar ground, and turn out to be enjoyable precisely because of the detailing. And you have written about that before. About ‘Udaan’, you said, “The find-yourself story arc may be fairly predictable, but the detailing is the thing that makes this superb first feature soar.” So, you admitted that there is hardly anything new or novel about the story arc of ‘Udaan’, but that it is the detailing that makes the film “superb.” Why, then, do you dismiss ‘shanghai’ despite the fact that it has such awesome detailing? Why are you not willing to overlook the familiarity of the subject matter–as you did in the case of ‘Udaan’–and laud the film for what it is? I mean, there are hardly any “new” stories out there; almost all films have plots that have precedents in other, earlier films. The best that any director can do is to take a familiar story and enliven it with his own touch–through his own detailing, in other words. And I feel Banerjee has done that with this film. I agree that the film is not groundbreaking, but it does succeed in pulling us into the story of three people who try, in their own ways, to fight the rampant corruption in India. You are right that this corruption is something which many of us have become inured to, but does that mean no films should be made on the subject? It brings me back to my original question: a subject matter (be it the adolescent angst and aspirations in ‘Udaan’ or political corruption in ‘shanghai’) may be familiar, but if a director decides to tackle it nevertheless and adds his own brand of exquisite detailing to it (as both Motwane and Banerjee have), isn’t that quite an accomplishment?
Apu/Abhirup/Anushil Gupta: When you say that I have a “logical” way of admiring films, I hope you don’t mean that there is no “emotional” component — because a reaction to a film consists of the conscious things you register (i.e. the “logical”) as well as the unconscious ways in which it made you react. And a review is a bit of both, which is why you find — as Abhirup did — that the very things you like in one film may not be what you like in another, or the things that made you admire one film aren’t enough to make you admire another.
So when I say “Take away the detailing in the film, and what do you really have that we haven’t seen earlier?,” guess I mean that I admired the detailing in a logical way, but beyond that the film didn’t make me feel anything, and the details were all that stood out. There wasn’t anything unconscious that made me react to anything *beyond* those details.
As you say, the sameness isn’t the problem. But the fact there’s nothing beyond the detailing is a problem (at least to me). Unlike Anushil, I didn’t feel any tension. By the end of Udaan (because Abhirup brought it up, and which I reviewed here), I was rooting for the kid to escape — and that’s not a film that has many obviously “dramatic” moments either. But the director shaped his characters and his staging so that you still had an emotional investment in what happened, and that emotional investment wasn’t there for me here.
As I mentioned, I got the sense of the director being “above” this material, and that was a bit of a turn off as well. But I hope that this review doesn’t give the sense that I did not like the movie. I probably don’t rate it as highly as some people, but I did like it, and tried to point out what I liked before I came to address my problems with it.
anamika: Yes, but didn’t that reveal come through like an afterthought? The way the film was shaping up, it didn’t matter whether the answers were there or not, and even if Kalki hadn’t found out about the guy at the end, the film would have still fit your thesis of “all the murkiness, there is a kind of no charge existence we live in.”
Fair enough, Mr. Rangan. But I still think that the film’s detailing elevate it despite the familiar premise. I would further argue that it is not solely about details either, that it has characters and situations that elicit an emotional reaction. For example, when that aging truck driver (the one who had been reluctant to get involved in the plan to kill Dr. Ahmadi, but was forced to do so) says, “Jeena haram lagta hain, paar marne se daar bhi toh lagta hain”, I was quite moved. Jogi’s recounting of his cowardly escape from his hometown, and the way he said it–Emraan Hashmi did a good job of sounding candid and looking ashamed in that scene–was also oddly touching. I could name many other moments. But of course, a scene or a film that moved me need not do the same for you, and vice versa. Your take on ‘Shanghai’ is a good read, as usual; it’s just that I feel you were too harsh on it. Whatever may be the film’s drawbacks, to call it a “hollow shell” is unjustified in my opinion. A hollow shell of a movie is one that has no ideas or craft worth the name, and which has been made without any thought, care, concern or vision. ‘housefull 2’, for instance. Surely that doesn’t hold true for ‘Shanghai’? I think the film is better than you made it appear in your review. That’s all. Thanks for your reply.
No matter what Abhirup said above, I have faith that BR will always stick to speaking his mind 🙂 His article sealed my decision to not watch this movie 😉
My biases and reasons are scattered, and one of them is to watch cinema outside the influence of Hollywood – for example there are some fine directors in Russian, Turkish and Iranian cinema. Maybe its wishful thinking, but I dont see why Indian cinema cant have its own unique stamp – sure its bound to be more rural than urban – but then, we as a civilization have lived much closer to Nature than the western ones. And maybe a more spirituality based tradition might be more challenging to depict in a visual medium than a material (western) culture. But where there’s an outline, there’s always a way.
Its just that we have this ingrained sense of inferiority about our past and the culture it brings – post the British rule, which is accelerating as we go ga ga over american pop culture. We salivate and drool when Indian cinema incorporates borrowed elements, but would that hold, if someone went in the opposite direction?
I went a bit off track, but I think I was able to verbalize a bit about what could be imagined to be potentially Indian. Criticism (of cinema, literature, etc) is usually rooted and shaped by dominant (western) perceptions as depicted by the evolution of cinema in the West – and if this school of thought cant dissect something that was never in their field of analysis, that is their problem.
Maybe that’s why neither Adaminte Makan Abu nor Jodái-e Náder az Simin (A separation) could have won their holy grail – the Oscars.
Glad you explained Brangan. It just seemd that you were using a different set of standards for this movie, and it was important for me, who has not seen the movie, to understand that.
And no, by ‘logical’, I did not mean a dispassionate or unemotional analysis, what I really meant was that you usually look at all aspects of a movie and do not dismiss the movie by just saying ‘bakwas’ or ‘awesome’. There are a lot more nuances in your review, but I understand what you say about the overall ‘feel’.
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“No matter what Abhirup said above, I have faith that BR will always stick to speaking his mind”
Errr, can’t remember asking Mr. Rangan to do otherwise.
Brangan, hi. I had few problems with your review of Shanghai. I loved the way you brought in details from the film, and appreciated those, but I also saw a sense of deliberate skepticism to berate the movie purely because it doesn’t have the loud thrust of an entertainer? The director is “above” the material, according to you, but I would say he drove the material single-handedly by adding nuances. Isn’t the material symptomatic of the largely available political realities? Like, what has changed to really manifest that change into movie making? Should Anna Hazare be fictionalised on screen as a crusader, and will that be a supplication for change in art? I don’t understand the need to dismiss the movie on that account. And on that note, not everyone has seen Z and neither have I. I would love to see it. And, I believe the seeming absurdity of ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ was a poignant distraction to involve the audience in the multiple realities outside ‘the hall’. I believe the movie has ample dystopia with moments of hope, and I would ask, what is the formula to entertain while putting a message across? Is it by an Indianised version of A Clockwork Orange, where the grotesque takes over the narrative? And, will that be new?
Vishal yogi: “Its just that we have this ingrained sense of inferiority about our past and the culture it brings – post the British rule, which is accelerating as we go ga ga over american pop culture. We salivate and drool when Indian cinema incorporates borrowed elements, but would that hold, if someone went in the opposite direction?”
Not true. Today we all live in a globalized world where no culture is insulated from other. There is always a constant give and take. Iranian cinema borrows from Hollywood. Hollywood borrows from Hong Kong cinema and so on. If no one borrows much from Indian cinema that means we aren’t making films with our own original grammar that is powerful or good enough to attract others. WE will wait for such a film and applaud it when it comes. Adaminte Makan Abu obviously is not that film.
Incidentally A separation did win the Best Foreign Film Oscar… not to mention box office picking of 19 million USD ( It was made for 800,000 USD)
And again there is nothing wrong with incorporating Hollywood aesthetics in Indian films. But Shanghai is not really Hollywood. if at all it is inspired by Z , which is European cinema.
Ironically enough, I find your review to be just what you deem to hate. An intellectually-propped up critique of a film that is being compared to either earlier films or is being judged by your understanding of “audience”. Did you even get the point of the film? I don’t think so from what I read. And you wouldn’t have gone on about Z if you did. The film talks of small, personal victories being the only thing that can happen in today’s India, no major change of the system. How is that irrelevant?
If you like entertaining films and by entertainment you mean laughs…say you didn’t think this was it. To presume what the filmmaker was making was “sophisticated Hollywood film” makes you seem ignorant as do a lot of points you make. I am not saying you SHOULD like the film; all I m saying it is view a film for what it is. Not a thing to be compared to a Director’s previous films and not a film to be superficially analysed in terms of acting, writing etc etc.
Utkal Mohanty: “…we aren’t making films with our own original grammar that is powerful or good enough to attract others.”
Indian civilization has a longer history than most other cultures – and we could have drawn from the rich past – but most of that history is “encoded” in Sanskrit – which we have disconnected from. Besides that, the second disaster (currently shaping up) is that the regional Indian languages are also slowly being swallowed up under the umbrella of english. Think 30-40 years ahead, & Indians would be content with a functional grasp that does not extend to literature, philosophy or thought processes.
How many readers of this blog can claim to actually read outside english *and* appreciate the same?
So even if a film maker surmounted the above obstacles, perhaps he/she would choose to not take the risk because the audience expectations were already shaped by global trends?
We are the only country that exists “in translation”.
For example, people happily chanting Sanskrit hymns and mantras without knowing an iota of the language itself.
To quote from an article elsewhere,
“Language like life, like faith, encodes the identity of a people.
Bi- and trilingual cultures would fall silent before the blistering array of languages India is home to: five language families,14 major writing systems, 400 spoken languages, thousands of dialects.”
Its a shame that our diverse landscape is rapidly getting homogenized by english.
aandthirtyeights
I find this surprising, to say the least – what did The Great Gatsby tell the Jazz Age that the Jazz Age didn’t know about itself? Did it shock people of that time? Is art to be judged by its shock value? If yes, then Madhur Bhandarkar is the truest artist around.
Meta Sant
I consider DB with the best storytelling sense in Bollywood. He has that knack and with varied topics has managed to tell a good story. For once, I was disappointed, with Shanghai.
I believe that this was his toughest story to ‘show’ – commenting on the politics of our times; the scope is very broad and challenging. Both in terms of setting and characters of the story ‘Z’.
He has followed ‘Z’ (the film) to a good extent except for one big change: creating the (Kalki) character of Shalini, a lover, who takes forth the battle to get the criminal behind bars. Or well…she is supposed to.
This is a problem, or a challenge very difficult to deal with: trying to put a passive character at the center of the story. Then…dealing with multiple narratives and intending to focus on stories of other key figures. The danger is in keeping track of the core of the story.
The big flaw for me (as Utkal pointed out in the first comment) is his strategy of execution to tell the story. With regards to cinematography and editing.
He goes hand-held for most of the times, which gets jarring over the time; worse, it takes you away from the characters. I am sure the Shanghai crew will back their strategy but shakiness, all the way, even if justified, is very hard to execute. It can work, if the characters are developed and arc well; you need emotional resonance. Shanghai doesn’t exude that.
Hand-held relates to certain tension and for most parts the tension isn’t there. Even though to be fair there’s a conflict at play. What hampers this is the editing. The quick-paced editing takes you out of scenes too quick to feel the (emotional) impact. Again, either they didn’t get good footage (!) or it was deliberate, which I would like to believe. There are moments when the characters (especially, Shalini) seem to linger on too much on the camera. Besides, the transitions seemed to take you out of things. Now…that could very well be what DB wanted but they do take you out. At least me.
For me, Kalki was alright. I thought the direction and editing made things seems bad for her. As for Hashmi, he was effective but at times DB went the Kashyap way, which I can’t relate to – focusing on character traits that ought to appear cute / funny – taking you out of the story; this is highlighted especially by the (lame?) dialogues.
I admire the dude for trying to tell this story. For trying multiple narratives. For making a comment on the system at play. For getting good performances. Well even for the ‘detailing’, which many critics have stressed on; sometimes I don’t know what’s the big deal – you need that stuff. I mean, yes, I appreciate the sets and the ‘real’ locations, which I salute DB a lot for but you need that for the sake of the story; plus it’s not Wake Up Sid stuff, where struggling young adults have a house that should have a rent of 50K/month! But then…those films are another ‘genre’.
One angle as some have pointed out – some of the stuff seems naive. This is a ‘serious’ picture in a way. Focusing on ‘realistic’ stuff. I am not disturbed by the songs et al. In fact, I won’t be surprised to find that the Bollywood dance show actually happens. Am sure it can be worse. Is Shalini plain dumb to not understand how the system works?
Krishnan is the smart cookie and Deol plays him well but what spoils stuff is the weak writing and quick cuts. I don’t know why Krishnan avoids talking to the ‘activists’ till the very end. One cliched masala-movie stuff: quick resolution when Deol takes on Sheikh – “i know you have done this, i know you have nexus et al…” What’s the point? To be impressed that our man has integrity. Well, you were on the right track, here’s a character caught in-between, here’s a dude who stands for the principles you stand for, but does DB emphasize the struggle. He highlights for sure but the turn-around is too quick and goes for a quick-fix.
The big point is – Which characters you relate to? How emotionally affecting the story is? He was there and…wasn’t. I thought the story had meat but…it was poor execution. Trying too much. Doing too much. Moving around too much – the camera, literally!
I was pretty curious to know how the highly acclaimed ‘Z’ was and well…the best part – it’s fully available on YT: http://www.youtube.com/user/TheodorakisZ
Made in 1969, the scale, when it comes to having gang-fights is kinda bigger. But DB follows the film to a good deal. The big difference is the narrative flow. ‘Z’ flows simply even though it’s a complex film – no straight-forward protagonist. However, by making the judge (Krishnan) the key guy, who keeps following up, you are more in sync with the story. Garvas does less and achieves much more.
Again, you have pointed out numerous nuances of this film that have escaped the perspective of many other reviewers, and as expected, it is a joy to read your observant views but I disagree with your overall opinion of this film, especially considering its coolly ironic and superbly metaphorical ending. Costas-Gavras’ “Z” which was not all that great in the first place, might have been released in more politically charged times but DB’s sanguine depiction of his film’s contemporary Indian milieu has a vibrant authenticity to it that is relelvant no matter how any other similarly-themed films we have seen.
Banerjee, as Khosla ka Ghosla showed, is an optimist and that is why he injects this largely stolid narrative with last-minute drama as if to display that he believes in gunning for redemption no matter how fatalistic or ridiculous it appears. The pic’s very end however re-cements his concurrent seemingly paradoxical credentials as a realist. And I dont subscribe to the generalization however tempting, of the “Indian audience’s inbuilt craving for..” There are plenty amongst us who inspite of our spiced blood, who can fully appreciate and even enjoy “low-key supposedly Western kind of sophisticated film-making”.There is space after all for all kinds of good films.
yaohfsl
Mr. Rangan’s opinion about Shanghai is bang-on accurate. It is at best a pretentious narrative, pretentiously executed – the detailing-shetailing etc. etc as he mentions. I am not surprised that so many of our ‘A list’ reviewers loved Shanghai, and panned a truly moving film like Ishaqzaade. The problem with them is that can only see (and praise) overt complexity, they can’t see the complexity inherent in overtly simple stuff. Mr. Rangan can. I am impressed :).
“In a sense, the title could refer to Banerjee as well. Like the politicians in the film who want to sacrifice India for a shining simulacrum of China, he’s rejecting the inbuilt cravings of Indian audiences in favour of a low-key, Western kind of sophisticated filmmaking, easier to admire from a critical distance than be entertained by up close”
What are you talking about? when did paying attention to detail become a western kind of sophisticated film making? and what the heck are the inbuilt cravings of indian audiences? a yet another saif ali-deepika padukone love kal parso? Your review shows how unbelievable you were that you got to see a movie like shanghai in your lifetime and you are still trying to save your face because you had already surrendered to a certain kind of “inbuilt” expectation from indian cinema. You should go watch Golmaal 5. Unbelievable!
Anjali Singh
” There’s a lingering sense here of wanting to rise above the material, which is fine, but then why pick this material in the first place? ”
Because you were unable to answer this self raised question…you have missed the hidden chameleon which is the theme of the film.
you think dibakar will take the plot from the Novel Z..merely to reproduce an already famous film that has won an oscar..in Indian setting?Is dibakar as banal as that?
the film is a merciless critique of the middle class mentality…..and all its talk of…we hate corruption.
the film has been consciously made drama dry and is not a social commentary but an insight into indian pyschology.
all the characters in the movie are gray.But the biggest of all the villains is Abhay Deol.
the fact that tenders r being invited in bharat nagar…..in which a lot of money can be made by the politicians and the bureaucrats and the CM is sending him to videsh on a decorative post at this time…..is another reason y abhay is pissed off from the govt.
did u notice…..every one was asking abhay…cm ji aapse bahut khush hain..and smiling….why was that?they were making fun of him…as it often happens in bureaucratic circles.
also,the fact that this case was given to abhay..and not to any one else…why was that?becoz everyone knew that the death of ahmedi was a murder and not an accident…..so public sentiment was against the govt…..still abhay(by the very nature of his job was not supposed to do a through investigation)…therefore….who will become the scapegoat for not doing through investigation and pinning down the culprit?Abhay..ofcourse.
abhay was disenchanted for all these reasons…and wanted his pie in the bharat nagar tender thing…so he made his move..
hence,the biggest of all the villians is abhay.the struggle abhay is going through ..is of all the things certainly not the struggle of conscience…whether to opt for justice or go with injustice?abhay’s struggle is the struggle of macbeth…..shud i follow this case strongly and fuck the government(it is obvious from the beginning that the govt. has a role in the killing)….should i be ambitious?or should i just finish my job..and go to the foreign country on a decorative post…away from the main source of power politics.that is his struggle…and finally he decides to be ambitious..and makes farrukh the offer.now,in the new regime it is obvious abhay will play a vital role..and farrukh will be in awe of him.
The biggest villian No. 2 is kalki….more on her later.
just rewatch the movie closely again.
shanghai is such a deceptive and deep film…not only the best of dibakar….but as far as the hitchcockian depth of its theme is concerned….certainly it deserves a cult status like ardh satya
though i loved the movie gow very very much….loved the visiting vengeance subversion of the prankster anurag in it….that film is nothing when compared to shanghai.
I had this odd feeling that I was missing something – the movie seemed familiar and predictable, and with any other director, I would take it as a fairly timepass, well made thriller. But given DB’s other movies, I kept looking for something else that would give me an “aha” moment. And it wasn’t the ending, for sure. While I hadn’t anticipated Aruna becoming the next cutout, at the same time it wasn’t a mindbending twist, and the expression of Dr Ahmedi looking gobsmacked at the end was only amusing, not shocking, if that is what DB intended by insering that shot there. The only thing that held me was actually Deol’s character. I thought Krishnan was perhaps the key to the movie, not Ahmedi, not Kalki’s character, nor that of Hashmi who was interesting too, showing more depths of guile than his initial simple minded approach would have indicated. Krishnan is the enigmatic one – he is shown to be vindictive in the beginning (when he is told he is like a haathi who never forgets an insult) and when I was pondering why the character had to be South Indian at all, I figure he is the outsider in this cow-belt movie, showing the “other” India, the educated, conservative one and on both sides you can see how this contrast affects decisions. To the northies, Krishnan comes across as a puppet whose need for structure and convention can be used against him, there is a palpable contempt in the way Farooq Shaikh’s character talks to him, also the way the police address him. On his part, Krishnan seems to view the politics around him with tightly concealed distaste that peeks through every now and then, using his precise clothing (loved how the tie comes up again and again) and reserved demenour to delineate that he may work there but he is not part of this circus. Was he really fighting the good cause when he gets the government toppled in the end? Or was he actually telling all those who pushed him around, kept him in the dark about coalition politics, assumed he could be bought off for a Stockholm posting, that he was the smart one, not them? He is shown relishing the puppeteering in the end – responsible for changing the fates of the CM, the Central Government minister, the cops, the Chief Secretary. I think Deol did a fabulous job with the accent – he didn’t let it become a caricature a la Mehmood, not even as broad and annoying as Konkona as Mrs Iyer – like most southies who have lived in the north, his Hindi was practically accentless except under stress – I liked the way he lapsed into a slight Tamilian drawl (“Ennnqqquiry commission”) when he got hassled, and then back to accentless speech when he had composed himself.
Rahul Tyagi
er… “A Separation” couldn’t have won the Oscar? It did, actually. How could it not, really? such an amazing movie!
sorry brangan. hadn’t read the replies below which already mentioned this. feel free to not publish these two comments.
vishwanath tripathi
well its satisfying at last….dat in India some people are here to care about d ground stories….really a great work to managing the society from slum to the MP house…. i eagerly waiting for movies like dis….nice judgement Dibakar with all you role… Thank you
Devarsi Ghosh
And how relevant is this film today. Umar Khalid was shot at on his way to an event in Constitution Club, Delhi. Amazing how it came two years before 2014, and it predicted the rise of a venomous cult oriented around “development” of “Bharat nagar”.
In Appreciation of Dibakar Banerjee | Chasing Rabbits →
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The latest release of Building Information Modelling platform bimstore has been unveiled
bimstore – the UK and Europe’s original Building Information Modelling (BIM) library – unveiled its next generation platform to help lead industry culture change at RocketSpace in Angel, London last month.
The pioneering new platform named ‘bimstore 4.0’ has been designed to break down silos between specifiers and manufacturers, encourage collaboration and champion better ways of working in the built environment.
As well as enabling a ‘smarter community’ to connect specifiers and manufacturers, bimstore 4.0 continues to deliver accurate, quality and compliant BIM content for download, including objects and components in all formats from Autodesk Revit, Archicad, Bentley and IFC.
The launch of bimstore 4.0 is pertinent to the Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety 2018 which highlighted deep flaws in the design and construction process. With strong recommendations in the Hackitt Review for more rigour at the front end of the design process, the need for a digital ‘golden thread of building information’, and the future role of BIM to facilitate this, bimstore 4.0 provides the industry with a platform for culture change.
This year the UK Government will consult on proposals for a ‘digital by default’ standard of record keeping as well as proposals for how duty holders will collect, hold, analyse and make available the data that constitutes a golden thread of building information.
For the first time, bimstore 4.0 provides the burgeoning BIM community with a dedicated space to discuss and debate important built environment industry issues. It does so through new integrated social features including personal profile pages and online discussion forums, so that knowledge and best practice can be shared.
Rob Charlton, Co-Founder of bimstore said: “Over the last eight years, we’ve continued to invest in innovation to achieve our mission of making buildings smarter.
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Field Season Report: Summer Breeding Grounds
By Nancy DrillingNovember 28, 2016Monitoring Programs, Partners, Science, Stewardship
Home » Blog » Monitoring Programs » Field Season Report: Summer Breeding Grounds
By Kaitlyn Wilson, North Dakota Field Crew Leader
Bird Conservancy of the Rockies, working alongside partners including North Dakota Game and Fish Department, just completed a second summer season studying breeding season survival in adults and juveniles of nesting Baird’s and Grasshopper Sparrows in the Northern Great Plains of North Dakota and Montana.
The vast expanse of the prairie – it may look like just grass, but that grass was bustling with the activity of nesting grassland birds! Photo by Kaitlyn Wilson.
The day starts bright and early when you’re chasing sparrows in the grassland. Pictured is a net set-up at sunrise.
Photo by Nicole Richardson.
When we first arrived at the beginning of the season, the species we were looking for had not yet returned from their wintering grounds in Mexico. Then, one morning, the musical trill of a Baird’s Sparrow broke through the wind of the prairie. It was followed by the insect-like trills of a Grasshopper Sparrow. The birds had found their way back once again, and the breeding season had begun!
An adult Grasshopper Sparrow after being fitted with a transmitter. You can see the antenna extending off the back of the bird. Photo by Nicole Richardson.
The males are always eager to defend territory. We lured them into mist nets by playing a Baird’s Sparrow song, imitating a rival. Within a minute our first sparrow darted into the net in an attempt to run off the intruder. Each captured bird was fitted with a transmitter. We used radio telemetry to track their exact location every day, in an effort to determine survival rates and habitat use.
Pictured is one of our Montana crew members using the radio telemetry equipment to track birds. Sometimes, the birds move out of range and we spend considerable time scanning the area looking for “lost birds.” This may involve many hours spent listening to the mind-numbing static coming from our receivers, just waiting for a signal “ping” from one of our birds. During one search, we realized that meadowlarks could produce a call identical to the sound of a telemetry signal, making the task even trickier!
Photo by Sara Burns.
As we continued capturing males, the females began to sporadically arrive. The beginning of the nesting season for Grasshopper Sparrow becomes obvious as they start acting ‘nesty’—making chipping calls much different than their usual calls. Baird’s Sparrows are more elusive, only giving their nest away when flushed, or by flying circles overhead and chipping because we were getting too close to their nest.
We monitored nests for survival (fail or fledge), and also attached transmitters to nestlings to track their survival. Unfortunately, many of the nests did fail, often due to depredation. Predators include Northern Harriers, coyotes, ground squirrels, weasels, and snakes. Some nests were abandoned for unknown reasons. The failures, though disheartening, give insights into the challenges facing these birds.
Grassland songbirds are declining at a steeper rate than any other group of birds in North America. According to the State of North America’s Birds 2016 report, 27% of the 45 grassland species have lost, on average, almost 70% of their continental populations since 1970. A likely cause is habitat loss. We look forward to another season in 2017 with opportunities to learn more and hopefully shed light on what can be done to ensure their song continues to be heard across the wide open landscape.
Help support our efforts to conserve birds across their full life cycle! Please visit our Colorado Gives Day page. You can pre-schedule your contribution NOW to be debited on December 6th, Colorado Gives Day. All contributions received that day are matched with incentive funds from Community First Foundation. Thank you for your support! Together, we are making a difference to bird conservation efforts across the Americas!
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L D Landau, J. S. Bell, M. J. Kearsley, L. P. Pitaevskii, E.M. Lifshitz, J. B. Sykes
Elsevier, Oct 22, 2013 - Science - 1341 pages
Covers the theory of electromagnetic fields in matter, and the theory of the macroscopic electric and magnetic properties of matter. There is a considerable amount of new material particularly on the theory of the magnetic properties of matter and the theory of optical phenomena with new chapters on spatial dispersion and non-linear optics. The chapters on ferromagnetism and antiferromagnetism and on magnetohydrodynamics have been substantially enlarged and eight other chapters have additional sections.
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CHAPTER I ELECTROSTATICS OF CONDUCTORS
CHAPTER II ELECTROSTATICS OF DIELECTRICS
CHAPTER III STEADY CURRENT
CHAPTER IV STATIC MAGNETIC FIELD
CHAPTER V FERROMAGNETISM AND ANTIFERROMAGNETISM
CHAPTER VI SUPERCONDUCTIVITY
CHAPTER VII QUASISTATIC ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD
CHAPTER VIII MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS
CHAPTER XI ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES IN ANISOTROPIC MEDIA
CHAPTER XII SPATIAL DISPERSION
CHAPTER XIII NONLINEAR OPTICS
CHAPTER XIV THE PASSAGE OF FAST PARTICLES THROUGH MATTER
CHAPTER XV SCATTERING OF ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
CHAPTER XVI DIFFRACTION OF XRAYS IN CRYSTALS
CURVILINEAR COORDINATES
CHAPTER IX THE ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EQUATIONS
CHAPTER X THE PROPAGATION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
Lev Davidovich Landau,Evgeniĭ Mikhaĭlovich Lifshit︠s︡
Course of theoretical physics: Electrodynemics of continuous media
Лев Давидович Ландау,Евгений Михайлович Лифшиц,Лев Петрович Питаевский
Electrodynamics of Continuous Media, Volume 8
Лев Давидович Ландау,Evgeniĭ Mikhaĭlovich Lifshit︠s︡,Lev Petrovich Pitaevskiĭ
According angle anisotropy assumed averaging axes axis becomes body boundary conditions calculation called charge coefficient compared components condition conducting conductor consider constant continuous coordinates corresponding crystal curl denote density depends derivative determined dielectric direction discontinuity distance distribution effect electric field ellipsoid energy equal equation expression external factor ferromagnet fluid flux follows force formula frequency function given gives grad Hence incident increases independent induction integral linear magnetic field mean medium neglected normal obtain occur parallel particle particular permittivity perpendicular phase plane polarization positive potential present PROBLEM propagated properties quantities range regarded region relation respect result rotation satisfied scattering simply solution sphere Substituting surface symmetry taken temperature tensor theory thermodynamic transition uniform unit values variable vector volume wave write zero
Lev Davidovich Landau was born on January 22, 1908 in Baku, U.S.S.R (now Azerbaijan). A brilliant student, he had finished secondary school by the age of 13. He enrolled in the University of Baku a year later, in 1922, and later transferred to the University of Leningrad, from which he graduated with a degree in physics. Landau did graduate work in physics at Leningrad's Physiotechnical Institute, at Cambridge University in England, and at the Institute of Theoretical Physics in Denmark, where he met physicist Neils Bohr, whose work he greatly admired. Landau worked in the Soviet Union's nuclear weapons program during World War II, and then began a teaching career. Considered to be the founder of a whole school of Soviet theoretical physicists, Landau was honored with numerous awards, including the Lenin Prize, the Max Planck Medal, the Fritz London Prize, and, most notably, the 1962 Nobel Prize for Physics, which honored his pioneering work in the field of low-temperature physics and condensed matter, particularly liquid helium. Unfortunately, Landau's wife and son had to accept the Nobel Prize for him; Landau had been seriously injured in a car crash several months earlier and never completely recovered. He was unable to work again, and spent the remainder of his years, until his death in 1968, battling health problems resulting from the accident. Landau's most notable written work is his Course of Theoretical Physics, an eight-volume set of texts covering the complete range of theoretical physics. Like several other of Landau's books, it was written with Evgeny Lifshitz, a favorite student, because Landau himself strongly disliked writing. Some other works include What is Relativity?, Theory of Elasticity, and Physics for Everyone.
Title Electrodynamics of Continuous Media
Volume 8 of COURSE OF THEORETICAL PHYSICS
Authors L D Landau, J. S. Bell, M. J. Kearsley, L. P. Pitaevskii, E.M. Lifshitz, J. B. Sykes
Edition 2, revised
Publisher Elsevier, 2013
Science / Physics / Electricity
Science / Physics / Electromagnetism
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For The Boys: The Chicago Musical Is A 5 Star Winner!
For the Boys musical will have audiences laughing and crying
By Jodie Jacobs, Chicago Theater Examiner
For the Boys, a musical world premiere at Marriott Theatre, is a five star winner
Unlike many Marriott shows that showcase exceptional dancing, For the Boys depends on suburb acting to carry off its poignant theme of entertaining the troops in the trenches. Audiences are more likely to leave the theater thinking about the sacrifices made in today’s wars instead of leaving with one of the show’s melodies on their lips.
The musical stars Michele Ragusa and Timothy Gulan, two Broadway and National musical tour veterans who beautifully balance comedy, anguish and family struggles with the “show must go on” attitude – particularly when it is for the troops.
Adapted for the stage by Marriott Theatre Co-Artistic Director Aaron Thielen, the musical is based on the 1991 20th Century movie of the same name.
The film starred Bette Midler and James Caan as Dixie Leonard and Eddie Sparks, two USO entertainers who performed for the troops during World War II, Korea and Vietnam and did a television show together in spite of their often contentious relationship.
Ragusa has the perfect personality and voice to play, Dixie, a 1940s big-band singer who reluctantly teams with Eddie, a song and dance man with an ego to match his popularity. Gulan has a strong, fine voice that sometimes plays a secondary role to his convincing take as Eddie the charming rogue.
Longtime Midwest actor Michael Weber who is also artistic Director of Porchlight Music Theatre, acts as a dollop of honey when first, as Dixie’s uncle Art Silver and Eddie’s comedy writer, he brings them together, then, later on he attracts McCarthyism‘s sting.
Silver pairs with Loretta Brooks, a delightful Rose Marie (Dick Van Dyke show) type of character played by popular Midwest actress Anne Gunn.
Horizontal movie screens, clothes and aging personalities mark the show’s decade changes. It all comes together in well-conducted harmony under the skillful direction of Marc Robin who also choreographed the show, the set design by Thomas M. Ryan and fine costuming by Nancy Missimi.
The music also reflects the decades. Instead of writing new songs, copyrights were obtained for popular music of the 1940s, 50s and 60s such as “You are My Sunshine, “GI Jive,†I Remember You,†“I Wish You Love†and “Come Rain or Come Shine.â€
Details: For the Boys opened Aug. 26 and and continues through Oct. 16, 2011.
Tickets $40-$48 Marriott Theatre, 847-634-0200
Marriott Theatre, 10 Marriott Drive, Lincolnshire, IL 60069
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2 thoughts on “For The Boys: The Chicago Musical Is A 5 Star Winner!”
chazb says:
Hope it gets big enough to come over to the UK!
Mister D says:
The UK should do their own version!
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My arrival in NYC coincided with the eviction of Occupy Wall Street supporters from Zuccotti Park on November 15, so checking out the original protest site wasn’t on the agenda after all. There were, however, signs of protest and dissent throughout Manhattan and it didn’t take long for groups to re-organize. I saw evidence on clothing, street art, community concerts and political posters on my walks throughout the city.
Walking through Greenwich Village I met a resident handing out ‘99%’ buttons. She is a member of the Village Independent Democrats, a club formed in 1957 to help shape a progressive agenda in city and village politics. She was out on a Sunday afternoon, chatting with neighbours and letting people know about the OWS movement. It was great speaking with a long-time resident who continues to fight for the future of her community. She was kind enough to pose for a portrait on West 12th St, near Greenwich Ave.
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By Lynlee Thorne, campaign manager for Brent Finnegan (HD26), and Alex Rohr, campaign manager for Elizabeth Alcorn (HD58)
The 2016 election exposed many painful realities about the culture of the United States. If we’re going to eliminate the barriers upholding systemic oppression, we need to compete in elections at every level. To do that, Democrats need a shift in strategy. The tradition of turning out just enough voters to win statewide left us with a shallow bench and weak connections with voters in many parts of the country. Our neglect of rural areas cost us the Presidency.
Virginians woke up in 2017 and all but flipped a cruelly gerrymandered House of Delegates map by investing energy and money into races previously thought unwinnable. New people turned out to run, volunteer and vote statewide. In rural Virginia, new Democrats showed up to fight in places like Rockingham County, where a rejuvenated committee not only works to elect candidates at every level, but also to speak up for workers who staff local poultry plants. In other localities, new activists came out of hiding, but didn’t have a solid blueprint to build from.
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Senator Kaine ran like an underdog committed to competing in every region of Virginia. He backed Jennifer Lewis’ longshot Shenandoah Valley race with the same enthusiasm as Abigail Spanberger’s targeted Richmond suburb seat. He could have walked to victory, but he ran, playing a crucial role flipping three Congressional seats and making measurable gains in other parts of the Commonwealth.
The Senator didn’t give only his time and energy. His field program stretched from the Eastern Shore to the Tennessee and West Virginia borders. Kaine earned hopeful turnout numbers statewide, including a win in HD26, the Shenandoah Valley seat held by Republican Tony Wilt. He also won Lynchburg, a feat Democrats haven’t managed since Kaine ran for governor in 2005.
Out in his Region 3, spanning parts of the 5th, 6th, 7th and 9th congressional districts, Regional Field Director Ian McNally was among those in the campaign who hired locally where he could. By training local Democrats in professional campaigning, the Senator’s war chest left a legacy lasting beyond his own reelection.
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Worth’s no-sleep special shows the kind of rapid strides rural Democrats can make when we have the resources and trained staff to compete in every precinct, rather than follow the traditional 50%+1 statewide strategy that left doors un-knocked for years. The last Democrat to run in the 24th got 29% of the vote. Worth drew 40% and outperformed Kaine, Northam and Jennifer Lewis in 29 of 42 precincts. Rockbridge County Democrats got to celebrate flipping several precincts for Worth after spending a year crawling up hollers for Lewis.
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Rural Democrats in Virginia are on the front lines of what some dismiss as “Trump Country.” Now, more candidates are stepping forward in local, state and federal races. We’re having hard conversations with our neighbors and fighting for decency in our communities. We do the work of reaching Democrats in every far-flung precinct because too many of these folks think they’re alone. We let them know that they are not.
Many rural Democrats will gather this weekend at the Rural Retreat in Roanoke hosted by the Party’s Rural Caucus. The event is an opportunity for committees, campaigns and volunteers to build on collaborative efforts across districts, expanding on the gains of the last three years.
We’re coordinating to develop messaging sensitive to rural concerns. We’re adapting field programs to the terrain and culture of our mountainous districts, such as remote GOTV staging locations in Page and Shenandoah counties for the midterm. Meeting our communities where they live increases participation and access to the electoral process.
Every race is winnable. But rural Democrats understand that sometimes victory isn’t necessarily an immediate seat in the legislature. Victory this year might be holding Republican incumbents accountable and making them drain their war chests at home instead of distributing their riches to Republicans in tighter races. Sometimes victory is improving turnout from the last cycle or constructing a new network from scratch.
There’s victory in building a bridge that someone else gets to cross. That work deserves both gratitude and investment.
Just as Virginia’s 2017 House of Delegates race foreshadowed the 2018 midterms, we’ll know this November whether Virginia is ready for 2020. We need to invest all over the state by building a deeper network dedicated to addressing healthcare, education, civil rights, wealth inequality and climate change, advancing justice and dignity in every community.
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A comparison of zero-profile anchored spacer (ROI-C) and plate fixation in 2-level noncontiguous anterior cervical discectomy and fusion- a retrospective study
Zongyu Zhang1,
Yawei Li2 &
Weimin Jiang ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0001-5631-99831
Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) is the classic surgical treatment for symptomatic cervical degenerative disc disease (CDDD). However, there is controversy over the best surgical management in patients with two noncontiguous symptomatic levels of CDDD.
From April 2011 to May 2014, 44 patients with two noncontiguous symptomatic levels of CDDD underwent skip-level ACDFs. In Group NoPlate, 23 cases underwent 2 noncontiguous levels of ACDF using zero-profile anchored spacer; and in Group Plate, 21 cases underwent 2 noncontiguous levels of ACDF using cages and plates. Operation-related paraeters for each group were recorded and compared. Japanese Orthopedic Association (JOA) scores and Neck Disability Index (NDI) scores at preoperation and postoperation were compared with at least a 2-year follow-up. Cervical lordosis was analyzed before surgery, 1 month after surgery, 3 months after surgery, and at final follow-up.
Mean follow-up was 35.4 ± 6.5 (range 24–48) months. Significant improvement on the JOA, NDI scores and cervical lordosis was noted in each group (p < 0.05), and there were no significant difference in terms of JOA, NDI scores, cervical lordosis and fusion rate between the two groups (P > 0.05). The operation time in Group NoPlate was significantly shorter than in Group Plate (p < 0.05), and the incidence of dysphagia and adjacent segment degeneration in Group NoPlate was significantly lower than in Group Plate (p < 0.05).
ROI-C and cages with plate fixation were both effective in two-level noncontiguous ACDF, and there were no significant difference in clinical outcomes, fusion rate, and cervical lordosis. However, ROI-C was associated with shorter operative time, lower incidence of dysphagia and adjacent segment degeneration.
Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) was first reported in the 1950s [1], which then has become the classic surgical treatment for symptomatic cervical degenerative disc disease (CDDD) [2]. Many studies showed that single- and multilevel continuous ACDFs achieved good results [3,4,5,6,7]; however, there is controversy over the best surgical management in patients with two noncontiguous symptomatic levels of CDDD. Surgeons may choose to perform a 3-level ACDFs rather than just treat symptomatic levels for fear of significant additive stress on the intermediate intervertebral disc. However, 3-level anterior fusions are associated with increased rates of pseudarthrosis and poorer clinical outcomes than shorter constructs [8, 9].
In 2-level noncontiguous ACDF, 2 plates are often used to provide the immediate postoperative stability and improve the fusion rate. However, the procedure of implanting plates is associated with the risk of perforation of esophagus and dysphagia. Besides, it may raise the risk of adjacent-level ossification [10, 11]. Previously, we investigated ACDF with zero-profile anchored spacer (ROI-C, LDR, Troyes, France) for the treatment of 1-level and 2-level contiguous CDDD, achieving satisfactory clinical and radiological outcomes [12]. This implant system is constructed of a polyether-ether-ketone (PEEK) cage and two integrated self-locking clips. The clips can enter the vertebral body through the endplate and provide anterior column fixation (Fig. 1). Two-level noncontiguous ACDFs with ROI-C, which only fuses the symptomatic levels without anterior plates, may therefore be the optimal treatment choice. The aim of the present study was to compare surgical parameters, clinical and radiological outcomes in patients who underwent 2-level noncontiguous ACDF with ROI-C or with cages and plates.
Lateral (a) and anteroposterior (b) views of the zero-profile anchored spacer (ROI-C, LDR, Troyes, France); (c) the integrated self-locking and self-directing clip
Patient population
From April 2011 to May 2014, a total of 44 patients underwent skip-level ACDFs.
Inclusion criteria were (1) symptomatic CDDD which was unresponsive to non-operative management; and (2) spinal cord or root compression at two noncontiguous intervertebral levels confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Exclusion criteria were: (1) significant instability of cervical spine; (2) developmental cervical spinal stenosis; (3) severe cervical deformity; (4) a previous history of cervical spine surgery; and (5) fracture, tumor, ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament and any serious general illness.
The 44 patients were divided into 2 groups: Group NoPlate (23 patients), who underwent fusion using ROI-C (Fig. 2); and Group Plate (21 patients), who underwent fusion using cages and plates (Medtronic, Minneapolis, American) (Fig. 3). There were no significant differences in the demographic data between the two groups (P > 0.05) (Table 1). This study was approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee of Soochow University.
Preoperative lateral T2-weighted MRI (a and b) showing a 59-year-old woman with C3-C4 and C5-C6 disc herniation. Anteroposterior (c) and lateral (d) radiographs showing C3-C4 and C5-C6 anterior cervical discectomy and fusions (ACDF) with the zero-profile anchored spacers
Preoperative lateral T2-weighted MRI (a) showing a 68-year-old man with C3-C4 and C5-C6 disc herniation. Anteroposterior (b) and lateral (c) radiographs showing C3-C4 and C5-C6 anterior cervical discectomy and fusions (ACDF) with cages and titanium plates
Table 1 Demographic data of patients
Operations were performed in supine position under general anesthesia using the standard right-sided anterior approach. The basic procedures including exposure, discectomy, and decompression were performed as described previously [1]. To achieve adequate decompression, the posterior longitudinal ligament, osteophytes, and other compressive elements should be removed after discectomy. Great care was taken to remove the cartilaginous tissue, but preserve the bony endplate to prevent cage subsidence. Cages were then implanted into the intervertebral space.
Zero-profile anchored spacers were used in Group NoPlate. In Group Plate, PEEK cages were inserted, and anterior plates were applied. In both groups, each appropriate-sized cage was packed with 0.25 mg of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein (rhBMP-2, pharmaceutical group investment limited corporation, Hangzhou, China) and excised local osteophytes.
Patients were allowed to sit up on the first day postoperatively and walk on the second day postoperatively with a Philadelphia neck collar, which was applied for 4 weeks.
Collected data and outcome assessment
Collected data included age, gender, operated segments, intraoperative blood loss, operative time, complications, and clinical and radiologic outcomes. The complete cervical spine X-ray, computed tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) were performed preoperatively. After surgery, the cervical spine X-ray were routinely taken. Clinical and radiological evaluations were performed preoperatively (1 day before operation) and postoperatively at 2 weeks, 1 month, 3 months, and the final follow-up. Radiological outcomes were measured using the Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) imaging system.
The Japanese Orthopaedic Association (JOA; scored from 0 to 17, with a lower score indicating more severe symptoms) scoring system was used to evaluate the neurological status [13]. Neck Disability Index (NDI; scored from 0 to 100%, with a lower score indicating less severe symptoms) scoring system was used to assess the neck function [14]. The JOA recovery rate (RR) was calculated using the rationale of Hirabayashi [15]: (postoperative score - preoperative score)/(17 - preoperative score) × 100. The incidence of dysphagia was assessed using the Bazaz grading system [16]. Severity of dysphagia was graded as none, mild, moderate, or severe (Table 2).
Table 2 Bazaz grading system for dysphagia
X-ray and CT scan reconstructions were used to evaluate the bony fusion. Satisfactory fusion include the following conditions [17]: (1) no motion between the spinous processes; (2) no radiolucent gap between the graft and the endplates; (3) continuous bridging bony trabeculae at the graft-endplate interface. The cervical lordosis was assessed by measuring the Cobb angle of C2–C7 from the inferior endplate of C2, to the inferior endplate of C7 in a neutral position (Fig. 4). The radiological evidence of adjacent segment (above, below and intermediate) degeneration included the following radiological manifestations: new osteophyte or enlargement of previous osteophyte; narrowing of a disc space; and increased calcification of anterior longitudinal ligament. Clinical and radiological assessments were conducted and reviewed by two senior spine surgeons and patients were followed up for at least 24 months postoperatively.
Lateral radiograph showing cervical lordosis (Cobb angle of C2–C7) calculated by measuring the angle formed by the lines along the inferior endplate of C2 to the inferior endplate of C7 in the neutral position
Data are shown as mean ± standard deviation. Intergroup comparisons were made using t test or Chi-square test (Fisher’s exact test).The paired data were compared with a paired sample t test. All the analyses were performed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (version 13.0 SPSS, Chicago, IL, USA) and the difference was considered statistically significant at the P < 0.05 level.
Surgical parameters
The operated noncontiguous levels were C3–4 and C5–6 (Group NoPlate, n = 13; Group Plate, n = 8), and C4–5 and C6–7 (Group NoPlate, n = 10; Group Plate, n = 13). Group NoPlate had a mean blood loss of 70.0 ± 15.8 ml and the average operative time was 126.0 ± 13.2 min. Group Plate had a mean blood loss of 75.4 ± 23.0 ml and the average operative time was 143.4 ± 17.9 min. No significant difference existed in age, gender, operated levels and blood loss between the 2 groups (Table 1). However, significant differences existed in operative time between the 2 groups (P < 0.05).
Patients were followed up from 24 to 48 (mean: 35.4 ± 6.5) months. In both groups, the JOA and NDI scores were significantly improved postoperatively (P < 0.01, Fig. 5a and b, Table 3). The comparisons of JOA and NDI scores at each follow-up time between the 2 groups showed no statistically significant differences (P > 0.05). The mean JOA RR was (62.6 ± 15.1)% in Group NoPlate and (66.8 ± 14.6)% in Group Plate, which was not statistically different (P > 0.05).
Line graphs showing a comparison of clinical and radiological results between Group NoPlate and Group Plate. Change trend of the Japanese Orthopaedic Association (JOA) score (a); Change trend of the Neck Disability Index (NDI) score (b); Change trend of cervical lordosis (c)
Table 3 Clinical and radiologic data evaluated before surgery and during follow-up
Radiologic outcomes
The cervical lordosis was significantly corrected postoperatively and the correction was maintained at last follow-up in both groups (P < 0.01, Fig. 5c, Table 3). No significant difference in cervical lordosis was found between the two groups at each follow-up time (P > 0.05). The fusion rate at 3 months postoperatively was 91.3% (21/23) in Group NoPlate and 95.2% (20/21) in Group Plate, which was not significantly different (P > 0.05). All patients achieved solid fusion at final follow-up.
All patients tolerated the procedure well and no death was happened during the period of follow-up. No patients complained about dysphagia before operation. In Group NoPlate, 5 patients complained of dysphagia (2 moderate and 3 mild) on 2 weeks postoperatively, 3 patients had dysphagia (1 moderate and 2 mild) 1 month postoperatively, and no patients had dysphagia 3 months after the operation. In Group Plate, 12 patients complained of dysphagia (2 severe, 6 moderate and 4 mild) on 2 weeks postoperatively, 9 patients had dysphagia (4 moderate and 5 mild) 1 month postoperatively, 5 patients had dyphagia (1 moderate and 4 mild) 3 months postoperatively, and 4 patients still suffered from mild dyphagia at the last follow-up. There were significant differences in the presence of dysphagia between the two groups at all follow-up time points (Table 4). There were no adjacent segment degeneration observed in Group NoPlate and 19.0% (4/21) of patients had adjacent segment degeneration in Group Plate (3 patients developed adjacent-level ossification, and 1 patient developed intermediate-level disc space narrowing), and this difference was statistically significant (P < 0.05, Table 4).
Table 4 Complications after operations in the two groups
The treatment of two noncontiguous symptomatic levels of CDDD poses a dilemma for spine surgeons. The surgical procedures commonly include anterior cervical corpectomy and fusion (ACCF), 3-level ACDF and 2-level noncontiguous ACDF. Compared with ACDF, ACCF has more bleeding, higher incidences of postoperative complications, and less improvements of cervical lordosis. Three-level ACDF sacrifices an additional motion segment, and has been associated with increased rates of pseudarthrosis and poorer clinical outcomes than shorter constructs [8, 9]. Finn et al. [18], in a cadaveric study, found that the adjacent levels beared a remarkable increase in stress in the three-level ACDF. However, in the two-level ACDF, the adjacent segments (above, below and intermediate) experienced modest stress relative to intact. Therefore, 2-level noncontiguous ACDF may be the optimal treatment choice.
There is controversy over the use of anterior plate in a single-level ACDF. However, it is beneficial to implant anterior plates in a multilevel ACDF [19], for the fusion rates were reported bo be unacceptably low after multilevel ACDF without plating [8, 20]. To provide immediate postoperative stability and increase the fusion rate, two plates are often applied in 2-level noncontiguous ACDF. However, the procedure of implanting plates at the optional position is very time consuming. On the contrary, the zero-profile anchored spacer, which has two integrated self-locking and self-directing clips, is simple to implant. In our study, we found the zero-profile anchored spacer was significantly superior to the anterior plate in terms of operative time.
Dysphagia is reported to be the most common postoperative complication after ACDF [21]. In most patients, dysphagia disappears within 3 months. However, there are 12.5–35.1% of cases still have dysphagia 3 months after the operation [16]. In our study, the presence of dysphagia in Group NoPlate is lower compared with that in Group Plate at all follow-up time points, and the duration of dysphagia is shorter. Although the mechanism of dysphagia remains unknown, the irritation of the esophagus by the anterior plate is considered to be a possible cause [16, 22, 23]. At the early stage (2 weeks postoperatively), it could also partly be attributed to longer intraoperative esophagus retraction time and greater retraction extent to fix the anterior plates. The zero-profile anchored spacer can be completely contained in the intervertebral space, avoiding the mechanical irritation of the soft tissue, especially the esophagus, resulting in lower incidence of postoperative dysphagia.
It is reported that the presence of anterior plates increased the incidence of adjacent segment degeneration [24]. Park et al. [11] found that an anterior cervical plate close to the adjacent intervertebral disc may cause adjacent level disc degeneration or surrounding bone formation. In our study, 4 patients in Group Plate developed adjacent segment degeneration, which was significantly higher than that in Group NoPlate. This may occur because the zero-profile anchored spacer can be completely contained in the intervertebral space, minimizing the irritation of the adjacent cervical structures.
This study has several limitations. First, it was retrospective. Second, the number of patients was small. Third, the follow-up period was relatively short. Finally, the final follow-up time was not consistent, which caused variation in adjacent segment degeneration. Thus, the results of this study need to be confirmed by large sample, prospective, randomized studies with long-term follow-up.
ACCF:
anterior cervical corpectomy and fusion
ACDF:
CDDD:
Cervical disk degenerative disease
JOA:
Japanese Orthopedic Association
MRI:
NDI:
Neck Disability Index
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No funds were received in support of this work.
The datasets used and/or analysed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, 899 Pinghai Road, Suzhou, China
Zongyu Zhang
& Weimin Jiang
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Lianyungang Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, 148 Chaoyang Road, Lianyungang, China
Yawei Li
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All authors made substantive intellectual contributions to this study to qualify as authors. WJ contributed to study design, acquisition of data, analysis of data, and interpretation of results. ZZ contributed to study coordination. YL contributed to statistical analysis. ZZ and YL contributed to manuscript preparation. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Correspondence to Weimin Jiang.
This study was approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee of Soochow University. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants.
Zhang, Z., Li, Y. & Jiang, W. A comparison of zero-profile anchored spacer (ROI-C) and plate fixation in 2-level noncontiguous anterior cervical discectomy and fusion- a retrospective study. BMC Musculoskelet Disord 19, 119 (2018) doi:10.1186/s12891-018-2033-7
Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF)
Cervical disk degenerative disease (CDDD)
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DTS: Cancelled Soaps
The Brighter Day
By soapfan770, August 8, 2010 in DTS: Cancelled Soaps
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The Brighter Day, of course was a radio soap by Irna Phillips first aired in 1948 until it transitioned to TV in 1954 where it lasted until 1962. P&G sold TBD to CBS, and like CBS would do later to TSS and Love of Life, proceeded to destroy it resulting in cancellation. Here is this overview by Matt Smith:
Buoyed by their successful hour-long lunch soap line-up of Valiant Lady, Love of Life, Search for Tomorrow, and The Guiding Light, CBS expanded on that concept with the premiere of TBD in the time slot immediately following TGL. That seemed almost fitting considering that TBD and TGL had a lot in common -- both were created by legendary Irna Phillips, both began as radio soaps (TBD ran on radio from 1948-1956), and both began with a religious focus on a minister. Although TGL later lost its religious bent, TBD kept widowed Rev. Richard Dennis and his rather large family front and center throughout its run. It should also be noted that TBD, on radio, was a spin-off of sorts from the popular radio soap Joyce Jordan, MD, the lead character of Liz Dennis having been introduced on Jordan a few weeks before TBD's premiere. TBD also shares several changes in locale with TGL -- originally set in Three Rivers, the series moved to the town of New Hope when it premiered on TV (it was said that the rivers had flooded) and then later to the college town of Columbus.
Despite the Phillips lineage, TBD wasn't a big hit when it premiered because of its time slot. At the time, 1pm was the traditional time that CBS gave over to its affiliates to air local news and programming. It wasn't until TBD was moved to its long-standing late afternoon time slot (replacing the poorly rated Woman with a Past and pairing it with the new and successful The Secret Storm) that ratings really took off. In fact, TBD became so popular that it even hit #1 in the ratings during the month of April 1956. Although the ratings remained strong, a series of blunders by CBS doomed the show. For starters, P&G sold the show to CBS in the early 1960s. CBS then decided to move production from the show from New York to California in 1961. Unfortunately, a large portion of the cast didn't want to move. This resulted in quite a few core characters needing to be recast. The final blow came when CBS decided to expand both The Secret Storm (which then aired immediately after TBD) and The Brighter Day. TSS expanded to 30 minutes and took over TBD's time slot. CBS moved the expanded (to 25 minutes, making room for a 5 minute network newsfeed) TBD to 11:30 (immediately before Love of Life). The drastic move (from late afternoon to late morning) combined with the fact that no soap opera has ever performed well in the ratings when aired before noon essentially killed the long-running soap. When CBS cancelled the soap, they did it rather suddenly and quickly, only giving the writers 2 weeks to tie up all the storylines and loose ends before sending the once popular soap off into the great beyond.
This show was a home to a fair amount of good, solid actors who would go on to enrich us for a long time, like Lois Nettleton and Hal Holbrook (Holbrook even used a drunk scene from his character Grayling as his audition for the Actors Studio). Some of the stories seem a bit ahead of their time, like the daughter who was told by a therapist that she needed to give up her acting aspirations because the happiest place for a woman was in the kitchen, and she told him to stuff it and ran off to New York.
Sam Hall mentioned the show in an interview (I think he may have also been interviewed at SON but I can't remember.
http://www.tvparty.com/70-dark-shadows.html
Jay: You worked frequently as a TV writer during the so-called Golden Age of Television during the 1950s. Tell me about the program The Brighter Day? [The show ran from 1954-62.]
Sam: Which I remembered. I was really young and rather silly. I was in my late 20s. Brighter day was the creation of one of those legendary women of television. [ima Phillips] I loved the producer of Brighter Day, Terri Lewis, and she was a fan of mine. She loved what I was doing with the show. The main character was this very pompous minister and I would make fun of him by writing he most pompous possible speeches for him and then coaxing Terri to keep them in for my own enjoyment. I remember one of the most pompous speeches – because he was always talking in fake minister-isms – in which he told his sister – this is a direct quote – “If life is a river, love is a channel through which the ships pass.” I conned Terri the producer into letting it go through. The actor, of course, loved it and gloried in it. And it was one of the worst moments of television of the year. A sponsor objected to it for whatever reason until the head of the network’s wife called personally and said, “There’s this beautiful, beautiful thought on ‘Brighter Day’ and I want the exact quote so I can do it in needlepoint.” So a friend of mine did it for me in needlepoint; I think I still have it somewhere.
Jay: Were you able to have that level of fun on other programs, interjecting insider jokes which pleased you?
Sam: Yes [laugh], I always kept trying. None of them were ever as blatant as that. As a head writer, I didn't really write the scripts ever. I just plotted them. If I didn't like the writing [my staff] did, I could certainly rewrite it. But it became more of a routine: editing and plotting and dealing with network s. The networks became more and more important in the course of the years.
Jay: Meaning they became more intrusive as well?
Sam: Yes, oh yes. [ima Phillips] finally got me fired because I had had the minister defrocked. So she took the show over again.
Edited August 8, 2010 by CarlD2
An episode from 1955 (this episode is also on Youtube, although it's intercut with some kind of strange new logos).
http://www.archive.org/details/Brighter_Day
A "before they were famous" clip which includes a brief moment of Hal Holbrook on the show.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGqceODJ460&feature=player_embedded
All My Shadows
I wonder how long this would have lasted if it'd stayed in its afternoon slot. It definitely would have made it to color, at least.
Carl, where have you read about the show's storylines? I always neglect the somewhat long-running 50s-60s soaps, but I'm very interested.
From Schemering's book (cutting out some of what has already been said):
The story revolved around the Reverend Richard Dennis, his flock, and his five children: Liz (happily married, she appeared briefly in the TV version in 1956); Althea, a neurotic young woman; Grayling, an alcoholic; Patsy, a teenager; and Barbara, the baby of the family, who was nicknamed Babby.
Because Dennis was a widower, Aunt Emily (played by Mona Bruns) was seen as a mother figure, not only for the Dennis children but for the community at large (She even wrote an advice column for The New Hope Herald). Each episode opened with the words, "Our years are as falling leaves. We live, we love, we dream, and then we go. But somehow we keep hoping, don't we, that our dreams come true on that brighter day." Initially the show ran simultaneously on radio and television, but the radio version was discontinued in 1956, the year of The Brighter Day's greatest popularity. In April of that year it became the number-one daytime drama, a status it was never to achieve again.
Early storylines concentrated on Althea's dreams of becoming an actress - a career which abruptly ended when Althea was decked onstage by a falling sandbag. Experiencing wild mood swings afterwards, Althea was convinced to seek psychiatric help. Dr. Blake Hamilton told her that women like her were happier in the kitchen. "The kitchen," he declared, "is the warmest place in the house, perhaps the warmest in the world." Undaunted, Althea told her shrink to stuff it and fled New Hope for the Big Apple to become a star! Meanwhile, the family struggled with Grayling's alcoholism (Hal Holbrook, who played Grayling for five years, used one of Grayling's drunk scenes as his successful audition to the Actor's Studio.) Grayling eventually settled down with Sandra Talbot; years later - in a storyline that would prove disastrous for The Brighter Day - Sandra experienced a hysterical pregnancy while Grayling enjoyed a brief affair with Nurse Marion Dorsey, who was treading Sandra.
In 1961, when the production moved from New York to Hollywood, the show expanded from daily fifteen-minute episodes to a half hour. Popular when written by John Haggart and produced by Bob Steele (the A Woman to Remember team), The Brighter Day suffered from a continual change of writers, staff, and air time. Writers included such notables as Sam Hall, Eileen and Robert Mason Pollock, and Irna Phillips, the creator.
Then it goes into the timeslot changes and meddling already mentioned. This talks about the ending:
On the final episode, Walter Dennis stepped forward and bid viewers farewell as the camera pulled back and the other members of the Dennis family gradually receded into the background. "The microphones can't pick up the voices," Walter said, "and soon the picture will fade. If on occasion you think of us, we hope your memory will be a pleasant one." Mona Bruns Thomas - whose son Frankie Thomas (Tom Corbett, Space Cadet) said she dressed like "Whistler's Mother" throughout The Brighter Day's run - has written a full account of her experience on this and other soaps in By Emily Possessed (Exposition Press).
WOW, that does sound like some good soap. I had no idea TBD was ever the top soap on the air. It's been off the air for so long and has faded into obscurity, it's hard to believe it was once the most watched soap on TV. The set up sounds similar to TSS, with the widowed father raising his troubled kids, so I guess they worked well off of each other.
I wish some reeeeeal..."experienced" posters would materialize who remember watching this back in the day. It's always creeped me out a little bit, with the churchy organ music, the wrought-iron gates, the steeple, the religious theme, etc. I don't think I've sat down and watched a whole TV episode yet, but I have listened to the radio show's first episode and enjoyed it.
Paul Raven
From LaGuardia's book
When TBD premiered, the Dennis family and some of their friends had moved to the town of New Hope after their homes had been washed away by a horrendous flood. Liz,the oldest Dennis had had a breakdown and been institutionalized before the show went to TV.
Brooke Byron was the first actress to play Althea Dennis Bigby on TV. Althea had many worries. When the story began on TV,her husband Bruce had died in Korea, leaving her to care for infant daughter,Spring.Having gotten a job touring in a play,Althea was crushed on the first night by a falling sandbag.She had now returned to her family and was prone to frequent fits of hysteria. Her brother, Grayling, discovered she had stopped her psychiatric treatment and persuaded her to became a patient of her brother in law Dr Randy Hamilton (Larry ward). She later left for New York to become a glamorous career girl.
Blair Davies replaced Bill Smith as Rev Richard Dennis. Mona Bruns was his widowed sister,Emily Potter, and Jayne Heller mow played Althea. "Aunt" Emily otter soon became the show's mother figure.
The love story between Rev Max Canfield(Herb Nelson) and Lydia Harrick(Muriel Williams) was extremely popular with viewers. The couple wed after overcoming numerous obstacles.
Lori March played Lenore,Lydia's spoiled rich sister. The warm and loving life that Max,Lydia and the Dennis family led helped Lenore change into a more sympathetic person. Lori stayed with the show a year and a half.
Gloria Hoye played Sandra Talbot, a new arrival in new Hope. At first, Sandra was mysterious, but later it was revealed that she had once been involved with Robert Ralston (Mark Daniels) a shady character who had become Grayling's business partner. Grayling and Sandra married. He had a drinking problem, but later overcame it. Some years later, Sandra had a nervous breakdown over her inability to conceive and became insanely convinced she was pregnant. Meanwhile, Grayling had a brief affair with her nurse.
Mary K Wells played Sandra during the later troubled years of her marriage to Grayling.Grayling was now played by James Noble.
Nancy Malone now played the youngest daughter Babby Dennis, who had a tender love story with tough gambler Peter Nino (Joe Sirola)
Richard and Emily's luckless, misfit brother Walter (Paul Langton) came to visit them and stayed on longer than they would have liked.Walter was dreamer and Emily would reprimand him.
June Dayton was the last actress to play Patsy, whose psychiatrist husband,Dr Randy Hamilton, was now dead.Patsy turned to alcohol and Poppa Dennis tried to console her.
Blair Davies and Mona Bruns, although not original cast members, were the show's mainstays, remaining until it left the air. Emily,who wore a lace collar on almost every show, and Richard usually spent a great deal of time in the kitchen talking over the family's problems. scenes such as these will always be remembered by fans. Mona Bruns gives an excellent account of her years in the show in her autobiography By Emily Possessed.
Seems LaGuardia and Schemering can't agree on what happened with Liz. Schemering makes it seem like she lived a drama-free life out of town (kinda like Kathleen on RH), but LaGuardia says she was in the nuthouse.
LaGuardia's got some things wrong, though. Sandra and Grayling's upcoming wedding was a focal point of the 1955 episode Carl posted, so she had to be introduced several years before what LaGuardia has.
Schmering claims that she first appeared in 1956. I'm not sure how accurate that is though, I know some have said his book was full of errors.
Here is Schmering's full cast list.
Rev. Richard Dennis - William Smith 1954, Blair Davies 1954-1962
Emily Potter - Mona Bruns 1954-62
Althea Dennis - Brooke Byron 1954-1955, Jayne Heller 1956, Maggie O'Neill 1960, Anne Meacham 1960-61
Grayling Dennis - Hal Holbrook 1954-59, James Noble 1959-60, Forrest Compton 1961-62
Patsy Dennis Hamilton - Lois Nettleton 1954-57, June Dayton 1961-62
Dr. Randy Hamilton - Larry Ward 1954-57
Babby Dennis - Mary Lynn Beller 1954-59, Nancy Malone 1959-60
Sandra Talbot Dennis Diana Gentner 1956, Gloria Hoye 1957-59, Mary K. Wells 1960-61, Nancy Rennick 1961-62
Peter Nino - Joe Sirola 1959-60
Walter Dennis - Paul Langton 1962
Ellen Dennis - Patty Duke 1958-59, Lanna Saunders 1960
Rev. Max Canfield - Herb Nelson 1956-58
Lydia Canfield - Murial Williams 1956-58
Lenore Bradley - Lori March 1956-58
Adolph McClure - Frank Thomas 1960
Donald Harrick - Walter Brooke 1956-58
Steven Markley - Peter Donat 1958
Tom Bradley - Robert Webber 1958
Diane Clark - Lin Pierson 1959
Eliot Clark - Lawrence Weber 1959, Ernest Graves 1960
Bud Clark - Charles Taylor 1959
Lois Williams, R.N. - Marian Winters, 1960
Dr. Charles Fuller - Dean Harens 1961-62
Chris Hamilton - Mike Barton 1961-62
Toby Ballard - Don Penny 1962
Mort Barrows - Benny Rubin 1962
Judith Potter - Bennye Gatteys 1962
With: Jack Lemmon, William Windom, Santos Ortega, and Judy Lewis
From the October 1955 Radio TV Mirror. Daytime Diary, a synopsis of each soap. I'm not sure how far behind this was.
Editor Max Canfield has had one unhappy experience in romance. Is he heading for another as he learns the truth about Lydia Harrick, the charming sister-in-law of the temperamental, selfish architect whom Revered Dennis hired to build the Youth Center? Has Don Harrick a hold over Lydia more significant than his own demanding nature? How will Grayling Dennis and his bride Sandra be involved in Max's love affair?
From the April 1952 Radio TV Mirror's Daytime Diary section. This just covers the radio show obviously.
As Althea Dennis and her daughter appear to be embarking on a promising new life, the rest of the Dennis family also faces a situation that may be more trying - and more rewarding - than any they have yet faced. It is a time of trial for a whole township, and Reverend Richard Dennis at last shows the true strength and quality of his character which in the past has often appeared so deceptively gentle. What effect will all this have on his youngest daughter, Patty?
EricMontreal22
I've heard one radio episode--it's interesting in many ways it seemed like Irna actually created the show to take over the relitious element from Guiding Light as that had been phased out. It also seemed like it could have been, like GL the rare radio soap that would have a long life on TV--until they sold the show.
It's a shame that all the meddling seemed to kill the show so quickly, after it had built up success. I'd love to see more of the show, as the characters and setup seem fascinating, and I'd also like to see some of the writing of Sam Hall's that got him fired.
Irna Phillips had so many similar themes yet her shows also seem to be very different from each other.
From the December 1954 and January 1955 issues of TV Radio Mirror.
Bert Ralston shows every sign of wishing to become a part of New Hope's quiet, simple community, but there are at least three people he has not convinced. One is Reverend Dennis, who knows people too well to be taken in by Bert's smoothness. Another is Sandra Talbot, who has good reason to know Bert's true character. The third is young Babby Dennis, who doesn't like shaking hands with the stranger in town.
When Sandra Talbot came to New Hope, she did not expect to fall really in love with Grayling Dennis. Surprised by her own unexpected sincerity, and frightened by the pursuit of Bert Ralston, whom she knows to be dangerous, Sandra feels she must forsake Grayling and the new life that had once seemed possible. Will Grayling's worried family be forced to stand by helplessly as this becomes his excuse to start drinking?
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One Week after Hurricane Irma, Cuban Damage Increasingly Alarming
[HAVANA] One week after Hurricane Irma, Cubans are returning to broken homes and facing a serious impact on the economy as the country looks to rebuild.
“I still can’t believe it – it is sad to lose it all – to wake up and see that everything is beneath rubble and bricks and your personal belongings are wet. All I have left is to move forward,” Maribel, a woman from heavily-hit Villa Clara province, told CARE’s team.
Hurricane Irma made landfall Sept. 8 as a Category 5 hurricane, one of the strongest storms to hit the island nation in decades. Virtually the entire country, including Havana, was affected as Cuba faced hurricane conditions for 72 hours. While it weakened to a Category 4, the storm left a devastating trail particularly along Cuba’s northern coast.
CARE’s local partners have been deployed across the affected regions and are currently assessing the impact of Hurricane Irma. CARE’s teams report there still remain communities completely shut off and there are concerns power may not be restored for weeks.
“The extent of the damage is becoming more and more alarming,” says Richard Paterson, CARE’s country representative in Cuba. “Extended electrical outages are beginning to affect people’s access to clean drinking water and food.”
CARE’s assessment team reports that in some communities along the north coast at least half the homes have been partially or totally destroyed. High winds have blown off roofs while flooding washed away personal possessions and contents. Power and telephone lines are down and schools, fields, buildings and key infrastructure have been impacted.
“I had never seen so much wind. It was the longest day of my life, and it was even worse when I saw my house had been destroyed. What am I supposed to do? I have three children that have problems,” a man named Leocadio told CARE’s assessment team.
Ten people were killed from Irma and the number directly affected has not yet been released. The UN reports that 3.1 million people are without water service. Cuba’s agriculture was also hit hard with more than 10,000 hectares of food production damaged. There are further worries about the impact on tourism leading into the holiday season.
The Cuban government is leading relief and recovery efforts. In advance of Irma, more than two million people were evacuated in government centres or the homes of friends and relatives. Local authorities are now working to restore power and clear roadways from debris so people can return home.
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Paul Thomas is a Senior Research Associate at the Samara Centre for Democracy, an organization dedicated to strengthening Canadian Democracy through research and public engagement. He is also an Adjunct Research Professor with Carleton University’s Department of Political Science and the Clayton H. Riddell Graduate Programme in Political Management.
Paul has spent more than a decade working in and researching British and Canadian politics. After completing the Parliamentary Internship Programme and serving as a researcher for Senator Yoine Goldstein, Paul relocated to London to work in government relations for Cancer Research UK. He then completed a PhD in Political Science at the University of Toronto and a SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship at Carleton University.
Paul has published several articles and book chapters on legislative politics in Canada and the UK, and co-authored the book Religion and Canadian Party Politics. He serves on the board of the Canadian Study of Parliament Group.
Paul EJ Thomas and Jerald Sabin. 2019. “Candidate Messaging on Religious Issues in the 2016-17 Conservative Party of Canada Leadership Race.” Canadian Journal of Political Science. [Forthcoming]
Paul EJ Thomas and Michael Morden. 2019. Party Favours: How Federal Election Candidates are Chosen. Toronto: The Samara Centre for Democracy. Report
John R McAndrews, Feodor Snagovsky, and Paul EJ Thomas. 2019. “How Citizens Judge Extreme Legislative Dissent: Experimental Evidence from Canada on Party Switching.” Parliamentary Affairs. [Online preview]
Paul EJ Thomas and JP Lewis. 2019. “Executive Creep in Canadian Provincial Legislatures.” Canadian Journal of Political Science. 52(2): 363-383.
Paul EJ Thomas and Stacey Frier. 2018. “Campaigning to change the law.” In Exploring Parliament, eds Cristina Leston-Bandeira and Louise Thompson. Oxford University Press.
David Rayside, Jerald Sabin and Paul Thomas. 2017. Religion and Canadian Party Politics. Vancouver: UBC Press.
Paul Thomas. 2017. “Democratizing the Legislative Branch of the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador.” In The Democracy Cookbook: Recipes to Renew Governance in Newfoundland and Labrador, eds. Alex Marland and Lisa Moore. St. John’s: ISER Books and The Telegram.
Paul Thomas and Graham White. 2015. “Evaluating Provincial and Territorial Legislatures.” In Provinces: Canadian provincial politics, 3rd Edition, ed. Christopher J. C. Dunn. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
Paul Thomas, Peter Loewen and Michael MacKenzie. 2013. “Fair isn’t Always Equal: Constituency Population and the Quality of Representation in Canada.” Canadian Journal of Political Science. 46(2): 273-293.
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For people across the world- Stonehenge is a must see location, it’s majesty as well as it’s mystery has made it a mainstay on everyone’s bucket list.
However, here lies the problem. Is Stonehenge merely a pretty collection of stones which need only be sited to be ticked off the list? There is no doubt that the site itself, taken as it is, is fulfilling. However- the occasion of ticking such a magnificent and ancient spectacle off a list of things to do on this earth before you die, should be done properly. The site and the whole surrounding area deserve more than tentative voyeurism. To truly ‘tick off’ Stonehenge, one must engage with its history its myths and crucially observe the entire surrounding area which is a veritable tapestry of Neolithic history. A tapestry which considered in its entirety enriches the ultimate site to see- Stonehenge itself.
I want to take you on a preliminary journey around Neolithic Wiltshire’s most fascinating sites- all a walking distance from the stones, which an expert guide can take you on for a holistic experience- Weaving together the history and myth of this most beautiful landscape.
On ground level- you and the stones in front of you, it is hard to appreciate anything else. However, imagine you could fly straight up in the air and take a birds eye view- looking down on the ancient henge and its famous stones- so they are a wonderful miniature series of concentric circles…
…then go higher and take in more and more of the landscape and you’ll notice the ground is littered with meaningful scars- tell tale signs that the entire area surrounding Stonehenge has been heaving with meaning for 5,000 years.
Luckily the wonder of the modern day means we needn’t defy gravity to appreciate the Neolithic saturation of the landscape- a simple satellite picture reveals all the key location you need to visit.
Durrington Walls
Starting 2 miles east of the stones with Durrington walls. This was once a Neolithic settlement and may have even been the largest village in Northern Europe sometime between 2800-2100 B.C.
Woodhenge
Heading immediately south from Durrington walls we soon will encounter Woodhenge, the elemental antithesis of Stonehenge itself. Sadly, due to the nature of wood, the former structure has long since rotted away. This ancient site may well have been lost forever if it wasn’t for aerial photographs which revealed dark spots in wheat crops. These dark spots signalled the former post holes of large wooden posts which formed the ancient structure. Today the post holes have been filled with concrete to partially recreate the previous composition of woodhenge. It represents a magnificent symbiosis of past and present, modern techniques ensuring the survival of ancient monuments and their memory and preserve the heritage of Wiltshire .
The Cursus
Around 4000 years ago from our aerial view the Cursus would have been a bright white scar across the land, thanks to wiltshires famously chalky ground. In the Neolithic period the cursus was a 3k avenue cut into the earth for an unknown purpose.
The cursus is so named because the famous antiquarian William Stuckley and the Cursus’ discoverer- imagined roman chariots riding along its length (cursus meaning race course in Latin). Although the earth is no longer dredged along the cursus it still makes a fascinating route to wander along and to ponder, with its purpose still not totally understood
The Cursus group
At the west end of the cursus you might expect to get a good view of the Stonehenge- however your view is blocked. Instead you are met with the curious view of a ridge of land, topped with a barrow; a Neolithic burial mound. Between the west end of the Cursus and Stonehenge itself lie the ‘Cursus Group’ an assortment of sixteen of these Neolithic round barrows. The land literally bulges with history at this point- on top of the ridge you can see the land ripple with various barrows as you survey it- before your eyes are drawn magnetically to the stones themselves. But before you reach them it is fascinating to hear the tales of the barrows, how they had once concealed pottery, weaponry and even jewels for thousands of years.
Beyond tales of treasures it is edifying for those who wander the mounds to ponder their ancient logic- for there certainly appears to be a system- but it is yet to be determined.
Stonehenge Avenue
Heading East from the swollen turf of the Cursus barrows you will intersect the penultimate Neolithic wonder of our imaginary tour. Like the Cursus, Stonehenge Avenue is an ancient Avenue, stretching for 3 kilometres. And like the cursus Stonehenge Avenue would have been an brilliant white scar on the earth- an alabaster pathway connecting Stonehenge with the river Avon.
Today the avenue is still recognisable, If a slightly more furtive path then it once was but is nonetheless the pathway to the enigmatic stones, linking up with the henge as though drawn on by a higher being.
Photo taken by Stonehenge Dronescapes. Visit their Facebook Page for more amazing photos of Stonehenge and Wiltshire.
At last you reach the stones themselves. The colossal upright sarsen stones, rendering you minuscule in comparison- whilst the horizontal blue stones, quarried from South Wales, add the real dimension of wonder to this wonder of the world. The stones are the crowning sight to this antiquarian tour of Wiltshire’s Neolithic sights.
Words can hardly to this magnificent structure justice and it really must be beheld to be appreciated. What is certain is that the truest appreciation of this cultural icon is ascertained through a thorough engagement with its surroundings- appreciating the wider history and indeed mystery of the land and truly attempting to cast your mind back to the remote past; ticking Stonehenge off your bucket list in the process.
Relevant Stonehenge Links:
English Heritage – Interactive Maps of the Stonehenge Landscape – click here
Stonehenge Guided Tours – The Stonehenge Touring Experts – click here
National Trust – The Stonehenge Landscape – click here
Stonehenge – Neolithic / Bronze Age Henge and Stone Circle. Click here
Salisbury and Stonehenge Guided Tours – The local megalithic tour operator – click here
Stonehenge Dronescapes – click here
Tags: Bucket list, Durrington walls, guided tours, Henge, Neolithic, Stonehenge Avenue, The Cursus, Visit Stonehenge, visit wiltshire, woodhenge
Categories : The Stonehenge Landscape
Durrington Walls: The largest henge monument in Britain
Immediately to the north of Woodhenge and spanning the A345 road is the largest henge monument in Britain – a massive banked and ditched enclosure over 400m across and nearly 1.5km in circumference.
Long recognised on old maps as an ancient British Village, Durrington Walls’ true importance only became apparent in the late 1960s when the road through it was realigned on a straighter path. You can see the line of the old, smaller, road in the aerial photo running to the left of the new road.
A massive rescue archaeological dig carried out in advance of the roadworks, making use of large earthmoving equipment for the first time (rather than only spades, trowels and brushes), revealed the existence of two timber circles within, as well as evidence for a settlement dating back to the late Neolithic around 2,500BC.
The scale of the ditch and bank is enormous – the ditch being over 6m deep, 7m wide at the bottom and 18m wide at the top, and the bank being over 3m tall and in places almost 30m wide.
Further excavations in the mid-2000s by the Stonehenge Riverside Project discovered the remains of Neolithic houses just outside the southeast entrance to the henge, other buildings – perhaps ceremonial in purpose – in the western half of the enclosure, as well as a short Avenue leading down to the Avon in the direction of the winter solstice sunrise.
Reconstructions of the houses were created at the new Stonehenge Visitor Centre, accurately based on the design and layout of those found at Durrington.
The archaeological evidence suggests that the settlement at Durrington Walls, which may have supported several thousand people, was relatively short-lived and perhaps was in use for only 50 years or so. The period of peak activity corresponds with the time when the large sarsen stones were erected at Stonehenge and so it’s believed that this was the place where the builders and their families lived while that monument was being constructed.
Careful study of the colossal amount of midden material left behind at the site shows that large gatherings were taking place, probably around the mid-winter time, with huge numbers of young pigs being eaten and their remains being deposited in feasting pits. Stable isotope analysis of tooth enamel proves that some of the animals were coming from as far away as the northeast of Scotland, Cornwall and the Lake District. This means that people were converging at Durrington from all over Britain, and suggests that Stonehenge was a “national” project rather than a local one.
A major geophysics research effort by the Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes Project, carried out in the last few years, discovered the existence of about 200 large features underlying the bank at Durrington Walls. The traces were such that they seemed to indicate the possible presence of buried stones all around the perimeter of the site.
In August 2016 a team of archaeologists excavated an area over two of these features to find out what the geophysics was telling them. Would the features prove to be large sarsen stones, which would overturn many ideas about the relationship of Durrington Walls to Stonehenge, or something else?
It rapidly became clear that in fact these features represented large pits with ramps leading into them which had been used to erect posts about 0.5m in diameter and perhaps 5m tall. Then these posts had been removed, after what seems to have been a very short time – perhaps less than a year—and the chalk blocks from the bank and ditch construction had fallen in, filling up the pits so that they appeared highly reflective features to the geophysics equipment.
The entire area was strewn with animal bone, including antler picks presumably used to excavate the pits in the first place, as well as pottery sherds and flint tools.
One interpretation is that as the settlement was going out of use, the people decided to memorialise the site by surrounding it with 200 large wooden posts but then changed their minds and embarked on a closing down project of constructing a huge henge bank and ditch instead, withdrawing the timbers for use elsewhere. It’s hard to be sure, especially since only two of the features have been exposed.
Durrington Walls is an integral part of the Stonehenge landscape and has a significance that were are only just beginning to appreciate. Trying to make coherent sense of its use by the people of the time is an ongoing task and there will be much more that we can learn in the coming decades.
For now, and to most people, it’s just a large field containing some sheep – but if you know a little bit about what lies beneath the surface it becomes a fascinating spot where you can walk in the footsteps of our ancestors from 4,500 years
More ways to explore the Durrington Walls and the Stonehenge landscape.
The Stonehenge Travel Company based in nearby Salisbury are considered the local experts and offer archaeological guided walking tours of Woodhenge, Durrington Walls and the greater Stonehenge landscape. Stonehenge Guided Tours offer tours from London and Bath including private group walking tours . London Walks offer guided tours from London via the train. Stonehenge Walks offer 1 – 5 hour guided tours from the Stonehenge visitor centre throughout the year. The Wiltshire Museum also offer guided walking tours throughout the year.
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Woodhenge Henge Timber Circle – Amesbury, Wiltshire. A wooden version of Stonehenge?
“A little further on the right of the road leading to Amesbury, we see the mutilated remains of an enormous Druid barrow”
This is how Richard Colt Hoare described Woodhenge in the early 19th century, and it continued to be viewed as a disc barrow (with the name “Dough Cover”) until 30th June 1926.
On that day, Squadron Leader Gilbert Insall VC took an aerial photograph that showed a series of dark circular cropmarks inside the area enclosed by what had been regarded as the barrow’s ditch.
Insall’s photo is shown below, Woodhenge is just above left of the centre.
These marks later proved to be the surface traces of six concentric rings of postholes, uncovered by Maud and Ben Cunnington in their excavations between 1926 and 1928. These posts date to between 2600 and 2400BC.
When their excavations were over, they installed short concrete markers to show the positions and sizes of the postholes, using colour-coded tops to indicate which holes belong to each concentric ring.
These are the markers that are still in place today.
The monument shares the same solstitial alignment as Stonehenge, pointing to summer sunrise in one direction and the winter sunset in the other. This photo shows winter solstice sunset.
As well as the postholes, the Cunningtons also discovered two burials and evidence that at least two stones had been erected on the site. Subsequent investigations in the mid-2000s found three more stone holes which show that large sarsens had been erected after the wooden posts had disappeared.
One of the burials was near the centre – that of a small child about three years old whose skull was broken. At the time that was interpreted as evidence of sacrifice although it’s also possible that the weight of earth on the body was the actual cause of the damage.
The second burial was in a grave in the bottom of the surrounding henge ditch, dateable by the fragments of Beaker pottery found within. The ditch dates to between 2400 and 2100BC.
Other pottery discovered at the site is the distinctive earlier Grooved Ware style from the time of Stonehenge and some fragments of a much older style that indicates activity at the site dates back at least to between 3,800 and 4,000 BC.
Woodhenge is on a low ridge that overlooks the River Avon to its east, and is due south of the huge neolithic henge of Durrington Walls. Along this ridgeline to the south is evidence of a number of other barrows and also structures that made use of large timber posts.
It’s been suggested that these “four posters” might be the remains of excarnation platforms – elevated wooden areas where the bodies of the dead would be placed to be defleshed by the elements and carrion birds.
The fields around Woodhenge are rich in other archaeological remains. Apart from those already mentioned there is a ploughed-flat long barrow to the southwest. Recent geophysical research by the Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes Project has shown that beneath the ground surface there appears to be evidence of some kind of timber mortuary building.
Access to Woodhenge is via a small slip road off the A345 north of Amesbury. There is a small, free, car park area and the monument itself is open at all times. The neighbouring fields immediately to the west (“Cuckoo Stone Field” and north (“Durrington Walls Field”) are owned by the National Trust and allow open access.
It’s well worth exploring this area to get a wider perspective of the landscape within the Stonehenge World Heritage Site. The Ordnance Survey Explorer series map #130 “Stonehenge and Salisbury” shows the public footpaths.
Circular walking route from Woodhenge to Stonehenge
This walk explores two major historic monuments, Durrington Walls and Stonehenge, in the heart of the Stonehenge World Heritage Site. Visit the National Trust site for this trail.
Durrington Walls and Woodhenge, Wiltshire: Walk of the week
The first of our new series of weekly walks, provided by the National Trust, is a ramble around mysterious Durrington Walls in Wiltshire, with views towards Stonehenge. Visit the Times Travel webpage
How to see Woodhenge on a guided walk
The National Trust are hosting ‘Discover Durrington Walls and Woodhenge’ events throughout the year. On this 3-mile walk, you’ll explore the secrets of Durrington Walls – once home to the builders of Stonehenge – and discover 6,000 years of hidden history with National Trust’s landscape guides. Visit the National Trust events page. Booking essential
Hire a local expert tour guide or join a scheduled group tour
The Stonehenge Travel Company based in nearby Salisbury are considered the local experts and offer archaeological guided walking tours of Woodhenge, Durrington Walls and the greater Stonehenge landscape. Stonehenge Guided Tours include photo stops and private group walking tours with transport from London
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Durrington Walls Dig: August 2016
Over the course of the last six years a team of archaeologists from across Europe led by Professor Vince Gaffney of Bradford University have been carrying out a series of cutting-edge geophysical surveys across an area approaching 10 square kilometres in the Stonehenge landscape.
They’ve made dozens of new discoveries, some of them entirely new sites. But one of the most astonishing things they’ve found is that something – in fact a whole series of somethings – lie buried beneath the 4,500 year old bank of Durrington Walls henge. Their surveys revealed an arc of large solid anomalies, some over two metres long. But the question was what were they?
There was only one way to find out and that was to dig. Which is why the combined forces of the Stonehenge Riverside Project, the Hidden Landscapes team and the National Trust are digging at Durrington Walls this August.
At the start of our dig our best guesses were that they could be one of two things.
they might be the remains of standing stones – now lying flat OR
they might be pits dug to hold giant timber posts but then backfilled, similar to some unearthed by Professor Mike Parker Pearson and the multi-university Stonehenge Riverside Project near the southern entrance of the henge.
The work has progressed incredibly quickly and we’ve already been able to answer the first part of our conundrum. We have what appears to be one very definite pit (in the picture above) and another taking shape on the opposite side of the trench.
Right next to the pit lay an antler tine. It needs to be cleaned and studied more closely but it may be the tip of an antler pick – and could be one of the tools used to dig the pit itself. Our dig team have been going great guns with their modern steel pick axes – I’m not sure they would be so quite so keen if they had to use one of these. But our henge builders were made of sterner stuff – the whole of the massive henge bank and ditch was dug with antler picks.
Article source: https://ntarchaeostonehengeaveburywhs.wordpress.com/2016/08/02/durrington-dig-2016-tuesday-2-august/
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Encountering Chinese officials: bureaucratism, politics and power struggle
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Encountering officials is inevitable in many research projects in China. The encounter itself shows a snapshot of how local officialdom works. Being rejected by the officials, being unable to find the officials during office hours, being passing like a ball from one office to another, and being scolded or humiliated were normal occurrences for ordinary people in dealing with local officials. ‘In a meeting’ was a frequently named excuse by officials to avoid unwelcome visits. Encountering Chinese officials thus put challenge on researchers to get needed information, to interpret meanings behind words, and to explore complex relationships behind certain phenomenon. But the encounter itself constitutes a significant part of the research ‘field’. This post proposes carefully reflecting the laborious process of encountering government bureaus and officials to deepen our understanding of the local social world, writes Jiong Tu.
Sichuan, China
My PhD project explores people’s moral experience of health care transformations over the past decades in a county in eastern Sichuan, China. In the field from 2011 to 2012, I met many patients and health professionals through acquaintances’ introductions without much difficulty. People sincerely shared with me their concerns and worries as health care increasingly became a troubling issue. I also interviewed dozens of health administrators and officials in order to get a view from within the structure of the authority with respect to the health policy agenda and administration. Perhaps because I went back to my ‘hometown’ for fieldwork and my topic is not politically sensitive, I experienced neither intervention that many western researchers encountered in China (such as that depicted in an earlier post of this blog by Lisa Richaud), nor the fear and scare depicted in Mayfair Yang’s fieldwork in Beijing (Yang 2004) and in Yunpeng Zhang’s fieldwork in Shanghai (see this previous post here). But my encounters with local officials were frequently disturbing, dramatic and sometimes humiliating.
Politics at the bottom of bureaucratic structure
The county capital of my research site (Photo credit: Jiong Tu, December 2011)
In 2009 when I first did my master thesis research in the county, I naively went directly to local health office to ask for some data. There I was ruthlessly rejected by the officers, who responded to me in a scolding tone that I did not know even the basic social rule. ‘How could you come directly to a government office to ask for information?’ they responded. They said that I should at least ask some acquaintance to make a reference call to them, or else how could they know who I actually was, even though I had showed them my student card and a reference letter from university. As a native who spoke local dialect and appeared to be just an ordinary local young person, they simply rejected me. That time I did not get any information. The encounter several years ago gave me a lesson how I ‘should’ interact with government officials in a conservative interior county.
When I did research in this county again in 2011, I always tried to find some acquaintance to introduce me to local health administrators and officials. With the introduction of a reliable acquaintance, many administrators and officials appeared to be kind, sincere and outspoken during interview. Some of them further introduced me to their subordinates. Even so, I still met many obstacles in interacting with officials.
In 2011, before I went to the same health office that rejected me in 2009, I made sure an acquaintance from local health sector had made a call to them and booked an appointment with the office head. But when my acquaintance accompanied me to the office at the appointment time, nobody was there except two female assistants who cautiously suggested us to call their leader again. My acquaintance called the office head’s mobile phone and was told he was in a meeting outside the county, thus we rescheduled our meeting to the afternoon. In the afternoon when we came to the office again, still only the two female assistants were there. While waiting in the office, I chatted with the two staff members. They began to talk about their daily work and expressed their views about local health to me. About fifteen minutes later, one of the staff member’s mobile phone rang. One of the staff members went out to answer the phone. When she came back, she told us the office head was not in the county and would not be able to meet with us. After this, their attitude changed and they terminated our conversation. No matter what I asked, they responded with a cold and simple ‘I don’t know’. Being suddenly treated in a hostile manner, we could do nothing but leave the office. The dramatic change puzzled me. Later I communicated my experience with several people working in local health sector, and got more information about the office I visited. The former head that rejected me in my 2009 visit was removed from his post after a serious medical accident happened in a private clinic under his jurisdiction in 2010. The new head was extremely cautious about every possible incident during his tenure, thus refused to talk with a western-trained young researcher, whom he considered one of the possible dangers.
Interviewing old village doctor, who perceived me as the one that could reach policy makers at the top and hoped that my research could convey his appeal of pension to the higher up (Photo credit: Jiong Tu, February 2012)
Many locals explained that normally the top officials who really had power (within their institution) would have more courage and foresight to talk with a young researcher. But it was exactly these officers at the low echelon of government bureaucracies, who carried out daily administrative work, extremely cautious in dealing with ‘outsiders’ and scared of being blamed for saying the worry words. Correspondently, the best way to avoid being blamed by their superiors was to avoid meeting a possible ‘trouble-maker’ at all.
However, these officials at the bottom of formal political structure are exactly whom most ordinary people encounter in daily life and through whom people come to experience the state bureaucratic apparatuses. As many of my local interviewees expressed, being rejected by officials, being unable to find officials during office hour, being passed like a ball from one office to another, and being scolded or humiliated were normal occurrences for them. ‘In a meeting’ was a frequently named excuse by officials to avoid unwelcome visits. They constitute the routine practices of local bureaucracies. Local people explained to me, as a student studying abroad with the introduction of local informants, I was treated much better by local officials than ordinary people who had no (special) background and no connection. These mundane bureaucratic practices shape people’s sense of the distance between ordinary people and local officials. Over time I began to understand why in people’s discourse there was a clear ‘us-versus-them’ conceptualisation, in which local officials were seen as the main antagonists of the people. Local officials’ spatial inaccessibility, bureaucratism, and formalism in daily work contributed to this antagonism.
Politics outside office
There are many interesting phenomena in local officialdom. The heads of government offices and public hospitals were frequently not at their office in the afternoon, thus most of my interviews with administrators and officials were carried out in the morning. The morning should not be early morning or near noon, but at the time between 9:30 to 11:30 am. In the afternoon many officials and administrators might go out to socialise in tea house, in mahjong rooms, at lunch or a dinner table, where many formal works were manoeuvred. These activities frequently lasted till late night when large amount of alcohol beverages had been consumed. It made some officials unable to get up early in the morning and have to work later than normal office hours. In several occasions, I arrived at the offices at 8am in order to meet the officials once they arrived and get the interview done before they started their busy schedule of the day, but ended waiting outside the offices for hours with other early birds who had the same idea as me. During interviews, many officials complained about the endless yingchou – the social interactions and receptions involving feasting, toasting and entertainment. But in order to reconcile conflicts in work and to connect guanxi with government departments, they had to put a large amount of time and energy in yingchou. The struggles of administrators and officials in health sector show the struggles of many low and middle echelons of government bureaucrats who face intense pressures from higher level government, encounter challenges in coordinating various departments in the middle, and have to respond to demands from below.
Interviewing administrators and officials at the low echelon of officialdom, I was frequently asked ‘do you want to hear the official words or the true words?’ The true words are the words shared among trusted acquaintance privately, but are not spoken publicly. The true words criticise the misbehaviours, corruption and irresponsibility of government, while the official words praise the glory, success, bright side of social development. Officials are extremely careful about what to say or not to say in particular time and location. Although I believe that most interviewees tried to communicate their true feelings and genuine thoughts (after introduction through local acquaintance), the question of ‘official words or true words’ itself suggests the division between the private self and the official self among these low echelon officials. Contemporary Chinese society seems to be characterised by these divided-selves and contradictions, which challenge the researcher to figure out the subtle differences and to show a nuanced picture of people’s views and experiences.
Subtle power struggle
At a different time, I did an interview in the health professional training centre based in a local hospital. I heard about the centre when interviewing the health bureau chief – the top official in local health sector. I requested to visit the centre and carried out the interview there. The chief agreed and made a phone call to introduce me to the office head at the centre. In the afternoon I came to the centre and met the middle-aged female head. The interview went well until half hour later a woman in her early 50s came to the office and started to work at the desk opposite to the head. The head simply introduced her to me as an officer there, and told her I was a PhD student introduced by the bureau chief. When the interview resumed, I began to find myself in trouble. No matter what question I asked, before the head answered, the newly arrived staff would comment. Sometimes she blatantly said I asked very stupid question, sometimes she blamed me for not even understanding basic concepts in their work. In the field, I did ask many ‘stupid’ questions, sometimes in order to hear explanations from locals’ own words, sometimes because I was not familiar with medical terminologies. Normally at the beginning of interviews I would explain to the interviewees (especially health professionals) about my limited medical knowledge, most interviewees then kindly answered my questions with great patience when coming to special medical cases. I did the same at the beginning of this interview, but since the elder staff came in, she began to complain sarcastically about my lack of knowledge even though I was a ‘PhD student’, she emphasised.
In the following twenty minutes, although I sat in front of the head’s desk, the interview became a tug between the elder staff and me. The office head could hardly speak anything in front of the elder staff’s criticism of me, and I became more and more frustrated and humiliated. At last, when I could not think about one more question to ask in the presence of the elder staff, I asked the head if she could introduce me to visit some other offices in the hospital. The head immediately agreed and led me out of their office. I was puzzled by the presence of the elder officer that day. Later I discussed my experience with several acquaintances working in the local health sector, and got to know the elder officer was the wife of former health bureau chief who was replaced by the new chief just a year ago. When the office head accidently mentioned that I was introduced by the new chief to the office, I naturally became the target of resentment the wife had towards the new health bureau chief (although I did not have any personal relationship with the bureau chief). She intentionally interfered with the interview so that I could not get any useful information in her presence. The office head, although held higher position officially, was junior in front of the elder staff that had worked longer and had much more power and connections as the wife of the former health bureau chief. The office head could not rebut the elder staff’s criticisms of me, except saving me from further humiliation by introducing me to another office. Unexpectedly I was involved in the subtle power struggle in local politics.
Reflecting the encounter as part of the ‘field’
In the field, a researcher frequently constitutes the local society he or she tries to figure out, and is easily involved in a much larger and subtle power struggle willingly or not. The researcher could become a tool of politics, constitute part of local propaganda (to publicise local music culture in the case of Catherine Ingram in this earlier post), or become the target of avoidance or surveillance. Officials may speak certain words in specific context and time, and provide particular information but not others to influence the perspective of the researcher. Ordinary people also become increasingly conscious to use the influence of media and researchers to express their opinions when there are few formal channels to make their voices be heard. In my field, patients told me endlessly about their unhappy experiences with health care and their individual stories of being defrauded by hospitals and doctors, in the hope that my research could warn other patients from falling into a similar trap or get somebody from higher up to correct the local wrongdoing. Doctors practically express their views in the hope that my research could help them solve their issues or deliver their appeals to a higher level authority (e.g. village doctors’ appeal for pension).
In his contribution to this blog, Yupeng Zhang showed how he used his contacts to help petitioners. Yet in the field where I struggled in interacting with officials, I frequently found myself not doing much more to patients and doctors than lending a sympathetic ear or giving some simple policy advice. There was a gap between researcher and locals in terms of expectations and understandings of research. The awkward positions of both the local people and the researcher were defined by the current modes of governance, of policy making, and of politics. And these governance, policy making and politics are exactly what constitute the ‘field’. As Shore and Wright suggests, it needs ‘a radical reconceptualisation of ‘the field’; not as a discrete local community or bounded geographical area, but as a social and political space articulated through relations of power and systems of governance’ (Shore & Wright 1997:11). Researchers of Chinese society often have to learn to interact with officials. The encounter itself shows a profile of how local officialdom works, constitutes a significant part of the research of policy and governance.
My experience is filled with puzzlement and limited to the officialdom of an interior county, which may function quite differently from other places in China. Nevertheless it epitomises the complex relationships and subtle power struggle generally existing in Chinese officialdom. Facing the ‘wordsmithing’ (Schoenhals 1992) in Chinese politics, researchers need to interpret meanings behind official words. To understand various ‘strange’ encounters in local officialdom, researchers again need to try to figure out the complex relationships and power struggles behind the scene. Yet the process itself poses challenge to the researcher who needs to cultivate relationship, to familiarise oneself with a local society, and to get insider’s knowledge. The process is frequently laborious and time-consuming. But it is one of the ways for the researcher to experience the local social world, and to carefully reflect upon that which would deepen our epistemological understanding of the ‘field’ not only in China but also in other parts of the world.
Schoenhals, M. (1992) Doing Things with Words in Chinese Politics: Five Studies.Berkeley: Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California.
Shore, C.and Wright, S. (eds.) (1997) Anthropology of Policy: Critical Perspectives on Governance and Power. London and New York: Routledge.
Yang, M. M. (1994) Gifts, Favors, and banquets: The art of Social Relationships in China. Cornell University Press.
Jiong Tu is a PhD candidate in the Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge. Her work explores people’s moral experience of China’s health care transformation over the past decades. The research involves interviews with many patients, health professionals, hospital administrators and health officials in a county in Sichuan Province. Her PhD is expected to be completed in 2014.
For citation: Tu, J. (2014) Encountering Chinese officials: bureaucratism, politics and power struggle. Field Research Method Lab at LSE (21 October 2014) Blog entry. URL: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/fieldresearch/2014/10/21/encountering-chinese-officials
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About The Havanese Breed
The Havanese are members of the Bichon family, a large group of dogs that include the Coton De Tulear, Maltese, Bichon Frise and other less well-known breeds that all descend from the Mediterranean Bichon Tenerife which is now extinct. The Tenerife was introduced by Spanish sailors to not only the Canary Islands but also other Spanish islands and colonies including Cuba.
Other names for the Havanese are the Havana Silk Dog and the Spanish Silk Poodle. It was a pampered lapdog of the aristocracy and since then has always been considered a delightful companion, playmate for children and watchdog. They were also known to herd the family’s poultry flocks.
The “Little Dog from Havana” then made its way back to Europe from Cuba and was enjoyed in the late 19th century as a circus and trick dog.
With the Cuban Revolution these favorites of the aristocracy lost their popularity and many of the Cubans who fled to the United States were forced to leave their beloved pets behind. Still, Americans became interested in the breed in the 1970s and from a gene pool of less than a dozen dogs, the Havanese has made a huge comeback.
Is A Havanese Right For You?
Havanese are quite playful, trainable and intelligent. They possess a natural sweet disposition and affectionate temperament, which makes them ideal companions for families, especially those with children. They are a toy dog but do not lack for energy! Some form of daily exercise, even a romp in the back yard, is needed to keep up their energy levels and keep them from being bored.
Havanese have a non-shedding coat that produces almost no dander, which makes them very suitable for persons who suffer from allergies. Regular grooming is necessary, however, to keep the coat in good condition. Most owners avoid this rigorous routine by keeping their Havanese in a ‘puppy cut.’
Havanese range in size from 8 ½ to 11 ½ inches tall at the shoulder…just the right size for sitting on your lap or fitting under your airplane seat!
Other responsibilities of Havanese owners include patience with housebreaking (they have small bladders) though they respond quite well to ‘piddle pads.’ Give regular attention to their drop ears for cleanliness. They do not require long walks but will enjoy them if offered.
The Havanese are not yappy dogs but will often alert you to strange sounds and then quickly respond to your command that they shoosh.
Resources for Researching the Havanese Breed
1. AKC — http://www.akc.org/
2. Havanese Club of America — http://www.havanese.org/
3. Havanese Forum — http://www.havaneseforum.com/index.php
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US STOCKS-Trade hopes boost Wall Street; tech shares lead gains
April Joyner
* Boeing extends fall after brokerages downgrade
* Coty jumps on plan to sell professional beauty business
* Chipmakers, tech stocks rise on trade hopes
* Indexes up: Dow 0.14%, S&P 500 0.62%, Nasdaq 0.84% (Updates to late afternoon, changes byline, adds NEW YORK to dateline)
By April Joyner
NEW YORK, Oct 21 (Reuters) - The benchmark S&P 500 stock index rose within striking distance of a record high on Monday as further signs of progress toward a resolution of the trade dispute between the United States and China helped boost shares in trade-exposed and economically sensitive sectors.
U.S. President Donald Trump continued to strike optimistic tones on Monday, while White House adviser Larry Kudlow said U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods scheduled for December could be withdrawn if talks go well.
"It is a bit more confirmation from China as to what was agreed with the U.S. in discussions towards the stage one trade deal," said Jon Adams, investment strategist at BMO Global Asset Management.
Trade-sensitive technology stocks, which rose 1%, added the most gains to the S&P 500. Shares of semiconductor companies, which derive much of their revenue from China, especially climbed. The Phialdelphia SE Semiconductor Index advanced 1.6%.
The economically sensitive energy and financial sectors led percentage gains on the S&P 500. Energy shares gained 1.8% while financials rose 1.4%.
Along with the subsiding of trade tensions, the steepening U.S. Treasury yield curve as well as better-than-expected corporate earnings thus far have benefited stocks, said Mona Mahajan, U.S. investment strategist at Allianz Global Investors in New York. In Monday's trading, the S&P 500 rose above the 3000 level to come within 0.7% of its record closing high.
"We're watching for a breakout to the upside of that range," she said. "Thus far, the early signs we're seeing are favorable."
However, losses in shares of Boeing Co capped gains in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Boeing shares shed 4.2% as several brokerages downgraded their ratings on the stock following reports that call into question the timing of the 737 MAX jet's return to service.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 38.09 points, or 0.14%, to 26,808.29, the S&P 500 gained 18.61 points, or 0.62%, to 3,004.81 and the Nasdaq Composite added 68.01 points, or 0.84%, to 8,157.55.
The earnings lineup for this week includes high-profile companies such as Boeing, Microsoft Corp, Procter & Gamble Co, United Parcel Service Inc and Caterpillar Inc.
According to data from Refinitiv, analysts have projected the first earnings contraction since 2016 for S&P 500 companies. But of the 75 companies that have reported results so far, only 12% have come in below estimates.
Halliburton Co shares gained 5.4% after the oilfield services provider detailed plans of further cost reductions.
Coty Inc shares surged 13.6% after the cosmetics maker said it was planning to sell its professional beauty business that houses brands such as Wella and OPI.
U.S.-listed shares of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd jumped 8.1% after the company announced it had made progress toward settling remaining opioid-related litigation.
Advancing issues outnumbered declining ones on the NYSE by a 2.07-to-1 ratio; on Nasdaq, a 2.29-to-1 ratio favored advancers.
The S&P 500 posted 39 new 52-week highs and two new lows; the Nasdaq Composite recorded 89 new highs and 56 new lows. (Reporting by April Joyner; Additional reporting by Shreyashi Sanyal and Medha Singh in Bengaluru; Editing by Sriraj Kalluvila and Chizu Nomiyama)
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“Real deal” Esks beat Stamps, clinch home playoff game
October 11, 2015 News, Edmonton Eskimos, Calgary Stampeders
Following twelve consecutive losses to the Calgary Stampeders, the Edmonton Eskimos officially have a winning streak of their own against their provincial rivals.
The @EdmontonEsks are now FIRST in the West Division! #CFLGameDay pic.twitter.com/damhOm87bk
— CFL (@CFL) October 11, 2015
I’m really liking my June prediction of Edmonton over Hamilton in the 103rd Grey Cup, but there’s still plenty of football to be played.
Jon Cornish on #Esks: “They're the real deal and, I think, we might have underestimated how good they were.” #CFL
— Scott Mitchell (@SUNMitchell) October 11, 2015
Edmonton’s biggest question coming into the season was whether they could beat the Calgary Stampeders or not. Every game between the two teams has been a slow, defensive battle so while it hasn’t been easy, I think this defensive style of football really fits the Eskimos a little bit better. I wouldn’t want to be hit by *anyone* on that team. (Okay, I wouldn’t want to be hit by anyone in this league, but still…)
Mike Reilly, while underwhelming on the stat sheet, has led Edmonton to five straight wins and had another decent game throwing for 264 yards, a touchdown and two interceptions. Judging by all the hits he has been taking over the past few weeks, there’s no way he’s one hundred percent. Reilly is a warrior and just finds a way to help his team win.
With the win, Edmonton has clinched a home playoff game but their schedule is about to get really interesting – and it’s not the opponents that make up the interesting part. The Eskies have BC, Saskatchewan and Montreal while they end the season on a BYE week.
If they hang on to first place, that means Edmonton would essentially have a *three-week* break between their November 1st tilt against Montreal and the West Final on November 22nd. It gives the team plenty of time to nurse their nagging injuries because let’s face it: At this point of the year, *everyone* is playing hurt. But it also gives them three weeks to lose focus. This team is the real deal but the tests just get harder from this point forward…
– written by Travis Currah
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Book reviews, Prose and Poetry, Stuff that makes me spin, Uncategorized, Writing
January 10, 2020 January 10, 2020 by Julie Christine JohnsonLeave a Comment on Desiderata: The Best Reads of 2019
Desiderata (things desired): A monthly review of books recently read.
As a new year turns over, here’s a look back at what I read in 2019 that stirred my soul.
100 books read in 2019. Fiction, Creative Non-Fiction, Essays, not enough poetry. Many in the crime/mystery/thriller category as I continued to study the genre for inspiration for my own work. I hadn’t intended to read so much, prioritizing my limited time to finish the first draft of THE DEEP COIL. Which I did. It seems to naturally follow that the more I write, the more I read, the more room I must make in my life for words.
These are the books that wowed me, that I longed to press into every reader’s hands. Two categories, Fiction and Non-Fiction, no particular order. Clicking on the book will take you to my full review on Goodreads.
Somewhere around page 230 of Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine I began to ugly cry. Deep, shattering, heaving, snotty sobs. 5-star weeping. Eleanor Oliphant is definitely not fine. She’s a train wreck from which I couldn’t look away, until it became clear that I was looking at the mirror image of my most dreaded self. Alone Me. Lonely Me.
In a perfect balance between self-effacing humor and tender self-awareness, the author touches the live wire of our greatest and most private vulnerability: loneliness. Eleanor is a heroine of our times- the consummate misfit who makes us cringe —those of us who see our own misfit reflected in her.
I’ll Never Play The Hammered Dulcimer by Jan Hanson
The poems I love, that launch tiny tremors in my belly, close a warm hand around my heart, make my throat ache with unshed tears, my eyes sting with those about to fall, are made up of life’s small moments. A poet who captures the seemingly mundane and makes it shimmer with meaning is one who captures my attention.
At my grandmother’s house in Texas,
I wear an organdy pinafore and eat Sunday ham
and Kentucky Wonders off a pink-flowered plate,
swinging my legs under the ladder-back chair.
From IN TEXAS
Jan Hanson is just such a poet. In her debut collection, she captures the small moments of beauty and disappointment within the breathless steamroll of life — raising children, falling out of love, and stumbling into new passion, the grind of work when the call to create is so strong — with a voice that is as gentle and fierce as a hummingbird.
On a quiet winter’s solstice night deep in the 1880’s, regulars huddle in the Swan — an inn tucked in the bend of the river Thames, not far from Oxford— swapping tales and sipping pints. The door slams open and into the shadowy room stumbles a man, his face battered, holding the lifeless body of a little girl. He is shown into a room where his wounds are tended by the local nurse, Rita. The little girl, drowned by the river that gives and takes according to its whim, is laid to rest in a cold storeroom until her body is claimed and her soul blessed into the afterlife.
And then a miracle occurs. The child takes a breath. She lives! But who she is and how she cheated death become the mysteries around which this rich, meandering, immersive story are wound.
The Far Field by Madhuri Vijay
In classic hero’s journey structure, Madhuri Vijay creates a deeply intimate story of a woman searching for personal identity in a place caught in political turmoil. As a child, Shalini has only a tacit understanding of the deep rift in the mountainous state of Jammu & Kashmir between the Hindu and Muslim populations. As a young adult, living so far away and so deeply in her own head, she pays little attention to the continued conflict. But once in Kashmir, she becomes embroiled in the turmoil, to catastrophic effect.
This is an astonishing debut. Vijay’s prose is gorgeous and evocative, poetic in its spareness, immersive in detail and content. Her themes and settings are epic and majestic, and yet this is a deeply intimate portrayal of friendship, betrayal, grief and remorse. The characters are rich with complicated histories and behaviors; the reader’s heart is broken open time and again by the people who guide Shalini into a better understanding of herself and the world.
The River by Peter Heller
First comes the scent of smoke. More than a campfire, it’s persistent, pervasive. It travels with Jack and Wynn as they canoe along the Miskwa river toward Hudson Bay. Jack climbs a tree and is horrified by what he espies across the vast Canadian forest: a massive fire consuming the forest with tsunami-like force, bearing down on them. Paddling tandem, even as skilled and in prime physical condition as they are, they can’t hope to outrun the fire, but they are determined to try.
The River is a brilliant tour-de-force thriller. Heller moves across the stunning landscape, at times brutal with careless treachery, at times heavenly with bounty and gentle ease, with breathless tension.
Francis Gleeson and Brian Stanhope meet as rookie cops in New York City and end up as next door neighbors in a small town just north of the city, raising their families and rising in their careers. Lena Gleeson is the perfect suburban mom, giving birth in rapid and delighted succession to three daughters. Anne Stanhope, however, is distant and cold, rebuffing all attempts at friendship and support as she recovers from a stillbirth, and when she becomes pregnant again with her son, Peter.
Told from the viewpoints of several characters over multiple decades, Ask Again, Yes examines mental illness, addiction, childhood trauma, family loyalty, and enduring love with grace and wisdom. Mary Beth Keane brings us into the hearts and minds of her characters and leaves us there, allowing us time to know them deeply, to develop the real ambivalence of empathy and fury, frustration and love.One of the most deeply moving novels I have read in a long time. Immersive, thoughtful, poignant and profound, Ask Again, Yes asks the reader to breathe with its characters, even through the worst of the pain, and not to look away at what we see reflected in their faces, even if it frightens us.
Big Sky (Jackson Brodie #5)by Kate Atkinson
We Jackson Brodie fans have waited what felt like an interminably long spell for our favorite private eye, in all his glib and glum glory, to return to the scene. But author Kate Atkinson has been rather busy in the interim, penning literary gorgeousness into Life After Life, A God in Ruins and Transcription. We’ll forgive her.
Our patience is richly rewarded with Big Sky, the fifth entry in the Jackson Brodie series. Although the novel could stand alone, fans of Jackson Brodie will shiver in recognition at the return of Reggie Chase, and nod heads with comforting familiarity at Julia’s throwaway affections (and affectations) and Jackson’s photographic recall of country and western lyrics.
The plot of Big Sky is a Venn Diagram of stories that contract until they become one, and Jackson is, of course, at the center of it all. “A coincidence is just an explanation waiting to happen” is one of Jackson’s favorite maxims, borrowed from some long ago episode of Law and Order. Kate Atkinson’s astonishing skill is not only to wink and nod at crime fiction tropes, but to render the plot so that coincidence feels utterly inevitable.
Idaho by Emily Ruskovich
This novel slipped quietly on and off my radar more than two years ago when it debuted. I think I had it on my TBR list and removed it when I couldn’t get a copy from the library and Goodreads feedback proved greatly ambivalent.
A few weeks ago, the 2019 Dublin Literary Award was announced and Emily Ruskovich’s 2017 novel was the winner. This award made me sit up and take notice because the books are nominated for the Award by invited public libraries throughout the world. I love libraries and hold librarians in the highest esteem. The great percentage of short-list titles that are books I have loved makes this an award I pay attention to. So I thought I’d give Idaho another go.
And I’m so very glad I did (and thank you to my local public library for ordering in a copy at my request).
What begins as a literary thriller transforms into a quiet litany of grief, redemption, and the shifting nature of memory. The brutality of the narrative contrasts with the beauty of the language to create a captivating, unforgettable story.
The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott
Brilliant. Just brilliant. Everything about this novel, from its premise — a fictionalized account of the true plot by the CIA to thwart communism through “cultural diplomacy”— to its the multiplicity of perspectives, including the Greek chorus CIA typing pool, the haunted Olga Vsevolodovna Ivinskaya, imprisoned in a Gulag for her involvement with famed writer Boris Pasternak, the “Mad Men”-esque characters of Cold War Washington D.C., and their fashions, passions, parties — to the women who became spies, their stories all but forgotten by modern readers until Lara Prescott breathed life into their legacies — just sings and sparkles with verve and vibrancy.
It is the early 1960’s and Jim Crow still holds sway in the South, even as monumental civil rights changes are sweeping across the land. Reform is slow to reach the Florida Panhandle and yet Elwood Curtis, a bright, shy, studious young black man raised by his officious grandmother, is determined to rise and shine, despite the heavy hands of racism holding him down. Even after he is sent away to the Nickel School for Boys for the non-crime of DWB- Driving While Black (in this case, Elwood is a passenger, blithely hitchhiking on his first day of college), he focuses his energy on achieving early release for exemplary behavior.
But the Nickel School for Boys, which houses white and black young men — separately of course — is not so easily endured. Punishment for any real or perceived infraction is torture and abuse, including solitary confinement, and even death.
Colson Whitehead based his fictional Nickel School on the Dozier School for Boys, a real house of horrors whose past was exposed in an investigative series in the Tampa Bay Times in 2014. For 111 years, from its opening in 1900 until the Dozier School for Boys was finally closed in 2011, boys as young as five years old were brutalized and dozens were murdered.
Lights All Night Long by Lydia Fitzpatrick(Goodreads Author)
It’s not lost on me that I consumed most of this book in the lonely clutches of insomnia, my internal lights on deep into the night. Sometimes I think I embrace this torture, for it offers the opportunity to do the thing I most love in life besides writing: reading.
And this was one worth having insomnia for. One of the year’s most moving (trembling, shaking) reads for me. I gasp in wonder and humbleness that Lights All Night Long is Lydia Fitzpatrick’s debut. Lights All Night Long is beautifully written, with characters cast in tenderness and compassion, landscapes that crackle with ice and throb with humidity, and an intricate, carefully woven plot that will leave you gasping at the end. But it is the relationship between the brothers Ilya and Vlad that will burrow into your heart, and break it, over and over. One of the year’s best. Now, let’s all get some sleep.
As a River by Sion Dayson
Debut novelist Sion Dayson has created a novel like blown glass- somehow beautifully fragile yet impossibly strong- a work of art that changes shape and color and texture depending on the angle and the light. I loved it. I loved it. I slipped so easily into Greer, Caroline, Esse- everyone- the characters have textures and depth that took such skill to layer in. As A River is not to be missed.
What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance by Carolyn Forché
Carolyn Forché was twenty-seven when she traveled to El Salvador for the first time in 1978. Her searing, remarkable memoir is both a reportage of the brutal recent history of El Salvador, and the recounting of how an activist is created. During the twelve-year war, largely funded by American money and American military training, in this tiny, beautiful country, 75,000 were killed, more than 550,000 Salvadorans were internally displaced with 500,000 becoming refugees. The reverberations of the conflict are felt today, in the refugees who continue to flee poverty and political terror in Central America.
Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America by Beth Macy
Dopesick, centered in Appalachia where the opioid crisis began in the late 1990s with the release of OxyContin and where it remains the most virulent, delves deep into the circumstances of opioid abuse and addiction through intimate portraits of the victims, their families, the dealers, cops, and health care providers and activists. She explores every angle, revealing the blatant corruption of Big Pharma and the sickening failure of U.S. regulatory bodies to recognize and respond to criminal behaviors. Even the public shaming of the Sackler family and the lawsuits against pharmaceutical manufacturers, which roll through every day in the headlines now, don’t seem to sway average America from reconsidering what’s in their medicine cabinet. From Adderall to Ambien, we are hooked.
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe
Right now, the only visible sign that you’ve crossed the border between the United Kingdom and Ireland is the change on road signs from miles to kilometers. In the twenty-one years since the Good Friday Agreement was signed in Belfast, signaling an end to the decades-long conflict known as the ‘Troubles’, the checkpoints have come down, the armed border patrols have been decommissioned, the observation towers are nowhere to be seen.
With Brexit looming, however, the visible division between the two countries may return, and with it, renewed calls to remove Northern Ireland from the United Kingdom and reunite it with the Republic. The prospect of reopening old wounds that are still so very close to the surface is so very real for communities on both sides of the border. Patrick Radden Keefe’s incendiary modern history of the bloody sectarian conflict in Northern Ireland could not be more perfectly timed. Say Nothing is part murder mystery, part political thriller, and all true. It reveals not just the cost of war, but the costs of peace.
No Visible Bruises: What We Don’t Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us by Rachel Louise Snyder
“Fifty women a month are shot and killed by their partners. Domestic violence is the third leading cause of homelessness. And 80 percent of hostage situations involve an abusive partner. Nor is it only a question of physical harm: In some 20 percent of abusive relationships a perpetrator has total control of his victim’s life.” From An Epidemic of Violence We Never Discuss by Alisa Roth, New York Time Book Review, June 7, 2019.
If you want to understand the horrific hold violence has on this country, this book will show the links domestic violence, or the more accurately-termed “intimate partner terrorism”, has to mass shootings, homelessness, substance abuse; why the #MeToo movement resonated so deeply; why it is so hard to generate commitment to laws and regulations that honor the safety of women in their own homes (yes, not all victims of domestic violence are women. Transgender and gay and lesbian partners are particularly vulnerable. Heterosexual men can certainly be terrorized by female partners in their own homes, as well. But 85 percent of intimate partner violence is perpetrated by men against women, so I, and the author, opt for the dominant model pronouns here).
This book is not just for those interested in the causes of and solutions to domestic violence. It is for anyone wishing to deepen their understanding of and compassion for the most vulnerable in this culture.
In the Dream House: A Memoir by Carmen Maria Machado
With her memoir and meditation on lesbian domestic abuse, In The Dream House, Machado reconstructs the rooms of her experience and memory to create a narrative filled with complexity and nuance.
Using vignettes that range from a chronological walk down the hallway of her recent relationship, to academic discourse on domestic violence between queer women, to a tapestry of self and sexuality woven from childhood memories, Machado experiments with form and tilts the function of memoir on its head. Each chapter offers a different narrative trope, a shift of the kaleidoscope through which to view her relationship and her responses to the growing doom she feels, recognizing the abuse even as she still loves the abuser.
She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement by Jodi Kantor, Megan Twohey
I devoured this in a day. No matter how familiar the headlines, the journey of a news story from idea, rumor, tip, to the front page is fascinating, particularly when that headline launches one of the biggest sociopolitical movements of the decade. My race to the finish of She Saidmade me think of how much I love watching All The President’s Men. I never tire of that movie. It doesn’t matter that you know the ending— not just to the movie, but all these years later, the political legacy left by Nixon’s impeachment — it’s the chase for the truth these reporters undertake when they aren’t certain what that truth is, how big, who else is involved. A deep bow and grateful embrace to Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey for their tireless work, and to The New York Times for continuing to support their reporters.
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December 7, 2019 December 7, 2019 by Julie Christine Johnson8 Comments on Desiderata: Monthly Book Wrap December 2019
Desiderata: things desired
A monthly review of books recently read. As a new month turns over, here’s a look back at what I read in November that stirred my soul.
The Reading Tally:
Novels: 7
Narrative Non-Fiction: 1
Instructional: 1
Internal Journey: 2
The Secrets We Kept, Lara Prescott
Boris Pasternak, the famed Russian writer, agonized for years over his classic novel Dr. Zhivago. Part of the agony was his fear that not only would it not be published in his homeland, but he risked arrest should it ever come to life in any print form. The Soviets banned it, sight unseen. And the Americans hatched a clever plot once they realized how a banned book could take the world by storm. The manuscript, smuggled out of the Soviet Union by a clever if not ethics-starved Italian publisher, would be smuggled back behind the Iron Curtain in a Russian translation to needle the Soviets and thwart their attempts to starve the Russian people of their cultural heritage and heroes. Never mind that this mission risked the lives of Pasternak and his lover, Olga Ivinskaya, who recounts harrowing years already spent in a Siberian prison camp for her relationship with Pasternak.
Back in the USA, Irina Prozdhova, a young Russian-American living at home in D.C. with her widowed mother, is hired into the CIA’s Soviet Russia (SR) division typing pool. By day, she clatters and clacks her way through endless reports. A natural introvert, she keeps a bit of distance from the snappy, sharp chattering of the other secretaries, but she doesn’t go unnoticed. Recruited as a spy, she is trained by the irresistible, statuesque, OSS-veteran Sally Forrester. The two women, as different as chalk and cheese, bond in way that leaves Irina confused and Sally rueful. Their friendship is the beating heart of this passionate narrative.
Part thriller, part romance, all engrossing historical fiction with the ringing bell of feminism omitted from history so often written by men, The Secrets We Kept is that ideal blend of compulsively readable popular fiction and intelligent, compelling literature. I’m thrilled to learn that this debut novel went to auction, garnered Prescott an enormous advance (although that can be a curse as much as a blessing, but I think in this case she will earn out that advance and then some), and that the rights have been sold as a major motion picture. So well deserved for this young (thirty-seven-year-old) author and this outstanding, complex, original novel.
Miracle Creek by Angie Kim
A debut novel that combines page-turning courtroom thriller with weighty reflections on immigration and parenting special needs children, Miracle Creek is a study on what comprises a moral compass, and the relative value of truth.
In a small Virginia country town, the Yoos, an immigrant family from South Korea, operate a hyperbaric oxygenation treatment (HBOT) facility called the Miracle Submarine in the barn beside their rented home. A questionable alternative therapy that claims to cure everything from impotence to autism, HBOT is performed in a sealed pressurized chamber that contains 100 percent pure oxygen. One terrible day, the chamber explodes and the fire kills two inside the chamber, and gravely injures four others, including Pak Yoo and his teenage daughter, Mary, who rush to rescue those trapped inside.
The fire was deliberately set and as the book opens, Elizabeth Ward, the mother of one of the patients is on trial for murder.
What seems an open and shut case of a sociopathic mother frustrated to the point of murder by her son’s behavioral imperfections becomes a twisted tragedy of lies and heartbreak.
Writing the narrative from multiple points of view, Angie Kim masterfully keeps her readers on an uncomfortable edge. We feel empathy for the many possible suspects, particularly the mothers who work to the point of exhaustion every day to care for their special needs children, hoping against all reason that they can affect a cure, or at least make things better, and for the Yoos, who came to America in hope and determination and instead face racism and poverty.
A suspension of disbelief is needed to accept how all the many loose threads come together in the end, as well as tolerance for melodrama, but as a whole, the novel is deeply compelling. The author faces so many uncomfortable truths and forces the reader to face them, as well. I have immense respect for her ability to craft an engrossing plot and layer it with substantive themes. Highly recommended.
The Women of the Copper Country by Mary Doria Russell
Anna Klobuchar Clemencs is the 25-year-old wife of a copper miner, living in the tidy company town of Calumet on Michigan’s remote Upper Peninsula. Surrounding her are first-generation immigrant families, speaking a total of thirty-three languages and suffering from the appalling working conditions prevalent in copper mining in the early years of the 20th century.
During twelve-hour shifts, six days a week, men toil deep underground with only headlamps to light their way for wages that don’t cover their expenses, no matter how much their wives scrimp, take in outside work, or share the burden within their ethnic communities. Miners are hopelessly indebted to the mining companies for equipment and supplies and when they become disabled or die, the company withdraws the lease on their house, condemning their families to destitution. Rarely does a week pass when a miner isn’t killed during the course of a normal work shift. Boys as young as fourteen are sent underground, and by the time they are young men in their early twenties, their backs are bent and their spirits broken.
The Women of Copper Country (oh what an unfortunate title for such an excellent book) chronicles with meticulous detail the 1913-14 uprising against Calumet & Hecla Mining Company, led by Anna Clement (the anglicized version of her husband’s Slovenian name). After yet another senseless death, this time of a friend’s husband, Anna forms the Women’s Auxiliary No 15 of a local union and rallies, over the course of several months, thousands of miners to join the union and strike against Calumet & Hecla, whose principals had grown fat and happy on the broken backs of laborers.
Mary Doria Russell, one of the most gifted storytellers of contemporary literature, renders a mostly-forgotten slice of history into an unputdownable novel. A few of the characters are historical amalgams, but many, like Anna herself, and the storied union activists Mother Jones and Emma Bloor, are taken from history books and given fresh, vibrant life on these pages. In a era when post-modern literature, with its forced plots and quirky stylings, seems to be the darling of critics, Doria Russell’s straightforward prose is fresh, intelligent and humane. This is historical fiction at its best.
La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman
Although this didn’t pack the intellectual, metaphysical wow of His Dark Materials, it is all the delicious curl-up-and-get-lost wonder of the best YA fantasy. I adored La Belle Sauvage for all its elemental beauty and sadness, rejoiced in the sheer joy of a good story told and the delight in knowing there is more to come.
Is it any wonder that Elwood Curtis struggles to understand and adhere to his hero Dr. Martin Luther King’s message of loving those who persecute you?
We can, and should, read these same articles and the many that followed when this chapter of our shared history broke open. But as is so often the case, a work of fiction serves to break open our hearts. It is so hard to get one’s head around something this awful, an institution that endured for generations, right up to the back door of yesterday, but Whitehead distills his story to a single character, Elwood. The spotlight focus on one boy, and a few threads of others along the way, humanizes the horror. The brilliance of his clear and unsentimental prose is its controlled fury. Whitehead allows the reader to feel all the helpless rage of the observer and doesn’t offer any easy comfort or explanations.
Not far from the site where University of South Florida students continue to dig up the remains of boys killed while students at the Dozier School for Boys, a Trump rally was recently held. In response to “Shoot them!”, an attendee’s jeering declaration of war against Mexican immigrants, the tool that currently resides in the White House joked, “Only in the Panhandle can you get away with that statement.” And the rally of racists cheered and laughed. 2019. Your America. Not all that different from Elwood’s America of fifty years ago.
What did you read last month that you’d love to share with the world?
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November 3, 2019 November 3, 2019 by Julie Christine Johnson2 Comments on Desiderata: Monthly Book Wrap
This is the first in what I intend to be a monthly review of books recently read. As a new month turns over, here’s a look back at what I read in October that stirred my soul.
Lights All Night Long by Lydia Fitzpatrick
And this was one worth having insomnia for. One of the year’s most moving (trembling, shaking) reads for me. I gasp in wonder and humbleness that Lights All Night Long is Lydia Fitzpatrick’s debut.
The lights of Fitzpatrick’s novel refer to the harsh and constant glare of the massive oil refineries that light the frozen plains of the small northwestern Russian town where Ilya Alexandrovich Morosov grew up and the steaming bayous of Leffie, Louisiana where he is spending the year as an exchange student.
The two landscapes and cultures couldn’t be more different and the story opens as Ilya arrives at the airport in Baton Rouge, walking deliberately past the smiling, plump, eager host family that awaits him, holding high the sign with his name. He walks past the Masons not once, but several times, only meeting them at last at the car rental kiosk where they have him paged. Fitzpatrick captures the moment they register Ilya’s face as one they had seen walk by, ignoring them, so perfectly —a moment’s mixture of embarrassment, hurt, confusion, and then kindness. No one mentions the gaffe and Ilya is welcomed into the Mason family: Papa Cam, Mama Jamie, two young daughters, and the misplaced, reclusive teenager, Sadie, who becomes his guide to American high school and eases his cultural transition.
Ilya packed very little for his year abroad, but he comes laden with a terrible secret. His beloved older brother, Vladimir, is in prison, having confessed to the murders of three women shortly before Ilya left for America. Vlad is a drug addict, a petty thief, a high school dropout. But a murderer? Ilya knows his brother, knows his optimistic, fun-loving heart. He may have mired his life in terrible choices, but Vlad is not a killer.
The chapters alternate between America and Russia, between the present and the immediate past, the year leading up to Ilya’s departure, when things were going so right in his life, and so terribly wrong in his brother’s. Fitzpatrick crafts a murder mystery with a slowly-tightening circle around the truth as Ilya sets puzzle pieces in place each night in his basement room at the Mason’s, surfing the net after he completes his daily homework. He reveals his secret to Sadie and together they work to prove Vladimir’s innocence.
Lights All Night Long is beautifully written, with characters cast in tenderness and compassion, landscapes that crackle with ice and throb with humidity, and an intricate, carefully woven plot that will leave you gasping at the end. But it is the relationship between the brothers Ilya and Vlad that will burrow into your heart, and break it, over and over.
One of the year’s best. Now, let’s all get some sleep.
Letters to a Young Writer by Colum McCann
I need a new category/shelf: Books That Make Me Cry Because I Think The Author Sees Into My Soul.
I’ve been reading this slowly these past few weeks, just a short essay or two in the morning before turning to work on my novel-in-progress. It’s served as a devotional, an inspiration, a kick in the ass, a point of focus, permission, forgiveness, scolding, hope. I think it will remain on the coffee table beside my morning writing spot, and I’ll return to the beginning and keep rereading through to the end, rinse-repeat until McCann’s nuggets of wisdom, tenderness, and no bullshit advice on the writing life are ingrained in my brain. It doesn’t matter how much one has or hasn’t written, published or not published, Colum McCann writes to our deepest fears and hopes, with the solid conviction that we must write on. Rage on.
The Vexations by Caitlin Horrocks
A gorgeously-penned novel that is nominally about real-life composer Erik Satie, but at its core is the story of the death of a possibility. Not of Erik Satie’s, whom Caitlin Horrocks shows to be an occasionally inspired, oft-petulant and paranoid genius, but of his sister Louise’s, whose gender made her own career as a gifted musician a risible intention.
Satie’s rise to fame as a composer in fin-de-siècle Paris occurred within an inner circle of family and fellow artists, and his ambitions reveal both the genuine struggle and the patriarchal privilege artists in all mediums faced or benefited from then, and now.
The Vexations has a multitude of narrators, including Satie; his siblings Conrad and Louise; his companion, painter and artist’s model Suzanne; and collaborator, lyricist and poet, Philippe. I found this literary choice vexing at times, for it distanced me as a reader from Erik, and I felt it distanced the author from the character she most wanted to spend time with: Louise.
The Saties’ mother died when the siblings were young. Their father left Conrad and Erik with their grandmother; Louise was taken to a great-uncle and raised to be a docile, lightly educated Catholic young woman, devoid of any ambition other than to marry well. The boys are eventually reunited with their father in Paris and allowed aspirations. Conrad is drawn into respectable business. Erik’s pursuits land him in bohemian Paris, ascending the steep streets above the Pigalle to the wilds of Montmartre, where the avant-garde and the tawdry rub elbows and raise goats in sprawling, meadowed backyards. Horrocks immerses the reader in this landscape, deliciously evoking the circles of artists, composers, poets, writers, and painters who created the stylized dilettantism of La Belle Epoque Paris.
But this is Louise’s story, as evidenced by the first person perspective given to her character, the only one who is allowed such closeness to the reader and her own agency. Louise takes us from the Satie childhood home in Normandy to post WWII Buenos Aires, where she retreats for safety, privacy, and employment like so many Europeans during and after the war. The reader is left to wonder, had Louise been given the opportunities afforded her brothers, which Satie would we be celebrating and remembering via Spotify playlists and movie soundtracks? There is no denying Erik’s genius, but we must recognize the genius denied in Louise.
A powerful, engrossing novel. Highly recommended.
The Butterfly Girl by Rene Denfeld
I entered adolescence at the same time Gary Ridgeway, aka the Green River Killer, murdered his first victim, a teenager he’d abducted from a foster home near Seattle.
Through my teenage and early adult years, Ridgeway killed dozens of women in south King County and in Portland, OR. Nearly all were sex workers and runaways, compromised by poverty, drugs, trauma. They were the most vulnerable among us, forgotten and easily discarded.
Author Rene Denfeld lived homeless in Portland as a teenager at the same time as the Green River Killer was beginning his two-decade killing spree. She may even have narrowly missed becoming one of his victims, as she chronicles in this recent article for Crime Reads: The Green River Killer and Me. The Butterfly Girl is Denfeld’s gift to those abused, forgotten street children. She gives them voice, rage, tenderness, humanity, and in Naomi Cottle — the child finder— she offers them hope.
We were introduced to Naomi in Denfeld’s haunting 2017 novel, The Child Finder. In this second thriller, Naomi puts her external investigations on hold to focus on finding her sister, who was held captive with Naomi after the two were stolen from their families as little girls. Naomi escaped when she was nine, running naked through strawberrry fields into the arms of migrant workers, who delivered her to safety in a distant Oregon town. Young Naomi fled with nothing. She had no memories of her captivity, only that she left behind a baby sister. Rage and guilt propelled her into a career finding the children everyone else has given up on. Even if all she can offer the grieving families is a body, her mission is to bring closure to the devastation of the missing.
The Butterfly Girl of the title is twelve-year-old Celia, a Portland street kid who escaped repeated rape at the hands of her opioid-addicted mother’s boyfriend. Celia sleeps in the bushes and digs through restaurant dumpsters, avoiding roving bands of marauding frat boys and the slimy clutches of preying men. Occasionally she sells her body to make some cash when things are most desperate. It is a terrible existence, but better than the one she left. She finds refuge in the city library, where volumes of books about butterflies capture and release her imagination into a world of flight on beautiful wings.
But a new horror has entered the streets where Celia lives: someone is murdering young homeless women and dumping their bodies into the city’s wide, industrial river. Naomi’s quest to find her sister draws her into Celia’s life and into the hunt for this monster. The two investigations dovetail into one breathless race to catch a killer before he can strike again.
Naomi’s own trauma renders her distant and cold from her husband, from the beloved friend who takes them in, and even from the reader. She seems to serve, uncomfortably at times, as an empty vessel through which all the rage and despair and sadness of the victims pours through.
Bleak and beautiful, The Butterfly Girl offers a moving and distressing portrait of street life, of those who live it and those who seek to provide relief and retreat from it. It’s a heartpounding thriller with a lyrical and humane soul.
A Door in the Earth by Amy Waldman
My ex-husband and I served briefly as Peace Corps volunteers in Chad in the early 90s. We were young newlyweds— 24 & 27 — but we’d lived abroad, we were fluent in one of Chad’s official languages (French), we were trained as educators, he as a K-12 certificated teacher, me as an instructor of ESL. We left Chad after a few months, heartbroken, disillusioned, angry and bewildered.
We quickly realized that as members of a well-intentioned but grinding government bureaucracy we were likely doing more harm than any possible benefit we could offer to a country imploding into civil war. We were essentially taking jobs away from Chadian teachers, who were on rolling strikes to protest not being paid by their own government. Into the vacuum stepped the “education” volunteers to take their place. It was a moral dilemma that we chose not to be a part of.
Misguided, even harmful, development projects are dirty not-so-secret aspects of NGOs and goodwill government organizations everywhere: foreign-funded projects often center on making the foreigners look good by creating physical structures to show donors back home the good things that come from their money. These projects are initiated not by local populations who understand best what is needed in their communities, but by outsiders desperate to spend the monies they’ve been awarded. It’s a tangled mess of convenient compassion, “white savior” mentality, and nefarious politics centered on “winning hearts and minds” that we had the intelligence to recognize and distance ourselves from, even if leaving hurt our potential careers.
Humanitarian superstar Greg Mortenson, author of Three Cups of Tea and Stones into Schools is perhaps the most infamous example of development projects gone bad. Mortensen perpetuated his NGO fraud in the post 9-11 bewilderment of the war with Afghanistan to the tune of millions of dollars of donations from compassionate and guilt-laden Americans, two bestselling and nearly completely fabricated memoirs, and a foundation that served as his own money laundering network. He was exposed at last in 2011, several years after the publication of his first book, by writer Jon Krakauer and the team at 60 Minutes. It’s absolutely worth looking up Krakauer’s articles and the 60 Minutes episode to see in real time how far Mortensen led astray not just well-meaning donors, but the American military, for whom he served as a guide and advisor.
Amy Waldman, who spent several years in Afghanistan as a journalist in the fragile and frightening era immediately after 9-11, mines the rich ridiculousness of Mortensen’s rise and crash to create the premise of her latest novel, A Door in the Earth. Set in 2009, the novel tells the story of young Afghan-American woman, Parveen Shamsa, who travels to a mountain village in northern Afghanistan to conduct anthropological research. Like many Americans of the era, Parveen has fallen under the spell of a book entitled Mother Afghanistan, written by an American humanitarian Gideon Crane (our fictional Greg Mortensen) who found himself in Afghanistan after 9-11 and became a superstar philanthropist by building women-only medical clinics. Parveen traces Crane’s footsteps and secures an introduction to members of the village where Crane established the first clinic. Parveen arrives with a vague academic plan and a small grant from UC Berkeley, where she is a student. Her Afghan roots allow her family in distant Kabul and solid knowledge of Dari, the primary language spoken by the villagers.
The story is the awakening of Parveen to her own idealism, the disaster of military intervention to instigate regime change, the faulty logic of many humanitarian assistance programs that try to solve problems first and ask questions later, and the very devastating consequences that can result when outsiders intervene in places they don’t bother to take the time to learn about or understand.
I struggled with the sheep-like plodding of Parveen; her naïveté made a caricature of her character at times, and kept her from developing into a fully-realized being. She was more like a mirror upon which the truth was reflected.
Rather, it was the richness of the Afghan human and physical landscape that held me fast to the page. Waheed, the patriarch of the family which takes in Parveen, plays a central role in the fictional memoir he’s never read; the tragic death of his wife, Fereshta is supposedly what galvanized Crane into humanitarian action. He is written with nuance and compassion, as are his wives, Bina and Shokoh, and their children. I felt the urgency and warmth of the woman doctor, Yasmeen, who makes a perilous drive once a week to the village with her son, Naseer, to treat its women; the fallibility and vulnerability of interpreter Aziz, whose limited knowledge of English and selective translations imperil villagers and American soldiers alike. Most importantly, the many voices given to the Afghan village women are the heart and soul of this complex and nuanced story. The setting, which reads like an Edenic oasis in the midst of chaos, was intoxicating and revelatory.
Waldman uses Parveen’s dawning realization that she has been taken in by a terrible fabrication illustrates the very real tragedy of America’s presence in Afghanistan, and the greater context and consequences of foreign assistance projects everywhere. It is not that foreign aid and humanitarian assistance aren’t needed; they are, desperately. It’s that unless these projects are initiated, led and assessed by local populations, even the best intentions can do irreparable harm.
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The Best of My Reading Year
January 2, 2018 by Julie Christine Johnson5 Comments on The Best of My Reading Year
“Lost my focus” “Couldn’t concentrate” “I read so little this year” and other similar laments repeated in my reading and writing circles in recent days as friends tally the number of books read in 2017 compared to previous years and goals are set for 2018.
I get it. The personal and the political conspired in 2017 to pull my attention away from that which is so precious to me: reading. But the good literary news is that the year was full of many gorgeous, unforgettable reads, even if the sum total of books completed was less than I would have liked. And here, in no particular order, are those that I most treasured and would press into your hands if I could (click on the titles to read my full Goodreads review):
A Manual for Cleaning Women by Lucia Berlin (2015)
Time stops with each story in this collection. These are not easy reads and I needed a deep breath and some distance after each story. But Berlin’s is some of the most astonishing writing I have read. Ever. It pains me that it has taken so long for us to recognize her power and mastery, that she will never know how deeply she has affected this new generation of readers. But do yourself a favor. Make it a priority to read this collection- take all the time you need, dip in and out, but know that you will finish a different human being than when you started.
News of the World by Paulette Jiles (2016)
But this extraordinary novel is so much more than its plot. This is a story of two misfits at either end of their lives, brought together by happenstance and tragedy who bond during an epic journey through an unsettled land. It is novel of place and of a very particular point in history. It is a few years after the end of the Civil War, but hardly an era of peace. Captain Kidd brings with him news of the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment, granting black citizens of the United States the right to vote. Texas is still very much the Wild West, and Jiles captures the grit and heat, the awesome threats and beauty of this massive state.
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi (2016)
The marvel of this novel is how we become so quickly and solidly attached to the protagonist of each chapter, even though we don’t remain in his or her life for long. And how agile Gyasi is in portraying each generation and location, despite dramatic shifts of culture and geography. The chapters set in West Africa are the most revelatory. I’ve read extensively of the evil and agony of pre-and post-antebellum racism and violence in the United States, as well as the disease of Jim Crow that followed emancipation. But to see the entangled roots of slave history in West Africa, revealed with such vivid storytelling, is astonishing.
The Accidental by Ali Smith (2005)
The Accidental shows the rusted and broken bits inside the moral compass of the Smarts, a bourgeois British family of four on summer holiday in a drab northern England town. Eve Smart is mid-list novelist and mother of 17-year-old Magnus and 12-year-old Astrid. Michael Smart, husband and step-father, is a philandering professor of English. It becomes all to easy to detest the Smart mère et père, for they are eye-rollingly entitled and pretentious, but this novel is about the kids. And it is in their voices that Smith’s prose shines like a beacon.
Days Without End by Sebastian Barry (2017)
What a rich and complicated novel. I reeled with each page, cringing in horror at the Great Plains massacres and Civil War atrocities, astonished by the elegance of Barry’s prose, the fresh wonder of Thomas McNulty’s voice, the lovely matter-of-factness of taboo love and the shock of willing participation in America’s brutal expansion. Days Without Endis a work of staggering beauty.
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid (2017)
It is the inevitability of migration that moved me the most. We have always been a world, a mass of humanity, on the move. From the very origin of our species, we have migrated. The notion that one part of the world belongs to one certain group of people and should be closed to others is as absurd as doors in gardens that suck people from Amsterdam and expel them in Rio de Janeiro. I inhaled this elegant, uncanny novel in all its prescient relevance and stunning imagination. I cannot recommend it highly enough.
The Atlas of Forgotten Places by Jenny D. Williams (2017)
This is an extraordinary debut, written with a masterful sense of plot and pacing and a keen understanding of the thorny world of western intervention in the developing world. Her prose calls to mind the exquisite Francesca Marciano — another contemporary Western writer with personal experience in Africa — with its clarity, precision, and beauty.
The Book of Joan by Lidia Yuknavitch (2017)
Lidia’s prose is visceral and shocking and physical. She writes from the body as much as from the mind and the heart and you feel her words. As a reader I was stunned, horrified, aroused and broken. Whatever your expectations of this book, lay them aside. Just read and embrace the power of what fiction can do to tell the truth of the world.
The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin (2015)
THE THING ABOUT JELLYFISH is a luminous portrait of friendship and grief, of the cruelty of youth and the resiliency of the human spirit. Younger readers will find solace in Zu’s determination and big heart; older readers will marvel at the sensitivity and deep truths of a finely-wrought narrative. This is an exquisite novel.
The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry (2017)
This is a novel of tangled, rich love, both mannered and wild. Multiple hearts beat with loves unrequited and an aching pervades the pages, expressed in letters, in long glances, in touches to cinched waistlines and damp napes of the neck. Along with the palpable sense of dread that follows rumors of a winged beast is a sense of desperation and longing that may spin out of control at any moment: desire without fulfillment can be as dangerous as a legendary ichthyosaur. This is as lovely a novel as I have read in a long time, reminiscent of A.S. Byatt and Sarah Waters. Sarah Perry is a breathtaking writer. Settle in and be prepared to be swept away on a wave of exquisite prose and storytelling. Highly recommended.
The Child Finder by Rene Denfeld (2017)
Snow and ice, the forest, the silence, the hunters and hunted combine to give The Child Finder a sense that it is once-removed from reality, perhaps a relief for the reader even as the narrative dives deep into the horrors of child abuse and abduction. Denfeld calls upon her own childhood experiences, and that as a professional death penalty investigator and adoptive mother of three children. She lives in real time the sadness and desperation of the used and abandoned, and that reality lives in this frightening and yet ultimately uplifting and redemptive novel. A breathtaking combination of suspense, horror, love, darkness and light, The Child Finder is simply one of this year’s most compelling and astonishing reads. Brava, Rene.
The Answers Are Inside the Mountains: Meditations on the Writing Life by William Stafford (2003)
The Answers are Inside the Mountains is one in a series of Poets on Poetry, a collection of interviews and conversations with a celebrated poet, as well as selected essays and poems. It includes a beautiful exchange between Stafford and his dear friend and fellow poet of the West, Richard Hugo. A slim volume rich and full of hope and light, compassion and encouragement The Answers are Inside the Mountains is one of the loveliest sources of inspiration this writer has read.
Wild Comfort: The Solace of Nature by Kathleen Dean Moore (2010)
This is a collection of essays and meditations that have appeared over the years in various publications, so they are loosely knit by the theme of finding redemption in the natural world. Moore’s style is poetic and thoughtful, gentle and open- in direct contrast with the often abrupt and heartless way that nature has of carrying on with the business of life and death. But each essay is intimate and poignant, full of gratitude and hope.
Hourglass: Time, Memory, Marriage by Dani Shapiro (2017)
I was married for nearly twenty-five years, years that were happy and full of adventure, but perhaps more heartbreak that we could withstand. I celebrate the beauty of what we had and the wisdom in the letting go. Dani Shapiro speaks of “the third thing” that unites couples, whether it’s a child, a Corgi, an avocation or hobby, and this idea resonated deeply. I had several “third things” with my ex-husband, but in my most recent, and recently-ended relationship, the third thing seemed to be a third rail of pain and codependency. Now, as I welcome a deep and gentle love, I have at last the third thing with a partner that I’ve been craving: art. The mutual understanding, celebration and commiseration of what it means to be an artist, whether it’s creating with paint or with pen, is such sweet relief.
Book reviews, Fiction, Prose and Poetry, Writing
Reading Future, Reading Past = Present Sanity
November 9, 2015 by Julie Christine Johnson1 Comment on Reading Future, Reading Past = Present Sanity
I see what’s happening here. Life leaving me breathless these days. Brain pummeled by to-do lists, expectations, worries, excitements, anticipations. Book Launch approaches. I can think only in short bursts. My writing languishes, suffers, as creative energy is siphoned off for other uses.
My body doesn’t know good stress from bad, it just knows this heightened state of awareness, the light switch on, constantly, like some sort of prison torture.
I can take only so much “on” before I need silence, solitude, dusk to replenish and restore. These short days and long nights are a balm to my psyche. The darkness gives me a place to hide. And solace is found in books. I tear through the pages; my level of stress measured in the number of “The Ends” I reach each month.
Two distinctly different reads from my current word binge stand out, books I must share with you. Debut novelists, each, (though Claire Vaye Watkins’s short story collection Battleborn met with great acclaim upon publication in 2012). One writes of near-future southern California, the other of an ill-fated 18th century sea voyage, both astonishing for their imagination and fearlessness, the strength and brilliance of their prose.
I’ve got to get back to my to-do list, but know that each velvety-black evening, each silent, wet dawn, I am readingreadingreading, refueling my heart and mind with words, as my own build, readying themselves to be written.
Gold Fame Citrus by Claire Vaye Watkins
I fear the vast dimensions of eternity. Ciaran Carson, “Fear” 1948
In Claire Vaye Watkins’s searing debut novel, Gold Fame Citrus, fear is vast. It is blistering hot, white, shifting, a thing massive and predatory, greedy and indiscriminate. It is the desert, created by draining the West of its water, by wringing the climate dry. Fear has a name. It is the Amargosa Dune Sea.
Set in a future close enough to see if we shade our eyes and squint, Gold Fame Citrus presents a California annihilated by drought. A massive, moving sand dune is eating up mountain ranges, obliterating cities, and creating refugees known as Mojavs, a dystopian society that recalls the Okies of the Depression-era Dust Bowl. Watkins lists Tim Egan’s phenomenal The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl in her acknowledgments and parallels the desperation and isolation of that time with one of her own keen and savage imagination.
Luz was a child star, born into drought just as science began to give up on cure or prevention, and a desiccated society turned toward the mystic and the weird. Luz was to be the hope disaster couldn’t defeat. The government made her a poster child for the new future, until the posters faded and shriveled in the relentless sun. Now Luz squats in the abandoned home of a movie star in a “laurelless” canyon, drinking ration cola while her boyfriend Ray writes lists in his diary that read like poetry and tries to keep them alive. Luz and Ray can’t seem to muster the energy to flee to the cool, green, moist Pacific Northwest, or join the multitudes heading over the Dune, toward cities in the East. It’s not that easy: even if you survive the desert crossing, Mojavs aren’t welcome anywhere, states are building barriers to wall themselves in. And then there is Ray’s past—a barbed-wire fence too tall and entangled to surmount.
They aren’t alone in the desert: there are others, outcasts who’ve come together in survivalist colonies, living blackmarket lives. Luz and Ray rescue a little girl, a “strange, coin-eyed, translucent-skinned child”, from one such group, in a scene of an overnight rave party that is grotesque and haunting, like a Cormac McCarthy nightmare of the Old West.
The theft of this child, Ig, and fear that they will be pursued, propels Luz and Ray out of their sun-scorched inertia and sets them on the road, seeking a way out of the desert. But of course, the Desert will not let them go that easily. Luz and Ig end up alone, dying of thirst and heatstroke. Watkins’s vision of mercy is also a prison, with convicted survivors sharpening blades of power on a whetstones of control.
This is a novel of passion and fierce love; it is cruel and brilliant, shocking and tender, created with an imagination as boundless as the desert. In contrast to the parched environment, Watkins’s prose is lush and vivid, leading you, bewitched, through a shimmering mirage of hope.
Landfalls by Naomi J. Williams
So recently set adrift by two novels with multiple points-of-view, each chapter taking me through my paces with a new voice, each novel leaving me parched for emotional resonance as though I were desperate sailor drinking sea water, I thought, ‘No, not again,” when I embarked upon this voyage with Naomi J. Williams and her debut Landfalls.
Okay, I’ll stop with the silly seafaring metaphors.
But I won’t stop raving about this unputdownable tour de force, crashingly good, tsunami of a novel.
Williams offers a kaleidoscopic view of the ill-fated Lapérouse expedition of 1785-89, which saw two frigates filled with over two hundred men attempt a circumnavigation of the globe for the glory of science, human endurance, and the maritime prowess of France. With each chapter the kaleidoscope shifts, offering a different perspective—from seaman to scientist, Tlingit child to French castaway.
Several of the chapters were published as short stories and in many ways this novel is a collection of individual works, as Williams leaps nimbly from voice, perspective, and style. Yet with each landfall, the threads of characters’ lives are woven through the narrative, connecting each part to all those which precede it, and the underlying tension of a well-paced thriller holds you fast. The author frames a daring, complicated structure and shores it up, page after page, with a gripping, marvelously inventive, and historically solid story.
The scope of Williams’s research is breathtaking yet, like modern masters of the form Mary Doria Russell, Hilary Mantel, David Mitchell, you are drawn naturally, unresistingly into a distant era by flesh-and-blood characters. Heartstrings are pulled in the opening pages and are never released, until the gasping end. There is humor and irony, violence and tragedy, longing and despair. I greedily devoured the pages of a dreamlike obsession with a child bride at a Chilean outpost, gasped at the crystalline and savage beauty of Alaska, burned with anger over sadistic priests on the California coast, mourned love found and lost during the heartbreaking Siberian journey of a translator and his devoted bodyguard. The scope of history and setting, of character and voice and emotion, is nothing short of astonishing.
This is simply the best of what historical fiction can be: a voyage of discovery that speaks to the imagination and the heart, swallowing the reader whole like a literary whale.
Book reviews, Fiction, Joy, Prose and Poetry, Stuff that makes me spin, Writing
My Annual Jane: Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen
November 11, 2013 November 11, 2013 by Julie Christine Johnson3 Comments on My Annual Jane: Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
“We have neither of us anything to tell; you because you do not communicate, and I, because I conceal nothing.” Marianne Dashwood to her sister, Elinor.
And thus is Marianne’s yang to Elinor’s yin. Two halves of a whole, two women bound in love and in blood, as different and dependent as the sun and moon. Passion and logic. Emotion and propriety. ESFP and INTJ.
Jane Austen first crafted this story as an epistolary novel and titled it “Elinor and Marianne.” Although the structure would change as she revised the novel over fifteen years until it was published in 1811 as Sense and Sensibility, the relationship between these two young women remained its core.
But this novel isn’t about a conflict between sisters with opposing characters, one directed by Sense, the other driven by Sensibility. It’s about recognizing the sense and sensibility we each possess and how to release one and harness the other when love beckons and threatens in equal measure. It is about a quest for harmony and the embrace of one’s true self, about the ability to admit fallibility while still seeking personal growth. Sense and Sensibility is the Tao of Austen.
The moments of self-actualization are many and profound. Elinor’s is the least notable because she enters and remains the most centered and stable person; Colonel Brandon’s came many years before the novel takes place—we learn of it as he relates the sorrowful story of his lost love and the child he takes on as a ward; but John Willoughby, Edward Ferrars, Marianne Dashwood—each has a period of reckoning that challenges the weakest aspects of their characters and each arrives at a resolution.
Elinor may well be my favorite of Austen’s women (I hedge, because as soon as I reread Pride and Prejudice, I’ll claim it to be Lizzy). She is certainly the most dignified and humane. She is also the most relatable. Her compassion is justified and deeply-felt, which makes her uncharitable thoughts all the more delicious. In this comedy of manners, Elinor is above reproach, but beneath her unflappable surface is a wry sense of humor, prone to irony and exasperation.
Lucy was naturally clever; her remarks were often just and amusing; and as a companion for half an hour Elinor frequently found her agreeable; but her powers had received no aid from education: she was ignorant and illiterate; and her deficiency of all mental improvement, her want of information in the most common particulars, could not be concealed from Miss Dashwood, in spite of her constant endeavour to appear to advantage.
And although Edward Ferrars does not make my heart thump in the slightest, not compared to the enigmatic Mr. Darcy, the dashing Mr. Knightley, or the heroic Christopher Brandon, I have the most tender of spots reserved for the most hopeless of introverts:
“My judgment,” he returned, “is all on your side of the question; but I am afraid my practice is much more on your sister’s. I never wish to offend, but I am so foolishly shy, that I often seem negligent, when I am only kept back by my natural awkwardness. I have frequently thought that I must have been intended by nature to be fond of low company, I am so little at my ease among strangers of gentility!”
Sense and Sensibility has Austen’s most rousing cast of secondary characters, with the wicked witch Mrs. John Dashwood (portrayed with perfect insufferableness by Harriet Walter in the 1995 film adaptation. The one I must watch at least once a year), effusive, lovable busybody Mrs. Jennings, sly and silly Lucy Steele, and the preposterously mis-matched Mr. and Mrs. Palmer. But it is Elinor for whom I turn each page, in admiration and tenderness. It is Elinor who I most aspire to be, to create, who I wish I could have known, who I mourn because she is the closest connection to the author herself. Elinor had the Happily Ever After that Jane was denied.
“Know your own happiness. You want nothing but patience- or give it a more fascinating name, call it hope.”
The Tao of Elinor. The Tao of Jane Austen.
And now. I’m done parsing. For that is Sense. I read Jane Austen to indulge my Sensibility. I sink into her novels and want them never to end. I cherish her language, I adore her characters, I marvel at the simplicity and perfection of her plots, I cry because love triumphs in the end. There is just no making Sense of why I adore Jane Austen. There is only Sensibility: Capacity for refined emotion; delicate sensitiveness of taste; also, readiness to feel compassion for suffering, and to be moved by the pathetic in literature or art. (Oxford English Dictionary; 18th and early 19th c. Usage); the ability to appreciate and respond to complex emotional or aesthetic influences; sensitivity (Modern Usage).
Until next time, Jane.
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Here is this week's chapter of my serialized comic novel "Four Bidding For Love."(Those who find absurdist humor and adult situations offensive, please read no further.)
Over-riding his better judgment, Robin had turned his minivan off the approach to the Bay Bridge and driven to Kylie's rooming house. A power outage had darkened the windswept streets, and in a moment of inspiration he reckoned he could stop by and offer to take her to dinner, as the darkness precluded her eating at home. The gesture could hardly be taken as forward, and with a rare self-satisfaction he edged up the front steps to the door, which was fortunately ajar.
Entering the utter blackness of the entryway, he closed the door behind him. With the blustery wind blocked, the warble of a heartfelt operatic song drifted down from an upstairs room; though there were no sounds of life in the two downstairs units, he detected a very faint glow from beneath the door on the right. Reckoning this was Kylie's, or Ross's, he knocked lightly and awaited a response with a suitor's anxiety. No one seemed to be home, and he wondered if it was worth trying the darkened door on the other side. Maybe Kylie had already gone out for dinner, he told himself, and with a sour dejection he edged back to the front door before telling himself, you're here; you might as well try the second door.
He knocked lightly, and a faint female voice inside beckoned him in.
Opening the door a crack, he peered into the complete blackness and was about to say, "Kylie?" when her voice came from the depths in an urgent whisper. "Close the door softly, or my upstairs neighbor will bother us."
Robin did as instructed and then carefully made his way toward her voice, hoping no furniture blocked his path. In her single-mindedness to locate the candles, Kylie had neglected to lock her door, unintentionally leaving it open for the masseuse whom she'd completely forgotten about now. Not only had she failed to find any candles, she'd also forgotten whether his name was Jordan Simon or Simon Jordan. Rather than make a fool of herself, she decided a name was unnecessary.
"You're here to give me a full-body massage, right?"
Robin was perplexed and delighted by quick turns, and whispered, "Yes."
"I'm sorry about the darkness, but the power's out, and I can't find any candles."
"We don't need any light," Robin replied very quietly, and Kylie’s own whisper telegraphed her nervousness. "I guess not. I know whispering is kind of odd, but my neighbor's the nosy type."
"I understand," Robin replied in his faintest voice. The high piercing notes of a female opera star's song penetrated the ceiling from Vonda's room upstairs, and Robin said softly, "You neighbor must have a battery-powered radio."
"That would be like her," Kylie said quietly, and then added hesitantly, "I guess I should take my clothes off, right?"
Swallowing hard at his tremendous good fortune, Robin whispered, "Yes."
Edging toward her voice, Robin waited for the rustle of clothing being removed to end and then reached out tentatively to touch the small of her deliciously warm back. Assured she was lying on her stomach, he gently ran his fingers up and down her backside. Encountering her panties, he whispered, "Do you mind taking this off, too?"
"You must think I'm horribly prudish," she whispered. "To tell the truth, I've never had a full body massage."
With the sweetest tilt of her hips, she raised her rump and allowed Robin to slowly work the thin lace down her legs and over her ankles.
Settling comfortably on her bed with her arms stretched round her pillow, Kylie murmured, "It's my right shoulder that hurts."
"I know," he replied in a barely audible whisper, and Kylie thought it was highly efficient of Mrs. Quigley to describe her injury to Simon, or Jordan.
Robin began working on her right shoulder, gently kneading her warm flesh, trying to recall what he'd learned about pulled muscles even as her small murmurs of gratitude offered keen encouragement.
Expanding his touch to her other shoulder, and then down her back to her firm derriere, he wondered what clairvoyance had enabled this young beauty to not only expect his visit but to ascertain he was worthy of her trust.
"I hope you don't find me too repulsive," she whispered as he moved his ministrations to her thighs. "What a foolish thing to say," he replied softly, wondering if she was being ironic. Emboldened by her acceptance of his touch, he moved his attention to her calves and then worked slowly back up her thighs.
As he neared areas normally reserved for a lover's intimacy she murmured, "Is your regular full body massage always so… full?"
Realizing he was edging perilously close to an intimacy she did not yet welcome, Robin whispered reassuringly, "This is part of your body."
"I know, but is this helping my shoulder?"
"Well, you forgot about your shoulder, didn't you?" he said in a barely audible voice. "Distraction is part of the therapy."
Conceding his point, Kylie relaxed and Robin continued on, shifting one hand to her shoulders and the nape of her neck. Her breathing suggested contentment, and perhaps more; fearful that he'd be unable to restrain himself, Robin moved his attentions to her arms, and then to her fingers. Squeezing each finger firmly for several seconds, he knew from experience that this was an immensely pleasing pressure; and as she murmured her approval, he left her limp arms at rest and moved back down her back to her derriere, which he'd hesitated to exploit earlier.
Capitalizing on her acceptance of his every move, he shifted his fingers to her neck and earlobes. As the piece de resistance, he turned to her nicely shaped feet and massaged each toe and each curve in turn.
Just as he moved from the toes of the left foot to her ankle the streetlights abruptly came on, and Kylie reached up and turned on her bedside light.
Next: A Very Surprising Surprise
To read the previous chapters, visit the "Four Bidding For Love" home page.
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Thoughtful analyses of the arts and workplace issues, with some poop jokes
The Asiatic languor of Liszt’s shawty, handing down to her daughter the secret of the burning love potions possessed in the seraglios
Leave it to Franz Liszt to write a book commemorating Chopin and spend half a chapter (out of eight) rhapsodizing over red hot Polish mamas and their—mazurkas. A partial excerpt:
What mingling emotions are concentrated in the accidental meetings of the Mazourka! It can surround, with its own enchantment, the lightest emotion of the heart, while, through its magic, the most reserved, transitory, and trivial rencounter appeals to the imagination. Could it be otherwise in the presence of the women who give to this dance that inimitable grace and suavity, for which, in less happy countries, they struggle in vain? In very truth are not the Slavic women utterly incomparable? There are to be found among them those whose qualities and virtues are so incontestable, so absolute, that they are acknowledged by all ages, and by all countries. Such apparitions are always and everywhere rare. The women of Poland are generally distinguished by an originality full of fire. Parisians in their grace and culture, Eastern dancing girls in their languid fire, they have perhaps preserved among them, handed down from mother to daughter, the secret of the burning love potions possessed in the seraglios. Their charms possess the strange spell of Asiatic languor. With the flames of spiritual and intellectual Houris in their lustrous eyes, we find the luxurious indolence of the Sultana. Their manners caress without emboldening; the grace of their languid movements is intoxicating; they allure by a flexibility of form, which knows no restraint, save that of perfect modesty, and which etiquette has never succeeded in robbing of its willowy grace. They win upon us by those intonations of voice which touch the heart, and fill the eye with tender tears; by those sudden and graceful impulses which recall the spontaneity and beautiful timidity of the gazelle. Intelligent, cultivated, comprehending every thing with rapidity, skillful in the use of all they have acquired; they are nevertheless as superstitious and fastidious as the lovely yet ignorant creatures adored by the Arabian prophet. Generous, devout, loving danger and loving love, from which they demand much, and to which they grant little; beyond every thing they prize renown and glory. All heroism is dear to them. Perhaps there is no one among them who would think it possible to pay too dearly for a brilliant action; and yet, let us say it with reverence, many of them devote to obscurity their most holy sacrifices, their most sublime virtues. But however exemplary these quiet virtues of the home life may be, neither the miseries of private life, nor the secret sorrows which must prey upon souls too ardent not to be frequently wounded, can diminish the wonderful vivacity of their emotions, which they know how to communicate with the infallible rapidity and certainty of an electric spark. Discreet by nature and position, they manage the great weapon of dissimulation with incredible dexterity, skillfully reading the souls of others with out revealing the secrets of their own. With that strange pride which disdains to exhibit characteristic or individual qualities, it is frequently the most noble virtues which are thus concealed. The internal contempt they feel for those who cannot divine them, gives them that superiority which enables them to reign so absolutely over those whom they have enthralled, flattered, subjugated, charmed; until the moment arrives when—loving with the whole force of their ardent souls, they are willing to brave and share the most bitter suffering, prison, exile, even death itself, with the object of their love! Ever faithful, ever consoling, ever tender, ever unchangeable in the intensity of their generous devotion! Irresistible beings, who in fascinating and charming, yet demand an earnest and devout esteem! In that precious incense of praise burned by M. de Balzac, “in honor of that daughter of a foreign soil,” he has thus sketched the Polish woman in hues composed entirely of antitheses: “Angel through love, demon through fantasy; child through faith, sage through experience; man through the brain, woman through the heart; giant through hope, mother through sorrow; and poet through dreams.”
The homage inspired by the Polish women is always fervent. They all possess the poetic conception of an ideal, which gleams through their intercourse like an image constantly passing before a mirror, the comprehension and seizure of which they impose as a task. Despising the insipid and common pleasure of merely being able to please, they demand that the being whom they love shall be capable of exacting their esteem.
It’s a good thing Liszt was an excellent pianist and composer, because he never would have gotten a job writing for FHM or Maxim.
Another wretched year departed!
Part 2 of Ambrose Bierce’s 1877 essay on “Christmas and the New Year,” just in time for the foolishness marking the end of 2013 (which was also the centennial of Bierce’s disappearance), and the beginning of 2014.
When the earth in its eternal circumgression arrives at the point where it was at the same time the year before, the sentimentalist whom Christmas has not exhausted of his essence squeezes out his pitiful dreg of emotion to baptize the New Year withal. He dusts and polishes his aspirations, and re-erects his resolve, extracting these well-worn properties from the cobwebby corners of his moral lumber-room, whither they were relegated three hundred and sixty-four days before. He “swears off.” In short, he sets the centuries at defiance, breaks the sequence of cause and effect, repeals the laws of nature and makes himself a new disposition from a bit of nothing left over at the creation of the universe. He can not add an inch to his stature, but thinks he can add a virtue to his character. He can not shed his nails, but believes he can renounce his vices. Unable to eradicate a freckle from his skin, he is confident he can decree a habit out of his conduct. An improvident friend of mine writes upon his mirror with a bit of soap the cabalistic word, AFAHMASP. This is the fiat lux to create the shining virtue of thrift, for it means, A Fool And His Money Are Soon Parted. What need have we of morality’s countless ministries; the complicated machinery of the church; recurrent suasions of precept and unceasing counsel of example; pursuing din of homily; still, small voice of solicitude and inaudible argument of surroundings–if one may make of himself what he will with a mirror and a bit of soap? But (it may be urged) if one can not reform himself, how can he reform others? Dear reader, let us have a frank understanding. He can not.
The practice of inflating the midnight steam-shrieker and belaboring the nocturnal ding-dong to frighten the encroaching New Year is obviously ineffectual, and might profitably be discontinued. It is no whit more sensible and dignified than the custom of savages who beat their sounding dogs to scare away an eclipse. If one elect to live with barbarians, one must endure the barbarous noises of their barbarous superstitions, but the disagreeable simpleton who sits up till midnight to ring a bell or fire a gun because the earth has arrived at a given point in its orbit should nevertheless be deprecated as an enemy to his race. He is a sore trial to the feelings, an affliction almost too sharp for endurance. If he and his sentimental abettors might be melted and cast into a great bell, every right-minded man would derive an innocent delight from pounding it, not only on January first but all the year long.
Find Part 1 of the essay (regarding Christmas) here.
“It is unknown to me why a Christmas should be always merry but never happy, and why the happiness appropriate to the New Year should not be expressed in merriment. These be mysteries in whose penetration abundance of human stupidity might be disclosed.”
A curmudgeonly essay from the great American writer, Ambrose Bierce, first published in 1877, about our annual celebration of the birth of Jesus. Many of his observations and conclusions are still valid in 2013.
In our manner of observing Christmas there is much, no doubt, that is absurd. Christmas is to some extent a day of meaningless ceremonies, false sentiment and hollow compliments endlessly iterated and misapplied. The observances “appropriate to the day” had, many of them, their origin in an age with which our own has little in common and in countries whose social and religious characteristics were unlike those obtaining here. As in so many other matters, America has in this been content to take her heritage without inquiry and without alteration, sacredly preserving much that once had a meaning now lost, much that is now an anachronism, a mere “survival.” Even to the Christmas vocabulary we have added little. St. Nicholas himself, the patron saint of deceived children, still masquerades under the Spanish feminine title of “Santa” and the German nickname of “Claus.” The back of our American coal grate is still idealized as a “yule log,” and the English “holly” is supposed in most cases fitly to be shadowed forth by a cedar bough, while a comparatively innocuous but equally inedible indigenous comestible figures as the fatal English “plum pudding.” Nearly all our Christmas literature is, longo intervallo, European in spirit and Dickensish in form. In short, we have Christmas merely because we were in the line of succession. We have taken it as it was transmitted, and we try to make the worst of it.
The approach of the season is apparent in the manner of the friend or relative whose orbs furtively explore your own, seeking a sign of what you are going to give him; in the irrepressible solicitations of babes and cloutlings; in wild cascades of such literature as Greenleaf on Evidence, for Boys (“Boot-Leg” series), The Little Girls’ Illustrated Differential Calculus and Aunt Hetty’s Rabelais, in words of one syllable. Most clearly is the advent of the blessed anniversary manifest in maddening iteration of the greeting wherein, with a precision that never by any chance mistakes its adjective, you are wished a “merry” Christmas by the same person who a week later will be making ninety-nine “happies” out of a possible hundred in New Year greetings similarly insincere and similarly insufferable. It is unknown to me why a Christmas should be always merry but never happy, and why the happiness appropriate to the New Year should not be expressed in merriment. These be mysteries in whose penetration abundance of human stupidity might be disclosed. By the time that one has been wished a “merry Christmas” or a “happy New Year” some scores of times in the course of a morning walk, by persons who he knows care nothing about either his merriment or his happiness, he is disposed, if he is a person of right feeling, to take a pessimist view of the “compliments of the season” and of the season of compliments. He cherishes, according to disposition, a bitter animosity or a tolerant contempt toward his race. He relinquishes for another year his hope of meeting some day a brilliant genius or inspired idiot who will have the intrepidity to vary the adjective and wish him a “happy Christmas” or a “merry New Year”; or with an even more captivating originality, keep his mouth shut.
As to the sum of sincerity and genuine good will that utters itself in making and accepting gifts (the other distinctive feature of holiday time) statistics, unhappily, are wanting and estimates untrustworthy. It may reasonably be assumed that the custom, though largely a survival–gifts having originally been given in a propitiatory way by the weak to the powerful–is something more; the present of a goggle-eyed doll from a man six feet high to a baby twenty-nine inches long not being lucidly explainable by assumption of an interested motive.
To the children the day is delightful and instructive. It enables them to see their elders in all the various stages of interesting idiocy, and teaches them by means of the Santa Claus deception that exceedingly hard liars may be good mothers and fathers and miscellaneous relatives–thus habituating the infant mind to charitable judgment and establishing an elastic standard of truth that will be useful in their later life.
The annual recurrence of the “carnival of crime” at Christmas has been variously accounted for by different authorities. By some it is supposed to be a providential dispensation intended to heighten the holiday joys of those who are fortunate enough to escape with their lives. Others attribute it to the lax morality consequent upon the demand for presents, and still others to the remorse inspired by consciousness of ruinous purchases. It is affirmed by some that persons deliberately and with malice aforethought put themselves in the way of being killed, in order to avert the tiresome iteration of Christmas greetings. If this is correct, the annual Christmas “holocaust” is not an evil demanding abatement, but a blessing to be received in a spirit of devout and pious gratitude.
To read another diatribe by “Bitter” Bierce on Christmas, click here.
Philip K. Dick on Wagner’s opera, Parsifal
From Philip K. Dick’s novel, Valis:
‘Pity’s highest power’ is just bullshit. Pity has no power … Everyone knows this, everyone who has gazed down helplessly at a sick or dying human or a sick or dying animal, felt terrible pity, overpowering pity, and realized that this pity, however great it might be, is totally useless.
Parsifal is one of those corkscrew artifacts of culture in which you get the subjective sense that you’ve learned something from it, something valuable or even priceless; but on closer inspection you suddenly begin to scratch your head and say, ‘Wait a minute. This makes no sense’
I can see Richard Wagner standing at the gates of heaven. ‘You have to let me in,’ he says. ‘I wrote Parsifal. It has to do with the Grail, Christ, suffering, pity and healing. Right?’
And they answer, ‘Well, we read it and it makes no sense.’ SLAM. Wagner is right and so are they. It’s another Chinese finger-trap.
Stravinsky recalls the premiere of The Rite of Spring
Today marks the 100th anniversary of the premiere of one of the essential musical compositions of the 20th century, Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring. Below, from Stravinsky’s autobiography (Chroniques de ma vie, 1936), is a description of that notorious evening (the date of which Stravinsky misremembered). Historians warn us that Stravinsky’s remembrance of his appraisal of Nijinsky’s choreography 25 years after the event, and nearly 2 decades after Nijinsky went insane, might be unreliable.
I have now come to the spring season of 1913 in Paris, when the Russian Ballet inaugurated the opening of the Théatre des Champs-Elysees. It began with a revival of L’Oiseau de Feu, and the Sacre du Printemps was given on May 28 at the evening performance. The complexity of my score had demanded a great number of rehearsals, which Monteux had conducted with his usual skill and attention. As for the actual performance, I am not in a position to judge, as I left the auditorium at the first bars of the prelude, which had at once evoked derisive laughter. I was disgusted. These demonstrations, at first isolated, soon became general, provoking counter-demonstrations and very quickly developing into a terrific uproar. During the whole performance I was at Nijinsky’s side in the wings. He was standing on a chair, screaming “sixteen, seventeen, eighteen”—they had their own method of counting to keep time. Naturally the poor dancers could hear nothing by reason of the row in the auditorium and the sound of their own dance steps. I had to hold Nijinsky by his clothes, for he was furious, and ready to dash on to the stage at any moment and create a scandal. Diaghileff kept ordering the electricians to turn the lights on or off, hoping in that way to put a stop to the noise. That is all I can remember about that first performance. Oddly enough, at the dress rehearsal, to which we had, as usual, invited a number of actors, painters, musicians, writers, and the most cultured representatives of society, everything had gone off peacefully, and I was very far from expecting such an outburst.
Now, after the lapse of more than twenty years, it is naturally difficult for me to recall in any detail the choreography of the Sacre without being influenced by the admiration with which it met in the set known as the avant-garde —ready, as always, to welcome as a new discovery anything that differs, be it ever so little, from the déjà vu. But what struck me then, and still strikes me most, about the choreography, was and is Nijinsky’s lack of consciousness of what he was doing in creating it. He showed therein his complete inability to accept and assimilate those revolutionary ideas which Diaghileff had made his creed, and obstinately and industriously strove to inculcate. What the choreography expressed was a very labored and barren effort rather than a plastic realization flowing simply and naturally from what the music demanded. How far it all was from what I had desired!
In composing the Sacre I had imagined the spectacular part of the performance as a series of rhythmic mass movements of the greatest simplicity which would have an instantaneous effect on the audience, with no superfluous details or complications such as would suggest effort. The only solo was to be the sacrificial dance at the end of the piece. The music of that dance, clear and well defined, demanded a corresponding choreography — simple and easy to understand. But there again, although he had grasped the dramatic significance of the dance, Nijinsky was incapable of giving intelligible form to its essence, and complicated it either by clumsiness or lack of understanding. For it is undeniably clumsy to slow down the tempo of the music in order to compose complicated steps which cannot be danced in the tempo prescribed. Many choreographers have that fault, but I have never known any who erred in that respect to the same degree as Nijinsky.
Always Nice to Get a Little Recognition
Well, 2013 has gotten off to a great start for me, thanks to Natalie Axton including my work for the LA Weekly in her roundup of the best criticism from 2012 at her blog, Living With Criticism. Ms. Axton writes:
The future of classical music writing may well look like what Christian Hertzog is doing at LA Weekly.
Sure, I’ll take whatever praise can be mustered for my work, but when it comes from a fine, perceptive writer like Natalie Axton, I cherish the kudos even more. Do yourself a favor and read Natalie’s candid, compelling essay about how she walked away from what most people would define as success, and found happiness in so doing.
He knows if you’ve been potty
Santa wants to receive your warm human wastes
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“Do you surf?” she asks incredulously.
“No, not really,” I say.
“Then why are you going to Troncones? There’s nothing to do there but surf,” she says, adding: “There’s certainly no luxury. Can you can handle that?”
I start to wonder. I’m talking with my dentist in Newport Beach. She’s a hard-core surfer, and she knows Troncones. She goes there with her surfing group but says the accommodations have always been pretty rough. And she knows that I like to be pampered when I travel.
“There’s a new hotel there I want to see,” I explain. I show her a picture of Lo Sereno on my phone, something I’ve had bookmarked the better part of a year. It’s a small hotel on the beach with a minimalist cement-and-palm-trees vibe.
Lo Sereno hotel in Troncones, Mexico (Photo by Brad A. Johnson)
Troncones is an off-the-grid fishing village on a remote stretch of the Guerrero coast, about 25 miles north of Zihuatanejo and Ixtapa. Fewer than 600 people live here. One- and two-star B&Bs line the potholed dirt road that runs perpendicular to the beach. No-frills oceanfront Airbnb’s rent for $20 a night. I notice a hand-scribbled sign nailed to a palm tree on the side of the road advertising the local “best steakhouse in town,” a curious claim at best.
You get to Troncones from Zihuatanejo by turning off the smooth Carretera Pacífico highway onto a bumpy, seemingly unmarked road that snakes through the tropical jungle over a narrow mountain pass toward the ocean. My taxi driver knows exactly where to exit, but once we get to “town” he has no idea where to find Lo Sereno even though I’ve handed him the detailed address. He stops the car several times to ask other drivers if they know of it. They all shrug and shake their heads and point in opposite directions.
I try ringing the hotel, but my iPhone can’t find a signal. The taxi driver’s flip phone won’t connect, either. After a couple of u-turns and backtracks, we find a street-food vendor who knows Lo Sereno, he thinks. He hops on his motorbike and we follow him for a quarter mile until he slows to a crawl and points to a gate that looks like the entrance to a private home, completely shrouded in low-rise palms. Sure enough, there’s a tiny sign announcing the hotel, but it’s completely hidden in the shade. When the taxi pulls into the graveled driveway, a large wooden gate opens and out comes a bellhop, smiling, dressed in a stylish gray-linen tunic. He’s barefoot.
A few minutes later, he’s also the bartender.
Lo Sereno’s private beach in Troncones, Mexico (Photo by Brad A. Johnson)
The beach at Lo Sereno hotel in Troncones, Mexico (Photo by Brad A. Johnson)
The private beach at Lo Sereno in Troncones, Mexico (Photo by Brad A. Johnson)
Lo Sereno has only 10 rooms, so everyone on staff must multitask. Architect Jorge Gonzalez Parcero of Mexico City designed what are essentially rectangular cement boxes, left unpainted and mostly unadorned. Ocean-facing doors are fitted with heavy wooden shutters but no glass, so even when the doors are closed there’s always a subtle 90-degree draft creeping ominously through the slats. Thankfully the wall-mounted A/C works. Well, most of the time. It dies twice, killed by the brute-force heat of Guerrero in summertime, but the bartender/bellhop is also the maintenance guy who knows how to reset the breaker.
Suite deluxe room at Lo Sereno hotel in Troncones, Mexico (Photo by Brad A. Johnson)
Guest room terrace at Lo Sereno hotel in Troncones, Mexico (Photo by Brad A. Johnson)
Rooms are equipped with only the bare essentials. However I’m happy to inform my dentist that while minimalist and sparse, Lo Sereno is very comfortable. There are no TVs and no telephones, but the wifi signal is strong. The pillows are thin but soft, and the bed, the linens and towels are all superb. Each unit has an outdoor shower, which keeps the rooms from steaming up and further straining the A/C. The vanities don’t include hair dryers, so I improvise a new look after finding a vintage bandana in the gift shop in the lobby.
An open-air restaurant and bar (dubbed Terraza) serves breakfast, lunch and dinner under a driftwood pergola adjacent to the pool with direct access to the beach. They make great huevos rancheros, fish tacos, shrimp aguachile and even a solid burger and fries, but the dinner menu (a handful of Italian-esque pastas) needs work. Fortunately the tacos from the lunch menu are also available at dinner upon request.
Lunch at Lo Sereno hotel in Troncones, Mexico (Photo by Brad A. Johnson)
Shrimp aguachile at Lo Sereno hotel in Troncones, Mexico (Photo by Brad A. Johnson)
Huevos Rancheros at Lo Sereno hotel in Troncones, Mexico (Photo by Brad A. Johnson)
Mornings at Lo Sereno hotel in Troncones, Mexico (Photo by Brad A. Johnson)
Guacamole and totopos at Lo Sereno hotel in Troncones, Mexico (Photo by Brad A. Johnson)
You can sit for hours and not see a single soul on the beach, then out of nowhere a pickup filled with surfboards speeds across the sand. Or a lone cowboy rides past on his horse.
The owner is a handsome, laid-back dude named Rafael who looks like Ralph Lauren in a Panama hat and no shoes and passes the hours most days by reading thick, esoteric books in the shade and taking hours-long walks on the beach. Or at least that’s his routine during my three days at the hotel. Meanwhile, I find myself sitting in the pool for hours at a time, the perfect margarita always within reach.
Bottom line: Is it luxury? Well, yes, sort of. There’s nothing else this professional for miles. Lo Sereno is a truly special hideaway in a blissful location far removed from everything — yet merely 30 minutes from Zihuatanejo. The minimalist design is undeniably sexy. And, most importantly, the service throughout is stellar.
Rates from about $295 (USD); Avenida de la Playa Manzana 20 Lote 12, Troncones, Guerrero, Mexico, +52 (755) 103-0073, losereno.com
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Brain and Power Podcast
October 30, 2017 November 14, 2017 brainandpower
Episode Four: Return from the wilderness
Please note there were some technical issues that affected the quality of the recording on Sandor’s end but I did my best to rectify the issues. This episode was also recorded just prior to the Melbourne Storm announcing Sandor had been signed.
This episode can be downloaded via PodBean and iTunes or Download this episode (right click and save).
In 2013, professional rugby league player Sandor Earl’s career came to a shuddering halt. He was charged and found guilty of using and trafficking banned substances and suspended for four years by the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority.
At 23 years old a rising career was put on hold and Earl was left two choices. Give up on ever returning to the NRL. Or bide his time and prepare to launch a return four years later.
The former Canberra Raiders winger chose the latter and headed to Thailand to give himself time and space aware from the fishbowl of Sydney.
While overseas Earl branched out into entrepreneurship, owning a cafe and two gyms and learning what it takes to run businesses successfully.
After two years away from home, he returned to Melbourne via Sydney, selling off his Thai businesses and setting up an F45 Training franchise in Melbourne.
Earl speaks of growing up in Sydney and getting the chance as a teenager to play for his boyhood club, the Sydney Roosters, under NRL legend Brad Fittler.
He adds a real human aspect to the now infamous supplements saga that he was caught up in alongside the Cronulla Sharks and Essendon Bombers.
The former winger also speaks about the challenges of operating small businesses alongside training for an eventual return to the NRL, often working up to 16 hours a day.
A big thank you to Sandor for being so candid and finding time in his busy schedule to have a chat.
Also congratulations to him for breaking the Woodford Sports Science Consulting deadlift record.
If you want to connect with Sandor you can find him on Facebook.
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Photo taken by Mitch Elder, a combat veteran retired from the USAF who has experienced depression, anxiety and PTSD. He lives in Oregon with his wife of 30+ years, and their two four-legged kids.
About this photo: “This image is an award winning photograph I took in my studio using some callas I cut from my garden. I used a 75 year-old, 4×5 inch film camera and lens and a single light. The exposure took 16 seconds.”
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13 thoughts on “Callas”
Amazing! Beautiful
reverine says:
Robert Revill says:
A beautiful use of low-key lighting. I can see why it was a prize winner. What was the award?
The best! I can see why it’s a winning photo! Amazing that it’s from an old camera. That proves how our camera of today are no match with the authenticity of the old ones.
Syncopated Eyeball says:
Mitch Elder says:
Robert, I took this a few years back when I was in college (I went back to school in my 40s) and it was nominated for the Best of College Photography award by The Photographer’s Forum which is an industry supported magazine that concentrates on higher education work. Since then, it has acquired a couple of different awards in local art shows (Eugene, Oregon, is a pretty big art town). I prefer working with 4×5 film because it’s a much more contemplative process. The cameras demand your complete attention to every detail. It’s my meditation.
scrapydo says:
This is really beautiful.
Mark Simms says:
Beautiful shot……calm and serene.
Galen says:
This is an awesome photograph. I haven’t used a 4×5 camera in probably 30 years… and I miss it. I miss film period!!! Thank you for bringing to us the unchallenged quality of large format photography!
Galen, you should get back into it, man. Get yourself an old Crown Graphic. They’re cheap and they’re easy to use.
The Lioness says:
You know you have taken a great picture when you see something like this.
Ian Francis says:
Cracking image! The power of photography 😉
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Socialism in the UK
|By John Redwood MP
Regular contributor, John Redwood MP looks at why Britain mustn’t repeat the mistakes of the past when it comes to implementing Socialist policies.
Yesterday I pointed out that borrowing too much, spending too much and nationalising too much had wrecked the current day Venezuelan economy. Some wrote in to say it would be different in the UK if a Labour government tried the same here.
Well when they did it here they created similar problems. The 1940s, 1960s and 1970s Labour governments nationalised too much, spent too much and borrowed too much. In 1976 they created a financial crisis and had to go to the IMF and beg for some additional borrowings. The IMF made them cut spending and start to denationalise to raise money. In the 1960s they caused a devaluation crisis and had to slash the value of the pound to stabilise the economy.
Labour nationalised or kept in public hands trains, buses, some road freight, electricity, gas, coal, telecoms, postal services, water, steel, some car production, aerospace, and shipbuilding.
These great nationalised industries cost the taxpayer a fortune in subsidies as many of the businesses were heavily loss making. Many of them had to sack thousands of employees in an effort to limit losses. They often overcharged their customers by international standards, abusing their monopoly position.
They did so badly because productivity was low and capital investment ill judged. The steel industry spent huge sums on five large integrated works that produced far more steel than the market wanted to buy. There then followed agonising debates about sacking people and closing plants. The coal industry kept shrinking as pits became exhausted. The telecoms service fell behind world standards. It failed to adopt new technology to improve services and cut costs. BL allowed its car designs to lag behind popular demand and struggled to maintain volumes.
Privatising many of these industries allowed them to expand, adopt new technology and offer better service and lower prices to customers. The magic of competition drove down telecoms and energy prices after privatisation. Suddenly people could buy a whole range of phones and other devices to add to the phone network that the nationalised monopoly had denied them. The electricity industry made a dash for gas, raising its thermal efficiency, cutting prices and reducing harmful emissions.
Mr Corbyn’s wish to go back to the past would set us back badly. It would mean much higher taxes, more borrowing, and a less good service. Labour in office usually raises borrowing and unemployment.
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John Redwood is the Member of Parliament for Wokingham in Berkshire. He was formerly Secretary of State for Wales in Prime Minister John Major's Cabinet. He is currently Co-Chairman of the Conservative Party's Policy Review Group on Economic Competitiveness.
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Analyst Commentary
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This issue of AnalystPerspectives Weekly Scan covers analyst commentary from the week ending April 29, 2016.
The smartphone market seems to be slowing a bit. Here are some of the analyst insights from the Mobile & Broadband section:
CHINA Smartphone Shipments Decline 5 Percent in Q1 2016 | Strategy Analytics - Thu, 28 Apr 2016
Smart phone shipments fall as Apple struggles | Canalys - Fri, 29 Apr 2016
Media alert: Vivo takes second place in China as market keeps on growing | Canalys - Fri, 29 Apr 2016
Apple’s results mark the end of the golden smartphone era | Ovum - Wed, 27 Apr 2016 |Ronan de Renesse
Disappearing Upgrade Cycles: Harbinger of the IT Utility? | Saugatuck Technology - Fri, 29 Apr 2016 |Bruce Guptill
The OpenStack Summit happened this week. Here are some highlights also found in the Cloud Computing section:
OpenStack Summit Austin – day two - network | Pierre Audoin Consultants (PAC) - Wed, 27 Apr 2016 |Mathieu Poujol
OpenStack Summit Austin - day one - diversity | Pierre Audoin Consultants (PAC) - Tue, 26 Apr 2016 |Mathieu Poujol
OpenStack Summit Day One - Keeping things really weird | Enterprise Strategy Group - Tue, 26 Apr 2016 |Colm Keegan
Application development continues to be a popular topic of discussion. Here are some headlines from the IT Management & Human Resources section:
Network engineers are not an endangered species | Enterprise Strategy Group - Thu, 28 Apr 2016 |Dan Conde
How many IDEs does it take to create a programmer? | VisionMobile - Mon, 25 Apr 2016 |Bill Ray
Application Programmer Jobs Hold Steady | Computer Economics - Mon, 25 Apr 2016
App dev today | Beagle Research Group - Thu, 28 Apr 2016 |Denis Pombriant
Here are more headlines to note this week:
Financials, Cloud, Catchup: It’s Monkchips in 3 minutes! | RedMonk - Fri, 29 Apr 2016 |James Governor
A Tale of Two Server-Buying Communities | Hurwitz & Associates - Mon, 25 Apr 2016 |Jean Bozman
Why Intel and Microsoft’s Mobile Efforts Failed | Enderle Group - Tue, 26 Apr 2016 |Rob Enderle
Why Is Manufacturing Behind the Cloud ERP Curve? | Technology Evaluation Centers - Thu, 28 Apr 2016
Are AWS’s Competitors Gaining Ground in Cloud Market? | Jeff Kaplan - Wed, 27 Apr 2016
Apple Watch Slips to 52% Global Smartwatch Marketshare in Q1 2016 | Strategy Analytics - Thu, 28 Apr 2016
Tablets Had Worst Quarter Since 2012, says Strategy Analytics | Strategy Analytics - Thu, 28 Apr 2016
Permissionless innovation with blockchain technology: computer says yes | Analysys Mason - Thu, 28 Apr 2016 |James Allen
Gartner Says Worldwide IoT Security Spending to Reach $348 Million in 2016 | Gartner - Mon, 25 Apr 2016
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SECURITY - Speaker Steven Bay Presents "Edward Snowden and Defending Against the Insider Threat"
Sunday, Sep 18, 2016
ARTICLE: IEEE Computer Society Rockstars of Cybersecurity: Threats and Counter Measures Symposium September 13, 2016, Seattle,Washington Speaker Steven Bay Presents "Edward Snowden and Defending Against the Insider Threat" Steven Bay was Edward Snowden's boss. This is his personal account of how Edward Snowden was hired, behaved, how he got access to files and suggestion on how you can protect your company or organization.
SECURITY - Art of Hacking
ARTICLE: Protect your organization from hackers by learning to think like them. Now, for the first time, NotSoSecure has joined forces with IEEE Computer Society to create the first e-learning courses with The Art of Hacking certification course. You and your staff can take these courses where you are and at your own pace, getting hands-on, real-world training that you can put to work immediately.
SECURITY - Virtual Cards Today and Virtual Card Payments in the Near Future
Tuesday, Nov 1, 2016
ARTICLE: Today’s virtual (credit) cards are optimizing safety, allowing for easier employee travel reimbursement, and helping everyone avoid credit card fraud. You can set a limit, an expiration date, and trust that the virtual credit card number is unique from any physical credit cards. Yes, you can only use them for online purchases, but swiping cards is usually reserved for smaller purchases anyway. Virtual cards are rapidly changing how we think of payment processing, but many experts agree virtual cards are really a gateway and transition into virtual card payments of the future.
SECURITY - When Surveillance Is The Way In: New Devices Create Security Gaps
ARTICLE: Today, smart homes are considered to be the pinnacle of security, but are these new devices causing more harm than good? Though we may think we’re protecting our homes, many people are inadvertently creating new avenues for cyber criminals to enter. These new systems are full of gaps, but unlike with traditional fences and locks, we often can’t see the spaces where criminals are getting through, making them that much harder to thwart.
SECURITY - Analyst Perspectives Weekly Scan
ARTICLE: ast week’s U.S. Presidential election certainly had the eyes of the world looking on. Analysts had plenty to say about the election, but the discussion was geared mostly toward cybersecurity and data.
Wednesday, Dec 7, 2016
ARTICLE: The 2016 U.S. presidential election and President-elect Trump continue to make headlines this week, particularly when it comes to security. You can read about them, along with other news in the Security & Privacy section: Cybersecurity in President Trump’s America: The first 100 days | Cloud Security Allicance - Mon, 28 Nov 2016 |Katie Lewin
SECURITY - How Technology Is Improving Campus Security
ARTICLE: College campuses aren’t inherently more dangerous than other areas of the country, but with so many young people packed in one place, security is a natural concern. Campus shootings and attacks, rape culture, and other high-profile incidents are putting a spotlight on the importance of campus security, and colleges across the country are looking to new forms of technology to help address student and parent worries.
SECURITY - All email should be encrypted
ARTICLE: Dark Web, Deep Web, Deepnet, Invisible Web, Hidden Web, Dark Internet. What’s the average computer user to know? You can start by understanding there are dark places and dark minds out there, criminals who would hack into your internet devices and steal or corrupt your information. It’s why all email should be encrypted.
SECURITY - 4 Technologies That Could Pave the Future of Cybersecurity
ARTICLE: Cybersecurity has come a long way over the decades, but hackers and cybersecurity experts are constantly trying to one-up each other in terms of technological sophistication and preparedness. Every time we take a major step forward in terms of reliable security, cybercriminals are there to match us.
SECURITY - 8 Common Phishing Attacks And How To Protect Against Them
ARTICLE: What Phishers Do You need to accept that these scammers might just be smarter than you, at least with respect to the ability to conspire and corrupt.
SECURITY - How Often Are Americans Really Hacked?
ARTICLE: Most people in the United States rely on technology to do their work, exchange messages, and even handle their financial transactions. The fear of being hacked, or having their personal information vulnerable and/or stolen, is prominent and played up by both technology companies and the media.
SECURITY - Critical Corporate Cyber Security Risks
BLOG POST: An organization’s critical assets may be exposed due to malicious wifi that can lead to a security breach, or perhaps fall prey to a malware attack. Whatever the size of the company, an enterprise may lose precious data and incur huge expenses to get back on track.
SECURITY - 5 Possible Solutions for Workplace Security Threats in the Age of IoT
BLOG POST: IoT isn’t inherently more dangerous than any other kind of technology. It doesn’t suffer from inherently inferior security standards or firewalls, but there are a few vulnerabilities that, by the nature of IoT, make devices in its network a potential target.
SECURITY - How to Respond to a Data Breach
BLOG POST: Data breaches don’t have to be massive or heavily publicized to be destructive; in fact, much smaller data breaches can be even more harmful, since it’s harder to spread the information your consumers need to take protective measures.
SECURITY - Are Home Security Apps and Tech as Safe As They Promise?
BLOG POST: We’re entering the generation of the internet-of-things (IoT), where all our devices and appliances are connected to the cloud, and we can remotely access and control just about anything with our smartphones. But are these “secure” advancements really as secure as they promise?
SECURITY - The Solution to Hacks and Breaches: Stronger Links in the Chain
BLOG POST: So how is it that major national corporations, with decades of experience and billions of dollars of buying power, can let massive security breaches happen? And more importantly, what can we do, both inside and outside of these companies, to prevent them in the future?
SECURITY - How Cybersecurity Regulations for Medical Devices Is About to Change
BLOG POST: With the increasing sophistication and availability of medical devices, cybersecurity is becoming an especially important concern for the healthcare industry. But why is it that medical devices are so vulnerable, and should we be doing more to regulate their development and ongoing management?
SECURITY - Making the Case for Better Website Security This Year
BLOG POST: You don’t need a degree in cyber security to see just how serious cyber attacks are for small businesses and ecommerce websites. The volume of attacks continues to rise, and businesses need to take every precaution to stay safe.
SECURITY - The 3 Best Cybersecurity Solutions for Enterprises
BLOG POST: Cybersecurity is a threat for everyone but is especially dangerous for businesses as the penetration of a business’s database could threaten an innumerable amount people’s data. It is very imperative that a business conduct itself in the most secure way possible to avoid a breach of their internal systems.
SECURITY - Cybersecurity: Educating Employees
BLOG POST: In this age, we will see the number of attacks increase dramatically and the proficiency of the attacks increase as well. However, even with this surge, we will still see the expansion of the internet and the access to devices expand dramatically. This means that, more than ever, we must be prepared to defend ourselves against digital attacks. These can come in the form of malware, brute force attacks and everything in between that try to steal our data and create adware problems.
SECURITY - Why Cybersecurity Is More Important Than Ever
BLOG POST: Cyber security is important -- now more than ever. It is more apparent than ever that technology is gradually taking over every facet of our lives. Whether we are at home or travelling technology has some sort of involvement in our daily routine.
SECURITY - How You Can Prepare for Cyber Breaches
BLOG POST: In recent years, the cumulative amount of high profile breaches has made the front page of the newspaper a terrifying read. Almost everyone has heard of the Equifax and Target breaches that leaked millions of people’s data for anyone and everyone to grab for free.
SECURITY - Why Cybersecurity Will Change the Internet of Things
BLOG POST: Anything and everything can fit a processing unit inside of it and everyone and everything is connected to the internet. One key drawback of having all of these systems constantly connected to the internet is the threat of cyber attacks.
SECURITY - Why We Desperately Need Better Cybersecurity
BLOG POST: The potential of the Internet of Things, as you might assume, is positively staggering as an entirely interconnected world would mean unprecedented access to data that can be used to shape the future.
SECURITY - A Look at the Latest in Smart-Home Security and Automation
BLOG POST: Home security has been an area of great interest among technology companies for several decades. But in the past five to seven years, new technology has taken this industry to unprecedented new heights: totally revolutionizing the gadgets, systems, and devices that protect homeowners from external threats.
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Anna Paulina Luna, FL-13 Candidate Links Labelled as “Danger to Community” by Social Media
Faye Higbee
Republican candidate for FL-13, Anna Paulina Luna, is an ardent Second Amendment and US veteran supporter. She’s fighting for her political life in a race that demands money to stay viable. Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook have her campaign donation links falsely labelled as a “danger to the community” and have removed it now 29 times as of the day of this writing.
Her donation link is here – funny, it doesn’t appear to be a “danger to the community.” But there is obviously an agenda here to keep her out of the race.
There are a myriad reasons to support and vote for this Conservative Hispanic lady: first, she served in the USAF while stationed at Hurlburt Field in Florida. She is a veteran supporter, and opposes the current trend of “red flag laws” that tend to target US veterans.
She is the chairwoman of the Hispanic Initiative at Prager U. She has been a frequent commentator on Fox Business, OAN, The Blaze, and others. She has in the past worked with Turning Point USA. She has a degree in biology from the University of West Florida. She could have gone to med school, but decided to stay and fight for the people in her district.
She loves the beauty of her state and wants to preserve it. One of the largest issues is the Democrat push for a carbon tax on small businesses.
“Why do they want to tax small businesses and fine them, when it would be better to cut taxes and encourage them to help? We have a red tide issue all up and down the Florida Coast, with raw sewage being pumped into the ocean. I want to create an initiative to help stop that.”
There are six Republicans in the race for FL-13. The only Democrat opposition is Charlie Crist, who is the incumbent in her district. Once a Republican, he switched parties and now raises millions of dollars for impeachment-friendly Democrats. He also favors those red flag laws – thereby revealing he is not as veteran-friendly as he may claim. Anna Paulina wants to be the one to win that position.
Her main opponent on the Republican side is a former lobbyist for pharmaceutical companies. With the current opioid epidemic across the nation, it seems ludicrous to vote that person into office. But it appears to be an “establishment” vs “outsider” race… and she’s in it to win it.
“I am not bought or owned by any special interest group. It is our duty to stand up against those groups. They do not want me in Congress and want to force me out of the race.”
Why is Anna Paulina a second amendment supporter?
“When I was 9, I walked into an armed robbery that was occurring at the time. At 12, my cousin was murdered. At 16, I witnessed a shooting between a black gang and chicano gang. I joined the military at 19 and got my CCW permit when my husband was shot in 2014 in Afghanistan.” Anna Paulina
Should she be a 2a supporter? Not if you ask liberals. But to her, it was a logical step to ensure her safety and that of her family.
She describes herself as pro-God, pro-life, pro-country. Florida Rep Matt Gaetz has endorsed her for this position.
Anna Paulina Luna has until December 31 to raise $30,000 more in funds. She is at $70,000 as of this writing. If you are able, please help her get there at this link. We need more solid Conservatives like her in Congress!
H/T Uncle Sam’s Misguided Children
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2017 Chevrolet Malibu Best Buy Review
The Chevrolet Malibu is a well-rounded midsize sedan that offers excellent passenger room, a user-friendly infotainment system, and a fine array of high-tech safety and convenience features.
Cabin materials are a bit disappointing in base and mid-line trim levels.
The Malibu Hybrid’s two-motor electric drive unit is adapted from the current-generation Chevrolet Volt. Chevy says that the lithium-ion battery system can power the Malibu Hybrid at speeds up to 55 mph on electricity alone.
The Malibu is Chevrolet’s mainstream midsize sedan, which was redesigned last year on an all-new platform with a 4-inch-longer wheelbase for much-improved rear-seat space. The base L, mid-line LS, and up-level LT all share a turbocharged 1.5-liter 4-cylinder with 160 horsepower paired with a 6-speed automatic transmission. The top-line Premier trim level gets a 250-hp 2.0-liter turbo four mated to a new 9-speed automatic. Topping the list of available high-tech features is GM’s 4G LTE Wi-Fi capability, along with Apple CarPlay/Android Auto functionality and wireless charging for mobile devices. Available safety features include Forward Pedestrian Alert, Lane Keep Assist with Lane Departure Warning, and a Teen Driver system that offers a host of functions that help parents monitor teenage drivers and encourage safe driving.
After its ground-up redesign for 2016, the Malibu is little changed this year. The top-line Premier model exchanges its 8-speed automatic transmission for a 9-speed, and a couple of new trim packages are available.
The Malibu is EPA-rated at 27 mpg city/36 mpg highway with the 1.5-liter turbo four and 22/33 with the 2.0-liter turbo four. The Malibu Hybrid checks in at an impressive 49 city/43 highway. In Consumer Guide® testing, an LT model averaged 25.2 mpg in about 85-percent highway driving, and a Hybrid averaged 44.0 mpg in 80-percent city driving.
The Chevrolet Malibu is a comfortable, capable midsize sedan that’s quite compelling with any of its three powertrains. Pleasant driving dynamics, an adult-friendly back seat, and a generous helping of up-to-the-minute tech features are chief among its strengths. We’d avoid the spartan L model, but the rest of the Chevy Malibu line is well worth checking out if you’re shopping midsize sedans.
2017 Chevrolet Malibu Best Buy
BODY STYLES 4-Door Sedan
AVAILABLE ENGINES Turbocharged 160-Hp, 1.5-Liter 4-Cyl; Turbocharged 250-Hp, 2.0-Liter 4-Cyl.; 182-Hp, 1.8-Liter 4-Cyl./Electric
DRIVE WHEELS Front-Wheel Drive
Chevrolet Malibu Prices and Specs
Chevrolet, Sedan
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Why CMOs Are Agonizing Over Data Breaches
Reddit joins a host of others who have been hacked
Article by Ross Benes | Aug 3, 2018 | 3 min read
Why CMOs Are Agonizing Over Data Breaches: Reddit joins a host of others who have been hacked
Marketing Management Trends
On August 1, Reddit announced that hackers stole some of its user data from 2007.
If you feel like you’ve heard this story before, it is because you probably have. Since March, it became public that Under Armour, Timehop and MyHeritage each experienced data breaches. And before them, it was Yahoo, Equifax and Target. Data breaches are proliferating at a time when marketers are becoming increasingly reliant on user data, and this has left many CMOs in agony.
In a May survey of 1,000 senior-level marketers and CMOs worldwide conducted by Dentsu Aegis Network, about three in 10 respondents said that a data breach was the strategic risk that they’ll worry about the most over the next few years. The surveyed CMOs worried more about misuse of consumer data than they did about increasing competition and the dominance of tech platforms.
Big data breaches like the ones that Yahoo and Target had can spell the end of a CMO’s career, according to Warren Zenna, founder of Zenna Consulting Group.
“Data used to be something that people associated with CTOs or IT departments,” Zenna said. “Data is now the currency of marketing. It's like the brand’s bank. And the CMO must guard it with his or her life or career.”
Marketers may also have heightened concerns about user data misuse because of a few sensational stories about data breaches that remain ever present in the trade press.
Facebook, Google and Twitter have been called to Capitol Hill for questioning after their platforms were used by Russian entities to influence US politics. Their hearings were theatrical and laced with entertaining questions from Congressmen who were clearly confused about how digital ad platforms make money. On top of this, there’s Facebook’s ongoing saga with Cambridge Analytica, which accessed more user data than it was supposed to.
Another phenomena making marketers fret about data security is the European Union’s General Protection Data Regulation (GDPR), which went live in May and stipulates that a user’s data can be used only if that individual gives a company explicit permission. Anxiety over potentially getting fined for violating the GDPR led several marketing tech firms to pull out of Europe and change their business models.
Some tech vendors are capitalizing on marketers’ uneasiness about data security. Customer data platforms (CDPs) are surging because they deal exclusively with first-party data, which some marketers believe could protect them from GDPR fines. And data protection companies are likely having a field day too, according to Zenna.
Want to learn more about how marketers are using data? Look for our "Making the Most of Marketing Data" report that comes out August 9.
Article Jun 11, 2018
Most Users Are Very Uncomfortable with Brands Selling Their Data
Five Charts Explaining Why Marketers Are Experiencing Data-Driven Growing Pains
Strategic Risk that Worries Marketing Executives Worldwide the Most, May 2018 (% of respondents)
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November 14, 2017 / 6:16 AM / in 2 years
Australia 'brings a smile' with Ferry McFerryface, but not everyone gets the joke
Alana Schetzer
SYDNEY (Reuters) - In the grand tradition of Britain’s Boaty McBoatface, Australian authorities are christening one of the ferries crossing Sydney’s world famous harbour Ferry McFerryface, but some union workers aren’t amused.
The New South Wales state government announced the name for one of its six new ferries on Tuesday after a public vote, with Transport Minister Andrew Constance deeming it “one for the kids”.
Ferry McFerryface was actually the second choice in the Australian poll, behind Boaty McBoatface, the name also chosen by the British public in a 2016 vote to name a new polar research vessel.
The British government overturned that vote, instead naming the vessel after leading naturalist David Attenborough, but failed to stem an internet craze that led to temporary copycats like Trainy McTrainface and Firey McFireface.
The name Boaty McBoatface eventually went to a research vessel on board the David Attenborough.
Australian authorities said they planned to comply with the public vote, albeit passing on Boaty as the first choice, given the lack of originality.
“We asked Sydney to name their new ferries, and we have listened,” Constance said in a statement. “Ferry McFerryface will be the harbour’s newest icon, and I hope it brings a smile to the faces of visitors and locals alike.”
But the country’s Maritime Union, whose members staff the ferry fleet, failed to see the funny side.
Paul Garrett, a spokesman for the union, said workers were frustrated by the decision, noting that ferries have traditionally been named after Sydney’s beaches and successful Olympians.
“The transport minister is demonstrating here that he treats public transport as a joke,” Garrett told 2GB radio.
Three of the other five new ferries have already been given more traditional names in honour of luminaries including heart surgeon Victor Chang, ophthalmologist and humanitarian Fred Hollows and obstetrician and gynaecologist Catherine Hamlin.
Reporting by Alana Schetzer. Editing by Jane Wardell and Nick Macfie
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Cabinet Report Cards 2019
Previous Report Cards
Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy
2019 Grade: E
2018 Grade: D+
Read our coverage on Gwede Mantashe
In the 2019 Cabinet yearbook, Mantashe will most definitely be voted the minister most likely to embarrass. Like Spud, the fictional character in John van de Ruit’s book of the same name, Mantashe’s tenure ever since he was first appointed a year ago has been characterised by making the news for all the wrong reasons.
From making the headlines over a love triangle involving a younger woman and a fellow Cabinet minister, allegations of impropriety and gratification and flawed appointments to boards of state-owned entities to promoting a non-existent mineral (hazenile) at an international mining conference, where he was supposed to sell the prospects of mining in South Africa, Mantashe’s first year as a minister has been a disaster.
It would be funny if the portfolio he is looking after wasn’t so seriously tied to the country’s bid to claw its way back from “nine wasted years”.
In fairness to him, Mantashe is presiding over a new super-department, which brought together two departments that are in a mess from political and administrative perspectives. Much of this is down to legacy issues.
In the first quarter of this year, mining production declined by 3.5%. In energy, the country has seen a year of rolling power outages.
Mantashe walked into an energy department that completed only 32% of its performance targets, yet spent 98% of its budget.
But, where he can make change, the minister has dallied. There is a great deal outstanding on the policy front, where Mantashe could provide certainty to both investors and residents. The national gas infrastructure plan and the National Energy Regulator Amendment Bill are two crucial examples.
The latter would start to answer questions about Eskom’s unbundling, the introduction of private suppliers of electricity, what is happening with the Grand Inga hydropower project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the targets on clean energy production.
As a mark of how bad things are in the department, the country still does not have even one litre of strategic oil, after 10-million barrels were sold off in a corruption-riddled deal in 2015 under then energy minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson. It has been three years since her replacement, Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane, admitted the stocks were sold and not rotated. Subsequent investigations revealed that senior civil servants were paid to sell the stocks for a song. There has been little action to hold them to account. Litigation, by the Central Energy Fund, to reverse the deal is moving at a snail’s pace. This is why, when the crude oil price changes, South Africa doesn’t have a buffer and so consumers feel the pain.
PetroSA will run out of feedstock for its Mossel Bay refinery sometime next year, and the country seems to have committed itself to oil exploration in South Sudan in a R15-billion deal with no openness, or oil. PetroSA is also technically insolvent.
The Nuclear Energy Council of South Africa and the Central Energy Fund, two critical structures that fall under Mantashe’s purview, are also in a mess and there appears to be no real plan to turn them around.
Mantashe’s decades in political leadership before getting to Cabinet have created a political ideologue who is struggling to come to terms with the complexities of governance.
His new position requires that pragmatism sometimes trumps ideology. These are skills that he has not shown. He adopted a hard-nosed approach to his department’s impasse with the Minerals Council over the mining charter, and the department’s decision to delay opening a new round of bidding to provide renewable energy — when uncertainty of energy is a key factor holding back investment that could kick-start the economy.
The mining industry has raised issues with clauses about empowerment and renewals of mining licences. It claims to have been in discussions with the ministry since the charter was unveiled in September last year.
Instead of responding, Mantashe cites the country’s improved rankings on the Fraser Institute’s annual survey of mining companies as proof of his good work.
Business Day quoted him as saying: “On policy and regulatory certainty, we have jumped 25 spots — from 81 to 56 — in one year. When it comes to investment attractiveness we have jumped five spaces — from 48 to 43 in one year.”
The Democratic Alliance’s spokesperson for mineral resources and energy, Kevin Mileham, believes the inaction is critical. “In this regard, the passing of Deputy Minister [Bavelile] Hlongwa leaves a big hole, as she brought technical expertise to the [energy] portfolio. The minister has promulgated the IRP [Integrated Resource Plan], to his credit, but missed a significant opportunity to immediately address our energy crisis, by opening a new bid window for renewables,” he said.
Mantashe’s mandate is huge and crucial. The economy was built on top of the mineral complex. That industry operates amid uncertainty, and politically-connected companies continue to mine and pollute with impunity.
Without power, there is no economy. As we write this report card, the electricity is off. Eskom might not fall under Mantashe’s mandate (that’s Pravin Gordhan’s problem), but policy certainty and new energy sources do. The minister needs to start working with others, such as the public enterprises department, and fix his super-department.
Grade Key
Take a bow. You are doing an excellent job.
Good, but room for improvement.
You're okay.
Get your act together.
Do yourself and the country a favour - resign.
You're fired.
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Cally Carswell
Writer | Editor | Radio Producer
Hire Me:
I am a former staff editor for High Country News, an award-winning magazine covering the American West, where I edited both news and features. I am available for news and magazine editing, as well as non-journalistic projects, including developmental and copy editing of reports, white papers and academic papers. Please email me for rates and availability: callyc@hcn.org
Editing Clips:
Special Project: State Lands in the American West
In November 2017, I edited a special project for High Country News on the management of state-owned public lands. The push to transfer federal lands to states is gaining traction. To understand the stakes of this debate, we asked: What are states doing with the lands they already control? The stories looked at what happened when the Bakken oil boom knocked at the door of a North Dakota state park; the unevenness of endangered species protections on state and federal land in New Mexico; the cost and tenuous nature of public access to state land; and how states make money off of their lands.
I frequently edit news and analysis for High Country News. See some of my favorites on: Seattle’s Big Dig; Why dangerous places are so appealing to live in; Oregon Gov. Kitzhaber’s fall from grace.
Fallon’s Deadly Legacy
In a small Nevada town once plagued by childhood cancer, some families still search for answers. A High Country News cover story by Sierra Crane-Murdoch. My editor’s note looked at Fallon’s experience in light of the recent chemical spill in West Virginia’s Elk River.
A groundwater legacy on the rocks
New Mexico has long been a leader in groundwater protection. Is that about to change? An enterprise story for High Country News by Sarah Jane Keller. Called “a sterling example of public service reporting” by the Knight Science Journalism Tracker.
Beauty or Beast?
Restoration pits beloved — but exotic — eucalyptus trees against California natives. A High Country News cover story by J. Madeleine Nash. My editor’s note touched on a hot debate in ecological restoration over the values and vices of non-native species.
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Tesla’s autopilot strikes again after driver crashes into fire truck
Posted 5:02 pm, May 15, 2018, by Tiara Green, Updated at 05:15PM, May 15, 2018
SALT LAKE CITY, UT -- Tesla has another hit, literally!
Another electric car is off the streets after crashing into a fire truck.
Salt Lake City authorities say the driver was traveling at about 60 miles-per-hour when it slammed into the truck stopped at a red light.
The driver admitted to looking at her phone before the vehicles collided, and the car was on autopilot.
Tesla’s Model S P85D Just Broke Consumer Reports’ Ratings System
The human driver was able to get out with just a broken ankle, and the fire truck driver was treated for whiplash.
This has raised concerns about just how safe the system is after a man was killed in a crash back in March, making this the second fatal crash using the cars' autopilot.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk took to Twitter to point out that most other 60 mile-per-hour crashes end with worse injuries or death. He even noted how it's "super messed up" that Tesla crashes are making headlines, but thousands of others don't.
Maybe it's because, according to the company's website, the car is said to be able to sense other cars and objects, change lanes without the driver's input, and self-park. Apparently, you can even summon the car to you!
One thing it doesn't seem to do is stop on its own! So to all the drivers out there, it's probably best to keep your hands on the wheel.
Topics: autopilot, crash, elon musk, Salt Lake City, Tesla, tiara green, Utah
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Terminally ill firefighter gets one last ride home
A sports reporter tried to call and text her husband before a fatal plane crash. He never got the chance to answer
How the top statewide stories of 2019 indicate what 2020 could look like
Why it is important for trans people to remain visible
Governor stops distribution of cheeky Utah-themed condoms
Dog drives in circles for an hour in Florida driveway
Tool developed in Texas to predict power failures now being tested in California to prevent wildfires
Lawmakers want more agents, better technology at border crossings
Dramatic video shows Utah trooper rescuing unconscious man from path of oncoming train
School bus driver is also a secret Santa – and a whole lot more
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Sundays/Feastdays/Martyrology
Sundays and Feastdays
Third Sunday of Advent (Gaudete Sunday)
Third Sunday of Advent
On this Sunday again, the Church calls on us to rejoice in the Advent of the Redeemer, and at the Introit sings:
INTROIT Rejoice in the Lord always; again I say, rejoice. Let your modesty be known to all men: for the Lord is nigh. Be nothing solicitous; but in every thing by prayer let your requests be made known to God (Phil. 4). Lord, thou hast blessed thy land; thou bast turned away the captivity of Jacob (Ps. 84). Glory be to the Father.
COLLECT Incline Thine ear, O Lord, we beseech Thee, unto our prayers: and enlighten the darkness of our mind by the grace of thy visitation. Through our Lord.
EPISTLE (Phil. 4:4-7). Brethren, rejoice in the Lord always; again I say, rejoice. Let your modesty be known to all men. The Lord is nigh. Be nothing solicitous; but in everything, by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your petitions be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasseth all understanding, keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus our Lord.
What is meant by "rejoicing in the Lord"?
By "rejoicing in the Lord" is meant rejoicing in the grace of the true faith we have received, in the hope of obtaining eternal happiness; rejoicing in the protection of the most High under which we stand; and in the persecution for justice's sake in which Christ Himself exhorts us to rejoice, and in which the Apostle Paul gloried (II Cor. 7:4).
What else does St. Paul teach in this epistle?
He exhorts us to give all a good example by a modest and edifying life, to which we should be directed by the remembrance of God's presence and His coming to judgment (Chrysostom. 33, in Joann.); he warns us against solicitude about temporal affairs, advising us to cast our care on God, who will never abandon us in our needs, if we entreat Him with confidence and humility.
In what does "the Peace of God" consist?
It consists in a good conscience (Ambrose), in which St. Paul gloried and rejoiced beyond measure (II Cor. 1:12). This peace of the soul sustained all the martyrs, and consoled many others who suffered for justice's sake. Thus St. Tibertius said to the tyrant: "We count all pain as naught, for our conscience is at peace." There cannot be imagined a greater joy than that which proceeds from the peace of a good conscience. It must be experienced to be understood.
ASPIRATION The peace of God, that surpasseth all understanding, preserve our hearts in Christ Jesus. Amen.
COMFORT AND RELIEF IN SORROW
“Is any one troubled, let him pray" (Jas. 5:13).
There is no greater or more powerful comfort in sorrow than in humble and confiding prayer, to complain to God of our wants and cares, as did the sorrowful Anna, mother of the prophet Samuel, (I Kings 10) and the chaste Susanna when she was falsely accused of adultery and sentenced to death (Dan. 13:35). So the pious King Ezechias complained in prayer of the severe oppression with which he was threatened by Senacherib (IV Kings 19:14). So also King Josaphat made his trouble known to God only, saying: But as we know not what to do, we can only turn our eyes on Thee (11 Para. 20:12). They all received aid and comfort from God. Are you sad and in trouble? Lift up your soul with David and say: To Thee I have lifted up my eyes, who dwellest in heaven. Behold as the eyes of servants are on the hands of their masters, as the eyes of the handmaid are on the hands of her mistress: so are our eyes unto the Lord our God, until He shall have mercy on us (Ps. 122:1-3). Give joy to the soul of Thy servant, for to Thee, O Lord, I have lifted up my soul (Ps. 85:4).
GOSPEL (Jn. 1:19-28). At that time the Jews sent from Jerusalem priests and Levites to John, to ask him, Who art thou? And he confessed, and did not deny; and he confessed: I am not the Christ. And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he said: I am not. Art thou the prophet? And he answered, No. They said therefore unto him, Who art thou, that we may give an answer to them that sent us? what sayst thou of thyself? He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Isaias. And they that were sent were of the Pharisees. And they asked him, and said to him: Why then dost thou baptize, if thou be not Christ, nor Elias, nor the prophet? John answered them, saying: I baptize with water: but there hath stood one in the midst of you, whom you know not: the same is he that shall come after me, who is preferred before me, the latchet of whose shoe I am not worthy to loose. These things were done in Bethania beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
Why did the Jews send messengers to St. John to ask him who he was?
Partly because of their curiosity, when they saw St. John leading such a pure, angelic and penitential life; partly, as St. Chrysostom says, out of envy, because St. John preached with such spiritual force, baptized and exhorted the people to penance, that the inhabitants of Jerusalem came to him in great numbers; partly, and principally, they were impelled by the providence of God to demand publicly of St. John, if he were the Messiah, and thus be directed to Christ that they might be compelled to acknowledge Him as the Messiah, or have no excuse for rejecting Him.
Why did the Jews ask St. John, if he were not Elias or the prophet?
The Jews falsely believed that the Redeemer was to come into this world but once, then with great glory, and that Elias or one of the old prophets would come before Him, to prepare His way, as Malachias (4:5) had prophesied of St. John; so when St. John said of himself that he was not the Messiah, they asked him, if he were not then Elias or one of the prophets. But Elias, who was taken alive from this world in a fiery chariot, will not reappear until just before the second coming of Christ.
Why did St. John say, he was not Elias or the Prophet?
Because he was not Elias, and, in reality, not a prophet in the Jewish sense of the word, but more than a prophet, because he announced that Christ had come, and pointed Him out.
Why does St. John call himself "the voice of one crying in the wilderness"?
Because in his humility, he desired to acknowledge that he was only an instrument through which the Redeemer announced to the abandoned and hopeless Jews the consolation of the Messiah, exhorting them to bear worthy fruits of penance.
How do we bear worthy fruits of penance?
We bear fruits of penance, when after our conversion, we serve God and justice with the same zeal with which we previously served the devil and iniquity; when we love God as fervently as we once loved the flesh-that is, the desires of the flesh-and the pleasures of the world; when we give our members to justice as we once gave them to malice and impurity (Rom. 6:19), when the mouth that formerly uttered improprieties, when the ears that listened to detraction or evil speech, when the eyes that looked curiously upon improper objects, now rejoice in the utterance of words pleasing to God, to hear and to see things dear to Him; when the appetite that was given to the luxury of eating and drinking, now abstains; when the hands give back what they have stolen; in a word, when we put off the old man, who was corrupted, and put on the new man, who is created in justice and holiness of truth (Eph. 4:22-24).
What was the baptism administered by St. John, and what were its effects?
The baptism administered by John was only a baptism of penance for forgiveness of sins (Lk. 3:3). The ignorant Jews not considering the greatness of their transgressions, St. John came exhorting them to acknowledge their sins, and do penance for them; that being converted, and truly contrite, they might seek their Redeemer, and thus obtain remission of their offences. We must then conclude, that St. John's baptism was only a ceremony or initiation, by which the Jews enrolled themselves as his disciples to do penance, as a preparation for the remission of sin by means of the second baptism, viz., of Jesus Christ.
What else can be learned from this gospel?
We learn from it to be always sincere, especially at the tribunal of penance, and to practice the necessary virtue of humility, by which, in reply to the questions of the Jews, St. John confessed the truth openly and without reserve, as shown by the words: The latchet of whose shoe I am not worthy to loose, as the lowest of Christ's servants, giving us an example of humility and sincerity, which should induce us always to speak the truth, and not only not to seek honor, but to give to God all the honor shown us by man. Have you not far more reason than John, who was such a great saint, to esteem yourself but little, and to humble yourself before God and man? "My son," says Tobias (4:14), "never suffer pride to reign in thy mind, or in thy words: for from it all perdition took its beginning."
ASPIRATION O Lord, banish from my heart all envy, jealousy and pride. Grant me instead, to know myself and Thee, that by the knowledge of my nothingness, misery and vices, I may always remain unworthy in my own eyes, and that by the contemplation of Thy infinite perfections, I may seek to prize Thee above all, to love and to glorify Thee, and practice charity towards my neighbor. Amen.
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What Lies Beneath: Microbes Thrive Below Seafloor Hot Springs
According to a new study of microbes living beneath deep-sea hydrothermal vents, subsurface communities are just as productive as the microbes and animals inhabiting the vent ecosystems above.
At deep-sea hot springs, the hot, chemical-rich fluids produced by geothermal processes in the ocean crust mix with cold seawater, providing conditions that support thriving communities of microbes. These organisms survive by chemosynthesis, converting the chemicals in the fluids into usable energy and biomass. They serve as the foundation of a strange ecosystem, including tubeworms, crustaceans, and octopuses, which flourishes in the darkness of the deep sea. Microbes live below the seafloor of the vents as well, but while scientists have investigated the identity of these subseafloor organisms, measuring their productivity has been far more challenging.
Jesse McNichol, left, with former WHOI postdoc François Thomas, and colleagues conducted experiments on samples of vent fluids collected in isobaric gas-tight cylinders. The IGTs maintain microbial samples in the deep-sea pressure and temperatures they exist in, allowing the bacteria inside to grow as they normally would on the seafloor. Credit: Jennifer Barone, © Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
In a new paper in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences [1], researchers have discovered that the microbes living below hydrothermal vents systems are surprisingly active. DCO Deep Life Community members Jesse McNichol (now at University of Southern California, USA), and Stefan Sievert (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), USA) and Deep Energy Community member Jeffrey Seewald (WHOI, USA), along with colleagues at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (Germany), measured the activity levels of subsurface microbes while maintaining their local pressure and temperature conditions with specially designed gas-tight samplers. These experiments allowed them to make comprehensive measurements of microbial growth, identify dominant organisms, and estimate the global production of organic carbon by microbes living beneath deep-sea hot springs.
“We knew that there was quite a bit of carbon potentially being produced down there, but of course it’s hard to obtain fluid samples and to incubate them under natural conditions to measure the microbes’ activities,” said Sievert. “We were quite surprised to see how actively microbes were growing. The subseafloor biosphere is just as productive as the vent community above the seafloor.”
The researchers made these productivity measurements on microbes from a well-studied hydrothermal vent system named Crab Spa, which lies on the East Pacific Rise, off the coast of Central America. They sampled the microbes from beneath the vent using isobaric gas-tight cylinders (IGTs) that could maintain the local pressure inside the chamber. Seewald initially developed the IGT in 2002, so that he could analyze the chemistry of vent fluids without the dissolved gases escaping as he brought them to the surface.
WHOI microbiologist Stefan Sievert carries an IGT back to the ship's lab. At right is WHOI geochemist Jeff Seewald, who developed the IGT samplers. Credit: Jennifer Barone, © Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
For these experiments, Sievert, Seewald, and McNichol devised ways to modify the IGT for cultivating microbes. After bringing the samples to the surface under pressure, they maintained them at the same temperature as the deep-sea vent environment, 24 degrees Celsius, which conveniently, is room temperature in the labs of the research vessel, Atlantis. The researchers spiked some the IGTs with different chemicals that microbes might use for growth, such as nitrate, hydrogen, and oxygen, while leaving others unaltered. They also added inorganic carbon that carried an isotopic tracer, so that they could track the carbon as the microbes converted it into microbial biomass.
From the incubations, the scientists were able to calculate a new parameter they called “chemosynthetic growth efficiency,” which quantifies how efficiently the microbes convert available energy into biomass. Using this parameter in combination with fluid flow and depletions of chemicals in the vent fluids, the researchers calculated that for every liter of Crab Spa hydrothermal fluid, microbes produced up to 250 micrograms of carbon. That doesn’t sound like much, but when they scaled up their calculations to include all of the fluids flowing from seafloor hot springs worldwide, they estimate that microbes living beneath hydrothermal vent systems contribute 1.4 teragrams (or about 1,400,000 tons) of organic carbon to the seafloor each year. They could also infer that the residence time of the subseafloor microbes at Crab Spa is 17 to 41 hours, within the range of doubling times of chemosynthetic microbes growing under ideal conditions in the laboratory.
The WHOI researchers also teamed up with Niculina Musat at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research to use a modern instrument called NanoSIMS to detect how much carbon individual cells assimilated. In combination with a technique that identified individual cells, the analysis showed that the most active microbes in the IGTs belonged to a group called Campylobacteria, which dominate the natural community at Crab Spa. They also observed that the presence or absence of oxygen changed the community composition of these organisms, implying oxygen could be an important factor that controls the distribution of different groups of microbes in the subseafloor.
“I like to think about it as a scientific dream team – we had all these people with incredible expertise,” said McNichol. “Because of that, we were able to tie all these things together and get a comprehensive picture of the ecosystem.”
Moving forward, the researchers have developed new equipment that will let them incubate the microbes directly at the seafloor. They also want to investigate the fate of all that ‘deep’ carbon and how these productive subsurface microbes are contributing to the deep ocean environment.
Main image: The manipulator arm on the remotely operated, deep-sea vehicle Jason uses an isobaric gas-tight (IGT) sampler to collect samples of fluids and microbes spewing from hydrothermal vents surrounded by a community of tubeworms at a site called "Crab Spa" on the East Pacific Rise. Credit: Photo courtesy of Stefan Sievert, WHOI/NSF/ROVJason, © Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
McNichol J, Stryhanyuk H, Sylva SP, Thomas F, Musat N, Seewald JS, Sievert SM (2018) Primary productivity below the seafloor at deep-sea hot springs. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences doi: 10.1073/pnas.1804351115
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Networking creative change-makers
Creative Agency is a community of creative makers, academics, industry professionals and organisations committed to arts, education and social change. The Agency is both a virtual and material co-share workspace in and beyond Melbourne’s urban centre where creativity finds expression through co-designed research, events and cross-sector partnerships.
Visit the Creative Agency website.
Melbourne Museum, Malthouse Theatre, Digital Ethnography Research Centre (DERC), RMIT School of Education, Centre for Creative and Relational Enquiry (University of Edinburgh), University of Jyväskylä (Finland)
Creativity, Education, Social Change, Arts, Co-design, Co-share, Pedagogy, Creative Practice, Creative Industries, Design, Social Futures, Wellbeing, Workplace
If you would like to get involved with this project, fill out the form below or reach out to project leaders via the contact info provided alongside each bio.
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Anne Harris
Associate Professor and Principal Research Fellow, Design and Social Context
School: Education
RMIT staff profile
anne.harris@rmit.edu.au
Dr Anne M. Harris, PhD is an Associate Professor and Vice Chancellor’s Principal Research Fellow at RMIT University, and an Australian Research Council Future Fellow (2017 – 2021) studying intercultural creativity. Anne is an Honorary Research Fellow at University of Nottingham (UK) and an Adjunct Professor at Monash University (Australia).
Their research is in the areas of gender, creativity, diversity, performance and emerging digital ethnographies. Anne is a native New Yorker and has worked professionally as a playwright, teaching artist and journalist in the USA and Australia. They have authored or co-authored over 60 articles and 13 books on creativity, arts, and non-dominant culture formations, the latest being Queering Families/Schooling Publics: Keywords (with Stacy Holman Jones, Sandra Faulkner, and Eloise Brook, Routledge 2017). Anne is the creator and series editor of the Palgrave book series Creativity, Education and the Arts, and recently completed an Australian Research Council DECRA on the commodification of creativity.
Creative Citizenship
New ways to connect young people to the world
Creative Citizenship, in partnership with local cultural organisations, is encouraging youth to learn in inspiring environments.
The project explores:
— learning outside of the classroom;
— social inclusion through youth-generated teaching and learning materials; and
— improving digital literacies and social capital of young people through the creative exchange.
Visit the Creative Citizenship website.
RMIT School of Education, Creative Agency, Melbourne Museum, Monash University Centre for Theatre and Performance, MONA Museum, School of Creative Art (UTAS), Creative Exchange Institute, St Dominic’s College (Hobart), Drum Theatre
Education, Creativity, User-experience, Museums, Culture, Learning
GAHSPH Research Network
Facilitating the improvement of refugee housing design
Never has the demand been so urgent for development and research into refugee housing design. The Global Humanitarian Shelter and Public Health Sectors (GAHSPH) Research Network focuses on innovations in refugee housing design, which can radically improve and ensure better health outcomes for refugees worldwide. The significance of this Network lies in facilitating research collaboration between the shelter, education and public health sectors.
School of Architecture and Design, UNHCR, Architects Without Frontiers, UNISDR, Humanitarian Architecture Research Bureau
Health, Community, Refugee Housing
Esther Charlesworth
School: Architecture and Urban Design
esther.charlesworth@rmit.edu.au
Esther Charlesworth is a Professor in the School of Architecture and Design at RMIT University, and the Academic Director of the RMIT Master of Disaster, Design and Development degree [MoDDD]. She is also the founding Director of Architects without Frontiers (AWF). Since 2002, AWF has undertaken over 40 health, education and social infrastructure projects in 12 countries for vulnerable communities, and has been described by ABC radio broadcaster Phillip Adams as ‘destined to develop into one of the greater forces of good on this battered planet’.
Charlesworth has published seven books on the theme of social justice and architecture, including: Humanitarian Architecture (2014) and Sustainable Housing Reconstruction (2015).
Possum Skin Cloak Story
Reconnecting Communities and Culture
“Culture is the framework through which we connect to our Country, our Belonging. It defines and makes us who we are. Our language, stories, songs, dance, artefacts, cultural knowledge and practices demonstrate our continuing connections.” — Vicki Couzens.
Possum skin cloaks were a vital part of Aboriginal peoples lives in pre-European times. To make a cloak was a very labour intensive and time-consuming process. Telling the story of the Possum Skin Cloak strengthens cultural identity, connection to country and health, and education and justice within an indigenous community context. The impact of the revival of possum skin cloaks as a community cultural practice has been significant and profound.
Gunditjmara Elders and community, Ngarara Willim Centre at RMIT, Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages Board, Koorie Heritage Trust
Indigenous Culture, Storytelling, Art, Culture, Community Building, Languages, Textiles
Vicki Couzens
VC Indigenous Research Fellow
School: Design and Social Context
vicki.couzens@rmit.edu.au
Dr Couzens is Gunditjmara from the Western Districts of Victoria. She acknowledges her ancestors and elders who guide her work.
Dr Couzens has worked in Aboriginal community affairs for almost 40 years. Her contributions in the reclamation, regeneration and revitalisation of cultural knowledge and practice extend across the ‘arts and creative cultural expression’ spectrum including language revitalisation, ceremony, community arts, public art, visual and performing arts, and writing. She is a Senior Knowledge Custodian for Possum Skin Cloak Story and Language Reclamation and Revival in her Keerray Woorroong Mother Tongue.
Vicki is employed at RMIT as a Vice Chancellors Indigenous Research Fellow developing her Project ‘watnanda koong meerreeng , tyama-ngan malayeetoo (together body and country, we know long time)’ The key objective of this Project is to produce model/s, pathways and resources for continuing the reinvigoration of Aboriginal Ways of Knowing Being and Doing with a special focus on language revitalisation.
Social Play Tool Kit
Encouraging social play and games literacies in the classroom.
Play is a source of culture, a form of expression, and a creative way of engaging with the world. It is a crucial human ability for adaptation and expression.
In collaboration with our research partners and young people, we have developed a Social Play Tool Kit that encourages social play and game literacies in the classroom. Exploring socially-engaged gameplay and creativity across digital and material contexts, these tools are freely downloadable PDF’s for use in a variety of Primary School age learning environments.
INTRODUCTION TO THE SOCIAL PLAY PROJECT
CLASSROOM CASE STUDY GAME PAMPHLETS
Young and Well Cooperative Research Centre, Australian Research Council
Social Games And Play, Games Literacy, Primary School Education, Tool Kit
Larissa Hjorth
Distinguished Professor and Director, Design and Creative Practice
School: Enabling Capability Platforms
larissa.hjorth@rmit.edu.au
Larissa Hjorth is a digital ethnographer, artist, Distinguished Professor and director of the Design & Creative Practice ECP platform at RMIT University. With Professor Heather Horst, she co-founded the Digital Ethnography Research Centre (DERC). Previously, Hjorth was Deputy Dean, Research & Innovation, in the School of Media & Communication (2013−2016). Hjorth served on the inaugural Australian Research Council (ARC) Engagement & Impact Pilot study assessment panel for humanities and creative practice.
Hjorth studies the socio-cultural dimensions of mobile media and play practices in the Asia-Pacific region with an emphasis on interdisciplinary, collaborative and cross-cultural approaches. She has published a dozen co-authored books, edited over a dozen Handbooks/Companions and has over 40 journal articles.
More recently, Hjorth’s work has become concerned with how we can bring creative, social and design solutions to the growing ageing populations and, in turn, how we might consider scenarios of what it means to die well. She is also studying how our “more-than-human” companions can teach us about new media in everyday life. Hjorth’s last book, Haunting Hands (Oxford Uni Press) looked at how mobile media is being deployed in situations of grief and trauma, her previous book explored how art practice can teach us new acumen into the climate change debate.
Hjorth’s books include Haunting Hands (with Cumiskey 2017), Screen Ecologies (with Pink, Sharp & Williams 2016), Digital Ethnography (Pink et al. 2016) Mobile Media in the Asia-Pacific (2009), Games & Gaming (2010), Online@AsiaPacific (with Arnold 2013), Understanding Social Media (with Hinton 2013), and Gaming in Locative, Social and Mobile Media (with Richardson 2014).
Writers Immersion and Cultural Exchange
Changing the stories we tell and listen to
Perspectives shift and networks expand when writers step out of their comfort zone and into unfamiliar cultural spaces where they can connect and share ideas with other writers. Writers Immersion and Cultural Exchange (WrICE) program contributes to an Asia-Pacific community of writers in a collaborative way, influencing broader societal perspectives and changing the stories we tell and listen to. It provides a framework for intercultural and intergenerational dialogue — the exchange and furthering of knowledge, creativity, skills and cultural perspectives.
Visit the WrICE website.
non/fictionLab, Melbourne Writers Festival, Copyright Agency Cultural Fund, Footscray Community Arts Centre, 100 Story Building, National Library of Vietnam, Ayala Museum, Arts House Singapore, Jakarta Post Writing Center, Indonesia, Asia Pacific Writers and Translators Association
Creative Writing, Education, Asia-Pacific, Diversity
Francesca Rendle-Short
Associate Professor and Associate Dean, Writing and Publishing
School: Media and Communication
francesca.rendle-short@rmit.edu.au
Francesca Rendle-Short is Associate Dean Writing and Publishing in the School of Media and Communication at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. She is co-founder of the non/fictionLab research group and co-director of WrICE (Writers Immersion and Cultural Exchange). She has a Doctor of Creative Arts from the University of Wollongong, was a recipient of an International Nonfiction Writers Fellowship to the University of Iowa, and was showcased in the Outstanding Field at Victoria College of the Arts, University of Melbourne.
Francesca Rendle-Short is an award winning novelist, memoirist and essayist. Her books include Bite Your Tongue, Imago, and The Near and The Far; also the forthcoming 100 Love Letters, and No Notes (This is writing). Her artwork is in the collection of the State Library of Queensland.
David Carlin
Professor of Creative Writing, Co-Director of the non/fictionLab, Co-Director WrICE
david.carlin@rmit.edu.au
David Carlin is a writer, creative artist and scholar. His books include The Abyssinian Contortionist, Our Father Who Wasn’t There, and (forthcoming) The After-Normal for Rose Metal Press, and 100 Atmospheres: Studies in Scale and Wonder for Open Humanities Press. David’s essays, plays, radio features, exhibitions, documentary and short films have won awards and featured at numerous international festivals. He co-edited a cross-cultural anthology of Asian and Australian writers, The Near and the Far (with Francesca Rendle-Short, Scribe 2016) and Performing Digital (Routledge, 2015), about the Circus Oz Living Archive project he led. Co-President of the NonfictioNOW Conference, the world’s leading conference in literary nonfiction, David is a Professor at RMIT University, Australia, where he co-directs WrICE and non/fictionLab.
Being Wiradjuri Together – Winner 2018 Good Design Award, Social Impact
An interactive Wiradjuri-RMIT project is among the winners in the social impact category at the 2018 Good Design Awards. Read more
RMIT Europe Symposium: Rethinking Healthcare for the Future
Exploring how design and technology can transform healthcare for an ageing population. Read more
Creative Agency Creative Citizenship
Darrin Verhagen
Dr Darrin Verhagen is a senior lecturer in Media and Communication, and runs the Audiokinetic Experiments [AkE] Lab.
Verhagen teaches into the Sound Design specialisation in the Digital Media Program. His work in the AkE Lab uses sound, motion simulators, 4D cinema seating, light and VR to create and audit works that explore the relationship between hearing, vision, movement and vibration. With a background as a soundtrack composer and sound designer for theatre, dance, film and installation, his research interests interrogate the psychophysiology of aesthetic experience, and explore practical applications of such knowledge beyond art.
darrin.verhagen@rmit.edu.au
Olivia Guntarik
Dr Olivia Guntarik is interested in the relationship between people, places and technologies. She has co-designed and curated place-based cultural walking trails with Indigenous community groups, using mobile apps as self-guided digital tour guides, and as a way to commemorate sites of historical significance. She has led numerous industry-based research projects that bring together writers, artists, designers and digital experts with geographers, sociologists, ethnographers and educators. She was awarded two distinguished Creative Victoria funding initiatives, co-supported through the Department of Education and Training under the Virtual Creative Professionals in Schools program, to provide schools in rural and regional locations with the highest quality creative and digital learning experiences. Research outcomes included the development of interactive mobile apps and site-specific public installations, providing new ways to document and understand user engagement, participation and impact.
olivia.guntarik@rmit.edu.au
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Helen Rayment
RMIT Collections & Venues
Helen Rayment is RMIT Gallery’s Acting Director and Senior Exhibition Coordinator. She is an experienced arts administrator and curator with a demonstrated history of working across the art museum sector and in higher education. She has a Master of Arts in Visual Art from Monash University. In 2018 she was awarded a professional development grant by the Australia Council to further her significant work in Asia.
helen.rayment@rmit.edu.au
Jacina Leong
Jacina Leong is an artist-curator and PhD candidate in the School of Media and Communications, RMIT. Her research explores critical-creative and careful curatorial approaches to social innovation practices by museums and galleries.
Over the past decade, she has worked in hybrid new media spaces, universities, national and international festivals, regional museums and galleries, libraries and schools — to vision and deliver a diverse range of trans-disciplinary engagement programs, via highly collaborative, experimental and site-responsive processes. Most recently, Jacina was curator for Robotronica, project lead and founding member of the Guerrilla Knowledge Unit, guest facilitator of the Future Innovators Summit (Ars Electronica Tokyo Initiative), and co-curator of the provocation, Curating In The Age of Automation (RMIT & Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto).
From 2012 to 2017, Jacina worked at The Cube (QUT), establishing the inaugural STEAM engagement program for school and university students, educators and pre-service teachers. This program involved key collaborations with local, national and international organisations including Ars Electronica, LEGO Education, and Brisbane City Council. She has also worked in public program development at the Ipswich Art Gallery, collaborative learning strategy in universities, gallery management at Jan Murphy Gallery, and was advisor to the inaugural Make Nice at VIVID Festival.
jacina.leong@rmit.edu.au
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Map a set of strings to another set of strings, optimise similarity
Suppose we have a similarity measure s : String x String -> [0, 1] and sets K, L in String with |K| <= |L|. The task is to find an injection f : S -> T such that Sum({s(k, f(k)) | k in K}) is maximised. That is, f should be an injection which maximises similarity.
My naive approach would be to compute all the similarities s(k, l) at once, then use a polynomial time bipartite graph matching algorithm such as the Hungarian algorithm or Ford-Fulkerson algorithm to compute an optimal matching. Here, I would have s be the n-gram similarity function from Kondrak's "N -gram similarity and distance" paper.
Does anyone know of a cheaper way to go about this? I'm hoping for something which considers the whole sets, rather than pairwise similarity alone.
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$\begingroup$ You haven't stated any restrictions on the similarity measure s, so any faster-than-HA-and-FF algorithm that you could find to solve this problem would in essence be a faster-than-HA-and-FF algorithm for bipartite matching. In detail: any bipartite graph could be converted to an instance of your problem by mapping all vertices to distinct dummy strings, and specifying s as an $n$-by-$n$ matrix with rows and columns each indexed by these strings. I don't know of lower bounds for bipartite matching, so such an algorithm might conceivably exist, but it would be a major result in CS. $\endgroup$ – j_random_hacker May 5 '17 at 17:58
$\begingroup$ Firstly, thank you for the answer and sorry for taking so long to reply. I was wondering whether it was possible to take a different approach, rather than simply computing all similarities and then using an existing bipartite graph matching algorithm. I thought there might be some solution which involves growing a matching over approximated (more cheaply computed) similarities, improving the matching and similarity approximations over time. Maybe an adapted HA. I know there might not be a definitive answer to this, but suggestions in the right direction would be appreciated. $\endgroup$ – justinpc May 11 '17 at 10:34
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Advanced Institute Summer 2019
By Blaine Miller
It was another energetic and active summer with the Advanced Institute of the DWP. The weather was warm on the campus as we embarked on another packed week of writing, discussing, conferring, and above all, learning how to reach our students. The topic this time was something a little different. We tackled the art of persuasion and rhetoric. The week started out with the group creating our argument and rhetoric frames for the week. We tossed around names of individuals who we determined were good speakers and writers, and we also played around with topics that lent themselves to good argument and persuasive discourse. The conversations and discussions flowed naturally as we jumped from common, everyday issues to educational policy to families and our own backgrounds. It was a strong start to a busy week.
There is a certain security in knowing what to expect. The DWP came through once again. We were treated to the insights of Mark Overmeyer. He gave both groups some insights on how to get students motivated to write and how to keep the process going in case they might need some reengagement. We were all treated to Overmeyer’s positive energy, and I am sure we look forward to hearing from him again soon. Nicole Piasecki presented to both groups, and she jumped right in with some writing prompts to jog our memories using song lyrics. It was inventive, and in those few minutes, our energy was laser- sharp towards our writing. Having been involved with the DWP for just over five years now, I always find Piasecki’s insights as a writer and as a teacher inspiring.
We ended the week with our traditional writing marathon at the Denver Botanic Gardens. The weather was warm, and walking along the paths, observing, and enjoying the variety proved inspirational. We ended our days with some hugs and promises to see each other soon. Not a bad way to begin the summer. I hope to see you all again soon. Keep writing!
The Gnarly Nine at the DWP Invitational Summer Institute
By Abbi Heller
The DWP Invitational Summer Institute started off in rain and darkness, not the typical summer setting we are accustomed to in June. No amount of June gloom could keep the loyal nine secondary students from creating their own sunshine in their writing, their wit, and their genuine collegiality. Although ten Teacher Consultants were inducted in May, nine carried the torch for the three weeks at the King Center, room 210. These nine educators exemplified the mission of the Denver Writing Project, earning themselves the nickname: The Gnarly Nine. The Gnarly Nine learned about the power of predictions from Mark Overmeyer, the power of creative non-fiction and intertextuality from Nicole Piasecki, and the power of the prose poem from Eliot Wilson. Our final speaker, fellow DWP alumni and director, Molly Robbins reminded us how we must take care of ourselves as people before we can be teachers and caregivers of our students. Robbins allowed us permission to be amazing teachers who also live amazing lives outside of our classrooms.
The Gnarly Nine took risks in their writing and even bigger risks in sometimes sharing, but most of all, they jumped into their demos with gusto allowing themselves optimum opportunities for growth and reflection for their future classrooms and students. This summer’s ISI was fortunate enough to go on two writing marathons: one at the Denver Botanic Gardens and one traveling the streets of LoDo writing amongst the cats of Larimer to the comings and goings at Union Station, ending with food at the Milk Market.
It was a bittersweet ending to the summer as we shared food and our polished pieces at The Book Bar. The Gnarly Nine showed up at the Post-institute feeling nostalgic for Room 210 and the company of one another on their adventures of self-discovery through writing and demos from the summer. Although the ISI came to a close, this group of fabulous educators has organized themselves into a writing group, promising to meet up once a month and share writing, life, and of course, food.
Auraria Young Writers Camp
By Shannon Hanschen
Ahh summer…! More time for writing. That’s how the Denver Writing Project and the 120 young writers who attended Young Writers Camp last June felt anyway. DWP is thrilled to provide the space for young writers grades 3-12 to work out their writing muscles through exploring a multitude of genres and styles through guest writer presentations, attending master-teacher led workshops, and workshopping their own ideas in peer-led groups at Young Writers Camp 2019.
This year young writers learned from three professional local writers. Len Vlahos, young adult fiction writer and co-owner of Tattered Cover Bookstore, explored narrative writing through the stages of the hero’s journey. Whitney Gaines, essayist and poet, used abstraction as inspiration through color gradient and Clifford Still’s paintings. Jovan Mays, former poet laureate of Aurora and award-winning slam poet, encouraged young writers to go deeper through focused concentration on dynamic sentence starters.
Master-teacher group facilitators led spirited workshops on a variety of topics, such as parody writing, community mapping to find through-lines, writing in a digital space, and micro-narrative. With plenty of time to both write and share, young writers added an abundance of skills, genres, and tricks to their writers’ toolboxes.
One high-school-aged writer reflected on the opportunity for collaboration at camp stating, “We take time out of the day to do peer revision, exchange stories, and provide feedback. Every member of my group looks extremely uncomfortable as we all read their work, but the criticism is helpful. Once the sharing is done, we go back to writing, diving into new projects, or continuing to revise the one shared.” Sharing writing can be difficult, but it is necessary to continue to grow as a writer. DWP is glad that gutsy young writers are willing to share and grow alongside one another, making new connections with like-minded peers.
The culminating event of the week is the Writers’ Celebration on Friday afternoon. Young writers gather with families and friends to share a piece or two they worked on throughout the week. It is a highlight for sure and leaves audiences gratified, amused and humbled by the beauty of writing that flows from young people when given space and support.
The Denver Writing Project is delighted to continue to offer summer opportunities for young writers in the Denver metro area and beyond. Finding one's voice is a lifelong journey, and DWP is grateful to support young writers along the way.
Writing for Civic Engagement Young Writers Camp
By Christine May
During the week of June 10, 2019, twelve young writers from around the Denver Metro area descended onto the University of Colorado Denver campus to experience the Writing for Civic Engagement Young Writers Camp. Young writers, ranging in ages from 12-16, spent the week engaging in thinking and writing activities designed to help them establish a social justice lens and expand their perspectives on the world around them.
Throughout the week, we had two returning guest writers join us to lead the students in writing workshops. On Tuesday, Jovan Mays, National Slam Poet Champion and the former Poet Laureate of Aurora, led his presentation with the theme that is best described by a Chinua Achebe quote: “Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.” Mays encouraged our writers to tell the story of the “lions” in their lives. He presented the idea of using first person to create change by calling readers in rather than focusing on calling out and using third person to point fingers. He then led our young writers in a writing activity that required them to write continuously while receiving a new sentence starter, like “when the ground gives way” or “I was told to fly, unless,” every two minutes.
Our second guest speaker was award-winning artist, activist, and educator Suzi Q. Smith, who like Mays grew up in Denver. Smith spent time getting to know our students and their favorite books, and then she allowed her students time to individually define who they are with an activity that had them moving about the room based on how they saw themselves. This activity then led to a writing assignment, where first students brainstormed a list of terms that defined their personas. Smith then asked them to start with “To know what it’s like to be....” and end the phrase with one of their brainstormed ideas. She allowed the students to show their expertise in an aspect of their own lives, teaching them that you have to know who you are and what you believe in before you can begin to create change.
Both of our guest writers got students to think both inward and outward about important topics of identity and social justice. Inspired by them, our writers also completed a writing marathon around the UCD campus, inspired by the views and people around them at each location. By the end of the week, they had produced a plethora of pieces but ultimately narrowed it down to one piece to share with friends and family on the last day. The whirlwind of a week ended with some amazing stories and spoken word poems about what mattered most to these writers. Another successful week of writing in 2019!
CU South Young Writers Camp, Summer 2019
By Elizabeth Maloney
While many kids were swimming, vacationing, and soaking up the beauty of a Colorado summer, approximately forty young writers from second through ninth grade chose another path. For one week in June, writers from all over the state signed up for the DWP CU South Campus Young Writers Camp to grow their writing identities. The instructors consisted of two APS secondary teacher leaders, Jennifer Henderson and Denise Huber, who co-facilitated the older group, while CCSD teachers Elizabeth Maloney, Mary Derbish, and Heidi Huebscher supported the elementary. The CU South location is a favorite among the community and staff alike, and to say they were thrilled to return to this beautiful facility would be an understatement.
Each morning, camp began by focusing on our essential question, “How do writers get inspired?” We used every inch of the incredible CU South campus to collect ideas and to write each and every day. From sensory writing through the world’s biomes to descriptive writing using some of the amazing art hanging throughout the building, young writers grew their creativity and craft. We even had the exciting opportunity to use the Imax Theater (and the smell of fresh popcorn) as further inspiration.
On top of the outstanding location, we welcomed a guest writer who has definitely become a familiar face to our writers. Jovan Mays, a local poet and former Aurora Poet Laureate, worked with our writers both inside and outside the facility, showing them how to find inspiration within themselves and their own experiences.
The final highlight and culminating activity of the week is our annual Writers’ Share, when friends and family are invited to hear the amazing work of our talented young campers. We are in awe every year by the poems, stories, arguments, and art in written from that is produced during this week of fun and exploration. We already can’t wait for next summer.
Cherry Creek Young Writers Camp 2019
By Susan Foster
For a week in mid-July, nearly forty young writers convened at Heritage Elementary in Cherry Creek to write alongside like-minded peers who share a passion for writing. On the first day of the Cherry Creek Young Writers Camp, writers were asked to share their superpower. It didn’t take long to experience the powerful gift of writing within each participant. Through daily openings called “Writing into the Day,” writers allowed themselves to take risks, share thoughts, play with word choice, try a new genre, and learn from one another.
Creating a community of writers happens quickly during Young Writers Camp. Each writer feels free to try something new. Each writer allows themselves to be inspired by mentors’ texts, thought provoking poems, and a featured guest author. The outdoors also provides inspiration. Exploring the greenbelt just beyond the school grounds provides just enough change to create change in what writers notice and capture in their journals.
By the end of the week, writers are ready to share their work with a larger audience. This summer, a gallery walk allowed writers an opportunity to showcase their work. Guests enjoyed walking through the gallery stopping to listen to the carefully crafted pieces. The gallery was the perfect way to bring a powerful week to a close and celebrate the power of writing.
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The 2018 Invitational Summer Institute
By Keith Garvert
It’s just not summer if you aren’t thinking about ice cream, warm days, swimming pools, cold drinks on Denver’s many cool patios, or writing with the Denver Writing Project. This summer eleven teachers joined us for three weeks to write, share, explore, and evolve as teachers of writing. Our time together included learning from guest writers Nicole Piasecki, Mark Overmeyer, and Jessica Comola. Each guest writer brought fresh ideas and perspectives that challenged us to refine our writing techniques and revise, revise, revise.
One of many memorable events was branching out into downtown Denver with our writing groups to explore the Dairy Block. Each institute teacher reunited with the group at historic Ninth Street Park to share their writing seeds with one another.
At our post-institute meeting in September, our teachers returned to campus to share how their new school year was shaping up and to join together once more to write, laugh, and enjoy the freshly published anthologies created from their wonderful writing over the summer.
Plans are already being made for our 2019 summer institute. We’d love to have you join us or encourage someone you know to apply. Check out our website at https://clas.ucdenver.edu/denverwritingproject/
The 2018 Advanced Institute
It was an awesome week on campus for the Denver Writing Project Advanced Institute 2018. The first thing people might have noticed was the changing faces of the Advanced Institute. Alice Smith was still one of the facilitators, and I had taken on a new position as a facilitator because Kyle Crawford had moved on as the Director of the DWP. We all met in the King Center and immediately started writing. Alice gave an awesome introductory lesson on pastiche writing that used various models from young adult fiction. I helped the group draw up some story ideas from their own lives based on the book The Storytelling Animal by Jonathan Gottschall. After a busy year in the classroom, getting back to writing was a great way to kick off the workshop.
The week focused on personal memoir and the presentations from the invited guests were as strong as ever. Nicole Piasecki invited us to use our core memories to springboard into a topic. Mark Overmeyer delivered on how images and the brain connect in order to use the latest neuroscience for writing and exploration. We had the opportunity to discover our unique identities using multi-media. All three presenters gave the participants insights into teaching in the classroom. Perhaps equally important, we all got insights into our own development as writers. The week was intense yet worthwhile, and folks had ample opportunities to show off their stuff.
Keeping with the AI tradition, the week concluded with a writing marathon. This year the group visited the Denver Botanic Gardens. For a few of us, myself included, it was the first time visiting this little gem of the Mile High City. The flowers were in full bloom, fragrant, and beautiful. Many of the participants found some unique inspiration for their writing. They sat on the benches in the shade, conversed with others, wrote their pens dry.
The week brought some welcomed time to revisit our “inner writer,” but it was also a chance to connect, collaborate, explore, and create. I enjoyed seeing some old friends and meeting some new ones. The Denver Writing Project is a special place, and it is always an honor. I am humbled by the great people who make the trip to the CU Denver campus, and not only participate in the Project, but they help move it forward and continue its development.
As always, please tell your colleagues about the work that we do and invite them to one of the events throughout the year. It is solid professional development that applies to just about every aspect of education today. We would love to have them join us.
The 2018 Tech Institute
By Audra Binney
The Tech Institute (TI) had a great summer operating under its new name (formerly Tech Matters) and in its new on-campus location in the King Center. We were able to enjoy the benefits of being on campus while operating in tandem with the other institutes, and we were still able to get in a significant amount of work time to produce some wonderful products.
Our participants learned about Edpuzzle where we spent some time editing previously-published videos to include commentary, questions, and quizzes for our students. We also played around with tools like Google Classroom, Google Sites, Padlet, Flipgrid, Wix, and even learned how to write code to make our websites better.
In lieu of a textbook this year, we spent some time exploring the Internet and social media to gather resources for learning about technology. We shared our findings and read articles and tweets about the tools we want to work with and about bringing technology into our classrooms.
Our week ended with a presentation of our accomplishments - teachers in the TI teaching teachers in the Invitational Summer Institute (ISI) about some new tech tools and a photo/writing marathon at the Denver Botanic Gardens.
Writing is Power at the Cherry Creek Young Writers Camp
By Lauren Zuiker
Writing is powerful. We learn this year after year when we see young writers gather at our Cherry Creek Young Writers Camp. Apprehensive, reluctant, beginning writers join the eager, confident, experienced writers on a week-long journey of writing. The campers soak up every bit of inspiration they can from each other, the guest speakers, and especially from within.
Each day begins with an activity called “Writing into the day” where we get the wheels turning and sweep the cobwebs away. Some writers return to these quick writes later during the day and transform their jotted notes into poems or narratives. Sometimes writers find inspiration in the most surprising places.
This year we led the young writers in a Writing Marathon in the space surrounding Homestead Elementary. I think this was my favorite day of camp. We took notes, drew pictures, and played in nature - all parts of observing and listening to Mother Nature and then putting it into our own words. The young writers were like little explorers and scientists searching for the words of wisdom they longed to hear from the babbling brook or the birds chirping from the trees.
As always, every young writer leaves camp at the end of the week a changed person. They see themselves as writers and know that the power to write is within them.
Auraria Young Writers Camp 2018
by Tiffany LoSasso
Every June, over 100 writers from 4th - 12th grade congregate on Auraria’s campus to hone their writing passion. The Denver Writing Project sponsors this Young Writers Camp where young writers from all over the metro area - and even out of state - come together to learn, to collaborate, to explore, but most of all, to write.
I have had the pleasure of working with YWC for the last five summers, and everyone who knows me knows that it is my favorite part of the year. The writers that attend this camp are so eager to write and share. The most common feedback we get is the request for more writing time. These writers are so creative and excited about their work-- it is an inspiring way for all involved to start our summer.
The camp is separated into three different groups: 4th – 6th, 7th – 8th, and 9th -12th graders. Each group works with their “homeroom” facilitators but is also visited by various other camp leaders who facilitate workshops on various genres to expand their writing. This year, I ran a session all about fanfiction writing, which was met with giddy applause and uniquely strange ideas. Jennifer Henderson facilitated a session in a similar vein: parody writing. Writers worked on song parodies and some even demonstrated their vocal talents when it was time to share. The young writers created Facebook profile pages for various heroes to dig into character development with Raylene Kaufman. Finally, Joe Dillon introduced the writers to digital writing programs and platforms.
Not only do the leaders of camp facilitate workshops on various writing topics, but each year there are a variety of professional writers from Denver who come in to talk with the young writers about their writing lives. Typically, the visiting authors will explore the publishing process (an aspect of writing that many of the young writers are interested in), their inspiration, their writing process, and the act of leading the young writers in a practice of some kind.
This year we were honored to welcome Suzi Q. Smith, Jessica Comola, Tim Earley, and Sara Jade Alan. Suzi Q. Smith is a performance poet who works with various programs to teach performance skills. Our young writers crafted rhythmic poetry with unfamiliar words during Suzi’s workshop. Jessica Comola and Tim Earley, both poets, worked with the young writers on dream writing and focusing on details. Sara Jade Alan is a young adult writer who led a fiction writing workshop centered around the ways we develop character through exploring feelings and emotional response.
An incredible week must have an incredible last day. The young writers spent Friday morning conferring, collaborating, revising, and finalizing a piece to share at the Friday afternoon celebratory reading. Parents, family members, and friends came to hear the young writers read an excerpt of their work from their time at camp. The air was always full of excitement and pride from all our writers as we waved goodbye. Luckily, we get to see many of them year after year.
Writing for Civic Action Young Writers Camp: June 2018
By Christy May
This year, young writers from around the Denver Metro Area met on campus at the University of Colorado Denver for the 2nd Annual Writing for Civic Action Young Writers Camp. Our writers had the opportunity to write with and learn from some fabulous guest speakers, to workshop pieces of their own, and even to use their writing to encourage civic action around their immediate communities.
With our guest writers, Jovan Mays, Suzy Q. Smith, Adrian Molina, and Assetou Xango, the young writers wrote poems, heard slam poetry performed, created blackout poetry, shared narratives, and much more. Students engaged in activities to develop their own identities and beliefs in the world of social justice. They created a multitude of pieces in varying genres to workshop with each other with the help of the guest writers. With the idea that change starts small, our young writers examined their communities for places where they could improve their immediate surroundings. Creating and chalking “kindness haikus” across campus helped our writers start small but make an impact on those around them.
We also completed a writing marathon where the participants gained inspiration from their surroundings. Each writer also joined a network through the National Writing Project where they were able to share their work with other young writers across the nation. The culmination of our time together was a final performance day where our writers shared their polished pieces with friends and family members. Many of them put their words to music or shared art with their writing, but each writer stood proudly in front of a room full of guests to share their vision of a better world.
Pine Ridge Young Writers Camp
By Elizabeth Maloney and Jennifer Henderson
“Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.” -Benjamin Franklin
This past summer, over 60 young writers and four local teachers convened upon Pine Ridge Elementary in Aurora for our annual South Campus Young Writers Camp. For an amazing week, elementary and middle school students wrote and laughed and wrote some more, living up to both pieces of Franklin’s advice.
Each day at camp began with various “Writing into the Day” prompts and then some sharing. Instructors intentionally mirror the writing warm-ups to the work that teachers do in the Denver Writing Project at the CU Denver Campus. Just like the adults at DWP, every young writer uses their vulnerability and courage and dives into each morning’s challenge. Instructors are amazed at how the simple process of writing, mixed with fun writing games and warm-ups, instantly creates a tight writing community.
The focus on our camp centers around “How do Writers find Inspiration?” Highlights of the camp included: Black-Out Poetry, Nature Sensory Walk, emotion poetry and much more. Guest poet Jovan Mays and guest author Kathleen Pelley are always favorite writing mentors. Ending the final day with sharing and treats for friends and families made our 2018 camp a great success. In closing, here is what some of our writers’ thought when they reflected on the camp:
“I’ve learned there can be no 'have to.'”
“This proved I really am a writer.”
“I’ve learned that when you write, you can become a better person.”
“Writing can heal hearts.”
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Writing Marathon at Museum of Nature and Science
By Alice Smith
Twelve teachers from across the state gathered together on Saturday, February 10th for an indoor writing marathon. Thanks to our partnership with the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, we were able to gain access to the museum before it opened, and they donated the use of one of their classrooms for the day so that writers could have a home base.
We began the day with DWP Director Kyle Crawford delivering a few announcements about summer programs. Johanna Zablocki, president of the Colorado Language Arts Society (which helped promote the writing marathon), also spoke about the upcoming CLAS conference. (Information about requests for proposals for that conference can be found on the CLAS website.) Additionally, Robert Payo from the educational staff at the DMNS shared some information about professional development available through the museum.
After announcements and some Q & A, we completed a writing into the day activity that was inspired by the sparkword "exploration." We had a short amount of time for sharing; then teachers were free to explore the museum working on projects of their choice or experimenting with various writing prompts that were aligned with the exhibits.
At the end of the day, we gathered together once again for sharing writing and reflecting on our experience. Many teachers spoke about what a gift it was to have time to be creative and nurture the writers within. Two of our frequent marathon participants mentioned the fact that they consider this marathon time sacred: they register way in advance and don't allow any other obligations to interfere with their day devoted to writing.
All the marathon participants spoke about how freeing it was to have unstructured time to write, and the group discussed ways to incorporate more organic writing time in the classroom as well. It was definitely an inspiring day all around.
DWP visit to Washington D.C.
By Miranda Egger
Before legislation hunkers down for the upcoming election campaign season (reminder: 1/3 of the Senate and all of the House Representatives are up for re-election in November), we’re on the hill again to remind legislators of our existence. They’re busy like always. This time, their energy is being eaten up by balancing two budgets FY 17/18 and FY 18/19, dealing with rampant ever-shifting priorities and mixed directives, and managing the myriad gaps in support staff.
The good news? Secretary of Education DeVos’ has published a series of departmental grant priorities that reflect a value in literacy and in supporting effective instruction, so with any luck, upcoming grant opportunities will reflect those values with fiscal support.
On a separate, fun note, we found the halls of the underground tunnel (from the Senate buildings to the Capital building) lined with artwork of high school students from every state, so some of the amazing work our students are doing is being displayed for legislators.
Hall of student artwork displayed in Washington DC.
Of course, there’s bad news too: the House Education Bill eliminates all federal funding for support of teachers, principals, and a more general education workforce—even the competitive grant funding that we’ve been working with for years. The Democrats in the House have responded with a bill of their own (that includes $2 billion in education preparation funding), but neither bill has made it to the floor of the House (lots of partisanship playing into this non-vote).
The President’s budget is equally dire. His proposed budgetary priorities, like the House, aim to eliminate all funding for educator preparation, alongside the monies distributed to states to be disperse to varied districts, funding for preschool initiatives, etc., etc…. You get the point. The proposed budgets, while certain to be DOA, set the tone for a federal government that doesn’t see much use in education funding.
Sarah Woodard, Bud Hunt, and I know, as we walk into each of those offices, that there are a lot of forces working against federal support for education, but here’s what we keep in mind as we visit with those legislators and their top education aides: advocacy is education, and our job is to educate the legislators about the extensive work of those federal dollars—specifically, the work of our local sites: our Young Writers’ Camps; our College, Career, and Community Writers Program (C2WP); our work with local school districts; etc….
Sarah, Bud, and Miranda at Senator Bennet's office.
We take with us glossy research findings and stories of student and classroom success—both seem to capture their attention—and we remind them that the investment in professional development for teachers has a ripple effect on other educators, on their students, on their communities. We remind them that “70 percent of NWP teachers remain in the classroom throughout their careers, and 98 percent stay in education until they retire,” and that NWP teachers “serve an average of 22.7 years in education—more than 50 percent longer than teachers in general" (NWP Legacy Report, 2007).
We ask the legislative aides to share their experience with writing, and note that overwhelmingly, they tell us that the skills they most use in their jobs are writing and reading. Some even tell us that they were once teachers, and that writing was the hardest thing to teach but also the most rewarding. We share stories from the Young Writers’ Camps. We speak of the teachers and their varied projects back in Colorado. We tell stories—the most powerful form of advocacy.
So, please share your stories. If something cool happens in your classrooms or workshops that was connected to DWP in any way, jot it down, take a pic, send it my way; we’ll include it in the show-n-tell materials we take to D.C. next year.
Summer Program Plans
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Whether they're long or short, classic or modern, fiction or nonfiction, the power of stories is undeniable. That's why storytelling is the theme for this summer's Advanced Institute (AI).
The Advanced Institute is the perfect place for Invitational Summer Institute (ISI) Alumni to come together once again. Those who haven't completed the ISI but who are looking for a place to work on their writing projects and professional demonstrations are welcome as well.
This summer, we will join the ISI for professional writing demonstrations from Nicole Piasecki, Mark Overmeyer, and Jessica Comola, who will cover topics such as creative nonfiction and multimedia storytelling. Additionally, the Advanced Institute will offer two bonus demonstrations from Blaine Miller “Tapping the Power of Storytelling” and Lindsay Brown “StoryCorps: Storytelling for Empathy and Understanding.”
All participants will receive a copy of The Storytelling Animal by Jonathan Gottschall, and we will discuss parts of the book during an afternoon book study. In addition to the writing time and workshop time with writing groups, AI participants will finish off the week with a writing marathon at the Botanical Gardens. Register today. We look forward to sharing stories with you.
When: June 11th-15th, 2018. Monday through Friday from 9AM to 4PM
Where: CU Denver, Auraria Campus, Room TBD
Invitational Summer Institute
The Invitational Summer Institute will take place during three weeks in June this year. Participants will gather on the Auraria Campus to learn proven methods for teaching writing; to study research, theory, and pedagogy for teaching writing; and to work on their own self-designed writing projects. Applications for the program closed on April 15th.
The Technology Institute
The Technology Institute offers K-16 teachers a chance to connect with other educators, discover multimedia resources, and create multimedia learning experiences.
Days/Times: June 11th-15th, 2018. Monday through Friday from 9AM to 4PM
Location : CU Denver, Auraria Campus, Room TBD
Registration Fee: $100.00
The Denver Writing Project offers a range of summer writing camps for students in 2nd through 12th grade. Camp locations include Denver, Aurora, and Centennial. DWP is offering three specialty camps this year.
Auraria Flagship Young Writers Camp:
When: June 4-8th, 2018 from 9am to 3pm
Where: CU Denver Auraria Campus
Cost: $210 per student.
Young Writers Camps at Pine Ridge Elementary:
When: Monday, June 18th – Friday, June 22nd, 2018, from 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Where: Pine Ridge Elementary, 6525 South Wheatlands Pkwy, Aurora, Colorado 80016
Registration Fee: $225 for each individual for the week.
Writing For Civic Action Young Writers Camp:
When: June 11th - 14th, 9am - 2pm & June 18th - 21st, 9am - 2pm
Where: Auraria Campus, Denver, Building and Room TBD
Cost: $50 per child
Cherry Creek Young Writers Camp at Homestead Elementary
When: July 16th - 20th, 9am to 12pm
Where: Homestead Elementary 7451 S Homestead Pkwy, Centennial, CO 80123
Cost: $200 per child for the week
Check out these publications that are looking for writing submissions:
Motherly publishes parenting-related stories and essays. Submission guidelines.
SmokeLong Quarterly seeks flash fiction submissions. Submission guidelines.
Hippocampus Magazine looks for creative nonfiction submissions. Submission guidelines.
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Stornoway Appoints Head of Operations
Patrick Sévigny played key role in launch of Renard mine.
Jan 30, 2019 3:44 AM By Rapaport News
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RAPAPORT... Stornoway Diamond Corporation has promoted Patrick Sévigny to vice president of operations with immediate effect, the company said Monday.
Sévigny has been with the Canada-based miner since 2015 as manager of mining operations at its Renard asset. He played a key role in the launch of open-pit and underground operations at the mine.
“Patrick is recognized for his ability to overcome challenges, his innovative approach, his great concern in maintaining harmonious relations with stakeholders, and his important advocacy for health and safety,” said Stornoway CEO Patrick Godin. “His capacity [for] bringing a team together, his experience, the respect he demonstrates towards others and his leadership are essential elements in accomplishing our objectives.”
Image: Patrick Sévigny. (Stornoway Diamond Corporation)
Tags: Patrick Godin, Patrick Sévigny, Rapaport News, renard, stornoway, Stornoway Diamond Corporation, vice president of operations
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The incorporation of different services to better and appropriately assist the most vulnerable is a unique example of how immigrant integration can be beneficial to a community. The Catholic Multicultural Center in Madison, Wisconsin envisions living in a community where residents welcome America’s newest citizens while providing necessary services to immigrants. They believe this work ensures a healthy and secure life, which could improve the well-being of families and future generations.
The Catholic Multicultural Center, or CMC, uses a holistic approach to promote immigrant integration. Immigration services coordinator Janice Beers and her colleagues launched the Medical Advocacy Integration Program to address the recent increase in denied naturalization applications stemming from incorrectly completed N-648 medical exception forms. The form requests that people be exempt from completing the English and civics test due to physical or developmental disabilities or mental impairment. The form is submitted when individuals are filing the N-400 form to naturalize. Clients often had their applications filed with the help of family members, advocates or legal representatives with little to no experience in N-648 advocacy.
With 29 years of experience in social services and advocacy, Beers grew concerned as increasingly, many of her older refugee clients returned to her office seeking assistance after receiving notice that their N-648 forms had been rejected. This was especially troublesome after the 1996 federal welfare reform provisions, which stated that refugees older than 65 needed to have naturalized within seven years of arriving in the United States or risk losing all of their benefit — including supplemental security income. CMC is the only nonprofit in Madison that has supported immigrants at all stages of the immigration process, serving clients from 63 different countries.
In an effort to overcome this barrier, Beers reached out to Kevin Fehr, Medical Director at Access Community Health, a community clinic that provides services to uninsured and low-income patients. Beers began hosting presentations to the staff and provided knowledge about the N-400 application for naturalization filing process, including filing the N-648, and what specific information U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, or USCIS, needed before approving an application. With samples of approved and rejected medical exception forms, staff were able to distinguish the necessary information to include while completing these forms on the patients’ behalf. Fehr was excited for the opportunity to better equip his team with knowledge of these forms and noted by having these presentations, his team could better advocate for patients.
Prior to launching the Medical Advocacy Integration Project, Beers would accompany clients during their medical appointments and assist in N-648 advocacy. Beers represented a 67-year Bhutanese refugee in January, when her application was denied after two interviews with USCIS. Bhakta, the client’s son, said: “my mom’s citizenship application was approved in January 2019 — exactly seven years from when she entered the United States. Thanks to CMC staff, my mom was able to maintain her supplemental security income and have access to health care.”
After formally launching the program in April, Beers has partnered with other local clinics in the area such as SSM Health, UW Health and GHC partners and local psychologists. Beers anticipates this program will continue to expand to other communities seeking to benefit from such integrated services.
CLINIC applauds the Catholic Multicultural Center and their partners for their commitment to integrate services for the community. Email us at lspeasmaker@cliniclegal.org to tell us how your community is promoting integration.
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Digestible Politics is back with daily posts helping you understand the world around you in a digestible manner!
Today, we shall be talking about what is happening in Thailand and the political crises currently happening…
The court in Thailand decided to get rid of their Prime Minister (Yingluck Shinawatra) because it was found she had illegally repositioned the national security chief of Thailand so he would have a different role in government. A further 9 members of the Thai government were told to resign.
Many people are angry about what has happened, believing the court is biased in favour of the opposition.
Fears are increasing because it is believed that fights could break out between the ‘red shirts’ (those who support the Prime Minister) and those who are against the Prime Minister.
This political nuisance is nothing new in the country and many protesters have been protesting throughout the Prime Minister’s time in office, by occupying buildings and disrupting elections. So far, approximately 30 people have died during the protests.
Who is the leader of Thailand now?
Those ministers in cabinet who remain are currently leading the country with a caretaker Prime Minister (Niwatthamrong Boonsongphaisan) – Digestible Politics loves this name!
After disruption at a previous election earlier in the year, a new election is being held in July. However, there are fears that there will be even more protests to come in these elections.
The latest crises
A controversial amnesty bill (an amnesty is where you give a pardon to someone) was passed by the government, which could potentially lead to Thaksin Shinawatra (a former leader and also Yingluck’s sister) returning to politics without ever setting foot in jail.
Many thousands of people have showed their opposition to the bill, which was eventually dropped, but anti-government protests remain.
What are your thoughts on the protests in Thailand? Should they have ousted their Prime Minister?
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Thailand Elections – Your Questions Answered!
Tomorrow, Thailand will be holding their elections amid a series of anti-government protests sweeping across the country.
Why does tension exist?
The country is politically divided. Those protesting are mostly from the middle class and do not want the election to take place. The Democratic Party are also refusing to take part in the election. However, the Pheu Thai Party (who are the current governing party) want the election to take place. Its supporters, who mainly live rurally, also want the election to take place.
Why the opposition?
Those protesting strongly believe the president is being influenced by her brother (the former Prime Minister, Thaksin Shinawatra). Mr Thaksin, when in power, was found guilty of corruption and now lives in exile.
The governing party have won the last 5 elections, so it is likely they would win again even without the Democratic Party boycott. However, it is believed that without opposition to the government party the results will not be truly democratic. If the government are to win, the problems in the country are set to continue. Even more concerning is the fact that some candidates for the election are unable to resister meaning that a government win is likely to mean not enough members will be elected for the new parliament.
The Voting
Voting poll stations have been obstructed my many protesters. At one polling station protesters padlocked the gates shut, so nobody could vote. Other stations have seen voters harassed and intimidated as to stop people voting. Many of the polling station were closed (including all of them in Bangkok) which is likely to significantly reduce the voter turnout further reducing the democratic legitimacy of the results. However, Suthep Thaugsuban (one of the main leaders of the protest) has told protesters to allow voters to case their vote.
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Brands are now blacklisting mainstream news sites, including Fox News
The Programmatic Marketer
August 21, 2017 by Yuyu Chen
Political tensions have reached a point where some brands are perceiving mainstream news outlets as too controversial, leading media buyers to pull ads from those sites.
One campaign manager at a holding group media agency said a major automaker decided last month to stop serving ads in the news category in case the content didn’t align with the brand’s values. Then, after violence erupted in Charlottesville, Virginia, the agency blocked keywords including “Nazis” and “Charlottesville” in programmatic campaigns for the brand. This exec, like the other three media agency executives interviewed for this story, spoke on condition of anonymity due to political sensitivities.
The executive said the blocked news category contains hundreds of publishers, including foxnews.com, which also is the only mainstream news site that has been on the agency’s blacklist since March.
“We’ve singled out Fox News because the client thinks that the site is controversial,” the exec said. “We blacklisted it, along with sites like Breitbart and Infowars, for brand safety.”
Brands asking their media shops to blacklist spoofed domains and obviously problematic sites like Breitbart from their ad rosters is nothing new. The difference is that now, media buyers are preventing their ads from showing up on any news sites, which would include mainstream ones like CNN and New York Times. Fox News was the only mainstream news site that these sources said was specifically blocked in their programmatic buys by certain clients.
“I think the definition of ‘mainstream’ is changing,” said a president of a New York-based media agency. “Because of the news proliferation, we have more content to monitor and determine what is appropriate for the client.”
Some publishers have said that they’ve been able to keep advertisers content by moving their ads to other, non-news parts of their sites. But the executive from the New York-based shop said many brands today don’t want their ads to appear in any news environment, period. One brand recently asked his team to specifically blacklist Fox News because the property is “extremely right-leaning.” “The brand can get safe eyeballs elsewhere,” said the agency executive. The exec added that there were other reasons the brand stopped advertising on Fox News.
Fox News didn’t respond to a request for comment by deadline.
An svp of a Chicago-based media shop, meanwhile, said some of his clients have decided to pull ads from political coverage altogether. For instance, two financial services clients pulled programmatic ads from politics news on any site.
“In our experience, Foxnews.com has never been singled out by a client on a programmatic buy — it is a trusted source for many in the U.S., just as more center-left-leaning sites are trusted by others,” said the executive at the Chicago agency. “That said, we do blacklist extremely politically divisive sites on both sides of the current debate.”
Media agency executives said they’re constantly discussing with clients whether to block certain mainstream news sites temporarily or permanently. Eric Bader, managing director of consulting firm Volando, said pairing ads and content has become much more complex. For example, he said, The New York Times would almost never be explicitly put on a blacklist for any top 200 ad spender, but the site still has lots of coverage and commentary on terrorism, violence and racism that some brands want to avoid.
As for brands boycotting Fox News specifically, Bader thinks doing so is more of a political decision than a practical one because a lot of content on Fox News is apolitical and the site still has a lot of loyal readers.
“Advertisers may just be using Fox News as a symbol of rejecting offensive content or ideas,” he said. “[It’s] a pretty political move for a brand to publicly reject a publisher, but the calculation is likely to be ‘better safe than sorry.’”
The Programmatic Publisher
More programmatic buyers are shunning Breitbart
March 16, 2017 by Ross Benes
Breitbart ads plummet nearly 90 percent in three months as Trump’s troubles mount
June 6, 2017 by Lucia Moses
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‘Nashville’ Heading To Hulu Plus
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Disney/ABC Television Group has inked an exclusive multi-year licensing agreement with Hulu Plus for SVOD rights to the drama series. Beginning now, all past Nashville episodes and clips are available on the subscription service. Currently in its second season, Nashville, produced by Lionsgate, ABC Studios and Opry Entertainment, stars Connie Britton as music legend Rayna Jaymes and Hayden Panettiere as sassy up-and-comer Juliette Barnes. Cast also features Charles Esten, Eric Close, Clare Bowen, Jonathan Jackson, Sam Palladio, Chris Carmack, Lennon Stella and Maisy Stella. Dee Johnson, R.J. Cutler, Callie Khouri and Steve Buchanan executive produce.
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