pred_label
stringclasses 2
values | pred_label_prob
float64 0.5
1
| wiki_prob
float64 0.25
1
| text
stringlengths 112
962k
| source
stringlengths 39
45
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
__label__wiki
| 0.820281
| 0.820281
|
Restaurant And Cafe
Restaurants in Downtown Cleveland
"My roommate and I live downtown. We did not rent out our place so we will be here for the RNC, " said Queenie, a local blogger.
"I got on the phone and called every single bar and restaurant in downtown Cleveland and surprisingly, the great majority of them are open and open until 4 am, " said Queenie.
Queenie compiled a comprehensive list of every bar and restaurant downtown and categorized them by area.
"I think this list is just a great representation of what Cleveland has to offer. It's so different, it's so diverse, " said Queenie.
"We have been adding staff, making sure we are prepared. We've definitely been all hands on deck, " said Scott Bassett, GM of Winking Lizard at the Galleria.
The Winking Lizard is among the restaurants that will have all locations open during the RNC.
"We will have our Copley location, Beachwood, Independence, Gateway and Galleria open until 4 am that week, " said Bassett.
Source: fox8.com
Clubs in Downtown Cleveland
Shopping in Downtown Cleveland
Places to Eat in Downtown Cleveland
Cleveland Zoos
Plenty of animals, themed areas and overall…
Cleveland bus…
CLEVELAND, Ohio - Public transit in Ohio…
Smoking Hotels…
Unwind at our Embassy Suites by Hilton…
Cleveland High School for Digital Arts…
Hotels near Cleveland…
2 miles to Cleveland Hopkins International…
Copyright © 2020 l www.shotmeyerhac.com. All rights reserved.
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1352867
|
__label__cc
| 0.521448
| 0.478552
|
Post subject: Deputy Mayor
I have been nominated to be this years Deputy Mayor. This will be confirmed at the annual meeting of the Council on Thursday 16th May. I am the only candidate being put forward for the position. After serving for this year as Deputy Mayor I will automatically be the Mayor next year. unless I resign again.
StuartW
Post subject: Re: Deputy Mayor
grandad wrote:
Bet you're
But a from me.
But are we still allowed to call you Grandad on here?
Congratulations .
Chris the Fish
Congratulations Your Deputy Worship.
Can I suggest your avatar could be the Mayor of Trumpton.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gdlyi5mc ... re=related
I'm surprised they are offering that to you so early in your political career normally it is one of the longest serving gets it as an honour
congrats anyway and as for avatar DEPUTY DAWG
As Deputy Mayor and Mayor wont you have to watch what you say and do?
Sussex wrote:
I already have watch what I say and do.
Recently I was reported for a breach of the Councillor code of conduct by a taxi driver. All I did was offer him some advice on how to hold on to his badge. He was plying for hire on a rank but facing the wrong way because he didn't want to go further up the road and face the correct way because someone else may have got the space first. When he was challenged about it by another driver he got very abusive in front of various witnesses and the final straw was that he didn't have his drivers badge with him, it was at home 15 miles away. I simply advised him that he should be wearing his badge and he should go home and get it and suggested that he should obey rank discipline as per our policy and not get abusive to other drivers. He reported me saying that I told him I was an enforcement officer and I was going to have his badge. Still he came unstuck because after an investigation I was cleared of any wrongdoing and he could now be facing a hearing because in his complaint he admitted all the things that he was doing wrong.
As believe it or not do I.
Thankfully few people know that I'm an MP.
Still he came unstuck because after an investigation I was cleared of any wrongdoing and he could now be facing a hearing because in his complaint he admitted all the things that he was doing wrong.
edders23 wrote:
Miserable pensioner
The mayor for 2017/18 was deputy Mayor after serving just 1 year. Most of the longer serving Councillors have already been Mayor. The current Mayor has been a Councillor for many years and this years mayor was also Mayor 25 years ago. There a 3 reasons that I have the job of deputy this year and Mayor next year. 1, i have taken what was a safe Labour seat 3 times in 4 years. 2, I have the time available to actually do the job. and 3, no one else put their name forward.
and 3, no one else put their name forward.
Is the correct answer.
That's why I will be the Chairman of a rather important group of people from October.
Mayors are a total waste of money and time.
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1352875
|
__label__cc
| 0.647788
| 0.352212
|
2008 was a year full of excitement for Team 341. Team members put in a lot of hard work and in the end, Miss Daisy paid back in full. The team walked away from the Philadelphia regional with the Chairman’s Award in one hand, and the Regional Champion title in another. In the summer, the team was invited to England to demonstrate Miss Daisy at the Farnborough Air Show.
Awards at a Glance
Championship Kleiner-Perkins Entrepreneurship Award
Championship Finalist AutoDesk Inventor Award
Philadelphia Regional Chairman’s Award
Philadelphia Regional Champions
FIRST® Robotics Website Excellence Award
2008 Robot, “Miss Daisy VII”
4 omni wheels, ability to travel in any direction at any time is effective for:
Maneuvering around the ends of the track
Avoiding oncoming opponents and obstacles
Easily grabbing the ball from any position
Fitted pneumatic claw and arm system can:
Easily push the ball off the rack in autonomous
Lift and roll the ball over the rack for a hurdle
Place the ball on top of the rack at the end of the match
Automatically stays within the 80″ cylinder rule via programming
Low to the ground and stable center of gravity
Solid extruded aluminum construction
Acceleration-limiting software to ensure that the robot never tips
Infrared ball-tracking sensor to close the claw when within range
Kickoff in Manchester, New Hampshire
Build Season
Trenton Regional Scouting Trip
FTC Weatherly Regional (Singapore)
Philadelphia Regional
Championships in Atlanta
PA Robot Challenge
Farnborough Air Show, UK
London Trip Sights
Duel on the Delaware
341 Night
Wissahickon Middle School Science Night
View playlist on YouTube >
2008 Game Challenge, OVERDRIVE™
The field for FIRST® OVERDRIVE™ consists of a circular ‘track’ created by dividing the field down the middle lengthwise with a tall metal separater. Across the middle of the narrow dimension of the field runs an overhead track where large balls called ‘trackballs’ sit at the beginning of each round. Two alliances, red and blue, composed of three teams each, compete in a 2 minute and 15 second long match. The object of each match is to score more points than your opponent by making counter-clockwise laps and manipulating the ball in different ways while making laps. A match is divided into two periods. The first, the ‘hybrid period,’ is 15 seconds long and is at the start of each match. During this period robots can be controlled by pre-programmed instructions and/or transmitted information via remote from a ‘robocoach,’ or human player. The second period, the ‘teleoperated period,’ is 2 minutes in length. During this period human drivers are in full control of their robots. Alliance robots start catty-corner to each other on the field and must all be touching the wall of their respective end. Robots can only handle one trackball at a time and may not impede the flow of traffic on the track. Robots are also not allowed to aggressively go after their opponent’s bots and are especially restricted from preventing a robot from hurdling if that robot has already started the process of doing so.
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1352877
|
__label__cc
| 0.508895
| 0.491105
|
An enormous quantity of poetry, literary criticism and theory, and much else besides is now available on the Internet, and new sites appear by the week, many of them excellent. Even more staggering is the growth in non-English and non-European language sites, which is surely to be welcomed. Literary ezines also appear like overnight mushrooms, disappearing just as fast. Keeping up with such phenomenal activity is not easy, and many academic sites have given up trying, arguing that the better work is still in printed form.
I think that is true, but only for the moment. With the new generation of ebook readers, most of what is carried at great cost and inconvenience in major libraries will move online, a boon not only to scholarship but immensely important to education in the Third World. Even the 3,000-odd small presses should benefit, of which only a few currently have more than token Internet representation. Some have disdained Internet representation altogether, and continue to assert an avant garde status in a seventies magazine style, guaranteeing that circulations stay in the low hundreds, and finances a recurring nightmare.
All that will change as readers demand value for money. Marketing has become enormously sophisticated — I am writing now as the Editor of a well-known site for online selling — and some very sharp minds in large corporations are figuring out how content can be turned into ready cash. Believe them when they say it will be done. Even now it's practically impossible to get a good listing in the major search engines unless your site is astonishingly good, or you are prepared to pay, and pay handsomely.
How does all this affect the resource listings here? Only that you should take advantage of a service that is already under threat. I don't have the time to maintain these 2,800 listings by more than automated link checkers at intervals of a few months, and would ask you let me know when your site address changes, or you come across something of interest in your own browsing.
Poetry Online
On this page are listed directories of poetry magazines and ezines, popular (amateur) poetry sites, sites for mainstream British and American poetry, for foreign poetry, for sites with audio and multimedia, and sites announcing poetry readings. Poetry ezines per se are not listed, and the small presses have their own page (see below). Please don't ask me to list your own poetry site or ezine — there are just too many to do this properly — but submit to the directories that do maintain such listings.
Poetry is also an intellectual activity, and calls on a great deal of material. On the poetry resources page is to be found general writer's resources, online libraries and dictionaries, guides to style, rhetoric and grammar, plus leading sites for philosophy, literary theory and criticism, poetry teaching, book news, poetry publishers and publishing advice, legal matters, electronic publishing, website hosting and access by subscription libraries.
Your local writing circle or community centre will be your first port of call, but this page lists on- and off-line poetry workshops, Internet bulletin Boards and individual critiquing or tutorial services.
Books and printed sources cited in the text are listed here: some eight hundred in all.
The previous Publishing explained site is now incorporated into TextEtc: detailed help that should meet most requirements.
C. John Holcombe | About the Author | © 2007 2012 2013 2015. Material can be freely used for non-commercial purposes if cited in the usual way.
Section Pages
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1352878
|
__label__cc
| 0.706814
| 0.293186
|
Click on the links below to view copies of the District of Tofino's street and land use maps:
Zoning Map / Zoning Bylaw
Civic Address Map
Tofino/Long Beach Discovery Maps
GIS Public Portal
Our Public Portal is a web-based application that lets you view data about the District of Tofino in map form.
The District's GIS (Geographical Information Systems) gathers information and data from a variety of sources, and constructs detailed map layers for you to view and print out.
LAUNCH GIS PORTAL
DP Areas
OCP Areas
Street addresses
Legal lot numbers and plans
PID Numbers (Parcel Identification)
Tsunami safe zones
By accessing the the Public Portal information, you agree to these Terms of Use. The District of Tofino does not warrant or guarantee that the Portal's content is current or accurate and you use the Portal at your own risk. You acknowledge that the District of Tofino is not responsible for the accuracy or reliability of information contained in or obtained from the Public Portal and you are solely responsible for confirming the content with the relevant primary source of information. You agree to use the Public Portal solely for personal and private purposes and will not sell or licence its information, or operate a service bureau using the Portal, or otherwise use, reproduce, publish or disseminate the Public Portal for commercial purposes, directly or indirectly, without the prior written consent of the District of Tofino and the holder of applicable copyrighted information. These Terms of Use may be changed for any reason and at any time without notice to you.
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1352883
|
__label__wiki
| 0.612751
| 0.612751
|
Experience with non-financial reporting according to the Global Reporting Initiative’s (GRI) Sustainability Reporting Guidelines since 2003
Consulting services for Český Aeroholding, a.s. in implementing the non-financial reporting (2017-2018)
GRI G4 reports for Seven Group (2014-2016)
Seven reports for Czech Coal (2005-2012)
Czech Coal Group’s Report won the first prize in the “Social Responsibility Report” category of the Czech Top 100 contest four times in succession (2005-2008)
Consulting services for NWR in implementing the reporting based on the GRI standard GRI (2011-13) - Sustainability Reports 2011 and 2012
New World Resources Plc received a ‘Highly Commended’ accolade in the Sustainability Reporting category for firms in the London Stock Exchange’s FTSE 250 index.
Non-financial reporting and the Yearly Report delivered at the top level of the GRI standard (A+)
Successful preparation of the company for verification in accordance with the GRI standard A+ (by Det Norske Veritas)
Expert cooperation on the translation of the Czech version of the GRI standard: GRI Sustainability Reporting Guidelines, G3
Expert cooperation on the translation of the Czech version of The GRI Sustainability Reporting Cycle: A handbook for small and not-so-small organisations
Homepage > Experience
RSS | © 2013 | Stanislav Kužel | +420 602 515 761 | stanislav.kuzel@smart-report.cz
powered by CMS xpublisher
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1352889
|
__label__wiki
| 0.954482
| 0.954482
|
SONNAMBULA
Leonora Duarte CD
2019-2020: Explorations
2018–2019: MET Residency
2017–2018: Women's Voices
SpectrumHP
Ensemble photography by Paula Lobo © 2018 and Teju Cole © 2016
VIEW THE 2019–2020 SEASON
Sonnambula's first CD, "Leonora Duarte (1610–1678): The Complete Works," was released on JUNE 7 (2019; Centaur Records). The first complete recording of Duarte's seven Sinfonias (rec. 2016), and the first record for us, it's a tremendous honor to bring the works to life. The disc features a spoken essay by Teju Cole and is artfully mastered by Marlan Barry. Here is a preview track:
Image © The New Yorker. Illustration by Cristiana Couceiro.
Alex Ross's beautiful meditation on our Duarte concert with Teju Cole at The Cloisters — from the February 18/25, 2019 issue of The New Yorker:
"The absence of historical celebrities hardly hurt attendance... It’s tempting to describe the Sinfonias as jewel-like in construction. You could also compare them to Vermeer’s paintings, small in scale and infinite in depth... For a remarkable hour on a cold February night, their world came alive again."
2018–2019 Ensemble-in-Residence at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
View the Met Season.
Photos of Sonnambula at The Cloisters are by Paula Lobo for The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Sonnambula performs rare old music written for the viola da gamba (viol) and similar instruments.
Those of us who grew up playing music are likely more familiar with what music historians call "violin family" instruments—violins, violas, and cellos—in a modern setup, with innovations that have evolved over the last two hundred years to fill modern concert halls with sound: steel strings, end pins, chin rests, and modern bows.
Viols possess none of these artifacts of industrialization. Their delicate bodies are made with thin slabs of wood, strung with gut strings and frets, and are played da gamba, or 'on the leg'. In short, these instruments are meant for the court, for the domestic interior, and for the cultivation of a quiet beauty, the sort of which is difficult to come by in today's loud and fast-paced world.
2017–2018 highlights
Élisabeth Jacquet
de La Guerre (1665–1729): Musician in Paris
Hear some spots on Performance Today,
and read a review.
Marianna Martínes
(1744–1812): Classical Composer in Vienna
Marianna Martines: Overture ("Sinfonia") in C Major
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Divertimento in D Maj; K 136
Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 49 in F Minor; Hob 1:49
VIEW OUR PERFORMANCE ARCHIVES
Live at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Meet the Musicians
About Sonnambula
Read Some Press
Audience looks on at The Hispanic Society of America, New York City
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1352894
|
__label__wiki
| 0.525658
| 0.525658
|
Department of Court Administration
The Department of Court Administration provides the specialist staff needed to administer the Courts. It operates as an extension of the Judge’s mandate for managing the Courts and their cases under the direction of the Chief Justice.
United States Agency for International Development
Executing Agency
The Judiciary of Trinidad and Tobago
NCSC (National Center for State Courts)
Like the JCP on facebook/
TrinidadandTobagoJuvenileCourtProject
Within recent years, the number of youth becoming perpetrators or victims of violent crimes has increased. It is clear that the justice system and the traditional punitive approach have failed to deter our young people from the allure of a life of crime. While important strides have been made toward the modernisation of child justice in Trinidad and Tobago with the passage of the Children Act 2012, the Children’s Authority Act and the Children’s Community Residences, Foster Care and Nurseries Act, more needsto be done to give full eff ect to this package of Children’s legislation. This project aims to contribute to the successful implementation of the package of Children’s legislation by ensuring that the Judiciary is prepared to use its powers provided to encourage the implementation of the supportive and restorative approach.
To strengthen the capacity of the Judiciary of Trinidad and Tobago to deal with children matters using a rehabilitative and less retributive approach.
The deficiencies in the current system:
Traditional punitive approach to child justice
Increasing rate of repeat offending by children for serious crimes
Absence of specialised Children Courts to handle criminal matters
Insufficient linkages between support programmes and the Courts
Develop a Children Court that supports the implementation of the provisions of the Children Act 2012
Conduct pilot Peer Resolution hearings which have sittings in Trinidad and in Tobago
Execute a Public Education and Sensitisation programme that improves awareness of and interest in child justice reform initiatives
Children Court
Development of a children court system with one specialised Children Court facility in at least two locations in Trinidad and Tobago
Outfitting of a space which meets standards set for the hearing of children matters
Establishment of court rules, policies and procedures for handling children matters
Support for government agencies and NGOs in the improvement of support programmes linked to the Children Court system
Training of those who work in the child justice system on new legislation, rules and procedures for handling children matters
Building of capacity to support the Children Court in eff ective and e fficient case management
Peer Resolution
Piloting of an education-by-participation initiative where children who commit minor o ffences are held accountableby their peers for their wroing doing and the harm brought to others
Education by participation initiative where children who commit a first-time offence or those who are guilty of minor crimes are held accountable by their peers
Development of a concept and framework for Peer Resolution
Legislative drafting, including primary and secondary legislation, rules and procedures
Training of persons including youth participants, judicial offi cers, attorneys, government and civil society stakeholders for their involvement in Peer Resolution
Monitoring and evaluation of the training and the pilot programme
Public Education and Communication
Support for the conduct of sensitisation and consultations with stakeholders for the development of the Children Court and Pilot Peer Resolution programmes
Public education eff ort focused on sensitising the national community to the project’s objectives and related child justice issues
Strengthened capacity of the Judiciary to deal with children matters using a rehabilitative approach which includes heightened awareness of youth about the courts, law and its operations and consequences of non-social behaviour
Increased involvement and empowerment of youth in solutions to issues aff ecting youth in society
Enhanced capacity of the non-judiciary environment (NGOs, the Children’s Authority and State Agencies) to support the work of the Judiciary in child justice
Heightened awareness of the general population about child justice issues
Ms. Candice Davis-Blackman
Manager, Public Education and Communication
Trinidad and Tobago Juvenile Court Project
24 Tenth Avenue, Barataria,
Trinidad and Tobago.
Phone: 221-8620 / 221-8614 ext 27
For more information visit www.jcp.tt
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1352905
|
__label__cc
| 0.710164
| 0.289836
|
Networked_Performance / collaboration
The Secret to a Video-Game Phenomenon
[…] “Such incomparable success is unexpected. Minecraft embodies few of the video-game fashions that were current when it appeared. Coded in Java, a general-purpose programming language that emphasizes speed and lightness over the grand capabilities of more powerful tools, it features pixelated scenery that has nothing in common with the lifelike, polygon-stuffed characters and objects furnishing the blockbuster video games of the day. There is a certain Lego-like charm and blunt handsomeness to the rectangular clouds that throw shadows on the game’s pea-green hills and the dumpy sheep that roam them. But in an industry traditionally obsessed with chasing realism and authenticity, its kindergarten aesthetic at first appears anachronistic.” From The Secret to a Video-Game Phenomenon by Simon Parkin, Technology Review.
Jun 14, 16:39
Live Stage: Surplus Authors [ Rotterdam]
[Daniel Gustav Cramer & Haris Epaminonda, “The Infinite Library,” 2007–ongoing] Surplus Authors :: September 5 – October 28, 2012 :: Opening: September 5; 5:00 – 8:00 pm :: Witte de With | Center for Contemporary Art, Witte de Withstraat 50, 3012 BR Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Continue reading
Sensate Journal For Experiments In Critical Media Practice
calls + opps
Sensate Journal For Experiments In Critical Media Practice :: Call For Submissions – Deadline: September 30, 2012.
Sensate is a new online interdisciplinary journal publishing works of critical media practice. It is currently accepting submissions from academics, scientists and artists interested in working on collaborative projects which cross the boundaries between research and making.
Building on the groundswell of pioneering activities in the digital humanities, scholarly publishing, and innovative media practice, we believe in creating a space for redefining the terms in which such collaborations can be presented, articulating modes of working that are derived from artistic practice with revised standards for peer-reviewed academic production. Continue reading
Live Stage: Politics and Culture of Climate & Sustainability [ Marfa, TX]
Carbon 13 presented in conjunction with The Marfa Dialogues: Politics and Culture of Climate & Sustainability :: August 31, 2012 – February 17, 2013 :: Opening: August 31; 6:00 – 8:00 pm :: Ballroom Marfa, 108 East San Antonio Street, Marfa, TX.
“I think of art, at its most significant, as a DEW line, a Distant Early Warning system that can always be relied on to tell the old culture what is beginning to happen to it.” –Marshall McLuhan
Carbon 13 presents newly commissioned work by eight international artists who have focused the lens of their creativity to interrogate the reality of climate change. These new and daring works demonstrate that one salient image can speak louder than volumes of scientific data and capture the public’s imagination with an immediate and resonate voice. Continue reading
Aug 5, 16:03
Local Flux
MYRIAD: Creation, Communication and Collaboration Between Insects and Humans [ Perth]
MYRIAD: Creation, Communication and Collaboration Between Insects and Humans by Loren Kronemyer :: June 15, 2012; 3:00 – 5:00 pm :: SymbioticA, School of Anatomy Physiology and Human Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Perth.
In this talk, Loren will speak regarding her current project attempting to manipulate the trailing behaviour of ants to form text and imagery, done in collaboration between SymbioticA, the Centre for Integrated Bee Research, and Beelab Sydney. What results are real-time living drawings that explore the relationship between humans, insects, and the emergent forms of intelligence that arise between us. Continue reading
Jeannette Ginslov: Capturing Affect With a Handful of Techne
augmented/mixed reality
social choreography
In this Medea Talk, Jeannette Ginslov discusses the developmental stages of the AffeXity project, the interdependence of the collaborators, the relational and dynamic formation of technical and human intervention, the encounters of the carnal and the digital, the dialogic and temporal scaffolding of encounters of techne and the hands that attempt to capture affect. Read more here.
May 19, 15:42
Live Stage: Bioart and Textiles Workshop [ Oxford]
art + science
Bioart and Textiles Workshop with Anna Dumitriu :: May 26, 2012; 11:00 am – 4:00 pm (UTC+01) :: The Barn Gallery, St. John’s College, The University of Oxford, St. Giles, Oxford, UK (map) :: Reserve your space here.
On this practical and theoretical workshop with Anna Dumitriu, participants will begin to learn how to work safely with bacteria as an artistic medium using commonly available supplies. They will start to develop a bacteriocentric view of the world, understand the textile techniques used in the exhibition and discuss the new advances in clinical microbiology being investigated by the Modernising Medical Microbiology Project. The workshop will also look at other key artists in the field of bioart, issues of public engagement in science, ethics, and the nature of collaborative art/science practice.
This coincides with the exhibition Normal Flora: Bioart Responses to Modernising Medical Microbiology.
Hz Journal: The Book of Stamps: Travel Guide for a Sonic Landscaping from Cities to Urban Cultures
tangible
[Fig. 6. A single page of the Book of Stamps. It acts as a score that sends instruction to computer application that generates a soundscape based on the type and number of symbols that were stamped onto the page.] The Book of Stamps: Travel Guide for a Sonic Landscaping from Cities to Urban Cultures by Art Clay:
The « Book of Stamps » by the sounds artist Art Clay is a travel guide between sonic landscapes from cities to urban cultures. The sheets of the book provide a “recording surface” and the ink stamps with their various patterns provide the ability to place sounds into the book. Together they act as an interactive tangible interface for a variety of time based musical tasks that form a collaborative composition by its users. Continue reading
Messages for our Future
place-specific
Messages for our Future – Collaborative Digital Art: Japanese Tsunami:
It’s been year since a tsunami devastated the northeast coast of Japan. And to honor those who are bravely rebuilding their communities, Jason Nelson recently collaborated with a group of students and residents from Tohoku, Japan to create an interactive artwork. Armed with donated cameras, they took hundreds of photos of both the disaster’s aftermath and, more importantly, their hopeful recovery. They then responded to these visions with poetic message. Nelson then compiled these photographs and texts and using an infinitely recombining/ zooming engine, created an interactive mosaic digital artwork.
Mar 14, 08:36
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1352907
|
__label__wiki
| 0.625508
| 0.625508
|
Date of Submission 09-Aug-2017
Date of Acceptance 11-Sep-2017
Date of Web Publication 12-Jul-2018
Introduction: To assess the association of frequently detected abnormalities (hydronephrosis and/or atrophy) on renal ultrasound with dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA) scan and the impact of vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) on these abnormalities to find new perspectives in pediatric age group.
Materials and Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the DMSA, ultrasonography (US), micturating cystourethrography (MCUG) findings, and medical records of pediatric patients with hydronephrosis and/or atrophy who were at follow-up between January 2013 and December 2016 in our center which is located in the southeast region of Turkey.
Results: Among 148 pediatric patients (male/female = 60/88), 66 had hydronephrosis, 72 had atrophy, and 10 patients had both. MCUG study detected VUR in 66 patients. Patients with atrophy were significantly older than patients with hydronephrosis (77.8 ± 58.6 vs. 39.3 ± 38.9 months, P = 0.002). Only 19.4% of our patients with atrophy had VUR. The rate of VUR was higher in the high-grade group than the mild-to-moderate-grade group although the difference was not statistically significant (80% vs. 61%, P = 0.199). Patients with high-grade hydronephrosis had more severe DMSA findings (73% vs. 39%). On the other side, 79% of the patients with high-grade VUR had severe DMSA findings. A total of 10 patients had both atrophy and hydronephrosis all affecting the left side. Six of them had VUR. Severe DMSA findings were more likely in toddlers (age 24–72 months) (48%). This finding was abruptly lowered after 72 months of age.
Conclusions: The presence of atrophy and cases of left-sided hydronephrosis should be closely monitored, and DMSA may not be necessary in cases with high-grade hydronephrosis before MCUG.
Keywords: Atrophy, children, hydronephrosis, severity, vesicoureteric reflux
Kandur Y, Salan A, Tuten F. Correlation of ultrasonographical findings of hydronephrosis/atrophy with 99m technetium-dimercaptosuccinic acid in childhood: A single-center experience from Turkey. Urol Ann 2018;10:296-301
Kandur Y, Salan A, Tuten F. Correlation of ultrasonographical findings of hydronephrosis/atrophy with 99m technetium-dimercaptosuccinic acid in childhood: A single-center experience from Turkey. Urol Ann [serial online] 2018 [cited 2020 Jan 19];10:296-301. Available from: http://www.urologyannals.com/text.asp?2018/10/3/296/236518
Hydronephrosis and atrophy are frequently detected pathologies in pediatric urinary ultrasonography (US).[1] No matter what the indication of ultrasonographic examination, Whatever the indication of ultrasonographic examination, dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA) is considered as the next step. DMSA is the most sensitive technique for the detection of renal scarring, renal agenesis, or occult duplex system.[2] Moreover, the standardized evaluation for children referred for febrile urinary tract infection (UTI) includes both DMSA and ultrasonography obtained >3 months after infection to detect renal scarring since 2008.[3] In addition, micturating cystourethrography (MCUG) is frequently employed for the evaluation of children with UTIs and detection of urinary tract abnormalities, especially vesicoureteric reflux.[4] The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines and The European Society of Pediatric Radiology also recommend a hybrid of the bottom-up and top-down approaches utilizing both DMSA and MCUG in selected cases.[5],[6],[7] In the present study, we aim to assess the association of abnormalities (hydronephrosis and/or atrophy) detected on renal ultrasound and DMSA scan with the presence of vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) on MCUG in children to find new perspectives.
We retrospectively reviewed the DMSA, US and MCUG findings, and medical records of pediatric patients with hydronephrosis and/or atrophy who were at follow-up between January 2013 and December 2016 in our center which is located in the southeast region of Turkey. The exclusion criteria included having neurological lesions, anatomical abnormalities of the lower urinary tract, bilateral small kidneys, horseshoe kidneys, multicystic dysplastic kidney, ureteropelvic obstruction, or chronic renal failure.
A UTI was diagnosed if a child had positive nitrite and leukocyte esterase in a urine sample in the presence of typical symptoms including fever, loin tenderness, frequency, dysuria, cloudy urine or hematuria, and a positive urine culture during the course of illness. Recurrent UTI was defined according to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence criteria.[8] Hydronephrosis on US was defined as a dilatation of the renal pelvicalyceal system. For measuring the pelvicalyceal system, the maximum axial length observable at the level of the renal hilum was recorded.[7] Hydronephrosis was graded by pelvic diameter according to the anterior–posterior diameter classification criteria as normal (0–4 mm), mild (5–9 mm), moderate (10–15 mm), and severe (>15 mm).[9] We formed two groups; the first group was composed of patients with severe hydronephrosis and the second group composed of patients with mild-to-moderate hydronephrosis.
Technetium (Tc)-99m-DMSA renal scan was performed following a standard protocol. Renal scintigraphy was performed 1.5–3 h after intravenous administration of an age-appropriate dose of DMSA, 3–5 mCi/1.73 m2 body surface area, or 50–100 mCi/kg body weight (minimum dose 0.5–1 mCi). Administered activity was scaled according to the dose chart of EANM Dosimetry guide.[10] Posterior and posterior-oblique renal images were acquired. Differential renal function was calculated on the posterior image by subtracting background counts and calculating for each kidney the percentage of total counts for both kidneys. The results were considered normal if the uptake of the radioisotope was homogeneous with no evidence of scarring and relative uptake within the normal range. Renal scarring was defined as the presence of photon-deficient areas along with deformation of renal outline or the presence of cortical thinning with reduced volume. Scarring, decreased uptake of 99mTc-DMSA in one or more sites, and abnormal differential function considered as a pathologic DMSA. Differential renal function was considered abnormal if renal uptake of the kidney was <45%.[11] The findings of DMSA were classified as normal, mild (i.e., decreased uptake in one or two foci), and severe (i.e., scar).
MCUG was used for detection and grading of VUR. VUR was graded and defined according to the recommendations of the International Reflux Study in Children.[12] Only the patients with VUR were evaluated. For the purposes of comparing the grading of VUR and the association of renal damage, Grades I, II, III VUR were grouped together as low-grade VUR, Grade IV to V as high-grade VUR. Patients with bilateral VUR were assigned to the high-grade group.
The interpretations of the DMSA, US, and MCUG were made by experienced a nuclear medicine consultant and experienced radiologist who were blinded to all the other clinical and imaging data.
The patients were divided into three age groups: <24, 24–72, and >72 months. We chose 24 months and 72 months as the boundary to identify whether significant differences exist in the accuracy of DMSA in predicting severe VUR between these groups.
Study data were analyzed by the Statistical Package for the Social Science 16.0 software package. Statistical analyses were performed with Chi-square test and Mann–Whitney U-test. Correlations between certain parameters were assessed by Pearson or Spearman's correlation analyses. The level of significance was set at P < 0.05.
Among 148 pediatric patients (male/female = 60/88), 66 had hydronephrosis, 72 had atrophy, and 10 patients had both. The mean age of the children was 56.7 ± 6.1 months (range 3–194 months). MCUG study detected VUR in 66 patients, 14 of whom had atrophy, 46 had hydronephrosis, and 6 had both atrophy and hydronephrosis. Atrophy and hydronephrosis were on the right side in 35 (48%) and 32 (48%) patients, respectively. There was a significant difference between the hydronephrosis and atrophy group with respect to history of UTI and presence of VUR (69.9% vs. 19.4%, P = 0.001; 96% vs. 52%, P = 0.001). Patients with atrophy were significantly older than patients with hydronephrosis (77.8 ± 58.6 vs. 39.3 ± 38.9 months, P = 0.002) [Table 1].
Table 1: Results of renal ultrasonography and voiding cystourethrogram
Analysis of the results by the grade of hydronephrosis indicated that 30 patients had high-grade hydronephrosis and 36 had mild-to-moderate hydronephrosis. The rate of VUR was higher in the high-grade group than the mild-to-moderate-grade group although the difference was not statistically significant (80% vs. 61%, P = 0.199). Patients with mild-to-moderate hydronephrosis were older than the patients with high-grade hydronephrosis (49.5 ± 42.9 vs. 25.5 ± 30.2 months, P = 0.04) [Table 2]. The total number of patients with recurrent UTIs was 102 (68.9%) among which there was a female predominance (63.7%).
Table 2: Comparison of patients with low- and high-grade hydronephrosis
All the children included in our study had a DMSA scanning done within 3–8 weeks (mean: 35 days). DMSA showed abnormal results in a total of 58 children with hydronephrosis. Among patients with hydronephrosis, 8 patients had normal DMSA findings, 22 patients had mild finding, and 36 had severe findings. Patients with high-grade hydronephrosis had more severe DMSA findings (73% vs. 39%). None of the patients with high-grade hydronephrosis had normal DMSA findings. On the other side, 79% of the patients with high-grade VUR had severe DMSA findings. None of the patients with high-grade VUR had a normal DMSA scan [Table 3].
Table 3: Comparison of dimercaptosuccinic acid findings with hydronephrosis and VUR grades
A total of ten patients had both atrophy and hydronephrosis all affecting the left side. Six of them had VUR. Among these patients, 2 had high-grade VUR.
Fifty-two patients were under 24 months of age, 48 were above 72 months of age, and the remaining 48 patients were between 24 and 72 months of age. Our study revealed that atrophy was more likely in older children than younger children (50%) whereas high-grade hydronephrosis and high-grade VUR were more likely in younger children (50% and 58%, respectively) [Table 4]. Severe DMSA findings were more likely in toddlers (age 24–72 months) (48%). This finding was abruptly lowered after 72 months of age.
Table 4: Age-based relation of atrophy, hydronephrosis, and VUR
High-grade hydronephrosis and high-grade VUR groups had a 9-time (95% confidence interval [CI] 1.38–58.44) and 7.5-time (95% CI 0.92–61.04) higher likelihood of having severe DMSA findings compared to patients who had low-to-moderate-grade hydronephrosis and low-grade VUR, respectively.
The role of imaging in the evaluation of VUR has been addressed by multiple guidelines. Previous studies have suggested that DMSA scanning can eliminate the need for MCUG examination in infants and younger children presenting with the first febrile UTI.[13] DMSA had a high sensitivity in both acute and chronic pyelonephritis compared with ultrasonography and intravenous urography.[14] However, performing all imaging studies for all of patients would place an economic burden on health resources.
Our study was performed with the objective of determining whether the routine use of DMSA in pediatric patients with abnormal renal US findings can obviate the need for routine MCUG examination and hence its associated drawbacks.
Atrophic kidney, also known as kidney atrophy or kidney shrinkage, refers to loss of nephrons causing a smaller sized kidney. Likewise, if the kidneys have already been affected, further examinations would be needed to identify whether risk factors such as VUR exist.[15] The rate of VUR in our patients with hydronephrosis was significantly higher than patients with atrophy. We also found that the patients with atrophy were significantly older than patients with hydronephrosis. The current data also showed that older patients were more susceptible to the development of atrophy.[16] Many causes could be responsible for atrophic kidney, renal ischemia, damage to the renal parenchyma as a result of obstruction of the urinary system, renal thrombosis, compression of blood vessels as a result of renal cysts, long-standing kidney infections such as pyelonephritis, polycystic kidney, and other chronic renal diseases that can affect the nephrons or reflux nephropathy.[17] Only 19.4% of our patients with atrophy had VUR. Hence, there may other possibilities for the etiology of atrophy: one explanation is that a previously existing low-grade VUR may have spontaneously resolved because it is already known that low-grade VUR can spontaneously resolve in as high as 80% of cases.[15] Another explanation could be vascular factors. Hence, therefore, it suggests that in case of renal atrophy, focusing solely on VUR may misleading and one should evaluate renal vascular system with renal Doppler US and/or renal angiography.
We found no significant difference between high- and low-moderate-grade hydronephrosis with respect to the presence of VUR. However, it was shown in a study that the presence and degree of preoperative hydronephrosis were closely related to VUR grade.[18] However, in that study, all of 308 patients underwent antireflux surgery with different indications, and the guideline of Society for Fetal Urology for hydronephrosis [19] was used, which categorized hydronephrosis as mild (Grade 1–2) or moderate/severe (Grade 3–4). Hence, the perspective here is important in evaluation of the relation of hydronephrosis with VUR.
Patients with high-degree hydronephrosis had more severe DMSA findings than the patients with mild-moderate hydronephrosis. Several studies have supported our finding in that an abnormal renal ultrasonography had a good correlation with abnormal DMSA renal scintigraphy.[20] In contrast, Ilyas et al.[21] reported that ultrasonographic parameters did not identify children with renal damage in any age group. Some previous studies have shown that normal and abnormal renal ultrasonography results of the patients with acute pyelonephritis indicated that ultrasonography had poor sensitivity for the detection of renal scarring,[22],[23] whereas another study showed that ultrasonography was efficient in detecting renal scars.[24]
The percentage of VUR was greater in the high-grade hydronephrosis group than the mild-moderate hydronephrosis group although the difference was not significant. Ozen et al.[25] reported that 62% of patients with hydronephrosis had VUR. However, they did not specify the threshold measurement of hydronephrosis in that study. Hence, DMSA may not be necessary in cases with high-grade hydronephrosis before MCUG, even there is UTI.
Relatively, a high proportion of patients with VUR had severe DMSA findings. Compared with children with low-grade or no VUR, patients with high-grade VUR are more likely to have their kidneys affected. All patients with high-grade hydronephrosis and high-grade VUR had abnormal DMSA findings. The greater severity of VUR in our study also may have contributed to these results. Another study confirmed that renal parenchymal damage was observed only when VUR was Grade III and above.[26]
The common practice of early circumcision of males in our country may explain the relatively lower numbers with UTI in comparison to females. There was no meaningful difference between the right and left side in respect to hydronephrosis and atrophy.
All cases with both hydronephrosis and atrophy were left-sided. Sixty percent of them had VUR. Ghasemi et al.[22] similarly showed that the frequency of positive scans was also significantly higher in the left kidney (65.7%) in comparison with the right kidney (14.2%), and the frequency of renal scarring was much higher (66.6%) in the left kidney than that in the right kidney (23.8%). The presence of hydronephrosis on the left side may be a risk factor for atrophy. Left renal atrophy may be significantly higher than the right side in humans. Aortic pressure induced flow disorders and the structural anomalies of the left renal vein and possibly the higher arterial pressure of the left kidney due to the shorter distance to the heart as an underlying cause of atherosclerosis may be some of the possible causes of this occurrence.[27]
Controversy still exists regarding whether a normal DMSA scan could obviate MCUG. Two patients with a normal DMSA had low-grade VUR; none of the patients with normal DMSA had high-grade VUR. In a study with 753 pediatric patients, Zhang et al.[28] showed that 12 patients with normal DMSA scan had low-grade VUR and 2 patients had high-grade VUR. The likelihood of the presence of dilating VUR on MCUG is low when the result of DMSA is negative.
Severe DMSA finding was more likely in toddlers (24–72 months of age) with a percentage of 48%. Mattoo et al.[29] showed that renal scarring was more likely in older children than younger children; however, the upper limit of their study age was 71 months. Hence, we showed that after 6 years of age, scars were relatively a rare finding. Hence, we may not need a DMSA after 6 years of especially in cases of hydronephrosis with or without UTI. Recent studies have already questioned this conventional wisdom by reporting that younger age may not be a risk factor for renal scarring;[30] the risk in older children may even be higher.[31] In addition, the recommendation by the American Academy of Pediatrics and National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidelines [6],[32] to delay MCUG until the second episode of UTI may need to be reviewed.
Our study has some limitations. The retrospective nature of data collection could be seen as a limitation. Furthermore, the total number of patients was relatively low in comparison with previous correlation studies.[30] There was no need for a control group of healthy patients since we aimed to assess and compare pathologic groups.
The presence of atrophy and cases of left-sided hydronephrosis should be closely monitored and DMSA may not be necessary in cases with high-grade hydronephrosis before MCUG. A finely designed diagnostic accuracy study is needed to validate the findings of this study.
Carty H, Wright N. Imaging in paediatric nephrology. In: Webb N, Postlethwaite R, editors. Clinical Paediatric Nephrology. 3rd ed. New York: Oxford Medical Publications; 2003. p. 113-34.
Piepsz A, Blaufox MD, Gordon I, Granerus G, Majd M, O'Reilly P, et al. Consensus on renal cortical scintigraphy in children with urinary tract infection. Scientific Committee of Radionuclides in Nephrourology. Semin Nucl Med 1999;29:160-74.
Snodgrass WT, Shah A, Yang M, Kwon J, Villanueva C, Traylor J, et al. Prevalence and risk factors for renal scars in children with febrile UTI and/or VUR: A cross-sectional observational study of 565 consecutive patients. J Pediatr Urol 2013;9(6 Pt A):856-63.
La Scola C, De Mutiis C, Hewitt IK, Puccio G, Toffolo A, Zucchetta P, et al. Different guidelines for imaging after first UTI in febrile infants: Yield, cost, and radiation. Pediatrics 2013;131:e665-71.
Riccabona M, Avni FE, Blickman JG, Dacher JN, Darge K, Lobo ML, et al. Imaging recommendations in paediatric uroradiology: Minutes of the ESPR workgroup session on urinary tract infection, fetal hydronephrosis, urinary tract ultrasonography and voiding cystourethrography, Barcelona, Spain, June 2007. Pediatr Radiol 2008;38:138-45.
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE): Urinary Tract İnfection in Children; 2007. Available from: http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg54/chapter/1-recommendations. [Last accessed on 2015 Oct 13].
Fernbach SK, Maizels M, Conway JJ. Ultrasound grading of hydronephrosis: Introduction to the system used by the Society for Fetal Urology. Pediatr Radiol 1993;23:478-80.
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. Urinary Tract İnfection in Children: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Long Term Management. Clinical Guideline 54. NICE; 2007.
Blachar A, Schachter M, Blachar Y, Mogilner B, Zurkowski L, Livne PM, et al. Evaluation of prenatally diagnosed hydronephrosis by morphometric measurements of the kidney. Pediatr Radiol 1994;24:131-4.
Lassmann M, Biassoni L, Monsieurs M, Franzius C, Jacobs F; EANM Dosimetry and Paediatrics Committees. The new EANM paediatric dosage card. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2007;34:796-8.
Gordon I, Evans K, Peters AM, Kelly J, Morales BN, Goldraich N, et al. The quantitation of 99Tcm-DMSA in paediatrics. Nucl Med Commun 1987;8:661-70.
Lebowitz RL, Olbing H, Parkkulainen KV, Smellie JM, Tamminen-Möbius TE. International system of radiographic grading of vesicoureteric reflux. International Reflux Study in Children. Pediatr Radiol 1985;15:105-9.
Tseng MH, Lin WJ, Lo WT, Wang SR, Chu ML, Wang CC. Does a normal DMSA obviate the performance of voiding cystourethrography in evaluation of young children after their first urinary tract infection? J Pediatr 2007;150:96-9.
Hitzel A, Liard A, Véra P, Manrique A, Ménard JF, Dacher JN. Color and power Doppler sonography versus DMSA scintigraphy in acute pyelonephritis and in prediction of renal scarring. J Nucl Med 2002;43:27-32.
Elder JS, Peters CA, Arant BS Jr., Ewalt DH, Hawtrey CE, Hurwitz RS, et al. Pediatric Vesicoureteral Reflux Guidelines Panel summary report on the management of primary vesicoureteral reflux in children. J Urol 1997;157:1846-51.
Ditchfield MR, Grimwood K, Cook DJ, Powell HR, Sloane R, Gulati S, et al. Persistent renal cortical scintigram defects in children 2 years after urinary tract infection. Pediatr Radiol 2004;34:465-71.
Sanna-Cherchi S, Ravani P, Corbani V, Parodi S, Haupt R, Piaggio G, et al. Renal outcome in patients with congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract. Kidney Int 2009;76:528-33.
Aboutaleb H, Bolduc S, Bägli DJ, Khoury AE. Correlation of vesicoureteral reflux with degree of hydronephrosis and the impact of antireflux surgery. J Urol 2003;170(4 Pt 2):1560-2.
Nguyen HT, Herndon CD, Cooper C, Gatti J, Kirsch A, Kokorowski P, et al. The Society for Fetal Urology consensus statement on the evaluation and management of antenatal hydronephrosis. J Pediatr Urol 2010;6:212-31.
Supavekin S, Surapaitoolkorn W, Pravisithikul N, Kutanavanishapong S, Chiewvit S. The role of DMSA renal scintigraphy in the first episode of urinary tract infection in childhood. Ann Nucl Med 2013;27:170-6.
Ilyas M, Mastin ST, Richard GA. Age-related radiological imaging in children with acute pyelonephritis. Pediatr Nephrol 2002;17:30-4.
Ghasemi K, Montazeri S, Pashazadeh AM, Javadi H, Assadi M. Correlation of 99mTc-DMSA scan with radiological and laboratory examinations in childhood acute pyelonephritis: A time-series study. Int Urol Nephrol 2013;45:925-32.
Sinha MD, Gibson P, Kane T, Lewis MA. Accuracy of ultrasonic detection of renal scarring in different centres using DMSA as the gold standard. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2007;22:2213-6.
Wang YT, Chiu NT, Chen MJ, Huang JJ, Chou HH, Chiou YY. Correlation of renal ultrasonographic findings with inflammatory volume from dimercaptosuccinic acid renal scans in children with acute pyelonephritis. J Urol 2005;173:190-4.
Ozen HA, Basar I, Erbas B, Ozen S, Ergen A, Balkanci F, et al. DMSA renal scanning versus urography for detecting renal scars in vesicoureteral reflux. Eur Urol 1990;17:47-50.
Goldman M, Bistritzer T, Horne T, Zoareft I, Aladjem M. The etiology of renal scars in infants with pyelonephritis and vesicoureteral reflux. Pediatr Nephrol 2000;14:385-8.
Davran R, Helvaci MR, Davarci M. Left renal atrophy. Int J Clin Exp Med 2014;7:1603-6.
Zhang X, Xu H, Zhou L, Cao Q, Shen Q, Sun L, et al. Accuracy of early DMSA scan for VUR in young children with febrile UTI. Pediatrics 2014;133:e30-8.
Mattoo TK, Chesney RW, Greenfield SP, Hoberman A, Keren R, Mathews R, et al. Renal scarring in the randomized ıntervention for children with vesicoureteral reflux (RIVUR) trial. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2016;11:54-61.
Ataei N, Madani A, Habibi R, Khorasani M. Evaluation of acute pyelonephritis with DMSA scans in children presenting after the age of 5 years. Pediatr Nephrol 2005;20:1439-44.
Pecile P, Miorin E, Romanello C, Vidal E, Contardo M, Valent F, et al. Age-related renal parenchymal lesions in children with first febrile urinary tract infections. Pediatrics 2009;124:23-9.
Practice parameter: The diagnosis, treatment, and evaluation of the initial urinary tract infection in febrile infants and young children. American Academy of Pediatrics. Committee on Quality Improvement. Subcommittee on Urinary Tract Infection. Pediatrics 1999;103(4 Pt 1):843-52.
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1352909
|
__label__wiki
| 0.838429
| 0.838429
|
The United States Chess Federation
Home Page Chess Life Online 2007 September Anand Takes Sole Lead
gry8birnv kasparov chess news
Anand Takes Sole Lead
By GM Ian Rogers/Macauley Peterson
"Vishy" Anand took the lead at the World Championship on Thursday with an impressive win over Alexander Grischuk. The players have now completed one cycle of this double-round robin event. Anand leads by just a half point over Boris Gelfand, with "a couple of guys" (including World Champion Vladimir Kramnik) not far behind. Anand has turned in a performance rating of over 2900 en route to his 5 points from 7 games.
Click To Play Macauley Peterson's video
The rest of the article is by GM Ian Rogers
The seventh round was split into two halves, with the top four opposing each other and the bottom four trying to make up some ground.
Anand defeated rival Alexander Grischuk in what Anand described as a "very complicated game," moving half a point clear of Boris Gelfand who was held to a draw by Vladimir Kramnik.
The Anand-Grischuk game was influenced by Grischuk's time trouble. With eight minutes on the clock for 10 moves, Grischuk grew tired of defending passively and lashed out with 30...g5!?. After Anand's sharp response he took one step too far with 31...gxf4 (both 31...gxh4 and 31...h6 offer more chances of resistance) after which his f pawn became fatally weak.
Anand seemed not entirely convinced by his own play: "[Grischuk] made moves which were strategically very risky, like putting his bishop on g6 and knight on b - in fact these pieces hardly moved until the end of the game. I think the plan of swapping queens was good, because that takes a lot of pressure off me. Then it comes down to whether I can break through on the kingside. He reacted with 30...g5 which at the very least gives me an opening. Whether it was a mistake is difficult to say but in practical terms it was very good for me."
Gelfand failed to keep pace with his co-leader, though he could hardly have been too disappointed with a draw with Black against Kramnik.
"It was an extremely exciting game," said Gelfand. "For a long time I had not had such an exciting game am I am happy that I could take part in such a game."
Kramnik agreed; "The draw was a logical outcome to this game [though] at some point the game went out of control with both of us in time trouble."
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7 10.0-0 Nbd7 11.Ne5!?
11.d5 is the sharpest alternative but Kramnik should know the defects of the move, having neutralized the great attacker Shirov when playing with the Black pieces in 1990.
11...h5 12.Nxd7 Qxd7 13.Qc1!?
The first new move, although the queen move is standard after 13.Be5 Rh6.
13...Rg8 14.Rd1 Bb4
A creative response by Gelfand; Black so rarely agrees to exchange his dark squared bishop in this sort of position that Kramnik probably did not take the move too seriously in his preparation. Certainly Kramnik now began thinking, for the first time in the game.
15.Qe3 Qe7 16.h3 h4 17.Bh2 Bxc3!? 18.bxc3 g4! 19.Kh1!?
The product of another long think by Kramnik.
"I have two conceptually different ways to play this position," explained the World Champion after the game. "I can play 19.hxg4 Nxg4 20.Bxg4 Rxg4 21.f3 with definitely some compensation for the pawn - probably [the position is] pretty equal.
"The other is to go for sharp lines with 19.Kh1. I wasn't anticipating 19...c5 and I was calculating all these sharp lines; that's why it took me so long to play 19.Kh1."
19...c5! 20.hxg4 cxd4!?
The computer analysts were crying out for 20...Nxe4! but Gelfand had multiple reasons for dismissing the move. "After 20...Nxe4 I have no opportunities; he plays 21.a4 and I have no counterplay. Or he plays 21.Kg1, or maybe 21.Bf3 is winning by force, no?"
Well not exactly; after 21.Bf3 21...Nf6 22.a4 Nxg4 23.Bxg4 Rxg4 24.f3 Rg8 25.axb5 Qg5 Black has nothing to fear, with a draw the most probable result.
21.Rxd4!
Gelfand was also concerned about 21.Qxd4 but after 21...Nxe4 22.Bf3 Ng5! "it seems that I am holding."
21...e5 22.Rdd1 Nxg4 23.Bxg4 Rxg4 24.f3 Rg6 25.a4!
"I had a feeling I was better [around here]," said Kramnik , and the commentators agreed. Just as everyone was thinking that Kramnik was taking control, Gelfand came up with a fantastic idea to generate counterplay.
25...a5!
25...a6 26.axb5 axb5 27.Ra7 would have been awkward for Black.
26.axb5 a4 27.Qe2 Qc5 28.Rab1 Rd6
Gelfand was asked why he did not simply push his pawn to a2 here, replying "On a2 the pawn would be more vulnerable... On a3 the pawn will be alive and because of this I found counterplay.
"I thought it was time to play for the exchange of one pair of rooks [which would] simplify my task," continued Gelfand. "OK, the c pawn is lost..."
29.Rxd6 Qxd6 30.Qxc4 a3 31.Ra1 h3 32.Qe2 hxg2+ 33.Qxg2 0-0-0!!
A move that Kramnik had forgotten was legal. "I thought that 32.Qe2 was a very strong move because after 32...hxg2+ 33.Qxg2 the queen starts to attack and I thought I had a serious advantage. I completely forgot that Black can still [play] 0-0-0!
"After 0-0-0 I understood that it is probably time for me to try to escape."
34.Qa2 f5! 35.Qxa3 fxe4
"Probably Boris could be more ambitious at the end, but he was very short of time," explained Kramnik.
Gelfand actually used all but his last 30 seconds on this move, correctly rejecting 35...Qd3!? 36.Qc5+ Kd7 when White can defend with 37.Qf2 fxe4 38.Bxe5 when a draw is again probable but Black would not yet have reached the time control.
36.Qxd6 Rxd6 37.fxe4 Bxe4+ 38.Kg1 Bd3! 39.Bxe5 Rg6+ 40.Kf2 Bxb5 ½-½
Svidler and Aronian played what was apparently a non-descript draw, with Svidler's exchange Ruy Lopez failing to put any pressure on Aronian.
"I have never played the Exchange Spanish before in my life," admitted Svidler. "The position that I got was very nice but you should never think in positions like this - you should play with your hand. After 16...Nh6 White should play 17.g4 immediately or 17.Nh5 and then g4. After then the Black knight will come to e5 and I will have to play b3. Then he can exchange a queenside pawn, although I will still have some pressure. But I felt that after the exchange of dark squared bishop I should get a lot, so I was trying to find a way not to play b3, to control everything. So the idea of 17.Kf2 was to meet 17...Nf7 with 18.Nd5 Ne5 19.Ne3, protecting the c4-square. Unfortunately after 17.Kf2 f5! I think the position immediately becomes equal. I was a bit disgusted with 17.Kf2 and with myself and so I decided to call it quits for the day."
Aronian has been looking unwell in recent days and he coughed his way through the press conference. "[The tournament] is not going my way for now. I hope that the start of the next cycle will change things a bit."
Morozevich and Leko fought each other to a standstill in a balanced game where it was hard to say who was playing for a win.
"12.Ba4+ is a very strong move," said Leko. "Suddenly to castle long [for me] looks extremely dangerous. There was a lot of manoeuvring but it very difficult for either side to create some plan but the feeling is that it was equal."
Morozevich disagreed "We got an interesting position from the opening - some sort of reversed symmetry. I was not very precise and afterwards he easily outplayed me. He made a mistake when he decided to exchange rooks in the time trouble. After 38.Ne3 he should play 38...g6 and ...f5 and it's really hard for White to play."
Half Time in Mexico
The World Championship has reached the half way mark so it is time for a report card on the eight Grandmasters fighting for the title.The players themselves are typically coy on the subject. When Gelfand was asked to sum up the first half of the tournament from his point of view, he refused to look back: "It's a long tournament and I don't have any expectations. Tomorrow is a new game."
Kramnik had a similar attitude: "There are 7 rounds to go. I will just try to be play good chess, interesting chess."
Viswanathan Anand 5/7
After a scare in the first round, Anand has been cruising along comfortably. His run home will not be easy, with Black against Gelfand and Kramnik to come in rounds 8 and 10 but to date in this tournament playing Black against 1.d4 has been an enjoyable task for Anand, who has beaten Aronian and narrowly missed beating Morozevich with his favored Semi-Slav.
Hot favorite.
Boris Gelfand 4.5/7
The surprise packet of the tournament, rock-solid with Black and looking more and more comfortable with White. Had Gelfand not foregone winning opportunities against Anand and Leko in the first cycle he would be in pole position. Now the question remains: can the oldest player in the tournament maintain the pace in a 14 round event? With White against both Anand and Kramnik to come, anything is possible.
Vladimir Kramnik 4/7
Kramnik has had some fun with White but will have to show that he is capable of playing for a win with Black if he is to challenge for first.
A Kramnik in top form would never have allowed Grischuk to escape with a draw in round 4. At some times in this tournament it has seemed that Kramnik has favored beauty over sporting success, and this may cost him at the end.
Alexander Grischuk 3.5/7
A revelation. Grischuk has been known for his great attacking chess but has only rarely shown it against competition of this level. However poor time management has cost Grischuk dearly, with the result that he has spoiled two winning attacks, against Aronian and Svidler. His weak defense of a tenable endgame against Anand in the seventh round does not augur well for the second half but as the youngest player in the field, should be full of beans in the final rounds.
Peter Leko 3/7
Solid as always but apparently lacking the cutting edge necessary to put pressure on this field. Good saves against Gelfand and Svidler were undone by a pathetic collapse against Aronian.
Levon Aronian 3/7
One of the pre-tournament favorites, but has apparently been ill for the past few rounds. Unlucky to be hit by a big Anand opening novelty Aronian was then gifted a point by Leko and a half point by Grischuk. The Armenian has shown little to indicate that he could challenge in the second half.
Alexander Morozevich 2.5/7
One split second probably made the difference between Morozevich suffering at the tail of the field and challenging for the world title. Had Morozevich noticed 21...Qd5!! before, rather than a moment after, his hand left the queen on f8, the Russian might well have beaten Kramnik in round 2 and set himself up for a great tournament. Morozevich recovered brilliantly in the second half of San Luis 2005 but, as here, was already too far behind the leaders to play for the top prizes.
Peter Svidler 2.5/7
Svidler seems to be suffering from a chronic lack of self-confidence and being comprehensively outplayed by Morozevich and Grischuk has not helped matters. It's along way back from here.
Be first to write a comment on this Article
(USCF Members-only)
September - Chess Life Online 2007
Anand World Champion Anand on the Brink Kramnik and Gelfand Chase AnandHow Wojo Won: The SicilianU.S. Chess League Week 5 RecapMiami Open Attracts both U.S. ChampsAnand Pulls Away Anand Closes in on World TtitleCouch Potato's Guide to World Champs When to Play h3 in the Ruy?Leko Wins in Round 8Call for Bids for the 2008 U.S. ChampsAnand Takes Sole LeadUSCL Week 4 RecapGelfand Joins Anand in LeadWild Round in MexicoDr.D's Check-Up: Mostly SolutionsAronian Wins Moro Bounces Back Mexico Heats UpMexico Starts with Four Draws New Junior Tourney Memberships USCL Week 3 RecapOur Champion Turns 40 World Championship Predictions Joel on the USCL and Mexico Greg on Chess: The Swiss is TerribleChess and BasketballDuncan Oxley DiesU.S. Chess League Week 2 Recap Labor Day Recap Interview with Mig Greengard E. Vicary's Top 10 Teaching Books
US Chess Rated events on ICC! Click for More Info
Click to Go to ICC
US Chess Rated events on Chess.com! Click for More Info
Click to Go to Chess.com
Need to know your PIN? You can request to receive it by email at https://secure2.uschess.org/pin-request.php.
Reminder: As of July 1st, 2014, FIDE rated events must follow FIDE rules
Thanks to our US Chess Benefactors!
Bonus Threshold to Increase in Rating System June 1, 2015.
K-Factor changes in Rating System.
Interested in being a TD at a US Chess National Event? Click Here!
US Chess Invitational Requirements
Scholastic National Invitational Event and Award Requirements [and World Youth]
2018 Selection Policy for International Youth Events
TD Certification Rules and Rulebook changes updated (pdfs)
US Chess National bidding brochure
Reports & Standings pages for Grand Prix, JGP, MAP, top players by state, etc.
Shop USCFSales
New to Chess?
Chess Life Magazine
Chess Life Kids
Chess Life Online
Players & Ratings
Invitational Information
Upcoming National Events
Past National Events
FIDE Information
Clubs & Tournaments
Scholastic / College
About US Chess
No web account yet? Site Registration
Terms of UsePrivacyDonateEmployment Opportunities RSS
© Copyright 2007-2015 United States Chess Federation. All rights reserved.
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1352910
|
__label__cc
| 0.514187
| 0.485813
|
Heather Holmes Helms KTVU News
January 3, 2008 at 7:42 pm · Filed under KTVU-Channel 2
Wow. There’s some alliteration for you.
Heather Homes has nabbed the weekend news chair next to Ken Wayne. In a canned press release circulated after hours today, Holmes says she’s excited about her new role at the most respected stations in the country.
Heather Holmes
It’s been two years this month since Holmes joined the KTVU-Channel 2 news team as a reporter, and was promoted to fill-in anchor in November 2007. She came to the station from WPIX in New York. Her career began in Lubbock Texas.
Holmes received two Emmy Awards in New York and a Long Island Press Club Award for Environmental Reporting in 2005. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from the University of Texas.
Doug said,
January 5, 2008 at 10:52 pm
I am visiting sister in Pleasanton,CA. and was watching Channel 2 News. I was very impressed by Heather Holmes professional news reporting and True Beauty. Keep up the great work and it is nice to watch the news and see a pretty face at the same time. keeps me watching.:)
Victor said,
January 6, 2008 at 2:34 pm
Very excitied that Heather joins the anchor team.
Jerry said,
September 22, 2008 at 2:08 pm
Heather is a BABE!
s. perry said,
April 16, 2009 at 9:44 pm
David Bond said,
July 24, 2009 at 11:09 pm
I don’t care… I used to think that Julie Haener was the most beautiful woman on local TV… nahhhhhh… Don’t get me wrong, Julie is a doll. But I never thought I would ever say this. Heather is by far the most beautiful woman in the state of California! Aiii, carumba! Thank you KTVU! Ruffle my hair and call me Freddy!
Johnny said,
She’s incredibly annoying, isn’t a good reporter or anchor, and really not very attractive. KTVU has better options for the weekend anchor.
« Fox’s Winter Schedule 2008
TV Ratings for Dec. 24-30 »
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1352914
|
__label__wiki
| 0.591538
| 0.591538
|
Sub-State: SM West 48, Lawrence Free State 21
Steffon Ward. KC Star.
Much like the 2006 Sub-State game between these two, Free State started with an impressive opening touchdown drive but missed the extra point and struggled from there on.
The opening drive spanned 89 yards on 16 plays and ended when Joe Dineen took a carry in from a few yards out. After that the Free State offense completely fell apart and didn't score until SM West's second stringers came in in the second half.
On SM West's offensive possession following the Free State score the Vikings were able to put together a nice drive of their own--centered around key completions from AJ Verdini to Mitchell Wade and Joel Spiller--to get to the Free State 33-yard line. On the next play Verdini faked a handoff then stepped back and dropped a perfectly timed ball into the hands of Andre Maloney who'd beat the Free State secondary deep. The score gave the Vikings a 7-6 advantage.
Free State went three-and-out and was forced to punt on their next possession. Kyle McFarland, punting in place of the normal starter Saxon Mingus, accidentally kicked the ball of the back of the personal protector, Dineen, when the Vikings' defense came with a heavy punt-block rush. The ball squirmed around before Ben Lake managed to wrangle it and take it in from two yards out. The touchdown pushed SM West's lead to 14-6.
Free State continued with the erratic play on offense. They punted on their next possession and SM West was able to capitalize manufacturing a 32-yard field goal from Joey Reed to go up 17-6.
Free State's next possession showed some life when they found themselves in SM West territory, but McFarland was sacked on an all-important fourth down try and the Firebirds turned the ball over on downs. A few short plays later Verdini found fullback Steffon Ward in the flat on a screen pass which Ward turned into a 34-yard touchdown. The score pushed SM West's lead to 24-6.
Free State was forced to punt, again, and SM West regained possession near their own 40-yard line with just a minute left in the half. Verdini found Wade on a 25-yard completion which set the Vikings up at the Free State 27-yard line. Reed then booted true a 43-yard field goal as time expired on the half, giving SM West a 27-6 halftime lead.
As if the 21-point deficit wasn't enough of a blow, SM West came out firing on the opening kickoff of the second half. Brett Sterbach fielded the kickoff then reversed it to Maloney who zigged and zagged his way up the sideline into open field then turned on the afterburners and added SM West's fourth touchdown of the day. The successful two-point conversion gave SM West a comfortable 34-6 lead.
Free State was forced to punt, again, and McFarland kicked the ball off Dineen's back, again, which set SM West up deep in Free State territory. A few players later Sterbach added his 21st touchdown of the season on a two-yard run which put the Vikings ahead 41-6.
It wasn't until the 7:20 mark of the second half that Free State was finally able to score again when McFarland hit a wide open Tye Hughes in the back of the endzone on a 12-yard touchdown pass. A successful two-point conversion made things 41-14. But SM West came right back with a long run from Tory Powell, which set up a short touchdown run from him a few plays later, extending the lead to 48-14.
Free State's last gasp of the season came a few plays later when TJ Cobbs broke loose on a 78-yard touchdown run with 6:09 remaining in the fourth quarter. From there, SM West drained the clock and closed out the game.
SM West pushed their record to 11-1 with the victory, setting up a date in the 6A state title game with Hutchinson (10-2) next Saturday, November 24, in Topeka at 1 p.m. at Yager Stadium on the campus of Washburn University. For Free State the tough loss capped an excellent season which saw them go 10-2 and advance to the Sub-State round for just the third time in school history.
KC Metro Sports Post-Game Booth Wrap and Highlights
smwpops said...
How about thoses Vikings!!!! See you in Topeka!!!
I think west has a QB.............
Eli Underwood said...
This game supported the old adage that it's extremely difficult to beat a good team twice. We'll see if SM West can keep the momentum going on Saturday.
The Biscuit said...
Does John Stonner still coach at West?
Yes he's an assistant coach for the Vikings.
Great guy. Was a mentor to me in my youth... Congrats Coach Stonner! If I know you I know you read this blog. It's no wonder the Vikings D is playing out of their minds right now.
Free State Fan said...
Though the loss hurts and the finality of an incredible FS season is here, I can appreciate great football when I see it and West played great. Congrats to SMW on a well-deserved victory and shot at a state championship. You earned it. FS made some costly mistakes, both penalties and plays, and SMW did what great teams do and made us pay for them. They took full advantage and seized control of the game early and didn't let go.
Message to Hutch: You better bring your A++ game. SMW flat out beat a very solid FS team handily and if they can duplicate their effort from this game, they will carry the state trophy home. This Free State Fan will be cheering for the Vikings to win next week.
What Do I Know? said...
Ad yes he does read the blog, I know that for a fact. Told you guys Maloney wasn't the only receiver!!
The west players said they weren't nervous at all when free state scored on that first drive, they said they thought they wore down the free state offense
LAW'04 said...
well congrats to SMW for showing up, i'm not sure where FS was...
Govannon Grey said...
I'll be in the Capital cheering on the ol' Vikings. I really don't want Hutch to win, but they have that tough mentality that they just refuse to lose big games. I think Topeka and Derby were the more talented teams, but Hutch has that confidence/swagger whatever you want to call it that is so huge with HS students in these situations.
TheImpaler said...
I just don't see Hutch as the favorite in this game. I know West is higher in the prep power index. This is not your 2006 Hutch team. They blew an 18 point 4th Quarter lead to a mediocre Rockhurst team and lost to a Saline South team that did not get to state in 5A. Also I think this West defense is very nearly as good as 2006 and the offense is, if not more talented, at least much more diverse and harder to defend. I say Vikes -3.5.
I think Hutch would/will be the favorite against any team in the state until someone proves they can stop the Salthawks in the title game. Since 2004, Hutch has won seven of a possible eight state titles (in both class 5A and 6A) with their lone blemish coming in 2010 when they lost to Bishop Carroll in Sub-State.
Looking back, the only team to have ever defeated Hutch in the title game was Olathe North in 2003 (proverbial passing of the torch kind of thing from the sounds of it). The funny thing was that Hutch looked like the better team on paper that year, but Olathe North just had the moxy to win the game.
Hutch's record since 2003 is 118-12 and they're 7/8 in state title games. Calling them anything but the favorite to win the game, in my opinion, is underestimating how consistent they are season after season.
That being said, I think the underdog card will serve SM West well in this game. Callaghan will be facing a Hutch team that he's seen once (in 2006) and while it's been six years, I guarantee you he has a better understanding and gameplan of how to attack Hutch going into Saturday. Not saying the results will be different than 2006, but I think there is an elevated comfort level of what to expect.
For instance... I remember watching film of the 2006 title game the day after the title with Matt Crow (starting C and DT) and Corey Maher (starting DE and OT) and those guys were just laughing at what was going on, because Hutch was so blatantly approaching a particular formation that it was almost comical. Nothing sophisticated--the way we had gameplanned from them--and had West picked up on this midgame call could have been made which would have totally worked on Hutch (again, I won't say what it was but you get the point). It was comical because no team in the Sunflower League used the approach--because it seemed like such an easy way to get burned--that it hadn't really been gameplanned for. And I'm not so certain Hutch didn't pull out that method that week either, just for the game...
Anyways, IMO, Hutch should be the favorite regardless of whether or not they have two losses this season. But I honestly think SM West is better off going into this game with a chip on their shoulder.
What are sterbachs chances at Simone when he breaks 2k. Warmack is the front runner I suppose
Is there any way to buy tickets in advance? I assume they're not being sold through WU athletics.
Pretty sure only at the schools.
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1352918
|
__label__wiki
| 0.547496
| 0.547496
|
1500/1800 rpm
Telecom Power
Lighting Power
Customized Projects
Vertical Integration Process
3000/3600 rpm GASOLINE
Single and three-phased generating sets equipped with Honda engine, air cooled, 3000 rpm, available in different configurations:
Open P Series with basic equipment;
Boxer P Series with a professional equipment including a central lifting eye and a 20 litres fuel tank;
Silent Star P Series, soundproofed and electric started.
3000/3600 rpm DIESEL AIR COOLED
Single and three-phase generating sets, air cooled, 3000 rpm, available in different configurations:
Open D Series with basic equipment;
Boxer D Series with a central lifting eye and a 20 litres fuel tank;
Silent Pro D Series, soundproofed, electric started, easy and versatile with an excellent combination of performance/compactness.
Silent Star D Series with basic equipment;
3000/3600 rpm DIESEL WATER COOLED
Single and three-phased diesel generating sets with electric start, water cooled, 3000 rpm, rating from 11,7 to 37,6 kVA. Strong and reliable, they are equipped with an integrated 52 litres fuel tank.
Combi Series
Combi Series includes direct and alternating current machines which provide in generator mode both voltage 230 V single-phase and 400/230 V three-phase.
Ecogen Series
Ecogen Series shaft generating sets, available from 7 to 58 kVA max mainly intended for the agriculture field, they are equipped with high quality components, are mounted on sized base frames and combine strength with minimal maintenance and low purchase cost.
This "extended information" has been compiled and customized specifically for this site subject to the provisions of the Ordinance of 8 May 2014 issued by the Authority for the protection of personal data. It complements and updates other information already on the site and / or released before by the company, in conjunction with which provides all the information required by art. 13 of Legislative Decree no. 196/2003 and subsequent measures of the Guarantor for the protection of personal data.
We inform all third parties that the use of this information, or just parts of it, on other websites in respect of which it would certainly not relevant and / or incorrect and / or inconsistent, may result in the imposition of heavy sanctions by the Guarantor for the protection of personal data.
Subject disclosure
Our company uses in these pages web technologies which use the so-called "cookies" and this statement is aimed at illustrating the user in a clear and precise manner of their use. This document supersedes and replaces in its entirety any previous information provided by the company with regard to cookies, which are to be considered completely outdated.
Cookies are text strings (small files), that the sites visited by a user to send its terminal (PC, tablet, smart phone, etc.), Where they are stored before being re-transmitted to the same sites that sent them , during the next visit of the same person.
Types of cookies and Related Issues
The cookies used on this website are of the following types:
Technical cookies: allow the user the optimal and fast navigation through the website and the efficient use of services and / or the various options it offers, allowing for example to make a purchase or to authenticate to access restricted areas. These cookies are necessary to improve the usability of the website, but they can be disabled.
Third-party cookies: cookies are installed on the user's terminal by managers of third party sites, through this website. The third-party cookies, mainly with the purpose of analysis, derived mostly from functionality of Google Analytics. http://www.google.it/intl/it/analytics. ">You 'can get more information about Google Analytics at the following link: http://www.google.it/intl/it/analytics.
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. ">To disable cookies and to prevent Google Analytics to collect data on navigation, you can download the browser add-on for Google Analytics Opt-clicking on the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Please also note that the user can configure, freely and at any time, its parameters of privacy in connection with the installation and use of cookies, directly through its navigation program (browser) and follow the instructions.
In particular, the user can set the so-called "private browsing", thanks to which its navigation program interrupts the rescue of the historic sites visited, any password entered, cookies and other information about the pages visited.
We feel that if you choose to disable all cookies (including those of a technical nature), the quality and speed of services offered by this website could worsen drastically and you could lose access to some sections of the site same.
Practical information dedicated to the user for the correct setting of the browser
To block or limit the use of cookies, both on the part of this site from other websites, directly through your browser, you can follow the simple instructions below and tell the browser of most common use.
Google Chrome: Click the icon labeled "Customize and control Google Chrome" located in the upper right corner, then select the menu item called "Settings". In the form that pops up, select the menu item called "Show Advanced Settings" and then the menu item called "Privacy" click the "Content Settings" where you can set the block or all of the cookies.
Microsoft Internet Explorer: click on the icon called "Tools" at the top-right corner, then select the menu item called "Internet Options". In the form that pops up, select the menu item called "Privacy" where you can set the block or all of the cookies.
Mozilla Firefox: from the drop-down menu on the upper left select the menu item called "Options". In the form that pops up, select the menu item "Privacy", where you can set the block or all of the cookies.
WFM S.r.l. - Strada per Ponte Riglio, 25 - 29010 Pontenure (Piacenza) ITALY - Tel +39 0523 512452 - Fax +39 0523 512431 - P.IVA IT: 01631690367
Copyright WFM Srl - 2016
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1352923
|
__label__wiki
| 0.515634
| 0.515634
|
Project Neptune: Triton and Aston Martin
Tags: Partnerships
by Neil Allison
Aston Martin is proud to announce a creative collaboration with Triton Submarines LLC, the acclaimed manufacturer of state–of-the-art submersibles. Codenamed Project Neptune, the venture enables Aston Martin to further enhance and grow the brand into new aspects of the luxury world, with all the performance, beauty and elegance one has come to expect from the British marque.
28 September 2017, Monaco: Aston Martin is proud to announce a creative collaboration with Triton Submarines LLC, the acclaimed manufacturer of state–of-the-art submersibles. Codenamed Project Neptune, the venture enables Aston Martin to further enhance and grow the brand into new aspects of the luxury world, with all the performance, beauty and elegance one has come to expect from the British marque.
Triton has unparalleled expertise in the design, manufacture and operation of submersibles for researchers, explorers and superyacht owners. Founded in Florida by L. Bruce Jones and Patrick Lahey, the team at Triton are committed to producing the safest and best performing, deep-diving submersibles in the world.
Project Neptune marries Triton’s diving and operational expertise with Aston Martin’s design, materials, and craftsmanship. Overseen by Aston Martin Consulting, the partnership has shaped a unique concept that will lead to an exclusive, strictly-limited edition vehicle. Project Neptune takes Triton’s acclaimed Low Profile (LP) three-person platform as a basis upon which to explore a new iteration of Aston Martin’s progressive design language.
Aston Martin Executive Vice President and Chief Creative Officer Marek Reichman and his team have transformed Triton’s compact LP platform, creating a vehicle with inherently beautiful proportions. ‘Project Neptune is defined by its sleek, elegant exterior,’ says Reichman, ‘we have used forms and proportions that express the same devotion to design, engineering and beauty that shape our cars, such as the Aston Martin Valkyrie hypercar project.’
Patrick Lahey, President of Triton Submarines LLC said: “We have always admired Aston Martin. The marque represents a deeply held passion for technology, engineering and timeless, elegant design. From our first interaction, it was apparent that Triton and Aston Martin were natural partners and our complimentary values will be realised in this truly exciting project.”
Aston Martin Consulting provides design, engineering and manufacturing services to select industries, distilling the brand’s essence into exciting new projects without compromising Aston Martin’s fundamental qualities. Aston Martin Consulting draws upon the exceptional skills of Aston Martin’s design and engineering teams, creating credible partnerships that go beyond the automotive sector and yet still demonstrate the love of innovation, beauty and craftsmanship.
Aston Martin Consulting Managing Director, Bradley Yorke-Biggs said: ‘Project Neptune is a flagship project for Aston Martin Consulting. It is a clear and engaging demonstration of how Aston Martin’s expertise in sports car design and craftsmanship can be extended into new aspects of the luxury world.”
ENQUIRE: www.astonmartin.com/projectneptune
Learn about Aston Martin Consulting: www.astonmartin.com/consulting
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1352927
|
__label__cc
| 0.524984
| 0.475016
|
Joe Walsh is Not Your Friend
Okay, I can't believe that this needs to be said, but from some things I've seen on Twitter, apparently it does: just because Joe Walsh is critical of Trump, that does not - in any way - make Joe Walsh a good or decent person.
On November 8th, I'm voting for Trump.
On November 9th, if Trump loses, I'm grabbing my musket.
You in?
— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) October 26, 2016
One of the most wrong-headed aphorisms is " the enemy of my enemy is my friend." I'm not saying that it is never true, but if the enemy of your enemy is also a vile disgusting excuse for a human being, you can enjoy watching the two enemies fight each other, but neither of them is your friend.
Sometimes, there's just not a "good guy" in the fight.
Which brings us to today's headline.
Joe Walsh Apologizes for ‘Creating’ Trump, Calling Obama Muslim During 2020 Announcement
Wow. "Sorry I fucked everything up, please vote for me for President" is a pretty ballsy approach!
After making his case for why Trump is “completely unfit to be president” and he could be the “alternative” more traditional Republican voters have been craving,
Ah, yes. the "traditional Republicans." The grand tradition stretching all the way back to 2008 when Republicans first discovered that they didn't like having a black President! Of course, back in those days, their party was known as the "Tea Party," for those of you who are too young to remember back to those halcyon days.
Ah, sweet tradition!
Pity the poor "traditional Republican" voter. Disgusted by the boorish, bumptious Donald Trump, they went into the 2016 primary with no one else for whom to cast their vote except for Ted Cruz. And Marco Rubio. And Rand Paul. And Jeb Bush, Chris Christie, Rick Perry and John Kasich. Oh,and Bobby Jindal, Lindsey Graham, Scott Walker and Rick Santorum. So, even though they craved - CRAVED! - an alternative to the despicable dim-witted Donald Trump, they somehow must have had no option but to nominate him. Apparently, no "alternative" like Joe "deadbeat Dad" Walsh had yet presented itself.
“I helped create Trump,” the right-wing radio host replied. “And George, that's not an easy thing to say.” As part of the “Tea Party class” in Congress, Walsh said he “wanted to shake Washington up” and sometimes “went beyond the policy and the idea differences, and I got personal, and I got hateful.”
I got personal and I got hateful. You know, I'm pretty much the anti-Trump!
For much of the Obama administration, Walsh repeatedly pushed the same “birther” conspiracies that Trump did and, as the host pointed out, was calling Obama a Muslim as recently as December 2016. “Did you really believe he's a Muslim?” Stephanopoulos asked.
“God no. And I have apologized for that,” Walsh answered.
Haha, no! I'm not dumb enough to actually believe that, George! I'm just a shameless race-baiting liar! Vote for me for President!
“But think about the contrast, George,” Walsh added. “Again, I'm baring my soul with you right now on national TV. We have a guy in the White House who's never apologized for anything he's done or said. I think it's a weakness not to apologize. I helped create Trump. There's no doubt about that, the personal, ugly politics. I regret that. And I'm sorry for that.”
Look, George, Trump will say racist, homophobic misogynist shit and never apologize. I, on the other hand will say racist homophobic and sexist shit and then I WILL apologize. And I'll even feel bad about it! Vote for me for President!
Need any more reason to vote Walsh? Check out thgis other interview he did on MSNBC:
"I wouldn’t call myself a racist, but I would say, John, I’ve said racist things on Twitter. There's no doubt about it. And an apology is not enough," Walsh, who represented Illinois's 8th Congressional District between 2011 and 2013, said on MSNBC.
Found out if I said Redskins or Cracker or Redneck Bible Thumper, I could stay on. But if I said Nigger or Spick, they cut me off.
— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) June 20, 2014
An apology is not enough to make up for the horrible things I have said. I feel like I should not only apologize but also be the President of the United States. That's really the only way to heal this nation.
"When I said Barack Obama was a Muslim, that was a horrible thing to say, and I said it because I was so disgusted with Obama’s policy toward Israel that I went a bad, ugly step," he said.
So. . . unlike Trump, I just try to slander my political opponents when I find their policies disagreeable. And, unlike Trump, I think that it si a gravce insult to refer to someone as a "Muslim."
I'm pretty much the Bizzarro-Trump!
Walsh, who has been openly critical of Trump's presidency, on Sunday announced that he was launching a primary challenge against the president.
"I'm running because he's unfit. Somebody needs to step up, and there needs to be an alternative," Walsh said on ABC's "This Week."
Yes, an "alternative." If only there were an "alternative" to Trump. Some. . . other candidate voters could choose, maybe someone from, oh, I don't know, maybe a different political party, or something? Maybe someone who presents a different platform and different policy approach. . .
Oh, if only there was someone - anyone - willing to step up and say to the American electorate "You needn't stick with Trump for another term, I volunteer as tribute! You can vote for me instead, and I will serve as your president!"
Why oh why can this nation of three hundred million people not come up with a single alternative to Donald Trump? If only some brave soul would come forward! But wait. . . there on the horizon. . . drawing ever closer, in a cloud of unpaid child support bills. . . Who is this dashing figure on a white stallion? Why, it's Joe Walsh! Riding in to save the day. Having had a taste of power, he now bravely attempts to leverage his newfound never-trump credentials into a quixotic White House run! Will this end with Walsh in the White House? Will our hero find himself with a book deal? Will our intrepid champion be given a shoe on FOX? Only time will tell what the end result of this act of selfless bravery will be!
Only one thing we know for sure. Joe Walsh is every bit as evil, racist, and dangerous as Donald Trump, he's just somewhat more professional about it. And he is not someone to root for.
The KKK, neo-Nazis, Black Lives Matter, Antifa:
Do you have the courage to condemn ALL of these hate groups?
I didn't think so.
— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) August 14, 2017
To say that it's "racist" to call Haiti a shithole is like saying it's "racist" to say Chicago has a violence problem.
Haiti is a shithole and it's run by blacks. The violence in Chicago is all black on black.
Those aren't racist statements. They're just facts.
— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) January 12, 2018
Outstanding work, USA Today Entertainment!
'SNL' standout Leslie Jones won't be returning for Season . . .
Yeah. . . that's not Leslie Jones.
This is Leslie Jones.
What you got there is a Kate McKinnon.
Easy mistake to make. I get the cast of Ghostbusters mixed up all the time. Like I can't tell the difference between Bill Murray and Ernie Hudson.
Another conservative has taken to the op-ed page to explain why it's not his fault that he's going to vote for Trump, we're leaving him no choice!
No one votes to be despised. If Democrats don't change their pitch, I may switch to Trump.
Michael Smith, Opinion contributor,USA TODAY Opinio
God, is there really this much of a market for this genre of literature? The "I know Trump is an incompetent, senile, racist megalomaniac whose presidency threatens life on Earth, but the Democrats hurt my wittle feewings so I may be forced to vote for him" article seems to be the surest way to get published these days.
I am not a President Trump supporter. But if the alternative to him in next year’s election is open borders and the Green New Deal, I may become a Trump voter.
Okay, first of all, none of the Democratic Presidential candidates is advocating for open borders. Not a one of them. You have to know this. There is no way that someone who gets paid to write about politics doesn't know this. So you're already off on the wrong foot - we know you're a disingenuous weasel.
Secondly, are you seriously taking the position that a plan to address the climate crisis that threatens to make the planet unlivable is somehow more horrifying than 4 more years of Cheeto Mussolini?
The president has earned a lot of the heat that comes his way. His reluctance to condemn the white nationalists at Charlottesville in 2017 was inexcusable. He questioned Barack Obama’s citizenship even after the man produced a birth certificate. His feuds with kneeling NFL players and other black celebrities serve no purpose except to stir the pot.
That's it? That's what you think is the problem with Orange Julius Caesar? You know he's putting children in concentration camps, right? Him being a racist dick kinda pales in comparison with taking children away from their parents and locking them in concentration camps.
The full list is long and ugly. It would speak for itself if Trump’s opponents would let it.
Yeah. . . no one is stopping the list from speaking for itself. We would add to your list his disastrous trade wars, his frequent suggestions that he can rule by executive fiat, his cozying up to murderous dictators and PUTTING CHILDREN INTO CONCENTRATION CAMPS, but we certainly aren't stopping his malfeasance from speaking for itself.
They haven’t. Instead they’ve trafficked in hysteria and hyperbole, particularly in their response to the El Paso, Texas, shooting. Democrats fell over themselves to implicate the president’s rhetoric and policies. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez pronounced Trump “directly responsible” for the massacre because of his rhetoric.
Imagine. Having never met the gunman, the freshman congresswoman looked into his heart and determined that he wouldn’t have killed if not for Trump.
Gee, I wonder where she could have gotten such a wild idea? Why in the world would she place any responsibility for this mass shooting on Trump?
Hmmm. . . well, maybe it could be because of . . .
El Paso Shooting Suspect’s Manifesto Echoes Trump’s Language
Nah, that couldn't be it.
Probably she's just crazy!
Its current trajectory gives the Democratic Party two problems in 2020. First, the agenda: a spending spree like no country has ever attempted, supposedly financed by a handful of wealthy taxpayers. What could go wrong?
You're right! We should totally stick with the plan of spending obscene, unimaginable amounts of money on maintaining a global military empire while constantly reducing the amount of tax dollars that flow into the treasury. That's just sound economic policy! Not some crazy pie-in-the-sky like having the people with the most money actually pay for the most necessary task our government has ever faced.It obviously makes more sense to give the people with the most money tax breaks, and just continue to finance everything with borrowing until a Democrat takes office. At which time, deficits magically become unsustainable once again.
Second, the message to voters. Progressives have long denounced America as hopelessly retrograde and racist. Naturally, they’re talking about everyone except themselves
See, now that's not rue either.
America is retrograde and racist, but not hopelessly so.
Hope springs eternal!
And certainly no Democratic candidate for President or any other office has ever claimed that she was. So, I don't know which voters are supposedly getting this "message," but it ain't coming from any of these folks.
The insult-them-until-they-join-our-side strategy has gained devotees since the mass shootings. While at least seven presidential candidates have called Trump a white supremacist, the president's supporters don't want to be called the same simply for voting for Republicans.
Oh, that seems reasonable. Just because you voted for a blatant racist, continue to support that blatant racist, and intend to vote to re-elect that blatant racist doesn't mean that anyone should think you a racist!
Look, just because I wear a Giants cap and a 49ers hoodie doesn't mean you should assume that I'm a San Francisco sports fan!
The contempt descended into incoherence even before the shootings. Candidate Andrew Yang matter-of-factly predicts the disappearance of millions of low-skill jobs. Yet he and his party argue for essentially allowing millions of low-skill workers to enter the country without consequences.
Yeah, the problem of jobs being automated out of existence is a good reason we ahould send refugees back to the countries from which they fled in terror.
If you work in an industry likely to absorb some of that labor, you might wonder if this is how the Democrats plan to revive their brand as champion of the little guy. Are you the little guy they have in mind, or have you slipped a bit on their list?
And there it is.
The obligatory "democrats love brown people and not us whites" line. Or maybe it's more "Democrats love foreigners more than us real Americans," but either way, it's essentially the same appeal. It boils down to "Democrats care more about some 'other' than they do about us regular folks." And you could make that point about many if not most Dems if the "other" you're referring to is the donor class of Wall Street and Silicon Valley, but you could definitely say that about 100% of Republicans.
Partisans who can’t imagine anything worse than losing history’s quintessential hold-your-nose election should picture coming to the rematch with a perfectly pleasant candidate, finding the opponent as nasty as ever, and losing again anyway.
Now that is actually a good point. We can NOT afford to repeat the mistakes of 2016. We can not put up another bland, inoffensive centrist, hoping that Trump's inherent detestability will will force voters to choose the only other viable option. That never works.
The swing voters who will decide the next election won’t care whether Democrats rate Donald Trump a racist or a white nationalist or a white supremacist. With the left’s favorite epithet flying around the political sphere more freely than ever, and the definition of racism facing possible expansion, they’ll want to know what Democrats think of them.
Oh, the swing voters! Yes, let's all grovel for the approval of the swing voters! Both of them.
here's the thing about the elusive swing voters. We don't need them. To the extent that they exist, we don't need them. If Democrats turn out their base, they win. They did it in 2008 and 2012. The difference between 08/12 and 2016 wasn't that these supposed swing voters went for Trump. Trump got fewer votes than McCain or Romney got when they lost to Barack Obama. The problem was that Hillary Clinton got fewer votes than Obama did in either of those years.
The problem was that too many people didn't vote at all. And obviously, a lot of that was due to Republicans' various voter-suppression techniques. Of course that had a lot to do with it. But HRC just didn't excite the electorate the way that Obama did. It's not her fault, she just doesn't have that charisma. Well, it was partly her fault for saying that the things Democrats want, like single-payer healthcare and a $15/hr minimum wage were pipe dreams. That's just bad campaign strategy. And also ignoring the Rust Belt because your stupid fucking algorhithms say you don't need to isn't very smart electioneering either. But we're getting way off track here.
Also, you say that the "swing voters" won't care if Democrats call Trump a racist?
Great. Trump's a racist.
And I'm not sure what you mean by the definition of racism "facing possible expansion." Actually, I think I do know. You mean the definition of racism shouldn't include any views that you personally hold. You want the word racism to be defined as "cross-burning," or "waving the swastika flag" or whatever, so you can feel like you're not a racist when you support putting children into concentration camps.
So, you know what? You want to vote for Trump? Go right ahead. We don't need you. You don't matter. But don't try to blame us for your support of this racist bastard.
Confusing headline of the day
The ‘1619 Project’ Isn’t Anti-American — It’s Anti-White Identity Politics
By Eric Levitz@EricLevitz
It's honestly hard to tell what the headline-writer is trying to say here.
Is he saying that the 1619 Project is engaging in identity politics that are anti-white?
Or is he saying that the 1619 project is against "white identity politics?'
Is it (anti-white) identity politics?
Or Anti- (white identity politics?)
Skimming the article, I'm pretty sure it's the latter, but come on New York Magazine Intelligencier. Surely you can do better than this.
A compelling argument
So, after yet a few more mass gun slaughters in Gilroy, Dayton and El Paso, some people had started getting the radical idea that hey, maybe allowing every nut, racist, and incel to buy any type of military-grade weaponry they want might not be the best idea after all! And talk has begun to circulate that maybe it isn't a coincidence that large gun massacres weren't a regular occurrence during the ten years that we had an assault weapons ban in place. And maybe we oughta think about maybe not having a bunch of assholes strutting around the aisles of Wal*Mart with sub-machine guns strapped to their backs? Even thought it might hurt their feelings?
Naturally, there are counter-arguments, as you would expect. For instance:
TALLAHASSEE — Florida National Rifle Association lobbyist Marion Hammer warned state economists Friday that a proposed assault rifle ban would be devastating to gun manufacturers lured to the state over the last eight years.
Wow! See, now, that's something I hadn't considered. I mean, just because your business model relies on your ability to sell weapons of mass murder to unstable angry white men is no reason that you should not stay in business, is it?
Okay, I'm being told that. . . yes. Yes it is a good reason you should not stay in business.
You know, there's always unintended consequences. Like if we have a crackdown on heroin, just think of the deleterious effect on the drug cartels!
Hammer, speaking for the first time since back-to-back gun-related massacres in El Paso and Dayton two weeks ago, denounced the controversial amendment meant to address gun violence in Florida.
The amendment would ban the future sale of assault rifles in the Sunshine State and force current owners to either register them with the state or give them up.
Well, I guess I see why this law would be controversial.I mean, since the law would mandate seizing everyone's guns and criminalizing gun-owners, and. . . wait. . . what? You'd just have to register your AK? You'd still get to keep your massacre gun, you'd just have to register it? Like you should have to for every gun? That's it?
But Hammer said the proposed amendment doesn’t protect the more than 150 major gun manufacturers in the state, of which many produce weapons that would be outlawed by the ban.
Sure, I mean, it might do something to protect children in schools. And Wal*Mart shoppers. And moviegoers. And concert attendees. And nightclub custoimers. But it does nothing -- NOTHING -- to protect the truly vulnerable. The poor, defenseless death merchants!
Those companies would be forced to move because they couldn’t possess any new assault weapons, she said. “If I were the owner of one of these firearm manufacturing companies, I wouldn’t wait to see what voters do,” she said. “If this were allowed to go on the ballot, I’d say, ‘I’m outta here.’”
And, were I a Florida resident, I would say "don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out!"
So, that's a pretty compelling argument for why we should take no steps at all to try and reduce the number of massacres that occur regularly in this dumbass country. But this next argument may be even more persuasive:
The NRA's top lobbyist in Florida argued against a proposed assault weapons ban, complaining that if the law passes, young children might not get rifles for their birthdays.
"How do you tell a 10-year-old little girl who got a Ruger 10/22 with a pink stock for her birthday that her rifle is an assault weapon and she has to turn it over to government or be arrested for felony possession?" asked Marion Hammer
Wait, Marion Hammer?
This is the same lady?
Holy crap, this woman is prolific! She should really be teaching dialectics at some Ivy League institution.
But, my fanboi-ing aside, let's look at her critical question here.
"How do you tell a 10-year-old little girl who got a Ruger 10/22 with a pink stock for her birthday that her rifle is an assault weapon and she has to turn it over to government or be arrested for felony possession?
Yeah, how do you tell her that?
I guess you could have her new foster parents explain it to her after she is removed from the home for her own safety?
I guess they could say something like "I know you think this is a neato toy, but your parents are complete psychotics and what they gave you for your birthday is actually a weapon of mass death. You know how there are soldiers who fight the bad guys. right? Well, honey, this is what those soldiers use to mow down dozens of bad guys in just a few seconds. Yes, that's right, sweetie. this machine creates dead people. Lots and lots of dead people. And it kills people whether those people are the evil terrorists, or whether they are children just like you who are just trying to go to school.
This might be a big grownup word, honey, but do you know what a "psychopath" is? Yes, it's like a crazy person. A crazy person who likes to hurt people. That's very good. Well, only a psychopath would ever have a gun like this when he wasn't in a war zone. You understand, don't you, kiddo?"
And maybe you could show the little girl this Washington Post headline:
At least 265 people were accidentally shot by kids this year
I mean, if she's mature enough to handle a semi-automatic rifle, she ahould be mature enough to read the headline from a grownup newspaper, right?
And maybe you could explain to her that "you know, kiddo, if you were to accidentally shoot your brother with a bb gun, it would hurt. And he would probably cry. But he would be all right after we put a bandaid on it. But if you were to accidentally shoot your brother with an assault rifle, those bullets would tear through his flesh, shatter his bones, and leave gaping exit wounds that he probably wouldn't survive. You understand the difference, right?"
You know what, let me tell you a story. A few years back, a friend of mine bought his wife a set of multi-colored kitchen knives fro Christmas.
He bought her nice things, too. He's not a dolt.
When he was wrapping up gifts for the family, he accidentally put his daughter's name on the to/from tag on the knife set. When his little daughter opened the box and saw all the pretty colored knives, she was thrilled. And my friend, not being stupid or insane, had to tell her "no, sweetie, you don't get to keep those. Those are for Mommy." I'm sure she was disappointed, but she fucking got over it. And last time I saw her, she still had all her fingers. Because that's what responsible parents do. They take dangerous things away from their children. So they don't hurt themselves or anyone else. Because they're children. And what kind of demented, unhinged psychotic gives a weapon of war to a ten-year-old?
This kind, I guess.
Labels: Fuck the NRA, gun nuts, guns
Flashback Friday -- Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
Until pretty recently, I only knew Charles Wright and the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band for the song "Express Yourself,"
which I really mainly knew from NWA
and I had always figured they were one of those one-hit wonders. Then I searched for him on Spoitfy and now I know better.
We are ruled by sociopaths
Oh, capitalism! You are the best of all possible systems!
Companies May Limit Life-saving Climate Data to Clients that Can Pay
Multi-billion dollar “climate services” firms are trying to cash in on the financial fear and insecurity prompted by changing weather
Yes, there's a new industry that has apparently sprung up recently. "Climate Services."
First, big business destroys the climate, poisoning the air we breathe and the water we drink for profit. Then, when the result of their "dark, Satanic mills" becomes impossible to ignore or pooh-pooh, more big businesses rush in to profit off of the misery the first group of businesses have caused.
Oh, and I suppose this little wrinkle should come as no surprise:
One of the industry’s leaders, a Silicon Valley executive named Rich Sorkin, made the case for climate services in May to the U.S. House Subcommittee on Environment. He argued that taking the big-picture climate science produced by federal agencies and turning it into hyperlocal threat assessments is a crucial and effective way for cities, states, companies and investors to better prepare for the climate emergency.
Yes, the data which these leaches intend to sell to whomever can afford it in order to accumulate more and more wealth? It's production is paid for by us, the American taxpayers.
So we have to pay to produce this data because of the malfeasance of corporate America, and now corporate America is going to use this data to feather their own nests. And what do you, Joe taxpayer, get out of the deal?
Nothing, unless you are one of the super-wealthy who can afford to have this customized data delivered to you so that you know when to leave your Malibu beach house and head for your Aspen ski villa.
Sorkin suggested that his risk-focused climate company Jupiter is uniquely suited to take on this job. “We believe the federal government should defer to the private sector in this area,” he said in a statement.
Oh, really? What a fucking shock. You think the government should just stay out of the whole climate data business except for, you know, doing all the actual work of collecting all the data? That's what you think? Quelle surprise! Well, we believe that you, Rich Sorkin, should go fuck yourself!
Sorkin argues that companies like his—which is part of an industry that in 2015 was valued globally at US$2.6 billion with 6% to 10% growth per year—are nimble and innovative where government can be slow and cautious. “We’re years ahead of what the public sector is doing,” he says.
In his statement, he likened Jupiter’s impact on climate science to the disruptive influence of Amazon, Microsoft and Google on supercomputing: “In nearly every case, the private sector is leading the adoption of these new technologies, driven by brutal competition for profits.”
Yeah, does anyone NOT hate Amazon? And Microsoft?
Fuck, any time one of these little startup assholes uses any form of the word "disrupt," they're talking about fucking things up, putting existing companies out of business, throwing people out of work to stuff the bank accounts of a few greedy sociopaths.
Saying "we're going to do for this sector what Amazon, Microsoft and Google have done for theirs" is like saying "i'm going to do for your church group what Jim Jones and David Koresh did for theirs!"
And for companies like his, those profits can be lucrative. Jupiter’s clients include players in oil and gas, insurance and defense.
Even industry leaders acknowledge the risk of a not-so-distant future where the wealthy and powerful have better information and tools for protecting themselves from the devastation of climate change than the poor and vulnerable.
“That’s a huge concern, and I’m certainly not going to pretend that we have the solution,” says Emilie Mazzacurati, the founder and CEO of Four Twenty Seven
"That is a huge concern, and I'm certainly not going to pretend we have any interest in addressing it," said the comic book supervillain.
“Scientists were saying, ‘We knew this could happen,’” Mazzacurati says. “[There was] a disconnect between the available data and projections around risks from climate change and the fact that those were not systematically integrated for most organizations.”
Okay so let me see if I git this straight. Scientists have been sounding a warning on climate change for years. Corporate America made a point of ignoring those warnings for fear it might cut into their short-term profits. -- I'm sorry, I mean they "failed to systematically integrate those projections." --
Now that Corporate America has done irreparable damage to the planet, they are not being punished, they are being given a chance to access inside information, for which we all paid, to be able to mitigate the damage their greed and callousness have caused. Oh, but only to mitigate the damage done specifically to them and their bottom lines. And there is now an entire industry dedicated to ensuring that they will be able to minimize the risks to themselves while still contributing to the incipient catastrophe. Have I got that right?
Mazzacurati founded Four Twenty Seven after Hurricane Sandy devastated New York City in 2012. “What struck me most was the chaos that [an] extreme weather event could bring to one of the wealthiest, most organized, most resourceful cities in the world—and some of its most powerful businesses,” she later recalled.
Won't somebody think of the powerful businesses?
See, this is the difference between us normal people and the sociopaths that run everything. Most of us saw the devastation of Sandy and thought "oh, shit! There are people suffering. People losing their homes. This is horrible." Someone like Emilie Mazzacurati sees the same footage we all saw and thinks "Damn, I'll bet those powerful companies would pay big bucks for some sort of protection from the next storm!"
The longer I live, the more I realize that the rich and powerful have a strong tendency towards sociopathy. And it makes sense. If you want to succeed in business, if you want to make it to the top, it helps to have no compunctions about who you have to stab in the back to get there. So it's easy for executives to lay off workers. It's easy for politicians to cut people's healthcare or food stamps. It's easy for Presidents and Secretaries of State to order bombings and invasions. Because they don't care. They have no empathy. Or not enough to stop them from doing whatever they think will benefit themselves and further their career goals.
Look how many rich and famous names are popping up in the Jeffery Epstein case. Why, if you are a wealthy powerful man, would you need to have Epstein secure underage girls for sex? You can probably have sex with tons of consenting adult women. Pretty ones, even. I think that a lot of the rich and powerful are seriously damaged, disturbed people. Especially if they were brought up by wealthy, sociopathic parents.
Why would someone like, say Bill Clinton, commit rape?
At the time, I was naive enough to think that he wouldn't because plenty of women wanted to have sex with him so why would he have to force himself on anyone? Now, I get it. That someone like Bill Clinton, someone who can get lots of women into bed, is exactly the kind of person who would do this. Because when a Paula Jones or a Juanita Broderick says "no, thanks. Not interested," the reaction isn't "oh, well, there's a million women who will!" The reaction is "who do you think you are to say no to me?"
Honestly, the whole world makes a lot more sense once you realize that we are ruled by sociopaths.
What are you complaining about, ya crybabies?
It used to be that when a young person complained about something, an old person would tell them all about how "you kids today have it easy. When I was your age, we had to walk ten miles to school. In the snow. It snowed every day back then, and if there wasn't enough snow, the city council would bring in snow machines from the local ski resort to make sure we had snow to trudge through. And shoes hadn't been invented yet! And after school, we would walk home through the snow, sip dome gruel, then go off to our jobs as coal miners. And we didn't have these fancy picks and shovels, we dug coal out of the mountain with our bare hands, and the foreman would stomp on our frostbitten toes if we didn't dig fast enough. And the TV only had three channels!"
But now, Marc Thiessen is taking it up a notch!
American millennials have a lot of complaints about their lot in life. So here’s a question for them: When is the last time you had to walk through a sewer waist-high in human filth, choking on the toxic ammonia, yet unable to cough for fear of alerting the Nazi SS soldiers on the street above — knowing that if you did, they would open a manhole cover and toss in grenades or poison gas to kill you?
How is that your baseline?
Oh, you've got some complaints, have you? Well, just consider yourselves lucky that you aren't in literally the most dire circumstances humanly possible!
You have to worry that white supremacists might shoot up your school, your mall, your nightclub? Psshh! Are you wading through sewage while you worry about being shot by Nazis? No? Then quit your whining! You don't know how lucky you are!
You see a future in which our coastal cities are all under water? Well, they're not under sewage, are they? Then what is your fucking problem, you crybabies?
This is one of the weird themes that conservatives return to again and again. The "at least you're not in this place that's worse" shibboleth. You object to the fact that there are a lot of states where a person can be fired for being gay? Well, you know, in Iran, they put gay people to death! You think it's wrong that women still don't have full equality in America? Hey, in Saudi Arabia, women aren't even allowed to drive! As long as some other place is worse, we need never address any societal problems here in the US of A. Well, except for football players kneeling during the National Anthem. Or television shows being disrespectful to Christianity. Or department store cashiers saying "happy holidays."
Here in Warsaw 75 years ago, teenagers did exactly that. Last week, surviving members of the resistance gathered in the Polish capital to mark the anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising, when the underground Home Army rose up, freed the city from Nazi occupation and held it for 63 days.
In our colleges and universities, first millennials and now their Generation Z successors have demanded “emotional safety,” insisting on “safe spaces” and “trigger warnings” to protect them from ideas they don’t like
Oh my God. here we go with the "safe spaces" crap again!
Why are the righties so obsessed with the idea of "safe spaces" and "trigger warnings?" As if they didn't create an entire news network to protect them from ideas they don't like!
As if they didn't create an alternative to Wikipedia to protect them from facts they find troublesome.
As if they hadn't re-translated the Bible to protect themselves from inconvenient theological teachings.
. . . they tell us that “words are violence.” No, they are not. Violence is SS officers using flamethrowers to clear buildings. Violence is defenseless civilians being put in front of Nazi Panzers as human shields. During the Warsaw Uprising there were no “safe spaces” — battles were literally fought house to house, room to room. There were no “trigger warnings” — only Germans pulling their triggers as they executed civilians and prisoners of war lined up on street corners.
Okay. Yeah. And that Warsaw situation was objectively worse. Why does it sound like you prefer a scenario in which young people are being roasted by flamethrowers and crushed by tanks to one in which college professors give "trigger warnings" before discussing potentially troublesome topics?
Somehow, if a college literature professor says "this semester we'll be discussing Huck Fin and - trigger warning - Huck uses the N-word a lot." this is more problematic to you than innocent people being slaughtered by Nazis?
I brought my kids — ages 17, 16 and 13-year-old twins — here to witness this. I wanted them to see with their own eyes what real adversity, sacrifice and heroism look like. I wanted them to put their fingers in the bullet holes that still mark the walls where the Nazis executed children their age. I wanted them to understand that these horrific events happened within the lifetimes of their immediate family, and that they must never take for granted the freedom, peace and security they enjoy.
Okay. That seems like a good idea. But I'm going to go ahead and assume that you gave them a warning first. A "trigger warning," as it were. You probably told them before you got to Poland that they were going to see some things that they would find disturbing. You didn't just say "hey, let's take a fun family vacation to Warsaw," and then when you got there go "hey kids. See those holes in the wall? Those are bullet holes from when the Nazis murdered children your age right here in this very place. Go ahead, stick your fingers in the holes the bullets made after passing through the bodies of terrified children!" Because if you didn't warn them beforehand, you're a fucking monster.
Posted by Professor Chaos at 10:44 PM
Not Helping
No, Atlanta Journal Constitution, "Tragedy" did not strike El Paso Walmart. Tragedy striking Walmart is Walmart being hit by a tornado. Or Walmart's roof caving in and crushing a bunch of people. Something for which no one is to blame. Tragedy did not strike the El Paso Walmart, a homicidal racist asshole struck the El Paso Walmart.
This kind of framing is not helpful. Treating gun massacres like natural disasters, as just one of the hazards of life like earthquakes in California or hurricanes in Florida is not helpful. It's whatever the opposite of helpful is.
This is what the NRA ghouls want. They want everyone to accept that mass slaughters are inescapable, that nothing can be done to prevent them, and that your best bet is to arm yourself to the teeth so that you'll be ready to defend yourself when the unavoidable massacre inevitably comes to your mall or school or church.
So stop referring to these massacres as "tragedies." They are murders. Mass murders. And we absolutely CAN take steps to minimize them. If we have the collective will. And framing them as unfortunate catastrophes is not helping.
Flashback Friday -- Charles Wright & the Watts 103...
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1352929
|
__label__cc
| 0.729375
| 0.270625
|
Goethe delhi exam dates 2020
Reading books meaning we are gaining knowledge every ti 13:46. This certificates are important for both Academic and immigration purposes. The examination office retains the right to change examination dates. It is meant for people whose objective is a professional insertion or promotion in a French-speaking business environment. If you can speak French as a second language, it will be an asset to your profile, especially if you wish to pursue a career in luxury goods, fashion, retailing, aeronautics and automotive industries. Present in the city since 1970, the Alliance française de Bangalore, a not for profit organisation that is a part of a world wide network of more than 850 institutions, has maintained since then its core values - promotion and respect of the cultural and linguistic diversity, solidarity and conviviality- in order to be a place of encounter and exchange where all the Bangaloreans can find a Other results: Dates and Enrolment - Goethe-Institut Indien. No registration form found. The Goethe-Zentrum Ahmedabad is a part of the Indo- German language and Cultural Society (IGLCS) working under auspices of the Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan . Starting March 2015, LGC is holding the ÖSD exams A1, A2, B1, B2 and C1 for adults and B1, B2 for youth as well at its center in Amman. School is affiliated with Cbse. While there is no Indian test centre in the list, I’m certain that Langma at South Ex-I, New Delhi is one such centre. The Yearly / Midterm exam is been proponed as the dates are clashing with the Elementary and Intermediate exams, as a large number of children appear for this exam. A german language expert offers german language lessons to all age groups. The International Baccalaureate® (IB) is different not only through its leading educational programmes and certificates, but by the mission behind them. All Faculty Members have undergone examiner's training Programme. TN Govt Jobs 2020-21 - Get the latest Tamilnadu Government Job Updates here. Mar 17, 2014 · Besides, many German companies send their Indian staff members to Germany, and also enable them to learn the language. Students solve real problems in exercises and computer classes. ac. Important dates are not the same as well-known dates. 17. TSA Coaching Study Center 2. With the efforts of both the Government of India and the Government of Bihar, the Motilal Nehru Institute of Technology was founded in the year 1961. For more details on the exam period, orientation and welcome days, please see the full calendar for 2019-2020 on page 18 in the Melbourne Study Abroad and Exchange 2019 Brochure Whereas the dates will differ for the 2020/21 intake, these dates will give you a general sense of the academic calendar at UMelb. We daily read a book in our life and the writer of the book is known as an author. Born in St. Our products and services measure knowledge and skills, promote learning and performance, and support education and professional development for all people worldwide. CET Delhi 2020 Exam Date will be announced in 4th week of May 2020. Any list of just 50 dates has to take account of some obvious limitations. The University offers 62 UG, 44 PG, 25 Doctoral, 1 Certificate, 15 Diploma, and 5 Integrated courses. The British Council is the UK’s international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities. Oct 17, 2019 · Karnatak University Distance Education 2020 – School of Distance Education, Karnatak University, Dharwad will release the notification for admission on the official website kudsce. CET Delhi Exam Date 2020 is announced by the Department of Training and Technical Education, Delhi. Jan 18, 2019 · Kendriya Vidyalaya Recruitment 2017 ( Kendriya Vidyalaya , Jalpaiguri ) Post Name -Primary Teacher, Computer Instructor, Vocational Teachers and Various posts www. For any further updates regarding the selection process, visit the concerned department website and you are also requested to keep in touch with the department(s) in which you have applied for the status of your application. View the list of all Foreign Language colleges in Maharashtra conducting Foreign Language courses , top/ best Foreign Language institutes/ colleges conducting Foreign Language courses in Maharashtra - Regular Colleges or Educational Institutions list Count - Dear friend, Hope you are doing well. Delf b1 sample test papers This is your opportunity of getting your highest scores in IELTS exam rather than writing over and over but not scoring Up to 7 or 8 bands…. Join now SexyVenera. Mrs. Start today! With almost 100 years of experience and innovative teaching methods, you can quickly master the French language no matter your goal or your level. 2020 to 08. Thomas Stearns Eliot OM (26 September 1888 – 4 January 1965) was a poet, essayist, publisher, playwright, and literary and social critic. Please note that from 2020, a new exam format appears. THE SEATS ARE ALLOTED ON FIRST COME FIRST SERVED BASIS. So, the more recent exam papers are better looking and more pleasant, in particular at the level of the images, than these three firsts DELF A1 sample papers. German Language Stack Exchange is a bilingual question and answer site for speakers of all levels who want to share and increase their knowledge of the German langua In 1935, Reza Shah requested the international community to refer to the country by its native name, Iran, effective 22 March that year. Test centers are available at locations all over the world Exam dates. 11. schonach 2020,jövő bajnokai program 2020. Louis, Missouri, to a prominent Boston Brahmin family, he moved to England in 1914 at the age of 25 and would settle, work and marry there. ” The dates finalised for the exhibition are between January 14-31, 2016. Our courses prepare participants to sit for the Goethe Institute’s German language exams at levels B2 and C1 and are offered in parallel with the German language courses at did deutsch-institut (Standard, Intensive, and Premium Courses). The registration deadlines for the 2020 DELE exam are the following: February 14th 2020 Exam: Adults: Level A2 Deadline: January 8th 2020. CCI Online Learning. Please note that space in University residences is limited. in. There are 11 places in India where you can write the exam: Delhi, Chandigarh, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Chennai, Pune, Kolkata, Coimbatore, Bangalor Authorized with an Examination License from Goethe Institut Munich, GZK is conducting the official Goethe exams. In diploma courses in various institutes or in colleges of Delhi, CET Delhi is the polytechnic entrance examination conducted to offer the full-time admission CET Delhi Entrance exam dates, candidates can check on the official ÖSD German language exams are recognized in Austria, Germany and Switzerland as well as worldwide e. The exam dates for each month will be intimated to the students beforehand. German b1 sample exam Galgotias University (GU), Greater Noida ranked 2 nd in Uttar Pradesh and 3 rd in India by GHRDC Business School Survey 2019. This research must significantly contribute to the current knowledge base, and must be completed with a dissertation or thesis. Phil. University has the Discover and apply to thousands of International scholarships and get connected with the education loan lenders, making study abroad simpler than ever! Key dates. The foundation stone for the school was laid in 1990. The next German exams (A1-C1) conducted by the Goethe-Institut Pakistan in Lahore will take place on Sat, January 18, 2020 & oral exam will take place on Sun, January 19, 2020. / 17. Picnic -The school correspondent mentioned that like every year the school will be taking the children for picnic outside state. 507 251 visites visites Times of India brings the Latest News & Top Breaking headlines on Politics and Current Affairs in India & around the World, Sports, Business, Bollywood News and Entertainment, Science, Technology Only the graphics evolved: the layout and the presentation of exam papers were improved. Please visit www. 30pm. Jan 01, 2020 · The total time to take the test is five hours and usually the exam takes place over two days. This article gives details about the IAS exam 2019 calendar and date sheet. Opposition to the name change led to the reversal of the decision in 1959, and Professor Ehsan Yarshater, editor of Encyclopædia Iranica, propagated a move to use Persia and Iran interchangeably. Please check this website regularly for updates. Latest India news on Bollywood, Politics, Business, Cricket, Technology and Travel. Events happening and upcoming events in Goethe Institute, Thousand Lights, Chennai. Every visitor and his belongings will be required to undergo a security check. Global Test Dates : British Council schedules IELTS Academic Test 48 days per year and IELTS General Training Flygt membranes / filters. 2020 Registrations are closed. D. phrase bonne année 2020,campanha 2020,philips hue 2020. It comes under South West Delhi A district of Delhi. Admissions 2020: Entrance Exam, Dates, Admission Procedure, Application Form online and offline application mode Mumbai University offers Ph. . With the DAAD fundings higher education institutions and universities can extend their networks to set up strategies for internationalization. As a part of Hyderabad Literary Festival, Alliance Française of Hyderabad invites you to a concert of the French-Indian band Violin Nomads at Novotel HICC, Madhapur, on January 17th, 2020 at 7. Check Course Curriculum and Fee Details of Jain University - [JU], Bangalore Check Placement and Company visited in Jain University - [JU], Bangalore 2019 2020. 0 and got admission. I still remember by foreign language learning journey with an ironical fondness of sorts – I was not really learning a language that was foreign to me (I could understand and read it, but not speak it till I was, actually, 19), but my ‘mother tongue’! The UPSC has released its Annual Calendar for the year 2019 and 2020. 7. The Goethe-Institut has developed a series of exams for learners of German as a foreign language (Deutsch als Fremdsprache, DaF) at all levels IDP IELTS Exam Dates - Check available IELTS test dates 2020, fees, 50+ test centres in India. Built on the legacy of Max Mueller Bhavan Hyderabad, the present avataar of the German Cultural Centre in the city, the Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad was initiated by the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany, Chennai and the Goethe-Institut, the regional head office in New Delhi. Jan 01, 2020 · The Goethe-Institut or Max Mueller Bhavan in India conducts the Zertifikat Deutsch exam at SIX centers in Bangalore, Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai, New Delhi, and Pune. Get to know who we are and what we stand for. Business Opportunities: It’s an important language in the job market. First-year residence application and placement procedure for 2020 . 18. DELF Junior is intended for teenagers. Dates and Enrolment 16 Jun 2016 Exam Dates & Centers There are centers in Kolkata, Chennai, Jaipur, Mumbai & New Delhi. Call your closest centre to find out about the next exam dates. The University of Berlin was located in the former Soviet sector of Berlin and was granted permission to continue teaching by the Soviet Military Administration in Germany (SMAD) in January 1946. Registrations for all the exams are on first-come-first-served basis. Nov 22, 2016 · (Last updated 24. 1 The examination fee has to be paid separately on the exam registration dates as per the schedule. 35,259 likes · 250 talking about this. DAAD offers language learning grants to faculty members in all academic fields except German Studies, German Language and Literature, and German Translation and Interpretation to attend intensive language courses at various Goethe-Institut locations in Germany. May 28, 2019 · NEW DELHI: The Teachers Recruitment Board (TRB) will conduct the Tamil Nadu Teacher Eligibility Test (TNTET) 2019 for Paper I on June 8, while the exam for Paper II will be held on June 9, 2019. German b1 sample exam Find the list of top 29 Vocational colleges in Kolkata based on 2020 ranking with fees. This UPSC Calendar schedule gives the various exam dates for the recruitment tests conducted by the commission every year including the civil services, NDA, CDS, etc. The DAAD is the world’s largest funding organisation for the international exchange of students and researchers. in / 9435175531 Jan 15, 2019 · Railway Exam Coaching Institutes. You will see this by looking at the past exam papers number 4 below. 02. Its mission is to promote Spanish language teaching as well as that of Spain’s co-official languages, in addition to fostering knowledge of the cultures of Spanish-speaking countries throughout the The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), established by an Act of Parliament in 1985, has continuously striven to build an inclusive knowledge society through inclusive education. They guide us well through our path of educating us. The deadline for references is Wednesday 12 February 23. RBSE Class 10 Board Exam Time Table 2020 Released: Check RBSE 10th Exam Dates 2 Our courses prepare participants to sit for the Goethe Institute’s German language exams at levels B2 and C1 and are offered in parallel with the German language courses at did deutsch-institut (Standard, Intensive, and Premium Courses). The department(s) will decide on the date(s) of test and interview or interview from time to time. Students and other members of Freie Universität regularly take over the university's Instagram account – in an Insta takeover they share their personal view of life on campus, either in Berlin or from abroad. Upmsp 2020 New Center List Below, you can download five DELF A2 sample papers. Professional Practice Program 2019 - was organized by the School of Commerce, Jain (Deemed-to-be University) on the 5 and 6 December. On the Initiative of Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan New Delhi it became possible to push forward the establishment of the GermanCultural Society in Chandigarh and to realize the concept of establishing of a German Cultural Society Chandigarh (Goethe-Zentrum Chandigarh) which was originally mooted in September 2004. Click here to know more. Each of the three Global Centres at the International Baccalaureate® (IB) has a regional office. 0/10. DPSN was the centre for NEET(UG) Exam-2017, a global level prestigious entrance exam. (Reading + Listening) TestDaF Dates in Goethe Institut, New Delhi. May 15th and 16th 2020 Exams: Young Learners: Levels A1, A2/B1 IELTS Test Registration Centre in New Delhi - Find all available IELTS test centers and test dates in Delhi. PhD is the abbreviation for Doctor of Philosophy, and is usually awarded after completing extensive research in a specified field of study. Delhi Public School (DPS), Vasant Kunj is a English medium school located in Delhi. Find address, location and more details about Goethe Institute. In order to further promote German language and cultural activities across the world, the Goethe-Institut has also set up a network of Goethe-Centres (Goethe-Zentrum) in several cities including Ahmedabad, Chandigarh, Coimbatore, Hyderabad, Trivandrum and Kochi. Top Foreign Language Courses in India. 8. It works in over 100 countries: promoting a wider knowledge of the United Kingdom and the English language; encouraging cultural, scientific, technological and educational co-operation with the United Kingdom. 3, Kasturba Gandhi Marg New Delhi 110001 It is located in six cities namely New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Pune, Chennai, Bangalore Max Mueller Bhavan / Goethe Institut distance learning courses Max Mueller Bhavan offered German language proficiency development course which is offered from Level A1 to B2. com now! CET Delhi 2020 Exam Dates will be announced by the Department of Training and Technical Education, Delhi. There are many Railway Coaching Centres in different state that provides Rail Exam Coaching and also assures that candidate will qualify. Keeping in mind government norms we will be Oct 19, 2015 · The sustainable artwork will be moved to another location once the festival is over the report quoted Madhavan as saying. Asan Memorial College of Arts & Science, , Chennai is offering 6 courses, like Arts, Commerce, Science, the average fees of the courses varies from 50,000 to 5 lac Rs for 2020 session S'inscrire. maties. Goethe a1 exam dates. /Ph. More people apply for accommodation than we have available. for studying or applying for a job. The Speaking paper may be taken a few days before or after the exam. 8. Don’t get worried the list given here will definitely help you in choosing the Best RRB Coaching Centres/Academy for you. If a batch has 5-7 students, the number of hours given will be 60 instead of 70/80. Get details info on courses, placements, college admissions, cutoffs, address, contact, latest news and updates. Policies and Guidelines; ST/AI/2016/9 - Language Proficiency and Language Allowance *Please note that it was decided by the General Assembly in A/RES/70/244 para. / 6. © 2020Goethe-Institut | developed bysymentis GmbH 2020 DELE Registration Deadlines and exam dates. Bhand further appreciated the school for its cooperative approach and promotion of sports in school . S/Ph. Flygt membranes / filters. It is organized for admission to engineering and non-engineering diploma programmes offered by the government and government aided polytechnic institutions of Delhi. Four-week courses are offered year-round. g. Top PhD Programs . As part of our continued commitment to equity, our budget is focused on supporting students who need us most. We are an Indo-French cultural centre, established in Pune since more than 40 years and recognised by the French Embassy in India. NOTE: WE HAVE VERY LIMITED SEATS FOR EXTERNAL STUDENTS. July 13 - July 31, 2020 (Registration Deadline April 01, 2020) The course covers the basics of automation and simulation. Further information find here: Teacher Training Programm 2020 The British Council is a British organisation specialising in international cultural and educational opportunities. We respond to email messages in the order that they are received, and will respond to your inquiry as soon as possible. Feb 26, 2019 · SET Exam 2018 Pattern - For Assistant Professor recruitment National Eligibility Test (NET) examinations will be conduct by National Testing Agency (NTA). Please carry your Identity card/membership card at all times. As soon as dates are available, we will post them here. com IMPORTANT DATES Last Date for Submission – 21-02-2017 Date of displaying list of eligible candidates – 23-02-2017 Date of … We provide new and unique data from the Goethe Institut, a German cultural institute, which offers language courses and standardized exams. These data contain information about the supply of language learning opportunities, that is the number and the geographic distribution of institutes, and the demand in the form of course and exam registrations. The foundation is strongly connected to the beginning of the Cold War period. TestDaF Preparation Courses 2020 3 weeks (30 lessons in total) for 280 €, for dates and further information look here. Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan New Delhi; Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan Pune Duration: 10 months (March – December 2020) Stay up to date on DAAD's activities in India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and Sri Lanka You can pay exam fees with debit/credit card in Goethe Institut, Delhi or you can also pay The exam date: 18 December, slap bang in the middle of the pre- Christmas party season. The exam is conducted usually 6 times in a year. Contact your regional office. 10/18/2020 . Dec 15, 2016 · Taking up foreign language courses is one of the best career options. Study Engineering in Germany for Indian Students. The exam dates are tentative and can be changed by the Goethe-Zentrum Chandigarh. It is administered as a Private Unaided School school under Children Welfare & Educational Society. Fit in Deutsch 1 Goethe-Zertifikat A1: Here's how it works: Goethe-Certificates will be issued within 3 work days after the disclosure of the results. Dear sir, GERMAN LANGUAGE CLASSES NIT SILCHAR, ASSAM In Assoion with Goethe Institut, Max Mueller Bhavan, Kolkata Contact Info: Dr. 12. More. 0840 I am a registered nurse who helps nursing students pass their NCLEX. CET Delhi is also known as the Delhi Polytechnic entrance exam. We are offering you the opportunity of Getting your original and Genuine IELTS certificates with your desired scores in all the modules, with valid exam dates and center stamp chosen by you . 22 to discontinue the practice of granting accelerated step increments for staff members in the professional category, including accelerated increments granted after staff members have established proficiency Education Today - get the latest update on school, Colleges, B schools, registration, scholarships, exam results and Industry Updates only from Education Today. D [Admission Brochure] under Research Main Menu for any information related to Research programme admission at IIT Madras; including fee and other details. It concerns with the field of arts and covers the areas regarding German literature: society, poetry, prose, drama, novels, grammar, etc. Max Muller, as an educational institution alone, has been there for over 50 years in India and is teaching in all of its six institutes here -- Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore, Chennai, Kolkata and Delhi. "She is one of the best in the industry, she took the challenge of teaching my daughter French for her boards in 45 days and I can say that my daughter is proficient in the language, its because of Neha she took the challenge and knows her job and is a kind heart person, a real Guru nothing but the best we need dedicated teacher's like her in every stream an inspiration for all and a teacher Flygt membranes / filters. B. -SD1 is the beginner level German exam. “I am what I am, so take me as I am,” it begins, quoting the philosopher Goethe, to emphasise the significance of individuality. 777. There Improve your French. 2019) Exam registration is a very important thing for every student, who wants to appear for Goethe Institut/ Max Mueller Bhavan exam, New Delhi and to get a German language certificate for further studies in Germany or spouse visa or for any other purpose. The editors discuss Christian Wiman’s poem “All My Friends Are Finding New Beliefs” from the January 2020 issue of Poetry. com and click on Accommodation for useful links to alternative accommodation options . 16. In India, there are seventeen regional colleges of engineering and this educational institution is counted as one of them. The concert is free and open to all. / 20. the TestDaF exam in India with five test centers across Bangalore, New Delhi, My question is if there will be A1 exam dates in December 2019 or January 2020? For more information about the Goethe exams click here. Terms & Conditions. Please check the url. The lives of Shakespeare, Oscar Wilde and Michelangelo were touched upon to legalise ‘the love that dare not speak its name’. Goethe cultural societies and language centers have played a central role in the cultural and educational policies of Germany for close to 60 years. Easily share your publications and get them in front of Issuu’s 2nd list of interaction schedule for admission to lower nursery (2020 – 2021) list of candidates selected for isc 2020 - 2022 interview schedule for class kg-ix & xi (2020-21) seating arrangement for pre board exam 2019-20 pre board examination time table class x & xii -2019-2020 interactive session for parents February 20, 2018 A Budget That Focuses on Equity . Entry will be restricted for all except Staff at the rear gate of Alliance Française de Delhi. Register yourself as early as possible. The assistantship Further telc exams are planned for 2020. We are on the ground in six continents and over 100 countries, bringing international opportunity to life, every day. The registration procedure should be finished 4 weeks before the exam. Going to appear in RRB Recruitment examination and looking for the best Railway Exam Coaching Institutes. Kishore Satpathy, Institute Librarian, NIT Silchar-788010, kishor@nits. Register for academic & general training test, multiple slots available. Events in Goethe Institute, Chennai: Check out the top upcoming and current events happening in Goethe Institute, Thousand Lights, Chennai. There are two ways for that, online and offline, but in most of the cases, they accept offline only for those candidates who are from different Cities, like if i am from Delhi, I might not be accepted in offline process for the exam, rather I need Goethe-Zertifikat A1 exam on 18. 1. More than 2100 business and management universities demand GMAT score for 5900 programs. I have worked in a A global community for prospective LLM students, and a directory of over 700 law schools and counting. We are also an official exam centre and are supported by a professional and passionate team. Applications for the 2020-21 academic year are now open and close Wednesday 5 February 2020 at 16. This information will be given to the candidates by email around 3 weeks before the date of the exam. symentis. / 23. The German proficiency test is international standardized tests that assess your requirements and also better in terms of testing centers, dates, and prices. Graduate Admission 2019 Foreign Student Registry Admission 2019 Faculty of Medical Sciences 2019 Refer M. Mayamadam ensured to talk to PCMC officials and find out the dates . Arora Tuitions Aug 02, 2016 · German Language Course @ NIT Silchar 1. How do I apply for residence placement? Policies and Guidelines. 2 Internal candidates have to bring their Receipt /Student ID, two photographs and the prescribed exam fee on the scheduled dates, failing which the candidates have to appear as external candidates. 1 session per year. To advance quality and equity in education by providing fair and valid assessments, research and related services. We offer 10 levels of general Spanish that cover the levels A1 to C2 of the CEFR. With the Centre for Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance, Goethe University is one of 23 European partners in the project iNEXT-Discovery EU invests additional € 10 million in structural biology B. Link […] Find your IELTS test location and test dates 2020 in Delhi, India. It involves changes in the DELF A2 listening and reading tests. Know More about Eligibility Criteria, Universities , Fee Structure, Admission Procedure, Intake, Visa Procedure and Documents Required for Indians. May 26, 2014 · Standing in the lobby of an upscale hotel in Pune with a catalogue of photographs in one hand and a bag of tobacco, rolling papers and filters in the other; Andreas Rost, a German photographer, looks displeased. I have been a nurse since 1997. You can check the centres outside Russia LINK. Late or incomplete applications will not be considered. To help us better assist you, please include your full name and CFA Institute ID number with your message. As a result, mechanical engineering methods are tried, tested and acquired. Last Registration deadline is 2 weeks prior to test (try to plan early) IELTS exam is conducted on Saturdays or Thursdays only. Goethe B1 Exam in January, 2020. Want to study abroad? Need a visa for an English-speaking country? The TOEFL® test is a test of English as a foreign language that can help you achieve your future dreams. Goethe Chennai Exam Dates. 2. We are offering you the opportunity of getting your original and genuine IELTS certificates with your desired scores in all the modules, with valid exam dates and center stamp chosen by you. While learning German from the Goethe Institute is the common way to learn German, learning from our language school, Language Must, has other advantages: We are offering you the opportunity of Getting your original and Genuine IELTS certificates with your desired scores in all the modules, with valid exam dates and center stamp chosen by you . DELF Pro corresponds to the professional version of the DELF. SarkariExam. It has the same structure as the standard DELF, only the topics are different Feb 26, 2019 · SET Exam 2018 Pattern - For Assistant Professor recruitment National Eligibility Test (NET) examinations will be conduct by National Testing Agency (NTA). Mumbai University Ph. You take the Reading and Use of English, Writing and Listening papers on the same day. Goethe-Zentrum, in partnership with the Goethe-Institut, also conducts the Zertifikat exam at Ahmedabad, Chandigarh, Coimbatore, Hyderabad, and Trivandrum. She requested that please ensure that the dates should not clash with our sports day . 00 UK time. The exam dates is available below and will be Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan New Delhi. CAclubindia Online Learning offers a wide variety of online classes and video lectures for various professional courses such as CA, CS, CMA, CISA as well as various certification courses on GST, Transfer Pricing, International Taxation, Excel, Tally, FM, Ind AS and more. Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. It is not only the entrance to the German Language, but a must for prospected Au Pairs and for the family reunion (Ehegattennachzug). 01. Helmut Schippert, director of Goethe Institut, told the daily that they were “happy to make Cooum a spectacular canvas for the art works. For tutoring please call 856. The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), established by an Act of Parliament in 1985, has continuously striven to build an inclusive knowledge society through inclusive education. This Chashak will be in Jan 2020. Fnb 2020 Exam Date Nov 14, 2014 · Kendriya Vidyalaya (KV) has decided to discontinue teaching German as an alternative to Sanskrit as the third language, a decision which HRD Minister Smriti Irani today said was taken in view of Every visitor and his belongings will be required to undergo a security check. Candidates seeking admission into Graduate or Post-graduate course can download the application form form the official website. “I don’t know why they (the Goethe Institut) put me up at such a fancy place. It is also ranked among Top 10 Private University by Times B-School Ranking 2019. GMAT score is widely accepted by international B-Schools. Hello Bhavin, There is a specific authority Max Mueller Bhavan/Goethe Institut which takes exam in India. All applicants must take an entrance exam or TestAS. They are qualified examiner holding Examiner Certificate issued by Goethe- Institute. We need a minimum number of students to start a batch. IELTS Exam is conducted almost every week (Depending on location). A. Find contact number, address, user reviews, courses, classes details and trainers of Goethe-Institut at 3 Kasturba in New Delhi, Delhi. Search for a comprehensive selection of Courses 2020, Diplomas, Certificates, Associate Degrees, Summer courses, Preparatory Years and many more! Check out the latest news from India and around the world. Each level has a duration of 70/80 hours. Entrance Preview: I have written JET it is University entrance exam where I scored 7. 2020 higher secondary exam routine madden team overalls 2020, rlf 2020 View the list of all Foreign Language colleges in Pune - Maharashtra conducting Foreign Language courses , top/ best Foreign Language institutes/ colleges conducting Foreign Language courses in Pune - Maharashtra - Regular Colleges or Educational Institutions list Count - New Delhi German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived here tonight on a three-day visit and will hold wide-ranging talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi tomorrow to significantly scale up bilateral DELF Pro. These offices work with schools in each region to help prospective and existing IB World Schools, and to provide support to universities and governments interested in the IB. German or Bachelor of Arts in German is an undergraduate German language course. General The Goethe-Institut has developed a series of exams for learners of German as a foreign language (Deutsch als Fremdsprache, DaF) at all levels: A1–C2. There are various levels that rise up based on the difficulty level and in-depth content. Welcome to Student Admission Portal of University of Delhi 2019 Under Graduate Admission 2019 Post Graduate Admission 2019 M. If you would like to stay updated on our latest news and events, subscribe to our newsletter or follow us on our social media. Exam registrations for A2-C1 will be held on Jan 6, & registration for A1 will be held on Jan 7. Every schoolchild used to know 1066, 1588 and 1815 but only the last appears in my list, and not just for the sake of the Battle of Waterloo. Entwickelt von: symentis GmbH - www. The entrance exam date has not yet been confirmed for 2020, but will probably be in the second or third week in May. German exams at the Goethe-Institut New Delhi: get all the information you need and register now! Quick access: Go directly to content (Alt 1) Go directly to second-level navigation (Alt 3) Go directly to first-level navigation (Alt 2) You would like to learn German? Then the Goethe-Institut New Delhi is right for you: continue here for information on all our courses, dates and prices! For general information about all the Goethe exams from A1 to C2, Goethe-Exam in 2020. Here is the list of coaching centers for railway group D EXAM:-1. Free University of Berlin was established by students and scholars on 4 December 1948. There is a number of Goethe Institutes all over India (for example in Delhi, Pune, Mumbai, Chandigarh). check the list of languages that are popular in India and the prominent institutions you can apply to in order to study the respective foreign language course. DELF Junior. / 3. Membership Renewal Nov 13, 2019 · The judgment, which runs into 493 pages, borrows lavishly from English literature. Heidelberg University secured institutional funding in both the 2006 and 2012 guises of Germany’s Excellence Initiative, aimed at promoting world-class research. Book the best German course in Mörfelden-Walldorf on Language International: Read student reviews and compare prices for 24 courses at German schools in Mörfelden-Walldorf, Germany. It is easy to register, and you can sign up for a computer-based exam as little as one week before you take it. in German is generally three academic years and may be provided on a part-time basis by certain institutes. There are dates every month when you can take C1 Advanced. Currently we offer SD1, GZ-A2, GZ-B1 and GZ-B2. 50 UK time. Book your IELTS exam online at ieltsidpindia. tomas ledin turne 2020. Teacher Training for Teachers of German Dates 2020: 3. D in the concerned subjects of research of the faculty of arts, commerce, science, law, and technology. 507 251 visites visites S'inscrire. May 18, 2016 · Not just students of Tiruchi, even housewives and employed professionals too can learn German now, thanks to Goethe-Institut /Max Mueller Bhavan centre opened at St. The dates of the oral exam may vary according to the number of candidates taking the exam in the centre and may take place one or two days before or after the written exam (or more in case of many DELE candidates), at any time of the day. These can be taken both in Germany and abroad, and have been adapted to fit into the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEF), the standard for European language testing. Eleven professors at Heidelberg have been awarded a Nobel Prize since the award was established in 1901. 2020 grunion run,todibo pes 2020 stats,cbre 2020 holiday schedule - icse 2020 exam date, fasching ellwangen 2020, mercado persa 2020, turismo osba 2020. com. The interactors of Delhi Public School, Noida actively participated in the Annual Governor’s Official Visit organised by the Rotary Club of Noida, District 3012 Apr 22, 2019 · Railway Coaching Centres. Be aware of the Goethe Chennai Exam Dates so that you can gain training at FITA and score well on them. Goethe-Zertifikat B1 exam on 25. Want to study in Germany? Get expert's advice on top Germany universities, colleges, 2020 intakes, study program, cost, visa details & scholarships for Indian Students. Welcome to the Instituto Cervantes of New Delhi The Instituto Cervantes is a non-profit organization founded by the Government of Spain in 1991. Examinations in Goethe Zentrum: In THE ONLINE REGISTRATION DATES ARE : A1 - 8TH JAN 2020 | A2 - 9TH The Goethe-Institut has developed a series of exams for learners of German as a For Online Registration for Delhi you have to fill a form - Its in English only Note: What's a meaningful resolution I can make (and actually keep) for 2020? too long for goethe exam seats and dates is to appear for ÖSD exams (A1, A2, B1, It has a wide-spread network of Goethe-Instituts, Goethe Centress and exam centres. The Language Office is the first institute in To find out Exam dates, KINDLY WRITE TO US AT LEAST 3 MONTHS BEFORE THE EXAM DATE FOR DETAILS AND REGISTRATION FORM. The objective of this event was to give the students an understanding about corporate life and to enhance their focus by enabling them to achieve the goals which they aspire for their future. We recommend you read the below before applying. Famous Books and Authors Quiz: Books and human connection is widely and deeply known. Check List of Railway Coaching Centres State Wise for NTPC, Group D, ALP Technician and Other Exam through this page. The Goethe-Zentrum in Trivandrum and the branch in Kochi have been authorized by the Goethe-Institut to conduct the German language certificate examinations from A 1 to C2 level in Kerala. . Our upcoming exam dates in 2020: 02/23/2020 (registration deadline 01/23/2020). Contact them for more details. German exams at the Goethe-Institut New Delhi: get all the information you need and Goethe-Institut German exams registration Examination Fee 2020 German courses and German exams at the Goethe-Institut New Delhi: all levels A1 to C2✓ recognised certificates✓ online and locally. Apply for 15,678 Jobs and get Tamil Nadu Employment News, TN Govt Jobs For Anytime Admission Mode. Delhi University Exam Date Sheet 2019-2020, Exam Calendar Announced, Delhi University exam dates 2019-20 will be official declared by the University Delhi University is one of the popular university of India which offers education in the field of engineering, arts, commerce, law, management, science, etc. Johns Vestry Anglo Indian HSS. April 17th 2020 Exam: Adults: Levels A1, A2, B1, B2, C1 Deadline: February 19th 2020. The school conducted it with intense vigilance, adhering to the guidelines issued by the CBSE. goethe delhi exam dates 2020
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1352930
|
__label__wiki
| 0.589174
| 0.589174
|
Friday, May 22, 2009:
The first part of Obama's revenge for being so dissed by Bibi is to send Joe Biden to Lebanon, where his very presence will immeasurably help Hezbollah in the upcoming election.
Why it is a mistake for Dieudonne M'Bala M'Bala to associate himself with Le Pen? Dieudonne has two huge advantages: he's black, and he's a comedian. That gave him double immunity against the slur, and allowed him to say simple truths denied to everybody else. Once he associated himself with Le Pen he immediately lost these advantages, was swallowed whole by the Le Pen meme, and will be depicted as just another self-hating ethnic joining the white racists because he was an 'anti-Semite' all along. Associating with Le Pen immediately took him outside of the mainstream, and made him toxic to the legion of moral and decent people. It is just bad tactics, and the JIZ are so powerful we can't afford such slips.
The 'Temple 4': the usual poor losers who are led by a police informant/agent who supplies the plan and the weapons, and sets the patsies up for when an arrest is politically useful. This is so obvious now that it is noticed by everybody. The FBI agents who try to stop Jewish crimes are stymied and threatened, and the FBI agents who manufacture phony crimes against Jewish targets become heroes.
David Ignatius, who should have a gif of a fluttering Israeli flag beside his by-line (truth in advertising), continues the great American 'journalist' tradition of telling Americans what Bibi is thinking so Americans can behave accordingly:
"The Israeli prime minister wants U.S. and Arab leaders to pledge that any future Palestinian state will be demilitarized - with no army and no control over its airspace - before he agrees to negotiate the details of statehood. Netanyahu probably isn't bluffing on this one: Unless a formula can be reached that protects Israeli security, he won't play."
Meanwhile, back at the (Israeli) ranch, David Sanger continues his stellar work of conveying Israeli propaganda about a non-existent Syrian nuclear program by conveying Israeli propaganda about an non-existent Iranian nuclear program, using the purest Judy Miller style - note the use of the telltale 'outside experts' and 'administration officials', i. e., Dennis Ross - made so infamous by the New York Times to create the Jewish lies which tricked Americans into the disastrous War For The Jews known as the attack on Iraq.
The return of Pride
The ontology of Osama bin Laden
Jews attack gays
Tuesday, May 26. 2009
Wars against the Blacks
Who was that bald man?
Hopelessly addled
Bibi, hero of the Palestinian people
Apologies for Evil
Correctly Blaming the Jews
The groundswell
MEMRI's disdain for American intelligence
Pope-icide prep
Six Degrees of Kosher Bacon
Who will save the United States?
Getting away with espionage
Miracles can happen
Zionism is insanity
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1352931
|
__label__wiki
| 0.845429
| 0.845429
|
How Walmart Is Using Virtual Reality To Pick Middle Managers
Another example of Walmart's employing cutting edge technology - for which it was famous early in its history - in an attempt to become more competitive, in this case, to retain a better workforce. JL
Sarah Nassauer and Chip Cutter report in the Wall Street Journal:
Walmart is using a VR to find new middle managers, watching how workers respond in virtual reality to an angry shopper, a messy aisle or an underperforming worker. VR training is becoming more common to educate a large number of workers quickly or assess technical ability. Walmart’s use to gauge a worker’s strengths, weaknesses and potential is pushes VR evaluation out to a massive hourly workforce and in some cases helps determine who gets raises and who gets demoted. Walmart hopes the technology will limit bias inherent in hiring decisions, increase diversity and reduce turnover among its 1.5 million U.S. employees.
When some Walmart Inc. WMT 0.12% store workers want to apply for a higher-paying management role, the company fits them with a $250 virtual reality headset to see if they are the right candidate for the job.
The country’s largest private employer is using a VR skills assessment as part of the selection process to find new middle managers, watching how workers respond in virtual reality to an angry shopper, a messy aisle or an underperforming worker.
VR training is becoming more common in a variety of industries to educate a large number of workers quickly or assess the technical ability of high-skilled workers like electricians or pilots. But Walmart’s use of the technology to gauge a worker’s strengths, weaknesses and potential is significant because it pushes VR evaluation out to a massive hourly workforce and in some cases helps determine who gets raises and who gets demoted.
“What we’re trying to do is understand the capacity of the individual from a leadership perspective and how they view situations,” said Drew Holler, Walmart’s senior vice president of associate experience. Walmart executives hope the technology will limit bias inherent in many traditional hiring decisions, increase diversity and reduce turnover among its 1.5 million U.S. employees in a tight labor market.
The assessment yields a color-coded report for hiring managers that describes strengths and weaknesses—perhaps weak leadership skills, but strong knowledge of the fresh produce department—that can help determine promotion decisions or the need for additional training, said Mr. Holler.
Walmart started using virtual reality training broadly last year, adding headsets in the backrooms of all 4,600 U.S. stores to train over a million workers how to stock shelves or use new online pickup machines. In one training meant to encourage empathy, workers see through the eyes of a cashier, then inhabit the view of a dad with his son as they hold up the line by carefully counting change, only to find they don’t have enough.
The VR assessments have been given to over 10,000 workers so far as part of a new store management structure rolling out to some stores that reduces the number of managers. To earn those higher-paying jobs, workers take the VR assessment and undergo more traditional evaluation by management and workers.
Earlier this year, Walmart employee David Arias earned a promotion to team leader and a 10% pay raise after using the VR evaluation. “I scored pretty evenly both in ability to train and the ability to lead,” said the 32-year-old, who has worked at Walmart for 12 years and was previously a training coordinator at a supercenter in Economy, Pa.
Walmart’s use of VR reflects broader efforts by employers to quickly, but fairly gauge workers’ abilities as jobs change due to automation and other factors, said Stacey Philpot, head of Deloitte’s leadership practice. “It’s really important that companies do a better job of assessing potential,” she said.
As Walmart begins to use VR to evaluate workers, it can use the data to identify how certain traits correlate with performance, said Jeremy Bailenson, founding director of Stanford University’s Virtual Human Interaction Lab and co-founder of Strivr, a Menlo Park, Calif.-based company that designed Walmart’s virtual reality training. “We know how high performers act and we can match with that,” he said.
How do you feel about virtual-reality job training? Should companies use VR assessments to determine promotions? Why or why not? Join the conversation below.
Walmart wanted to understand how candidates respond when they have to prioritize different work or how they communicate with co-workers in times of conflict, said Michael Casale, a cognitive neuroscientist who is Strivr’s chief science officer. Walmart managers completed real-life performance assessments for hundreds of candidates that took early VR evaluations to verify accuracy and build the first iteration of the algorithm that scores workers, he said. For now, scores are based on how workers answer questions in VR.
But Strivr and Walmart are moving toward integrating a worker’s body movement and attention data, collected in VR, which early research shows gives a more accurate and complete picture of future performance and a candidate’s soft skills, said Mr. Casale. That data isn’t yet used in scoring, he said.
The use of body movement data to predict personality and potential could have pitfalls if workers aren’t given other ways to prove their worth, say some training experts. Workers become high-potential employees for many reasons, including training, experiences, opportunities and access to mentors—characteristics a VR assessment may not be able to fully capture, says Andrew Gadomski, managing director of recruiting and workforce analytics firm Aspen Analytics. “No one’s got a silver bullet,” he says.
VR is a “touchpoint in our selection process. It’s not a disqualifier,” or a mandatory part of the promotion process, said Beth Nagel, Walmart human resources market manager for the Pittsburgh area, which is using the tool. So far “VR has substantiated what we as a manager see in someone as potential.”
Strivr doesn’t use VR assessment in its own hiring or promotion decisions, said Mr. Casale. “I imagine it’s something we will explore in the near future on an experimental basis.”
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1352937
|
__label__cc
| 0.664627
| 0.335373
|
Giving 100%
Training for Olympics is easier than being a mum
19th September 2016 20th September 2016 admin 3574 Views 0 Comments Article by Sue Mott, Photo credit: Jason Hardy
In association with Virgin Money Giving the 100% not-for-profit fundraising website, The Mixed Zone has helped produce a series of video documentaries in which two leading sportswomen have the opportunity to sit down and quiz each other about their careers. In the second programme, to be aired by Virgin Money Giving today, two Olympic runners-up, Gail Emms from Athens and Becky James in Rio, compare silver medals and discuss everything from their respective post-podium celebrations to their domestic arrangements. Fortuitously, The Mixed Zone editor Sue Mott was there, armed with camera, tape-recorder and notebook and pen, to reveal the behind-the-scenes stories from their meeting
Two Olympians, both silver medallists, separated by the great gulf of retirement. That’s how it appeared from the outside. But it turned out they had mighty tracts of their lives in common: unquenchable competitiveness, ferocious work ethic, desperate disappointments, unforgettable moments on the Olympic podium … and genuine regret that they share a home with men so addicted to protein that powerful air-freshers are a necessity.
“Hmmmm, George’s worst habit?” mused Becky James of her international rugby-playing boyfriend, George North, who was frequently seen during the Rio Olympics wrapping her in huge-armed hugs by the side of the Velodrome.
“He has too much protein. Do you know what that does?”
Gail Emms, Olympic badminton silver medallist in 2004, did. She cracked up laughing.
“Too many bad smells,” elaborated Becky.
“They do smell, don’t they, boys?”
“Oh, they do.”
Elite athletes seldom socialise with each other, outside members of their own sport, but the empathy when they do is almost tangible. One of Team GB’s greatest cyclists meets Britain’s greatest female badminton player, and apart from the fact that Becky’s racing bike is worth about £60,000, while Gail’s racquet in her prime was “a hundred quid”, the common ground between the two is immense.
“There’s that little bit of frustration …” Becky admitted at not coming home from Rio with gold in either the keirin or the sprint. “If I’d done something different …”
“People assume you’re going to be happy with an Olympic medal, but there is that stigma that you’ve lost gold …” Gail confessed she can only ever be 99 per cent happy with her silver. But then her mum was an England women’s footballer who played in the 1971 World Cup in Mexico. Competitiveness runs in the family. As it does in the James family: six siblings, five of them sporty and even their mum finished runner-up in the over-50’s national mountain bike championships. She only took up the sport because she was worried about her daughters alone on long training sessions.
Mothers – and their sacrifices – becomes quite a theme.
Gail, at 39, is very clear on motherhood. She has two boys, Harry and Ollie, both sports-mad, and even though the dog is also male, she has no desire to go try for a baby girl. “No, I’m knackered, basically. It’s easier to train for the Olympics than being a mum. I love my boys, but they’re so full-on I need help. I’ve got a ‘manny’. A male nanny. Valentin from Germany. Doing the stuff I want to do – visiting schools and stuff. It’s so hard. I want to work. So it’s a great help.”
“It makes me think, ‘Fair play to my mum’,” said Becky, thinking of the cycling tribe at home.
“Do you want six then?” Gail asks.
“No. No way. Six is a lot.”
Gail’s advice is unequivocal: “Stay in sport as long as possible.”
Becky, 24, has already proved her staying power. Back in 2012 she missed her home Olympics because of a horrendously interrupted year due to illness. “I had appendicitis, put on weight, and missing out on London was hard to accept. But I pushed on and became double world champion in 2013. Happy times. But the following year I only managed double bronze which made me determined to train super-hard. I over-trained to be honest. I had a problem with my knee for 18 months. But I kept pushing and pushing through the pain.
“Then I had a cancer scare. I’d put off and put off my first smear test. When I went they found ‘severe’ abnormalities. My cervix was covered in pre-cancerous cells. I just found it so stressful. You know when you hear the word ‘cancer’? It’s terrifying. You convince yourself you’ve got it.” She received the all-clear just before her departure for Rio.
“Having all that going on, and the injury for a year and half – it just makes these so much more worth it, more special.” ‘These’ are her twin silver medals, lying on the ground in front of her, hefty great things that have already annoyed Gail in their size and magnificence. “Don’t laugh,” she says revealing her medal from Athens, half the size and about a bag of sugar lighter.
But, as she notes, Athens was more fun. “We had Lottery funding as athletes, but not as much as now. There was still an amateur status about it. Everyone was so grateful for any medal. And then we just partied. Completely. ‘Let’s go crazy’. I’m so lucky. I feel I had a chance to celebrate. I feel kind of sorry for you guys”, she addressed Becky, “it seems so professional, so …”
“…regimented,” Becky offers. Her post-victory celebration in Rio involved one drugs test, pizza and ice cream in the food hall, a couple of drinks and then deciding with her room-mate and fellow Olympic medallist, Katie Archibald, that it was time to sleep. “It was midnight – we were like, ‘Oh well, go to bed’.” Gail rolled her eyes in horror.
Photo credit: Shakila Barabhuiya
She retired at 31 from badminton after the Beijing Games where she and her partner, Nathan Robertson, finished fifth. They’d gone for gold. They were devastated. “But I knew I’d given everything, so I retired with a good feeling. Then I discovered that nothing prepares you for retirement. Sport gives you so much. Highs, lows, wins, losses, incredible relationships with a group of people who know what you’re going through. Then, suddenly, you’re in normal life and it doesn’t work like sport.
“You kind of wander around saying, ‘Hi, I used to play badminton. I was really good. I was the best in the world …’ and no one cares. You are really lost. Now I’ve accepted it. I feel privileged and honoured to be in sport.”
For her, the lightbulb moment was watching the Sydney Olympics at home. The competitors were drawn from the top 16 in the world. She was ranked 17th. “The next day I gave 100 per cent. It’s incredible. You know the difference. It’s really empowering.”
Becky is in the thick of the ‘100 per cent’ phase and has no idea what she will do afterwards. Her focus is on training for the Commonwealth Games, coming up fast in the spring of 2018. “I absolutely love cycling. I can’t imagine not doing it, day-in day-out.” If Gail kindly tries to insinuate that there is more to life, it is with the half-hearted urge of someone who is descending from the peak of absolute fitness with an understandable tinge of regret. Actually, delete ‘tinge’.
“It’s knackering being old … when you’ve got to look after the kids, do the school run, do dinners, sort their bags out. At the end of the day all you want to do is collapse on the sofa with a glass of wine and loads of chocolate.
“I loved my body when I was an athlete. I’m looking at your thighs with envy.” Gail said, staring mock-glumly. Or perhaps real-glumly. “I used to have those legs. I was about power and fitness. I loved being that advert for women to say, ‘Look this is what the human body can do. It’s incredible how we can push ourselves, challenge ourselves’. I want to be a role model for other women to keep fit. ‘Don’t succumb to the sofa’.”
She is preaching to the converted in this conversation. “I was desperate to get back to training after the Olympics.” Becky allowed herself a quick flit to Barcelona with George before settling on the bike again. “I get really grumpy if I don’t exercise. Really moody.”
She conjures visions of a domestic life in which the Welsh rugby hero (very tidy apparently) has to shove her out through the garage door on her bike when she gets irritable. Gail’s not buying it. She reckons the irritations are the other way round.
“Knowing a sportsman’s ego and how much they eat – how do you live with one?”
“I’m probably the more selfish one,” says Becky. “We started going out with each other when we were both in our careers. We would travel four-and-a-half hours each way every weekend to see each other. M6, M5, M4. It was hard work. Then he moved to Northampton, where we live now, and it was a lot easier.” Yes, but the food, Gail presses. “George is a big eater. Lots of chicken. I have to stop myself eating as much as him because, from all the training, I’m always hungry.”
Dangerously, she bakes cakes as sideline. In fact, she is producing two wedding cakes by the end of the month.
“Yours?” Gail wondered.
“No, I couldn’t stand the stress. When things go wrong it’s a disaster.”
So she is not to be lured into discussing marriage plans. Nor yet commitment to the Tokyo Olympics, either. “I don’t know. Four years is a long cycle. I break down what I’m doing into two years at a time. Apart from winning an Olympic gold medal, I’ve done most things I wanted to achieve. Just not gold … at the moment.”
Footnote: It later turned out that Becky had another ambition. One clearly secret from her entire family. Upon the startling revelation that she wanted to open ‘a sausage dog hotel’, a tweet was received from David of Wales. It said: “I only found out this morning and I’m her dad!”
#Giving100percent
CLICK HERE – Giving 100% – the series
Sue Mott is an award-winning sport journalist who has worked on radio, TV and the written press. Sue’s latest articles
← Rio starting to take Paralympics to its heart
Rio’s Paralympics left me breathless and humbled →
When Lottie met Kate
30th July 2016 admin 0
‘There is an element of being an obsessive masochist’
12th December 2016 admin 0
We’re so proud of our daughters
The start of #BeAGameChanger
#BAGC2016 Awards Open
Traharn Chidley - #IAmEnduranc..
Williams relishing latest chapter in her life
10th January 2018 admin No Comments
‘It’s going to be a great finale’
1st September 2017 admin No Comments
‘I’d like to be the first woman to win the Derby’
2nd June 2018 admin No Comments
Why personal endeavour must trump the chemists
26th February 2018 admin No Comments
‘I Feel Sheer Disgust At What Had Been Allowed To Happen’ – Lisa Dobriskey
4th August 2015 admin 5 Comments
14th September 2015 admin No Comments
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1352939
|
__label__cc
| 0.684213
| 0.315787
|
Breaking Bad and Disability Narratives
I tried to watch Breaking Bad years ago with the rest of you, but as the story quickly unfolded around questions of disability and cancer, I had to stop, for personal family reasons.
Now, the show long over and the spoilers nicely spoiled, I'm trying again (on the treadmill). Disability informs so much of the show in complex, and somewhat troubling ways.
Here's a critique by disability studies scholar Stephen Kuusisito [my emphasis]
It’s hard to like cancer. But aside from the whack-a-mole portentousness of Walter’s diagnosis, the narrative incitement of “Breaking Bad” has everything to do with dark agency: accordingly the show depends on unabashed ableism. By this I don’t mean simple “discrimination in favor of able bodied people” but what David Mitchell and Sharon Snyder call “narrative prosthesis”–disability as a vehicle employed to reinforce normalcy. Narrative prosthesis deflects the abnormal body by dramatizing its unseemliness and presuming its incompatibility with our better natures. This is “Breaking Bad” in a nutshell.
What makes narrative prosthesis palatable? The answer (as Dickens well knew) is the Tiny Tim effect–the cripple must stand for something larger or more urgent “right now” in culture. You might not ordinarily think of Walter White and Tiny Tim in the same room, and if you were inclined to think of Tiny Tim at all in the context of “Breaking Bad” you would most likely imagine Walter’s son Walter Junior who is portrayed as having mild cerebral palsy. This is a clever prosthetic red herring, a ruse on crutches, for Walter is Tiny Tim in the purest sense: he reflects cultural ideas about illness. Why? Because his diagnosis is inseparable from his latent capacity for dishonesty and cruelty–a matter the show labors to prove throughout its first season as we see him despise friends and former business partners and family members who wish to help him. He’s Ahab with cancer and no health plan and a chemistry degree. He’s a figure for our times: smart, ironic, bitter, a little crazy, shrewd, vengeful, oddly nostalgic for his nuclear family, entirely creepy. But while the show strives to make these qualities digestible its larger Aristotelian template is a simple reduction of ableist ideas about serious illness. Everyone will be made ill by Walter. Everyone is rendered a cripple by Walter from his brother in law the DEA agent to his wife to Jessie Pinkman. And this is the oldest and most repulsive idea about cancer of them all. Cancer as metaphor. Intoxicating. Everyone alive with vices. Even the environment has cancer. The houses. When ableism really works its best magic the city is cancer. As Sontag says: “Before the city was understood as, literally, a cancer causing (carcinogenic) environment, the city was seen as itself a cancer–a place of abnormal, unnatural growth, and extravagant, devouring, armored passions.”
So, that's a pretty harsh indictment.
I've only seen the first few episodes, so have no real comment yet, other than finding the performative masculinity linked with ableist dialogue interesting (and pretty sure it was an intentional move on the part of the writers).
What else should I read about it?
Labels: Breaking Bad, Stephen Kuusisto, tv
Accessible Conferences - A good set of guidelines
Nice post here on Accessible Conferences. Highlights:
Incorporating accessibility into conference organizing must begin at the earliest stages of conference planning, not least of all to ensure that accessibility is a central item in funding applications. Thus, you will notice that even our CFP for the conference provided a sketch of the accessibility provisions for the conference.
Note that there are guidelines for both presenters and for moderators. If there are any concerns that arise during conference events, please let the moderator know. Moderators will be asked to help facilitate accessibility during sessions. You may ask the moderator for assistance before, during, or after your talk. If needed they will be in touch with Jane Dryden (local conference organizer) or a designated student volunteer.
It's everyone's work to be accessible as possible. I now routinely describe my powerpoint slides with sufficient detail that a person with vision issues will have a sense of what I'm talking about. I use a microphone even if I feel I can project. And I try to say that explicitly to tell the audience this is what I'm doing and why, as a way to help spread the culture of accessibility.
For the guidelines themselves, which are solid, please click through to the original link!
Labels: academia, accessibility, conferences
Ads and Disability - Kleenex pairs Disabled People with Cute Dogs
Here's a long analysis of disability in "ad-land," from New Mobility, focusing heavily on visible disabilities (and especially people in wheelchairs). The author is more optimistic than I am and more dismissive of inspiration porn as a problem (there's a lot of - sure, sentimental, but it's great - analysis), but has both some good points and useful numbers. Some excerpts:
Perhaps the country’s leading authority on this matter, at least in terms of quantitative analysis, is Olan Farnall, Ph.D., a communication and media scholar at Texas Tech University. In 2012, Farnall conducted an exhaustive survey of what he called “ability-integrated” TV advertising (AIA) and compared it to a similar study done in 2001. In a sampling of over 1,600 commercials, Farnall found that 29 made the grade. Doesn’t sound like much, does it? In 2001, the number was 15, i.e., half as many. Extrapolated from his sampling, there are far more ads out there than 1,600 and far more AIA ads than 29. Today is a huge ad universe. Counting in multiple repeats, there may be as many as 1,500 30-second spots airing a day!
Farnall estimates that the frequency of ability-integrated ads is about 1.7 percent. By comparison, in the last study published, the frequency of actors with disabilities in speaking parts in a given television programming season was .5 percent. Get out your calculator — that’s more than three times greater.
It has been four years since Farnall canvassed the TV commercial landscape, so the uptick from then to now is largely anecdotal.
Here's a point I like:
Cool people in wheelchairs are decidedly new content, right along with heavily tattooed dads and mixed race couples. Seeing a wheelchair user dancing is something Millennials have seen over and over again at Coachella or Bonnaroo. In their minds, ads like this are simply catching up with their everyday reality.
Ads, like other media, could use much more sophisticated analysis when it comes to disability and representation. I have good news on that front coming soon in regards to Hollywood and TV, but there's lots of work to do here.
And then we come to Kleenex. From New Mobility again:
Adman Loebner points to another spot that might draw the same reaction. Made for Kimberly-Clark, aka, Kleenex, it is called “Unlikely Best Friends” and features a paralyzed dog and a paralyzed man and their man-dog camaraderie. “Chance,” the dog, hit by a car and close to euthanasia, is an ever-present reminder that, back legs or no back legs, life is good. Kleenex is never mentioned until the final graphic.
Watch the ad here (it is captioned):
The author likes it, saying maybe it's good inspiration porn, but I wonder - what is the function of this ad? Is it to say - all lives, even disabled lives, have value? It certainly doesn't have anything to do with selling Kleenex, unless such narratives make you cry.
Here's another one from Kleenex, this one involving a dog and a girl with Down syndrome (and her mother).
Barney, the companion dog, "doesn't see disability. He just sees her."
Again - this is basic feel-good cute animal plus disabled person storytelling. It doesn't sell Kleenex. It's about the feels.
It's not terrible, as these things go. At least it is centering the disabled person more or less, and it's totally cute. And yet, the message I come away with from both of these Kleenex spots is - awwww, doggie.
As always, when thinking about disability and ads, I return to the gold standard: Swiffer and the Rukavinas.
Interracial, inter-abled, actually on the product, makes you feel good, doesn't inspire pity or sympathy or othering.
Labels: advertisement, disability, kleenex
Lydia Brown on Internalizing Ableism and "The Movement"
Lydia Brown has a great new essay on internalizing ableism. We all consume the oppressive mental structures of our society - racism, ableism, classism, sexism, etc. - and replicate them within our discourse, actions, and thoughts from time to time. It's part of why I think apology and restoration of community is so important and tricky. Societal norms will push us to fail sometimes. The trick is how to distinguish abusers versus those who act through ignorance or mistake. But that's a subject for another post.
As always, Brown's insights into disability are extremely important. I was struck, though, especially by this paragraph:
We build cultures of perfection in activist spaces. This is not unique to autistic or disabled spaces. Purity politics pervade activist and social justice spaces. Call-out culture demands that in the rush to create safe spaces, we shut people out and throw them away if they fuck up once. (This is not about forgiving privileged people for repeatedly entitled or outright abusive behavior targeting marginalized people. This is about disposability politics.) We're constantly competing for limited resources ("likes" and "reblogs" and "retweets," all the twenty-first century trappings of social capital -- and that word "capital" is critically important), trying to be better activists, always on, always saying the right thing. We give pithy acknowledgements of privilege and past ignorance/fuck-ups, but functionally act as though in the present time, we no longer fuck up because now we're Educated. That it is our duty to jump down each other's throats at the slightest mistake or misphrasing -- ignoring the completely classist, racist, and ableist implications of expecting people to always say the right thing and never accidentally say the wrong thing or not know the correct terms.
I think the internet - which is to say typed space that feels ephemeral like oral speech, but is in fact semi-permanent (esp with screenshots, wayback machines, etc.) - exacerbates these tendencies in activist spaces. It's easier for the casual way internalized oppressions emerge in discourse to travel beyond the confines of the off-hand, revealing, utterance.
Brown then asks:
So where are our spaces where we can heal not just from the trauma inflicted on us by others but also from the ongoing trauma we inflict on ourselves? Where can we be vulnerable, truly vulnerable, without fearing the consequences of enforced ostracism from "safe spaces" that privilege an ableist facade of having-it-together and overcoming-internalized-oppression?
Building those spaces is part of the work that Brown is doing.
Labels: ableism, disability, Lydia Brown, social media
Two Deaths and the Cult of Compliance
Two deaths of disabled men at the hands of law enforcement have been in the news lately.
One was black, a veteran, and a mental health crisis spun him into custody, where an officer (allegedly) broke his neck. The other was white, nonverbal, autistic, and walked away from his group at a park, where an officer (allegedly) slammed him to the ground and caused his death.
Here are the stories.
Elliot Williams died in 2011, but a new lawsuit and released surveillance video have made it news.
Elliott Williams spent the last five days of his life in a Tulsa County jail, paralyzed and lying on the cold concrete floor. But despite the 37-year-old Oklahoma man’s pleas for help, guards did nothing to save him, a lawsuit claims.
At one point, jailers dumped Williams’s limp body into a shower and left him there for an hour. The dying inmate “would not stand up but we did give him a shower anyway,” a captain later testified, according to a sheriff’s office internal report.
Another officer saw Williams face down in the shower, screaming, “Help me!” according to the internal report.
“He’s acting like he’s paralyzed, but we know he’s not,” a mental health worker told Williams’s dad, court papers allege.
Detention officers, nurses, and even a jail psychiatrist accused Williams of “faking” an illness. His family says they declined to administer medical care or transport Williams to a hospital—until it was too late.
Williams died in a pool of his own saliva and vomit. Notice that although he had psychiatric disabilities, what killed him was an officer deciding that a threatening step required slamming him to the ground, during which he suffered the neck injury.
Meanwhile, just Wednesday, Paul Gianelos walked away from his group at a park, so his caregivers called the police to help find him. For reasons that aren't clear, when Gianelos wouldn't quickly comply with orders to get in the car, the officers - at least one of whom had Crisis Intervention Team training - decided to escalate the situation (instead of, for example, calling for help from the professionals who cared for Gianelos). From WUSA9 in DC:
Fairfax police say a 20-year veteran officer with crisis intervention training, spotted
Gianelos along Annandale Road, about a mile from the park. Police say the officer tried to talk him into coming back to the group home outing. Gianelos apparently refused, and police say he became combative and began to struggle with the officer. Gianelos was handcuffed, and fell, hitting his head. Rescue crews were called and police say when Gianelos was being transported, he went into cardiac arrest and died.
We don't have more details yet, but I've read a lot of these reports, and I suspect we'll find out that the officer simply decided that compliance, rather than patience, was mandatory.
For new readers, here's some information on the cult of compliance and law enforcement.
Original post.
Label/tag search on the site.
Ferguson and the Cult of Compliance (Al Jazeera America, 8/15/2014)
The Outrage of Handcuffing Children in Schools (CNN.com, 8/5/15)
The Corrosive Cult of Compliance in Our Schools (Al Jazeera America, 4/22/15)
Labels: autism, cult of compliance, disability, Elliot Williams, Paul Gianelos, police violence
The Revictimization of a Transgender, Disabled, Immigrant: Oppressions Intersect
Content Note: Rape, Abuse, Violence
Intersectionality is often used in very positive ways - to affirm multiple identities, to demand voice for the multiply marginalized, and so forth. This is valid and vital, but I read the source material (Crenshaw's work) as saying something less pleasant. To me, the core message of intersectionality is that oppressive forces intersect, endangering people whose identity incorporates multiply marginalized categories.
Today, Tina Vasquez (writing for Rewire) has a piece on a disabled, trans, immigrant and the many ways her rights have been disregarded. As always, please read the whole piece.
The story discusses M, who has mental health issues, cognitive disabilities, and a seizure disorder. She is the survivor of trauma. She is transgender. She is, of course, an immigrant. She is (I assume) not white.
She's done everything right, but the system has failed her. Some quotes:
While there, Ramos said M was subjected to verbal abuse from officers who mocked her transgender identity, with one officer passing her cell and saying, “What’s the story with this one,” according to M’s attorney. Eventually, M was transferred to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody at San Diego’s Otay Mesa Detention Center, where M says the trauma continued, explained Ramos.
M was held in a cell with men for 12 hours as she was processed into Otay Mesa, with one detainee staring at her aggressively for the entire 12 hours, according to her attorney. After processing, M was placed in medical isolation for reasons Ramos said she could not share out of respect for M’s privacy. Later, M was brought into the shower area with men. Though she was given her own private stall, male detainees showered nearby, Ramos said.
“She began experiencing flashbacks and felt like she was going to be raped again,” Ramos said. “She felt helpless because the officers were not taking her concerns seriously. It was incredibly traumatizing.”
Ebadolahi told Rewire current U.S. immigration policies only subject traumatized, vulnerable asylum seekers to more trauma—and M is one of the more “fortunate” ones. After successfully passing her credible fear interview, M was released from detention on April 11.
“We’re talking about a transgender woman who is a survivor of multiple rapes, who has post-traumatic stress disorder, who has disabilities, including a seizure disorder, who has gone through a lifetime of hurt, and for who the simple act of appearing at the port of entry and applying for asylum took an enormous effort—and despite all of these things, she is considered one of the fortunate ones because she has a pro-bono lawyer working on her behalf,” Ebadolahi said.
“How M and her attorney were treated at the port of entry and … in detention, is unconstitutional, unethical, and outrageous. We shouldn’t tolerate it. This treatment serves absolutely no legitimate, government purpose and only serves to further traumatize and marginalize very vulnerable people. No one should be subject to this kind of abuse. This has to stop.”
Our system to protect asylum seekers only magnifies trauma. We need to do better.
Labels: disability, immigration, racism, rape, Rewire, Tina Vasquez, transgender, transphobia, trauma
WBEZ: Trading parental rights for mental health care
In our system, parents have to abandon their disabled children (officially anyway) in order to make the state into a child's legal guardian, and thus the state will provide actual health care.
From WBEZ:
One of the worst moments in Eileen’s life was the day she called a local Chicago hospital to tell them she refused to pick up her 15-year-old son after he was discharged. He was in the hospital for psychiatric care, one of many visits over his young life.
It’s hard to imagine why someone who loved being a mom would decide to refuse to pick up a child who had been discharged from a hospital. But it was a painfully logical choice.
Across the country, and especially in Illinois, it can be incredibly difficult to get psychiatric services for a child, let alone pay for them. So when a parent has a child that needs psychiatric help, that parent sometimes make an excruciating choice to give up custody.
The reason these parents abandon their children is because once the state becomes the child’s legal custodian, the state is forced to provide the mental health care the parent couldn’t access. According to the most recent data available, about every four days in Illinois, a parent gives up parental custody to get critical mental health services for their child.
It makes terrible sense. I've written about the ways our system is so focused on crisis response rather than crisis prevention, so people can get into emergency rooms (maybe, sometimes, if not shot), but not long-term preventative psychiatric care. See here on Phillip Coleman and here on Paul Ryan for my work on that.
Posted by Lollardfish at 1:02 PM
Labels: disability, healthcare, illinois, mental health, parenting
Captain America: Humanities Major
From The Mary Sue, Alysa Auriemma has a lovely essay about Captain America (in the context of the comic "Civil War") and a new masculinity. After opening paragraphs on toxic masculinity and patriarchy, she writes:
Captain America not only navigates masculinity, but he completely subverts and ultimately rejects our contemporary conceptions of what it means to be a man, thereby creating a new kind of masculinity that demands self-inquiry, emotional empathy, and innate goodness. It’s not enough to just say Cap is an example of non-toxic masculinity, because what Cap does is redefine the binary of maleness. He’s not just an emblem for what not to be; he’s a roadmap of masculine possibility.
It's a good essay and you should read it. But here's my favorite part [My emphasis]:
Steve, The Art Student
Many of the male, human Avengers specialize in math and sciences: Tony Stark is a brilliant electric engineer, and Bruce Banner holds a doctorate in nuclear physics. But prior to getting transformed into Captain America, Steve Rogers was an art student who was really into comics and illustration and was planning on getting fine arts degree. This focus on the humanities correlates to Steve already subverting our expectations. We think of Captain America as this beefcake who represents the best of us. Perhaps the “best of us” doesn’t have to always focus on STEM (although the push for more women and girls to get involved and recognized for their work in math and science disciplines is welcome), but on the ways in which we can discuss, theorize, and imagine the world, as well, through arts education. This major literally illustrates Steve’s optimism and hope and points out a reason why Steve would volunteer for Operation Rebirth in the first place. He sees the world how it could be, which leads him to ultimately transform into Captain America.
That's right. Steve Rogers, whose path to heroism came from being good, is a humanities major.
Also he's my son's favorite (Image Descriptions: Three pictures of my son in various poses, wearing a Captain America shirt and Captain America swimsuit).
Labels: captain america, comics, humanities, stem, superheroes
Upcoming Webinar: Disability and Journalism - Telling Better Stories
I'm very excited to announced that I will be joining with Lawrence Carter-Long to offer a free webinar on disability and journalism on May 11, via The Poynter Institute.
There are 56 million Americans who identify as disabled. Tens of millions more are connected to disability as direct caregivers or family members. Yet journalism about disability is too often stuck in decades-old models that imagine disability only as tragedy, a personal medical problem or something to be overcome. Thankfully, the historical divide between newsrooms and disability activist communities is rapidly becoming an a thing of the past.
In this webinar, we’ll offer better ways to tell stories about disability as identity, reveal key resources for reporting on these stories and see the disability angle hidden within almost every beat.
WHAT WILL I LEARN:
How to avoid common mistakes that dehumanize disabled individuals
Where and how to find untold stories about disability in America
The benefits of understanding disability as identity rather than as a collection of medical concerns
How to connect disability to other stories in other communities in order to practice intersectional journalism
WHO SHOULD TAKE THIS COURSE:
Every major beat has a disability angle, likely one you haven’t explored. Politics, metro, sports, health, entertainment, even weather (we could tell you stories about snowstorms, Hurricane Katrina and wheelchair-accessible trailers) — reporters who work in any of these fields, and the editors who oversee newsrooms, will find a wealth of new stories at their fingertips once they begin to engage with disability.
Please spread the word. Share the link. We'll be reaching out to people across the disability community to learn more about what YOU want to see journalists do better, but please leave comments, end me emails, tweets, Facebook messages, anything.
I'd especially like to encourage you to think about local journalists. Too often we focus on the big nationals - and that matters, as their patterns shape local practice. But while I follow the nationals carefully, I don't know what's being said or reported on in your particular community. Send links! Send commentary! Send anything.
Labels: disability, disability journalism, journalism, lawrence carter-long, poynter
The Down Syndrome Memo
Here's the story. A woman agreed to be a surrogate mother, the fetus was diagnosed with Down syndrome, the couple demanded an abortion, the surrogate mother refused, the couple decided not to sue, and now the surrogate mother is living happily with her daughter and partner.
They wrote a book, Saving Delaney, and got a nice write up in People. I hope their book does great!
Here are two quotes from the piece, though, that trouble me.
Two months into Andrea's pregnancy in 2012, prenatal tests showed that the baby had Down syndrome, in addition to other complications, Keston, 50, tells PEOPLE.
Doctors had said that the unborn baby, nicknamed "Peanut," would most likely suffer from blindness, autism and a severe heart condition – if she survived birth.
What the doctor said here is wrong. Factually wrong. I've talked to hundreds of parents over the past few years who have similar narratives, sometimes worse (child will die!), sometime less about the child (your marriage will end!), and all wrong. This is why I'm pro-information, and I want laws with teeth that demand doctors provide accurate information.
Doctors like this piss me off.
But I was also troubled by this:
"Delaney did not get the memo that she has Down syndrome," says Keston. "It does not limit her. She talks and she says sentences at two. She plays video games and Barbies with her siblings. She loves to dance when Ellen DeGeneres is on TV. When we watch her show, Delaney's got to get up and bust a move with Ellen."
I'm glad Delaney is doing well, but we must stop arguing that our children have value based on function. My son, 9, doesn't talk. Did he get the Down syndrome memo? I'd like the mothers (with whom I've discussed this on Facebook), as they move into this highly public phase of talking about Down syndrome, to be deeply conscious about how their "function-based" claims of value for Delaney exclude less functional people. I know it's unintentional, but the exclusion happens anyway.
And what if, 10 years from now, Delaney in fact has severe delays in some category? That will make her life no less valuable or their story no less awesome.
I was going to write a long essay about this, but instead, Meriah Nichols did it first with: Let Down Syndrome Define You.
Moxie, my love. It seems that some kids aren’t getting the memo that they have Down syndrome.
Seems like some parents are tickled that their child with Down syndrome is acting more like a typically developing child than not. That is, when their child is growing, learning, speaking, moving and acting as a typically developing child would at the same points in time. They don’t want their child to be “defined” by Down syndrome.
Moxie, I want you to get the memo that you have Down syndrome. And I want you to be defined by Down syndrome.
As my friend and writing partner Lawrence Carter-Long says ... SAY THE WORD!
Labels: #SayTheWord, Down syndrome, moxie, parents
Pope Francis and Disability as Spectacle
I've been writing about Pope Francis and Disability this week, and Lennard Davis reminded me of his useful essay from March of 2013, just when Francis was installed as pontiff.
On his way to the inauguration, Pope Francis blessed a baby and actually got out of his Popemobile to bless a disabled man. Pope Francis kissed the man, and then cradled the man’s head in his hands as he blessed him. Later in his inauguration speech, he spoke of the poor and the need for the church to deal with poverty. Babies, the poor, and the disabled — all traditional categories in need of papal beneficence...
...Is there something inherently special about being disabled that requires a blessing? Most people with disabilities do not expect to be blessed by a religious figure just because they are disabled. The charity model sees disability as some kind of lesser human status that needs alms and blessings. The medical model updates this vision seeing disabled people as in need of a cure. But what has been called “the social model” sees disability as something that society constructs for complex and varied reasons from the eugenic need to glorify normality to the requirement of having a category of the deserving poor (since most people with disabilities do indeed live below the poverty line). Disabilities are less in the person and more in the society.
Davis refers to this as Francis forging "his compassion-credentials," which I think is a great phrase, especially in the context of March before we knew him. I encounter compassionate people of faith regularly, but it's so easy to descend into the charity model.
I am routinely told that my son has a special relationship with God. I smile and respond, "I hope he has the same relationship with God as every other human."
There is something, though, in the way that religious figures deploy disability as a way to demonstrate their absolute committment to loving everybody, that disabled figures are brought forward to the Pope for special blessings, that media coverage around the pope and disability highlights spectacle and difference.
David Gayes, one of my favorite former students, wrote a gorgeous essay around this (with the first draft in my class), called, "No Beauty or Truth Excluded," around these issues. It;s behind the Taylor and Francis paywall, but here's the abstract:
I challenge the ableist and prejudicial assumptions that underlie common Scripture interpretations of people with disabilities. I assert that the lived experiences of this marginalized group, as well as the insights from the emerging field of disability studies, must be brought to the center in interpreting Scripture. The groundbreaking work of Nancy Eiesland, Donald Senior, and other theologians and disability thinkers offers valuable support to this contention.
You can read an early version of this (in which I participate as the abled, white, cis-male reader of Scripture) from David's presentation at our annual "Caritas et Veritas" symposium. Here's an excerpt [emphasis mine].
A third conventional interpretation of disability is that those with health conditions are here so that the able-bodied can “do” for them, and thus, feel good about themselves. We see this every time we see a poor crippled child walk across the stage to plead for money for the Jerry Lewis Telethon. We can donate our 10 bucks, and move on.
On a recent trip that I took with a group, a deacon was relentlessly persistent in wanting to “experience” my “holiness” as a “crippled” person, by pushing my wheelchair without asking my permission or receiving any direction from me. He could only imagine himself in the role of the helper, and could not recognize our shared humanity.
One gets pretty weary of being other people’s service project.
This, at the core, is my critique of disability in the recent papal letter and so much well-intentioned but dehumanizing language and behavior around disability.
It's nicer than negative stigmas, but it's still stigma.
Labels: disability, lennard davis, pope francis, religion
Kasich, ADAPT, and the Disability Integration Act
The Disability Integration Act was introduced by Senator Schumer to, in the words of the important disability rights group ADAPT, "address the fundamental issue that people who need Long Term Services and Supports (LTSS) are forced into institutions and losing their basic civil rights. The legislation (S.2427) builds on the 25 years of work that ADAPT has done to end the institutional bias and provide seniors and people with disabilities home and community-based services (HCBS) as an alternative to institutionalization. It is the next step in our national advocacy after securing the Community First Choice (CFC) option."
Recently, the DIA has gotten into the presidential campaign, thanks to direction action by ADAPT and the work of many other disability rights advocates. Clinton came out in favor of it, affirming her full support. Then Sanders added himself as a co-sponsor of the legislation (details from The RespectAbility Report). Next, ADAPT in Rochester, NY, went to a Kasich rally to try to get him on record.
Here's what happened:
Although ADAPT was first in line, waiting out in the cold for good seats, they were forced to the back of the auditorium (and from there protested their position). After, Kasich did not go on record about the DIA, but he smiled and kept saying he'd take pictures with them and got their numbers for his staff. So far, I haven't heard about any follow up. We'll see.
Kasich was quoted as saying:
Here's what I'm going to tell you," Kasich continued. "When everybody was like, they wanted to start saying, chanting my name and quieting you, I'm not going for that. Because I'll tell you, the developmentally disabled have lived in the shadows for 100 years. Okay, I know that. I don't want that to happen to anybody. And I'm not saying that because I'm a politician or I want your vote. I'm a human being just like you are."
Kasich took pictures with the group and got their contact information so his staff could get in further touch.
"Do you know why I want to do this?" Kasich told them, after the pictures. "Because Jesus wants me to."
Labels: ADAPT, DIA, disability, Kasich, politics
The Rights of Disabled Parents
Today I wrote my first piece for the Catholic website - Crux, talking about the problems with the references to disability in the recent papal letter. One argument - the rights of disabled parents, so easily abrogated, seems like a natural place for a moral agent like Pope Francis to invest some time addressing, but it's totally missing in Amoris Laetitia.
Here's a great map on the extent to which disability is considered when terminating parental rights, with ample resources on the right-hand tab (the map is accessible for screen readers. Each state pops up an alt-text). You will see that most states take at least some disability into account.
In other words, becoming or being disabled can result in the loss of your children.
I’m struck by the narrow view of disability within the text, and the barriers it imposes between disabled and abled family members. Where is the papal message to disabled children about how they might respond to their families? More critically, where are the disabled parents?
Around the world, disabled parents face intense discrimination. They are too frequently stripped of their parental rights based on assumptions that disability renders them unfit. Wouldn’t this be a natural subject on which the papal position on the indissoluble nature of the family would be relevant?
Please read the whole piece!
Labels: catholic, crux, disability, disabled parents
The "Training Isn't Enough" Movement
Discussions around police use of force and disabled civilians usually turn quickly to training. In Chicago, for example, several high profile deaths resulted in mandatory CIT training for all Chicago officers - in policy anyway. It's not clear whether funds have been allocated and to what extent the training is ongoing, but that's another story.
But from many activists, particularly those most focused on the intersections of racism and ableism in police use of force, skepticism about training is becoming more prominent (it was always there). For example, Kerima Çevik was recently interviewed by Leroy Moore about policing and disability for Poor Magazine. It was a wide ranging interview and you should read all of it, but here's an excerpt:
Çevik: Racial profiling severely reduces the probability of police accepting my son, a Hispanic presenting male, larger than his peers, walking down the street with an unsteady gait, holding an iPad without challenging him. Which would inevitably lead to them trying to stop him, taking his iPad, and verbally demanding proof his speech device was his and their response to him not being able to respond would be to try and arrest him for stealing it. Situations like the scenario I just described, that I call ‘Mustafa’s Dilemma’ and what happened to Tario Anderson is what haunts me. That is where I am now. I am in this moment of polarization along racial lines seeking solutions to avert this and other nightmare scenarios I’ve witnessed occurring to countless disabled people, for the sake of my son and all his peers.. Training has been done. Trained officers used deadly force in encounters with clearly identified disabled teens and adults. I’ve changed my entire advocacy strategy based on this truth. The best way for a person in Mustafa’s Dilemma to remain alive and safe is to avoid any circumstance in which police engagement is necessary as much as humanly possible.
The painful lesson I’ve learned is that training initiatives fail. The fallout from the slew of deaths that spurred the Black Lives Matter movement is that the majority of those lives lost were disabled Black lives. I learned the police officers that shot both Paul Childs III and Stephon Watts were thoroughly trained and also knew the victims prior to the fatal encounters. This knowledge changed the focus of both my parenting and advocacy.
Later, Moore asks:
Leroy Moore: If it’s not police training then what are your suggestions and it can be for our community (For me I think we only focus on what police need and not what the community need)?
Kerima Çevik: Leroy I agree that we are focusing on what we think police need when we need to reduce police engagement and increase community supports that limit the need for police contact as much as possible. I won’t advise the community but I can tell you what I personally would like to see happen.
I’d like to see efforts made to establish a 911-type number for mental health emergencies/psychiatric disability related crises and more community crisis response teams to answer them. There is a myth that policy makers are exploiting based on a moment in history. This myth that after the Willow brook scandal, we just opened the doors of mental institutions and threw the patients out to wander the streets, and that to this day those same individuals are out there being a danger to themselves and others. The new fear factor story being added to that is we really need to bring back mental institutions. Victim blaming every deceased victim of a catastrophic police encounter with a person with psychiatric disability and sprinkling that disgrace with a healthy dose of posthumously declaring every white male mass shooter as a mental health patient achieves this fear driven train wreck. Uh nope! I think that funding being demanded for the return of the infamous mental institution model of mental health treatment, research, and ‘residential care’ should be given to desegregated, community supported mental health solutions that work in accord with the Olmstead Decision. I think we need to build on peer mentoring and peer respite centers, an idea that has already been proven successful in other parts of the country. I think we need to be seeking preventative solutions that solve the main series of events that ends in catastrophe for so many disabled victims, and that is the present situation where a mental health call is lumped in with a 911 call and therefore has police responding where they shouldn’t be. I think we should be increasing healthy inclusive school environments for neurodivergent students at school by paying school support staff wages that retain them and training them, not calling SROs to handcuff autistic children to squad cars.
Çevik and Moore are essential voices pushing for structural change, rather than simply trying to make the police less likely to misuse force against a disabled victim.
Labels: cit, Kerima Çevik, leroy moore, police, police training, poor magazine
Pope Francis and Disability (in the context of love, marriage, family)
The pope (or rather the social media managers) tweeted a line from "Amoris Laetitia" - the papal exhortation on love, marriage, and family, this morning. I didn't like it.
I hadn't, however, read the actual document, and wanted to correct that. Here's a collection of relevant excerpts from the English translation with some initial thoughts at the end.
47. The Fathers also called particular attention to “families of persons with special needs, where the unexpected challenge of dealing with a disability can upset a family’s equilibrium, desires and expectations… Families who lovingly accept the difficult trial of a child with special needs are greatly to be admired. They render the Church and society an invaluable witness of faithfulness to the gift of life. In these situations, the family can discover, together with the Christian community, new approaches, new ways of acting, a different way of understanding and identifying with others, by welcoming and caring for the mystery of the frailty of human life. People with disabilities are a gift for the family and an opportunity to grow in love, mutual aid and unity… If the family, in the light of the faith, accepts the presence of persons with special needs, they will be able to recognize and ensure the quality and value of every human life, with its proper needs, rights and opportunities. This approach will promote care and services on behalf of these disadvantaged persons and will encourage people to draw near to them and provide affection at every stage of their life”. Here I would stress that dedication and concern shown to migrants and to persons with special needs alike is a sign of the Spirit. Both situations are paradigmatic: they serve as a test of our commitment to show mercy in welcoming others and to help the vulnerable to be fully a part of our communities.
82. The Synod Fathers stated that “the growth of a mentality that would reduce the generation of human life to one variable of an individual’s or a couple’s plans is clearly evident”. The Church’s teaching is meant to “help couples to experience in a complete, harmonious and conscious way their communion as husband and wife, together with their responsibility for procreating life. We need to return to the message of the Encyclical Humanae Vitae of Blessed Pope Paul VI, which highlights the need to respect the dignity of the person in morally assessing methods of regulating birth… The choice of adoption or foster parenting can also express that fruitfulness which is a characteristic of married life”. With special gratitude the Church “supports families who accept, raise and surround with affection children with various disabilities”
195. Growing up with brothers and sisters makes for a beautiful experience of caring for and helping one another. For “fraternity in families is especially radiant when we see the care, the patience, the affection that surround the little brother or sister who is frail, sick or disabled”. It must be acknowledged that “having a brother or a sister who loves you is a profound, precious and unique experience”. Children do need to be patiently taught to treat one another as brothers and sisters. This training, at times quite demanding, is a true school of socialization. In some countries, where it has become quite common to have only one child, the experience of being a brother or sister is less and less common. When it has been possible to have only one child, ways have to be found to ensure that he or she does not grow up alone or isolated.
197. This larger family should provide love and support to teenage mothers, children without parents, single mothers left to raise children, persons with disabilities needing particular affection and closeness, young people struggling with addiction, the unmarried, separated or widowed who are alone, and the elderly and infirm who lack the support of their children. It should also embrace “even those who have made shipwreck of their lives”. This wider family can help make up for the shortcomings of parents, detect and report possible situations in which children suffer violence and even abuse, and provide wholesome love and family stability in cases when parents prove incapable of this.
What's striking here is that in all of the cases the disabled person is the object. The family is inherently abled in this vision, being exhorted to provide care to the afflicted, and being blessed for providing care. Nowhere is the parent who is disabled, providing care for the abled child, for example. Nowhere is the disabled person's independence and decision-making affirmed.
This is a kind, charitable, paternalistic vision in which the function of the disabled is to demonstrate the goodness of those who care for them. Such, anyway, is my first reading.
Labels: catholic, disability, paternialism, pope francis
The Pope Objectifies Disability
UPDATE: See this post for the full passages on disability from the recent papal document on marriage/family.
I made my leap into public writing when Pope Benedict stepped down and Pope Francis was elected. Both events had strong medieval tendrils and, for awhile, much of the rest of the press kept being confused what Francis was saying. As a medievalist, I seemed to have a head start.
It's not my natural beat, though. I'm not a Catholic and I'm not truly expert in the machinations of the 21st century church (unlike the 13th century church, where I either am expert or I know the right experts to ask). Eventually, the press caught up or hired experts (Candida Moss, Elizabeth Bruenig, etc), and I moved off into both higher ed and disability journalism.
This morning @Pontifex tweeted, in a string of tweets about the family (and in the broader context of papal pronouncements about family, about divorce, and other topics):
People with disabilities are a gift for the family and an opportunity to grow in love, mutual aid and unity.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) April 9, 2016
Although the word "mutual" is intriguing, in general this point directly to the charity model of disability. Disabled people are here objectified as an object to demonstrate the virtue of the (presumed) abled family.
In other words, this isn't really helping.
Right now, in Illinois, a major Catholic charity is claiming that it deserves funding under the rubric "community," despite the fact that it's clearly an institutional setting. I'll write more about that, I hope, in the weeks and months to come.
Published work on the papacy:
The canonizations of Popes John-Paul II and John XXIII (CNN.com, 7/5/2013)
Pope Francis' Wager (Atlantic.com, 5/24/2013)
The Cardinal and the Prime Minister (Atlantic.com, 5/17/2013)
The Importance of Being Francis (Atlantic.com, 3/14/2013)
History and the Papal Election: Thoughts for a Sede Vacante (Atlantic.com, 3/12/2013)
Pope Benedict XVI and Pope St. Celestine V (CNN.com, 2/12/2013)
Labels: disability, family, papacy, pope francis, twitter
Undisciplined
I'm at George Washington University today for a conference on: "Composing Disability: Crip Ecologies," a conference focusing on forms of narrative, storytelling, exchange, communication, and more. Here's the precis:
Crip Ecologies: This symposium seeks to bring together scholars, artists, advocates, and activists working across the fields of ecocriticism, disability, and queer studies. Our goal is to think through the queer interchanges of environments and bodies in more radical ways.
It's been a gorgeous set of papers so far and I'm excited to join a panel at the end of the day on "Digital Amphibians." We'll be discussing the various ways we operate in different narrative and discursive environments. Here's the roster:
5:15-6:30 Roundtable: “Digital Amphibians: Parallel Lives and Media Publics” (Jack Morton Auditorium)
Sponsored by the GW Digital Humanities Institute
Alexis Lothian (University of Maryland), fandom, social justice, digital media
David Perry (Dominican University), disability journalist and activist/author
Rachel Vorona Cote, freelance writer
Alice Wong (virtually from UCSF), Founder of the Disability Visibility Project
My goal is to introduce my notion of being within and without discipline, by which I mean doing things in a controlled, organized way, but more about my struggles to be amphibian, to operate within discipline (History, Medieval Studies, Academia) while pouring myself into this modern, journalistic, loose, discourse.
It's not being streamed, but it will be tweeted under the hashtag #CompDis16
Posted by Lollardfish at 11:49 AM
Diversity and Job Requirements
I've been tracking job requirement issues over the past few months, so I was pleased to see this from Hennepin County (Minneapolis, more or less, where I used to live):
Say you have been tinkering with computer brains your whole life, but your college degree isn't in computer science or a related field. Chances are you won’t be considered for an IT job interview in many public and private companies.
Same goes if you are trying to secure a general maintenance position in Minnesota without a valid driver’s license — even though you may not be required to drive for work-related duties.
It’s common for employers to place a list of qualifications on their job applications, including narrowly defined degrees, years of experience and driver’s licenses. In many cases, said Hennepin County Workforce Development Director John Thorson, some of those qualifications tend to discourage applicants from applying for positions.
Now, he’s changing that.
The article cites a number of changes. It doesn't specifically talk about physical requirements and disability. If one of the local people wanted to reach out and let me know what they say about that, I'd be interested to know what he says.
See previous coverage here:
How Disabled Academics Work (Chronicle Vitae, 3/21/16)
Job Discrimination in Plain Print (Al Jazeera America, 2/10/16)
Disabled People Need Not Apply (Al Jazeera America, 2/5/16)
Labels: accommodation, jobs, requirement creep, work
A Good Day to be a Teacher
Today at my university, over 250 students will spend the day sharing the fruits of their labors. The presentations will range from short-term semester-long projects to panels and talks on capstone projects on which the students have been working for years. We'll have a presentation on beekeeping, staged readings of 10-minute plays, music inspired by Dante, and so much more. Here's a video.
This is a video (captioned) showing Dominican students talking about their research. It's a year old, so many of these students have gone on to advanced degrees, good jobs, or other opportunities.
I'm the director of the Undergraduate Research Scholarship and Creative Investigations program (URSCI) and organized (with so much help!!) the expo today. It's been an enormous amount of work, as this is my first expo, but worth it.
I'll be tweeting about it today from the expo, proudly.
Labels: teaching, ursci
Sanders on Sub-Minimum Wage
Yesterday the Sanders campaign released a statement on New York's new 15$ minimum wage law. So much credit goes to the fight-for-15 folks who have the seemingly impossible into a new norm in progressive states around the country.
On disability, Sanders wrote [my emphasis]
“I’m proud that today two of our largest states will be increasing the minimum wage to a living wage of $15 an hour – raising the wages of some 9 million workers in this country. Not too long ago, the establishment told us that a $15 minimum wage was unrealistic. Some thought it was ‘pie-in-the-sky.’ But a grassroots movement led by millions of working people refused to take ‘no’ for an answer. Loudly and clearly workers said, ‘yes we can increase the minimum wage, not just to $10.10 an hour, not just to $12 an hour, but to a living wage of $15 an hour.’
“This campaign is about building on these successes so that everyone in this country can enjoy the dignity and basic economic security that comes from a living wage, no matter what state they live in. That includes ending the subminimum wage for tipped workers and persons with disabilities.
As noted by RespectAbility, this isn't Sanders' first statement on subminimum wage, but I like seeing it here. I want the issue firmly entwined with the fight-for-15$ movement.
Labels: Democrats, disability, politics, Sanders, sheltered workshops, subminimum wage
How to Report on Suicide - A new report
I spend a certain amount of my time critiquing reporting on disability: Inspiration porn, mercy killing discourse, how disability links to police use of force, and of course so much more. My basic premise is that journalism matters, language matters, and often the media fails to handle admittedly tricky topics very well. This is especially true for general reporters, I feel, who might have limited experience handling specific topics.
Suicide is one of those areas where we have strong evidence that reporting can directly influence how other people experiencing suicidal ideation respond, so I was pleased to see this report -
Recommendations for Reporting on Suicide - released last week. It's from a huge array of medical and journalism experts.
Some findings:
More than 50 research studies worldwide have found that certain types of news coverage can increase the likelihood of suicide in vulnerable individuals. The magnitude of the increase is related to the amount, duration, and prominence of coverage.
Risk of additional suicides increases when the story explicitly describes the suicide method, uses dramatic/graphic headlines or images, and repeated/extensive coverage sensationalizes or glamorizes a death. Suicide Contagion, or"Copycat Suicide," occurs when one or more suicides are reported in a way that contributes to another suicide.
Covering suicide carefully, even briefly, can change public misperceptions and correct myths, which can encourage those who are vulnerable or at risk to seek help.
Labels: journalism, suicide
ABLE Act Reforms
Over a year ago I wrote about problems with the ABLE Act, the well-intentioned bill that the divide-and-conquer wing of the GOP was tweaking into semi-irrelevancy. It passed with a definition of disability that only included those disagnosed before age 26, a sign of the way too many politicians like to differentiate between the worthy and unworthy disabled, as they do between the worthy and unworthy poor. I listed lots of rhetoric showing this pattern, then asked:
As we head into the final few weeks of the 113th Congress, questions remain. Will ABLE pass? What definition of disability will emerge in the final bill? Who will Congress consider worthy?
This is why Courtney’s story is so important. I am the father of a boy with Down syndrome and am personally invested in this bill’s passage. I know, though, that whatever passes, my son — diagnosed since birth — will be included in the definition. No one wants to take his benefits away. But what about Courtney? What about the person who develops disability through injury, age or disease later in life? They too need the ability to save, to work and to garner what independence they can.
This is the danger of playing politics with disability. Definitions are complicated, and needs are real. Instead of trying to divide and conquer, let’s pass a bill that can offer dignity and security to all.
Why should my son, diagnosed with a disability 5 minutes into his life, be treated better than someone who gets a traumatic brain injury on their 27th birthday?
I have to say, though, that disability politics are never simple left-wing/right-wing. There are so many GOP officials who do great work on disability, and good disability legislation routinely passes with huge majorities. So I read this piece on tweaking ABLE with some optimism.
Under the latest proposals, people with disabilities who are employed would be able to allocate extra money each year to their ABLE account. Beyond the existing annual cap of $14,000, those who are working could also deposit their earnings up to the federal poverty level – currently $11,770 for a single person.
In addition, eligibility for the accounts would be expanded to include people with disabilities that onset by the age of 46, an increase over the current requirement that conditions must exist prior to age 26.
Finally, the lawmakers want to allow families to be able to rollover money they’ve saved for an individual with a disability in a 529 college savings plan to an ABLE account.
Let's keep pushing for better policy.
Labels: ABLE, congress, disability, politics
Ads and Disability - Kleenex pairs Disabled People...
Lydia Brown on Internalizing Ableism and "The Move...
The Revictimization of a Transgender, Disabled, Im...
WBEZ: Trading parental rights for mental health ca...
Upcoming Webinar: Disability and Journalism - Tell...
Pope Francis and Disability (in the context of lov...
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1352948
|
__label__wiki
| 0.838511
| 0.838511
|
Y-Not Session Shuffle
Top 11 @ 11
Dee Jays
Y-Mail
Week of 4/22/19
Dave Hause - Kick (Rise)
Dave Hause and his band The Loved Ones came up through the same scene as The Gaslight Anthem and their peers, making Springsteen-influenced punk rock. Though The Loved Ones never officially have broken up, Hause has focused on his solo career and especially his songwriting. It shows on Kick, his fourth full-length solo record.
On 2017's Bury Me in Philly, Hause chronicled leaving his beloved hometown behind to start a new chapter with his wife on the West Coast. Now that he's settled in California, Hause is taking stock of society and sees a world spiraling out of control, while he just tries to hang on in these trying times. Lead single "The Ditch" tackles this uncertainty around us all and the toll on one's mental health. And on "Saboteurs," Hause sings of how "lunatics watch the nuclear codes."
Hause now lives in the Santa Barbara area, where multiple wildfires struck in recent years, and those fires loom over multiple songs. In "Weathervane," Hause is being spun around by the non-stop barrage of horror surrounding us all these days, from the aforementioned "fire jumping over the 405" and "the synagogue where no one got out alive" to "retirement spent on replacement knees" and "the satellite with its eyes on me." And on "OMG," he describes our lives as "we're all drunk driving/sending texts from the center lane."
Other highlights include the album opener "Eye Aye I" is from the POV of an aging punk who "used to spit it right back in their face, now I ask how it's sold" and the nostalgic "Fireflies." Musically, Hause isn't reinventing the wheel here. You know what you're going to get on Kick, and that's not a bad thing, though the big soulful backing vocals on the feminist "Warpaint" are a nice touch.
Kick wraps up with the powerful "Bearing Down," which finds Hause contemplating suicide, but choosing life and his loved ones. Despite the darkness around, he declares, "Hallelujah we're alive." On Kick, Hause sums up the confusion and uncertainty of this era, refusing to give in but to fight back instead. Hopefully, we can all kick back as well.
Review by Joey O.
Fri January 24th
Cheerleader w/ Commonwealth Choir
Boot & Saddle
Tue January 28th
The Queen (Wilmington)
Thu January 30th
World Cafe Live
See other reviews:
Copyright 2020 Y-Not Radio
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1352949
|
__label__wiki
| 0.679999
| 0.679999
|
Weezer + Tears for Fears Carry Over Coachella Coupling to Jimmy Kimmel Live
Chad Childers
Weezer's collaboration with TLC's Chili might have gotten much of the attention at Coachella this past weekend, but the band also shared stage time with Tears for Fears pair Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith to cover "Everybody Wants to Rule the World."
The pairing went national Monday night with the Tears for Fears duo joining Weezer on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live.
The performance finds Cuomo and Smith trading off vocals, with Orzabal later joining in on the harmonizing. You can watch the performance above.
Weezer surprise released what they called The Teal Album, which added a bevy of covers to their already popular 2018 take on Toto's "Africa." Ahead of their Coachella appearance, the band was able to snag Chili and the Tears for Fears pair to recreate their covers, and the collaborations appeared to be met with joy and approval.
Both Weezer and Tears for Fears tweeted about their pair-ups at Coachella and Kimmel, expressing their gratitude and also posing for a backstage photo with the late-night host.
In addition to The Teal Album, Weezer issued The Black Album back in March and it includes all new material. The band will return to Coachella for its second weekend, but it is not known if the same collaborations or potentially other special guests are planned. See all their tour dates here.
Meanwhile, it's been a solid stretch for Tears for Fears, who have also been saluted by Vexes who covered their song "Head Over Heels." The veteran rockers have a couple of U.S. festival appearances and U.K. and European dates on tap. See where they're playing here.
These Were the 30 Best Hard Rock Albums of 2018
Source: Weezer + Tears for Fears Carry Over Coachella Coupling to Jimmy Kimmel Live
Filed Under: weezer
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1352950
|
__label__wiki
| 0.633128
| 0.633128
|
absinthekisses —
tiaprae ( tiaprae) wrote in absinthekisses,
tiaprae
absinthekisses
new community
it's been a while since i've seen any posts on here, so i made new community. it's called "G33kChix" basically it's a community where geeky girls can talk about random stuff, and one of the things that drew me to this community in the first place was how there were other girls who were into video games and computers and stuff like that. but it's also for all your different "kinds" of generic geeks, like band geeks and what not. so join if you want, once we get a member base it should be really cool :)
G33kChix
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1352955
|
__label__cc
| 0.709046
| 0.290954
|
John Hawkins Memorial Scholarship - CONGRATULATIONS JORDYN KINDNESS AND ST PHILIPS COLLEGE
Posted by Nick Tyllis
The Rotary Club of Alice Springs has the honour to announce that Jordyn Kindness, of St Philips College Alice Springs, was awarded the 2019 John Hawkins Memorial Scholarship.
Jordyn will study in Adelaide, either Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (BM BS or MB BS, depending in which university) or Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS).
Good health and good teeth - people spend a lifetime trying to hold onto both.
May Jordyn have a long and rewarding career.
The Rotary Education committee and had the pleasure of interviewing seven very worthy candidates for the scholarship and the pain of selecting just one among equals.
Congratulations to Jordyn and to all who've applied.
John Hawkins Memorial Scholarship - CONGRATULATIONS JORDYN KINDNESS AND ST PHILIPS COLLEGE Nick Tyllis 2019-10-25 14:30:00Z 0
Bill van Dijk Postgraduate Education Award 2019
In recognition of the late Bill van Dijk’s
Contribution to the field of education in Central Australia, the Rotary Club of Alice Springs has established the Bill van Dijk Post-Graduate Education Award.
The Rotary Club of Alice Springs invites Centralians
Completing post graduate studies to apply.
The applicants' field of study must be relevant to the Central Australia region.
Visit, also, our Bill van Dijk Postgraduate Education Award page
Mail to: Rotary Club of Alice Springs, PO Box 87, Alice Springs NT 0871
Bill van Dijk Postgraduate Education Award 2019 Nick Tyllis 2019-06-05 14:30:00Z 0
41st annual AGFR tournament Alice Springs 2019
For the first time in its 40+-year history, the AGFR tournament flag is, this week, standing sentinel and gently flying over the Alice Springs golf course.
Around 90 golfing Rotarians and 30 non-golfing partners from around Australia have come to the Red Centre for a week of golf, fellowship and service above self, generously supporting Rotary, the John Hood Memorial Scholarship, Palliative Care NT, Central Australia and the Western Desert Dialysis service.
As the old saying goes "If you don't like the weather, move to Central Australia". The forecast for this week is perfect for golf and just being outdoors.
Check out, also, the photos on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/rotaryclubofalicesprings/
In 2020, the 42nd AGFR tournament will be hosted by the Highton Rotary Club and held on the 13th Beach Golf Course, Barwon Heads, Victoria between April 19th to the 24th.
Click on the link to the website for more information and registration details: https://hightonrotary.com/page/agfr-tournament/
The 41st AGFR tournament delegates and partners on the Alice Springs golf course on the first day of competition, Monday May 13th, 2019
The generous sponsors, once again, working with Rotary to help make the tournament possible and fostering the ethic of Service Above Self
Sunrise as seen from the 19th hole. The gathering of the battle chariots!
Three Presidents at the Rotary make-up meeting: Rotary Club of Alice Springs President Mike Potts, AGFR President Leigh Iles and Rotary Club of Mbantua Alice Springs President Bill Palmer and MC Ron Saint.
Rotarians having fun at the make-up meeting at the Alice Springs Turf Club house.
Sargeant Dominic Miller at the microphone - coaxed over $1,100 in fines which were donated to the Purple House, Western Desert Dialysis Service
Two of the house elves behind the scenes
41st Tournament Director Roger Ahwah handing the AGFR flag over to Barry Stokes, the 42nd Tournament Director
Sunset behind Mt. Gillen
41st annual AGFR tournament Alice Springs 2019 Nick Tyllis 2019-05-14 14:30:00Z 0
Did you know that Rotary could be so much fun?
Opening of "Tjungunutja: from having come together"
Museum and Art Gallery NT exhibition "Tjungunutja: from having come together", highlighting the Western Desert Art movement, opened on Saturday, March 16th at the Araluen Arts Centre.
Some of the pioneers of the movement, such as its curator, Long Jack Phillipus Tjakamara, Michael Nelson Jagamarra AM and Bobby West Tjupurrula and their families had travelled from far and wide to attend the exhibition opening.
Rotarians from the Rotary Club of Alice Springs cooked a BBQ lunch for the artists and their families.
Alice Springs Australian Golfing Fellowship of Rotarians (AGFR)
Team ParTee
Action on the Alice Springs Golf Course
On Friday, March 15th, Rotarians from Alice Springs hosted a golf day at the Alice Springs Golf Course.
14 teams of four players played 9 holes under Ambrose rules.
The weather was kind and allowed participants to have a fun Friday afternoon of golf and fellowship.
Roll of the dice - the number rolled is deducted off the score.
The "Gardener's Union" - won the best score, after the roll of the dice.
Check out the photo bomber in the back!
Did you know that Rotary could be so much fun? Nick Tyllis 2019-03-15 14:30:00Z 0
CHANGEOVER TIME!
The Rotary Club of Alice Springs cordially invites all Rotarians (Alice Springs, Stuart and Mbantua), Honorary Rotarians, visiting Rotarians, partners and friends of Rotarians and anyone interested in finding out more about Rotary to our 2018-2019 Rotary Year changeover.
Date: Wednesday, July 18th
Time: 6:30 pm for 7:00 pm start
Venue: The Todd Tavern, 1 Todd street, Alice Springs, NT 0870
RSVP: Monday, July 16th, to secretary@alicespringsrotary.org
See, also, the Events Calendar under the 'Arunta & News' tab.
CHANGEOVER TIME! Nick Tyllis 2018-07-17 14:30:00Z 0
Viking Farewell
The Valkyries have finally taken the old Henley-On-Todd Viking Boat to Valhalla up there in Asgard.
She got a fitting send-off on Sunday, July 1st to the background sound of the Territory Day fireworks.
May she carry the Viking warriors of old, who'd valiantly fought the Pirates and the Navy, to join Odin the Allfather's army on the final battle at Ragnarök.
(Photo credit: Neil Ross).
Viking Farewell Nick Tyllis 2018-07-06 14:30:00Z 0
Combined District 9500 & District 9520 Conference 2018
Combined District 9500 & District 9520 Conference 2018 Nick Tyllis 2018-01-05 14:30:00Z 0
Posted by Nick Tyllis on Jan 05, 2018
Rotary exists because people, wherever they are, want to feel connected to others around them, to their community and to the world at large.
The photo shows charter President Dan Conway holding the Club Charter, while DG Charles Butler (D255) looks on.
beginnings charter foundations
Our beginnings Nick Tyllis 2018-01-04 14:30:00Z 0 beginnings,charter,foundations
Meetings for 2018
We wish you a prosperous and peaceful New Year!
Please be advised that regular Club meetings for 2018 resume on Wednesday, January 24th.:
Venue: The Todd Tavern,
Location: 1 Todd street, Alice Springs, NT 0870.
Time: 6:30 pm for a 7:00 pm start.
Meetings for 2018 2017-12-31 14:30:00Z 0
EndTrachoma by 2020 Story
Rotary’s 2017-18 International President, Australia’s Ian Riseley, wants a trachoma-free Australia by 2021, Rotary’s 100th year in Australia. The World Health Organisation has a global goal to eliminate trachoma by 2020. Trachoma is an infectious eye disease that can be prevented with good hygiene practices. But it is still present in remote Aboriginal communities and can lead to permanent blindness. The work of the Australian Government, the Fred Hollows Foundation and Indigenous Eye Health to treat trachoma infections has seen rates in affected communities reduced substantially. But now, we need to ensure that hygiene practices and the community environments are improved to completely eliminate the disease.
EndTrachoma by 2020 Story Graham Fussen 2017-08-30 14:30:00Z 0
District Governor hosts RI President in Alice Springs
Peter Schaefer has just shared a most amazing three-day experience, hosting the RI President Ian Riseley in Alice Springs on his official visit to the Central Australia region. The weather was marvellous throughout his visit and Ian commented daily on the ‘horizon to horizon’ expanse of blue skies.
District Governor hosts RI President in Alice Springs Graham Fussen 2017-07-30 14:30:00Z 0
Helping people with disabilities make their own music
Music has been an important part of leading an ordinary life for students at the Music School for Children With Disabilities in Honor of Paul Harris in Lublin, Poland. Founded by Rotary members, the school serves 20 students with various disabilities, including Down syndrome, autism, and visual impairments. The Rotary Club of Lublin-Centrum-Maria Curie-Sklodowska has provided funding with help from Rotary Foundation Matching Grants and the Henryk Wieniawski Musical Society, which houses the school.
After their son Mateusz was born with underdeveloped eyes, Mariusz and Joanna Kania looked for ways to help him be active. When he showed an aptitude for music, they looked for a teacher and were thrilled to find the Paul Harris music school.
Helping people with disabilities make their own music 2015-05-01 00:00:00Z 0
Finding Safe Haven
For years, Angalia Bianca had slept in abandoned buildings throughout Chicago. She stole. She did drugs. She spent time in and out of jail for forgery, theft, trespassing, and possession of narcotics. But after she landed in prison for the seventh time, something changed -- Bianca knew she wanted a better life. She just didn’t know how to make it happen.
After serving her time, Bianca sought help from a local homeless organization, A Safe Haven, and moved to its shelter in the Rogers Park neighborhood. Bianca followed the program closely -- she attended all the required meetings, passed drug tests, and volunteered at every opportunity.
Finding Safe Haven 2015-05-01 00:00:00Z 0
Saving lives in Ghana
What is it like taking a large team to Africa? It has probably been one of the most rewarding experiences in my life. In mid February, I began leading Rotary members from all over the East Coast of the United States through Ghana. I’ve tried to give the team a warm Ghanaian welcome like I’ve received on my earlier trips. A large trip is a real blessing because each person sees Ghana and our work in a different way.
A highlight for the team was greeting the chief of Sagadugu. The team got excited about buying goats and food for children in the villages where I support eight churches. It was good to see the pastors of most of the eight churches, and I had to explain that we were just passing through on our way to Bolgatanga.
Saving lives in Ghana 2015-05-01 00:00:00Z 0
India celebrates three years without polio
Throughout India and around the world, Rotary clubs are celebrating a major milestone: India has gone three years without a new case of polio. The last reported case was a two-year-old girl in West Bengal on 13 January 2011. To mark this historic triumph, Rotary clubs illuminated landmarks and iconic structures throughout the country with four simple but powerful words, "India is polio free."
The three-year achievement sets the stage for polio-free certification of the entire Southeast Asia region by the World Health Organization. The Indian government also plans to convene a polio summit in February to commemorate this victory in the global effort to eradicate polio.
India celebrates three years without polio 2014-02-26 00:00:00Z 0
beginnings (1)
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1352972
|
__label__wiki
| 0.71761
| 0.71761
|
YouTuber Farts Baby Gender Reveal
Jono Searle, Getty Images
Welcome to PopCrush's Daily Break! Here's a breakdown of today's hottest pop culture and lifestyle stories as heard on PopCrush Nights, airing across the country. Check out who will be playing Prince Eric, Kane Brown tour dates and more!
YouTuber Puts New Twist on Gender Reveal
In the running for worst gender reveal ever, a YouTuber name Paige Ginn (a.k.a. the girl who fakes falls) just announced the gender of her baby by farting. Take a look for yourself in the kinda NSFW video, below. (It's a boy, by the way.)
We Found Our Prince Eric!
After months and months of rumors and guessing, Disney has finally cast its Prince Eric for the upcoming live action The Little Mermaid movie. After combing through Harry Styles, Noah Centineo and more, Disney decided on 24-year-old Jonah Hauer King, who starred in A Dog's Way Home and Ashes in the Snow. So, he's a newbie, but we don't think Disney would have taken a chance on him if he wasn't a good fit. (via PopCrush)
People Actually Log Onto Their Ex's Social Media?
A new survey of over 25,000 people conducted by a cyber security company revealed that 27 percent are still logging into their ex's social media accounts. And get this: 69 percent of people have logged into a former lover’s IG account just in the last week alone. But why, you may ask? Over half of the people say they do it for the obvious reason: to see if their ex is dating someone new. (via Cosmo)
Neftlix Is Playing Streaming Chess
Now this is a strategic move! A day after the launch of Disney+, Netflix signed a mutli-year deal with Nickelodeon. The streaming service and TV network will team up to work on new movies and shows, as well as reboot some of our favorites like The Loud House, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and more. (via UPI)
Woman Starts Dog Hospice
A woman named NicolsaCoyle has started hospice for dogs. The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals reports that about 1.5 million dogs and cats were euthanized by animal shelters across the U.S in recent years. When these animals get old or sick their owners leave them at these shelter or even kick them out onto the streets. So, Nicola decided to set up a hospice in her home and care for sick and abandoned dogs. She goes to shelters, pounds, and other charities and rescues dogs that are either too old or too sick and are given no more than 6 months to live. (via Higher Perspective)
Crazy Celebrity Baby Names
Source: YouTuber Farts Baby Gender Reveal
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1352974
|
__label__cc
| 0.679016
| 0.320984
|
BC BookWorld Archive
BC Literary History
Baird Ian MacLeod
This site provides extensive reference information for books and authors pertaining to British Columbia, including an on-line archive of BC BookWorld, Canada's largest-circulation independent publication about books.
search on: Author Name Keywords
12166 authors in database
Author Tags: Architecture Transportation
A railway expert and librarian, Victoria-born Ian Baird collected photos and text for Canadian Pacific Railway Stations in B.C. and an earlier contribution to the Heritage Architecture Guide Series, The E&N Railway. He has operated Empire Books, specializing in railroadiana, Canadian history and 19th century British historical fiction.
A Heritage Guide to the E&N Railway, Including Notes on the CNN (Heritage Architectural Guides, Sono Nis Press, 1985)
Canadian Pacific Railway Stations in B.C. (Orca, 1990)
Historical Guide to Canadian Pacific Railway Stations in B.C. (Heritage Architectural Guides, 1997)
Ghosts on the Grade: Hiking and Biking Abandoned Railways on Southern Vancouver Island (Empire, 2001). With Peter L. Smith.
[BCBW 2003] "Transportation" "Architecture"
Submit Info –
BC BookWorld Archive –
BC Literary History –
PLEASE NOTE: This reference site is provided and managed by BC BookWorld ©. It was established with the generous assistance of the Simon Fraser University Library.
Anyone consulting the data is hereby notified that BC BookWorld cannot and does not guarantee the veracity of every piece of information that is presented.
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1352976
|
__label__cc
| 0.544361
| 0.455639
|
Unwelcome visitors
You are viewing free content from a subscription product
Croner-i is a comprehensive knowledge and resource platform that enables professionals to stay ahead of change in their industry, with legislation, trends and best practice. Call 0800 231 5199 to learn more.
Head lice is a topic that schools can never ignore, says Maureen Moody. Here she brings teachers up to date on the topic.
Parents’ biggest fear
One in five parents will not tell the school or other parents with children in the same class that their child has nits or head lice. This is what a parental survey by Which? and Lyclear revealed. Sixty-one per cent of parents told researchers that head lice were their biggest school fear. It is almost inevitable, however, that these unwelcome visitors will appear in a child’s hair at some point — and reappear, despite treatment.
So is the problem one simply for parents, or does the school have a role to play?
Head lice are parasitic insects that live in the hair of humans. With hook-like claws on each of their six legs, they hold onto the hair of their host, close to the roots, and feed on blood. The lifecycle of a head louse is approximately six weeks.
Nits (the eggs) take 7–10 days to hatch into nymphs.
Nymphs take about a week to mature into fully developed head lice.
Adults live for about 30 days.
Successive generations of parents still have misunderstandings about head lice, despite regular publicity. It is understandable; head lice are classed by many people in the same category as fleas, bed bugs or body lice — a sign of neglect and dirt. But, of course, that is not the case — head lice appear on the heads of children, especially in the primary years, regardless of their circumstances or home background. These parasites will infect both clean and dirty hair and long and short hair, and there is not much that parents can do to prevent it happening.
It is not true that these insects can be spread by the sharing of towels, clothes or hats, or that they can jump or fly from head to head, or swim. Lice have a need for food and warmth; they walk from one head to another and can do so very swiftly. The fact that younger children tend to work and play with heads very close to each other explains why lice affect younger children more than older ones. And often girls are affected more than boys as they tend to collaborate more closely in play.
Parents tend to worry more about lice when children go back to school as they think the lice will only be spread there. However, infection is common during school holidays, as well as during term time.
Many people believe that itching and scratching is a sure sign of lice, and indeed many children will show this symptom. However, lice do not always make a child’s scalp itch, and scratching may not indicate the presence of lice.
Untreated, head lice would circulate ad infinitum. There are several different brands of treatment product on the market. Whichever parents choose, they should not assume it will work with one application — no treatment is guaranteed to kill all lice and nits. Community Hygiene Concern (CHC), a non-profit organisation set up to help schools and others with head lice, says, “Parents must learn to check the efficacy of any treatment choice because none guarantees a complete cure”. But persistence can be rewarded; a parent whose child had dreadlocks reported that it took four treatments with one product to clear the lice.
Traditional remedies involve pesticide treatments that can have unpleasant side effects. Also, the continued use of products can result in non-lethal residues on the hair to which lice can become immune. This means ever stronger doses will be needed to kill them off, which can be even more detrimental for the child.
There is an organic, non-toxic shampoo on the market — a remedy based on a special coconut oil. The properties of the oil were first observed by a voluntary worker in Brazil who noticed a complete absence of a lice problem in local school children.
Checking for lice
Parents should be encouraged to inspect their children’s scalps regularly. Checking a child’s scalp needs to be thorough, as the signs can easily be missed, even when using a fine-tooth comb on short, straight hair. Metal combs are also not suitable; as CHC comments, these are primarily nit combs. “Lice caught between the tightly spaced teeth remain unnoticed against the metal and can be combed back into the hair unharmed at subsequent strokes”.
Checking should be done on wet hair as the lice stay still when thoroughly wet, but move away from any disturbance when hair is damp or dry.
Bug Buster Kit
CHC assesses methods of detection and cure, working with families and schools. It says that, to date, the only re-usable treatment for head lice, tested in independent clinical trials that have been reported in peer-reviewed journals, is the Bug Buster Kit. The kit does not rely on neuro-toxic pesticides or other expensive ingredients. Instead it works by breaking the louse’s lifecycle. A specially designed comb is used with the family’s normal shampoo and conditioner, but the instructions need to be followed rigorously.
Contained in the kit is a comb which will easily pass between the hairs, but which has such narrow spacing between the teeth that even the smallest, newly-hatched lice will be trapped. The exact balance between the slim handle and deeply bevelled edge ensures that the teeth slip into the roots and between the hairs at the optimum angle. When the comb is swept to the end of the hair tresses, the lice are lifted out and remain motionless ready to be wiped off onto a tissue.
The Bug Busting Kit is a registered medical device and can be obtained by NHS prescription free for children, or purchased at a pharmacy or from CHC.
National Bug Busting Days
CHC and the Department of Health organise National Bug Busting Days — an informed, united self-care initiative, co-ordinated through schools and nurseries three times a year on 31 January, 15 June and 31 October.
Using these dates is useful, as carrying out checks and treatments on a whole school basis, synchronising it with other schools and nurseries, helps to lessen the chance of lice circulating from head to head and back again. To make the issue more acceptable for reluctant young children, Oxford University Press has published a book in the Kipper series, Kipper Gets Nits, which is widely available.
Unfortunately no head lice treatment will prevent the parasites returning, and parents need to contain their enthusiasm for preventive treatment. They will need to remain vigilant and check their children’s heads regularly.
Here schools can play an important part. They should:
advise parents when there is an outbreak
encourage parents to advise the school as soon as they notice a child has head lice
give simple, clear advice on how to treat lice
reassure parents of the routine nature of the issue
remind parents to check their child’s head regularly, and how — a note at the start of every term is a good idea.
Last reviewed 1 October 2012
Night Care in Care Homes
Live-in and Night Care in Domiciliary Care
This page covers
How well is workplace wellbeing working?
Returning to work after cancer
Exploitation — or giving people a fair chance?
Employers should review cancer care provision
School reopens after false widow scare
Before your very eyes
How to legally deal with a bat problem
Don’t let the bed bugs bite! Putting a successful pest control strategy in place
Supporting diabetes in the early years
Individualised return to work programmes vital for cancer sufferers, says IOSH
What are the health threats from mice?
What are SPS measures?
Cleaning clients’ teeth
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1352979
|
__label__wiki
| 0.552435
| 0.552435
|
LUA, NodeJS, Ruby, and Go get open source enterprise support from ActiveState
Programming Language,Lua,Ruby,ActiveState
https://appdevelopermagazine.com/images/news_images/Open-Source-Enterprise-Support-from-ActiveState-App-Developer-Magazine_85yd5z8g.jpg
Richard Harris in Open Source Tuesday, November 1, 2016
ActiveState, the open source languages company, has announced the upcoming release of ActiveRuby, ActiveNode, ActiveGo, and ActiveLua. These new releases will include free community versions for the open source community, plus
pre-compiled, tested, professional distributions for enterprise users. Enterprise users will also benefit from commercial support, indemnification, additional operating system support and more, for both current and legacy versions of the languages.
As with their existing distributions of Perl, Python, and Tcl, ActiveState plans to offer free community-friendly versions of the upcoming languages, as well as paid, extended features and support for enterprise users of ActiveRuby, ActiveNode, ActiveGo, and ActiveLua.
Gartner predicts that 95% of mainstream IT organizations leverage nontrivial open-source software assets within their mission-critical IT portfolios. "As far back as our founding in 1997, ActiveState has been deeply entrenched in open source, from supporting the communities to helping enhance open source language distributions" said Bart Copeland, CEO at ActiveState. "Our aim is to provide the community with the quality distributions they want, while giving enterprises and governments the commercial support and solutions they need to leverage the open source languages they love and use. Starting with the addition of ActiveRuby, ActiveNode, ActiveGo, and ActiveLua we’ll be applying the deep languages expertise we’ve built up with our ActivePerl, ActivePython, and ActiveTcl distributions.”
Ruby, Node.js, Go (Google Golang), and Lua were selected due to their tremendous growth, not only within the community, but within enterprises. “Our customers voiced that these were the top languages they wanted to see included in our new offering. We’re starting with these, but as we continue to listen to customer requests and overall market demands, don’t be surprised if you see more ActiveState language distributions released over the next while,” added Mr. Copeland. “Additionally, we will be taking all of our language distributions to the next level in 2017, by introducing enhanced distributions with additional enterprise security features, advanced package management, and more. We plan to fully support and enhance all of our current and new languages and make them better for everyone, from community-only users, to enterprise users, and beyond. Stay tuned for details on those upcoming enhancements and features.”
All Editions (Community, Business, and Enterprise) give developers a consistent experience across all platforms--regardless of whether they are running Windows, Mac, or Linux (and for businesses, this also includes AIX, HP-UX, and Solaris). There's no need to download and manage a separate distribution for each of your operating systems; the ActiveState languages give you a fully seamless experience no matter what boxes you are running. The Community Edition also allows for a smooth transition to Business and Enterprise Editions when a company determines they would like the peace of mind of a commercial support contract, indemnification, further security and SLAs, or customization. The same seamless user experience, for open source and enterprises, is being introduced for the ActiveRuby, ActiveNode, ActiveGo, and ActiveLua distributions.
ActiveState is committed to building these languages over the coming months for release in 2017, and encourages community and business-users alike to tell them what they’d like to see included in the upcoming language distributions. ActiveState has actively enhanced the open source language communities they have been a part of historically, and that will continue to be a core part of the ActiveState culture and commitment going forward.
Read more: http://activestate.com
Programming Language, Lua, Ruby, ActiveState
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1352980
|
__label__cc
| 0.734125
| 0.265875
|
Anonymous asked in Entertainment & MusicMusicOther - Music · 1 decade ago
Mick Jagger/Rolling Stones.... what was the song?!?!?
Please help it's driving me bonkers!
It's a Video of him walking up and down the stage Clapping his hands in the way that he does with the "chicken dance"
If anyone can find me this and with the link to the vid theres an automatic 10 points!!!!
I know he does this dance however trying to find a clip of it it difficult for some reason!
Not being funny, but mick does this dance to most of his songs!
Can you be more elaborate?
Source(s): Rolling Stones fan
Micks cool.
Satisfaction?
mimegamy
Jagger does that dance to most of his songs.
Start Me Up rings a bell
lil_sister58
check out this link for all sorts of Rolling Stones video....
Source(s): http://www.searchforvideo.com/music/r/rolling-ston...
You could try Jumpin Jack Flash.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5L2GTFtGyM
What about Dancing in the Streets with Bowie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO2QfSQiG70
Quite enjoyin looking for this, love Jagger, thanks
i think it was "satisfaction" or "sympathy for the devil"
try youtube for the video
http://www.mojoflix.com/Video/Rolling-Stones-Satis...
christina f
brown sugar or hey you get offa my cloud
Does music run in your family? Does anyone in your family play drums, piano, etc?
Do you remember the singer Guy Mitchell?
Who is the best non-auto-tune singer in terms of commercial success today?
Would you rather date a guitar player or an accordion player?
Did the mp3 destory the music industry?
Need help finding this song!?
Anybody know some original Classical EDM/Dubstep?
How to record guitar amp correctly?
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1352990
|
__label__cc
| 0.72265
| 0.27735
|
Home / Products / Heart Health / Cardana Caps
Cardana Caps
A powerful Ayurvedic formula for the heart
A combination of the most effective Ayurvedic herbs known to support the heart
Promotes healthy heart function, blood flow, blood pressure & vascular health
Reduces the heart-compromising effects of stress
Cardana Caps quantity
It is estimated that over 56 million Americans have some form of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Although CVD is increasingly common as people age, it is not an inevitable consequence of aging. Cardana Caps is an Ayurvedic herbal formula used to support the health of the heart and vascular system, promoting normal blood pressure and healthy blood flow to the heart muscle. It can promote a healthy heart rate, and reduces the effects of stress on the heart.
Cardana Caps contains five of the most powerful herbs used to support the cardiovascular system and a healthy blood pressure. Terminalia arjuna reduces blood pressure and heart rate, and increases the strength of the heart’s contractions. Coleus forskohlii is a powerful vasodilator that reduces blood pressure, and improves the efficiency of the heart’s contractions. Crataegus laevigata (also known as hawthorn), increases the force of cardiac contractions, improves blood flow, reduces the oxygen needs of the cardiac muscle, and is an anti-hypertensive and anti-arrhythmic agent. Boerhaavia diffusa is a diuretic, helping to reduce blood pressure. Withania somnifera, known as ashwagandha, supports cardiovascular health by reducing the effects of stress, which include a rapid pulse and increased blood pressure.
Those looking to support a healthy blood pressure and improve heart function will benefit from this Ayurvedic heart formula. Type A personalities who are prone to heart and blood pressure problems will particularly find Cardana Caps helpful.
Cardana Caps highlights several traditional Ayurvedic herbs and is in line with AOR’s philosophy of combining several ingredients with multiple mechanisms of action for an effective, well-rounded and safe approach.
Formulation of botanicals used in traditional Ayurvedic Medicine to help maintain and support cardiovascular health in adults.
AOR™ guarantees that all ingredients have been declared on the label. Contains no wheat, gluten, nuts, peanuts, sesame seeds, sulphites, mustard, soy, dairy, eggs, fish or shellfish.
Take one to two capsules twice daily between meals, or as directed by a qualified health care practitioner. Take a few hours before or after taking other medications or natural health products. Use for a minimum of two months to see beneficial effects.
Do not use if you are pregnant or breastfeeding. Consult a health care practitioner prior to use if you are taking cardiac glycosides such as digitalis/digoxin, blood pressure medication, diuretics or anticoagulants/blood thinners. Consumption with alcohol, other drugs or natural health products with sedative properties is not recommended. Discontinue use if you experience mild gastritis, constipation, headaches and/or vomiting. Consult a health care practitioner if symptoms persist or worsen or if you experience new symptoms.
Oxygen sparing
The information and product descriptions appearing on this website are for information purposes only, and are not intended to provide or replace medical advice to individuals from a qualified health care professional. Consult with your physician if you have any health concerns, and before initiating any new diet, exercise, supplement, or other lifestyle changes
Serving Size: One Capsule
Terminalia arjuna (Arjuna)
Crataegus laevigata (Hawthorn, 3.2% flavonoids as hyperoside)
Coleus forskohlii (Forskohlii10% forskolin)
Withania somnifera (Ashwaghanda)
Boerhaavia diffusa (Red spiderling)
Non-medicinal Ingredients: maltodextrin, microcrystalline cellulose, silicon dioxide, sodium stearyl fumarate and sodium benzoate. Capsule: hypromellose
Ayurvedic Heart Support
Many Ayurvedic herbs have powerful medicinal effects that are not well known in North America. Cardana Caps encompasses the Ayurvedic herbs that have been traditionally used to support cardiovascular health, especially blood pressure, some of which have been well researched in Western medicine and found to clinically support the heart.
1.) Terminalia arjuna bark. This Ayurvedic herb has been conclusively proven to have cardiovascular activity, helping to regulate blood pressure, slow the heart rate, and increase the force of the heart’s contractions.
2.) Coleus forskohlii. Helps regulate blood pressure and increases the force of the heart’s contractions.
3.) Crataegus laevigata (Hawthorn). Hawthorn, a plant used traditionally in Europe, is known for regulating blood pressure and plaque formation, and improving heart performance and metabolic parameters.
4.) Withania somnifera. Also known as ashwagandha, it has been described as the most important medicinal plant in India, being a part of numerous Ayurvedic formulas. It is primarily used as an adaptogen for stress, and stress is a great risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Ashwagandha has been used as a treatment for the most debilitating diseases and is included for its cardioprotective and anti-stress activities.
5.) Boerhaavia diffusa. Boerhaavia is a mild diuretic, helping to regulate blood pressure.
1.) Terminalia arjuna bark. Studies have shown that extracts of Terminalia arjuna produce sustained hypotension and bradycardia which is dose-dependent. It has also been shown to increase the force of contraction of the heart in all doses. In a double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover study among heart patients, arjuna supplementation was able to ameliorate symptoms to such a degree that all patients had their conditions reclassified. Furthermore, arjuna increased the blood-pumping activity of their hearts by 10%, and the efficiency of those hearts at emptying blood out the left ventricle (ejection fraction) rose by nearly 20%. In the treatment of angina, studies have shown arjuna supplementation to be capable of reducing the frequency of attacks by two-thirds among stable angina patients. One study found that arjuna was as effective as isosorbide mononitrate (a common angina prevention medication) at reducing angina attacks and improving exercise capacity; patients also needed less isosorbide mononitrate when taking arjuna. Clinical trials have also been performed with heart attack patients with encouraging results.
2.) Coleus forskohlii. Detailed pharmacologic studies established that forskolin – a diterpene lactone – positively influenced blood pressure in different animal species, as well as in humans. In addition, it improved contractions of the heart muscle. The blood pressure regulating effects of forskolin were attributed to a decrease in pre and after loads as well as decreased peripheral resistance by a direct action on relaxing the arteriolar smooth muscle. Both the improve heart contractility and the vascular effects were shown to be initiated by the stimulation of the membrane-bound enzyme adenylate cyclase resulting in raised intracellular cAMP levels, an activation of protein synthesis, a lowering of the membrane-bound Na , K -ATPase activity and activation of the slow calcium gate.
3.) Crataegus laevigata (Hawthorn). The fruits from this plant act as a cardiotonic and coronary vasodilator. Hawthorn is reputed to promote the return to health of arteries. Various clinical studies have shown increased cardiac performance and output, decreases in peripheral resistance, pulmonary arterial and capillary pressures and blood pressure at rest and during exercise, and improved metabolic parameters. Recent human clinical studies have shown moderate decreases in LDL and non-HDL cholesterol, and slight decreases in diastolic blood pressure.
4.) Withania somnifera. This herb has been the focus of hundreds of clinical studies and is one of the most exhaustively researched herbs. The anti-stress activity of the roots has been reported in multiple clinical studies. A small pilot study in humans over 30 days showed that ashwagandha reduced LDL cholesterol, VLDL cholesterol, and triglycerides, had diuretic activity which helps reduce blood pressure, and reduced blood glucose as well as a conventional hypoglycemic drug.
5.) Boerhaavia diffusa. The cardiovascular action of this herb has been clinically studied. The rationale for its inclusion is due to its powerful diuretic activity which helps regulate blood pressure.
Of these five herbs, Hawthorn is the most popular herbal supplement for cardiovascular protection. Hawthorn is known for regulating blood pressure and supporting arterial health.
This formula is in line with AOR’s philosophy: combining several ingredients that have multiple mechanisms of action for a more effective, well-rounded and safe approach rather than taking large doses of the same ingredient in the hopes of a greater effect. Cardana Caps also highlights several traditional Ayurvedic herbs.
Andallu B, Radhika B. Hypoglycemic, diuretic and hypocholesterolemic effect of winter cherry (Withania somnifera, Dunal) root. Indian J Exp Biol. 2000 Jun;38(6):607-9.
Bharani A, Ganguli A, Mathur LK, Jamra Y, Raman PG. Efficacy of Terminalia arjuna in chronic stable angina: a double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover study comparing Terminalia arjuna with isosorbide mononitrate. Indian Heart J. 2002 Mar-Apr;54(2):170-5.
Bharani A, Ganguly A, Bhargava KD. (1995). “Salutray effect of T. Arjuna in patients with severe refactory heart failure”. Int. J. Cardiol. 49: 191-199.
Blesher V.R. (1992). “Use of crataegus in cardiology. Fortscher Med. 15: 290-292.
Divivedi, S. et al. (1995). “Term. arjuria and prostaglandin E activity”. Indian Drugs 24: 378-382.
Heichrgens H. (1993). “Crataegus special extract WS 1442 in cardiac insuffiency NYH A II. A placebo-controlled randomized double blind study”. Fortschr Med. 111: 352-4.
Loew, D. (1997). “Phytotheraphy in heart failure”. Phytomedicine. 4: 267-271.
OÇonolly et al (1987). “Treatment of elderly, multimorbid patients with stenocardiac complaints with crateagus”. Therapiewoche. 37; 3587-3600.
Reichert, R (1996). “Terminalia arjuna for Congestive heart failure:. Quarterly Rev. of Nat-Med Fall; 177-178.
Withania somnifera provides cardioprotection and attenuates ischemia-reperfusion induced apoptosis.
Mohanty IR, Arya DS, Gupta SK.
Clin Nutr. 2008 Aug;27(4):635-42. Epub 2008 Jul 11.
BACKGROUND AIMS: The present study was undertaken to evaluate the cardioprotective mechanisms of Withania somnifera (Ws), in the setting of ischemia and reperfusion (IR) injury.
METHODS: Wistar rats were divided into three groups and received orally saline (sham, control IR) and Ws-50 mg/kg (Ws-IR), respectively, for 1 month. On the 31st day, in the rats of control IR and Ws-IR group, LAD coronary artery occlusion was undertaken for 45 min followed by 1 h reperfusion. Subsequently, all the animals were sacrificed for biochemical, immunohistochemical {Bax and Bcl-2 protein}, terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase biotin-dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) positivity and histopathological studies.
RESULTS: Post-ischemic reperfusion injury resulted in significant cardiac necrosis, apoptosis, decline in antioxidant status and elevation in lipid peroxidation in the IR control group as compared to sham. Ws prior-treatment favorably restored the myocardial oxidant-antioxidant balance, exerted marked anti-apoptotic effects {upregulated Bcl-2 (p<0.001) protein, decreased Bax (p<0.01) protein, and attenuated TUNEL positivity (p<0.01)}, and reduced myocardial damage as evidenced by histopathologic evaluation.
CONCLUSIONS: The antioxidant and anti-apoptotic properties of Ws may contribute to the cardioprotective effects.
Efficacy of Terminalia arjuna in chronic stable angina: a double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover study comparing Terminalia arjuna with isosorbide mononitrate.
Indian Heart J. 2002 Mar-Apr;54(2):170-5.
Bharani A, Ganguli A, Mathur LK, Jamra Y, Raman PG.
BACKGROUND: Terminalia arjuna, an Indian medicinal plant, has been reported to have beneficial effects in patients with ischemic heart disease in a number of small, open studies. The need for a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study with adequate sample size has long been felt. The bark extract (IPC-53) contains acids (arjunic acid, terminic acid), glycosides (arjunetin arjunosides I-IV), strong antioxidants (flavones, tannins, oligomeric proanthocyanidins), minerals. etc. and exhibits antifailure and anti-ischemic properties.
METHODS AND RESULTS: Fifty-eight males with chronic stable angina (NYHA class II-III) with evidence of provocable ischemia on treadmill exercise test received Terminalia arjuna (500 mg 8 hourly), isosorbide mononitrate (40 mg/daily) or a matching placebo for one week each, separated by a wash-out period of at least three days in a randomized, double-blind, crossover design. They underwent clinical, biochemical and treadmill exercise evaluation at the end of each therapy which were compared during the three therapy periods. Terminalia arjuna therapy was associated with significant decrease in the frequency of angina and need for isosorbide dinitrate (5.69 /-6.91 mg/week v. 18.22 /-9.29 mg/week during placebo therapy, p<0.005). The treadmill exercise test parameters improved significantly during therapy with Terminalia arjuna compared to those with placebo. The total duration of exercise increased (6.14 /-2.51 min v. 4.76 /-2.38 min, p<0.005), maximal ST depression during the longest equivalent stages of submaximal exercise decreased (1.41 /-0.55 mm v. 2.21 /-0.56 mm, p<0.005), time to recovery decreased (6.49 /-2.37 min v. 9.27 /-3.39 min, p<0.005) and higher double products were achieved (25.75 /-4.81×10(3) v. 23.11 /-4.83×10(3), p<0.005) during Terminalia arjuna therapy. Similar improvements in clinical and treadmill exercise test parameters were observed with isosorbide mononitrate compared to placebo therapy. No significant differences were observed in clinical or treadmill exercise test parameters when Terminalia arjuna and isosorbide mononitrate therapies were compared. No significant untoward effects were reported during Terminalia arjuna therapy.
CONCLUSIONS: Terminalia arjuna bark extract, 500 mg 8 hourly, given to patients with stable angina with provocable ischemia on treadmill exercise, led to improvement in clinical and treadmill exercise parameters as compared to placebo therapy. These benefits were similar to those observed with isosorbide mononitrate (40 mg/day) therapy and the extract was well tolerated. Limitations of this study include applicability of the results to only men with chronic stable angina but not necessarily to women, as they were not studied.
Hypoglycemic, diuretic and hypocholesterolemic effect of winter cherry (Withania somnifera, Dunal) root.
Indian J Exp Biol. 2000 Jun;38(6):607-9.
Andallu B, Radhika B.
Hypoglycemic, diuretic and hypocholesterolemic effects of roots of W. somnifera (ashvagandha) were assessed on human subjects. Six mild NIDDM subjects and six mild hypercholesterolemic subjects were treated with the powder of roots of W. somnifera for 30 days. Suitable parameters were studied in the blood and urine samples of the subjects along with dietary pattern before and at the end of treatment period. Decrease in blood glucose was comparable to that of an oral hypoglycemic drug. Significant increase in urine sodium, urine volume, significant decrease in serum cholesterol, triglycerides, LDL (low density lipoproteins) and VLDL (very low density lipoproteins) cholesterol were observed indicating that root of W. somnifera is a potential source of hypoglycemic, diuretic and hypocholesterolemic agents. Clinical observations revealed no adverse effects.
Cardiovascular effects of forskolin (HL 362) in patients with idiopathic congestive cardiomyopathy–a comparative study with dobutamine and sodium nitroprusside.
Baumann G, Felix S, Sattelberger U, Klein G.
J Cardiovasc Pharmacol. 1990 Jul;16(1):93-100.
Forskolin, a diterpene derivative of the Indian plant Coleus forskhohlii, proved to be a marked positive inotropic and vasodilatory compound in animal experiments with a mechanism of action distinct from catecholamines, cardiac glycosides, and phosphodiesterase-inhibiting compounds. The cardiovascular effects of forskolin seem to be mediated by a direct stimulatory action at the catalytic unit of sarcolemmal adenylate cyclase. The aim of the present study was to clarify the cardiovascular profile of this compound in 12 patients with stage III (NYHA) congestive cardiomyopathy. The effects of forskolin were investigated by invasive techniques using the thermodilution catheter method and compared to the beta 1-receptor agonist dobutamine and the vasodilator sodium nitroprusside in an intraindividual comparison. Forskolin dose-dependently reduced cardiac pre- and afterload values, and led to a reduction in systolic, diastolic, and mean pulmonary artery pressure as well as pulmonary wedge pressure by greater than 50% concomitant with an increase in cardiac output. There was a slight increase in heart rate. Cardiac stroke volume and stroke volume index was increased by approximately 70%. The cardiovascular effects of dobutamine and nitroprusside were less pronounced; however, it seemed that a similar hemodynamic profile could be achieved by the combination of both dobutamine and sodium nitroprusside. In view of the rapid development of tolerance toward beta 1-receptor stimulation, forskolin, with its receptor-independent mechanism of action, may be advantageous for…..
The king of whole food antioxidants
A natural fruit extract providing nutrient support for the heart
Helps reduce cholesterol and regulate blood sugar levels
Anti-inflammatory and antacid
Provides a high dose of active tannins for maximum benefit
For a healthy heart and a long life
A potent antioxidant responsible for the health benefits of red wine
Helps maintain a healthy heart
Mimics the longevity effects of calorie restriction
Promotes normal cell development
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1352991
|
__label__cc
| 0.545085
| 0.454915
|
<a href="http://archiveofourown.org/works/3513107"><strong>Dancing in our Heads</strong></a> (21099 words) by <a href="http://archiveofourown.org/users/littlelemonkey"><strong>littlelemonkey</strong></a><br />Chapters: 23/23<br />Fandom: <a href="http://archiveofourown.org/tags/Call%20the%20Midwife">Call the Midwife</a><br />Rating: Teen And Up Audiences<br />Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings<br />Relationships: Delia Busby/Patsy Mount<br />Characters: Delia Busby, Patsy Mount, Delia's Mam, Trixie Franklin, Nurse Crane, sister julienne, Barbara Gilbert, Sister Evangelina, Monica Joan (Call the Midwife)<br />Additional Tags: Pupcake - Freeform, Fluff<br />Summary: <p>Delia wakes up in hospital after the crash. That's all I'm saying so far.</p>
Delia Busby/Patsy Mount
Delia Busby
Patsy Mount
Delia's Mam
Trixie Franklin
Nurse Crane
sister julienne
Barbara Gilbert
Sister Evangelina
Monica Joan (Call the Midwife)
Pupcake - Freeform
Dancing in our Heads
littlelemonkey
Delia wakes up in hospital after the crash. That's all I'm saying so far.
This is taking longer to write than I thought (probably due to crying fits) so I'm uploading it in chapters. Here have the first one to soothe your wounds from last night! As always you can find me on tumblr at the same username, let's cry together.
Also it's not proof read so if you spot a mistake, give us a shout!
Delia wasn’t sure how long she’d been in the hospital. It was all a blur of light and dark and faces and voices that she didn’t recognise. The only time she felt truly awake was when she slept, there she could move without pain through vivid colourful dreams, dreams where she knew the people around her. When she awoke wisps of the dream would float around her head – a smell of bleach, a flash of red hair, a smile, a laugh, a record playing. Other things happened in her dreams too, she knew that, there was a woman with red hair who never spoke, Delia never saw her face, only the view over her shoulder as they waltzed round and round, spinning endlessly, making her unable to focus. She knew that the touch of the red haired woman made her feel happy, excited almost, and she knew she wished to kiss her. She could remember what kissing the woman felt like so vividly she was sure it was a memory, but something told her to keep that to herself.
Time was strange in the hospital, there were visits from people who said they were her mother and father, only she didn’t know them, talking to them made her head hurt and she longed for sleep so she could go dancing in her dreams. One day she had a visit from a girl who said she was her friend, she was crying and Delia didn’t know why, but it made her sad right down to her soul to see it. The girl was pretty, but Delia was tired, she didn’t want to stay with the strangers, she wanted to go dancing in her dreams.
That night however, the dream changed. For the first time the waltz finished and the next tune was faster, more alive. Delia felt it coursing through her like pure lightning. The red haired woman laughed and stepped back so that Delia could see her face, and in that instant Delia swore her heart stopped.
“I love you Deels” said Patsy, and then she leant forward for a kiss.
Delia sat bolt upright in bed.
“Pats!” she called out, it was involuntary, instinctive “Patsy where are you? I need you.” She looked around frantically and slowly remembered where she was, and that wasn’t all she remembered.
She didn’t sleep another wink that night, her life playing on loop in her head as though she’d stayed too long at the pictures. Remembering Patsy had brought back everything, she needed to see her. In those dark hours that she was all alone, Delia tried only to inhabit the memories she had of Patsy, their first kiss, then sly, secretive kisses stolen whenever possible, the touch of her hand, the feeling of holding her in her arms, the picnic on the floor of their flat before the accident. Patsy sitting beside her bed in the hospital. Delia tried to block that one, it was too painful, how could she ever have forgotten Patsy? How must Patsy feel right now? Delia had to see her. But whilst she lay all alone in the dark, watching her own private picture, Delia felt less lonely than she had in all the time she’d been in the hospital – however long that was.
Dawn crept slowly on to the ward and Delia wished it would hurry, she called over the first nurse she saw in what sounded like blind panic,
“Nurse, nurse!”
“Whatever is the matter Miss Busby?”
“I need to see Patsy”
“Who’s Patsy?”
“She’s my best friend, she was here yesterday and she made me remember, I remember things now, I dreamt about her and it helped me remember!”
“Calm down Miss Busby, I’ll fetch doctor and your mother and we’ll see what we can do”, Delia took a deep breath,
“The bones of the foot are the cuboid, navicular, cuneiform, talus, calcaneus, metatarsals and phalanges. My name is Delia Busby, I’m a trained nurse from Wales but I live in London and I was knocked off my friend’s bicycle and brought here. I didn’t have any memories until I had a dream last night and now they’ve all come back as if I’ve just watched a film starring myself at the pictures and I could remember acting in all the scenes. Patsy is a midwife and she lives with the nuns at Nonnatus house and yesterday I didn’t know who she was and today I do and I need to see her and tell her that so she will stop crying.” The outburst was sapping Delia’s energy but some unknown force kept her going, it’s not an unknown force you fool, it’s love, “look I would really like to see my friend, and my parents, right away.” The nurse looked at her with a kind of pity in her eyes,
“I’ll see what I can do Miss Busby.”
Okay so this chapter is better if you've read my other pupcake fics, but that's not a necessity!
Delia was pleased to see her mother, and pleased to find also that she knew her,
“Please stop crying mam”,
“I can’t help it cariad, are you sure you remember everything?”
“I remember our house in Wales, and building that shed with Dad only to have it collapse in the first winter storm. I remember when we got a puppy, and I remember how I cried the day we thought she’d gone missing but it turned out she was down the road having snuck into a neighbour’s house. I remember everything mam, I could keep telling you about it all for hours.” Delia squeezed her mother’s hand tightly, the relief she felt at knowing her once more was overwhelming. She’d been so happy at home in Wales, but it was starting to feel like another lifetime. She remembered leaving when she finally acknowledged that she was different – it broke her heart, but big cities were easier to hide in than small towns. Her parents must have missed her so much, never quite understanding why she’d left, a lump of guilt rose in her throat. How could she leave them again? She couldn’t possibly tell them that she wanted to stay here, in London, with Patsy.
“I love you, mam”, she said simply,
“I love you too, and we’ll have you back home in no time.” Delia heard someone clearing their throat and the face of the doctor appeared around the edge of the screen,
“Actually Mrs. Busby, there is something about your daughter’s treatment I would like to discuss with you, can you come with me please?” Delia’s mother took a last long look at her daughter,
“As long as she won’t have forgotten me again by the time I get back”, she said with a sad smile,
“I won’t forget mam”, replied Delia.
Delia was left on her own again, she wondered if Patsy was coming, if anyone had even sent for her. Perhaps they had and Patsy didn’t want to come, perhaps there were still things Delia couldn’t remember, an argument or something. Perhaps something bad had happened to Patsy, or suppose her memories weren’t even real. Delia felt panic rising alongside her guilt, I almost preferred the numb loneliness, she thought. She closed her eyes and tried to remember the dancing dream, although now her memories were coming back it seemed duller, less intense, as though it were slipping away and being forced out by reality. The sound of footsteps jolted her back into the moment and she opened her eyes. There, stood just a few paces away from the bed, was Patsy.
For a second neither of them spoke, they just looked at each other, Patsy’s eyes sparkling with adoration, tinged with a little sadness. Patsy was just as Delia remembered, only more intense, more there, more present, as if Delia had been seeing her through a misty window until that moment. Delia felt as though her senses were sharper, her vision more keen, drinking in Patsy’s details. She felt as if she listened hard enough she would hear her heart beating. This was definitely the girl she had danced with in the dream, but no longer was she some ethereal spirit, she was real, she was here and she was looking at Delia and though her heart might burst. Delia could see Patsy’s eyes filling with tears as a smile spread across her face, the bouquet she held in one hand beginning to tremble.
“I thought all girls who received flowers became the subject of gossip”, Delia smiled gently,
“I think the circumstances are different this time, and besides, you’re already the subject of gossip”, Patsy’s voice was thick with tears as she walked quickly towards the bed. Delia stretched her hand out and Patsy took it, setting the flowers down gently on the floor and kneeling beside her, she planted dozens of tiny kisses on Delia’s fingers. Patsy rested her head on Delia gently and began to sob,
“How much do you remember?” she asked
“Everything Pats, everything. I remember the night Abigail’s baby was stillborn and you came running to me and I held you like this and you spent the night in my arms”, Delia kept her voice low, afraid of being overheard. “I remember that I love you, and that you love me.”
“Deels”, said Patsy, raising her head, “I thought… I thought I’d lost you”,
“I never really forgot you”, she said, “I couldn’t remember your name or your face or your voice, but I could remember how you made me feel, and I could remember your red hair”,
“So out of all my qualities you remembered my hair?” said Patsy, smiling through her tears,
“Your hair, and your kiss”
“My kiss?” asked Patsy, a nervous excitement filling her up, “like this?” she leant in and softly placed her lips against Delia’s, feeling a warmth flooding through her that she thought she’d lost forever. At that moment she wouldn’t have cared if the whole world was watching, this one kiss with Delia, however brief, was a god given second chance.
“Yes”, smiled Delia, looking at Patsy as if nothing else could ever exist, “exactly like that. Except my face didn’t get wet because you were crying.”
“Do you remember our first kiss?”
“Of course, it was just behind the disused wing next to this one, I was terrified you weren’t going to kiss me back, and before you came in I was terrified that you would never kiss me again.”
“I would keep kissing you forever if I could”, Patsy had still not let go of Delia’s hand, “actually I’ve got an idea, are you sick of being cooped up in this bed?”
“Well yes, but I am on bed rest Pats…”
“Wait here”, she said with a smile,
“What are you going to do?”
“You’ll see” she said, planting a quick kiss on Delia’s cheek before leaving.
“I don’t see why I have to be in the wheelchair”, said Delia,
“Because you’re supposed to be resting and this is the only way they would let you out, besides you’re all bruised and swollen and I don’t want you to be in pain”,
“I’m never in pain when you’re around, how did you even arrange this?” Patsy was taking Delia on a walk around the hospital grounds, under the pretext that fresh air and familiar surroundings might help cement her memories. Also on the condition that Delia was not to get too cold, or too tired, or to leave the hospital. Patsy didn’t mind that last part, they didn’t need to leave the hospital for this.
“I just had a word with the doctor, and your mother, I can be awfully persuasive when I want to be.” Patsy couldn’t quite believe this was happening, surely it was all a dream. But Delia’s voice and her touch and that kiss… it was so real, it had to be real.
“Pats, I think there’s a problem”,
“What is it? What’s wrong?” there was panic in Patsy’s voice as she looked down at Delia
“Not me you fool, that”, Delia was pointing to a line of rubble that was blocking their path, there was a gap big enough for a person, but not the chair.
“Oh bother” Patsy thought hard for a moment, she looked one way, then the other, and then a smile crossed her face, she leant down and slid an arm under Delia’s legs, and the other around her body,
“Hold on tight Deels, I’m going to carry you”, Delia looked sceptical but she raised her arms around Patsy’s neck and let herself be lifted. Patsy stepped quickly through the rubble and gently placed Delia down on the grass. Delia recognised the place easily, it was the spot where she’d first kissed Patsy.
“It’s as though you’ve just carried me over the threshold” smiled Delia,
“Well one day”, replied Patsy, sitting down beside her and taking her hand “one day I will, I promise” She slipped her coat off and wrapped it around Delia’s shoulders, “can’t have you getting cold now can we?” she said, she folded her arms around Delia who leant into her chest. Patsy peppered her head with small kisses, stopping now and again to breathe in the scent of her hair. They sat like that for some time, Delia was still having trouble with time, but she hoped that it was only a short time so they could stay together longer. She began to drift off to sleep but was woken by Patsy shifting next to her,
“Looks like it’s time I got you back so you can sleep”
“Pats I want to stay here, with you”,
“And I with you, but we can’t, you need to sleep”,
“Will you be there when I wake up?”
“Oh Deels, we both know that I can’t be”, said Patsy, tears welling in her eyes once more as she scooped Delia up and carried her over the rubble to the waiting chair, “but one day we’ll never have to wake up apart ever again. I promise.”
Delia stayed in the hospital, her memories were back but she couldn’t stay awake for long at all, and every so often there were the seizures. Time still eluded her, she never knew if seconds, hours or days had passed between events, the sleeping didn’t help. If she only slept at night she would have had something to go by, but she slept too often and too irregularly for that. Sometimes her memories were clear as day, and other times they became veiled in a hazy mist, so she couldn’t quite make out any details. She was always most upset when she couldn’t see Patsy’s smile. She remembered things yes, important things, events, but sometimes they were just summaries, their details obscured. From what she could tell Patsy visited often, those were her good times, memories sharper, her seizures less violent. The visits always went the same: Patsy arrived, smiling and laden with gifts from Nonnatus, mostly cake, often with a slice or two missing –they suspected Sister Monica Joan. Then there would be the quick furtive kiss that swept through Delia and cleared the haze from her mind. The kiss that made her feel as if she was alive in her own right. Then they would sit and talk, Patsy ever concerned to see how she was doing, Delia keen to hear stories from Nonnatus. Sometimes they had a little cake together. Then Patsy would go and fetch the wheelchair – Delia hated that bloody chair, but it did mean she got to be alone with Patsy. They always went to the same spot, where they’d kissed first, and then they’d really talk. They spoke to one another as lovers, their speech punctuated with kisses. Patsy had been cautious when kissing Delia at first, scared to cause her pain or frighten her, but Delia’s reassurance meant the kisses became more passionate and intense. They never lasted long though, as both girls kept a wary lookout for observers. Delia would lean back against Patsy, who leant against the wall, elegantly smoking a cigarette. Sometimes they’d make plans for the future, sometimes they wouldn’t speak at all. They would just be happy, being there together. It was nice to go somewhere together and just be. Delia didn’t know how long this carried on for, but she lived for Patsy’s visits, for her kisses and the gentle touch of her fingers. She lived for the way Patsy’s strong arms carried her over the rubble and back again, she lived for seeing that smile and hearing that laugh and tasting the traces of cigarette smoke and lipstick on her lips, long after the kissing had stopped. Delia lived for Patsy, and she couldn’t leave her.
For a while it seemed as if she would never have to leave Patsy. The hospital kept her in, the doctors said she was making progress but it was unsteady. Over time there were more and more good days, more days when everything was clear, and less days plagued by the memory haze and seizures. Then one day it happened,
“Good news cariad, the doctors say we can take you home on Friday, that’s only three days”, Delia’s mother stood at her bedside and smiled at her, Delia still didn’t know exactly what three days felt like.
“Home, mam?”
“Yes home, to Wales. The doctors want to keep you around here so they can monitor you, but you need caring for and you can only get that at home, and your dad and I have missed you so.”
“If the doctors want me here, isn’t it best that I stay?” asked Delia, feigning concern for her condition,
“Yes cariad, but there’s no one here that can care for you, not like me and your dad.” Delia felt tears welling up behind her eyes and she was powerless to stop them, “Oh dear, don’t cry, I know it’s overwhelming and it’s been difficult but it will all be alright soon. You’ll be home where you belong, where you can be loved and cared for, you’ll be right as rain in no time, you’ll see.”
Patsy knew something was wrong as soon as she saw her, Delia was paler than usual, and trembling slightly,
“Oh darling what’s wrong? Did you have another seizure? Should I fetch doctor?” Delia shook her head, Patsy came closer and took her hand, using her free hand to smooth Delia’s hair, it seemed to comfort her a little “did you have another nightmare?” Patsy’s voice was soft and full of concern, she leaned over and gently kissed Delia’s forehead, “do tell me what’s wrong darling.”
“When we’re outside Pats, I’ll tell you there.”
The two of them sat in their usual spot, Delia resting against Patsy, holding both her hands, pulling her arms tighter around her. Patsy enjoyed Delia’s warmth, enjoyed her weight pressing against her, placing gentle kisses on the top of her head.
“They’re taking me back to Wales soon”, Delia tried to say it without emotion, but she felt her voice cracking,
“When?” asked Patsy, barely disguising her devastation
“But today is Wednesday, and I can’t come tomorrow because I’ve got rounds and I can’t ask anyone to cover because Trixie’s ill and Sister Evangelina put her back out trying to retrieve the cake from its new hiding place. When do you go on Friday? I’ve got early shift but I should be able to…”
“In the morning, mam wants to set off before lunch, it’s a long journey back to Wales. Oh Pats, what am I going to do?” Patsy gripped her hands tighter,
“You’re going to go home, and you’re going to get better”, said Patsy, tears beginning to slide down her cheeks “and I’m going to write to you all the time, and when you’re better you can come back here, and we’ll live in a spotless flat together, with only fresh flowers, and modern china.”
“I’m so scared Pats, I’m scared if I don’t see you I’ll forget you again. I can’t bear to forget you again.”
“You won’t forget me, you didn’t before, not properly anyway. You’ll have my letters to remember me by, and you’ll have this”, Patsy gently shifted them both so they were facing, leant towards Delia and kissed her. It was a long kiss, deep and heartfelt and saying everything that neither of them could express in words, Patsy eventually pulled back, resting her forehead against Delia’s and looking deep into her eyes.
“I love you, and this is not goodbye, this is not a goodbye kiss, this is more of a cheerio, see you soon kiss.” The gentle breeze made Patsy’s tears cold against her cheeks, “my darling Delia, how I love you”, she said gently, before looking at her watch and sighing resignedly.
“It can’t be time to go yet Pats”, the genuine confusion in Delia’s voice was concerning,
“I’m so sorry my darling but it is, we don’t want to be missed, here”, she slid the watch off her wrist and secured it on to Delia’s “I know you have trouble with time now, so you check a lot, and now every time you check, you can think of me, you can remember me.” She tried hard to control her emotions as she picked up Delia for the last time, feeling her soft hands against the back of her neck,
“When I come back, can we go dancing?” Delia was already half asleep as she mumbled the question,
“Of course we can my darling”, said Patsy sadly “but until then, we’ll just have to keep on dancing in our heads.”
The knock at the door surprised Trixie, unannounced visitors were becoming less and less common at Nonnatus as more people got the telephone, nevertheless she answered the door with her carefully perfected smile,
“Delia!” she exclaimed, her smile turning from constructed to genuine, seeing Delia on her feet was good news, the kind of good news that she and Patsy needed. Trixie was not oblivious to her friend crying herself to sleep, as she was sure that Patsy was not oblivious to her own downward spiral, but they rarely spoke of it, their silence a yawning chasm in their small room.
“Trixie” smiled Delia, “and don’t even think about trying to tell me I look well, because we both know I look frightful; this is my mam”, she added. Delia felt giddy and woozy, walking was still an effort and the street had been busy, too much going on. She tried her best to look put together, hoping beyond hope that Patsy was there.
“Hello Mrs Busby”, smiled Trixie “come in, both of you, I’ll let everyone know you’re here”,
“We’re sorry to drop by at such short notice”, said Delia’s mother, “but Delia simply wouldn’t leave without saying thank you for the cake or apologising about the bicycle, and the nurse on the phone was very kind to offer us tea.” This was the first Trixie had heard of tea, however she had seen Nurse Crane disappear into Sister Julienne’s office shortly after taking a phone call.
“It’s no trouble at all”, she smiled “I’ll go wake Patsy, she’s only just home, you can take your mother through to the kitchen”, her smile faded “oh goodness, I’m so sorry, I didn’t even think… you can remember the way?” Delia reached out and squeezed her arm,
“Don’t worry Trixie, I remember almost everything most days now”, Trixie looked at her, trying to glean quite what she meant, did she know? Had Patsy told her? It was difficult to tell but there was a kind of warm kindness in her eyes that said even if she knew, she wasn’t judging.
“Excellent”, she said brightly “I’ll see you in a minute then.”
Patsy tried to look composed as she came down the stairs, but she was rushing so much in her excitement that she almost tripped over her own feet. She scolded herself, she might have to keep it together for a while, there was no sign yet that she could be alone with Delia, and she was exhausted from the early shift, having only returned half an hour ago. When she reached the dining room most of the nuns and nurses were already assembled around the table, however the seat next to Delia had been left free,
“Ah Nurse Mount, have a seat”, smiled Sister Julienne, gesturing towards the seat next to Delia. Patsy sat down, smiling at Delia in greeting, but not risking physical contact for fear of giving herself away. Delia was not supposed to be here, she was supposed to be going back to Wales, seeing her today was more than Patsy could have ever dared to hope and yet there were the questions. Why hadn’t she been told? Was something wrong? Why on earth was most of Nonnatus now gathered in the dining room taking tea with Delia and her mother? The whole atmosphere felt something much more than social. She gratefully accepted her tea and sipped it quietly whilst listening to the small talk, risking a glance at Delia every now and again. A couple of times their eyes met and Patsy felt that familiar thrill, followed by a great swooping sadness as she realised she may never feel it again. Eventually conversation turned to Delia’s treatment,
“I mean the doctors want to keep her here”, Mrs Busby was saying “they say it’s rare for someone to recover their memory so quickly, and they’ve noticed an improvement on days she’s around other young people, especially Patsy, haven’t they cariad?” Patsy was glad she was addressing Delia and hoped no one noticed as her cheeks flushed,
“Yes Mam”, smiled Delia “it’s my recent memories that can be a bit more difficult”, she admitted “that’s why it’s good to be around my friends, they help me remember.”
“I know it would be good if she could stay here, but she can’t stay in the London they say, and she still needs round the clock care, with the sleeping and the seizures and the disorientation. We can give her that at home”, Mrs Busby smiled gently and gave a resigned sigh, the nuns nodded sympathetically. Patsy noticed Delia’s eyelids beginning to close, she nudged her leg under the table and they fluttered awake, so beautiful and delicate that it took Patsy’s breath away for a second. Then she became aware she was staring and quickly returned to her tea, accidentally gulping too much at once. Trixie raised an eyebrow at her from across the table.
“If you would rather Delia stay in London, we can care for her here”, began Sister Julienne, Trixie’s eyes widened, Patsy almost choked on her huge mouthful of tea, Nurse Crane looked rather smug. A tiny glint of hope appeared in Delia’s eyes and Mrs Busby’s mouth opened in shock. “We are not a hospital”, continued Sister Julienne “but Delia can receive the best care in London and she has nowhere else to stay, besides she is a nurse like us, and since Nurse Mount appears to be some sort of magic tonic to her friend’s condition, I rather fear we would lose her to Wales if Delia were to leave.”
“I don’t know what to say…” began Mrs Busby, “are you sure?”
“We are always happy to help a friend in need and there are plenty of spare rooms here. As Delia recovers she can help with cleaning equipment and such, things that will help her return to nursing, if that is what she wants. The environment is familiar for her, and the routines we keep here will help her understanding of time. Of course, we do understand that you may still wish to care for your daughter at home.” Sister Julienne’s voice was calm but the rest of the table sat in a sort of stunned silence, Pasty had stopped breathing, hardly darling to hope, under the table she felt Delia’s fingertips brush her knee reassuringly. Mrs Busby turned to Delia,
“What do you think would be best cariad?” Delia barely missed a beat,
“I think I should stay, if that’s really alright with everyone, all I want is to be better, I just want to get back to my life. If you want me to come home mam, I will though”, she added gently.
“Then you must stay here cariad”, said Mrs Busby, her eyes blurring slightly with tears as she gripped her daughter’s hand,
“You may also stay for a few days too Mrs Busby, if you’re concerned about Delia settling in”, said Sister Julienne,
“Oh there’s no need for that, she’s looking quite at home already, and besides, her father will worry if I’m not home tonight.” Patsy had been so focussed on the conversation, so desperate that no one say anything that would cause Delia to be taken from her, that she was shocked when she felt the weight of Delia’s head falling against her shoulder, she spun round quickly and caught her, propping her up against the chair. The nuns began to rise but Patsy waved them down,
“It’s quite alright, she’s only sleeping, this happens quite often, I expect the shock has quite taken it out if her.” She hoped that they couldn’t see her barely disguised smile, or the tears of joy that were forming in her eyes. She knew that they couldn’t see the way her heart felt as if it was glowing, or the electric tingle that was running through her from being so physically close to Delia in public. She was grateful for that, she sometimes had the feeling the nuns could see right in to her soul.
“We should probably get her to bed”, smiled Sister Julienne, “I did have Nurse Crane make up a room just in case, after she came to see me this morning.”
“This really is very kind of you”, said Mrs Busby, struggling to disguise her emotions, “we just want the best for Delia”, she added,
“I think we all want the same thing”, said Sister Julienne reassuringly,
“I quite agree”, smiled Patsy, hoping her voice didn’t betray her unspeakable happiness, “I can carry her upstairs and put her to bed”,
“And I’ll follow you straight up with her things”, said Trixie, giving Patsy a very particular look, “then you’d better get yourself to bed I think, if you’re going to be ready for the night shift.”
This is a bit of a short one, leading up to quite an important chapter. I really wanted to post today but I'm super ill so this is all I could manage, hope you enjoy!
Delia woke up to the sound of the door closing lightly, her eyelids fluttered open as she felt the bed dip with the weight of someone sitting down next to her,
“Hello my love”, Patsy’s voice was soft and low as she tenderly stroked Delia’s hair and leant in to place a soft kiss on her forehead,
“Pats”, smiled Delia, her voice heavy with sleep, she instinctively moved in to Patsy’s touch, wanting to keep the warmth of her hand on her head. “I’m staying here now aren’t I?” Delia’s voice was suddenly fearful, “how long have I slept? What time is it?”
“Hush darling, it’s nearly 9pm, I’m going on shift in five minutes and I’m required to remain by the telephone. I’m afraid my visits to you may have to be rather fleeting whilst you’re here.” There was sadness in Patsy’s voice, but they both understood the dangers of getting caught, especially now when it could mean a permanent separation. Delia gazed up at Patsy in her neat uniform, hair arranged perfectly under her crimson hat, ready to leave and deliver a baby at a moment’s notice. Delia would never tire of looking at Patsy. Their eyes held each other for a moment, in a way their bodies could not, but all too soon it was time for Patsy to leave,
“I hate being so close to you but knowing I can’t just be with you”, she sighed,
“At least you can be with me sometimes”, said Delia “we need to be grateful for that Pats, kiss me before you go?” she added, Patsy obliged willingly, feeling that familiar tingle that made her heart flutter.
“Wish me luck”, she smiled as she stood up,
“Good luck darling” said Delia, watching as Patsy walked to the door, gave her one last smile over her shoulder, and left.
Patsy was exhausted the next morning as she rode her borrowed bicycle back to Nonnatus, she was glad when she could get off, Delia’s accident had made her wary of the thing. The early morning sun was shining on the steps of Nonnatus and there was a hint of warmth in the air as she hurried inside, her spirits lifted by the promise of food and tea and the prospect of seeing Delia. The nuns and midwives were just finishing breakfast as she stepped inside,
“Mrs Johnson has had a healthy baby boy, long birth but no complications, they’re both doing well”, she announced,
“Wonderful news”, smiled Sister Julienne,
“Especially after the trouble we had with her first one”, added Sister Evangelina “now there was a baby who did not want to come out at all…”
“Well it’s a good thing this one didn’t want to copy his big brother then!” interrupted Trixie, before the Sister could begin another of her stories “you’ve the evening off tonight haven’t you Patsy?”
“Yes, and I’m frightfully glad of it!”
“Excellent, Horlicks and monopoly then? Me, you and Barbara, and maybe if Delia’s awake we could go through and play in her room. I’m sure she’d be glad of company other than Sister Monica Joan!” Patsy was glad to see Trixie’s liveliness beginning to return slightly, for the first time in weeks there was colour in her cheeks and she didn’t seem quite so withdrawn.
“Horlicks and monopoly it is”, smiled Patsy, “now I’m off to find out if there’s any of that bacon I can smell left over, and then I’m going straight to sleep!”
I know I said this was going to be the important chapter, but that is actually the next one (I promise!)
Patsy was alarmed to see how late it was when she awoke to Barbara shaking her shoulder,
“Come on sleepy head, it’s dinner time”, Patsy mumbled something and forced herself to sit up, she had been hoping to sneak a visit to Delia before dinner, but no such luck,
“You might want to put some actual clothes on, I’m not sure how acceptable it is to dine in pyjamas” added Barbara, before slipping out of the room. Patsy dressed quickly and hurried downstairs, trying to shake off her grogginess, she wasn’t completely successful as she almost collided with Nurse Crane at the foot of the stairs,
“Oh! I’m sorry, I didn’t even see you there!” said Patsy,
“It’s quite alright Nurse Mount, but your legs are younger than mine so you can take up Delia’s dinner if you don’t mind.” It was only then that Patsy noticed the tray she was holding, lucky they hadn’t collided after all,
“Yes, of course”, smiled Patsy, her heart leaping at the thought of seeing Delia, even if only for a moment. Nurse Crane gave a knowing smile at the eager tone in Patsy’s voice,
“Don’t forget to come back for your own dinner though”, she warned, her voice half amused as she handed Patsy the tray and turned towards the dining room. Patsy blushed in spite of herself, hoping that Nurse Crane hadn’t caught on to the situation, and fled up the stairs.
Delia was pleased to see her, and not just because she was bringing food, her face broke into a huge smile as soon as she realised it was Patsy coming through the door,
“Hello Pats”, the warmth of her voice washed over Patsy in waves,
“Hello Deels, I’ve brought your dinner”, said Patsy
“I did guess”, Delia replied playfully, Patsy was careful to push the door to as she entered the room, placing the tray down and helping Delia to sit up before putting the tray in her lap. The brief moment of contact, of having her arms wrapped around Delia was all Patsy needed to pull her out of her post-nap haze.
“How are you feeling Deels?”
“Better, now you’re here”, Patsy blushed at the comment “I can’t wait until I can get up and down stairs easily enough to eat with everyone though”,
“Perhaps it’s a blessing for now” suggested Patsy “I mean, I’m not entirely sure I’d be able to stop myself from taking your hand under the table”, she whispered, placing a kiss on Delia’s cheek, “do you think you’ll be well enough for monopoly?”
“Not to play perhaps, I still have trouble concentrating, but I can watch and talk, I would very much enjoy your company”, the emphasis she placed on the last words made Patsy’s heart skip, Patsy sighed and smiled and leaned in again to kiss Delia’s forehead,
“I look forward to seeing you tonight then”, she smiled, “although I must go before I’m missed.” Despite her affirmation, Patsy lingered for a few moments, gazing at the woman she loved,
“Go on you fool, we can’t have you starving”, said Delia, Patsy gave a resigned sigh and a quick smile,
“Until tonight”, she said, making her way to the door,
“Until tonight my love”, replied Delia.
Trixie seemed to have organised everything down to the letter and later that evening they were all sat around a monopoly board in Delia’s room, sipping steaming mugs of Horlicks and working their way through a rather large plate of biscuits. The bedside table had been cleared and placed in the centre of the room to hold the board, Patsy perched on the end of Delia’s bed, just close enough to feel her warmth through the blankets. Trixie and Barbara had carried chairs in from elsewhere. The game was going well, all of them laughing and joking, Trixie fuming whenever she landed on a property with houses, Barbara apologising every time it was hers. There was bargaining and good natured humour and Patsy was winning, until she landed on one of Trixie’s few properties,
“I think I might quite possibly just have bankrupted you”, said Trixie gleefully, looking down at Patsy’s counter sitting on Mayfair, just in front of the hotel.
“Oh bother I think you have”, frowned Patsy, “although how you’ve managed to do so with only three properties is beyond me!”
“Quality, my darling Patsy, is better than quantity”, giggled Trixie, taking a drag on her cigarette followed by a sip of Horlicks, “now hand over the money.”
“I was never any good at this game anyhow!” smiled Patsy, shooting a glance at Barbra, who had been eliminated a few turns earlier, “but at least I don’t apologise every time I take money from someone.”
“Sorry!” said Barbara, causing everyone to laugh, she smiled and reddened, “I was just going easy on you both, I’m an expert at monopoly really, you’ll see next time”, she joked.
“Or next time I will wipe the floor with you both again!” said Trixie,
“You didn’t exactly wipe the floor with me” Patsy argued, “you were lucky, another turn and I’d have beaten you.”
“I could have beaten you all”, interrupted Delia “and I bloody well will when I’m back on my feet, you see if I don’t.” The girls all turned to look at her and laughed, Patsy let her gaze rest on Delia a little longer, transfixed by her presence. She had always loved that fire Delia had, that spirit; since the accident Patsy had worried it was lost forever, Delia was more quiet and unsure, the confusion and disorientation taking its toll. But Delia’s fire had begun to come back, in glimpses and flashes, ever more frequent, and each time it did Patsy couldn’t help but be captivated by it. It made her hopeful for the future, but also a little sad as it reminded her what they had almost had, what they had been so close to and then lost. At least we didn’t lose each other. By this point Patsy had been gazing at Delia for a little too long and Trixie gave a pointed yawn,
“Goodness look at the time!” she exclaimed, “we’d better clear up and get off to bed”, they all began moving round the room, collecting and replacing things, Barbara headed downstairs with the mugs and plate and Trixie moved towards the door carrying one chair and the game,
“Bring the other chair through to our room will you Patsy?” she asked, “I’ll see you in a minute” she added, giving her a pointed look and closing the door behind her.
“What was that look about?” asked Delia, reaching for Patsy’s hand now that they were finally alone, “do you think she knows?”
“I’m not sure Deels”, mused Patsy, stroking the back of Delia’s hand with her thumb, “if she does know she hasn’t said anything.”
“Do you think she’d tell?”
“No, I think Trixie is much better at keeping secrets than you would think”, said Patsy, thinking of all the empty bottles she’d hidden, “but all the same, I can’t stay much longer”, she said resignedly,
“I know my love”, said Delia, gazing up at her sadly, “will you come say hello before you go on shift tomorrow? I know it’s silly but I do worry about you when you’re away.”
“Of course I will, and it is silly, I think you’re the one we have to worry about”, smiled Patsy “now how about a goodnight kiss?” Delia gave a mischievous smile,
“I thought you’d never ask”, she said.
Patsy could still taste Delia on her lips as she made her way back to her room, using the memory of the kiss to quell her rising apprehension. She was sure Trixie knew, and what she’d said had left little doubt in Patsy’s mind that she wanted to talk about it. She hoped she would be understanding, it would hurt to lose her again just as they were putting their friendship back together, but above all she hoped that she wouldn’t tell anyone. The thought of losing Trixie was bad, the thought of losing Delia again was unbearable. She paused outside the door for a moment to collect herself, then took a deep breath before striding in with her usual confident façade. Trixie was sat cross-legged on her bed, fumbling with a packet of cigarettes,
“Do you want one?” she asked casually,
“Yes please”, replied Patsy “I think I rather need one to get over that crushing defeat”, Trixie gave a nervous half smile as she lit it for her, before lighting her own.
“So when were you going to tell me?” she leant forward almost excitedly, the way she always did when she was gossiping,
“Tell you what?” asked Patsy, trying and failing to sound calm,
“About Delia”, Trixie’s words were barely a whisper, and she mouthed them overenthusiastically,
“Well… I… what about Delia?” stammered Patsy, still trying to pretend that there was nothing going on, she could feel herself turning red as she took a long drag of her cigarette.
“About the fact that you’re in love with her, I must say you’re quite the dark horse, I had no idea until after the accident.” Patsy stared in confusion at Trixie’s calm tone and excited smirk “I mean we all thought it was you at first of course, your bicycle, your scarf. I could understand why she might be on your bicycle, but the scarf… and then when I saw how distraught you were, at first I thought it might be the guilt but then, when she got her memories back, well then it was obvious. I mean, it all makes sense when you look at it like that, why you always wanted to spend time just the two of you, and if I needed proof well the way you looked at each other tonight was enough. It’s a wonder even Barbara didn’t notice, although I dare say she isn’t quite aware that such things go on…”
“Trixie…” Patsy began, not quite sure how she was going to finish. The look of complete anguish and confusion on her face did however have the effect of stopping Trixie’s monologue dead in its tracks. Trixie turned to look at Patsy and took her hand, she lowered her voice and said softly,
“You’ve always known my secret, and now I know yours, I won’t breathe a word of this to anyone, you can trust me, you can both trust me.” Patsy felt tears forming behind her eyes and eventually they gave way into huge sobs of relief, Trixie extinguished her own cigarette before taking Patsy’s and doing the same with it. Then she wrapped her arms around the taller girl as she cried,
“I’m so sorry, I’m so sorry”, sobbed Patsy,
“You have nothing to be sorry for you goose”, replied Trixie holding her tighter. Patsy wasn’t sure why she was crying, perhaps it was the relief of not being rejected or exposed, of finally being able to talk about it, of having her friend back. She had always expected that if anyone found out they would run from her, from something they saw as so unnatural and disgusting, she would be publicly shamed and humiliated and never know a kind face or a gentle touch again. Patsy had thought that if anyone ever found out what she was she would be quite alone in the world. Then she had found Delia, and not only had she not been rejected, she had found someone like her, even better she had fallen in love with someone like her. The pain she had felt the day that all that was wrenched away from her was still raw, not only had she lost the love of her life she’d also lost the one person in the world who truly knew and understood her. By some miracle she’d got Delia back, and by some other miracle here was Trixie, the best friend she’d ever really had, holding her as she cried and telling her it would all be okay. Holding her as she cried even though she knew. It was more than Patsy could have ever dared to hope for. Eventually Trixie broke the hug, but she continued to hold on to Patsy’s arms,
“You’re sure you don’t hate me?” asked Patsy tentatively,
“No, I utterly detest you for daring to be so happy with someone you love”, said Trixie ironically, “honestly Patsy, I couldn’t care less that she’s a girl, she makes you happy, and I think we need as much happiness as we can get in our job!”
“Thank you”, Patsy’s words were simple and heartfelt and she didn’t need to say anything more, “Trixie, if you need help with your secret…”
“I know where you are”, Trixie gave a short smile and lit another cigarette, she handed it to Patsy without asking and she gratefully took a long drag. Patsy watched as Trixie sparked up another cigarette for herself, a familiar mischievous glint appearing in her eyes,
“So then you sly fox”, she began, taking a quick drag, “how on earth did your secret romance begin?”
There's some back story in this :) If you want more of what I think their back story is or more detail on the first kiss, it's in my other fics, if what you want still isn't there then drop me a message and I'll see what I can do about pre-accident fluff :)
Patsy found as soon as she started talking that the words just came tumbling out – starting had been the hardest part,
“Well she was just always there”, it seemed like the best place to start, the most honest,
“What do you mean?” said Trixie, clearly getting nothing from Patsy’s answer,
“Well there’s a certain spot at the London, I go there on my break to smoke, I always have. One particularly bad day – I assume Jenny told you that the surgeon was a nightmare, well one particularly bad day, when I’d spent far too much time in his company for anyone’s liking, Delia appeared. I’d never seen anyone else in my spot before so I was quite perturbed at first. I mean I’d glimpsed her a couple of times around the nurses home, but we worked in different parts of the hospital and I’d never actually spoken to her. She clearly wasn’t too pleased to see me either because she asked me what I thought I was doing in her spot, so I went all “Nurse Mount” at her and enquired as to why I’d never seen her there before and what possible claim she had to ring-fencing this particular spot as hers. Then she gave me that smile. That one she does that’s all mischievous and cheeky, and I thought she was the most beautiful thing I’d ever seen. She said,
“I’m winding you up, you fool”, in that lovely accent of hers, and I went all red and flustered and offered her a cigarette. She said she didn’t really smoke but she’d happily share mine. Then our breaks were over and I had to try not to think about her. I’d become very good at not dwelling on things you understand. I couldn’t forget her though, not least because she kept turning up almost every day when I was on my break. We’d talk and sometimes share a cigarette, over time we became more… affectionate. At first we’d greet each other with a smile, then it was hug, then a kiss on the cheek. Then one day she moved her mouth ever so slightly and kissed the corner of mine, she told me later it was so she could pretend to have missed my cheek if I reacted badly. I couldn’t help it, I kissed her back, it was quick and innocent but quite the most thrilling moment of my life. Then we knew, we knew what it was, and we knew how much trouble we were in if anyone ever found out.” Patsy looked at Trixie gratefully, “I never thought… I never thought I’d be telling anyone this.” She took a nervous puff of her cigarette, and Trixie moved her hand on top of Patsy’s. They were sat very close together now, talking in low voices like fugitives. Patsy tried to stick to events in her story telling, though she longed to talk for hours about the sharp blueness of Delia’s eyes, or the way her accent caused her voice to trill on certain words, or the thrill she got when her own skin touched that of the woman she loved. But these were private things, these were her own things, and Trixie did not need to know about them.
“So then what? I mean you could hardly go on dates in the normal way”, Trixie’s voice was soft and sympathetic, but Patsy winced internally at the word normal. A gentle reminder of what she was not, what she could never be. Talking so openly with Trixie had almost made her forget that. She scolded herself, she needed to keep her guard up.
“Well”, said Patsy, her voice wavering slightly “then we just took advantage of the moments we could have together. A few moments in her room before heading out for the evening, brushing hands as we walked, stolen conversations in cafés and on dark street corners. We would kiss and talk and hold hands whenever we could, whenever we thought it reasonably safe. She told me she wanted to marry me”, Trixie’s eyes widened at this last revelation,
“Patsy, you do know…”
“Of course we know, of course we know we can never have that, but it’s how she feels, and how I feel”,
“Does she remember all of it?”
“Everything, some days, right down to the detail of conversations, she’ll make reference to something she said before and we’ll laugh. Other days it’s a little cloudy, but she remembers me, remembers that she loves me, she’s actually rather fierce about insisting I know that.” Patsy allowed a smile to break her lips as she said it, it was the Delia she knew, brave and fierce. Trixie smiled back, always happy to see the light in Patsy’s eyes. She often pretended not to hear her crying, or to notice the nightmares, but it didn’t mean she didn’t care, she just didn’t know how to help, and besides she’d been somewhat preoccupied with her own demons.
“Patsy, I’m sorry I didn’t try and help sooner, I’m sorry I left you all alone with this”, there was genuine shame in her voice,
“Trixie”, Patsy’s words caught in her throat “you talking to me now, like this, without judging, is more than I could ever have hoped for, you’ve no need to be sorry.” She looked at Trixie with complete sincerity, her face and her emotions lay open. Trixie gave a sad sort of half smile, then her eyes recovered their mischievous glint,
“So have you just kissed? I mean I’m not sure what else you would do, but I think I have some idea, and it’s not as if you can be proper about it…”
“Trixie!” Patsy cried, shocked and rather embarrassed, turning red as a beetroot. Trixie giggled and it was infectious, soon Patsy was chuckling too. “We’re doing things as properly as we can thank you very much!” she hissed through her quiet laughter “and besides, even if we weren’t we haven’t exactly had the opportunity”, she stopped laughing “we thought”, her voice cracked and she felt tears replacing her laughter “we thought we’d finally found a way to be together.” That was when the pain came, all the agony she’d bottled up since the accident now came flowing out of her in wave after wave of heart wrenching sobs. Trixie held her tightly and made soothing sounds, unsure what to say or do other than just be there and not leave her. “When I thought I’d lost her…” Patsy was finding it almost impossible to form sentences, “I thought I deserved it, it was my fault, there’s something wrong with me and I don’t deserve a happy ending the same way normal people do… I thought…”
“Shhh Patsy, it’s alright, Delia’s here now, you’ve got another chance, you do deserve to be happy. Possibly more so than anyone I’ve ever met, you’ve had to be so strong your entire life… you don’t deserve to be alone a second longer. So do pull yourself together.” Trixie’s voice went up a note at the end, a friendly cajole that made Patsy smile through her tears. Trixie’s voice became serious again, “you can go to her, if you want, I won’t tell anyone you weren’t in here.” Patsy paused for a moment, but shook her head,
“I can’t wake her, and besides everyone keeps such odd hours here I’m bound to get caught…”
“If they see you going to or from her room we’ll say we thought we heard her cry out, I’ll back you up. Not every night of course, but if you need her tonight, go to her.” Trixie’s voice was rather stern and was the last bit of persuasion Patsy needed,
“If I don’t wake you coming back in at around five, please come and wake me up.”
“Of course”, Trixie gave Patsy’s hand a quick squeeze before letting her get up and cross the room to the door, she threw a quick glance over her shoulder, pressing her finger to her lips. Trixie reciprocated the gesture and gave a small smile, it was rather thrilling, she thought, to be caught up in the conspiracy of it all. As Patsy silently closed the door and Trixie lay down on the bed she felt something was out of place, she didn’t quite know what until she was on the edge of sleep, and realised that for the first time in months she didn’t feel quite so alone.
Patsy opened and closed the door as softly and quickly as possible, before tiptoeing across the room to Delia’s bed. She leant in close to the sleeping girl and whispered,
“Deels”, Delia opened her moth to reply, but Patsy pressed her finger to her lips, signalling to her to be quiet, “don’t worry darling, it’s not morning and we must be terribly quiet, but I needed to be with you.” She picked up Delia’s hand and gently pressed her lips to it.
“Pats”, there was a kind of breathless excitement to Delia’s voice, but she knew to whisper “what about Trixie?”
“She knows” Patsy admitted, “but she doesn’t mind, and she won’t tell, in fact it was her suggestion that I come see you tonight, and I’ll be honest I couldn’t resist.” Even in the darkness Delia could see the smile that lit up Patsy’s face, she gingerly sat up in bed and shuffled over to make space for Patsy,
“Well you’d better come to bed you fool, you’ll freeze to death out there, that’s if you’re staying?” her voice was hopeful,
“Of course I’m staying”, murmured Patsy, sliding into bed beside Delia and pulling the blankets over both of them. The bed was small and their bodies pressed close together, for a moment it took Patsy’s breath away and she could feel her heart racing, she reached out and put her arms around Delia, who gladly snuggled in to her chest as though she’d done it a thousand times. She hadn’t of course, this was the first time they’d even been under the covers together in the same bed, on the few occasions Patsy had stayed in Delia’s room she’d always slept on top of the covers. Almost losing Delia had made her braver and more forward, there were worse things, perhaps, than getting caught, and besides being with Delia was worth the risk. Delia wore only her nightdress and Patsy revelled in the warmth she radiated, getting a rush of something every time the exposed skin of Delia’s legs brushed against her own where her pyjamas had rolled up. She kissed the top of Delia’s head and let her face rest there for a moment, breathing her in, she gave an almost inaudible sigh of contentment,
“I know”, said Delia “oh Pats I know.” Her soft Welsh accent was a balm to Patsy’s leftover anxiety. Beneath the covers Delia felt around for Patsy’s hand and laced their fingers together, the gesture warmed Patsy to the core and made her smile. Delia would have been happy to stay like that forever, warm and safe and all wrapped up in Patsy, protected by the cover of darkness it was as if the rest of the world had ceased to exist for them. It was just the two of them, in that moment, in that beautiful moment. Delia could smell traces of Patsy’s perfume, and of course the ever present bleach, the two mingled to create something unique and recognisable in Delia’s mind, bringing her back to a time before the accident. That feeling, mixed with Patsy’s warmth and the tingle where their skin met almost over whelmed Delia and she raised her head and pressed her lips against Patsy’s. Patsy was a little shocked at first, but the taste of Delia’s lips pressing against her own was so familiar and comforting that she soon forgot that. Kissing Delia in the dark, kissing Delia in bed was making her stomach turn somersaults, she wanted to kiss her properly. Keeping one arm around Delia, Patsy raised her hand to up Delia’s cheek and made the kiss faster, more intense. Delia’s lips responded hungrily and Patsy let her tongue explore Delia’s mouth as she had done only once before. Delia felt sparks flying between them, so much so that she could almost imagine them lighting the room in a soft glow, a gentle light and warmth radiating from where they both lay. Eventually Patsy pulled back, breathing hard, Delia couldn’t see but she knew the other girl must be blushing as much as she was.
“That was…” Patsy was lost for words, not sure where to begin,
“A proper good night kiss?” suggested Delia, Patsy began to laugh as silently as possible and Delia soon joined her,
“Look at us”, whispered Patsy “giggling like a couple of schoolgirls over a kiss.”
“It was some kiss though”, replied Delia, giving Patsy a quick peck on the cheek, Patsy smiled down at her and lowered her lips to deliver a chaste kiss,
“You should sleep my darling”,
“I slept most of the day remember? Also I daren’t sleep too much, I wouldn’t want to get us caught. Although if I’m not back by five, Trixie has promised to wake me when she gets up.” Delia looked up at Patsy,
“I am rather tired” she admitted reluctantly,
“Then you sleep, and I’ll stay here and hold you, I’ll keep you safe”,
“Like a guardian angel”, murmured Delia, her eyelids closing despite the excitement “that’s what sort of angel you are, my guardian ange…” she fell asleep before she could finish and Patsy smiled. She could hardly believe her luck, she held the sleeping girl tight in her arms and closed her eyes, wishing that the night would never end.
The night did end of course and the following morning Patsy found herself yawning as she packed her bag ahead of a long day,
“Tired, Nurse Mount?” asked Sister Evangelina as Patsy yawned for the fifth time in as many minutes, Patsy hoped she wasn’t blushing and tried not to sound too flustered,
“Yes rather, I had terrible trouble sleeping last night”, Trixie caught her eye from across the table and supressed a smirk, Patsy lowered her eyes, pretending to re-check a piece of equipment was in her bag,
“I know you did, you must have woken me six times with your tossing and turning”, said Trixie, feigning irritation,
“Oh I am sorry”, said Patsy “perhaps I was dwelling on the travesty that was our monopoly game”, she added mischievously,
“Or perhaps it’s the fact that you slept from breakfast until dinner”, chided Sister Evangelina, “now come on you lot, the babies of Poplar aren’t going to wait!” As they all filtered out of the room, Trixie gave Patsy a sly nudge and a smile, raising her eyebrows enquiringly. Patsy caught the meaning of her question straight away, and gave a small shake of her head, eyes alive with indignant fire. Trixie supressed a giggle and Patsy couldn’t help joining her.
“What are you too giggling about? Get a move on!” Sister Evangelina’s voice echoed through the hallway, and with a last look of solidarity between them, Patsy and Trixie stepped out in to the sunshine.
Life for everyone at Nonnatus continued much like that, Patsy saw Delia whenever she could, popping in for little visits between shifts, bringing her meals, occasionally sneaking in to her room at night to hold her and kiss her. Trixie and Patsy grew closer, bonded by their shared secret and their steadily increasing happiness. Patsy was overjoyed to see the light back in Trixie’s eyes and the colour in her cheeks, she was even happy to see the return of her fondness for gossip and her occasionally cutting wit. There were many more monopoly evenings, they were keeping a running score and from time to time even Nurse Crane would join them. There were always babies to deliver and patients to visit and it almost felt as if everything could carry on just like that. Delia was recovering, her seizures were almost gone and she was able to move around Nonnatus much more easily. Her memory was usually clear although she still got nightmares and, although she had regained an understanding of time, her need to sleep was still very great. In her waking hours she usually had a visitor, the person she saw the most of was by far Sister Monica Joan, who would often steal cake from the kitchen and smuggle it in to Delia’s room for them to share.
“Her stories are fascinating”, Delia told Patsy one day, “but I’m not quite sure what she’s talking about sometimes, and if she feeds me any more cake I won’t be able to fit through the door!”
“Well cake weight or no cake weight I think you're beautiful”, Patsy replied with a smile and a quick kiss, “and if you can’t get out of this room I’ll just have to move in… and besides”, she added with a mischievous gleam in her eye “I thought you didn’t like cake.”
Patsy woke slowly to the distant sound of a ringing telephone, almost forgetting where she was. Her dreams had been more than pleasant, dreams of taking Delia to the seaside, kissing her to the sound of the waves. She could feel Delia’s warmth, deliciously soft and snuggled tight against her, she wished she could stay like that for ever. She reluctantly opened her eyes and glanced at Delia, sleeping so soundly, her breathing deep and steady, cheeks slightly flushed. She was beautiful. Patsy was glad Delia was sleeping, she had an appointment at the London that day and she’d been anxious about it so Patsy had stayed to comfort her. Now however it was time to leave. Just five more minutes Patsy promised herself, letting her eyelids flutter closed again.
She woke again in a panic to the sound of the door opening. What time was it? Who was coming in? Was it Trixie coming to wake her? It couldn’t be. Trixie was on first call, she’s have gone out when the phone rang earlier. She had frozen in confusion, but now quickly recovered, making a futile attempt to untangle herself from the sleeping Delia,
“My dear I have discovered a Victoria sponge which they thought to have hidden from me, they should know by now that such things cannot be hidden from senses such as mine!” the voice of Sister Monica Joan sounded throughout the room, a look of confusion crossed her face when her eyes fell on Patsy,
“Sister Monica Joan… I… Delia was upset… I must have fallen asleep here… what time is it please?” Patsy hoped her embarrassment backed up her story. Sister Monica Joan closed the door gently and approached Patsy, gazing at her with her old wise eyes,
“A star hath set, a star hath risen, O Geraldine! Since arms of thine, have been the lovely lady's prison.”
“Sister are you quoting Coleridge?” Patsy was confused, she recognised the poem, but was this condemnation or acceptance?
“It is only the ninth hour”, she said simply, stopping her recitation “and I have always enjoyed that particular work.” The rascally smile that often accompanied one of Sister Monica Joan’s remarks spread across her face and Patsy felt instantly more at ease. The Sister had become party to their secret, and she did enjoy conspiracy, suddenly a look of concern crossed the old nun’s face,
“But my dear you cannot be found here, there are others who do not have such an understanding of all the many possibilities of love, and I fear a great deal of misery would come your way should you be discovered in your pyjamas.”
“It’s alright Sister, I was just on my way out”, Patsy caught the older woman’s hand “thank you Sister.”
“For what?” asked Sister Monica Joan innocently,
“For keeping our secret”, replied Patsy,
“I’m sure I don’t know to what you are referring” replied the nun, a conspiratorial glint in her eye “I simply came to find someone who would partake of this delightful Victoria sponge with me”. Patsy gave her a smile of both amusement and gratitude before slipping out of the door and quickly running back to her own room. Heart hammering in her chest, back pressed against the door she let out a sigh of relief and closed her eyes. Silently she scolded herself for not being more careful. Having Delia so close was too tempting, the whole situation, she realised, was becoming very dangerous.
Despite having over slept Patsy was exhausted later that night when she returned from delivering yet another baby, it was a kind of happy exhaustion however, a smooth delivery to a happy family was always a welcome and beautiful thing. For Patsy though it was tinged with sadness, she could never quite forget that she had lost her own loving family and she was painfully aware that children were not an option for her and Delia. That thought always made her blush slightly at her own foolishness, a public acknowledgement of their love for one another was not even an option, let alone marriage or family. She sighed as she crept in to the kitchen in search of leftover dinner and nearly jumped out of her skin when she saw Delia sat at the table drinking tea.
“Deels!” she exclaimed “whatever are you doing here? It’s late and you should be sleeping, are you too tired to get back upstairs? What’s going on?” Patsy’s voice was full of concern, she was tired and no one else was around and she no longer had the energy to hide it.
“It’s alright Pats”, said Delia gently, rising to meet her and taking her hand. Patsy’s head instinctively snapped left and right, scouring the darkness for any sign of observers, “no one else is about.” Delia’s voice was warm and welcoming and Patsy allowed herself to hold her for a few seconds, savouring her touch. Then, still afraid of being caught, she let go.
“What’s going on Deels?”
“I wanted to tell you what the doctors said, at the London.”
“Couldn’t it have waited until morning?” Patsy’s tone was more one of concern than irritation,
“No it couldn’t, it’s too exciting.” A huge smile broke across Delia’s face and Patsy couldn’t help but smile back at the sight, “they said I can go back to nursing, I have to take a couple of exams again to show I can still do it, and I have to have frequent check- ups, but I can go back.”
“Oh Deels that’s wonderful news”, Patsy truly meant it, Delia’s joy was infectious, “when?”
“In a couple of weeks properly, but I can start retraining from tomorrow, Sister Julienne is going to let me help around Nonnatus for a week or so, to help me get used to it. Getting back to normal is not the only reason I’m excited though…” Patsy didn’t speak for a moment, gazing down at Delia as if she couldn’t quite believe her eyes,
“I love you”, she whispered quietly,
“I love you too”, Delia’s gaze held Patsy’s, she was aware only of Patsy’s proximity and the sound of her breathing as they stood there together, cocooned in darkness and utterly in love.
“Why else are you excited?” The sound of Patsy’s voice should have broken the spell but it didn’t somehow, it fitted the moment perfectly,
“Because once I’m officially a nurse again I would be expected to live in the nurses’ home”,
“But they’re still rebuilding it?” Patsy sounded confused
“Exactly, so I can still apply for rent allowance”, Delia paused and let the words sink in, watching the smile grow on Patsy’s face, “we can have a flat together.” Patsy didn’t quite know what to say, it seemed too good to be true, and yet they had had so much heartbreak already, perhaps this could be real,
“Second time lucky then?” she asked, raising her eyebrows, a smile still lighting up her face,
“Second time lucky”, Delia smiled back, standing on tiptoes to plant a kiss on her lips.
Patsy gave Sister Julienne the same reasons as before for wanting to move out, but this time she added in her concern for Delia. What if her seizures were to return? Also there were nights when she could be heard halfway across Poplar when she woke screaming from her nightmares, having company might help to ease them. Sister Julienne had been characteristically understanding, wishing Patsy the best with a knowing smile. Then it was just a case of finding somewhere, their old flat was no longer available but it didn’t take long for Patsy to find a new one, close enough to both the hospital and Nonnatus to make it a viable option. It was small but cosy and it didn’t take long for them to set aside a weekend to begin cleaning the place and move in. Delia’s exams went as smoothly as she could have hoped for, her hands quickly remembering the tasks she’d spent many years performing, her mind sharper and refreshed with a new energy for suddenly having something to focus on. Everything seemed perfect, the only problem was Trixie.
“I shall be ever so lonely when you go”, she complained to Patsy one evening, as they sat in their room, Patsy packing things in to boxes, Trixie flicking through a magazine, “we’ve become rather good friends and I’ll miss your company”, she took a drag of her cigarette and sighed.
“Oh Trixie it’s not as if I’m miles away, and besides I’ll still stay over when I’m on nights, I can’t exactly man the telephone from elsewhere.”
“Hmm” said Trixie, sounding unconvinced. Patsy was feeling both guilty and irritated, she felt bad for leaving Trixie, who had been such a support recently, but at the same time she was frustrated that Trixie couldn’t see that this was the safest option for all of them. If Patsy and Delia’s relationship came to light questions would certainly be asked about Trixie’s failure to report it.
“Oh Trixie”, said Patsy, sitting down on the edge of the bed, “it’s the safest way, it’s the only way.”
“The safest way would be to just give it up”, snapped Trixie, unexpectedly, tears in her voice,
“Trixie I love her”, Patsy was indignant, she didn’t know where this anger was coming from and she felt a cold fear beginning to clutch at her chest, what if Trixie tells someone?
“Well sometimes you can love someone and that’s still not quite enough”, said Trixie “sometimes people just aren’t right for people and you have to save everyone more hurt in the long run!” Patsy began to soften as she realised where this was coming from, it wasn’t about her and Delia, it was about Trixie and Tom.
“Look Trixie, I know things haven’t been easy recently, but I am always going to be here, I am not choosing Delia over you. You’re…” Patsy faltered with emotion “you’re my best friend.” Trixie looked up at her, still trying to look angry,
“Just… I just… I’m going to get some tea”, she announced harshly, closing her magazine with a flourish and storming out of the room dramatically. Patsy sat back on the bed and let out a long breath, Trixie wouldn’t tell, she was almost certain of that. The fact remained however that Trixie was upset, and Patsy knew she was going to have to find a way to change that.
“Special delivery!” Patsy breezed into their room the following evening, trying to act as though she wasn’t nervous about how Trixie might react. The other girl lowered her magazine,
“Special delivery of what?” she asked, her curiosity getting the better of her angry pretence,
“Of chocolate, cream soda and two tickets to the pictures to see that film you keep talking about… the one with that man in it that you think is oh so handsome.”
“How very specific of you”, Trixie couldn’t help the edges of her lips curling up in to a smile, “oh Patsy I am sorry about yesterday, it’s just I simply can’t stand the thought of losing you.”
“Well you won’t lose me, as long as you get a move on now, I paid for the good seats and I don’t want to be late!” Patsy smiled, Trixie smiled back at her before hopping off the bed and proceeding to rummage happily through her wardrobe, humming a tune under her breath.
The next morning Patsy woke early and glanced enviously at the sleeping Trixie, who had the day off. As she quietly pulled on her uniform and padded downstairs to breakfast she felt a strange rush of something bittersweet. This would be her last week at Nonnatus, and although she was greatly looking forward to her new life with Delia, she was reluctant to leave her new family behind. Nevertheless she put her nurse’s head on, there was no time to be affected by personal matters on the rounds, she had to focus on the mothers and babies. She checked the rota in the hall to remind herself of her hours and gave a small sigh; she had a very busy, very exhausting couple of days ahead of her.
“Patsy!” Trixie squealed, bouncing up off the end of the bed as if she’d been waiting there for hours. Patsy staggered into the room, drained from her long shift and craving sleep, she couldn’t fathom the reason for the excitement plastered across Trixie’s face. For a moment she wondered if Tom was back, but she knew that would not illicit the same response of wild excitement. Patsy wracked her brains, trying to work out if she had forgotten something important, but nothing came to mind.
“As much as I appreciate your enthusiastic welcome, I’m afraid I don’t come bearing more cinema tickets” she said quietly,
“You look terribly exhausted”, said Trixie, her voice becoming concerned, “I rather think you need a break”, that excited tone was returning,
“Well there’s little chance of that”, Patsy said resignedly, “not after Barbara ate… well whatever it was she ate”, as if on cue the faint sound of someone throwing up drifted in through the open door, “poor thing” remarked Patsy.
“You do have the weekend off”, Trixie pointed out,
“Yes but getting a flat ready to move into and then getting all our things over there is hardly break Trixie!”
“Would you like a break?”
“Well yes but we both know I can’t have one”, Patsy was beginning to get irritated, she just wanted to sleep, why was Trixie pushing the point?
“That’s not entirely true”, a wry smile crossed Trixie’s features as she spoke “now don’t be angry but I did a little arranging behind your back”, Patsy opened her mouth to protest, but the look in Trixie’s eyes caused her to stop, “this weekend you’re going to the seaside, to Brighton”,
“But Trixie, the flat…”
“Is all taken care of, or rather it will be, you take one set of keys and I’ll have the other. I’m going to prepare the flat for you both, not singlehandedly of course, I’ve roped in Fred and the cubs and the girls’ brigade… oh and Chummy, and Mrs Turner has volunteered Timothy…”
“Trixie, I can’t possibly…”
“Nonsense, of course you can! You take Delia to the seaside for a well-deserved break, away from prying eyes” she added pointedly “and I’ll organise your flat for you, so when you get back Sunday evening it will be perfect for you both. Everyone was so shocked about Delia’s accident, we all wanted to help but no one was quite sure how to, they just think they’re helping a friend get back on her feet.”
“Thank you, I don’t know what to say… it must have cost you a fortune…” Patsy was still trying to process, Trixie sat her down and took her hand,
“You’re not to worry about that, you said you wanted to marry Delia, and I for one am jolly upset that you can’t, so think of this as a wedding present and an engagement present, since I can never give you a proper one, or be your chief bridesmaid”, Trixie was trying to sound nonchalant but Patsy could hear the emotion in her voice “besides I was awful to you a couple of days ago, suggesting you shouldn’t be seeing her in the first place. As your best friend I’m not supposed to be making everything harder for you.”
“Trixie, I am so grateful, but you know you don’t have to do this”, Patsy was overwhelmed and exhausted and honestly not sure if she was dreaming,
“It’s already done”, said Trixie with a smile, “and besides, I think I’m going to take more of a management role as far as the heavy lifting’s concerned”, she admitted. Their eyes met and Patsy began to laugh, not only at the image of Trixie in hard hat acting like a foreman on a building site, but also from relief and gratitude and sheer exhaustion. She laughed until tears fell from her eyes. It was infectious and Trixie was giggling just as much, hands gripping her sides,
“Oh do stop laughing Patsy”, she gasped in between fits of giggles, “I think my sides are going to split”,
“I can’t” Patsy replied, bursting into fresh peals of laughter,
“Whatever are you even laughing at?” asked Trixie, their giggling fit beginning to subside,
“You” chuckled Patsy, then seeing the look upon Trixie’s face “in a hard hat and overalls” she added “shouting at people quite bossily from the cab of a digger.” This revelation brought forth more laughter, and the sound of it drew a very pasty Barbara to the door,
“What’s the joke?” she asked weakly “do tell, I could rather do with something to laugh about”, Patsy and Trixie looked at each other but this only caused their laughter to increase,
“Trixie… as… a builder”, gasped Patsy, Barbara wasn’t quite sure that she’d understood the joke but laughed anyway before limping back to her room. It was a good few minutes before the girls managed to calm themselves, perhaps the joke had not been so funny but there was something about that moment. It was the heady mix of exhaustion and anticipation and sheer joy that had caused them to explode in giggles, Patsy realised, as amusing as the thought of Trixie as a builder was. When they were finally able to look at each other without giggling Trixie gave a genuine smile,
“I’m so happy that you’re going to be happy”, she said simply,
“Thank you”, replied Patsy, “although when you get married I’m going to have to get you the most spectacular of presents now”,
“I would expect nothing less”, smiled Trixie, with mock haughtiness. They sat together quietly for a while, as only true friends can, contented to just be in each other’s company.
“Are you sure I can’t give you some of the money towards this”, Patsy said at last, she knew they didn’t earn so much, and a weekend away was bound to have been expensive,
“I’m quite sure”, said Trixie firmly, “I’ve been saving up for something special, with money I would normally have spent on…” she didn’t need to finish the sentence, Patsy gave her a nod of understanding and squeezed her hand “I didn’t know what I was saving up for, and then I thought of this, and it seemed perfect. Besides, it’s autumn now so it’s not exactly high season – the prices of hotels come down considerably when it’s cold.” She gave that sly smile that Patsy was so familiar with, Patsy didn’t say anything, eyes brimming with emotion. Suddenly, she yawned, taking herself completely by surprise,
“I am so thankful Trixie, honestly I don’t know what to say, but I can hardly keep my eyes open”, she confessed,
“Of course you can’t, you must have delivered three little ones with hardly a break!” said Trixie “go to bed Patsy, we’ll talk more tomorrow”,
“And please stop thanking me unnecessarily, you’re getting as bad as Barbara and saying sorry!” this caused a small giggle to pass Patsy’s lips, which soon turned into a sleepy mumble. She barely had time to change in to her pyjamas before she fell in to bed and let sleep take over.
“Are you quite sure you’re alright?” Patsy was looking down at Delia with concern as they stood on the platform,
“Pats, I’m going back to nursing in a few days, I should hope I can get myself and my case on and off a bloody train!” Delia tried to sound cross, but she found the anxious look on Patsy’s face too endearing and couldn’t quite supress her smile. Patsy smiled back, the sort of smile that said things they couldn’t say out loud. She felt bad for worrying, but despite the short notice she’d planned something for this trip and she honestly wasn’t sure how it was going to turn out. Even so the possibility of it going well caused her smile to grow,
“What’s that smile for?” asked Delia curiously, Patsy missed a beat,
“That smile is because I’m going to the seaside with you”, she said quickly, Delia raised an eyebrow but Patsy was saved from further interrogation by the arrival of the train.
They were soon settled in a carriage watching the countryside race by, they sat opposite each other, close enough for their legs to touch. Patsy leaned back and closed her eyes for a second, letting the motion of the train relax her. Delia observed her with a smile,
“It was so lovely of Trixie to pay for this trip”, she said, Patsy lifted her head and opened her eyes,
“Yes, I couldn’t quite believe it when she told me, I did ask if she wanted me to help with at least some of the cost, but she was quite insistent.”
“She must have felt really bad about your argument”, remarked Delia, carefully watching Patsy’s reaction, she had a feeling she hadn’t been told the whole story,
“Yes, rather, although I honestly think it had a lot to do with people wanting finding a way to help you, following your accident.” Delia lowered her head, trying to hold back tears, they didn’t really talk about what had happened. Patsy knew of course, she was always the first one in to Delia’s room when she cried out from her nightmares, desperate to hold her and calm her. It was also one of the few times she could do so without arousing suspicion. Delia took a deep breath, the conversation had become very serious very quickly.
“Everyone’s already been so wonderful”, she said quietly, forcing back tears
“Oh Deels”, the warmth and love in Patsy’s voice made it a gentle caress, “it’s because you deserve it.”
“Do we?” she asked, tears still stinging her eyes,
“We do”, said Patsy, she didn’t falter and her eyes never left Delia’s. She was certain now. They deserved to be happy, Delia deserved to be happy, and Patsy was going to do everything she could to make that happen.
The rest of the journey passed peacefully in a flurry of shared smiles, they enjoyed the proximity the train allowed them, the physical contact between their legs a rare pleasure. Delia chattered away about the flat, and the seaside and how she wanted an ice cream on the beach whether it was freezing cold outside or not. Patsy just listened, appreciating every smile and gesture, the soothing rise and fall of Delia’s voice, the way her eyes expressed exactly what she was feeling. When Patsy was quite sure there was no one else about she leaned in close to Delia and whispered,
“I love you Deels”,
“I love you too Pats, and whatever sort of miracle it was that brought us together and kept us together I’ll never know, but I’m very grateful for it.”
“So am I Deels, so am I.” Patsy replied, gazing deep into the blue of Delia’s eyes, quite sure she’d never seen anything quite so beautiful.
There were few people about when they arrived, Trixie had been correct, it was the end of the season. It was easy to see why – London may not have been freezing yet, but the brisk sea breeze which swept across Brighton made it bitterly cold. Nevertheless Delia looked around as if she’d just arrived in paradise, grasping Patsy’s hand for an instant before remembering herself and dropping it hurriedly.
“I can smell the sea”, her voice was gleeful and her eyes bright, Patsy sighed and looked at her in complete adoration.
“Let’s find the hotel first”, she said at last “then we can go for stroll along the beach and try and find you an ice-cream. Although we’ll have to see about that, I doubt anyone would be too thrilled if I let you catch pneumonia.”
Patsy had always felt the cold, and she was certainly feeling it now as she watched Delia skipping along the sand. The smaller girl had decided that being by the sea meant that summer was still lingering and had kicked off her shoes and stockings, giving them to Patsy to hold along with her tartan coat. The wind seemed to have picked up and juggling an ice cream as well as all of Delia’s paraphernalia was proving quite a challenge for Patsy as she tried not to get ice-cream in her hair or all over her face. Nevertheless she was blissfully happy, they were lucky, she realised. Delia had definitely regained her pre-accident spirit and there was no evidence of lasting physical injury. Best of all Delia loved her, and remembered that she always had. Patsy watched in complete adoration as Delia left tiny footprints in the sand, giggling like a child, steps light as a fairy’s. Patsy hurried to catch up, lightly bumping in to Delia to remind her of her presence. The smaller girl stopped and turned to face her. She glanced up and down the beach, there were few people about but it wasn’t exactly private, not private enough anyway. Delia’s giggle was infectious,
“Oh Pats, you look quite lost out here, and quite cold too!” she remarked playfully,
“Well it might be easier to go scampering across the beach if I was not weighed down with all your worldly possessions”, replied Patsy, giving Delia a glimpse of her gorgeous smile, not quite darling to smile too much.
“It might also have been easier for you to eat your ice cream without getting it all over your face!” Delia burst in to fresh giggles, then, stopping quite suddenly she reached up and brushed Patsy’s cheek with her thumb, just catching the edge of her lip. Patsy felt her stomach flip and her breath catch, “there”, said Delia quietly “all clean.” For a few seconds they stayed there, just gazing at each other, aching for a kiss, or even just another touch, but they knew the consequences of staying too long and Patsy reluctantly broke Delia’s gaze,
“I say, looks like we might be in for a storm later”, she said plainly, narrowing her eyes at a dark smudge on the horizon,
“Better make the most of the weather now then”, replied Delia “I’m going for a swim”, her blue eyes lit up with the challenge of it, Patsy looked at her in shock,
“Deels you can’t possibly be serious”,
“I’m deadly serious Pats, well, maybe not a swim, but at least a paddle”, her tone was light but it was clear she meant to do as she said,
“Deels it’s freezing!” Patsy was incredulous, but it made no difference, Delia had already set off towards the sea at quite a pace, glancing back once over her shoulder to give Patsy a mischievous grin. Patsy followed as quickly as she could, beginning to giggle in spite of herself, the whole idea was quite absurd, but it wasn’t as though she herself wasn’t full of crazy ideas. A few steps ahead of her Delia went crashing into the surf, her feet sending up spray that lit up in the afternoon sun, as though she was surrounded by diamonds. Patsy stopped to catch her breath, keeping her shoes well out of the way of the encroaching tide whilst listening to Delia squeal at the cold tickle of the water on her toes.
“Come on in Pats, the water’s lovely”, joked Delia
“Deels I’m sure I can see your feet turning blue!” Patsy sounded both concerned and amused, mirroring Delia’s smile with her own, watching the sunlight dance across her features, just as it had the first time they’d kissed. Patsy let her mind wander back to that June day which now seemed so long ago. She was so lost in her reverie that she didn’t notice the huge wave which raced up the sand until it was too late. She gave a loud squeal as the cold water rushed halfway up her calves, and when that stopped ringing in her ears she heard the sound of Delia bubbling over with laughter. Patsy retreated back up the beach a little, her footsteps squelching, and looked up to see Delia bent double with laughter at the water’s edge.
“Deels!” she called, not quite sure what else she wanted to stay,
“Oh Pats…” began Delia, before being consumed by giggles again,
“Delia Busby come here!” Patsy tried to sound stern “we need to go inside somewhere and dry off right away.” Delia moved as if to take a another step into the water, but once she had elicited a look of utter horror from Patsy she drew back giggling and made her way up the back up the beach. She passed Patsy slowly, brushing her hand gently, and began to lead her back towards a small tearoom they had spotted on the way.
With shoes and stockings drying by the radiator Patsy and Delia sat huddled close together at a table in the corner of the tea room, overlooking the sea. Patsy had rather awkwardly explained their predicament to the proprietor and there had been no objections to them trying to dry their things, but Patsy felt rather embarrassed to be taking tea with bare legs. Delia was much more comfortable with the situation, repeatedly brushing Patsy’s bare legs with her own under the table, enjoying the rush it gave her and the nervous blushing it solicited from Patsy. They sipped their scalding tea slowly, letting the warmth seep back into their bones, sharing coy glances and smiles. Patsy watched as Delia’s blue eyes flicked up and down her body, appreciating the tight fit of Patsy’s dress, hidden until now by her coat. The feeling left Patsy flustered, but strangely excited as she tried to push certain imaginings from her mind. This was neither the time nor the place,
“That storm is certainly coming in quickly now”, she said, gesturing out of the window with her eyes. Delia’s gaze followed her own and fixed on the dark cloud which was encroaching ominously.
“Hopefully the rain will hold off until tomorrow”, she said with an optimistic smile, Patsy smiled back and Delia had to resist the urge to take her hand, as she had done in the tearoom back in Poplar. She remembered the conversation in the alleyway afterwards, how absurd it was, the thought that they could get married. She was just about to say something when the young waitress arrived with two large slices of cake which Delia had ordered, unbeknownst to Patsy. Patsy raised an eyebrow at Delia, who replied with a cheeky smile. They thanked the waitress and then Patsy addressed Delia,
“When you were in the bathroom”, Delia replied, struggling to control a smirk as she looked at the large slice of Victoria sponge in front of her.
“I thought you didn’t like cake”, Patsy joked, her words loaded with memories,
“Let’s just say all that time spent with Sister Monica Joan has left me rather fond of Victoria sponge”, answered Delia.
“Do you remember…?” began Patsy,
“The night I stormed out of the café because I couldn’t marry you?” Delia’s voice was barely a whisper,
“Yes”, replied Patsy, then more cautiously “do you still want to marry me?”
“I never stopped wanting to. Not that it changes anything”, she added quickly. Patsy just smiled to herself, she picked up her teacup and inspected it, it was old-fashioned, sporting a dull floral pattern that wouldn’t have looked out of place even before the war.
“So this is the kind of china you want?” she teased
“Absolutely not! anything but that”, laughed Delia “it’s bloody awful!” They lingered over their cake, both reluctant to leave the warmth and the proximity their corner table afforded them. Eventually though they’d been sat a little too long and Patsy rose, fetching their shoes and stockings from the radiator; they put them on quickly and Patsy settled the bill, despite a protest from Delia. When the waitress turned away Patsy leant in and whispered in Delia’s ear,
“I told you I was going to court you properly”, Delia felt the warm tickle of Patsy’s breath against her face, the proximity making her heart race. Only a slight movement and they might be kissing. She inhaled Patsy’s scent of bleach and perfume, now mixed with sea salt, and tried to look composed.
“I think I can live with that”, she smiled, linking her arm through Patsy’s, “now come on, I want to buy a postcard.”
Only a very short chapter as I wanted to leave it on a cliffhanger, might update again tonight... if you're lucky :P
It was later that night, after a quiet dinner at the hotel that the two women found themselves back on the seafront. The sun had already set and darkness was settling fast, the wind was still rushing about and the ominous cloud was racing towards them. The darkness and the cold had conspired to leave the two women alone and Delia boldly took Patsy’s hand. Patsy instinctively looked around but it was obvious that there was no one else about, the last few end of season tourists kept indoors by the darkness and the weather. She adjusted slightly to lace her fingers with Delia’s and caught the smaller girl smiling out of the corner of her eye,
“I’m quite sure we’re alone Pats”, said Delia reassuringly gazing up at her, “you’d be a bloody fool to be out here with that storm coming”,
“Yes, quite”, Patsy smiled, “we are being rather reckless”,
“And not just with the storm”, added Delia. They shared a mischievous grin before Delia stopped suddenly and swung herself round to face Patsy. Almost in one movement she was up on her tiptoes, pressing her lips against the redhead’s. Patsy was a little shocked but melted into the kiss, enjoying the blissful feeling of Delia’s soft lips against her own, tasting the sea salt which clung to them.
“Deels”, she said eventually, pulling back, checking every which way for observers that may have materialised in the couple of seconds they had been kissing.
“You always do that”, smiled Delia knowingly,
“Say my name like that when you’re surprised”,
“Well it was rather sudden, and rather brazen”,
“Come on Pats, you’ve known me long enough now, do you expect me to be anything else?” Delia teased,
“Not at all”, replied Patsy, “and how do you expect me to be?” They were still stood on the rapidly darkening sea front, the last of the daylight sparkling in their eyes. Smiling in spite of themselves, hearts hammering at their own recklessness, fingers lightly laced.
“I expect you to be Patsy”, Delia’s voice dropped, her tone much more serious, “I expect you to be that loving, caring, beautiful and slightly prim girl I fell in love with, and so far you’ve exceeded all my expectations.” She leaned in for another kiss, this time more intense and passionate, the kind of kiss they only ever stole in the dark, when they were certain of being alone. Patsy took a deep breath, this was it,
“Deels I have something I want to ask you.”
Delia stopped breathing for a second, could Patsy be asking? No it was impossible. She couldn’t think like that, how stupid to even imagine… then she watched as Patsy gently got down on one knee. Patsy for her part had never been so nervous, she felt as if her heart might burst out of her dress and was secretly scolding herself for forgetting to lift it as she knelt, it must be getting filthy trapped between her knee and the cold ground. Never mind, she couldn’t exactly stand back up and rearrange now. Her hand went to the pocket of her tartan coat and she drew out a small box, she swallowed hard, her mouth so dry she was sure she wouldn’t be able to speak. But speak she did, as she slowly opened the box with shaking hands to show Delia the ring that lay inside.
“Delia Busby”, her voice was shaking, keep it together Patience, “will you marry me?” Delia stared at her for what felt like an eternity, her mouth open, her eyes shining with some unreadable emotion. Patsy felt panic rising inside her, this had been a ridiculous idea, of course Delia was looking utterly bemused. She felt tears beginning to prick the back of her eyes and willed herself not to cry,
“Of course, of course my darling”, Delia was trying to keep her voice steady, but she couldn’t hide the note of cautiousness which stopped Patsy’s relief dead in its tracks “but we can’t, you know we can’t.” Patsy got to her feet and took Delia’s hand,
“Maybe not now, or here, or properly with all our friends and family in a church; maybe not with the white dresses and the bridesmaids and the reception… but I love you Deels, and I suppose I want you to know that I, well if I could marry you I’d do it right here.”
“Oh Patsy”, Delia’s voice was less cautious now, the love she felt for Patsy overtaking everything else, “I will marry you, if ever there’s a time or a place where I can marry you I will, and afterwards we’ll dance together”,
“A waltz, a foxtrot or even a tango?” asked Patsy, relief flooding through her words,
“There must be somewhere”, Delia smiled back. Patsy took the ring from the box and gently slid it on to Delia’s finger, Delia just looked at it, eyes alive with adoration, “Oh Pats, it’s beautiful, you’re beautiful.” Patsy coyly glanced at her feet, Delia reached around and unclasped the neckless from her own neck, which held her grandmother’s engagement ring.
“Pats”, she said gently, pulling Patsy’s focus away from her shoes, “you need a ring too”,
“Deels”, Patsy’s voice choked with emotion, she knew how close Delia had been to her late grandmother, “are you sure?”
“Of course I’m sure”, Delia deftly slid the ring on to Patsy’s finger, “it fits perfectly”, she said, as though it had always been a certainty. For a while they stood there, hands clasped, gazing at each other, hardly feeling the cold wind which tore across the seafront, then a smile spread across Patsy’s face,
“What is it?” enquired Delia gently,
“Can I have your ring back for a moment?” Patsy asked, Delia looked uncertain but wriggled it off her finger, watching as Patsy did the same,
“Pats I don’t…” Patsy took both rings and Delia’s hands, clasping them all together tightly,
“Delia Busby”, she began, struggling to keep the grin from spreading right across her face “do you take me to be your unlawfully wedded wife?” The look of confusion on Delia’s face broke and she gave a light giggle of sheer joy,
“I do”, she replied, a beautiful smile lighting up her face from ear to ear as Patsy slid the ring back on to her finger. Delia took the other ring from Patsy’s hand,
“Patience Elizabeth Mount”, Patsy had always loved the way Delia said her name, painting it lightly with her Welsh lilt, “do you take me to be your unlawfully wedded wife?” she giggled,
“I do”, said Patsy, feeling a tear slide down her cheek, as Delia’s warm little hands placed the ring back on her finger. Delia raised her thumb and lightly brushed the tear from Patsy’s cheek,
“Don’t cry you fool”, she said gently “you’re supposed to kiss the bride, not make her all soggy!” Patsy gave a half laugh, half sob, before pulling Delia tightly against her and kissing her fiercely. In that moment nothing else mattered, there could have been a hundred people watching and Patsy couldn’t have cared less. As it was there was no one but the two of them, wrapped up in each other, lips moving in time with one another, hands exploring bodies with only a dash of caution. The wind whipped through their hair and tugged at their coats but nothing could draw their attention away from one another until large, heavy raindrops began falling. The storm had arrived.
“Oh bother it’s raining!” said Patsy, rather obviously, the spell broken,
“Really?” teased Delia “I thought you might have started crying again”, Patsy shot her a look of mock hurt, before her happiness took over once more. She smiled even bigger as she felt Delia grasp her hand and pull her along, both of them running full pelt towards the hotel, their new rings shining on their fingers.
Despite running as fast as they could they were both thoroughly soaked by the time they clattered through the door of their hotel room, breathless, bright-eyes and still giggling. Patsy let go of Delia’s hand, shrugged off her coat and tottered towards a small radio in the corner of the room. After fiddling about for a few seconds there was a crackle followed by the soft notes of Jimmie Rodgers singing ‘Secretly’. She turned back towards Delia with an irresistible smile and put her arms round her, resting one had gently on her waist,
“May I have this dance my darling?” she asked, her voice low and charged with love,
“Of course”, said Delia, rather breathless, allowing Patsy to pull her in closer and letting the taller girl take the lead as they slowly waltzed around the cramped hotel room. She could feel Patsy’s strong fingers in the small of her back, hot even through the soaked fabric of her dress, her other hand was holding Patsy’s tightly, the feeling was comfortable and familiar, but that didn’t make it any less blissful. At first she rested her head on Patsy’s shoulder, but as the chorus of the song approached she lifter her lips to Patsy’s and murmured the words in her lilting Welsh accent. Patsy felt shivers run through her at Delia’s hot breath against her mouth, her lips just a fraction away from her own. Eventually the feeling was too much and Patsy pressed her lips against Delia’s mid-word. For a moment everything stopped, the music, the movement. There was nothing but the two women stood in the middle of a cramped hotel room, holding each other tightly, lips locked together in a passionate kiss. Delia felt her heart race, not just at the intensity of the kiss, but also at the feeling of Patsy’s body pressed against her own so tightly, the dress had been a close fit before, but now soaked from the rain it clung to Patsy’s every curve – and Delia’s own dress wasn’t much drier. Delia found the sensation was making her tremble. As the song hit its closing notes Patsy looked at the smaller girl, concern hovering in her eyes,
“Are you cold my darling?” she asked, bringing Delia’s fingertips to her lips and kissing them gently,
“No it’s just…” Delia was slightly lost for words, but she took a deep breath, Patsy had already been so brave tonight, now it was her turn, “maybe we should get out of these dresses, I’m soaked to the skin” she said, giving certain words more weight than others. Patsy gulped, Delia watched the motion travel down her elegant neck, breathing hard in a kind of anxious anticipation and completely transfixed by the gorgeous woman she had just married on the seafront. She remained transfixed as Patsy slowly undid the zip on her dress, revealing more of her creamy skin than Delia had ever seen before. Patsy slid the dress off her shoulders, lips parted, eyes never leaving Delia, breathing heavily. As the dress slid down to her waist Patsy let her eyes fall coyly and tried to calm herself. Delia just stared, trying to drink it all in, she longed to touch Patsy but found herself frozen to the spot as her eyes traced along the lines of her wife’s body. She felt something catch in her throat as her gaze fell on the shadows of Patsy’s childhood scars, she had known they would be there, but the sight of them made the things Patsy had told her all the more real and terrifying. Her gaze was drawn back to Patsy’s face as the taller girl raised her head again and locked her eyes with Delia’s. Taking another deep breath she slid the dress down over her hips and stepped out of it, leaving her in just her underwear. Delia gave an involuntary gasp, Patsy was in touching distance, wearing nothing but underwear, and for once in her life Delia Busby was at a loss as to what to do.
“Well aren’t you going to get out of that dress?” asked Patsy tentatively “it was you suggestion after all”, she added quickly. The sound of her voice unfroze Delia,
“I… of course my love”, she stuttered, reaching around her back and fumbling with the buttons on her dress,
“Here let me”, Patsy was trying to sound smooth and confident but there was a definite tremor in her voice as she reached for Delia’s shoulder and gently encouraged her to turn around. Placing a chaste kiss on the back of her neck Patsy slowly got to work on the buttons of Delia’s dress, running her hands across every inch of newly exposed skin in complete adoration. Delia’s body responded to every tiny touch, Patsy’s fingers raised goose pimples wherever they went, and her soft kisses drew the occasional gasp from Delia’s lips. As Patsy firmly stroked her hands down Delia’s hips – hoping to god she was doing this right – the dress finally fell to the floor, leaving Delia in the same state of undress as Patsy. Delia took a moment to steel herself before swinging round and kissing Patsy with a kind of intensity neither of them had ever felt before. Patsy’s hands instinctively flew to Delia’s waist as Delia wrapped her hands around the redhead’s neck, tangling her fingers in the loose strands of Patsy’s hair and kissing her even more fiercely. Somehow Delia managed to direct them towards the bed and they tumbled on to it together, a tangle of limbs and lips exploring each other for the first time.
Patsy let herself wake slowly to the sound of the seagulls outside the window, she revelled in Delia’s warmth, wrapping her body tighter around the smaller woman and nuzzling into her shoulder. She inhaled deeply before planting a tiny kiss there, careful not to wake Delia, even though she knew from experience what a heavy sleeper she was. She let her mind drift back to the events of the evening before and felt herself blushing, it was quite unlike her to be so bold and brazen. This was quite unlike her too, sleeping without a stitch on, in the arms of another woman who was dressed, or rather undressed, in quite the same fashion. This felt comfortable though, there was something familiar about it even though it was the first time she had done anything like this. She rolled over to check the time, catching sight of the ring on her finger and smiling at how it suited her, soon it would have to be placed on a chain around her neck, but for now she could enjoy it. She was shocked by how late it was, they would miss breakfast if they weren’t careful. She took a last long look at Delia sleeping so beautifully and peacefully before gently shaking her shoulder,
“Deels”, she whispered, “we need to get up my darling”, Delia made some inarticulate noises, reluctant at being woken from her very pleasant dreams, all centring around the night before. Patsy placed a gentle kiss on Delia’s lips, “come on sleepy head, we’ll miss breakfast”, she murmured, reluctantly rising from the bed. She set about getting herself ready, infinitely glad she had packed that extra dress after the fate that had befallen the other two. She delicately retrieved her other dress from the floor, where it was still sat in a damp crumpled heap and unsuccessfully attempted to dry it with a towel. Eventually she gave up, packing her things away as best she could, constantly glancing at Delia as she did the same, their eyes meeting and saying things they hadn’t the proper words to express. They were getting ready to leave the room and head downstairs with their luggage when Patsy suddenly stopped. She placed her suitcase on the floor and looked thoughtfully at the room, something wasn’t right. It was a twin room of course, Trixie had made sure the holiday looked respectable, but only one of the beds had been slept in. Although they had remade it, years as a nurse automatically made you neat, it still wasn’t the same as the other, whose sheets were fresh and clearly untouched. Patsy swiftly moved towards it and pulled the covers back, she slid in, fully clothed and wiggled around a little,
“Patsy Mount, what on earth…?” began Delia, before catching on to what Patsy was doing, she moved over to the bed and helped Patsy remake it, as they had done with the other.
“There”, said Pasty, with a sort of sadness “no one will suspect a thing.” She felt stupid for allowing herself to forget, if even only for a night, that this had to be a secret, that she and Delia could never act the same as everyone else did with their sweethearts, with their husbands. Delia sensed her sadness and reached out, taking her hand. Patsy felt the familiar thrill of it, as well as the warmth and the comfort. Delia gave her hand a small squeeze,
“I love you”, she said quietly “and what everybody else thinks, or knows, or doesn’t know, is never ever going to change that”, her little Welsh voice was fierce and sincere, “that’s what last night meant, that’s what it means Pats.”
“I love you too Deels”, a smile crept in to the corners of Patsy’s mouth and Delia popped on to her tiptoes to kiss her,
“Now how about that breakfast?” she asked “I’m bloody starving!”
The rest of the day passed in some sort of beautiful haze, another ice cream for Delia, another stroll along the seafront. The storm clouds hadn’t quite cleared and it was cold and damp, but to Patsy the place looked even more beautiful than it had the day before, especially the one spot in particular where they had stood the previous night, although they didn’t dare linger there too long. After another cup of tea and huge slice of cake in the same tearoom, where everyone was far too good natured to mention the wet stockings incident, and a walk around the shops in town it was time to get the train back home. This time Patsy didn’t ask Delia if she was sure she could manage, Patsy was quite aware that Delia had the situation under control, all the same Delia turned and gave her a self-satisfied smile as she hauled not only her own case but also Patsy’s on to the train. Patsy wanted to protest, but all she could do was smile at the sight of Delia leaning in the train doorway. She almost skipped on board and they settled in an empty carriage. Daring to sit next to each other, Delia rested her head on Patsy’s shoulder and soon fell in to a blissful sleep, Patsy just gazed at her adoringly, playing with the ring on her necklace all the while.
As the train pulled in to the station Delia proved worryingly hard to wake, Patsy panicked, shaking her shoulder harder and raising her voice slightly,
“Deels? Do wake up, we’re almost back in London!” she felt a wave of relief as Delia began to stir and sleepily blinked her eyes open,
“Patsy?”
“Yes darling, I’m here, we need to get off the train soon.”
“I was dreaming, I had the dancing woman dream again, the one where I can see your face though.”
“Oh Deels!” Patsy knew that the dream must bother her, remind her of the hospital and the accident and…
“It’s alright Pats, I’m alright, you’re here”, Delia reached up and gently stroked the side of Patsy’s face, as if to double check that it was Patsy and she was really there.
“Yes I am”, said Patsy, catching her hand and turning it to place a gentle kiss on Delia’s palm “now let’s sort these cases out.”
It was dark by the time they approached their flat, Patsy nervously fumbled around for the keys, she was excited but also rather apprehensive to see what Trixie had done with the place. Whilst Trixie usually had good taste, she did have a fondness for things that were somewhat avant-garde. Patsy didn’t dare imagine what that could look like, although she had faith that their other friends had probably kept Trixie’s more interesting choices at bay. They stopped at the front door and Delia took Patsy’s hand and squeezed.
“Ready Pats?” she asked breathlessly,
“I’m not sure to be honest”, replied Patsy, raising her eyebrows, “part of me is terrified that Trixie has painted the whole place magenta or something.”
“Oh she’d never do that!” exclaimed Delia, Patsy looked at her quizzically, the corners of her mouth upturned in a waiting smile, “magenta would clash terribly with your hair”, said Delia, in a tone of mock seriousness, before melting in to giggles. The smile crept across the whole of Patsy’s face and she gave a happy sigh,
“Well, here we go”, she said, turning the key in the lock and opening the door just enough to stick her head inside and find the light, it flickered on to reveal that Trixie had painted the walls a rather fetching shade of yellow, “oh Deels look!” said Patsy, stepping back to allow Delia to peer inside.
“Yellow walls”, smiled Delia “Trixie has good taste”, Patsy took advantage of Delia’s momentary distraction to scoop her up in her arms, just as she had done day after day at the hospital. Delia froze for a moment, then her arms instinctively slipped around Patsy’s neck, playing with a strand of hair that had come loose,
“Patsy”, she breathed,
“I told you, I promised you”, murmured Patsy, “I promised one day I’d carry you over the threshold”, she said, and without missing a beat she carried Delia a few steps inside the flat and set her down gently. They stood there facing each other for a moment, neither of them quite sure it was real. Then Delia slowly raised on to her tiptoes to give Patsy a gentle kiss,
“Welcome home”, she whispered.
Once they had hauled their suitcases inside, they set about exploring further. The decoration was simple yet cosy,
“It feels like home already”, said Delia
“It is home”, said Patsy “our home.”
In the kitchen they found a box on the table,
“Whatever can this be?” asked Patsy, confused,
“Well don’t ask me”, said Delia, “look there’s a letter on it”, she said, reaching over and detaching an envelope which had been stuck on the top of the box. She carefully opened it and her face broke into a smile,
“What is it?” asked Patsy perplexed, Delia just smiled back and proceeded to read the letter aloud,
“Dear Nurse Mount and Nurse Busby”, she began, attempting an English accent which sent Patsy in to fits of giggles “I believe it is customary to give a gift on such occasions as these, now I wasn’t able to obtain a new set, but I feel this will be adequate. Best wishes, Nurse Crane. P.S Nurse Mount, the rota has changed and you’ll be on first call from 8pm Tuesday evening.”
“Oh how kind!” said Patsy, “still I wonder what it is.”
“I’ll open it”, said Delia, and her little hands set about scrabbling to open the box, as she achieved her aim and peered inside, her face fell.
“What is it?” asked Patsy, “what’s wrong?” Delia said nothing but slowly reached in to the box, she drew out a teacup. Patsy could hardly believe her eyes, it was the exact same print as the china in the tearoom in Brighton. Patsy began to laugh uncontrollably, tears streaming down her face, clutching her stomach. Delia stood there for a few moments, looking dumfounded and not at all impressed, but slowly laughter overtook her too. She caught Patsy’s hand,
“At least it will always remind me of this weekend” she said, smiling,
“The weekend we got married”, said Patsy, the words sent a shiver of joy through her and she watched as Delia’s eyes lit up at the memory. “I’m exhausted!” she added “and if I’m on the night shift Tuesday we’d better get some sleep!” Delia agreed and they went to look at their bedroom, Patsy felt a jolt of shock as she saw the two twin beds pushed together. Then she noticed the note on the pillow,
“Dear Patsy and Delia, don’t panic at the furniture arrangement, I was the last to leave and did it myself. I hope you’ve had the most wonderful weekend and I expect to hear all about it! Welcome home and sleep well. Trixie.”
“All this was wonderful of her”, said Delia, gazing around the room in awe.
“I know”, said Patsy, kissing her on the cheek, “but this is so perfect, I daren’t even hope it’s all real.”
“It is all real Pats”, said Delia, with complete conviction, “and this is real too”, she reached up and ran her fingers along Patsy’s necklace, stopping as she reached the ring and lifting it so Patsy could see, before pressing her lips to it. “I love you”, she said simply,
“I love you too Deels, I love you too”, smiled Patsy “now shall we get in to our pyjamas?”
Chapter 23: Epilogue
Delia studied the board cautiously as she gently shook the dice in her hand, as long as she rolled a nine it would all be fine, she’d land on her own property. Any other number however and she was almost certain to be bankrupted, Trixie had once again set up a minefield around Mayfair and was looking far too pleased with herself. They were all sat around in Patsy and Delia’s flat, Trixie’s new engagement ring gleaming on her finger. It was a rare occasion that they should all be off together and a monopoly rematch had been called, Barbara and Nurse Crane had both been invited of course and somehow Barbara was still in the game, although Nurse Crane had fallen foul of Trixie’s fondness for buying hotels and lost a few turns earlier. Patsy Mount looked at her homemade family, all drinking tea from those god-awful cups, and smiled. She gently laced her fingers with Delia’s, feeling the cold metal of her wedding ring and affectionately observing the look of concentration on her face. Surely this was heaven.
“Yes!” Delia exclaimed, she would have sounded slightly too enthusiastic, had monopoly not been such a serious business among their little group. She had rolled a nine and excitedly slid her counter across the board.
“Oh bother!” responded Trixie, taking a long drag of her cigarette “I rather thought I had you there.” The game continued like that, both tense and relaxed, light conversation humming over the top of it. Barbara caught sight of Patsy and Delia’s hands and blushed slightly, she’d known for a couple of months now, after Trixie had gently explained the situation to her one evening. She didn’t mind of course, she was glad to see them happy, but she couldn’t quite help blushing at the idea of it and the questions it brought bubbling to her mind. Nurse Crane, it seemed, had always known, deliberately orchestrating Delia’s stay at Nonnatus – though she wouldn’t admit to that. She had caught Patsy in the corridor one day between shifts and remarked, completely unflustered, that she was happy to see her wearing Delia’s ring. Patsy had of course blushed deep scarlet and stared determinedly at her hands, but Nurse Crane just smiled, tapped her nose and told her that live and let live was her philosophy. The matter hadn’t been spoken of since.
Trixie’s next turn proved disastrous as she drew the ‘make repairs to properties’ card and crashed out of the game in spectacular fashion. A string of unlucky rolls meant that Patsy soon followed, leaving only Delia and Barbara competing for glory. Delia landed on one of Barbara’s middle value properties,
“Sorry”, said Barbara, taking the money and raising a round of giggles in the process. Delia got a look of fierce determination in her eyes, remembering how she’d vowed to win from her sick bed. It was almost a year later and she still hadn’t won a game, although they played less regularly now she and Patsy were no longer residing at Nonnatus. She looked down at her pile of brightly coloured notes and decided to be brave,
“I’m putting a hotel on Bond Street”, she announced, paying almost all of her remaining cash. Even Trixie looked shocked,
“It’s a risky move Deels”, cautioned Patsy,
“Oh do hush Pats, fortune favours the brave”, replied Delia, Patsy rolled her eyes but couldn’t help smiling at the Welshwoman’s recklessness, “your turn”, Delia said to Barbara. Barbara took the dice and a deep breath, anything but a nine and she was safe, surely Delia’s next turn would end in disaster seeing as she only had six pounds left. Barbara rolled the dice. The first one showed a four and she held her breath as the second settled on five. It took all of Delia’s control not to jump up in triumph but she was grinning from ear to ear as Barbara accepted defeat.
“Well done Deels!” Patsy exclaimed, knowing how much a win meant to her wife, even this long after the accident there were still challenges to overcome.
“You finally won one”, teased Trixie,
“Of course I won one!” said Delia “I needed Barbara to roll a nine, nine’s my lucky number.” She glanced at Patsy as she said it, who turned that familiar shade of red, smiled and began playing with the wedding ring on her finger, “tell them why Pats”, said Delia gently.
“Nine”, began Patsy “the ninth of September”, she was smiling so much she could hardly speak, “the day we got married.”
So that's it for this one, I would love to write more so if you have prompts drop them in my tumblr inbox (littlelemonkey) and I'll see what I can do :) also thanks to Lizzie and Josie for all the proofreading and the nagging!
IcedRum, After_all_this_time, confusedladybird, Spookside, Tuckz911, reader357, Jeigndough, Sassenachinthetardis, sunflower123, noncommittal, TRfanfic, Lilith (Lilith81), oceans8isgay, ClaireBear_DustyPuppy, scammer68, willowphile, Turnthelighton, Tribute2pupcake, GreenDragon7, katiealomar, sophklb, HideAndFind, TrowelTalk, wellpuffmycream, cissamione, Gwalia, MacBethany_W, SecretlyAtomicTaco, FanGirlOnline, alyslowri, Squeakytoys, TheSecondQueenOfSol, WhenTheCanonShootsOnlyBlanks, LonelyIntrovert, tlpursuit, Amyxtrussler, lazyboo, TheToyMaker, sobtext, El_96, patientbeewife, queerofdenial, totesliterally, Ceridwyn2, Sammie250, kitewolf, thedark_before_thedawn, S_e_e_t_h_e_r, andromeda909, Rainbow_Sellers, and 30 more users ajay3bee, kerisempai, Nata1398, Shelley421, patsandeels, Master_of_the_Trashcan, couragetofight, Crimsonraindrops25, teeej, Katagin, RandomPerson314, legallyblindandrea, Kinnetik, en_pointe, enaols, beelectric, carnivalarcanum, lesbianmedusa, ANormalGeek, whichchopstickisthefork, bootrat, wilmot, Only_by_Night, geneticus, TheGoodDoctor, bumblebear30, talos13, CarmillaFan, DisplacedWarrior and giraffewrites as well as 274 guests left kudos on this work! (collapse)
Alix on Chapter 1 Mon 09 Mar 2015 03:52PM EDT
THIS IS FABULOUS. The events of last night were traumatising, this will certainly help, but PLEASE WRITE MORE, IT IS SO GOOD|. And I kind of need it to recover from last night, so thanks for writing it :D
littlelemonkey on Chapter 1 Mon 09 Mar 2015 04:33PM EDT
Thank you so much! :) I wrote it to help me deal with last night haha, glad it can help everyone else too! I should be able to update it tomorrow when I've finished work :)
giraffewrites on Chapter 1 Mon 09 Mar 2015 07:37PM EDT
This is so good! :3
littlelemonkey on Chapter 1 Tue 10 Mar 2015 12:50PM EDT
Thank you! Just working on the next chapter now, it's taking longer than I thought :/
Elli on Chapter 1 Fri 10 Apr 2015 03:09PM EDT
patientbeewife on Chapter 1 Tue 19 Apr 2016 07:54PM EDT
Astounding story. Bravo
PXI on Chapter 9 Fri 17 May 2019 03:38PM EDT
Moira on Chapter 11 Mon 23 Mar 2015 02:52PM EDT
Yay sister Monica Jones! I knew they would have her blessing. Hope they get their own flat soon though
littlelemonkey on Chapter 11 Mon 23 Mar 2015 03:39PM EDT
Indeed they do :) and wait and see about the flat :P
ANormalGeek on Chapter 22 Sun 10 May 2015 10:16AM EDT
Hello! More please!
Tribute2pupcake on Chapter 22 Sun 30 Jul 2017 05:37PM EDT
Adorable, just adorable and just what I needed. I love the teacup and Patsy undoing the bed in the hotel. Just a lovley chapter!
Maureen on Chapter 23 Mon 02 Nov 2015 03:03PM EST
This was just utterly fluffy and delightful. Wonderfully written!
beelectric on Chapter 23 Mon 28 Dec 2015 12:02AM EST
This was the absolute cutest fic! Thanks for writing and sharing. I loved it :)
Master_of_the_Trashcan on Chapter 23 Sat 23 Jan 2016 02:16PM EST
This was so sweet I think I have cavities! This was absolutely perfect! I can't stop smiling at how cute it is!
Rainbow_Sellers on Chapter 23 Wed 17 Feb 2016 11:47AM EST
This is the best series i have read and i am so glad you shared it with us all. It was wonderfully written and had just the right amount of fluff.
Sam on Chapter 23 Wed 18 May 2016 10:18AM EDT
Just wanted to say how much i enjoyed this :) if only life for Pats & Deels could be this way...
LonelyIntrovert on Chapter 23 Wed 08 Jun 2016 09:22AM EDT
THIS WAS SO GOOD
WhenTheCanonShootsOnlyBlanks on Chapter 23 Wed 22 Jun 2016 01:06PM EDT
This was absolutely wonderful! Read all 23 chapters in one sitting! I'm so happy for them! This was just perfect, thank you for giving them a happy ending!
littlelemonkey on Chapter 23 Thu 23 Jun 2016 01:14PM EDT
Thank you :) to everyone who commented really, it's all a writer wants to hear that people enjoyed it! You guys are awesome :)
MacBethany_W on Chapter 23 Thu 19 Jan 2017 03:09PM EST
I just re-read this and I loved it as much the second time, I was so engrossed that I nearly missed my train stop! Thank you :)
ClumsyFirefly on Chapter 23 Thu 14 Dec 2017 02:38PM EST
that was wonderful.... thank you for sharing!!!
Theresa on Chapter 23 Fri 23 Mar 2018 10:25AM EDT
I loved the story! Thank you!
TRfanfic on Chapter 23 Sun 13 May 2018 01:50AM EDT
This story is one of my favorites! Well done!
Camilla on Chapter 23 Mon 16 Jul 2018 11:25PM EDT
This was so delightful, I'm squealing. My closeted gay heart is on fire, and my limbs are full with adoration. Thank you for this, cariad!
littlelemonkey on Chapter 23 Wed 18 Jul 2018 11:26AM EDT
This comment made me smile so much! Being closeted can suck so if you need to vent just hmu :)
Camila on Chapter 23 Wed 18 Jul 2018 11:33AM EDT
Hit me up on Tumblr (I just made it, don't even understand how to use it yet). My name on it is chocolatelocksred. I don't think I can talk to people on archive yet cause my request hasn't been processed yet
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1352997
|
__label__cc
| 0.734957
| 0.265043
|
« March 2017 | Main | May 2017 »
"Romance," by Rimbaud, an attempt at a translation.
MrsDarwin challenged me to try my hand at a translation of Arthur Rimbaud's poem "Roman." I didn't attempt to match meter or rhyme, but attempted some of the wordplay -- and didn't consult any other translation either. Here's my stab, from first reading to final version in one morning. The original is here.
Romance by Arthur Rimbaud
(translated by Erin Arlinghaus)
You can't be serious! Not at seventeen:
come one evening, you've had enough!
enough glasses of beer, enough lemon-fizz drinks,
enough blinding lights in the noisy cafes.
You flee out to the path, hung over with spring lindens,
the blossoms' scent fine in the fine June night air,
so sweet -- your eyes close --
so heady the air, spilling over with sound (the city's not far)
and with perfume, from vines and from beer.
That's when you glimpse a dimming blue, just a scrap
between the shoots of the trees, the young suckers,
Pierced by a faulty star
that in one slight shiver vanishes, so small and pure white.
O June night! Seventeen! You'll let it go to your head,
the sap rising up in you like foam, like champagne,
delirious, intoxicating;
Rising, too, to your very lips on fluttering wings, a hum, a buzz, a kiss.
Across the pages of every romance, your heart has played Crusoe,
washed ashore, gone back to nature now, on its own;
But now a girl sweeps into the weak streetlight,
a brief flash, a promise, of delight; then passes back into the shadows
of Papa's head towering high above the rim of his collar;
She sees you in your frightful innocence, and so, all while putting one tiny foot in front of the other,
whirls on one booted heel,
and in one blow kills the humming tune right there on your lips.
You're in love. You're taken -- at least for summer.
You're in love. You'll make sonnets -- and they'll make her laugh.
All your friends will flee -- you'll have gone out of style;
till your object, one, night, cares to send her reply.
On that night you'll run back to the blinding cafes,
you'll be begging for beers, for one more lemon-fizz,
You can't be serious! Not at seventeen,
not with those lindens blooming, looming over the path.
29 April 2017 | Permalink | Comments (4)
Grieving my grandmother.
Public service announcement:
There is no right way nor wrong way to grieve.
Nor a right time nor a wrong time. Sometimes things take a couple of days to sink in. Some other things take a couple of years. And one person isn't the same as another.
And if you are ever grieving, and you are worried that you are doing it wrong... just let go.
My way right now is to be sitting in a Starbucks outside a mall in southern Ohio; I will very shortly go in to try to find something to wear to the funeral. I have some things that will work in a pinch, but it is giving me something to do. I am drinking coffee. Usually, one and a half cups into my morning coffee, a sense of well-being and industriousness descends upon me as if on a ray of sunshine from the heavens, and everything gets suddenly better. It seems not to be working today.
My cousins and brother and I (I have been referring to us as "the four cousins"), and our aunt her daughter, all stayed up for twenty-four hours Wednesday into Thursday waiting with her as she was dying. One teenage great-granddaughter was there, too, for most of the long night. We surrounded Grandma with all the love we had. It was a good place to be, and I know it is a privilege to have been permitted, by time and chance and nature and the mover of all that is, to be there. In the very end she waited to slip away from us only when for a moment we had all of us, the very last one, stepped out of the room.
I drove, blinking hard at the taillights, the hour back to where Mark was, where we were staying, and collapsed literally on the floor next to the bed so I wouldn't wake my three-year-old and have to parent right away. The first day after I just slept, and made Mark take us out for tacos and margaritas before bed. The second day I tried, with the help of a good friend who invited us along, to spend a full day with my littlest children for the first time in several days.
My aunt and the rest of the cousins have each had their own full days. I don't know everything they were up to, nor how they have been passing their interior days. One practically had to go straight from Grandma's bedside to give a breakfast-time work presentation. One celebrated her wedding anniversary and removed Grandma's things from her room at the nursing facility. One wrote the obituary and met with the funeral provider. One started preparing to speak at the funeral.
Several of us posted pictures and videos that we had to Facebook. I, myself, wished I had had the foresight -- before I left Minnesota -- to dig up my wedding album, in which is my favorite photo of Grandma, aged only 77(!), dancing to some swing number with her childhood best friend and laughing. But we left quickly, and while I thought to bring my grief supplies with me -- black trousers and sturdy dress shoes -- I forgot to make room in my duffel for joy as well. It will all be there when I get back home.
Today is the first chance I have had to feel really sad, possibly because it is the first chance I have had to be alone, at least alone in a crowd. It is such an odd kind of sadness, because at the same time I am grateful that we had such long years with my sweet grandma, who was sweet but also was, to borrow her vocabulary, a pistol. Grateful that she remained sharp all that time, and that she lived where she wanted and got her own way all the way up until about three weeks ago, when she took her last fall. I don't think she enjoyed the last three weeks -- I did get the impression that she did not think a bad fall would really happen to her -- but as she had nearly 96 years before that, and made her wishes quite clear, it is hard to have many regrets.
She came out fighting and -- what is more -- loving, from a very difficult childhood. Raised three children, worked downtown, was widowed in her late fifties, traveled all over the world in the company of great friends. Saw four grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Cared for her own mother who suffered from Alzheimer's disease. Outlived two of her own children, my mother who died fourteen years ago and my uncle who died just a few years ago. In the last years lived in company of her youngest daughter in her own home. Hosted all our holidays up until the last couple of years, a matriarch in the true sense of the word. I can't even begin to describe the personal significance she had to me.
This is just a start.
My coffee is almost gone and I am going to head into the mall and see what I can wear. Such a small thing but the only thing on my to-do list, other than packing things up and getting ready to go back to Minnesota right after the funeral, as we came early, a rush so that I could see her while she was still with us.
Love really does conquer all, folks, if you let it. That is maybe the biggest thing that Grandma taught me, in ways large and small.
22 April 2017 | Permalink | Comments (11)
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1353002
|
__label__wiki
| 0.746998
| 0.746998
|
Home » ASO AC teleconference held on Thursday, 8 January 2009 (13:00 UTC)
ASO AC teleconference held on Thursday, 8 January 2009 (13:00 UTC)
Jean Robert Hountomey, JRH : AfriNIC
Vincent Ngundi, VN : AfriNIC
Alan Barett, AB : AfriNIC
Kenny Huang, KH : APNIC
Tomohiro Fujisaki, TF : APNIC
Louis Lee : ARIN (Chair)
Martin Hannigan, MH : ARIN
Jason Schiller, JS : ARIN
Sebastian Bellagamba, SB : LACNIC
Hartmut Glaser, HG : LACNIC
Francisco Obispo, FO : LACNIC
Dave Wilson, DW : RIPE
Wilfried Woeber, WW : RIPE
Fergal Cunningham, FC : RIPE NCC
Nick Hyrka, NH : RIPE NCC
Sabine Mader, SM : RIPE NCC
Leo Vegoda, LV : ICANN
Olof Nordling, ON : ICANN
Ernest Byaruhanga, EMB : AfriNIC
Kiran Cunniah, KC : AfriNIC
German Valdez, GV : APNIC
Einar Bohlin, EB : ARIN
Nate Davis, ND : ARIN
John Curran, JC : ARIN
Ricardo Patara, RP : LACNIC
Axel Pawlik, AP : RIPE NCC
Paul Rendek, PR : RIPE NCC
Filiz Yilmaz, FY : RIPE NCC
Hans Petter Holen, RIPE
Raimundo Beca, ICANN
Naresh Ajwani, APNIC
Agenda Review
AC Chair Election
AC Vice Chair Appointments
Approval of the Minutes from the 11 Dec 2008 Meeting
Review of Open Action Items
ICANN Nominations
Update of the ASO AC Operating Procedures
ASO Website Review
Global Policy Proposal for Remaining IPv4 Address Space
RIR Boards’ Visions for the ASO AC
2009 ASO Work Plan
2009 AC Meetings
The Chair welcomed participants and started the meeting at 1305 UTC.
The Chair reviewed the agenda and asked if anyone had any comments. There was a comment thanking AfriNIC for the work it did as Secretariat in 2008 and welcoming the RIPE NCC into the role for 2009. JS asked if the ASO AC Chair election procedure and the ASO’s participation in the panel at the upcoming ICANN Meeting would be covered in the agenda. The Chair responded that it would be rolled into the 2009 ASO Work Plan agenda item.
The Chair noted that there was 60 percent participation in the ASO AC Chair election. Nine voted for LL and he asked if there were reasons, such as difficulty registering, why the other six members did not have their votes counted. WW commented that he encountered no problem with the procedure or software but he started the process too late to be able to vote.
[MH joined the call at 1315 UTC]
The Chair noted that when electronic voting was first proposed it was with the intention that every eligible member should cast a vote in order for the election to count. He said that, as the sole candidate, he received the most votes. He suggested a roll call vote to make the election official. WW suggested that this would be a good idea.
HG said that because there was a majority for LL, the election was valid even though it was not ideal that some members did not have their vote counted. He said there was no need for a roll call because this would reduce confidence in the system used and the election result should stand.
AB said he had no recollection of any decision that required all members to cast a vote. The Chair responded that this was decided when electronic voting was first proposed almost two years ago.
SB said that every member should have the ability to vote but a requirement that everyone must vote would allow the election result to be vetoed by one person. He agreed with HG that the result is valid and should be accepted, although it would be a good idea to analyse the reasons why everyone did not vote.
[JRH joined the call at 1319 UTC]
DW asked if it was certain that there was quorum for the vote. HG pointed out that nine votes constituted a majority so the result should be valid. DW said that it could not be certain that at least one vote came from each region. HG said that this is not a requirement.
JC agreed with the position that the election is valid. He noted that in some countries there is ambiguity over electronic voting because there is a possibility that someone may not have received the announcement of the vote or that technical reasons may not have allowed them to vote. He said votes such as this are often confirmed at the next teleconference where people have a chance to confirm their vote or speak directly on the matter. He said that this was a potential work item for the ASO AC to look at and clarify its electronic voting procedure.
The Chair agreed that this should be a work item to review and refine the voting procedure. He said that it would be good to confirm the vote to ensure protocol was followed. JS agreed with this and stressed that it was important to collect the issues encountered with this election so they can be addressed in any new procedures.
HG proposed a motion that the ASO AC approves the election result as valid for the year 2009. WW seconded the motion and there were none opposed. There was a roll call vote and the motion was passed with 11 members in favour and four non-responses. HG gave congratulations to LL on being officially appointed ASO AC Chair for 2009.
The Chair asked what were the difficulties, if any, that people had in casting their ballot. SB said that his confirmation mail for signing up to the election went directly to his spam box and perhaps a different distribution method should be considered. There was also a comment that there was no possibility to officially abstain and it is unclear whether this was the intention of some members who did not vote.
HG suggested that LL or the Secretariat should email AC members to find out why they did not vote, whether it be for technical reasons or otherwise. MH said that there should be no compromising of confidentiality and if people choose to let the mailing list know their reasons that should be up to them. It was asked how it would be found out what were the problems unless people are asked.
MH proposed that the Secretariat audit the electronic voting system to see that it worked correctly and also that the mailing list be polled to give people the option to explain how they voted, should they choose to do so. The Chair said that if people wanted they could send their response just to the Secretariat to maintain confidentiality. MH said that this might constitute a revote and he would have no desire to reveal how he voted. He concluded that, regardless, the result would not change.
The Chair requested that SB be reappointed as Vice Chair and SB accepted. HG proposed the motion to approve the appointment of SB as Vice Chair of the ASO AC. WW seconded the motion. There was no opposition and the motion carried.
The Chair said that he wished to reappoint HPH, who sent his apologies for not being able to attend the teleconference. The Chair asked for a motion on this issue. HG proposed the motion that the appointment of HPH should be postponed to the February meeting and it should be reopened should HPH decline the appointment. JRH seconded the motion. There was no opposition and the motion carried.
WW mentioned the link to HPH’s wiki that appears in the minutes referencing the timeline for the ASO’s appointment to Seat 9 of the ICANN Board. He said it would be best not to have external links in an official document in case they become obsolete in the future and for various other reasons. The Chair suggested that the timeline be inserted verbatim in the minutes.
DW proposed the motion that the minutes of 11 December 2008 be approved subject to the link to the 2009 Work Plan being removed and replaced with the table giving the timeline for the ASO’s appointment to the ICANN Board. WW seconded the motion. There was no opposition and the motion carried.
Action: #0109-01
Secretariat to remove the URL from the 1211 TC, replace it with the verbatim timeline for making the appointment to Seat 9 of the ICANN Board and change the status from DRAFT.
The Chair to send a message to the NRO EC Chair with a list of items pending a response from the EC.
The Chair mentioned that he was unable to send this list as he is still awaiting a response from the EC. He will compile the list and send it on.
The Secretariat to update the list of AC members on the ASO AC website before 15 December 2008.
The Secretariat commented that this item has been completed.
The Chair to seek approval from the NRO EC for adoption of the procedure to select the AC Representative to the ICANN Nominating Committee into the AC Operating Procedure.
The Chair sent what he had to the mailing list and the text needs to be changed into a procedure that can be incorporated into the operating procedure manual. He asked that this action item be removed and placed instead in the ASO Work Plan 2009. JS asked that the finalised text be sent to the list so all ASO AC members would have it.
The secretariat to post the procedure for the selection of the AC Representative to the ICANN Nominating Committee on the website after approval received from the NRO EC.
The Chair asked that this action item be removed because it will become a natural action item after it is approved. He asked that the Secretariat post the procedure as a draft before the approval so members will have it as a reference.
The secretariat to ensure the following regarding the proposed documents page:
* add tabs for minutes and draft documents.
* ensure compatibility with non javascript browsers.
The Chair noted that he had been in contact with the Secretariat and the transition of duties from AfriNIC to the RIPE NCC has been completed. The Secretariat said that it has been concentrating on updating content on the site and the bigger website issues would become part of the RIPE NCC Web Services Team’s plans to redesign the site to make it more useful for members.
WW thanked the RIPE NCC for addressing the most pressing issues with the website and he added that there are still some areas that should be prioritised over any redesign. WW said he is happy to work with the Secretariat on a private channel to see that these issues are addressed.
The Chair mentioned that he had talked to WW about creating a Communications Committee that would recommend changes to the website, mailing lists and teleconferences. The Committee would work with the Secretariat directly on minor changes and bring bigger issues to the mailing list. He asked that this be addressed under the ASO Work Plan 2009 agenda item.
The Chair asked MH to take the lead on this.
MH said that the announcement went out as planned. He noted that the procedure has been followed and the schedule is in hand. The Secretariat confirmed that there have been no nominations so far. MH said that the closing date for nominations is 24 February 2009. The Chair asked if there was a possibility to extend this deadline. MH replied that this date was not flexible. He said that he was confident there would be one to three nominations and it was too early to be concerned about receiving nominations yet.
HG said that in the timeline the current candidate’s mandate runs until May but it should run until six months after the last ICANN assembly meeting of the previous year, which took place in November 2008, so that would mean that the mandate should run until April. MH said he would check this and send confirmation to the Secretariat of the timeline and post it to the mailing list.
JRH asked if it would be a good idea to contact the current incumbent to see if they would like to be nominated again. MH said that this was not in the procedure. It is mentioned in the procedure that if a candidate vacates the seat then the ASO AC can go back to the candidates who were nominated at the same time as the person vacating the seat. HG said that Dave Wodelet is aware of the situation and he is not willing to run again due to time constraints so he would welcome a new candidate.
WW asked what were the regional requirements for the candidates and if there was a limit stated in the MoU on the number of directors per region sitting on the ICANN Board. MH responded that there was no requirement in this regard but the candidate must be nominated based on where they reside rather then on where they conduct business. The Chair commented that there was a restriction in that the ASO AC candidate could not be from the same region as the other ASO AC appointment to the ICANN Board, i.e. the next appointment cannot be from LACNIC.
AB agreed that the two ASO appointments could not be from the same region. He also said that on the full ICANN Board there must be representatives from all region but this requirement is currently satisfied. HG commented that the make-up of the ICANN Board is a consideration for the ICANN Nominations Committee and not for the ASO AC. MH said that the ASO AC was only bound by the MoU and attached documents. ON said that he would send the relevant bylaws from ICANN to the mailing list that would answer all these questions. AB noted that the ICANN bylaws mentioned that the term of ICANN Seat 9 would expire six months after the end of the last 2008 ICANN annual assembly.
MH to confirm the timeline for the appointment process with the Secretariat and post to the mailing list, and also to give details of the restrictions on who can be nominated under the procedure. MH also to run the timeline by the NRO EC and ask it for an opinion.
The Chair said that there would be a list of items, including updates to the procedure, which will be sent to the NRO EC as items they need to respond to. He also noted that a new PPFT needs to be created for this year, and he said this would be rolled into the 2009 Work Plan. JS asked if the letter being sent to the NRO EC was the template for transmission of advice to ICANN. The Chair responded that it was the template of the report that the PPFT sends to the ASO AC regarding the global policy proposal received from the NRO EC.
This agenda item was covered in Open Action Items, #0808-04. The Secretariat will prioritise the update of content on the website with help from WW then move on to the redesign of the ASO website to improve its usability for ASO AC members and visitors to the site.
The Chair noted that the Global Policy Proposal for Remaining IPv4 Address Space was received from the NRO EC six weeks previously. He noted that the ASO AC needed to decide whether to accept the policy and move it to the ICANN Board or ask for an extension of the 60 days response time.
The Chair noted that JS sent a draft to the mailing list after the last teleconference. JS said that he received some comments from FY and DW on the policy development process in the RIPE community and those comments are accepted. JS asked if the other regions were happy with the text and if so he would finalise the RIPE community issues and move the response to ICANN.
[SB disconnected at 1357 UTC]
[VN disconnected at 1358 UTC]
AB said that he checked the dates for the AfriNIC region and he believes they are correct. FO said he would confirm the RIR ratification date with LACNIC and respond to JS. He also asked JS to send the final report to the mailing list and put it in the agenda for the next teleconference. JS said that if it was held until the next teleconference the ASO AC would need an extension and the Chair confirmed this. The Chair thanked ON, JS and the PPFT for their work on the report. FO confirmed that the dates in the report are correct from LACNIC’s point of view.
The Chair asked for a motion to authorise sending the Global Policy Proposal for Remaining IPv4 Address Space to ICANN pending the completion of the report after a short discussion concluding 14 January 2009. FO seconded the motion. A roll call vote took place and 11 approved the motion and there were four non-responses, so the motion carried.
ON asked that when the proposal is sent to John Jeffrey as Secretary of the ICANN Board could the ASO AC mailing list be copied on the mail. The Chair confirmed that this would be sent to the mailing lists.
[VN reconnected at 1407 UTC]
The Chair asked if there was any input from the RIR boards since the last teleconference. HG said that he spoke to the LACNIC Board about this issue and the LACNIC Board said that the ASO AC could be more proactive and did not have to wait for input from other organisations when discussing issues such as policies relating to IPv4 depletion.
The Chair asked if there was input from any other boards and there was no response. He said that the question was whether acting without consultation from the NRO EC was acceptable subject to the MoU and this may need to be discussed with the NRO EC. The Chair said that the ASO AC might still have to advise the NRO EC on actions the ASO AC feels it needs to take.
MH suggested that members look at the 2009 Work Plan and volunteer to take ownership of work items. The Chair agreed that this was a good idea. WW asked if it would be possible to go through the Work Plan point by point.
* Global Policy Development
WW mentioned that this was a common responsibility and there is a well-understood structure for this. The Chair said that under procedures a PPFT needed to be created for this and volunteers would be needed. He then asked for volunteers. He asked if the current PPFT for this item would remain as the PPFT. FO, DW, JS, KH and AB volunteered to be the representatives for their regions on the PPFT. The Chair asked for a motion to confirm FO, DW, JS, KH and AB as the members of the PPFT for 2009. DW proposed the motion and KH seconded. There was no opposition and the motion carried.
* Selection of Candidates to Other ICANN Bodies
The Chair said that it was not necessary to choose the Nominations Committee yet but this would need to be done around the middle of 2009.
* Developing Procedures to Conduct Business
The Chair noted that there were several procedures that needed to be looked at:
– The AC Chair election procedure needs to be reviewed.
– The procedure to select a representative to the ICANN Nominations Committee needs to be written up.
– Other letters need to be put in the procedure manual pending NRO EC approval. The report template needs to be written up by the PPFT, perhaps based on the one written by JS and sent to the mailing list.
WW volunteered to collaborate with the group looking after this area because there may be some connection with the development of potential collaborative support tools. MH volunteered to work with WW on this. The Chair asked if other regions would like to help. JRH agreed to assist with this. The Chair noted that the Secretariat would also have to be involved in this work.
The Chair noted that there might be some overlap with this group and the proposed Communications Group. The Chair also welcomed observers to take part if they so wished. MH said that the group should come back with some form of charter for its work with administrative directives. He said it should be as simple as possible and then a list can be created and the group can move forward. The Chair proposed that a draft should be presented by the next teleconference.
* Insert Items from 2008 Plan Here
WW gave the list of 2008 points still outstanding and said that the 2009 Work Plan covers all of them.
2009 Plan – New Items
* Complete presentations and have presentations in stock in case an ASO AC member is called upon on short notice to make a presentation.
The Chair suggested that these two areas could come under the work of the Communications Committee. WW asked that the Chair be part of the Communications Committee because he has been called on short notice to present and the Chair agreed to this.
The Chair explained that the idea was to have the Communications Committee be made up of people from each region and the Secretariat and that it would look at the website, mailing lists and teleconferencing system. He envisioned that minor fixes could be given directly to the Secretariat to implement and bigger changes would be brought to all ASO AC members for approval.
WW said that this group would fit well with other work items such as the possibility of using a wiki and a chat facility. He said he would like to work with the Secretariat on all of these issues in 2009 and come up with some tools to be able to test during the ASO AC’s face-to-face meeting.
MH proposed that the group responsible for this be composed of the same people as in the group responsible for developing procedures to conduct business (WW, MH, JRH) and the Chair and the Secretariat. The Chair agreed to this and WW asked that if anyone has experience in this area they should feel free to join the group at any time.
The Chair also wanted to get an idea of how the ASO AC should be participating in the cross-SO group at the ICANN level. WW said that this goes back to the question of whether there should be an internal structure in the Address Council. He said that it might be a good idea to have the Chair and the Vice Chairs accept the invitation to be on the proposed list and then adjust the list depending on who would be at a particular meeting, such as the upcoming Mexico ICANN meeting.
The Chair said there was also a comment from MH that the ASO AC should consult at the RIR level on this matter. MH said that the ASO AC doesn’t represent the RIR community and it would not be right to say that it does. He added that the ASO AC Chair function is mainly ceremonial and it is more intended to keep the ASO AC on track. He suggested that NRO EC would be better suited to representing the RIRs and the ASO AC Chair and Vice Chairs should act as observers.
JC said that if this went to the NRO EC then the ASO EC would have to accept what emerges. MH said in response that the NRO EC should discuss these issues and the ASO AC should be kept in the loop. JS commented that the ASO AC could bring more number-centric discussion to ICANN and asked if someone should represent the entire RIR community.
The Chair asked who the Chair of the NRO in 2009 was and AP confirmed that it was Adiel Akplogan from AfriNIC. JC said it might be impossible to have someone who can speak on behalf of the entire RIR community. The Chair suggested that the ASO was the closest thing. He explained that the request was to participate in a panel that would discuss specific topics.
JC suggested that perhaps a list of issues could be sent to the NRO EC who could then try to come up with a common stance on those issues and prepare a statement. The Chair asked that members of the ASO AC come up with a list of issues to send to the NRO EC by the end of January 2009 so a prepared statement or presentation can be arrived at that would give a common position held by the RIRs. AP agreed that this could be done.
JS suggested that potential topics to be sent to the NRO EC could be:
– IPv4 markets
– IPv4 depletion and IPv6 adoption
– IANA and the RIRs’ role in securing the routing infrastructure
MH suggested that this be moved to the mailing list.
* ICANN Supporting Organisation Review
The Chair said there was nothing in this because the review of the ASO is carried out by the RIRs themselves.
The Chair asked for a motion to accept the 2009 Work Plan as documented on HPH’s webpage as discussed and refined in this meeting. WW proposed the motion and HG seconded. There was no opposition and the motion carried.
The Chair said there was no schedule posted online. He asked if the current day and time worked for everyone. It was agreed to keep the day as the first Thursday of each month at 1300 UTC if it does not conflict with a major event. He said if there is a conflict it can be discussed prior to the teleconference. HG noted that the first Thursday in March would conflict with the ICANN meeting in Mexico.
The Chair also proposed that the ASO AC conduct its face-to-face meeting at the end of the LACNIC Meeting in Panama City. WW suggested that the ASO AC members should be polled to see if they could attend the LACNIC Meeting. The Chair said that this could be taken to the mailing list. He also said that provisionally the interviews with the candidates for ICANN Seat 9 could be conducted at the ARIN Meeting in Texas and if candidates were unable to attend video conferencing could be arranged.
The chair called for a motion to adjourn the meeting. HG moved to adjourn and FO seconded. There were no objections. The meeting adjourned at 1522 UTC.
Open Action items
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1353012
|
__label__cc
| 0.732373
| 0.267627
|
A multicommunity trial for primary prevention of adolescent drug abuse: Effects on drug use prevalence
Mary Ann Pentz, James H. Dwyer, David Mackinnon, Brian R. Flay, William B. Hansen, Eric Yu I Wang, C. Anderson Johnson
The entire adolescent population of the 15 communities that constitute the Kansas City (Kansas and Missouri) metropolitan area has participated in a community-based program for prevention of drug abuse since September 1984. The Kansas City area is the first of two major metropolitan sites being evaluated in the Midwestern Prevention Project, a longitudinal trial for primary prevention of cigarette, alcohol, and marijuana use in adolescents. The project includes mass media programming, a school-based educational program for youths, parent education and organization, community organization, and health policy components that are introduced sequentially into communities during a 6-year period. Effects of the program are determined through annual assessments of adolescent drug use in schools that are assigned to immediate intervention or delayed intervention control conditions. In the first 2 years of the project, 22 500 sixth- and seventh-grade adolescents received the school-based educational program component, with parental involvement in homework and mass media coverage. Analyses of 42 schools indicate that the prevalence rates of use for all three drugs are significantly lower at 1-year follow-up in the intervention condition relative to the delayed intervention condition, with or without controlling for race, grade, socioeconomic status, and urbanicity (17% vs 24% for cigarette smoking, 11% vs 16% for alcohol use, and 7% vs 10% for marijuana use in the last month), and the net increase in drug use prevalence among intervention schools is half that of delayed intervention schools.
Annual Review of Addictions Research and Treatment
Pentz, M. A., Dwyer, J. H., Mackinnon, D., Flay, B. R., Hansen, W. B., Wang, E. Y. I., & Johnson, C. A. (1992). A multicommunity trial for primary prevention of adolescent drug abuse: Effects on drug use prevalence. Annual Review of Addictions Research and Treatment, 2(C), 489-502.
A multicommunity trial for primary prevention of adolescent drug abuse : Effects on drug use prevalence. / Pentz, Mary Ann; Dwyer, James H.; Mackinnon, David; Flay, Brian R.; Hansen, William B.; Wang, Eric Yu I; Johnson, C. Anderson.
In: Annual Review of Addictions Research and Treatment, Vol. 2, No. C, 1992, p. 489-502.
Pentz, MA, Dwyer, JH, Mackinnon, D, Flay, BR, Hansen, WB, Wang, EYI & Johnson, CA 1992, 'A multicommunity trial for primary prevention of adolescent drug abuse: Effects on drug use prevalence', Annual Review of Addictions Research and Treatment, vol. 2, no. C, pp. 489-502.
Pentz MA, Dwyer JH, Mackinnon D, Flay BR, Hansen WB, Wang EYI et al. A multicommunity trial for primary prevention of adolescent drug abuse: Effects on drug use prevalence. Annual Review of Addictions Research and Treatment. 1992;2(C):489-502.
Pentz, Mary Ann ; Dwyer, James H. ; Mackinnon, David ; Flay, Brian R. ; Hansen, William B. ; Wang, Eric Yu I ; Johnson, C. Anderson. / A multicommunity trial for primary prevention of adolescent drug abuse : Effects on drug use prevalence. In: Annual Review of Addictions Research and Treatment. 1992 ; Vol. 2, No. C. pp. 489-502.
@article{6f7bc9e77d484deb9133fb995abe624f,
title = "A multicommunity trial for primary prevention of adolescent drug abuse: Effects on drug use prevalence",
abstract = "The entire adolescent population of the 15 communities that constitute the Kansas City (Kansas and Missouri) metropolitan area has participated in a community-based program for prevention of drug abuse since September 1984. The Kansas City area is the first of two major metropolitan sites being evaluated in the Midwestern Prevention Project, a longitudinal trial for primary prevention of cigarette, alcohol, and marijuana use in adolescents. The project includes mass media programming, a school-based educational program for youths, parent education and organization, community organization, and health policy components that are introduced sequentially into communities during a 6-year period. Effects of the program are determined through annual assessments of adolescent drug use in schools that are assigned to immediate intervention or delayed intervention control conditions. In the first 2 years of the project, 22 500 sixth- and seventh-grade adolescents received the school-based educational program component, with parental involvement in homework and mass media coverage. Analyses of 42 schools indicate that the prevalence rates of use for all three drugs are significantly lower at 1-year follow-up in the intervention condition relative to the delayed intervention condition, with or without controlling for race, grade, socioeconomic status, and urbanicity (17{\%} vs 24{\%} for cigarette smoking, 11{\%} vs 16{\%} for alcohol use, and 7{\%} vs 10{\%} for marijuana use in the last month), and the net increase in drug use prevalence among intervention schools is half that of delayed intervention schools.",
author = "Pentz, {Mary Ann} and Dwyer, {James H.} and David Mackinnon and Flay, {Brian R.} and Hansen, {William B.} and Wang, {Eric Yu I} and Johnson, {C. Anderson}",
journal = "Annual Review of Addictions Research and Treatment",
number = "C",
T1 - A multicommunity trial for primary prevention of adolescent drug abuse
T2 - Effects on drug use prevalence
AU - Pentz, Mary Ann
AU - Dwyer, James H.
AU - Mackinnon, David
AU - Flay, Brian R.
AU - Hansen, William B.
AU - Wang, Eric Yu I
AU - Johnson, C. Anderson
N2 - The entire adolescent population of the 15 communities that constitute the Kansas City (Kansas and Missouri) metropolitan area has participated in a community-based program for prevention of drug abuse since September 1984. The Kansas City area is the first of two major metropolitan sites being evaluated in the Midwestern Prevention Project, a longitudinal trial for primary prevention of cigarette, alcohol, and marijuana use in adolescents. The project includes mass media programming, a school-based educational program for youths, parent education and organization, community organization, and health policy components that are introduced sequentially into communities during a 6-year period. Effects of the program are determined through annual assessments of adolescent drug use in schools that are assigned to immediate intervention or delayed intervention control conditions. In the first 2 years of the project, 22 500 sixth- and seventh-grade adolescents received the school-based educational program component, with parental involvement in homework and mass media coverage. Analyses of 42 schools indicate that the prevalence rates of use for all three drugs are significantly lower at 1-year follow-up in the intervention condition relative to the delayed intervention condition, with or without controlling for race, grade, socioeconomic status, and urbanicity (17% vs 24% for cigarette smoking, 11% vs 16% for alcohol use, and 7% vs 10% for marijuana use in the last month), and the net increase in drug use prevalence among intervention schools is half that of delayed intervention schools.
AB - The entire adolescent population of the 15 communities that constitute the Kansas City (Kansas and Missouri) metropolitan area has participated in a community-based program for prevention of drug abuse since September 1984. The Kansas City area is the first of two major metropolitan sites being evaluated in the Midwestern Prevention Project, a longitudinal trial for primary prevention of cigarette, alcohol, and marijuana use in adolescents. The project includes mass media programming, a school-based educational program for youths, parent education and organization, community organization, and health policy components that are introduced sequentially into communities during a 6-year period. Effects of the program are determined through annual assessments of adolescent drug use in schools that are assigned to immediate intervention or delayed intervention control conditions. In the first 2 years of the project, 22 500 sixth- and seventh-grade adolescents received the school-based educational program component, with parental involvement in homework and mass media coverage. Analyses of 42 schools indicate that the prevalence rates of use for all three drugs are significantly lower at 1-year follow-up in the intervention condition relative to the delayed intervention condition, with or without controlling for race, grade, socioeconomic status, and urbanicity (17% vs 24% for cigarette smoking, 11% vs 16% for alcohol use, and 7% vs 10% for marijuana use in the last month), and the net increase in drug use prevalence among intervention schools is half that of delayed intervention schools.
JO - Annual Review of Addictions Research and Treatment
JF - Annual Review of Addictions Research and Treatment
IS - C
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1353014
|
__label__cc
| 0.662514
| 0.337486
|
SixthSense prototype portends “The Internet of Things”
On March 17, 2009 By quriosityIn Innovation, Technology
Today I learned about SixthSense, a wearable gestural computer interface developed at MIT’s Fluid Interfaces Group, a research group devoted to the design of interfaces that are “more immersive, more intelligent, and more interactive.”
Here’s how the group describes the interface:
The SixthSense prototype is comprised of a pocket projector, a mirror and a camera. The hardware components are coupled in a pendant like mobile wearable device. Both the projector and the camera are connected to the mobile computing device in the user’s pocket. The projector projects visual information enabling surfaces, walls and physical objects around us to be used as interfaces; while the camera recognizes and tracks user’s hand gestures and physical objects using computer-vision based techniques.
These images give you an idea how the prototype works and the kind of functionality it presages:
Here’s a link to a video that shows some great demos of SixthSense.
Fluid Interface Group’s work makes me think of one of the best film portrayals of a futuristic computer interface: the one Tom Cruise uses in the film Minority Report. In the movie, Cruise’s character uses virtual-reality gloves to manipulate a large interface virtual interface in front of him — very exciting to see.
This work of the Fluid Interface Group touches on the “Internet of Things,” an idea I first heard put forward by the Auto-ID Labs, a group working in the area of networked RFID. One of our ILO Institute reports on new directions for RFID discussed some of the possibilities for this Internet of Things:
If miniature Web pages and servers could be embedded in building materials, components of vehicles and aircraft, furniture, appliances, apparel, and other places, this could have huge implications for marketing, communication, and provision of services, not to mention changing the very nature of the world around us.
MIT’s Sanjay Sarma tells ILO researchers that this Internet of Things is “going to have a huge impact,” and that RFID is one of the key enabling technologies. He points out that RFID creates a greatly increased connection between the physical world and the world of information by connecting more data to physical things and transferring it at much greater speeds in much greater volumes. “We used to connect data to the physical world through keyboards, but there’s only so much data you can get in through the keyboard. But with RFID it’s automatic and it’s happening all the time.”
Sarma says that the Internet of Things will allow you to “have control in your enterprise in a way that is completely unprecedented.” Sarma calls this control “high-resolution management—management with eyes everywhere, as opposed to management by gut reactions and guesswork.”
The high volume and extreme complexity of this Internet of Things presents unique opportunities and challenges for the technology provider. “If you are in this market,” says Sarma, “you should be looking more and more at distributed computation, and you should be looking at embedded computations, at areas related to distributed software, at software related to data acquisition, and at software related to process change. They’ll all be changing in the next ten years.”
(“Directions for New RFID Initiatives,” ILO Institute, Aug. 23, 2006)
AB — 17 March 2009
designInnovationInternetTechnologyuser experience
Best argument for remixing: Watch this video
Phantom limbs and the wiring of the neocortex
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1353016
|
__label__wiki
| 0.566949
| 0.566949
|
Jonathan P. Schopp, Esq.
Rose from Gainesville
"That insurance company tried to low ball us from the beginning but Jonathan made them pay for it in the end. Their offer didn't double after we hired Jonathan, it didn't triple, it went up about five times. It's not that we wanted a big pay day, we wanted fair compensation for all of my husband's injuries. His rotator cuff was torn in that crash, and that's not small potatoes "
Fred from Duluth
"I wouldn't have gotten anything close to that amount without Jonathan's help, his knowledge, and his willingness to fight for my justice. I never wanted a handout, but I didn't want to be shorted." Jonathan got me what I deserved, and I've already recommended him to family and friends, who have been just as pleased. "
Carlton from Atlanta
"I've hired about five attorneys over my life and Mr. Schopp was easier to communicate with than any of them. He explained everything, offered to meet with us in person anytime, and was always on email and sending us letters and things to add to the case folder he designed for us. I'd never been that organized about any other case."
Recent Success Stories
From $300 offer to a Policy Limits Settlement of $100,000
Our client was rear-ended at a low speed. The insurance company claimed her extensive injuries were only from pre-existing conditions, then she contacted Attorney Schopp
From $0 offer to Policy Limits
The clear negligence of a young driver was not enough to convince an insurance company to pay anything to a victim that suffered a torn Rotator Cuff.
Attorney Schopp took the case, quickly filed suit, and began to build the case through discovery. Mediation began with a $0 offer, and ended with the entire available policy limits placed on the table
Frustration to Full Recovery
Serious injuries in a head-on collision required multiple surgeries. The traffic ticket the other driver received had been thrown out by an overwhelmed metro-Atlanta county. Her claim had been denied and her body was not recovering fast enough for the daily speed of life. Attorney Schopp worked quickly to help her to turn around her recovery, and then built her case into a $ 100,000 settlement at a pre-suit mediation
Using this site or communicating with Jonathan P. Schopp, Esq. through this site does not form an attorney-client relationship. This site constitutes a legal advertisement.
@AttorneyJPS on Twitter
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1353021
|
__label__wiki
| 0.744181
| 0.744181
|
The dangers of working while sick
Lucy Dean
Yahoo Finance 31 July 2019
Sick woman at her desk. Image: Getty
Australia’s horror flu season isn’t deterring Australians from showing up while sick, but workers need to remember that sick leave is there for a reason, an expert has said.
A recent YouGov poll, commissioned by Heinz, found that two thirds of Australians expect to go into work while sick this winter, with more than half of the 1,000 respondents saying they would need to be “really” ill before taking a day.
Related story: 58% of Australians are too guilty to take personal leave — so a new Panadol ad says we need to ditch sickies and take a health day instead
Related story: Dad fired for taking sick day after looking after his ill triplets all night
Related story: It's not just the isolation. Working from home has surprising downsides
Younger workers were more likely to feel this way, with only 54 per cent of Baby Boomers feeling they needed to be really ill to take a day off, compared to 61 per cent of Millennials and 56 per cent of Gen X workers.
Another study from The Netherlands published this week found that 81 per cent of women show up to work or school even while their period is making them feel sick. The problem is that the average woman feels 33 per cent less productive on bad period days.
“Women tend to force themselves to continue their tasks, so they often go to work, where one day of sick leave might actually be better in order to perform better in the following days,” researcher Theodoor Nieboer of Radboud University Medical Center said.
And as Australia’s flu season reaches nearly 300 deaths, there’s also a pressing public health argument to reconsider Australians’ preference for coming into work while sick.
If you’re sick - stay home
“If you're genuinely sick, even if you can struggle into work, you shouldn't be there,” the chairman of the Australian Human Resources Institute, Peter Wilson told Yahoo Finance.
“It’s probably best if you don't be there because, while being sick, you might infect 10 others before you go home that night. If you're sick you should be recuperating in an appropriate way.”
It does get tricky, however, when workers feel the stack of work remaining after a sick day will be too big to handle.
This is where managing work-life balance comes in, Wilson said.
While digital connectivity can help workers tackle little problems, postpone meetings and delegate throughout the day, for other jobs where workloads are “extraordinarily high”, like in law, employees need to consider where the problem is coming from.
“People [who] are feeling under pressure, probably have a problem either with themselves, they've got a job that's too much, or they're not being well-supported by their employer,” he said.
And, he added, there are only a few jobs that are so special that nobody can help lighten the load on a sick day. If you fall into these categories, the problem isn’t with the sick day, it’s with the work flow and that needs to be addressed in the office.
There’s also something to be said for the odd day working from home to take the pressure off. This shouldn’t be mistaken for a sick day, but could work if both the employee and employer understand expectations, and recognise that while the employee is capable of carrying out their day’s work, having the extra sleep-in and time at home by avoiding the commute can be helpful.
It’s also on employers to prepare their staff for flu season. While we’re now in August, employers should have been offering to have their staff immunized in March and April.
“I think you can anticipate the way the normal sick leave draws down, which is influenza and colds and you can mitigate against that, and smart employers are doing it,” he said.
Some may pay to have people come in to administer the jab, while others offer vouchers for surgeries near the office.
“Whatever it is, if you’re asked for a flu shot, compared to losing someone for a week, it's a good business case.”
Yahoo Finance All Markets Summit
Make your money work with Yahoo Finance’s daily newsletter. Sign up here and stay on top of the latest money, news and tech news.
How lazy people make the best workers
Adults moving into parents' house are not just cheapskates
These are the smartphones with the best battery life
Top brokers name 3 ASX shares to buy next week
The best McDonald's, KFC and Hungry Jack's deals this week
indoXXi website, one of world's most popular piracy sites, claims to have permanently closed as of January 1st
ACN Newswire
UFC 246 full results: McGregor drops and stops Cerrone in 40 seconds
Trump withholding aid to Ukraine illegal, says Government Accountability Office
What would a global recession in 2020 look like?
3 ASX dividends shares that can replace your term deposits
What the biggest companies in the world all have in common
France deploys radar system in Saudi Arabia to "reassure" kingdom
The 10 biggest scams of 2019 so far
2 ETFs for easy investing and good returns
Trump Sr. economic advisor: The US growth outlook is a bit dire
Viva Leisure Limited (ASX:VVA): What Does The Future Look Like?
3 Best Franklin Templeton Mutual Funds to Buy Now
YouTube bans insults based on sex, race
Will the Transurban share price grow to $20 in 2020?
Scooti, the Uber for scooters, has pulled up in Melbourne
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1353022
|
__label__wiki
| 0.904453
| 0.904453
|
AWL Australia
Workplaces/unions
Tubeworker (London Underground) (bulletin)
Tubeworker (London Underground) (blog)
Off the Rails (national rail workers) (bulletin)
Off the Rails (national rail workers) (blog)
On Guard (Sheffield rail workers) (bulletin)
Class Struggle (school workers) (blog)
Postalworker (bulletins and more)
AWL in UCU (bulletins and more)
AWL in PCS (blog and news)
Other UK trade unions (article tags)
Industrial news in brief
Read online at https://workersliberty.org/node/34546
Submitted by AWL on 2 October, 2019 - 8:52 Author: Ollie Moore, Duncan Morrison and Darren Bedford
London Underground station workers at the east end of the District Line began industrial action from Friday 27 September, in a dispute over workplace safety.
Workers will refuse to detrain or attend incidents alone, and will work from a place of safety, after their union, RMT, launched a campaign to demand safe staffing levels following a spike in antisocial behaviour and staff assaults. Workplace safety is becoming an increasingly acute issue on the Tube, after a serious assault on staff at West Ham station.
Drivers in the RMT on four lines — Victoria, Central, Northern, and Jubilee — will also take industrial action from 10 October. Their dispute focuses on excessive track noise; a technology London Underground has installed to reduce the surface-level noise from trains has had the effect of forcing the noise into the driver’s cab, and the train’s passenger cars.
RMT is demanding a permanent engineering solution, and its members on those lines will be imposing temporary speed restriction to lessen the effects of the noise in the affected areas.
Meanwhile, two RMT branches, Bakerloo and Piccadilly and District West, have demanded an immediate ballot in the ongoing dispute over pay and conditions on London Underground.
Negotiations have stalled, and with Tube bosses offering only a 30-minute reduction to the working week (the unions’ demand is for a 32-hour, four-day week), many activists are arguing that a ballot for industrial action is long overdue.
Merseyrail reps to meet
Strikes planned by RMT guards on Merseyrail on 30 September, 3 October, and 4 October have been suspended, as RMT continues negotiations with Merseyrail bosses in the long-running dispute over Driver Only Operation.
The union is demanding a method of despatch and door operation which retains the involvement of a safety-critical guard. Merseyrail reps are due to meet at the union’s national headquarters on 7 October to discuss the progress of negotiations, and whether to reinstate strikes.
Mersyerail is the only dispute in which guards’ picket lines have been consistently respected by train drivers, who are overwhelmingly members of the Aslef union.
Once a potential settlement is agreed, talks about its implementation should involve both unions, to prevent bosses attempting to divide grades by convening separate talks with each union.
Tracy McGuire for NEU Exec!
Nominations are now open for the Support Staff seat on the National Executive of the NEU [National Education Union].
The rank-and-file network, Education Solidarity Network’s candidate is Workers’ Liberty supporter Tracy McGuire. Tracy is the only candidate with clear demands; the other two have only empty words.
Tracy’s demands are that the union should fully represent and negotiate for support staff members, thus breaking the terrible agreement the leadership signed up to through the TUC.
She is calling for a £3 per hour, across the board pay increase for all support staff and a national pay system and national pay bargaining.
She also wants the union to clearly oppose Brexit. Many support staff are EU nationals and will be directly affected should Britain leave the EU.
Districts have until 31 October to make a nomination. The ballot opens on 11 November and closes on 2 December.
Postal workers build for ballot
Large workplace meetings at Royal Mail depots have helped postal workers’ union CWU build its campaign for an ongoing industrial action ballot of around 120,000 postal workers.
The union has tweeted a series of videos showing large groups of members queueing up to post their ballot papers on their way into work. The ballot closes on 15 October.
If thresholds are met and a majority returned, Royal Mail workers could strike over a range of issues including working hours and workload. A 2017 deal between Royal Mail bosses and the union guaranteed to reduce the working week, but workers say progress has stalled.
Now Royal Mail bosses want to make further changes to the way deliveries are organised, moving the delivery of larger parcels and packages out of Royal Mail’s normal workload and transferring them to Parcelforce, currently a part of Royal Mail but which bosses want to constitute as a separate company. This move would threaten thousands of jobs.
The 2017 deal also included a commitment that both sides would enter mediation prior to any future industrial action, which could delay the start of any action.
BEIS keep up the pressure
Outsourced workers at the Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) are continuing an indefinite strike to win living wages, amongst other demands.
Statements by Andrea Leadsom, the secretary of state who heads the department, and other government figures, have suggested that the Department may be ready to stipulate that the contractors to whom it outsources work must pay the London living wage of £10.55, but as yet no formal settlement has been offered.
Contractors at BEIS include ISS and Aramark. ISS’s operating income in 2018 was over £500 million, with Aramark making over £600 million.
PCS has been sustaining the action with full strike pay for the workers involved.
The strikers organised a climate-change-themed picket line on 20 September, to coincide with the global climate strike.
Postal workers to strike in Bootle
Royal Mail workers in Bootle, Merseyside, will strike from 18-20 January, to protest the...
“No retreat, no truce!” say French strikers
The government hopes that a few limited or even cosmetic concessions will be enough to...
Tackling the union bureaucracies
Trade union organisation has always tended to centre in the better-off sections of the...
Getting hold of the union
Trying to get through to the union branch.
Preparing a counter-offensive
We need to meet any employers’ offensive with a counter-offensive
Solidarity 519, 2 October 2019Unions & politics Strikes and lock-outs Privatisation Pay, hours, conditions Health & safety Defending jobs Union elections CWU Education unions PCS Rail unions
Alliance for Workers’ Liberty
The Alliance for Workers' Liberty is an organisation fighting as part of the labour movement for a socialist alternative to both capitalism and Stalinism, based on common ownership and democracy.
020 7394 8923 awl@workersliberty.org
Copyright 2017 Workers’ Liberty
French Language Page | Sitemap | Cookie Policy | Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy
This website uses cookies, you can find out more and set your preferences here.
By continuing to use this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy and Terms & Conditions.
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1353024
|
__label__cc
| 0.731638
| 0.268362
|
Study Claims Dodgeball is ‘Legalized Bullying’
Bennett Raglin via Getty Stock / ThinkStock
I love me a wicked a game of dodgeball and never once in my life have I ever thought of it as something negative.
According to WXYZ, a team of Canadian researchers say the game teaches students to dehumanize each other and creates unsafe conditions in schools. Study co-presenter and professor Joy Butler says, “Dodgeball is the only game where the human is the target. No other games focus on it, it's tantamount to legalized bullying."
In my opinion, it's simply a game. If you happen to be the weaker one in the herd you're gonna get taking out first, much like I was in school. I was terrible at the game, but never once did I feel like I was being bullied. As bad as I sucked, I still loved playing.
Now, I'm sure there are isolated cases where some kids are really cruel to other students. It happens and it sucks. There's nothing worse than feeling like a target and getting blasted by some kid that can whip that ball and what seems like a million miles an hour. It's horrible, yet awesome at the same time.
Researchers also said the "hidden curriculum" of dodgeball reinforces the five "faces" of oppression -- which include "marginalization, powerlessness, and helplessness of those perceived as weaker individuals through the exercise of violence and dominance by those who are considered more powerful."
The researches were well aware of the fact they'd be taking some heat for their report.
Filed Under: dodgeball
Categories: National News, Sports
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1353027
|
__label__wiki
| 0.579822
| 0.579822
|
Hong Kong Science Museum - Silk Road Exhibition
An eight-projector edge blend was used to present a digital version of the 32m-long Landscape Map of the Silk Road.
One of the Hong Kong Science Museum’s latest exhibitions - a complex projection interpretation of the Landscape Map of the Silk Road - made good use of AV Stumpfl’s PIXERA two media servers to achieve the flexibility and power necessary for such a demanding project.
The install was designed, supplied and system integrated by Cosmo Pro AV, and ran from 7 December 2018 and until 20 February 2019.
The original map was created as a painting for the Jiajing Emperor in the Ming dynasty. With over 200 cities marked on the map, ranging from the Jiayu Pass in Gansu Province in the east to Mecca in Saudi Arabia in the west, it demonstrated that the Chinese had grasped a very clear geographical understanding of the Silk Road thanks to centuries of trade.
For the recent exhibition, the museum oversaw the fabrication and installation of a 32m x 3m edge blending projection that would allow visitors to experience the Landscape Map of the Silk Road as an animated, digital exhibit.
Cosmo Pro AV’s Jason Yeung commented: “The Hong Kong Science Museum approached us to provide a comprehensive solution for the edge blending projection. The system needed to be flexible above all else, as the museum planned to experiment with multi-layered playback, bringing the traditional art pieces to life with animations.”
Cosmo Pro AV specified a pair of AV Stumpfl’s new PIXERA two Quad media servers, complete with AV Stumpfl media server software for edge blending and show control. This system was set up to remotely control 8 Vivitek DU7090Z Laser illuminated Projectors.
Yeung continued: “The visual part of the system was not overly complex, but the museum required show control to be implemented without any external devices or hardware. This played to AV Stumpfl’s strengths with the full integration of AV Stumpfl's Touch and AVIO. The PIXERA two servers themselves provided a very price-competitive solution, and the compact chassis enabled minimum rack and storage space.
“AV Stumpfl media server software was chosen for this project because of its flexibility to integrate with Touch and AVIO, which controlled the audio level adjustments, scheduled on/off and projector on/off and status reports.”
The 8 laser projectors were placed opposite the 32m canvas, though the team from Cosmo Pro AV had limited access to them once they were installed. As a result, the projectors had to be 100% remotely controlled and triggered over network via AV Stumpfl's AVIO, due to the fact that no remote IR signal could reach the placement area.
“As the lighting conditions varied constantly during the setup process,” Yeung added. “We were lucky to have the flexibility of the Vioso calibrator to adjust individual output colour adjustments and edge blending curves for a smooth and seamless picture.”
Due to the temporary nature of the exhibit, the team experienced times where the projection image would shift over a period of time and have to be maintained. “By setting up a wireless network across the PIXERA servers, we enabled our programmers to wirelessly access and adjust the edge blends,” Yeung said.
“The client was happy with the overall performance of the servers, as they were very stable and only required one preventive restart during the entire exhibition period. This is to be expected when servers are required to run 24/7.
"Thanks to the success of the Landscape Map of the Silk Road exhibition, other government museums managed by the HK Leisure and Cultural Department have already expressed their interest in deploying these servers for both temporary and fixed installations.”
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1353032
|
__label__wiki
| 0.74938
| 0.74938
|
Lubbock Christian School Announces New Baseball Head Coach
Andrew Coats
Brandon Walker (Courtesy: Lubbock Christian School)
Lubbock Christian School has announced the hiring of a new head baseball coach, Brandon Walker.
Walker is a Lubbock native who graduated from Frenship High School in 2012. He also attended Hardin-Simmons University and received a degree in Fitness Management while playing baseball for the college all four years.
Walker has worked as a coach for Lubbock High and at Trinidad State Junior College.
Subscribe to the KFYO Newsletter
Download the KFYO App
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1353034
|
__label__cc
| 0.590357
| 0.409643
|
Visit to Silkeborg
Arranges with Reitzel that 4,000 copies of his work Illustrerede Eventyr (Illustrated Fairy-tales) are to be printed, as well as a low-price edition of his Samlede Skrifter (Collected Works), consisting of 2,000 copies. The publisher Reitzel in fact dies shortly after this agreement is made.
Travels to Sorø, where he stays with the Ingemanns until 7th June. At this time, HCA reads the new novel by Carsten Hauch, Robert Fulton , the inventor of the steam-ship, with great interest.
Up in the large attic room of Ingemann's house, with a view of the lake, HCA sits reading the book and writes to Hauch about his impression of it:
"I have experienced, in my own development, the truth of what you have felt and given" (letter dated 3rd June).
He also writes to Henriette Wulff about the book (on 5th June), adding:
"Each day I have a minor dispute with Ingemann about the significance of inventions, as he values poetry higher than science, which I do not. He admits that ours is the great age of inventions, but only at a mechanical level, a material level; I consider this to be the necessary foundation for the spiritual, providing great branches upon which poetry may blossom. The fact that people draw closer to one another, that countries and towns are connected, through steam and electromagnetism, into one great community hall seems to me so spiritually great and wondrous that the thought of it elevates me to such heights as the song of any poet has ever been able".
To Henriette Wulff and Carsten Hauch he relates how, in Copenhagen, the poet and telegraph-director Peter Faber had recently demonstrated the principle of telegraphing for him. (Faber is the author of the Danish Christmas carol "Højt fra Træets grønne Top" (On the Green Tip of the Tree). The telegraph line Elsinore - Copenhagen - Fredericia - Hamburg was laid out in 1852-1853 and opened 1st February 1854. Use of the telegraph was thus demonstrated to HCA while it was still only the employees who practised on the line.
Peter Faber telegraphed up to the staff in Elsinore and told them that HCA was standing next to him. The staff in Elsinore replied by quoting:
"Every skipper has a wife", or as HCA writes in a letter dated 3rd June to Hauch: "[....] the entire first verse of one of my own oldest poems, written, I believe, during my school-days in Elsinore. I felt strangely overwhelmed by the enormity of the invention; it was as though I stood beneath the beating wings of an infinitely powerful spirit [...] I feel and see God's infinite love also in every new insight which he allows us into the laws and powers of nature, and the elevated power he thereby grants mankind [...] the material substance we gain is, after all, like the framework for building the temple of the spirit; people are drawn closer to each other; ideas may be exchanged more easily, more and more, we become one people, one nation of spirit. During the past few years, I have become so very interested in science. I am convinced that had I been as aware of its magnificence twenty years ago as I am now, I would probably have taken an avenue in life other than the one I now follow, or rather; I would have attained knowledge within such fields that my authorship would have blossomed quite differently than is now the case".
After a journey via Kalundborg and Århus, arrival in Vilhelmsborg (visiting Baroness Gyldenkrone), where he stays until 26th June.
1853: Visit to Silkeborg
Fuglen i Pæretræet (The Bird in The Pear Tree), which had first been performed at the Royal Theatre 1842, is now staged at the Casino Theatre. Here it is performed 17 times during HCA's life.
Learns that cholera has broken out in Copenhagen.
Arrives in Silkeborg, where he is a guest of Amalie (Malle) and Michael Drewsen until 15th July. During the stay he goes on a outing to the heath, where he sees a mirage and gypsies. Also takes a ride on a barge on the Gudenå (river).
Copyright Anne Klara Bom & Anya Aarenstrup. Copying only for research or educational, non-commercial purpose unless a special permission is issued.
You may quote the site with proper reference to the source in both text and link.
Please feel free to link to our pages. Links must however comply to links available on our pages, or URLs available as search results.
We do not allow that our content is framed into framesets of other websites.
If you wish to buy the rights for a text or a picture then please contact us
, Department for the Study of Culture at the
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1353041
|
__label__cc
| 0.665917
| 0.334083
|
The Child in the Grave
A translation of Hans Christian Andersen's "Barnet i Graven" by Jean Hersholt. Info & links
There was sorrow in the house; there was sorrow in every heart, for the youngest child, a four-year-old boy, the joy and future hope of his parents, was dead. They had two older daughters, the eldest of whom was to be confirmed that year; sweet, good girls, they both were; but the child one has lost is always the most precious, and this was not only the youngest but the only son. It was indeed a heavy affliction. The sisters grieved as the young grieve, awed by the sorrow of their parents; the father's head bowed in grief; but most of all the mother suffered.
Night and day she had cared for the sick child, nursed it, carried it with her, guarded it constantly until it was a part of herself. She could not conceive that he was dead, that he should be laid in a coffin and rest in a dark grave. God would never take her child from her, she thought; when it happened, however, and was a certainty, she cried aloud in her agony, "God had known nothing of this! He has heartless servants here upon earth; they do as they like and pay no heed to the prayers of a mother!"
In her grief she turned from God, and then came dark thoughts, thoughts of death, everlasting death- that human beings became earth in the earth and that all was over.
Her words were bitter, for her heart was black with despair. There were hours when she could not even find solace of tears; she had no thought for her young daughters; she never looked up at her husband when his tears fell on her hot forehead; her thoughts were all with her dead child; her mind could recall only cherished memories of him-his winning ways, his innocent, childish prattle.
The day of the funeral came. For several nights she had not closed her eyes; but early in the morning of this day, overcome at last by weariness, she fell asleep. And during her sleep the coffin was carried into a distant room and there the lid was nailed down, so that she would not hear the sound of the hammering.
When she awoke she demanded to see her child, but her husband replied through his tears, "We have closed the coffin; it had to be done."
"When God deals cruelly with me," she cried, "why should people treat me better!" And then she was overcome with bitter tears.
The coffin was carried to the grave; the inconsolable mother sat with her young daughters, but she looked at them without seeing them, for her thoughts had nothing more to do with her home. She resigned herself to sorrow, and it tossed her to and fro as the sea tosses the rudderless ship. Thus passed the day of the funeral, and several days followed, all dark with the same heavy monotony of sorrow. Her family watched her with moist eyes and sorrowful glances; she did not heed their words of comfort. What comfort could they offer when they themselves were grieving?
It seemed to her as though she would never sleep again, yet sleep could be her best friend; it could strengthen her body and bring rest to her embittered soul. They persuaded her to lie down, and she would lie in her bed as quietly as though she were actually sleeping.
One night her husband listened to her steady breathing and really thought that at last she had found repose. With folded hands he thanked God, and soon fell into a sound, deep sleep. So he was not aware that his wife rose, dressed herself, and went quietly out of the house, to seek the spot where her thoughts were night and day, the grave that hid her child. She walked through the garden and into the field beyond, where a footpath led to the churchyard. Nobody saw her, and she saw no one.
It was a beautiful, starry night in early September; the air was mild. She entered the churchyard, and when she reached the little grave it was like one huge bouquet of fragrant flowers. She sat there and bowed her head over the grave, as if she could see through the thick covering of earth the dear child whose smile she so well remembered, that adoring look in the sweet eyes as she bent over his sickbed and lifted the tiny hand he had no strength to raise. And as then she sat beside his bed, now she sat beside his grave, but here her tears flowed freely and fell upon the grave.
"You wish to go down to your child!" said a voice close to her, a voice so clear, so profound, it resounded in her heart. She looked up, and there standing beside her was a figure shrouded in a heavy black mourning cloak. Over the head spread a hood, yet she could see the face beneath it, and that stern face inspired trust; those grave eyes sparkled with the light of youth.
"Down to my child!" she repeated in a sad, pleading tone, like a despairing prayer.
"Do you dare to follow me?" asked the figure. "I am Death!"
And she bowed her head in silent assent. Suddenly each of the millions of stars above shone with the brightness of the full moon; she beheld the richly colored splendor of the flowers on the grave, while the earth covering it yielded gently and softly like a waving cloth. She sank, and the black mantle of Death was spread over her, and all was darkness; she sank deeper than the spade of the gravedigger can reach, until the churchyard lay like a roof above her head.
The black folds of the mantle fell aside, and she was standing in a mighty hall that was as friendly as it was big; there was a twilight all around. Before her appeared her child, and in the same moment she held him close to her heart. He smiled at her and looked more beautiful than ever before; she uttered a cry, which, however, was inaudible, for just then the hall was filled with music, now swelling high and triumphant, now dying away into tones faint but clear. Such blessed sounds had never before reached her ears; they seemed to come from beyond the heavy black curtain that divided the hall from the great land of eternity.
"My sweet mother! My own mother!" she heard her child say. It was the familiar, beloved voice; and kiss followed kiss in boundless happiness. Then the child pointed to the black curtain. "Look, Mother! There is nothing as beautiful as this on earth! Do you see, Mother? Do you see them all? This is happiness!"
But the mother could see nothing where the child pointed, nothing but the blackness of night; she gazed with earthly eyes and could not see as could the child whom God had called to Himself. So it was with the music; she could hear the sounds, the tones, but not the words, the words in which she was to believe.
"I can fly now, Mother!" said the child. "Fly, with all the other happy children, straight into God's paradise! Oh, I love that, but when you cry as you are crying now it calls me back, and I can no longer fly, and I want so much to. Will you not let me? You will join me here in only a little time, dearest Mother!"
"Oh, stay, stay!" she begged. "Only for a moment longer! Let me look at you once more, kiss you again, hold you fast in my arms!"
And she kissed him, holding him tightly. Suddenly she heard her name called from far overhead, called in a sad, imploring tone! What could it mean?
"Don't you hear?" said the child. "It is Father calling you!"
And a few seconds later she heard deep sighs, which sounded as if they came from weeping children. "They are my sisters!" said the child. "Oh, Mother, surely you have not forgotten them!"
And now she remembered the beloved ones she had left in her home, and a great fear swept over her. She looked around her and saw the different forms that were continually gliding past, to disappear behind the black curtain. She imagined she recognized some of them; could her husband or her little girls be among them? No, their cries, their sighs, had come from far above her; she had nearly forgotten them for the dead.
"Mother," said the child, "the bells of paradise are ringing! The sun is rising!"
Then an overpowering light streamed out on her-and the child was gone, and she herself was carried upward. Then all was cold around her, and when she lifted her head she found herself lying on her child's grave in the churchyard. But in her dream the Lord had become a rest for her foot, a light for her understanding. She sank to her knees and prayed, "O my Lord forgive me that I wished to keep an immortal spirit from its flight into eternity and could forget my duties toward the living ones you have given me here!"
And with that prayer it seemed as if her heart at last found relief.
The sun came out, a little bird sang above her, and the church bells began to ring for the morning service. Light was all about her; light was once more in her heart; she felt the goodness of God and remembered her duties as, longing, she hurried to her home. There she bent over her husband, and her warm, tender kiss awakened him, and they could speak together of their loss. Now she was strong and calm, as a wife should be, and from he lips came words of trust and confidence. "God's will is always best."
"Where did you so suddenly gain this strength," her husband asked her, "this comfort?"
Then she kissed him and kissed her daughters. "It came to me from God, by the grave of my child!"
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1353042
|
__label__cc
| 0.67985
| 0.32015
|
Alex Anest
Music, Guitar, Lessons, Effects
Phoenix Custom Electronics
Cream Tangerine
Lady Stardust
Tag Archives: scales
Notice Moment’s Notice
Check out this Transcription of John Coltrane’s solo on his composition, “Moment’s Notice”. This is a great tune. The melody is very singable and the chord changes, while difficult, make sense. I’ve loved this tune for years but never really learned it well.
Looking at the solo, the first thing that strikes me is how often ‘Trane will use the same melodic material with slight variations. It’s clear that he has worked out some basic ideas for these changes. The second thing I noticed is an increasing use of the sharp five on dominant chords as the solo progresses. This is nearly always part of a descending arpeggio and happens at mm 21 (Bb7), 29 (Eb7), 33 (Bb7), 43 (Bb7 – not part of a descending arpeggio), 57 (Bb7, though he actually starts on an A natural here. Also, not resolving to I), 63 (Ab7), 85 (Ab7), 95 (Bb7, not resolving to I), 98 (Bb7 – he plays the arpeggio after the chord has already resolved to I and follows up with a lick that he also plays a few times earlier in his solo. That lick is also two beats later. Compare mm 21-22, 81-82, and 97-99.), 101 (Ab7), 109 (Bb7), and 115 (Bb7). I hadn’t really picked up on this with casual listening but it became very clear once I got into the transcription process.
Coltrane starts the solo out with a break. He plays down the so-called major bebop scale (a major scale with a chromatic added between 6 and 5 which keeps chord tones on strong beats) and then outlines the I chord. It’s repeated almost note for note at his second break in measures 40-41. The descending Maj7 arpeggio in measure 8 is used again in measures 62, 84, 85 (up a half step) and 100. Actually, he plays the exact same line in mm 99-102 that he played in mm 61-64. The difference is that the later repetition is part of a very long eighth note line. It’s as though he was assemling ideas in his first two choruses and then putting them together in the final chorus.
In measure 13 I think it’s pretty clear that he was still playing over Cmin7 even though the change to Bbmin7 had already arrived. It still sounds great and he makes the modulation quite clear in the second half of the measure with a descending Bbmin7 arpeggio.
Contrast the 13th measure of the form (mm 16, 54, 92) with the 29th measure (mm 32, 70, 108). It’s clear that despite the written changes, he is treating the former as a I chord (before launching into the key change up a minor third), whereas in the latter he is treating the measure as a ii-V to the ii chord. It’s an excellent example of how the function of a change can determine what you might do with it.
I love the desending melodic minor scale Coltrane uses over the Abmin6 chords in this tune. Check out mm. 31, 69, 91, and 107. I also appreciate the way he echoes the melody over the last 8 bars of each chorus. And of course there is the double time diminished scale lick right before the third chorus in measure 75. Dom7#5 chords played in descending minor 3rds. Each four note group is half of a diminished scale and the next four note group covers the other half. Well worth learning. Also note that the longest 8th note phrase – 5 bars long – is in his final chorus. And the first note of each measure is G, F#, F, E, Eb, and F. In case you thought that the F# on the Eb chord was some kind of error!
Every time I transcribe I learn something new. Usually I discover that what I thought was complicated is actually really straightforward. And I’ll admit that I don’t have this solo learned at full speed. Yet. That’s what practice is for!
This entry was posted in improvising, Jazz, music and tagged arpeggios, Coltrane, Guitar, Improvisation, jazz, lessons, Major scale, Music, patterns, scales, tenor sax, transcription on January 10, 2016 by alexanest.
Out of Stitt’s Brain
I’ve recently completed this transcription of Sonny Stitt’s solo on “Out of Nowhere” from his Last Sessions LP. It’s one of the many tunes that I should have known years ago but only recently learned. I transcribed Sonny’s interpretation of the melody as well as his two chorus improvisation. The fingering should allow you to get close to the original phrasing, which is why, for example, in measure 53 there is a sudden jump up from position II to XII.
Rather than analyze the entire solo, here are some highlights that I found particularly interesting. There is a lot to learn from transcribing a solo, from phrasing to feel to interpretation and scale choice.
MM.24- This lick is difficult on guitar but it sounds great and the sudden drop of a fifth is very cool. Also, after this point Stitt begins to mix up the octaves that he uses to play the melody, jumping up and then back down and using melodic fills to move around. Overall his statement of the melody is loose and peppered with short licks in between the important melodic passages. While the original melody covers a ninth, from D below the staff to E an octave up, Sonny’s version covers an octave plus a sixth, from D below middle C up to the B above middle C.
MM.36- The break is what made me want to transcribe this solo. It’s such a great use of the minor pentatonic where many other players would tend to use some sort of D7 lick. The repetition of the Bb contrasts with the B on beat one of the form, when Stitt outlines the G triad from the third up.
MM.40- It’s clear from looking at the lines in measures 40-41, 56-57, 72-73, and 88-89 that Stitt is thinking of the ii-V in Ab as a Bbmin7 chord. He never really outlines the Eb7, completely avoiding the third (G, the tonic of the overall key) in every case. Also, the way that he transitions back to the tonic key with double chromatic enclosures in measures 41, 57, and 89 is ingenious. In all cases he uses two notes that are diatonic to the Ab scale to enclose a chord tone from G. What a great way to employ chromaticism diatonically!
MM42- I always learn something new when I transcribe. I never would have thought to treat the G chord in measure 5 of the first eight as a G7, especially considering the F# in the melody, but that’s exactly what Stitt does and it sounds great.
MM.50- Thanks to my student Ben Collins for showing me that you can slow a Youtube video down to half speed! He also helped to transcribe this lick when my ear was failing me. Mastering the double time licks in this solo is not easy. You will need to pay close attention to your right hand technique and decide for yourself where you want to slur. I like to slur as little as possible to maintain clarity. Note that the lick in measure 52 starts out the same as the one in measure 50 except it is down a half step, missing the first note, and is not in double time. I put the octave slide here in measure 53 to reflect the way that Sonny does it on the tenor.
MM.66- Although the changes here are iii – biii dim – ii – V, which is a very common chord progression in standard tunes, Sonny outlines a iii – bIII – ii – bII and quotes a bit of the Charlie Parker tune “Ornithology”. Both sets of changes get you back to the tonic efffectively.
MM.70- Guitarists know that playing the same note on two different strings yields a different tone. Saxophonists also have alternate fingerings for certain notes and Stitt bounces back and forth between two different B notes here. If you refuse to use open strings then catch this on the G and D strings.
MM92- This is another difficult lick. I found that in order to smoothly execute the sixteenth note Bmin arpeggios I had to play them all as an upstroke sweep. You might try down-up-up-up, but that didn’t work for me.
MM100- For some reason I didn’t learn how to effectively wrap up a solo until way after college. I guess it was when I started recording and realized that all of my solos just stopped without any resolution. Sonny Stitt uses a nice major pentatonic (mostly) lick to close out two choruses of great improvising.
When learning this solo, remember that you are copying someone else’s phrasing and feel. Work on playing along with the recording. If you just try to learn the licks off the page without listening to the record, you are completely missing the point. Good luck, have fun, and when you’re done, find another solo to transcribe on your own! It’s enjoyable and educational!
This entry was posted in improvising, Jazz, music and tagged arpeggios, bebop, Chord tones, fingerings, Guitar, Improvisation, jazz, lessons, Major scale, Minor scale, Music, Music theory, scales, Sonny Stitt, standards, tenor sax, theory, transcription on August 31, 2015 by alexanest.
Pentatonic Soup
Many years ago I made a diagram of parallel Major and minor pentatonic scales for a student who was working on improvising on an A blues. It’s worth looking over because there are many times when switching from Major to minor pentatonic is useful, such as on blues tunes or over funky or soulful I-IV chord progressions. I often use minor blues or pentatonic ideas on turnarounds in Major keys.
Major vs minor pentatonic – A
Read left to right to see the two fingerings for Maj and min that are overlapping with each other. The two scales only have two notes out of five in common.
Read top to bottom on one column to learn all of the fingerings for Maj or min pentatonic. Note that the fingerings are the same but the pitches are different relative to the tonic.
Pentatonic scales are extremely useful and can be applied in some very creative ways, but the first thing to know about them is that the Major pentatonic is 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 while the minor is 1, b3, 4, 5, b7. So in C that would be C D E G A and C Eb F G Bb respectively. The scales can also be thought of as being relative instead of parallel. F Ab Bb C Eb spells F minor pentatonic while Ab Bb C Eb F spells Ab Major.
A simple way to look at the pentatonic scales is that the Major pentatonic works well with Major chords because it contains a major triad (1 3 5) plus two notes that are not very dissonant to the triad (2 and 6). It is basically a Major 6/9 arpeggio and sounds good with Maj7, 6, or Dom7 chords. A great deal of country, bluegrass, rock, folk, and swing melodic material can be traced back to Maj pentatonic. Add some chromatics and you can sound really hip! The minor pentatonic works well over minor chords because it contains a min7 chord (1 b3 5 b7) plus the 4th. It’s also commonly used over major blues progressions in electric blues and rock. It’s safe to say that the minor pentatonic scale is the basic scale for rock improvisation, though it is worth noting that virtually every great rock soloist has a musical vocabulary that is greater than just the minor pentatonic. Even Stevie!
A more sophisticated way of looking at pentatonics is to view them as a pitch set and think about what chords they could potentially be used with, and what extension and chord tones they imply as a result.
Examples over a C root
D E F# A B 2 3 #4 6 7 Maj7 with a 9 and b5/#11 CMaj9(#11), Cmaj9(b5)
G A B D E 5 6 7 2 3 Maj9 with a 6 CMaj9(13)
C D E G A 1 2 3 5 6 Maj triad with 6 and 9 C9, CMaj9, C6/9
F G A C D 4 5 6 1 2 Sus4 with a 6 and 9 Cmin6/9, Cmin(Maj9), Cmin13, Csus4
Bb C D F G b7 1 2 4 5 7sus4 with a 9 Cmin9, C9sus4
Eb F G Bb C b3 4 5 b7 1 min7 with a 4 Cmin7(11)
Gb Ab Bb Db Eb b5 b6 b7 b2 b3 altered 9ths and 5ths, b7 C7alt, C7(#/b9 #/b5)
D pentatonic implies C Lydian.
G pentatonic implies C Major.
C pentatonic is typical for chords based on a C triad
D min (F) pentatonic over a Cmin chord implies C dorian.
G min (Bb) pentatonic is a great way to get a Cmin9 sound.
C min (Eb) is typical for chords based on a Cmin triad.
Gb pentatonic contains all the notes of C altered except the 1 and 3. And it’s a lot easier to play!
My response to people who tell me that they are tired of pentatonics is usually to say, “You have not looked at them closely enough.” It’s amazing how new uses for old shapes will pop up again and again.
This entry was posted in improvising, Jazz, music and tagged altered scale, blues, Chord tones, Chords, Improvisation, jazz, Major scale, Minor scale, pentatonic, scales on May 19, 2015 by alexanest.
Non-diatonic Chords – I’ve Got Your Number
Looking at jazz standards, the chord progressions can be daunting. But most of the chords fall into one of four categories – diatonic 7th chords, secondary dominants and their tritone substitutions, borrowed chords, and diminished passing chords.
Diatonic 7th chords are chords that are found in the key that the song is in. I, ii, iii, IV, V and vi. You can usually improvise in the key of I over these chords. Of course it helps to know the arpeggios and to be able to find the chord tones.
Non-diatonic chords are everything else. If a chord has at least one note in it that is not in the key of I, it is a non-diatonic chord. Secondary dominants are the most common.
Secondary dominants are chords that are V in relation to something other than I. V/ii, V/IV, V/V and V/vi are the most common. In C, those chords would be A7, C7, D7, and E7, respectively. If you can superimpose those arpeggios over the key of I (changing notes that clash) you can usually generate a very useable scale. For example, if you are in C and the chord is A7, all you need to do is change the C to a C# and you have a nice D melodic minor scale which sounds great. If the chord has been tritone subbed (replaced with the dominant 7 chord a b5 away) you can still use that trick. Eb7 superimposed over C major would be Eb F G A Bb C Db, or Eb lydian dominant.
Borrowed Chords are chords that come from the parallel minor scale. In jazz, the most common of these are the minor iv chord and the dominant bVII chord, but the bVI and the bIII are also heard. Another common example of borrowed chords would be the use of a minor ii-V resolving to a major I. For example, Dm7(b5)-G7(b9)-CMaj7. In all these cases using the parallel minor scale works really well. There are other great choices as well, such as harmonic and melodic minor and sometimes altered scales.
Diminished passing chords are diminished chords that are placed in between two other chords. The most common location is between iii and V/V. In C that would be Em7-Ebdim7-Dm7. The Dm7 then usually goes to G7, and resolves to C. It’s important to note that diminished chords with the root a half step lower than the next chord are usually substitutions for secondary dominants. Cmaj7-C#dim7-Dmin7 is not a diminished passing chord but is really a version of A7(b9). Easy ways to navigate diminished passing chords are the diminished arpeggio as well as the whole/half diminished scale (1 2 b3 4 b5 b6 6 7).
The point here is not that all jazz tunes are easy. They are not. The point is that most chord progressions are relatively standard. Chords function in predictable ways. That’s why we call it functional harmony. If you know your major and minor scales and your dominant seven and diminished arpeggios you can navigate a lot of changes. If you learn a lot of tunes you will start seeing the patterns. That doesn’t make you a master of improvisation, it just means you are keeping your wheels on the road most of the time. From there you still need to develop creative ideas, phrasing, tone, a sense of direction, and lots of other wonderful concepts. As a person who is in the middle (I hope) of his musical journey, I can say it’s a really fun ride!
This entry was posted in improvising, Jazz, music and tagged borrowed chords, Chords, diatonic, functional harmony, Improvisation, Music, Music theory, non-diatonic, scales, secondary dominants, theory on January 3, 2015 by alexanest.
Melodic minor patterns
The melodic minor scale is one of the most useful for improvising in jazz. The scale has a flat 3 but a major 6 and 7. In C that would be C D Eb F G A B C. In E it would be E F# G A B C# D# E. I’ll be covering the modes of melodic minor in more detail in a few other posts, but today I just want to present these fingerings. They are not the only possible fingerings for this scale but I think they feel pretty good. My suggestion for practicing is to take one shape through the cycle of fourths and then move on to the next shape until you have all of the shapes memorized in all keys.
In classical music, melodic minor is an ascending scale, used mostly over a V chord in a minor key. An excellent example of this scale is the famous Bouree in E minor by J.S. Bach. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7aDW1kWbAU
http://www.fretsource.com/Music/Bouree.html
In jazz we use this scale and its modes on the chords that are derived from the scale, and we use it ascending as well as descending. We would use C melodic minor over a Cm(M7) chord, which is spelled C Eb G B. You also might want to use it over Cm6 (C Eb G A) or Cm6/9 (C Eb G A D). I will often use melodic minor in a modal setting where dorian might be the more expected scale. So even if the chord in the chart is Dmin7, I might still use D melodic minor.
One of my favorite places to use melodic minor happens in a huge number of standard tunes -the classic IV-iv progression. Look at the last 12 measures of “All the Things You Are.” This is a very common chord progression, usually preceded by a ii-V in the key of IV and followed by a I or a iii (subsitute for I). It’s an example of a borrowed chord – the iv is borrowed from the parallel minor. In the example of “All the Things You Are” it’s a Db minor chord. Try using Db melodic minor there.
The most common modes of melodic minor are the 4th (lydian dominant – 1 2 3 #4 5 6 b7) and the 7th (altered scale or super locrian – this scale has altered 9ths and 5ths as well as a 3 and a b7). Also common are the 6th mode, for playing over a min7(b5) – 1 2 b3 4 b5 b6 b7 – and the 3rd mode for playing over a M7(#5) chord – 1 2 3 #4 #5 6 7.
Knowing the different modes of this scale is important, but you’ll want to be able to think of those modes – especially the lydian dominant and the altered scale – as they relate to their own tonics. This is why I advocate practicing parallel, rather than relative, modes. So once you have all of the melodic minor scales down, try doing the mental shift to get the other modes down as well.
A final note – it is often worth thinking of a scale as a chord with extensions. Looking at melodic minor in this way we have 1 b3 5 7 9 11 13 or min13(Maj7). Looking at a scale in this way helps us see what chords and extensions are being expressed when we use the scale. If we take the third mode of the scale we would have 1 3 #5 7 9 #11 13 or Maj13(#5#11).
Now stop reading and start shedding!
This entry was posted in improvising, Jazz, music and tagged altered scale, arpeggios, borrowed chords, Chords, fingerings, fretboard, Guitar, Improvisation, jazz, lessons, Lydian-Dominant, melodic minor, patterns, scales, soloing, super locrian, theory on January 3, 2015 by alexanest.
Charlie Parker on Guitar!
Charlie Parker on Guitar
I thought it might be fun to share this Charlie Parker solo from the song Tiny’s Tempo by Tiny Grimes. This is a great blues tune from 1944. I’ve put in some fingerings that I think make it easier to get some of Bird’s phrasing right. I’ve also written it in the correct octave for guitarists to read.
The ascending triplet Gmin7 (really a Bb6) arpeggio that starts off the solo is followed by a descending scale passage. Note that he is hitting chord tones on the beats with passing tones on the off beats. This is how you want to be using your scales when improvising most of the time. Bird hits the 5th of the chord on beat 2, the 3rd on beat three, the root on beat four, and nails the 3rd of the IV chord on beat one of measure 2. The first two measures of this solo make a great lick to learn in all keys.
Measures 3 and 4 are an excellent example of chromaticism with the whole tone scale. Think of the chord as Bb9(#5). The line starts on the 9th and drops chromatically so that on each downbeat a consonant note is played – 9th, root, 7th, and 6th. The 6th does not fit into the whole tone scale. When I first looked at this line I was confused by the F# just left hanging unresolved at the end of the measure. Then I noted that the G is the only note on a strong beat that is not part of the whole tone scale. The F# along with the D and Bb in the next measure form a D augmented triad. I think that Bird’s drop down a sixth (something he does quite often) on the “and” of 3 in measure 3 flipped the chromatic line out of sync for a beat. I guess I’m claiming that the G is an accented passing tone while the F# is the chord tone. The whole tone line continues into measure 4 until the F# which is both the last note of the whole tone scale and a half step approach to the Gmin7 (Bb6) arpeggio on beat 4, echoing the starting lick an octave down.
I love the way Parker leaves notes hanging and then resolves them later. You can find so many great guide tone lines in his playing. That F# from the end of measure 3? He picks up the F (now the 9th of the IV chord) at the beginning of measure 5, brings it down to the E (b9) at the end of the measure, down to Eb in measure 6, and then resolves it nicely with a D in measure 7, back at the I chord. Measures 5 and 6 also just sound nice and bluesy.
In measure 8 we see the same lick as the opening statement but at a different pitch level, and starting on a different beat. The ascending Dmin7 arpeggio implies a BbMaj9 chord. The descending scale that follows uses a chromatic note so that Bird can land on the b7 of the ii chord in measure 9. Again, note the chord tones on the strong beats. Also note the drop of a 6th in beat 3. Did I mention he does that often? At the end of measure 9 is a Gmin arpeggio. Over Cmin7 that gives us the 5th, b7th, and 9th. This concept of playing arpeggios off of notes other than the root to get more interesting extensions is an important one, and the more you transcribe the more you will see it.
Measure 10 is pretty straightforward looking, though I have replaced Bird’s flurry of notes on beat two with a triplet because I think it mays better on the guitar and still gets the gist of what is happening. Beats one and two of this measure are repeated note for note in measures 22 and 34. In fact, the last four measures of all three choruses are basically the same. Measures 10 and 34 are exactly the same. Measures 21 and 33 are exactly the same and only differ from measure 9 in that there is no turn on beat one of that measure. Charlie Parker is inventive, but no one is endlessly inventive, and the repetition draws everything together nicely as well.
I’m not going to dissect every measure of the next two choruses, but I will point out the things I find particularly compelling. Contrast the third and fourth measures of the second chorus (mm. 15 and 16). Note how measure 15 is completely diatonic (even using a Major 7th) while measure 16 has a b13 and both flat and sharp 9. The tension in measure 16 leads nicely to the IV chord in measure 17. The chromatic enclosure at the end of measure 16 is particularly common in bebop.
Measures 20 and 32 are both interesting in that they use passing arpeggios. Descending Dmin7-Dbmin7 arpeggios lead nicely to the Cmin7 chord in measures 21 and 33. What a great way to play four “wrong” notes in a row! This idea works just like chromatic passing tones but it takes up more time and builds more tension.
I would also note the chromaticism of measure 26, the descending scale (interrupted by another drop of a 6th) with a chromatic passing tone of measure 27, and the general fact that chord tones are played on strong beats.
The melodic elements of this solo are scales, arpeggios, and chromaticism. The harmonic elements are the same because Parker’s use of extensions and altered notes affects the harmony. The rhythmic elements are not something I have gone into here, but it is worth noting that he starts and ends his phrases in a variety of places within the measure. There are repeated patterns such as the triplet ascending arpeggios. And of course, as usual in jazz, the primary rhythmic unit is the 8th note.
Overall it’s a great introduction to bebop improvising over a familiar set of changes. It sounds killer and it lays well on the guitar. I learned a lot from looking it over and that’s the point of transcribing. You get to see how concepts are applied.
Finally, I would note that it is not likely that you will be able to use scales and chromatic lines to such good effect if you don’t know where your basic chord tones are. That’s why practicing arpeggios is so important. You don’t just land on chord tones accidentally. You need to know they are there and how they sound. Charlie Parker knew his instrument, and he knew where his chord tones were, and he knew those things because he practiced. So stop reading and go practice!
This entry was posted in music and tagged Alto Sax, arpeggios, bebop, Bird, blues, Charlie Parker, Chord tones, Chromatic, Chromaticism, fingerings, Guitar, Improvisation, jazz, Music, Music theory, scales, theory, whole tone, Yardbird on April 2, 2014 by alexanest.
Dominant 7 Arpeggios
Arpeggios are hard. Most people don’t enjoy learning them, but they are critical if you want to understand how to improvise over chord changes. It’s important to be able to find chord tones on the guitar and arpeggios are the best way to do that. Dominant 7 arpeggios are a good place to start because secondary dominants are so common. If you know your C scale and the E7, A7, and D7 arpeggios you can easily play over All of Me, for example. Take a look at these fingerings for dominant 7 arpeggios. If you have already learned these major scale fingerings, you will notice that the arpeggios come out of the scales, based off of the 5th. A great way to learn these fingerings is to play a C scale and then play the G7 arpeggio that is found within the scale. Just leave out the C, E, and A notes. Once you are fluent with dominant 7 arpeggios in all keys you can start learning some other arpeggios such as Maj7, min7, min7(b5) and dim7.
I am using arpeggios in my playing all the time, even when I am not playing them straight up or down. When I am playing chromatically, I like to start and end my lines on chord tones. The arpeggios that I have practiced form an underlying structure over which I build my linear ideas. This is true for all styles of music, not just jazz. There is a difference between choosing a scale that sounds good with a certain set of chords and choosing notes to target at particular structural points in a chord progression. Finding those chord tones can actually free you from the confines of a particular scale.
Good luck practicing your arpeggios, and have fun figuring out how to apply them creatively!
This entry was posted in music and tagged arpeggios, Chords, fingerings, fretboard, Improvisation, jazz, key, keys, lessons, major, Major chord, Major scale, Music, Music theory, patterns, Root (chord), scales, theory on March 12, 2014 by alexanest.
Anest, Kendrick & McKinney Organ Trio February 19, 2020 at 8:00 pm – 12:00 am Cliff Bell's, 2030 Park Ave, Detroit, MI 48226, USA
Alex Anest Organ Trio March 29, 2020 at 11:30 am – 2:30 pm Blue LLama Jazz Club, 314 S Main St, Ann Arbor, MI 48104, USA
Kat Steih Band May 9, 2020 at 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Ann Arbor Distilling Company, 220 Felch St, Ann Arbor, MI 48103, USA
altered scale
borrowed chords
Chord progression
Chord tones
Degree (music)
Effects unit
fingerings
Knoffler
Lydian-Dominant
Major chord
Major scale
melodic minor
Minor chord
Orange Squeezer
Root (chord)
secondary dominant
secondary dominants
Semitone
super locrian
tonebender
whole tone
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1353045
|
__label__cc
| 0.542675
| 0.457325
|
Mindlines: making sense of evidence in practice
John Gabbay and Andrée le May
British Journal of General Practice 2016; 66 (649): 402-403. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp16X686221
John Gabbay
Wessex Institute for Health Research and Development, University of Southampton.
Andrée le May
Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southampton.
Coffee-room chat may impact on evidence-based practice at least as much as all those guidelines that deluge GPs. If so, we need to understand better how and why that is, so that our informal conversations help rather than impede the spread of best practice.
EVIDENCE IN PRACTICE?
The pressure to comply with guidelines and evidence-based patient pathways has been rising inexorably, but so too has the feeling that the evidence-based medicine movement often misses the point.1 Its champions, who include many policymakers and managers as well as researchers, lament clinicians’ apparent slowness in implementing research evidence, while clinicians grumble that their hard-learned clinical judgement is undervalued by an overemphasis on conforming to guidelines. The struggle is not just about practice, but also professional autonomy and identity. Yet both sides of the argument recognise that best practice must be grounded in best evidence and that guidelines have their place. So what exactly is that place and how do we get from the linear rationalism of guidelines to the complex wisdom of good practice?
Fifteen years ago we decided to examine such questions afresh by observing what actually happens when practitioners develop and use their clinical knowledge. We used the ethnographic methods of anthropologists, who while retaining some analytical distance immerse themselves among their chosen subjects to try to get an inside understanding of their beliefs and actions. Our subjects were deliberately selected as highly respected primary care teams, and our aim was to comprehend the complexities of their everyday practice, observing and analysing exactly how they put their knowledge into practice. We published our preliminary findings in 2004,2 but continued to gather data from our principal study site over the next 5 years3 while supplementing and exploring our emerging findings by further ethnographic studies of how medical students and hospital doctors cultivate their professional skills. As clinical academics whose long careers had revolved around research implementation, we were also able to reflect on our own experience as well as bring to bear a wide range of relevant literatures from social psychology, clinical decision studies, education, organisational theory, knowledge management, anthropology, sociology of knowledge, philosophy, and social theory. The picture that emerged from that study is gaining increasing traction among implementation scientists4,5 but may also help clinicians understand and defend their clinical wisdom in the face of the pressures to comply with externally imposed norms.
TOO COMPLEX FOR GUIDELINES
A crucial aspect of the picture — no surprise to readers of this journal — was the remarkable complexity of the context in which our research participants, especially the GPs, had to make clinical decisions. We counted dozens of, often simultaneous, sometimes contradictory, roles and functions across four main domains; not just the clinical domain (for example, diagnosing, prescribing, investigating, explaining, referring) but also the domains of management (for example, handling resources, personnel and the NHS hierarchy, quality assurance, training staff, running the IT system), public-health (for example, disease prevention, health promotion, understanding local needs and concerns) and professional self-management (for example, keeping up to date, reviewing practice, nurturing networks of trusted colleagues, sustaining personal and disciplinary credibility). No theoretical, research-based knowledge or clinical guideline could ever be expected to cover the sheer breadth and variability of the multifarious considerations that played a part in clinical decisions. The evidence-based medicine movement accepts, of course, that clinicians need to harness evidence judiciously according to individual circumstances; clinical guidelines are not directives. But the expected norm of sticking to them with the odd contingent tweak here and there gets nowhere near the challenge of dealing with all the factors that a practitioner needs to weigh up, not as mere occasional add-ons, but as an inherent part of dealing with individual clinical problems.
WHY ‘MINDLINES’?
So how did our practitioners routinely, often instantaneously, respond to that challenge? The answer seemed to lie in what we eventually called their ‘mindlines’. These are guidelines-in-the-head, in which evidence from a wide range of sources has been melded with tacit knowledge through experience and continual learning to become internalised as a clinician’s personal guide to practising in varied contexts. Clinicians acquire their mindlines over a lifetime, informed by their training, their own and each other’s experience, their interactions with colleagues and patients, by their reading, their understanding of local circumstances and systems, their experiences of handling the many conflicting demands, and a host of other influences. Mindlines are much more flexible, malleable, and complex than guidelines could ever be, and therefore much better adapted to coping with the clinicians’ many roles and functions. They are a form of ‘knowledge-in-practice-in-context’2 that accommodates the necessarily fuzzy logic that is part of everyday professional life.6 They also take us from the simple pattern recognition of early clinical training7 to a rapidly unconscious complex decision making,8 a ‘contextual adroitness’2 that, going beyond mere technical expertise,9 can straightaway integrate the full range of demands and constraints that affect professional decisions. If there is such a thing as immediately applicable clinical wisdom, it is embodied in mindlines.
SHARING AND SHAPING MINDLINES
Being long-accumulated personal amalgams of different kinds of knowledge, experience, values, and behaviours, mindlines inevitably vary. But when practitioners find themselves out of line with respected colleagues, their mindlines morph. That’s where the coffee-room chat comes in. We watched our participants implicitly sharing, checking, and adjusting their mindlines as they continually interacted with trusted colleagues, informally swapping stories, sharing experiences, helping each other solve tricky problems, collectively making sense of new ideas they had come across, and changing how they behaved. Similar phenomena have been widely described in the burgeoning literature on ‘communities of practice’, the term now widely used for groups who share professional interests, passions, and problem-solving through mutually supportive informal discussion and learning.10,11 Through such social interactions our practitioners were, in effect, developing unspoken ‘collective mindlines’, setting standards and boundaries for acceptable ways of dealing with the variable factors that sway so many decisions. They were surfacing and sharing their tacit knowledge. This too is consistent with findings in other sectors, where resources are now ploughed into trying to elicit the invaluable, often deeply embedded knowledge that staff carry in their heads and to promulgate it among other staff as appropriate.12,13 Sometimes, though, it is not appropriate. There is always the risk of ill-founded mindlines being shared uncritically, undermining good practice.
On the other hand, unthinkingly following guidelines can also be inappropriate. Part of the chatting inevitably revolved around the usefulness or otherwise of new guidelines, testing out any new information they contained, melding it with the practical, contextual knowledge the clinicians already used and trusted. As a result, information in guidelines was often transformed while being absorbed (or not, often for well-argued reasons) into mindlines. Among our participants, deliberately selected as exemplary clinicians, that transformation process worked well; however, it is not difficult to see that poor processes for acquiring, sharing, assessing, challenging, and modifying mindlines could consolidate and perpetuate poor practice. One analogy is the creation of compost, which is magical when it works but becomes fetid with the wrong mix or conditions; another is the way skilled chefs can blend ingredients into a fine sauce that others would ruin.
WAYS FORWARD?
A great deal, therefore, rests on fostering the processes conducive to the successful transformation of clinical knowledge. When developing their mindlines, our participants displayed traits and skills that worked well, but without which mindlines could mislead. Examples of those skills, which need to be further explored, tested, and developed, include knowing whom best to trust for useful and reliable advice about specific topics; being able to question that advice (that is, critical appraisal skills not just for research articles, but also for information from, for example, colleagues, online guidelines, the media, patients, commissioners); being comfortable about being challenged; sharing and questioning each other’s shortcuts for finding up-to-date information; avoiding groupthink; and agreeing collective norms and targets for improving care, and hence accepting mutual responsibility for achieving and reviewing them. Above all, the common thread appeared to be creating the space and the comfortable climate for respectful critical dialogue14 even during the everyday chatting and story-swapping we all enjoy. Mindlines, knowledge-in-practice-in-context, collective sensemaking, communities of practice, contextual adroitness, and knowledge transformation may all play an inescapable role in developing good clinical care. If so, then rather than wishing them away as barriers to evidence-based practice, the trick might be to understand better how they help, and — working with the grain rather than against it — use education, training and facilitation to ensure that they flourish. And not just in the coffee room.
Commissioned; not externally peer reviewed.
© British Journal of General Practice 2016
Greenhalgh T,
Howick J,
Maskrey N
(2014) Evidence based medicine: a movement in crisis? BMJ doi:10.1136/bmj.g3725.
Gabbay J,
le May A
(2004) Evidence based guidelines or collectively constructed ‘mindlines’? Ethnographic study of knowledge management in primary care. BMJ 329(7473):1249–1252.
(2011) Practice-based evidence for health care: clinical mindlines (Routledge, Abingdon).
Wieringa S,
Greenhalgh T
(2015) 10 years of mindlines: a systematic review and commentary. Implement Sci 10:45.
Launer J
(2015) Guidelines and mindlines. Postgrad Med J doi:10.1136/postgradmedj-2015-133766.
van Deemter K
(2010) Not exactly: in praise of vagueness (Oxford University Press, Oxford & New York, NY).
Elstein AS,
Schwartz A
(2002) Clinical problem solving and diagnostic decision making: selective review of the cognitive literature. BMJ 324(7339):729–732.
Kahneman D
(2012) Thinking fast and slow (Penguin, London & New York, NY).
Ericsson KA
, ed (2009) Development of professional expertise: toward measurement of expert performance and design of optimal learning environments (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge & New York, NY).
Wenger E,
McDermott R,
Snyder W
(2002) Cultivating communities of practice. (Harvard Business School, Boston, MA).
, ed (2009) Communities of practice in health and social care (Wiley Blackwell, Oxford).
Brown JS,
Duguid P
(2000) The social life of information (Harvard Business School Press, Boston, MA).
Prusak L,
Matson E
(2006) Knowledge management and organizational learning: a reader (Oxford University Press, Oxford & New York, NY).
Littleton K,
Mercer N
(2013) Interthinking: putting talk to work (Routledge, Abingdon).
British Journal of General Practice
Vol. 66, Issue 649
sign in or create an account with your email address
Thank you for recommending British Journal of General Practice.
NOTE: We only request your email address so that the person to whom you are recommending the page knows that you wanted them to see it, and that it is not junk mail. We do not capture any email address.
You are going to email the following Mindlines: making sense of evidence in practice
Message Subject (Your Name) has forwarded a page to you from British Journal of General Practice
Message Body (Your Name) thought you would like to see this page from British Journal of General Practice.
John Gabbay, Andrée le May
British Journal of General Practice 2016; 66 (649): 402-403. DOI: 10.3399/bjgp16X686221
New concepts in iron deficiency anaemia
Funding for general practice in the next decade: life after QOF
Mental health help-seeking behaviours in young adults
Show more Editorial
@BJGPjournal's Likes on Twitter
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1353051
|
__label__cc
| 0.602326
| 0.397674
|
Chinese (Simplified) / 简体中文 (zh-CN)
Spanish / Español (es)
French / Français (fr)
German / Deutsch (de)
Japanese / 日本語 (ja)
Russian / Русский (ru)
openstack-helm
There is no set of practices that can guarantee that software will never have defects or vulnerabilities; even formal methods can fail if the specifications or assumptions are wrong. Nor is there any set of practices that can guarantee that a project will sustain a healthy and well-functioning development community. However, following best practices can help improve the results of projects. For example, some practices enable multi-person review before release, which can both help find otherwise hard-to-find technical vulnerabilities and help build trust and a desire for repeated interaction among developers from different companies. To earn a badge, all MUST and MUST NOT criteria must be met, all SHOULD criteria must be met OR be unmet with justification, and all SUGGESTED criteria must be met OR unmet (we want them considered at least). If you want to enter justification text as a generic comment, instead of being a rationale that the situation is acceptable, start the text block with '//' followed by a space. Feedback is welcome via the GitHub site as issues or pull requests There is also a mailing list for general discussion.
We gladly provide the information in several locales, however, if there is any conflict or inconsistency between the translations, the English version is the authoritative version.
Basics 7/12 ●
The goal of OpenStack-Helm is to provide a collection of Helm charts that simply, resiliently, and flexibly deploy OpenStack and related services on Kubernetes.
https://github.com/openstack/openstack-helm
https://github.com/openstack/openstack-helm.git
What programming language(s) are used to implement the project?
If there is more than one language, list them as comma-separated values (spaces optional) and sort them from most to least used. If there is a long list, please list at least the first three most common ones. If there is no language (e.g., this is a documentation-only or test-only project), use the single character "-". Please use a conventional capitalization for each language, e.g., "JavaScript".
Implementation languages
- (None) 4th Dimension/4D ABAP ABC ActionScript Ada Alice Apex APL Assembly language AutoLISP Awk Bash (bash-specific) bc BlitzMax Bourne shell (portable) C C# C++ CFML cg Clojure CL (OS/400) COBOL Common Lisp Crystal C shell D Dart Delphi Eiffel Elixir Elm Emacs Lisp Erlang F# Factor Forth Fortran FoxPro Go Groovy Hack Haskell Icon IDL Inform 6 Inform 7 Io J Java JavaScript Julia Korn shell Kotlin LabVIEW Ladder Logic Lisp (other than Common Lisp, Scheme, Emacs Lisp, or Clojure) Logo Lua Maple MATLAB ML MQL4 NATURAL NXT-G Objective-C OCaml OpenCL Oz Perl PHP PL/I PL/SQL PostScript PowerShell Prolog Python Q R REXX RPG (OS/400) Ruby Rust SAS Scala Scheme Scratch Simulink Smalltalk SPARK SPSS Standard ML Stata Swift Tcl Transact-SQL VBScript Verilog VHDL Visual Basic (not .NET) Visual Basic .NET
What is the Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) name for the project (if it has one)?
The Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) is a structured naming scheme for information technology systems, software, and packages. It is used in a number of systems and databases when reporting vulnerabilities.
Basic project website content
Criterion [description_good]
The project website MUST succinctly describe what the software does (what problem does it solve?). [description_good]
This MUST be in language that potential users can understand (e.g., it uses minimal jargon).
https://github.com/openstack/openstack-helm/blob/master/README.rst
Criterion [interact]
The project website MUST provide information on how to: obtain, provide feedback (as bug reports or enhancements), and contribute to the software. [interact]
https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Openstack-helm#Contributing
Criterion [contribution]
The information on how to contribute MUST explain the contribution process (e.g., are pull requests used?) (URL required) [contribution]
We presume that projects on GitHub use issues and pull requests unless otherwise noted. This information can be short, e.g., stating that the project uses pull requests, an issue tracker, or posts to a mailing list (which one?)
The information on how to contribute SHOULD include the requirements for acceptable contributions (e.g., a reference to any required coding standard). (URL required) [contribution_requirements]
FLOSS license
What license(s) is the project released under?
Please use SPDX license expression format; examples include "Apache-2.0", "BSD-2-Clause", "BSD-3-Clause", "GPL-2.0+", "LGPL-3.0+", "MIT", and "(BSD-2-Clause OR Ruby)". Do not include single quotes or double quotes.
AGPL-3.0-only {GNU Affero General Public License 3.0 only} AGPL-3.0-or-later {GNU Affero General Public License 3.0 or later} Apache-2.0 {Apache License 2.0} Artistic-1.0 {Artistic License 1.0} Artistic-1.0-Perl {Artistic License 1.0, Perl} Artistic-1.0-cl8 {Artistic License 1.0 with clause 8} Artistic-2.0 {Artistic License 2.0} BSD-3-Clause {BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License} BSD-2-Clause {BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License} BSD-2-Clause-FreeBSD {BSD 2-clause FreeBSD License} BSL-1.0 {Boost Software License 1.0} CC0-1.0 {Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal} CC-BY-3.0 {Creative Commons Attribution 3.0} CC-BY-3.0+ {Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 or later} CC-BY-4.0 {Creative Commons Attribution 4.0} CC-BY-4.0+ {Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 or later} CC-BY-SA-3.0 {Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0} CC-BY-SA-3.0+ {Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 or later} CC-BY-SA-4.0 {Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 4.0} CC-BY-SA-4.0+ {Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 4.0 or later} CDDL-1.0 {Common Development and Distribution License 1.0} CDDL-1.1 {Common Development and Distribution License 1.1} CPL-1.0 {Common Public License 1.0} CECILL-B {CeCILL-B Free Software License Agreement} EPL-1.0 {Eclipse Public License 1.0} EPL-2.0 {Eclipse Public License 2.0} GPL-2.0-only {GNU General Public License version 2.0 only} GPL-2.0-or-later {GNU General Public License version 2.0 or later} GPL-3.0-only {GNU General Public License version 3.0 only} GPL-3.0-or-later {GNU General Public License version 3.0 or later} ISC {ISC license} LGPL-2.1-only {GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 only} LGPL-2.1-or-later {GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 or later} LGPL-3.0-only {GNU Lesser General Public License version 3.0 only} LGPL-3.0-or-later {GNU Lesser General Public License version 3.0 or later} MS-PL {Microsoft Public License} MIT MPL-1.0 {Mozilla Public License 1.0} MPL-1.1 {Mozilla Public License 1.1} MPL-2.0 {Mozilla Public License 2.0} MPL-2.0-no-copyleft-exception {Mozilla Public License 2.0, no copyleft exception} Unlicense {The Unlicense} Zlib {zlib License} zlib-acknowledgement {zlib/libpng License with Acknowledgement} (GPL-3.0-or-later WITH Bison-Exception) (LGPL-2.1-or-later AND AML) {must meet both the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 or later AND the Apple MIT License} (MPL-1.1 OR GPL-2.0-or-later OR LGPL-2.1-or-later) (Ruby OR BSD-2-Clause)
Criterion [floss_license]
The software produced by the project MUST be released as FLOSS. [floss_license]
FLOSS is software released in a way that meets the Open Source Definition or Free Software Definition. Examples of such licenses include the CC0, MIT, BSD 2-clause, BSD 3-clause revised, Apache 2.0, Lesser GNU General Public License (LGPL), and the GNU General Public License (GPL). For our purposes, this means that the license MUST be:
an approved license by the Open Source Initiative (OSI), or
a free license as approved by the Free Software Foundation (FSF), or
a free license acceptable to Debian main, or
a "good" license according to Fedora.
The software MAY also be licensed other ways (e.g., "GPLv2 or proprietary" is acceptable).
The Apache-2.0 license is approved by the Open Source Initiative (OSI).
Criterion [floss_license_osi]
It is SUGGESTED that any required license(s) for the software produced by the project be approved by the Open Source Initiative (OSI). [floss_license_osi]
The OSI uses a rigorous approval process to determine which licenses are OSS.
Criterion [license_location]
The project MUST post the license(s) of its results in a standard location in their source repository. (URL required) [license_location]
E.g., as a top-level file named LICENSE or COPYING. License filenames MAY be followed by an extension such as ".txt" or ".md". Note that this criterion is only a requirement on the source repository. You do NOT need to include the license file when generating something from the source code (such as an executable, package, or container). For example, when generating an R package for the Comprehensive R Archive Network (CRAN), follow standard CRAN practice: if the license is a standard license, use the standard short license specification (to avoid installing yet another copy of the text) and list the LICENSE file in an exclusion file such as .Rbuildignore. Similarly, when creating a Debian package, you may put a link in the copyright file to the license text in /usr/share/common-licenses, and exclude the license file from the created package (e.g., by deleting the file after calling dh_auto_install). We do encourage including machine-readable license information in generated formats where practical.
Criterion [documentation_basics]
The project MUST provide basic documentation for the software produced by the project. [documentation_basics]
This documentation must be in some media (such as text or video) that includes: how to install it, how to start it, how to use it (possibly with a tutorial using examples), and how to use it securely (e.g., what to do and what not to do) if that is an appropriate topic for the software. The security documentation need not be long. The project MAY use hypertext links to non-project material as documentation. If the project does not produce software, choose "not applicable" (N/A).
Criterion [documentation_interface]
The project MUST provide reference documentation that describes the external interface (both input and output) of the software produced by the project. [documentation_interface]
The documentation of an external interface explains to an end-user or developer how to use it. This would include its application program interface (API) if the software has one. If it is a library, document the major classes/types and methods/functions that can be called. If it is a web application, define its URL interface (often its REST interface). If it is a command-line interface, document the parameters and options it supports. In many cases it's best if most of this documentation is automatically generated, so that this documentation stays synchronized with the software as it changes, but this isn't required. The project MAY use hypertext links to non-project material as documentation. Documentation MAY be automatically generated (where practical this is often the best way to do so). Documentation of a REST interface may be generated using Swagger/OpenAPI. Code interface documentation MAY be generated using tools such as JSDoc (JavaScript), ESDoc (JavaScript), pydoc (Python), devtools (R), pkgdown (R), and Doxygen (many). Merely having comments in implementation code is not sufficient to satisfy this criterion; there needs to be an easy way to see the information without reading through all the source code. If the project does not produce software, choose "not applicable" (N/A).
Criterion [sites_https]
The project sites (website, repository, and download URLs) MUST support HTTPS using TLS. [sites_https]
This requires that the project home page URL and the version control repository URL begin with "https:", not "http:". You can get free certificates from Let's Encrypt. Projects MAY implement this criterion using (for example) GitHub pages, GitLab pages, or SourceForge project pages. If you support HTTP, we urge you to redirect the HTTP traffic to HTTPS.
Given only https: URLs.
Criterion [discussion]
The project MUST have one or more mechanisms for discussion (including proposed changes and issues) that are searchable, allow messages and topics to be addressed by URL, enable new people to participate in some of the discussions, and do not require client-side installation of proprietary software. [discussion]
Examples of acceptable mechanisms include archived mailing list(s), GitHub issue and pull request discussions, Bugzilla, Mantis, and Trac. Asynchronous discussion mechanisms (like IRC) are acceptable if they meet these criteria; make sure there is a URL-addressable archiving mechanism. Proprietary JavaScript, while discouraged, is permitted.
Criterion [english]
The project SHOULD provide documentation in English and be able to accept bug reports and comments about code in English. [english]
English is currently the lingua franca of computer technology; supporting English increases the number of different potential developers and reviewers worldwide. A project can meet this criterion even if its core developers' primary language is not English.
(Advanced) Disable inactivity reminder (we recommend you leave this unchecked; note that project entries must be edited to change whether or not reminders are sent)
(Advanced) What other users have additional rights to edit this badge entry? Currently: [2847, 2890, 2891, 2892]
Most projects should ignore this field. Project badge entries can always be edited by the badge entry owner (creator), BadgeApp administrators, and anyone who can commit to the GitHub repository (if it's on GitHub). If you want someone else to be able to edit this badge entry, and you already have edit rights to this project badge entry, you can additional users with edit rights. Just enter "+" followed by a comma-separated list of integer user ids. Those users will then also be allowed to edit this project entry. If you're the owner of the badge entry or a BadgeApp administrator, you can remove users from this list by entering "-" followed by a comma-separated list of integer user ids. We expect that normally only one person will edit a particular badge entry at a time. This application uses optimistic locking to prevent saving stale data if multiple users try to edit a badge entry simultaneously. If you have multiple editors, we recommend saving badge entry data incrementally and often (that is a wise practice anyway).
Other general comments about the project:
Public version-controlled source repository
Criterion [repo_public]
The project MUST have a version-controlled source repository that is publicly readable and has a URL. [repo_public]
The URL MAY be the same as the project URL. The project MAY use private (non-public) branches in specific cases while the change is not publicly released (e.g., for fixing a vulnerability before it is revealed to the public).
Criterion [repo_track]
The project's source repository MUST track what changes were made, who made the changes, and when the changes were made. [repo_track]
Criterion [repo_interim]
To enable collaborative review, the project's source repository MUST include interim versions for review between releases; it MUST NOT include only final releases. [repo_interim]
Projects MAY choose to omit specific interim versions from their public source repositories (e.g., ones that fix specific non-public security vulnerabilities, may never be publicly released, or include material that cannot be legally posted and are not in the final release).
It is SUGGESTED that common distributed version control software be used (e.g., git) for the project's source repository. [repo_distributed]
Git is not specifically required and projects can use centralized version control software (such as subversion) with justification.
Unique version numbering
Criterion [version_unique]
The project results MUST have a unique version identifier for each release intended to be used by users. [version_unique]
This MAY be met in a variety of ways including a commit IDs (such as git commit id or mercurial changeset id) or a version number (including version numbers that use semantic versioning or date-based schemes like YYYYMMDD).
Criterion [version_semver]
It is SUGGESTED that the Semantic Versioning (SemVer) format be used for releases. [version_semver]
Other version numbering schemes, such as commit IDs (such as git commit id or mercurial changeset id) or date-based schemes like YYYYMMDD, MAY be used as version numbers, since they are unique. Some alternatives can cause problems, because users may not be able to easily determine if they are up-to-date. SemVer may be less helpful for identifying software releases if all recipients only run the latest version (e.g., it is the code for a single website or internet service that is constantly updated via continuous delivery).
Criterion [version_tags]
It is SUGGESTED that projects identify each release within their version control system. For example, it is SUGGESTED that those using git identify each release using git tags. [version_tags]
Criterion [release_notes]
The project MUST provide, in each release, release notes that are a human-readable summary of major changes in that release to help users determine if they should upgrade and what the upgrade impact will be. The release notes MUST NOT be the raw output of a version control log (e.g., the "git log" command results are not release notes). Projects whose results are not intended for reuse in multiple locations (such as the software for a single website or service) AND employ continuous delivery MAY select "N/A". (URL required) [release_notes]
The release notes MAY be implemented in a variety of ways. Many projects provide them in a file named "NEWS", "CHANGELOG", or "ChangeLog", optionally with extensions such as ".txt", ".md", or ".html". Historically the term "change log" meant a log of every change, but to meet these criteria what is needed is a human-readable summary. The release notes MAY instead be provided by version control system mechanisms such as the GitHub Releases workflow.
Criterion [release_notes_vulns]
The release notes MUST identify every publicly known vulnerability with a CVE assignment or similar that is fixed in each new release, unless users typically cannot practically update the software themselves. If there are no release notes or there have been no publicly known vulnerabilities, choose "not applicable" (N/A). [release_notes_vulns]
If users typically cannot practically update the software themselves on their computers, but must instead depend on a middleman to perform the upgrade (as is often the case for a kernel and low-level software that is intertwined with a kernel), the project may choose "not applicable" (N/A).
Reporting 0/8 ●
Bug-reporting process
Criterion [report_process]
The project MUST provide a process for users to submit bug reports (e.g., using an issue tracker or a mailing list). (URL required) [report_process]
The project SHOULD use an issue tracker for tracking individual issues. [report_tracker]
Criterion [report_responses]
The project MUST acknowledge a majority of bug reports submitted in the last 2-12 months (inclusive); the response need not include a fix. [report_responses]
Criterion [enhancement_responses]
The project SHOULD respond to a majority (>50%) of enhancement requests in the last 2-12 months (inclusive). [enhancement_responses]
The response MAY be 'no' or a discussion about its merits. The goal is simply that there be some response to some requests, which indicates that the project is still alive. For purposes of this criterion, projects need not count fake requests (e.g., from spammers or automated systems). If a project is no longer making enhancements, please select "unmet" and include the URL that makes this situation clear to users. If a project tends to be overwhelmed by the number of enhancement requests, please select "unmet" and explain.
Criterion [report_archive]
The project MUST have a publicly available archive for reports and responses for later searching. (URL required) [report_archive]
Vulnerability report process
Criterion [vulnerability_report_process]
The project MUST publish the process for reporting vulnerabilities on the project site. (URL required) [vulnerability_report_process]
E.g., a clearly designated mailing address on https://PROJECTSITE/security, often in the form security@example.org. This MAY be the same as its bug reporting process. Vulnerability reports MAY always be public, but many projects have a private vulnerability reporting mechanism.
Criterion [vulnerability_report_private]
If private vulnerability reports are supported, the project MUST include how to send the information in a way that is kept private. (URL required) [vulnerability_report_private]
Examples include a private defect report submitted on the web using HTTPS (TLS) or an email encrypted using OpenPGP. If vulnerability reports are always public (so there are never private vulnerability reports), choose "not applicable" (N/A).
Criterion [vulnerability_report_response]
The project's initial response time for any vulnerability report received in the last 6 months MUST be less than or equal to 14 days. [vulnerability_report_response]
If there have been no vulnerabilities reported in the last 6 months, choose "not applicable" (N/A).
Quality 0/13 ●
Criterion [build]
If the software produced by the project requires building for use, the project MUST provide a working build system that can automatically rebuild the software from source code. [build]
A build system determines what actions need to occur to rebuild the software (and in what order), and then performs those steps. For example, it can invoke a compiler to compile the source code. If an executable is created from source code, it must be possible to modify the project's source code and then generate an updated executable with those modifications. If the software produced by the project depends on external libraries, the build system does not need to build those external libraries. If there is no need to build anything to use the software after its source code is modified, select "not applicable" (N/A).
Criterion [build_common_tools]
It is SUGGESTED that common tools be used for building the software. [build_common_tools]
For example, Maven, Ant, cmake, the autotools, make, rake (Ruby), or devtools (R).
Criterion [build_floss_tools]
The project SHOULD be buildable using only FLOSS tools. [build_floss_tools]
Criterion [test]
The project MUST use at least one automated test suite that is publicly released as FLOSS (this test suite may be maintained as a separate FLOSS project). [test]
The project MAY use multiple automated test suites (e.g., one that runs quickly, vs. another that is more thorough but requires special equipment). There are many test frameworks and test support systems available, including Selenium (web browser automation), Junit (JVM, Java), RUnit (R), testthat (R).
A test suite SHOULD be invocable in a standard way for that language. [test_invocation]
For example, "make check", "mvn test", or "rake test" (Ruby).
Criterion [test_most]
It is SUGGESTED that the test suite cover most (or ideally all) the code branches, input fields, and functionality. [test_most]
It is SUGGESTED that the project implement continuous integration (where new or changed code is frequently integrated into a central code repository and automated tests are run on the result). [test_continuous_integration]
New functionality testing
Criterion [test_policy]
The project MUST have a general policy (formal or not) that as major new functionality is added to the software produced by the project, tests of that functionality should be added to an automated test suite. [test_policy]
As long as a policy is in place, even by word of mouth, that says developers should add tests to the automated test suite for major new functionality, select "Met."
Criterion [tests_are_added]
The project MUST have evidence that the test_policy for adding tests has been adhered to in the most recent major changes to the software produced by the project. [tests_are_added]
Major functionality would typically be mentioned in the release notes. Perfection is not required, merely evidence that tests are typically being added in practice to the automated test suite when new major functionality is added to the software produced by the project.
It is SUGGESTED that this policy on adding tests (see test_policy) be documented in the instructions for change proposals. [tests_documented_added]
However, even an informal rule is acceptable as long as the tests are being added in practice.
Criterion [warnings]
The project MUST enable one or more compiler warning flags, a "safe" language mode, or use a separate "linter" tool to look for code quality errors or common simple mistakes, if there is at least one FLOSS tool that can implement this criterion in the selected language. [warnings]
Examples of compiler warning flags include gcc/clang "-Wall". Examples of a "safe" language mode include JavaScript "use strict" and perl5's "use warnings". A separate "linter" tool is simply a tool that examines the source code to look for code quality errors or common simple mistakes. These are typically enabled within the source code or build instructions.
Criterion [warnings_fixed]
The project MUST address warnings. [warnings_fixed]
These are the warnings identified by the implementation of the warnings criterion. The project should fix warnings or mark them in the source code as false positives. Ideally there would be no warnings, but a project MAY accept some warnings (typically less than 1 warning per 100 lines or less than 10 warnings).
It is SUGGESTED that projects be maximally strict with warnings in the software produced by the project, where practical. [warnings_strict]
Some warnings cannot be effectively enabled on some projects. What is needed is evidence that the project is striving to enable warning flags where it can, so that errors are detected early.
Security 0/16 ●
Secure development knowledge
Criterion [know_secure_design]
The project MUST have at least one primary developer who knows how to design secure software. (See ‘details’ for the exact requirements.) [know_secure_design]
This requires understanding the following design principles, including the 8 principles from Saltzer and Schroeder:
economy of mechanism (keep the design as simple and small as practical, e.g., by adopting sweeping simplifications)
fail-safe defaults (access decisions should deny by default, and projects' installation should be secure by default)
complete mediation (every access that might be limited must be checked for authority and be non-bypassable)
open design (security mechanisms should not depend on attacker ignorance of its design, but instead on more easily protected and changed information like keys and passwords)
separation of privilege (ideally, access to important objects should depend on more than one condition, so that defeating one protection system won't enable complete access. E.G., multi-factor authentication, such as requiring both a password and a hardware token, is stronger than single-factor authentication)
least privilege (processes should operate with the least privilege necessary)
least common mechanism (the design should minimize the mechanisms common to more than one user and depended on by all users, e.g., directories for temporary files)
psychological acceptability (the human interface must be designed for ease of use - designing for "least astonishment" can help)
limited attack surface (the attack surface - the set of the different points where an attacker can try to enter or extract data - should be limited)
input validation with whitelists (inputs should typically be checked to determine if they are valid before they are accepted; this validation should use whitelists (which only accept known-good values), not blacklists (which attempt to list known-bad values)).
A "primary developer" in a project is anyone who is familiar with the project's code base, is comfortable making changes to it, and is acknowledged as such by most other participants in the project. A primary developer would typically make a number of contributions over the past year (via code, documentation, or answering questions). Developers would typically be considered primary developers if they initiated the project (and have not left the project more than three years ago), have the option of receiving information on a private vulnerability reporting channel (if there is one), can accept commits on behalf of the project, or perform final releases of the project software. If there is only one developer, that individual is the primary developer.
Criterion [know_common_errors]
At least one of the project's primary developers MUST know of common kinds of errors that lead to vulnerabilities in this kind of software, as well as at least one method to counter or mitigate each of them. [know_common_errors]
Examples (depending on the type of software) include SQL injection, OS injection, classic buffer overflow, cross-site scripting, missing authentication, and missing authorization. See the CWE/SANS top 25 or OWASP Top 10 for commonly used lists.
Use basic good cryptographic practices
Criterion [crypto_published]
The software produced by the project MUST use, by default, only cryptographic protocols and algorithms that are publicly published and reviewed by experts (if cryptographic protocols and algorithms are used). [crypto_published]
These cryptographic criteria do not always apply because some software has no need to directly use cryptographic capabilities.
Criterion [crypto_call]
If the software produced by the project is an application or library, and its primary purpose is not to implement cryptography, then it SHOULD only call on software specifically designed to implement cryptographic functions; it SHOULD NOT re-implement its own. [crypto_call]
Criterion [crypto_floss]
All functionality in the software produced by the project that depends on cryptography MUST be implementable using FLOSS. [crypto_floss]
See the Open Standards Requirement for Software by the Open Source Initiative.
Criterion [crypto_keylength]
The security mechanisms within the software produced by the project MUST use default keylengths that at least meet the NIST minimum requirements through the year 2030 (as stated in 2012). It MUST be possible to configure the software so that smaller keylengths are completely disabled. [crypto_keylength]
These minimum bitlengths are: symmetric key 112, factoring modulus 2048, discrete logarithm key 224, discrete logarithmic group 2048, elliptic curve 224, and hash 224 (password hashing is not covered by this bitlength, more information on password hashing can be found in the crypto_password_storage criterion). See https://www.keylength.com for a comparison of keylength recommendations from various organizations. The software MAY allow smaller keylengths in some configurations (ideally it would not, since this allows downgrade attacks, but shorter keylengths are sometimes necessary for interoperability).
Criterion [crypto_working]
The default security mechanisms within the software produced by the project MUST NOT depend on broken cryptographic algorithms (e.g., MD4, MD5, single DES, RC4, Dual_EC_DRBG), or use cipher modes that are inappropriate to the context, unless they are necessary to implement an interoperable protocol (where the protocol implemented is the most recent version of that standard broadly supported by the network ecosystem, that ecosystem requires the use of such an algorithm or mode, and that ecosystem does not offer any more secure alternative). The documentation MUST describe any relevant security risks and any known mitigations if these broken algorithms or modes are necessary for an interoperable protocol. [crypto_working]
ECB mode is almost never appropriate because it reveals identical blocks within the ciphertext as demonstrated by the ECB penguin, and CTR mode is often inappropriate because it does not perform authentication and causes duplicates if the input state is repeated. In many cases it's best to choose a block cipher algorithm mode designed to combine secrecy and authentication, e.g., Galois/Counter Mode (GCM) and EAX. Projects MAY allow users to enable broken mechanisms (e.g., during configuration) where necessary for compatibility, but then users know they're doing it.
The default security mechanisms within the software produced by the project SHOULD NOT depend on cryptographic algorithms or modes with known serious weaknesses (e.g., the SHA-1 cryptographic hash algorithm or the CBC mode in SSH). [crypto_weaknesses]
Concerns about CBC mode in SSH are discussed in CERT: SSH CBC vulnerability.
Criterion [crypto_pfs]
The security mechanisms within the software produced by the project SHOULD implement perfect forward secrecy for key agreement protocols so a session key derived from a set of long-term keys cannot be compromised if one of the long-term keys is compromised in the future. [crypto_pfs]
Criterion [crypto_password_storage]
If the software produced by the project causes the storing of passwords for authentication of external users, the passwords MUST be stored as iterated hashes with a per-user salt by using a key stretching (iterated) algorithm (e.g., PBKDF2, Bcrypt or Scrypt). [crypto_password_storage]
This criterion applies only when the software is enforcing authentication of users using passwords, such as server-side web applications. It does not apply in cases where the software stores passwords for authenticating into other systems (e.g., the software implements a client for some other system), since at least parts of that software must have often access to the unhashed password.
Criterion [crypto_random]
The security mechanisms within the software produced by the project MUST generate all cryptographic keys and nonces using a cryptographically secure random number generator, and MUST NOT do so using generators that are cryptographically insecure. [crypto_random]
A cryptographically secure random number generator may be a hardware random number generator, or it may be a cryptographically secure pseudo-random number generator (CSPRNG) using an algorithm such as Hash_DRBG, HMAC_DRBG, CTR_DRBG, Yarrow, or Fortuna. Examples of calls to secure random number generators include Java's java.security.SecureRandom and JavaScript's window.crypto.getRandomValues. Examples of calls to insecure random number generators include Java's java.util.Random and JavaScript's Math.random.
Secured delivery against man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks
Criterion [delivery_mitm]
The project MUST use a delivery mechanism that counters MITM attacks. Using https or ssh+scp is acceptable. [delivery_mitm]
An even stronger mechanism is releasing the software with digitally signed packages, since that mitigates attacks on the distribution system, but this only works if the users can be confident that the public keys for signatures are correct and if the users will actually check the signature.
Criterion [delivery_unsigned]
A cryptographic hash (e.g., a sha1sum) MUST NOT be retrieved over http and used without checking for a cryptographic signature. [delivery_unsigned]
These hashes can be modified in transit.
Publicly known vulnerabilities fixed
Criterion [vulnerabilities_fixed_60_days]
There MUST be no unpatched vulnerabilities of medium or higher severity that have been publicly known for more than 60 days. [vulnerabilities_fixed_60_days]
The vulnerability must be patched and released by the project itself (patches may be developed elsewhere). A vulnerability becomes publicly known (for this purpose) once it has a CVE with publicly released non-paywalled information (reported, for example, in the National Vulnerability Database) or when the project has been informed and the information has been released to the public (possibly by the project). A vulnerability is considered medium or higher severity if its Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base qualitative score is medium or higher. In CVSS versions 2.0 through 3.1, this is equivalent to a CVSS score of 4.0 or higher. Projects may use the CVSS score as published in a widely-used vulnerability database (such as the National Vulnerability Database) using the most-recent version of CVSS reported in that database. Projects may instead calculate the severity themselves using the latest version of CVSS at the time of the vulnerability disclosure, if the calculation inputs are publicly revealed once the vulnerability is publicly known. Note: this means that users might be left vulnerable to all attackers worldwide for up to 60 days. This criterion is often much easier to meet than what Google recommends in Rebooting responsible disclosure, because Google recommends that the 60-day period start when the project is notified even if the report is not public. Also note that this badge criterion, like other criteria, applies to the individual project. Some projects are part of larger umbrella organizations or larger projects, possibly in multiple layers, and many projects feed their results to other organizations and projects as part of a potentially-complex supply chain. An individual project often cannot control the rest, but an individual project can work to release a vulnerability patch in a timely way. Therefore, we focus solely on the individual project's response time. Once a patch is available from the individual project, others can determine how to deal with the patch (e.g., they can update to the newer version or they can apply just the patch as a cherry-picked solution).
Criterion [vulnerabilities_critical_fixed]
Projects SHOULD fix all critical vulnerabilities rapidly after they are reported. [vulnerabilities_critical_fixed]
Other security issues
Criterion [no_leaked_credentials]
The public repositories MUST NOT leak a valid private credential (e.g., a working password or private key) that is intended to limit public access. [no_leaked_credentials]
A project MAY leak "sample" credentials for testing and unimportant databases, as long as they are not intended to limit public access.
Criterion [static_analysis]
At least one static code analysis tool (beyond compiler warnings and "safe" language modes) MUST be applied to any proposed major production release of the software before its release, if there is at least one FLOSS tool that implements this criterion in the selected language. [static_analysis]
A static code analysis tool examines the software code (as source code, intermediate code, or executable) without executing it with specific inputs. For purposes of this criterion, compiler warnings and "safe" language modes do not count as static code analysis tools (these typically avoid deep analysis because speed is vital). Some static analysis tools focus on detecting generic defects, others focus on finding specific kinds of defects (such as vulnerabilities), and some do a combination. Examples of such static code analysis tools include cppcheck (C, C++), clang static analyzer (C, C++), SpotBugs (Java), FindBugs (Java) (including FindSecurityBugs), PMD (Java), Brakeman (Ruby on Rails), lintr (R), goodpractice (R), Coverity Quality Analyzer, SonarQube, Codacy, and HP Enterprise Fortify Static Code Analyzer. Larger lists of tools can be found in places such as the Wikipedia list of tools for static code analysis, OWASP information on static code analysis, NIST list of source code security analyzers, and Wheeler's list of static analysis tools. The SWAMP is a no-cost platform for assessing vulnerabilities in software using a variety of tools. If there are no FLOSS static analysis tools available for the implementation language(s) used, select 'N/A'.
It is SUGGESTED that at least one of the static analysis tools used for the static_analysis criterion include rules or approaches to look for common vulnerabilities in the analyzed language or environment. [static_analysis_common_vulnerabilities]
Static analysis tools that are specifically designed to look for common vulnerabilities are more likely to find them. That said, using any static tools will typically help find some problems, so we are suggesting but not requiring this for the 'passing' level badge.
Criterion [static_analysis_fixed]
All medium and higher severity exploitable vulnerabilities discovered with static code analysis MUST be fixed in a timely way after they are confirmed. [static_analysis_fixed]
A vulnerability is considered medium or higher severity if its Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base qualitative score is medium or higher. In CVSS versions 2.0 through 3.1, this is equivalent to a CVSS score of 4.0 or higher. Projects may use the CVSS score as published in a widely-used vulnerability database (such as the National Vulnerability Database) using the most-recent version of CVSS reported in that database. Projects may instead calculate the severity themselves using the latest version of CVSS at the time of the vulnerability disclosure, if the calculation inputs are publicly revealed once the vulnerability is publicly known. Note that criterion vulnerabilities_fixed_60_days requires that all such vulnerabilities be fixed within 60 days of being made public.
Criterion [static_analysis_often]
It is SUGGESTED that static source code analysis occur on every commit or at least daily. [static_analysis_often]
It is SUGGESTED that at least one dynamic analysis tool be applied to any proposed major production release of the software before its release. [dynamic_analysis]
It is SUGGESTED that if the software produced by the project includes software written using a memory-unsafe language (e.g., C or C++), then at least one dynamic tool (e.g., a fuzzer or web application scanner) be routinely used in combination with a mechanism to detect memory safety problems such as buffer overwrites. If the project does not produce software written in a memory-unsafe language, choose "not applicable" (N/A). [dynamic_analysis_unsafe]
Examples of mechanisms to detect memory safety problems include Address Sanitizer (ASAN) (available in GCC and LLVM), Memory Sanitizer, and valgrind. Other potentially-used tools include thread sanitizer and undefined behavior sanitizer. Widespread assertions would also work.
It is SUGGESTED that the software produced by the project include many run-time assertions that are checked during dynamic analysis. [dynamic_analysis_enable_assertions]
Criterion [dynamic_analysis_fixed]
All medium and higher severity exploitable vulnerabilities discovered with dynamic code analysis MUST be fixed in a timely way after they are confirmed. [dynamic_analysis_fixed]
If you are not running dynamic code analysis and thus have not found any vulnerabilities in this way, choose "not applicable" (N/A). A vulnerability is considered medium or higher severity if its Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base qualitative score is medium or higher. In CVSS versions 2.0 through 3.1, this is equivalent to a CVSS score of 4.0 or higher. Projects may use the CVSS score as published in a widely-used vulnerability database (such as the National Vulnerability Database) using the most-recent version of CVSS reported in that database. Projects may instead calculate the severity themselves using the latest version of CVSS at the time of the vulnerability disclosure, if the calculation inputs are publicly revealed once the vulnerability is publicly known.
This data is available under the Creative Commons Attribution version 3.0 or later license (CC-BY-3.0+). All are free to share and adapt the data, but must give appropriate credit. Please credit narendra choudhary and the CII Best Practices badge contributors.
Project badge entry owned by: narendra choudhary.
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1353059
|
__label__cc
| 0.512276
| 0.487724
|
South African Bassist: Interview with Kai Horsthemke by Martin Simpson
An Interview with Gregori Hofmann by Martin Simpson
SA Bassists – An Interview with Ashley Kelly by Martin Simpson
A Chat with Leon Bosch by Martin Simpson
SA Bassists With Martin Simpson – An Interview with James Sunney
For this month’s interview we stay in the Gauteng region of South Africa and speak to one of this County’s up and coming young talents, James Sunney.
This is what James told me earlier this year…
James, You recently gave me some cd’s that showcase you as bass guitarist in a rock band setting and as an upright bassist in a jazz trio. The rock band is Watershed – one of South Africa’s top notch rock acts. How did you land the bass chair?
I had been knocking around the SA pop rock scene as a freelance player for a few years with various artists, my main gig was with Heinz Winckler’s (SA idols winner) Band along with some really great players from whom I learned a great deal about what it is to be a good supportive sideman. I cut my teeth in that band so to speak.
In 2007 I got a call from Craig Hinds, Watershed front man, saying they were in need of a bass player and my name had popped up through talking to a few musicians who had recommended me.
It was quite the trial by fire as I joined, I remember playing 3 gigs in a row here in SA
and then immediately off for a tour in the Middle East and UK. So I had to get my ducks in a row very quickly.
How does it feel to be taking over from Vernon Hodgetts – the man with the flaming arms – he’s something of a legend in South African bass circles isn’t he?
Not knowing Vernon personally, I can’t really comment on that, but being the new guy in a band setup is probably tougher socially then musically. There are a bunch of new personalities one has to learn to communicate with and everyone is a bit conservative or guarded to a new unknown entity on the band stand, but all of that usually gets sorted out at 02h00 in the morning at the bar after the first couple of gigs.
As far as playing the music goes I think one should interpret the music with their own voice while having respect and a sensitivity to the parts that were laid down by the players that came before you. Those are the parts and grooves that made those songs popular with the audience. So when in doubt go with what you know works.
After years of working as a ‘hired gun’ are you enjoying being a permanent member of one of SA’s leading pop / rock acts? Are they allowing you to give vent to your creative juices?
Moving from a session type environment to a permanent band member setup one needs to make quite a shift in ones approach. As a freelance player all you need to concentrate on is making sure the music side of things is happening and the artist you are supporting does the performance part to communicate with the crowd, but when you are a member of a band you need to make sure the music is kicking as well as making sure you perform and interact with the crowd to convey the message in the music and represent what your band is about.
The nice thing about a steady band setup is that the guys in the band develop a sound and cohesive groove that can’t be developed when members are constantly changing. I guess that is why many artists hang on to the same session musicians for years and years.
The jazz trio is the (drummer) Peter Auret Trio cd called Turn The Tide. Could you tell us a bit about the making of this cd?
Yeah- I really enjoyed being part of that project. I had known Peter about five years earlier having played a few jazz gigs with him and then hooked up again when I joined Watershed.
He is the other cog in the Watershed rhythm section. Ever since I joined the band he had always mentioned he was working on some original jazz material and that he would really dig to do an album.
So when he finally gave me a call and told me he was ready to track his album, and that he would like me to play on the album along with him and pianist Roland Moses I was over the moon. Both are exceptionally gifted musical instrumentalists.
The album is a nice surprise. Being a drummer’s album you would expect a disk full of rhythmic exercises wall to wall flash. But at the core of the album are well written beautiful songs that allow the musician to interpret and lend his voice and personality to the music. I love playing in trio settings and playing with Peter and Roland is as good as it gets.
Where do you feel most at home – bass guitar or double bass?
Oooh, thats a tough question. The double bass doesn’t conjure images of soft wooly slippers when I think of it. I have spent most of my career on electric bass guitar and EUB, but after tracking the Peter Auret album a passion for the acoustic instrument consumed me and I realized that the instrument deserved more of my respect and attention. So… for the last year and a half I have tried to emerse myself in the world of double bass dedicating most of my daily practice routine to the big instrument. I have learned that if you plan on approaching the double bass like an electric bassist you are gonna get hurt , literally!!!!!
It’s quite amazing how many bass players actually eventually end up working with the Double Bass exclusively after beginning their careers on bass guitar. Could you ever see yourself dropping the BG in favour of its Big Brother?
I enjoy playing both, all you need to do is try and pump out a solid 8th note rock and roll bass line on upright bass to realize that double bass is not ideal for everything. Both instruments have their positives and negatives. The musical environment dictates which axe goes in the back of the car. On certain days I admire DB players who have soldiered on for years carting such cumbersome chunks of wood around with them for so many years.
Could you tell us a bit about the equipment you’ve used and what you’re currently using?
Sure, very much like guitarists , bassists seem to fall prey to gear addictions. I am no exception. I will just mention the ones that really got me.
I used to prefer quite a modern sound and had basses like a Lakland 55-94 Deluxe, Music-man stingray 5. with an SwR Mobass amp and cabinets.
I then heard the John Mayer album with Pino Palladino playing, it completely flipped my opinion on gear and tone.
So now I am primarily using a 1964 L series Fender Precision. I love this bass. There is a reason they are sought after and I am lucky to have it. I also have a Lakland Duck Dunn Signature skyline precision that I use when traveling.
For jazz gigs I use a lovely Christopher Hybrid upright equipped with a David gage Realist. Which I got a chance to play while on tour in Frankfurt and then had the bass shipped to South Africa a few months later (it was one hell of big package to receive in the mail.)
I also have a NS-design electric upright which was my main jazz bass for a long time.
As far as amps go I currently use a Genz Benz 10 inch combo with an extra extension cab if need be on both jazz and rock gigs for onstage monitoring and this little badboy gives as much as I will ever need. I have toured Europe with an 8×10 Ampeg cab and SVT 4 head. Never ever again !!!!!!!
Are you from a musical family?
None of my family members are professional musicians but my mother is a good singer and my grandfather and uncle both played accordion and organ. So there was always music at family gatherings.
What inspired you to become a Bass Player?
As I continue to play and learn more my opinion on why I play the bass keeps changing. Originally it was the “BASS” in a shop window that got me hooked then, it was probably an image thing. Later it was hearing great players who inspired me. So as I look back the reasons I started playing the bass are rather different to reasons I continue to play the bass and push on to develop more.
In many bands you find that the Bass Player is also the musical director. Have you ever had any experience in this role?
I haven’t had the chance to take on that roll, to be honest I haven’t played in many situations where a musical director was in charge. Most of the groups I have worked in, every instrumentalist has faith that the other musicians know the material and will do a good job and if there are any arrangements decisions to be made they are made together.
I also think musical director positions require a special type of personality and an ability to reign in and communicate with people who essentially consider themselves free spirits – which is not always the easiest task and I am not sure I have the skill set to do that yet.
You’ve now got one complete album with Watershed under your belt and you feature on a few tracks of their greatest hits album. What other albums, apart from Turn The Tide would you recommend for further listening?
I must admit I haven’t spent a lot of time as a studio player and I am slowly building a body of recorded work. I most recently tracked the bass parts for singer songwriter Laurie Levine and her new album should hit the shelves in June or July 2011.
I also got to achieve a life-long dream a couple of months ago where I got to play on one of the tracks on Johnny Clegg’s new album. Most of the album was done in Belgium but one song got tracked here in South Africa and I got to play on it so I am quite chuffed about that. The song is “Hidden away down” off the Human album.
What do you get up to when you’re having a break from music?
When not taking part in any music related activities I really enjoy just relaxing at home watching tele or reading a book or browsing the web to find out what apple’s next gadget release could entale. I am quite the apple fan boy.
And finally, have you got any tips for bassists that were born ten years behind you?
That’s a tough one. I think a lot of what one learns is from making mistakes and then correcting them but I will share some that I feel wasted my time and focus. The First thing is gear. Good gear is essential for a working bass player but the industry places so much focus on equipment we forget to play. I dropped loads of cash on equipment that I thought would improve my playing. Boy was I wrong. Stick to things that work and wont involve the sale of a kidney.
I am not much of a chops monster and I do need to work on that, but I think the most important thing to work on is hearing the music and ear training. I really feel my playing and creative musical decisions improve the more I can hear what is being done musically and what the music needs from me. I work on ear training every morning and I still have a long way to go but every step I take forward opens up more and more musical possibilities. It is an auditory art after all.
And finally “Time” Buy a metronome and use it!
Related Topics:Martin Simpson
More in African
For the Love of Bass – Gasper Nali
By Raul Amador December 1, 2015
For the Love of Bass – Gasper Nali… We all have a sound and a story...
Babatoni Player Gasper Nali Releases International Debut Album ‘Abale Ndikuwuzeni’
By Valery Amador November 28, 2015
Babatoni Player Gasper Nali Releases International Debut Album ‘Abale Ndikuwuzeni’… Gasper Nali is a one-man-African-roots-band from...
Brazilian Bassist Isaias Elpes Releases CD
By Raul Amador March 28, 2014
After two years of study with the bass master Abraham Laboriel, Brazilian bassist Isaias Elpes has...
By Martin Simpson February 1, 2013
South African Bassist: Interview with Kai Horsthemke by Martin Simpson… I first met up with Kai in...
By Martin Simpson August 1, 2012
An Interview with Gregori Hofmann by Martin Simpson… For this month’s interview, we’re going over to London...
RENT Bass Transcription, Without You
Yiorgos Fakanas – Maestro
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1353060
|
__label__wiki
| 0.858672
| 0.858672
|
Home Social Media Facebook’s Nicholas Clegg counters Mukesh Ambani, says data isn’t oil
Facebook’s Nicholas Clegg counters Mukesh Ambani, says data isn’t oil
Countering Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani, Facebook Inc on Thursday said data was not the new oil, and countries like India should allow its free flow across borders instead of attempting to hoard it as a finite commodity within national boundaries.
“Data isn’t oil — a finite commodity to be owned and traded, pumped from the ground and burned in cars and factories…a better liquid to liken it to is water, with the global internet like a great borderless ocean of currents and tides. The value of data comes not from hoarding it or trading it like a finite commodity, but from allowing it to flow freely and encouraging the innovation that comes from that free flow of data — the algorithms and the services and the intelligence that can be built on top of it,” said Facebook Vice-President of Global Affairs and Communications Nicholas Clegg, who is also a former deputy prime minister of Britain.
He said the internet was built on this principle of cross-border data flow and India should work with its “natural allies” to encourage the free flow of information.
“To contain the data — to fix it geographically and to restrict its flow to national borders — would be to turn this great ocean of innovation (internet) into a still lake. The global internet is built on this principle of cross-border data flows — just as the global economy relies on capital, human resources, and technological innovation to cross-borders in order to flourish,” said Clegg on Thursday.
He was speaking at a session organised by Ananta Aspen Centre and Facebook on ‘New Rules for the Internet: Shaping the Digital Economy’.
Clegg acknowledged that India’s concerns about national security related to data-sharing were valid, and suggested that the two countries revive their bilateral relationship on “cyber cooperation and for India to seek access to these existing mechanisms for data sharing”.
“Data-sharing is crucial for national security too. Yet, right now India finds itself locked out of major global data-sharing initiatives aimed to clamp down on serious crime and terrorism, like the Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data (CLOUD) Act and the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime,” he said.
The Budapest Convention is one of the most important multilateral treaties addressing the issue of cybercrime and international cooperation. It was drafted by the Council of Europe along with Canada, Japan, South Africa, and the US. India is currently not a signatory to the convention. The CLOUD Act allows US agencies to access data stored abroad.
Clegg met Home Minister Amit Shah and Communications and Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad later in the day. Over the past two years, the call for data localisation, or storing data in local servers in India, has picked up pace, and is a feature of several new policies and legislation that deal with sensitive or personal data of Indian citizens. Businesses in India and abroad have opposed the call for mandating data localisation and restricting cross-border data flows. Even as the data-handling continues to be a global issue for Facebook, India has been asking WhatsApp to find a solution to trace the origin of fake messages on the platform, after a series of mob lynchings last year, fuelled by what were later found to be fake messages circulated on WhatsApp.
facebook data
Facebook global affairs V-P
global internet
Nicholas Clegg
Previous articleClara’s Green House – Plants for Sale on Facebook Marketplace
Next articleFacebook aims to appoint members to its oversight board by the end of 2019
Zuck & Co know that hash is king • The Register
Google Photos is doing its own ‘Instagram Top Nine’
Fundstrat’s Tom Lee Sees Bright Future for Crypto in 2020
Facebook is currently working on a new notification format for your post reactions /...
How to Enable Bold Text on Your iPhone or iPad
Seriously, It’s Time to Lean Into Monowheels
Facebook joins Amazon in Bellevue as Eastside boom continues
How Ruben Harris Used the Power of Stories to Break Into...
General election: Former Tory minister is funding ads attacking Corbyn on...
Build Your Own Ultra-Long Range Remote Camera Trigger
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1353069
|
__label__cc
| 0.67178
| 0.32822
|
Home News Android 11 May Remove the 4GB Limit on Video Recordings
Android 11 May Remove the 4GB Limit on Video Recordings
There is little doubt that Android is a lot more customisable and generally more suitable for power users when compared to its main competitor — iOS. However, even in 2019, the world’s most popular operating system (despite the Android alternatives out there) suffers from a setback that’s just inexplicably weird to have in this day and age. The setback I’m talking about here is the 4GB file-size limit the OS sets on video files being saved to memory.
Apparently, back in 2014, Google decided that the maximum file-size that Android should be able to save to memory will be restricted to 4GB thanks to a 32-bit offset being used in MediaMuxer and MPEG4Writer classes. Back then, this decision definitely made sense. Most phones didn’t support anything over 1080p videos anyway, and with most phones coming with SD card supports which would most likely be FAT32 formatted, saving files over 4GB would anyway not be possible on these cards. One can see the reason behind Google sticking with 4GB file sizes for videos.
Now, according to a commit first spotted by XDA Developers, it seems that Google might finally remove this size limit in Android 11. XDA is reporting that according to the description of a new commit made to the AOSP gerrit, Google is going to “use [a] 64bit offset in mpeg4writer,” which should allow Android “to compose/mux files more than 4GB in size.”
Also mentioned in the description of the commit is a test Google ran where the company successfully composed a file of around 32GB with MediaMuxer. So in theory, the changes seem to be working. However, as XDA points out, the commit hasn’t been merged yet, and is likely to be merged with Android 11 since that is the next major release for Android.
All that is nice, and this change is definitely welcome alongside other expected features of Android 11; what’s weird, however, is that in the years that followed since that decision in 2014, as smartphones moved towards 4K videos, and started supporting 4K60FPS videos (unlike the Pixel 4 which still only supports 4K30 videos) combined with the ever increasing built-in storage sizes on most smartphones these days, having this 4GB restriction on video file sizes is rather odd. Still, Google hadn’t done anything about it so far until now.
VIAXDA-Developers
SOURCEAOSP
This Tool Converts Apple Card PDF Statements to CSV
Daimler Unveils Mercedes-Benz Marco Polo Camper Van
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1353072
|
__label__cc
| 0.628007
| 0.371993
|
Big Badass Wolf
Civil War (Comic Book)/YMMV
Death by Childbirth
GoLion
My Greatest Second Chance
Trope, Seekers, Misfit Lab Rat
Misfit Lab Rat
In recent years a fair number of lab jobs have opened for Goths, Punks, and other assorted non-comformists. Science isn't just for Hollywood Nerds, any more. Maybe related to One of Us.
In Real Life this may be partly due to the aforementioned modernistic sensibilities of certain subcultures, or possibly childhood fondness of pyrotechnics and the "chemistry lessons" of The Anarchist's Cookbook. Also, Punks in general tend not to be particularly religious and have far fewer scruples over things like evolutionary theory, stem cell research, and cloning, and a lot of them are used to needles (piercing needles, not neglecting the straight-edge crowd here).
While Goth subculture is not known for being modernistic, for the most dedicated of Goths, the benefits of having a job in forensic analysis (especially at crime scenes) would be considerable.
May also be related to the prevalence of punk-related imagery in many science fiction settings: Cyberpunk, Desert Punk, etc...
See also Bunny Ears Lawyer.
Examples of Misfit Lab Rat include:
SLC Punk!: Heroin Bob studied chemistry, which according to his best friend Steve-o was "the wrong ****ing major for a guy like him," who notoriously avoided any chemicals that didn't already come in beer or cigarettes.
Abby Sciutto, the cute Perky Goth girl and Forensic Scientist in NCIS, probably embodies the essence of this trope (despite being Perky Goth and not Punk). Her love for her job appears to be less out of morbid fixation on the crime scene/murder element and more on the delightful puzzles it provides, as well as a grizzled, Marine sniper boss who protects her like the gothyboots-wearing daughter he never had.
Or like the daughter he did have, who was murdered while he was on deployment.
Nigel in Crossing Jordan shows definite signs of this trope.
Not really brought up these days, but back when he was The Lab Rat, Greg on CSI was a bit hardcore. There was actually a funny bit in one episode where he asked Grissom, who raises roaches as a hobby, if he could play some Black Flag. "Are you kidding?"
And in one episode he mentioned being fake-goth in high school, as a way to meet girls.
Nick: How'd that work out for you?
Greg: If you act depressed to pick up chicks...you get depressed chicks.
Vyvyan, the punk in The Young Ones, who is studying medicine. And when the boys throw a party, all his "medical student friends" that attend are punks too.
He even invented a miracle cure! (For people who suffer from not being crazy axemurderers, but still...)
Seems like an Evolving Trope, since the first punks in mainstream media were pretty much straw punks (similarly with Goths at first and "Emo" kids today, though the "Emo" culture is not as strongly associated with science and medicine as Punk, it seems).
Similarly, in late 19th century Russia, a number of "nihilists" and other young "radicals" associated with them -- generally philosophical materialists -- were very much interested in the scientific world view and many of them became doctors or other medical professionals, seeing that as a constructive end that fit their philosophical predilections. This phenomenon made it into the political literature of the area (Russian novels and literary critiques under Tsarist censorship were often thinly disguised political and philosophical Author Tracts). A good example is Fathers And Sons by Turgenev. Also, Chernyshevsky's "What is to be Done?" These Russian nihilists had quite a bit in common with 20th century punk culture in other ways too.
In an episode of Daria, the titular character once imagined herself working at a gene-splicing lab in a possible future in which she was married (by common law) to Trent, who was still a failed musician.
Daria is of course neither a goth nor a punk, but "alternative" definitely fits her.
Retrieved from "https://allthetropes.fandom.com/wiki/Misfit_Lab_Rat?oldid=73798"
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1353073
|
__label__cc
| 0.68525
| 0.31475
|
"The usually loquacious Obama has remained tongue-tied during this crisis in Iran..."
"... what surely represents one of its brightest and bravest moments in a generation. His reticence suggests two things about his administration. First, the Obama White House fails to grasp the enduring importance, and appeal, of America's democratic example. They are caught up in self-serving polling data about global anti-Americanism. Stop believing in America as the 'last best hope' of democratic reformers and you stop lending them moral and political support."
Tags: Iran, Obama and iran
Maybe Obama doesn't know what he's doing. You know, it seems like an apt possibility, given how little he knows about everything else he's touched to date.
But he will probably blame FNC and Rush for this. It seems to be his only tactic now.
Anyone who plays chess agrees with Obama's strategy ... as long as you have the long-term interests of the United States at heart.
When the outcome isn't clear, it would be foolish for Obama to openly side with the dissenters.
If they dissent is put down, it's a defeat for Obama. In fact, if he is seen to be openly siding with the dissenters, the regime could argue with real force that a win for the dissenters represents a defeat for Iran; and so in this way if Obama was seen openly siding with the dissenters could actually backfire.
Obama is a politician - and rule #1 is never back a loser. Since he can't predict confidently who the loser will be, he's obviously being very careful.
About the only smart thing he's done as President is shut up in this instance.
Fred4Pres said...
Sullivan has been very good on Iran. But he has suggested that some "bad Neocons" want Ahmadinejad to win. Who would that be? I would like to know so I can deounce them too Andrew. A completely unsubstantiated slur.
So far, the only public figure calling for that is George Galloway and last time I checked he is not a neocon.
And Andrew argues that the US has to stay out of this, so as not to delegitimize the opposition as American stooges. While I agree President Obama has to be very careful in what he says, saying nothing is a message too. You can promote democracy, reform, and non violence in a more forceful way than Obama has done. And the Europeans and Canada are speaking out. The US should speak out too.
Prof Althouse-
Didn't Obama Administration attorneys argue to SCOTUS that movies and books could be suppressed during campaigns? He also disparaged tea-party protests.
I don't know, maybe Obama really doesn't want to get too much on the record as actually supporting people who are critical of the President.
The backing the loser argument is not the point. This is about right and wrong. It is wrong to have sham elections. As Hitchens noted, they are not even real elections--the candidates are hand picked and approved and the outcomes fixed in advance. It is wrong to shoot your own people in the street. Obama can speak out on that without endorsing the opposition.
We're going to be "backing the loser", no matter how it turns out. If Ahmedinnerjacket wins out, we "backed the insurgency".
If the rebellion wins out, our lack of support shows that we "backed the mullahs".
It's a popular test of push-back in Iran, but internally it's just about which corrupt bunch gets the goodies.
Obama is just extending professional courtesy in the matter.
Trevor Jackson said...
AlphaLiberal said...
I prefer this column by Greg Kamiya in Salon.com:
Night of the living neocons
The shameless fools whose Iraq folly empowered Iran's hard-liners are back, smearing Obama as an appeaser .
He highlights the idiocy of the bombs away crowd in demanding that every international crisis be dealt with by intervention, belligerence and bellicosity.
Look, punks, your saber-rattling ways were dumped by the American people. STFU.
Fred4Pres:
Daniel Pipes is literally "rooting for Ahmadinejad." Because he's scarier to the rest of the world. No concern for the people of Iran.
"Daniel Pipes is literally "rooting for Ahmadinejad." Because he's scarier to the rest of the world. No concern for the people of Iran.
How is that different from BO's position?
Are you being serious, Lars? Or are you pretending you know how this is going to turn out?
It is interesting how the neocons so consistently demand policies that empower the hardliners in Iran.
The invasion and occupation of Iraq led to Iran becoming more influential in Iraq and the region.
Now, they want US intervention in Iran, which will help the hardliners cast dissidents as dupes of a foreign power and aid the crackdown.
They should be shunned.
kynefski said...
President Obama is calculating that he can, with the sheer force of his personality, convert Iran's radicals to a more moderate political theology.
I don't think I'll trust the judgment of this writer.
Hoosier Daddy said...
Alpha are all you capable of doing is setting up strawmen? The only people advocating bombing Iran over this are the voices in your own head. The least your President can do is offer the same verbal support for the demonstrators the French or Germans did.
Try putting up an honest argument for a change.
I read the column. Yes, he is rooting for Ahmedinnerjacket.
Did you read the actual reason why?
Because the mullahs are in power and nothing changes. As he pointed out, the nuclear program started under the "moderate" Khatami. He says that people will be less vigilant if a "moderate" is the figurehead. Not an illogical statement.
And AL, the column you linked to is so laughable as to meaningless. Yeah, his non-existent policy led to regime change in Lebanon. Netanyahu basically told Obama to "F" off and they count that as a "win"?
Yes, I'm serious. Effectively how does BO's policy differ from Pipes?
Not their motives but their effects?
Roger J. said...
I think it is possible to take a strong position about the importance of free, open, and transparent elections without endorsing one candidate or the other; or take a position about the use of violence against protesters without endorsing one or the other candidates. Obama did attempt that, but hardly using clear and ringing rhetoric. There is a middle ground between a wishy washy response and outright endorsement of a candidate (neither of which I find particular savory).
And would someone tell me who, except those on the extreme fringes of the political spectrum, are endorsing a physical attack on Iran?
OldGrouchy said...
The answer to Obama's quietness on Iran is quite simple: TOTUS refuses to display anything even remotely relating to supporting Iran's dissidents, TOTUS is now under the total control of China's Treasury.
Obama's WH staff also has figured out that without TOTUS' complete support, Obama's Um and Ah count would escalate beyond all reason; the press would totally then ignore his deep sonorous voice.
HH: We have two minutes. I want to ask you two questions. What do you want the President to say? And would you welcome an Israeli strike in the middle of this turmoil in order to reduce that nuclear threat?
CH: If you don’t mind me answering the question in reverse order, I’m not ducking it, there would be no distinction made by the Iranians or anyone else between an Israeli strike or a strike made by ourselves, because they’d have to cross at least Iraqi and possibly Turkish airspace to do it at all, and that’s quite different from their attack on Iran…excuse me, on Iraq. I’m terribly sorry, in ’81 where they only had to cross Jordanian airspace to get there. So there would be, it would be a distinction without a difference.
HH: Do you want Israel to do it?
CH: And until we’ve solved the rest of the differences between ourselves and the Israeli government on other matters, I think it’s absurd to expect them, or even want them to be our proxy in a grave matter like this. No, we’d have to take responsibility. We would say we’re enforcing the U.N. and IAEA prohibition on Iran weaponizing its nuclear facilities.
HH: Okay, so what do you want the President to say, Christopher Hitchens?
CH: Well, I think that should be clearly threatened. We say we know now that every single agreement has been broken between you and your people in Iran, and between your government and every other government in treaties in which you are a signatory. Our patience is absolutely not limitless. And I as president, as candidate, the President should say, did say that a nuclearized theocracy in Iran is not permissible. He’s already committed himself to that. What I meant by that was to say it wouldn’t be permitted. Once you said this kind of thing, once you’ve willed the end, you have willed the means. Or, you can take it back.
Hewitt interviewing Hitchens in Iran
The invasion and occupation of Iraq led to Iran becoming more influential in Iraq and the region...
It is interesting how the anti-Iraq war people wanted a policy that kept the hardest man of all in power there.
Has it become popular to pretend Saddam would be behaving now, had we never gone to war?
There are shades of gray within societies which do cause sharp divisions when seen as only black and white issues. Obama insists on seeing the Two Iranian factions as only gray 1 and gray 2. He is awaiting a unification in Iran to give him a clear negotiting partner so that he can negotiate a solution to crisis caused by a nuclear weapon armed power called Iran facing off with a nuclear weapon armed power called Israel. So Ah-mad-inejad is Obama's man. If you are a student of the Human Rights push since Carter's time and its current incarnation called "neocon", then you will recognise Obama as an enemy of good and a partner of evil. But like his push for un-american socialism, Obama says just give evil a chance. See, he is smiling at us!
dave_WI said...
I think Pipes was saying in the grand scheme of things it would, for the rest of the world to look at, Amid... would be a better face of Iran so you see what they are like. It had nothing to do with the Iranian people.
"He says that people will be less vigilant if a "moderate" is the figurehead."
Were we engaged diplomatically with Iran when Khatami began that program? I'll admit, I don't know the answer to that question.
But if the U.S. takes sides now, how successful do you think future diplomatic engagement will be? We'll either have a hard-line Ahmad gov't who will see this administration as an enemy or a moderate Mousavi gov't who will be easily cast as a U.S. puppet.
I'm not sure what a slight shift in rhetoric (a la Roger J's suggestion) is likely to accomplish. The U.S. says Iran must decide, but also must do so fairly and peacefully. What else can be said?
dave_WI: "It had nothing to do with the Iranian people."
But it does. Preferring the people have a repressive leader in place so the West can be more belligerent (whether through sanctions or bombs) is to wish the continuation of oppression and restriction on a populace.
From Pipes' Wikipedia page:
"Pipes is to Muslims what David Duke is to African-Americans".
- James Zogby, Arab American Institute
I denounce Daniel Pipes. I denounce George Galloway. Anyone else who is supporting the current Iranian regime?
NKVD said...
Obama loves the leaders of Iran. He wishes he had that much power. And they have the same goals.
bearbee said...
After the dust settles the President wants to negotiate with Iran and so should keep his big mush shut.
The usual politics.....blame the US:
Iran accuses the US of meddling in election crisis
Trevor Jackson,
There is not that much difference, maybe some, between these two guys; Its just that Amin... looks much worst
Krauthammer says Obama's code speak is supporting the current Iran regime, not the reformers.
Messages matter and keeping mostly silent is a message.
Heck, Rush said that he didn't know Chelsea's picture was going to come up when he mentioned the dog and apologized on the spot.
I notice how well the Left accepted that apology.
Minzo said...
Aside from NKVD's silly comment, this has been a suprisingly sensible and well-reasoned debate rather than the usuaal hysteria from both sides on any Obama-related issue. I do agree he shouldnt interfere too much as even an expression of support for the protestors would leave them open to being accused of being 'puppets' of the US. It could give the Guardian Council the pretext they need to become more rigid and take back even the concessions they have made. This has to be seen as a completely internal revolution.
I also remember Schuster accusing Hillary of pimping out the 28-29 yr old Chelsea and that certainly didn't generate outrage, did it?
Krauthammer's being dishonest. It was called a "debate" before those protesters were killed.
"revolution is going to happen one way or the other," CK says.
The one way it won't happen is if it looks engineered by the U.S.
Minzo, my view is that we'll be blamed regardless. We're the bogeyman to everybody. Saying absolutely nothing isn't sensible...it makes us look (best case) useless and (worst case) cowardly.
This isn't a diplomacy issue. We're not negotiating anything.
Note, I don't feel bad for the Iranians. This is the gov't they wanted and have done zilch to try and change. If they don't care, I see no reason why I should.
The day liberals start showing Christianity as much deference and concern as they do Muslims I'll start taking them seriously. I'm sure that will be around the time Satan builds a snowman.
AlphaLiberal said: "It is interesting how the neocons so consistently demand policies that empower the hardliners in Iran.
The invasion and occupation of Iraq led to Iran becoming more influential in Iraq and the region."
Funny coincidence; we invade and rebuild Iraq with a democratic government, and the regime in neighboring Iran becomes unstable for the first time in 30 years. Wow, what are the odds?
It's almost enough to make you think there might be some relationship between the two...nah, that's crazy talk. It was probably Obama's mad teleprompter-reading skillz that emboldened these protesters.
""Pipes is to Muslims what David Duke is to African-Americans".
- James Zogby, Arab American Institute"
James Zogby is to Americans what Vidkun Quisling is to Norwegians.
-Anonymous, Althouse Blog
Daryl said...
You're assuming that Obama supports the protesters. He doesn't.
He's more at home with Hugo Chavez--or Ahmadinejad--than he is with normal people (like, say, Joe the Plumber).
He doesn't support democracy anywhere. Look at how he's trashing the Inspectors General to protect his corrupt friends. He's going to use all that "stimulus" money to buy votes. And if anyone dares to point it out, he's coming after them, like the disgusting catamite mob boss that he is.
Pastafarian, that is crazy talk. Just a coincidence. Move along now and ignore lots of other coincidences too. Good thing you are not an Inspector General, because you might have questionable job security.
"Funny coincidence; we invade and rebuild Iraq with a democratic government, and the regime in neighboring Iran becomes unstable for the first time in 30 years. Wow, what are the odds?"
One could argue that the invasion of Iraq was good for US security interests- I dont agree with it, but I can see the logic. However it certainly did not go down well in the rest of that neighbourhood. I really cant see how the protestors were galvanised by the Iraq war. Do you think they were completely unaware of things like democracy and human rights until the US started raining bombs down on its neighbour? In any case, Iran had voted for a far more moderate candidate than Mousavi before the Iraq war.
I am a little disappointed that Obama is not saying more about freedom and the right to assemble peacefully without being attacked by armed Islamist thugs.
A good rhetorial question he should be posing: Why should a citizenry support a government that attacks it?
Some, perhaps many, posters here seem to think that for Obama to be more forceful would require that he take sides. Great diplomacy and leadership require no such thing--Obama could be extremely forceful without being force to pick which is the best of the worse. In fact, this would be a perfect opportunity to simply stand up for democracy and the democratic process.
Even the political expediency argument against strong statements in support of fair elections makes no sense: It appears as though the clerics might well throw Ahmadinejad to the wolves.
If that happens, how will our political pragmatism be seen by the new regime, and more importantly, by its millions of supporters?
Even if Ahmadinejad retains power, how will our silence be interpreted by those millions of reformists? Reagan's brilliance was that he would address speeches not to the despots, but directly to the people under them. There's a strong undercurrent of pro-American sentiment in Iran, at least for the moment. And if there were ever a President that could reach out to them effectively, it would be Obama.
He's squandering a golden opportunity here. And he's not doing it because he's a coward, or stupid; he's neither of those two things. What does that leave?
I think that he identifies more with the current regime than he does with the protesters. When has Obama demonstrated any pro-American feelings himself? He must think these protesters are just a bunch of Limbaugh's ditto-heads. And he knows that his own time to quash dissent will come soon enough -- he really feels for Ahmadinejad.
Minzo, of course these people have known about democracy and human rights before we invaded Iraq. But there's a difference between knowing about heated in-ground pools, and having your neighbor install one. Ask my wife and daughters.
And I don't recall seeing another possible counter-revolution like this in Iran. There's a big difference in commitment, between voting for a more moderate candidate, and taking to the streets under threat of death. What we're seeing in Iran seems unprecedented to me.
Even if Mousavi isn't as moderate as we'd like, he's a step in the right direction; and this could be the start of something huge throughout the entire region.
I'd argue that it's not just the start -- it's the continuation of what we started in Iraq.
Alas, the events in Iran aren't about us, or US politics, or neocons vs. whatever-the-opposite-is. oddly, that's what the discussion always seems to turn into.
The Iranian protestors are doing OK on their own for now, which is fortunate since no outsiders are going to come to their aid any time soon. The US should offer moral support and Obama seems to be coming around to that position himself, albeit slowly. Better late than never.
Perhaps the reason for Obama's hesitancy and half-heartedness was the one suggested by Loconte (realpolitik ginned up by the Obama apology tour mindset), although I think the reality is more complicated than he suggests. As during the Bush years, the partisan imperative is always to reduce things to simplified slogans, look for villains (always of the domestic variety), and turn the knife. When Bush's opponents did it to him, they cheapened the discourse and did the country no favors. That's not a good reason for the players now to switch sides but continue the same dance.
Actually the better question would be is are you surprised?
Actually I think he's keeping silent simply because he thinks anything he says that could be construed as support for the anti-Dinnerjacket crowd would mean his desire for face to face talks goes down the crapper. At some point the mullahs are going to bring in the big guns and you'll see Tiannamen Square redux.
And I'm sure somehow it will be Bush's fault.
Exactly, Madison Man.
It doesn't have to be about taking political sides.
grackle said...
What should Obama say? That’s easy. His writers could spend a few minutes studying the statements of Sarkozy and Merkel and using those as a guide write a paraphrase.
The President has said that he doesn’t want to be seen as a meddler but Iran has already accused the US of meddling. Could it be that the President is still hoping for a meeting with Iran and is afraid of angering them? I guess that would mean that the Iranians are manipulating our hapless President by dangling the possibility of a meeting before his hopelessly naïve eyes.
But why should Iran sit down with the President? They are doing very well without any steenkin’ meeting, thank you very much, especially after a strike by Israel(or the US, Heaven forbid) has clearly been taken off the table by the President.
I like Pipes but I think he is wrong in this instance. One can never tell just where an uprising will end up. Pipes is worried that ‘nicer’ Iranian leaders would preclude actions against Iran. He need not worry on that score. There’s no one on the landscape with guts enough to do anything about Iran, except possibly Israel, and Israel, were they inclined in that direction, would not be stopped by a new sweet-talkin’ Iranian leader.
"It appears as though the clerics might well throw Ahmadinejad to the wolves."
Perhaps- but do you think Obama speaking out will make this more or less likely? My money is very much on the latter.
"I think that he identifies more with the current regime than he does with the protesters. When has Obama demonstrated any pro-American feelings himself? He must think these protesters are just a bunch of Limbaugh's ditto-heads. And he knows that his own time to quash dissent will come soon enough -- he really feels for Ahmadinejad."
So you genuinely think the President of the US identifies more with the ruling mullahs than the protestors who want greater freedom? And his time to 'quash dissent will come soon enough?' Presumably you are one of those people who thinks Obama will become a totalitarian leader overriding the constitution and bringing in mass censorship at every turn. Your earlier posts were reasonable but now you are just descending to petty name-calling and truly ridiculous comparisons.
Pasta: you make a good point about going to the people with a message. I am not sure that our Department of State grasps the fact that there is a new lever of diplomacy (this is a bi-partisan failing).
Couple that with the remnants of cold war thinking where we wanted regional stability to keep the USSR out of an area, and you get a diplomacy that is out of date and based on old assumptions.
Our preference for regional stability led us to support some pretty nasty people in the interests of stability: Suharto, Marcos, Saddam etc. Bottom line is a state department without, as nearly as I can tell, a clear sense of direction.
Hoosier Daddy, I am never surprised when a politician's actions disappoint me.
Perhaps he should speak directly to the downtrodden and note that Allah does not support Islamist thugs. What kind of God would?
The Drill SGT said...
Well actually if more Muslims asked that question for themselves, I suppose Al Quaeda and Hamas and Hezbollah would be out of business.
It doesn't surprise me. This is a toughie, and he just doesn't have that much experience. Often, in that situation, the inexperienced just stay quiet. Why wouldn't they? They don't know what to do, exactly, and the thing is, you can have awesome advisors, but you are still the 'decider'.
I'd do the same in his situation, but I'd prefer a president who could put out a Angela Merkel like statement simply defending the concept of free and fair elections. It takes some confidence and experience to do that, I imagine, but what do I know? I ain't never ran a country.
Sofa King said...
I'm wondering why? Presumably the clerics are contemplating cutting Ahmad loose because they are feeling the pressure from people who want their voices heard. Why wouldn't Obama's support for people having their voices heard further galvanize them and increase the pressure on the clerics? Are the clerics going to risk their own asses and chance a full-blown revolution just to spite Obama?
It may not be in our best interest to have change in Iran right now.
Look at what’s happening in Pakistan with a weaker government.
Everybody agrees that we supposedly don’t want a nuclear Iran. I say ‘supposedly’ because nobody is doing anything significant about it.
Imagine a weak nuclear Iran smack in between Iraq and Afghanistan.
I don’t blame The One for keeping a low profile.
AL said...It is interesting how the neocons so consistently demand policies that empower the hardliners in Iran.
The hard line Neocon thaa put those hard line Mullahs in power was that reactionary Jimmie Carter.
As for the impact of Iraq, I assume you know that there are 2 basic schools of thought in the Shia branch of Islam. And two Grand Ayatollah proponents. Ali al-Sistani, born in Iran and living in Iraq, is the advocate of separation of Mosque and State. Ayatollah Khomeini (Jimmie's buddy :) and Iran's current supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei believe in a doctrine of Theocracy.
Our liberation of Iraq, brought free and fair(by ME standards) elections to Iraq and freed al-Sistani to speak out against rule by Mullahs. He has huge followng in Iran, because of course he is Iranian ad because his model is in direct opposition to everything that the Iranian Grand Council stands for. So yes, our liberation of Iraq, destabilizes Iran.
Obama should not have voted present on the election in order to curry favor with the current leadership based on some fantasy that we will change their hearts and minds. President John "We're all Georgeans now" McCain would have given a Reaganesque tatement about democracy, free elections and liberty. screw the Mullahs, they are not our friends. We need to reach the people and point out that those Iraqi goat herders have more freedom and rights than the great Persian people :)
Minzo -- I feel a little crazy myself when I type something like that.
But then I remember who controls GM and Chryser, and the entire financial sector, and soon the 20% of the economy we call "health care"; and I remember their "compulsory volunterism" idea, and the fact that they have a "pay czar"...I could go on and on.
If you told me 3 years ago that today, we would have nationalized most of the economy, we'd be considering government control of income, and we would have quadrupled the deficit in a move that can only spell the demise of capitalism in America...and I would have told you that you were paranoid, deluded, and ridiculous.
You can call it socialism or fascism. Tomato, tomahto. Either way, I think the actions of this president have taken Godwin's Law off the table entirely.
"I'm wondering why? Presumably the clerics are contemplating cutting Ahmad loose because they are feeling the pressure from people who want their voices heard. Why wouldn't Obama's support for people having their voices heard further galvanize them and increase the pressure on the clerics? Are the clerics going to risk their own asses and chance a full-blown revolution just to spite Obama?"
The clerics still hold the cards here- lets not forget that. They could ride out the protests or could order a flawed recount. Obama speaking out in favour of the protestors would simply give them yet another incentive to go with their instincts. concessions to the protestors is already a step too far by their normal standards-How do you think it will play when 'the great Satan' starts actively encouraging the protests? They will claim it is a US-inspired rebellion and it will make them a lot more likely to use force to end it which is probably what they are itching to do.
Minzo -- suppose President Obama makes a Reaganesque speech, and uses his admittedly outstanding oratory ability, and really knocks it out of the park in support of democracy and fair elections.
Then suppose the mullahs stick with Ahmadinejad and provide a phoney recount.
Long-term, what would the effect be? I'd say that this would push those partially pro-American protesters even farther pro-American and pro-reform; not just in Iran, but in other ME nations. And the next time this pendulum swings around, the clerics would be forcefully deposed and we'd see real, substantial reforms that might sweep through the middle east. The parallels aren't perfect between the middle east and eastern europe, but there are similarities.
Silly, perhaps. But it is true - Obama loves despots, hates regular people.
He has the same goals - the destruction of Israel, and the destruction of the United States.
What would he be doing differently if he wasn't actively trying to destroy our economy? Yep, that's what I thought.
Now back to your magical world where Obama is an honest person with integrity.
And sometimes you do something not for political gain, but because it's right. And oddly enough, people see that principled approach, and in the end, this does end up yielding political gain.
"Now back to your magical world where Obama is an honest person with integrity."
As opposed to your 'real' world where he hates everyone except despotic dictators. Right.
"And sometimes you do something not for political gain, but because it's right. And oddly enough, people see that principled approach, and in the end, this does end up yielding political gain."
Yes, I can see the benefits of a more forceful approach, its just that on balance I figure the quieter approach is the right one. Speaking out because it is right might be the moral thing to do, but if that has disastrous consequences isnt it better to be more cautious? There are no black and white answers here and yes I do see the troubling implications of the US keeping silent during such a pivotal moment in the region. In many ways, its a bit of a lose-lose situation.
We liberated Afghanistan and Iraq and all we got was grief, aggravation and hundreds of dead American soldiers. Not to mention the miss-impression that we overdid the WOT.
Iran wants to be free? Let them fight for it!
"Why should a citizen support a government that attacks it?" said Madison Man. That was the question that the Continental Congress tried to answer in 1776 after England had attacked Boston and environs because of a tea party protest. Their answer was written down on a Broadsheet Declaration of an Independent Colonial Government,which was deliberate act of treason they well knew would cause the long bloody war with England that eventually lead to our precious 2nd Amendment Rights. Remember that when you hear snears from "Liberals" at Bush/Sharanski for supporting freedom for other people captured in an evil tyranny. That Pres. Obama favors the Ruling tyrants everytime speaks louder than his sweet smile.
goesh said...
PS - someone remind Obama that it hasn't been but a year or two ago that a couple of teens were hung from an industrial crane for being gay. Where in the hell is your voice for change, Mr. President??
"Remember that when you hear snears from "Liberals" at Bush/Sharanski for supporting freedom for other people captured in an evil tyranny. That Pres. Obama favors the Ruling tyrants everytime speaks louder than his sweet smile."
Aaah yes- the Conservatives always fight for truth, justice and freedom while those dirty liberals just dont give a dammn. Thats a fairly cartoonish version of history especially considering that 'Mr Freedom' Bush also had plenty of allies who were-and still are-tyrants but hey, they had oil or were important to national interests so lets not rock the boat there. We dhould not pretend that any side has cornered the market for morality because thats rubbish.
elHombre said...
So you genuinely think the President of the US identifies more with the ruling mullahs than the protestors who want greater freedom?
He identifies with political expedience geared toward retaining power first and the secular progressive agenda second. Nothing else.
He will go where he believes they lead him and nowhere else.
Elliott A said...
At some point, every tyrannical regime fails. The question is what it will be replaced with. The two possibilities are freedom seeking people who want a secular state, or a military dictatorship in a secular state. Even if they lose this time, the forces of change (pun intended) will eventually sweep over Iran. Hopefully, those in power will be people we supported, not ignored. The communists in Eastern Europe weren't removed overnight. It took over thiry years. Sans our support they would still be comrades today.
If you told me 3 years ago that today, we would have nationalized most of the economy,.
By nationalizing "most" of the economy, you mean 0.21%?.
A plague o' both their mosques.
Ironclad said...
Obama does not have to support Mousavi or Ahmadinejad. All he has to do is support the protester's right to have a fair election and more importantly, a government that does not shoot or beat them for demanding that right.
What should he say? - well, he might start with something he can copy straight from from the Declaration of Independence:
That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
Simple enough and certainly better than voting "present".
Speaking out because it is right might be the moral thing to do, but if that has disastrous consequences isnt it better to be more cautious?
Or even, as here, where there are no obvious, disastrous consequences, why do the moral, courageous thing? We are, after all, the Obamanation and we knew exactly the kind of foreign policy we were getting.
"President Pantywaist"
- massive protests in LA in support of their friends and families in Iran who are facing real danger by expressing themselves in Public
What exactly do you recommend Obama do about North Korea? Bush tried the harder line and that didnt work either. Short of actually invading, condemning them-which he did- is just about all you can do when faced with those psychos.
Elliott A said...Hopefully, those in power will be people we supported, not ignored. The communists in Eastern Europe weren't removed overnight. It took over thiry years. Sans our support they would still be comrades today.
I'd also note that those Eastern Europeans well remember Reagan and the other Presidents that spoke up in defense of freedom, even if it displeased the Kremlin.
The late 20th century equivalent of a lot of Normandy farmers who remember who came ashore on Omaha, ahd whois buried on the bluff ovelooking it.
"I'd also note that those Eastern Europeans well remember Reagan and the other Presidents that spoke up in defense of freedom, even if it displeased the Kremlin"
In the interests of balance, I should also note that millions of other people from Congo to Chile will remember Reagan with a great deal less affection seeing as he actively supported his fair share of tyrants.
Minzo- That is why we still need "Star Wars" For the cost of the stimulus and the upcoming health care disaster we could have a space based weapon system that would make delivery of nuclear weapons or any other for that matter iompossible. We could have had it ten years ago. With it, we could ignore the saber rattling of these little tyrants.
Reagan supported the tyrants when the opposition did not present any greater hope of democratic change. That is a distic=nction from those who were seeking freedom.
Minzo...Where did I say "conservatives always fight for freedom". Many conservatives do not support freedom in other countries because it costs too much. But to never support freedom verbally, even when such costs are small, is unusual for Democrats. That takes a new type of homo-sovieticus thinking to see all such issues in a larger Marxist vision in which all citizens are disposable cogs in a state's machinery. The Russian and eastern European countries today can easily see what Pres. Obama is steering us into and they are laughing their heads off at our docile sheep to the slaughter character which had always before seemed so tough until the Obama Gang came into power.
I still think Obama is doing the right thing here. It is not Poland or Ukraine or Georgia. there is a 65 year history between us and Iran that gives the Islamists an advantage.
In any event, I also agree that I am not sure Mousavi is an improvement for us or them. After all, the guy was Khomeni's hand picked prime minister back in the 1980s.
Blogger MadisonMan said...
"I am a little disappointed that Obama is not saying more about freedom and the right to assemble peacefully without being attacked by armed Islamist thugs."
Very good point - I agree that Obama should not explicitly take the side of Mousavi - both for Pipesian reasons (Mousavi was a founder of Hezb'Allah, after all), because we will have to deal with whoever wins, and because we don't want to make the opposition look like our stooges.
All that said, Obama could make clear statements in favor of the right to peaceful assembly and to have one's vote counted.
I think the "President Pantywaist" link works now.
>All that said, Obama could make clear statements in favor of the right to peaceful assembly and to have one's vote counted.
But he is from Chicago -- he may have a problem with both. :)
And remember, "the police are not here to create disorder they are here to preserve disorder"
Minzo - you are right, there is nothing more Obama can say or do about N. Korea. He is doing no more, no less than Bush on this matter. Regarding the shooting of protestors in a nation where the US has been pushing for sanctions because of nuclear development, I expect as a citizen some statement from our elected leader condemning this moral outrage.
" It is with great dismay that we have learned about protestors being shot and killed in Iran. We find this unacceptable and alarming and we pray for the families of those killed" - end of statement, end of press conference, no questions, no banter , no political bullshit, just a simple statement of opposition to such conduct and he walks away back to his office to deal with other matters.
"But to never support freedom verbally, even when such costs are small, is unusual for Democrats."
Erm, no...the costs are not likely to be small, at least not for the Iranians. The very reason we are having this debate is to discuss whether Obama speaking out could provoke the Mullahs which could have bad consequences and it could also weaken the protestors legitimacy in Iran. You can't just assume that the costs are inevitably going to be small in this context.
What exactly do you recommend Obama do about North Korea?
Maybe I'd recommend that he increase, instead of cut, the missile defense budget.
Jeremy said...
The Weekly Standard is the source?
Karl Rove, Cheney, Rummy too busy?
Maybe the Washington Times can add their take.
Obama is doing exactly as he should: Stay out of Iran's affairs until things have settled.
Blogger garage mahal said...
"By nationalizing "most" of the economy, you mean 0.21%?."
That is a lying statistic if ever I saw one, based on very low present market cap of banks and auto industries - but in no way addresses how much of the American economy's activity and jobs those two sectors represent. Not to mention the impending takeover of the healtchare industry.
Stop believing in America as the 'last best hope' of democratic reformers and you stop lending them moral and political support."
Giving Iran's reformers the support of "the Great Satan" would allow the movement to be at best disrespected and at worst demonized. I can't see how US support could benefit anyone but Ahmadinejad. Let Iran work out its own destiny.
Iran and Iraq were two pit bulls constantly sparring in the pit. Taking Iraq out of the pit and neutering it gave Iran the freedom to think about other things.
We have millions of people in the Mideast who see America as nothing more than imperialistic, militarily guided intruders and most here think Obama should behave in exactly that manner.
There's absolutely nothing Obama can do at this point, other than aggravate the situation and make Amadejad look good. He'd love nothing more than being able to say America is meddling in their affairs.
Why not take a little time to think things through before mounting the usual attack on all things Obama.
Bitching and whining really makes you look stupid.
(Holds up mirror).
Pointing away from me, just to be clear.
Adolph took complete control of Germany in just about one year. The Night of the Long Knives was about 17-months after he became Chancellor and his power increased rapidly thereafter.
From Barry's first 5-months, it appears that Barry is on track to beat Adolph's record. One question is what form will Barry's "Long Knives Putsch" (LKP) will take? Or, how long before AmeriCorps become Barry's Blue Shirts? Why do you think the AmeriCorps' IG was fired?
BTW: Adolph's LKP was directed against his most rabid supporters!
So, why does anyone complain when Barry doesn't protest against one of his mentors? Obama is only being true to form.
OldGrouchy -- you are not helping the situation.
Kirby Olson said...
Drill SGT said,
"I'd also note that those Eastern Europeans well remember Reagan and the other Presidents that spoke up in defense of freedom, even if it displeased the Kremlin.
The late 20th century equivalent of a lot of Normandy farmers who remember who came ashore on Omaha, ahd whois buried on the bluff ovelooking it."
I saw an exhibit at the New York Public library last week about the French under the Occupation. Allied bombing campaigns killed 60,000 French.
But they saw it within the overall framework of liberation, instead of whining about it. Today's left can't believe a single person would be lost in an invasion. As if it's some kind of picnic, and someone died from food poisoning.
Wresting a country from a demonic power isn't easy, because they don't give up easily. Saddam's crowd fought hard. The Taliban fought hard.
The Nazis fought hard.
North Korea and the Mullahs aren't about to just let go of the reins and say, oh, you're right.
>Maybe I'd recommend that he increase, instead of cut, the missile defense budget.
Has anyone (for example, one of the only three press folks not lying on the backs with their feet in the air screaming "TAKE ME NOW BARACK!") ever asked the president how he reconciles his statement to Think Progress in 2007 about cutting missile defense with his statement during the debates about how he supports missile defense?
(BTW -- if his cut means stopping the missile defense site in Europe and putting the money to a defense site in the Pacific, I am all for it)
>"I'd also note that those Eastern Europeans well remember Reagan and the other Presidents that spoke up in defense of freedom, even if it displeased the Kremlin.
But the difference is that there was not the history between us and teh eastern Europeans as there is between us and the Iranians.
Anthony, the truth always hurts people like you.
Cheers and out!
Minzo...I see your point. Giving hope and encouragement to the Iranians who want Democracy in Iran will only cause the ruling tyrants to murder them faster. Frankly, Minzo, you don't know nothing about birthing no freedom.
OldGrouchy
The truth is that Obama is not Hitler or even a dictator in waiting. He is a left wing president
By having resistance fantasies you are not helping formulate a principled opposition to his policies.
You spoke the truth Minzo - Obama loves despots and insults our allies. Good that you saw that.
He hates this nation, capitalism, democracy and decency. He and his minions see nothing but glory ahead of them. Good luck with that.
OldGrouchy Doug Wright said...
Anthony, he's not yet a dictator but IMHO he's working rapidly to that end.
Know your history and understand what Obama's doing and the power his presidency is gaining from a docile Congress.
The time to prevent Obama becoming an Adolph is now, not next February.
Grow up and get your head out of Obama's manure pile.
OldGrouchy said..."Adolph took complete control of Germany in just about one year.
From Barry's first 5-months, it appears that Barry is on track to beat Adolph's record."
So now we're moving into the Obama is a dictator insanity?
I swear, some of you people appear to be brain dead.
NKVD - "Obama loves despots and insults our allies."
Obama gets rave notices from all of our allies.
Bart DePalma said...
You can understand Obama's POV here by noting:
1) 20 year Obama pastor, Jeremiah's Wright's sermon blaming 9/11 on the United States' foreign policy.
2) Obama apologizing around the world for the United States' foreign policy.
3) Obama's c omments that a President shouldn't be seen as "meddling" in on behalf of democrats against tyrants.
Obama shares the blame America first view that dominated the 70s Dem party and remains dominant on its left flank from which Obama comes. If we leave the bad guys of the world alone, they will leave us alone.
Welcome to the second Carter term.
Speaking of our huge missile "shortage":
Right now we have roughly 9600 nuclear weapons of 10 major types.
And as for Obama being the bad guy here:
It appears the real culprit is one of those damn Republicans:
Defense Secretary Gates called for $1.4 billion in cuts to missile defense as part of a budget plan he says will "reshape the priorities" of the Pentagon and "rebalance this department's programs in order to institutionalize and finance our capabilities to fight the wars we are in today and the scenarios we are most likely to face in the years ahead."
What kind of lily-livered traitor is this guy?
Maybe apologizing incessantly about how evil America is wasn't the best move. Perhaps he should've, you know, defended America while over there.
I think its a bit much to say that Obama is hitler or even Chavez. he just wants us to be a european style social democratic state, failing to understand that the only reason why those states haven't collapsed yet is because of our largesse, and they will soon collapse unless they radically de-socialize our economy.
But Obama's tendency to kick our allies and to coddle our enemies is disturbing but hardly unusual in left-wing quarters.
Bart DePalma - Yeah, that's it Reverend Wright is the real problem here.
And that damn Obama apologizing to everybody.
And saying we shouldn't "meddle" in other country's affairs.
*What else did Rush and Hannity say?
People wanna know.
I suspect that no matter what Obama did, the Weekly Standard would attempt to portray it in the most unfavorable light.
Obama can't get past madras rule #1: the mullah is always right.
I wonder what the Weekly Standard thought GHW Bush should have said during the Tiananmen Square demonstrations in 1989.
Jeremy:
You are free to provide an alternative explanation to Obama's enthusiastic 20 year attendance to hear Wright's anti-American screeds, Obama's own ongoing apology tour for the United States and Obama's claim that an American President cannot be seen as "meddling" in the affairs of dictatorships as anything other than the old strain of blaming America first.
Trying to blame Limbaugh for Obama's missteps didn't work for Obama a couple months ago and is not working for you now.
At least Democrats support the troops. 170 out of 175 Republicans in the House hate our troops and voted to cut off funds for troops in harms way in a war they voted for, thus emboldening our enemies.
Not sure Peter, for some reason the Standard's 1989 blog archieves are not working.
Republicans in the House hate our troops and voted to cut off funds for troops in harms way
Well they should since they are terrorizing kids in Iraq and committing acts of murder and torture akin to the gulag. That's what John Kerry (D), Dick Durbin (D) and John Murtha (D) have said. Plus we lost the war anyway according to Harry Reid (D) so why throw good money after bad.
* garage, did you send Hillary a get well card and maybe some flowers? I'm sure she'd appreciate it.
I'm sorry, but what on earth does Rev. Wright have to do with anything? Seriously.
The point is that many Iranians don't see the U.S. as an ally. In fact U.S. actions from "Axis of Evil" forward have strengthened the hardlineer grasp in Iran. If the folks in green are seen as agents of the U.S., it's easier internally for the government to justify a major crackdown.
And, frankly, I think the people calling on Obama to speak forcefully know this. I believe they want a Tianamen-style crackdown to preclude Obama from engaging with Iran.
I just now that Obama is president dissent is no longer the highest form of patriotism.
As an aside, I live in Park Slope Brooklyn and a few weeks ago I saw someone with that sticker on their car (with the usually stickers of course). I asked the owner of the car that since Obama was president he probably would not need that sticker anymore, could I have it. He was not amused.
C'mon my Obama loving friends. You surely have a better argument than this worn out straw man crap about backing a loser and helping the bad guys.
We don't care who wins - they both suck.
We support open fair elections because we support democracy because we love freedom above all else.
The great teleprompter can certainly come up with something to support that without picking sides. If they can't, then either they don't care or they don't have a 5th grader available to write it for them.
If they were demonstrating for same sex marriage, I bet you guys would not accept this embarrassing response.
I can't see you saying: "we don't want to embolden the bad guys or look like we support those drag queens. He's just being smart about it."
I am seeing a pattern in threads on this blog--well, several patterns that have to do with who participates, but in general: the longer the thread the quicker the descent in banality. Surely there is some sociology major somewhere who could do a study.
The West Condemns the Crackdown
"President Bush denounced China for using military force against its own people and implied that the action could damage relations between Washington and Beijing. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher of Britain said she was 'appalled by the indiscriminate shooting of unarmed people.'"
White House Statement, June 20, 1989:
"The President today directed that the U.S. Government suspend participation in all high-level exchanges of government officials with the People's Republic of China, in addition to the suspension of military exchanges previously announced [by the President at his news conference on June 51. This action is being taken in response to the wave of violence and reprisals by the Chinese authorities against those who have called for democracy. The United States has supported the legitimate democratic aspirations for freedom of peoples throughout the world. The United States will continue to voice its concern and its support for these aspirations."
Why can't Obama make as simple a statement as that?
"President Bush denounced China"
Of course, within a year or so Brent Scocroft was off in Beijing drinking champagne with the Chinese leadership.
I assume that the two candidates in Iran don't drink, but we might see HRC doing the foxtrot with a mullah
"the longer the thread the quicker the descent in banality."
That statement is a little contradictory, but I know what you mean.
Think of it as a ripening process.
Sofa - "Why can't Obama make as simple a statement as that?"
How do you know what is being said or done via back channels?
Why would you want Obama or anybody for that matter, to telegraph anything at this point in time?
Should we also have Obama announce what's going with this:
Taliban leaders report progress in secret talks with the U.S. and Afghanistan
By C.M. Sennott
KABUL — Moderate leaders of the Taliban say they have quietly and steadily made progress in third-party talks between the active Taliban insurgency and representatives of the Afghan and U.S. governments.
Two Taliban leaders — who held high-ranking positions in the now-deposed Taliban government and who are directly involved in the talks — say they've recently established a framework of an agreement through the shuttle negotiations. They say the process has included contact with the spiritual leader of the Taliban, Mullah Mohammad Omar.
bagoh20 said..."We don't care who wins - they both suck."
That statement in itself tells everybody here that you have no idea what the fuck you're talking about.
Of course we do.
Why in the world would you not think so?
Moderate leaders of the Taliban ...
I like the term moderate Taliban. Are those the ones who don't execute women for showing a bare ankle but rather just beat the shit out of them?
Bart DePalma said..."Jeremy: You are free to provide an alternative explanation to Obama's enthusiastic 20 year attendance to hear Wright's anti-American screeds."
First of all, what the hell does Wright have to do with Iran. Second, are you saying all Wright talked about for 20 years was "anti-American screeds?"
"Obama's own ongoing apology tour for the United States"
This is straight out of the mouths of Rush, Hannit and the far right of the Republican Party. He's not "apologizing," he's trying to mend the fences Bush destroyed over a periof eight years. (Maybe if you read a nespaper now and then?)
"Obama's claim that an American President cannot be seen as "meddling" in the affairs of dictatorships as anything other than the old strain of blaming America first."
How do you come up with "blaming America first" when I say Obama should hold off on looking like he's "meddling" in Iran's affairs?
I don't even know what that means.
"Trying to blame Limbaugh for Obama's missteps didn't work for Obama a couple months ago and is not working for you now."
I'm not "blaming" Limbaugh or anybody for anything. I'm merely saying that everything you have posted has already been said, time and time again, by Rush, Hannity and other right wing talk show "entertainers." (It's the "everything Obama says or does" mantra the conservatives are hanging their hopes on.)
I suggest you get some new and if possible, "original" material.
>That statement in itself tells everybody here that you have no idea what the fuck you're talking about.
>Of course we do.
>Why in the world would you not think so?
Maybe because Mousavi was Khomeni's hand picked prime minister in the 1980s and helped found Hizzbollah.
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1905477,00.html?xid=rss-world-yahoo
(Baer is a bit of a nut but he has been there and done that so he is someone I tend to look to first for thaughts on the Middle East)
Hangs a sign around Jeremy's neck:
DO NOT FEED THE TROLL.
First of all, what the hell does Wright have to do with Iran.
Well they both hate America.
Second, are you saying all Wright talked about for 20 years was "anti-American screeds?"
Actually Wright said it himself. He admitted that he isn't ashamed of what he said because he preached the same kind of sermons for 20 years.
But you already knew that.
I think bagho20 has it: neither candidate looks to me like a breath of fresh air. Ahmadenijadh is a realtively known quanitity; Mousavi as a President is a complete unknown, but given his background in Hizbollah in the early 1980s, I would not have high hopes there. My belief is that unless there is some fundamental change in the mullahs and the bodies who apparently really control Iran, the President is a figurehead anyway. It may be down to "the devil we know..." Although I would have wished Obama to speak more forcefully about the general principle of self determination and condemnation of violence, I think the less said, the better. I see this as an exercise in damage limitation rather than opportunity promotion.
Hoosier Daddy said..."Moderate leaders of the Taliban ...I like the term moderate Taliban. I like the term moderate Taliban. Are those the ones who don't execute women for showing a bare ankle but rather just beat the shit out of them?"
Can I assume you're unaware of the history of the Taliban and how firmly linked they are to American policy in the Mideast.
Of course not; that would involve actually reading something before blathering on like a fool.
Roger J. said..."I think bagho20 has it: neither candidate looks to me like a breath of fresh air."
We're not dating these people. We're looking for some form of reasonable negotiation and diplomacy to cool things down in the Mideast.
But are you actually saying you just don't think there's any difference between the two, that it makes absolutely no difference who we're dealing with in Iran???
If so, you and the Bag Boy are in a world of your own.
Anthony - "Maybe because Mousavi was Khomeni's hand picked prime minister in the 1980s and helped found Hizzbollah."
Can I assume you don't remember or know that we were in bed with Saddam, Osama Bin Laden and the Taliban over a period of time?
And once again, I ask: Are you actually saying you see no difference between the two Iranian candidates?
Can I assume you're unaware of the history of the Taliban and how firmly linked they are to American policy in the Mideast
Sorry Jeremy I get my news from reputable sources rather than leftwing rags.
We're looking for some form of reasonable negotiation and diplomacy to cool things down in the Mideast.
Hey just give Iran a few more years and nuclear winter will cool the region down quite nicely.
Well, I hope you were complaining about it, as I was, during Bush's Presidency. The Legislature has been rolling over for the Executive Branch for at least 8 years.
What about taunting?
Hoosier - I notice that every time you can't respond in an educated manner, you resort to the "troll" routine.
Why not just admit you don't know your ass from a hole in the ground and move on?
Hoosier Daddy said..."Sorry Jeremy I get my news from reputable sources rather than leftwing rags."
This information isn't from left or right wing "rags." It's been reported for years.
Anybody who's ever read up on the matter knows we were in bed with Saddam, Osama and the Taliban.
How can you not know this?
Never mind...
Fair or not, the US has an almost universal perception amongst Iranians of meddling in Iran's internal affairs. That we picked up Britain's role in the "Great Game" right after WWII and continuing the use of Iranians as pawns.
So we have to be cognizant that Obama opining on which faction he preferred would be about as warmly received as Indians reacting to China endorsing a slate of Indian candidates they preferred or commenting on election results they disagreed with..
The good thing is the neocon talk about how we immediately needed to start a 3rd Major war with "effective surgical bombing strikes" on Iranian sites to help "Our Special Friend" has largely disappeared.
The Obama Team is properly focused more on the N Korean threat. That is a far more important matter than Iranian elections.
Best keep it in generalities.
1. We support the self-determination of the noble Iranian people in fair elections.
2. We support the right of the noble Iranian people to peacefully protest as part of their political processes.
3. We look forward to better relations with whoever is in power.
4. We support the right of Iranians to peaceful nuclear power, something we know both candidates stand for.
Actually Jeremy it really doesn't. At least not until the mullahs who actually run the show in Iran are hanging from the lamposts in Mussolini fashion. Then perhaps the educated and progressive Iranians can create a truly representative government that seeks peace rather than killing all the Jews and non-believers.
Well considering all you do is ask me to suck your dick what's the point?
Hoosier - "Actually Jeremy it really doesn't."
And once again you illustrate just how unread and thoroughly uninformed you really are.
You're as dumb as bag of rocks.
>That was 30 years ago.
A few posts ago you were telling people they were unaware of history, now I am being dammed for being aware of history.
>Can I assume you don't remember or know that we were in bed with Saddam, Osama Bin Laden and the Taliban over a period of time?
We really were not in bed with Saddam, more like we copped a few drunken feels at a frat party before going home with Israel.
OBL's role in the Afghanistan War is vastly overstated. He basically ran a hotel for jihadists.
I will give you the Taliban, that is what a realist foreign policy gets you sometimes.
In any event, who is left in government from the days when Hussein and OBL were sort of on our payroll? Not I decision maker I bet. As for the Taliban, they were oushed by the Clinton administration, so I guess there are some back in.
In any event, Mousavi is still Mousavi. He is better than Amedinijad, but be are not talking Nelson Mandella or Lech Welesa here.
Not quite a dime's worth of difference, maybe a nickel. My only real hope is that he might turn down the rheteric and maybe end the nuclear weapons program.
Assuming the mullahs are really in control of Iran, would someone suggest how we deal with them? Certainly not through either figurehead president IMO.
The Asian Times had an interesting piece several days ago about the mullahs, the council of experts, and the revolutionary guard. I don't have the link any more, but it was by some writer named Escobar I believe.
Ok Jeremy here you go. We backed Saddam against Iran just like France, Germany, Italy, Saudi Arabia and pretty much the rest of the Arab world did at the time. Only difference was in the grand scheme of actual support, look to the Euros who supplied the bulk of his weaponry whereas our ‘aid’ amounted to a lot of satellite info. His entire military was 90% Soviet supplied. But hey, we were in bed with Stalin too which I guess means FDR was really a commie sympathizer by your logic.
As for the Taliban and Osama, well yes we supplied arms to the Afghans in the 80s but then again, the Taliban really didn’t exist until 1994 when the Pakistan ISI propped them up. Prior to that they were just another hodgepodge of various Afghan and other Islamofascist radicals shooting up Soviets. So yeah you go ahead beat the myth that somehow we ‘created’ the Taliban. If you had two cells in that black hole you call a brain you could come to the conclusion that the Russians created the Taliban when they invaded Afghanistan in 1979 but it’s much easier to blame the US .
So anytime you want to have an educated debate you let me know however your past performance indicates I’ll probably just be asked to fellate you.
Sheese! It's amazing what kind of contortions some people go through to avoid saying "yea, you're right He's messing up here", even when it's painfully obvious.
If I understand the logic: we really would prefer the opposition to win, but can't say so, or they will lose.
And we can't even support democracy cause that will make the despots mad or something.
We need to just be quiet and let our preferred side be forcefully shut up and murdered.
So we want side B and we want democracy, but we can't support either.
Can the president at least come out in support of baby kittens or something. I don't even care what anymore, just grow a pair and say you stand for.... "hope and change" It worked before.
Wright's sermon on 9/11 epitomizes the left's view that the evil done by foreign terrorists and terrorist regimes towards us and their own people is the fault of America.
Well, there is also the black liberation theology, anti semitism and hatred of rich white folks.
He's not "apologizing," he's trying to mend the fences Bush destroyed over a periof eight years. (Maybe if you read a nespaper now and then?)
President Obama first toured Europe apologizing for what he perceives as shortcomings of the United States - for being arrogant, dismissive and derisive toward Euro surrender monkeys, for liberating Iraq from the Euro ally and mass murderer, Saddam Hussein, and for having the temerity to ask for passage through Turkey for the troops liberating Iraq.
There is one audience, though, with which the Obama apology tour has been a hit - the world's dictators. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wants an apology to Iran, Fidel Castro told admiring Dem Congress critters that he wanted an apology to Cuba, and the Venezuelan thug-in-chief Hugo Chavez demanded that Obama apologize to Japan for bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Obama said that an American President cannot be seen to be meddling in Iranian affairs with the implications that other non-American leaders like Sarkozy can take the Iranian theocracy to task and that American words would somehow justify further assault and murder in Iran.
Blaming America first.
This nonsense is in the same category as Carter scolding Americans for an inordinate fear of Soviet communism as if we were to blame for Soviet predations.
Obama speaking out could provoke the Mullahs which could have bad consequences
Which could lead to the Mullahs' undoing. See the Soviet military coup in 91. Of course, there was also Saddam's slaughter of Kurds and Shia earlier that year, after (only) verbal encouragement by GHWB. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Obama could threaten China with a long US recession and worthless US bonds if they don't fix NKorea, which they could without war. Since he's already doing that, this would be a freebie.
>Which could lead to the Mullahs' undoing. See the Soviet military coup in 91. Of course, there was also Saddam's slaughter of Kurds and Shia earlier that year, after (only) verbal encouragement by GHWB. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
I am going to sound like a broken record, but the difference is the history. The US and Iran have a long and negative history.
hdhouse said...
"The day liberals start showing Christianity as much deference and concern as they do Muslims I'll start taking them seriously. I'm sure that will be around the time Satan builds a snowman."
JesusChrist yet another war on Christmas.
knox said...
I don't know how to feel about this. I am not at all convinced there's even a better alternative in Iran.
hdhouse is back - as illiterate as ever.
Welcome back, old timer. I see you learned nothing.
A review of Mousavi's tenure as Prime Minister of Iran from 1981 to 1989 shows he's not our bestest buddy. Maybe the leopard has changed his spots, but I wouldn't bet on it.
bagoh20 said..."Sheese! It's amazing what kind of contortions some people go through to avoid saying "yea, you're right He's messing up here", even when it's painfully obvious."
"He's messing up here"...messing up WHAT??
And you base this on your extensive knowledge of what may be going on via back channels?
You work in the administration?
You've spoken to Obama?
All you're doing is repeating the same bullshit we can hear every day from the local wingnuts or the radio wingnuts who are against literally anything Obama says or does.
And it's based on absolutely no real information, only your opinion.
Bart - How many times have fallen off that bicycle?
Based on your insipid comments I would guess plenty.
Wright has something to do with Iran?
Obama, doing his best to resurrect American's reputation is really "apologizing?" (As if, even if he was, American has absolutely nothing to apologize for...right.)
And you think Obama should stick hi nose into the Iranian election process? SHould other countries do the same here?
And I still can't figure out what the fuck "blaming America first" even means?
When has Obama said or done anything that woulod relate to blaming America first during this situation?
"I am going to sound like a broken record, but the difference is the history. The US and Iran have a long and negative history."
Unlike that friendly cordial cold war we had with the Soviets before we successfully encouraged their downfall.
Thanks to Bush (and lets face it, it would not be so without him) and the stellar American military, Iran is surrounded by free Islamic democracies created by the U.S.
Therefore, I find it a little hard to believe we would be playing with fire to even suggest strongly with mere words that democracy is valuable and preferable for the country in the middle.
>Unlike that friendly cordial cold war we had with the Soviets before we successfully encouraged their downfall
The difference is that many people in the USSR and Eastern Europe looked to us for hope -- the average Iranian looks at us as an imperialistic power who supported the Shah.
Apearantly in Jeremy's fantasy Obama is talking (via back channels, maybe FOX News) with the mullahs, convincing them to give up power and let democracy flourish.
Maybe that Chicago politics flava IS the ticket. Those Islamists best check themselves. Big O in da house.
My point is that an over-reaction by the Mullahs can have a positive outcome for us (and Iran). In fact, it may be the only way they'll lose power. Will the Iranian people really blame US if the Mullahs slaughter hundreds in the streets? If they're that stupid, they've got the government they deserve.
"The difference is that many people in the USSR and Eastern Europe looked to us for hope -- the average Iranian looks at us as an imperialistic power who supported the Shah."
I hear ya, and I think that's true.
So we don't take sides, but we still stand up for the things that will eventually set them free, stabilize the region, and give freedom a chance to prove it's incredible power to keep the peace.
Even many Persians love and want those things. That they share with Russians, Checks, Poles, etc.
Bag Of Rocks - "Thanks to Bush (and lets face it, it would not be so without him) and the stellar American military, Iran is surrounded by free Islamic democracies created by the U.S."
Iran is "surrounded" by "free Islamic democracies created by the U.S.??"
Afghanistan, Pakistan...
Bag of Rocks - "Apearantly in Jeremy's fantasy Obama is talking (via back channels, maybe FOX News) with the mullahs, convincing them to give up power and let democracy flourish."
How would you possibly know different? And what would possibly make you believe we aren't communicating behind the scnes.
EVERY President has.
You're just coninuing to spout right wing bullshit as if it just has to be true...because YOU want it to be.
"How would you possibly know different?""
That's beautiful. I really can't embarrass you more than your own words do. Thanks man, you're good.
You really believe what I wrote? I was making fun of you. You know that, right? Never mind. You're kewl, and I think I love you. Your willingness to take risks, put yourself out there, be yourself, no matter what others think.
Seriously, let's hook up. We can be the greatest thing since Ann and Meade. I'm a top, BTW
Wally Ballou said...
Bag of Rocks - Right, you were just kidding.
Between you and Hoosier I don't know which one is more gutless.
Every time someone challenges your inane comments you resort to the old "gosh can't you tell when I'm just kidding" routine or the "you're a troll" so I don't have to explain myself bullshit.
If you can explain yourself or provide any rational response to your silly Obama attacks, do it.
Otherwise, fuck off.
Wow, Jeremy. You really have a hardon for strawmen, don't you?
I'm amused by the assumption you have that Obama is working those secret back channels. Got proof, other than your fervid fantasies?
But that's not, and has not been the issue. Obama, contrary to all those Euro leaders that you say admire him so much, has refused to make a simple, non specific statement of support for free expression and not getting your ass shot off for expressing it. I mean, damn. Even that moron Carter gave the Soviets a ton of grief over Afghanistan, canceling US participation in the Olympics.
Symbolic gestures are to be expected in this case. Obama dropped the ball on this one big time, coming across as cold and callous. Which he is, but that's beside the point. The stupidity of his reaction to this event is breathtaking in its scope and impact.
Your sycophantic ravings of defense for the indefensible are pretty breathtaking as well.
* Mousavi's external spokesman, Mohsen Makhmalbaf: "Ahmadinejad is the Bush of Iran. And Mousavi is the Obama of Iran."
* Henry Kissinger, the smartest person John McCain knows (his words, not mine), thinks Obama's line on Iran is just right.
Oh Wally, You can't really be that dense. You thought I can read Jeremy's dreams? I can't, but I bet I'm in them now.
Read the comments before you flame em.
Bob From Ohio said...
"But are you actually saying you just don't think there's any difference between the two, that it makes absolutely no difference who we're dealing with in Iran???
If so, you and the Bag Boy are in a world of your own."
A world shared by the President of the United States, it seems:
"But in a television interview later on Tuesday, the U.S. president let known his views and said he expected a tough time in any future negotiations with Iran no matter who was in the government.
"The difference between Ahmadinejad and Mousavi in terms of their actual policies may not be as great as has been advertised," he told CNBC.
"Either way we are going to be dealing with an Iranian regime that has historically been hostile to the United States," he added.
Bob - When Obama said: "The difference between Ahmadinejad and Mousavi in terms of their actual policies may not be as great as has been advertised," he told CNBC.
Are you inferring he doesn't feel there is "any" difference between the two?
Are you inferring he doesn't care who wins?
His comment is just another way for him to stay out of the way of the radicals that are champing at the bit for him to inject himself into Iranian affairs.
Unless you're a youngster who has never read anything relating to international politics, you should understand this.
Then again, most here apparently either don't or just refuse to even try.
chefmojo said..."Wow, Jeremy. You really have a hardon for strawmen, don't you?"
Saying Obama is "messing up" is a strawman argument?
Methinks you don't understand the term.
"I'm amused by the assumption you have that Obama is working those secret back channels. Got proof, other than your fervid fantasies?"
I'm basing it on the fact that every President in our nation's history have worked back channels.
Have you ever actually read a history book?
Do you really think our intelligence agencies aren't exploring every opportunity during this kind of situation?
Remember this guy?
-Henry Kissinger, the smartest person John McCain knows (his words, not mine), thinks Obama's line on Iran is just right.
You can't be that dense...then again.
Chef Boy Are You Dumb - "Symbolic gestures are to be expected in this case. Obama dropped the ball on this one big time, coming across as cold and callous. Which he is, but that's beside the point."
Good lord...now Obama is "cold and callous."
You wingnuts are completely out of your fucking minds.
Innocent people being killed for protesting a clearly stolen election and the leader of the FREE world says little.
I don't think he's cold and callous. That would take courage too.
Bambi is a deer in the headlights.
Oh, that's precious! A liberal invoking the name of Henry Kissinger to support his argument! A man considered in many quarters to be a genocidal maniac. No less than Christopher Hitchens would love nothing more than to have Kissinger brought before a war crimes tribunal. The guy who advised Nixon to invade Cambodia, run a secret war in Laos, mine Haiphong harbor and conduct the Christmas bombings of Hanoi "thinks Obama's line on Iran is just right."
Never thought I'd see the day.
Also, there are back channels and then there are effective back channels. Results are what matters, and so far Obama's mythical back channel efforts are resulting in pretty much nothing.
And all the while, when past administrations used back channels in this instances, they still found the balls to tell the bad guys that they were being bad. That their conduct was unacceptable. You're actually proud that Obama is proving himself to be a spineless, immoral coward before the rest of the world.
Bag of Rocks - So do you think if Obama says he wants them to stop rioting and wants there to be no more people killed...it will happen?
You sound like a little kid who believes in the Easter Bunny or Santa Claus.
How many people do you suppose were killed in China and North Korea during Bush's time in office.
Do you remember him ever telling them to stop?
Do you remember them ever listening to anything Bush said?
Here's something that might refresh your memory as to how "tough" Bush was:
Mr. Bush strongly repeated a demand that North Koreans pull back their conventional arms from their border with South Korea.
In the interview released today, Mr. Bush reiterated that he was willing to negotiate with North Korea, which he has called part of an ''axis of evil'' with Iran and Iraq. ''That's still on the table,'' Mr. Bush said.
Chef Boy Am I dumb - "Oh, that's precious! A liberal invoking the name of Henry Kissinger to support his argument!"
I invoke his name because he's a fucking hero of the right...and has a tad more international experience than YOU or anybody else here.
If HE thinks Obama is doing the right thing, who are YOU, some mini-brained twit sitting at a keyboard, to tell others what the President should be doing?
Quit whining and bitching and get back to what you know best: masturbation.
>the leader of the FREE world says little.
When I voted for John McCain, I was voting for President of the United States. I do not remember voting for teh leader of the free world.
When did I vote for that?"
I cut hdhouse slack nowadays. I'd be an irritable old fuck like him too if I was always shitting in my Depends when the nurse was out.
Thanks. I haven't laughed this hard in a month.
Ah, Jeremy. Resorting to time honored 'tard technique of the ad hominem attack when the pressure is on. It's to be expected, I suppose.
Kissinger as a hero of the right? I guess. Depends on your definition of "hero" and "right." Of course, you probably believe Nixon was a conservative, so working from that, I would have to distrust any definition that you would present.
Having dined with Dr. Kissinger on a number of occasions, I can indeed attest to his intellectual brilliance. But, in my experience, intellectual brilliance does not equate to flawless action and results, and often leads to disastrous decisions. Genius is oft times the downfall of the great and mighty.
Be that as it may. As an American citizen, it is my honor and duty to second guess the president. It's what a free people do. Having shown every indication that you're an infantile liberal fascist, I can understand why you would want to stifle dissent and debate.
Again, and without big words; Obama screwed the pooch on this one. He fucked up. Simple enough for you to understand, Jeremy.
"When I voted for John McCain, I was voting for President of the United States. I do not remember voting for teh leader of the free world."
Sorry, it comes with the territory. Regardless of what anyone wants. The world needs leadership in words backed up by conviction and action when the stakes get serious.
Nobody else has the ability to back up their words, we are the only ones anybody has to listen too. Everyone else can be ignored, as Saddam proved.
I voted McCain, because I knew that's what I was voting for.
But I was not voting for the CEO of GM, CITBANK, Chrysler, my health care..., did you, did anyone?
so far Obama's mythical back channel efforts are resulting in pretty much nothing.
Needs more fiber--moral, that is.
1jpb said...
BHO needs to learn that tough talk from American presidents has been a key factor to reform in other countries. Doesn't he remember how tough talk moved the Soviets and Saddam. You know, "tear down this wall", and "tear down that evil axis Saddam statue."
BHO doesn't know his history because he doesn't know that the Iranian leadership (as already happened to the Soviets, Iraqis, N Koreans, Iranians, and others who were spoken to toughly about democracy etc) will give in to our demands when the US president uses tough rhetoric. Tough rhetoric always works, Duh!!!!!
If only Bush new about this tough talking stuff, he could have really made some big time regime changes via jabber. Too bad he, like BHO, was not a tough talker.
How Obama continues to lose me.
It's not like he didn't warn us, is it?
"If only Bush new about this tough talking stuff, he could have really made some big time regime changes via jabber. Too bad he, like BHO, was not a tough talker."
Two complete regime changes from repressive to democratic. 1st Arab democracy in history. 50 million people freed. Just think about that for a minute. 50 million and all their future descendants. Not bad for the Great Satin lead by a "ChimpHitler". This was accomplished by sacrificing virtually all his political capital as many on the left like to point out as some kind of negative.
Is our current president willing to give up being loved to save non-voters? Just asking.
Bagoh20,
Iraq has been a democracy for a long time. Saddam received almost 99.9% of the voting portion of the now freed 50 million (sic) folks in his last election.
But, this newly freed Arab democracy is much mo betta. It's so touching how the new gov was more respectful to Iranian leaders than they were to Bush administration officials at the same time the Iranian gov was helping to kill Iraq's liberators, aka us.
BTW, are you planning to permanently relocate to the wonderful Iraqi democracy? They've had millions of folks (who happened to be a large percentage of the most economically valuable human capital) leave. And, they've had almost a couple million folks displaced internally as the country self-isolated to avoid being killed by rival groups. So, your help would be greatly appreciated. Especially if you let them know that you came from the country that freed them. Expect them to throw roses at you.
Or, maybe you better stick to banging away at your keyboard.
amba said...
We're too focused on the presidential superstar. Maybe it was appropriate that Congress, the representative branch of government, was the entity that spoke out for us. Even though Republicans drafted the measure, Democrats joined in. In the House it was 405 to 1. The sole dissenter: Ron Paul, and not because he doesn't feel for the Iranian protesters.
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1353074
|
__label__cc
| 0.509795
| 0.490205
|
Linda Greenhouse concedes that there is "an instinctive appeal" to the "notion" that "photography is an expressive medium."
But this notion — this instinct — that expression matters when society at large has decided to compel expression: She tells us to "consider the implications; florists and bakers are in court raising similar claims."
Bakers?! Isn't that like calling a fashion designer a seamstress? The "bakers" who are resisting government compulsion are wedding cake decorators. At some point, wedding cake decorating is an art, and maybe Linda Greenhouse thinks it's a low art, but please sit through this laborious demonstration of how to make a classic rose, by Toba Garrett, author of "Wedding Cake Art and Design" before using this kind of work as an example of an absurd implication of respecting photography as an expressive medium.
And I insist as well that before you look down your nose at "florists," that you sit through all 20 minutes of this demonstration of Ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arrangement:
Am I supposed to respect Linda Greenhouse's hackneyed legal-journalism expression in the commercial enterprise that is The New York Times? Consider the implications!
Where is the low and where is the high when it comes to expression deserving of freedom from government compulsion?
Greenhouse writes this insidious and actually quite disgusting sentence:
The notion that photography is not just any old business has an instinctive appeal, until you consider the implications; florists and bakers are in court raising similar claims, and the list of objectors and their objections would certainly grow if Elane [Photography] prevails.
A notion is a lightweight mental sensation. Instinct pulses from our lower brain. We may have these notions and instincts UNTIL we "consider... florists and bakers," but "consider" implies some serious contemplation, and Greenhouse's use of "until" suggests that she thinks that the instant we see the names of those lowly occupations — florists and bakers — we will shake off the notions and instincts and know that the "expression" template is wrong. But she hasn't considered it, and she doesn't expect her readers to consider it. She is whipping up snobbery for people who are engaged in expressive work.
And that saddest part of it is that Greenhouse wants us to reject negative attitudes about gay people. She's interested in their expression and their freedom, but why should we care about them and not photographers and flower and cake designers? The answer seems all wrapped up in a snobbery Greenhouse is displaying. The elite people have determined that gay people are not to be looked down on anymore.
But freedom of expression at the mercy of the good opinion of the elite is not freedom.
I was going to end this post with that line, but I'm stunned by Greenhouse's next phrase: "Despite its free-speech garb, the religious essence of Elane’s argument is clear...." This is horrifying, for at least 3 reasons: 1. The quick disparagement of expression rights as a flimsy coverup ("garb"). 2. The failure to recognize the interrelatedness of expression and religion — religion is expression and expression is often about or motivated by religion. (There's a reason free speech and freedom of religion were written into the same constitutional amendment.) 3. The most important speech is speech that has a core of deep and true belief, so if there's religious essence seeking protection under free-speech garb, the reasoning that begins with "Despite..." is garbage.
Posted by Ann Althouse at 1:32 PM
Tags: analogies, cake, flowers, free speech, homosexuality, law, Linda Greenhouse, nyt, photography, religion and government, RFRA, same-sex marriage
Real American said...
yes, we are free to do what we're told.
The most important speech is speech that has a core of deep and true belief, so if there's religious essence seeking protection under free-speech garb, the reasoning that begins with "Despite..." is garbage.
A quip expresses without pretense.
It takes the notion of artistry — something a Times writer holds at or near the same level of holiness as being gay — for said writer to comprehend that the government forcing expression might not be such a great idea. The only way to get this reactionary form of liberal to comprehend anybody's rights is to put them in the form of a special protected class. Being gay trumps everything! Wait -- there's potentially an artist involved? Hang on just a minute.
Free speech for me but not for thee.
The elitist way.
For very slight solace, remember that for centuries second rate self important people like Greenhouse have been rapidly forgotten. Or maybe it's no solace at all, because the damage they do can linger, and nobody is quire sure where it came from.
The reason that bakers don't do gay wedding cakes, and photographers don't do gay weddings, is that they're doing something they empathise with so as to enjoy the process.
Somebody might be good at weddings because he spots special moments between man and woman, enjoys capturing them.
It's not narrowly expressive but can be an art.
You get something out of it to look at the product.
I was noticing that Anne Hathaway is good at the double yes, a yes to her man and then a yes that says yes to that yes.
And the movie maker puts it in.
For that matter, is the New York Times still a newspaper? Or is it a how to manual for yuppies, complacent upper crusters and other wannabes of that ilk?
I still read the Times, or parts of it, but no longer is it my first read, and often not all. I see more than enough to be struck by how much of the paper is now given over to low quality thinking and urban consumerist fluff.
Richard Epstein says you want antidiscrimination when there's private or public violence that prevents competition from serving the market, not otherwise.
Go to somebody who does gay weddings. The yellow pages are full of possibilities.
You do better with somebody who likes it.
Unless your goal is to stamp out everybody who disagrees with your political truths. Which I think Epstein calls evil.
I've always said I really don't care one iota either way about gay marriage.
UNTIL a business gets sued out of existence for not being willing to provide services for a gay wedding. Or, and this is coming, (you know it and I know it) a church/minister/priest gets sued out of existence for not enthusiastically providing services to gay marriages, even though it goes against their religion.
Mike (MJB Wolf) said...
You are on a roll lately, Ms. Althouse! This is a fine example of you taking Greenhouse's output (I will not call her writing "art") far more seriously and thinking much deeper on "the implications" than her. It would seem ironic, given her credentials as a columnist, a/k/a a "thinking piece" producer, but her type of corporatist ethic is far too common nowadays.
PS - I like the new profile picture because you are not gazing off the page (or monitor, as it were). This present iteration of the Author Photo is comely and not over-serious.
Somehow, I get the feeling that the supporters of Same-Sex-Marriage are not simply looking for approval.
They are trying to do to their opponents what society and law has done to selling of cigarettes and smoking of tobacco.
They are trying to turn the full weight of social and legal pressure onto people, to shame those who disagree into silence.
To support and amplify Kevin's post (@ 1:57):
The Gay Mafia has already succeeded in pushing Catholic Charities out of the adoption business in Massachusetts, because they would not place children in households with single-sex marriages. The Gay Mafia (and many Liberals) would rather the children NOT be adopted than to "live and let live." Unfortunately, this Balkanization of services, such as "only Black families should raise Black children" has gained purchase in our society. It is the politicization of envy and a despicable trend, in my opinion.
More evidence that Greenhouse gas levels are rising.
MnMark said...
The new kinds of government coercion that we're going to see in the years ahead are going to be chilling.
The Left successfully imported a new population that can be counted upon to vote for socialism. At some point they'll have a Supreme Court full of Kagans and Sotomayers and an unbeatable electoral majority.
And they're going to have to use all that power because it takes a whole lot of coercion to try to contort a society into the forms of "equality" that progs believe in.
Already we're being forced to buy a product whether we want it or not. Forced to do business with people we don't freely choose to. Forced into silence by a leftwing version of McCarthyism that will get you fired if your political opinions are "racist", "sexist", or "homophobic".
This country is already soooo far from being "the land of the free" anymore...freedom has nothing to do with it when you have progressive fundamentalists on a crusade to make an "equal" society. It's going to be real bad.
DKWalser said...
Unless your goal is to stamp out everybody who disagrees with your political truths....
Make no mistake about it, this is the goal. They are after conformity, not tolerance. And they don't mind enforcing conformity with the full weight of the government.
Linda Greenhouse is with Justice Breyer; individual rights of free spech and religious expression cannot be allowed to stand in the way of the collective will.
"They are after conformity, not tolerance."
Which is why it is the height of foolishness to ever accept it when someone tells you they are after tolerance. They are not.
They want acceptance. Conformity. Tolerance is just the road they are paving.
There is an instinctive appeal to the notion that journalism is an expressive medium. There, FIFY.
They not only want to stamp out the opposition, they want those who remain to be enthusiastic supporters of "the cause" (sort of regardless of what the cause is, as long as it is a liberal cause).
We're one heart attack from all these 5/4 cases going the other way. Scary.
She should have used raiment for garb. Raiment connotes fancier clothing. So a despite would be appropriate. If the legal arguments aren't a bit dazzling, then why worry or write about them.
darrenoia said...
Call it a pipe dream, but 9-0 in the Hobby Lobby case (a la Hosanna Tabor — it could happen) would be the greatest thing to happen to American in a long time.
AA sure is giving out some spankings today!
Linda Greenhouse? Did someone say Linda Greenhouse
Spare me.
It isn't acceptable to have no opinion on gay marriage. You must not only accept it, you must celebrate it. You should throw your own gay pride parade every week and march in it proudly carrying a sign. Anything less than total celebration is considered homophobic and is grounds for them to try and destroy your career/
OKCupid may be in the business of love, but the online dating site has anything but tender feelings for Mozilla and its newly-appointed CEO.
In a letter published Monday on OKCupid.com but viewable only to those who try to enter the site using a Mozilla Firefox Internet browser, the company called out CEO Brendan Eich's past support of Proposition 8, a 2008 ballot initiative that aimed to ban same-sex marriage in California.
"Those who seek to deny love and instead enforce misery, shame, and frustration are our enemies," the letter reads in part. "[W]e wish them nothing but failure."
You can see a screengrab of OKCupid's message if you click here, but we've also reproduced it in its entirety below:
"Hello there, Mozilla Firefox user. Pardon this interruption of your OkCupid experience.
Mozilla’s new CEO, Brendan Eich, is an opponent of equal rights for gay couples. We would therefore prefer that our users not use Mozilla software to access OkCupid.
Politics is normally not the business of a website, and we all know there’s a lot more wrong with the world than misguided CEOs. So you might wonder why we’re asserting ourselves today. This is why: we’ve devoted the last ten years to bringing people—all people—together. If individuals like Mr. Eich had their way, then roughly 8% of the relationships we’ve worked so hard to bring about would be illegal. Equality for gay relationships is personally important to many of us here at OkCupid. But it’s professionally important to the entire company. OkCupid is for creating love. Those who seek to deny love and instead enforce misery, shame, and frustration are our enemies, and we wish them nothing but failure."
Professor - It was the freedom of expression issues that has bothered me about the lower-court decisions in these cases. How could the trial court not see that forcing a photographer (or, even a lowly cake decorator) to engage in speech was a violation of these individual's 1st Amendment rights? How could the appellate courts allow the trial courts' error to persist?
If the lower-courts' interpretation of the Constitution is to be believed, school children and exotic dancers have more 1st Amendment protections than do wedding photographers and cake decorators -- all because the photographers and cake decorators work for gain (the exotic dancers take their clothes off for free?!) and are therefore subject to the city or state anti-discrimination laws. One of the trial courts explained that the issue involved the conflict of two constitutional rights -- free expression and freedom from discrimination. (Where is that freedom from discrimination right found in the Constitution? It seems to be missing from my copy.) The court had no trouble in resolving this conflict in favor of freedom from discrimination.
So, in the past couple of years, we've learned that the 1st Amendment prevents schools from requiring students from wearing uniforms with slogans, such as "Don't do drugs". That would violate the students' 1st Amendment rights by forcing them to engage in speech. We've also learned that wedding photographers, cake decorators, and florists' 1st Amendment rights against being forced to endorse same-sex marriages are trumped by the couple's anti-discrimination rights. The contrast makes my head spin.
Sigivald said...
Anyone that doesn't think photography is expressive is welcome to explain why anyone hires photographers in the first place, for one.
It's baffling to even suggest the idea that it's not an expressive medium, if you've paid any attention at all, ever, to photographers going on and on about the aesthetic differences of lenses, film, lighting... let alone the issues of composition.
Nothing will insure people will support gay marriage like forcing them to do things in support of it. People love being made to do things. Really.
Why a decorator doesn't do a terrible job on the cake is confusing to me.
Linda Greenhouse has Pauline Kael's notebook.
Freedom is the opposite of 'one size fits all' nannyism. But nanny knows what's good for you and for all of us. She's from the Gov't and she's going to make sure your life is better than your own miserable instincts could ever carry you. So toe the line, respect your betters and do what you're told -- and decorate the damn cake while you're at it.
The Greenhouse view of society and an individual's freedom of action in it ultimately plays out like an episode of Upstairs, Downstairs, for those who remember that series. The lower sorts need to know their place.
If I was into necrophobia, bestiality, coprophobia, pedophilia, or any of the other various sexual perversions, I'd be pretty jealous of the homosexuals. They have managed to make the pursuit of their particular perversion look like some kind of holy crusade of justice.
gspencer said...
Would Greenhouse be okay with the idea of compelling a portrait artist, the kind using oils and brushes and easels, do a sitting for a homosexual couple?
The law can't force you to do anything you don't want; just take it private...
You have a strange definition of "private". A private photography business refuses to engage in a private transaction between the private photographer and a private couple and you say the state gets to force the private photographer to take pictures of a private ceremony because, had she accepted the job money would have changed hands. By that definition, no business is private. Everything is public and subject to government control.
I don't think entering commerce should force one to give up his or her constitutional rights. If that were the case, we could have shut down Playboy long ago.
Pianoman said...
I've done several weddings for friends and family, and I don't charge for those gigs. If I'm playing for someone I don't know, then I get paid like anyone else.
So what happens when my wife's cousin, who is a strong SSM advocate, decides to get married to her live-in girlfriend? Can I be compelled to play the service for free?
Is my situation somehow different from the bakers and photographers? If so, then why?
(Somehow, I think the answer is going to be "Because Shut Up")
Johanna Lapp said...
I definitely want the memories of my wedding day to be styled and captured by someone under duress.
It would be lovely, I'm sure, to have photos from an artist who can see the love light in my beloved's eyes and capture it with fondness, sensitivity, taste and infinite empathy.
But I'd gladly sacrifice those cherished memories to force some lesbiphobe Christian troglodyte to knuckle under and eat shit.
On every anniversary, I can page through that album and cherish the triumph of my spite. Because that's clearly the foundation for along and happy marriage.
Don't be whipped into fear.
Homosexual rights supporters never seem to be able to tell the difference between being repelled by something and being afraid of it.
Is anyone actually *afraid* of homosexuals? I doubt it. Homosexuals are not fearsome.
But if the activists recast the natural human repulsion towards a sexual perversion as "fear", they can ridicule the person and avoid the argument.
If a homosexual activist is having trouble understanding that, imagine that a coprophile said to you, "oh, you're a coprophobe. You're just afraid of people squatting over your face and taking a crap. Hey man, don't be whipped into fear!"
Then to top it off, imagine the coprophile insinuating that your "coprophobia" suggests that are probably a closet coprophile yourself.
That is a hobby, not a business.
Your wife is not bound by anti-discrimination laws and can choose to make cakes for whomever she pleases. They're gifts, not business products.
I'm not fearful. I'm asking a serious question (which you're not answering). Why doesn't the 1st Amendment protect business people's freedom of expression rights? How can a mere statute trump the Constitution? My point about my wife's hobby was that my close observation teaches me that cake decorating involves a lot of expression. It's not a mechanical task that is virtually devoid of expressive content, so I don't think you can dismiss the 1st Amendment argument by saying there is no "real" expression that would be burdened by requiring a cake decorator to accept all customers.
Keep it classy, Mark.
Are you suggesting that there is something "unclassy" about sexual perversions involving feces, children, dead bodies, or animals?
How judgmental of you! They just want to get pleasure with what they *love*! You hater!
If you respond to a commenter I always delete, I have to take your comment out too, but DKWalser said:
"Please help me understand why a neutral rule requiring public school students to wear uniforms with the slogan "Don't do drugs" is a violation of the students' 1st Amendment rights yet an ordinance that forces a cake decorator to use her expressive art to endorse a same-sex wedding is NOT a violation of the cake decorator's 1st Amendment rights. It may not be any more difficult to make a sugar rose for a same-sex wedding cake, but its also not any more difficult to put on a shirt with a slogan than it is to wear one with out a slogan. So, the difference CANNOT be found in the difficulty of the the task. If school children cannot be forced to express an innocuous slogan by merely wearing a shirt, I don't see how a cake decorator can be forced to make a cake specifically for a particular wedding. Perhaps you could explain the differing treatment for me.
"Full disclosure: My wife decorates cakes. She doesn't do it professionally, only for family and friends. Each cake takes more than a week. The colors, design, flavors, and decorations are each selected to create a unique celebration of the couple's union. She puts a lot of her heart and soul into each cake. It may not be high art, but the cakes are clearly expressions of her love for the couple. That wouldn't change for her if she were to accept commissions for her cakes. (She was offered more than $3k to make a cake for the friend of a friend. She said no. Had she said yes, would her 1st Amendment rights evaporated?)"
"Your wife is not bound by anti-discrimination laws and can choose to make cakes for whomever she pleases. They're gifts, not business products."
Stay amateur and they'll leave you alone, but professional artists are subject to repression?
Linda Greenhouse should be offered a fee to write an anti-gay rights screed, and then be compelled to do so by a court.
khesanh0802 said...
@ Hagar
I have been waiting for Pauline Kael to appear. Says it all. Congrats!
gerry said...
Can a cake baker/decorator turn away a biracial couple, because artistically the fancy flowers on their cake takes something more out of the artist's soul than designing a cake for two white people?
Race is not the same as sexuality. Race is not the same as behavior.
Race cannot be immoral. Behavior can be immoral.
If one fails to abhor a government that can force people to condone immoral behavior, to participate in celebration of immoral behavior, one has become morally incompetent and frighteningly illiberal.
""Your wife is not bound by anti-discrimination laws and can choose to make cakes for whomever she pleases. They're gifts, not business products."
Stay amateur and they'll leave you alone, but professional artists are subject to repression?"
Judging by your previous comment, I take it this means you always delete Mary?
I'll keep that in mind. I think I may have knew that already, but had forgotten.
rhhardin said:
This 1000x! Wedding photography is much more than lining up the members of the party and snapping a few group photos. The photographer must embed themselves in the entire event, from the behind the scenes prep up to the time the newlyweds leave the scene! Is it really that hard to understand that a deeply religious person might not want to spend their day at a SS wedding?
Why why why WHY would you trust the job to a photographer that doesn't really "get" what is going on? WHY?
I still fail to see the techical difference in lighting, shooting the joy in a heterosexual groom's face vs. a gay groom's face on his wedding day. Is there a special filter needed to hide the devil horns sprouting from the head of the latter?
Who gives a flip about the technical differences in photographing one type of wedding over another? The question is why government has any say in which weddings a photographer may or may not shoot. If I'm understanding your conception of the 1st Amendment protections correctly, those protections only exist outside of commerce.
I find that formulation absurd (which is why I have a hard time accepting you believe it). It's absurd because it would mean that successful artists - novelists, poets, sculptors, filmmakers, photographers, and, yes, cake decorators have no 1st Amendment protections. The Amendment is only protects hobbyists. It's like the Olympics, once you lose your amateur status, the government can regulate your speech.
Rosalyn C. said...
If the photographer/cake designer were true artists primarily concerned with "self expression" they would have expressed themselves through their art. What artist would not revel in the opportunity to freely express themselves in a paid commission?
But they did not do that because the fact is that they have turned these art forms into businesses requiring them to produce pleasing results for their customers, regardless of whether they like the customer or not.
I once worked as a picture framer -- that could be considered a form of expression as well because framing has a huge impact on the visual experience. We never ever turned down work because we had a problem with the art work we were framing. Why? Because it was a business. We always did the best work we could regardless if we hated the artwork or not. That's called being a professional.
Some animals are more equal than others...
madAsHell said...
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Professor - Thank you for preserving my comment. I'll try to avoid responding to that particular individual in the future.
"So Althouse supports gay marriage coerced on states that voted them down, but then complains when its supporters further demand the coercion spread to quash other freedoms."
Government — the state — must respect individual rights. I'm quite consistent about that.
Your point might make some sense if individuals were being forced to gay-marry.
Make a distinction between what is done to the individual and what is done to the state or you've made a horrible mistake.
Take away that mistake and you should see how very right I am.
Technically, it's a "side business" for me. It's not a "hobby". I am required by law to purchase an annual business license in my city, and I file Schedule C for my music gigs.
Therefore, I am "in business" as a musician.
So I'll try again: Can I be forced, by law, to play for a same-sex wedding?
If so, how does this square with the 13th Amendement?
If not, then what is the difference between me and a wedding photographer?
@Althouse, so what is the practical recourse? Force the photographer or baker to "perform"? What if the results are not what you deem acceptable? Are they now subject to hate crime laws? Or do you sue them after the fact for "discrimination and/or emotional distress" or some such? Would the civil rights division get involved? If this is a discrimination issue, then it should apply to all including those in the "arts" equally but again, what is your recourse if you don't approve the results?
Johanna said:
"But I'd gladly sacrifice those cherished memories to force some lesbiphobe Christian troglodyte to knuckle under and eat shit."
I was struggling to put together a similar sentiment - but I don't have to since you've done a hell of a job with that sentence. Fabulous!
I also suspect that some SS couples getting married hire TWO photographers: one gay friendly to do the "real" job. The second is the hapless conservative photographer that gets raked over the coals just because they can.
R. Chatt: As a picture framer, you would take any job for money? No lines that, as a professional framer, you would not cross? Rape porn? Snuff porn? Kiddie porn? Peeping-tom cameras? Race hate? Threatening images?
And therefore no professional framer could legitimately draw a red line of conscience where you would not?
It does seem absurd. People turn down gigs all the time. Do you need to give a reason?
Obviously a cake decorator shouldn't be forced to design a vulgar cake.
It seems like the reason given for declining one's services is the sticky point.
What if it's a Muslim photographer and he doesn't approve of Christians or Jews? Can he/she exert the right of self expression?
Marty Keller said...
The fascist/communist totalitarians of the last century always co-opted art. Who controls the medium controls the message. The pomo soft fascists at the NYT and other elements of the leftist nomenklatura drool over the prospect of exerting similar control over both content and expression. It's a real race now to see if we will let them prevail in the long run.
the Gaystapo is out of control. if you disagree, DISAGREE, with them, you're not allowed to make a living. Fuck that shit and fuck them.
Greenhouse is a pernicious airhead. There was actuallly a thoughtful piece on the photography case in the NY Times last November which provided more information about the photographer and what she does than I've seen elsewhere, like this:
"In asking the Supreme Court to hear her challenge to the law, Ms. Huguenin said that she would 'gladly serve gays and lesbians — by, for example, providing them with portrait photography,' but that she did not want to tell the stories of same-sex weddings. To make her celebrate something her religion tells her is wrong, she said, would hijack her right to free speech."
"Ms. Huguenin says the government should not be allowed to compel her to say something she does not believe — that same-sex weddings should be celebrated. For the same reason, she says, she would not want to work on a fictional film about a same-sex marriage even if the actors were straight.
Most courts, to say nothing of serious photographers, agree that photography is expression entitled to First Amendment protection. Ms. Huguenin composes and selects images, arranging them in picture books that tell the stories of memorable days. But there are stories that she does not wish to tell."
How can that not be seen as an "expressive" activity?
Google Kaley Cuoco wedding cake if you don't think cake decorating is an art.
richard mcenroe said...
Mozilla just fired Eich to placate the gays. I just dropped Firefox.
A rational person, rather than forcing a business to do something, or sueing them if they say no, would merely find a business that was willing to do what they wanted, and then tell all their friends to avoid one business and use the other.
@Althouse, so what is the practical recourse? Force the photographer or baker to "perform"?
Yes dammit! And lump it. That's what I'm hearing here. But it's bad for gay political optics and will eventually accrue to a majority negative opinion.
"n a letter published Monday on OKCupid.com but viewable only to those who try to enter the site using a Mozilla Firefox Internet browser, the company called out CEO Brendan Eich's past support of Proposition 8, a 2008 ballot initiative that aimed to ban same-sex marriage in California."
This whole gay marriage thing is opening a very nasty can of worms. The CEO of Mozilla responded that they have clients in other countries that abhor gay marriage and, for that matter, homosexuality. This may come to a purely American business that tows the line of the gay inquisition and another business using Indonesian and Indian programmers and other employees. Is that what the Inquisition wants ?
The CEO donated $1000 to Prop 8. The gay mafia harassed waitresses who donated $5 to the same cause. They may have lost their jobs if the employer was cowardly enough.
This will have ramifications far beyond West Hollywood and New York City.
The English language is poorer and our time is wasted by people who cannot be concise. They must equate complexity and convolution with intelligence.
"Stay amateur and they'll leave you alone."
A: What factual basis have you for that assertion, Ann?
B: And why should anyone have to pass a political correctness test to do what they love professionally?
The Mozilla CEO has now resigned so the gay mafia got their pound of flesh. I wonder how many programmers and staff will lose their jobs when he opens another company in another country that is more tolerant ?
John henry said...
If you like, I could rant about wedding cakes and that horrible chewing gum they all seem to be covered in these days.
Hasn't anyone heard of frosting?
But that is by the by.
I too find it amazing that a baker could be forced to bake a cake against their will for a gay couple. That is the progressive society we live in though. Sigh...
Would this work as a solution if I run a bakery? I print up the following:
I will follow the law and bake wedding cakes for all comers.Your order will be accepted without question.
I need to inform you that I believe that marriage is a blessed sacrament between one man and one woman. The blessedness of the event inspires my creativity and artistic abilities.
Weddings that are not one man/one woman will not inspire those abilities. The cake will be of high technical quality but will have about as much inspiration baked into it as a Little Debby cake purchased at Walmart.
(Signed) John R Henry
By signature below, the purchaser agrees that they have read and understand the above.
Signed ___________
Would I be in danger of getting hit with a hate speech suit?
Or perhaps a sign in the shop:
We do not believe in SSM. We will bake your cake but here are some other bakers in the area who do believe in SSM. We recommend that you check them out.
As several others have pointed out, I have no real beef with SSM. My beef is with being forced not to merely tolerate it but to love it.
Fuck the fascist queers.
The majority of you non-fascist gays and lesbians I have no problem with.
"The Management"
tolkein said...
If you can lose your job because of past political donations, how can publishing individual donations be allowed going forward? Are employers allowed to ask about political donations as part of their hiring process? The example of the CEO of Mozilla should be chilling for free speech expression in the future
Deirdre Mundy said...
First of all - I'm a professional writer. I write for clients, they pay me. On the other hand, I'm not much of an 'artist.' Or, when I'm making 'art' I'm not getting paid.
So, in Greenhouse's opinion, could I be forced to take on a client who wanted me to write something that I found morally abhorrent, just because I'm not an artist but a mere craftsman? Is my speech only protected if it's somehow special and artistic? I missed the part of the constitution where only sufficiently arty speech was protected.
Secondly - It's true that my anti-gay marriage beliefs are religious in nature (I think there's also natural law involved, but lets leave that aside for now.)
But what about Greenhouse's pro-gay-marriage beliefs? Is there a scientific basis for them? If you're being PURELY RATIONAL and not allowing for any religious or spiritual beliefs, why should any form of non-procreating pair-bond be given special status? From a purely Darwinian perspective, how is gay marriage a good thing?
Doesn't Greenhouse's preferred government position amount to choosing one religious/spiritual/irrational belief (Gay marriage is sacred!) over another (Gay marriage is not marriage!)? So, why isn't forcing the photographer to participate in Greenhouse's religious ritual contrary to the first amendment?
The problem seems to be that Greenhouse cannot separate laws from feelings. Perhaps she should stop writing legal articles and write novels instead.
RecChief said...
@Althouse - I'm surprised at your apparent surprise for the tactics of the Left in this country
Skeptical Voter said...
R. Chatt said:
"We never ever turned down work because we had a problem with the art work we were framing. Why? Because it was a business. We always did the best work we could regardless if we hated the artwork or not. That's called being a professional."
Out at the Mustang Ranch brothel in Nevada, they never turn down business even if they don't like the "client" --er "john". That's called being a professional.
I mean that's where your argument leads.
There's a whole tricky area in the public accommodation cases where certain businesses literally have to take on all comers. But there remain a wide range of businesses that are not yet, and should never be, treated as public utilities or common carriers.
Tolkien- I suppose we need to include "political activities" as a protected category?
I fear that the Gay Rights crowd has decided to take a page out of Robespierre's book. Perhaps, if they can bear the Eurocentric history, they should also take a look at how Robespierre ended.
The 'raze, burn, and salt' school of politics often inspires a backlash. Better to be humane in victory.
If it was me, I'd lace the wedding cake with syrup of ipecac. Good thing I don't know how to bake a cake from a mix, much less make a rose from frosting.
Not that I have anything against gay marriage (though I continue to regard the word "marriage" as being less about being married and mostly about sticking a thumb into Christian eyes), but I have a lot against legal compulsion.
I still think the "You're Going to Burn In Hell" wedding cake, as an act of civil disobedience, if you will, brings into focus that wedding cakes are speech and artistic expression, and what Greenhouse is advocating is not only about limiting speech, it's about compelling speech.
"how can publishing individual donations be allowed going forward? "
This is why the left is so hostile to the PACs that don't have to disclose donors. They want to try to drive them out of the political arena, leaving only George Soros and Tom Steyer.
"I once worked as a picture framer -- that could be considered a form of expression as well because framing has a huge impact on the visual experience. We never ever turned down work because we had a problem with the art work we were framing. Why? Because it was a business. We always did the best work we could regardless if we hated the artwork or not. That's called being a professional."
What if the artwork showed child pornography, or a light-hearted depiction of barnyard bestiality.
But that was your choice, and perhaps you were never confronted with something that bothered you a great deal. What if someone wanted to frame Nazi memorabilia? What if someone wanted to frame a picture he took of your teenage daughter naked?
If it can be copyrighted it's an expressive medium.
Thought experiment: if a gay couple for whatever reason chooses to engage a Christian photographer to shoot their wedding and the photographer refuses and said couple push the matter as a discrimination issue thus forcing the photographer to take the pictures you could have a situation where the photographer can refuse to give the couple the pictures as the photographer has a copyright on the pictures. The photographer is the author of the work and until he/she signs a work-for-hire agreement or otherwise assigns the couple the copyright what you have in principal is a Mexican standoff. Come to think of it the same applies to a baker. The threshold for a unique expression for copyright purposes is very low.
@garage: It does seem absurd. People turn down gigs all the time. Do you need to give a reason?
I guess I could lie, and say that I'm busy every single day for the next year. Why should I have to do that? I'm not allowed to tell the truth?
The act of attending a wedding is endorsement of it. I consider playing for a wedding to also be an endorsement. What if I don't want to endorse your wedding, but I want to endorse a different wedding? Can I be compelled to endorse a SSM wedding?
So if I say the reason I'm not doing it is that I don't feel like doing weddings anymore, I'm in the clear. But if the reason I'm not doing it is because I don't endorse SSM, then I have violated someone's civil rights.
To protect myself legally, I'll be forced to lie, in other words.
You know what? Ann is right. I'll just declare to the world that I no longer want to be paid to play weddings. Then I'm in the clear, because I'll be an "amateur".
Lucien said...
Let's play law professor & make up hypotheticals. Suppose someone is in the business of doing something that expressly involves the expressive use of speech, like writing & performing wedding toasts or poems.
Is their freedom not to speak in any specific instance undone by revelation of their motive for declining to do so?
Does it make any difference whether their declination is motivated by secular or religious considerations?
"'... the state — must respect individual rights.' Except the right to define 'marriage.'"
You need to distinguish government power from individual rights, which are superior to government power. The state may seek the power to restrict marriage to those who fit the traditional idea of marriage or the dictionary definition of marriage, but that cannot beat the individuals' rights, which are what have won here, so there is NO exception. It's completely consistent.
"And your new right comes with shackles, as you are discovering."
No. I am supporting rights in both situations, and I'm being strong on rights, consistent on rights, and I am trying to teach you about rights. This is my work as a law professor, and I intend it quite staunchly.
"'Make a distinction between what is done to the individual and what is done to the state or you've made a horrible mistake.' Only on paper. No one cares about that, however. They make it up as they go along."
I am using my digital paper to hold their metaphorical feet to the fire. This is my agenda, I devote myself to it every day, and I am quite hardcore about it, and will fight to the end.
"You may be correct as you've laid out in a rational argument, but the world works differently than that."
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
"'Take away that mistake and you should see how very right I am.' And that's where Greenhouse trumps Althouse."
I'm not going to help you with your dismal depression. I think you are so intent on suppressing gay people that you don't even want to think accurately or care about the fact that some people really do care. It must suck.
Lucien: You should differentiate between those who express their art freely, versus those who are paid to do so.
Apparently that's a big deal.
FWIW, a lot of "art" in the past blurred the line between the sacred and the profane. This is not actually a new idea or theme. There are plenty of artists who have struggled with rejection because their personal beliefs conflicted with prevalent attitudes. The artists usually weren't religious enough for popular opinion.
This current controversy is just a variation in the opposite direction with the "artist" being more conservative than the patrons. Perhaps the wedding photographer should advertise as specializing in heterosexual weddings, as was already suggested, as a disclaimer. I don't know if that's legal but it would also alert many people to their forte as well as their weakness.
Bottom line, if you open a public business you are obligated to serve the public and that includes LGBT.
Furthermore, the Bible says nothing about gay marriage, the prohibition is towards gay sex. So that would entitle religious people to lots of discrimination: a hairdresser to not cut the hair of a gay or lesbian, a landscape designer to not create a garden for a gay or lesbian, all because their religion forbids their customers' sexual activities.
I don't think there is a one size fits all forcing people to do something they find offensive, and on top of that people's attitudes change. "... where is the political movement to insist that devout Catholics do not have to cater the second weddings of previously divorced people?" asks Andrew Sullivan. He continues, "It seems to me that the acid test for the new bills being prepared by the Christianist right with respect to religious freedom and marriage is whether they are discriminatory against gays and straights alike. Currently, they don’t begin to pass muster on that front. Until they do, the presumption that they are motivated by bigotry rather than faith is perfectly legitimate." (http://dish.andrewsullivan.com/2014/02/19/religious-liberty-or-anti-gay-animus/)
No. I am supporting rights in both situations, and I'm being strong on rights, consistent on rights, and I am trying to teach you about rights. This is my work as a law professor, and I intend it quite staunchly. "
I'm not trying to be provacative regarding gay rights-I have gay relatives and don't wish to see their rights diminished but the artistic-expressive matter is also a matter of intellectual property rights.
"I think you are so intent on suppressing gay people that you don't even want to think accurately or care about the fact that some people really do care. It must suck."
I don't give a shit about gay marriage and I have no intention of "suppressing" them. I have spent hours sewing up their anuses after a night of fun and have had to tell quite a few that they had AIDS back when there was no treatment.
Several of my friends were gay doctors who died early in the epidemic. Marriage as an issue came up more recently and I believe it is a fad related to concerns about fidelity among male gay couples. One very nice nuclear engineer told me he couldn't possibly have AIDS because he had been in "a committed relationship" for ten years.
It was sort of like the woman Christian Scientist with breast cancer. She said, "Not only do I lose my breast but I lose my religion."
I suspect I have had my hands in the bellies of more gay people than you know, Ann. The SSM issue will bear bitter fruit internationally.
Ignorance is Bliss said...
And I insist as well that before you look down your nose at "florists," that you sit through all 20 minutes of this demonstration of Ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arrangement
This version is shorter.
Superb post, Professor A. Thank you.
And another thing....
Can someone explain at what point cakes and wedding photos became REQUIRED for actually becoming legally hitched? For a wedding to happen - you need:
An approved wedding application to prove you are able to marry the person (not a relative nor already married)
And an official with the authority to wed the two people.
Finally, in some states, you need a witness.
That's it. If you can't find an official willing to do a SSM - well THAT's a problem. But not getting a cake from a specific place? How does that get in the way of getting married?
Doesn't the cake thing boil down to an item for the RECEPTION, not the wedding...the legal act itself?
"(you should retire already, dr. mike. try to find some joy in your remaining years and let sick patients find better care... haven't you made enough yet to get out and do what you enjoy?)"
I have retired although I doubt they will find better care. My students seem enthusiastic so I continue. You have a nice day, hon.
I can see why she deletes you.
Normalization of one dysfunctional behavior, no matter how well-intentioned, to the selective exclusion of others, has created a moral hazard which will need to be reconciled. The progressive adoption methodology proposed by Professor Volokh et al is only valid in a homogenous population where there exists an overwhelming consensus or coercive force. It's not a coincidence that homosexual behavior was normalized through executive and judicial decrees. This issue has not been settled.
Wow, that's super depressing about Mozilla. How can someone be held hostage for something they did 6 years ago? Back when Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton agreed with him? Anyone have a better browser to recommend?
The modern Left loves to overload its analogies. What we morally once owed to the blacks we now owe to women, to Latinos, to Native Americans, to Asians, etc. and now to the LGBT crowd.
The big problem with this approach is that once an analogy overloads & "breaks", the social world doesn't just return to the status quo ante. Oh no, as Marx would be the first to them if they ever read him, when that thesis combines with that antithesis to give you a synthesis, the world has irrevocably changed. What was before cannot be again.
When the discourse of "the oppressed group" becomes socially unworkable, it won't just be the last oppressed group added to the list that'll get deleted. The whole edifice will come tumbling down. "Oh wait, if being force to take pictures of gay weddings violates free speech & right of free association, what about all those onerous & unworkable EEOC regulations?"
But the Left never understood that the Perfect was the enemy of the Good, from its birth in the French Revolution onward.
Paddy O said...
"Soviet math."
There goes Pogo again with his insane anti-communist rants.
Darleen said...
How can someone be held hostage for something they did 6 years ago?
Because same-sex "marriage" advocate agenda was never really about so-called "marriage equality".
Those nicely starched shirts with the rainbow shoulder patches are such a wonderful shade of brown, don't you think?
" Anyone have a better browser to recommend? "
I don't know anything about his plans but there is a big world that doesn't like gay marriage. It is almost as intolerant as the gay lobby. Charles Krauthammer once said of Rupert Murdoch, :he found a niche market that had 50% of the population." Another browser could find 80% of the world population as a niche market.
I'm a libertarian and, in spite of the nice lady's comment, I really don't care about gay marriage. To her credit, the hostess seems to notice the tension between tolerance and freedom.
"I will be removing Firefox from every computer I own. I encourage every reader of this site to do the same."
It's begun.
JPS said...
Birches:
"How can someone be held hostage for something they did 6 years ago? Back when Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton agreed with him?"
Because they didn't mean it, and their supporters know it. It's sort of like Bill Clinton signing a law that it was US policy to seek regime change in Iraq. All depends on who's doing it.
(Darleen sort of beat me to it….)
@Birches - Google Chrome. I switched from Firefox two years ago, more's the pity. I would take such great pleasure in uninstalling it right now.
"I will be removing Firefox from every computer I own. I encourage every reader of this site to do the same." .... It's begun.
This will be the nail in the coffin for Firefox, which is losing in the browser wars. The Mozilla Foundation was having a hard time holding on to the programmers needed for new releases in any case.
Firefox doesn't just appear like Internet Explorer on a PC. It's got to be installed, and by someone who wants it & knows where to find it. In other words, because some geek took the time & effort to install it.
While probably a good chunk of the IT community probably supports SSM (geeks generally lean libertarian of some stripe or another), they'll find the idea of dragging some guy's past politics out into the open & firing him because of it morally abhorrent. Most of all, most of them know that they, too, hold non-PC thoughts that could be used against them in a pinch, and this hits too close to home.
We have Chrome, but my spouse and I like to use different browsers so we can stay signed into stuff on "our" browsers. Chrome was his; Firefox was mine.
I just downloaded Opera. I'll try it out.
I used to use Opera a lot. Maybe it's time for a look again.
I uninstalling Firefox and going to give Maxthon a try.
"We have Chrome, but my spouse and I like to use different browsers so we can stay signed into stuff on "our" browsers. Chrome was his; Firefox was mine. "
Funny, my wife and I do the same exact thing. I use chrome, she uses firefox.
Ann Althouse said "You need to distinguish government power from individual rights, which are superior to government power."
Unless, of course, a Helen Lovejoy-esque "think of the children" angle can be invoked, right Professor?
What about pedophile rights?
Bruce Hayden said...
Cuban Bob beat me to it. Original expression is required for copyright protection. This is black letter IP law. And photography, in particular, has long been accepted as having sufficient original expression to qualify for copyright protection. So, how can you argue that an activity has enough expression for copyright protection, but not free expression under the 1st Amdt?
Problem with dumping Firefox is that the major competitors have their own problems. IE (aka Internet Exploder) is owned and controlled by the Evil Empire. You see it in a lot of little ways, including its frustrating tendency to switch its default browser back to Bing. But does anyone really trust Google either?
On PCs, I am a lone time Firefox user, partly because of its ability to be customized. But that has its downside, as all the recent upgrades keep making many of the add ons incompatible. Most recently, The Session Manager is broken on my desktop machine, and I have to enable Java whenever I try to use the USPTO's PAIR and EFS systems. I am using Chrome a bit now on my laptop, and it is my primary browser on my iPad. It still seems to have stability problems, and isn't as customizable yet as Firefox. And, I use IE on my Windows machines when Firefox and Chrome don't work.
AntiBathos said...
The Obama legacy is that modern liberalism has reconnected with its fascist roots. Christians, Jews, climate denialists, meat-eaters, heteronormative breeders, tea baggers must be exterminated for freedom and diversity to flourish.
Nice Dalek cake!
"Bottom line, if you open a public business you are obligated to serve the public and that includes LGBT."
Bottom line, laws are being passed that require that.
The question is, will there be a backlash against forcing people to act against their faith as a precursor to engaging in commerce.
The Phil Robertson case in the not so distant past would seem to indicate that there is some potential for one. On the other hand, most of the people who dominate politics, business, and arts in our society see people who are against SSM as immoral bigots who deserver whatever they get. Civil rights be damned.
In a pre-internet age, this would already be a done deal. But now the hoi polloi can bypass the cultural gate keepers and are able to discover they are not alone.
It seems so self-evident that this compulsion of speech is abhorrent to the constitution that I wonder how left-wingers can argue themselves into thinking it's a good idea. All the reverse-polarity analogies in the world don't seem to open their eyes.
In trying to understand how otherwise sane people could support this kind of conscription, I notice the near inevitability that given enough time (and it never takes long in any debate), they will invoke a comparison to Jim Crow and the African American struggle for civil rights. It's clearly not an accident. They sincerely (if erroneously, in my view) believe that the cause of gay marriage, unheard of and unremarked in the history of the world before perhaps 20 years ago, has risen to the same level of civil rights struggle as African Americans engaged in half a century ago.
So, to the gay rights crowd, the baker turning down the gay marriage gig is pretty much equivalent to separate lunch counters and water fountains. Never mind that the Jim Crow laws were actually laws, enforced by the government, that needed to be overturned, and that the baker is simply an individual trying to abide by his conscience. The Civil Rights era showed us that individual consciences are sometimes wrong, and sometimes the government is justified in steamrolling them. If it was true in those cases, it must be true in these cases as well. Once again, a minority group finds itself subject to being treated differently than it wishes to be treated, so once again, government force must be invoked to compel people not to discriminate.
It boils down to whether you believe that any and all forms of discrimination ought to be subject to government compulsion, or whether freedom of conscience should trump that in all but the rarest and strictest cases. It seems obvious enough to me that it should be the latter, but the leftists clearly feel otherwise.
I wonder if they will have a leg to stand on when the government decides somewhere down the road that religious believers themselves are a protected minority class, and any university that receives public funding will have to make every effort to ensure that minority religious beliefs are represented in science departments.
"Make a distinction between what is done to the individual and what is done to the state or you've made a horrible mistake."
Jim Crow was a system of racial discrimination, enforced by laws and government policies. The way was open for the federal government to strike down those State laws and end those State policies. Instead, the federal power was used to attack the individual rights of free association and private property.
In particular, the invidious distinction was created, between property used in business and property otherwise employed. The full implications of this grotesque travesty are yet to be explored, but the exploration proceeds apace. Althouse, you make money from this blog. That makes it nothing more than a public convenience, which you operate at the sufferance of the State. By what right do you delete comments? How dare you choose who you will or will not serve?
I am thinking about looking into Opera myself, except, some faint voice of reason keeps asking, what is the point of boycotting free software?
So the Elane case was supposed to have been on the SCOTUS agenda yesterday - YET no news anywhere! What happened?
jaed said...
Sullivan:
[...] where is the political movement to insist that devout Catholics do not have to cater the second weddings of previously divorced people?
Is there a political movement to insist that devout Catholics do have to cater the second weddings of divorced people?
I might be leading a sheltered life, but has any previously divorced couple insisted that a devout Catholic must cater their wedding, bake cakes, take photos of the ceremony, etc.? Anyone been sued? Has any court ruled that devout Catholic cake decorators who fail to fully and enthusiastically comply with such requests face jail time?
Is this actually a thing, or is Sullivan making stuff up again?
More interestingly, does anyone who believes that cake decorators and photographers should be threatened with closure of their business, jail, and so on for refusal to service same-sex weddings also believe that similar consequences should befall devout Catholic who refuse to provide services for the wedding of divorced people? (Recalling that their religion teaches that marriage after divorce is no marriage at all, and therefore that such a ceremony isn't something they can participate in in good conscience.)
Not going to happen. The three "Justices" lacking a Y chromosome worship the State, and will have no Gods before the State.
However, we might have 6 - 3, with Breyer saying the Federal Government did not select the "least restrictive" method to advance their "compelling interest".
Sorry Ann, but your distinction makes no sense.
You want to "marry" your sister, your same sex lover, your dog, a 12 year old, or three people at once? Go right ahead.
You want to force the rest of us to honor your "marriage", and pretend your "marriage" is just as valuable to society as is a normal heterosexual marriage to another adult who is not related to you?
No you're imposing on OUR rights.
You want to force your company to give you the benefits they chose to give heterosexually married couples? No you're trampling on the rights of the people who run the company.
You want to force the State government to give the tax breaks previously reserved for heterosexual married couple, to same sex couples? How is that a matter of "individual rights"?
We have a huge pile of sociological evidence that heterosexual marriages benefit society, and as such it makes sense for society to give those marriages benefits.
We've got zip showing the same sex marriages give society the same benefits. So, lacking those benefits, why in the world should we give any?
You want to call yourself "husband and husband"? That's a matter of your individual rights.
You want to force me to pretend that you're really married, and that I should consider your marriage valid? Now you're trampling over MY individual rights.
But that's what you're supporting.
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1353075
|
__label__wiki
| 0.565863
| 0.565863
|
Vows Made by Women
30 Then Moses said to the heads of the tribes of the Israelites: This is what the Lord has commanded. 2 When a man makes a vow to the Lord, or swears an oath to bind himself by a pledge, he shall not break his word; he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.
3 When a woman makes a vow to the Lord, or binds herself by a pledge, while within her father’s house, in her youth, 4 and her father hears of her vow or her pledge by which she has bound herself, and says nothing to her; then all her vows shall stand, and any pledge by which she has bound herself shall stand. 5 But if her father expresses disapproval to her at the time that he hears of it, no vow of hers, and no pledge by which she has bound herself, shall stand; and the Lord will forgive her, because her father had expressed to her his disapproval.
6 If she marries, while obligated by her vows or any thoughtless utterance of her lips by which she has bound herself, 7 and her husband hears of it and says nothing to her at the time that he hears, then her vows shall stand, and her pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand. 8 But if, at the time that her husband hears of it, he expresses disapproval to her, then he shall nullify the vow by which she was obligated, or the thoughtless utterance of her lips, by which she bound herself; and the Lord will forgive her. 9 (But every vow of a widow or of a divorced woman, by which she has bound herself, shall be binding upon her.) 10 And if she made a vow in her husband’s house, or bound herself by a pledge with an oath, 11 and her husband heard it and said nothing to her, and did not express disapproval to her, then all her vows shall stand, and any pledge by which she bound herself shall stand. 12 But if her husband nullifies them at the time that he hears them, then whatever proceeds out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning her pledge of herself, shall not stand. Her husband has nullified them, and the Lord will forgive her. 13 Any vow or any binding oath to deny herself,[a] her husband may allow to stand, or her husband may nullify. 14 But if her husband says nothing to her from day to day,[b] then he validates all her vows, or all her pledges, by which she is obligated; he has validated them, because he said nothing to her at the time that he heard of them. 15 But if he nullifies them some time after he has heard of them, then he shall bear her guilt.
16 These are the statutes that the Lord commanded Moses concerning a husband and his wife, and a father and his daughter while she is still young and in her father’s house.
Numbers 30:13 Or to fast
Numbers 30:14 Or from that day to the next
NRSV XL-Print Bible, Catholic Edition--imitation leather, green
NRSV Bible, Black Genuine Leather
NRSV Catholic Edition Audio Bible: 2 Kings (Voice Only) [Download]
The Catholic Youth Bible, Hardcover - Slightly Imperfect
NRSV Standard Bible with the Apocrypha
The Catholic Family Bible, (RSV) Ivory Hardcover - Slightly Imperfect
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1353076
|
__label__cc
| 0.749952
| 0.250048
|
Browsing history (subject), access Free access and content full text and language Norwegian
DiVA - Academic Archive Online (Uppsala University Library)
This collection contains the research publications and student theses found on the DiVA portal, hosted at the Uppsala University Library. DiVA is the centralized archive of a group of 30 Scandinavian universities. Materials include theses, dissertations, and other academic publications.
Norwegian Open Research Archives (NORA)
NORA aggregates scholarly content from over 50 Norwegian archives. It is a collaboration between the university libraries at the University of Bergen, NTNU, University of Troms? with funding from the Norwegian Digital Library.
Wikibooks is a collection of open-content textbooks that anyone can edit and which can be used in a traditional classroom, an accredited or respected institution, a home-school environment, as part of a Wikiversity course or for self-learning.
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1353079
|
__label__cc
| 0.692322
| 0.307678
|
Catalogue Auction Information
Modern & Contemporary Art(#18MOD) 02/03/2019 10:30 AM GMT Closed
Lot 8 of 213: Robin Tanner (1904-1988) ''The Cheese Room'' Signed and dated (19)78, etching, 24cm by 30.5cm Artist's Resale Rights/Droit de Suite may apply to this lot, please refer to our Terms of Business
Estimate: £250 - £400
Robin Tanner (1904-1988)
"The Cheese Room"
Signed and dated (19)78, etching, 24cm by 30.5cm
Artist's Resale Rights/Droit de Suite may apply to this lot, please refer to our Terms of Business
Condition Report:
This lot may be subject to Artist's Resale Right / Droit de Suite
Categories: Prints
We ask you to collect your purchases or unsold items promptly. You must pay for your purchases in full before taking them away.
Collection Times
Monday to Friday 8.30am – 5pm
Saturday (auction day) - by appointment 7:30am – 2pm
Saturday (without an auction) - CLOSED
Storage & Charges
Please note: furniture, carpets, clocks and larger works of art lots will normally remain in the salerooms for seven working days following each sale, after which they will be removed to store and arrangements for collection must be made in advance.
Storage charges will be levied on all lots not collected within seven days of the sale. This will include a handling fee of £5 plus VAT per consignment as well as a storage charge of £5 plus VAT per lot per day. No goods may be collected until these charges have been paid.
Packing and Dispatch
We can offer a limited packing and shipping service for smaller items (excluding any items that we believe to be too fragile). This service is entirely at our discretion and therefore we advise that you contact the auction centre before bidding should you require delivery. Alternatively please contact either of the following who specialise in packing and sending:
Bradley's Antique Packing Services Ltd
Email: info@antiquepacking.co.uk
Telephone: 01325 281332 or 07968 941588
www.removals.org.uk
Email: info@mbeleedscity.co.uk
Pack & Send Salford Quays
Email: salfordquays@packsend.co.uk
Bridgefields
Email: info@bridgefields.co.uk
Larger Items
For larger items, such as furniture, we recommend the companies below:
Bradleys Furniture Carriers Ltd
Shore Porters
Email: haulage@shoreporters.com
www.shoreporters.com
Email: york@ward-thomas.co.uk
Robinsons International Removers
In these terms of business:
Tennants of Yorkshire Fine Art and Antique Auctioneers Ltd is referred to as ‘Tennants’.
The Tennants representative conducting the auction is referred to as the ‘auctioneer’.
2. Attribution and Condition of Lots
We make every effort to ensure the accuracy of any statement as to authorship, attribution, origin, date, age, provenance and condition of any lot, whether or not such a statement forms part of the description of any such lot.
Any statement made orally or in the catalogue is an opinion given after careful consideration and research.
It should be noted that pictures have not been removed from their frames unless this is specifically mentioned in the condition report.
When bidding, you acknowledge that you are fully satisfied as to the attribution and condition of the lot.
If any damage is done to any lot at the viewing or before, during or after the sale, it shall be made good by:
the person who caused the damage; or
the person for whom they are acting.
Tennants will assess the extent of the damage to be repaired.
3. Attribution of Pictures
(a) If the forename(s) (or asterisks where not known) and surname of the artist are given, this indicates that in the opinion of Tennants the picture isa work by the named artist.
(b) If the initials of the forename(s) and the surname of the artist are given, this indicates that in the opinion of Tennants the picture is a work of the period of the named artist and may be wholly or in part his work.
(c) If the surname of the artist is given, this indicates that in the opinion of Tennants the picture is a work of the same school of the named artist, or by one of his followers, or in his style and of uncertain date.
(d) The term ‘Bears signature’ indicates that in the opinion of Tennants this is not the signature of the artist.
(e) All other terms are self-explanatory.
4. Third Party Liability
5. Disputes
Any dispute not covered in these terms of business will be settled at the sole discretion of Tennants.
Once your buyer’s funds have cleared in our account we aim to pay you no later than 28 working days after the auction, and within 14 days of a non-catalogue sale.
If your buyer pays more than 23 days after the auction, we will pay you within 5 days of the funds clearing.
We do not pay interest on the period between your buyer’s payment and your receipt of the payment.
Please remember that you will have to pay certain charges on your sale.
We act as agents and cannot be held responsible if your buyer does not pay. We cannot pay you until we have received cleared funds.
7. The Buyer
The highest bidder acknowledged as such by the auctioneer will be the buyer. If any dispute arises, the auctioneer has absolute discretion to settle the matter. The auctioneer rules the bidding and bids cannot be retracted. The auctioneer reserves the right to refuse any bid.
The successful bidder, whether bidding for himself or for a third party, is entirely responsible for paying for the lots they have bought in accordance with Tennants’ terms of business.
The auctioneer reserves the right to bid on behalf of the vendors for any lot and to withdraw, consolidate or divide any lot or lots.
Prospective buyers need to register with us, giving their full name, address, contact telephone number(s) and email address. First time buyers will be required to provide proof of identity (i.e. driving licence/passport), a valid debit or credit card and a copy of a utility bill or a document showing their name and address. Upon receipt of the above a paddle will be issued, which is only valid for the current sale. This card may be used to indicate your bids to the Auctioneer during the sale. If successful, the bidder must ensure that their number can be seen by the Auctioneer and that it is their number that is called out. Should there be any doubts as to price or buyer, please draw the Auctioneer’s attention to it immediately.
9. Buyer’s Premium
Commission Charges
You will pay a premium of 20 per cent plus VAT for Fine Art, Specialist and Country House sales, and 17.5 per cent plus VAT for Antique & Interiors sales of the hammer price of your purchase on each lot.
10. Value Added Tax
Lots on which the buyer may have to pay VAT on the ‘hammer price’ are indicated in the catalogue with a symbol. The buyer must pay this VAT at the rates that apply on the day of the auction.
11. Auctioneers Margin Scheme
This scheme allows auctioneers to sell items without VAT on the hammer price. The buyer then pays an amount equivalent to VAT. This amount cannot be refunded and is not shown separately on the invoice.
Buyers must pay in full before their purchases can be released to them.
Otherwise, an invoice will be sent the day after the sale. Buyers must pay their invoice within 24 hours and let us know when they will be collecting their purchase.
Invoices which are not paid within seven days will incur interest at 5 per cent above the base rate, charged from the date of the sale.
If buyers are unknown to us, we cannot hand over purchases unless we have adequate references or payment is cleared.
We accept payment by:
Cash – up to £9,000 or €10,000
Cheque – made payable to ‘Tennants’
Debit card. Card payments where the card holder is not present will only be accepted for transactions up to £500.
Bank transfer to:
Barclays Bank plc, 31 High Row, Darlington, DL3 7QW
Account name Tennants clients a/c
Sort code 20-25-29
IBAN GB46 BUKB 2025 2930 8743 29
SWIFTBIC BUKBGB22
13. Internet Bidding
14. Ownership of Purchases
Ownership of lot(s) purchased will not pass to the buyer until they have paid Tennants in full and Tennants has applied the payment to the lot.
15. Transfer of Risk
Each lot is the buyer’s sole responsibility from the fall of the hammer and is sold with all faults and imperfections.
Tennants is not responsible for the correct description, genuineness or authenticity of any lot and makes no warranty whatsoever. The buyer is deemed to have inspected each lot and satisfied himself as to its condition.
16. Commission Bids
If instructed, Tennants will execute bids and advise prospective buyers. This service is free.
Buyers who cannot come to a sale may leave their bid with our reception staff after viewing, or make their bid in advance by telephone, email or fax. Such bids are placed at the buyer’s own risk.
Bids must be made at least one hour before the sale starts, and we advise buyers to make bids within one hour of the close of the view day.
When making bids, buyers must provide:
Their full name
Contact telephone numbers
The number of the lot they wish to buy
Their maximum bid amount – excluding commission which will be added to the invoice afterwards.
Buyers must state what their maximum bid would be. We cannot accept an instruction to ‘buy’ or unlimited bids.
We will ensure that lots are bought as cheaply as possible depending on the bids made and other reserves. If identical bids are placed, the person who bid first will take precedence.
17. Telephone Bids
Requests for telephone bidding must be registered one hour prior to the close of the view day. We will not accept requests on sale days.
Lines are booked on a first come first served basis and are subject to a minimum lot value of £500 in Fine Art Sales and £200 for all other sales. Full name, address and telephone numbers will be required together with proof of identity and address. Bank and credit/debit card details are also necessary to secure the line.
18. Absentee Bidding
Whilst every effort is made to execute absentee bidding, Tennants cannot be held responsible for any default or neglect in connection with this service. All such arrangements are made entirely at the prospective buyer’s risk.
19. Storage and Collection
Please note furniture, carpets, clocks and larger works of art lots will normally remain in the salerooms for fourteen working days following each sale, after which they will be removed to store and arrangements for collection must be made in advance.
Storage charges will be levied on all lots not collected within fourteen days of the sale. This will include a handling fee of £5 plus VAT per consignment as well as a storage charge of £5 plus VAT per lot per day. No goods may be collected until these charges have been paid.
20. Droit de Suite Royalty Charges
A work of art by a living artist, or those who have died within the last 70 years, which costs more than the UK sterling equivalent of €1,000 will incur a royalty charge. We pass this payment onto the Design and Artists Copyright Society (DACS), and do not charge a handling fee. Buyers can calculate royalty charges on the DACS website.
Items marked with the √ symbol in the catalogue will potentially incur royalty payments.
We use the euro to UK sterling exchange rate which applies on the day of the sale. It is the buyer’s responsibility to check the relevant exchange rate.
The actual qualifying threshold is calculated by the Artist’s Resale Right Service Hub based on the European Central Bank reference rate published at 2.15pm on the day of the sale, and can be found on the DACS website.
The royalty charge for pictures which achieve a hammer price of more than the UK sterling equivalent of €1,000, but less that the UK sterling equivalent of €50,000 is four per cent. On works of art that achieve a hammer price of more than the UK sterling equivalent of €50,000 a sliding scale of royalty charges applies. For a complete list of the royalty charges and threshold levels please download more information from the DACS website.
The royalty charge is added to invoices, and must be paid before purchases are removed. VAT is not paid on royalty charges.
21.Cites License
Important Notice Relating to Sporting and Natural History
Clients intending to import/export any item derived from natural history specimens into/from a non-European country should first check for any Import/Export and possession restrictions prior to bidding/selling.
Certain species * are also subject to CITES regulations when exporting/importing these items out the EU. CITES regulations are given on www.ukcites.gov.uk or maybe obtained from Animal Health, Wildlife Licensing and Registration Service, Zone 1/17, Temple Quay House, 2 The Square, Bristol BS1 6EB. Those species that are covered by the US Endangered Species Act (USESA) or The Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA): potential US bidders should check with USF&W (US Fish and Wildlife Services) for trade/possession restrictions in the US prior to bidding.
While every effort has been made to attribute the correct Latin name for each specimen, the auctioneers will not be held responsible for any errors that may occur concerning Latin nomenclature.
For Health and Safety reasons, large heads, full mounts, and any particularly heavy or awkward lots cannot be removed whilst the auction is in progress.
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1353080
|
__label__cc
| 0.546071
| 0.453929
|
22 September 2016 / Software Development
Software That Writes and Evolves Software
I’ve been quiet lately, largely because I’ve been writing a lot of code. Today, I’m delighted to start talking about some of what we’ve been working on at Atomist.
You may have seen Jessica Kerr’s excellent elm-conf presentation on creating and editing Elm projects with Atomist. If you haven’t, it’s well worth 23 minutes of your time.
This is the first of a series of blogs in which I’ll explain the concepts in the Atomist project behind Jessica’s compelling demo, and why we think this project is important.
Code generation has a long and mixed history. At times it’s been used to try to hide complexity that should have been removed in a language or framework. Sometimes it has resulted in a mess of magical code that humans are forbidden to modify. Yet it has proven its value time and time again, from Rails scaffolding to Yeoman generators to Spring Initializr, to the recent Create React App.
With the rise of microservices, project creation is more and more important to individuals and organizations, as is maintaining consistency between a potentially large number of services.
Creating new projects is hard, and it doesn’t make sense to do it by hand. Or to do what most of us have been doing: Copy from the most similar project on hand and add, delete and modify to arrive at a the correct starting point.
At Atomist, we thought long and hard about what works in code generation and what doesn’t. And we believe we’ve found a better way, which can be applied to many developer technologies.
“Editors”: The Key Differentiator of This Approach
Traditional code generators offer a one way trip. They create a project, allowing basic parameterization (such as project name, base package name or dependencies) and then their contribution ends. The generation mechanism is often opaque: For example, a mix of static and template content and code in the generator itself. Our first attempt at project generation worked like this.
This approach has major problems. Editing and customizing templates is difficult, as it may require modifying generator code as well as template code. The sharp distinction between a project and a template means that it’s impossible to use normal tooling on templates, or easily verify that a change to a template hasn’t broken anything.
The solution: Model project creation as a sequence of transformations on a starting point, which is itself a normal, running project in its target technology. We call these transformations “editors.”
Some existing technologies create and evolve projects. But they tend to be platform-specific special purpose tools such as Spring Roo, which are only useful within a single community and are tied to a particular architectural style.
It’s possible, and much better, to enable the creation and evolution of projects in a way that’s independent of a particular platform, and independent of the origin of the project.
Here are the key concepts in our approach:
A project template is simply a working project. Thus any project can be used as a template. The world is instantly full of templates, ready to be transformed to meet our needs.
Editing is scriptable and composable, to maximize reuse.
Different kinds of projects and content can be edited with a consistent approach. The approach that works for Elm should work for Java, JavaScript and Clojure. This is an ambitious goal, but leads to a superior solution that offers value across the polyglot landscape increasingly found within organizations.
A change made by an editor is indistinguishable from a change made by a developer. No magic markers as to what can and can’t be modified by hand; editors able to follow project style guidelines and produce clean diffs preserving formatting and comments. The aim is not to minimize the role of developers, but to make developers more powerful by scaling them up via a polite, invited, automated helper that follows their preferences.
Editors can act on projects that weren’t created by Atomist, or have been modified by hand. Projects remain non-magical at all points. This also avoids lock-in. More editors will be applicable if projects follow conventions, but conventions help people, too. In other words, editors can help more with a Spring Boot project than, say, an arbitrary Java project; more with an Angular or React project than with an arbitrary JavaScript project.
Editors should be able to run anywhere. Any editor should be applicable locally via a command line or IDE, or in the cloud via a web form or ChatOps interaction, modifying a GitHub repo.
These goals mean that editors must be able to parse and understand projects (both at a language and platform level), and make it easy to work with that understanding.
This enables code like the following, which adds Netflix Hystrix support to a Spring Boot project using the appropriate Spring Boot “starter”:
The effect on the Java source tree of running this editor is:
Note how related operations are combined in one reusable editor; how it’s possible to operate on a class only if it meets certain criteria; and the use of operations such as “addAnnotation” that work on the structure of Java source files. In the cloud, Atomist expresses edits as pull requests. I’ve omitted the change to the Maven POM, bundled in the same commit.
To illustrate the consistency of approach across languages, here’s an example from Jessica’s Elm demo, which drills deeper into language structure to change the type, name, and return value of a function in a standard Elm project:
This editor requires a “module” parameter, which can be requested from the user via a CLI, web form or the Atomist Slack bot.
Projects are made of more than source code, and this approach works across file types. The following editor modifies a POM to make it meet the needs of a new user project, avoiding the need for the traditional game of “copy and edit until all the third party stuff is replaced by my own”:
As an example of modeling project generation as a transformation chain, our Spring REST Service generator works like this:
Start with a valid Spring Boot REST service project. This will typically be a GitHub project, and can contain any amount of custom content that should be common to all new projects.
Change the Maven POM as above to customize it
Change the root package and application class names based on user input
Change README.md to refer to the new project name.
Bingo! A fresh, clean, custom project. We can write code as with any other project, and at any point apply the Hystrix editor we’ve seen, user-defined editors or editors bringing in additional Spring projects such as Spring Cloud Stream that modify dependencies, code and config to provide a best practice starting point.
Jessica’s Elm template/editor demonstrates more sophisticated possibilities, using the ability to make wide-ranging modifications to an existing project to achieve a single goal, such as evolving a beginner program in accordance with the Elm Architecture.
This shows a key benefit: knowledge can be embodied in and transferred via generators and editors. This can be valuable inside an organization to spread best practice, or for an open source team who want to help their community keep up with best practice with minimal effort. It may prove a compelling alternative to traditional tutorials.
Where Next
The Atomist editor DSL and infrastructure — written largely in Scala — will soon become an open source project. I’m delighted to be starting another open source project, and am looking forward to working with the community to bring the benefit of this approach to a variety of technologies.
We’re adding comprehensive support for Java and Spring Boot, followed by other popular platforms. Of course many features, such as file operations, are valuable across all platforms.
We’ll also be enabling project creation directly from an Atomist button that can be hosted on any page. This will create a new GitHub repo for the created project, saving even the effort of setting up Git.
As Jessica showed, Atomist can also create projects via Slack. We’re excited by the potential of ChatOps to help developers streamline their daily work; more on that in a later post.
In my next posts, I’ll talk in more detail about the syntax of our editor DSL and the thinking behind it; how to extend it using JavaScript and custom types; and how to work with “microgrammars” to transform arbitrary content.
Atomist aims to free developers of as much busywork as possible via automation. Editors are a step on that journey. Please sign up for updates on what we’re building.
Rod Johnson
Cofounder and CEO, Atomist. Creator of Spring, Cofounder/CEO at SpringSource (acq by VMW)
Get control of your code and process
The Origins of Opera and the Future of Programming
Why You Need a Software Delivery Machine
Effective Use of Slack
A lot of us are using Slack now. Some of us are past the shiny and into misery, where we wish for the good old days of email and talking with our mouths.
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1353086
|
__label__cc
| 0.553244
| 0.446756
|
CREDO Mobile Blog
What is “Medicare for All”?
by William Wayland
Fifty-four years ago today, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Medicare into law, the overwhelmingly popular program that provides health care and supports the economic security for more than 58 million seniors.
Yet, despite Medicare’s overwhelming success, we continue to face a serious health care crisis in our country, especially for those without Medicare or other government-sponsored health care. Millions remain uninsured or underinsured, and many others who have health coverage are just one serious health issue away from bankruptcy. While the United States spends the most on health care per capita in the world, we have some of the lowest health outcomes among developed nations.
That’s because the health care industry – insurance companies, pharmaceutical giants, device manufacturers, hospital groups, private equity, and Wall Street and their well-paid lobbyists – are raking in billions off the backs of sick people and spending millions to keep their profits flowing. Republicans and even some Democrats are all-too-happy to oblige.
But it doesn’t have to be this way. Progressives lawmakers in Congress, policy experts, health care professionals and others who demand a bold solution to fix this for-profit health care fiasco have a commonsense, popular alternative, and you’ve probably heard about it. It’s called “Medicare for All” – a plan to expand Medicare to everyone to ensure all Americans have health coverage provided by the government.
What exactly is Medicare for All, how would it work and why are Republicans and many in the health care industry so opposed to it?
Health care is a basic human right, not a luxury for just those who can afford it. Medicare for All ensures that all Americans have access to health care provided by the government. It’s a single, national health plan that makes sure everyone can see a doctor when they’re sick.
Medicare for All would replace the greedy, for-profit leeches that drive up costs without making us any healthier and would result in more health care coverage and better outcomes while reducing overall medical costs. Medicare for All would also improve the program for today’s seniors by including younger people and adding dental and hearing coverage into Medicare.
Here are more details about Medicare for All and an FAQ that dispels many of the misconceptions about single-payer health care from the Physicians for a National Health Program.
Who supports Medicare for All?
Medicare for All is extremely popular. Polling consistently shows that the American public supports a single-payer, Medicare for All system. In fact, a recent poll shows that 70% of Americans support Medicare for All, including 52% of Republicans. National Nurses United, a 150,000-member labor union, supports Medicare for All. More than 100 members of Congress support Medicare for All, and at least a dozen 2020 Democratic presidential hopefuls support some version of Medicare for All.
In 2018, CREDO, along with many of our progressive allies including Healthcare-NOW, Our Revolution, Progressive Democrats of America, Daily Kos, Justice Democrats, MoveOn and Public Citizen, delivered more than 1 million petition signatures urging Congress to take action to pass Medicare for All.
Is there legislation in Congress to pass Medicare for All?
Yes, and CREDO actively supports these bills.
Sen. Bernie Sanders recently re-introduced his comprehensive Medicare for All legislation in the Senate, and Rep. Pramilla Jayapal introduced an incredibly detailed, 125+ page Medicare for All version in the House of Representatives.
In May, CREDO Action Co-Director Josh Nelson visited Rep. Jayapal’s office to host a great panel with Alex Lawson of Social Security Works where they discussed why profit has no place in our health care system and why Medicare for All is the best plan to ensure all people have health care. You can watch the full livestream here:
What’s stopping Medicare for All from being enacted?
Simply put: greed.
Right now, predatory insurance companies and Big Pharma stand between people and their doctors and use monopoly power to rob us blind. But despite its popularity and success, Medicare remains under constant attack by extremist Republicans who would rather reward their billionaire donors on the backs of seniors and working people.
So it should go without saying that the for-profit health care industry and their Republican enablers in Congress do not want to see Medicare expanded. In fact, it’s just the opposite. The massive Trump Tax Scam rammed through Congress in late 2017 was intentionally designed to drive up the deficit in order to justify gutting Medicare and Social Security.
But thanks to activism and progressives in Congress, we’ve helped to prevent massive cuts to Medicare and are shifting the conversation on Medicare for All from a bold, fearless idea to a mainstream, popular opinion.
We need your help to show tremendous grassroots support for Medicare for All. While conservative Democrats resist the plan and some presidential candidates float proposals that fall short of expanding Medicare to everyone, we believe that bold, progressive ideas deserve support.
Right now, CREDO and our members are pressuring Congress to support Sen. Sanders’ Medicare for All legislation. We urge you to join us and sign the petition here.
← How Green Roofs Help Beat the Heat
Rein in data collection by your Android apps →
About CREDO
Most companies go into business to make money. Thirty-one years ago, we went into business to make change, offering services like mobile and energy to make it easy for you to make a difference. Since 1985 we’ve donated over $88 million to progressive nonprofits, and we've built a network of over 5.9 million activists advocating for causes we believe in.
CREDO Tip: How you can help with the Australian fires
8 Reasons to Drop AT&T Right Now
CREDO Tip: How to participate in the 2020 Women’s March
Free Posters to Download for the 2020 Women’s March
Our December grantees thank you for your support
CREDO Donations
CREDO Tips
CREDO Links
CREDO Energy
CREDO Mobile · Terms of Use
Copyright © 2020 · All Rights Reserved · CREDO Mobile Blog
CREDO on Facebook
CREDO on Twitter
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1353088
|
__label__cc
| 0.711752
| 0.288248
|
In Magazine, October 2018 by Genevieve Joëlle Villamizar October 24, 2018 Leave a Comment
An Aspen Valley Land Trust conservation easement preserves East Mesa’s uniquely expansive views of Sopris and the Crystal and Roaring Fork Valleys. While the Nieslaniks live here, visitors walking the county road derive immense benefit as well.
Theirs is the farm you see every time you run your dogs up White Hill or jog the cemetery loop. The turnoff is just past that church— you know, the one on the hill, just above town? There’s that Aspen Valley Land Trust sign where the drive T’s off to the south, towards Sopris– or hitting the single track at Prince Creek? It’s all the green you see between you and Main Street.
That’s the Neislanik place.
On our particular late afternoon, fully aware that autumn is peaking, the pungency of freshly cut alfalfa is especially nostalgic. Gravel rumbles under our tires as we amble through the agrarian rhythms of East Mesa. To the south, against Mount Sopris, two sandhill cranes flex and stretch in the golden light. It’s a first for this species on the ranch.
We’re meeting up with Parker Nieslanik, third-generation rancher and farmer. He and wife Cara have just given birth to their first child, a son, Colby James. It’ll be interesting to see what fatherhood and ranching have in store for a 30-year old guy shouldering the weight of cattle ranching in today’s West.
How many of us grew up close to farm fields, knew the farmer at the edge of the ‘hood? Snuck into their corn or alfalfa fields at night, playing hide and seek or sneaking our first beer? Who remembers tractors slowing traffic and the glorious sight of silos at dawn? All these things rush at me and I feel lucky to even be here, an excuse to step away from my keyboard and relive if only an hour, slower, richer times.
As we pull around the shop and wend our way to the house, we notice Grampa John sitting on a bench in faded jeans and a busted up Carhartt coat. His face is shadowed by a curving brim of worn, woven straw. He looks content, off in the golden hour. We’re not sure where to park, which house is which, and he’s clearly not going to help. He’s earned his evening peace, and that’s cool; I wouldn’t move either.
A 1950s throwback
Two picturesque cabins, a few hundred yards apart, cozy into a sea of manicured lawn. An irrigation ditch meanders around and through the yards, the very watermark of their livelihoods. The front porch of a quaint bungalow is filled with potted flowers and painted like a Catskills hideaway. Inviting, yes, but the wrong house, Grandma Theresa tells us, pointing us to the Lincoln log cabin across the ditch. We cross a cutesy footbridge and pass under a silver maple. Its massive, gnarled, Winnie the Pooh trunk is clearly rooted in the last century. Weeping willow boughs sway and sylph near a vintage picnic table. The temperature drops in the dense shade of a venerable blue spruce. Ancient lightning scars trace up and down the trunks and limbs of trees in the yard.
With our hipster/Millennial Main Street right there behind us, none of this seems real. It’s beyond charming. Can I move here, too?
We make our way to the sunlight. In the alfalfa field towards Sopris, three enormou$ machines work the windrows. One of them swings a 180, taking several minutes to pull up to the house, amble across the view, and plop out a 1200-pound circular bale. The engine powers down and Parker leaps out of the cockpit, striding towards us.
He does not look like a farmer.
With a Nieslanik Beef ball cap and dark shades, it’s impossible to see or read his face, but I know from the past that he’s a modest, handsome fella, “aw, shucks” meets Fight Club. Like any young man raised by multiple generations of hardworking people, he’s confident, polite and direct. His wedding band and black-burnished hands speak volumes of his values.
He leads us to the picnic table, stippled in spruce sap. Long before we catch sight of a digital smoker on the porch, our mouths water. We look at each other and chuckle. We’re in Parker’s world now. There’s an Amazon delivery of Huggies and baby goods left piled by the rusty basketball hoop. We chit chat, easing into the process of divining and storytelling. It’s hard to stop looking around. Framed by the trees, Mount Sopris and hay fields dominate. The embrace of the universe, cerulean blue, encompasses all of it.
Who gets to live like this?!
“I was a baby in this house. Colby’s a baby in this house. We moved in this winter and it’s strange now. I’m sleeping in my parents’ room,” he chuckles. Like many new parents, he seems a bit stunned still.
I ask about the field he’s working, amazed at how much they’re getting– is it a first or second cut? They reseeded the alfalfa six years ago; it’s increasingly productive, the second cut this season. The richness of the windrows is deceptive, though, this being one of the hottest summers on record.
“The growing seasons are getting longer, by 20 days a year,” Parker concedes. “I betcha we could grow Carbondale sweet corn; it’s getting to be Olathe’s climate here.” I can see the farmer’s mind calculating, diversifying, wondering. “Our hay crop is a third of what it used to be. It’s the heat in the air. The soil is thirsty; it chokes out the grass even if you do have water. Everybody’s crops are down.”
It’s a hundred-year-old conversation, one that never changes in farming and ranching– not in books, not in movies, and certainly not in real life. Right now, Parker is more focused on how beef is evolving as a market, versus addressing water challenges.
Betting on new futures
Like any young buck needing to suss his own lay of the land, Parker had cut his ties for a while, studying ag business at Hastings College in Nebraska. Upon return, he still needed to stretch his wings. He worked construction for a few years, tasting the world out there. Land and family call when it’s left its mark. He came home.
Video, courtesy of Aspen Valley Land Trust
“You couldn’t ask for a better way to grow up. I feel pretty fortunate,” Parker fesses. “I appreciate the land. Not something many people can do anymore… I’m honored and proud to have grown up here. And to keep this place running and pass it onto my kids, if they’re interested.”
Farming and ranching have gone in two wildly divergent directions: global, with its goals of producing cheap food fast and easy; or local, which prioritizes sustainability, ecosystems, and humane husbandry in the pursuit of wholesome, clean food. With his heart tied to family and community, Parker is inclined to keep it local.
“Ranching is going to the casino every day,” says Parker. “It’s the water, the feed prices. You work 365 days a year and never know what you’re going to get paid for it. But loving what you do outweighs the dollar. That’s the number one thing my grampa taught me.”
The Nieslaniks have been on their own 200 acres since Grampa John, born of a local established ranching family, bought this land in, “I don’t know, 1957?” Parker guesses. They hold “three grazing permits totaling 150,000 acres of public land; lease 200 acres at Flying Dog; have a new 200-acre lease at Colorado Rocky Mountian School; and 40 more in El Jebel,” he says, ticking it ’em off. They run 400 cattle, 300 of which calve in the pasture adjacent to the Delaney Nature [dog] Park. Those are all the baby moo moos you see late winter/early spring every year. All these creatures are the social media darlings of Carbondale’s notorious Main Street cattle drives.
Video by Matt Annabel, ACRE Narrative Design
Climate science is indisputable and ranchers feel it.
We see it in our own lawns and gardens, this is not just a “drought”. Arid is the new reality in the West. If there’s anyone that gets it, it’s someone who works their land every day, watching for the first sprouts in the spring, waiting for the rain clouds, watching the thermometer, for first frost, first snow, runoff. Parker sees climate change in their hayfields and feels it in the bottom line. The cost of feed has ranchers flooding the beef market, driving already questionable profits down.
A food “evolution”
That mountain in the backdrop of local natural grocer MANA Foods? Same mountain Parker grew up ogling. Same mountain some of their cattle graze. That’s one of several closed-loop sustainability cycles Nieslaniks hitch their wagon to. How can you become a part of that? A beautiful question to ponder.
“We have to shift how we sell our cows,” Parker recognized. “So around a good steak, me and my dad and wife and brother decided to change things up to stay in the industry. We have to make our own market. We decided to grow grass-fed natural beef and we sell [directly] to the public at a fair and competitive price. We’re not trying to be Whole Foods. The goal is to have a product that everyone can afford, not just wealthy families.”
“One of the reasons we’re doing finished beef is that it’s all organic and it comes from here,” he emphasizes. “It feels cool. We still have to take 70-80 percent to the sale barn, but in the last three years, we’ve increased from 10 to 18 percent,” almost doubling local sales.
“People are eating more local, ‘know your farmer’ kind of thought. It’s almost like the whole culture is changing—I think we’re in the middle of a food ‘evolution’,” he says, referencing what we’re all learning in social media. “The ball is rolling faster. I think in five or ten years it’ll be shocking how differently people will be eating. I think we’re picking up traction with locals. It’s easy for people to go to City Market after work,” Parker admits, but, “you support me, I’ll support community.”
As the market shifts, hopefully, that 80 percent still winding up at the sale barn will stay local and be appreciated as grass-fed, clean organic beef that grew up in the same landscapes we all revere.
Staying in the game
In their bid to diversify, the Nieslaniks also raise pigs, which they market word of mouth, more as a side deal, taking advantage of the stillage they take back from the distillery. It’s a terrific opportunity to go in on with friends to get a taste of what whole, half and quarter purchasing entails. Like any hunter, you’ll have an assortment of cuts to play with and learn new meals, but you won’t have to field dress or process 🙂 Hogs are butchered into traditional cuts for you and delivered frozen– easy to parse out among foodie friends.
MANA Foods offers traditional beef cuts at competitive prices.
Currently, you can order organic beef from their website in whole, half or quarter, at a hanging-weight cost of $4.99 pound. For traditional cuts at competitive pricing, wrapped singly and frozen, you’re invited to call ahead and pick up directly at the ranch, 6 PM to 8 PM Monday through Friday– get to know your ranchers! Deliveries from Glenwood Springs to Aspen are $20 a pop; in Carbondale, $10. Mana Foods on Hwy 133 and Sopris Avenue carries several different cuts as well.
Carbondale is expected to increase by several thousand new residents in the next few years. Around the United States and the globe, more and more people will move to cities, losing touch with places like the Nieslaniks’. Family farms will age out, sprouting homes instead of food. We’re all looking at ways to sustain our communities, to regroup and reground, simplifying our needs and footprints. So it’s pretty damn sweet to have opportunities and relationships like this still.
Here are a few ways to plant your ‘steak’ in community:
Perfect gift– make him a happy dog with a $2.00 bone
or bag of earthy Nieslanik Beef dog treats, no corn, wheat, soy, sugar or GMOs ($12.00)~
Bold scene-stealer at the next potluck– grilled Nieslanik beef heart ($10.00). I turn to the blog Hunter Angler Gardener Cook when I’m doing anything new with unusual meats or cuts; this venison heart recipe rocks~
A hot iron skillet beats cold outdoor grilling this time of year– organic, grass-fed Nieslanik skirt steak ($16.00). There’s nothing better in soft shell tacos or dealt across a pile of snappy arugula, hearty beet greens and a yummy chevre~
Nieslanik Beef, 761 Ranch View Drive, Carbondale, Colorado 81623
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1353094
|
__label__cc
| 0.729496
| 0.270504
|
I’ve been reading faster than I can post! Here are a few quick reviews of things I highly recommend:
Things We Didn’t See Coming by Steve Amsterdam
Amsterdam’s debut features nine stories linked by a single narrator, related over several increasingly difficult decades of post-apocalyptic life. But instead of focusing on the pain and awfulness of the situation, Amsterdam has produced a series of original, dense stories about the canniness it takes to overcome adversity.
Country Driving by Peter Hessler
China now buys more cars, builds more highways, and emits more carbon dioxide than any other country in the world. What does that mean for the average Chinese person? What does that mean for you? In Country Driving (as in his previous two books) Hessler provides a clear-eyed, unbiased, on-the-ground look at China’s changing relationship with itself and with the west. He visits bra factories, highway security checkpoints, farming villages and urban factories in his journeys around the country and comes away with a fascinating and informative portrait of a nation undergoing rapid and hugely influential changes.
PS You should also read Hessler’s previous books River Town and Oracle Bones! I’ve long been a fan of Hessler. You don’t have to read these in any particular order. They’re all fantastic.
Notes from No Man’s Land by Eula Biss
You probably know that the telephone changed the world. But did you know that telephone poles were the primary instrument of lynching? Eula Biss will make you think twice about everything you’ve ever known. Growing up as a white girl in a mixed-race household, teaching in poor urban elementary schools, and working as a journalist for an African-American newspaper in Los Angeles, Eula Biss has the perspective and experience to make you doubt, and doubt again, and change the way you look at everything from apartment rentals to educational policy.
This entry was posted in Book Reviews on February 16, 2010 by bookdwarf.
← Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes Fuchsia Dunlop’s Land of Plenty →
1 thought on “Recommended Reading”
Martin Clark February 20, 2010 at 8:39 pm
Megan–It’s been a while…hope the new year is treating you well. Cheers–Martin Clark
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1353095
|
__label__cc
| 0.691341
| 0.308659
|
Gay Since Today
Ford's hidden everything about his sexuality his whole life. Tyler says he can accept everything about him. But can he?
Tyler knows he's wasting his time fantasising about Ford. The guy he's had a crush on for months might make a wonderful dominant, but a straight dominant never did a gay submissive any good. It's time he stopped wasting his history lectures wondering what his life would be like if he belonged to James Ford.
Ford's had enough. A man can only stay in the closet for so long. It's time he came out and made his peace with who he really is. And if he can get a date with the cute guy from his history lecture, so much the better.
Totally Entwined Group Ltd
Directebooks Ltd
More Books by Kim Dare
Virgin Territory
The Strength of a Gamma
Worth Waiting For
The Mark of an Alpha
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1353098
|
__label__cc
| 0.508408
| 0.491592
|
Responding to noise complaint, a cop sits in
It was your basic turn-down-the-amps noise call for the cops in Mississauga, Ontario, on Saturday night where teenage hard rock band Vinyl Ambush was playing at a party.
The party was over for the 75 guests at an outdoor birthday party, or so the band thought.
The constables delivered their message, then left. Buzz kill.
Then they came back. They wanted to sit in, CBC reports.
“Tonight was the most fun I’ve had in years,” the cop told the kids, after telling them the biggest regret he had in life was he stopped playing in a band.
‹ Older 76 years later, a sailor returns from Pearl Harbor
Newer › Paralyzed teen walks at commencement
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xV55IwBEa14&list=RDxV55IwBEa14
Best thing Dave Pirner ever put on vinyl.
If it truly is him. I think he may have just saw an opportunity and claimed it.
Read “Trouble Boys”, it’s verified.
Onan (the Barbarian)
Heh, that was awesome.
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1353105
|
__label__wiki
| 0.571498
| 0.571498
|
Blair’s real crime
As Tony Blair prepares to sit in the dock tomorrow, I suspect he knows he’ll walk it. The focus is on the case for war and how it was spun – which will be his Mastermind specialist subject. Nor will anything new be uncovered. As one of the journalists whose summer holiday was eaten up by the Hutton Inquiry, I have been getting a sense of deja lu throuhout the Chilcot Inquiry – and Hutton was more informative because he exposed emails written at the time. They had more meaning and impact that the hazy recollections we hear now. The real story is one that Chilcot has unearthed almost accidentally: the betrayal of Basra. I write about it in the magazine this week: the evidence we have heard so far has told us plenty about how Blair turned the other way as Basra slid towards hell. In our rush to leave, we badged up militiamen – and handed over the police uniform, weapons, police stations etc. All so Blair could stand in the Commons and say “We are making great progress, we are building up the police and the army etc.” The British also stood by as these “police” started to declare their allegiance to the militia leader with a poster of al-Sadr or whoever on the police station door: there was no pretence of this being an Iraqi national government police. American journalists were appalled at what was a slow handover of power to death squads. Here’s Steven Vincent from the New York Times in July 2005.
‘Fearing to appear like colonial occupiers, the British avoid any hint of ideological indoctrination… When I asked British troops if the security sector reform strategy included measures to encourage cadets to identify with the national government rather than their neighbourhood mosque, I received polite shrugs: not our job, mate…’
There were no British journalists based in Basra, partly because of the costs of insuring them and partly because of the danger. Some excellent pieces were commissioned, done now and again – including a Channel Four Dispatches – but the reports always had to compete with far more dramatic news from the American sector and Baghdad. To report on Basra was of the most dangerous assignments in Iraq because it had become a militia-run city. If you read the link to the above quote, it says at the end “Vincent is writing a book on Basra.” Blair is lucky that book never appeared. Four days after writing that piece, “Switched Off in Basra,” Vincent was kidnapped and executed by miltiamen wearing Iraqi police uniform.
The horror stories, when they came out, showed how far things had descended. Some 42 barbers had been executed for un-Islamic shaving of beards. The mutiliated bodies of women were being found in the street, with notes pinned on them accusing them of un-Islamic activities. Saddam’s dictatatorship was secular – and Basra was being Taleban-ised. Blair would say how morally repugnant this was when happening in Afghanistan, but he turned a blind eye when such butchery was introduced to a city that had – even under Saddam – known none of it.
“The situation in Basra is very different from Baghdad. There is no Sunni insurgency. There is no Al Qaida base. There is little Shia on Sunni violence. The bulk of the attacks are on the Multi National Forces. It has never presented anything like the challenge of Baghdad. “
Right enough: there was no Sunni v Shi’ite violence. But there was Shi’ite militia violence: the nationalist al-Sadrs versus the more pro-Iranian Mahdi Army with the terrorised people of Basra caught in between. Was this so much better? We have learned in Chilcot that the Britain had been cutting deals with the militas (here, p32). This was justified under some Northern Ireland-style logic: to engage the militias in the political process, get them to drop the bomb and use the ballot box as Sinn Fein had done. That’s one way of dealing with terrorists. Another is to kill their leaders and run them out of town – and that’s what Nouri al-Maliki, the Iraqi Prime Minister, did in Charge of the Knights in March 2008. Basra was re-invaded, by the Iraqi army from Baghdad (the Basra army was choc full of militia men) and a surge helped by American arms. They cleaned up our mess. It was an devastating indictment of Britain’s failure. David Kilcullen, a key adviser to the American command, put it brutally: “In 2006 the British army was defeated in the field in southern Iraq."
Tony Blair ordered the invasion of Basra and dislodged its government without having anything to put in its place. He had a moral duty to protect those people from the terror unleashed by his failure to win the peace. We have heard in Chilcot from one general (here, p4) that he had 200 troops for a city of 1.3 million – was there any, any surprise that (as the general put it) “the militia controlled the city?” Blair spun his way out of that, saying the goal was that (as he put it) “the next chapter in Basra’s history can be written by Iraqis.” The Saddam chapter was written by Iraqis too – so why did we invade? He would have known the atricocities were going on, that Basra had – under Britain’s eye – fallen to the militias. And in the end, Basra was liberated not by Britain but by American arms and Iraqi endeavour. This is Blair’s real crime – and one I fear that he will not be questioned on tomorrow.
Chilcot Inquiry
Gordon’s off the hook, for the moment
David Blackburn
Blair admits to misleading the British public over Iraq
A composed and calculated Blair takes round one
Blair wants to tell Iranian tales
Why Blair’s return is good news for the Tories
Identifying Brown’s culpability in Iraq
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1353106
|
__label__wiki
| 0.913272
| 0.913272
|
Austria and Italian voters could plunge the EU into crisis
Voters in Austria and Italy head to the polls tomorrow and could plunge the EU into a political and economic crisis, as I say in The Sun today. In Austria, the candidate of a genuinely far-right party—its first leader was a former SS officer—could become president. If the Freedom Party’s Norbert Hofer does win, and the race is too close to predict with any confidence, it’d show that the very extremist forces that the European project was meant to crush are now on the rise—and in part, because of the EU’s own failings.
But it is the Italian referendum that could have the more immediate consequences. Italy bans polls just before votes, so we don’t have any up to date polling. But before the polling blackout started, surveys consistently showed that the voters would reject Prime Minister Matteo Renzi’s proposed constitutional change. If that happens, Renzi has repeatedly said he would resign.
A referendum defeat and a Renzi resignation would reinforce the view in the markets that Italy is unreformable. This will heap pressure on Italy’s already struggling banking system, it has close to a third of the Eurozone’s bad loans.
If Italian banks get into ever deeper trouble, that could trigger a Eurozone crisis. Equally, if Renzi resigns and early elections are held next year, there is a chance that the anti-Euro Five Star Movement could end up coming to power. The election of the Eurozone’s first anti single currency government would call into question the whole future of the currency union.
If Italy votes no, it will have knock on effects for Brexit. London is the de facto banking and financial capital of the Eurozone. If the single currency is under pressure, then EU leaders will be wary of erecting barriers between it and its financial and banking capital. This could lead to a better deal than expected for UK financial services.
Single currency
Greece may soon face a humanitarian crisis of its own
What the papers say: Is time up for the EU?
Tom Goodenough
The Italian domino effect
Greece: ‘The crisis has commenced’
Theresa May has just shown she really is serious about Brexit
Trump Team preparing US / UK trade deal
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1353107
|
__label__wiki
| 0.738311
| 0.738311
|
Difference between revisions of "Rage Against the Machine"
Revision as of 22:18, 11 April 2019 (edit)
192.252.237.198 (talk)
(→External Links)
Revision as of 22:18, 11 April 2019 (edit) (undo)
* [http://www.gamefront.com/mods/ratm RATM] - Game Front
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KTnS-JAzJs DOS Game: Blood - Rage Against the Machine] - [[Blood on YouTube|YouTube]]
* [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgS1ZoidySwNf0OEY_m7o5_y6mcUnz7-R Blood: Rage Against the Machine] Dosbox playthrough ([Lingyan203]])
* [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgS1ZoidySwNf0OEY_m7o5_y6mcUnz7-R Blood: Rage Against the Machine] Dosbox playthrough ([[Lingyan203]])
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5vx56xcHHU&list=PLoxV-no_tlqyOy83HlSmFUOLQnmEwcGgq Blood: Rage Against the Machine (BloodGDX)] playthrough ([[pagb66]])
Developer: The RATM Team
Publisher: ModDB
Designer: Matthew "Daedalus" Kallis
Engine: Build Engine (Blood mod)
Version: "New Compact Version"
Genre: First Person Shooter
Modes: Single-player, Multiplayer
Platforms: MS-DOS (original executable), Java VM (BloodGDX), Microsoft Windows (NBlood, Fresh Supply), Unix-like (NBlood)
UPC/A7: N/A
ISBN-10: N/A
Media: Download
"Rage Against The Machine, RATM or simply ‘Rage’, is a combined effort by select members of the Blood community to create a Blood campaign worthy of remembrance and worthy of honouring, and hopefully complementing, the Blood title and its legacy. Rage’s objective is to expand on the Blood universe, adding a little innovation where necessary, while not compromising the spirit of the original title’s unbeatable action, breathtaking atmosphere and overwhelming fun factor. So far, Episode 1 of the campaign has been released, but the rest are coming up. All the Single Player maps included in this campaign are fully optimised and compatible with Bloodbath, Co-operative and Team Mode Play. Difficulty levels are also implemented. Rage Against The Machine has the added bonus of including custom music that fully captures the essence of the original’s soundtrack. The Rage Against The Machine story is told through a series of gripping, live-action cinematics."
--Official description
Rage Against the Machine was a fan add-on project to create a commercial quality Blood game; the title is sometimes shortened as Rage or RATM. Episode one was first released on October 31, 2007, before being re-issued as a "New Compact Version" on May 16, 2008, and is currently the only released portion of Rage Against the Machine.
The add-on includes a new soundtrack and is intended to add many new levels that are compatible with single player, BloodBath and cooperative play.
The story is intended to be played out through "live-action" cutscenes shown at the end of the episodes. It was created by Matthew "Daedalus" Kallis (project leader and mapper), Dimebog (musician), and Filip (oBe) Walgraef (artist and animator). As well as a founder of The Postmortem fan site, Daedalus was the previous creator of the Sin Campaign mini-episode which partly utilized assets from BloodLines.
Daedalus essentially killed off the project on May 23, 2008 after finding a lack of time to continue mapping.
1.1 Episode 1: Till Death Us Do Part
1.2 Episode 2: Clods TC
1.3 Episode 3: Bloodclots TC
1.4 Episode 4: Cryptic Sausage
2 Critical Reception
3.1 Forum Threads
The game opens with an extended animated cutscene done up in the style of late 1990s pre-rendered opening introductions, which then proceeds to recap Caleb's gun-slinging past in the Old West, his ascension through the Cabal, and finally the betrayal of the Chosen and the murder of his lover Ophelia Price. It then cuts to a scene of Caleb approaching a temple, pitchfork in hand.
Episode 1: Till Death Us Do Part
Custom - Episode 1: Till Death Us Do Part
RATME1M1: Tchernobog's Fatal Flaw
RATME1M2: Six Feet Under
RATME1M3: Forest of Shadows
RATME1M4: Cabal Express
RATME1M5: Green Town
RATME1M9: Morningside Springs (Secret Level)
RATME1M6: Knee Deep in the Undead
RATME1M7: There's No Place Like Home
RATME1M8: Epiphany's End
https://blood-wiki.org/index.php?title=File:RATM-Cutscenes.webm
Cut-scene compilation
In a level featuring no enemies, Caleb gets himself let into the temple, ascends into its inner sanctum, and joins the other Chosen, Tchernobog's beast lieutenants Cheogh, Shial and Cerberus and the dark god himself. Tchernobog demands a sacrifice, and Gabriel is taken away by the spider queen, Ishmael is blasted by the two headed hell hound and Ophelia is taken away by the stone gargoyle.
Stunned, Caleb attempts to run away (RATME1M1: Tchernobog's Fatal Flaw), and falls down into an underground mining tunnel and has to make his way through a shipping area (RATME1M2: Six Feet Under). He heads out into a nearby forest, wherein he duels with zombies rising up outside nearby cabins and reaches an urban area through a temple complex, filling a basin of blood to get a needed key (RATME1M3: Forest of Shadows). To further his escape, Caleb stows aboard a train in a wooden shipping crate, before storming out and repeatedly leaping between two locomotives to reach his objectives (RATME1M4: Cabal Express)
Crashing his way into the Green Town station, Caleb proceeds to "paint the town red", shooting his way through a gallery and an entire block of stores (RATME1M5: Green Town). Playing with some alphabet blocks in the toy store can gain Caleb access to a nearby swimming pool, blowing up the boiler to return from whence he came (RATME1M9: Morningside Springs). Caleb exits into a sewer and pump facility, facing entire legions of undead in the murky waters, and briefly commandeering a wooden boat (RATME1M6: Knee Deep in the Undead).
Caleb has now come full circle, and begins to storm through the temple he was first driven out off, intent on seeking his revenge (RATME1M7: There's No Place Like Home). Caleb returns to the inner sanctum, and meets Tchernobog, seemingly making short work of the dark god. He then collects a nearby key and ascends an adjacent castle to the Altar of Stone and sees Ophelia crucified (RATME1M8: Epiphany's End).
The end cut-scene shows Caleb express his grief at his lover's demise, before being interrupted by Cheogh, who lunges at him, only to be defeated by Caleb's boom-stick. Caleb then takes out his zippo lighter and gives Ophelia a more respectful cremation.
Episode 2: Clods TC
The listed entry for episode two, with presumably a tongue-in-cheek place-holder title.
Selecting this option cuts immediately to the game credits.
The cutscene compilation on the left implies the episode proper would have started with Caleb breaking out of an Alcatraz-style prison in 1964.
Episode 3: Bloodclots TC
Episode 4: Cryptic Sausage
The listed entry for episode two, with presumably a tongue-in-cheek place-holder title that parodies the name of the Sunstorm Interactive expansion pack Cryptic Passage.
Promotional image
Reception for the add-on was positive, with it holding a score 8.2 out of 10 on ModDB, with many of the reviews stressing the quality of the level design, as well as its conservative approach to Blood styling. The title, which it shares with the band Rage Against the Machine, caused some consternation and confusion, with the project's authors stressing that it also "happens to be a common saying." The release's manual stresses that the title was chosen for its unique status, as well as noting that it proved prophetic, hailing a number of technical and computer issues during the development of the project.
"The levels are very well done and the action is well paced (with one notable forest encounter genuinely frightening), though very conservative to the original game to the point of lacking a defining architectural character of its own (when compared to Death Wish certainly), which is made up for by its own quite indulgent romp through Blood lore - including opening with a in-game recreation of the Chosen's casting down and a twined repeat of the first episode's famous train level. oBe's opening and closing animations also provide another rich experience for players. Definitely a must-have for any hardened Bloodite, and a sadly incomplete experience."
--Graham "Gideon" Wilson, Blood Wiki
"This draws on the spirit of Blood, while its not exactly original it does feature some of the best level design. We get to go through a town thats way more impressive than the one featured in the original game episode 3, and the town we saw of vaguely in the beginning of Post Mortem. This one features a art gallery, sewer, cave, swamp & a train level where we have to jump between 2 trains. Its a shame its just one episode but it was a real pleasure to come back to Blood after the years."
--The Unbeholden
"Very smart level design, I especially liked the spooky sewer level and the surprisingly original train level. I also like how difficulty and gameplay (the way you get weapons) are very progressive throughout the first levels. The musics are moody and fit the levels well. My only problem with this episode is that I played on skill#4 and no way there would have been enough ammo to kill the end boss (I used full ammo set on every weapon avalaible + all the ammo provided in the boss area, and I'm pretty sure I didn't miss a lot). Great episode overall which is true to the original game."
--NESfag
Webpage from Death Mask
Webpage from ModDB
RATM New Compact Edition - RTCM
Rage Against the Machine (Re-scripted) - RTCM
RATM - Game Front
DOS Game: Blood - Rage Against the Machine - YouTube
Blood: Rage Against the Machine Dosbox playthrough (Lingyan203)
Blood: Rage Against the Machine (BloodGDX) playthrough (pagb66)
3D Realms Forums thread
RATM story discussion thread (spoilers) - The Postmortem
Strange RATM Theory - The Postmortem
<< Old Friend | Bloody Pulp Fiction >>
Retrieved from "https://blood-wiki.org/index.php?title=Rage_Against_the_Machine&oldid=44139"
OBe Artwork
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1353111
|
__label__cc
| 0.710914
| 0.289086
|
Home Uncategorized Opening Day : River Slots
Opening Day : River Slots
With a week until opening day, River slots Casino and Resort in Schenectady is almost geared up to exhibit its hand to the public.
Outside the building, employees donning green vests hammered away to put the ending touches on the $330 million project earlier than doorways open for accurate next Wednesday at noon. Inside, a “mock River slots casino” day was once underway as group of workers individuals practiced their roles with each other, making final preparations for the opening day rush.
“I’m feeling very anxious and very excited about opening these doors and never closing them,” stated Mary Cheeks, the casino’s usual manager.
The facility features many standbys associated with casinos: bright slot machines, the sound of cube crashing at a craps desk and ATMs alongside a wall for River slots games enthusiasts in want of more cash.
Other services are precise to Rush Street Gaming’s today’s venture. An upscale steakhouse simply off the gaming floor is adorned with images from Schenectady’s past. At the lower back of the room are two nearby restaurants serve up meals and pastries for hungry gamers. And at the edges of the facility, home windows let in herbal light and provide views of the Mohawk River.
With the on line River slots casinos set to open subsequent Wednesday at noon, here’s a seem at what’s inside:
Gaming floor
Visitors who step onto the brown and crimson patterned carpet of the gaming ground will be greeted with brilliant colors, flashing lights and felt tables.
Upon coming into the facility, site visitors will locate the gaming floor down the hall to their left. When a patron first walks into the River slots gaming area, they’ll locate a pocket of open area the place they can take in the complete room, inclusive of the dining choices in the back.
“The idea is to have a full view of your surroundings,” stated Rosemarie Cook, vice president of River slots gaming.
Table video games line the walkway down the middle of the room, and slots are set up all along the room’s perimeter. Waitresses circulated around the ground Wednesday clad in blue Rivers shirts and black shorts and skirts to take drink orders.
The 50,000-square-foot space points 67 table games, which include staples such as blackjack, craps and roulette, as properly as other card games and River slots like Let It Ride, Mississippi Stud, Pai Gow Poker and more.
For first-time traffic or these searching to attempt something new, recreation publications are available at each desk that give an explanation for the rules, Cook said.
Roughly 1,150 slot machines encompass the gaming tables, and are tough to leave out as they undertaking neon blue, inexperienced and crimson lights across the floor. Options include general reel slots or newer video games.
Signs striking from the gaming flooring ceiling direct site visitors from the gaming floor to adjoining eating preferences and extra gambling areas.
Poker room and high restriction area
Poker gamers can get their fix in two one of a kind areas bordering the gaming floor, relying on their preferred intensity.
On one end, 15 customized poker tables with additional padding, cup holders and charging docks at every seat are placed in a separate poker room.
To the other facet of the gaming ground is the excessive limit area, which is meant to provide high rollers a more private region to go all-in. Where the gaming floor includes penny slots and different video games, the high restrict vicinity boasts slots that range from $5 to $100 per spin.
Just past the flashing slot machines is a separate room stocked with cream coloured tables, the place gamblers can play table games that require higher minimum wagers than the relaxation of the facility.
An adjoining VIP lounge presents high rollers the hazard to take a spoil from the action in a more non-public putting that borders the facility’s steakhouse.
Located all the way at the back of the gaming flooring but faintly visible from the entrance is the marketplace, which serves as an specific dining option.
The marketplace is modeled after a thought developed at the Sugarhouse Casino, a Rush Street property in Philadelphia. There are 4 dining selections available, with two of them local organizations and two of them holdovers from the Rivers Casino is Des Plaines, Illinois.
The Mallozzi Group, which operates numerous place restaurants, will oversee all dining options at Rivers Casino and Resort. On Wednesday, sunlight poured into the market and surrounding seating through a close by window.
Among the options is Johnny’s To Go, which promote pizzas and different express ingredients based totally on pinnacle marketers from the restaurant’s State Street location. Johnny’s will be open from eleven a.m. till 10 p.m. in the course of the week, and will stay open till 2 a.m. on the weekends, Bobby Mallozzi said.
Villa Italia, another Schenectady favorite, presents pastries and desserts. Cookies, cannoli and extra are on display in a large glass case dealing with the gaming area. The café will also serve coffee, and will be open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, Mallozzi said.
Mian will serve noodle bowls and different Asian cuisine, and will be open 11 a.m. till 2 a.m. throughout the week, and continue to be open till 4 a.m. on the weekends.
Flipt will offer burgers, warm dogs, salads and different sandwiches, and will open at 6 a.m., Mallozzi said.
Dukes Chophouse
Dukes Chophouse serves as the upscale eating alternative on site, and is named after Tony “The Duke” DeLorenzo, the first employee for Mohawk Harbor developer The Galesi Group.
The house seats over 100 company and features a patio space that overlooks the now-snow-covered Mohawk River. A private eating area for distinct events is just off the eating room subsequent to the high limit area.
The walls are blanketed in framed pics depicting Schenectady history, consisting of photographs of historic businesses, vehicles using down State Street and widespread city leaders.
The bar looks out onto the gaming floor, while the dining place is a bit darker and meant to experience more elegant, lit up primarily with the aid of the lights on each table.
“You’re sitting in Dukes Chophouse and it looks and feels special [than the gaming floor] and that’s all with the aid of design,” said Joe Scibetta, vice president of development and operations for Rush Street Gaming.
Van Slyck’s
Across the gaming ground from Dukes and the high-limit vicinity is Van Slyck’s, a 5,000-squre-foot lounge area that will feature gaming, entertainment and drinks.
Dedicated slot machines and gaming tables are located in the space, alongside with various large-screen TVs. Local bands and DJs are predicted to function at Van Slyck’s as well. Three acts are scheduled to operate on opening day, with suggests going on at 1, 6 and 10 p.m.
The area had a nightclub feel to it Wednesday, with a few small tables set up facing the stage area, and billiards and on line casino video games lining the perimeter.
The lounge is named after one of the families concerned in the Colonial-era agreement of Schenectady.
The event core is accessible from the foremost entrance, meaning traffic don’t have to travel across the gaming floor to step inside the 10,000-square-foot space.
The feast hall looks out onto the Mohawk River and can accommodate 600 humans when circular tables are set up inside, or roughly 900 people when it’s simply an open floor. An adjoining 2,000-square-foot room between the match middle and the casino’s entrance serves as a pre-function space with lots of couches and seats.
Officials are watching for the event middle to be used for commercial enterprise conferences, birthday parties, bachelor and bachelorette parties, and more. Cheeks, the casino GM, stated whereas Van Slyck’s will characteristic smaller neighborhood bands, she envisions the tournament center internet hosting country music acts and watch events for boxing, mixed martial arts and other sports.
The banquet location can additionally be separated by using partitions into as many as 5 different spaces at a time, said Carney McGuire, director of sales with River slots Casino.
Previous articleRiver slots weekend
Next articleLife offers us River slots
ITT Loan Forgiveness students Expect for debt relief for a Disagreement
Air Conditioning Repair Glendale Arizona
San Francisco earthquake warning clusters
About Online Club Sweepstakes Software
Wild Jack Is number one in twenty one
New Hampshire Moved into Courtroom Around the Matter along
Get much More Info For Online Casino Games
University of phoenix lawsuit loan forgiveness appears too easy to earn
Hello Neighbor Minecraft – Welche Leichen hat unser Nachbar im...
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1353123
|
__label__cc
| 0.602434
| 0.397566
|
Home-grown brands are the ‘in’ thing
Suraj Shenai
The one thing you’d like to change about the Indian market…
Nothing. We have the best young curious consumers right now, who love to experiment and try new things!
Who do you think sets drinking trends in India?
Drinking trends in India are generational. Between the mid ‘90s until about 2015 you saw the emergence and domination of celebrity-led IMFL campaigns with emphasis on claiming that these brands were Western, Scotch, etc.
After 2010 you saw that there was overall fatigue and disconnect with these brands, after young Indians travelled and got better connected with global trends – and saw the lies in those claims!
Today the young consumer is looking for interesting products. There is also a growing pride in consuming home-grown brands.
What’s the most overrated drinking fad/ drink in India at the moment?
I am glad that molecular mixology died quietly. I feel that the bars that did it, did it to be on trend, not because they were fully committed to the idea.
What’s the next big thing for India?
The emergence and dominance of home-grown brands, which are competing on quality with the rest of the world. In 10 years we will have new Indian companies taking on the global giants in the Indian market.
What’s the best motivation for your team?
Jimmy the Dog, because Jimmy does his thing and doesn’t give a damn… Be like Jimmy!
Which is your favourite liquor brand ad campaign?
There is a lot of objectification of women in liquor ads; so the ones that stand out are the ones which refrain from doing so. Brewdog’s high-impact campaign of using a battle tank in downtown London when they were fairly new; and Mikkeller’s running club are my favourites.
Which is your favourite bar in India and why?
I’ll pick two: Joseph’s Bar in Panaji and Bob’s Bar in Bengaluru. These bars are the least pretentious, most true to local culture, and extremely hip in an almost effortless manner.
Which of your competitors gives you sleepless nights?
I don’t think about competitors. Jack Ma had equated starting a company to running a marathon, in the first 2 years you just run!
The one fictional character you’d like to have a drink with…
Kung Fu Panda! I’d go bar hopping with him!!
If you were alone on a deserted island, which drink would you want with you?
A really cold Eight-Finger Eddie.
Jacob’s Creek: Top wines from Down Under
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1353126
|
__label__wiki
| 0.926125
| 0.926125
|
History curator Stephanie Gibson talks to Chris McBride, designer and member of Wellington Media Collective, about artists and designers making protest objects.
Artists came out in force to support and record the explosive 1981 Springbok rugby tour, its lead-up, and legacy. Some saw this country’s acceptance of the whites-only team as supporting apartheid in South Africa. Others felt that sport should be separate from politics.
Four posters by Wellington Media Collective have recently gone on display in the Toi Art exhibition Tūrangawaewae: Art and New Zealand to help tell this story.
Chris McBride during an anti-Springbok rugby tour demonstration, 1981.
Ans Westra, Anti Springbok tour demonstration, 1981, gelatin silver work-print. Te Papa (O.012072)
Wellington Media Collective
Wellington Media Collective (1978-1998) worked alongside groups to deliver powerful messages effectively. The collective began as a volunteer organisation in 1978 and shared skills in design, photography, and printing with community organisations, trade unions, activists, theatres, and cultural groups, etc. The Collective was primed for action when the Springbok tour of New Zealand was scheduled for July to September 1981 – huge amounts of work went into producing anti-tour material, and most of the work was done voluntarily.
Stephanie: Why did artists and designers get involved in protests against the Springbok rugby tour?
Chris: We quickly saw how huge the protest movement was becoming, and that organisers needed people with design experience to make effective protest material. And they needed access to non-commercial print-making facilities – some commercial companies considered printing anti-tour material was too risky and potentially harmful for their business. We were fortunate that there were still some printing companies willing to stand alongside the protest movement and print bulk requirements.
Stephanie: What are some of the key ingredients of protest design? When I look at these posters, the elements that strike me the most are the strong directive words (‘Mobilise’,‘Oppose’,‘Patu’), the upraised clenched fist, and images of crowds.
Chris: You need clear, direct, and readable messages, vibrant colours, powerful symbols, and imagery – to catch people’s eyes and persuade them to act. The Wellington Media Collective was at the forefront of designing anti-tour material. Simple phrasing was reproduced across a range of different designs, and sometimes chanted during protest marches.
Mobilise May 1st poster, 1981. By Wellington Media Collective (Dave Kent and Chris Lipscombe), New Zealand. Te Papa (GH024611)
Mobilise July 3 poster, 1981. By Wellington Media Collective (Kathy Baxter, Dave Kent and Chris McBride), New Zealand. Te Papa (GH024612)
Stephanie: Two of these posters call for nationwide mobilisations on 1 May and 3 July 1981 to pressure the New Zealand Government to force the Rugby Union to withdraw its invitation to the Springboks and stop the tour. These mobilisations were hugely successful with about 75,000 people marching on each date. Both posters feature images of crowds – why is that?
Chris: Images of crowds are important to protest design as they show solidarity with a cause, and they leave a ‘quotable’ visual record which can be easily repurposed for subsequent protest material. For example, the image in the July poster was actually taken at the earlier protest on 1 May. The word ‘Mobilise’ also implies large groups of people, and harks back to the huge anti-Vietnam War mobilisations of the early 1970s.
Oppose Apartheid: Stop All Tours poster, 1981. By Wellington Media Collective (Dave Kent), New Zealand. Te Papa (GH024615)
Stephanie: The Oppose Apartheid poster was created by graphic designer Dave Kent of the Wellington Media Collective. The upraised clenched fist symbolises solidarity and was a key symbol of the black South African liberation movement.
Chris: The image of the fist is actually Dave Kent’s. The raised fist has a long history across the world and generally means unity, or solidarity, really, it is a symbol of resistance. It was a symbol of unity and strength used by the protest movement in South Africa so very appropriate to use on the poster to show the solidarity between the movements in Aotearoa and in South Africa.
Patu poster, 1982. By Wellington Media Collective (Chris McBride). Te Papa (GH024636)
Stephanie: The final poster advertises Merata Mita’s political film Patu!, which documented New Zealanders’ divided reactions to the Springbok tour and features some of the violent clashes during protests. These images still shock with their ferocity and violence. Tell me about the design.
Chris: It was great that Merata Mita was bringing her work on the Springbok tour protests to the big screen. Merata and other film makers across Aotearoa risked their lives to contribute footage to this important film. I made a decision to design and print this poster as a tribute to Merata, the film makers and the protest movement. I embedded photographs of the protests within the word ‘Patu’ (weapon), which is in turn embedded in a film strip. This allusion may of course be lost on younger audiences used to digital technology. But the idea was that the film itself became a patu in the fight against apartheid and racism.
The posters are a part of our Collective activist history. They, and the film, are also an integral part of the wider collective fight for justice here and overseas. I am grateful to have played a small part in creating some of the visual material associated with the anti-apartheid movement.
More information about the exhibition Tūrangawaewae: Art and New Zealand
In: Art, History
Tagged: 1981 Springbok Tour, apartheid, protest
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1353138
|
__label__wiki
| 0.968458
| 0.968458
|
Hasan Salihamidzic explains why Bayern didn't sign Timo Werner
By Laura Brandt
Hasan Salihamidzic isn't sure Timo Werner would fit into Bayern München's way of playing.
Timo Werner (left) and David Alaba (right). Photo: GEPA Pictures/Gabor Krieg
Bayern München sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic has explained why the German champions chose not to bring in Timo Werner from RB Leipzig last summer.
According to reports, Bayern could have snapped up Werner for just €25 million thanks to a release clause, but Salihamidzic says he isn't sure the 23-year-old would have been a good fit at Allianz Arena.
"Timo Werner is a good player who had an excellent first half of the season. However, we have Robert Lewandowski. Robert is a striker who is a perfect fit for our playing style," Salihamidzic said in an interview with Sport Bild and added:
"Robert is able to orientate himself despite having little space on the pitch. He has the ability to move in tight spaces and find excellent solutions with the ball.
"With his pace, Timo Werner needs more space, just like he had in the system that Leipzig played. They may have changed their system, but it's still not as tight for them offensively as it is for us," the Bayern boss explained.
Werner, who chose to extend his contract with Leipzig until 2023 instead, has scored 23 goals in 25 games this season.
More about Timo Werner
Timo Werner reveals desire to play in England in the future
Report: 'It's only a matter of time' before Real Madrid make an offer for Timo Werner
Lothar Matthäus 'still can't understand' why Bayern didn't sign Timo Werner
7 Schalke midfielder Nabil Bentaleb nearing move to Crystal Palace?
8 Marcus Thuram: 'I'm not for sale'
10 Timo Werner reveals desire to play in England in the future
Klinsmann to oversee Hertha's clash with Bayern after having coaching license renewed
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1353143
|
__label__cc
| 0.510652
| 0.489348
|
Second Opinions & Referrals
Emergencies & Phone Calls
Disease & Drug Information
Drug Dictionary
About the US Oncology Network
CCCB Foundation
Search for a Physician
Specialty Medical Oncology and Hematology Radiation Oncology
Specialty Medical Oncology and Hematology Radiation Oncology Treatments & Services 3D Conformal Radiation Therapy Anemias Assistance with Bone Marrow Transplants Bleeding and Clotting Disorders Blood Abnormalities Center Technologies Chemotherapy CT Scanning and Simulation Disorders of White Blood Cells and Platelets Electron Beam Radiation Therapy Genetic Testing High Dose Rate Brachytherapy (HDR) Image Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT) Immunotherapy Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) Iodine 131 Injection for Thyroid Conditions Medical Oncology Other Radiation Treatments (Radionuclides) Prostate Seed Implants (Brachytherapy) Radiation Oncology Radiation Treatment for Non-Cancerous/Benign Conditions Radioiodine 131 Therapyamarium 153 Beta/Gamma for Bone Cancer Radium 223 Injection for Prostate (Xofigo)
View Treatment & Services
Physician Specialties
Chemotherapy & Biological Therapy
Radiological Pharmaceuticals
Hormonal Therapy
Request Appointment Now
Melbourne-Pine (321) 952-0898
Melbourne-Wickham (321) 752-4811
Merritt Island (321) 453-7440
Sebastian (772) 589-1995
Melbourne-Eau Gallie (321) 254-4776
Palm Bay (321) 725-8300
Rockledge (321) 636-2111
Palm Bay Melbourne Merritt Island Rockledge Sebastian
Radiation Oncology:
Medical Oncology:
Locations & Physicians
Alice Spinelli, APRN, AOCN
Melbourne-Pine
1430 S. Pine St
Alice Spinelli, APRN, AOCN is joining Cancer Care Centers of Brevard in Melbourne, FL, as a Genetics Nurse Practitioner. She is board-certified in oncology and has over 18 years of experience serving cancer patients in Brevard county. Ms. Spinelli will lead the development of a hereditary cancer risk assessment program and partner with The US Oncology Network’s GREAT (Genetic Risk Evaluation and Testing) Program.
Genetics is a rapidly evolving field of health care with implications for both cancer prevention and treatment. Ms. Spinelli sees herself primarily as a patient educator and advocate, assisting patients in understanding their testing options, results, and the potential impact for themselves and their families.
Ms. Spinelli is a past president of the Society of Gynecologic Nurse Oncologists and has served on the board of directors of the American Cancer Society’s local units and the Ovarian Cancer Alliance of Florida. She served on the Scientific and Medical Advisory Board of the Ovarian Cancer National Alliance, now the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund (OCRF), until 2016. Locally, she is president of C.A.R.E (Cancer, Advocacy, Resources and Education), an OCRF affiliate. In 2005, she participated in Merck’s oncology expert input panel for the development of the HPV vaccine. She received her undergraduate nursing degree from Florida State University, her nurse practitioner certification from the University of Virginia and her master’s degree in nursing from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
Ms. Spinelli completed City of Hope’s Intensive Course in Cancer Risk Assessment, and remains a member of their Clinical Cancer Genomics Community of Practice, enabling her to stay abreast of the rapidly evolving advances in cancer genetics.
In her free time, Ms. Spinelli enjoys spending time with her husband, four-legged children and family. She enjoys being outdoors and loves to play at playing tennis.
Visit The Patient Portal
Learn About Your First Visit
Locations &
Treatments &
Disease & Drug
Nondiscrimination & Accessibility Requirements
Cancer Care Centers of Brevard ©2020 All rights reserved. Website design by 30 Degrees North
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1353147
|
__label__cc
| 0.612271
| 0.387729
|
NSFW: The erotic art of Ancient Greece and Rome
Super rats or sickly rodents? Our war against urban rats could be leading to swift evolutionary changes
‘Robotic blacksmithing’: A technology that could revive US manufacturing
George Washington’s biggest battle? With his dentures, made from hippo ivory and maybe slaves’ teeth
What winter solstice rituals tell us about indigenous people
Buzzesque.com
Covering the weird, weird world.
Strange Crime
Strangeness
Unexplained Unsolved Murders Weird News
The Dyatlov Pass Incident Revisited
October 16, 2019 October 23, 2019 Darian 0 Comments dyatlov, dyatlov pass, featured, russia, russian hikers, siberia, soviet union, ural mountains
The infamous Dyatlov Pass Incident captures the modern imagination because of how bizarre the circumstances are surrounding the deaths of the nine hikers who tried to cross Kholat Syakhl, which translates to the Dead Mountain in English. Does new research into UFOs, Soviet Missile tests or psychedelic mushrooms help explain the mystery?
For a super quick overview of the Dyatlov Pass Incident, you can also see our video below:
In 1959, a group of ten skiers took off on a skiing expedition into the Ural Mountains of the Soviet Union. All members of the team were very experienced hikers. Some were certified in mountain climbing as well as hiking. In either case, Kholat Syakhl is not known to be a dangerous hike, especially considering the skill of the team. The team was lead by Igor Dyatlov, for whom the pass is known in the modern imagination. Before reaching the point at which the incident happened, one of the hikers by the name of Yuri Yudin, turned back because he was not feeling well, leaving the remaining eight hikers: Yuri Nikolayevich Doroshenko, Lyudmila Alexandrovna Dubinina, Yuri (Georgiy) Alexeyevich Krivonischenko, Alexander Sergeyevich Kolevatov, Zinaida Alekseevna Kolmogorova, Rustem Vladimirovich Slobodin, Nikolai Vladimirovich Thibeaux-Brignolles and Semyon Alekseevich Zolotaryov.
This is a photograph of the tent taken by the initial investigation team. Some have noted that the ski pole in the back of this image did not move when compared to an image taken by the hikers while setting up the tent, indicating that there was not an avalanche.
The team set off from the town of Vizhai to cross over to the town of Otorten. On February 1st, they started to move through the pass but started to veer off course because of a major snowstorm. After realizing they were off track, they made camp. That night, there was a mysterious incident which resulted in the deaths of all nine hikers. Piecing together the details from their diaries and evidence found at the camp, the tent had been cut open from the inside and the hikers had run down the mountain, away from the tent, some of them partially clothed. Two of the hikers (Krivonischenko and Doroshenko) were found near a large pine tree in nothing but their underwear. They seemed to have built a fire nearby. Some of the branches of the pine tree were broken, indicating that one of them had tried to climb the tree to look for something. Dyatlov, Kolmogorova and Slobodin were found in the snow between the tree and the camp, at various distances (300, 480 and 630 metres) from the tree. The other four hikers would be found four months layer under heavy snow.
These are the bodies of the two victims found in only their underwear. They were not under much snow at all.
Nearly all of the mystery surrounds the details of the investigation that followed. The facts that are known are as follows. The tent was cut open from within the inside. The two hikers found near the tree (Krivonischenko and Doroshenko) were found naked other than their underwear. However, some of their clothing was found on the three hikers found between the tree and the cap, indicating that the others may have salvaged some clothes from those two, presumably after they had perished. In general, there was a lack of clothing, as if the hikers had ran from the tent without grabbing anything at all. Lyudmila Dubinina was found with quite a bit of her face missing including her eyes, lips and part of her skullbone. Semyon Zolotaryov was missing his eyeballs and Aleksander Kolevatov was missing his eye-brows. Only the hikers’ footprints were visible and their paths did not indicate any sort of struggle. Some of them did not even have shoes on initially, supporting the idea they ran out of the tent without any time to prepare. One of the hiker’s had a very high level of radiation on his clothing. Krivonikschenko’s camera was found and contained several images from the expedition.
Check Out More Russian Mysteries:
The Top 10 Greatest Russian Mysteries of All Time
An obvious theory in such a mountainous and frigid region would be they were either in the middle of an avalanche or were fleeing from one. Looking at the area though, this is extraordinarily unlikely. The slope was not steep, there were no snow patterns indicating anything other than steadily accumulating snow and in the more than 100 expeditions to the region since then, there have not been avalanche conditions in any of them. None of the bodies were covered with more than a few inches of snow and none of the trees seemed damaged from any sort of avalanche.
There was a theory that the indigenous people of the region, known as the Mansi may have attacked the hikers for invading their lands. No evidence supported this theory however. The Mansi people were not quick to attack others, there were no footprints other than those of the hikers in the snow and none of the bodies indicated any normal physical violence. Three of the bodies did have injuries but seemed to resemble some physical force but not anything resembling normal human violence. Dubinina and Zolotaryov both had major chest damage, which struck investigators as similar to that of a car crash. None of the bodies had any external wounds. It was almost as if they were crushed by some mysterious force. The other six deaths were easily attributable to hypothermia.
Photos of Mansi markings were found on photos taken by the hikers in the days preceding the event.
There are several theories involving wind as a mechanic. One is that of katabitc winds which are winds that are high in moisture, carried down the surface of a mountain by gravity. These types of winds are common under certain circumstances. The idea is that the winds would have been so strong, the hikers would have panicked and ran out of the tent with whatever clothing they could grab.
Another wind theory is that proposed bye Donnie Eichar in his book Dead Mountain. Eichar proposes that the wind around the mountain created a type of vertex which could produce a very low frequency (VLF) sound which is thought to cause panic attacks in humans. He proposes that the hikers ran out in a panic and three of the hikers ran into the ravine and died from the fall.
Both of the wind theories rely on the notion that the hikers ran out in a panic, almost presupposed by the cut in the side of the tent. However, initial reports from the first investigation indicate that the footstep patterns are of a normal walking speed and not from people running and stumbling down the side of a mountain.
Military Tests
The most common theory regarding military tests is that the Soviet Union was testing parachute mines in the area and the concussive nature of the weapons would have caused a sense of delirium in the hikers. The idea is that the hikers cut a hole in the tent, stepped out and saw the flash of bombs on the side of the mountain and decided to retreat to the woods where they would be safer. There are records of military tests of that nature around the time the team was in the area. The main reason for the theory is to explain the radiation on the clothing of one of the individuals. Later analysis indicates that radioactive weapons would have caused the same fallout on the clothing of all the individuals.
The UFO theory is based on some of the earliest evidence from the investigation. One of the leading investigators, Lev Ivanov, noticed that the tops of the pine trees were burned. There had been reports of fireball like UFOs on the mountain around the time of the disappearance. Whether this also coincides with the military tests is unknown. One intriguing bit of information from another investigator is that the burn marks on the tree did not seem to indicate an epicenter but rather they seemed to come from a beam of concentrated energy. That investigator actually went on to become a UFO consultant for the KGB.
Some have argued that this photo, found as the last photo on Krivonischenko’s camera, resembles the glowing orbs of a UFO. This appears to have been a technical shot though, to finish out the reel.
Fly Algaric was plentiful in the region of the incident and was used by Mansi shaman for mystical purposes.
As bizarre as it sounds, mushrooms are one of he recurring alternate theories which could explain some of the bizarre behavior pieced together from the evidence. The idea is as follows. The local indigenous people in the region, the Mansi, practice a form of shamanic religion in which local mushrooms are used by shamans to travel to the spirit world and help those plagued by illness or to communicate with the dead. Shamanic culture in Siberia is extremely well studied and there are numerous books about findings from a plethora of anthropological studies in the region. The shamans value a particular mushroom, Fly Algaric, so much that they dress up like them.
Fly Algaric (Amanita Muscaria), as far as magic mushrooms go, is a particularly toxic mushroom and is not easily processed in its natural form. It is so toxic that the shamans prefer to intake the naturally occurring psychedelic in another form, reindeer urine. Yes, that’s right, reindeer pee. Reindeer have a physiology much more suitable for processing the toxins in the mushroom and the psychoactive component of the drug, Musciomol, comes out in their urine. Shamans will collect the snow where the reindeer pee, drink it, get high and then pee again into the snow and, in an even more bizarre urine transaction, reindeer will even drink the shaman pee, creating a cycle of acquiring the drug.
If Fly Algaric looks familiar, it may be because of Alice in Wonderland where the mushroom is featured in artwork. In fact, the mushroom helped inspire the book due to some of its side effects such as macropsia in which things look larger than they are, making the person feel small. It can also cause the opposite effect, micropsia. These can even occur simultaneously, creating the effect known as Alice in Wonderland syndrome. Other effects are becoming delirious, entering a trance state, sweating and twitching.
The theory, as it applies to this case, is that the hikers may have found a bag of mushrooms hanging on a tree, something the shaman do to dry them out, and may have experimented with them during the night. Not understanding how toxic the mushrooms are, they would have entered a nearly hypnotic state, prone to easy suggestion. They may have also begun sweating and felt as though the natural environment would not harm them. In a hasty decision, they may have exited the tent by cutting it open, walked slowly down the hillside and built a fire. Within a few minutes, considering the conditions, the exposed hikers would have succumbed to hypothermia and the others would attempt to go back to the tent to get supplies.
The mushroom theory is interesting because it explains so much of the evidence. The mushrooms definitely grow in the area and photos taken from the hikers’ cameras show Mansi markings all around the area.
Death by Yeti
Several of the hikers had cameras and all of the cameras were analyzed to see if there were clues hidden in events of the days preceding the incident. In one of these photographs, some argue, there is a figure which resembles a Yeti or what we think a Yeti might look like. The figure does not seem to have any equipment and is just crossing in front of a clearing. It’s not clear if the image could have been a blurry photo of one of the hikers or the infamous snow monster. Most of the speculation around the Yeti theory relies on the fact that some of the hikers (those found in the ravine) had broken ribs and other bones. Also, these are the same hikers which are missing eyeballs and tongues. The idea is that a Yeti could explain the cause of these injuries. The Yeti theory is problematic though because it does not seem to fit with the notion that there were no other footprints coming or going from the scene. The injuries of the hikers in the ravine could also be explained by fall damage and predation.
This photo is the last photo from Thibeaux-Brignolle’s camera. Many have speculated it is a photograph of the infamous Russian snow monster, the Yeti.
The 2015 Investigation
In 2015, Russia launched an investigation of the incident again, this time through the ICRF (Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation) due to outcries from family members of the deceased. Their findings, again under pressure to come up with an answer, relied on the notion that a slow movement of heavy wet snow down the side of the mountain (a super slow avalanche) confused the hikers by pushing their tent. Not realizing that the situation was still reparable, they panicked, cut a hole in the tent and ran outside. The theory is that the two who ran out in their pajamas ran to a firepit which already existed next to the pine tree, thinking they could stay warm. The weather conditions at the time were quite severe with a heavy snow falling and temperatures well below zero and nearly hurricane force winds. A lot of the findings from the 2015 investigation highlighted the inexperience of the team in such conditions. Many have argued, however, that the group was not that inexperienced. Some were certified in mountain climbing and hiking and would have known not to make such basic mistakes as going outside in just pajamas. There’s also the troubling fact that they would even be in pajamas with hurricane force winds pummeling the side of a small tent.
A monument now stands to commemorate the lives of the nine hikers who died in the Dyatlov Pass incident.
Of all the theories, the mushroom theory tends to best explain the evidence we find. We know that the tracks did not indicate panic. We know that some of the hikers were in pajamas in profoundly disturbing weather conditions. We know that at least 6 of the hikers died from hypothermia as the direct cause of death. The evidence from the area, such as burn marks on the trees or could indicate some yet unknown theory. The Dyatlov Pass Incident stands out as one of the stranger stories out of the former Soviet Union and, due to the passage of time as well as the change in political structure there, the truth is probably too far gone for us to come up with definitive answers today. It will go down in history as one of the strangest and most documented unexplained events of the 20th century. However, it is such a rich source of speculation that we may revisit it ourselves in future articles as armchair sleuths come up with more ways to try to explain such a disparate set of facts.
← Unraveling the Curse of the Pharaohs
Archaeologists Uncover Ancient ‘New York City’ in Israel →
Best Time Lapse Space Video Ever - Stunning
San Diego Woman Found Living with 300 Rats in a Van
How did the Ancient Mayans Discover Zero?
Andrew Jackson and the Bell Witch Cave
The preferred jobs of serial killers and psychopaths
Man Takes Acid in Disneyland, Wakes Up Naked a Mile Away
Did Moses See God Because of a DMT Experience?
Five Inch Tapeworm was Living in a Man's Brain
NASA Releases Stunning Video of Mercury in Transit
aliens Ancient Egypt Ancient Greece Ancient History ancient mysteries Ancient Mystery animals Archaeology Astronomy brazil california china crime criminals drugs Egypt england featured florida funny Greece history israel Mars NASA Native Americans news outer space rats research russia science sex space stonehenge strange crime stupid criminals true crime ufo Unsolved Mystery ural mountains weird weird news Wildfires witchcraft
Copyright@ 2019 All Rights Rerved - Buzzesque.com
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1353151
|
__label__cc
| 0.622535
| 0.377465
|
Gov. Malloy Announces Legislation to Reduce Domestic Violence Homicides
2015 Legislation, Breaking News
Last May, Lori Jackson, a 32 year-old mother of two living in Oxford, CT, was shot and killed by her husband after a court granted her a temporary restraining order. Despite the court believing Lori’s safety was at risk, her husband was allowed to keep his gun.
To close the loophole that puts women at mortal danger all too often, Governor Malloy has introduced legislation to prohibit domestic abusers subject to temporary restraining orders from keeping or buying firearms (click here for the Governor’s press release).
Like Lori, all too often women’s lives are put in danger because their abusive intimate partners are not prohibited from possessing firearms. Nationwide, female intimate partners are more likely to be murdered by a gun than all other means combined.
CT Against Gun Violence supports the Governor’s proposal and we look forward to your support to make state lawmakers aware that CT voters want common-sense laws to protect victims of domestic abuse from gun violence.
Please sign up here to join our grassroots effort to pass this important legislation. Your help is vital, as gun rights extremists are already lining up against the legislation. We’ll keep you posted through periodic alerts about contacting your lawmakers, attending hearings and public demonstrations of support.
Gov. Malloy’s legislation requires subjects of a temporary restraining order to turn in their firearms shortly after the judge’s temporary restraining order is issued, giving victims additional protection at this critical time. Many states, including California, Illinois, Massachusetts, and even Texas, prohibit firearm purchase or possession by people under domestic violence temporary (“ex parte”) protective orders.
Your past support has made the state of Connecticut one of the safest from gun violence. Please click here to join our effort to make victims of domestic violence safer by supporting this important gun safety reform.
February 8, 2015 /by Jonathan Perloe
http://cagv.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/CAGV-Logo-White-Transparent-Backgound-300x225.png 0 0 Jonathan Perloe http://cagv.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/CAGV-Logo-White-Transparent-Backgound-300x225.png Jonathan Perloe2015-02-08 14:25:302015-06-22 15:07:15Gov. Malloy Announces Legislation to Reduce Domestic Violence Homicides
CT Now Has 4th Lowest Rate of Gun Deaths in Nation Public Hearings Now Scheduled for Important Gun Safety Bills
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1353154
|
__label__cc
| 0.748357
| 0.251643
|
A.1 Minimum Exhibition Copyright Royalty Schedule 2019Table of Contents
A.1.0 Guiding Principles
Recognizing the Size of a Museum or Gallery
The Minimum Exhibition Royalties schedule reflects the fact that there are institutions of different sizes and means in Canada.
Operating budgets are a matter of public record, and provide a convenient indicator of the size of an exhibiting institution.
Calculation of a gallery’s operating budget would include such items as salaries, expenses related to organizing exhibitions such as shipping, insurance, crating and framing; exhibition-related education programs; rent; utilities; research expenses; publication programs; revenue-generating programs like boutiques, restaurants and parking lots.
An operating budget is related to the operation of the museum or gallery only – if the museum or gallery is part of larger institution like a city administration, university or multi-purpose cultural center, only the operating expenses of the museum or gallery need be counted to determine the royalty category. Acquisition funds or capital funds raised for say, a new building, are not counted either.
Beginning in 2018, we include in our tables two categories assigned to the National Gallery of Canada (V) and to the national museums of Quebec (IV), namely the National Museum of Fine Arts of Quebec, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art and the Quebec Museum of Civilization.
For museums with operating budgets over $ 1 million, a new category (III) has been added. Although this category is still subject to discussion, we recommend that the institutions that can do so pay the minimums in this new category
Category V National Gallery of Canada (Mandatory minimum rates following the scale agreement signed between CARFAC-RAAV and the NGC in 2018)
Category IV Musées nationaux du Québec (Tariffs with reproduction rights packages if full payment of minimum exhibition royalties, following an agreement with RAAV and endorsed by CARFAC in 2016)
Category III For galleries with operating budgets of more than $1M
Category II For galleries with operating budgets of 500K to $1M
Category I For galleries with operating budgets of less than 500K
International Exhibitions
This category is reserved for international exhibitions that are funded by multiple major funding bodies and/or sponsors, which may or may not include museums. The International category includes two sections:
International II: Multiple funders. This category includes major international exhibitions, such as international biennials and surveys, or other exhibitions where the artist is selected to represent Canada and which are funded by several funding bodies and/or sponsors.
International I: Embassies, etc. This category includes exhibitions held in cultural centres, embassies or other locations under the auspices of a federal agency.
Recognizing the Scope of an Exhibition
The basis of the exhibition royalties schedule is the solo exhibition. Many types of exhibitions vary from this norm. Retrospectives, group shows, small projects, or installations, for example, have different parameters and costs. A percentage calculation has been adopted for these different types of exhibitions.
-A solo exhibition, for the purposes of the royalty schedule, is defined as an exhibition that features a body of work by a single artist that spans less than 10 years of his or her production.
-For retrospectives, or solo exhibitions that feature more than 10 years of an artist’s production, the rate is the listed solo rate plus 15%.
-For projects, small exhibitions, or installations – exhibitions with a very narrow focus on a small body of work and occupying one room or a single space – the rate is the listed solo rate minus 15% for all categories.
-The single works category applies to specific cases of exhibition of single works, such as very small sites associated with artist-run galleries or the like, i.e.: windows or foyers. It also serves as a benchmark for calculating permanent collection exhibition royalties, and performance presentations. The rate for such exhibitions is 20% of the appropriate solo rate.
-For group exhibitions, the total rate for an exhibition including 2-5 artists must not be less than the solo exhibition rate. To determine the amount each artist is to receive the solo exhibition rate is divided by the number of artists. For group exhibitions with 6 to 10 artists the royalty is 19% of the solo rate for each artist. For group exhibitions with 11 or more artists, the royalty for each artist is 17% of the solo rate.
-For touring exhibitions, the originating gallery and each venue pay 100% of the appropriate exhibition rate, determined by the Exhibiting Institution Category of each gallery and the scope of the particular exhibition (solo, retrospective, group, etc.). The artist is thus paid each time the exhibition is shown.
As for the duration of exhibitions, all exhibition rates generally apply to exhibitions of up to three months duration. For longer exhibitions, the royalties are pro-rated on a monthly basis – the royalty for each month an exhibition is extended is therefore 1/3 of the rate determined for the three-month period.
A.1.1 Solo Exhibitions
For up to 3 months duration
+15% of solo
-15% of solo
20% of Solo
International II 14968 17213 12723 2994
International I 9986 11484 8488 1997
Category V (NGC) See Collective Agreement See Collective Agreement See collective Agreement See Collective Agreement See Collective Agreement
Category IV Quebec 2715 3123 2308 543
Category III 3394 3903 2885 679
Category II 2715 3123 2308 543
Category I 2036 2341 1731 407
NOTE: Copyright Visual Arts – CARCC may request higher royalties for its affiliated artists.
Per Extra Month
International II 4989 5738 4241 998
International I 3329 3828 2829 666
Category IV Quebec 905 1041 769 181
Category III 1131 1301 962 226
Category II 905 1041 769 181
Category I 679 780 577 136
A.1.2 Touring Exhibitions
For touring exhibitions, the originating gallery and each venue pay 100% of the appropriate exhibition rate, determinedly the Exhibiting Institution Category of each gallery and the scope of the particular exhibition (solo, retrospective, group, etc.). The artist is thus paid each time the exhibition is shown.
A.1.3 Group Exhibitions
For group exhibitions, the total rate for an exhibition including 2-5 artists must not be less than the solo exhibition rate. The solo exhibition rate is divided by the number of artists in order to determine the amount each artist is to receive. For group exhibitions with 6 to 10 artists, the royalty is 19% of solo rate for each artist. For group exhibitions with 11 or more artists, the royalty for each artist is 17% of the solo rate.
Group Exhibition Royalties:
Tarifs are per artists for up to 3 months duration
All Categories Except III and V (NGC)
Exhibiting Institution Categories
6-10 Artists
11+ Artists
International II 14968 7484 4989 3742 2994 2844 2545
International I 9986 4993 3329 2496 1997 1897 1698
Category IV 2715 1358 905 679 543 516 462
Category II 2715 1358 905 679 543 516 462
Category I 2036 1018 679 509 407 387 346
Category III and V (NGC)
Category V NGC See Collective Agreement See Collective Agreement See Collective Agreement See Collective Agreement See Collective Agreement See Collective Agreement See Collective Agreement
Category III 3395 1697 1132 849 679 645 577
A.1.4 Permanent Collection Exhibitions
Permanent Collection Exhibition Royalties are calculated using the Single Work rate as a base for works under $10,000 in value. For works above $10,000 in value, the royalty is calculated as a percentage of the purchase price.
Rates apply to both purchased and donated works created after June 7, 1988. Royalties are one-time for a ten-year license.
Royalties are for exhibition at the owner’s premises only. Temporary exhibition royalties apply to any touring exhibition or loan for exhibition.
Where a large number of works are purchased at one time from the same artist, a percentage reduction of the total royalties may be considered.
Where a portfolio or series of prints is purchased, one print can be licensed provided that only one print is exhibited at any one time at the owner’s location. When more than one is exhibited, Temporary Exhibition Royalties at the appropriate rate applies to each extra print exhibited.
If it is decided that a Permanent Collection License is not desirable, temporary exhibition royalties apply to any exhibition of the work on the owner’s premises.
TAX is charged on the royalties.
Permanent Collection Exhibition Royalties
Works up to$ 5K value
Works over $5K and up to $10K value
Works over $10K (percentage of work's value)
Quebec: per year/ per work / duration less than 3 years
Quebec: maximum for duration of 4 to 10 years
International II n/a n/a n/a
International I 1000 1060 7%
Category V NGC 350 350 350
Category IV Quebec - - - 65 543
Category III 338 679 6%
Category II 272 543 5%
Category I 206 406 3%
A.1.5 Performance Presentation Royalties
For major stand-alone solo performances and / or the inclusion of performance artworks in group exhibitions, select “Single work” in Solo Exhibition or group Exhibition.
For festivals and events that are not part of an exhibition, you can select one of the following possibility:
Single Performance within an ongoing showcase or event. It is possible to include Additional performances of the same work at the same venue or project.
Single Performance (Single Event): Performance works in a setting of multiple performances in a single evening, with single ticket prices. The fee is equivalent to 50% of the Single Work Rate appropriate to the organizing institution.
Fees do not include general equipment (i.e. lights, projectors, video, audio) that should be provided by the gallery / host. Special equipment integral to the work is the responsibility of the artist.
Fees do not include artists’ travel costs, accommodation, or per diems. Production costs should remain negotiable.
Please note: The fees for touring exhibitions are calculated according to the characteristics of each venue on the tour. Users of the calculator should do a separate calculation for each stop.
For Creation of a work in public exhibition fees would apply, depending where the work is viewed, whether the regular fees or the Exhibitions in other public spaces category.
A.1.5.1 Performance Presentation Royalties
Exhibiting Institution Operating Budget
Single performance (Festival):
1st Performance
(single work rate)
Each Additional Performance
(30% of single work rate)
Single performance (Single event)
International II Multiple sources of financing 2992 898 1496
International I Embassies, etc. 1997 599 999
Category V NGC National Gallery of Canada 1900 600 1000
Category IV Quebec National Institutions 543 163 272
Category III $1M and more 679 204 340
Category II $500K to $1M 543 163 272
Category I Less than $500K 406 122 203
A.1.6 Exhibitions in Other Public Places
Rates are applicable only to exhibition in a location (i.e. public business or institution, hotel, restaurant, etc.) where the mandate or activity of the business or organization does not include the exhibition of visual artworks.
Related reproductions: see the relevant category of the reproduction royalty schedule.
Each exhibition may be up to three months in duration. For each additional month or portion thereof, add 10%. For exhibitions under 10 days in duration, royalties are 25% of those listed.
Per artist,
per exhibition
under 10 days
Solo 470 120
2 Artists 235 54
4 or more artists 149 38
A.1.7 Exhibition of a Reproduction
Use this category when a reproduction of an original work, and not the original work, is exhibited.
Per Work
Temporary exhibition,
up to three months 177
Permanent exhibition,
up to five years 333
A.1.8 Creation of a Work in Public
When a work is created in public, the organizer of the event must include in the amount of compensation to the artist:
Relevant exhibition royalties.
An appropriate professional royalty that considers time and other requirements such as materials or travel. See Other Professional Royalties, Section 4.
A.1.9 Film and Video Festival
Film festivals should develop policies related to payment of copyright royalties for public presentation. They should decide in the context of their activity to either pay exhibition royalty (either solo or group, as applicable), or the rates recommended in Section 2 – A.2.2.2 Projection of Video, Film or Electronic Art. The exhibition royalty option allows the payment of the same rate to all participants, while the tariffs in Section 2 are calculated according to the number of performances and the duration of the work.
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1353155
|
__label__wiki
| 0.673977
| 0.673977
|
If/then [sound recording] : a new musical : original Broadway cast recording / music by Tom Kitt ; lyrics by Brian Yorkey.
Kitt, Tom. (Composer). Yorkey, Brian. (Librettist, Lyricist). Starobin, Michael. (Arranger). Dean, Carmel. (Conductor). Menzel, Idina. (Performer). Rapp, Anthony. (Performer). LaChanze. (Performer). Snyder, James. (Performer). Dixon, Jerry. (Performer). Colella, Jenn. (Performer). Tam, Jason, 1982- (Performer). Lawrence, Tamika, 1987- (Performer).
CD Music recording (2)
View all formats and editions (2)
Physical Description: 1 audio disc (76 min., 2 sec.) ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: [New York, New York] : Masterworks Broadway, [2014]
Distributor: New York, NY : Distributed by Sony Music Entertainment
Program notes by Jesse Green, synopsis, and lyrics (27 pages : color illustrations) inserted in container.
Prologue -- What if? -- It's a sign -- A map of New York -- You never know -- Ain't no man Manhattan -- What the F**k? -- Here I go -- You don't need to love me -- No more wasted time -- Surprise -- This day/Walking by a wedding -- Hey, kid -- Some other me -- Best worst mistake -- I hate you -- A map of New York (reprise) -- You learn to live without -- The moment explodes -- Love while you can -- What would you do? -- Always starting over -- What if? (reprise).
Produced by Steven Epstein, Tom Kitt, and David Stone ; recorded and mixed by Todd Whitelock ; orchestrations, Michael Starobin, Tom Kitt.
Idina Menzel (Elizabeth) ; Anthony Rapp (Lucas) ; James Snyder (Josh) ; LaChanze (Kate) ; Jerry Dixon (Stephen) , Jenn Colella (Anne) ; Jason Tam (David) ; Tamika Lawrence (Elena) ; Joe Cassidy, Miguel Cervantes, Curtis Holbrook, Stephanie Klemons, Tyler McGee, Ryann Redmond, Joe Aaron Reid, Ann Sanders, supporting soloists ; orchestra ; Carmel Dean, conductor.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded at MSR Studios, New York City, New York 2014 April 7.
Summary, etc.:
Fresh off performing the Oscar-winning hit song Let It Go from Frozen, Idina Menzel returns to Broadway for the first time since her Tony Award-winning role in Wicked. She is joined in the cast by former Rent star Anthony Rapp.
Source of Description Note:
Subject: Musicals.
▼ Summaries & More
Summary: Fresh off performing the Oscar-winning hit song Let It Go from Frozen, Idina Menzel returns to Broadway for the first time since her Tony Award-winning role in Wicked. She is joined in the cast by former Rent star Anthony Rapp.
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1353158
|
__label__wiki
| 0.770072
| 0.770072
|
Dunedin Longitudinal Study
November 11, 2017 By Sarah_J
Dr Sandhya Ramrakha, research manager with the Dunedin Multidisciplinary and Development Research Unit – November 2, 2017.
Almost 200 people heard Dr Ramrakha discuss findings of the world-leading Dunedin study, renowned for its breadth, depth and high retention rate of participants.
The study followed the lives of over 1000 babies born in Dunedin’s St Mary’s Hospital in the year from April 1, 1972, and its research findings have influenced and informed policymakers in New Zealand and overseas since that time.
Among its general findings:
Persistent cannabis use starting in the teens resulted in an average eight point drop in IQ, which was not recovered on stopping its use, and serious gum disease.
Activation of the 5HTT gene associated with depression and antisocial behaviour only occurred if the child was maltreated. So, she said, it wasn’t a case of genes versus the environment, but genes via the environment.
Election 2017: What Can Voters Expect?
September 18, 2017 By Cath Gilmour
University of Otago Politics Professor Janine Hayward, September 14, 2017
Politicians are this year mainly talking about the issues that matter to voters – economics (27%), housing/homelessness (23%), social issues (18%), human rights (13%) and the environment (10%) and are discussing more policy than they did in 2014, Janine says.
And elections are more important in New Zealand than many other democracies because MPs are so powerful, because the lack of an entrenched constitution means they can change most policy settings with just a simple majority of 61 votes.
Trump, Brexit, the rise (and fall?) of post-truth politics and their influence on the New Zealand election
August 30, 2017 By Cath Gilmour
University of Otago Politics Professor Robert Patman, August 27, 2017.
Brexit and Trump’s election as US president shared globalisation as a springboard of discontent – but, says Prof Patman, globalisation is not something that can be “undone”. Nor would a small country like NZ want it – or the liberal world order on which it is based – to be. We rely on rules supported by international organisations – as shown by our seven out of seven score against trading partners in cases taken to the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
The Brexit vote was “statistically, almost a draw,” yet it has propelled the UK along a path that will put 44% of its exports and almost 3 million jobs at risk, as the EU divorce moves the UK from a market of 520 million to just 63 million. UK politicians were deluded in their belief that companies wouldn’t move their head offices to Europe from London – Lloyds of London has already moved to Dublin, American companies have had exit plans in hand since Brexit discussions began.
Japan’s Foreign Policy Options in the Trump Era – and Ramifications for NZ?
Professor Toshihiro Nakayama, August 14, 2017.
American president Donald Trump is the “most talked about American ever,” bigger than Elvis, Michael Jackson or even Gen MacArthur, who occupied Japan.
And despite discomfort about him, Japan is still “one of the most pro-American countries in the world,” Prof Nakayama said. “There is the sense that Japan and America are on the same plane … so we have to root for the person who is steering it.”
Japan’s underlying unease about the future of what had, under Obama, been a positive relationship with America is because Japan’s reliance on and power relationship with the US is unsymmetrical. Japan doesn’t have the hard power to shape the international environment, so wants it to be predictable. This predictability relies heavily on US support for international norms, structures and order. The Japan- US alliance was based on shared values, upholding this international order and thus regional stability.
Something in the Water – Why Should I Care?
University of Otago Winter Symposium, August 8, 2017
Four fabulous panellists spoke to the subject then answered a myriad of varied questions from the 130-strong audience. This review briefly summarises freshwater scientist Marc Schallenberg’s presentation – apologies we couldn’t fit reviews of all four presentations.
In environmental management, the problem of “shifting baselines” is a concept used to explain how precious environments have been allowed to degrade.
The question is, how can we recognise, monitor and respond to these shifting baselines – which over time, lead to incremental, creeping degradation that is unnoticed until our lakes’ natural resilience becomes exhausted – to stop our lakes breaching their environmental tipping point?
What’s Going on and What’s Next in the Middle East?
August 9, 2017 By Cath Gilmour
Prof Bill Harris, University of Otago Politics Department, July 18, 2017
Despite a “massively unbalanced” PR spend by the ‘evet’ (yes) camp of Pres Erdogan, and a last-minute Electoral Commission decision to count unsealed (and therefore legally invalid) votes that predominantly were probably in the yes camp, Turkey’s president extended his powers in the recent “hyper presidency” referendum by a vote of just 51%.
Prof Harris, recently returned from observing the referendum, said Erdogan claimed his divided country needed a strong man to rule it. But Erdogan was himself in part responsible for inflaming the main rifts (opposition parties, Kurds, religious camps) that are causing the apparent divides.
Trump on Thin Ice … Fresh Hope for Climate Change?
Screening and discussion on July 2, 2017
Thin Ice – the Inside Story of Climate Science is an exploration of the science behind global warming, an intimate portrait of a global community of researchers racing to understand our planet’s changing climate. Executive producer and Antarctic researcher Peter Barrett said the science since then has simply strengthened the film’s principle conclusion – that we need to reduce fossil carbon emissions into the atmosphere to zero well before 2100 to preserve the ice sheets and keep the world as we know it.
After screening the film and updating the latest science, Peter explained why he felt optimistic about global climate change responses despite President Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement.
The Culture of Sport and Cheating
May 25, 2017 By Cath Gilmour
Professor Alison Heather, who heads up the ‘Heather Lab’ in the Department of Physiology at the University of Otago, discussed how cheating is now almost expected in sports. Athletes try to win by using performance enhancing drugs and then cheating on drug tests. Rules are no longer guidelines for the game but rather barriers to overcome. Cheating has become a game within the games.
Sports doping goes back to Roman times, when a concoction of bull testicles and mushrooms was the drug of choice. The Greeks even fed their honey alcohol to their gladiatorial horses as well. Drug testing began at the Olympics in 1968, but tests did not become sensitive until 15 years later with mass spectrometry of urine samples. As a result, 21 medals (11 gold) were stripped at the Pan American games and 31% of athletes chose not to show up once they found out that the drug tests would be held.
Worldwide Vision – from Syria’s Crisis to Poverty in the Pacific
April 3, 2017 By Cath Gilmour
How to humanise the refugee crisis that has seen a record 65.3 million people displaced? World Vision CEO Chris Clarke did so by portraying the tale of 12 year old Syrian refugee Adel, who he met in a makeshift Lebanon refugee camp with his widowed mother and five younger sisters.
At 12, he was digging potatoes for 12 hours a day to pay back the farmer for the pocket handkerchief of land they had built their leaking plywood and plastic shelter on. When they met, he had 75 more days to clear the debt. His sisters were suffering post-traumatic stress disorder. Nightmares of gun toting soldiers they had seen back home had one sister often run from their paltry shelter in the middle of the night, screaming and terrified. It was Adel who had to chase after her, bring her back, comfort her till she could sleep again.
Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: pacific, poverty, syria
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1353160
|
__label__cc
| 0.63234
| 0.36766
|
CL LI 501 A: Comparative Phonology of Greek and Latin
MW 2:30pm - 4:20pm
DEN 257
Olga Levaniouk
Syllabus Description:
CL LI 501A: WHERE GREEK AND LATIN COME FROM? Spring 2018
MW 2:30-4:20
Prof. Olga Levaniouk Denny M262B phone: 206-484-0391
olevan@u.washigton.edu.
Office hours: Tuesday 3-4 and by appointment
Most of us will have to teach Greek and/or Latin at some point in our lives, if we have not already. Suppose you have an inquisitive undergraduate who wonders why Latin does not have an aorist, or why mi-verbs in Greek are such a bother. What do you say? The goal of this course is to provide the students with the basic facts of the (pre)history of the two languages, which would allow them to answer such questions. The idea is to acquire a basic picture of what we know about the Proto-Indo-European, the common ancestor of Greek and Latin, and then to trace a trajectory from that common ancestor to the two languages as we teach and learn them. This is a big-picture course: we will focus on the most salient phonetic, morphological and syntactical developments, the famous examples, the rules you get the most "mileage" out of. This means that you will not be able to answer every question a future inquisitive undergraduate may put to you, but you will acquire a general picture into which to fit such questions, an ability to make a (relatively) educated guess, and a firm knowledge of where and how to look up the answer, should it exist. As always, the history of language is also a cultural history, and we will always keep an eye on the cultural aspects of our subject.
Three take-home tests: 20% each
Two short reports (etymologies): 10% each
Participation: 20%
NB: All exercises from Fortson will be discussed in class and will not be graded. All take-home tests are open book.
Schedule (provisional) Link
Bakker, E., ed. 2010. A Companion to the Ancient Greek Language. Blackwell (online through UW libraries Link)
Benveniste, E. 1973. "Indo-European Language and Society." Coral Gables, FL.
(translation of Le Vocabulaire des institutions Indo-Europeennes, Paris, 1969.)
Colvin, S. 2007. A Historical Greek Reader. Mycenaen to Koiné. Oxford .
Colvin, S. 2014. A Brief History of Ancient Greek. Balckwell. (online through UW libraries Link)
Clackson, J. 2007. Indo-European: An Introduction. Cambridge.
Clackson, J. and Horrocks, G. 2007. The Blackwell History of the Latin Language.
Blackwell.
Chantraine, P. 1968-1999. Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue grecque. Paris.
Ernout, A. and Meillet, A. 1951. Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine. Paris.
Meiilet, A.1925. La méthode comparative en linguistique historique. Paris.
Meier-Brügger, M. 2003. Indo-European Linguistics. Berlin.
Fortson, B. 2009. Indo-European Language and Culture. An Introduction.
Horrocks, G. 2010. Greek: A History of the Language and its Speakers. Blackwell.
Nagy, G. 1990b. Greek Mythology and Poetics. Ithaca.
. 2004a. Homer's Text and Language. Urbana.
Watkins, C. 2000. "The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European
Roots." Boston.
. Proto-Indo-European: Comparison and Reconstruction.
Cambrigde, MA.
. How to kill a Dragon: Aspects of Indo-European Poetics. Oxford.
Weiss, M. 2009. Outline of the Historical and Comparative Grammar of Latin. Ann
Arbor.
intro to articulatory phonetics: vowels Linkand consonants Link
Indo-European Linguistics and Philology Commons Link
Indo-European Linguistics (open access journal) Link
Titus project Link
The University of Texas at Austin Linguistics Research Center Link
And for a bit of fun, here are two articles by E. Powell in the Archaeology magazine:
Telling Tales in Proto-Indo-European (includes Andrew Byrd's reading of Schelicher's and his own tales) Link
The Wolf Rites of Winter Link
Phonological developments of Greek and Latin from Indo-European to the classical periods of both languages.
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1353179
|
__label__cc
| 0.663134
| 0.336866
|
Sun set to rise on Ferguslie
Posted on May 10, 2018 by Chloe Duffy in Culture, Features 0 Comments
Ferguslie Park. An area thought to be rife with drugs, poverty, gangs and violence. Yet despite the recent SIMD reports that have declared Ferguslie Park ‘the most deprived area in Scotland’. However, members of the Community Council see a vastly different side of Feegie’ not often shown in the media.
The Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) is report based on the council areas in Scotland and measures the levels of deprivation experienced in each one which comes out every four years. The report has now ranked Ferguslie Park as the most deprived area of Scotland twice.
Community Councillor, is on a mission to improve the image of the place he calls home. One of the main ways of doing this to form a strong Community Council that has a strong vision of the future that can get proactive to tackle some of the problems that affect the community. He can see community’s benefiting from community councils working in partnerships in the future.
The 38-year-old, believes that the SIMD figures are partly to blame for the negative image of Ferguslie. Interestingly also believes a positive attitude needs to be found from within. Terry has a strong conviction that in a western European society people often have misconceptions of absolute poverty.
It was this frustrating cycle of despair that gave birth to Project Hope, a community based charity group set up in Ferguslie in 1999. Through the project, the scheme’s young people can volunteer in Romania to help with various development projects.
Mr McTernan believes seeing true poverty can help the young people realise they are not as disadvantaged as they might believe, helping them to adopt a more positive outlook.
He can still hear ‘the voices of young people’ he says, who believed they were written off from the days when he was involved in a lot of youth work in the early 2000s at St Ninian’s Youth activity centre.
Man on a mission: Terry McTernan, 38 and member of Ferguslie Park’s Community Council stood outside his childhood home.
Credit: Scott Bevan
It was this frustrating vicious cycle that gave birth to ‘Project Hope’ where young people can volunteer in Romania to help with various development projects. He said: “I still hear young folks for example, and this was part of the reason for taking young folks to Romania. Again, to give them that. He said: “This was part of the reason for taking young folks to Romania. Again, to give them that true appreciation of poverty.”
Despite this Terry recognises that past mistakes of pervious councils have left scars on Ferguslie that the area will not recover from easily.
Whilst walking around Tanahill he said: “This is the area incidentally that’s been highlighted as the most deprived. The reality is that the council has had a no let policy in this whole area for the best part of ten years. So ‘I see said the blind man’. A no let policy for ten years which is predominately populated by elderly people. Guess what a proportion of those elderly people will have died. And nobody’s taking over their house after they die.”
Out with the old in with the new: New play park with modern equipment on the path to the Community hub (above). Crumbling building from years gone by captured on the edge of Tanahill across the road from the train station. (below)
Mr McTernan feels that inequality exists but wonders whether simply referring to this inequality as poverty is misdiagnosing the problem and therefore not really helping the area develop further. Yet, in Terry’s opinion poverty has become a by word in areas like Ferguslie where it’s used as an excuse for a lack of community engagement.
The community hub stood in the centre of Ferguslie Park serving as a clinic, doctor’s office, library etc. Terry is also glad to report that he has had positive relationships with those running the hub and hopes the hub can improve community engagement whilst looking forward to longing term sustainability. He said: “So, they’ve come in, they’ve got a very clear aim. Their aim is to make this whole facility, this whole building, self-sustaining. Our argument as a community council is, “Let the community in and the building will sustain itself because folks will use it.”
Since the Community Council has begun little by little the people of Ferguslie are beginning to find hope as they finally have a platform not just for expressing grievances but having a group of proactive of individuals that really do their bit to address problems.
St. Mirren Football ground in Ferguslie.
Tannahill Centre serves as a shining example of how Ferguslie has regenerated over the years to the benefit of its people.
It is people like Terry,that Ferguslie Park needs. Someone that has a clear goal for the future, positive attitude and a pro – active mind-set. Something he hopes can inspire others with to finally see improvement and not endless regeneration.
Ferguslie
Paisley City of Culture
Previous Previous post: Ex Scottish striker Craig Dargo giving guidance to future stars at Ayr United after bagging in the goals at eight different clubs
Next Next post: Glasgow Clyde College Student Earns Two SSJA Nominations
About Chloe Duffy
I am a student journalist in my second year at college looking for my way in the world. I particularly enjoy writing features, opinion pieces and reviews. I am interested in politics, debates, LGBT culture, activism, art, film, the paranormal, comedy, Harry Potter and books. And my sexuality can be explained with a felixi – ruler.
View all posts by Chloe Duffy →
Paisley Passion not enough for City of Culture 2021
Wool, Witches & World War 2
New open mic nights to support Glasgow local talent
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1353184
|
__label__cc
| 0.712675
| 0.287325
|
Free Shipping* on orders over $120
Personalised Giftsadd a note, gift wrapping & more
Call the Porter Hire your own bartender at your next event!
Cocktail Boxes
Bottled Cocktails
Call the Porter
Giftings
Mini Cocktail Boxes
Monthly Box
Olive Oil Martini
Regular price Was $19.00
On Sale $10.00 View
Cold Drip Manhattan
The Porters' Pick
From $72.00 View
The Porter's Signature Collection
Add a ribbon & card
Mail a Porter Gift Card
The Porter Newsletter
Subscribe to Cocktail Porter news to stay up to date with the latest cocktails and offers.
Cocktail Porter encourages the responsible service and consumption of alcohol.
NSW Packaged Liquor License number LIQP770017023.
It is against the law to sell or supply alcohol to, or to obtain alcohol on behalf of, a person under the age of 18 years. NSW Liquor Act 2007.
© 2020 Sweet&Chilli Pty Ltd T/A Cocktail Porter.
State by State Liquor Acts Queensland: Under the Liquor Act 1992, it is an offence to supply liquor to a person under the age of 18 years. Victoria: Warning - Under the Liquor Control Reform Act 1998 it is an offence to supply alcohol to a person under the age of 18 years (penalty exceeds $17,000), for a person under the age of 18 years to purchase or receive liquor (penalty exceeds $700). Tasmania: Under the Liquor Licensing Act 1990 it is an offence: for liquor to be delivered to a person under the age of 18 years. Penality: Fine not exceeding 20 penalty units. For a person under the age of 18 years to purchase liquor. Penality, Fine not exceeding 10 penality units. South Australia: Under Liquor Licensing Act 1997, Liquor must NOT be supplied to persons under 18. Western Australia: WARNING. Under the Liquor Control Act 1988, it is an offence: to sell or supply liquor to a person under the age of 18 years on licensed or regulated premises; or for a person under the age of 18 years to purchase, or attempt to purchase, liquor on licensed or regulated premises.
Hey I gotta ask!
Are you 18 and over?
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1353187
|
__label__cc
| 0.638641
| 0.361359
|
CF Benchmarks Becomes First Cryptocurrency Index Provider Approved by EU Regulator
U.K. regulator FCA granted CF Benchmarks a Crypto Index Provider license and recognized it as a Benchmark Administrator under the European Benchmarks Regulation (EU BMR).
That makes CF Benchmarks, the provider of the CME CF Bitcoin Reference Rate and a subsidiary of Kraken, the first cryptocurrency index provider to be regulated in the EU. FCA confirmed that financial institutions can use the CF Benchmarks indices for any European financial products after the act comes into full force on Jan. 1, 2020.
CF Benchmarks tweets about becoming the first crypto index provider authorised by the FCA.
According to CEO of CF Benchmarks Sui Chung, “reliable and trusted benchmarks are critical to growing the cryptocurrency ecosystem as they attract more individual and institutional investors to the asset class.”
Chung went on to say:
"We are proud to be the first regulated cryptocurrency index provider to meet the EU BMR’s stringent requirements. The industry can now gain access to regulated, high integrity benchmarks, which will spur innovation, furthering the adoption of digital assets in Europe and beyond.”
The company’s press release posits that once the EU BMR regulations come into full force, financial services firms, such as EU and UK banks, brokerages and exchanges could start creating regulated financial products referencing the CF Benchmarks cryptocurrency indices:
“This includes issuing, trading and investing in products referencing indices; and using indices to define the asset allocation of a portfolio, measure fund performance and determine borrowing rates and contract settlement mechanisms.”
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1353189
|
__label__cc
| 0.695232
| 0.304768
|
Respondent is a criminal at minimum because she stole children for selfish reasons, and the oldest whom I haven’t been allowed to talk to for over a year is regularly attempting to kill or harm herself, or run away, to escape her mother. One certainty I have is the harmful impact Respondent’s decisions and actions has had on Kaylie, with her mother removing her from two loving families, consecutively, each with fathers who accepted her as their own, spanning 11 years of Kaylie’s 14 year life, the most recent two years in particular thoroughly devastated by Respondent’s emotional abuse. She has caused Kaylie to fear me, her stepfather of nearly nine years, first for being vaguely “crazy” (which facilitated her initial aggravated kidnapping of the children, 2014-09-30), then for being male due to my voice (this is on record at Kaylie’s therapist from early 2015), then for “confusing” her by “wearing skirts all the time” that her mother had her believing, but were merely BDU shorts.
Respondent then used these confusion tactics, capped with pulling the “biological mother” card, to obtain a fraudulent Domestic Violence Order based squarely on Transgender Discrimination, to attempt to cover up by kidnapping the children a second time on 2015-08-22. The court ignored one well articulated defense of innocence after another, which led to further fraudulent orders and ignoring of multiple obvious and thorough demonstrations of the mother’s harm and sociopathic desire for control over these children AND myself. All of her behavior demonstrates an ultimate purpose of obtaining support orders so she doesn’t have to work, as well as to find some new boyfriend in the meantime to naively believe her martyr stories and support her purchasing habits.
And my daughter Lily is expected to share custodial time evenly with this person against her will, while she is abused and neglected emotionally and at times physically (with pictures and years of notes and other admissible evidence). Judges have threatened to take my only biological child from me if I don’t continue with this forced offering up of my daughter to her known and proven abuser — all while Respondent pretends Lily and I are lying and denies everything that she does, even when caught.
In March 2017, after multiple mental health holds, Kaylie has been placed in a semi-permanent mental health “shelter” in Bakersfield, after becoming runaway and suicidal, an escapism for which she specifically reports “feeling unsafe around mother”.
As additional injury to the fact that Respondent is only getting what she wants because she has a lawyer, the judge had the audacity to give Respondent full control over selection of who are in charge of my daughter’s medicine and education. In Kaylie’s presence, Lily is the only reason Kaylie *doesn’t* kill herself, and BOTH of them are expected to live like this, often without supervision in a fifth-wheel trailer used as Respondent’s basecamp? The court has literally given me nothing I’ve asked for, and now I’ve been unfairly declared vexatious” due to “bothering the court too much”, meaning I would need permission to file anything new in California, indefinitely, until the judge changes his mind.
L: No, but that’s what my mom thinks. Here’s what she told us, she told us recently, past few weeks, that you’re “crazy”. Aah, right? I should be scared? That’s not true.
C: It actually says right in the court order that she’s not allowed to do that kind of thing. She keeps saying over and over that she doesn’t “ever” do it.
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1353190
|
__label__wiki
| 0.9701
| 0.9701
|
Sudan: women flogged for wearing pants
July 16, 2009 CounterVortex
Police arrested 13 women in a raid on a cafe in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, and flogged 10 of them in public for wearing trousers. The women were detained July 10 by officers of the public order police, who enforce Sudan’s strict Islamic law in public places. One of those arrested, Lubna Hussein, a journalist, said she is challenging the charges, which can be punishable by up to 40 lashes. “I didn’t do anything wrong,” she said. (AP, July 13)
Unfortunately, the autonomous government in South Sudan also seems to be emulating such policies.
See our last posts on Sudan and the struggle in the Sahel.
Please leave a tip or answer the Exit Poll.
Nigeria frees MEND militant; attacks continue
Niger: thousands protest “slow-moving coup d’état”
Bill Weinberg says:
Sudanese “trouser girl” defies morality police
Lubna Hussein, a Sudanese journalist who faces 40 lashes for wearing trousers in public says she will turn the tables on the judges by daring them to carry out the sentence instead of begging for mercy. “Flogging is a terrible thing—very painful and a humiliation for the victim But I am not afraid of being flogged. I will not back down. I want to stand up for the rights of women, and now the eyes of the world are on this case I have a chance to draw attention to the plight of women in Sudan.” (The Telegraph, Aug. 3)
Sudanese trouser trial sparks protests
Scores of protesters gathered outside a Sudanese courtroom Tuesday as the trial of a woman who faces 40 lashes for wearing clothes deemed indecent was postponed. Lubna al-Hussein’s attorney Nadil Adib said she was “disappointed” with the court’s decision to delay her trial. “She wanted to have her case tried in order to clear her name and have the law announced unconstitutional,” he said. (CNN, Aug. 4)
Conviction in Sudan trouser trial
Lubna Hussein was convicted Sept 7 of public indecency for wearing trousers, but was spared a sentence of flogging. The defiant journalist says she will not pay a $200 fine but instead take a month in prison to protest Sudan’s draconian morality laws. (AP, Sept 7)
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1353193
|
__label__wiki
| 0.939763
| 0.939763
|
Guest Speakers: Chelsey + Judith Cain
By Covering Addiction Editor February 28, 2017 1205 Views
Chelsey Cain and her mother Judith shared with Solutions Journalism: Covering Addiction their personal experiences with addiction–Chelsey as an individual now in long-term recovery, and Judith as the mother of someone with a substance use disorder. Judith attributes Chelsey’s nearly eight years of recovery to an 18-month sentence she served for selling stolen firearms for drug money, combined with the familial, community, and 12-step support she received while in prison and when she was released.
Mother and daughter discuss addiction, recovery
by Erin Moran
Judy Cain stood next to her daughter, Chelsey Cain, and asked, “Can I start?”
“I think it started in her teen years,” she began.
When Chelsey was 24, she lived at home with her mom. She’d spend hours alone in her room in the basement “like a mole” and others told Judy her daughter was using drugs, but Judy “dug [her] head in the sand.”
Finally, Judy realized that she needed to kick Chelsey out. Shortly after, Chelsey was arrested after stealing guns from the man she moved in with in order to buy drugs. Judy and Chelsey’s father refused to pay her bail.
“I think being incarcerated saved her life,” Judy said.
Chelsey was imprisoned for 18 months.
When Judy finished telling the story, Chelsey chimed in with a few corrections.
“She said ‘borrow’ her car,” Chelsey said. “I was totally stealing her car.”
Chelsey said growing up, partying was her “main priority.”
She had been using oxycontin consistently for nearly five years when she started using heroin because it was cheaper and easier to find. For the last eight months of her active addition, she said, she was using heroin and crack.
Now, Chelsey has been in recovery for seven and a half years. She regularly attends meetings and has a newfound passion for running. She works two jobs and interns at the mayor’s office. Recently, she was accepted to a criminal justice doctoral program at Temple.
“I’m learning that I am one of many that are out there doing the same thing,” she said.
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1353196
|
__label__wiki
| 0.520411
| 0.520411
|
Prepartal overfeeding alters the lipidomic profiles in the liver and the adipose tissue of transition dairy cows
Nanbing Qin, Tuomo Kokkonen, Siru Salin, Tuulikki Seppänen-Laakso, Juhani Taponen, Aila Vanhatalo, Kari Elo
BA3403 Bioanalytics and biological data science
Introduction: Physiological adaptations in the energy metabolism of dairy cows during the periparturient period are partly mediated by insulin resistance (IR), which may subsequently induce metabolic disorders postpartum. The molecular mechanisms underlying IR in dairy cows are largely unknown. Objective: This study aimed to find a novel insight into the molecular mechanisms underlying IR in dairy cows during the periparturient period by analyzing the effects of prepartal overfeeding on the lipidomic profiles in the liver and adipose tissue (AT). Methods: Sixteen cows were allocated to controlled-energy and high-energy feeding groups. Lipidomic profiling was conducted on liver and adipose tissue samples collected at 8 days prior to the predicted parturition, and 1 day (only AT) and 9 days after the actual parturition. Results: Five ceramides (Cers) were identified to be significantly increased by prepartal overfeeding in AT in the analysis of the variance between groups within time points. Principal component-linear discriminant analysis showed that lipidomic profiles between the feeding groups were mainly characterized by phosphatidylcholines (PC), phosphatidylethanolamines (PE), lysophophosphatidylcholines (LysoPC), and lysophosphatidylethanolamines (LysoPE) in the liver, and by Cer, PE, and phosphatidylinositols (PI) in AT. Lipid class levels indicated that prepartal overfeeding elevated the concentration of PE, PI, LysoPC, LysoPE, and sphingomyelin in the liver, and increased the concentration of Cer in AT during the periparturient period. Conclusion: Prepartal overfeeding significantly altered the concentrations of various sphingolipids, phospholipids, and lysophospholipids in the liver and AT of dairy cows during the periparturient period.
Phosphatidylethanolamines
Phosphatidylinositols
Lysophospholipids
Physiological Adaptation
Sphingomyelins
Phosphatidylcholines
Postpartum Period
altered lipid profiles
molecular adaptation
transition dairy cow
Qin, N., Kokkonen, T., Salin, S., Seppänen-Laakso, T., Taponen, J., Vanhatalo, A., & Elo, K. (2017). Prepartal overfeeding alters the lipidomic profiles in the liver and the adipose tissue of transition dairy cows. Metabolomics, 13(2), [21]. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11306-016-1160-0
Qin, Nanbing ; Kokkonen, Tuomo ; Salin, Siru ; Seppänen-Laakso, Tuulikki ; Taponen, Juhani ; Vanhatalo, Aila ; Elo, Kari. / Prepartal overfeeding alters the lipidomic profiles in the liver and the adipose tissue of transition dairy cows. In: Metabolomics. 2017 ; Vol. 13, No. 2.
@article{83ec334fe13e4e6987caa7a16515daf0,
title = "Prepartal overfeeding alters the lipidomic profiles in the liver and the adipose tissue of transition dairy cows",
abstract = "Introduction: Physiological adaptations in the energy metabolism of dairy cows during the periparturient period are partly mediated by insulin resistance (IR), which may subsequently induce metabolic disorders postpartum. The molecular mechanisms underlying IR in dairy cows are largely unknown. Objective: This study aimed to find a novel insight into the molecular mechanisms underlying IR in dairy cows during the periparturient period by analyzing the effects of prepartal overfeeding on the lipidomic profiles in the liver and adipose tissue (AT). Methods: Sixteen cows were allocated to controlled-energy and high-energy feeding groups. Lipidomic profiling was conducted on liver and adipose tissue samples collected at 8 days prior to the predicted parturition, and 1 day (only AT) and 9 days after the actual parturition. Results: Five ceramides (Cers) were identified to be significantly increased by prepartal overfeeding in AT in the analysis of the variance between groups within time points. Principal component-linear discriminant analysis showed that lipidomic profiles between the feeding groups were mainly characterized by phosphatidylcholines (PC), phosphatidylethanolamines (PE), lysophophosphatidylcholines (LysoPC), and lysophosphatidylethanolamines (LysoPE) in the liver, and by Cer, PE, and phosphatidylinositols (PI) in AT. Lipid class levels indicated that prepartal overfeeding elevated the concentration of PE, PI, LysoPC, LysoPE, and sphingomyelin in the liver, and increased the concentration of Cer in AT during the periparturient period. Conclusion: Prepartal overfeeding significantly altered the concentrations of various sphingolipids, phospholipids, and lysophospholipids in the liver and AT of dairy cows during the periparturient period.",
keywords = "altered lipid profiles, ceramides, energy metabolism, molecular adaptation, transition dairy cow",
author = "Nanbing Qin and Tuomo Kokkonen and Siru Salin and Tuulikki Sepp{\"a}nen-Laakso and Juhani Taponen and Aila Vanhatalo and Kari Elo",
journal = "Metabolomics",
Qin, N, Kokkonen, T, Salin, S, Seppänen-Laakso, T, Taponen, J, Vanhatalo, A & Elo, K 2017, 'Prepartal overfeeding alters the lipidomic profiles in the liver and the adipose tissue of transition dairy cows', Metabolomics, vol. 13, no. 2, 21. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11306-016-1160-0
Prepartal overfeeding alters the lipidomic profiles in the liver and the adipose tissue of transition dairy cows. / Qin, Nanbing; Kokkonen, Tuomo; Salin, Siru; Seppänen-Laakso, Tuulikki; Taponen, Juhani; Vanhatalo, Aila; Elo, Kari.
In: Metabolomics, Vol. 13, No. 2, 21, 01.02.2017.
T1 - Prepartal overfeeding alters the lipidomic profiles in the liver and the adipose tissue of transition dairy cows
AU - Qin, Nanbing
AU - Kokkonen, Tuomo
AU - Salin, Siru
AU - Seppänen-Laakso, Tuulikki
AU - Taponen, Juhani
AU - Vanhatalo, Aila
AU - Elo, Kari
N2 - Introduction: Physiological adaptations in the energy metabolism of dairy cows during the periparturient period are partly mediated by insulin resistance (IR), which may subsequently induce metabolic disorders postpartum. The molecular mechanisms underlying IR in dairy cows are largely unknown. Objective: This study aimed to find a novel insight into the molecular mechanisms underlying IR in dairy cows during the periparturient period by analyzing the effects of prepartal overfeeding on the lipidomic profiles in the liver and adipose tissue (AT). Methods: Sixteen cows were allocated to controlled-energy and high-energy feeding groups. Lipidomic profiling was conducted on liver and adipose tissue samples collected at 8 days prior to the predicted parturition, and 1 day (only AT) and 9 days after the actual parturition. Results: Five ceramides (Cers) were identified to be significantly increased by prepartal overfeeding in AT in the analysis of the variance between groups within time points. Principal component-linear discriminant analysis showed that lipidomic profiles between the feeding groups were mainly characterized by phosphatidylcholines (PC), phosphatidylethanolamines (PE), lysophophosphatidylcholines (LysoPC), and lysophosphatidylethanolamines (LysoPE) in the liver, and by Cer, PE, and phosphatidylinositols (PI) in AT. Lipid class levels indicated that prepartal overfeeding elevated the concentration of PE, PI, LysoPC, LysoPE, and sphingomyelin in the liver, and increased the concentration of Cer in AT during the periparturient period. Conclusion: Prepartal overfeeding significantly altered the concentrations of various sphingolipids, phospholipids, and lysophospholipids in the liver and AT of dairy cows during the periparturient period.
AB - Introduction: Physiological adaptations in the energy metabolism of dairy cows during the periparturient period are partly mediated by insulin resistance (IR), which may subsequently induce metabolic disorders postpartum. The molecular mechanisms underlying IR in dairy cows are largely unknown. Objective: This study aimed to find a novel insight into the molecular mechanisms underlying IR in dairy cows during the periparturient period by analyzing the effects of prepartal overfeeding on the lipidomic profiles in the liver and adipose tissue (AT). Methods: Sixteen cows were allocated to controlled-energy and high-energy feeding groups. Lipidomic profiling was conducted on liver and adipose tissue samples collected at 8 days prior to the predicted parturition, and 1 day (only AT) and 9 days after the actual parturition. Results: Five ceramides (Cers) were identified to be significantly increased by prepartal overfeeding in AT in the analysis of the variance between groups within time points. Principal component-linear discriminant analysis showed that lipidomic profiles between the feeding groups were mainly characterized by phosphatidylcholines (PC), phosphatidylethanolamines (PE), lysophophosphatidylcholines (LysoPC), and lysophosphatidylethanolamines (LysoPE) in the liver, and by Cer, PE, and phosphatidylinositols (PI) in AT. Lipid class levels indicated that prepartal overfeeding elevated the concentration of PE, PI, LysoPC, LysoPE, and sphingomyelin in the liver, and increased the concentration of Cer in AT during the periparturient period. Conclusion: Prepartal overfeeding significantly altered the concentrations of various sphingolipids, phospholipids, and lysophospholipids in the liver and AT of dairy cows during the periparturient period.
KW - altered lipid profiles
KW - ceramides
KW - energy metabolism
KW - molecular adaptation
KW - transition dairy cow
JO - Metabolomics
JF - Metabolomics
M1 - 21
Qin N, Kokkonen T, Salin S, Seppänen-Laakso T, Taponen J, Vanhatalo A et al. Prepartal overfeeding alters the lipidomic profiles in the liver and the adipose tissue of transition dairy cows. Metabolomics. 2017 Feb 1;13(2). 21. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11306-016-1160-0
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1353203
|
__label__cc
| 0.601443
| 0.398557
|
New CTSA Program Informatics Center to Create a Nationwide Data Ecosystem
from: https://ncats.nih.gov/pubs/features/cd2h
Biomedical tools and technologies are evolving rapidly, enabling scientists to both generate and analyze more research data than ever before. But what happens when datasets become too large to share or when the data from various sources are so dissimilar that they cannot be combined easily with another related but different dataset? These types of data roadblocks slow or prevent the translation of scientific research into medical knowledge and, ultimately, health benefits.
By studying how data are created, used, and shared, informatics experts address challenges that result from the ever-increasing volume and complexity of data generation. By making broad, high-level connections across problems and projects, these efforts can help ensure that new knowledge and approaches can be disseminated widely for the greatest potential in getting new treatments to more patients more quickly.
Making data more meaningful, open and accessible is a key goal in NCATS’ efforts to improve translational science. In the fall of 2017, through its Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) Program, NCATS established the National Center for Data to Health (CD2H). Through the CD2H, informatics experts are developing standardized approaches and best practices, including algorithms and other specialized tools, to address operational and institutional barriers to sharing data. CD2H investigators are currently taking an inventory of the existing CTSA Program informatics and data-sharing resources that they can build upon.
“Some of the most valuable assets CTSA Program hubs have are data, but their potential can only be realized when they are used more comprehensively with the help of various informatics approaches,” said Melissa Haendel, Ph.D., program director for CD2H at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland. “By working with others nationwide who are supported through the CTSA Program, we will identify problems and implement solutions to speed translation and provide better health for patients.”
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1353209
|
__label__wiki
| 0.639693
| 0.639693
|
CultureVulture
House Porn
Renata Polt Jan 1, 2011
Also in Film
Midsommar (2019) Asher Luberto
Dial M for Murder Ben Stephens
The Limey Douglas Konecky
Mahler on the Couch
Mahler on the Couch (Mahler auf der couch)
Directed by Percy and Felix Adlon
Starring: Johannes Silberschneider, Karl Markovics and Barbara Romaner
In German with English subtitles
When is a film’s subject matter so compelling that it trumps the hyperventilated script and some-okay, many-implausible scenes?
When that film is Percy and Felix Adlon’s “Mahler on the Couch,” a biopic about the great composer/conductor’s stormy marriage to Alma Schindler, possibly the 20th century’s foremost femme fatale. As Tom Lehrer’s song “Alma” puts it:
“Her lovers were many and varied,
From the time she began her beguine.
There were three famous ones whom she married,
And God knows how many between.”
Alma aimed high: her three husbands were Mahler; architect Walter Gropius, of Bauhaus fame; and novelist Franz Werfel. Her lovers included painters Gustav Klimt and Oskar Kokoschka; composer Alex Zerlinsky (Schönberg’s teacher as well as Alma’s); and many others, possibly including Mahler’s doctor during his final illness.
Obviously it’s easy to get seduced by Alma, but we were talking about Mahler and the couch. In 1910, distressed at the discovery that Alma was having an affair with Gropius, Mahler sought the help of Sigmund Freud, whom he finally (after canceling several appointments) saw for four hours in the Dutch city of Leiden, where Freud was vacationing.
Nobody knows what really transpired, or if Freud even got the composer to lie down on a couch. Mahler died less than a year later.
In the film, Mahler (Johannes Silberschneider) and Freud (Karl Markovics) spend the night wandering about Leiden, after which Mahler does indeed get on a couch-actually a cot-in Freud’s hotel room. Their sessions are interspersed with flashbacks from Mahler and Alma’s courtship and tempestuous marriage. Mahler and Freud part on a first-name basis; the notion that the dignified Freud, a bourgeois Viennese through and through, would ever have encouraged a patient to call him “Sigi” is risible.
That’s not the only unintentionally humorous scene in this very sober movie. Although our forbears-at least if they were passionate Mittel-Europäischer intellectuals, who chatted about Nietzsche at their soirées-tended to be more flowery in their talk and correspondence than we ironists are a hundred years later, it still makes one squirm to hear lines such as Alma’s “I was tortured in your purgatory-and what did I get in return?” Or, “You are my god-I am in your music.” (That’s after she’s begun the affair with Gropius.) Or, in high spirits after a successful bout of composition, as Mahler says to Alma, “Get the kids. I’ll play you my Sixth.” (Part of the problem here may be with the subtitles.)
Mahler, 19 years Alma’s senior, made it a condition of their marriage that she give up her own work as a composer, which the 22-year-old Alma (Barbara Romaner) first accepted and then bitterly resented. It’s easy to empathize with Alma’s rage-she’s well portrayed by Barbara Romaner, a relative unknown. Johannes Silberschneider’s Mahler is convincing too, although the actor resembles Dustin Hoffman more than he does the actual Mahler. Several characters, including Alma’s mother and Mahler’s sister, appear as commentators on the action.
The script and directing chores were shared by Percy Adlon (“Bagdad Café”) and his son Felix, so it’s hard to know where to place the credit and/or blame. The settings-Vienna, including the opera house and several fine Secession residences-the Dolomites (an improbable glacier scene!), and Leiden-provide verisimilitude and visual interest.
But no film about Gustav Mahler would be complete without his music, and here “Mahler on the Couch” excels. Almost all the background music is Mahler’s, conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen, and it’s splendid.
Part tragedy with hints of comedy, but mostly melodrama, “Mahler on the Couch” offers a fascinating portrait of its time and place through the lives of three of its major players. It’s the opening night film of “German Gems: A Weekend of New German Cinema,” playing at San Francisco’s Castro Theater January 14th to 16th (with three films, including “Mahler,” showing in Point Arena on January 22nd).
For a complete program and further information, visit www.germangems.com or email germangems@gmail.com.
Renata Polt San Francisco ,
Renata Polt, a freelance writer and critic, is the translator and editor of A Thousand Kisses: A Grandmother's Holocaust Letters.
More posts Email
German Gems Beverly Berning
Alma – Joshua Sobol Karen Weinstein
Berlin and Beyond Festival 2012 Beverly Berning
Young Dr. Freud Nigam Nuggehalli
©2020 CultureVulture. All rights reserved. Learn about advertising and sponsorship.
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1353211
|
__label__wiki
| 0.58337
| 0.58337
|
Home / Integration in Motion / Regional Panorama / Notes from category: "Central America and Mexico" ( Page 5)
By Federico Mazzella Ideas de Integración, Integration Ideas, n257, 0
Over 30 esperts from India and Latin America analyze the future of cooperation between the two regions.
By Federico Mazzella Ideas de Integración, Integration Ideas, n256, Numero carta, 0
By Federico Mazzella Ideas de Integración, Integration Ideas, Issue number, n255, Numero carta, 0
Institutions, exponential trade and equality in the age of algorithms.
By Federico Mazzella Ideas de Integración, Integration Ideas, Issue number, n254, 0
What is the best way to reconcile flexibility and predictability within international trade agreements? Between October and November 2017, a series of sessions was held on the WTO and its role in the governance of the international trading system in the run-up to the 9th WTO Ministerial Conference (MC11), which will take place in December in Buenos Aires.
A new edition of Nanomercosur was held in Buenos Aires, where scientists, entrepreneurs and public officials presented the main trends in nanotechnology in the region and the world.
By Federico Mazzella INTrivia, n252, 0
By Federico Mazzella Editorial, n252, 0
By Federico Mazzella n252, Trade Thermometer, 0
Which jobs run the greatest risk of being made obsolete by automation?
Foreign Direct Investment and the Automotive Sector
By Federico Mazzella n252, Reading Material on Integration, Reviews, 0
The opportunities and challenges brought by the convergence of the digital economy, changes in mobility and consumption, regulation, and care for the environment.
INTAL-LIB’s Recommended Readings
By Federico Mazzella n252, Notable Publications, Reading Material on Integration, 0
Recent publications selected by our library that provide more information on the issues covered in this INTAL Connection.
The Future of Work in Latin American Integration 4.0
By Federico Mazzella Connecting Voices, n252, 0
How will exponential automation impact Latin America’s position in the global market and the diversification of its production structure? Will robotization destroy or displace jobs or will it create new, more sustainable ones? INTAL/IDB brought together experts and thought leaders to respond to these strategic questions.
The Importance of Soft Skills in SMEs
By Federico Mazzella Integration in Motion, n252, The SME Space, 0
Having employees with so-called hard skills is valuable because they find solutions to technical problems. However, crises or unexpected situations are solved through a combination of these and soft skills, which are related to emotions.
The European Union and Brazil Request New Agricultural Subsidy Regulations at the WTO
By Federico Mazzella Integration in Motion, International Scenario, n252, 0
The two countries are seeking fairer conditions for farmers, especially for the least developed countries, and are also focusing on food security issues.
The United States and China Conclude Comprehensive Economic Dialogue
The two countries met to review bilateral economic affairs and plan future agendas.
Pacific Alliance Creates Infrastructure Investment Fund
By Federico Mazzella Andean Group, Integration in Motion, n252, Regional Panorama, 0
The initiative will include support from the Inter-American Development Bank and CAF to improve physical connectivity in the region.
Peru and Canada Adopt Trade Facilitation Measures
The two countries are seeking to simplify and streamline the entry and exit process for goods at customs facilities.
Brazil Aspires to Announce MERCOSUR–EU Agreement in Late 2017
By Federico Mazzella Integration in Motion, n252, Regional Panorama, Southern Cone, 0
As pro-tempore president of the MERCOSUR, Brazil guaranteed that it would fast-track negotiations in the hope of presenting the agreement at the upcoming WTO conference.
Central America Signs Digital Governance Agreements with the Republic of Korea
By Federico Mazzella Central America and Mexico, Integration in Motion, n252, Regional Panorama, 0
Eight countries will receive training from Korea and will share their experiences. They are seeking to simplify public intervention formalities and make these more transparent.
Mexico Fast-Tracks Customs Flows Using New Technologies
The upgrading project includes technological development, digitization, infrastructure work, and new trade policy measures.
CARICOM Discusses Rules of Origin to Stimulate Trade
By Federico Mazzella Caribbean, Integration in Motion, n252, Regional Panorama, 0
The Caribbean Community continues to strengthen its trade system with the aim of repositioning itself in the global economy.
Argentina and Mexico Move Toward Expanding their Economic Complementarity Agreement
By Federico Mazzella America, Integration in Motion, n252, Regional Panorama, 0
The two countries are seeking to expand their export offer in the short term by breathing new life into negotiations.
MERCOSUR Reaches Economic Complementarity Agreement with Colombia
The agreement increases each MERCOSUR member’s opportunities for trade with new markets.
More Energy Production for Regional Integration
By Federico Mazzella Inspiring Activities, n252, 0
The repowering of Argentina’s Embalse Nuclear Power Plant will extend its services for a further 30 years and increase its capacity by 5%. This building work aims to complement the growing demand for electrical energy in the region, maintain the share of nuclear power, and ensure the diversity of the energy matrix.
Integrating Logistics Chains to Become More Competitive
The COSIPLAN Network of Freight Logistics Experts is moving ahead with its work plan analyzing national projects to promote the development of integrated logistics systems.
Sustainable Targets
INTAL/IDB and the Ministry of Modernization organized an event to discuss the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals.
The president of Accenture Argentina, Sergio Kaufman, shared his vision of the future of work with IDB staff.
Analysis of the Chile–Uruguay FTA
A next-generation agreement that strengthens production- and investment-related ties
Trends in Negotiations on Agricultural Trade
Two years ago, the WTO Agreement on Agriculture was reformed, eliminating export subsidies for these goods, which were a source of serious distortions to trade. The relative dynamism of these markets has brought about positive changes in negotiations, albeit at the margins.
The Economy Is Connecting
This year, the Internet of Things will grow by 20% globally. This article examines the main applications for a technology that is still in its infancy and the industries where it is being used.
Workshop on Negotiations at the WTO
The preparatory workshop for the 11th Ministerial Conference took place at the headquarters of the World Economic Forum in Geneva.
MERCOSUR–Pacific Alliance High-Level Dialogue
The meeting took place in the city of Mendoza in Argentina and sought to develop a positive integration agenda for the two regional blocs.
Robotlution
INTAL has launched a new publication on the future of employment. The study contains contributions from 40 international experts.
THINK TRACK MC11 — Call for papers and proposals for panel topics
INTAL will hold a high-level academic conference on the global governance of international trade, in partnership with Argentina’s Ministry of Production and other high-profile organizations. The event will be part of the WTO’s MC11 and will take place on December 12, 2017, in Buenos Aires.
MERCOSUR–Pacific Alliance Seminar
This seminar set out to examine a wide range of issues agreed on at the earlier Ministerial Meeting. It combined presentations by government officials from countries in each of the two blocs, experts, and private-sector representatives.
The shape of intraregional trade in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Five Resources on Millennials
Three Questions On Millennials
The Orange Economy in Latin America
Some of the answers to the development challenges facing Latin America and the Caribbean may lie in the hands of creatives, designers, artists, and entrepreneurs.
By Federico Mazzella Bibliographical News, n251, Reading Material on Integration, 0
Greater Regional Integration is Needed to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
By Federico Mazzella Impact Assessment, n251, Reading Material on Integration, 0
What Should an Export Plan Contain?
There are numerous reasons why a firm might decide to sell its products on the international market. This is no easy task, and like any business initiative, it requires training and preparation to be a success.
Japan and the European Union Sign an Economic Partnership Agreement
The two parties reached a broad scope agreement that will benefit European exports. In addition to tariff elimination, negotiators included clauses on worker, consumer, and environmental protection.
Peru Negotiates a Free Trade Agreement with Australia
The two countries have expressed interest in formalizing an agreement in the short term, given the possibilities of opening up other markets through this connection between the two regions.
Chile and Indonesia Move Toward a Trade Agreement
Both countries would expand their export market if the agreement is formalized.
Argentina and Chile Make Headway on Trade Liberalization Agreement
The two countries are continuing to make progress toward reaching a broad, innovative trade agreement. Authorities expect that the final draft of the text will be completed during the next round of negotiations.
MERCOSUR: At Work on the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda
The bloc has been debating the steps it should take toward reducing poverty, improving food security, and protecting the environment.
Panama Takes on Pro-Tempore Presidency of SICA
A meeting of high-level government officials ended with an exchange of opinions with a view preparing a regional agenda for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
Mexico and India Strengthen Political Dialogue
The two countries are still holding working meetings with a view to reaching trade agreements that will cover issues that include the space industry.
CARICOM Seeks to Reposition Itself in the Global Arena
Authorities from regional economic blocs met with experts on international trade policy to debate the trade-related challenges and opportunities that lie ahead for the Caribbean.
Peru and Chile Move Forward with Electrical Interconnection Project
Authorities from the two countries will evaluate the feasibility of an electrical interconnection plan. They will also look at interconnection with Argentina.
Pacific Alliance to Include Four New Associate States
The announcement came at the 12th Pacific Alliance Summit. The bloc is seeking to expand its markets and has established bilateral agreements that will connect it with the Asia-Pacific.
Progress on Energy Integration in South America
One of the COSIPLAN priority projects for energy integration in Latin America and the Caribbean is due to be completed in 2018. The objective of these projects is to improve the distribution of energy generated by the hydroelectric power stations that Paraguay operates in partnership with Argentina and Brazil.
South America to Implement 14 Integration Projects by 2022
By Federico Mazzella Inspiring Activities, n251, Numero carta, 0
The UNASUR’s South American Infrastructure and Planning Council (COSIPLAN) met in Uruguay to analyze integration infrastructure priorities.
Collective Technology
By Federico Mazzella Ideas de Integración, Inspiring Activities, Integration Ideas, n251, 0
A seminar on social innovation was held as part of the Inspira series of talks. It was attended by government officials and representatives from NGOs.
The New Potential of Lithium
The development of portable electronics has been putting pressure on the lithium battery industry. This article looks at the projects underway in Chile, Argentina, and Bolivia, which have the largest global reserves of the mineral.
The European Union’s Negotiations Activism
The EU’s recent agreements with Canada and Japan have put it at the forefront of the regionalization of global trade.
Millennial Voices
INTAL/IDB presented its study “The Millennial Beat. Generation Y in the Age of Integration 4.0. How Young Argentinians View Technology, the Future of Work, and Trade Ties with Latin America.”
MERCOSUR-Pacific Alliance Seminar
Toward a Positive Agenda for Integration.
Three Questions On Infrastructure
FIVE RESOURCES ON FREIGHT LOGISTICS
Participatory processes are starting to be used during the early stages of project planning for integration infrastructure, so as to respond to sectoral, economic, social, and environmental issues.
Digital Trade in Latin America and the Caribbean
The internet is changing consumption patterns, the outlook for firms, and economic prospects in the region.
Generating Technological Knowledge to Build Competitiveness
By Federico Mazzella Impact assessment., n250, 0
How the accumulation of technological knowledge impacts the competitiveness of Latin America and the Caribbean.
Transparency in Public Works
IDB/INTAL’s Alejandra Radl and Ignacio Estévez presented a new information system on integration infrastructure in South America.
AEO Certification: A Tool for Accessing New Markets?
Those of us who work in the world of international trade know that we operate in a highly competitive market where the slightest gain in the time it takes to design, manufacture, or ship goods can be key to getting a buyer to choose our product.
UN Seeks to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals
The United Nations has issued a global “call for action” to halt the effects of pollution on the marine ecosystem and mitigate the effects of climate change.
Ecuador Eliminates Surcharge on Imports
The measure was implemented in 2015 to try to mitigate the impact of plummeting oil prices.
Peru Seeks to Negotiate Exports of Products to China
Peru continues to seek new Asian markets and is negotiating the possibility of exporting new products to China.
Chile Modernizes Its Free-Trade Agreement with Canada
Some 20 years after the agreement entered into force, the two countries have reformulated parts of it and added two new sections, one of which focuses on gender.
Argentina and Brazil Spearhead SME Initiative at the WTO
The two countries have made progress on creating a group to promote small and medium-sized enterprises, particularly in less-developed regions.
Argentina Implements the Single Window for Foreign Trade Regime
The Argentine government has formally established a unit to fully implement this system, which will be led by the Secretariat of Commerce.
Progress on Customs Union between Guatemala and Honduras
The joining of the two countries’ trade borders marks the creation of the first customs territory in the Americas.
CARICOM Strengthens Relations with Argentina
The Caribbean Community celebrated 25 years of bilateral relations and the technical cooperation it receives from Argentina.
Mexico–Brazil Negotiations to Intensify Integration Continue
The two countries remain committed to forging closer, mutually beneficial ties.
Pacific Alliance Countries Begin Joint Trade Negotiations
By Federico Mazzella America, Integration in Motion, n250, Numero carta, Regional Panorama, 0
The bloc is seeking to create attractive internal markets so as to achieve greater international competitiveness that will benefit all members.
MERCOSUR and Southern African Customs Union Strengthen Relations
The two blocs are seeking to consolidate trade through a preferential tariff system
Finding Our Way Through the Border Labyrinth
A recent Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) study that was presented at INTAL-LAB has made a significant contribution to our knowledge of trade facilitation. The event was attended by government authorities, specialist academics, and representatives from chambers of commerce.
New Challenges for the Public Sector
A recent workshop focused on the skills that government officials and employees need to develop to keep up with technological change.
Road Corridor between the Atlantic and the Pacific
From São Paulo in Brazil to the Chilean ports of Antofagasta and Mejillones, a new interconnected road system is being planned that will cover more than 3,000 kilometers and cross four countries.
The Agua Negra Binational Tunnel Is Becoming a Reality
Work on the longest tunnel in Latin America is expected to be put out to tender in November 2018. This infrastructure project is one of the main ones currently being developed in South America and is part of the COSIPLAN Project Portfolio.
How Latin American Exports Are Reacting as Advanced Economies Recover
Demand is evolving very differently in the United States and the European Union. What impact is this having on the economies of Latin America and the Caribbean?
Physical Connectivity as a Pillar of Integration
The UNASUR countries are continuing to work toward improving the physical integration of the region. At an annual exercise that was attended by authorities and technical teams from different relevant ministries, UNASUR members discussed progress on COSIPLAN priority projects and updated the project portfolio.
New Technologies Applied to Integrating Regional Infrastructure
South American citizens can now access information on 581 regional infrastructure projects on the new COSIPLAN website.
A preparatory workshop for the 11th World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference was held in Geneva on May 31 and June 1, 2017, which INTAL helped organize.
3 questions about INTAL connection 249
Find out how do you know about Trade and Commerce!
Five Resources On Synthetic Meat
Technoplanting
New technologies are being incorporated into agricultural production in Latin America and the Caribbean with increasing intensity.
INTAL-LIB’s Recommended Reading
The Space Economy in Argentina
Opportunities for productive innovation to sustainably improve competitiveness in an underexplored area.
Robots and the Future of Work: Is Technological Unemployment on the Horizon?
As technologies take over the tasks traditionally performed by human labor, there is growing concern around the future of employment.
Synthetic Meat: Innovation in the Age of Production 4.0
At the second event in the Discussion Series on Technological Prospects, researchers from INTA and INTAL and international experts shared their views on the challenges that synthetic meat poses in terms of technology, production, and trade.
From Uruguay to the World Thanks to ConnectAmericas
International Business Alliances (link in Spanish) applied in response to a business opportunity to sell Uruguayan products to the Costa Rican company Grupo Britt.
Silk Road International Forum
By Federico Mazzella Integration in Motion, International Scenario, n249, Numero carta, 0
China has presented its plans to create trade corridors with Europe, Africa, and Latin America.
Bolivia Analyzes Alternative Zones
By Federico Mazzella Andean Group, Integration in Motion, n249, Numero carta, Regional Panorama, 0
Bolivia continues to seek access to the sea to improve trade. It is considering different alternatives, which include negotiations with Argentina and Paraguay.
Honduras Strengthens Bilateral Trade with Peru
By Federico Mazzella Central America and Mexico, Integration in Motion, n249, Numero carta, Regional Panorama, 0
The main focus is on SMEs, which seek to export products with value added.
Special Customs Treatment Is Approved in the Andean Community
The new mechanism seeks to facilitate and improve infrastructure in the region and improve the competitiveness of the private sector.
Chile Signs Agreements with China and Joins the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
An official visit to China to take part in the Silk Road Forum led to the signing of agreements that the two countries had been negotiating.
The two South American countries are currently drafting an agreement with a view to formalizing it this year.
Mexico Seeks to Seal New Trade Agreements with Argentina and Brazil
The focus of negotiations is on expanding the supply of grains, which are essential to Mexico's trade in livestock products.
ASEAN and Pacific Alliance Strengthen Cooperation
Representatives from the two blocs reiterated the importance of expanding ties with foreign partners.
Costa Rica Uses Big Data to Combat Tax Evasion
Data mining determines the behavior pattern of companies that might be evading taxes.
Progress on Customs Union between Honduras and Guatemala
The full implementation of the project will bring about an additional 1% annual growth in GDP.
Panama Resumes Imports of Meat Products from Brazil
The government has lifted the disqualification of sanitary records for meat products from Brazil.
MERCOSUR Makes Headway on Trade Negotiations with Japan
The bloc seeks to expand its trade ties with the world and renew its ties with one of the world’s largest economies.
Pacific Alliance Seeks to Strengthen Financial Integration
By Federico Mazzella America, Inspiring Activities, Integration in Motion, n249, Regional Panorama, 0
Ministers of the economy and finance from PA member countries worked together to draft an action plan to consolidate the bloc’s economic and financial relations.
Tacna–La Paz: On the Road to Development
The Tacna–La Paz road corridor is one of the most important connections between Bolivia and Peru as it is the shortest, most direct route between the Bolivian capital and the city of Tacna.
Agua Negra Tunnel: Integrating Regional Economies
Second Workshop on the Implementation Plan for the Agua Negra Binational Tunnel Territorial Integration Program.
Global Meat Production: The Nutrition Transition and the Key Role of Emerging Countries
The growth in global meat production is linked to a strengthening of supply capacities in emerging countries, including some in Latin America.
Exports from Latin America and the Caribbean Have Grown for the First Time in Four Years
A new IDB report stresses that the value of exports grew at a year-on-year rate of 17% in the first quarter of 2017.
The Recent Dynamics of the Global Meat Trade
International trade in meat products has grown in recent years.
An Industry Takes Shape
3D printing is on the rise, as are industrial applications of it. Last year, the total turnover for the industry was US$13.2 billion.
Technology for Financial Inclusion
The FinTech industry is on the rise in Latin America. The main local players and new products.
New Food 4.0
Synthetic meat production is being put forward as an alternative to traditional livestock farming. A seminar organized by INTA and INTAL looked at what the process entails and the challenges ahead.
5 recursos sobre eco integración
By Federico Mazzella Impact Assessment, n248, 0
INTAL-LIB recommends readings
These are the publications selected by our library to find out more about the topics of this issue of INTAL Connection.
Infographics on 581 Integration Projects
The Institute for the Integration of Latin America and the Caribbean (INTAL), in its role as the Technical Secretariat for COSIPLAN, has presented an infographic summary of the nearly 600 integration projects in South America.
Green Barriers
A dynamic infographic for examining the relationship between trade and the environment.
Three questions about ECO INTEGRATION
¡Descubre cuánto sabes sobre integración y comercio!
Overview and opportunities for equitable development in the region.
Natural Capital and the Sustainability of Development
Key issues and prospects for a sustainability-based research agenda.
Toward an Integral Ecology
Speakers at the presentation of INTAL’s new publication, Eco-Integration in Latin America, pointed to the importance of tackling the consequences of climate change as part of the integration process in Latin America and the Caribbean.
How to Conquer the Asian Market
A webinar created by the ConnectAmericas team focuses on exporting to Asian markets and includes specific examples and success stories.
Debates on Regional Trade Agreements at the WTO
WTO members are seeking to adapt rules and regulations to the new realities of trade.
China Increases Petroleum Imports from Brazil, the USA, and Canada
This year, the Asian giant is on its way to outstripping the United States as the world’s largest oil consumer.
Signing of the Protocol of Cooperation and Intra-MERCOSUR Investment Facilitation
The aim of the document is to create a space for investment within the bloc and increase guarantees for local and foreign investors.
Mexico Updates Its Trade Agreement with the European Union
The third round of negotiations for the modernization of the free trade agreement between Mexico and the European Union has concluded.
The Caribbean Community Steps up the Struggle against Climate Change
The Caribbean Community Steps up the Struggle against Climate Change.
High-Level Dialogue Brings Together Countries from Asia and the Pacific Alliance
The Pacific Alliance is seeking to expand its economic relations through free trade agreements.
New Roadmap for MERCOSUR–Pacific Alliance Convergence
The two blocs held a much-anticipated meeting and agreed on the importance of integrating with one another given the current context of international uncertainty.
Argentina and Mexico Seek to Expand Existing Agreements
Mexico’s deputy minister of foreign trade evaluates the negotiations that are currently underway with Argentina.
Agreements to Expand Colombia’s Trade in Manufactures with Argentina and Brazil
Negotiations between MERCOSUR countries and the Pacific Alliance will open up regional manufactures markets
Belgrano Freight Railway Will Reduce Logistical Costs in the North of Argentina
Investment in this railway is hoped will quadruple the volume of freight currently transported and boost regional economies, connecting them with the rest of the world through the ports on the Paraguay–Paraná Waterway.
Argentina Takes on the Pro-Tempore Presidency of COSIPLAN and Expresses Its Commitment to Deepening Regional Integration
Rogelio Frigerio, Argentina’s minister of the interior, public works, and housing, inaugurated activities for 2017 in his role as pro-tempore president of UNASUR’s COSIPLAN. He drew attention to planning and the implementation of infrastructure as a necessary condition for development and integration in the region.
How Can the Efficiency of Latin America’s Integration Process Be Improved in the New Global Context?
A High-Level Dialogue at INTAL-LAB marks the start of a process of reflection in the run-up to the 11th WTO Ministerial Conference and the next G20 Summit.
The MERCOSUR Establishes Permanent Coordination Platform to Focus on Innovation and Trade
The director of IDB/INTAL presented the MERCOSUR Futures report to the bloc’s new Ministerial Council.
Mexico: Opportunities for the Latin American Agriculture Sector?
Agricultural trade between Mexico and some South American countries is one of the missing links in Latin American integration.
Policies with the Wind behind Them
Countries in Latin America are diversifying their energy matrix and seeking to develop their wind power capacity.
The Environmental Impact of Free Trade Agreements
Can trade agreements help reduce pollution through the adoption of best practices?
Sustainable Global Value Chains
What trade incentives promote good environmental practices?
Governance and the Environment
Strengthening environmental governance in Latin America and the Caribbean: a look at the main challenges to improving environmental performance.
ECO-INTEGRATION
INTAL has presented a new publication in which 30 global experts put forward ideas on inclusive sustainable development, inspired by the papal encyclical Laudato Si’.
Small-Scale Producers: The Challenge Is Technological
Small-scale producers from the MERCOSUR account for 5 million of the region’s agricultural establishments and supply most of its basic food basket. How can they use ICTs to improve access to financing, production, and logistics?
5 resources about MERCOSUR
Three questions about MERCOSUR
Test your knowledge on integration and trade!
Discover Latin America’s main trade partners.
South American Connectivity in 31 Projects
The Institute for the Integration of Latin America and the Caribbean (INTAL), in its role as the Technical Secretariat for COSIPLAN, has presented a new publication on high-impact projects for the physical integration and socio-economic development of Latin America and the Caribbean.
What are the possible outcomes of the impact of technology on employment?
The Role of Public Banking in Development
How can national development banks contribute to financing and implementing the Sustainable Development Goals?
New Directions in Regional Integration
Video summary of the MERCOSUR Futures international colloquium.
The Growth of Argentinian SMEs from outside the City of Buenos Aires
The operation of the ProCórdoba Agency and success stories from this province.
Argentina and Spain Sign Cooperation Agreements
The two countries renewed their bilateral relations and committed to working together on various issues related to trade and investment.
Foreign Ministers Discuss Agreement with the European Union
The Southern Common Market is seeking to consolidate its internal structures with a view to integrating better into global trade, especially through trade agreements with other blocs.
The MERCOSUR Makes Headway on an Agreement with South Korea
The two parties have reached the end of their analysis periods and are moving toward the formalization of a trade agreement.
Peru Seeks a Trade Agreement with India
Between January and December 2016, Peru’s exports to India grew by 37.4% in comparison with the same period during the previous year. This trend is expected to continue.
Progress toward the Implementation of Authorized Economic Operators
Customs authorities have approved an ID system for companies that benefit them during trade with other countries within the bloc.
Mexico and Argentina Agreed to Boost Free Trade
Argentina is Mexico’s fourth-largest trade partner in Latin America and the Caribbean and the 22nd-largest at the global level.
CARICOM Seeks to Establish a Full Common Market
Tourism and the movement of goods were identified as the keys to development during the next stage, according to the last meeting of the CARICOM representatives.
WTO: Trade Facilitation Agreement Enters into Force
The decision will benefit global trade and it is hoped that countries that have not yet signed the agreement will do so soon.
Pacific Alliance to Negotiate with Asia
The PA countries are seeking an alternative agreement to guarantee integration and trade development.
New Port in Peru to Improve Regional Economic Integration
The new port at Yurimaguas will strengthen the economic and social integration of Peru’s coastal and mountain regions and will facilitate trade with Brazil along the River Amazon.
2017: A Year of Change: Toward a New Vision of Regional Integration?
Once again, the INTAL/Latinobarómetro Alliance will be finding out how the citizens of Latin America and the Caribbean view major issues.
Civil Society’s Contributions to Infrastructure in South America
How citizen consultation processes work for large physical connectivity projects in the region.
What Does Recovery of Commodity Prices Depend on?
In 2016, the downward trend that had predominated among commodity prices since late 2014 began to level off. Which factors determined this shift?
RIDING THE GLOBAL MARKET
Software companies from Latin America and the Caribbean are seeking to become exporters.
New regulations on Trade-Related Intellectual Property
The Amendment of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) became effective.
AGRICULTURAL INTEGRATION
Alejandro Ramos Martínez, integration and trade specialist at IDB/INTAL, and Fernando Vilella, director of the Department of Bioeconomics, Public Policies, and Prospectives at the University of Buenos Aires’ School of Agronomy, argue in MERCOSUR Futures how agricultural integration can leverage a competitive integration into global markets.
Environmental tax policy
Fernando Lorenzo, director of Uruguay’s Center for Economic Research (CINVE), argues in MERCOSUR Futures that the challenges of climate change need to be integrated into the design of common development strategies.
How to strengthen intraregional trade?
Álvaro Ons, Uruguay’s secretary of productive transformation and competitiveness, puts forward in MERCOSUR Futures an agenda of feasible short-term initiatives to bring credibility to intraregional trade.
MERCOSUR’s Futures
What is the future of MERCOSUR? A special publication was presented at INTAL-LAB. 25 years after the creation of the bloc, this report seeks to understand the new global challenges faced by integration and to establish a basis for a smart regionalism.
The State of the Network
More and more people in Latin America and the Caribbean are using broadband mobile internet, but disparities between countries persist.
E-Commerce and the Factors Affecting Its Development
E-commerce in Latin America: The Regulatory Gap
Value global chains and products exportation of natural resources
World employment and social outlook: trends 2017
Agro-industry evaluation between Mercosur and Pacific Alliance
New Functionalities in the COSIPLAN Project Information System
In its role as the Secretariat for COSIPLAN, The Institute for the Integration of Latin America and the Caribbean (INTAL) has redesigned the Project Information System (SIP) platform, which receives over 68,000 visits a year.
The Potential of Digital Trade
Interviews with the presenters at the INTAL Annual Colloquium: Integration 4.0.
This Alert disseminates information about the documents registered in the INTAL Lib databases, highlighting some publications, and providing links to newsletters and open access journals. Click here to access all the information aquí
5 resources about e-commerce
E-commerce in Latin America.
Three question about E-Commerce
Argentina and Brazil Sign Cooperation Agreement
The two countries are seeking to strengthen their economies and put the period of stagnation behind them by playing a greater part in the international economy.
Agreement between MERCOSUR and the European Free Trade Association
The two blocs have concluded negotiations and have announced their intention to formalize a trade agreement.
The Reinvention of Digital Technology
Despite the exponential leaps that digital technology has made, it has only recently started to truly penetrate industries.
Investment Facilitation: How Far Do Public Policies Go?
National and International Strategies to Facilitate Investment Flows.
2016 Overview: COSIPLAN Project Portfolio
A new publication has been released as part of INTAL’s role as the Technical Secretariat for COSIPLAN. It is part of the process of achieving physical integration and social and economic development for South Americans by planning and implementing infrastructure projects.
CARICOM Negotiates Access to Products with Cuba
The agreement between the Caribbean regional bloc and Cuba will benefit a range of economic sectors, notably tourism.
Pacific Alliance Moves toward Integration through the Digital Economy
The block continues to implement actions to develop trade technology. Chile calls on other members to leverage e-commerce.
New Free Trade Zones Approved in Nicaragua
By Federico Mazzella Central America and Mexico, n246, Regional Panorama, 0
Companies say there will be new investments and a major opening up of the labor market.
Debate on Customs Transit in Latin America
By Federico Mazzella America, n246, Regional Panorama, 0
The region is seeking to sign agreements that will lead to the regulation and facilitation of customs activities.
CELAC Heads of States Meet for 5th Summit
The countries of Latin America championed joint efforts and cooperation to tackle their common problems.
Regional Freight Logistics: A Challenge for Uruguay
Uruguay is seeking to position rail transportation as an attractive alternative for regional freight carriers. The rail connectivity it is developing will keep step with the country’s growing needs.
INTAL-LIB Relaunches Its Digital Platform with a New Look
In recent months, INTAL LIB has been undergoing a transformation to put its wealth of knowledge in the hands of more users in Latin America and the world.
The Evolution of Trade: From Barter to Mobile Commerce
In ancient times, trade began as a barter system in which people exchanged one object for another. Prehistoric humans traded animal skins or services for food. Over time, coins and currencies began to emerge.
The WTO’s Work on E-Commerce
The World Trade Organization has been working intensely to encourage and promote e-commerce. This article discusses the progress it has made and the challenges it is facing.
Regional Workshop on E-Commerce and Development
How new trade technologies can contribute to the region's development and what public policymakers can do to provide incentives to increase trade flows.
By Federico Mazzella Download PDF, n244, 0
INtrivia 245
Three questions about infraestructure.
Investing in Integration
For the first time, transportation, energy, and communications projects are shaping a network of connectivity in South America that will bring countries together and strengthen the region’s international integration.
Information system for transparency in public works
This technology platform demonstrates that transparency in public works is possible and is a reality of life in South America today.
Opportunities in the Renewable Energy Value Chain
How local industries, especially SMEs, can leverage new forms of energy to create jobs.
Ethics and Economics: A High-Level Dialogue on the Road to G20/2018
With a view to next year, when Argentina will host the G20 meeting, experts discussed the main issues for the regional and global integration from a social perspective.
Export Diversification and Market Access: Recent Experiences
Last December 13th took place the IV Foreign Trade Forum “Uruguay faces the Pacific”. The activity gathered private sector, academic and government representatives, as well as experts in trade negotiations processes with China.
5 progress about integration projects
By Federico Mazzella n245, Reading Material on Integration, 0
Infrastructure for Integration
Through COSIPLAN, which INTAL functions as the technical secretariat for, South America is making headway on its commitment to transparency around high-impact infrastructure for development.
Paraguay and the United States Strengthen Trade and Investment Ties
By Federico Mazzella n245, Southern Cone, 0
The TIFA will foster private investment, promote growth, improve technology, and deepen sustainable economic development.
Uruguay and Russia to Work on a Strategic Cooperation Plan
The Russian government has proposed that Uruguay sign (link in Spanish) a “strategic plan” in pursuit of greater cooperation in various areas.
Strengthening Border Integration, Customs, and Immigration
Officials from Argentina and Chile held a series of meetings to strengthen relations and regional integration processes.
The Global State of Innovation
The annual global ranking of innovation capacities and outcomes.
The United States Files Complaint against Chinese Subsidies at the WTO
By Federico Mazzella International Scenario, n245, 0
This ongoing dispute at the WTO is over subsidies to Chinese aluminum producers.
The Global Economy and Job Vulnerability
Countries are facing the twofold challenge of repairing the damage caused by the financial crisis and creating employment opportunities.
COSIPLAN Activities: 2016 in Review
A new publication has been released as part of INTAL’s work as the Technical Secretariat for COSIPLAN/IIRSA with a focus on the results achieved by COSIPLAN’s work areas in 2016.
CARICOM Reforms Seek Consolidation
By Federico Mazzella Caribbean, n245, 0
The region’s leaders emphasized that 2017 would be a key year for consolidating reform within the Caribbean Community.
Free Trade Agreement Now in Force between Peru and Honduras
By Federico Mazzella Andean Group, n245, 0
The formalization of the agreement between the two countries will imply major alternatives to foreign trade and advantages for local firms.
Trade Agreement between Ecuador and the European Union Enters into Force
The agreement opens up the EU market for almost all Ecuadorian export products.
Support for the Central American Digital Trade Platform
By Federico Mazzella Central America and Mexico, n245, 0
This initiative is part of the Central American Trade Facilitation and Competitiveness Strategy (EFCC) and is supported by the European Union.
Costa Rica Takes on Pro-Tempore Presidency of SICA
The country follows Nicaragua as temporary leader of the regional bloc.
Freight Transportation and Logistics Training
More than 90 government officials took part in COSIPLAN’s online course and said how valuable it was for them to have access to a regional program that allows them to expand their knowledge and exchange ideas and experiences.
LATIN AMERICA IN SYNC WITH THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
The United Nations’ development agenda is in line with Latin Americans’ views and opinions
Argentina and Chile to Seek a MERCOSUR-Pacific Alliance Meeting
The two countries have defined their strategies and working agendas for addressing the convergence of the two blocs.
Progress toward Electricity Interconnection in the Region
This is a major milestone on the road to electrical integration.
Disruptive Technologies to Fight Climate Change
The latest technological advances that could play a fundamental role in protecting the environment.
Projects That Bring South Americans Together
COSIPLAN plans and implements infrastructure projects to improve physical integration and economic and social development for South Americans.
Information Technologies and Regional Connectivity
New tools and modern technology platforms are contributing to spreading COSIPLAN’s mission of achieving a better connected and more integrated South America.
Latin American’s Views on Equality
The public opinion survey of more than 20,000 citizens in 18 Latin American countries carried out by the INTAL/Latinobarómetro partnership revealed that social issues are the number one demand in the region.
Collective intelligence on integration and trade
INTAL developed this interactive tool that explores the issues addressed in 2016, establishing connections and providing a detailed overview of the global and regional agenda.
How much do you know about trade and integration? ¡Find the answers in INTrivia!
5 resources on equality on Latin America
By Federico Mazzella n244, Nodo i+i, 0
Emissions permit trading in practice
An initiative to help countries and interested parties to achieve sustainable objectives in the fight against climate change
Volpe Martincus, Christian. 2016. Out of the border labyrinth : an assessment of trade facilitation initiatives in Latin America and the Caribbean. Washington: BID.
By Federico Mazzella n244, Notable Publications, 0
The fracture
The voices of the experts who presented the book The Fracture. The Quest for Social Equality in Latin America, Past and Present (links in Spanish).
Opinions from the main speakers at the presentation of the Trade and Integration Monitor 2016 (link in Spanish).
A look back at INTAL’s year: how we inspired collective intelligence and cocreated knowledge on the ways that new technologies are impacting integration processes (link in Spanish)
Legal instruments of integration (iji) observatory
Overview of regional trade negotiations and agreements. For news and to learn more about the progress made on trade agreements and negotiations, visit the Legal Instruments of Integration Observatory (IJI).
A visualization that shows the factors that drove the improvement in social equity of the region.
Disaster risk management at COSIPLAN
Two new publications have been launched as part of INTAL’s work as the Technical Secretariat for COSIPLAN/IIRSA’s work on disaster risk management
Complementary relations with china
An exclusive report from the research team at ConnectAmericas argues that Latin America is a solution to China’s limited natural resources.
Caribbean states consolidate their bilateral ties
The Secretary General of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS), June Soomer, made an official visit to Cuba, in which it was agreed the development, next March in Havana, of the XXII Ordinary Council of Ministers of the organization.
Argentina and Vietnam strengthen trade relations
The two countries held their seventh meeting under the umbrella of the bilateral consultations agreement that has been in force since 2001
The IDB is to finance the agua negra cross-border tunnel
This investment will enable progress on the road infrastructure megaproject between Argentina and Chile
Andean community approves use of electronic andean migration card
The member countries of the Andean Community will gradually update their immigration systems. Peru has already successfully done so.
Trade Trend Estimates in Latin America and the Caribbean
A new report describes possible scenarios for trade dynamics in the region, which vary at the subregional level
A new book published by INTAL and FCE analyzes the historic roots of inequality in Latin America and puts forward creative ideas for moving toward greater social inclusion.
Honduras and guatemala integrate customs facilities
The two countries opened a new border crossing as part of their intention to form a customs union
Panama opens a new free trade zone
The project will be a source of employment in the region once the anticipated investments materialize
Unasur to create a dispute settlement center
The initiative is the outcome of an investment-related decision by the bloc’s heads of state
Streamlining the single window system
The main aim of this initiative is the electronic exchange of information on foreign trade transactions, in line with international standards.
Innovation and the new production paradigm
Academics, government officials, and members of international organizations and Latin American and global NGOs analyzed the current state of affairs for science and technology and their impact on labor markets.
Renewed commitment to infrastructure integration
The delegates from the countries of South America to COSIPLAN met online to agree on the 2017 Work Plan. As the secretariat for the CCT, INTAL will support the implementation of the activities the countries decide to prioritize.
Regional exports and the downshift in global trade
The Trade and Integration Monitor 2016 analyzes different aspects of the downshift in global trade and the effects that this is having on the region.
MERCOSUR: The state of affairs and future prospects
The MERCOSUR Report No. 21 analyzes the macroeconomic outlook for the MERCOSUR and member countries’ trade and investment flows, as well as the main features of the bloc’s internal and external agenda.
Latin America and China: New Paths, New Approaches Needed
INTAL participated in an international conference in Chile with experts from the region and China where the future of the relationship with the Asian giant was discussed.
Experts share their perspectives on law and sustainable development.
The Domino Effect of the Panama Canal Expansion Project
How much do you know about regional integration and trade? Find all the answers here at INTrivia.
5 Resources about INTAL-Latinobarómetro
Overview of regional trade negotiations and agreements. The IJI is an analytical compilation of regulatory texts, commentaries, and follow-up on legal commitments and developments concerning the various integration processes taking place in Latin America and the Caribbean. For news and to learn more about recent progress on trade agreements and negotiations, visit IJI.
The display shows the international agreements that countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have reached with partners from within the region and beyond it. These include free trade agreements, economic or physical integration agreements, cooperation agreements, and partial scope agreements.
Perspectivas económicas de América Latina 2017: juventud, competencias y emprendimiento. 2016. París: OCDE; CAF; CEPAL.
Informe MERCOSUR No 21 (2015-2016) Segundo semestre 2015 – Primer semestre 2016
Beyond commodities: the growth challenge of Latin America and the Caribbean. Washington: BM.
Access to medicines and incentives for innovation: the balance struck in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) on intellectual property (patent and data exclusivity) protection for pharmaceutical products. Washington: CEPAL.
Trade and Integration Monitor 2016
This latest report, Downshifting, argues that a dramatic shift is needed in the region’s international integration policies if they are to adapt to the changing pace of globalization.
Robots and Industrialization in Developing Countries
What global challenges must we face up to if we are to prevent inequality from growing as a consequence of job loss?
Summit of APEC Forum Leaders
Leaders of the Asia-Pacific Forum reasserted their commitment to keeping their markets open.
COP22: Emphasis on the Role of Trade in the Fight against Climate Change
The Climate Summit in Morocco highlighted the role of the trade in goods and services to stimulate investment.
Peru and Colombia Promote the Development of a Common Border
The project aims to address the challenges of the border area and assess progress toward implementing common projects.
Ecuador Signs Trade Agreement with the European Union
Ecuador has joined the free trade agreement that Colombia and Peru are already party to.
Bolivia and Peru Make Progress Toward the Bi-oceanic Train
In an attempt to fast-track the start of the project, the two countries committed to holding periodic meetings.
Mexico and Chile Sign Electronic Certification Agreement
Representatives from the two countries signed the agreement to streamline commercial transactions and make them more transparent.
Uruguay and Korea Foster Private-Sector Relationships
The two countries are seeking to consolidate economic relations and have planned joint activities for 2017.
Argentina and the United States Begin Economic Dialogue
The two countries are following up on the work plan that was started during Barack Obama’s visit to Argentina in March 2016.
Brazil Files WTO Complaint against the United States over Steel
Problems in the steel sector have affected trade flows.
Brazil and Portugal Work toward a MERCOSUR–European Union Agreement
The two countries expressed their commitment to fostering negotiations between the two blocs.
FTA Negotiations with Korea Continue
The agreement is expected to be made official in the coming months.
CARICOM Agrees on a Common Regulatory System for the Healthcare Sector
CARICOM ministers have endorsed a roadmap for the implementation of the Caribbean Regulatory System for Medicine (CRS).
Bolivia Garners Support to Become Full MERCOSUR Member
Uruguay’s Chamber of Deputies unanimously passed Bolivia’s protocol of accession to become a full member of the MERCOSUR.
China Breathes Fresh Life into Its Relations with Latin America
The third Chinese presidential tour to Latin America was an opportunity for China to emphasize its commitment to the region and consolidate bilateral relations.
Basic Roads and Quality of Rural Life
The 1st Latin American Course/Workshop on Road Surfaces and Basic Roads shared innovative, low-cost solutions for improving the conditions of unpaved roads.
International Conference: The Role of Institutions in Development
Specialists shared the results of research that analyzes the interplay between law and sustainable development from a multidisciplinary approach.
Demand Solutions: Technology, Public Health, and Empowering Women
The IDB’s Demand Solutions event took place in Buenos Aires this year. Entrepreneurs shared ideas to improve lives through solutions that promote access to drinking water, sanitation, and better nutrition.
The Hundred Projects to Enhance the Agua Negra Binational Tunnel
Government officials from Argentina and Chile discuss the region’s experience of drafting the Territorial Integration Program that will facilitate the construction of this new link between the two countries.
The Impact of Trade Agreements with China on Innovation
In recent years, several countries have signed free trade agreements with China which have included specific causes on technological transfer. What impact have these agreements had? This article presents the main points of an ongoing research project.
The Challenge of Closing the Infrastructure Gap
How many of us are willing to pay taxes or take on credit to improve logistics costs in Latin America and the Caribbean?
Support for Foreign Investment in Latin America
Some 71% of Latin Americans say that foreign capital is beneficial for local economies.
THE DNA OF INTEGRATION
After partnering to carry out 20,000 exclusive surveys in 18 countries in the region, INTAL and Latinobarómetro have created an overview of economic, political, technological, social, and environmental integration.
5 resources about Innovation
5 resources about Innovation that inspire on new trends in integration and exponential technologies.
Regional Integration 4.0 in the words of the experts
Exclusive interviews with the main speakers of the Regional Integration 4.0. conference.
Informe sobre el Comercio Mundial 2016 : igualdad de condiciones para el comercio de las PYMES = World Trade Report 2016 : levelling the trading field for SMEs. 2016. Ginebra: OMC.
Máttar, Jorge y Cuervo, Mauricio. 2016. Planificación y prospectiva para la construcción de futuro en América Latina y el Caribe : textos seleccionados 2013-2016. Santiago de Chile: CEPAL.
Preparing for the future of artificial intelligence. 2016. Washington: United States. Goverment
Macroeconomics and Trade: The Region’s New Challenges
A World Bank report analyzes the short- and medium-term prospects for economic development in the region on the basis of changes in the macroeconomy and trade.
Financial Integration in the Pacific Alliance
The challenges ahead and an action program for the optimization of the bloc.
The deluge of data that comes from our interconnectedness is providing us with new tools to increase productivity.
Five Factors That Make the Chinese Market Attractive
According to an exclusive document drafted by ConnectAmericas, China’s role in global business has been rising steadily in recent decades. This constitutes an enormous opportunity for products and services from Latin America and the Caribbean.
Uruguay Consolidates Trade and Cooperation Agreements with China
The two countries signed various agreements during the Uruguayan president’s two-week tour of China.
Argentina and Chile Make Progress on the Construction of the Agua Negra Tunnel
This infrastructure project aims to become an alternative form of connectivity between the two countries and to foster production potential and service generation in the region it covers.
Uruguay and Chile Sign a Free Trade Agreement
The agreement was described as “next generation” because of the new issues it includes.
Panama and the CARICOM Countries Sign an Immigration Information Exchange Agreement
The mechanism will contribute to strengthening the security system and data exchanges among members.
Colombia Starts Dialogue on Free Trade Agreement with China
China already has free trade agreements with Peru, Chile, and Costa Rica. Colombia is making headway on negotiations.
Pacific Alliance Promotes Trade with India
The regional bloc made up of Chile, Peru, Colombia, and Mexico continues to actively seek out new trade partners.
Mexico Expands Its Economic Complementarity Agreement with Brazil
The two countries have continued the trade negotiations they began at the end of 2015 around tariff expansions within their bilateral agreement.
G20 Summit: Agreements to Reactivate Growth
Those present also decided on initiatives for the fight against climate change, terrorism, and the refugee crisis.
10th LAC-China Business Summit
Some 1,500 businesspeople, diplomats, and government officials from China and LAC took part, making this the best-attended event in the summit’s history.
The Ratification Threshold for the Paris Agreement Has Been Achieved
The climate change agreement that was reached in December 2015 will be made official at the next UNFCCC conference.
Widespread Support for Regional Integration in Latin America
INTAL and Latinobarómetro have launched a partnership to monitor citizens’ opinions on issues that are fundamental to public policies.
As part of the joint training initiative organized by IDB/INTAL and the WTO, a course on e-commerce and its role in development was held in Asunción.
The Winner of the INTALENT Competition Attends Demand Solutions
The winning project from INTAL and MIT’s competition for creative industry start-ups traveled to Washington to take part in Demand Solutions, a megaconference for entrepreneurs. The company’s director tells us all about the experience.
COSIPLAN’s work demonstrates how technology can provide support for public policy–related decision making, the planning of infrastructure works, and prioritizing investment. A new video explains the initiative.
Behavioral Economics and International Trade
INTAL’s annual flagship event included a panel on the study of the best incentives for fostering cooperation and trade.
New Technologies and the Future of Employment
The experts who took part in the INTAL conference held parallel workshops with representatives from the public sector and academia.
Regional Integration 4.0
Global experts took part in INTAL’s annual flagship conference. The focuses this year were big data, behavioral economics, and export diversification.
New Trends in Trade Agreements in Latin America and the Caribbean
By Federico Mazzella n241, 0
IDB open online course on e-learning platform edx.org, starts on 25th. October and lasts six weeks.
5 Resources about Internet of Things
The Sharing Economy in Latin America
The sharing economy can optimize resources, create employment, and contribute to developing the use of new technologies.
World Economic Forum Annual Report 2015–2016
Leadership and building agendas for transformation form part of this analysis of the current global state of affairs and the challenges the world is facing.
Overview of regional trade negotiations and agreements. The IJI is an analytically oriented compilation of regulatory texts, commentaries, and follow-up on legal commitments and developments concerning the various integration processes taking place in Latin America and the Caribbean. For news and to learn more about the progress made on trade agreements and negotiations, visit IJI.
Freight Logistics as a Pillar of Integration
A network of experts, a course, the prospects of a strategic logistics chain and optimizing sectoral connections are some of the synergies between integration software and hardware.
The Agua Negra Binational Tunnel: A Strategic Program
This binational program is the result of work by Argentina and Chile to integrate their borders through infrastructure while taking into account social, economic, and environmental factors so as to strengthen the areas in question.
Chinese Imports Increase after a Two-Year Slump
Combined with the slowing of the downturn in exports, this puts one of the world’s largest economies in a more balanced position.
Print It Yourself
3D Printers Are Turning Up the Heat On Traditional Forms of Trade and Manufacturing.
Rapprochements between the MERCOSUR and the European Union
Government officials analyze possible agreements between the two blocs and resume negotiations.
PARAGUAYAN BEEF TO BE SOLD IN SWITZERLAND
Paraguay will be exporting gourmet-quality products to Switzerland.
Chile and China Make Headway on Electronic Certificates of Origin
The two countries are continuing to hold working sessions with a view to implementing the system in the short term.
Chile Seeks to Boost Pacific Alliance Trade
The PA is hoping to expand its global presence and extend its ties with the international economy.
Argentine Biodiesel Benefits from a European Court Ruling
Following several disputes with the European Union, there has been a significant step forward in favor of Argentina.
Argentina Makes Headway on the Single Window for Foreign Trade System
The initiative is part of a plan to promote intraregional trade facilitation.
Those present also decided on actions in relation to the fight against climate change, terrorism, and the refugee crisis.
Women Are Leading the Social Networking Revolution
Different studies show that women use social networking sites more than men and spend more time on them.
Peru Promotes Border Integration
Government officials announced that binational cabinet meetings would be held with the governments of Ecuador, Colombia, Bolivia in order to tackle border integration issues.
Ecuador and Japan Sign Treaty on Natural Disasters
The two countries are seeking to bolster economic relations. Japan is contributing to relief efforts following the earthquake in the Ecuadorian province of Manabí.
Investment in the Fight against Climate Change
An agreement will provide US$33 million in financing for sustainable infrastructure projects in the Caribbean region.
Progress on Electrical Integration with Mexico
Mexico’s SIEPAC Interconnection Commission met for the first time since being established.
Panama to Promote Sea Transportation
Short-distance routes for increased integration in Mesoamerica.
Pacific Alliance Implements Venture Capital Fund
By Federico Mazzella Integration in Motion, n241, Regional Panorama, 0
The mechanism will have resources of up to US$80 million for financing initiatives among SMEs in Mexico, Colombia, Peru, and Chile
Winners of the INTALENT Competition Take Part in MIT Innovators Under 35
The award-winning projects from the creative industries competition organized by INTAL and MIT took part in another high-profile competition for innovators in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Regional Workshop in Services Agreement (TiSA)
Between September 7 and 9, 2016, INTAL held a Regional Workshop on the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) and the Negative List Approach to Services and Investment Liberalization, in partnership with the IDB’s Integration and Trade Sector and CARICOM’s Office of Trade Negotiations (OTM). The workshop took place in Hastings, Christ Church, Barbados.
Additive Manufacturing: A New Revolution
The current state of 3D printing worldwide and in Latin America and the Caribbean. How the spread of this technology may impact industries and services.
INN-TEGRATION WITH DOUBLE N AS INNOVATION
INTAL’s annual flagship event, Regional Integration 4.0, took place on October 5, 2016, and included a special panel on the transformation of production patterns.
Do It Yourself 4D Printing and Trade
How digital manufacturing and the Internet of Things can change integration and the way we do trade.
Trade liberalization and inequality: a dynamic model with firm and worker heterogeneity
Financing for Road Infrastructure Projects
The Caribbean is seeking to mitigate the effects of natural disasters on transportation and roads.
The Sharing Economy: What’s Mine Is Yours and What’s Yours Is Everyone’s
The sharing economy is growing as a form of trade in different spheres. What factors have contributed to its growth and what part can it play in development?
Demand solutions to improve lives
Demand Solutions brings together some of the most innovative creative minds to discuss and share their solutions to the challenges of development industries.
Exporting for Growth
An increasing number of countries in Latin America and the Caribbean use Exporta Fácil, a service that reduces transaction costs for MSMEs and helps them to integrate into the international market, which brings social benefits.
Trade and Innovation: Public Policy Options
Innovation and trade are increasingly interconnected. A new approach to the interface between them is needed if we are to develop appropriate policies.
Hidrovías para el desarrollo y la integración suramericana
Innovation and internationalization of latin american services
Firm innovation and productivity in Latin America and the Caribbean : the engine of economic development
Two to tango : public-private collaboration for productive development policies
La política de innovación en América Latina y el Caribe : nuevos caminos
The Winner of the INTAL D-TEC Has Quadrupled His Operations
The INTAL D-TEC competition identifies and gives awards to start-ups providing innovative technological solutions. Some 120 firms from 15 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean took part in the competition.
The Border as an Area of Integration
A new book summarizes the Territorial Integration Program for the Agua Negra Binational Tunnel, which involves the provinces of San Juan and La Rioja in Argentina and the Coquimbo Region in Chile. The technical aspects of the project were coordinated by INTAL.
5 Resources on Infraestructure
Glocal Future Integration and Productive Transformation
Interview with presenters from the INTAL Winter Colloquium.
What role does Latin America and the Caribbean play in the market for services?
Argentina and Brazil Agree to Use Digital Certificates of Origin
The two largest economies in the MERCOSUR seek to move forward with bilateral trade facilitation.
Chile Strengthens Diplomatic Relations with Australia and Finland
Chile’s minister of foreign relations, Heraldo Muñoz, tackled issues related to trade and cooperation with representatives from the two countries.
Argentina and the United States Discuss Their Bilateral Agenda
Officials from the two countries started a work and cooperation plan to pursue common goals.
Agrifood Trade Scenarios
Experts and researchers met specifically to analyze the situation in South America.
Promoting the Involvement of Least Developed Countries in Trade Negotiations
Financial incentives seek to increase countries’ negotiating capacities and enable them to take part effectively in the global trading system.
SIX FEATURES THAT DEFINE THE FEMALE LEADERSHIP
The differences, advantages, and perspectives women in leadership positions bring and their impact on organizations, according to two experts on the matter.
Financial Institutions and Renewable Energies
By Federico Mazzella n240, Notable Publications, Reading Material on Integration, Reviews, 0
A new IDB publication analyzes how financial strategies can contribute to promoting clean energy.
Peru Deposits Its Instrument of Ratification of the Paris Agreement
The country has added its signature to the fight against climate change.
Facilitation of Private Investment in Peruvian SMEs
The Ministry of Production is to launch a competition to support firms with export potential.
Maritime Cooperation between Panama and Egypt
Representatives from the two governments put forward an instrument to promote economic activity.
Panama Adopts New Tariff Measures
The legislation forms part of the international trade commitments the country has adopted.
Costa Rica–Colombia Free Trade Agreement Enters into Force
The news was announced at the 11th Summit of the Pacific Alliance, which included a consolidation of international relations and a review of the progress this regional integration mechanism has made.
Progress on Food Security
A project is seeking to end hunger in Latin America and the Caribbean by 2025.
Regional Integration 4.0 Big Data for Big Integration
INTAL’s annual flagship event, Regional Integration 4.0, will take place on October 5, 2016, and will include a panel on big data and integration.
Agrobiotechnology, Integration, and Communication
INTAL, Argentina’s Ministry of Industry, the US Embassy in Argentina, and ARGENBIO held a communications seminar for government officials, researchers, and decision-makers.
The Challenge Facing MSMEs in South America
To integrate MSMEs into the export base and facilitate trade, South American countries are seeking to strengthen and expand the Exporta Fácil project to include concrete initiatives that will consolidate the system in the region.
How to promote the export of services in PYMES
Innovation and regional integration were the focus of the INTAL Winter Colloquium. The event underlined the role of SMEs as drivers of employment and their potential as service exporters.
5 Resources to Understand Creative Economi
Overview of regional trade negotiations and agreements.
Exporting Knowledge
The presence of Latin America and the Caribbean in the market for knowledge-based services
COSIPLAN Geographic Information System
Publication by the Working Group on the UNASUR South American Infrastructure and Planning Council (COSIPLAN) Geographic Information System (GIS).
Sanitary Restrictions and Beef Exports in the MERCOSUR
How and how much measures concerning beef exports have impacted the founding members of the MERCOSUR
The 10 Technologies That Will Change the World in 2016
Batteries that can provide power to whole villages, microchips that could take the place of organs in medical research, and autonomous vehicles are some of the innovations that will be most influential in the short term.
Glocal Future: Integration and the Transformation of Production
Interviews with the presenters at the INTAL Winter Colloquium
Broadband Can Help Low-Income Populations
Broadband can help companies who are targeting the base of the population pyramid to improve the effectiveness of their operations and their services to their clients. Companies that started using broadband in their operations increased their productivity by 10% on average, according to the McKinsey Global Institute.
United Nations Pursues Sustainable Trade
Under the slogan “From Decision to Action,” the UNCTAD meeting aimed to develop an inclusive and equitable environment for trade and development.
CARICOM Seeks to Move Towards a Single Market
CARICOM assessed the current status of the free movement of goods and persons and called on authorities to work towards harmonizing policies.
Chile and South Korea Expand Their Free Trade Agreement
The two governments the two governments agreed on the need to review and expand the provisions in the agreement, which has been in force for 12 years
Argentina Signs Cooperation Agreements with Germany
The agreements reflect the two countries’ intentions to relaunch relations.
Andean Community Focuses on Renewable Energy and Gas to Combat Climate Change
The Gas Exporting Countries Forum has put forward a proposal to tackle climate change and halt the rise of global temperatures
Colombia Is Pursuing the Orange Economy as a Driver for Development
New trends in the Colombian capital are generating economic growth and quality employment
Free Trade Agreement between Colombia and South Korea Enters into Force
Over 7000 Colombian products will benefit from tariff reductions that have already been negotiated and approved
Peru Ratifies WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement
The country has added its signature to the agreement
Andean Community Creates Observatory for Pacific Alliance SMEs
Member countries are seeking to coordinate trade regulations that facilitate intrazonal and international trade
Costa Rica and China Consolidate Their Strategic Alliance
Support from the United States for Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador
The US Congress has passed a new incentive for the Alliance for Prosperity plan for Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador, consisting of an additional US$750 million for 2017
Mexico and Brazil Review Economic Agreement to Add Industrial and Agricultural Goods
Government officials from Mexico and Brazil met with the aim of expanding their Economic Complementarity Agreement (ECA)
Argentina and Mexico Seek to Renew Their Ties
The presidents of Argentina and Mexico met in Buenos Aires and talked about how to build closer ties between the MERCOSUR and the Pacific Alliance.
The Rapprochement between the MERCOSUR and the European Union Continues
Different events and meetings mark the start of dialog between the two blocs
INTAL’s flagship annual event, which will be held on October 5, 2016, will focus on neuroscience, big data, artificial intelligence, and the Internet of Things. How can these contribute to integration in the future?
COSIPLAN’s New Geographic Information System on Infrastructure
Through the use of modern information technology and territorial planning methodologies, a Geographic Information System was put in place to facilitate the design, implementation, and operation of physical integration projects in South America.
China’s Transition to a Knowledge Society
The latest issue of the Integration & Trade Journal analyzes the transformation of the Chinese economy, the role of innovation, and the technology transfer policies that could drive productivity in Latin America.
Updates to the South American Regional Infrastructure Project Portfolio
As of 2016, the portfolio is made up of 581 infrastructure and connectivity projects representing an estimated investment of US$188,337 million. Another 12 projects were successfully completed in the last year.
ROBOTlution: The Empowerment of Machines
Advances in artificial intelligence are one of the most dramatic challenges of our times. Robots are starting to compete for our jobs. How will Latin America and the Caribbean take on this new challenge?
BREXIT and Its Impact on Trade in Latin America
How might Great Britain’s decision to leave the European Union affect trade in the region?
China’s Technological Metamorphosis and Global Trade
What sort of erosive effect might the latest technological advances have on global value chains?
INTALENT. Creative Integration
Almost 700 projects from 20 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean took part in the creative industry competition launched by INTAL in partnership with MIT. Find out more about the winners in this article.
Short Video on INTAL Connection #238
Videos about the events: “Made in CHI-LAT” and “FUTURO GLOCAL”
5 Resources to Understand Glocal Future
The Ten Technologies That Will Most Impact Our Lives
According to an expert from MIT who gave a presentation at INTAL-Lab, the main changes will be in energy, transportation, and health. The impact on trade and integration.
¿Cuánto sabes sobre integración regional y comercio? Encontrá todas las respuestas en INTrivia.
Overview of regional trade negotiations and agreements. The IJI is a compilation of regulatory texts, commentaries, and follow-up on legal commitments and developments of an analytical nature concerning the various integration processes taking place in Latin America and the Caribbean. For news and to learn more about the progress made on trade agreements and negotiations, visit IJI.
Which jobs are most at risk of automation?
Cultural Industries and Regional Integration
An analysis promoted by ALADI seeks to identify the impact of the creative industries on regional integration
Caribbean Seeks to Deepen Ties with Regional Trade Partners
Regional organizations called a meeting to evaluate and expand economic and cooperation relations.
Regional Strategic Plan Identifies Six Chains with Export Potential
Members of the business community and government officials worked together to draw up an action plan to strengthen the Peruvian department of La Libertad.
Official Opening of the Panama Canal Expansion
Government representatives, high-level officials, and over 20,000 members of the public attended the opening ceremony.
The IDB and SIECA Make Headway on Trade Facilitation
The two organizations have signed an agreement that seeks to make a significant positive impact on the cost, time, and forecasting of traffic through border crossings in the short term.
Consolidation of the Customs Union between Guatemala and Honduras
The two countries are seeking to consolidate a single customs area that covers 44% of the total area of Central America so as to create a more attractive market for local, regional, and foreign investors.
Mexico and Singapore Sign Investment Agreements
The signing of the Agreement on Reciprocal Promotion and Protection of Investments demonstrates the countries’ interest in expanding bilateral economic relations.
ALADI and SIECA Sign Cooperation Agreement
Signing this instrument strengthens integration through new common instruments and projects.
The Internet of Things and Corporate Management
Find out which services or industrial processes the Internet of Things (IoT) can help make more efficient.
Made in CHI-LAT
At a seminar at INTAL-Lab, academics who specialize in the bilateral relations between Latin America and China analyzed the recent transformations the latter has been undergoing and how these might impact the former.
Socioeconomic and Environmental Characterization of the Guianese Shield Hub
A new publication as part of INTAL’s role as the COSIPLAN/IIRSA Technical Secretariat on the importance of infrastructure to the development of the Guianese Shield Hub in South America.
Uruguay Consolidates its Ties with China
Government representatives drew attention to the growth in bilateral trade and promised a closer relationship between the two countries
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1353215
|
__label__wiki
| 0.744493
| 0.744493
|
Category Archives: Music
New Music Tuesday: WILD NOTHING
Posted on May 9, 2012 by giovannilomena
Artist: Wild Nothing
Album: Gemini
Record Label: Captured Tracks
Wild Nothing is the solo-project of Jack Tatum, whose music is inspired by a longtime love affair with nostalgia. His debut full length album, Gemini, released through Captured Tracks, is full of dreamy, carefree synth-pop songs that linger with an inexplicable sense of regret.
Prior to embarking on this recent solo-project, Tatum sang and played guitar with the Abe Vigodaish, tropical punk band Facepaint and the singer/songwriter project Jack and The Whale. In the summer of 2009, the Virginia tech-college student decided to embark on his first creative-solo project playing bass, guitar, synthesizer and drums while recording in his home-studio. He soon emerged with a unique brand of dreamy pop-songs influenced by bands like My Bloody Valentine, Shop Assistants, Go-Betweens and Cocteau Twins. In 2009 he delivered a memorable cover of the Kate Bush song Cloudbusting, making it clear that Wild Nothing transcended the lo-fi pop-mold.
On his debut album, Gemini, Tatumʼs frail vocals come warped in an oozing neon haze. Carefully orchestrated synth-pop arrangements, trebly guitar riffs and tattered drum machines blend together to create an intriguing,texturally rich glo-pop album that could come only from the young at heart.
The official video for the single Chinatown gathers footage from a 1969 short film called Clown, from director Richard Balducci. The result is a re-contextualization that’s striking and surprisingly apt: Guy Suzuki’s cinematography shifts the focus from Chinatown to the terraces of Montmartre in Paris. The song’s smeared sunlight pairs with the yellowed clips perfectly, resulting in a nostalgic and beautiful video that evokes memories of childhood.
I need to keep you here
I need to picture you still
I need to clear the fog” – Chinatown by Wild Nothing
Click here for information on Wild Nothing summer tour dates
Source: Captured Tracks
Posted in Music, Video | Tagged band, chinatown, clown, gemini, jack tatum, music, music video, pop, richard balducci, short film, synth-pop, wild nothing | Leave a reply
New Music Tuesday: NIKI & THE DOVE
Artist: Niki & The Dove
Album: Instinct
Record Label: Sub Pop Records
Niki & The Dove is a band from Stockholm, Sweden with two members, Malin Dahlström and Gustaf Karlöf. Getting together in February 2010, Malin and Gustaf have spent the time since writing together, figuring out just how pop music works and then discovering new ways to break it.
Their first single “DJ, Ease My Mind” b/w “Under the Bridges” released on leading UK independent Moshi Moshi, was one of the most striking debuts of the year, catching the attention of everyone from Artrocker and NME through to The Sunday Times who declared the single could “be the two greatest alt-pop songs of 2010.” And if “DJ, Ease My Mind,” revealed a band with a precociously fully-formed sound, their self-released follow up “Mother Protect” shows that Niki & The Dove are truly poised for great things. A riotous collision of barely constrained electronic pop overlaid with Malin’s distinctive, glacial vocals, “Mother Protect” confirmed Niki & The Dove as a truly unique talent and ones to watch.
Despite being only available through the band’s website, “Mother Protect” was heavily supported by the likes of John Kennedy on XFM, Radio 1’s Annie Mac (who played the track during both her specialist evening and daytime shows), NME, The Observer and The Independent who said the track “grows brilliantly into a low-key epic.”
Niki & The Dove’s songs are full of magic and light but with an unsettling darkness hidden beneath the surface. It’s pop music but a world away from the production line aesthetics of much modern chart music.
Not just a great studio act though, Malin and Gustaf’s background working with theater and dance productions means that playing live is integral to the band. Drawing upon their wide circle of talented friends and collaborators, no two Niki & The Dove shows are the same, but they are always a spectacle as a sold-out North London crowd discovered last November on their UK live debut.
With their first-ever full UK tour in May expect the band to cement their place as one of the most exciting new bands around. As The Sunday Times said Niki & The Dove is a “…band who you felt could knock off a chart-pop stunner with ease if only they could be bothered. Luckily for us, they clearly can’t.”
With alternative trance-pop bands like M83 and Gotye experiencing recent success in mainstream music, Niki & The Dove have the stage set to become the next big thing in pop music. After signing with Sub Pop record label, the original home of groundbreaking alternative bands, Niki and The Dove have readied their debut album Instinct, due out later this year on May 14.
The video for their single The Fox from Instinct was edited and shot in an atmospheric animation style, with reality and fantasy blurring throughout the visuals. An animal-human hybrid base-jumps into spectacular transformations. The Fox merges fantasy, sci-fi and slippery synth-pop into a rewarding head-trip. Fans attuned to Bjork’s synesthetic explorations should feel right at home with the Stockholm-based duo’s mood music and this CGI translation, directed by the self-described creative content engineers at Wintr.
While they might be just a duo, their background in theatrical and dance productions promises to flesh out their synthetic soundtracking with flair. Screen the video below and let us know in the comments section if you think The Fox is sly in the right places.
“I want to see what the sky looks like… from your view.” – Niki & The Dove, The Fox
Instinct will see daylight on 5/14.
Catch Niki & The Dove on tour this summer.
Source: Sub Pop Records
Posted in Music, Video | Tagged alternative, band, duo, Gustaf Karlof, instinct, Malin Dahlstrom, music, music video, niki & the dove, stockholm, sub pop records, sweden, the fox, trance-pop | Leave a reply
New Music Tuesday: WASHED OUT
Artist: Washed Out
Album: Within and Without
Record Label: Domino
Graphic Designers: Ernest Greene and Jeff Kleinsmith
Within and Without is the debut album by 28 year-old Atlanta-based songwriter and producer Ernest Greene, AKA Washed Out. Long adored and critically lauded in the blog world, Greene first came to prominence in the summer of 2009 after unassumingly posting a handful of bedroom-recorded tracks to his Myspace page from his family home in the seclusion of the tiny rural city of Perry, Georgia. “I’d been writing music on my own for three or four years previous to that,” Greene explains, “mostly as a way to experiment with songwriting processes. Those were just the first I ever shared.”
Despite such modest intentions however, those first songs (many of which would appear on the acclaimed Life of Leisure EP of later that year) were about as complete an opening statement from an artist as imaginable. A heady, psychedelic concoction of what Pitchfork’s Mark Hogan termed “romantic nostalgia and homespun textures,” songs such as “Belong” and “Feel It All Around”—Greene’s biggest hit to date—artfully match the glossy melody of ’80s synth pop, the widescreen scope of early ’90s Balearic dance music and the slowed, heavy bounce of southern Hip Hop production to gorgeously wistful vocals with results as undeniably idiosyncratic and original as they are deeply accessible.
Within and Without is a summer record to span the seasons; a collection of songs as comfortable sound-tracking moments of peaceful relaxation as they are lighting up a party, and a strikingly mature next step from a uniquely focused, sincere artist.
Posted in Music, Video | Tagged album, chillwave, ernest greene, indiepop, music, washed out, within and without | Leave a reply
Designer Profile: HERVE VAN DER STRAETEN
A great cause: THE NEHRLING GARDENS
Men’s Shoes: MARK MCNAIRY
The Semi-Secret World of: BONSAI
Artist Profile: HAVI SCHANZ
Designer Profile: HERVE VAN DER STRAETEN wp.me/p2mgil-iR 7 years ago
A great cause: THE NEHRLING GARDENS wp.me/p2mgil-iC 7 years ago
Men's Shoes: MARK MCNAIRY wp.me/p2mgil-iu 7 years ago
The Semi-Secret World of: BONSAI wp.me/p2mgil-i8 7 years ago
Profile: HAVI SCHANZ wp.me/p2mgil-hV 7 years ago
Follow @conferodezso
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1353216
|
__label__wiki
| 0.707733
| 0.707733
|
Can the Miami Dolphins keep Jay Cutler upright against Chargers?
Denver Broncos quarterback Trevor Siemian is hit by Los Angeles Chargers defensive end Joey Bosa of Fort Lauderdale during the last Monday Night Football game. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
CARSON, Calif. — Six or seven Miami Dolphins offensive linemen were at Yard House, a high-end sports bar in Oxnard, California, on Monday night.
Their season-opener against Tampa Bay had been postponed, but this was a glorious opportunity to do some Monday Night Football scouting of their next opponent, the Los Angeles Chargers.
They noticed what you noticed, which is what anyone watching noticed.
Joey Bosa, number 99, the second-year defensive end.
“Great athlete,” Dolphins right tackle Ja’Wuan James said. “His size? You can’t teach that. Also he’s a guy that seems to be relentless on film.”
Melvin Ingram, number 54, the sixth-year edge rusher.
“Great athlete,” James said. “He has a good motor, too. He’s going to go all the way throughout the game. They are different in size. Melvin is shorter but stouter. He can get under your pads. He has leverage. Bosa is a lankier guy. He uses his length.”
If the Dolphins are to upset the Chargers in their belated first game of the season (Sunday, 4:05 pm. on CBS), they’ll need to limit one of the best pass-rush tandems in the NFL.
Those Dolphins offensive lineman must give Jay Cutler, making his Miami debut, a fighting chance. As in, a chance to stay upright for most of the game.
“You always want to keep your quarterback clean,” James said. “But (Cutler’s) a guy that’s shown us — if you give him some time, give him an opportunity, he’s going to make a big play.”
When Cutler takes the field at StubHub Center, he will have been a Dolphin for six weeks. This may be longer than it seems, but it is long enough for Cutler to read and react to pressure the best way?
Coach Adam Gase, who cajoled (it wasn’t really that difficult) Cutler out of pseudo-retirement when Ryan Tannehill was lost for the season, conceded mauling linemen are really the only thing that may have given Cutler pause.
“It’s really the pass rush,” Gase said. “You’ve really got to get used to being in that pocket again (and get) the feel of where to slide, when to take off, when to stand in there; but it seems like what he has to go up against in our defense every day, he got caught up pretty quick.”
Cutler took too many sacks, threw too many interceptions and allowed too many sack-fumbles as a Bear.
In his last eight starts as a Bear, Cutler was sacked 27 times (3.4 per game), tossed 9 interceptions (1.1 per game) and fumbled 7 times (0.9 per game).
But Gase believes he helped Cutler in those areas in 2015.
“The year that I was with him, he had a pretty good feel for things when things started collapsing of either getting out, getting rid of the ball or taking a sack if it’s just one of those situations where you have nowhere to go,” Gase said.
Gase said joint practices in Philadelphia last month helped but he and Cutler at ease.
“We had a couple of situations,” Gase said. “One, I figured it would have been really hard for anybody to really feel the guy come around the edge as fast as he did, and it’s a little bit of a learning, kind of getting reacquainted with how we need to play, when you do want to take a sack, when you can throw it away, things like that. I do feel good where we’re at right now. A lot of practice time and then he played enough in preseason to know the right thing to do.”
Bosa and Ingram are in a new defensive scheme, where they will alternate tackles they line up over.
“It’ll be all hands on deck for those two outside guys,” Miami offensive coordinator Clyde Christensen said. “We’ve got to know where they are, what they’re doing… Those two guys, they can wreck a game.”
One way Miami hopes to neutralize the Chargers defense is with no-huddle, up-tempo offense.
The Dolphins are coming off a bye (as crazy as that sounds) and the Chargers aren’t. Also, the Dolphins were last in the NFL with 57 offensive plays per game last year and Gase wants that to change.
One key for the Dolphins on Sunday will be limiting negative plays on first and second down.
Another key will be for sophomore left tackle Laremy Tunsil to get over any nerves he may have had in the preseason, when he didn’t seem as sharp at times as would be expected.
“I’m getting used to it,” Tunsil said. “I’m getting back used to being home. I was at left guard, so I had to get used to that for a year or two; but like I said, it feels good to be back out on an island. I’m happy.”
Last year, the Dolphins beat the Chargers and only Ingram posted a sack. Miami would sign up for that right now.
“Normally, you have to prepare for one elite linemen,” James said. “But the Chargers have two.”
Alterraun Verner will play first Miami Dolphins game in native Carson, Calif.
How Miami Dolphins rookie Davon Godchaux is approaching NFL debut
Miami Dolphins: Oldest defense in the NFL
Miami Dolphins’ DeVante Parker: Goal is 1,000+yards
Which Miami Dolphins rookies are likely to play special teams on Sunday?
Get our content right to your Facebook page with The Daily Dolphin
Author Staff WriterPosted on September 16, 2017 September 16, 2017 Categories 2017 preseason, 2017 Regular season, Joe SchadTags dailydolphin, Miami Dolphins, miamidolphins, sports, sportsfront, sportsfrontda
Previous Previous post: Dolphins OC Clyde “The Cannon” Christensen has big arm, big heart
Next Next post: 5 Miami Dolphins under immense pressure today vs. Chargers
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1353223
|
__label__wiki
| 0.820742
| 0.820742
|
‘Rick and Morty’ Season 4: 5 Things You May Have Missed in Episode 4
By Kayla Cobb Twitter @kaylcobb Dec 9, 2019 at 9:15am 125 Shares
Photo: Adult Swim
This week Rick and Morty went full Dungeons and Dragons in an episode packed full of dragons, wizards, and soul bonds. And it was all weirdly sexual…? For an episode that was supposed to be a wholesome story about a boy and his dragon, “Claw and Hoarder: Special Ricktim’s Morty” is about as risqué as Rick and Morty episodes come.
Season 4 Episode 4 starts with some classic Smith family deceit. Morty only helps his grandfather on his latest mission if he can get a dragon, a promise that Rick fully intends to break. But after Morty holds him to it, Rick delivers a real live magical dragon to soul bond with his grandson. The only problem is that dragons are sluts.
Balthremar quickly soul bonds with Rick despite his contract with Morty. And then he tries to soul bond with anything and anyone else for good measure. While Rick, Morty, and a magically upgraded Summer (voiced by Spencer Grammer) go on a quest to empower dragons everywhere, Jerry (voiced by Chris Parnell) has his own problems. Namely, a talking cat that refuses to explain why it can talk and who demands to go to Florida.
As far as sexually charged Rick and Morty adventures go, you can’t top “Claw and Hoarder: Special Ricktim’s Morty.” But between all of those soul bond orgies and dildo staffs, there were a few surprising Easter eggs. Wondering what you may have missed in this week’s episode? We have you covered. Here’s your guide to Rick and Morty Season 4, Episode 4. And if that’s not enough secrets for you, here’s your guide to Episode 3, Episode 2, and Episode 1.
'Rick and Morty's talking cat was voiced by none other than Matthew Broderick.
We may not know why the cat can talk, but we do know who voices him. Season 4’s Florida-loving cat was voiced by none other than Ferris Bueller Day Off and Daybreak star, Matthew Broderick. That may explain why this feline was more interested in slacking off than answering questions.
'Game of Thrones' actor Liam Cunningham made a perfect fantasy cameo.
Speaking of perfect casting, Rick and Morty‘s leading fantasy character Balthremar the dragon has a connection to one of the biggest fantasy series around. Balthremar was voiced by Liam Cunningham, best known for playing former smuggler and House Stark loyalist Davos Seaworth in Game of Thrones. In addition to Game of Thrones Cunningham has also starred in Hunger, The Wind That Shakes the Barley, and Clash of the Titans.
The talking cat may be a reference to I Am Sorry, John.
It says a lot that in an episode teaming with magic, there’s really only one question left at the end of “Claw and Hoarder: Special Ricktim’s Morty”: Why can the cat talk? There’s no definite answer to that one. Season 4, Episode 4 ended with Rick (voiced by Justin Roiland) and Jerry (voiced by Chris Parnell) panicking and vomiting after learning this Florida-loving cat’s truth. But there is one theory connected to a popular meme that’s starting to gain traction. The talking cat’s dark past is a reference to the I Am Sorry Jon meme.
Creepy Garfield, better known as I Am Sorry Jon, refers to a series of comics that flip the script on Garfield, turning the lasagna-loving cat into a monster stalking his owner. It’s as disturbing as it is ridiculous. But Rick and Morty has a history of making Garfield edgy for no reason. One of the spots in “Rixty Minutes” featured a Gazorpazorp version of Garfield screaming at Jon and calling him a “milquetoast piece of human garbage.” According to this theory either the talking cat is dark Garfield or the whole bit is just an homage to a really silly meme.
One of the dragon's treasures is a Dan Harmon Funko Pop.
The dragon’s rare treasures weren’t all Hi-C Ecto Coolers and Star Wars Spin Pops. If you looked closely there was also a reference to treasures that would only be valuable to Harmon devotees. Last year Starburns Industries, Dan Harmon’s production company which is behind Rick and Morty, launched a campaign for a comic on Kickstarter. The anthology comic book featured stories from Patton Oswalt, Paul Scheer, Sara Benincasa, Jackie Kashian, and more as well as animation from Robert Hack, Tania Del Rio, and Sarah Burrini.
Sounds awesome, right? And guess what one of the prizes for donating to this campaign were? A custom Dan Harmon Funko Pop. If that’s not equivalent to an issue of the very first Superman comic, we don’t know what is.
Jerry's memory being wiped was a reference to "Morty's Mind Blowers."
After seeing the horrible truth about why the cat can talk, Rick decides to wipe Jerry’s memory, leaving him as the only one who remembers these horrors. The gun Rick uses and memory wiping in general is a callback to “Morty’s Mind Blowers,” a Season 3 episode that completely revolves around Morty (voiced by Justin Roiland) attempting to recover the memories he’s lost thanks to Rick. But this episode’s memory wipe may also be hiding the answer to a lingering question from Season 3.
As “Morty’s Mind Blowers” explains, blue vials contained memories where Morty messed up, purple was reserved for the family messing up, and blue was all for Rick. But “Morty’s Mind Blowers” never states what the yellow and green vials meant. Based on this solo talking cat adventure, we can assume one of them is probably connected to wiping Jerry’s memories.
Where to stream Rick and Morty
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1353236
|
__label__cc
| 0.538109
| 0.461891
|
< Episode 1806: Sufficiently Advanced Improv >
The holy grail of running a roleplaying game is immersion. You want your players to be so engrossed in the setting and their characters that they forget they're playing a game. Ideally so much so that if any metagame issues arise, they interpret them within the framework of the game.
For example, if you're speaking in character as a certain NPC, and you slip up and call another NPC by the wrong name, the players could interpret that as a clue that the two different people are one and the same, running some sort of secret identity con. Or if you slip up on a piece of background lore, the players might latch onto it as some significant piece of attempted misdirection by someone, thus prompting them to investigate further.
If this sort of thing happens in your game, and the players fixate on something that you realise you said in error - don't correct them! Just let them run with it and see where it leads. Afterwards they'll think you're the most brilliant adventure plotter and subtle clue dropper ever.
Luke: So we've defeated the villain? The adventure's over?
GM: There was that whole thing on Endor about the missing—
C-3PO: Yes! Except for the ominous rumblings that Nute Gunray is back.
Chewbacca: How did you work it out?
R2-D2: The clues were right in front of us. A whole bunch of so-called "clones" who look nothing like the originals.
Chewbacca: They could have been... defective.
R2-D2: On Kamino? A planet renowned for its cloning technology?
Chewbacca: Hmmm...
R2-D2: It's so obvious that something else was going on. Something deeper and more sinister.
GM: And not that I was improvising by the seat of my pants?
R2-D2: That... never occurred to me.
GM: Thank you.
Published: Sunday, 12 January, 2020; 02:11:07 PST.
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1353238
|
__label__cc
| 0.63235
| 0.36765
|
Forgotten Books: BENEFIT PERFORMANCE by Richard Sale (1946)
Richard Sale was at his best when he was dishing out slangy dialogue. That’s what made the Daffy Dill series so great, because with Daffy telling the stories, they’re pretty much all slangy dialogue. (I posted a complete Daffy story recently, HERE.)
There was a little of that in his first two mystery novels, Lazarus #7 (HERE) and Passing Strange (HERE), but since both were narrated by somewhat stuffy medical men, the wacky dialogue was limited to the supporting cast - members of the movie colony.
Benefit Performance (1946) switches things up. This one is told in third person, but the hero is a mid-level movie star who is well-steeped in Hollywood lingo. Slang-wise, Benefit Performance starts like a house afire, but - due to the nature of the plot - soon slacks off.
Kerry Garth, our star, has just finished a picture and craves solitude, so he hires his stand-in, a guy named Joshua Barnes, to impersonate him at the premiere. But when Barnes (as Garth) walks down the red carpet at Grauman’s Chinese, he’s shot dead by someone in the crowd.
Convinced that he himself was the intended target, Garth allows the world to think him dead, while assumes the role of Joshua Barnes. Barnes, it develops, was a man of many secrets, and many enemies, and Garth finds that being Barnes is not a bit safer than being himself.
While this is a good tight plot and the story is consistently well told, Garth as Barnes can’t display his habitual breezy personality, so the slang takes a back seat. A pity, but this was a great read anyway. And as soon as I finished I overdosed on witty dialogue by reading another adventure of Daffy Dill. I'll be sharing it with you PDQ.
Links to a whole lot more Forgotten Books at pattinase.
Labels: Forgotten Books, Mystery fiction, Richard Sale
I read BENEFIT PERFORMANCE in that DELL edition years ago. I remember enjoying it.
I ain't at all surprised, George.
J F Norris said...
Loved this one. In my review back in 2012 I quoted Sales' eccentric way with words. Here's my favorite sentence in this book:
"The slap sent his dark glasses free-wheeling across the room, raised galactic meteors on the curtain of his mind and stung like the devil."
There were other bizarre uses of obscure adjectives and nouns, too. And all of it in Chapter 12. It's like he took lessons from the Robert Leslie Bellem School for Pulp Prose.
I think it's more likely Bellem was influenced by Sale, though it's not impossible they influenced each other. It's easy to imagine Bellem reading Detective Fiction Weekly, but hard to see Sale reading Spicy Detective.
Forgotten Books: BENEFIT PERFORMANCE by Richard Sa...
"The Ballad of Kit Carson" by Fess Parker
Overblown Films: MAN OF STEEL
Flying Freebooters: A new Adventure collection by ...
Comic Gallery: Mickey Spillane's MIKE DANGER 4, 5 ...
Toy Soldier Saturday: Tim-Mee Pirates
Forgotten Books: SAINT JOHNSON by W.R. Burnett (19...
Pulp Gallery: GOLDEN FLEECE
The Country I Lived In: A great new novel by Bosto...
Overlooked Films: DICK TRACY (1945)
Comic Gallery: JOHN SEVERIN Out West
"The Ballad of Davy Crockett" - Japanese style
Marx WWII German Soldiers
Forgotten Stories: "One Man Died" - a complete nov...
Comic Gallery: CRIMES BY WOMEN (1949-50)
Pulp Gallery: THE SPIDER 19, 20 & 21 (1935)
Overlooked Films: MAD's Spy vs. Spy season 1
A FREE Preview from EQMM
Tim-Mee Pioneers
Forgotten Stories: "A Slug for Cleopatra" - a comp...
PHANTOM LAGOON: A Brand New DOC SAVAGE Adventure b...
Comic Gallery: THE LEGENDS OF DANIEL BOONE (1955-5...
Overlooked Films of 2013
MARX GIs
Pulp Gallery: DIME MYSTERY BOOK (1932-33)
"The Ballad of Pecos Bill" by Roy Rogers & the Son...
Forgotten Books of 2013
Pulp Gallery: PLANET STORIES (1946)
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1353243
|
__label__cc
| 0.520881
| 0.479119
|
Log In / My DCL
{{user_name}} User {{user_name}}. For {{user_name}}. Double-tap to expand. {{else}} Log In / My DCL User Log In / My DCL. {{/if}}
Keyword Title Author Subject Tag List User Series
Library InfoLibrary Info, collapsed
Library Perks
DCL for Business
Adult Education & Test Prep
Kids & TeensKids & Teens, collapsed
Read, Listen, Watch
Library EventsLibrary Events, collapsed
Authors & Events
Archives & Local History
Closed Monday, January 20, Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
The Cuban Affair
Large Print - 2017
Daniel Graham MacCormick -- Mac for short -- seems to have a pretty good life. At age thirty-five he's living in Key West, owner of a forty-two-foot charter fishing boat, The Maine. Mac served five years in the Army as an infantry officer with two tours in Afghanistan. He returned with the Silver Star, two Purple Hearts, scars that don't tan, and a boat with a big bank loan. Truth be told, Mac's finances are more than a little shaky. One day, Mac is sitting in the famous Green Parrot Bar in Key West, contemplating his life, and waiting for Carlos, a hotshot Miami lawyer heavily involved with anti-Castro groups. Carlos wants to hire Mac and The Maine for a ten-day fishing tournament to Cuba at the standard rate, but Mac suspects there is more to this and turns it down. The price then goes up to two million dollars, and Mac agrees to hear the deal, and meet Carlos's clients: a beautiful Cuban-American woman named Sara Ortega and a mysterious older Cuban exile, Eduardo Valazquez. What Mac learns is that there is sixty million American dollars hidden in Cuba by Sara's grandfather when he fled Castro's revolution. With the "Cuban Thaw" underway between Havana and Washington, Carlos, Eduardo, and Sara know it's only a matter of time before someone finds the stash. And Mac knows if he accepts this job, he'll walk away rich.
Publisher: Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2017
Edition: Large print edition
Characteristics: 697 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Call Number: LT DEMILLE, N
Read more reviews of The Cuban Affair at iDreamBooks.com
hawkeye23 Dec 02, 2019
moonbird Jan 23, 2019
A good yarn and lots of steamy sex. Too bad he couldn't leave it at that. Ordinarily a gifted fiction writer, it's sad he could not tear himself away from his jingoistic Yankeeism. Every page had a shame and a slam about Cuba, its history and its people. Cuba beat the Yanks in the Bay of Pigs and has remained a solid, sound country without USA involvement. Must be impossible for people like him to have to bear that. Maybe his next book should be located in Puerto Rico. They's welcome that same approach I'm sure. I give it 1.5 stars.
captbligh Mar 21, 2018
A thriller for mindless entertainment; sticklers for plausibility stay away. A Florida charter boat captain is hired for a run to Cuba to recover expat pre-Castro money and property deeds. Against hopeless odds it takes a dues ex machina to lift the hapless heros to an ambivalent
ending.
KatherineHere Mar 11, 2018
Everything "harrybosh" says in the comment below is true; however, I really enjoyed the descriptions of the tours, food, and accommodations available to tourists in Cuba.
harrybosch Feb 06, 2018
Its sad to see how far Nelson DeMille has sunk as a writer. The once great writer who gave us The Gold Coast, The Gatehouse, Plum Island and others is long gone. Much like his previous offering, this is all about how many smart-ass comments he can come up with, Its boring at first, then becomes irritating, as it is the sole point of his writing. Its a pity, because this could have been a very good story line but it is spoiled by his adolescent wise-guy crap. The primary focus of the main character was "getting laid". I said before that his last book would be my last, but a friend said this one was better, so I decided to give it a try. I have been to Cuba three times, and wanted to read what he had to say about it. It was a mistake. I skipped through a lot of it. Don't waste your time. Its totally forgettable.
swheeler89 Jan 30, 2018
How was this a best seller. Total garbage... don't waste your time on this fake James Bond want-to-be story.
jontalk Jan 16, 2018
As with most DeMille stories I enjoyed this one especially since he created a Corey-esque character who kept me laughing and often out loud. When compared to others he's written it's not the best, but still a fun read that's paced nicely. The 'cons' are the lackluster ending and fairly predictable outcome which might have been different, aka cliff hanger. Regardless, I'm a fan of the wise ass sense of humor, so for me, its hard NOT to like Mac or his sidekick, Jack.
MEnstone Jan 08, 2018
Brilliant story idea, but lackluster delivery. It didn't suck me in, and I ended up "skip reading" just to find out what happened, rather than enjoying the details. I've not read DeMille before, and probably won't try again.
minnesota007 Dec 31, 2017
The audio book is so good. Scott Brick is the best with all of Nelson DeMille's stories.
7626dee Dec 23, 2017
I enjoyed the local color of Cuban society, the author has obviously traveled there recently. When I saw Cuba in the late 80's hauling elderly refugees out on one way visas it was a very sad and decaying society casting out the misfits through the Mariel boat lift and then selling the elderly one way visas. This well written book shows a very similar picture-"we sell ourselves". A very sad society dying slowly as the Castro boys slowly fade into the sunset leaving behind a failed experiment in socialism. Che would be ashamed of what his revolution caused.
Veterans — United States — Fiction
Charter Boat Fishing — Fiction
Tournament Fishing — Fiction
Fishing Boats — Fiction
Treasure Troves — Fiction
Cuban Americans — Fiction
Undercover Operations — Fiction
Cuba — Fiction
Find it at DCL
About Contact Connect Support
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1353247
|
__label__wiki
| 0.965605
| 0.965605
|
West Forsyth OLD
No varsity blues: Wolverines eager to square off against Region 7-AAA rivals
BJ Corbitt
Updated: July 6, 2008, 5:03 a.m.
West Forsyth racked up a 9-1 record playing as a junior varsity last fall, but coach Frank Hepler has made it clear to his troops that it's a whole new ball game this year. To hear him tell it, they've gotten the message.
With their first varsity season ticking closer, the Wolverines finished up spring practice last week knowing that it won't be long before they're navigating a full-blown Region 7-AAA schedule.
"I sensed much more of a sense of urgency from the kids [than a year ago]," Hepler said of the spring sessions. "[They said things like] 'Hey, we've got to get ready for region play. This is not JV ball now."
Hepler said he thinks that the prospect of a real region slate this fall will serve as a good motivator for his team.
"You always want to have a goal to shoot for. ... Last year we were just playing to get the games under our belt," the coach said.
West will kick off the season Aug. 29 in Coal Mountain, taking on North Forsyth before coming home the following week to take on Class AA Adairsville.
Hepler tried to play down expectations of a big up-and-coming rivalry with the Class AAAAA Raiders, noting that the Wolverines are still the new team in town.
"I think North will be a big game," Hepler said. "We are going into that game like any other, just trying to improve and find out what we have. Their kids have been together longer and have good chemistry and I think they will have a good team. We will do the best we can that first week out."
Moving into region play, the Wolverines have home dates with Class AAA newcomer Creekview, as well as Gainesville, Johnson and West Hall. West Forsyth will be on the road against region opponents Pickens, East Hall, Flowery Branch and Chestatee.
"For us, all the teams in 7-AAA will be tough," Hepler said. "I think each game will be tough in the region, again due to our youth and lack of experience with these teams."
Hepler said he has been scouting out region wrestling matches, track meets and baseball and basketball games during the offseason to get a look at some of the athletes that will be lining up opposite his team on the gridiron.
The continuity that comes from not graduating any seniors off last year's team -- since the school didn't have any enrolled -- combined with the familiarity of a year playing together meant there were few questions about responsibilities when the team came together for spring practice this year.
"We still were not where we need to be for the fall, but ... we're probably in a better situation than most, because all our starters are back," Hepler said.
"Last year, the first five or six days [of practice] was just trying to learn names and know who was who. This year we were able to come right in and start working on offense and defense."
One area Hepler has consistently pointed is the team's need to bulk up in the weightroom and hone physical skills in general before taking on other varsity teams. He said that playing other sports since last football season, like track and field, has helped some players develop strength and speed.
With spring practice behind them and no more on-field sessions permitted until August, the Wolverines will now spend the next few months focused on bulking up and hoping the effort pays off in September.
"I think [the players are] ready to go into the summer and start lifting weights and getting faster and stronger," Hepler said.
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1353248
|
__label__cc
| 0.60965
| 0.39035
|
Davy Jones (Children's) Radio
Davy Jones (Children's) Radio plays music from Davy Jones (Children's) and similar artists.
The Rainbow Connection (Children's)
Daniel Cook (Children's)
The Quiet Two (Children's)
Monty Harper (Children's)
Chrissy And The Alphabeats (Children'…
Phineas & Ferb (Children's)
Jim Henson (Children's)
Recess Monkey (Children's)
Stations Similar To Davy Jones (Children's) Radio
Lisa Loeb & Elizabeth Mitchell (Children's) Radio
Plays Lisa Loeb & Elizabeth Mitchell (Children's) along with similar artists like:
Johnny Bregar (Children's), Burl Ives (Children's), The Nields (C…
Johnny Bregar (Children's) Radio
Plays Johnny Bregar (Children's) along with similar artists like:
Charlie Hope (Children's), Suzi Shelton (Children's), Ella Jenkin…
Elizabeth Mitchell & Daniel Littleton (Children's) Radio
Plays Elizabeth Mitchell & Daniel Littleton (Children's) along with similar artists like:
Johnny Bregar (Children's), The Sound of Music (Original Motion Pictu…
Disney Soundtracks
Plays soundtracks from Disney movies and musicals.
The Lion King (Original Broadway Cast), Tanya Donelly, Daddy A Go Go, Phil Collin…
Mack David, Al Hoffman, & Jerry Livingston (Children's) Radio
Plays Mack David, Al Hoffman, & Jerry Livingston (Children's) along with similar artists like:
Mark Ho'omalu (Children's), Walt Disney's Tarzan (Children…
Linda Arnold (Children's) Radio
Plays Linda Arnold (Children's) along with similar artists like:
Kenny Loggins (Children's), Dan Zanes (Children's), Gemini (Child…
Popular Songs In Davy Jones (Children's) Radio
I'd Really Like A Pony
Steve Pullara & His Cool Beans Band (Children's)
Pots 'N' Pans
Mr. Richard (Children's)
Hey Hey Song
Kitty Sister
Fred (The Tabby Cat)
Your Personal Penguin
Davy Jones (Children's)
Knocktopus
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1353251
|
__label__wiki
| 0.59924
| 0.59924
|
News for Developers
Richer 3D Posts on Facebook and New Ways to Share
Aykud Gönen
Virtual Reality20183D Posts
OC5 Day 2 Highlights: Carmack’s Keynote, the Innovation Zone, and More
A New Era for VR Gaming and Entertainment: OC5 Day 1 Recap
OC5 Preview: First 18 Talks Revealed, Registration Now Open to Attend September 26 – 27 in San Jose
People build communities by sharing things they care about — through photos, videos and, increasingly, more immersive media types. We recently introduced 3D posts, which let people see and interact with a digital object from all sides in Facebook News Feed. It's instantly responsive to scroll and touch, making content pop off the screen. It also opens the door for a future where people can bring interesting objects and experiences with them across AR, VR, mobile and web — whether it's your favorite game and movie characters, architectural models or museum artifacts, all the way to fully interactive scenes.
Today we're rolling out support for the industry-standard glTF 2.0 file format for Facebook 3D posts. This means artists and creators can easily share even richer, higher-quality 3D content on Facebook from an even greater variety of sources.
Richer 3D Posts
With glTF 2.0 compliance comes support for textures, lighting, and realistic rendering techniques — so from rough to shiny, metallic to soft, beautifully detailed 3D art can now come alive on Facebook. 3D posts also support unlit workflows for photogrammetry and stylized art.
More Ways to Share 3D Posts on Facebook
With glTF 2.0 support we're opening up even more ways to share 3D content on Facebook from more creation tools and platforms. We're introducing new Graph API endpoints with 3D Post support so developers can build seamless 3D sharing into any app — letting people share interactive objects or scenes directly to Facebook with just a click. Using our new Open Graph tag, developers can enable 3D content from their website to automatically appear in 3D when shared on Facebook. And artists using 3D authoring software can directly drag/drop their 3D files to Facebook to create a 3D post.
Our early partners have already implemented some exciting new ways to share 3D content on Facebook. For instance, people can easily share 3D memories captured with an Xperia XZ1 phone via Sony's 3D Creator app. On the web, people can share objects directly from the Oculus Medium web gallery and soon from Google's Poly as well. And 3D modeling software Modo has added the ability to generate Facebook-ready files, with support coming to more 3D programs soon.
A 3D Ecosystem Across Platforms
We hope these new tools will help more artists, developers and businesses to share their creations, so people can discover and explore rich 3D content right from their News Feed. We've already seen some incredible interactive objects uploaded to Facebook today — including a LEGO parrot, a Jurassic World dinosaur, a virtual living room from Wayfair, a handbag scanned with a Sony phone, and the new Magic Archer character in Clash Royale by Supercell. People can enjoy this content in News Feed, or bring it into Facebook Spaces to share with friends in VR.
In the future, we envision a seamless digital world where people can share immersive experiences and objects like these across VR, AR and Facebook News Feed. To get there, we'll work on supporting even higher quality 3D models, enabling interactive animations and bringing 3D content into the real world using AR. This is only the beginning, and we look forward to seeing the ecosystem of 3D content grow on Facebook as people, developers and artists contribute their creativity.
Subscribe to Developer News
Virtual RealityOculus Connect
Augmented RealityVirtual Reality
Augmented RealityPrograms
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1353257
|
__label__wiki
| 0.763536
| 0.763536
|
Media contributions
Schools talks on Syria
dianadarke
Syria and Turkey commentary
Archive for the tag “Conservation”
Warlords v. conservationists: one of Syria’s new battles
Al-Akhal Mosque, dating to 1485, now bears garish, green-painted mortar
Detail from the Aleppo Room in Berlin’s Museum of Islamic Art
Compare and contrast these two scenes: in Berlin, a team of highly qualified Syrian architects under the auspices of the Museum of Islamic Art carefully builds a digital archive of Aleppo’s historic monuments to help with future restoration. In Aleppo, a gang of semi-illiterate thugs under the auspices of “The Tiger” – Russian President Vladimir Putin’s favoured Syrian warlord, General Suheil al-Hassan – takes credit for ineptly restoring the same ancient mosques it helped to destroy.
While a third of Syria’s housing stock is estimated to have been destroyed during seven years of war, the new battle is between armies of frustrated conservation experts outside the country and armies of looters acting with impunity on the ground.
In Aleppo, a new poster hangs from buildings in “liberated” areas back under regime control, reading in grammatically incorrect Arabic: “Together it will come back more beautiful.” It is tellingly ambiguous about exactly who will bring Syria back more beautiful; an unsavoury mix of gangs and shabiha thugs calling themselves the “Tiger’s Men” are currently claiming that role.
Poster displayed in Aleppo square “Together it will come back more beautiful.”
Turning a blind eye
Their most recent trophy, Al-Akhal Mosque, dating to 1485 in the Jdeideh quarter, now bears garish, green-painted mortar.
A YouTube video lauds their achievement, calling them the “White Hands”, perhaps meant to portray angelicness or innocence. They rebuilt the nearby Al-Fadila school and erected a plaque to ensure posterity knew it was them.
Entrance to Fadila schooll
Plaque claiming credit for rehabilitation if Fadila school by Mr Khaled Hazari
No one asked to see their permissions, according to a local source. Corruption is rampant throughout the city as gangs of shabiha (literally “ghosts”, the word used to describe armed militias loyal to President Bashar al-Assad) run the show. Hated by many Aleppo residents, they are predominantly Alawites and Mardinli Turkmen.
But the government does not want the communities to reconstitute themselves. On the contrary, it wants society to remain fractured. A broken society is easier to control
The Assad regime seems unwilling -or unable- to rein them in, turning a blind eye to their looting of local residents’ houses. “There’s a hierarchy for the booty,” said an Aleppo resident who asked to remain anonymous. “The TVs are for the officers, the fridges and washing machines are for the middle ranks, and the wood and wiring pulled out of people’s abandoned homes is for the lower ranks. It’s disgusting.
Shuttered shop-front graffiti by Assad’s shabiha
Graffiti by ‘The Tiger’s Men’
“We see the trucks loaded up with booty being driven off openly in broad daylight. They don’t need to do it in secret … It’s their reward for their loyalty. We’re living in medieval times.”
Whole swaths of central and eastern Aleppo have been destroyed by a combination of Russian and Syrian aerial bombardment and rebel tunnel-bomb explosions. All parties to the conflict share blame for the destruction of Syria’s chief trading city. Its status as a Unesco World Heritage Site afforded it no protection once the war arrived in 2012, a year later than in Damascus.
Today, the only official restoration underway is for the Great Mosque of Aleppo, a flagship project paid for by the Chechen president, a friend of Putin’s.
Courtyard of the Aleppo Umayyad Mosque, April 2018, me examining the medieval sundial, the only item still protected from 2013 when rebels controlling the mosque built this wall round it. See https://www.thenational.ae/world/mena/is-reconstruction-of-aleppo-s-grand-mosque-whitewashing-history-1.728715
The city’s churches and cathedrals have already been largely restored, thanks to well-connected priests and patriarchs close to the regime. Funds from wealthy Christian donors have somehow found their way in, despite financial sanctions.
Some individual homeowners engaged local labour to repair their damaged houses after the city fell in late 2016 – but then state structures started reasserting themselves. “It’s worse now than it was before the war,” said a resident from Aleppo. “At least back then, there was only one authority you had to get permission from. Now there are five, and each one wants his cut. The opportunities for corruption have multiplied.”
A government that genuinely cared about its people and its communities would clamp down on the shabiha thugs and their mafia-style gangs
Ordinary residents in Aleppo did what they could after the city fell. The streets of Jdeideh, a frontline in the conflict, were full of rubble from the debris of aerial bombardment and underground explosions. Volunteers painstakingly cleared the streets, a process for which the government was quick to take credit.
On 28 September, the government even staged an international tourism day in al-Hatab Square, that was filmed by Al-Mayadeen, a pro-Syrian regime TV channel, and a Russian state TV channel, to show the world how Aleppo was returning to normal after the reassertion of regime control. But it takes a long time to loot a city of more than three million people, and as long as there is money to be made from the illicit plunder, it will continue.
Bureaucratic inertia
In such an atmosphere, there is currently no scope for the repair of hundreds of Aleppo’s monuments. Local residents watch while their neighbourhood mosques, formerly the centres of their community, slowly disintegrate.
Aleppo city centre
Winter months are the hardest, when rainfall can cause severe damage to buildings already in a precarious state. Domes with cracks or sections missing collapse, turning what would have been a relatively simple and inexpensive repair into a costly exercise that could take years.
The danger is that such buildings may even become too difficult and expensive to restore, simply because they have been neglected – victims of the bureaucratic inertia that is crippling all aspects of reconstruction in Syria. In many cases, all that would be required would be some plastic sheeting to cover the roof and make the building watertight – an exercise that would take only days and cost very little.
But the government does not want the communities to reconstitute themselves. On the contrary, it wants society to remain fractured. A broken society is easier to control.
Shared heritage
A government that genuinely cared about its people and its communities would clamp down on the shabiha thugs and their mafia-style gangs. It would have the vision to provide microfinancing to small-scale businesses and to harness cultural heritage for sustainable development, encouraging employment and the revival of traditional crafts.
This shared heritage could foster a strong Syrian identity across religious and ethnic divides, becoming part of a nationwide reconciliation process. It could empower women, now outnumbering men by four to one in the workforce, and help them rebuild the destroyed foundations of their country.
Earlier this month, reports surfaced on the internet of two metric tons of looted antiquities discovered in The Tiger’s Damascus home. Is this how Syria comes back more beautiful?
Berlin’s team of Syrian architects – like everyone outside Syria, including Unesco – is powerless to intervene. All they can do is hope and pray that, when the day comes that Syria can finally benefit from their digital archive, something remains of Syria’s cultural heritage to be saved.
The Aleppo Room in Berlin’s Islamic Art Museum, dated 1600-1603, shipped to Germany in 1912 from Beit Wakil in Al-Jdeideh, a part of Aleppo that suffered heavy destruction between 2012 and 2016.
A version of this article appeared in Middle East Eye on 14 December 2018:
https://www.middleeasteye.net/columns/syria-s-newest-battle-we-re-living-medieval-times-1350119160
Posted in Syria and tagged Aleppo, Aleppo Umayyad Mosque, Berlin, Conservation, Islamic Art Museum, The Tiger, Warlords | Leave a comment
Delighted @TinaBrownLM's endorsement of #MyHouseinDamascus appears on the Norwegian cover: tr."Diana Darke brings h… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 2 days ago
Thanks! twitter.com/bronwengwriter… 2 days ago
Just seen the stunning cover of the new Norwegian edition of #MyHouseinDamascus to be launched in Bergen on 6 Feb… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 2 days ago
Very encouraging, deserving of maximum support possible #Syria #peace bbc.co.uk/news/world-eur… 3 days ago
@Qunfuz1 Congrats to her - the pride never leaves you! 4 days ago
Follow @dianadarke
NATO’s dilemma over the controversial Turkey/Syria border & the Kurds who straddle it December 4, 2019
Islamophobia in Britain – then and now July 19, 2019
The heritage of Notre Dame – less European than people think April 16, 2019
New book ‘The Last Sanctuary in Aleppo’ April 3, 2019
Islamophobia & the “Calling all Muslims” films of the 1960s March 17, 2019
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1353261
|
__label__wiki
| 0.891507
| 0.891507
|
Turner dangles commerce tools in front of advertisers
March 15, 2019 by Max Willens
Turner wants to use its social audience data to help advertisers drive sales.
Over the past few months, Launchpad, a 40-person agency that sits within Turner Ignite, has begun pitching advertisers three new products designed to help with lower-funnel business goals such as actual sales or lead generation. These include ads which allow audiences to buy a product or register via email directly inside social posts; interactive videos that provide product information; and access to a suite of e-commerce services, including customizable online storefronts, digital commerce solutions, even warehousing and drop-shipping.
For now, Turner is not taking a cut of any transactions it drives through these new units, or claiming any kind of bounty for every email address an advertiser acquires. Instead, the commerce units are simply a different kind of ad unit that a customer can purchase for a campaign; Turner sells the branded content campaigns on a cost-per-view basis.
The new units are meant to help position Launchpad as a one-stop shop marketers can use to target both current and potential customers with messages that help them sell. Rather than a short-term grab at commerce revenue, the new offers are supposed to position Launchpad as a results-oriented partner as marketers come under increased pressure to tie their spends to business outcomes.
“Some publishers might be exploring commerce as a revenue opportunity,” said Frank Kavilanz, svp of social strategy and insights at Turner Ignite. “This is about completing a full-funnel strategy.”
Global spend on digital branded content is projected to hit $9.8 billion in 2019, according to branded content distribution platform Polar.
That rising interest has helped Launchpad grow the business. In mid-2017, Kavilanz said Launchpad had executed 160 campaigns for advertisers. Today, that number has grown to nearly 1,000.
Yet, as branded content investment has grown, so has the pressure on marketers to prove that the investments they’re making are driving business results. A Digiday Research survey of over 200 marketing executives in Nov. 2018 found that 77 percent of respondents were under more pressure to connect their marketing spend with revenue; separate research from Digiday found that a small but growing number of marketers are now asking for performance guarantees for their branded content campaigns.
This, in turn, has compelled publishers big and small to look for ways to prove that their branded content is effective in generating outcomes. “The market is asking for this,” Kavilanz said. “We need to ensure the alignment of content, ideas and marketers’ objectives.”
In a perfect world, Launchpad should be able to prove these new ads work by pointing to digital sales or leads they drive directly. But Launchpad can also plug into a host of third-party measurement tools and partnerships parent company AT&T developed for sister company Xandr to measure things such as brand and sales lift, Kavilanz said.
WarnerMedia is still in the early stages of bringing this new version of Launchpad to market. But agency observers say that, in theory, it ticks a lot of boxes.
“It feels like a place we’re moving to from a market perspective,” said Kieley Taylor, the global head of social at GroupM. “From a business case perspective, there’s a story around the scale they’re able to deliver on television and may be able to track to more performance-oriented actions.”
Launchpad’s distribution reach is also expected to grow. Its social footprint spans more than 100 channels and pages that reach nearly 900 million people, according to the company. In the fourth quarter of 2018, Turner began offering advertisers the ability to distribute that content to addressable TV and OTT audiences through Xandr’s ad targeting platform.
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1353263
|
__label__cc
| 0.547973
| 0.452027
|
nordrhein-westfalisches hauptstaatsarchiv (dusseldorf, germany) (1)
matlack, claude carson, 1878-1944 (collector) (7)
matlack, claude carson, 1878-1944 (photographer) (4)
corsini, harold, 1919-2008 (photographer) (1)
halsband, michael (american photographer, active 20th century) (1)
lichtenstein, roy (american painter, sculptor, and printmaker, 1923-1997) (1)
sheckler, john (1)
clay county (ky.) (7)
clark county (ind.) (1)
jefferson street (louisville, ky.) (1)
jeffersonville (ind.) (1)
ohio river (1)
portrait photographs (3)
hacker, andy, 1857-1928 (2)
hacker, murrell 'sis', d. 1925 (2)
merchandise displays (2)
nitrate negatives (2)
safety film negatives (2)
abstract works (1)
albumen prints (1)
Description: Andy
"Bro [sic] Rabbit", Mr. Hacker and family, he feeds the boys, etc.
Families; Men; Women; Boys
Andy "Br'er Rabbit" Hacker, his second wife "Sis Rabbit" and son Bob. Sis had two brothers who were preachers, Andy and Tom Murrell. Bob Hacker graduated from Oneida in 1925.
Andy Gotz, Sumatra, Indonesia, 1948.
Men; Employees; Portrait photographs; Petroleum industry
Andy Gotz, field superintendent, who has worked in the Sumatran oil fields for the past eighteen years.
Andy Murrel, preacher.
Preachers; Men; Horses; Portrait photographs
Reverend Andrew "Andy" J. Murrell, mountain preacher, on horseback. Reverend Murrell performed the marriage ceremony for James Anderson Burns and Martha E. Sizemore in 1897.
Area, New York.
Modern (styles and periods); Contemporary; Pop (fine arts styles); Trans-avantgarde
From left to right: Back row -- Michael Heizer, Arman, LeRoy Neiman, Dennis Oppenheim (partially obscured), Julian Schnabel, William Wegman, Tony Shafrazi (obscured); fourth row -- [Andy] Warhol, David Hockney, Stefano, Keith Haring, Red Grooms;...
Big Painting VI.
Pop (fine arts styles); Abstract (fine arts style)
"Whilst clearly representing a critique of free expression, Lichtenstein's 'brushstrokes', like most of his other Pop works, had an exact comic-book source. They initially derived from a strip entitled 'The Painting' published in Charlton Comics'...
ENG. CO NO 1.--1874, Andy Kreitzer, Cap't.
Fire fighters; Fire engines; Firefighting equipment; People associated with health & safety
Firefighters stand next to a three-wheeled steam fire engine in Louisville, Kentucky. Image looks watermarked and discolored. Printed on image: "ENG. CO NO 1.--1874, Andy. Kreitzer. CAP'T." Handwritten on bottom of mounted print: "Located on north...
Group of mountain people.
Violins; Stringed instruments; Musicians; Men; Children
Group of men and children gathered indoors, apparently to listen to Alfred Burns play the fiddle. Most sit facing the camera on wooden chairs in a wall-papered room. From left to right: Dixie Burns, an unidentified girl, Myrtle Burns, an...
Hotel Hacker.
Hotels; Men; Women; Porches; Oneida Baptist Institute; Boarding schools; Lodging houses
The remodeled Hotel Hacker near the corner of College and Center Streets in Oneida. Some male students from Oneida Baptist Institute stayed at this hotel paying $1.50 per week for room and board. The hotel was run by Andy "Br'er Rabbit" Hacker who...
Howard Shipyards upper yard, 1889.
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Sawmills; Lumberyards; Forge shops; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Upper yard at Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana in 1889. According to the photographer's notes, the picture shows the "paint shop - oakum shed - the little building is Tom McDunn's shop and the brick...
Men's gymnastics team at the Kentucky-Indiana Gymnastics Championship, 1968.
Gymnastics; Gymnasts; Sports; Athletes; Students; University of Louisville--Students; University of Louisville--Sports; University of Louisville--Gymnastics;
The men's gymnastic's team poses with their trophy after winning the Kentucky-Indiana Gymnastics championship. From left to right: Dan Bresnahan, Dave Maloney, Dan Moreno, Andy Williams, Chris Whitman. Front: Bob Gaeta (team captain).
Mist.
Hotels; Valleys; Wooden buildings; Cityscape photographs
Andy "Br'er Rabbit" Hacker's home in 1906, which later became the Hotel Hacker. Center Street runs behind the house. Taylor B. Britton's house sits at the corner of Second and Center, and "Uncle Nat" Burn's large house is farther down Center Street.
Nelson Roberts, circa 1891.
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Theatrical producers & directors; Men
Three-quarter length portrait of producer Nelson Roberts (although an annotation in a different hand includes the name "Andy McKay"). He has a mustache, and is wearing a suit jacket with tails, vest with pocket watch fob, polka-dot cravat, and...
Playwell Junior portable phonograph record player, 1928.
Phonographs; Sound recordings; Merchandise displays; Jazz
A suitcase style wind-up portable phonograph record player sits on a draped surface. The label inside the lid reads "Playwell/Junior/Belknap Hdw. & Mfg. Co./Louisville, Ky." The crank projects from the front of the case, between two latches. There...
Playwell portable phonograph record player, 1928.
A suitcase style wind-up portable phonograph record player sits on a draped surface. The label inside the lid reads "Playwell/Belknap Hdw. & Mfg. Co./Louisville, Ky." The crank projects from the front of the case, within the carrying handle. Two...
Rev. Murrel -- mountain preacher.
Dwellings; Families
Reverend Murrell, his wife and two children pose outside their home. Although the photographer does not specify, the man is probably Reverend Tom Murrell, brother of Reverend Andy Murrell. See ULPA 1982.01.079.p for an image of Reverend Andy...
Taken during early days of the school.
Men; Women; Group portraits; Wooden buildings
A group of men and women pose outside a frame building, which may be the meat house and laundry on the Oneida Baptist Institute campus. James Anderson Burns is on the far left and W.D. "Bill" Ponder is in the front row on the right. The woman on...
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1353264
|
__label__wiki
| 0.602328
| 0.602328
|
Articles with Wikipedia content, Television series by Disney, Dave the Barbarian,
Animated television series
Disney Channel shows
2000s television series
TV-G rated shows
Dave the Barbarian
Doug Langdale
Voices of
Danny Cooksey
Shawn Patterson
21 (40 segments)
Production company(s)
January 23, 2004 – January 22, 2005
Dave the Barbarian is a Disney Channel Original Series created by Doug Langdale that premiered in January 23, 2004 on the Disney Channel. It ran for a total of 21 half hour episodes.
From the creators of The Weekenders comes a show set in the Middle Ages (albeit a strangely modernized version), and centers on a powerful yet cowardly barbarian named Dave who lives in the fictitious land of Udrogoth along with his older sister Candy and younger sister Fang. His parents, Throktar and Glimia, are the King and Queen, but are away "fighting evil" across the world (though they sometimes communicate via a magic crystal ball or cauldron), and have left Candy in charge of the kingdom as Princess Regent while Dave is supposed to defend the kingdom (since he is the biggest). Together the three siblings, along with their "wizard" uncle Oswidge, are left to run and protect the kingdom.
There is a Narrator, referred to either as "the Narrator" or "the Storyteller." He is able to talk to the characters of the show, and vice versa, which breaks the fourth wall. In fact, he was once captured by the Dark Lord Chuckles the Silly Piggy, and was forced to tell the story from his kidnapper's commands.
The show was created and written by Doug Langdale. After premiering on Disney in 2004, it began broadcasting on Toon Disney a year later. In Latin America, the show is broadcast on Jetix.
Much like its predecessors Hagar the Horrible, The Flintstones and the short-lived The Roman Holidays, Dave the Barbarian juxtaposes both the ancient and modern. Candy, for example, shops in the local mall and uses the crystal ball for online shopping sprees. Occasionally, the series even breaks the fourth wall with a character directly addressing the audience or even communicating to the narrator.
Dave (voiced by Danny Cooksey) - The middle child and only brother of the three siblings. Dave is a huge, muscular barbarian war-prince who is very sensitive to pain and would rather knit and cook than fight evil. He is also afraid of many things and at least once an episode, he will be frightened somehow and shriek his high-pitched, effeminate scream. He is also allergic to many things. According to Fang, Dave wanted to be a barbarian when he was young, but thought a barbarian was a librarian who also cuts hair. Dave's catchphrases are "Bajabbers" and "Please don't hurt me!"
Fang (voiced by Tress MacNeille) - The youngest of the three siblings. Fang is a very rambunctious and uncivilized tomboy who loves to smash things. She has long orange hair in a ponytail. She resembles a cross between both Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm of The Flintstones. She is the butt of a running joke in which she is often mistaken for a monkey, hence her catchphrase, "Not a monkey!" However, she frequently acts and appears to look like a monkey and during one episode she finds a tribe of monkeys that exactly resemble her. She is too small to fight most of the time and resents Dave (who is very strong) because of his cowardice. Although she aspires to be a tough barbarian princess (ala Xena), she secretly likes to play with dolls. Fang wields a spear in combat.
Candy (voiced by Erica Luttrell) - The oldest child of the three siblings. Left in charge while the king and queen are away, Candy has a contemporary "valley girl" attitude and would rather shop and hang out than rule a kingdom. Candy's main ability is her martial arts skills. She is the kingdom's most beautiful girl and she's rather selfish, but gets over that in a small way while helping Hamwise and his wife defeat the nefarious Invisigoths. Candy has used the quote "Don't mess with the princess" on a number of occasions and has referred to herself also as a Barbarian. She has displayed the most strength out of the family often when it comes to monsters destroying a shop or so; whether or not she is stronger than Dave remains unseen but out of the two, she is the one willing to use it.
Oswidge (voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson) – Dave, Fang and Candy's uncle. A rather clumsy sorcerer who usually wreaks havoc with his spells rather than being useful. It was revealed in the episode "Sorcerer Material" that he never really went to sorcerer school, he just worked in the cafeteria. Uncle Oswidge loves to eat and presents a rather unkempt appearance. Like his niece Fang, he secretly likes to play with dolls. His favorite foods are ham and "Nut Logs" and cannot resist them. His knowledge of magic and magical items, and most other things, surpasses the rest of the family.
Faffy (voiced by Frank Welker) - The family's dumb pig-shaped pet dragon. Unlike most dragons, he breathes lightning and is domesticated, plus he does not have a tail. He does possess a wild streak that can be revealed when around other dragons, particularly evil ones with rebellious attitudes. It is mentioned in the show that Faffy has a one digit IQ.
Lula (voiced by Estelle Harris) - Dave's shrill, impatient, sarcastic enchanted sword. Her main ability is shooting a lightning discharge from the tip of her blade. She was once the sword of Argon the Ageless, but was used by Argon as the nose of a snowman, and left there for centuries.
King Throktar and Queen Glimia (voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson and Erica Luttrell) - The proper rulers of Udrogoth, and the parents of Dave, Candy and Fang. They are away fighting evil around the world, though they can communicate to their children via Oswidge's crystal ball, which seems to operate like a phone. Occasionally they are called while in a terrible situation.
The Narrator (voiced by Jeff Bennett) - The narrator of the series. He has never been seen in an episode.
Dinky and Cheezette (voiced by Erica Luttrell and Tress MacNeille) - Princess Candy's best friends, who are sometimes unsupportive - and wisely so - towards her actions. They are as obsessive about fashion, clothes, and social lives as is Candy.
Mrs. Gert Bogmelon (voiced by Lisa Kaplan) - A witch-like shopkeeper who loves money and loves to rip off her customers. She can be cowed by Fang and other aggressive people but takes advantage of meek people like Dave. She sells evil weasels, mystical swords, and other plot-related paraphernalia, such as used T-shirts for sporting events.
Twinkle the Marvel Horse (voiced by Jeff Bennett) - A magical pony with a rainbow-colored tail. He suffers from extreme depression and possible psychosis, apparently due to being left on his own in the stable all the time. He often talks about his dreams, which are very disturbing. He is capable of flight, though he has no wings. His manner of speech is a parody of Christopher Walken.
The Dark Lord Chuckles the Silly Piggy (voiced by Paul Rugg) - An evil pig with a high-collared cape (and equally high voice) bent on ruling Udrogoth and the main antagonist of the show. Chuckles lives in a castle on the outskirts of the kingdom. He possesses the Mystic Amulet of Hogswineboar (named so because hogs, swine, and boars are all synonyms for the word 'pig'). This grants him amazing mystical powers such as telekinesis, shape-shifting, blasting magic to rival Lula's, and conjuration. He is also a whiz with technology, as evidenced by the Mecha-Dave. His schemes usually rely on a particular gimmick (like giant clams, giant ducks, evil pastries, or evil furniture). Catchphrase: (whenever he gets hurt) "Ooh, my little piggy [insert body part]". It was also revealed in one episode that he has a nephew named Knuckles the Silly Piggy, who wanted to be the Harvest Hog instead of a dark lord of evil.
Malsquando (voiced by Rob Paulsen) - An evil sorcerer and Oswidge's rival. He has an obsession with taking over the world and making money. He was revealed to be a member of the Evil Sorcerers' union. He also runs a shop that cures hiccats (magical hiccups that produce cats from one's mouth). Unlike Oswidge, he actually went to wizards' school. His speaking pattern is based on that of Jonathan Harris.
Quosmir (voiced by Michael McShane) - The god of freshly laundered trousers, overused punctuation and possibly other random and ridiculous things. He has mommy issues and carries a security blanket known as his "ni-ni lankie". He often experiences short-term memory loss and attention deficit disorder. He is a green skinned naga-like giant with the lower half of a snake instead of legs; he is always wearing a blue cape and a combover. He has a severe inferiority complex that is only exacerbated in the presence of his mother. He has immense magical powers including flight, super-speed, and flaming loogies.
Princess Irmoplotz and Queen Zonthara (voiced by Melissa Rivers and Joan Rivers) - The evil sorceress princess of Hyrogoth that is trying to destroy Dave (or more likely she just wants to make Dave's life miserable). Her mother Zonthara is the ruler of Hyrogoth, and keeps on trying to teach Irmaplotz to be more evil. Her father is good, making her half-evil. Earlier in the show, Dave and Irmaplotz fell in love, but Dave decided that they were too different, and ended up dumping her, where she is now seeking revenge. She still may have feelings for him though; she once got the chance to destroy Dave, but she chose not to do so. She is similar to Dave in that they both have the same odd hobbies and interests (she and Dave both love "bad poetry" for example). She also has the same allergies as Dave. She is very beautiful and an intellectual; she would be a great match for Dave, only if she were not an evil princess. She occasionally wears glasses (she has stated that she does not like to wear them as she feels they make her look bookish, even though she cannot see things from far away without them), due to her being nearsighted.
Ned Frischman (voiced by Richard Steven Horvitz) - A nerd who works at a pants factory in the year 1994. He gains a radioactive zipper which he uses to travel back in time to attempt conquering the world using the advanced technology of the future, such as the Game Guy (a parody of the Game Boy), and a joke book from the 1940s, both of which were thwarted by Dave and his family (though he is defeated by Faffy, Lula and Twinkle the marvel horse because they do not have thumbs to play the Game Guys).
First segment
Second segment
1 The Maddening Sprite of the Stump Shrink Rap January 23, 2004 108
2 Pet Threat Lula's First Barbarian January 23, 2004 103
3 Girlfriend Ned Frischman: Man of Tomorrow January 23, 2004 111
4 Beef! Rite of Pillage January 23, 2004 109
5 King for a Day or Two Slay What? January 23, 2004 105
6 Civilization The Terror of Mecha-Dave January 30, 2004 104
7 The Way of the Dave Beauty and the Zit February 6, 2004 101
8 Band Web February 13, 2004 110
9 Sorcerer Material Sweep Dreams February 20, 2004 102
10 Here There Be Dragons Pipe Down! February 27, 2004 106
11 Termites of Endearment Thor, Loser March 19, 2004 107
12 The Princess and the Peabrains Horders & Sorcery March 26, 2004 112
13 The Brutish Are Coming The Lost Race of Reeber April 30, 2004 113
14 Lederhosen of Doom Floral Derangement October 2, 2004 114
15 A Pig's Story December 27, 2004 116
16 That Darn Ghost! The Cow Says Moon December 28, 2004 118
17 Night of the Living Plush I Love Neddy December 29, 2004 119
18 Shake, Rattle, & Roll Over Bad Food December 30, 2004 121
19 Red Sweater of Courage Dog of the Titans January 17, 2005 120
20 Fiends & Family Plunderball January 21, 2005 115
21 Not a Monkey Happy Glasses January 22, 2005 117
Dave the Barbarian at TV.com
This page uses content from the English Wikipedia. The article or pieces of the original article was at Dave the Barbarian. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with Disney Wiki, the text of Wikipedia is available under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Disney Afternoon Era: 1985–97
One Saturday Morning Era: 1996–2002
Jungle Cubs • Recess • Pepper Ann • Nightmare Ned • 101 Dalmatians: The Series • Hercules • Mickey Mouse Works • The Weekenders • Teacher's Pet • Buzz Lightyear of Star Command • House of Mouse • Lloyd in Space • The Legend of Tarzan • Teamo Supremo
Playhouse Disney Era: 1998–2011
PB&J Otter • Mickey Mouse Clubhouse • My Friends Tigger & Pooh • Special Agent Oso
Disney Channel Era: 2003–present
Kim Possible • Fillmore! • Lilo & Stitch: The Series • Dave the Barbarian • Brandy & Mr. Whiskers • American Dragon: Jake Long • The Buzz on Maggie • The Emperor's New School • The Replacements • Phineas and Ferb • Fish Hooks • Gravity Falls • Mickey Mouse • Wander Over Yonder • Star vs. the Forces of Evil • Descendants: Wicked World • Milo Murphy's Law • Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure • DuckTales (2017) • Big Hero 6: The Series • Big City Greens • Amphibia • The Owl House • Monsters At Work • The Curse of Molly McGee
Jetix Era: 2004–2009 (Jetix Animation Concepts)
Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! • Get Ed • Yin Yang Yo!
Disney XD Era: 2007/2009–present
Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil • Motorcity • Tron: Uprising • Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja • The 7D • Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero • Pickle and Peanut • Future-Worm! • Billy Dilley's Super-Duper Subterranean Summer
Disney Junior Era: 2011–present
Jake and the Never Land Pirates • Sofia the First • The Lion Guard • Elena of Avalor • Mickey and the Roadster Racers • Fancy Nancy
Main: Dave Barbarian • Candy Barbarian • Fang Barbarian • Uncle Oswidge • Faffy • Lula
Secondary: Narrator • King Throktar • Queen Glimia • Twinkle the Marvel Horse • Dinky and Cheezette • Molly • Argon the Ageless • Mrs. Gert Bogmelon • Gormel • Knuckles the Silly Piggy
Antagonists: Chuckles the Silly Piggy • Malsquando • Quosmir • Princess Irmaplotz • Queen Zonthara • Strom the Slayer • Invisigoths • Ned Frischman • Zit
"The Maddening Sprite of the Stump / Shrink Rap" • "Pet Threat / Lula's First Barbarian" • "Girlfriend / Ned Frischman: Man of Tomorrow • Beef! / Rite of Pillage" • "King for a Day or Two / Slay What?" • "Civilization / The Terror of Mecha-Dave" • "The Way of the Dave / Beauty and the Zit" • "Band / Web" • "Sorcerer Material / Sweep Dreams" • "Here There Be Dragons / Pipe Down!" • "Termites of Endearment / Thor, Loser" • "The Princess and the Peabrains / Horders & Sorcery" • "The Brutish Are Coming / The Lost Race of Reeber" • "Lederhosen of Doom / Floral Derangement" • "A Pig's Story" • "That Darn Ghost! / The Cow Says Moon" • "Night of the Living Plush / I Love Neddy" • "Shake, Rattle, & Roll Over / Bad Food" • "Red Sweater of Courage / Dog of the Titans" • "Fiends & Family / Plunderball" • "Not a Monkey / Happy Glasses"
Udrogoth • Great Indoor Marketplace • Sorcery School • Hyrogoth
Retrieved from "https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Dave_the_Barbarian?oldid=3625753"
Television series by Disney
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1353270
|
__label__cc
| 0.586604
| 0.413396
|
Actors: Shaun Curry
Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
PG 124 min - Adventure, Action, Science Fiction - 17 May 1980
The epic saga continues as Luke Skywalker, in hopes of defeating the evil Galactic Empire, learns the ways of the Jedi from aging master Yoda. But Darth Vader is more determined than ever to capture Luke. Meanwhile, rebel leader Princess Leia, cocky Han Solo, Chewbacca, and droids C-3PO and R2-D2 are thrown into various stages of capture, betrayal and despair.
Director: Irvin Kershner
Stars: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Daniels, David Prowse, Kenny Baker, Peter Mayhew, Frank Oz, James Earl Jones, Kathryn Mullen, Wendy Froud, Jeremy Bulloch, Jason Wingreen, Temuera Morrison, Clive Revill, Marjorie Eaton, Ian McDiarmid, Alec Guinness, John Hollis, Jack Purvis, Des Webb, Julian Glover, Kenneth Colley, John Ratzenberger, Michael Sheard, Michael Culver, John Dicks, Milton Johns, Mark Jones, Oliver Maguire, Robin Scobey, Bruce Boa, Christopher Malcolm, Denis Lawson, Ian Liston, John Morton, Richard Oldfield, Jack McKenzie, Jerry Harte, Norman Chancer, Norwich Duff, Ray Hassett, Brigitte Kahn, Burnell Tucker, Bob Anderson, Lightning Bear, Richard Bonehill, John Cannon, Mark Capri, Martin Dew, Peter Diamond, Stuart Fell, Doug Robinson, Tony Smart, Alan Harris, Tiffany L. Kurtz, Mac McDonald, Ralph McQuarrie, Ralph Morse, Terry Richards, Michael Santiago, Treat Williams, Shaun Curry, Alan Austen, Jim Dowdall, Ian Durrant, Tom Egeland, Alan Flyng, Chris Parsons, Trevor Butterfield, Christopher Bunn, Quentin Pierre, Keith Swaden, Howie Weed, Morris Bush
Collections: Irvin Kershner
Tagline: The Adventure Continues...
Genres: Adventure, Action, Science Fiction
Official Website: http://www.starwars.com/films/star-wars-episode-v-the-empire-strikes-back
Production Companies: Lucasfilm, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
|
cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line1353271
|
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.