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Reading is Becoming is an incomplete reading journal of myself, Mita Williams. You can learn more about my work at AedileWorks.com
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Around 2002 I attended a private party for Google — before its IPO, when it was a small company focused only on search. I struck up a conversation with Larry Page, Google’s brilliant cofounder. “Larry, I still don’t get it. There are so many search companies. Web search, for free? Where does that get you?” My unimaginative blindness is solid evidence that predicting is hard, especially about the future, but in my defense this was before Google had ramped up its ad auction scheme to generate real income, long before YouTube or any other major acquisitions. I was not the only avid user of its search site you thought it would not last long. But Page’s reply has always stuck with me: “Oh, we’re really making an A.I.”
I’ve thought a lot about that conversation over the past few years as Google has bought 13 other AI and robotics companies in addition to DeepMind. At first glance, you might think that Google is beefing up its AI portfolio to improve its search capabilities, since search constitutes 80 percent of its revenue. But I think that’s backward. Bather than use AI to make its search better, Google is using search to make its AI better. Every tie you type a query, click on a search-generated link, or create a link on the web, you are training the Google AI. When you type “Easter Bunny” into the image search bar and then click on the most Easter Bunny-looking image, you are teaching the AI what an Easter Bunny looks like. Each of the 3 billion queries that Google conducts each day tutors the deep-learning AI over and over again. With another 10 years of steady improvements to its AI algorithms, plus a thousandfold more data and a hundreds more computing resources, Google will have an unrivaled AI. In a quarterly earning conference call in the fall of 2015, Google CEO Sundar Pichai stated that AI was going to be “a core transformative way by which we are rethinking everything we are doing… We are applying it to all of our products, be it search, be it YouTube and Play etc.” My prediction: By 2026, Google’s main product will not be search but AI.
Kelly, Kevin. The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future, 2016.
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Jenny has been reading Jennifer Brown’s Journey by Angie Langley
Book review by Jenny Reeve
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I liked the sound of this book when I read the introduction. I had visions of the story being filled with humour, a book that would easily make me giggle and smile throughout. Well, I was very wrong on that score. But that is not a bad thing; so don’t go jumping to the wrong conclusion here, on the contrary.
The beginning of the book did have me giggling, there are some very funny moments and Jennifer Brown made me think of myself quite often, her reaction to certain circumstances is how I would have reacted. Jennifer’s description of certain work colleagues in the office had me curled up! The character is so good and the author gently took me by the hand and led me into the world of Jennifer Brown, a world that I could easily understand and grab a hold of. We see the character change as the story unfolds. We witness her grow from a young lady with a carefree life into grown woman with responsibility and substance. As Jennifer’s world moves from one-step to the next, each step becomes bigger than the last. I found myself wondering if she had chosen the correct path to take. I felt each and ever thought and emotion that Jennifer felt. This is the response that any good author needs and hopes to achieve.
The final sentence in the book had me gripped. Now I NEED to find out which number Jennifer dialed. Which step she chose to take. I do hope it is the one I would have taken……..
I recommend wholeheartedly.
Five feet one and full of fizz, Jennifer Brown lights up the room. She has a gorgeous partner, a wicked best friend, and a boss who doesn’t mind that she’s the worst typist on the planet. She’s loyal, generous and irredeemably ditzy. Everyone loves Jennifer Brown.But can she learn to love herself? When her world caves in, she needs every ounce of her steely core to step back from the abyss and take charge of her life, reinventing herself first as cook and housekeeper to a saucy sexagenarian, then as manager of a tumbledown country estate with sensitive secrets.Peopled by a battalion of hilarious characters from the caustic, cross-dressing confidant to the besotted ex-boyfriend with a barmy ex-wife, Jennifer Brown’s Journey is a heartwarming, thoughtful, often poignant portrait of the trials of life as a thirty-something woman.Jennifer Brown champions the importance of self-belief, and the value of a bucket-sized glass of wine in a tight spot.And, always in the background, there’s the quiet man with the warm eyes and the velvet vowels.What on earth is Jennifer Brown going to do about him?
The first in a series of three, Jennifer Brown’s Journey is a story of female self-empowerment and the triumph of the human spirit in the face of challenges that many women will recognise. Lighthearted and poignant, the story gives readers a very real sense of a woman, initially rather ditzy, maturing into a redoubtable, self-possessed individual who faces her many challenges with developing aplomb.
Angie Langley has a background in entertainment and venue management and she’s worked with artists in the US, the UK and Europe. She’s also a lyricist who collaborates and manages the talented Scottish Composer & Musician, Tish Tindall.
Angie also works as a TV producer with Avant-garde Films where she brings her extensive portfolio of creative expertise to bear behind the camera, creating projects across a range of programming that includes factual, reality, feature drama and drama serial. Jennifer Brown’s Journey is her first book, inspired by the highs and lows of a distant past that has given her the strength to tackle each day with a smile.
Angie is fortunate enough to live in a delightful 17th-century thatched cottage on the banks of the river Avon in Wiltshire, which not only provides her with inspiration to write, but also enables her to pursue her other passion, photography.
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It is nice to hear that you found a lot to like about this book even if it didn’t turn out as light and funny as you hoped.
Awww, now I am definitely going to have to add this to the tumbling TBR. Nice review!
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China and Southeast Asia in the Xi Jinping Era
Edited by Alvin Cheng-Hin Lim and Frank Cibulka - Contributions by Trin Aiyara; Alvin Cheng-Hin Lim; Ngeow Chow-Bing; Frank Cibulka; Stephen C. Druce; Narayanan Ganesan; Abdul Hai Julay; Amrita Jash; Tai Wei Lim; William B. Noseworthy; Victor R. Savage; Bilveer Singh; Andrea Chloe Wong and Teri Shaffer Yamada
In 2012, the Communist Party of China (CPC) inaugurated the Xi Jinping era when it elected him to be the General Secretary of the CPC. The following year Xi was elected President of the People’s Republic of China. The Xi Jinping era has seen a remarkable transformation of Chinese foreign policy, which has been adjusted to facilitate the achievement of what Xi has proclaimed as “the Great Rejuvenation of the Chinese Nation.” Xi’s Belt and Road Initiative has become a major element of Chinese economic diplomacy, while the Chinese military-industrial complex under his leadership has strengthened China’s extensive claims in the South China Sea with reclamation works and the installation of military facilities on its occupied islands. This edited volume will focus on the countries of Southeast Asia and examine how their relations with China have been transformed in the Xi Jinping era.
Pages: 264 • Trim: 6 x 9¼
978-1-4985-8111-0 • Hardback • December 2018 • $95.00 • (£65.00)
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Subjects: Political Science / World / Asian, History / Asia / General, History / Asia / Southeast Asia, Political Science / International Relations / General
Alvin Cheng-Hin Lim is research fellow with International Public Policy Pte. Ltd.
Frank Cibulka is adjunct associate professor Zayed University in Abu Dhabi.
Introduction: By Alvin Cheng-Hin Lim and Frank Cibulka
Chapter 1: In Search of the Relevant Past: China and Southeast Asia Forty Years Ago by Frank Cibulka
Chapter 2: Myanmar-China Relations Under President Xi Jinping by Narayanan Ganesan
Chapter 3: Beijing, Bangkok, and Provinces: Continuity and Change in Thailand’s Policies of the China-initiated High-Speed Railway Development (2011-2018) by Trin Aiyara
Chapter 4: The Connectivity Potential and Vulnerabilities of Laos: Case Study of a Land-locked Southeast Asian Node in the Belt and Road Initiative by Tai Wei Lim
Chapter 5: Cambodia’s Changing Landscape: Rhetoric and Reality by Teri Shaffer Yamada
Chapter 6: The Eastern Sea (Biển Đông) in the Era of Xi Jinping: Vietnam’s Deliberations by William B. Noseworthy
Chapter 7: A “Model” for ASEAN Countries?: Sino-Malaysian Relations during the Xi Jinping Era by Ngeow Chow-Bing
Chapter 8: China and Singapore: From the Ancient to the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road by Alvin Cheng-Hin Lim
Chapter 9: The Road to Brunei’s Economic Diversification: Contemporary Brunei-China Relations by Stephen C. Druce and Abdul Hai Julay
Chapter 10: Indonesia-China Relations Under President Xi Jinping by Bilveer Singh
Chapter 11: The Philippines’ Policy and Perspectives: A Shifting Strategic Stance towards China by Andrea Chloe Wong
Chapter 12: Small Countries Do Matter in Diplomacy: China’s Relations with Timor-Leste and Brunei Darussalam by Amrita Jash
Afterword: China’s Ascendency: ASEAN States Belt Up and Adapt for the Geopolitical Roller Coaster Ride by Victor R. Savage
This is an updated and timely study of the changing relationship between China and Southeast Asian countries. The rapidly changing roles of the U.S. and China as superpowers in the region have led to unstable, but also unexpected, results.
— Prasenjit Duara, Duke University
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Posted on May 18, 2013 by rraymond12
William Faulkner accepting the 1949 Nobel Prize in Literature, December 10, 1950 (Source: www.emersonkent.com)
If you have browsed this blog, you know that in the winter and spring of 2012 my Kosovaran students and I spent many hours talking and writing about hope. We did so in response to William Faulkner’s 1950 Stockholm Address, where the Noble Prize winner urged young writers to resist the despair generated by atomic bombs that ended World War II but left us all with one question: “When will I be blown up?” This terrifying question, Faulkner believed, had placed writers under “a curse,” one that seduced them to write “not of love but of lust, of defeats in which nobody loses anything of value, of victories without hope and, worst of all without pity or compassion.” Such writing, Faulkner claims, no matter how brilliant, comes not from the “heart” but from the “glands.”
To free writers from this curse, Faulkner challenged them to write about the “conflicts of the human heart in conflict with itself” because “only that is worth writing about, worth the agony and the sweat.” Once accepting this “duty,” writers would quit spawning more despair over our persistently violent world; instead, writers would hold fast to their truths about our capacities for stupidity and brutality but, at the same time, provide evidence, however limited, of our capacity as mere mortals to think intelligently and to act with “courage and honor,” with “compassion and sacrifice.” Such writers, Faulkner argued, become “pillars” for readers, supporting them with hope that we might “endure and prevail.”
If you will scroll the menu of topics on the homepage of this blog, you will see that we discussed the grounds for hope at the beginning of the course, when we talked and wrote about Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman, a play that ends with Linda Loman stunned by her husband’s suicide but also with Willy eager to give his life to make his son Biff “magnificent”; and at the end of the course, when we searched for hope in Slaughterhouse-Five, Vonnegut’s novel that ends with the fire-bombing of Dresden, with a firing squad executing an innocent man, but with Billy Pilgrim’s humane tears and with leaves budding on the trees. We had the same discussion about Gaines’s novel A Lesson Before Dying, a story that ends with the execution of Jefferson, another innocent man, but also with his teacher Grant inspired by Jefferson’s courage and at one with the community from which he has long felt alienated. We encountered Faulkner’s challenge to writers again in discussing his own “Barn-Burning,” a Mississippi story that traces the violent and futile history of blood-vengeance but also the possibility of escape from the cycle of violence through compassionate and daring action, a topic central to the current and future Kosova as it struggles to emerge from centuries of violence between Serbs and Albanians.
Remembering these powerful and moving conversations about despair and hope shared with my students at the University of Pristina, I encouraged my students at MSU to measure our philosophers, films, and Western American novels by Faulknerian standards, attending especially to his insistence that writers have a “duty” to ‘lift readers’ hearts’ with hope. You’ll find the novels and films described briefly in the last posting, as well as a photo of my co-teacher, Dr. John Bickle. Here, you’ll see the essay topics the students took up after extensive discussion and journaling on the grounds for hope in times of violence and injustice. Linked to each assignment, you will also find some of my students’ faces as well as their thoughtful responses to these questions. Please read and enjoy!
**Please click on the students’ pictures below to be directed to their essay responses.**
Assignment on The Big Sky
Rebekah Boden
Please write a critical essay on A. B. Guthrie’s The Big Sky, focusing on the character of Boone Caudill.
Your essay should identify at least three characteristics that best define Caudill’s character to clarify why novelist Wallace Stegner calls Boone a “doomed” hero of the frontier. What qualities strike you as heroic? What qualities undercut that heroism? How and why is Caudill doomed? Does his doom result from his heroic virtues, from his flaws, or from both? Does his doom result from forces exterior to his character?
You should support your claims about Caudill with specific examples and relevant quotes from the novel. Your analysis of Boone should also offer illuminating comparisons or contrasts drawn from the films “Shane” and “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.” Further, in formulating your thesis (your claims) on Boone, draw on the philosophical ideas from at least two of the following thinkers: Mill, Kant, French (“Ethical Revenge in Westerns”), Vico, Roche and Hösle, French (“The Death of Death”), Appiah, Lind.
We encourage you to review your journaling responses to the novel and/or your notes on the philosophers to gather ideas for your paper.
Assignment on The Man Who Killed the Deer
Molly Beckwith
Please write a critical essay on Frank Water’s The Man Who Killed the Deer, focusing on the character of Martiniano.
Your essay should draw on at least two of our readings from Aristotle, Young, Wolf, Sommers, Nietzsche, and Matthew 5-7 to frame your assessment of Martiniano as a morally responsible resister of a corrupt culture. You should support your claims about Martiniano with specific examples and relevant quotes from the novel and with illuminating comparisons or contrasts drawn from the films “Hombre” and “High Plains Drifter.”
Once again, we encourage you to review your journaling responses to the novel and/or your notes on the philosophers to gather ideas for your paper.
Assignment on One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Please write a critical essay on Ken Kesey’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, focusing on the character of McMurphy as a sane Western hero or as a psychopath.
Kit Warren
You should support your claims about McMurphy with specific examples and relevant quotes from the novel and with illuminating comparisons or contrasts drawn from the film “One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest” and from any other film or novel we have discussed.
Matt Bartee
Drawing on your response to journal question #5 on Part IV of the novel, you should also frame your analysis of McMurphy’s motives and actions in definitions of psychopathology and moral heroism.
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Eat, Pray, Kill: The Basic Brutality of Eating
Some humans are deeply passionate about their meat. They love it, they gnash their teeth for it. In her 2006 spiritual travelogue Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert confessed a kind of affinity with the sensual Tuscan culture of meat. Shop windows in the Italian town, she writes, are loaded with sausages “stuffed like ladies’ legs into provocative stockings” or the “lusty buttocks” of ham. The net effect, she suggests, is the emanation of a “you know you want it” kind of sensuality. Make no mistake. Meat—the flesh of non-human animals—is a force of desire in human life.
But is there an ethical argument in favor of flesh consumption? That is, can a meat-eating human find solid moral ground for her more carnivorous appetites? Is there a soul-cure for the stomachache that comes from eating the body of another sentient creature? Are these questions that the vast storehouses of religious traditions can help us navigate?
In a culture where plates are piled high with the spoils of profligate factory farming, it would seem that the growing surge of vegans and vegetarians have claim to the moral high ground. One might even make the argument that religious vegetarianism is one of the few things that makes modern religions look good. But not everyone is satisfied with this solution. “Ethically speaking, vegetables get all the glory,” Ariel Kaminer lamented in the New York Times, playing the role of the paper’s esteemed Ethicist. And so, in an attempt to buck this trend the paper launched an essay contest in March of this year: in search of the ethical argument for meat.
Essays were judged by a star-studded panel that included vocal vegetarians like Peter Singer and Jonathan Safran Foer as well as more cautiously omnivorous foodies such as Michael Pollan and Mark Bittman. Controversy ensued over the fact that the panel was comprised entirely of men. But, gender issues be damned, results were published in late April. Six essays made the cut. The final stage was to give Times readers four days to vote on their personal favorite. Almost 40 percent of voters appeared to favor the ethical argument in favor of in vitro meat. “Aside from accidental roadkill or the fish washed up dead on the shore, it is perhaps the only ethical meat,” essayist Ingrid Newkirk baldly proffered.
If Peas Can Talk…
The argument that stirred me most, however, was one of the lower-scoring essays—earning a mere 10 percent of voter approval. Interestingly, it wasn’t really an argument in favor of meat at all, so much as it was an attempt to dramatize the moral stakes of the practice.
“We would be foolish to deny that there are strong moral considerations against eating meat,” philosophy professor Bob Fischer begins. Eating meat is clearly, from an ethical perspective, “wrong” on several counts. But morality is an ideal, he notes, something we aim for, and fall short of. This makes the moral world “tragic,” as he puts it. Moral work is a tragedy, played out on a cosmic stage. Rather than wallow in remorse, he sees this as reason to be suspicious of “any proposal that would steer us through these complexities too quickly.”
When it comes to the consumption of meat, in other words, our human hands have long been dirty. This isn’t a discouragement to stop striving for the good. But a moral proposal that promises to wash our filthy fingers spotlessly clean—in seconds flat—is suspect. Because they will still be dirty. The pressing moral question, of meat, becomes: given that human hands are obviously soiled, what can be done with these polluted tools?
The easy answer, most often, is: go vegetarian. If it feels wrong to eat meat, then stop eating it. Why waste time, really? Just go vegan. Start cleaning your hands by refusing to eat your fellow creatures. The ethical argument for meat, in other words, is an impossibility. Ending flesh consumption is one step in right direction, toward a kinder future. Some might argue, however, that the argument from empathy is a slippery slope argument. Vegetarians will surely protest. But philosopher Michael Marder, writing recently for the Times, points to research on pea plant communication as evidence of a kind of plant subjectivity. The title of his column begs the incendiary question: “If peas can talk, should we eat them?”
There are, perhaps, some practitioners of the Jain tradition who would give a resounding “no.” Strict ascetic practices in Jainism disavow not only the consumption of meat, but the practice of farming—because of the damage that agricultural tools to do the earth. The consumption of root vegetables may be prohibited (as you would be yanking the vegetable to its death), as well as the consumption of a living pea shoot, which can (as Marder suggests) talk.
These practices find their basis in ahimsa—the Sanskrit term that describes a posture of nonviolence toward all living creatures. The power of ahimsa can be genealogically traced into the vegetarian strains and variants of Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism. Is it when we turn to the wisdom of religious traditions that we finally find the spiritual purity we’re looking for? The sort that can clean our dirty hands from the inside out, starting with our nasty and brutish souls?
A Screaming Silence
My own thinking around religion and animals, particularly around the conundrum of eating them, was complexified at a recent conference, put on by the Graduate Student’s Association in Columbia’s Religion Department. The consumption of animal flesh was not the primary subject matter of “Pray, Eat, Kill: Relating to Animals Across Religious Traditions,” but it was perhaps the most absorbing. It was also the subject of Wendy Doniger’s keynote address. The legendary scholar of myth and religion dipped back into ancient text, citing myriad strange injunctions regarding the consumption of food in The Laws of Manu. What she finds, in these codes, is not only an attempt to deal with the old, and apparently always agonizing, moral pain of eating animal flesh. She also spoke of references, in these ancient texts, to the “screaming silence” of vegetables.
Doniger finds, in other words, a long history of reflection on the basic brutality of eating, rooted in a reflection on this concept of ahimsa. But, interestingly, what she finds is that this sympathy and compassion for animals did not always lead to the condemnation of eating animal flesh.
The fact is, religious ethics are practices that are crafted in conversation with culture and geography. There have been times when the meaning of ahimsa, or practices of animal compassion, have taken a backseat to necessity. Geoff Barstow, for example, spoke of the 18th-century Tibetan Buddhist Jigme Lingpa who displayed an extreme form of compassion for animals (addressing them as his mother). He believed that meat was a poison that bore a heavy karmic burden. But he stopped just sort of commending vegetarianism. Meat was, as Barstow put it, a kind of “necessary evil.” Was this in recognition of the fact that there simply aren’t a lot of vegetables to be had in the mountainous regions of Tibet?
Is the purity (or the arid ethical high ground) we might be aiming for a myth, itself? Is it possible to both consume and remain morally chaste? Doniger suggests that, perhaps, the most common and lasting effect we can see—as reverent humans attempt to deal with the moral ambivalence of eating meat—is that they make lists. They attempt to rationalize this ambivalence, to find a way of controlling its power. The Laws of Manu are filled with long lists of things you can and cannot eat (mushrooms, solitary animals), things you can and cannot do with animals (sacrifice is good, unlawful slaughter is bad).
Such lists are not unique to the Hindu tradition. Indeed, we see both simple and complex dietary regulations in a host of traditions and cultures. Even here in the U.S., we have “secular” regulations that prevent us from eating dogs. Many of us follow our own little personal hodgepodge of injunctions that (we believe) contributes to a more sustainable form of life, or a healthy planet.
In a larger sense, the thicket of little rules and regulations seems absurd. The “real” question, it seems, is whether or not to eat animals at all—whether to have all or nothing, flesh or no flesh. But such universal injunctions seem problematic to me. Human history is littered with smaller lists, smaller injunctions, created in ethical conversation with a particular context.
When we look back at the stages set by the history, via religion, I think we will see this moral drama—the encounter of human and non-human animal—played out in many different ways. In the messy, violent, ambivalence this encounter generates, and the stopgap measures put in place to resolve it, we see thousands of small (often contradictory, often bizarre) solutions. We might read thousands of lists! But this is not a sign of our human failure. Rather, I think we can see it as an encouragement to keep making those small lists.
Morality is a messy business—why should we expect its rules to be singular, or simple?
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The First Teaser For Donald Glover and Rihanna-Led GUAVA ISLAND Is Out!
Donald Glover is a busy man. Aside from voicing the adult Simba in Jon Favreau’s upcoming remake of The Lion King later this summer, the comedian and part-time musician also works on the acclaimed show Atlanta. Last summer there were rumors that Glover was shooting a new film with pop artist Rihanna down in Cuba and now fans of the two finally have their first official look at the project titled Guava Island (another trailer was screened previously at the PHAROS festival late last year), which premieres tomorrow! Watch the teaser below!
You’re all invited to our staycation with @donaldglover and @rihanna. The new #ChildishGambino film #GuavaIsland will be available on Prime Video starting Saturday 4/13 at 12:01am PST. pic.twitter.com/rxXecJEfzp
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As far as modern day teasers go, this video is quite brief and only gives fans a short glimpse at Guava Island with little indication as to the film’s plot. Instead the teaser highlights the visual aesthetic of the film’s location. However more details on the hour long film’s narrative can be gleaned from a new article from Vanity Fair, which reveal that Guava Island is “a tropical thriller” inspired by films such as Prince’s Purple Rain and Fernando Meirelles’ City of God. Glover reportedly stars as a local musician “determined to throw a festival for his island community.”
“There was a bootcamp everyone went through when they came in. You get to see what happens to your brain when you can’t Google every single question you have,” said producer Carmen Cuba, in regards to how the crew approached filming in an environment with limited Wi-Fi access such as Cuba and used the isolation to their advantage in maintaining secrecy as much as possible.
Cuba added, “We wanted to assure that we had as much creative freedom as possible. Everything about this project and Donald in general, in terms of his intentions for his life and his career, is to protect his freedom; freedom of expression and freedom of process.”
I am quite intrigued by all of this, so I personally plan on checking out Guava Island over the weekend! What do you guys think though? Be sure to comment below!
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Military researchers conducting the flight of the fastest unmanned aircraft ever launched said Thursday an "anomaly" caused a lost contact with the vehicle nine minutes into its flight. The plane is believed to have crashed in the Pacific at some point along the planned flight path, according to a statement from the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA), which conducted the test.
The Falcon Hypersonic Test Vehicle (HTV-2) had successfully separated from the launch vehicle and was performing "glide phase" maneuvers meant to test its aerodynamics when contact was lost, according to an 11 a.m. (ET) Twitter post from DARPA. A tweet, at 12:30 p.m. said downrange trackers were unable to relocate the HTV2 but the vehicle "has an autonomous flight termination capability".
The vehicle was launched by a Minotaur IV rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, before separating and re-entering the atmosphere over the Pacific. The launch, originally slated for Wednesday but then scrubbed because of weather, was not broadcast live.
This was the second run for the craft. In April 2010 ended with the aircraft crashing into the Pacific after a loss of contact nine minutes into the flight. But those nine minutes provided some key information about flying 22 times faster than a commercial jetliner.
Thursday's flight was to test control and communications capabilities, as well as heat resistance and other effects of hypersonic flight. The nine minutes of data demonstrated that launching the aircraft was mastered but they continued to be stymied in controlling the vehicle at Mach 20 speed.
"We do not yet know how to achieve the desired control during the aerodynamic phase of flight. It’s vexing; I’m confident there is a solution. We have to find it," said Air Force Maj. Chris Schulz, the DARPA program manager.
DARPA's goal is to create the capability of reaching any target in the world in less than an hour.
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Placebo versus the Law of Attraction
By oracknows on February 16, 2012.
Since 2012 was rung in a month and a half ago, I've been writing a lot more about placebo medicine than I have in a while. Specifically, I've written a lot more about placebo effects than usual. This proliferation of posts on the topic was sparked by how Harvard University's very own not-a-PhD faculty, credulous promoter of acupuncture and all things "integrative medicine," and generally clever propagandist for woo, Ted Kaptchuk seemed, like Elvis, to be everywhere for a while. The message he was spreading was, although he didn't admit it or put it that way, a response to the growing body of evidence in so-called "complementary and alternative medicine" (CAM) (or, as its proponents like to call it these days, "integrative medicine") demonstrating rather conclusively that most CAM modalities are in fact nothing more than elaborate placebos and that whatever nonspecific effects are observed due to these treatments are, when studied in carefully controlled studies, indistinguishable from placebo effects. While some CAM apologists don't want to face that message, Kaptchuk appears to embrace it whole-heartedly by arguing that placebo effects are powerful. Unfortunately, as they say, he exaggerates. A lot.
On the other hand, I rather like that CAMsters like Kaptchuk are finally just admitting that CAM is nothing more than placebo medicine. It makes it easier for me to remind people that intentionally practicing placebo medicine is unethical (because it requires lying to the patient) and paternalistic, just like 60 years ago when conventional doctors did actually order placebos for patients. In a perfectly Orwellian turn of phrase, advocates of "health freedom" and CAM advocates are in essence advocating a return to that sort of paternalism. As I've pointed out before, CAM cloaks itself in rhetoric suggesting that it "empowering" patients to "take control" of their health. In actuality it denies them the most important tool to do that: A appraisal of the rationale behind a proposed treatment, along with an assessment of its potential benefits and risks based on science, not fantasy. Instead, it substitutes tooth fairy science, pre-scientific vitalism, and utter faith in the practitioner for science and reason. It's not for nothing that recently one CAM apologist argued that placebo effects were "proof" for the existence of God.
It's also not for nothing that I have recently started comparing CAM to The Secret, with its "law of attraction." The Secret, as you might recall, is a New Age belief system popularized by Oprah Winfrey that claims that a person attracts to himself what he really wants. In other words, your thoughts "become things." If you believe the woo-meisters, basically thinking something makes it so. As I've pointed out before, this sort of wishful thinking is infantile but it meshes scarily well with a lot of what various alternative medical systems preach, systems such as German New Medicine, Biologie Totale, and various other forms of quackery emphasizing "mind-body" medicine. This sort of thought, I point out, is not without parallels in mainstream society. For example, prosperity theology has a lot in common with The Secret, except that you don't get good things by thinking about them and wishing really hard for them. Rather, you get good things by thinking about them and praying real hard for them. One could look at God as being the intermediary or tool in prosperity theology who provides good things to those who believe whereas in The Secret it's the universe that somehow magically manifests our thoughts and "attracts" to us what we want. That is, after all, why the New Agers call it the "law of attraction."
A lot of people thought I was exaggerating when I likened the cult of placebo that CAM is developing into to The Secret. I even admit that there were times when I wondered if I had stretched a good analogy a bit too far. Then I saw this post by Sherry Gaba entitled The Law of Attraction and the Placebo Effect. It is, appropriately enough, on Deepak Chopra's group blog IntentBlog. There it is, in black and what, exactly what I've been saying all along, only from the credulous side. I'll show you what I mean. First, she describes the placebo effect in woo terms:
Most people are aware of what is known as the placebo effect. This is a phenomenon that occurs when someone is told that a pill or a medication they are taking is a cure for a health condition even though it is just a simple sugar pill with no medicinal qualities. People that believe they are taking a "cure" actually have mild to extremely positive results from taking the placebo, leading to a partial to complete cure of the condition without any real medical intervention.
This is, of course, a massive misrepresentation of the placebo effect. Placebo responses only "work" for subjective symptoms. They don't "cure" anything. At best, placebo responses are due to a change in perception of subjective symptoms that leads to their bothering the patient less. Even so, they're variable and unreliable, not something that a doctor would want to hang his hat on when he needs to relieve a patient's symptoms. At worst, placebo effects do not exist. Rather, they're due to artifacts in clinical trials, confirmation biases, and observer effects. Either way, nonexistent of the "beer goggles of medicine," placebo effects are unlikely to be of much clinical use but increasingly are the rationale used to justify CAM.
Now here's the kicker:
The placebo effect is, in reality, the medical proof that the Law of Attraction really works. The Law of Attraction simply says that what you focus in on in your life is what you will receive. In the medical case the patients taking the placebo focused in on becoming healthy and overcoming a medical condition, which is exactly what happened. Some people believed so strongly in the effectiveness of the placebo that they were completely cured. Some people were not "cured" but they no longer focused in on the negativity in their life and their ongoing health issues, instead they became happier and more mentally healthy. This in turn led to a better quality of life that significantly improved their environment and enjoyment of the world around them.
This is delusional thinking at its finest. First, again, Shaba has a hugely inflated view of the power of placebo, thinking that it can cure disease when it cannot do anything more than possibly make subjective symptoms seem less troublesome without actually doing anything to affect the pathophysiology of the disease. Yet here it is being sold as "medical proof that the law of attraction really works." In other words, as I put it before, in the fantasy world that is CAM, thinking something makes it so. It really is The Secret. Given some of the magical mystical aspects of CAM, in which modalities like reiki, therapeutic touch, and "energy healing" are represented as channeling healing energy into patients from a "universal source," much of CAM is religious in basis. Maybe the comparison to prosperity theology isn't so off-base after all.
Of course, on the surface these ideas seem relatively happy and harmless. After all, there is a grain of truth buried under all the woo. There's little doubt that our emotions, desires, and thoughts shape our lives. Every person who has ever achieved great things achieved them at least in part because he wanted to achieve them really, really bad. However, in most cases, barring freak occurrences, for that thought to "manifest" itself as things, it must first be channeled into hard work, often over a long period of time with much sacrifice. That is what results in success and obtaining what one wants. In a way, it's true that the thought and desire are the first steps, but they are not enough. Part of growing up is to realize that, to achieve your thoughts and desires requires more than just thinking and wanting really hard. The Secret bypasses the hard work and leads to regression straight back to the fantasies of childhood. In many ways, so does a lot of CAM. In fact, Gaba is more right than she knows when she likens the placebo effect to the law of attraction. Well, not quite. She's more right than she knows when she likens the placebo effect as viewed in CAMworld to the law of attraction because that is what it is: The unrelenting belief that wishing makes it so.
The revenge of the son of the myth of "placebos without deception"
Back when advocates of “alternative” medicine were busily trying to legitimize their quackery by first renaming it “complementary and alternative medicine” (CAM), long before CAM “evolved” into “integrative medicine,” they really believed that if their favorite woo were to be studied scientifically…
Does thinking make it so? The placebo myth rears its ugly head again.
Blogging is a funny thing. Sometimes the coincidence involved is epic. For instance, as I do on many Mondays, yesterday I crossposted a modified and updated version of a post from a week ago from my not-so-super-secret other blog. This time around, it just so happened to be a post about what I like…
Credulous reporting on placebo effects strikes again
Let's face it. The vast majority of "complementary and alternative medicine" (CAM) or "integrative medicine" (IM) therapies are nothing more than placebo medicine. This should be so abundantly clear to readers who have followed this blog, Science-Based Medicine, and/or Neurologica Blog more than a…
More credulous reporting on placebo effects
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I know you can't look at every quackery under the sky, but could I suggest you take a look at one Kenny Meirleir. He claims to asses the Th1/Th2 status of various health conditions (including the all time woo classic Autism) by testing for "metabolites present at high concentration in the urine samples of Th2-shifted individuals".
As far as I know from other forums, that metabolite is hydrogen sulfide (H2S), but I could not find any mention of *what* metabolite he actually tests for in that paper (huh?).
http://www.academicjournals.org/JMLD/PDF/pdf%202012/Feb/Roelant%20and%2…
Just some thoughts:
- AFAIK he relied on published "well-known Th1- or Th2-mediated diseases". Are these diseases really "well-known" to be Th1- or Th2-mediated?
- Did he measure the *actual* Th1/Th2 status? I can see he did
- The description of the color change seems bogus: "significant" after 1 min, "substantial" after 2 min and "dramatic" after 3 min? This reads like a text for test that will be pushed on patients.
- The numbers in table 1 look fake. They just look fake
If someone would look at it and tell me if they share these (or other) skeptical thoughts, that would be dandy.
By Tony Mach (not verified) on 17 Feb 2012 #permalink
"Placebo responses only "work" for subjective symptoms."
Seriously? Placebos can affect physiological responses too. Hence the need for double blind for so many intervention studies. And the need IMO to figure our how perception, cognition affect eg inflammatory and immune functioning. Physiology and perception are linked; organisms need to be able to respond to the environment with appropriate physiological reactions as well as behaviour, and the body needs to be informed through the senses, mediated by perception, cognition, what is going on. This can happen in a variety of systems. I seem to recall that when we perceive via optics that we have eaten enough, for example, there are changes in substances linked to satiety. A sophisticated system like a human being uses software as well as hardware, and they interact. There are flaky, woo-woo ideas out there, but I feel we should be discriminating and not throw the baby out withu the bath water.
By Brian Grady (not verified) on 17 Feb 2012 #permalink
The numbers in table 1 look fake. They just look fake
They are certainly far from a Benford's Law distribution. Numbers whose leading significant digit is 1 are reasonably close to what you should see (10 of 45; Benford's Law predicts 13-14), but 2s are underrepresented (only one in the table, where you should see 9) and 3s are overrepresented (17 instead of 5). I've ignored the ">3.000" results in that table as they appear to be lower bounds rather than actual numbers (it seems sloppy to me that they are reported thus, although there may be a good reason I am not aware of).
I don't know enough about the science to comment on anything else in the paper, and I can't prove that Table 1 is faked, but I can understand why you are suspicious of that table.
By Eric Lund (not verified) on 17 Feb 2012 #permalink
@Tony Mach
Wow. Sooo much wrong with that paper! Some of the biggest problems:
- They claim their test shows Th1/Th2 "balance" but their only evidence for that is the (claimed) correlation of their test results with the (claimed) categorization of diseases as Th1 or Th2.
- They give NO information about where they got their urine samples or how they verified that the subjects had those diseases. That alone is unforgivable and makes this paper a joke. Not even on par with a decent high school science project.
- Even if all their data is correct, that doesn't justify a claim that the test has any value in diagnosing disease or monitoring treatment.
It's also worth noting that this journal isn't even indexed on NLM. If this paper is representative of the stuff it publishes, I can see why.
By qetzal (not verified) on 17 Feb 2012 #permalink
If we all "attract what you really want", why aren't I rich, handsome and dating Angelina Jolie and Denise Richards?
By JGC (not verified) on 17 Feb 2012 #permalink
@4: "why aren't I rich, handsome and dating Angelina Jolie and Denise Richards?"
Can't say on the Rich and Handsome part, but maybe because Angelina Jolie really, really, wants to be with Brad Pitt? Maybe we can make the inference that if you can't get the whole package with The Secret, it won't give you any of it?
But, seriously, I see a lot of parallels with religion in some of this stuff. Didn't get what you wanted? You didn't believe hard enough. Which is roughly the same as saying you didn't pray hard enough. Either way, it shifts the blame from 'this doesn't actually work' to you, for not believing in it enough to make it work.
Convenient.
By Mike (not verified) on 17 Feb 2012 #permalink
So it all comes down to "You get what you want...except when you don't". Might as well pray.
A long time ago, Freud wrote about wish fulfillment being characteristic of primary process thought ( the language of dreams, symptoms, fantasy, early childhood) most people grow out of this style altho' there are meds available ( perhaps that's the real reason that Mike Adams hates psychiatric meds- their usage would cut into his customer base and most likely, his own over-inflated self-image as well).
If people buy into vitalism perhaps they think of the Secret or placebo itself as a method of un-blocking the flow of life energy that will posthaste fix up your physical and emotional ills and on a larger scale, your relationships with others and the world. Although there's something charmingly child-like about this notion, leaving out the steps that manoeuvre your position about in reality ( working to achieve what you wish for), many adults function at least partially on this level and *marketting* sees them coming. There's the lottery, investment woo and the alt med fantasy machine.
This is often simultaneously ridiculous and upsetting for me because I work the other side of the fence: I trade upon un-fantasy. A person has a desire to make a change in his or her life and needs support getting from *here* to *there*. Here is where woo and secretists make the switch, where a counsellor might help a person to make change ( first by changing attitudes and understanding what what the situational requirements are, addressing skills) the woo-ist foregoes the real work and smiles and nods approvingly, maybe teaches a few mantras and affirmations.
Of course, you can argue that this is a form of support however you can probably get truer ( and less expensive) support from family, friends and colleagues- they actually might care about what happens to you.
By Denice Walter (not verified) on 17 Feb 2012 #permalink
Placebos can affect physiological responses too. Hence the need for double blind for so many intervention studies.
I think there's some confusion here. "The placebo effect" is not synonymous with "responses observed in the placebo arm of a clinical trial." The latter also includes observer biases, differences in what people do due to knowledge of which group they're in, etc.
Any citation for the proposition that the act of taking a sugar pill itself produces such physiological responses? For an example of evidence that it does not, I offer this article Orac previously discussed:
http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2011/07/dangerous_placebo_medicine_in…
By Beamup (not verified) on 17 Feb 2012 #permalink
There have been a few studies that seem to show that placebos can have an effect on objective measures of inflammation, such as CRP. For example, mock ultrasound in this study: http://rheumatology.oxfordjournals.org/content/25/1/77.abstract
By Krebiozen (not verified) on 17 Feb 2012 #permalink
Can placebo effects impact mental/emotional disorders that otherwise respond to traditional therapies? Some disorders such as bipolar disorder seem to respond to i.e. cognitive/behavioral therapy, so might such disorders also respond to a "well presented" placebo? That seems like it would nicely explain some seemingly positive outcomes for certain issues.
By S. Williams (not verified) on 17 Feb 2012 #permalink
Are these diseases really "well-known" to be Th1- or Th2-mediated?
As always, It's More Complicated Than That. There are definitely certain autoimmune diseases that have a characterstic Th1 or Th2 profile, there are some where the mouse models are absolutely Th1 or Th2 driven, there are some where interventions that are shown to affect the generation or function of Th1s or Th2s (or their downstream mediators) have efficacy. Many conditions that are given one umbrella diagnosis get more and more diverse the closer you look. And there are some where it's pulled out of his ass a bit (e.g. autism; I looked at the data in the '98 Gupta paper and am unconvinced, even with it as a tiny pilot study).
Roelant's paper also doesn't even mention Th17s, which are potent inflammatory cells involved in a number of autoimmune diseases.
Oh, god, I just got past the Introduction. This paper is terrible. No link of how cells at the site of disease or in the blood can possibly affect the redox state of urine, no look at any confounding factors that influence the urine, and of course, no mention that there was any blinding of the tester to the disease status, and I assume there wasn't. I also like the very scientific M&M of "A few drops of urine." My fish tank Ph kit is more precise. And just to pile on, he doesn't say what spectrophotometer he used to make his readings; some of the older Bio-Rads can take half a minute or more for a 96-well read and when you're dealing with 1-minute windows, the order in which you line up your samples can make a diffierence. Combine that with the lack of blinding...
(Also, FWIW, Th1/Th2 isn't a zero-sum game. You can dampen an overactive immune response overall; you don't need to bang up the Th2s to match the Th1s, e.g.)
By Roadstergal (not verified) on 17 Feb 2012 #permalink
But, seriously, I see a lot of parallels with religion in some of this stuff.
Yes, it's called the "Word of Faith" movement that Joyce Meyer, Creflo Dollar (seriously, that's his name), Joel Osteen, etcetera. They say that all you need to be prosperous is to speak it. Something about being like God and speaking ("And God said 'let there be light!'") and blah, blah, blah. They've taken a lot of money from people, promising to intercede for them with the Almighty and nothing has happened. Of course.
"The Secret" and all that have a ton of parallels in the "prosperity gospel" movement in the Christian Church. I don't know if that's the case in other religions.
By Ren (not verified) on 17 Feb 2012 #permalink
While I have a comment in moderation about the Wish ( primary process thinking)-
Every person is caught in the pull between reality and fantasy- I've heard the call of the Muse myself**- however, growing up involves developing the ability to tell the two realms apart and keep them separate. Although both art and science may call upon imagination, abstraction and hypothetical thought, each imposes different sorts of limits and rules: science even includes mathemathics and blinded controls to rein in and tame our wandering speculation. Woo advocates fall prey to that allure and think it ground-breaking discovery.
** a morose-looking, dark-haired fellow, usually murmuring softly in Gaelic- uh-oh, that sounds like my ex.
One of the things that this really clarifies is how the common CAM claim that regular medicine fights only symptoms while CAM fights the causes is projection. It's the opposite.
By anthrosciguy (not verified) on 17 Feb 2012 #permalink
@ anthrosciguy:
I always like to point at homeopathy for that one. An entire major discipline of CAM which HAS no concept of cause and is exclusively symptomatic.
I am not sure there is any evidence you have to believe in a Placebo for it to be effective.
Then state of mind has very real physiological affects. Stress and anxiety will often increase the level of distress created by a symptom. Feeling that one has something to try (placebo) gives the illusion that one is doing something and is therefore more in control, which may alleviate stress and reduce distress.
By sailor (not verified) on 17 Feb 2012 #permalink
Medicine is quackery. I healed myself simply by changing my thoughts. 30 years of medication did not do that. I said daily "I deny disease and now live with ease comfort and joy." I am healthier than i have ever been. i consider sueing every dr. I ever saw for prescribing medication which did nothing but treat symptoms and fatten Drs pockets.
By Jeff (not verified) on 17 Feb 2012 #permalink
Jeff = Poe?
And why do these guys have so much trouble with basic English grammar?
By Chris (not verified) on 17 Feb 2012 #permalink
When one views reality as malleable to fit one's baseless beliefs, what chance is there for the ever changing rules of the English language?
By Igor (not verified) on 17 Feb 2012 #permalink
Maybe you should try changing your thoughts to make yourself smarter and less deluded.
You don't know what your unconscious mind really wants, of course.
By Narad (not verified) on 17 Feb 2012 #permalink
@ Narad:
Which unconscious mind? Freud's would be a seething mass of sex and violence where opposites rule while Jung's would spew forth archetypal representations of the collective?
Neither of those options sounds in the least bit attractive.
Monsters from the Id!!
By herr doktor bimler (not verified) on 17 Feb 2012 #permalink
Placebo responses only "work" for subjective symptoms.
http://www.annals.org/content/136/6/471.full
Meaning Can Have Substantial Physiologic Action
Placebo analgesia can elicit the production of endogenous opiates. Analgesia elicited with an injection of saline solution can be reversed with the opiate antagonist naloxone and enhanced with the opiate agonist proglumide (60). Likewise, acupuncture analgesia can be reversed with naloxone in animals (61) and people (62). To say that a treatment such as acupuncture âisn't better than placeboâ does not mean that it does nothing.
Sounds like a certain 1960's skeptic machine needs a software upgrade.
By augustine (not verified) on 17 Feb 2012 #permalink
augustine,
Pain is a subjective symptom.
A hug, or someone shouting at you have both subjective and measurable physiological effects - on blood pressure, neurotransmitters and cortisol for example. I don't think we should classify these as forms of medicine. I don't think we should class anything as a medicine if its effects are entirely mediated through the central nervous system.
To say that a treatment such as acupuncture does not do nothing does not make it medicine.
Orac,
I will not belabor the point - or hang around to argue with your minions - but I'd like to point out that, as the years go by, your view of all this is continuing to get dangerously close to mine. There's hardly anything in this post I haven't written before, and now you're up to inserting "the c-word" without a second thought:
"A lot of people thought I was exaggerating when I likened the cult of placebo that CAM is developing into to The Secret. I even admit that there were times when I wondered if I had stretched a good analogy a bit too far."
Which is exactly what you've accused me of, but I still stand by it - we are dealing with cultism in a myriad of forms.
I'm (naturally) happy you're getting it, finally, except for the fact you don't give me any credit for setting you on the right road.
Despite our disagreements over style, I still write posts lauding you - and will continue to do so - but hope, one day, you'll talk to me directly (without hostility) about where you're heading. It's nice you're taking these baby-steps my way, but, man, I want to see you run!
You're a better writer than I, with a lot more influence for now, so the potential of you having a real impact - when fully vetted on what you're dealing with - is unfathomable.
You're a doctor, and as one of the many targets of these cultists (as I am) I have always been concerned about what they're doing to your profession - just as I've been concerned, should I ever need medical care, I'm not faced with a group of them instead of someone like you. We need each other - we're on the same side - and, in my opinion, together we can nip this particular problem in the bud. But first, we have to agree A) what the problem is - which, as this post proves, is happening - and B) how to realistically address it.
I hope we can.
You ought to do a post on these guys - they deserve it.
By The Crack Emcee (not verified) on 18 Feb 2012 #permalink
For example, prosperity theology has a lot in common with The Secret, except that you don't get good things by thinking about them and wishing really hard for them. Rather, you get good things by thinking about them and praying real hard for them. One could look at God as being the intermediary or tool in prosperity theology who provides good things to those who believe whereas in The Secret it's the universe that somehow magically manifests our thoughts and "attracts" to us what we want.
I think the concept you're looking for -- the one that ties together alternative medicine, woo, The Secret, religion, and God -- is that of the "supernatural."
Although there are a lot of definitions of that term out there, I think the best ones concentrate not on distinguishing between inside and outside of 'nature' (or what can or can't be known through science), but on distinguishing between the basic characteristics of natural and supernatural: how does it view the Mental?
Is every mental thing entirely caused by fundamentally nonmental things, and entirely dependent on nonmental things for its existence? That's naturalism. It's both the conclusion and working theory of science.
Or are at least some mental things irreducible to nonmental things? Are thoughts a kind of force? Are values a type of field? Is consciousness a primary element of the cosmos and intentionality an active power? Do emotions themselves have impact and is 'agency' something that exists and acts apart from physical matter? Does God exist?
That's supernaturalism. That's what the supernatural is -- non-material, irreducible mental Being, beings, or forces which exist apart from and/or âaboveâ the material realm, do not obey common physical laws, and which affect the natural world through the direct power of intentions or values. The category includes: disembodied souls, ghosts, ESP, psychokenesis, magical correspondences, vitalism, karma, prana, God, cosmic consciousness, mind as "energy force," a universal tendency towards the harmonic balance of Good and Evil, progressive evolution towards Higher States, Nature as creative benevolence, mind/body substance dualism, holistic nonmaterialistic monism -- and virtually every form of 'energy' medicine.
The definition excludes pretty much everything we've discovered through science -- all the stuff that's noncontroversial. Supernaturalists agree with naturalism ... and then add on. And they bring in explanations that don't cohere with what else we know.
"Religion" is any system which describes how one ought to work with or relate to the supernatural. Yes, religions involves faith and rituals and communities -- but without the supernatural element, it's not a religion.
I think some forms of alternative medicine (and the groups which promote them) come close to being religions. But most of them do -- sooner or later -- end up involving the supernatural. There's an emphasis put on the primary concept of Pure Mentality.
By Sastra (not verified) on 18 Feb 2012 #permalink
It's useful to compare placebo hype to the "Law of Attraction" nonsense. However, since placebo interventions have been shown to affect behavioral responses (see, for example, balanced placebo design research on alcohol effects), it's not true that placebo only has subjective or symptomatic effects. But I think your point is really that placebo has not been shown to reverse pathological changes and that's an important point to continue to make.
By William M. London (not verified) on 18 Feb 2012 #permalink
William M. London,
However, since placebo interventions have been shown to affect behavioral responses... it's not true that placebo only has subjective or symptomatic effects.
That's nitpicking, surely. A subjective or symptomatic effect can lead to a behavioral response. Someone waving a gun in my face will lead to subjective effects, measurable physiological changes and a behavioral response, I guarantee it. Are the effects of a placebo qualitatively different?
The important question is whether lying to patients can do anything useful that a sympathetic chat or a walk in the sunshine, for example, can't do. I haven't seen any convincing evidence that it can.
I was thinking more along the lines of samskara chitta. Should've put 'wants' in scare quotes, I suppose.
@ Sastra:
I like to think that medical woo is attractive to those who haven't an inkling about the workings of physiology, biology et al and supernaturalistic woo is tolerated by those without any understanding of psychology: I especially mean phenomena that reflect memory, learning, personality. People have *soul mates* rather than similar attitudes; your basic outlook is formed via astrological allignments or past lives; rather than looking at people's abilities at understanding others, precognition or thought transfer is invoked; ghosts reign rather than events triggered by memory, attachment or loss.
Hilariously, a older guy who believes in this nonsense explained my own interests in Asian art, food etc by my past lives! Because I've evil, I concocted a short story about the Raj where I, a young wife, dis-enchanted with my rigidly proper husband- a Major- fell in love with a young Indian student. This tale was elaborated with images of bright turquoise saris wafting in the breeze, temples carved with undulating voluptuous *devas*, servants preparing spices and observing the monsoons as I smelled sandalwood incense burning... He believed that I had had a glimpse into a past life! I told him it was fabricated of parts of movies and images of art. He didn't believe me.
Re. past lives, I find it very interesting that there are so many "dukes" and so few "dustmen." Everyone was previously a prince or a princess, but nobody ever seems to have been a tradesman or a common worker.
Some years ago I had a friend who was a New Ager and who had the irksome habit of cracking his knuckles, the sound of which I find highly annoying. Politely asking him to stop didn't have much of an effect, so one day I said, "Please don't do that. In a past life I was a common thief who was hanged by the neck until dead, and *that sound* was the last thing I heard." Guess what? He stopped! Yes, and I can only imagine what must have gone through his head upon hearing that a friend had been a *common thief* in a past life, there being so few people who admit to such lowly origins.
One can do "interesting" psychotherapy without recourse to woo. I've heard that there are New Age therapists who use hypnosis to enable their clients to "access their past lives." Clearly what's going on here is that their patients are imagining stories that feel personally meaningful and relevant to their wellbeing. If it works (in the sense of providing insight and improvement), great, but one can remove the nonsense and keep the useful parts.
One could as easily tell patients this: "We're going to use hypnosis to give your imagination access to a wide range of your life experiences, including art, music, and fiction that you've found moving. From this, you'll begin to develop stories and narratives that provide insight, a sense of meaning, and goals."
Though, there is something to be said for psychologists making use of their patients' own belief systems, so long as those belief systems are not harmful. If a patient believes in a deity or a demon-haunted world, "fine, whatever," the psychologist's task isn't to deprogram them of every last shred of their own nonsense, but to help them learn new ways of thinking and acting that are healthier for them.
Supernatural: "existing outside of nature." Thus, "not amenable to scientific method."
To my mind, for something to not be amenable to scientific method, it needs to be completely unfalsifiable or have inherent and insurmountable confounds. Most of the examples that are typically given, fail that definition. One that remains is the question of the deity, which as normally conceived, is a being who is omniscient and omnipotent. Such a being would be able to confound any experiment to test its existence, therefore no such experiment can be valid, therefore the question of a deity is outside the scope of science. Strictly speaking this gets us agnosticism, though for those who set their thresholds such that "all propositions not supported as true are necessarily false," it leads to atheism.
Though, certain theories in physics, such as the Many Worlds theory (Everett et. al.) and some elements of string theory, are effectively unfalsifiable by any empirical experiment. Conventionally this doesn't make them "supernatural," only perhaps "metaphysical." Hmm...
Woo Watch dep't.: I was at Whole Foods the other day, buying groceries. There at the checkout line I noticed a display for Oscillococcinum (sp?), a "homeopathic medicine." I read the verbiage on the display and burst out laughing. The gal at the checkout asked what's so funny, and in order to not hold up the line, all I said was "oh, nothing, it would take too long to explain..."
By g724 (not verified) on 18 Feb 2012 #permalink
There is a significant difference between "The Secret" and suchlike wishful thinking, and "the Prosperity Gospel."
The Secret is true. At least true in the sense that attention affects perception, and if you establish an explicit goal of whatever kind, you'll be more likely to perceive (or be consciously aware of perceiving) things that are relevant to your goal.
The underlying principle was first revealed to me by none other than an elementary school teacher, in a lesson about vocabulary: once you learn a new word, you're more likely to notice the word popping up often in your reading. A lightbulb went on in my head that generalized to: when you pay more attention to something, you're more likely to notice it.
How anyone could impute guru-like wisdom to someone for something so obvious, is beyond me. Perhaps if it's festooned with nonsense it looks more important...?
Prosperity Gospel on the other hand, is downright pernicious. Basically it comes down to the idea that God favors faith with economic reward. The converse is that those who are economically deprived are lacking in faith and being punished by God. And the corollary is that humans should not "coddle" those who God seeks to punish.
What's pernicious about this, is that it provides an excuse for believers to have utter disregard and contempt for the poor, and rationalize their attitude by claiming it to be a reflection of divine principle.
And this in turn translates to support for public policies that also treat the poor with callousness and cruelty. To my mind that's worse that teaching creationism in biology classes: creationism merely makes people stupid, but the application of the Prosperity Gospel in public policy makes people hungry and homeless.
Anyone who's interested can go to http://www.talk2action.org , which is an expert-level site for discussion of religious extremism. Many of the regulars there are conventionally religious, but all are opposed to religious extremism influencing public policy. When you study this stuff in any detail, you'll also begin to notice the prevalence of religious right buzzwords in certain political campaigns.
No wonder the world is more religious than ever. The skeptical community has little to offer common people other than diatribes about how "terribly stupid" and "ignorant of science" the poor dears must be if they deign to disagree with them (the only!) great skeptics.
Until more articulate skeptics emerge who have an understanding of the human psyche and it's need to endlessly project order onto the seemingly disordered--humanity will continue to be bamboozled. Yes, duped, lied to, and misled by the shamans, the priests, the charlatans and idiots who sell religion, superstition, lies, and woo-woo medicine. Ugh.
Even for a die-hard skeptic like me it would be much more fun to live with a Christian priest and a New Age fortune teller for a year than deal with most of you self-obsessed control freaks for five minutes.
--Annoyed Skeptic
p.s. Are you the same people who get on forums and blather about your IQs, adding twenty points to your score, then dismissing IQ tests as "silly"? I thought so.
By Lucia (not verified) on 19 Feb 2012 #permalink
No wonder the world is more religious than ever.
Really? More than ever?
The skeptical community has little to offer common people other than diatribes about how "terribly stupid" and "ignorant of science" the poor dears must be if they deign to disagree with them (the only!) great skeptics.
So, you decided to come to the defense of people you scornfully labeled as "common", and went on a broadly insulting diatribe which accused the skeptics of engaging in insulting diatribes. No wonder the world is more skeptical than ever.
No wonder why the skeptical community is more skeptical than ever. Our little community is concerned that seemingly intelligent people are terribly stupid and ignorant of science.
I for one, and other "regulars", appreciate our more articulate skeptics. We all try to understand the human psyche that wastes its time and energies on the shamans, priests and charlatans. It's nice to have fellow travelers to partake of the skeptical inquiry.
"Even for a die-hard skeptic like me it would be much more fun to live with a Christian priest and a New Age fortune teller for a year than deal with most of you self-obsessed control freaks for five minutes."
I doubt that you are a die-hard skeptic and if you want think it would be fun to live with a Christian priest and a New Age fortune teller...be my guest. How would one be able to tell the difference between a Christian priest and a fortune teller?
p.s. Are you the same person who is a hit and run poster who posts on Respectful Insolence...and makes assumptions that any of the "regulars" here blather about our IQs, adding twenty points to our score?
p.p.s. The last poster here who bragged about his Mensa membership got a good dose of derision from the skeptics. Do you usually ask a question...then reply to your own question? I thought so.
By lilady (not verified) on 19 Feb 2012 #permalink
"No wonder the world is more religious than ever. "
So before I worry about any of the rest of your rant, perhaps you might want to provide non-assertive justification for this claim. Since your entire complaint with the behavior of skeptics hinges on your belief that the world is more religious than ever, I would presume you have an iron-clad basis for believing that, and aren't just basing it on something like "your perception.". I mean, a RE sketic like you would never base their opinions on something so subjective, right?
By Marry Me, Mindy (not verified) on 19 Feb 2012 #permalink
BTW, Lucia, if you didn't catch my drift in the post above, I'll summarize:
"I'm calling your bluff, punk. Put up or shut up"
I think Lucia cemented passive aggressive post AND concern troll of the week with that post. I don't think she'd be much of a joy to live with either.
Lucia, the fact that you demand anything other than derision for a concept as plainly idiotic as THE SECRET shows you aren't much of a skeptic at all.
By Thom Denick (not verified) on 19 Feb 2012 #permalink
@ g724:
I like *your* past life! About the psychotherapeutic angles, I do believe that using writing and art to provide insight was briefly popular amongst a few reality-based therapists for a while ( UK & US)- when people still had money ( 1970s-1980s). Notice that my own *creation* ain't no duchess- but an Orientalist/ Sensualist c. 1930's ( she had great outfits -btw-) altho' it deliberately doesn't provide insight into *my* psyche because my family background involves the breaking of traditions more than the upholding of them. One of those *interesting* families.
Actually, I *am* fun- I constantly get invited to soirees, salons, benefits, gallery openings, tennis matches, dining parties and Irish pubs ( and I'm not even Irish).
More seriously: what are sceptics for, anyway? We express our dis-satisfaction at what seems to be an alarming drift towards unrealistic ideas about medicine and general science that will make other peoples lives *worse* and simultaneously enrich irresponsible poseurs who offer *pretend* science. So why us? Why speak out to lurkers?
I survey alt med "new media" ( websites, internet radio) that have many followers: the audiences seem hungry for information that will affect important areas in their lives- especially health. I then observe un-scrupulous manipulators- who don't have a decent basic background in life and social sciences- HOLD ON-
Skeptic evangelism. Out to save society and each individual by "fixing" them. If they only knew science then they'd be happy and the world would be a better place.
We're heading toward utopia through technology if those pesky musl.. er, luddites will just be gone.
Not much different than religion. Just a different god.
- OK- you might witness a nearly un-educated yokel carry on about how the medical Establishment is *all* wrong and offer up protocols and dietary regimes as "cures". Another idiot will rant about how people can *improve* their cognition while preaching a political doctrine that works against general education. Another, an actual *doctor*, gives bad medical advice. People eat this garbage up and laud its perpetrators.
A significant portion of the general public- through no fault of their own- can't 'see through' the ruses and braggadocio to spy the hard sell techniques. They believe that they are hearing *real* science and criticism that will *benefit* them . They believe the wretched conspiracy-mongering that provides the scaffolding that supports alt med.
Who I am? Someone who has a good education and would like to share. In an era of cost-cutting and busy schedules, most adults can't afford to "go back to school"- I believe that sceptics can provide an *alternative* to altmed, pseudo-psych, New Age meanderings and woo-ful economics.And we're on the web- scene of the aforementioned crimes.
Seriously, who came up with the ridiculous idea that skeptics can't have fun or enjoy life?
Oh, wait, that's right: It was fabricated for propaganda purposes. It's easy to demonize us as "the other," and ignore our humanity by taking biased samples and assuming that if a person is angry about one issue, they're always angry about everything at all times.
On the opposite side, if you actually bother to read what skeptics write instead of what non-skeptics say about us, you'll see that we recognize that people are people. People make mistakes, especially in desperate times. The problem is when someone uses excuses and defense mechanisms to avoid learning from their mistakes and the mistakes of others. We recognize that we're fallible like everyone else, therefore we try to uphold certain standards designed to counteract our human flaws. We try not to lower those standards for ourselves, so why should we lower them for others?
By Bronze Dog (not verified) on 19 Feb 2012 #permalink
Of course CAM treatments can have physiological effects - it's not all just boring pills, you know. I was once given 1 session of some sort of exotic aromatherapy-massage as a gift - the sort of thing that is marketed as both a nice relaxing spa treatment and at the same time, a cure for various health problems. It was quite... interesting. I was told to undress down to my underwear and lie face down on a padded table. Then the therapist (a pretty, athletic young woman; barefoot in shorts and a sleeveless top) got up on the table with me and proceded to give me a very vigorous massage not just with her hands, but also her arms and feet/legs. I feel pretty confident that treatment had a physiological effect - or several. Still doesn't make it a cure for cancer. But perhaps it might cure a headache ;)
By amhovgaard (not verified) on 19 Feb 2012 #permalink
Lucia, Lucia, she whose name means light. Won't you please enlighten us with more of your dreary stereotypes of the cold, socially awkward, self-absorbed, humorless, insecure skeptic? You left out the part about us ranting away in our parent's basements. These messy, subterranean lairs, where we sit, with our geasy, unkempt hair, all unfit and pasty, surrounded by old homebuilt PCs and a cadre of sullen, indifferent cats. This, of course, is the only world we know since we have no "real" friends. Our ancient, long-suffering parents bring us hot pockets and Red Bulls from time to time, and we only get off the internet to watch The Big Bang Theory. Don't forget to mention that our main form of exercise is stepping over empty energy drink cans, fast food containers and piles of porn on our way to the bathroom. Did I leave anything out o illuminated one? We're all Libertarians? Mysogynists? Male? Have tape on our glasses? Pocket liners?
--Humbled (by your blazing insight) Skeptic
By Pareidolius (not verified) on 19 Feb 2012 #permalink
What this thread is trying to get at is the distinction between discussions *within* a given community, and discussions between that community *and the public at-large.*
This blog is "within" the skeptic community. As far as I can tell it doesn't have any intention to communicate directly to the general public about these issues: only to equip people here to do so in other forums where we may hang out. When we post in those places we modify our language to deal with the local social realities.
For example in a Daily Kos (progressive Democrats) posting on one health issue or another, I saw someone comment that they were taking homeopathic remedies for something (arthritis pain?) and found them beneficial. OK, now I can choose to a) go on a rant about how homeopathy is silly nonsense for nincompoops, or I can b) leave the situation alone. I chose (b), because it's not my job to tell someone that their placebos are no good, and thereby deprive them of the benefits of a placebo effect that's working for them. However I did post comments favorable to pharmacology, with the deliberate intent of attracting more "undecideds" to go that route.
Each of us has to judge, in our interactions with the general public, what stands to take and where, and how to go about it. Each of us also has variations in our own beliefs about whatever-it-is, and variations in our rank-ordering of the importance of promoting those beliefs in various forums.
For example it may surprise some of you to find out that I believe that the findings of Jahn & Dunne, Targ & Puthoff, and Krippner & Ullman (among others) are valid and that "psi" phenomena are physically real and will eventually be found to have mechanisms that are within the paradigms of the physical and biological sciences. However I'm not going to argue that case here because it would stir up a needless stinkypoo and get exactly nowhere. It's more productive to cooperate on the items on which I agree with the local culture here, and leave the other stuff to other forums.
So about the skeptic stereotypes. The less-than-skillful use of language is relevant here. For example how often do you hear people use the phrase "the cold hard facts"...? That's not objective language, it's emotionally loaded, in a manner that's aversive to most readers. How'bout "the warm fuzzy facts" instead, eh? I guarantee that if you start using the phrase "the warm and fuzzy facts," you'll make progress with people who associate "cold and hard" with various other forms of unpleasantness.
Take a look at Carl Sagan, whose use of language, and significantly, nonverbal communication such as tone of voice, were brilliant. He was a master at evoking the sense of awe and wonder in reference to astronomy and space exploration: emotions that are more commonly associated with religion. In doing so he undoubtedly offered a path into the scientific paradigm for many who might otherwise not have gone there.
Here's a core truth about humans: they don't seek validation of their *ideas,* they seek validation of their *emotions.* The way to shift someone's ideas about anything is not to attack their emotions, but to validate the emotions and associate them with a different set of ideas. You can try this in everyday life: do the proverbial experiment and see what happens.
g724: Not to stir up a stinkypoo about your endorsement of telepathy, but just to point out the wonderfully warm, cuddly and fuzzy fact (or is the correct word hypothesis?) that if telepathy were real we wouldn't be arguing about it or running endless lab tests to see if it exists. It would be such an evolutionary useful sense to have that we'd all be using it, same as we already use our eyes and ears.
By sophia8 (not verified) on 19 Feb 2012 #permalink
Communicating with the general public is no walk in the park: I worked for/ with a few non-profits and had to sometimes speak or write. Cold, hard vs warm, fuzzy?: the *raison d'etre* was getting information out to those who had very poor ideas about issues that affected them profoundly. You've heard the phrase "urban legends": mis-information can often reach frightening levels of mythologising.
I survey woo-meisters because I have seen up close how bad information can harm people( e.g. STDs, SMI): woo involves the deliberate structuring of myth from outside a community- which might already have a few tales growing on its own- with the goal of diverting people from SBM towards products( including media) that directly financially reward the perpetrator. SBM is not merely a philosophy but a means by which people can learn to avoid *harm*- i.e. the consequences of entirely preventable serious STDs or un-treated SMI.
RI is an exceedingly genteel arena than that which I have formerly encountered. Also sceptic-to-sceptic talk -with an occasional intrusive dose of bally fol-de-rol from an outsider- allows us to look at others' paths and trade war stories. Diverse skills and proclivities lead to different approaches.
Re. Sophia8 at 49: The brief summary of findings is that psi has a small effect size that is statistically persistent. Hypothetically, any perceptual or cognitive ability that has that profile, could confer a slight selection advantage and persist over the course of evolution. But I'm not going to go down the digression trail here on that subject; the point was to illustrate that individuals within the science-based or reality-based community often differ in their "accept" and "reject" thresholds for various phenomena and hypotheses.
Reality-based / science-based, is not a monolith with automatic orthodoxy that can be taken for granted. Each of us weighs evidence and comes to conclusions, and they may not always agree with everyone else. IMHO that's a good thing because it prevents stagnation of ideas and occasionally results in an expansion of knowledge.
Re. Denise Walter at 50: Yes, and when the issue is public health, nonsense sprints like a hare and the facts crawl like a tortoise: anti-vaccine quackery being the most egregious example at the moment (pox parties and mailing of infectious material included). The key to this is, people tend to accept ideas that are presented in a manner that validates their emotions and creates a sense of belonging to a defined social group.
Very often, the reason that BS is propagated isn't for the financial benefit of the woo-meisters, but for the *emotional* benefit or reinforcement of "true believers." This dynamic functions similarly to religious proselytizing: the reason someone wants you to join their extremist church, or not-vaccinate your kid, or take some magic potion rather than medicine, isn't that they're seeking to make money off you, but that they're seeking emotional and social reinforcement.
To be quite clear about this: I'm active in a number of public forums and it frustrates the hell out of me to have to pander to emotionalism, irrationalism, and the myriad forms of socially-reinforced BS that are circulating out there. It would be a great thing if people eagerly sought out the facts and the supported hypotheses, and willingly (eagerly, dammit!:-) changed their beliefs and emotional reinforcers accordingly. It's most probable that the relevant characteristics of humans are in part innate and in part socialized, and what we have to work with are the latter: the items that can be affected by education and media.
I'd be interested in hearing more about the approaches you found actually worked in persuading people to deal with STDs and SMIs, and about the communities in which those approaches worked.
I agree that effective communication requires understanding the context and the desired outcome and not just blasting away with both barrels (unless that's what you think will work).
As for PSU, I thought they were onto something for a while too but taking a course in meta analysis disabused me of that notion. PSI is only statistically significant when you employ meta analyses over decades. Even if the effects weren't basically artifacts of the creative use of meta analyses, the results they've reported are incredibly weak and would be less than useless in any real world application. Besides, any mechanism for it to work is utterly improbable even though I wish it were real.
Talking about "The Secret" I think if it works at all, it works only on placebo and nothing else. But let's not take hope from these people. They need illusions to feel good. This is what I observe among my "Secret-Is-Awesome" friends.
By Rados P (not verified) on 20 Feb 2012 #permalink
"a response to the growing body of evidence in so-called "complementary and alternative medicine" (CAM) "
Funny how you're always talking about evidence, Orac, when you come from a medical specialty (surgery) that requires zero to little evidence.
Talk about the the pot smoking itself silly and shooting its own credibility in the foot. Lol.
By carO (not verified) on 24 Feb 2012 #permalink
...and it's also funny that all your supporters are smoking the same batch because there's not an objectively critical one among them that get this.
Citation for this bizarre idea of yours?
By Antaeus Feldspar (not verified) on 24 Feb 2012 #permalink
Didn't realize did ya, Foolgold. Thanks for proving my point.
medical specialty (surgery) that requires zero to little evidence
All those thousands of controlled studies looking at different surgical techniques for everything from transplant surgery to cosmetic surgery I think I can see on PubMed must be mere hallucinations.
There goes another irony meter. Why don't you check you have your facts right before making yourself look like a complete idiot like that? Lol indeed.
No country has set up a systematic program for evaluating new surgeries = lack of regulation = lack of science-based evidence.
Read again: the FDA regulates drugs, devices, and many tests, but it does not control how doctors use them and has NO CONTROL OVER SURGERIES.
Lack of strong oversight means doctors often have limited information about procedures and products used for years. One surgeon complained, "Device makers could sell us a piece of curtain and call it surgical mesh and we wouldn't know the difference." http://discovermagazine.com/2010/nov/11-the-problem-with-medicine-don.t…
Ya talk as if you're one who know, but ya don't. That's called feld talk.
Krebidiot,
Publishing a study means little if there's no regulatory body to evaluate the efficacy of the treatment.
I don't understand why you guys like to prove my point over and over...ad nauseum...
Thanks for the "high" school arguments. Good bye.
Do you really think that follows logically? There is no lack of science-based evidence in surgery and there are dozens of professional regulatory bodies that provide standards of practice for surgeons based on that evidence. If a surgeon does not adhere to those standards he or she can be sued, or just like any other doctor.
I have been involved in research into the relative effectiveness of different surgical techniques myself, so please don't tell me science-based evidence for surgery doesn't exist.
If you are complaining that doctors in general and surgeons in particular do not practice science based medicine as much as they should, and that this should be better regulated, I agree with you. Perhaps you haven't noticed that Orac has been advocating just this for years.
lack of regulation = lack of science-based evidence
There's no regulatory body for basic physics, chemistry, or biology. Does that mean that none of that research is science-based either?
By Mephistopheles… (not verified) on 25 Feb 2012 #permalink
Not by me or anyone else in the English-speaking world. The usual term is bullshit.
Of which your comment is an excellent example.
By TBruce (not verified) on 25 Feb 2012 #permalink
I see the Orac sycophants are still arguing against fact.
"A panel of experts convened in 2007 by the prestigious Institute of Medicine estimated that âwell below halfâ of the procedures doctors perform and the decisions they make about surgeries...have been adequately investigated and shown to be effective. The rest are based on a combination of guesswork, theory, and tradition, with a strong dose of marketing by drug and device companies."
= woo.
Enjoy your inability (ineptitude) to be objective of the facts, you woo-loving crank hypocrites.
By Jack carOrac (not verified) on 25 Feb 2012 #permalink
Mephistopheles O'Why-bother-answering...
"There's no regulatory body for basic physics, chemistry, or biology. Does that mean that none of that research is science-based either?"
You obviously don't understand the role of the FDA, as it applies to surgery.
TBrutus,
Great argument...pure opinion, zero facts or citations.
"this should be better regulated"
...you mean regulated at all.
"Orac has been advocating just this for years."
Please. Open your eyes of bias, if at all possible. What is the ratio of rants for greater-advocacy-for-surgery-regulation articles vs rants against CAM? At a very conservative estimate, probably 1:100+.
When someone is objective, there's equitable focus given to all aspects.
Great to see that critical thinking is still endangered and growing here.
Sock puppets alert...this blog reeks of smelly socks.
CarOWhatever - I'm not arguing the state of surgery today or its regulation. You made a statement that, in essence, there is no useful science without a (government) regulating body. I dispute this.
Jack carOrac/carO,
I see the Orac sycophants are still arguing against fact. "A panel of experts convened in 2007 by the prestigious Institute of Medicine estimated that âwell below halfâ of the procedures doctors perform and the decisions they make about surgeries...have been adequately investigated and shown to be effective. The rest are based on a combination of guesswork, theory, and tradition, with a strong dose of marketing by drug and device companies."
So the goalposts move and "zero to little evidence" has now increased to "well below half" of surgical decisions have been shown to be effective. Where do these "facts" come from? Discover Magazine it seems. Do you have a citation for the IoM report written by a panel of experts? The only publication by the IoM I can find that fits the description is the Evidence-Based Medicine and the Changing Nature of Healthcare: Meeting Summary (IOM Roundtable on Evidence-Based Medicine) which says nothing at all about clinical decisions being based on guesswork or tradition. It does state the IoM's goal is that:
By the year 2020, 90 percent of clinical decisions will be supported by accurate, timely, and up-to-date clinical information, and will reflect the best available evidence.
Which sounds like a good idea to me.
Try providing some facts from a peer reviewed journal and perhaps we could have an objective discussion about them.
The Discovery Magazine article you link to and refer to was written by Jeanne Lenzer & Shannon Brownlee who have written articles attacking science-based medicine before, one of which was discussed here some time ago - use the search box top left. Of this article Orac concluded "In the 25 years I've been a subscriber, I've never seen such a credulous, irresponsible piece of "journalism" appear in The Atlantic." They do seem to be adept at cherry-picking evidence and distorting it to fit their preconceptions. For example they complain that there is little RCT evidence for using warfarin for clotting disorders, yet they link to a Cochrane review that discusses the reasons for the lack of such evidence, and agrees that it would be unethical to do such clinical trials. Cochrane says:
First, the option of early mobilization and supportive care alone as an alternative to a widely-established therapy for a potentially life-threatening condition would most likely be unacceptable to institutional review boards and to prospective subjects. Second, a large number of subjects would be needed to detect all clinically important differences in safety and efficacy.
It concludes that:
Physicians have based their practice on their interpretation of secondary evidence such as trials comparing anticoagulation versus placebo after initial anticoagulation, short versus long term anticoagulation,
rapid versus delayed initiation of anticoagulation, and low molecular weight heparin versus unfractionated heparin. The evidence from this review cannot be used to argue for or against a change in practice.
This is hardly evidence that warfarin is an ineffective or dangerous treatment, is it? That's just one example of several similar misleading statements.
As I understand it, the FDA has no regulatory role over surgery. That doesn't mean that surgery is unregulated. Try setting up an operating theater in your basement and you will rapidly discover this.
Krebidiot, "this should be better regulated" ...you mean regulated at all.
Loving the hilarious nickname, you are obviously halfway to being quite a wit. There is board certification, and the professional bodies I mentioned that also have a regulatory role, and any hospital that has operating theaters will have protocols for introducing new surgical techniques based on published evidence. It is nonsense to suggest surgery is unregulated.
"Orac has been advocating just this for years." Please. Open your eyes of bias, if at all possible. What is the ratio of rants for greater-advocacy-for-surgery-regulation articles vs rants against CAM? At a very conservative estimate, probably 1:100+.
Orac can write about what he likes. It's his blog and he writes about things that capture his interest. I don't remember him arguing against improved regulation for surgery and other medical specialties. He has certainly written about improving regulation and use of SBM in several areas of medicine.
No there isn't, this is a blog, not a textbook of medical practice. Where has Orac argued against better regulation of surgery, or suggested that there is no problem? That would be unobjective. Your objections are just an elaborate tu quoque fallacy.
You haven't displayed any at all yourself. Have you looked at PubMed to see how many papers are published on surgery every year, providing an evidence base for practice? Do you understand the regulatory role of board certification or of professional bodies like American Board of Surgery (ABS), the American College of Surgeons (ACS), the American Surgical Association (ASA), the Association of Program Directors in Surgery (APDS), the Association for Surgical Education (ASE), and the Residency Review Committee for Surgery of the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education(RRC-S)? Me neither, but their existence and a brief perusal of their briefs demonstrates that your claims that surgery lacks an evidence base and is unregulated is nonsense.
I wonder where carO and his/her sockpuppets came up with the notion that:
Really? On what basis can you justify this? What is "all aspects" anyway?
One can objectively examine any issue at any level, as long as one is putting aside one's own biases (which you appear to fail to do) at the outset and critically review the evidence.
I think you are confusing what "objective" means and replacing it with some false notion of balance or fairness.
By Composer99 (not verified) on 28 Feb 2012 #permalink
Turning out the lights and moving on: Goodbye, old ScienceBlogs blog, hello new blog
Today is the last day that ScienceBlogs will exist. Sometime today the site will go into read-only mode. A few days later, it will disappear completely from the Internet. It's a sad thing to contemplate after all these years. Whatever happened later, I will always be grateful for the start in…
A quick update on the migration to a new domain
Here's a brief update on the move, announced last week. Things are progressing, and most of my old material has been transferred to the new blog, which is located at respectfulinsolence.com. Of course, there are still some things to tweak and fix, which is why, given how insanely busy this week is…
A change is gonna come. Respectful Insolence is moving.
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And the box of blinky lights has arrived in Manchester for QEDCon
As you probably noticed, I didn't manage a post yesterday. Nor did I manage one today, other than this. That's because I was busy preparing for QEDCon, where I will be on a panel and giving a talk, and, of course, putting together my talk. As I write this, I'm horrendously jet lagged; so I probably…
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QEDCon is fast approaching (indeed, I can't believe I have to leave for Manchester tomorrow night), and because my talk there will be about the phenomenon of "integrative medicine," I've been thinking a lot about it. As I put together my slides, I can't help but see my talk evolving to encompass…
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Nanoscale Quantum Sensors Image Stress and Magnetism at High Pressures
TOPICS:DOEElectricityLawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryNanotechnologyParticle Physics
By DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory December 13, 2019
At left, natural diamonds glow under ultraviolet light owing to their various nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers. At right, a schematic depicting the diamond anvils in action, with NV centers in the bottom anvil. The NV sensors glow a brilliant shade of red when excited with laser light. By probing the brightness of this fluorescence, the researchers were able to see how the sensors responded to small changes in their environment. Credit: Norman Yao/Berkeley Lab; Ella Marushchenko
Tiny Quantum Sensors Made From Atomic Flaws Inside Diamond Anvils Watch Materials Transform Under Pressure
Scientists at Berkeley Lab, UC Berkeley convert diamonds’ atomic flaws into atomic sensors with front-row seats to a quantum world of materials under extreme pressure.
Since their invention more than 60 years ago, diamond anvil cells have made it possible for scientists to recreate extreme phenomena – such as the crushing pressures deep inside the Earth’s mantle – or to enable chemical reactions that can only be triggered by intense pressure, all within the confines of a laboratory apparatus that you can safely hold in the palm of your hand.
To develop new, high-performance materials, scientists need to understand how useful properties, such as magnetism and strength, change under such harsh conditions. But often, measuring these properties with enough sensitivity requires a sensor that can withstand the crushing forces inside a diamond anvil cell.
Since 2018, scientists at the Center for Novel Pathways to Quantum Coherence in Materials (NPQC), an Energy Frontier Research Center led by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), have sought to understand how the properties of electronic and optical materials can be harnessed to develop ultrasensitive sensors capable of measuring electric and magnetic fields.
Now, a team of scientists led by Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley, with support from the NPQC, have come up with a clever solution: By turning natural atomic flaws inside the diamond anvils into tiny quantum sensors, the scientists have developed a tool that opens the door to a wide range of experiments inaccessible to conventional sensors. Their findings, which were reported today (December 13, 2019) in the journal Science, have implications for a new generation of smart, designer materials, as well as the synthesis of new chemical compounds, atomically fine-tuned by pressure.
Co-lead authors Satcher Hsieh (left) and Chong Zu tune the laser of their imaging system. When excited by laser light, NV centers emit photons whose brightness informs researchers about the local environment that they are sensing. Credit: Marilyn Sargent/Berkeley Lab
Turning atomic flaws into sensors
At the atomic level, diamonds owe their sturdiness to carbon atoms bound together in a tetrahedral crystal structure. But when diamonds form, some carbon atoms can get bumped out of their “lattice site,” a space in the crystal structure that is like their assigned parking spot. When a nitrogen atom impurity trapped in the crystal sits adjacent to an empty site, a special atomic defect forms: a nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center.
Over the last decade, scientists have used NV centers as tiny sensors to measure the magnetism of a single protein, the electric field from a single electron, and the temperature inside a living cell, explained Norman Yao, faculty scientist in Berkeley Lab’s Materials Sciences Division and assistant professor of physics at UC Berkeley.
To take advantage of the NV centers’ intrinsic sensing properties, Yao and colleagues engineered a thin layer of them directly inside the diamond anvil in order to take a snapshot of the physics within the high-pressure chamber.
Imaging stress inside the diamond anvil cell
After generating a layer of NV center sensors a few hundred atoms in thickness inside one-tenth-carat diamonds, the researchers tested the NV sensors’ ability to measure the diamond anvil cell’s high-pressure chamber.
The sensors glow a brilliant shade of red when excited with laser light; by probing the brightness of this fluorescence, the researchers were able to see how the sensors responded to small changes in their environment.
What they found surprised them: The NV sensors suggested that the once-flat surface of the diamond anvil began to curve in the center under pressure.
Co-author Raymond Jeanloz, professor of earth and planetary science at UC Berkeley, and his team identified the phenomenon as “cupping” – a concentration of the pressure toward the center of the anvil tips.
A diamond anvil cell. By compressing a sample between these two opposing anvils, pressures greater than the center of the Earth can be achieved. Credit: Marilyn Sargent/Berkeley Lab
“They had known about this effect for decades but were accustomed to seeing it at 20 times the pressure, where you can see the curvature by eye,” Yao said. “Remarkably, our diamond anvil sensor was able to detect this tiny curvature at even the lowest pressures.”
There were other surprises, too. When a methanol/ethanol mixture they squeezed underwent a glass transition from a liquid to a solid, the diamond surface turned from a smooth bowl to a jagged, textured surface. Mechanical simulations performed by co-author Valery Levitas of Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory confirmed the result.
“This is a fundamentally new way to measure phase transitions in materials at high pressure, and we hope this can complement conventional methods that utilize powerful X-ray radiation from a synchrotron source,” said lead author Satcher Hsieh, a doctoral researcher in Berkeley Lab’s Materials Sciences Division and in the Yao Group at UC Berkeley.
Co-lead authors with Hsieh are graduate student researcher Prabudhya Bhattacharyya and postdoctoral researcher Chong Zu of the Yao Group at UC Berkeley.
Magnetism under pressure
In another experiment, the researchers used their array of NV sensors to capture a magnetic “snapshot” of iron and gadolinium.
Iron and gadolinium are magnetic metals. Scientists have long known that compressing iron and gadolinium can alter them from a magnetic phase to a nonmagnetic phase, an outcome of what scientists call a “pressure-induced phase transition.” In the case of iron, the researchers directly imaged this transition by measuring the depletion of the magnetic field generated by a micron-size (or one millionth of a meter) bead of iron inside the high-pressure chamber.
Co-lead author Satcher Hsieh preparing a sample to be compressed in the diamond anvil cell. Credit: Marilyn Sargent/Berkeley Lab
In the case of gadolinium, the researchers took a different approach. In particular, the electrons inside gadolinium “happily whiz around in random directions,” and this chaotic “mosh pit” of electrons generates a fluctuating magnetic field that the NV sensor can measure, Hsieh said.
The researchers noted that the NV center sensors can flip into different magnetic quantum states in the presence of magnetic fluctuations, much like how a compass needle spins in different directions when you wave a bar magnet near it.
So they postulated that by timing how long it took for the NV centers to flip from one magnetic state to another, they could characterize the gadolinium’s magnetic phase by measuring the magnetic “noise” emanating from the gadolinium electrons’ motion.
They found that when gadolinium is in a non-magnetic phase, its electrons are subdued, and its magnetic field fluctuations hence are weak. Subsequently, the NV sensors stay in a single magnetic quantum state for a long while – nearly a hundred microseconds.
Conversely, when the gadolinium sample changed to a magnetic phase, the electrons moved around rapidly, causing the nearby NV sensor to swiftly flip to another magnetic quantum state.
This sudden change provided clear evidence that gadolinium had entered a different magnetic phase, Hsieh said, adding that their technique allowed them to pinpoint magnetic properties across the sample with submicron precision as opposed to averaging over the entire high-pressure chamber as in previous studies.
From left: Co-lead authors Prabudhya Bhattacharyya, Chong Zu, and Satcher Hsieh. Credit: Marilyn Sargent/Berkeley Lab
The researchers hope that this “noise spectroscopy” technique will provide scientists with a new tool for exploring phases of magnetic matter that can be used as the foundation for smaller, faster, and cheaper ways of storing and processing data through next-generation ultrafast spintronic devices.
Now that they’ve demonstrated how to engineer NV centers into diamond anvil cells, the researchers plan to use their device to explore the magnetic behavior of superconducting hydrides – materials that conduct electricity without loss near room temperature at high pressure, which could revolutionize how energy is stored and transferred.
And they would also like to explore science outside of physics. “What’s most exciting to me is that this tool can help so many different scientific communities,” says Hsieh. “It’s sprung up collaborations with groups ranging from high-pressure chemists to Martian paleomagnetists to quantum materials scientists.”
Reference: “Imaging stress and magnetism at high pressures using a nanoscale quantum sensor” by S. Hsieh, P. Bhattacharyya, C. Zu, T. Mittiga, T. J. Smart, F. Machado, B. Kobrin, T. O. Höhn, N. Z. Rui, M. Kamrani, S. Chatterjee, S. Choi, M. Zaletel, V. V. Struzhkin, J. E. Moore, V. I. Levitas, R. Jeanloz and N. Y. Yao, 13 December 2019, Science.
DOI: 10.1126/science.aaw4352
Researchers from Berkeley Lab; UC Berkeley; Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich, Germany; Iowa State University; Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, D.C.; and Ames Laboratory participated in the work.
This work was supported by the Center for Novel Pathways to Quantum Coherence in Materials, an Energy Frontier Research Center funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science. Additional funding was provided by the Army Research Office and the National Science Foundation.
Additional Information: The December 13, 2019, issue of Science features two complementary studies about NV-based magnetic sensing at high pressures as well as a Perspective article:
Magnetic Measurements on Micrometer-Sized Samples Under High Pressure Using Designed NV Centers
Measuring Magnetic Field Texture in Correlated Electron Systems Under Extreme Conditions
Extreme Diamond-Based Quantum Sensors
Scientists Reveal How Diamonds Can Bend and Stretch
Engineers Clear a Path Toward Better Quantum Computers and Nanoscale Sensors
Nanoscale Sensors Help See How Pressure Alters the Physical, Chemical and Electronic Properties of Matter
Researchers Improve Spin Coherence Time of Nitrogen Vacancy Centers
Quantum Information is Preserved for Longer than a Second at Room Temperature
Researchers Perform Logic Operation and Error Correction in a Quantum Register
Researchers Observe What Happens During a Quantum Phase Transition
New Technique Could Benefit Diamond-Based Quantum Computers
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3DCreative: Issue 052 - December 2009 (Download Only)
First up this month we are all very excited to be able to present you with an Interview with the character developer who has worked on projects like Fantastic Four, 300 and Journey to the Centre of the Earth 3D, the one and only Cesar Dacol Jr. In his interview we find out how it was to make the transition from make - up effects to computer based work.
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3DCreative: Issue 050 - October 2009 (Download Only)
This month we have a very special interview with Blur character modeling supervisor, Sze Jones. Having worked on characters such as Aeon Flux, BloodRayne and Lara Croft, Sze has a portfolio that is guaranteed to impress.
3DCreative: Issue 047 - July 2009 (Download Only)
Our biggest new project to get your teeth stuck into this month is our Next Gen Character Creation Series, in which we have some great talents in the forms of Joseph Harford, James Busby, Gavin Goulden and John Hayes writing for you a six-part series on how to create a next gen character in 3ds Max (Joe), LightWave (James), Maya (Gavin) and last but not least, modo (John). The first chapter in the series is all about the low-res base mesh, which our artists knock up using ZSpheres in ZBrush and then proceed into the various software packages to clean it up in preparation for part two of the series: the high-res sculpt.
3DCreative: Issue 046 - June 2009 (Download Only)
This issue has a running theme of hybrid creatures born of the cross between man and beast. You'll find these beasties scattered through the magazine in all shapes, forms and sizes. We have a Bird-Man tutorial created by the very talented artist, Bruno Melo; we see two artists speed sculpt their way to creating Minotaur characters in the Speed Sculpting section; we find a fantastic Making Of article on the production of the charismatic Poker Master by David Moratilla Amago and as if that's not enough mutant goodness for you then you'll find more animal behaviour in The Gallery.
3DCreative: Issue 045 - May 2009 (Download Only)
This month we bring you the concluding chapter of our ZBrush Character Creation tutorial series, in which the super talented Rafael Grassetti shows us how to tackle the sculpting and texturing of a beautifully freakish monster of Frankenstein. We also welcome Federico Scarbini to 3DCreative this month with a fantastic Making Of detailing the creation of his recent character piece, Zenoth, the alien from Jupiter.
3DCreative: Issue 044 - April 2009 (Download Only)
Our tutorials this month take us into the world of texturing in 3ds Max, Maya, Cinema 4D, LightWave and modo, as our five artists walk you through the texturing phase. Not only is this an unmissable chapter as it's the penultimate in the series, but also because we're giving away 51 free textures to all 3DCreative readers this month, too! And not just 51 plain old textures - oh no! We're giving you 51 fully tileable high-resolution textures, each with accompanying bump, specular, and in some instances normal maps, from our Total Textures collections.
3DCreative: Issue 043 - March 2009 (Download Only)
We've gone absolutely ZBrush crazy this month and have not one, but three great tutorials using this software to create all manner of fantastic sculpts! The reason for the ZBrush craze this month is because our Gothic Church interior tutorial series, for 3d Studio Max, Maya, Cinema 4D, LightWave and modo, dips into the creation of a gargoyle for the scene.
3DCreative: Issue 042 - February 2009 (Download Only)
This month sees the start of yet another great ‘super series' in 3DCreative - this time we're talking gothic church interiors, for which five wonderful artists will talk us through the principal techniques used in building a church interior. And to make things slightly more interesting, we also welcome a modo artist to the series, in the form of Robert Bergh. So to re-cap, that's 3D Studio Max, Maya, Cinema 4D, LightWave and modo.
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This month, keeping with 3DCreative tradition, we have our two artist interviews, the first of which is with the one and only David Giraud, possibly best known for his work as senior character artist on Assassin's Creed at Ubisoft Montreal, and who is currently working on the upcoming game based on the 3D science-fiction film directed by James Cameron, Avatar.
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Season 21 episodes, Episodes, Lisa episodes,
Grampa Episodes
Episodes Set in The Past
Flashback episodes
Simpson Family Bonding episodes
Written by Ian Maxtone-Graham
Episodes with alternate end credits
The Color Yellow
◄ Boy Meets Curl
Postcards From the Wedge ►
MABF06
The "Miss Gulch/Wicked Witch of the West" theme from The Wizard of Oz is heard, but unlike Thursdays with Abie, "The Simpsons" chorus is heard as Agnes Skinner rides her bicycle across.
Olympic Swimming Family couch gag
Wren T. Brown as Virgil Simpson
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Billy Kimball & Ian Maxtone-Graham
"The Color Yellow" (known as "The Colour Yellow" in the UK, Australia, and other commonwealth English speaking countries) is the thirteenth episode of Season 21.
While researching her family tree for someone who isn't a total boob or criminal, Lisa finds the 1860 diary of Eliza Simpson, a young girl who was in the Underground Railroad and tried to help a slave escape to Canada, but a diary by one of Milhouse's ancestors casts doubt on just what Eliza accomplished.
The episode begins when Groundskeeper Willie attempts to remove a tree stump. He blows up the stump, which lands on Skinner's Kia. Meanwhile, Miss Hoover tells her class that their assignment is to research their family tree, which makes Lisa excited to do the assignment, because she is anxious to find out her heroic ancestors. However, Lisa finds out that all of the Simpson ancestors are horrible and not heroic at all. Each and every one of her ancestors were crooks and murderers. Lisa says there has to be a good ancestor, so she asks Grampa if he knows any. However, he only tells her about Abigail Simpson, known as "The Pittsburgh Poisoner". Lisa states that she will not give up and that somewhere in the Simpson genealogy there is a noble spark and that she will find it, even if she has to go back to Adam and Eve.
Lisa searches up in the attic for some help, and finds "The Diary of Eliza Simpson" in a crate. When she begins to read the diary, she learns Eliza is going to get a slave, and is forlorn to realize that the Simpson family descended from slave-owners. However, Lisa later learns, after reading more of the diary, that Eliza was going to Colonel Burns' ball to help his slave, Virgil, escape to freedom. Homer tells Lisa that she should stop reading the diary now, because when she learns the whole truth, she may not be able to bare it, and then puts the diary in the vent. However, Lisa must know the whole story, so she takes the diary out of the vent and continues reading.
She reads that Eliza and Virgil were caught by patrolmen, and that the horses were too fast for them. However, after reading the last sentence of the page, Lisa turns it, but discovers that the rest of the diary is completely dust. Santa's Little Helper approaches the diary and then sneezes, destroying the whole thing. Marge tells Lisa that she may be able to find out the rest of the story at the library. At the library, however, they have nothing on Eliza Simpson, but they do have a cookbook by her mother, Mabel Simpson. They then learn that Eliza and Virgil made it back to the Simpson home after disguising Virgil as a circus clown and Eliza as the youngest bearded lady. Lisa then learns that Eliza's father, Hiram, did not want the slave in the house because it would get him in trouble with Colonel Burns. However, after tasting Virgil's 'cakes', Hiram swears that he will help Virgil escape to Canada for freedom.
Lisa is then excited to learn that the Simpson family did have heroes, and presents her story to the whole school. But when she ends her presentation, Milhouse tells her that he obtained the journal of his great-great-great-great-great grandfather, Milford Van Houten. Lisa learns that Colonel Burns came to the Simpson home due to suspicion and demanded Hiram to tell him where Virgil was. Hiram says that he swore an oath and cannot tell. After Colonel Burns tells Hiram that he will give him a pleasant surprise, Hiram almost tells him where Virgil is hiding. Eliza then says that her father dare not tell Burns, but, Hiram tells her to hold her tongue. Colonel Burns says that he will handle this, and says to Eliza that good girls are seen and not heard before patting her on the head. Eliza then holds her words, and walks away. Lisa says that can't be true, because Eliza was the only heroic ancestor of the Simpsons. Lisa goes back to the library and asks again if they have anything of Eliza Simpson, which they again say no, but she may try the film vault. Lisa finds a film of Eliza Simpson in 1952, at her 100th birthday. The man interviewing her claims she has had an extraordinary life, and asks if she had had any regrets. Eliza say that she has only one: that when she was a girl, she witnessed a great injustice, but she held her tongue and that the pat on her head by that wicked man has haunted her to this day.
Another promo card for this episode
Lisa is forlorn to discover that Virgil never was safely freed and he was a slave for the rest of his life, and that there are no noble Simpson ancestors. She then admits to Homer that she should have quit while she was ahead, instead of hearing the awful truth. After seeing how sad Lisa is, as well as being threatened by Homer to talk by changing the thermostat, Grampa begrudgingly tells her the whole story of Virgil and the Simpson family. He says that Mabel was on to Hiram, and that he would eventually tell Colonel Burns, so she cooked up some revenge. After opening the shed where Virgil was hiding, Hiram sees Mabel with a shotgun, saying to Colonel Burns that if she ever sees him on her property again, she will shoot him in the lower section. Burns then surrenders, and Mabel tells Hiram that she knew he would break the promise and that she is, by herself, taking Virgil to safety in Canada. Along the way, they run into Abraham Lincoln who gives her his hat to disguise her hair. The longer they went, the closer they became, and when they crossed the Canadian border, Virgil proposed to Mabel, and she accepts. While in Canada, Mabel divorces Hiram, taking one of his shoes in the divorce settlement (although he keeps the laces) and has a child with Virgil named Abraham (as a remembrance to Lincoln for what he did to help them), who is Abe's great grandfather, which shows that their part of the Simpson family is actually descended from Virgil, and not from Hiram.
Lisa then says the family regained their honor and they are 1/64 black. Lisa then asks Grampa why he kept this a secret, but he says that people from his generation are racist, and he did not want to tell the story. Marge does not realize what the big deal is, because no one was bothered when they learned her father, Clancy, was French, which Homer says is the reason why he loves drinking so much. Marge then tells him that she is French, not Homer, but Homer still thinks he is.
Behind the Laughter
This was the episode of the color of the Simpsons.
The episode was watched by 6.08 million households getting a 3.0/8 in the 18-49 Nielsen Rating, and was the second most-watched show on Fox that night, after a repeat of Family Guy and came second in its timeslot after the Olympics improving 15% from "Boy Meets Curl".
The episode was viewed by 6.08 million viewers and received mixed to positive reviews.
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« Good afternoon, milord. Wouldst thou like fried onions with that?
Maybe they should call it Vancooter »
But when “Sports” came out, I really think they hit their stride
Tina the Lesbian and I often fight about music.
Out latest fight was a debate about who was better Kurt Cobain or Huey Lewis.
“Huey Lewis and the News had a brass section,” I say. “The most Nirvana had was a cellist for their Unplugged concert.”
“And people still talk about that Unplugged show to this day,” says Tina the Lesbian. “No one talks about any Huey Lewis concert.”
“Hey, they were on Solid Gold once,” I say.
“You’re going to tell me that ‘Fore!’ and ‘Sports’ is a match for such great albums as ‘Nevermind’ and ‘In Utero?'” says Tina the Lesbian.
“According to the movie ‘American Psycho,’ yes,” I say. “No one’s making any cool movie scenes about ‘Nevermind’ or ‘In Utero.'”
“Because Nirvana’s not about movie scenes, it’s about the music,” says Tina the Lesbian.
“It’s about tuning down your guitars and mumbling your lyrics,” I say. “I know exactly what Huey’s saying when he’s telling me about the Power of Love. What’s this ‘aqua sea foam shame’ bullshit?”
“Nirvana provided the sound of a generation growing up in the 90’s,” says Tina the Lesbian. “Huey Lewis was the sound of wind whistling through the empty-headedness of the 80’s.”
“No, Kurt Cobain provided the sound of a generation with that shotgun he took to his face,” I say. “Huey had problems too, but you didn’t see him rip off Ernest Hemingway’s final exit. And Huey Lewis provided the sound for multiple generations by providing the musical hook to the movie ‘Ghostbusters,’ which Ray Parker Jr. ripped off.”
“Are you saying ‘I Want a New Drug’ is more relevant than ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit?'” says Tina the Lesbian. “Because if you are I’m going to have you committed.”
“At least when Huey wanted a new drug it wasn’t heroin,” I say. “And if being hooked on smack wasn’t bad enough, he then married Courtney Love and we’ve been stuck with her ever since. And Huey is a much better songwriter. I didn’t see Kurt Cobain writing any songs about time travel.”
“No one who sings a song titled Hip to Be Square can win a Who’s Better fight,” says Tina the Lesbian.
“That song is a cautionary tale that you can’t maintain your cool hipster image forever,” I say. “It happened to Metallica. The kings of metal… they ended up cutting their hair and suing Napster. Bob Dylan showed up in a commercial for Victoria’s Secret. Alice Cooper holds celebrity golf tournaments. Huey Lewis has tapped into a horrible truth that all of us will someday face and no one else wants to talk about. What hidden horrible truths did Kurt Cobain unearth? Plus according to the groupies who have banged him, Huey Lewis has a huge dong.”
“Have a huge dong doesn’t mean anything,” says Tina the Lesbian.
“To you it sure doesn’t,” I say. “But Huey Lewis has two Grammys. How many does Nirvana have? None? Oh, that’s a shame. All they have is an MTV Music Video Award. Huey Lewis built MTV with his catchy riffs, dulcet tones, and gigantic wang! You owe everything to Huey Lewis and the Motherfucking News!”
We all do.
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even a big wang wouldn’t get me near huey lewis.
unless it was your big wang. I’d possibly be able to sit through one of his songs if I got to see your big wang first.
have you got a big wang?
shit! now I can’t think about anything else
by nursemyra October 18, 2007 at 5:02 am
Yes! This is the first time in years someone’s been interested in my wang! Thank you Huey Lewis! Thank you for making nursemyra interested in my wang!
by renalfailure October 18, 2007 at 5:11 pm
Huey Lewis kicks ass. And I didn’t even know about his dong.
by Diesel October 24, 2007 at 3:56 pm
It is entirely possible that Huey Lewis is the second coming of one of the messiahs. I’m just not sure which. All the signs point to it, though.
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Now-Floats
Knowlarity
Startup ecosystem sees a consolidation wave, 28 M&A deals done in eight months this year
Total 28 M&A deals stitched in first eight months this year vis-à-vis 32 last year as companies hunt for talent and tech expertise. Rica Bhattcharyya&Shailesh Menon | ET Bureau | September 01, 2016, 07:06 IST
The changing market dynamics in 2016, with funds drying up and inability to acquire customers, is prompting several niche startups to actively seek buyers.
MUMBAI: Over a dozen buyouts of young startups have been sealed in the past four months — roughly double the number of deals struck last year — pointing to a wave of consolidation among new-age companies in the entrepreneurial ecosystem.
There were 28 M&A deals in the first eight months this year vis-a-vis 32 in the whole of last year, according to Venture Intelligence.
Many startups that have barely managed two rounds of funding are opting to acquire their weaker peers.
"It’s a clear case of consolidation. In many cases, the target companies are sub-optimal businesses, not having enough capital to expand their business verticals," says Deepak Natraj, managing director, Aarin Capital.
Fallen valuations have made it easy for acquirers to roll up weak businesses to become a bigger firm, he adds.
The changing market dynamics in 2016, with funds drying up and inability to acquire customers, is prompting several niche startups, mostly in the pre-Series A and some that have raised series A round of funding, to actively seek buyers. At the same time, companies in the early growth stage are cashing in on the opportunity and are more open to acquiring companies for technology, talent, and domain knowledge. It also helps them cut competition and expand market reach.
"Till November last year it was easier to get funded, and a bunch of people jumped to start up. However, funds have since started drying up," says Jasminder Singh Gulati, founder of Now-Floats, which in July acquired chat-based platform LookUp.
Entrepreneurs like Gulati and Ambarish Gupta of Knowlarity get 4 – 5 acquisition leads on their tables every month. "If you’re doing something really well, and don’t really have the capital to ramp up, it makes better sense to be part of a larger company," says Arpit Kothari, founder of healthcare start-up Medd, which was acquired by 1MG this year.
Traction in business revenues and potential to scale up (and stay in business for long) are factors that encouraged Medd to merge with 1MG. According to sources, the Medd-1MG merger was a "cashplus-stock" deal, with an offer to retain all employees of the target company.
Vinod Murali, MD of InnoVen Capital, agrees that several young companies are finding it difficult to raise equity capital and they’re not profitable either. So they opt to become part of relatively wellestablished company.
"Too many companies in the same space doesn’t provide enough room for them to play. Also, the market is still nascent and not ready to absorb too many companies," says Anil Joshi, managing partner at Unicorn India Ventures. Many of the companies are not able to raise money but have a good product. So it makes sense for the bigger companies to acquire them.
Startups also look to acquire companies to get the right set of management talent and technology. Cash transactions are rare at such lower levels; it’s mostly stocks or earnouts that are paid out as deal consideration.
"The sweet-spot for any startup M&A deal is technology. Most deals are struck for want of technological capabilities," says Sujayath Ali, cofounder of fashion marketplace, Voonik.com, which has acquired five startups over the last one year.
Gulati of NowFloats says by acquiring LookUp and its 12-member team, his startup is ready to launch its new product in conversational commerce space in just 90 days.
Even companies in the seed-stage funding are ready for this kind of inorganic growth. For example, scrap collection and recycling startup EnCashea is in talks to buy smaller rival Raddiman. Sometimes investors are also pushing for merger of portfolio companies in the same space for cost synergy.
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Our team have been flying NRG’s Xact Mag Spec survey close to Tete in Mozambique. The project was successfully completed in two weeks. The short ferry home with our Pilatus PC-6 included a stop in Nampula and Beira.
Skyhorse Aviation’s pilots are highly experienced in our underslung EM loop operations. ZS-RSB (AS350B3), based in Australia, has completed four small Xcite surveys this month.
The Skyhorse team is preparing to mobilise our AS350B2, AS350B3 and PC6 this month to Lesotho, Mozambique and Botswana respectively. We will be carrying out Airborne Geophysical Surveys for NRG Exploration.
Skyhorse Aviation has been awarded a 3-month contract to supply an AS350B3 helicopter for a helicopter time domain electromagnetic and magnetics survey (EM) in East Timor, South East Asia. The aircraft is currently being packed into a container. The journey via sea will take 35 days to reach its destination. Our engineer will re-assemble the aircraft on arrival.
Our Pilatus PC-6 (ZS-PWS) is currently in West Africa, completing a Xact ™
Survey in Burkina Faso. The Pilatus PC-6 is renowned for its ability to fly slowly. The aircraft’s ability to operate from extremely short bush airstrips, and its exceptional safety record make it the ideal platform for survey in remote locations. The ferry home will take approximately seven days to get back to South Africa and will take the crew through Cotonou, Republic of Congo, Angola, Namibia and Botswana
Skyhorse is getting our AS350B2 ready to mobilise to Central Africa to carry out an airborne survey in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The AS350 (now known as the H125) is ideal for close terrain following required for geophysical surveys. The unique Starflex rotor system and ample power ensure that even the most stringent survey specifications are maintained.
ZS-RSB based in Australia has also had a busy month and is currently flying helicopter time domain electromagnetic and magnetics survey. The AS350B3 known for its exceptional underslung load capabilities is proven to be the ideal platform for NRG Xcite™ towed array.
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Skyhorse Aviation’s AS350B3 (H125) and AS350B (H125) had a busy month in Madagascar carrying out charters from Nosy Be as well as constructing drill rigs at the potential Sohafika hydro-electrical dam
Later in the month we also ferried ZS-PCZ back to South Africa and ZS-RSS to Antananarivo.
ZS-RUG which has been in the Middle East since 2010 is due for her 12 year inspection. The ferry back to South Africa is scheduled to take about two weeks and will take the crew through Turkey, Italy, Greece, Algeria, Niger, Chad, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Angola, Namibia and Botswana.
ZS-RWT will be mobilizing to Middle East to carry on with the Xplorer ™
Mag Spec Aerial Survey.
ZS-XTR has mobilized to Mozambique to carry out a magnetic and radiometric aerial survey (Xact ™) The Pilatus PC-6 aircraft has unparalleled STOL (short take off and landing) performance which allows surveys in remote environments.
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Skyhorse Aviation has been contracted by to supply an AS350B3 (H125) in Lesotho as aerial support moving drill rigs and personnel at their two sites where they will be carrying out testing for a potential dam site. The AS350B3 is ideal for heavy sling work associated with drilling programs. The project is expected to take 4 – 6 weeks to complete.
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Skyhorse Aviation has been operating four helicopters in Madagascar during the Election season. Two rounds of campaigning and ballot collections kept us very busy during October, November and December. Andry Rajoelina was announced the winner and new President of Madagascar.
ZS-RZW will be flying a flying a ultra low level magnetic and radiometric survey in Eastern Kenya. The XPlorer™ gradiometer system is the industry benchmark in high resolution airborne magnetic and radiometric mapping.
ZS-XTR is enroute from South Africa to West Africa for a series of Xact™ surveys across Burkino Faso and Mali. At the heart of New Resolution Geophysics’ Xact™ fixed-wing magnetic and radiometric system is the Pilatus PC-6 Turbo Porter aircraft. Renowned for its safety and ability to fly slowly, this aircraft is the ideal platform for high resolution airborne surveys.
The ferry will take approximately 6 days and will take the crew through Botswana, Namibia, Angola, Gabon, Republic of Congo, Equitorial Guinea, Cameroon, Nigeria and Benin before entering Burkino Faso.
ZS-XTR will be carrying out a regional low level magnetic and radiometric survey in the Postmasburg and Kuruman region. The survey will take approximately 2 months to complete and cover a distance in excess of 50 000 line kilometers. NRG Exploration cc specialises in the collection of high resolution geophysical data, for more information please visit:
ZS-PWS has mobilised to Ukunda, Kenya where our crew will be flying an offshore magnetic and gravity survey. The Pilatus PC-6 is renowned for its Short Take-Off and Landing (STOL) capabilities, the airframe is of a rugged and low-maintenance construction, featuring high levels of accessibility and interchangeability allowing for easy installation of a wide variety of survey equipment.
Our PC-6’s are configured with a trap-door at the centre of the cabin floor allowing for the installation of various surveillance payloads.
Skyhorse Aviation has mobilised a AS350B3+ to the Gibe 3 Hydro-electrical dam project on the Omo river in Southern Ethiopia, the helicopter will be supporting the geotechnical investigation of the proposed dam wall construction site. Our crew will be managing the relocation and construction of drill rigs and associated equipment and personal by helicopter. The environmental effects of drilling programs are significantly minimised by a helicopter-supported project. The underslung capabilities of the AS350B3 allow drill rigs to be broken down in to fewer pieces, saving time and money.
Skyhorse Aviation is currently operating four AS350 helicopters in support of the 2013 Madagascar election campaign. All our helicopters are fitted with barrier filters allowing our pilots to land in harsh dusty environments without causing undue damage to the turbine engine. The AS350 is known for its exceptional hot and high performance capabilities and resilience against the harsh African environment.
NRG Exploration cc has contracted Skyhorse Aviation to fly a low level magnetic and radiometric survey in the Otjozondjupa province, Namibia. The XPlorer™ gradiometer system is the industry benchmark in high resolution airborne magnetic and radiometric mapping.
The system utilises dedicated low-noise AS350 helicopters, non-magnetic composite horizontal-boom mountings, high speed synchronous data sampling and gradient sensor configurations.
With built-in maneuverability, super visibility and low vibration levels in the cabin, the AS350 (H125) helicopter has proven itself as the ideal platform for ultra low level survey applications.
JANUARY 2013 | Skyhorse helicopter ZS-RSB returns from the Middle East.
On Jan 18th, Skyhorse helicopter ZS-RSB returned to South Africa after 12 months in the Middle East. The arduous 11-day, 10,000 kilometer journey required 23 fuel stops in 13 different countries! But thorough preparation and detailed logistical planning ensured that our pilots had a smooth and problem-free trip. ZS-RSB is now in for some scheduled maintenance and will be ready for the next task in February.
DECEMBER 2012 | ZS-RSS, ZS-RUG and ZS-RZW celebrate Christmas in the bush.
Due to a busy schedule and approaching deadlines we kept three aircraft operational over the festive season. Flying continued during Christmas and New Year ensuring all production remained on course. We would like to thank the crew for maintaining a high level of professionalism and safety throughout the merry season. Well done to all involved!
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Intelligence and National Security Alliance
The Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA) is a "non-profit professional association created to improve our nation's security through an alliance of intelligence and national security leaders in the private and public sectors," its website states. "INSA provides the leadership needed to solicit collaborative solutions that draw on the experience of public and private sector experts."[1]
INSA, "a nonprofit professional association for members of the intelligence community -- including private contractors, academics and members of U.S. spy agencies -- is largely unknown," Alec Klein wrote April 2, 2007, in the Washington Post.[2]
"That's quite a feat," Klein wrote,[2] "because its chairman, retired Navy Vice Adm. John M. McConnell, the former head of the National Security Agency, left recently to be sworn in as director of national intelligence, the president's top intelligence adviser."
INSA "is working to introduce a growing network of private contractors, large and small, to government intelligence agencies. Like much of the rest of the government, U.S. intelligence agencies are increasingly outsourcing what they need in the name of expediency: cutting-edge technology, goods and services, such as gee-whiz satellites, particularly to protect against another terrorist attack," Klein wrote.[2]
Jeremy Scahill, who has documented a number of private military corporations, wrote August 15, 2007, in The Indypendent.[3] that INSA is "the private intelligence industry's lobbying arm".
However, INSA's media contact Jason Kello responded to Scahill, writing in the article's comments section that[3]
"The reporter mischaracterizes the organization of which Director McConnell served as chairman–the Intelligence and National Security Alliance–which by its charter and by law does not lobby. Instead, it includes current government officials, professors, academics and private sector intelligence practitioners in a public policy forum. INSA funds a teaching position at Georgetown University to teach intelligence policy and partners with the University of Maryland. INSA also had a strong relationship with the former DNI Negraponte who asked INSA to host some conferences in partnership with the ODNI. This topic is important enough to deserve more accurate reporting."
1 INSA Professor in the Practice of Intelligence
2 Founding members
3 Key personnel
4 Board members
INSA Professor in the Practice of Intelligence
In October 2006, Georgetown University's Center for Peace and Security Studies (CPASS) and INSA announced "the establishment of the INSA Professor in the Practice of Intelligence for the 2006-2007 academic year", with Retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. James R. Clapper, Jr.,[4] formerly director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, to "hold the one-year position and teach three courses exposing Georgetown students to the complex concerns of intelligence professionals."[5]
According to the INSA website, the following are cited as founding members.
Computer Sciences Corporation
Potomac Institute
Timothy R. Sample, President
Frank F. Blanco, Executive Vice President
Jason Kello, Media Inquiries[3]
Rachel Patricca, Event Inquiries
Jared Gruber, Member Inquiries
INSA lists the following are members of the board of directors.[6]
John O. Brennan, Chairman
Donna Bucella
RADM Isaiah Cole, USN (Ret.)
Barbara A. Duckworth
Claudia A. Erland
Terrance M. Ford
Thomas A. Gandy
MG Harry D. Gatanas, USA (Ret.)
Keith R. Hall
MG Robert A. Harding, USA (Ret.)
Tom Hempfield
LTG Patrick M. Hughes, USA (Ret.)
Michael J. Jacobs
Terry S. Kees
Dr. Kathleen L. Kiernan
Ellen E. McCarthy
Barbara A. McNamara
Carmen Medina
LTG Robert W. Noonan, USA (Ret.)
James R. O'Neill
Lloyd B. Rowland
Richard C. Schaeffer, Jr.
Jim Sheaffer
William G. Shernit
James F. Sloan[7]
Lou Von Thaer
Samuel S. Visner
Caryn A. Wagner
Linda K. Zecher
Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA)
Ballston Metro Center Office Towers
901 North Stuart Street, Suite 205
Phone: 703 224-INSA (224-4672)
URL: http://www.insaonline.org
Bush administration militarization of government
National Clandestine Service
↑ About-INSA, INSA Online, accessed August 14, 2007.
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Alec Klein, "Trade Group Does Who Knows What. Secretive INSA Includes Intelligence Contractors, Academics, Spies," Washington Post, April 2, 2007.
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Jeremy Scahill, "The Mercenary Revolution: Flush with Profits from the Iraq War, Military Contractors See a World of Business Opportunities," The Indypendent, August 15, 2007. See comments section by Chris Anderson for possible identity/info on Jason Kello.
↑ See SourceWatch article regarding Clapper and the alleged termination of the TALON reports program.
↑ "Professor in Practice of Intelligence Established," Georgetown University, October 31, 2006.
↑ Board, INSA Online, accessed August 14, 2007.
↑ Profile: James F. Sloan, Assistant Commandant for Intelligence and Criminal Investigations, US Coast Guard.
"Booz Allen Senior VP McConnell Elected Chair of Prominent Intelligence Community Advocacy Group," BoozAllen.com, February 2, 2006.
Shane Harris, "Career officials hope new chiefs will stabilize spy agencies," National Journal (GovExec.com), January 12, 2007.
"Spies' Group Gets New Boss," UPI, April 27, 2007.
John Brennan, "With right system, spies can safely share secrets," Federal Times, May 21, 2007.
Intelligence and National Security Alliance in the Wikipedia.
Retrieved from "https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Intelligence_and_National_Security_Alliance&oldid=718966"
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Psychological Claims Case Studiesadmin2017-06-22T10:48:30+10:00
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STRESS CLAIM
Our client was a young girl who was the victim of two armed robberies at her work
place. Although there were no physical injuries she suffered post-traumatic stress disorder and developed schizophrenia. She was unable to cope with normal daily activities
and became socially isolated and dependent upon medication.
Our client consulted lawyers who failed to bring a claim for damages against her
employer for failing to provide a safe work place and so we pursued a late claim
against the employer and a claim against the previous lawyers for the compensation of which our client was deprived as a result of their delay. The claim proceeded to the Court of Appeal and a very favourable settlement was negotiated.
WORKER SUFFERS PSYCHOLOGICAL INJURY
Our client was a young man employed as a safety officer on a major construction site. He was earning a good salary and had great career prospects.
A young apprentice sustained fatal injuries and our client arrived at the scene shortly afterwards and rendered assistance but was unable to save the life of the young apprentice. Our client suffered catastrophic psychological injuries and developed major depression and became addicted to alcohol and gambling. His relationship broke down and he
was unable to return to any form of work.
A claim for damages for loss of earnings was made against his employer in the Supreme
Court and settlement was achieved. We also successfully claimed substantial lump sum payments for total and permanent disability under our client’s superannuation policies.
INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOUR BY MANAGER
Our client was subjected to bullying and inappropriate behaviour by his manager and a fellow employee and suffered psychological injury. He received weekly compensation payments and we successfully claimed a lump sum payment for permanent impairment. We then proceeded to claim work injury damages resulting in a successful settlement with a substantial payment to our client.
DEDICATED POLICE OFFICER SUFFERS PSYCHOLOGICAL INJURY
Our client was an experienced and dedicated police officer expose to numerous horrific events during the course of his employment as a result of which he sustained psychological injury and was medically retired. We successfully pursue lump sum claims for permanent impairment.
Liability for work injury damages was denied but we successfully pursued this claim through the court resulting a substantial settlement in our client’s favour. We also successfully pursued claims for total and permanent disablement benefits through our client’s superannuation fund.
BULLYING AND HARASSMENT CLAIM BY SUPERVISOR
Our client was subjected to a number of comments by his supervisor which was quite distressing and demoralising. His supervisor would walk around his work station calling another worker and our client, Tweedledee and Tweedledum and would then ask ” Who is Dee and who is Dum ?”
Our client ultimately had to cease work as the situation and conduct of his supervisor’s comments were intolerable. His workers compensation claim was rejected by the insurer.
Our client subsequently put in a Review, which was rejected by the insurer, despite our client providing further support from his doctors.
After seeking legal advice we were able to commence proceedings in the Workers Compensation Commission and resolve his claim for lost wages and incurred medical expenses.
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During the four-year Starfish Experience, Starfish Scholars receive continuous guidance and one-on-one support from individually matched, college-educated mentors who commit to meeting with their Scholar every other week. These mentoring relationships that serve as the cornerstone of the Starfish model not only provide students with a positive role model and consistent source of support outside of their families, they also help prepare students to navigate college and professional environments outside of their urban neighborhoods.
Starfish mentors also help each Scholar to effectively prepare for personal and academic success by supporting their active participation in the three 3C’s of the Starfish model: 1) College Readiness/Access, 2) Career, and 3) Character.
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In order to build a foundation that will allow every Starfish Scholar to ultimately achieve post-secondary success, Starfish Initiative prioritizes best in class education attainment for every Scholar during its four-year program. By providing mentoring resources, grade-specific requirements for each year of high school, and individualized support and encouragement to reach graduation plan goals, Starfish Initiative provides Scholar s with the essentials they need to complete an academically strong high school career. Starfish Initiative works to create a culture not only where Scholars will earn a high school diploma, but also where all Scholars are prepared to pursue post-secondary education and complete college.
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Each Scholar’s first exposure to the Starfish experience begins at Marian University during Freshman Week, where Scholars learn to navigate the environment of a college campus while receiving a four-day comprehensive introduction to Starfish Initiative. Starfish continues to provide opportunities for college exposure through the four year Starfish experience by organizing at least one group college visit per year, hosting an annual College and career Fair with representatives from universities throughout Indiana, and helping Scholars identify academic and college pathways that fit their aptitudes, interests, and goals. Starfish mentors act as college and career coaches to provide comprehensive support to ensure that all Scholars find success in high school.
While graduation from high school is an important milestone for every Starfish Scholar, research indicates that at least one-third of low-income students reconsider their college plans during the summer immediately following graduation, and one in five subsequently decide not to enroll in college at all (American Educational Research Association, The Summer Flood: The Gap Between College Admission and Matriculation Among Low Income Students, 2008). While financial and informational barriers can be contributing factors to their decision, a lack of access to professional guidance and support is one of the principal reasons many low-income students fail to matriculate to college (Harvard University, Stemming the Tide of Summer Melt: Investigating Summer Attrition Among College-Intending Low-Income High School Graduates, 2012) To effectively mitigate this “Summer Melt,” Starfish Initiative provides summer college transition support, including a celebratory Senior Celebration, opportunities to meet staff from prospective colleges, college transition workshops, and coordination of peer networks of current Starfish Scholars attending Indiana colleges.
Our annual College and Career Fair provides
Scholars with exposure to several career fields
and gives them one-on-one time with college
admissions counselors.
While Starfish Initiative’s primary purpose is to keep youth on track to graduate from high school, prepared to earn a college degree, we also recognize the importance of helping each Scholar to identify and pursue personal career interests to guide their academic choices and support their long-term success and self-sufficiency. As they begin the Starfish experience, each freshman Scholar is introduced to their free subscription to a career exploration website, Career Cruising. By their sophomore year, Starfish Initiative ensures that all Scholars have taking a career interest test on Career Cruising to identify career pathways that fit their aptitudes, interests, and goals. All Scholars also complete the standardized Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Assessment to help identify personality traits and preferences to help them pursue career choices well-aligned with their personal strengths. To support all Scholars as they follow their personal pathways to the careers of their choosing, Starfish Initiative hosts an annual College and Career Fair, which includes hands-on workshops, career-related resources, and opportunities to network with professionals from a variety of occupations. Throughout the Starfish Experience, all Scholars also have continual access to information about more than 700 career options through the online Career Cruising portal.
While these career exploration resources provide a strong foundation for Starfish Scholars, research also indicates that high school students who gain work experience prior to graduation are more likely to enroll in college and obtain a post-secondary degree (Mortimer, The Benefits and Risks of Adolescent Employment, 2010). Through firmly established partnerships with Starfish Corporate Allies, Starfish hosts Workplace Encounters, these are formal opportunities for Scholars to gain meaningful work experiences through a one day job shadowing experience at a local corporation. Through these work experiences, Scholars not only have an opportunity to build key job skills, first-hand knowledge about career fields of interest, and potential employment networks, they also establish an employment history that, with support from their Starfish mentors, can be incorporated into professional resumes, college scholarship and admission applications, and requests for financial aid.
The annual Leadership Camp is a tuition-free weekend
away from home designed to help Scholars exercise
independence and practice their leadership skills.
To ensure that every Scholar develops strong leadership and life skills crucial to academic and professional success, each Scholar must adhere to the Starfish Core Values:
Service: I help others and bring value to my community
Growth: I continually set goals and learn from my setbacks
Purpose: I remember why I’m here and actively pursue my dreams
Ownership: I own my choices and behavior and the results they bring
Drive: I push forward on my path to reach my full potential
All events incorporate these core values to help with social and cultural capital development.
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John Wick. Mad Max: Fury Road. Mission: Impossible - Fallout.
Mission: Impossible might just be one of the most underrated franchises that we have going today.
It has its fans, sure, but when people think of big-budget blockbuster franchises, people tend to think of things like Star Wars, Marvel, DC, etc. Mission: Impossible, good as it may be, just typically doesn't get mentioned as breath as those.
That’s a shame because Mission: Impossible has seemingly done the impossible — with each film they only get better and better, with Mission: Impossible - Fallout now being their best one to date (yeah, I said it).
Not long has past since the events of Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (which I really enjoyed but only have seen one time since it was in theaters, so my memory as to the exact plot details of everything that went down in Rogue Nation were a little shaky). Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) is no longer on the run from, well, basically the entire world, but he’s still trying to deal with the damage left by his new arch-enemy, Solomon Lane (Sean Harris).
While Lane is now in custody, his reach extends beyond that. He’s instructed his team of merciless terrorist — a group now calling each other the apostles — to acquire a couple of nuclear bombs and cause total mayhem on to the planet.
Obviously, Hunt can have that, so he teams up with the rest of his buddies from the Impossible Mission Force to stop the bombs from getting in the wrong at all costs.
This time, however, the team is looking a little different. Benji (Simon Pegg) and Luther (Ving Rhames) are still along for the ride, as always, but Ilsa (Rebecca Ferguson) has been missing in action as of late.
She’s replaced by a tough-as-nails CIA agent named August Walker (Henry Cavill). No one is really all too thrilled about him being on the team, given that he’s only here because CIA head Erica Sloan (Angela Bassett) and IMF head Alan Hunley (Alec Baldwin) can’t get along, but they make the best of it.
Thus ensues everything a good action movie should have — a cohesive story that keeps you on the edge of your seat, a series of incredibly well-choreographed action scenes made with expertise and a whole bunch of people pulling off those masks that they were in every Mission: Impossible movie to date.
Okay, maybe the whole mask thing hasn’t always been my favorite aspect of these movies just because they often feel like a cop out, but they actually make fun of them in Mission: Impossible - Fallout so I got over it pretty fast.
Most because this is a never-ending thrill ride carefully crafted by director Christopher McQuarrie that never lets up until the credits start to roll.
Straight up, Mission: Impossible - Fallout has some of the best-looking action set pieces that I’ve seen in a long time now. Everything is so well filmed and put together; we aren’t just watching 5 different jump-cuts during a three-second window. Instead, we see realistic and brutal fight scenes, foot chases where the surrounding landscape actually is mapped out and a whole lot of really intense filmmaking and cinematography.
The best example of this within the movie, perhaps, is the bathroom fist-fight. You saw a glimpse of it in the trailer, but when you actually see it during the movie, in all its glory, it’s so well planned out that it’s honestly jaw-dropping.
We’ve seen movies that have good action before and then nothing else, but Mission: Impossible - Fallout also has a story that can back all of that up. While it can be slightly convoluted at times — especially around the half-way point of the movie, when seemingly every character reveals they’re hiding some kind of twist — it feels natural for a Mission: Impossible movie as it’s good espionage fun.
To make it even better, the characters are actually well developed to back it all up. Not only is Ethan Hunt given more of a human angle this time, as we see him contemplating his past mistakes and his previous marriage to Julia (Michelle Monaghan), but we see the toll this takes on him in the field — he’s actually getting pretty beat up and bruised this time around.
Of course, he’s still going to perform insane stunts that most human beings wouldn’t survive, but given that Tom Cruise is actually the one performing all these stunts, there’s a certain amount of risk and fear we feel alongside Ethan — he isn’t just another superhero defying the impossible, he’s a human being holding on for dear life.
The team dynamic is something I’ve always really liked about the Mission: Impossible movies, and I think Fallout might have captured it better than all the other movies have. These films often have the tendency to just feel like the Tom Cruise show, but this time Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames and especially Rebecca Ferguson are also given enough to do where they feel like equal, valuable members.
Henry Cavill, I think, might be the real standout here. I’ve always liked Henry Cavill, but he’s taken on a lot of roles where he hasn’t always had the best lines or gotten the chance to show off what he’s really capable of. Here, he’s in full Man from U.N.C.L.E. form as he’s having a blast in this rivalry with Hunt. Eventually, his role kind of starts to change throughout the movie as things are revealed, bringing out a new side of Cavill I hadn’t seen before — but really quite liked.
Mission: Impossible - Fallout is what the Fast and Furious movies have been trying to capture. It’s fun and ridiculous, while also taking itself seriously enough so there’s drama that we care about and actually stakes. This is a high-point of the entire summer, as Mission: Impossible - Fallout is one of those rare blockbusters that actually has a brain attached to it.
Watch the trailer for Mission: Impossible - Fallout here and then let us know, in the comments below, what you thought of the movie!
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Growing up between Paris and Montréal, Alexandra Stréliski is a classically-trained Canadian pianist and composer whose music was heard in two recent Jean Marc Vallée films – Dallas Buyers Club (2013) and Demolition (2015). HBO subscribers will be familiar with Alexandra Stréliski’s music as some of her compositions – and her version of Bach’s Concerto in D Minor – have featured on the Sharp Objects (2018) and Big Little Lies (2017-2019) miniseries, both directed by Jean Marc Vallée too. Careful listeners will also have recognised her track “Plus Tôt” playing on the Center Parks UK TV ads over the last few months. Following on from her self-produced Pianoscope solo début in 2010, Inscape is the pianist remarkable sophomore album, released on Secret City Records on 5 October 2018 last.
Alexandra Stréliski – Inscape (2018) – Artwork © Elisabeth Gravel
Inscape: the unique inner quality of the self, as portrayed in a piece of art.
Adorning the cover of the album is a lone astronaut in a vacuum whose visor reflects a landscape that doesn’t mirror his (or her) immediate surroundings. Instead, the reflection seems to come from within. “Are you part of the universe, or is the universe part of you?” asks a voice-over in the “Plus Tôt” YouTube clip. This spiritual questioning forms the basis of all the stunning piano-based compositions on Inscape. The record title itself is a portmanteau word expressing an “interior landscape” or perhaps an “escape from within”. The term was originally coined by English Victorian poet Gerard Manley Hopkins in an attempt to express individuality and uniqueness in things and beings.
Beautifully illustrated by Elisabeth Gravel, every song on Inscape is accompanied by a series of abstract landscape paintings, each evoking a different state of mind. All the pictures are connected. When reconstructed and assembled into a mosaic, they form a much wider new landscape, reflecting the inner complexities of the self, with all its hidden emotions, fantasies and imaginary worlds. Like on many 19th century American landscape paintings depicting a newly discovered and awe inspiring wilderness, a tiny human silhouette stands on the edge for scale – the musician as an adventurous astronaut staring at life’s (metaphorical) “peaks and valleys”?
Artwork © Elisabeth Gravel via Instagram
I found myself in a space filled with grey areas that I didn’t know how to escape. It was a crucial turning point for me. A year of creative evolution during which I reconnected with my deep nature, my essence, my X.
The music on Inscape finds its origin in an emotionally stressful year in the musician’s personal life whereby the pianist changed jobs, became separated and went through a depression. From “Plus Tôt” (earlier) illustrated with Super 8 footage to “Le Nouveau Départ” (the new departure) via “Burnout Fugue” and eight other moments, each composition seems to chronicle a particular period or emotional state in the pianist’s tumultuous journey. All track introductions are very short and the pianist sustains the same melodic urgency throughout the album.
Closely placed microphones capture all the action, hammer and pedal sounds from the piano on almost every track to offer the listener a true immersive experience. Is the clickety-clack of the piano keys also a deliberate attempt to mirror all of life’s small imperfections laid bare here by the pianist – warts and all? Paradoxically, only the superbly upbeat “Burnout Fugue” has a “clean” classical grand piano sound when its title would normally suggest weariness and breakdown.
“Interlude” is the only piece on the album featuring ebbing and flowing electronic layers in the background. On slower numbers like “Ellipse” or “Blind Vision”, the natural reverberation almost emulates a hammered string instrument.
Following a clear narrative arc, Inscape is a magnificent collection radiating with passion and spirit by a perceptive musician in a vulnerable space – in front of a piano.
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All compositions are also available as sheet music from the musician’s website.
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Coleen and Wayne Rooney's incredible £20m Cheshire mansion is nearly complete
Renovations on Coleen and Wayne’s Rooney’s stunning £20million Cheshire mansion are almost complete – as Coleen flies off on holiday without her footballer husband.
Cranes and scaffolding have been pictured near the incredible home, which appears to be almost finished after months of building works.
The house is being renovated during Coleen, 32, and 33-year-old Wayne’s stay in Washington DC, with the family moving stateside after Wayne signed a lucrative three-and-a-half year deal with DC United.
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However, the 40-acre estate will one day house the famous couple alongside their four children, nine-year-old Kai, five-year-old Klay, three-year-old Kit, and baby Cass.
The impressive mansion is said to feature a bar, snooker room, cinema, and indoor swimming pool, as well as six en-suite bedrooms.
Plans for the lavish home were already in place before Wayne’s boozy night out with barmaid Vicki Rosiek, which is reported to have rocked their 10-year marriage.
Coleen is said to have been left feeling “humiliated” by her husband’s antics, which come after a nightmare month that also included Wayne’s arrest for “public intoxication” and what would have been her late sister Rosie’s 21st birthday.
A source previously told us: “Coleen is so lonely and close to breaking point – how can she face people when he keeps embarrassing her like this?
“She has barely had time to calm down from the last humiliation. It’s been an emotional few weeks for her with Rosie’s 21st and now this. It’s worrying to say the least.
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“Usually when Wayne does something terrible – and sadly that happens all too often – she would be quite vocal about how angry she is. This time she’s gone completely silent.”
The source added: “It’s feels like this is a humiliation too far and she has nobody to turn to over there.”
It has since been revealed that Coleen is planning to take her four children on holiday without Wayne.
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National Shotgun Championships to start from November 17
The finals of both the women’s and junior women’s trap are scheduled for November 18.
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The 63rd National Shotgun Championships will start with women’s and junior women’s trap at the Dr. Karni Singh Range, Tughlakabad, from November 17. The official pre-event training will be held on Saturday.
The finals of both the events are scheduled for November 18.
It will be followed by the men’s and junior men’s trap, which will be spread over three days from November 20 to 22.
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The mixed trap team event will be held on November 23.
The double trap is scheduled to be held on November 25, for men, women and juniors.
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Trump Hopes US Won't Have to Impose More Tariffs on China
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US President Donald Trump on Friday expressed hope that the United States and China would settle the trade dispute over import duties on steel and aluminium.
Trump underlined on Friday, the world's two largest economies continued to work on a deal to eliminate trade tensions, thus, he noted, Washington may not need to impose further tariffs on the trade opponent, as Beijing wants to make a deal.
"We put on tariffs on $250 billion (worth of goods) and we have another $267 billion to go, if we want to. We may not have to do that," Trump told reporters at the White House, adding that "China wants to make a deal."
US President addressed the ongoing trade dispute with Beijing, noting that the latest list of China's trade proposals was pretty complete.
"They sent a list of things that they're willing to do, which was a large list, and it's just not acceptable to me yet," Trump said, though he added that on four or five outstanding issues remain.
Trump added the list included 142 items, but complained that four or five "big things" were left out.
"I think we'll probably get them too," he explained.
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He expressed hope that the US would come up with a trade agreement with China, however, he stressed, to attain that, a reciprocal trade was required.
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US Resumes Discussions With China Amid Trade War Tensions
Trump's comments come after the Chinese Commerce Ministry's spokesman Gao Feng stated on Thursday that China and the United States have resumed high-level bilateral consultations which will focus on resolving ongoing trade and economic disputes.
China and the United States are currently engaged in a major trade spat that resulted from US Donald Trump introducing steel and aluminum import tariffs in March. Tensions deepened in late May when Washington announced that $50 billion worth of Chinese goods would be subject to 25 percent tariffs. Since then, the two countries have exchanged several rounds of trade duties against each other.
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Pocket-Size Bali
Sunset over Seminyak brings an explosion of eggplants and lavenders, and the pool bar at Potato Head Beach Club provides a front-row seat.
The Canon PowerShot G7 X Mark II packages perks of a DSLR with the convenience of a smartphone, so you can shoot all kinds of light—and life.
Bali may be a tropical paradise, but with so many regions and things to see, it’s also go-town. We sent international travel photographer Ken Kochey around the island with the 20.1-megapixel Canon PowerShot G7 X Mark II premium compact camera. The result is this stunning chronicle of a lovely day.
It's best to get up early to catch the swells and beat the crowds at epic Uluwatu.
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is the crossroads of traditional beauty and engineering.
Morning rituals at un-touristy Pura Dalem Hyang Soka Temple, in Blung Bang Village.
Craftsmen in Sebang keep up the millenium-old customs of Balinese woodcarving.
You don’t have to be a pro to get wow shots. The 4.2x optical zoom lens allows you to zoom from as wide as 24mm and as far as 100mm. The DIGIC 7 image processor is built for enhanced image stabilisation, generating sharp and better quality images. The 180-degree tiltable LCD touchscreen tilts up 180 degrees and down 45 degrees, letting you experience a range of shooting perspectives. Wi-fi and NFC connectivity get you online.
“The PowerShot G7 X Mark II is small enough to keep with you, but substantial enough to know you are holding a nice piece of equipment,” Kochey says. “The camera handled every lighting situation very well and I was impressed with the quality and the color rendition. It is a quality camera in a small package.”
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Ch 18: Civil Rights Movements in America: Homework Help Resource
The Civil Rights Movements in America chapter of this Middle School US History Homework Help course helps students complete their civil rights movements in America homework and earn better grades. This homework help resource uses simple and fun videos that are about five minutes long.
Identify which concepts are covered on your American civil rights movements homework.
Find videos on those topics within this chapter.
Watch fun videos, pausing and reviewing as needed.
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1. President Lyndon B. Johnson and the Great Society Program
The Great Society was an ambitious legislative program which attempted to eliminate poverty and racial inequity within the United States. Learn about the creation of the program, its endeavors and its ultimate legacy.
2. The Civil Rights Movement During the 1950s
The 1950s witnessed a rejuvenation of the civil rights movement. Learn about the transformation of the movement, its important events and the impact it had on the 1960s.
The Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s was an extension of the progress made during the 1950s. Learn about the movement's landmark achievements, its fracturing and its legacies.
4. The 24th Amendment: Description, Ratification & Impact
In this lesson, we will learn about the 24th Amendment. We will examine what provisions it set forth, the background behind it, and the impact it has had.
5. Hippies and the Counterculture: Origins, Beliefs and Legacy
The 1960s were a period of tension and turbulence for much of the U.S. The counterculture attempted to promote an alternative lifestyle that encouraged peace, love and freedom. Learn more about its origins, beliefs and legacy.
6. The Student Movement of the 1960s
The societal disillusion felt by the younger generation of the 1950s was translated into a massive student movement during the 1960s. Learn about the formation of the movement, its campaigns and its inevitable end.
7. 1968: The Year that Changed the Nation
The year of 1968 was a year of war in Southeast Asia, domestic clashes over racial equality and war and fallen leaders, including Dr. King and Robert Kennedy. Learn more about the year that changed the nation in this video lesson.
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9. Other Important Activist Movements of the Late 60s and Early 70s
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Doug Erickson and the Wisconsin State Journal Are Up to Their Old Tricks or Catholic Bashing in Wisconsin
Doug Erickson and theWisconsin State Journal Are Up to Their Old Tricks
Smear Journalism in Madison
Despite Madison, Wisconsin’s claim to be very “progressive” and very tolerant, the Wisconsin State Journal (WiSJ) and reporter Doug Erickson have slanted their reporting on the Catholic Church and the Church’s Bishop in Madison in the past.
One of the prime reasons for my establishing this blog was to defend my faith against such “progressives” in Madison who apparently feel the need to malign the Catholic Church.
Many of my articles, including this one, fall under the blog category “Don’t Diss My Church.”
To be fair, there was a time last year when Doug Erickson and the WiSJ appeared to have reformed their reporting on Catholic Madison. The article written on Bishop Morlino’s tenth anniversary as Bishop of Madison was balanced and reasonable.
Just two days after the balanced article, the WiSJ was back to their old tricks, publishing a misrepresentation cartoon of Bishop Morlino.
To their credit, Doug Ericson and the WiSJ seemed to behave better during the last few months, focusing on promoting their own liberal agenda, rather than focusing on maligning the Catholic Church directly.
But this week Doug Erickson and the WiSJ are clearly back to their old tricks.
This week an article was published in the WiSJ with a headline linking Bishop Morlino to a Diocese which is going bankrupt due to sexual child abuse allegations.
Never mind that the alleged heinous acts did not occur on Bishop Morlino’s watch.
Never mind that some of the alleged heinous acts occurred before Bishop Morlino was born.
Never mind that the lawsuits in question were filed up to 71 years after abuse was alleged to have occurred.
Never mind that the allegations were only made in 2011, almost a decade after Bishop Morlino was no longer at that diocese.
Never mind that Catholic Priests abuse children at a rate far lower than that of other males in the general population and that the priests have been politically and unfairly targeted by critics of the Catholic Church (previously reported by this blogger and acknowledged by Newsweek and by USA Today).
The simple fact that Bishop Morlino worked at that diocese in the past was enough for Madison’s leading newspaper to find an opportunity to link this good Bishop’s name with child abuse scandals which did not happen, nor did they surface, on Bishop Morlino’s watch.
What’s Good for the Goose is Good for the Gander
I say to Doug Erickson and to the Wisconsin State Journal:
Have either the University you attended or an employer you worked for previously ever been the subjects of sexual abuse litigation?
Was a teacher/staff member from your middle school ever accused of child abuse (9.6% of public school students are targets of educator sexual misconduct)?
Have you ever rooted for Penn State, whose football coach Jerry Sandusky is a convicted serial child molester?
Are you a fan of Woody Allen movies, whose sexual molestation of his family has been in the news in recently?
Have you ever vacationed in Barbados, the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Korea, Mongolia, Philippines, Thailand, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, or Uruguay, all countries reputed to be involved with Child Sex Tourism?
If the answer to any of these questions is “yes,” then we better write an article about YOU, similar to the one you wrote about Bishop Morlino, announcing that this place you were associated with in the past has been accused of heinous acts:
Wisconsin State Journal Reporter’s Previous Employer
Filing For Bankruptcy Due to Child Abuse Allegations
Doug Erickson’s Previous Employer
We can pretend that we did not smear your reputation with our suggestive article by publishing a quote from you on how you were unaware, or not involved, or only there in a different decade.
Bishop Morlino wasn’t even born at the time as some of the allegations you write about were said to occur, and the problems did not occur on his watch, yet you include his name in your sensational title.
Once a suggestion is made, whether directly or indirectly by association, it cannot be taken back.
A journalist should have the integrity not to engage in such smear tactics.
How unprofessional!
It’s Not About Catholic Priests
The media’s smearing of the Catholic Church is not about Catholic priests. It’s about smearing the Catholic Church, smearing a moral authority which encourages citizens to hold government accountable to the laws of God .
Progressives have an agenda.
They want to live their lives centered on pleasure, and want to destroy anyone who suggests that they hurt others with their selfish agenda.
They want promiscuity celebrated, they want the resulting babies aborted, and they want their new morality to be praised and to be taught in the schools.
Media is their weapon.
Whether it is conscious or not, this is the agenda the Wisconsin State Journal and Doug Erickson are promoting.
Catholics get the most flack because they are the most numerous and organized of Christian groups, and thus have the most power.
Catholic Bishops are particularly frightening to progressives, and are under particular attack.
Want to Complain?
COMPLAIN TO:
John Smalley, editor of the Wisconsin State Journal, (608) 252-6104, jsmalley@madison.com
Doug Erickson, faith and values reporter of the Wisconsin State Journal, (608) 252-6149, derickson@madison.com
Want to Pray for Our Bishops?
Check out the cool global map at Rosary for the Bishop, a website organized in 2005 to help support Bishop Morlino against the attacks he was suffering in Madison, and which now coordinates 1580 members from 258 dioceses and from 996 parishes, who have prayed 278,300 rosaries for 456 bishops globally since then.
Join the effort by signing up to pray as little as one rosary per month for the bishop of your choice. Note: Pope Francis is also a bishop, and you can sign up to pray for him.
Against odds like this, Doug Erickson and the Wisconsin State Journal have little chance.
See what happened the last time we took to global prayer: Making Sense of Syria.
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Is It Over? Romney’s Got the Nomination, Right?
Is It Over?
Romney’s Got the Nomination, Right?
The Texas Primary
On Tuesday, May 29, 2012, Texans held their Republican primary.
Voter turnout was low, about 10%.
Associated Press (AP) announced a projection indicating that Romney had secured at least 97 delegates, bringing him up to the 1144 delegates needed to win the Republican nomination.
Romney made an acceptance speech.
President Obama telephoned Romney to congratulate him.
Assocciated Press Projected a Romney Win; Most Media Sources Parroted the Report
The picture from AP's perspective: Orange=Romney, Green=Santorum, Yellow=Paul, Purple=Gingrich. However, this map neglects the delegates reclaimed recently by Ron Paul's "delegate strategy."
The mainstream and liberal media flocked to repeat and report the AP projected result:
Associated Press Yahoo
CNN news made an independent estimation (independent of the Associated Press report) indicating a similar conclusion, using the words “unofficially clinched the Republican presidential nomination”
Even some Conservative News sources such as Fox and The Blaze proclaimed the AP estimate, indicating a Romney win.
Other Media More Cautious
The Conservative Drudge Report was strangely silent.
Wall Street Journal reported cautiously that “Mitt Romney Tuesday night claimed (my italics) his win in the Texas primary gives him the requisite number of delegates to clinch the Republican presidential nomination.”
Some Reports Question Romney’s and Associated Press’ Claims of Victory
Ben Swann, a Fox News anchor from Cincinnati, Ohio, produced a segment of Reality Check, explaining why he believes that internal tension within the Republican Party may be undermining the security of Romney’s projected victory.
According to Ben Swann’s Reality Check from last week, The Liberty Movement (conservatives who support Ron Paul) is taking over the GOP. On Tuesday, a new segment of Reality Check suggests that the Republican Party might be winning the Texas battle at the moment, but could actually be losing the primary war to conservatives.
More details on Reality Check’s claims will be discussed below; some claim that Ron Paul may have as many as 1,000 delegates going into the Tampa convention, compared with Romney’s present 1,081 delegates (the number of Romney delegates is under dispute, more below).
Fox’s Reality Check is not alone in their suspicions.
Newt Gingrich also acknowledged just last week that Ron Paul is the “biggest danger” for Romney in Tampa. Gingrich pointed out that Paul supporters have gathered an unexpected number of delegates at state Republican conventions recently in Alaska, Colorado, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Missouri and Nevada. Apparently, the number of delegates acquired by a candidate continues to change after the primary, with delegates changing allegiance, and Ron Paul is raking them in.
Ron Paul’s Supporters’ Claims
Ron Paul’s supporters, too, claim a majority of delegates for Ron Paul in as many as 11 states already.
My Calculations
My previous calculations, based on Associated Press data (obtained from Wikipedia through USA Today), indicated that Mitt Romney could not possibly claim the nomination before the Texas primary, and even then, he could only claim it if he got almost all 155 delegates.
Since then, quite a few things have changed, including the fact that Ron Paul is converting delegates who were previously committed to Romney to his own side.
According to present Wikipedia delegate counts (based on month-old AP projections, plus Texas numbers from a website called The Green Papers) , Mitt Romney is still short of 1144 delegates. He has only 1081. The Wikipedia report also neglects the reduction in Romney delegates that would result from Ron Paul’s amassing of delegates.
Where is AP getting it’s most recent numbers from? Why are the new numbers contradicting AP’s numbers from one month ago?
What are AP’s most recent numbers? Wikipedia does not use AP numbers for its Texas update; it is using The Green Papers numbers instead, and AP’s numbers are not in evidence.
How is it possible that Ron Paul seems to be reversing primaries that are already over, and seems to be wining delegates who were previously counted as Romney voters?
Conflicting Reports; Who’s Right and Who’s Wrong?
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Are Associated Press (and the mainstream media quoting them) and CNN wrong in their projections? Are they trying to influence the election by bluffing?
Does Ron Paul pose a serious threat to Romney as indicated by Fox’s Reality Check, Gingrich’s interview, Wall Street Journal’s caution, Drudge Report’s silence, and my humble calculations?
Is somebody lying and spinning, or is the primary election system so complex that nobody can project results accurately?
The Associated Press and “Mainstream” Media
Associated Press has been a frequently cited source of news in the United States since 1845. But media in the United States, originally priding itself in objectivity, has drifted toward slanted reporting to the point where organizations such as the Media Research Center have been established to neutralize the recent left-wing bias in the news media.
Media Blackout
One of the most shocking examples of liberal bias in the media today includes their failure to report on the biggest story in several decades – the barrage of concerted lawsuits launched by the 43 Catholic organizations on the Obama administration, over violations of the United States Constitution’s protection of religious liberty. An appropriate headline would have been the one used by CNS News: Catholic Church Unleashes Legal Armageddon on Obama Administration, So Media Ignore and Distort the News.
Catholicism is the largest religious denomination in the United States. 25% of Americans are Catholic. The Catholic Church has accused the President’s administration of violating the First Amendment. Yet the mainstream media is silent. Most Americans do not know that this has happened.
Stand Up For Religious Freedom Rallies to Be Held in 140 Cities June 8, 2012. Will the media report?
This news blackout included total silence by ABC and NBC, and only one 19-second report by CBS, covering the historic “Legal Armageddon.” Instead, the mainstream media focused on smaller events in an attempt to damage the Church’s image, such as dated stories on “predator priests” and reports on the Pope’s valet leaking documents to the press. Twenty Catholic and evangelical leaders joined the Media Research Center (MRC) this week in calling out the networks for ignoring the Obama administration trampling on the First Amendment.
The news blackout appears to be aimed at protecting the Obama administration, while continuing attempts to discredit the Catholic Church.
Aside: Thus continues the now decades-long misrepresentation of the Catholic Church abuse sandal. In actual fact, the Catholic Church has the lowest frequency of offense towards children on earth. Children are at greater risk of abuse in their own homes and in public schools than they are, or have ever been, in the Catholic Church.
Credibility of the Mainstream Media
Back to the point – should we be considering an Associated Press and mainstream media attempt to spin reporting on the Republican primary?
Do liberals have a preference for running against Romney, versus running against one of the more conservative alternative candidates?
What is AP’s history on the Republican primary?
Has AP been wrong before?
The answer to all of these questions is yes.
Liberals do have a preference for running against Romney, they believe he is easier to defeat than the other candidates.
AP has called results prematurely in the Republican primary
AP has been wrong before
Most importantly, the media has even shown a willingness to participate in a news blackout, when that is advantageous to the far left and to the Obama administration.
Now, the Associated Press is making projections that do not jive with the estimates of others, nor with their own previous estimates. They seem to be favoring Romney.
Fox’s Reality Check (quoted below) seems to believe that AP estimates of Romney’s delegate counts are wildly misleading.
Even Wikipedia’s charts of delegate counts don’t seem to be updated to reflect conservative changes that have occurred during the past month. Additions to Romney’s delegate count acquired in Texas are updated on Wikipedia, quoting the amateurish The Green Papers website’s numbers, but whole state majorities acquired by Ron Paul and acknowledged by Newt Gingrich are absent from the Wikipedia charts.
Considering the total news blackout last week, in which ABC and NBC failed to mention the story of the decade (concerted legal attack on the Obama administration by Catholic organizations), the mainstream media can no longer be relied upon to give unbiased facts on the 2012 election. We, as citizens, are back to knowing very little about what is going on in our nation—two hundred years ago this was limited by the speed of the pony express; today, this is due to intentional news blackouts and manipulation of information by radical media.
Fox’s Reality Check, Gingrich, and Ron Paul’s people – Ron Paul is Still Collecting Delegates at a Striking Rate
The fact is, this is a remarkably unusual election. Our nation is divided, not by economic status, not by gender or by race, but we are divided by philosophy.
Liberal versus Conservative.
And the balance between liberals and conservatives is changing.
This trend has been evident for a very long time. The closeness of the 2000 election with counting of chads, as well as the unexpected unseating of Hillary Clinton by Obama were indications of division and of close competitions which are full of surprises. Wisconsin’s going Republican in 2010 was an indication that shift toward conservatism may be occurring. Recent Gallup polls confirm this shift.
The two positions, Liberal and Conservative, are stalemated on several issues for which it is difficult to imagine any compromise:
Economy: the liberal solution, spending, is not compatible with the conservative solution, cutting spending. A compromise, doing nothing, would (duh) do nothing while we watch our economy go down the tubes.
Abortion cannot be legal and illegal at the same time. It cannot be a “right” and murder at the same time.
Marriage cannot be between one man and one woman, while also being between two men or two women. A choice has to be made.
There are numerous additional issues on which now polarized liberal and conservative positions would struggle to find a middle ground.
According to Reality Check , even the Republican Party is now divided. There appears to be struggle between Republican National Committee (RNC) leadership and a collection of conservatives whom it is difficult to label, but who seem to be rallying behind Ron Paul. Ron Paul is amassing the support of delegates at a striking rate; there is reason to believe that Ron Paul has 1,000 delegates supporting him already. Reality Check calls these Ron Paul supporters the Liberty Party, but I suspect that this group includes a much wider spectrum of conservative people.
Ron Paul Supporters
Ron Paul’s supporters have been dismissed in the past, because of his minority following and because of some extreme policies. But now the numbers of supports that Ron Paul is claiming are growing, and the RNC seems to be evading the obvious question; where are all these Ron Paul supporters coming from?
Previously, I was never a Ron Paul supporter. As a conservative I now support some of Ron Paul’s policies, but consider some of his positions as dangerously naïve; particularly his attitudes towards foreign policy, defense budget, and legalization of drugs.
However, the more I learn about Romney, I begin to see myself rallying behind Ron Paul in preference to Romney, when my top two preferences seem unlikely to be available (Santorum and Gingrich).
I believe that the Republican National Committee (RNC) would have more success moderating Ron Paul’s controversial policies (foreign policy/defense budget/drug positions) than they would have moderating Mitt Romney’s controversial policies (recent endorsements of embryo destruction, allowing gay adoption, and his fundraising associations with pharmaceutical companies which manufacture abortifacient drugs.
Romney’s Record
Why don’t some trust Romney?
Romney has no established philosophy driving his politics. His philosophy, if any, appears to be utilitarian; it changes according to convenience and to circumstances. His commitment to truth or to Judeo-Christian morality is not clear.
Here is Wikipedia’s analysis of Romney’s political positions:
Journalist Daniel Gross sees Romney as approaching politics in the same terms as a business competing in markets, in that successful executives do not hold firm to public stances over long periods of time, but rather constantly devise new strategies and plans to deal with new geographical regions and ever-changing market conditions. Political profiler Ryan Lizza notes the same question regarding whether Romney’s business skills can be adapted to politics, saying that “while giving customers exactly what they want may be normal in the corporate world, it can be costly in politics”. Writer Robert Draper holds a somewhat similar perspective: “The Romney curse was this: His strength lay in his adaptability. In governance, this was a virtue; in a political race, it was an invitation to be called a phony.” Writer Benjamin Wallace-Wells sees Romney as a detached problem solver rather than one who approaches political issues from a humanistic or philosophical perspective. Journalist Neil Swidey views Romney as a political and cultural enigma, “the product of two of the most mysterious and least understood subcultures in the country: the Mormon Church and private-equity finance,” and believes that has led to the continued interest in a 1983 episode in which Romney kept his family dog on the roof of his car during a long road trip. Political writer Joe Klein views Romney as actually more conservative on social issues than he portrayed himself during his Massachusetts campaigns and less conservative on other issues than his presidential campaigns have represented, and concludes that Romney “has always campaigned as something he probably is not.”
Romney has changed his positions on abortion and on government health care. Both of these are major issues in this election, and both have a huge impact on the economy. Whether Romney’s changes in philosophy are genuine and permanent, or whether they reflect a willingness to alter his beliefs pragmatically over time, remains to be seen.
After four years of President Obama’s drifting and reversals, I would consider the choice of a Presidential candidate who has a history of flip-flopping, evolving, etch-a-sketching, or whatever you want to call it, simply irresponsible. There is a chance that Romney’s conversions (on ObamaCare and on abortion) are genuine, but the risk that they are not genuine is too large to take. Mitt Romney is still the only Republican candidate on the ballot who has refused to sign the Susan B. Anthony Presidential Pro-Life Pledge.
If we elect Romney, we could have another Obama on our hands, who promises one thing, then delivers something quite different.
Reversals on ObamaCare and on abortion by Romney would be catastrophic – not only on the “social” front, but on the economic front as well. Socialized medicine and the killing of future citizens by abortion would have an equally devastating effect on the economy of the nation as they would have on the nation’s morality.
Flip-flopping, evolving, and etch-a-sketchingare not the marks of a candidate for President of the United States.
Flip-flopping, Evolving, Etch-a-Sketching: not good marks of a President
They are the marks of confusion at best, and the marks of a liar, at worst.
Who Would Support Ron Paul over Romney?
Above were the reasons why I would support Romney only after every other possibility has been exhausted for Republican nomination. All three, Gingrich, Paul and Santorum, have established a more consistent conservative record of supporting Judeo-Christian morality (and the economic prosperity which this morality fosters) than has Mitt Romney. And I don’t think that I am so unique. In fact, although I have never joined the Tea Party or participated in their functions, I typify quite closely the average Tea Party member.
Many conservatives, whether fiscal, social, or religious conservatives, could conceivably be persuaded to support Ron Paul, or Newt Gingrich, or Rick Santorum for these reasons over Romney. Tea Party, Evangelicals, and Catholics are just a few of the conservative groups who might likely support Ron Paul over Mitt Romney.
If the eccentric and perseverant Energizer Bunny calling himself Ron Paul, the medical doctor who opposes abortion and who has personally delivered over 4,000 babies in his lifetime, continues to amass delegates to support him, and if he makes it to the Republican Convention in Tampa in August, there could be some big surprises occurring at that convention.
My knowledge of the very complex electoral process is not sufficient to forecast whether Santorum or Gingrich will go to the convention and be listed on the ballot as well as Ron Paul. But Ron Paul is now almost sure to be there. In fact, his supporters have already organized a massive 3-day party, to be attended by 40,000 to 100,000 people, including as much as 1,000 delegates supporting Ron Paul, in Florida immediately prior to the Tampa convention.
The RNC is Worried
Delusional speculations, you may be thinking?
Well, the RNC appears to be worried about these possibilities, too.
The Massachusetts RNC leadership is apparently sufficiently worried about Ron Paul’s growing popularity that it is threatening delegates that they must sign an affidavit that they will vote for Romney on the first round of the Republican National Convention in Tampa, or be charged with perjury. They would not be threatening delegates and creating last minute busy-work if there was no danger to their RNC establishment’s agenda.
Governor Romney is also concerned, and is creating a shadow party in some of the states at issue.
This does not make it look like Ron Paul is a harmless eccentric, or that Mitt Romney has the nomination bagged.
How Can Delegate Counts Be Reversed?
How can Ron Paul be reversing primary election results, and why is the media failing to acknowledge recent reversals?
Apparently, Ron Paul has discovered a strategy that circumvents the Republican establishment, and endeavors to facilitate a conservative takeover of the Republican party. The strategy is called the “delegate strategy,” it seems to be working. It involves focusing campaign efforts on the ability to win over state delegates, rather than winning the popular vote.
Instead of focusing on getting the votes of voters at primaries, Ron Paul focuses on getting the votes of the delegates who are elected at state conventions and caucuses, typically a couple of weeks after the primary.
Ron Paul supporters use an extensive grass roots campaign network to influence local officials, who then influence higher-up officials. Basically, delegates are persuaded to switch their vote to Ron Paul weeks after the popular vote at the primary, and this essentially reverses the effect of the primary.
For example, Benn Swann of Fox News reports :
For example, take the state of Massachusetts. Just like in Texas tonight, Romney won the popular vote there. But in the congressional district caucuses, where the delegates are actually chosen, Mitt Romney, despite having been Governor of that state, was embarrassed, when during the district caucuses, Ron Paul supporters took 16 of 19 delegate slots. In doing so, the Boston Globe reports that those Paul supporters, they beat out major names in the Massachusetts Republican Party. Including state house minority leader, Bradley Jones Jr., Kerry Healey, the former Lieutenant Governor, Sheriff Frank Cousins of Essex County, and Republican’s most recent nominee for governor, Charles D. Baker.
This strategy is discussed further by Chris Miles at policymic. Chris Miles concludes: “Boom, Ron Paul’s system looks like it is working.”
How Many States and How Many Delegates Does Ron Paul Now Have?
Ron Paul supporters claim to have as many as 11 states so far.
Ron Paul may have as many as 1,000 delegates so far.
Embeddable map at runronpaul.com:
Click each red state above for reference and further information on Ron Paul’s claimed delegates.
Is the “Delegate Strategy” being used by Ron Paul Crooked or is it Legitimate?
The media has failed to inform people of two main points.
The Republican race is not won through a series of state primary contests. It’s won by accumulating delegates at state conventions, which typically occur a few weeks after the state primary contests.
In the states where the primaries are over, Ron Paul is winning large numbers of delegates, leading to massive fights at State Conventions across the country. It’s also leading to many new people taking over the GOP leadership in these states, and those people happen to be Paul supporters. That has also led to Governor Romney creating a shadow party in some of these states. This reflects the intensity of the competition that is raging in the Republican Party, all the while unreported by the liberal Mass Media, who would love to help push Romney as the candidate Obama will oppose.
Are delegates in the Republican Party bound to vote for a specific candidate, as determined by the popular vote of the Primary?
Or is the popular vote an advisory one?
This question of whether Republican delegates are “bound” is actually under dispute at present.
According to the 2008 Rules of the Republican Party, 25% of delegates are unpledged and are free agents at the convention (this year in Tampa) These include party officials such as the party chair or national party committee members. But 75% of delegates are pledged delegates, indicating that they are “bound” by the popular vote from the primary.
However, the Legal Counsel for the RNC made a ruling in 2008 that ‘The RNC does not recognize a state’s binding of national delegates, but considers each delegate a free agent who can vote for whoever they choose.’” This statement allows all delegates to be free agents, voting for whomever they choose.
So there is a contradiction.
It is not clear how this dispute will play out.
For comparison, Newt Gingrich’s delegates are still bound to vote for Gingrich in Tampa. Newt has the option to release his delegates to vote for Romney as he wishes. But his delegates will be bound to vote either for Gingrich or for Romney in the first two ballots of the Republican convention in Tampa. If there are more than two rounds, they are free to vote for any candidate. Incidentally, Newt Gingrich has not yet released his delegates to vote for Romney in Tampa.
SO: the rules are not yet clear. This is going to be an exciting summer and an exciting convention.
Has This Ever Been Tried Before?
I’ve discussed the Harding election previously, in which Harding went into the Convention with only 20% as many delegates as his opponent had. However, since no delegate had the required 51% (1144) at first, several rounds of voting took place. Eventually, Harding ended up winning the nomination and then winning the election to become President.
I am not sure how the details of the primary worked out, but the fact is that when candidates do not have the requisite 51% (today 1144) delegates before the convention, a brokered convention is held, and some big surprises can surface after several rounds of voting.
This system was wisely put in place to create a process of elimination, so that when there are numerous candidates, as there are in 2012, and not one of them gets 51% of the vote, a minority leader does not end up leading the United States as President. A “brokered” convention steers a process of repeated voting and elimination, which culminates in a candidate who is supported by at least 51% of the U.S.
At present, Romney is still short of 1144 delegates by many estimates. Even AP’s estimates make assumptions and guesses about delegates who are not bound (at least 25% or more of them are not bound), and then even bound delegates are no longer bound after two rounds of voting if more than one candidate enters the convention. With Ron Paul’s number of delegates rapidly growing (and thus Mitt Romney’s number of delegates rapidly shrinking, something that AP does not seem to have acknowledged yet), the numbers are in such a flux in 2012 that it is difficult to make any projections at all.
How Many Delegates Still Up For Grabs?
According to the Wikipedia charts (from USA Today, AP and The Green Papers), this is the present estimated delegate count:
Candidate Wikipedia (AP) Delegates Ron Paul’s claims
Gingrich 142
Paul 143 1,000
Romney 1,105 ???
Santorum 242
Still available 537
Primaries Remaining :
Date State Nuber of Delegates
June 5 California 169
June 10 Nebraska 32
June 16 Montana 23
June 26 Utah 40
Note: If Ron Paul continues to succeed in winning delegates who were previously though to be “bound,” all of the above AP numbers become meaningless. Note also, that the total of delegates still to be determined by the primary votes from the above table is 359, while the AP estimates from table before that listed 537 as still to be determined.
The outcome of this primary – Romney versus a much more conservative candidate like Gingrich, Paul or Santorum – could have a powerful impact on the future of the United States. There is reason for concern. Romney is not similar to the other 3 remaining candidates, and a Romney presidency could be much different than what the conservatives who elect him might imagine. In some ways, Romney has the potential to “evolve” or to reverse himself almost as badly as Obama has done during the course of the last four years.
If all this speculation by Fox’s Reality Check, by Newt Gingrich, by Ron Paul and his supporters, and by me turns out to be mistaken, Mitt Romney will have the nomination, and he will run against Obama for President. In that case, he will have my vote. That is the highest probability scenario.
But if reports of a power struggle in the RNC between moderates and conservatives are correct, there is not only a good chance that Ron Paul’s name will be on the ticket at Tampa, but there is also a good chance that a large number of conservative delegates (previously Santorum and Gingrich supporters) might join him. If Ron Paul’s “delegate strategy” turns out to be legitimate and successful, Ron Paul could even defeat Romney.
With the present NEWS BLACKOUT orchestrated by the liberal media, this primary may not be over until the Republican Convention in Tampa (August 27 – August 30, 2012) is over.
Is the Republican Primary Over?
No, it’s Not Over Yet
Does Mitt Romney Have the Nomination?
No, Mitt Romney Doesn’t Have the Nomination Yet
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Jaimie Fuller: Same old FIFA after missed opportunity to show commitment to reform
What a fascinating insight into FIFA we had last week.
Together with like-minded good people at the European Parliament, led by Emma McClarkin, Ivo Belet and Santiago Fisas, #NewFIFANow had put together a forum scheduled for Wednesday (January 27) at which three of the FIFA Presidential candidates would debate live on global sports network, ESPN.
At last! Others had tried before to get the candidates interested in a debate, but one or more of the candidates would decline.
The three candidates who had confirmed were Jordan's Prince Ali Bin Al-Hussein, South Africa's Tokyo Sexwale and France's Jérôme Champagne. Gianni Infantino had provided a video message to form part of the broadcast element. ESPN was flying-in from the east coast of the USA.
My #NewFIFANow colleague, Bonita Mersiades, was flying-in from Australia. Media were attending from England, Scotland, Ireland, Belgium, France, Germany, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Denmark, Turkey, China, Japan, South Africa, Nigeria, Qatar, Australia and United States.
And then, at around 9.15 on Monday (January 25) morning, Prince Ali effectively put the kibosh on the entire affair.
He wrote to my other #NewFIFANow colleague, British Member of Parliament (MP) Damian Collins, and co-chair of the European Parliament’s Sports Intergroup, to say that he could not attend as he had been informed that the debate would “constitute a breach of FIFA election rules” and one of the two candidates not attending - his letter incorrectly states three - had made a complaint.
A quick look at FIFA’s electoral rules was enough to show it was unclear just which rule was being breached.
But what Prince Ali was saying was that it was either Bahrain's Shaikh Salman Bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa or Gianni Infantino who had made a complaint. The complainant being Infantino didn’t make a lot of sense; although he was not attending, he had given a legitimate reason as to why, and he had provided a video only 36 hours earlier. However, many analysts pointed the finger at Infantino saying he had "arranged" a complaint, even if he didn’t personally make it. Shaikh Salman had never intended to go.
It should be noted also that Prince Ali’s letter also incorrectly states that the date and venue for the debate had changed several times. We wrote to all candidates on 3rd November last year proposing the date of 27th January at the European Parliament in Brussels. We’re not sure what Prince Ali is referring to here.
Damian was quite rightly curious. He contacted the man in charge of the FIFA election, Domenico Scala. He’s also the head of the FIFA Audit and Compliance Committee. Both of these positions are supposedly independent but Scala was a hand-picked choice of Sepp Blatter.
This was Scala’s big chance to walk-the-walk as well as talk-the-talk. He loves to swan-around making out he’s committed to reform in FIFA. He likes to tell anyone who’ll listen about his business experience with large companies. He wants us to believe that, with his helping hand, he can help "save FIFA".
Damian figured that Scala could easily have nipped Prince Ali’s misunderstanding in the bud. If you’re committed to genuine reform of FIFA, and introducing transparency and accountability, a debate between Presidential candidates is a good thing, right?
Er, no.
What followed was a series of incredible email exchanges between Damian and Scala; you can read them here. (The chain starts at the top). Total obfuscation from the man who would have us believe that he’s a leading authority in transparent governance and reform.
Scala was unable to, and didn’t want to, answer a very simple question. Did the debate breach FIFA election rules? The answer to that question is either a "yes" or a "no".
Both Infantino and Shaikh Salman stated publicly that they had not made a complaint. But Scala was unable to confirm or deny whether he had received one. Scala didn’t have to tell Damian who made the complaint; he could have said either “Yes, I do have a complaint which I must look into” or “No, I don’t have a complaint.” It’s very simple.
He was also unable to confirm whether he had called Prince Ali, even though Shimon Cohen of Prince Ali’s PR agency was adamant Scala had called them.
Apparently, Scala called none of the other candidates, so this suggests either he was lying to Prince Ali or giving favourable treatment to Prince Ali by informing him but not the others. If he was lying to Prince Ali, was Scala acting alone, or in concert with someone else - for example, the person who stood to benefit most by the debate not proceeding, the only candidate without a presence on a live global broadcast, Shaikh Salman?
Both scenarios need investigation by the FIFA Ethics Committee as does a third alternative: that Prince Ali lied to avoid the dash across the Atlantic from Asunción in Paraguay to Brussels in the middle of the night in order to make the debate on time. It’s a high-risk strategy, especially as he could have simply said “The travel schedule is impossible, I’m sorry I have to pull out.”
In the end, Jérôme Champagne turned-up in Brussels and was able to have the media who attended all to himself. So far, he hasn’t been sanctioned by Scala.
It was a missed opportunity for the other candidates; but mostly it was a missed opportunity for football.
The candidates could have made a stand by proving they really are committed to greater transparency and accountability, by showing that they do want to connect with the ‘real’ people who are football fans, players, coaches, volunteers and others, and for being willing to debate each other’s ideas.
Instead they showed that whoever gets elected on February 26, that it’s the same old FIFA.
Sepp Blatter may be vanquished, but with people like Scala in positions of power, his legacy lives on.
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Samsung foldable phone to be launched next year
Author: freeman Category: Reviews
What will the Samsung bendable phone really look like?
Source: Theverge.com
Samsung is working on a foldable smartphone that might be introduced early next year, according to The Wall Street Journal. The Samsung foldable phone will reportedly feature a 7-inch display that can bend in half to transform it into a wallet shape. The outside of the device would still have some sort of display. Because of its two displays, the company would have to build in a larger battery, which is worrisome because of the prior Galaxy Note 7 battery issues (aka explosions). This phone could cost more than $1,500 and would first be marketed toward niche users, like gamers.
This foldable phone concept isn’t new for Samsung; we’ve been reporting on it for years. In October last year, we published images of a Samsung patent that showed off a bendable phone design. It looks similar to what The Wall Street Journal describes.
The company has even said it was working on this device multiple times. In April 2017, Samsung Display’s principal engineer, Kim Tae-woong said the company was focusing on bezel-free displays first and would then pivot to bendable displays. The company has now introduced multiple phones with minimal bezels, albeit not completely bezel-free, so it seems the team could be refocusing on something new. At the time, Samsung said it would likely release a bendable phone in 2019, which, again, aligns with the Journal’s reporting.
Since that time, other companies like ZTE have introduced folding phones. ZTE’s Axon M was released in the US through AT&T, and it features two, non-flexible displays. The idea was that users could watch full-screen movies or easily multitask. Samsung’s phone might not be any more ideal for multitasking or gaming, but it would at least look cool and be super unique.
Technob’s final verdict:
We the technobs team can’t wait to behold the wonderful phone to be released by samsung in 2019. It will be reviewed here on technobs, so you have to stay in touch.
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Teni July 29, 2018 Reply
Nice update from technobs
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Thanks teni.
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A new tool for data scientists and biologists and more
by University of Southern California
The social network Linkedin will tell a user how he/she is connected to another. In real life, points of connection are not always that evident. However, identifying patterns or relationships and commonalities among entities is a task that is critically important advantage for businesses, biologists, doctors, patients and more.
A new computational tool developed in the lab of USC Viterbi School Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering professor Paul Bodgan in collaboration with Ming Hsieh professor Edmond Jonckheere, is able to quickly identify the hidden affiliations and interrelationships among groups/items/persons with greater accuracy than existing tools.
The researchers in Bogdan's lab are sort of like detectives and the puzzle they are trying to figure out is how one clue, person, item or action is connected and related to another entity. Imagine a lab dedicated to a scientific "Six degrees of ..." to discover hidden interrelationships. The problem they are tackling is known by researchers who study complex networks as the "community detection problem"—identifying and mapping out which individuals or items have in common and how they are connected.
Such a computational tool could be leveraged by various groups: political strategists trying to find voters' overlapping values or shared attributes; or biologists who want to predict the potential of a drug's side effects or interactions —without running years' worth of live experiments. Their research is also being deployed to identify which parts of the brain are working on the same functions—a key piece of information for neuroscientists and individuals suffering from brain damage to anticipate if certain areas of the brain might take over functionality for injured tissue. One can also imagine this lab's algorithm working on finding points of contact on seemingly unrelated information.
Their recent paper, titled "Ollivier-Ricci Curvature-Based Method to Community Detection in Complex Networks", in the journal Nature Scientific Reports, documents the method the group has developed to create this improved tool.
Methodology/Proof of Concept:
Ph.D. candidate Jayson Sia who worked on the research indicates that the algorithm they developed, the Ollivier-Ricci curvature (ORC)-based community identification, was tested and validated on four known real-world data sets the field for which the goal is to find the point of connection among the "nodes" or individuals/ individual items in a group by looking at the links between them or what is known in technical jargon as "edges." The data sets include a drug-drug interaction network, the Zachary's Karate Club; a college football conference affiliations; and a set of over 1000 political blogs.
Says lead author Sia, "In this paper, we utilized a novel geometric approach via the Ollivier-Ricci curvature which offers a natural method to discover inherent network community structures.."
Curvature in the geometric context, explains Sia, "essentially measures how a surface deviates from being flat (or how a surface 'curves'). The geometry of surfaces is related to the study of map projections and how distances are measured in a curved surface such as the Earth. The Ollivier-Ricci curvature extends this concept of 'curvature' to networks with positively curved edges being 'well connected' and naturally forming a 'community.' Negatively curved edges on the other hand are interpreted as 'bridges' between communities and cutting such edges would isolate information flow between communities."
Finding missing network links could help develop new drugs, stop disease, ease traffic
More information: Jayson Sia et al, Ollivier-Ricci Curvature-Based Method to Community Detection in Complex Networks, Scientific Reports (2019). DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-46079-x
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A new study by the nation’s top self-regulating enforcement group for the investment community shows the gap between every-day Americans and the affluent has continued to grow over the past 10 years, including a growing number of Arkansans who are struggling with balancing financial obligations with mounting medical debt.
The nonprofit Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) released its national survey on financial capability on June 20 that finds the gap between the Haves and the Have-nots continues to widen. That story includes a growing number of cash-strapped Americans who are failing to save money, struggle with student loan debt and face decreasing financial literacy, despite economic growth and declining unemployment over the past 10 years.
The new study, called “The State of U.S. Financial Capability,” shows that key indicators of financial capability are no longer improving in step with the economy. In Arkansas, a significant part of financial capability is the ability to make ends meet through adequate savings and have enough resources for a medical emergency.
“This year marks a decade since one of the most significant financial downturns brought financial crisis and loss to millions of Americans,” said Gerri Walsh, president of the FINRA Foundation. “While we’ve seen improvements in key measures of financial capability over the years, the 2018 findings suggest we have hit a plateau — and that not all Americans have recovered at the same rate.”
The nationwide survey of more than 27,000 respondents is conducted every three years and is one of the largest and most comprehensive U.S. financial capability studies. Originally developed in 2009, it measures key indicators of financial capability and evaluates how these indicators vary with underlying demographic, behavioral, attitudinal and financial literacy characteristics — nationwide and state-by-state.
In Arkansas, the FINRA report noted that 18% of individuals reported that over the past year their household expenses outstrip their annual income, not including the purchase of a new home, car or other big investment. Another 29% of working Arkansans reported having medical bills that are past due.
“Individuals who are not balancing monthly income and expenses are not saving and thus may find themselves struggling to make ends meet,” the FINRA report states. “Overdue medical debt can further compound a household’s ability to meet monthly financial obligations.”
Nationally, trends from FINRA’s past four waves of the financial capability study show signs of widening or persistent gaps among certain groups on key measures of financial capability. For example, 19% of individuals reported that over the past year their household spent more than their income. Another 46% of Americans lack a rainy-day fund for a medical emergency, while 35% of credit card-holding Americans paid only the minimum during some months in the last year.
Following are other key findings from the study.
• While Americans, as a whole, have seen their ability to cover monthly expenses and bills improve since 2009, the 2018 data show that younger Americans, those without a college degree, African-Americans and those with lower incomes are struggling financially, calling into question the improved economy’s ability to work as needed for all.
• Americans are not saving. Despite improvements in the ability to make ends meet, there has not been an increase in the number of Americans’ saving. Nearly half of Americans have not set aside money to cover expenses for three months. Moreover, Americans are stressed about money. More than half (53%) of those surveyed reported that just thinking about their finances makes them feel anxious.
• Most Americans have not planned for retirement. More than half of Americans (54%) have not tried to determine what they need to save for retirement, and only 58% of Americans have a retirement account, based on the survey. The study reveals a gender gap for retirement preparedness may be widening in a way that favors men.
• High education costs are causing buyer’s remorse for many. Among Americans with student loans, nearly half (47%) wish they had chosen a less expensive college. Among those with student debt, a similar percentage (48%) is concerned they will not be able to pay off their loans, and many did not fully understand what they were getting into when they got their loans, the survey shows. Meanwhile, late loan payments are rising.
• Financial literacy has declined. Only 34% of respondents could answer at least four of five basic financial literacy questions on topics such as mortgages, interest rates, inflation and risk — compared to 42% in 2009. This decline in financial knowledge appeared most pronounced among millennials and younger Americans ages 18 – 34 who have had little exposure to high interest rates or inflation as adults.
• Financial education matters. Americans who have participated in a substantial amount of financial education are more likely to save and less likely to overdraw their checking accounts. Nearly half of Americans (49%) who have received more than 10 hours of financial education report spending less than they earn, compared with 36% of those people who received less than 10 hours of financial education.
Link here to view the full FINRA report and state-by-state datasets.
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Hawks Cay Resort
Hawks Cay Resort can be found on 60 acres on Duck Key, about midway down the keys. There is something for everyone, from fishing, snorkeling and other water sports, playing with dolphins, swimming, a saltwater lagoon and a full-service spa. Several restaurants are on the premises. There are kids and teen camps with structured activities for these age groups while parents do other things. Accommodations range from standard rooms, which do not have balconies, to villas with full kitchens. All rooms have TVs with cable, wireless Internet access, refrigerators, and irons and ironing board. Hawks Cay Resort 61 Hawks Cay Bvd. Duck Key, FL 33050 305 -743-7000 hawkscay.com
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Tel Aviv, the second largest city in Israel is one of the most vibrant cities in the world. The place titled as the ‘Mediterranean Capital of Cool’ by the New York Times, is a 24-hour city that offers mesmerizing Mediterranean beaches, world-class nightlife, buzzing cultural scene, scrumptious delicacies, architecture recognized by UNESCO with a complete international outlook. If you are planning an excursion to Tel Aviv then don’t miss some of the best places near Tel Aviv that will surely amaze you with its enticing and incredible beauty.
The city of Tel Aviv is surrounded by numerous popular spots such as Masada & the Dead Sea, Petra, Jerusalem, Caerarea, Haifa, Rosh Hanikra and a lot more crowd-pleasing destinations that electrifies travellers from across the globe. You can plan a complete day tour from Tel Aviv and cover the places via local cab or bus and explore the diversity of this panoramic city and its surroundings.
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The best time to visit Tel Aviv is from March to April and from September to November. Spring and Winter in Tel Aviv experiences pleasant weather and affordable prices. However, the place welcomes maximum visitor during summers with its enticing beaches. You might get an exciting deal if you are planning an expedition between May and August. An excursion in winters will make you witness thousands of European travelers reviving and relaxing here in their own pace.
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Masada is an ancient fortification that lies in the Southern District of Israel. It is situated on top of an isolated rock plateau, overlooking the Dead Sea. It is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Israel that was constructed by Herod the Great between 37 and 31 BCE. Masada houses two fortresses, that is Hasmonean fortress and Herodian palace-fortress. One can witness the lowest place on Earth, that’s, Dead Sea from the highest of these fortresses. You can also plunge in the salty waters and enjoy some relaxing hours!
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2. Dead Sea
It is a salt lake that lies in the Jordan Rift Valley and has been attracting wanderers from around the Mediterranean Basin for thousands of years. This Earth’s lowest elevation on land is saline, creating harsh environment where plants and animals can not flourish, giving it the name ‘Dead Sea’. The water of this sea is 9.6 times as salty as the ocean, that makes swimming similar to floating.
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Petra, also known as Raqmu is the most prominent city that links camel caravans between Mediterranean and Arabian Seas, from Egypt to Syria, beyond Greece. The engineering phenomena of Petra is enormous with sophisticated water systems, supporting 30,000 inhabitants. The raw beauty of this majestic place attracts millions of visitors as this entire city of ruins is a work of art, painted on a natural stone backdrop that changes color every hour.
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4. Jerusalem
Jerusalem, the city that’s believed to have a fourth dimension, that’s, the spiritual dimension. It is a holy place to Jews, Muslims and Christians; making it significant to over one-third of the people on the earth. Beyond its religious and historical relevance, the place has developed as the capital of modern-day Israel. One can take a complete day tour to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv to witness the culture and lifestyle of this ancient city.
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5. Caesarea
Caesarea, a magnificent destination where astounding ancient harbor ruins, serene beaches and enticing modern residences lures the wanderers. It is originally an ancient Herodian port located on the Mediterranean Coast of Israel which is about halfway between Tel Aviv and Haifa. Recently, the site has been restored to create one of Israel’s most attractive and enticing archaeological sites.
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6. Haifa
Haifa, the third largest city in Israel, located beautifully on the slopes of mount Carmel facing the Mediterranean Sea is called as the ‘San Francisco of Israel’ by the Globetrotters. The city offers numerous tourist attractions such as Bahai Gardens, German Colony, and illuminating museums. The city has a mixed population of Jews and Arabs who resides peacefully, resulting in an interesting amalgamation of Arabic and Jewish cultures throughout the city.
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7. Rosh Hanikra
It is an incredible geological creation, lying in the farthest point north on Mediterranean Coastline. Rosh Hanikra, is a white chalk cliff face that offers spectacular grottos and caves which can be explored after an exhilarating cable car ride down the cliff. These grottos are the cavernous tunnels formed due to sea action on the soft chalk rock.
Further Read: 10 Best Places To Visit In Israel For An Extended Tour Of The Holy Land
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27 Deleted Scenes From ‘Lipstick Under My Burkha’ That The Censor Board Shamelessly Cut
Updated on 6 September, 2017 at 5:00 pm By Anum Ansari
“Lipstick maat lagao, affair ho jayega. Jeans maat pehno, scandal ho jayega.”
‘Lipstick Under My Burkha’ is one of those movies that gave nightmares to the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), or to be precise, to Pahlaj Nihalani. From calling the film “lady oriented” to cutting almost half the film calling it “too bold for the audience” the censor board did every possible thing to stop its release.
Leading ladies of the film ‘Lipstick Under My Burkha’. sify.com
Yes, the film is women oriented and it does have scenes that project women in a way in which society does not want them to be. S-E-X, it’s just not a word or three letters, it’s something that women should not think of till a man asks for it. The film revolves around the stories of four women from Bhopal, who deal with the taboos of society against their sexual desires. The society never gives women the right to express their need for sex, rather it’s just the man who can think of it. Raising this bold issue, Alankrita Shrivastava has made this movie.
However, the censor board made it difficult for the makers to release the movie and spread their message to the audience. The movie has finally been released and has got a great response. The audience is saying a lot of great things about the movie and the message it conveys.
A scene from the film. indiatimes
The film had to struggle for almost six months to get the release certificate from the censor board. But that’s not all, the censor board cut around twenty-seven scenes from the film calling them “too bold for the audience” before releasing it. The picture that contains a list of the scenes that the censor board chopped off is taking rounds on the internet and believe us, the list is really shocking.
The list consists of 11 cuts made in the film that include some abusive words and kissing scenes. The list also consists of 16 cuts that filmmakers had to make for CBFC.
Do you think that the Censor Board cuts the film in a way that it loses the message it is meant to convey? Do let us know in the comments.
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$50Gs reward offered for alleged playground gunman
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T’Quan Robertson, 23, of Toronto, is wanted on an arrest warrant in relation to the Scarborough playground shooting that injured two sisters, 5 and 9, on June 14, 2018. (Toronto Police handout)
Gunshots shattered the quiet of a summer afternoon at an east-end playground.
And when the smoke cleared, two little girls had been wounded.
Now, Toronto Police are hoping a $50,000 reward and an accompanying awareness campaign will lead them to one of the triggermen responsible for the June 2018 shooting.
For more than a year, detectives have been hunting T’Quan Robertson, 24, but so far he has eluded capture.
Cops say the alleged gunman is hiding somewhere in Ontario.
They want someone to drop a dime on Robertson.
“We’re not looking for witnesses or people to testify, this case is ready to go to trial and we’re just looking for the location of the suspect,” Deputy Chief Peter Yuen said at a press conference Tuesday.
“I’m very confident someone out in the community knows where Mr. Robertson is and we need that phone call.”
About a dozen children were romping around the playground in the city’s east end around 5 p.m. on June 14, 2018 when a vehicle rolled up, police said.
Two assailants got out of the car and began shooting at another man who was at the park.
The gunmen’s target fled but bullets struck two young sisters on the playground, investigators said.
A five-year-old was hit in the abdomen while her nine-year-old sister took a bullet above her ankle.
The pair needed multiple surgeries, but have since recovered, Yuen said.
Police have since arrested two men in connection with the shooting and have also arrested the targeted man on weapons-related charges.
Robertson, however, is still being sought for attempted murder, two counts of aggravated assault and discharging a firearm with intent.
Now, police — along with Crime Stoppers and an initiative known as the Bolo Program — will plaster Robertson’s image on seven billboards in Toronto and flag the reward for his arrest in a social media blitz.
His photograph will also be on the move in a digital advertising truck “driving around strategic neighbourhoods identified by the lead investigator,” said Bolo Program director Maxime Langlois.
Robertson, a rapper who goes by the name Top Gunna, is the latest wanted person featured by the Bolo Program, which launched in May 2018 and aims to spread the word as investigators seek suspects.
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The program has featured eight men and one woman so far and has seen more than 200 tips come in, but hasn’t yielded any arrests, Langlois said.
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Analysis of ribonucleotide reductase M2 mRNA levels in patient samples after GTI-2040 antisense drug treatment
Agnes Juhasz, Aikaterini Vassilakos, Helen K. Chew, David Gandara, Yun Yen
This study describes the development of a rapid and practical real-time RT-PCR method to quantify ribonucleotide reductase M2 (RRM2) mRNA in tumor and peripheral white blood cells (WBCs) from patients treated with GTI-2040, an antisense drug currently in clinical trials. In order to assess target down-regulation by GTI-2040, RRM2 mRNA expression levels were analyzed in pre- and post-treatment samples from a phase II clinical trial of GTI-2040 combined with capecitabine in patients with metastatic breast cancer. Target gene RRM2 mRNA levels were evaluated using quantitative RT-PCR method: real-time PCR (TaqMan®) with fluorescein labeled probes on an ABI 7900HT instrument, with additional post-processing of the data to adjust for differences in total RNA in-put across the samples. Data are presented from a patient for whom both biopsy and PBMC samples were available, demonstrating applicability of this reproducible, highly sensitive real-time RT-PCR method for the detection and quantification of mRNAs for RRM2 in human WBC and tissue samples. By providing quantitative measurement of changes in target gene expression, this method may provide an opportunity to determine the correlation between target response to GTI-2040 antisense and clinical response in patients. Furthermore this assay may assess whether WBC samples are an appropriate surrogate tissue for approximating target down-regulation in the tumor.
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Phase II Clinical Trials
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ribonucleotide reductase M2
GTI-2040 antisense
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Juhasz, A., Vassilakos, A., Chew, H. K., Gandara, D., & Yen, Y. (2006). Analysis of ribonucleotide reductase M2 mRNA levels in patient samples after GTI-2040 antisense drug treatment. Oncology Reports, 15(5), 1299-1304.
Analysis of ribonucleotide reductase M2 mRNA levels in patient samples after GTI-2040 antisense drug treatment. / Juhasz, Agnes; Vassilakos, Aikaterini; Chew, Helen K.; Gandara, David; Yen, Yun.
In: Oncology Reports, Vol. 15, No. 5, 01.05.2006, p. 1299-1304.
Juhasz, A, Vassilakos, A, Chew, HK, Gandara, D & Yen, Y 2006, 'Analysis of ribonucleotide reductase M2 mRNA levels in patient samples after GTI-2040 antisense drug treatment', Oncology Reports, vol. 15, no. 5, pp. 1299-1304.
Juhasz A, Vassilakos A, Chew HK, Gandara D, Yen Y. Analysis of ribonucleotide reductase M2 mRNA levels in patient samples after GTI-2040 antisense drug treatment. Oncology Reports. 2006 May 1;15(5):1299-1304.
Juhasz, Agnes ; Vassilakos, Aikaterini ; Chew, Helen K. ; Gandara, David ; Yen, Yun. / Analysis of ribonucleotide reductase M2 mRNA levels in patient samples after GTI-2040 antisense drug treatment. In: Oncology Reports. 2006 ; Vol. 15, No. 5. pp. 1299-1304.
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Will Trump Dump Pence for Nikki Haley?
Then US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley attends a Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East including the Question of Palestine at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on October 18, 2018.
Atilgan Ozdil / Anadolu Agency / Getty Images
Heather Digby Parton,
It looks as if The Trump Show will take some interesting turns in the new season, which begins Jan. 3. The teaser we saw on Tuesday was a doozy. Minority Leader and soon-to-be House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer went up to the White House to meet with the president about the looming government shutdown and all hell broke loose before the meeting even started. When the fur starts flying at the photo-op, you know that things are going to get crazy.
Trump did his normal thing: Lying, exaggerating, threatening, bragging, complaining. But instead of the usual GOP sycophants clapping like a bunch of trained seals, this time he got pushback. He’s not used to that and it didn’t go well for him.
WATCH: Full video of Trump’s heated meeting with Schumer and Pelosi https://t.co/AoA5Zduq2o
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) December 11, 2018
According to the Los Angeles Times, Trump stomped off and threw a folder full of papers around the room after the meeting, which is understandable. He had no idea what had just happened to him and he was frustrated.
It’s hard to believe it was this easy but Pelosi got him rattled by confronting him and then Schumer goaded him into yelling “I’ll proudly shut down the government if I don’t get what I want!” which, if it happens, is going to be an albatross around his neck. The Republicans are reportedly none too pleased that the greatest negotiator the world has ever known was so easily backed into a corner, leaving them with little room to maneuver on the budget, especially since the latest polling shows that a large majority of American don’t want a shutdown over the wall. Even 30 percent of Republicans are against it.
One person who had not one word to say about all this was Vice President Mike Pence, who sat frozen in a chair like a Madame Tussaud’s wax figure, not moving or changing expression the entire time. His behavior was so strange it went viral almost immediately:
This photo was really from the Trump-Pelosi-Schumer fight today. Can someone please check to see if Mike Pence is actually still alive or is this a “Weekend at Bernies” type scenario where they just prop up Pence at meetings. pic.twitter.com/EX1qJvP5ft
— (((DeanObeidallah))) (@DeanObeidallah) December 11, 2018
It’s actually quite understandable that Pence was, well, a bit pensive. The meeting was a train wreck, and it’s plausible that he had recently been on the receiving end of Trump’s wild temper and was just happy not to be involved. After all, Trump had just suffered a major humiliation when Pence’s chief of staff, Nick Ayers, pulled out of an apparent agreement to move up and replace Trump’s departing chief of staff, John Kelly. Trump had foolishly announced Kelly’s departure as one of his distraction ploys during last week’s rollout of bad legal news and no doubt held Pence somewhat responsible for the humiliation when his boy backed out. That’s just how he rolls.
Nobody really knows why Ayers turned down the job. He’s been working for Pence from the beginning of the term and his main characteristic seems to be relentless ambition. But he did, and now Trump is scrambling to find someone. As of Tuesday afternoon, the White House had to backtrack and say that Kelly would stay on until after the first of the year.
The Ayers saga has been going on for some time. Apparently he was pushed hard by Ivanka and Jared Kushner, largely because of their antipathy for Kelly. There were strange little kabuki dances staged for the press, denying that there was any unpleasantness, but nobody was fooled. One of the more recent palace-intrigue stories might have also contributed to Ayers’ departure and Pence’s odd behavior. Gabriel Sherman at Vanity Fair reported recently that there was some talk that for all of his ostentatious bootlicking, Pence wasn’t really bringing anything to the party:
[Earlier this month] Trump hosted a 2020 strategy meeting with a group of advisers. Among the topics discussed was whether Mike Pence should remain on the ticket, given the hurricane-force political headwinds Trump will face, as demonstrated by the midterms, a source briefed on the session told me. “They’re beginning to think about whether Mike Pence should be running again,” the source said, adding that the advisers presented Trump with new polling that shows Pence doesn’t expand Trump’s coalition. “He doesn’t detract from it, but he doesn’t add anything either,” the source said. Last month, The New York Times reported that Trump had been privately asking advisers if Pence could be trusted, and that outside advisers have been pushing Nikki Haley to replace Pence.
It’s hard to know if Ayers’ abrupt departure from the White House might have anything to do with those musings, but you can bet that Pence has heard about it.
That polling is correct, by the way. Pence’s place on the ticket was always predicated on the need for Trump to reel in folks on the religious right who might be put off by his libertine ways. As it turns out, they love him just the way he is.
CNN’s Ron Brownstein looked at some previously unpublished results from the 2018 exit polls and they show something startling. Republicans actually ran poorly among white working-class women who are not evangelicals. Nearly three-fifths of those women voted for the Democrats, more than double the share of evangelical women. Even white working-class non-evangelical men, who did give Republicans a majority, still voted twice as often for Democrats as did white male working-class evangelicals. Most college-educated evangelicals voted for Republicans too. They are consistently Trump’s most ardent followers.
In fact, just last week a group gathered at the Trump Hotel in Washington to pray for him:
[L]ast Friday afternoon (Dec. 7), one of the hotel’s many glimmering ballrooms was transformed into a sanctuary, where dozens of worshippers held their hands aloft and spoke in tongues as Jon Hamill, co-founder of Washington, D.C.-based Lamplighter Ministries, led the group in prayer. Hamill — whom supporters describe as a prophet — closed his eyes tightly and shouted above the chattering: “In Jesus’ name, we declare the Deep State will not prevail!”
The Trump advisers who brought him his polling no doubt understand that these people are in the bag for 2020. But if they want to win they have to figure out a way to bring back some of those non-evangelical women who are abandoning the Republican Party in droves. In that respect, maybe putting Nikki Haley on the ticket makes some sense.
If people are talking about this to the press you can be sure Pence knows about this scuttlebutt too. So does Pence’s fair-haired boy, Nick Ayers, which may be informing his decision to spend more time with his money. That faraway look in the veep’s eye may be the look of someone who’s trying to come to terms with the fact that he’s just another in a long line of Donald Trump’s castoffs who have been used, abused and left with nothing.
This piece was reprinted by Truthout with permission or license. It may not be reproduced in any form without permission or license from the source.
Heather Digby Parton
Heather Parton is from Santa Monica, California. She founded the blog Hullabaloo.
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Things To Do With Kids In Canada
The cities in Canada have playgrounds for your kids and they can watch aquatic animals swim and have interaction in other adventures ( More on: Canada electronic travel authorization). You will find spaces outdoors and indoors for youngsters. The provincial parks plus the remaining portion of the wilderness offer some opportunities for exploring the world outdoors. This is an ideal place to spend vacations with the fam.
Visit the Banff and the Lake Louise
The national park of the Banff which is in the Alberta is amongst the UNESCO World Heritage Site and contains up to 2564 square miles comprised of lakes, mountain peaks, glaciers and forest too. Lake Louise and also the Banff have winter fun like horseback riding, summer, swimming and canoeing. The youngsters may walk on its glacier for up to 35 miles the town of Banff.
Tour the Niagara Falls
The kids will tour the Niagara Falls commencing on the American side making use of trails. You can get views from Ontanio which is dramatic. Kids will like this ride utilizing a boat for passengers under the falls or utilizing tunnels and caves which are behind those falls. The kids may watch the butterflies emerge from their cocoons inside Butterfly Conservatory inside the Niagara Parkway. They can experience the water slides and pools of a park called the Fallsview Indoor Waterpark.
Visit Toronto with the kids
The capital of Ontario is Toronto and it is just 2 hours drive through the border referred to as the American border. There are pieces of art for children to see like the Art Gallery of Ontario where you can see distinct sculptures and artwork. The Queens Quay West is a place for hosting shows and various concerts, there exists a dance venue, a sandy beach and a studio for craft. Kids can get a ride making use of Sky Pod to have some panoramic view of this city. There’s Ontario Science Centre which is a scientific fun for children. The Royal Ontario Museum has a bat cave and dinosaur bones. The children may dig up the bones of those dinosaurs at Queen’s Park. You will discover much green space for in-line skating. Options exist for hiking and biking. You are going to go ahead and take kids to the Franklin’s Children’s Garden. Canada’s Wonderland is a short distance from the city, Toronto which is the largest of this type in Canada .
Groove the Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island is among the provinces that have some activities for the children. This is home to the writer of Anne of Green Gables, Lucy Mande. This area is just the way the author wrote it. You’ll find beaches for swimming including paths for cycling through the Confederation Trail and parks for hay rides and watching birds.
Visit the Vancouver Whistler
The Whistler and also the Vancouver are available inside British Columbia and there are mountains for your kids including oceans. The children may wait to walk across the Capilano Suspension Bridge and tour the Treetops Adventure in which bridges which are up to 200 ft . tall which trunks from trees suspends. The children can cliff walk-through the rainforest and visit the Living Forest Exhibit. This rainforest in Stanley Park is fascinating to children of diverse ages. They can visit the Vancouver Aquarium and obtain a bike ride through its sea wall. The best place to ski is the Whistler and you’ll see giant chutes here. Snowshoeing is accessible and the children may engage in cross-country skiing. The kids may paddle through the River of Golden Dreams and there are 5 lakes here. A long zip line ride is between Whistler along with the Blackcomb Mountain.
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Emotional Well-Being in Adults Born With Cleft Lip and/or Palate: A Whole of Life Survey in the United Kingdom (2020)
Ardouin, K., Hare, J., & Stock, N. M. (in press). Emotional Well-Being in Adults Born With Cleft Lip and/or Palate: A Whole of Life Survey in the United Kingdom. Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal, https://doi.org/10.1177/1055665619896681
Objectives: Previous research with adults born with cleft lip and/or palate (CL/P) has identified a range of concerns regarding mental health and quality of life, concluding that overall emotional functioning is poorer compared to the general populat... Read More about Emotional Well-Being in Adults Born With Cleft Lip and/or Palate: A Whole of Life Survey in the United Kingdom.
Satisfaction with Healthcare in Families Following a Diagnosis of Cleft Lip and/or Palate in the United Kingdom (2019)
Costa, B., White, P., & Stock, N. (in press). Satisfaction with Healthcare in Families Following a Diagnosis of Cleft Lip and/or Palate in the United Kingdom. Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal, https://doi.org/10.1177/1055665619888318
Having a child born with a cleft lip and/or palate (CL/P) poses several challenges for new parents and can have a significant psychological impact on the family as a whole. Previous research has indicated that dissatisfaction with healthcare is a ris... Read More about Satisfaction with Healthcare in Families Following a Diagnosis of Cleft Lip and/or Palate in the United Kingdom.
Becoming known: Disclosure and exposure of (in)visible difference (2019)
Sharratt, N. D., Williamson, H., Zucchelli, F., & Kiff, J. (in press). Becoming known: Disclosure and exposure of (in)visible difference. Stigma and Health, https://doi.org/10.1037/sah0000212
Bodily or physical differences constitute one class of potentially stigmatized characteristics. The existing literature confirms that those with appearance altering or disfiguring conditions (‘visible differences’) may experience both felt and enacte... Read More about Becoming known: Disclosure and exposure of (in)visible difference.
A web-based self-help psychosocial intervention for adolescents distressed by appearance-affecting conditions and injuries (Young Persons’ Face IT): Feasibility study for a parallel randomized controlled trial (2019)
Williamson, H., Harcourt, D., White, P., Hamlet, C., Rumsey, N., Marques, E., …Cadogan, J. (2019). A web-based self-help psychosocial intervention for adolescents distressed by appearance-affecting conditions and injuries (Young Persons’ Face IT): Feasibility study for a parallel randomized controlled trial. JMIR Mental Health, 6(11), https://doi.org/10.2196/14776
Background: Disfigurement (visible difference) from wide-ranging congenital or acquired conditions, injuries, or treatments can negatively impact adolescents’ psychological well-being, education and health behaviours. Alongside medical interventions,... Read More about A web-based self-help psychosocial intervention for adolescents distressed by appearance-affecting conditions and injuries (Young Persons’ Face IT): Feasibility study for a parallel randomized controlled trial.
Provision of care for families affected by craniofacial conditions: The views of non-specialist health professionals (2019)
Stock, N., & Costa, B. (in press). Provision of care for families affected by craniofacial conditions: The views of non-specialist health professionals. Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal,
Objective: A diagnosis of a congenital craniofacial condition can have a significant impact on the psychological wellbeing of the affected family. As the first health professionals likely to come into contact with families, non-specialists, such as... Read More about Provision of care for families affected by craniofacial conditions: The views of non-specialist health professionals.
Experiences of living with visible difference: Individual and social reflections (2019)
Sharratt, N. D., Jenkinson, E., Moss, T., Clarke, A., & Rumsey, N. (2019). Experiences of living with visible difference: Individual and social reflections. Health Psychology Update, 28(2),
Many health conditions impact upon an individual’s appearance and result in an altered appearance (“visible difference”). The presence of visible difference is associated with a variety of psychosocial difficulties and challenges, yet calls for an i... Read More about Experiences of living with visible difference: Individual and social reflections.
Cognitive-behavioral roots of body image therapy and prevention (2019)
Diedrichs, P. C., Lewis-Smith, H., & Halliwell, E. (2019). Cognitive-behavioral roots of body image therapy and prevention. Body Image, 31, 309-320. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2019.08.009
The existing array of evidence-based body image prevention and intervention approaches has evolvedover time. However, the majority originated directly or indirectly from a cognitive-behavioral conceptu-alisation of body image pioneered by Thomas F. C... Read More about Cognitive-behavioral roots of body image therapy and prevention.
Opening a Pandora's Box that can't be salvaged: Health professionals’ perceptions of appearance-related care in an Australian pediatric specialist hospital (2019)
Newcombe, P., Gee, C., Maskell, J., Newcombe, P., Kimble, R., & Williamson, H. (2019). Opening a Pandora's Box that can't be salvaged: Health professionals’ perceptions of appearance-related care in an Australian pediatric specialist hospital. Body Image, 31, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2019.07.004
© 2019 Elsevier Ltd Many children and young people struggle adjusting to the psychosocial consequences (e.g., body dissatisfaction, social anxiety, and stigmatisation) of visible differences (or disfigurement). As appearance-affecting conditions ofte... Read More about Opening a Pandora's Box that can't be salvaged: Health professionals’ perceptions of appearance-related care in an Australian pediatric specialist hospital.
Facilitating Positive Psychosocial Outcomes in Craniofacial Team Care: Strategies for Medical Providers (2019)
Stock, N. M., Marik, P., Magee, L., Aspinall, C. L., Garcia, L., Crerand, C., & Johns, A. L. (in press). Facilitating Positive Psychosocial Outcomes in Craniofacial Team Care: Strategies for Medical Providers. Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal, https://doi.org/10.1177/1055665619868052
© 2019, American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association. Objective: Psychosocial issues associated with craniofacial diagnoses and the ongoing burden of care can impact the quality of life of patients and families, as well as treatment adherence and o... Read More about Facilitating Positive Psychosocial Outcomes in Craniofacial Team Care: Strategies for Medical Providers.
Promoting Psychosocial Adjustment in Individuals Born With Cleft Lip and/or Palate and Their Families: Current Clinical Practice in the United Kingdom (2019)
Stock, N. M., Zucchelli, F., Hudson, N., Kiff, J. D., & Hammond, V. (in press). Promoting Psychosocial Adjustment in Individuals Born With Cleft Lip and/or Palate and Their Families: Current Clinical Practice in the United Kingdom. Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal, https://doi.org/10.1177/1055665619868331
© 2019, American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association. Objectives: The importance of psychosocial aspects of care has received growing recognition in recent years. However, the evidence base for psychosocial intervention remains limited. Specialist... Read More about Promoting Psychosocial Adjustment in Individuals Born With Cleft Lip and/or Palate and Their Families: Current Clinical Practice in the United Kingdom.
Medical Stress Reactions and Personal Growth in Parents of Children With a Rare Craniofacial Condition (2019)
Feragen, K. B., Stock, N. M., Myhre, A., & Due-tønnessen, B. J. (in press). Medical Stress Reactions and Personal Growth in Parents of Children With a Rare Craniofacial Condition. Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal, https://doi.org/10.1177/1055665619869146
© 2019, American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association. Background: The birth of a child with a congenital craniofacial anomaly (CFA) can have a profound psychological impact on the family. Despite the complexity and variability in treatment for thes... Read More about Medical Stress Reactions and Personal Growth in Parents of Children With a Rare Craniofacial Condition.
Associations between mindfulness, PTSD, and depression in combat deployed post-9/11 military veterans (2019)
Barr, N., Keeling, M., & Castro, C. (2019). Associations between mindfulness, PTSD, and depression in combat deployed post-9/11 military veterans. Mindfulness, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-019-01212-9
Objectives: Combat experiences predict PTSD and depression in U.S. military veterans. However, few studies have investigated associations between mindfulness and these constructs. We examined main, direct, and indirect effects for mindfulness and com... Read More about Associations between mindfulness, PTSD, and depression in combat deployed post-9/11 military veterans.
Military spouses transition, too! a call to action to address spouses’ military to civilian transition (2019)
Keeling, M., Borah, E. V., Kintzle, S., Kleykamp, M., & Robertson, H. C. (in press). Military spouses transition, too! a call to action to address spouses’ military to civilian transition. Journal of Family Social Work, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/10522158.2019.1652219
© 2019, © 2019 Taylor & Francis. Military to Civilian Transition (MCT) is the process experienced by military personnel as they leave service and return to civilian life. This MCT process is thought to be challenging across a range of key areas suc... Read More about Military spouses transition, too! a call to action to address spouses’ military to civilian transition.
Adolescent body dissatisfaction and disordered eating: Predictors of later risky health behaviours (2019)
Bornioli, A., Lewis-Smith, H., Smith, A., Slater, A., & Bray, I. (2019). Adolescent body dissatisfaction and disordered eating: Predictors of later risky health behaviours. Social Science and Medicine, 238, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.112458
Rationale Body dissatisfaction is prevalent among teenagers, and may influence the uptake of risky health behaviours. Objective The study assessed the influence of body dissatisfaction on smoking, cannabis use, drug use, self-harm, gambling, and... Read More about Adolescent body dissatisfaction and disordered eating: Predictors of later risky health behaviours.
Systematic review of body image measures (2019)
Kling, J., Kwakkenbos, L., Diedrichs, P. C., Rumsey, N., Frisén, A., Brandão, M. P., …Fitzgerald, A. (2019). Systematic review of body image measures. Body Image, 30, 170-211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2019.06.006
Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This systematic review synthesizes and critically appraises measurement properties of influential body image measures. Eight measures that met the definition of an assessment of body image (i.e., an... Read More about Systematic review of body image measures.
Women’s initial experiences of their appearance after mastectomy and/or breast reconstruction: A qualitative study (2019)
Herring, B., Paraskeva, N., Tollow, P., & Harcourt, D. (2019). Women’s initial experiences of their appearance after mastectomy and/or breast reconstruction: A qualitative study. Psycho-Oncology, 28(10), 2076-2082. https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.5196
Objective: Surgical procedures intended to treat breast cancer or reduce risk of developing the disease typically result in changes to appearance and scarring of the breast area, and any donor sites. The longer-term impact of these changes on body i... Read More about Women’s initial experiences of their appearance after mastectomy and/or breast reconstruction: A qualitative study.
Risk and Protective Factors for Psychological Distress in Families Following a Diagnosis of Cleft Lip and/or Palate (2019)
Stock, N. M., Costa, B., White, P., & Rumsey, N. (2020). Risk and Protective Factors for Psychological Distress in Families Following a Diagnosis of Cleft Lip and/or Palate. Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal, 57(1), 88-98. https://doi.org/10.1177/1055665619862457
© 2019, American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association. Objectives: Despite the potential psychological impact of a diagnosis of cleft lip and/or palate (CL/P) on parents, few large-scale studies currently exist. Utilizing data extracted from The Cle... Read More about Risk and Protective Factors for Psychological Distress in Families Following a Diagnosis of Cleft Lip and/or Palate.
The contribution of a charitable organisation to regional cleft lip and palate services in England and Scotland (2019)
Stock, N. M., Guest, E., Stoneman, K., Ridley, M., Evans, C., LeRoy, C., …Rumsey, N. (2020). The contribution of a charitable organisation to regional cleft lip and palate services in England and Scotland. Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal, 57(1), 14-20. https://doi.org/10.1177/1055665619862727
Background: From diagnosis through to adulthood, a cleft lip and/or palate (CL/P) poses a number of challenges for those affected. Alongside the care provided by clinical teams, complementary information and support is offered by charitable organizat... Read More about The contribution of a charitable organisation to regional cleft lip and palate services in England and Scotland.
Can big business foster positive body image? Qualitative insights from industry leaders walking the talk (2019)
Craddock, N., Ramsey, M., Spotswood, F., Halliwell, H., & Diedrichs, P. (2019). Can big business foster positive body image? Qualitative insights from industry leaders walking the talk. Body Image, 30, 93-106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2019.06.004
© 2019 Elsevier Ltd The fashion, beauty, and advertising industries have been positioned as key contributors to body dissatisfaction through the promotion of unrealistic and homogenous appearance ideals. Recently, some businesses within these industr... Read More about Can big business foster positive body image? Qualitative insights from industry leaders walking the talk.
Translation and pilot study of the Cleft Hearing Appearance and Speech Questionnaire (CHASQ) (2019)
Stiernman, M., Maulina, I., Zepa, I., Jagomägi, T., Tanaskovic, N., Knežević, P., …Persson, M. (2019). Translation and pilot study of the Cleft Hearing Appearance and Speech Questionnaire (CHASQ). European Journal of Plastic Surgery, 42(6), 583-592. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00238-019-01543-9
Background There has been a lack of a standardized protocol for collection of patient reported outcomes (PRO) and detection of and indication for psychological treatment in cleft care. The objectives of this paper was to translate Cleft Hearing Ap... Read More about Translation and pilot study of the Cleft Hearing Appearance and Speech Questionnaire (CHASQ).
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The Lovers Cabaret Presents: Mistresses...
The Lovers Cabaret Presents: Mistresses – The Encore
September 9, 2014 by Christina Pontikis
Photos by Tong Guan of Do What U Luv Movement
When I asked my plus one if she wanted to see a burlesque show, she quickly, and excitedly, responded in the affirmative. Unlike me, she had seen burlesque shows in the past and we were both excited to see what The Lovers Cabaret had in store for us on Saturday night. My plus one went all out for the event, donning a black corset and skirt complemented by a pair of Betsy Johnson heels and bright red lipstick that put my ensemble to shame.
The Fox Cabaret was the perfect venue for Mistresses. The small, but adequately sized venue, along with the décor (painted red and black walls added to a “lovers” feel) facilitated an intimate vibe I think people come to expect when going to a burlesque show. Everyone on staff at the Fox Cabaret, especially our server Kiri (so delightful!), were beyond helpful and welcoming but the most welcoming person last night was Mistresses producer Vanessa Young. The talented producer, dancer and creator of The Lovers Cabaret made a point to not only introduce herself to us but also made herself available to other patrons and fans.
Mistresses tells the story of, well, mistresses and how the predicament of being a “mistress” can unfold. Using contemporary musical artists, such as Banks and Miguel, the talented and very athletic dancers, weave together a story of love, lust, betrayal and eventually content. The first half of the show sets up the premise of how one can unexpectedly find themselves embroiled in a mistress-type situation but doesn’t burden the audience with some sort of moral tale of how this is “wrong” or “right”. Mistresses simply shows the viewers that this type of thing happens and exposes the emotional toll it can cause the parties involved, particularly the “mistress”.
The show was, obviously, flirty and sexy but was also quite sexually suggestive which I am sure pleased many of the male members of the audience. Between the main story, each of the dancers had a chance to showcase their talent with a solo performance. The highlight for me was Portia Favro’s “happy birthday” dance for her boyfriend. Favro, as well as all performers, is undeniably sexy and seductive when on stage but during her solo performance she was mesmerising. A nod to “old school” burlesque, Favro teased the target of her affection, as well as the audience, with her suggestive dancing. At a particularly racy part, I cheered and applauded loudly, much to the amusement of my plus one. Young stated that she hand-picked particular dancers for this show not only because of the content but also because she wanted to ensure they were capable of partaking in the main show and be able to execute a solid solo performance. Well, mission accomplished. Every solo performance was a testament to the athletic ability possessed by all the Mistresses dancers.
There is always something going on with the Lovers Cabaret, including new shows in November, so check their website http://www.theloverscabaret.com/ or their Facebook page for performance updates.
Mistresses– The Encore was an extremely fun and sexy way to spend a Saturday night.
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EVERYTHING FLEETS NEED TO KNOW
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Move petrol and diesel car/van ban to 2030, say Government’s eco advisors
Natalie Middleton 2nd May 2019, 2:15 pm
The Government’s 2040 target of ending sales of new petrol and diesel cars/vans is too late to tackle climate change and should be moved to 2030, according to its official environmental advisors.
The report says achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 will require all new cars and vans to be pure battery electric by 2035 latest
The Committee on Climate Change’s newly published Net Zero report calls for a new UK emissions target of net-zero greenhouse gases by 2050 to replace the current target of an 80% reduction against 1990 levels; a move it says is “necessary, feasible and cost-effective”. But getting all cars and vans to be electric by 2050 will require all new registrations to be pure battery electric – not hybrids – by 2035 at the latest, and ideally by 2030.
By 2030, electric cars will be both cheaper to purchase and run than conventional cars even without existing subsidies or advantageous tax treatment.
However, the report adds that this will require 3,500 rapid and ultra-rapid chargers near motorways to enable long journeys and 210,000 public chargers in towns and cities. Today in total there are 21,000 public chargers of all speeds.
Meanwhile smart charging solutions will be important in ensuring that demand peaks are manageable and the report also warns that many networks will need to be upgraded in a timely manner and future-proofed to limit costs and enable rapid uptake of electric vehicles.
And the Net Zero report also calls on cities and local authorities to have input, saying they are well placed to understand the needs and opportunities in their local area and play important roles on transport planning, including providing high-quality infrastructure for walking and cycling and provision of charging infrastructure for electric vehicles.
The report also urges the use of Clean Air Zones to discourage the use of polluting vehicles and other technologies.
Finally, the report from the Government’s climate change advisers also sets out ways for individuals and households to take action on the way they travel; from switching to walking/ cycling/public transport, to opting for an electric car and charging it smartly and also – in line with the growing wave of ‘flight shame’ – to minimise flying, especially long-haul.
The report significantly ups the ante on the Government’s current 2040 ‘ambition’ on new cars and vans – first outlined in 2011 and reiterated in the 2017 air quality plan and the Road to Zero Strategy – not least as the 2040 ambition allows for full hybrids as well as pure electric vehicles.
And it’s not the first time the Government has been urged to move the date forwards or been told that its current strategy for delivering its “ambition” are too vague. MPs on the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee published a report six months ago saying that the target must be brought forwards to 2032 – the same date already set by the Scottish Government for its phase-out plans – and backed up by meaningful purchase incentives and a truly nationwide charging infrastructure. UK cities have also called for an earlier ban along with the WWF, which says it could help add £3bn to the UK economy and create 14,000 jobs in auto industry.
It’s not just transport that comes under focus in the CCC Net Zero report; it also urges the implementation of a range of other measures to meet the more stringent greenhouse gas emission targets. And it says these could actually be met by Scotland by the earlier date of 2045 although it acknowledges that Wales has slightly lower opportunities than the UK as a whole, and should adopt a target for a 95% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
Lord Deben, chairman of the Committee on Climate Change, said: “We can all see that the climate is changing and it needs a serious response. The great news is that it is not only possible for the UK to play its full part – we explain how in our new report – but it can be done within the cost envelope that Parliament has already accepted. The Government should accept the recommendations and set about making the changes needed to deliver them without delay.”
The report has been welcomed by lobby group Transport & Environment. Greg Archer, UK director of T&E, said: “Existing government plans to phase out some cars with engines by 2040 are too little too late and the committee’s proposal to end sales of cars with engines by 2030-35 are spot-on. The UK government now needs to back the vision and put in place the framework that enables UK businesses to lead the transition. It should start by increasing taxes on new gas guzzlers to fund tax breaks for zero-emission cars and investments in recharging.”
Environmental law firm ClientEarth also welcomed the findings. Climate accountability lawyer Jonathan Church said: “At a time when the urgency of climate change could not be more stark, this report sets out a bold and optimistic future for the UK to be climate neutral by 2050.
“We now need this Net Zero by 2050 target to be put in place right away because every month of delay will make achieving it more challenging and less cost-effective in the future.”
And BVRLA chief executive Gerry Keaney also commented on the report, saying: “The BVRLA agrees that ambitious targets are necessary, and we have been proactive at demonstrating to government how the vehicle rental and leasing sector is well placed to help deliver zero-emission road transport.
“Our Plug-in Pledge launched in 2018 saw the industry pledging to increase the number of plug-in vehicles from 50,000 to 720,000 by 2025, which can only be achieved with the right fiscal incentives, infrastructure and product supply.
“As the Committee on Climate Change notes, until the point when electric vehicles become affordable for most consumers, effective incentives are still needed to stimulate demand. Targets can only be met if government, local authorities and industry work together to create the right environment.
“HGV operators for example, have very little option right now. They have a fleet cycle of 5-10 years and are much more expensive. Failure to consider the needs of commercial operators when implementing air quality measures will risk causing harm to local economies as operators will look to avoid entering areas that impose penalties.”
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Kids react to viral videos!
This episode: Ice Bucket Challenge!
Alright, I've been officially called out by John Bullis in the Ice Bucket Challenge...
Oh, it's the Ice Bucket Challenge.
- Ice Bucket Challenge! - Ice Bucket Challenge!
I already know this.
Everybody's doing the Ice Bucket Challenge!
You have 24 hours to respond, or you're gonna donate $100 to the ALS Foundation.
That's not a bucket.
That is literally everywhere.
So I'm gonna do the ALS Bucket Challenge.
So here it goes.
That's a bigger bucket.
- There's no ice. - I nominate......
and Justin Blonde.
Have fun, you guys. You have 24 hours to do this, right now.
Hey, it's Niall Horan here--
Oh, I know him!
Yay, One Direction!
I want to nominate Novak Djokovic , Louis Tomlinson...
I love the way he talks.
(laughs)
He used the trash bin. (laughs)
I've been challenged by several Americans--
Do you know who that is?
Rob Ford?
I forgot his name!
- He lost to Obama a while back. - Is it John McCain?
That is one of the former presidents.
George Bush.
George Bush!
I do not think it's presidential for me to be splashed with ice water--
So I'm simply gonna write you a check.
That check is for me. I don't wanna ruin my hairstyle.
I don't really like this guy, but yeah! He supporting ALS.
Right now...I will be doing
- the Ice Bucket Challenge! - Oh, Macklemore.
So many celebrities are doing this.
(crowd cheers)
- That was a cool place to do it. - Yeah!
And all the girls are like, "I want the bucket!"
That one was a crazy one.
Famous people doing it just makes it stupider.
Alright, Scooter, I accept your Ice Bucket Challenge.
Is that Justin Bieber?
- I nominate Barack Obama-- - What?!
Barack Obama?!
Bieber, stop getting in my face.
Hello, ladies and gentlemen, I have been nominated by three people...
Syndicate, yeah!
I can donate $1,000 to charity.
It's time for Nate's nomination. Go, go, go, go, go!
Oh no, no, no, no!
I've got one more nomination to go.
- I have so many - Oh no!
Okay, this one's good.
It's like a waterfall!
(laughs) This is the best one.
Now it's going to say QUESTION TIME!
I've been here long enough to know everything.
Question time!
So why do you know about the Ice Bucket Challenge?
I've heard of it from my friends.
Somebody did it at my school.
(together) Instagram.
- Facebook. - It's huge!
Basically, everyone that I know have done it.
So the Ice Bucket Challenge is where you challenge people in a video
to pour ice water over their head, and they have to do it in 24 hours,
or they have to donate money to charity.
That's actually pretty hilarious.
So wait...if you pour the water on your head, you don't give money?
If you don't do it, you...do?
(Finebros) What do you think about this challenge and the charity drive?
I think it's a really good cause.
Is it dumb or is it helping out charity?
Oh, let's find a way to spread awareness about this disease.
Let's pour ice water on our heads.
You're just wasting water.
Some of the people that do them, they only do tiny buckets.
- Yeah. - I know we're in a drought, but...
(together) It's for charity!
It's gotten so big that even major celebrities are doing it.
What is it about this that makes them want to do it to?
Because they want to help people with ALS.
I think it's cool that everybody's doing it.
It's like the next trend.
If big celebrities do it, then everyone else wants to do it.
I think it's a good cause. I think people should do it
to spread awareness and stuff.
But when you do it, you seem like a good person.
So...celebrities want to be like, "Oh, we're normal people.
We do great things."
(Finebros) Why do you think people just don't make videos challenging people
to donate money to charity?
Why do we also need to be pouring water over our heads?
Because it catches peoples' attention.
If it's just charity, go donate for charity,
they'll be like, "Well, that's boring."
'Cause it sounds like an ad!
Well, you need to intensify everything.
We can't just go, "Oh, here's $100 for charity."
No! You have to dump ice water on your head.
"Oh, okay!"
Not everyone can donate.
I just don't have $100 I can just give away.
I'm a kid.
But we can dump ice water on ourselves to help get the numbers up
so someone else can donate.
(Finebros) So this challenge is said to have come from
another challenge from a while ago called the Cold Water Challenge,
where you jump into a cold lake or a body of water for charity.
- Have you ever heard of that? - No.
Don't think so.
(Finebros) So this challenge seems to have come from another challenge,
- but people rarely mention that. - I kind of feel bad for the Cold Water Challenge.
That's what started it all. It's like the father.
If you go online and you get an idea from something,
you have to credit the source.
(Finebros) So back to the challenge, it can be for any charity,
but mostly it has been for ALS. You know what ALS is?
Ummm, no.
ALS is Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.
It's also known as the Lou Gehrig Disease.
You can't move certain muscles, and eventually you just can't move at all.
You have to sit in wheelchairs and you can barely walk.
My mom had cancer--the lungs one.
It's very rare and they didn't have a cure for it,
so helping people cure themselves is a very good reason
to care about your family as well.
(Finebros) Some are saying this challenge is dumb and people are only doing it
to get attention because it's gotten so popular,
and there's no way to know if they're actually donating to charity.
Other people think it doesn't matter because it's still raising awareness.
- What do you think? - I'm with the people who are saying
it raises so much awareness.
I think they should think positive, not negative.
If it was dumb, then why would a lot of people do it?
Well, yeah...wait a second, wait a second. This is humanity we're talking about.
Even if they are doing it for the wrong reasons, just to get attention,
they are still telling people, "Come on. You should donate to charity."
(Finebros) Finally, we will donate $100 to charity if you accept
the challenge of pouring ice cold water over your head.
I accept!
I'll do it.
I accept it!
You got yourself a deal, young man!
Okay...
This is for you, ALS, and you're a sucker,
so here it goes!
(shrieking)
Oh my gosh. That wasn't so bad.
I challenge all you subscribers.
All the subscribers out there...
to do the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge!
24 hours, please.
- Good luck! - Good luck.
Thanks for watching this episode of Kids React!
To watch bonus footage from this episode, go over the React channel!
The information to donate to ALS is in the description.
And wish you'd donate at least $100, people!
They need the money, so they can cure the people.
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‘It’s just fitting’: Kings’ Jeff Carter punctuates 1,000th game with memorable winning goal
By Lisa Dillman Nov 16, 2019 17
LOS ANGELES — Later, even his teammates agreed.
Saturday’s game against the Vegas Golden Knights produced the perfect Hollywood ending for Kings forward Jeff Carter.
Really, how could it get any better?
On the day he became the 338th NHL player to appear in 1,000 games, Carter broke a third-period tie by scoring the winning goal in a 4-3 victory, the Kings’ third in a row. In a season when there hasn’t been a lot of reasons to celebrate around Staples Center, it was the sort of fairytale moment that left everyone believing in karma.
“I’ve been involved with the game of hockey my entire life and I think the game has a way sometimes of being rather poetic,” defenseman Alec Martinez said. “Tonight was just another example of that.”
“You couldn’t write the script any better for him to get the winner,” said coach Todd McLellan. “Proud night for himself, his family, little kids watching dad go to work — that’s a great...
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Monthly Manga – Yankee-kun and the White Cane Girl
January 17, 2020 January 17, 2020 mythos Leave a comment
Starting the year off right with two of my favorite types of stories: Romance and Representation! I’m a sucker for a fun, no major bummers or big drama, kinda romance where two people can comfortably get to know each other. This is also the perfect way to positively represent various issues and types of lives while being respectful to both, so it becomes a great way to experience another person’s perspective while also getting all those warm feelings about people in love. Love and empathy! Great combo.
Mythos' Picks for the Anime of the Decade
December 26, 2019 December 26, 2019 mythos 1 Comment
This has been one of the best times for anime and the sheer evolution of the industry over these 10 years is crazy to consider. Just looking back on the number of anime that came out in one season in 2010 compared to a season now shows an explosion of growth. And sure, there’s been plenty of sequels, reboots, and rehashes of old tropes. However, there also have been stand out hits that did something unique and were immediate loves of mine at first watch.
So for this list, I didn’t restrict myself to one per year, nor any limitation of trying to number one anime above another. Instead, I just wanted to share anime that had a big impact on me and, I think, also the industry. So given when this list is coming out, let’s celebrate the holidays in alphabetical order with something morbid: Death!
Letterkenny – a Canadian show that pulls a Monogatari
Bakemonogatari, and the Monogatari series as a whole, is a very unique beast. The anime spends as much time playing word games as it does going through its actual plot, and you may be surprised to learn that this is not just in its adaptation. The first novel in the series, Kizumonogatari spends the first chapter talking around a vampire instead of about them, making play-on-words and constant asides rather than actually detailing the character the narrator is supposed to, dancing around the subject until they finally give in… The following chapter.
And this is basically the essence of this series. Well, if you ignore the random outings into very yikes uncomfortable sexual scenarios and bouts with supernatural beasts.
My Brother’s Husband – An Instructional Guide to Being an Ally
June 27, 2019 June 23, 2019 mythos Leave a comment
Back when Ryan Lewis and Macklemore were writing the songs for their album The Heist, Ben Haggerty (Macklemore) was having a hard time coming up with the lyrics for “Same Love.” He finally decided on an idea of telling the story from a gay individual’s perspective. However, when he showed this to Ryan Lewis, Ryan shot it down immediately. He stated to Ben that there was no authenticity behind these words, and that if he really wanted to make an impact, he should tell it from his perspective. Ben rewrote the song with this in mind, taking his own perspective and feelings of support for the gay community and translating them musically. The song went on to be an anthem for the gay community and a banner for allies to rally under as they pushed harder to finally enact legal gay marriage in the United States.
As someone who likes to write in his free time, I always suffer trying to find how to write characters that aren’t the same background as me, whether it’s a different ethnicity or a different sexuality. To be honest, it genuinely is an impossible thing to try and do this by myself. I can’t understand the struggle or the abuse people have gone through for being gay because I’m just not. That is why I always talk to those around me from these backgrounds in order to help me understand on some scale, and then constantly keep the conversation going as I write. Any writer who is gay would far better be able to detail how that feels than me, and we should encourage them to write those feelings. However, for those of us that are allies, I feel that if we want to express these types of characters in the stories we tell, we have to make damn sure we do it right.
That is why I love My Brother’s Husband as a series. This short but endearingly sweet manga very much acts as an instructional guide for the ways allies can help and make the best of being the support class in the Equality Squad. Gengoroh Tagame in this manga shows people, such as myself, how to be that ally that the gay community needs, how to accept them and work with them to make a better place.
Doom Patrol – My Love of Weird
May 1, 2019 May 1, 2019 mythos Leave a comment
It’s been a bit but I wanted to make a piece. Partially because of the extreme guilt of not being vocal and sharing with you guys who have supported us but also because I’m trying to turn that guilt into something really beautiful, if I can. So, I’ll do what I do best:
Here’s a gush piece.
DC recently decided to wall off a lot of their content on their own streaming platform called DC Universe, possibly because they saw Disney do the same with Marvel. Now, granted, I’m sure that there are some benefits for doing this. For instance, with a branch specifically for assisting shows to get created, there are some things that may not have had the money or chance otherwise. That said, it really sucks for a lot of people because there’s no reason to pay for another service that you’ll probably check out once every blue moon.
Well let me tell you about how freaking blue that moon is for me right now.
The No Cry Challenge
March 28, 2019 mythos Leave a comment
Hey anime peeps. It’s Mythos!
This is a little different but I wanted to share a more personal piece I wrote about the importance of expressing emotion.
It’s not anime related so I’m hosting it on my personal blog but I figured if you liked some of my other posts, such as the Psycho-Pass one, you might like this.
Story Time with Mythos
When I was in college, my roommate at the time introduced me to a challenge that was being spread around Reddit. It was called the No Cry 19 Challenge. It was a playlist of videos that was guaranteed to make people cry. They weren’t all sad, though many were, but were just extreme from an emotional sense. Extremely sad, extremely happy, and just a whole range of emotions. The comments were fun to look at as you saw a wide range of individuals detailing out how far they made it, with many falling off within the first ten videos.
The challenge was fun but it also made me realize two ideas. The first, is that it’s a universal thing to need to cry, and through empathy we’re able to share in those emotions other have. This sounds super philosophical, like some hoity-toity shit, but the fact of the matter is…
Pick of the Month: Mado Kara Madoka-chan
March 11, 2019 March 11, 2019 mythos Leave a comment
This manga is this perfect little cap off to the day for me. Mado Kara Madoka-chan is a cute little series about a office worker who walks the same path to work every day outside of a woman’s house, who loves to play games and roleplay with him as he passes by. Every time that our protagonist comes by, Madoka-chan begins a different kind of game with him to keep both of their lives fun, dramatically changing the layout and look of her home.
Each chapter is a different strange experience with the eccentric Madoka-chan as she performs something within her four walls either for the salaryman passing by, or seemingly to entertain herself. However, her eccentric nature and the dramatic transformations of her place, sometimes in a matter of minutes, makes me feel as if there’s a hint of Magical Realism in this series. Like, there are some chapters where she closes her shutters and not five seconds later, they slam back open to reveal a restaurant. It’s insane but also always fun, especially because as magical as she may seem, Madoka-chan doesn’t always get everything right and so interactions between the two characters can become dynamic and sometimes downright hilarious.
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CHAOS ALERT: Dem leader calls for deploying UN troops on the streets of America
Sunday, December 17, 2017 by: Mike Adams
(Natural News) And so it begins.
Apparently oblivious to the fact that Democrat policies have driven the city of Chicago into a state of near-collapse, Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin is now calling for United Nations “peacekeeping” troops to be stationed on the streets of America.
As you’ll hear in the video below, Boykin says that UN troops need to be brought into America’s cities as a way to help “victims of violence.” Utterly oblivious to the ramifications of foreign troops invading U.S. soil and occupying a U.S. city, Boykin is just the latest example of a hopelessly deranged Democrat, devoid of logic and reason, who seems to have no clue he just called for in invasion of the United States of America by foreign troops. (Or maybe he knows exactly what he’s doing, and it’s time to drop the hammer…)
“I’m hoping to appeal to the UN to actually come to Chicago and meet with victims of violence, and maybe even possibly help out in terms of peacekeeping efforts,” Boykin explains in the video below. (h/t to The Daily Sheeple)
When asked to explain further, he says that armed foreign troops / shock troops are necessary to “protect minority and vulnerable populations.” Via the video below:
[UN troops] have been able to help in places like Africa, where they have sent troops in, sent forces in, to help protect minority and vulnerable populations, so frankly I think the same can be said for here in Chicago.
Watch for yourself in the CBS Chicago video below (article continues below)…
Dave Hodges and Steve Quayle have been right all along
For the record, independent media journalists Dave Hodges (TheCommonsenseShow.com) and Steve Quayle (SteveQuayle.com) have been warning about UN troops being unleashed on U.S. soil for many years. And for doing so, they have been derided as conspiracy theorists and lunatics (as have all independent media journalists, come to think of it). Yet here we have an open admission by a Chicago Democrat that this is precisely the plan. It’s no longer just a theory. It’s an admission of the plan.
Hodges wrote about this just yesterday, in fact, saying:For years, The Common Sense Show has been diligent in exposing the existence of UN troops on US soil who are simply waiting for a pretext to emerge and enforce martial law as the opening salvo for the takeover of America… The Common Sense Show has learned from a previously utilized and high ranking and well–placed source, that occupation troops of the United Nations, stationed in Chicago plan to use the extreme tenets for the NDAA to indefinitely detain, without due process that they arbitrarily deem to be a potential problem. The list of detainees WILL NOT be confined to armed gangsters who are creating mayhem and murder in Chicago. The list of permanent detainees may include members of the Deep State opposition.
Stefan Stanford of All News Pipeline has also extensively covered this now-admitted conspiracy in articles like this one, writing:
UN troops and vehicles ARE here in America – but waiting for what? As Quayle tells us, this should be a huge ‘reality check’…there is no ‘reset button’ on what we’re now watching unfolding as the globalists prepare to put this experiment in liberty once known as ‘America’ to bed.
There is no problem too big to solve… when you invade America with foreign troops
On Boykin’s on website, he explains, “There is no problem too big for us to solve… when we work together.”
By “working together,” of course, he means unleashing foreign troops on U.S. soil. This bypasses posse comitatus, which prohibits active duty U.S. soldiers from policing our own streets. By naming the armed UN invaders “peacekeepers,” Boykin is invoking deep deception about his true intentions (which is the military occupation and overthrow of U.S. authority).
The insanity of his recommendation is off the charts. He claims to need UN troops to stop “gun violence,” for example, yet fails to acknowledge that all the foreign troops will be armed, thereby bringing even more military weapons to the streets of America (to be aimed at U.S. citizens, of course).
“While no one can deny the fact that Chicago is essentially a warzone, the fact that a liberal city commissioner is planning to use United Nations peacekeepers to confront said violence should send shockwaves down the spine of any freedom loving American,” writes The Daily Sheeple. “Liberal leaders in Chicago are now openly planning to declare martial law, complete with UN shock troops on the streets to police the American population.”
All this on the heels of my warning from two weeks ago about military contractors being readied to lock down U.S. cities
Keep in mind this is all on top of my warning from two weeks ago, contained in the following audio podcast entitled, “Military contractors told to prepare for DOMESTIC deployment.” Listen to my warning in the podcast below, then continue reading below:
As you’ll hear in this podcast, some military contractors (former military operators who are now “free agents”) are being told that a domestic deployment is in the works soon, with a special emphasis on locking down cities and prevention the spread of social chaos. Individual who are high up in the intelligence chain, in other words, already know something big is in the works. I keep getting confirmations from multiple sources that this will involve unbridled civil unrest in large U.S. cities. What I don’t know, however, is the trigger event that’s going to set this off.
As far as the trigger event goes, your guess is as good as mine, but the fact that this is expected to unleash civil unrest across the cities — not the countryside — is an important clue. One educated guess about all this is that the Trump administration is about to announce mass arrests of corrupt Democrats across the country, perhaps related to widespread pedophilia and collusion among the deep state agents currently attempting a political coup against America. If this happens, half of America will cheer. But the other half will go insane and try to burn everything to the ground.
Here’s what likely happens once UN troops are unleashed on the streets of America
I’m writing this with careful precision, so please note that I am not endorsing or encouraging such kinetic conflicts, but I do have reason to believe that if United Nations troops are unleashed upon the streets of America, many armed Americans will actively seek them out and deliberately kill them.
Call it “America’s immune system,” if you will, in the sense that America’s defenders will be activated by the presence of foreign invaders on U.S. soil. Many police officers and soldiers have sworn an oath to defend the U.S. Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic. If UN troops are activated on U.S. soil, there’s no question this will be perceived as an active invasion of the homeland… and will be met with fierce resistance in all the ways you might imagine.
Again, I’m not endorsing or encouraging any particular actions, but I am analyzing the most likely outcomes from such a scenario. There’s no question in my mind that many of America’s Second Amendment defenders are going to see such “foreign occupation” as a GO SIGN for active elimination and / or expulsion of UN troops from U.S. soil. UN soldiers, in other words, will likely be actively hunted and killed on sight. (Again, for the record, this is an educated analysis, not an endorsement of such actions. Don’t quote me out of context.)
This, of course, may be precisely what totalitarian-minded Democrats like Boykin want to see happen, because once a few UN troops have been killed, all armed citizens can be designated “domestic terrorists,” justifying an even larger UN presence and occupation across America (combined with a nationwide call for gun confiscation, of course). The UN occupation, in fact, may be an attempted false flag operation to invoke an armed response (followed by nationwide martial law).
At that point, things probably devolve into a full-fledged guerilla war across America, pitting determined and heavily armed U.S. patriots against poorly trained, highly corrupt and barely-motivated UN troops (who are already widely known as child sex slave scumbags and rapists, all across Africa and Europe, by the way). The battle may not even last very long, as UN troops are no match whatsoever for determined U.S. military veterans and patriots. Many law enforcement organizations will even join with the patriots in such a scenario. Sadly, a lot of innocent Americans will likely be caught in the crossfire of all this, which brings me to my next point…
What will YOU do if your city is suddenly transformed into an active war zone?
The Cook County buffoon Boykin seems to have no clue about the unbridled bloodshed and violence he’s about to unleash, starting in his own city (Chicago). Apparently, he wishes to make Chicago ground zero for the next kinetic war in America. How he manages to convince himself this is somehow going to keep minorities safe is beyond all comprehension. Then again, in order to be a political leader in Chicago, you have to be incredibly irrational and somewhat deranged in the first place. To expect these people to logically think through their own demands is to expect the impossible. If they really knew what they were doing, after all, Chicago wouldn’t have already collapsed into something resembling a Third World country in terms of homelessness, widespread violence and economic collapse. (Chicago is right now the murder capitol of America, even though it is stupidly designated a “gun-free zone” by Democrats.)
My advice to everyone reading this? Sell your damn Bitcoin and buy some preparedness gear. Have a bugout bag and a plan to walk out of the city (yes, walk). If all this goes down, you likely won’t have any early warning whatsoever, and you may suddenly find yourself a prisoner of your own city, lumped in with a wave of armed scumbags and out-of-control hoodlums who are looting or raping everything in sight. And that’s just the UN troops I’m talking about, not even mentioning the inner city gangs yet.
That’s the day you’ll wish you had a compass, a reliable firearm, a hundred hours of training and several spare mags of ammo. If you’re not killed or molested by the UN troops as part of their “peacekeeping” recipe, you’re subject to being ransacked and murdered by the inner city gangs. Those who survive all this will be the men and women who can shoot attackers in self-defense, protect their homes and lives, and escape and evade the wave of human scumbags who are trying to occupy or destroy your city in the name of “peace.”
For my friends who are military contractors, by the way, this is one job you may want to pass on. Nine hundred bucks a day isn’t worth getting caught in a crossfire between UN troops and deranged gang bangers who have already sent all the cops fleeing. Even the ten loaded AR mags you normally carry on such short duration deployments still might not be enough. On top of that, your bosses will of course give you complete bulls##t RoE which means you can’t even defend yourself when you’re getting shot at. (Remember how infuriating that was in Iraq?)
Think twice before accepting any such assignment on U.S. soil, even if it’s offered at double or triple the pay rate. You can’t possibly carry enough ammo and steel plates to be safe in this scenario. Plus, this is of course the exact moment your super duper high-end red dot sight will lose its zero, causing you to have to engage targets at night with your clunky iron sights which are also painted BLACK as night, which is why you probably never really practiced enough night shooting with iron sights. So you’re basically screwed at this point. A paycheck is meaningless if you don’t make it out alive.
Stay home instead and defend your life. (Click to Source)
The US Gov. Agrees to a UN Military Takeover In the Event of Civil Unrest on American Soil
ISIS, MS-13, Antifa, the conspiratorial wing of the. CIA the cover up mechanisms of the FBI. the Clinton Foundation, the Paddock family, Loretta Lynch, Eric Holder, AG Jeff Sessions, VP Mike Pence, George Soros and his communist front groups (eg Moveon.org, BLM), CALEXIT (eg California Gov. Jerry Brown, various drug cartels, the Mexican Consulate, George Soros (2), Bank of China, the United Nations, La Raza, et al), former President Obama, Hillary Clinton, HSBC Bank, 80 Federal legislators who belong to Communist and Muslim Brotherhood front groups (eg. Franken, McCain, Pelosi, Feinstein, Boxer, Waters, Warren, K. Harris, etc.), James Comey, Robert Mueller, the Chinese government, the Russian government, and individual nations (eg Norway) of the UN Peacekeeping forces) and many others are just one big happy family. And what are they happy about? They are active and dedicated participants in the plot to destroy the Constitutional Republic of the United States and replace it with a brutal totalitarian government complete with UN troops in our streets and FEMA re-education camps. By the way, what you have read in this paragraph is just the short list.
The MSM Admits What the Independent Media Has Been Telling an Igrnorant America for Years
Before you marginalize this bold statement, you might actually want to consider some hard core, irrefutable evidence. Let’s start with the mainstream media and Fox News.
“UNITED NATIONS – The United States is announcing its support for a set of principles that give a green light for U.N. peacekeeping troops and police to use force to protect civilians in armed conflicts.
U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power told a high-level U.N. meeting Wednesday focusing on the responsibility to protect civilians that the United States was “proud” and “humbled” to join 28 other countries that have pledged to abide by the 18 pledges.
U.N. peacekeepers from these 29 countries are now required to act in cases where civilians are in danger.
“The Kigali Principles are designed to make sure that civilians are not abandoned by the international community again,” she said, recalling how U.N. peacekeepers left Rwanda before the 1994 genocide and Srebrenica before the 1995 massacre.”
I have become an expert at arguing with idiots. The UN is not coming to an unsuspecting America, they are already here. They are waiting for enough chaos to ensue to justifiy taking over the country. Undoubtedly, half-baked people are going to say “Fox did not say that UN troops are coming to America”. I don’t mean to confuse anyone on the left with the facts, but please try and answer this question: “When Antifa is successful in using its new-found allies from MS-13 and ISIS, as well as the aforementioned people and groups, to carry out unlimited Las Vegas style attacks, and worse, what is the UN going to do? By policy they are going to bring their 28 nation peace-keeping force to America. Oh wait, they are already here and I have been reporting on this for six years!!!
Please allow me to spell this out very clearly. The Deep State has succeeded in lining up unlimited funding and willing participants in bringing holy hell to America. It has already started. Now, our government has sold us out and has agreed to let the blue helmets take over this country on a set of contrived consequences promulgated by the left.
The UN Takeover of America Has Already Been Rehearsed Under the Obama Administration
While some of you were busy watching CNN, this is what happened under your noses during the two years of Jade Helm drills (ie JH 15 and JH 16).
The declaration of the United States government, as published on Fox News on October 29, 2017, is merely the legitimization of what has already happened. I published my warning over and over on this domain. First, my warnings were published in regard to the 2014 Central American illegal alien invasion where DHS and the UN were commanding Border Partrol personnel to admit MS-13 into the interior of the United States. The operation was so bold that at one of its headquarters, I previously reported that Congressman Jim Bridenstein was refused entry into Ft. Sill when he went to investigate. I also reported that foreign troops were training at known FEMA camp locations such as Camp Grayling in Michigan. I published pictures of UN vehicles on America soil, repeatedly and as late as this Fall.
Fox News has invited itself to this party a little late because in 2016, I published the following:
Camp Grayling Is a FEMA Camp
Camp Grayling is a FEMA camp facility in Grayling, MI., and was the sight of martial law training for the Michigan National guard which commenced on July 15, 2015, during the Jade 15 Operation. This facility also houses hundreds of UN military vehicles.
The foreign troops training at the FEMA Camp facility, Camp Grayling, are clearly UN troops who are undoubtedly training for the inevitable.
With regard to Obama’s July 1, 2016 executive order:
“United Nations “peacekeepers” may soon arrive and see action on American soil following the United States’ announcement of support for “a set of principles that give a green light for U.N. peacekeeping troops and police to use force to protect civilians in armed conflicts,” Military Times.”
I also received this email from an eyewitness to the treason going on at Camp Grayling.
My Buddy Tim and I had an opportunity to take a Camp Grayling Open House Tour in June of 2015 and I have several video clips of something you folks are not talking about. The videos are of the Multi Million Dollar Urban Assault “Village” located on the Camp Grayling Reservation way out in the boonies. This is not the Middle East Assault Village also located on the reservation…it’s the USA Village; Church, Post Office, Bank and every building found in a Small Town USA. To show that this village is real; Youtube Search “OP Blacksheep @Camp Grayling” You can see some of the actual buildings.
Anyway, I have an attached updated photos of the “Prison Camp” that was upgraded with new Buildings and Communications Tower; Military Tour Guide says “ATT Tower” Yeah Right just happens to be right on the front gate of a Prison Training Facility.
Anyway, I want to snail mail a memory stick with everything I have, Videos, Stills, Satellite over time to show upgrading the prison site has undertaken. Bottom-line the govt is dumping million$ into this Camp Grayling, to include many-many new barracks buildings. THIS IS WHERE those TROOPS are TRAINING THIS SUMMER!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Editor’s Note: That would have been the summer of 2016).
On July 21, 2015, I published the following:
” WNEM TV in Michigan ran a story in which they noted that 3,000 Polish troops were training in the area. We have seen live combat drills in Flint, Michigan complete with explosions and troops movements. In fact, The Common Sense Show has produced documentation that could fill a book with regard to foreign troop activity on American soil.”… In May (2015), I received and published information from trusted sources, that 36,000 Turks assigned to NATO were in the process of being sent to a variety of Texas bases… I have also previously covered the fact that thousands of Danish soldiers trained at Camp Grayling in April (2015).
On my Youtube Channel Paul Martin has repeatedly stated that Turk soldiers have been reported in Northern Colorado. Paul and I have logged many hours exposing the all the foreign and UN troops in Northern Colorado and in Southern Wyoming (eg Rawlins, WY). Speaking of Paul Martin, it appears that Paul has Russian intelligence officers looking for him as recently as last week. Please consider the following report where Paul shares this frightening event.
Since Paul and I published this account, we have learned from our sources that these men were from Russian intelligence and were in uniform. The intent was obviously to intimidate and to basically announce “we are here, and there is nothing you can do about it, so shut up!”
The takeover of America has been well-rehearsed and has been underway for years: I published the following on May 18, 2015.
The Army has been diligently training to lock the country down into martial law. Specifically, I am referring to the Army’s building of a ‘fake” $96 million dollar Northern Virginia town which is being used to train the military to enforce martial Law. Of course, the government says that this is a foreign town being used to train our troops to occupy.We also hear this same worn out argument about Jade Helm training in that “we are training for the Middle East”. Does the following video look like the Middle East to you, or does it look more like Mainstreet America? If Jade Helm truly training for the Middle East, then someone needs to explain why the town has a Christian church, handicap parking spots, Washington DC subway logos, loading zone signs and road signs in English. I don’t remember seeing pictures of the streets of Damascus in which they display handicap parking signs and have a plethora of Christian churches. A picture is worth a thousand words as you will see in the following video.
As far back as 2011, I published the following account: Sherrie Wilcox of Knoxville,TN. Sherrie has seen and photographed DHS armored vehicles back in March with Russian soldiers manning the vehicles in eastern Tennessee and Western Kentucky. The following video details how Russians are training in DHS vehicles.
I could fill a book with examples of UN/Foreign troops on American soil. The above mentioned three examples are merely prepatory background material in order to lay the groundwork for the latest example of UN/Foreign troops on American soil.
Subsequenttly, the Fox News story belongs in a history book, not reported as recent news. The UN is here on American soil and they have very bad intentions.
The Here and Now
The contemporary anecdotal stories are rushing in and they serve to further validate what we have known for a long time, namely, bad-intentioned UN troops are poised for the takeover.
A recent Q Alert posted at SteveQuayle.com, stated that the United Nations is preparing for what I have written about in the previous paragraphs.
This does not come from a high level source. Just an everyday average Joe. But a guy that works in the same industry, that always gave a hard time about the tin hat-stuff, recently returned from a Great Divide Concert at which a gentleman just passing by, stopped to mingle with this group of people. They had a couple of drinks, and this guy states, he likes America, he likes the people. He wished he could dance like, the Americans. Laugh.
He states he had been fighting beside US troops over past 6-7 years. And this is why I feel I need to tell someone over here in the states a lil something. He said he was from Norway. And he would be back in 3-4 months as a part of UN troops. He said there was nothing he could do. But felt compelled that he needed to say something, just to let such good people know what is coming. He said that they were going to be going door to door taking guns, or shooting to kill. They already had the lists of names, and addresses.
I have no reason to not believe the words from acquaintance. It actually pretty much freaked him out. He is rather overwhelmed from the conversation.
Recently, Larry Nichols along with a friend of mine, Jack Easum, produced the following video on this topic.
The players are in place and they are awaiting their predetermined signal. The plan is simple, yet comprehensive and relentless. The subversive groups plan to create as much chaos as possible. The stage has been set for UN intervention. Gun confiscation confiscation will be the first order of business. Ask yourself, what do you think they are going to do the members of the Independent Media. Gun confiscation will be followed by FEMA camp incarceration for “at risk people”. This is something that I know a fair amount about and will be discussing this aspect at length over the next few days.
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Yeshua (Jesus) will not be mocked by this Sinful behavior.
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them. For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse, because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Professing to be wise, they became fools, and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man—and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things.
Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves, who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.
For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due.
And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting; being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they are whisperers, backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving, unforgiving, unmerciful; who, knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practice them. ( Romans 1:18-32)
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Detail from Gerhard Richter’s Reader (804), 1994 Oil on canvas. 72 x 102cm. Collection: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, USA Purchase through the gifts of Mimi and Peter Haas and Helen and Charles Schwab, and the Accessions Committee Fund: Barbara and Gerson Bakar, Collectors Forum, Evelyn D. Haas, Elaine McKeon, Byron R. Meye
Gerhard Richter: The Life of Images is an unmissable show
October 16, 2017 8.57pm EDT
Sasha Grishin, Australian National University
Sasha Grishin
Adjunct Professor of Art History, Australian National University
Sasha Grishin does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.
Australian National University provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU.
Of the three giants of post-war German art – Joseph Beuys, Anselm Kiefer and Gerhard Richter – Richter is the most elusive, enigmatic and seemingly impossible to pin down.
Gerhard Richter, Self-portrait (836-1) 1996 Oil on linen. 51 x 46cm, Collection: Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA Gift of Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder and Committee on Painting and Sculpture Funds © Gerhard Richter 2017
With his compatriots, Richter shares a basic Existential philosophy, where there exists no pre-ordained order or rationale for being and the artist is called upon through action to create meaning and an identity. However, unlike many of them, Richter rejects the binaries that so often define art practice – abstract versus figurative, conceptual versus object art, or painting versus photography – collapsing them into a continuum. In his practice, photography is inseparable from painting and each carefully crafted art object belongs within a framework of conceptual art.
Richter in 1986 observed that in his paintings, motifs evolved as the painting progressed and as
there is no central image of the world (world view) any longer: we must work out everything for ourselves, exposed as we are on a kind of refuse heap, with no centre and no meaning; we must cope with the advance of a previously undreamt-of freedom. It also conforms to a general principle of Nature; for Nature, too, does not develop an organism in accordance with an idea: Nature lets its forms and modifications come, within the framework of its given facts and with the help of chance.
The exhibition at Brisbane’s GOMA, the largest Richter show assembled in Australia and drawn from numerous collections internationally, highlights this slippery, mercurial quality of Richter’s practice. In a methodical, even Germanic manner, Richter assembles a huge personal encyclopaedia of sources and images that constitute his famous Atlas project.
Gerhard Richter September (Ed. 139) 2009 Print between glass. 66 x 89.8cm Collection: Dallas Museum of Art (DMA), Dallas, USA Lay Family Acquisition Fund © Gerhard Richter 2017
Commenced in 1962, when the artist was 30, it is a vast and on-going, unedited archive/scrapbook that stretches hundreds of metres and resides in the Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus in Munich. In Brisbane, we have a selection of approximately 400 panels titled Atlas overview (a bit under half of the original) exhibited as a facsimile colour reproduction of the artist’s photographs, media clippings, drawings and annotations. Richter observed in an interview with Dieter Schwartz in 1999,
In the beginning I tried to accommodate everything there that was somewhere between art and garbage and that somehow seemed important to me and a pity to throw away.
Richter’s interests are wide-ranging, including Holocaust photographs, family snaps, hard-core porn, photographs of terrorists, houses, faces, landscapes, doors, and so on. They are all arranged in formal categories of shape and size, rather than thematically, leading to the uncomfortable juxtapositioning of bodies at Auschwitz and pornographic images of sexual acts.
Gerhard Richter’s Reader (804) in full, 1994 Oil on canvas. 72 x 102cm. Collection: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
What is almost totally absent is images of works of art by other artists – paintings, sculptures, drawings. Richter appears to have ascribed to the idea so eloquently expressed by Jean Dubuffet: “Art … loves to be incognito. Its best moments are when it forgets what it is called.”
Although Richter’s range of mediums is bewildering in its diversity, there are two prevailing aesthetic concerns throughout his practice. One is his love of blurring images, as he once famously pronounced, “I blur to make everything equal, everything equally important and equally unimportant.”
Gerhard Richter, Ella (903-1) 2007 Oil on canvas. 40 x 31cm Private Collection © Gerhard Richter 2017
The other is his love of the colour grey. In a much quoted 1975 letter to Edy de Wilde, the director of Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum, he observed,
To me, grey is the welcome and only possible equivalent for indifference, noncommitment, absence of opinion, absence of shape. But grey, like formlessness and the rest, can be real only as an idea, and so all I can do is create a colour nuance that means grey but is not it. The painting is then a mixture of grey as a fiction and grey as a visible, designated area of colour.
In the exhibition, we have deliberately blurry grey paintings of much enlarged tourist snaps of the pyramids or fighter planes, as well as family photographs of Uncle Rudi (1965), shown in his Nazi military uniform, or Aunt Marianne (1965) holding the infant artist.
Gerhard Richter, Phantom Interceptors (50) 1964, Oil on canvas. 140 x 190cm Froehlich Collection, Stuttgart, Germany © Gerhard Richter 2017
By deliberately blurring the image, Richter rescues it from the sameness of a media image and gives it a handcrafted, personalised quality, which both reveals and conceals content. There is a certain matter of fact presence in these images that neither sentimentalises nor condemns the content.
The four Birkenau paintings from the Auschwitz Cycle from 2014 form one of the highlights of the exhibition. The paintings refer to the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau and four photographs smuggled out of the camp in a tube of toothpaste and included in his Atlas installation. The photographs Richter apparently drew onto the canvas in pencil, but soon gave up the idea of realising them as his usual blurry, grey, tone images.
Gerhard Richter, Birkenau (937-4) 2014 Oil on canvas. 260 x 200cm Gerhard Richter Archive, Dresden, Germany. Permanent loan from a private collection © Gerhard Richter 2017
Instead, he covered the canvas with paint and dragged a squeegee across the surface, smearing the legibility of form. It became a sombre mix of blacks, greys and ash white with occasional bursts of green and blood red. The Birkenau paintings assert a very powerful presence, simple yet haunting. They could be seen as a metaphor for history itself, where truth lies concealed underneath encrusted layers of time and can never be fully revealed.
This first retrospective exhibition of Richter’s work in Australia is a brilliant and challenging event on the national arts calendar. Although it may not attract the huge crowds that may come to see an exhibition of comic strip heroes or pretty frocks, it will have a real impact on art making in this country and artists throughout Australasia will be making a pilgrimage to Brisbane. It is a show that should not be missed.
Gerhard Richter: The Life of Images is at GOMA, Brisbane from October 14 – February 4, 2018.
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Google’s Eric Schmidt Being Considered For Obama Administration?
by Kyle Updated March 9, 2011
We are in the last 30 days of Eric Schmidt’s reign as CEO of Google. Whether you look at his new position, Executive Chairman, as a promotion or demotion may not matter after all.
Businesseweek is reporting that Schmidt is on the short list of candidates to replace US Secretary of Commerce, Gary Locke. The current secretary has been tapped to fill the role of Ambassador to China. Locke would be succeeding Jon Huntsman who’s resignation as Ambassador to China is effective April 30th.
During Google’s last earnings call it was revealed that Google co-founder, Larry Page, would move to the CEO position and that Schmidt would take on the newly created Executive Chairman position. In that position Schmidt was to have more of an Ambassador for Google role. During a Q&A at MWC last month Schmidt said that his travel schedule would increase rather than decrease while Page ran Google from his office in Mountain View.
Eric Schmidt has been an open supporter of the Obama administration. He was also on the President’s transition advisory board. Schmidt was recently in attendance at a dinner in California for top technology leaders that also included Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg among others.
Pfizer CEO Jeffrey Kindler is also reported as being in the running.
Source: Business Week
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LIGO Spots Two Gravitational Waves in Two Days – D-brief
Posted on April 26, 2019 by vtsiadmin
Two neutron stars merge into a kilonova. (Credit: Illustration by Robin Dienel, courtesy of the Carnegie Institution for Science)
It took astronomers a century to make the first-ever gravitational wave detection, confirming a core prediction of Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity. But this month, the floodgates have opened.
On Friday, scientists with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) announced they’ve likely detected a second gravitational wave event in as many days. Detectors at three locations around the world caught the arrival of a probable ripple in space-time around 11:20 a.m. E.T. It followed right on the heels of a gravitational wave detection Thursday that sent astronomers racing to observe the event with their telescopes.
In all, it’s the fifth gravitational wave detection this month. And the influx has astronomers excited about kickstarting the era of multi-messenger astronomy, where scientists can combine gravitational wave data with observations from conventional telescopes to gain new insights into extreme cosmic events like colliding black holes and neutron stars.
Scientists suspect Thursday’s event marked the second-ever gravitational wave detection of two colliding neutron stars, the collapsed cores left behind when giant stars go supernova. The merger would have likely spawned a new black hole. Astronomers spent Thursday searching for any signs of the collision on the sky. They’re less certain about the celestial event that led to today’s detection: There’s about a one in seven chance that it was a false alarm caused by earthly vibrations. Its signal is right at the threshold of what LIGO can pick out.
If this latest signal does turn out to be real cosmic collision, though, scientists say that there’s a chance it may be the hallmark of a never-before-seen event: the collision of a neutron star and a black hole. But odds still favor it as a third neutron star merger.
Even more exciting (maybe!) is *another* new candidate #S190426 which *could* be another #NeutronStars merger, or possibly a #NeutronStar #BlackHole merger that we have never seen before! Check out this thread from @LIGO scientist @cplberry that tells the story so far #O3ishere https://t.co/1wzxq6qj9U
— LIGO (@LIGO) April 26, 2019
Searching for the Light
LIGO consists of two L-shaped observatories — one in Louisiana and another in Washington state — that work by shooting a laser beam down the long legs of their “L” and watching for tiny disturbances caused by passing gravitational waves. Italy’s similar Virgo detector makes up the third part of the trio. LIGO first detected gravitational waves in 2016, winning its scientists the Nobel Prize in Physics. The collaboration then caught its first binary neutron star merger in 2017.
Unlike yesterday’s detection, which happened as one of the detectors was offline for 40 minutes, all three observatories caught today’s probable find. That makes it much easier to triangulate the event’s location in the sky and let astronomers train their telescopes on it. This time, the gravitational waves came from a location roughly 1.2 billion light-years away from Earth, astronomers say. That’s more than twice as far as the gravitational waves LIGO spotted Thursday.
Astrophysicist Stuart Aston monitors external vibrations on the LIGO test mass mirrors during an engineering run in November 2016. (Ernie Mastroianni/Discover)
Thursday’s observation kicked off a frantic effort by astronomers to find a sign of the corresponding collision in the night sky with telescopes. When neutron stars collide, the explosion is called a kilonova — a celestial event some 1,000 times brighter than a normal nova that astronomers can easily detect if LIGO tells them where to point their telescopes. And the ensuing high-energy mix of particles spawns enormous quantities of heavy elements, like gold and platinum. So watching the event in its first moments — and then seeing it evolve over time — can give scientists new insights into the aftermaths of these cosmic collisions.
Astronomers around the world joined in and identified two potential candidates for Thursday’s neutron star merger. Their task was complicated by the fact that with just two detectors online, they could only narrow their search to about a quarter of the sky.
One of the potential candidates turned out to be a likely supernova, and it’s still unclear whether astronomers actually managed to find the source of the gravitational waves. Some astronomers may attempt to observe the source of today’s gravitational waves as well, though the associated uncertainty as to whether it’s a real gravitational wave event makes that a more difficult decision.
LIGO kicked off its third observing run on April 1 following an extended period when it was offline for upgrades. In just weeks, it’s also already detected three potential black hole collisions, bringing its total lifetime gravitational wave haul to 14.
The LIGO detector in Livingston, Louisiana will resumed observations on April 1. (Credit: Caltech/MIT/LIGO Lab)
Until this latest observing run, the LIGO collaboration kept its detections secret before they were peer-reviewed and published. That’s now changed. The public can follow along with the events in real time as detections come through. The team is posting each new gravitational wave observation online as a “circular,” where astronomers around the world can follow up with the results of their efforts to observe the event across the electromagnetic spectrum.
Now they’re eager for more opportunities.
Astronomers say that with LIGO’s upgraded abilities, they expect to see a gravitational wave about every week. And with two events in just two days, the deluge is just beginning.
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Big three consolidate position in Feb polls
The SPÖ, ÖVP, and FPÖ continue to maintain their respective shares of the vote with political press coverage dominated by the State elections in Lower Austria and Kärnten due to be held on the 3rd March 2013 – I suspect that the results in these elections may however cause some shift in the polls come next month.
In the meantime the small upward trajectory of the conservative ÖVP is matched by an equal poll decline for the Greens – as I’ve discussed before, possibly reflecting small shifts in centre-right liberal voters between the two Parties.
Despite the high level of press coverage for Team Stronach they remain below the 11% rating scored when the Party was formed in September 2012.
The story of the other party currently in the Austrian Federal parliament, the BZÖ, remains one of slow death. It will take a miracle for what’s left of the Party – following defections to Team Stronach – to reach the 4% needed to secure seats in parliament.
Current average based upon last five polls:
SPÖ: 26.6%, ÖVP: 24.4%, FPÖ 21.6%, Greens 12.4%, Team Stronach: 9.4%, BZÖ 2%, Others 3.6%
Percentage variation across last five polls:
SPÖ: 24%-28%, ÖVP: 23%-25%, FPÖ 21%-23%, Greens 11%-14%, Team Stronach: 8%-10%, BZÖ 1%-4%
Change since 1st January:
SPÖ: -0.4%, ÖVP: +1.6%, FPÖ +0.8%, Greens -1.6%, Team Stronach -1.2%, BZÖ +0.4%, Others +0.4%
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Could the Conservatives ‘win’ the General Election in September?
Less than eighteen months ago the obituaries were being written for the ÖVP but it’s the conservatives who are winning the early rounds in Austria’s ‘super election year’*. Come the General Election in September the Party could be in first place if the current trend was to hold – assuming they don’t break from the governing coalition, force an early election and make a dash for first place while the going is good.
SPÖ: -0.4%, ÖVP: +2%, FPÖ +0.4%, Greens -1.2%, Team Stronach -2.2%, BZÖ +0.4%, Others +1%
On an upward trajectory
The ÖVP were seen as clear winners of January’s Conscription referendum, which has galvanised their electoral machine and left the SPÖ internally finger pointing about their preparedness and poor tactics.
The news from Lower Austria, where the Party has an absolute majority in the State parliament, is looking positive with the most recent poll giving the Party 49% support (down from 54.4% at the last election). While an absolute majority may slip away by polling day on the 3rd March, it doesn’t look as though the new competitor, Team Stronach, is having the impact some commentators expected (currently 8%) and you won’t want to put serious money on Governor Pröll and the ÖVP machine failing to maintain their majority.
In the current debate about how good or bad the EU budget negotiations were for Austria, the ÖVP’s attacks on its senior coalition partners performance seems to sit on the same side of the fence as many voters – 44% say EU budget negotiations bad for Austria. Noticeably 49% of SPÖ believe the country is paying too much and 55% of ÖVP take the same view. However, Austrian votes remain strongly in favour of the EU and the move by the traditionally very pro-EU ÖVP to a mildly sceptical (though still pro) position, at a time when the SPÖ has shifted to a stronger pro-EU line, may have longer term disadvantages.
On the same day as the largest of Austria’s States delivers it verdict on the ÖVP’s absolute majority, the party is likely to record a poor result in the southern State of Kärnten. Here if the polls are correct, the ÖVP may slip from third to fifth place.
The Party’s hopes of improved results in the State elections in Salzburg and Tyrol are by no means guaranteed and they are likely to gain little from the results of the Vienna referendum questions.
The SPÖ remain in first place despite the setbacks of the last few weeks. They have a real possibility of securing first place in the Kärnten State election – breaking the control of the state by the FPÖ’s sister party the FPK. The SPÖ has been polling most strongly in recent months when they have pushed clear positive agenda for instance the pro-EU stance, taking on the FPÖ head on, and their immediate poll ratings didn’t actually yo-yo after the conscription debate. In short, if the SPÖ can stay united and retain a centre-left position (despite the desire of some to shift further left) they are the party mostly likely to secure first place at the General Election.
Additionally, while Team Stronach is primarily in a battle for voters with the FPÖ, any significant improvement in its support is likely to cost the ÖVP a few percentage points. Moreover, as this article in Profil highlights, the ÖVP will also face the threat of losing support to Austria’s new liberal Centrist party NEOS. (The new party, along with the Pirates, could also pose a threat to the Green Party’s chances).
Winning the election?
My guess is that the ÖVP won’t come out first at the General Election in September. They are, however, most likely to be one of the winners in forming the next coalition government:
Realistic coalition options based on current average polls:
ÖVP/Greens/SPÖ – 64.2%
TeamStronach/ÖVP/SPÖ – 59.8%
FPÖ/ TeamStronach/ÖVP – 54.4%
ÖVP/SPÖ – 51.4%
(*Super election year – National conscription referendum; State elections in Lower Austria, Kärnten, Salzburg, and Tyrol; Vienna referendum; Federal General Election).
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Will the 304th Vienna derby have been important? Well……
Tomorrow (Sunday 17th Feb 2013) I will join other Austria Wien fans in cheering the team as we start the Spring season (following the traditional winter break). Like most of the Veilchen, I’m still on a high from seeing the Violets crowned ‘Winter Kings’ – first in the league, 7 points ahead of nearest rivals Salzburg, and with a 10 point lead over Rapid Wien. The computer has ordained that we will kick-off the second half of our 2012-13 campaign with the chance to win our third Vienna derby of the season.
3rd round of the season – Rapid 0:3 Austria
4th round of season – Salzburg 0:2 Rapid
9th round of the season – Austria 0:1 Salzburg
12th round of the season – Austria 2:0 Rapid
13th round of the season – Rapid 2:0 Salzburg
18th round of the season – Salzburg 0:0 Austria
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Austria 48pts
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Sturm Graz 35pts
The results may have gone our way in the two derby matches so far but we haven’t beaten our nearest rivals Salzburg who have themselves succumbed twice to Rapid. The point is that neither the derby clashes nor the games against Salzburg have played a decisive role in the story of the first half of the season. Austria gained there lead through consistency of performance week in week out. With the squad still intact after the close of the transfer window and in fact enhanced by the re-signing of Nacer Barazite (returning after a year way at Monaco), all the signs point to an equally strong Spring campaign.
So what of the derby tomorrow? Well it’s always important to every fan no matter where the two teams are in the league. It however looks unlikely to have any impact on the final positions at the end of the season. Does this mean I will be relaxed tomorrow? That I don’t care about the derby result? Of course not! If, as I hope, we win the match I’ll be ecstatic. If the unthinkable happens I’ll be as miserable as sin. But no matter what, the result will not determine the destiny of the two teams for the rest of the season.
Rapid are on a run of seven games without a win against Austria. I suspect that run won’t end tomorrow afternoon. If we get off to a good start it could be another 0:3 win but a win by one goal is more likely…….but then the real fun of football is that every game is different and derby games are particularly unpredictable 🙂
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We talk to two women who make up a productive creative partnership: Mira Robertson, screenwriter, script editor, and now novelist; and Ana Kokkinos, film and television director and screenwriter. They have collaborated with each other, with other screenwriters, adapted novels and plays, and worked on their own projects. So we asked them about writing in collaboration, and in solitude.
Mira Robertson’s first novel, The Unexpected Education of Emily Dean, was published this year.
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Mira is an award-winning screenwriter who has also published short fiction. Her screen credits include Only the Brave (AFI Award for Best Script ) and Head On (AWGIE award for Best Adapted Script) – both co-written with Ana Kokkinos – and the documentary Whatever Happened to Brenda Hean. She has also worked as a script editor or consultant on many films including The Book of Revelation (again with Ana), X, and the documentaries Words from the City and Wilderness.
Ana Kokkinos is an acclaimed film director and screenwriter. Her first feature, Only The Brave, appeared at festivals around the world and one the Grand Prix at the Melbourne International Film Festival. Since then she has won numerous awards for her films including Head On (based on the novel Loaded by Christos Tsiolkas), The Book of Revelation, and Blessed, which won the Jury Prize for best script at the San Sebastián Film Festival. She has also directed episodes of some of Australia’s favourite television programs such as The Slap, The Secret Life Of Us, and the Time of Our Lives.
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August 25, 2019 - 11:44 AM EDT
Buttigieg pushes back on claims of stalling campaign: We've 'exceeded every expectation'
By Rebecca Klar
Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg pushed back on questions over whether his campaign is stalling, saying he intends to win during this primary cycle and is not thinking about positioning himself for the next election.
NBC's Chuck Todd asked the South Bend, Ind., mayor on "Meet the Press" Sunday how he responds to supporters asking "okay, when are you going to take off like a rocket ship again."
"A lot of people are starting to ask, is this a campaign to prepare to run for president another time," Todd asked.
"It is not, I am in it to win," Buttigeig responded.
"[My campaign] exceeded every expectation since we started with four people in a room in South Bend and a campaign list smaller than most congressional campaigns."
Now is the point in the campaign "where you see how much this is a distance run," Buttigieg said.
"So much is decided in the last few days," he said, adding that the next "unglamorous" six months or so is his focus.
Buttigieg entered the campaign as a relatively unknown mayor of a small town and has risen to the top five candidates in a crowded field.
A RealClearPolitics average of polling has Buttigieg at 5 percent, behind the top-tier candidates including former Vice President Joe Biden, Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Kamala Harris (D-Calif.).
As the field narrows, with three candidates dropping out this month, Buttigieg has stayed relatively stagnant in his position behind the four top candidates.
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Culture shocks of visiting Greece is a fun topic for travelers and tourists to discuss. Greece has so much history, food, and incredible history that every tourist loves visiting, but there are a few things that really can throw a travelers or tourist off. Here we discuss some tourist information for Greece that will help you know what to expect, and the culture shocks that come along with visiting the wonderful country of Greece. 10 Things That Shock Tourists When They Visit Greece Filmed on Crete, Greece Copyright Mark Wolters 2019 The Don'ts of Travel Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhHcxDH6KFHpq63zzmb0CDXxST04B8-HC The Shocks of Travel Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89aEoIjzupk&list=PLhHcxDH6KFHqaqZ9o8kX_a4TzdKOQ4kE1 Grab Wolters World Merchandise & Travel Gear at http://www.woltersworld.com/shop Help Us Keep Make More Honest Travel Videos: https://www.patreon.com/woltersworld Our Gear: Sony Alpha 6000: Our favorite camera for vlogging. One of the best selling cameras of all time and its not too expensive. https://amzn.to/2N0BStX Osprey Meridian Carry-on Size Travel Backpack: This is THE backpack that all of the Wolters World family use. It fits in the overhead compartment, gives you a great day pack and has an awesome warranty. We always travel with one. https://amzn.to/2NEyhTC Duafire Travel Adapter: helps you plug into most countries plugs around the world. https://amzn.to/2ujfUdR Travel Strip: One plug for your normal device, four USB plugs as well, it saves a lot of trouble and outlets when you travel. https://amzn.to/2NEuu8S Backup Battery Pack: Essential for travelers wanting to have a backup batter charge for their phones, cameras, and devices. https://amzn.to/2NFpT67 Hey There Fellow Travelers! Thank you for watching our honest travel vlogs from all over this wonderful world. If you would like to get in contact with us please follow us & send us a message via our social media channels below. Also, if you like our travel videos please feel free to share them with other fellow travelers. Follow Us At http://www.facebook.com/woltersworld http://www.twitter.com/woltersworld http://www.instagram.com/woltersworld http://www.youtube.com/woltersworld http://www.woltersworld.com
Protesters in Thessaloniki called on Athens to expel all illegal immigrants and close the border to migrants. Demonstrators carried banners and Greek flags, while an activist held an icon of the Virgin Mary. Activists think that their Orthodox beliefs are under siege by an “Islamic threat,” according to Ruptly video agency. MORE: https://on.rt.com/a4mp Subscribe to RT! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpwvZwUam-URkxB7g4USKpg?sub_confirmation=1 RT LIVE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFAcqaNzNSc Check out http://rt.com Like us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/RTnews Follow us on VK https://vk.com/rt_international Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/RT_com Follow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/rt Follow us on Soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/rttv #RT (Russia Today) is a global #news network broadcasting from Moscow, London, Paris and Washington studios to over 100 countries. RT is the first news channel to break the 1 billion YouTube views benchmark.
Greek police found 41 migrants hiding in a refrigerated truck during a routine check on a motorway in northern Greece, Monday, November 4, police officials said. The migrants, mostly from Afghanistan, were not injured, police said, but some asked to go to hospital. The refrigeration system had not been turned on in the truck. Police stopped the truck on a highway near the northern Greek city of Xanthi for a regular check. They arrested the driver and took him and the migrants to a nearby police station. Greece is currently struggling with the biggest resurgence in refugee arrivals since 2015. Migrant camps on the Aegean islands are overcrowded, causing a deterioration of conditions and protests by the locals. The government has begun transferring asylum seekers to the mainland to ease congestion, and passed a law last week to speed up the asylum process. Last month, 39 migrants, all believed to be Vietnamese, were found dead in a refrigerated truck near London. (REUTERS)
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Join me on this picturesque walk through Oia village in Santorini. This magnificent Greek island inspires every visitor because of its spectacular landscapes with blue domed chapels and whitewashed houses perched on black volcanic cliffs, all set against the backdrop of the beautiful shimmering Aegean waters. The clip includes the famous Santorinian sunset. FOLLOW ME: Instagram: https://instagram.com/luxurytravelexpert Blog: http://theluxurytravelexpert.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/LuxTravelExpert Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LuxuryTravel... Tumblr: http://luxurytravelexpert.tumblr.com/ I publish one new clip per week, featuring a review of either a luxury hotel or a Business/First Class flight.
Info & Credits: Model: Olga Mavrommati | Camera/Editing: Katerina Tsakiri | Makeup: Hera Magaliou | Hair Styles: Argiro Kartsioti (Asimenia) | Styling/Accessories: Loukia Bouga | Music: YU - CHAOS & J.hardy | Thanks to Kilo Shop (http://www.kilo-shop.gr/) and Concept Store (http://theconceptstore.gr/). _____________________________________________ Video inspired by WatchCut Video (http://www.cut.com/) _____________________________________________ This is an attempt to trace back women's appearance in Greece, during the past 100 years, according to the prevailing standards of each decade (as these are reflected through photographs and films) and / or the historical events that sealed each decade, starting from 1910 and ending in 2010. The choice of the featured looks in this video was largely based on creation people. More specifically, on popular and important women of said periods, who were indicative of each decade and for which there was access to reference images, so that the video would have - as far as possible – an accurate historical background. Αυτό το βίντεο είναι μια προσπάθεια αναδρομής εκατό ετών στην εμφάνιση της γυναίκας στην Ελλάδα, σύμφωνα με τα κυρίαρχα πρότυπα της κάθε δεκαετίας (έτσι όπως αυτά αποτυπώνονται σε φωτογραφικά ντοκουμέντα και κινηματογραφικές ταινίες) ή / και με τα ιστορικά γεγονότα που επισφράγισαν την κάθε δεκαετία, ξεκινώντας απ' αυτήν του 1910 και καταλήγοντας σ' αυτήν του 2010. Η επιλογή των εμφανίσεων που παρουσιάζονται, βασίστηκε σε μεγάλο βαθμό σε υπαρκτά πρόσωπα. Πιο συγκεκριμένα, σε δημοφιλείς και σημαντικές γυναίκες, που συνδέθηκαν με την εκάστοτε δεκαετία και για τις οποίες υπήρχε πρόσβαση σε εικόνες αναφοράς, ώστε το βίντεο να έχει - όσο το δυνατόν περισσότερο - ακριβές ιστορικό υπόβαθρο. _____________________________________________ The looks were inspired by: 1910 Α Γυναίκες με παραδοσιακή ενδυμασία φωτογραφιών εποχής Women in traditional clothing from photographic archives 1910 Β Ανδρομάχη Παπανικολάου και γυναίκες αστικού περιβάλλοντος φωτογραφιών εποχής Andromachi Papanikolaou (spouse of pioneer in cytopathology and early cancer detection, and inventor of the "Pap smear", Georgios Papanikolaou) and socialites from photographic archives 1920 Μαρίκα Παπαγκίκα και Μαρίκα Κοτοπούλη Singer Marika Papaghika and actress Marika Kotopouli 1930 Ελένη Παπαδάκη Actress Eleni Papadaki 1940 Α Σοφία Βέμπο Singer Sophia Vebo 1940 Β Μαρία Παντίσκα, στην εμβληματική φωτογραφία του Dmitri Kessel από τη Σφαγή του Διστόμου (που δημοσιεύτηκε στο περιοδικό LIFE, το 1944) A Dmitri Kessel's iconic photograph, which was published in LIFE magazine on 11/29/1944 (Maria Pantiska, a Greek woman from Distomo village, weeps for her mother, who was killed by German soldiers, four months ago, in what would become the notorious Distomo Massacre.) 1940 C Φωτογραφικό έργο “Με τους αντάρτες στα βουνά” του Σπύρου Μελετζή A photo project by Spiros Meletzis, entitled “Being with the partisans on the mountains” 1950 Μελίνα Μερκούρη, όπως εμφανίζεται στην ταινία “Στέλλα” (1955) του Μιχάλη Κακογιάννη Actress and politician Melina Merkouri, from the 1955 film “Stella”, directed by Michalis Kakogiannis 1960 Τζένη Καρέζη και Νόρα Βαλσάμη Actresses Jenny Karezi and Nora Valsami 1970 Έλενα Ναθαναήλ, όπως εμφανίζεται στις ταινίες “Εκείνο το καλοκαίρι” (1971) του Βασίλη Γεωργιάδη και“Αναζήτησις” (1972) του Ερρίκου Ανδρέου Actress Elena Nathanael, from 1971 film “Ekeino to kalokairi”, directed by Vassilis Georgiadis and 1972 film “Anazitisis”, directed by Errikos Andreou 1980 Α “Ρόδα, Τσάντα και Κοπάνα” (1982) του Όμηρου Ευστρατιάδη A 1982 film “Roda, tsanta kai kopana”, directed by Omiros Efstratiadis 1980 Β “Έλα ν' αγαπηθούμε ντάρλινγκ” (1984) του Γιάννη Δαλιανίδη A 1984 film “Ela n' agapithoume darling”, directed by Giannis Dalianidis Οι εμφανίσεις των δεκαετιών 1990, 2000 και 2010, βασίζονται κυρίως στα βιώματα και τις παρατηρήσεις των εμπλεκομένων στην παραγωγή του βίντεο. The 1990's, 2000's and 2010's appearances, are mainly based on personal experiences and observations of the people involved in this video production. _____________________________________________ Contact: reachtheteam@yahoo.com _____________________________________________
Greece ( i/ɡriːs/ GREESS; Greek: Ελλάδα, Elláda [eˈlaða]), officially the Hellenic Republic (Greek: Ελληνική Δημοκρατία, Ellīnikī́ Dīmokratía [eliniˈci ðimokraˈti.a]) and known since ancient times as Hellas (/ˈhɛləs/; Greek: Ελλάς, Ellás), is a country located in southeastern Europe. According to the 2011 census, Greece's population is around 10.8 million. Athens is the nation's capital and largest city, followed by Thessaloniki, which is commonly referred to as the co-capital.
Greece is strategically located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Situated on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, the Republic of Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north and Turkey to the northeast. Greece consists of nine geographic regions: Macedonia, Central Greece, the Peloponnese, Thessaly, Epirus, the Aegean Islands (including the Dodecanese and Cyclades), Thrace, Crete, and the Ionian Islands. The Aegean Sea lies to the east of the mainland, the Ionian Sea to the west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. Greece has the longest coastline on the Mediterranean Basin and the 11th longest coastline in the world at 13,676 km (8,498 mi) in length, featuring a vast number of islands, of which 227 are inhabited. Eighty percent of Greece is mountainous, with Mount Olympus being the highest peak at 2,918 metres (9,573 ft).
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In European elections, Greece is a constituency of the European Parliament, currently represented by twenty-one MEPs. It covers the member state of Greece.
Current MEPs
As of October 2007
The 1981 European election was a by-election held after Greece joined the European Communities in 1981. The rest of the EC had voted in 1979.
The 1984 European election was the second European election and the first time Greece voted with the rest of the Community.
The 1989 European election was the third election to the European Parliament and was held on June 15 for Greece.
The 1994 European election was the fourth election to the European Parliament and was held on June 12 for Greece.
The 1999 European election was the fifth election to the European Parliament and was held on June 13 for Greece.
The 2004 European election was the sixth election to the European Parliament and was held on June 13 for Greece. The ruling New Democracy party made strong gains, while the opposition Panhellenic Socialist Movement made smaller gains, both at the expense of minor parties.
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Greece may refer to:
Greece, a country in southeast Europe, also known as Hellas
Hellenistic Greece
Byzantine Greece
First Hellenic Republic, an unrecognized state 1822–1832
Kingdom of Greece, a monarchy during the periods of 1832–1924, 1935–1941 and 1944–1974
Second Hellenic Republic, 1924–1935
Greece (town), New York, a town in western New York.
Greece (CDP), New York, a suburb of the town.
Greek (disambiguation)
Grecia (disambiguation)
Hellas (disambiguation)
Category:National sports teams of Greece for teams known as "Greece"
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Radio Stations - Athens
Chroma Greek Smooth Greek Greece
Radio1 Rodos Ballads Easy Greece
ERA Kerkyras Varied Greece
Ksenyxtis Mytilinis Varied Greece
Elliniki Radiofonia Mana Ellada Greek Greece
ERA Xanion Varied Greece
Music Galaxy 80s Greece
Kral FM 107.8 Xanthi Varied Greece
Adelin FM Varied Greece
Odysseia.gr Greek Greece
Wave Radio Alternative Greece
Radio Arhaggelos 94.1 Greek Greece
Peiraiki Ekklisia Christian,Greek Greece
Kalamaria FM 101.7 Greek Greece
BeRock Online Radio Rock Greece
Star FM 93.5 Dramas Varied,Greek,World Greece
Radio Amore 87.5 Chania Greek Greece
Atlantis FM 105.2 Rock Greece
Psychomed Live Jazz,Pop,Greek,World Greece
Lesxi 97.6 Trikala Greek Greece
Methorios 96.0 Greek,Classical Greece
Mango Radio Urban R&B,Hip Hop Greece
ERT Voice of Greece Varied Greece
Pop FM 102.1 Pop Greece
Radio Art: Greek Art Greek Greece
Akous Jazzin Jazz Greece
Arion Radio 2 Greek Greece
88 Miso Pop Greece
ERA Kozanis Varied Greece
Action Radio Konitsa Top 40 Greece
Polis 102.6 Greek Greece
Traffic FM 91.8 Irakleio Pop,Dance,R&B Greece
ERT Trito Classical Greece
Dromos 89.8 FM Pop,Greek Greece
Dalkas 88.2 FM Greek Greece
Radio Kerkyra 100.1 Greek Greece
Boom Radio 80s,70s,Dance Greece
Kastoria FM 91,5 News,Greek Greece
Radio Thalassa Pop,Greek Greece
xylem Jazz,Electronica,Indie Greece
Galaxy 106.1 Patras Adult Contemporary Greece
Kiss FM 96.1 Irakleio Varied Greece
Radio Epirus 94.5 Ioannina Greek Greece
Melodia FM 88 Lamia Greek Greece
Chroma Classical Classical Greece
Orange 93.2 Pop Greece
Ianosradio Jazz,Greek,Classical,World Greece
Hot FM 104.6 Varied Greece
Erotokritos 87.9 Greek Greece
Hxos FM 94.2 Greek Greece
Omorfi Poli 89.9 FM Greek,World Mediterranean Greece
You NEED to Visit SYMI 🇬🇷 Greece's Best Small Island.
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Rick Ross - Santorini Greece (Official Video)
Check out the official music video for "Santorini Greece" by Rick Ross "Rather You Than Me" available at iTunes http://smarturl.it/RatherYouThanMe Apple Music http://smarturl.it/RatherYouThanMe_AM Spotify http://smarturl.it/RatherYouThanMe_Spfy Google Play http://smarturl.it/RatherYouThanMe_GP Amazon Digital http://smarturl.it/RatherYouThanMe_Dig Amazon Physical http://smarturl.it/RatherYouThanMe_Amz Target http://smarturl.it/RatherYouThanMe_TRGT Best Buy http://smarturl.it/RatherYouThanMe_BBY Deezer http://smarturl.it/RatherYouThanMe_Dzr Soundcloud http://smarturl.it/RatherYouThanMe_SC Tidal http://smarturl.it/RatherYouThanMe_Tdl Walmart http://smarturl.it/RatherYouThanMe_Wal FYE http://smarturl.it/RatherYouThanMe_FYE Rick Ross online: https://twitter.com/rickross https://www.instagram.com/richforever https://www.facebook.com/rickross/ (C) 2017 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment #RickRoss #SantoriniGreece #Vevo #HipHop #VevoOfficial
In this week’s video we visit Symi, Greece! A small, relatively unknown (and beautiful) island which is a part of the Dodecanese islands (not too far from Rhodes). To start things off we climb 500 steps to the very top of the island for amazing views of almost all of Symi. You can see down the main town but also to the small village on the other side of the hill. There’s a church at the very top. While here we flew the drone for some even better views of Symi. After making our way back down the town, we walk around and explore. We check out the main port, the sponge stores as well as the historic town clock. Lastly we head to a beach bar called Petalo where they have beach beds set up along the water, so you can lounge and swim (and also get food and drinks). ABOUT SYMI Symi is a G...
Culture shocks of visiting Greece is a fun topic for travelers and tourists to discuss. Greece has so much history, food, and incredible history that every tourist loves visiting, but there are a few things that really can throw a travelers or tourist off. Here we discuss some tourist information for Greece that will help you know what to expect, and the culture shocks that come along with visiting the wonderful country of Greece. 10 Things That Shock Tourists When They Visit Greece Filmed on Crete, Greece Copyright Mark Wolters 2019 The Don'ts of Travel Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhHcxDH6KFHpq63zzmb0CDXxST04B8-HC The Shocks of Travel Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89aEoIjzupk&list=PLhHcxDH6KFHqaqZ9o8kX_a4TzdKOQ4kE1 Grab Wolters World Merchandise & T...
Protesters in Thessaloniki called on Athens to expel all illegal immigrants and close the border to migrants. Demonstrators carried banners and Greek flags, while an activist held an icon of the Virgin Mary. Activists think that their Orthodox beliefs are under siege by an “Islamic threat,” according to Ruptly video agency. MORE: https://on.rt.com/a4mp Subscribe to RT! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpwvZwUam-URkxB7g4USKpg?sub_confirmation=1 RT LIVE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFAcqaNzNSc Check out http://rt.com Like us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/RTnews Follow us on VK https://vk.com/rt_international Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/RT_com Follow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/rt Follow us on Soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/rttv #RT (Russia Today) is ...
Greek police found 41 migrants hiding in a refrigerated truck during a routine check on a motorway in northern Greece, Monday, November 4, police officials said. The migrants, mostly from Afghanistan, were not injured, police said, but some asked to go to hospital. The refrigeration system had not been turned on in the truck. Police stopped the truck on a highway near the northern Greek city of Xanthi for a regular check. They arrested the driver and took him and the migrants to a nearby police station. Greece is currently struggling with the biggest resurgence in refugee arrivals since 2015. Migrant camps on the Aegean islands are overcrowded, causing a deterioration of conditions and protests by the locals. The government has begun transferring asylum seekers to the mainland to ease...
Info & Credits: Model: Olga Mavrommati | Camera/Editing: Katerina Tsakiri | Makeup: Hera Magaliou | Hair Styles: Argiro Kartsioti (Asimenia) | Styling/Accessories: Loukia Bouga | Music: YU - CHAOS & J.hardy | Thanks to Kilo Shop (http://www.kilo-shop.gr/) and Concept Store (http://theconceptstore.gr/). _____________________________________________ Video inspired by WatchCut Video (http://www.cut.com/) _____________________________________________ This is an attempt to trace back women's appearance in Greece, during the past 100 years, according to the prevailing standards of each decade (as these are reflected through photographs and films) and / or the historical events that sealed each decade, starting from 1910 and ending in 2010. The choice of the featured looks in this v...
Check out the official music video for "Santorini Greece" by Rick Ross "Rather You Than Me" available at iTunes http://smarturl.it/RatherYouThanMe Apple Music http://smarturl.it/RatherYouThanMe_AM Spotify http://smarturl.it/RatherYouThanMe_Spfy Google Play http://smarturl.it/RatherYouThanMe_GP Amazon Digital http://smarturl.it/RatherYouThanMe_Dig Amazon Physical http://smarturl.it/RatherYouThanMe_Amz Target http://smarturl.it/RatherYouThanMe_TRGT Best Buy http://smarturl.it/RatherYouThanMe_BBY Deezer http://smarturl.it/RatherYouThanMe_Dzr Soundcloud http://smarturl.it/RatherYouThanMe_SC Tidal http://smarturl.it/RatherYouThanMe_Tdl Walmart http://smarturl.it/RatherYouThanMe_Wal FYE http://smarturl.it/RatherYouThanMe_FYE Rick Ross online: https://twitter.com/rickross https://www.instagr...
In this week’s video we visit Symi, Greece! A small, relatively unknown (and beautiful) island which is a part of the Dodecanese islands (not too far from Rhode...
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Το "The Voice of Greece", το show που έδωσε φωνή στο όνειρο είναι και πάλι κοντά μας μέσα από τη συχνότητα του ΣΚΑΪ. Με κριτές τους Ελεωνόρα Ζουγανέλη, Πάνο Μ...
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Culture shocks of visiting Greece is a fun topic for travelers and tourists to discuss. Greece has so much history, food, and incredible history that every tour...
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Protesters in Thessaloniki called on Athens to expel all illegal immigrants and close the border to migrants. Demonstrators carried banners and Greek flags, wh...
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Greek police found 41 migrants hiding in a refrigerated truck during a routine check on a motorway in northern Greece, Monday, November 4, police officials said...
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Join me on this picturesque walk through Oia village in Santorini. This magnificent Greek island inspires every visitor because of its spectacular landscapes wi...
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Lagos, Portugal
► SUBSCRIBE for daily travel videos: http://bit.ly/2hyQnZ1 ► Tayo's Channel: https://bit.ly/2JFeJjh ► INSTAGRAM? Join me: https://www.instagram.com/drewbinsky/ HELLO FROM LAGOS, NIGERIA -- COUNTRY #175!! 🇳🇬 I truly had a lot of fun making this video inside Africa's craziest and most populated city. Did you know that over 20 million people are living in Lagos?! It is hands down one of the most hectic, chaotic and vibrant places I've ever been with a LOT of stories to tell. I'm overwhelmed. My local friend and YouTuber named Tayo (his channel linked below) has been taking me all around his bustling city and we've had an absolute blast together. Surprisingly, this was one of the hardest videos I've ever made because it's REALLY challenging to shoot content on these streets. People don't like being on the camera here and they make a huge commotion in the streets and ask for money (etc) whenever they see it from a distance. In any regard, I hope you enjoy this episode of my $10 series and get a glimpse into local Nigerian culture. More to come tomorrow! Follow @DrewBinsky on IG Stories for live updates from my Africa trip in real time: https://instagram.com/drewbinsky FIND ME ON SOCIAL MEDIA: ►FB: https://www.facebook.com/drewbinsky/ (I post daily videos there too!) ►IG Stories: https://www.instagram.com/drewbinsky/ WHO AM I? My name is Drew Binsky and I am going to all 197 countries in the world. I make daily travel videos about people, culture and anything else I find interesting on the road. My ultimate goal is to inspire you to travel far and wide, because our planet is beautiful! MORE ABOUT ME: https://drewbinsky.com/about/ CONTACT ME: drew (at) drewbinsky (dot) com
Discover the new face of Lagos: Nigeria's business capital, the most vibrant African city and an attraction for both investors and travellers. This video was produced by QCPTV for British Airways Media In-Flight Entertainment System (AVOD), to find out more please visit: www.qcptv.com. All rights reserved by QCPTV.
Taste of Lagos Nigeria is a video showing my love for my city lagos. I was born and raised here. Lagos teaches you to hustle. It’s home to over 20 million people and it’s one of the largest cities in africa. It’s a city where dreams are made and if you work really smart you can make it happen for yourself. It’s also where I started creating content. Let me give you a taste of my lagos 2019. I hope you guys enjoy the clips of this amazing, hectic and (mostly) friendly City! All clips were rendered with Final Cut Pro. Enjoy! GEAR LINKS: Nd Filter https://amzn.to/2qMz4Yt Awesome Camera Bag: https://amzn.to/2MGPp9T Dji Microphone: https://amzn.to/2z6QCFK Canon 50mm Lens: https://amzn.to/2NgyJHo Transcend 1Tb Hard Disk Drive: https://amzn.to/2IMMtq6 Sony Kit Lens: https://amzn.to/2ME2Fw3 Main Lens: https://amzn.to/2KQyyS5 Professional Drone: https://amzn.to/2z4SfUj Powerbank: https://amzn.to/2KCC8Sx My Main Camera: https://amzn.to/2Iff4bp Backup Camera: https://amzn.to/2IDxL8U My Drone: https://amzn.to/2HXW9ye Stabilizer I use: https://amzn.to/2KJmtOj Follow Me: Instagram at http://instagram.com/tayoainafilms Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/tayoainafilms twitter at https://twitter.com/tayoainafilms Music i Use: https://player.epidemicsound.com/ Don't forget to Like, Comment & Subscribe to stay updated with the latest content! VLOGS & TUTORIALS uploaded frequently!
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https://twitter.com/warnermusicmexico https://www.facebook.com/warnermusicmexico http://instagram.com/warnermusicmexico ¡Bienvenidos al Canal Oficial de Warner Music México! El canal oficial de Warner Music México te ofrece videos en vivo, video lyrics, entrevistas, coreografías, detrás de cámaras y videos oficiales de tus artistas favoritos. ¿Quieres conocer el lado divertido de nuestros artistas? WARNER CLOSE UP te lo muestra: http://bit.ly/2XU06Mx En esta Playlist está Lo Nuevo de Warner Music en Español: http://bit.ly/2x1LsHi Los mejores videos en inglés están en nuestra Playlist ÉXITOS INTERNACIONALES: http://bit.ly/2FkMgLE Descubre lo que pasa detrás de cámaras de conciertos, showcases, activaciones con fans, etc en ALL ACCESS: http://bit.ly/2MW7WUV En el canal de Warner Music México puedes encontrar videos oficiales de artistas como Hadrian, Axel Muñiz, MC Davo, Noa Sáinz y Luis Miguel, además de contenido exclusivo de artistas como Dua Lipa, Twenty One Pilots, Sofía Reyes, Mario Bautista, Jesse y Joy, Piso 21, Maite Perroni y más.
► SUBSCRIBE for daily travel videos: http://bit.ly/2hyQnZ1 ► Tayo's Channel: https://bit.ly/2JFeJjh ► INSTAGRAM? Join me: https://www.instagram.com/drewbinsky/ I am loving Nigeria's biggest city of Lagos so far for many reasons, but none more than the CRAZY nightlife scene!! As hectic as Lagos is by daytime, it gets even crazier at night with hundreds of bars, restaurants, clubs and beach parties coming to life! And if you weren't already aware, Nigeria has the most popular music scene on the continent and it's the birthplace of many styles of music like Afrobeat. Join me and my friend Tayo as we take you around Lagos to discover the best spots around town!! Follow @DrewBinsky on IG Stories for live updates from my trip: https://instagram.com/drewbinsky FIND ME ON SOCIAL MEDIA: ►FB: https://www.facebook.com/drewbinsky/ (I post daily videos there too!) ►IG Stories: https://www.instagram.com/drewbinsky/ WHO AM I? My name is Drew Binsky and I am going to all 197 countries in the world. I make daily travel videos about people, culture and anything else I find interesting on the road. My ultimate goal is to inspire you to travel far and wide, because our planet is beautiful! MORE ABOUT ME: https://drewbinsky.com/about/ CONTACT ME: drew (at) drewbinsky (dot) com
Εγγραφείτε στο επίσημο YouTube κανάλι των ΛΑΡΓΚΟ : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4_XCRsaAC9KahVmQwCiQhw Μουσική: Θανάσης Παπακωνσταντίνου Στίχοι: Θανάσης Παπακωνσταντίνου *οι στίχοι είναι βασισμένοι σε γνωστό ανέκδοτο Ενορχήστρωση: ΛΑΡΓΚΟ Κωσταντής Παπακωνσταντίνου: ηλεκτρική κιθάρα Τάσος Κοφοδήμος: ακουστική κιθάρα Παύλος Μέτσιος: τρομπέτα Φίλιππος Φασούλας: κλαρίνο Μανόλης Σταματιάδης: πλήκτρα Ηλίας Ρότσιας: ηλεκτρικό μπάσο Κώστας Αναγνώστου: τύμπανα, κρουστά ΣΤΙΧΟΙ Τύλιγε η αλεπού μια τζιβάνα από φτέρη Σε φυτεία έπεσε κι είπε να χαρεί Μα πετιέται ο λαγός που όλα κάνει πως τα ξέρει Το κεφάλι του κουνά σαν τον δικαστή Και της λέει "Τι 'ναι αυτά; Το τσιγαριλίκι πέτα.Για να νιώσεις όμορφα έλα δίπλα μου και τρέχα". Τρέχουνε κι οι δυό μαζί και πιο κάτω συναντάνε το λυκάκι που ψαχνε λαίμαργα τη γη Να βρει χάπια έκσταση από ένα ρέιβ πάρτι Που γινε στο ξέφωτο χθες την Κυριακή Και του λένε "Τι 'ναι αυτά; Όσα χάπια έχεις πέτα. Για να νιώσεις όμορφα έλα δίπλα μας και τρέχα". Τρέχουνε κι οι τρεις μαζί και πιο κάτω συναντάνε το λιοντάρι έτοιμο να καμακωθεί Του φωνάζουν " Τι 'ναι αυτά; Πέταξε την τη βελόνα. Για να νιώσεις όμορφα τρέξιμο κι εσύ". Τους κοιτάει ο βασιλιάς και τους λέει "Ρε τρελαμένοι. Πήρε κόκα ο λαγός μα είστε όλοι ξαναμμένοι". Οι ζωντανές ηχογραφήσεις, οι μίξεις και το μάστερ, έγιναν στο Royal Altzheimer Hall από τους Τίτο Καργιωτάκη, Χρήστο Χαρμπίλα, Ορέστη Πατσινακίδη και Μάρκο Κουτσιανα. Παραγωγή: Ορέστης Πατσινακίδης και Λάργκο. Το artwork έγινε από τον Παναγιώτη Ανδριανό ΛΑΡΓΚΟ Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/largoband/
Lagos, Nigeria’s largest city, sprawls inland from the Gulf of Guinea across Lagos Lagoon. Victoria Island, the financial center of the metropolis, is known for its beach resorts, boutiques and nightlife. To the north, Lagos Island is home to the National Museum Lagos, displaying cultural artifacts and craftworks. Nearby is Freedom Park, once a colonial-era prison and now a major venue for concerts and public events. SUBSCRIBE here 👉 https://goo.gl/jYw6so Kindly EMAIL👉 africainsyder@gmail.com Lagos, the largest city in Nigeria, is fast becoming one of the largest cities in the world — 21 million people are thought to live within its limits and its population is expected to surpass Cairo's by 2015 to becoming the biggest city in Africa. It's also becoming notorious for another reason — the unbelievable traffic. ......................................................... Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cape Verde, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic (CAR), Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), Ethiopia,Gabon,Gambia,Ghana,Guinea,Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leon, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan,Tanzania,Togo,Tunisia,Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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Lagos, Nigeria is a place that the world needs to know about! Help me spread that message by sharing this video or any content that is moving the narrative of what is actually in the motherland. We've seen enough of the foolishness and one-sided approach of coming to Africa for safaris, its time to show what really goes down! Let's show the world how we. . . -Create -Explore -Party -Eat and bring the most amazing energy and vibes you will ever feel. ----------- Grab your coupon for $40 off your first Airbnb booking - https://www.airbnb.com/c/fuadagorof?s=8 Appearances. . . Maleek Berry - https://www.instagram.com/maleekberry/ Bankuli - https://www.instagram.com/bankulli/ Akeem - https://www.instagram.com/dope_akeeem/ Nancy Douyon - https://www.instagram.com/therealnanc... Buky - https://www.instagram.com/theappqueen/ Bizzle Osikoya - https://www.instagram.com/bizzleosikoya/ Alton Mason - https://www.instagram.com/altonmason/ Ferrari Frost - https://www.instagram.com/ferrari_frost/ Muyiwa - https://www.instagram.com/donawon/ Xamani - https://www.instagram.com/xamanijnr/ Bozoma Saint John - https://www.instagram.com/badassboz/ Tonje Bakang - https://www.instagram.com/tonjebakang/ TJ Adeshola - https://www.instagram.com/tja.y/ Justina - https://www.instagram.com/justeenahoh/ Opal Tometi - https://www.instagram.com/opalayo/ Luvvie Ajayi - https://www.instagram.com/luvvie/ Will Jawando - https://www.instagram.com/willjawando/ Abiola Oke - https://www.instagram.com/abiolaoke/ ---------------- Locations. . . Eco Pearl Jitaku - http://www.ekopearltowers.com/ Shiro - https://www.instagram.com/shirolagos/ --------------------------------------- Need help with IG and FB Ads? Well that how I'm able to travel and my bro has a free class you learn how he helps people turn $1 into 4 in this free class - http://onlinemoney.worldisyourgym.info Follow me! Instagram- https://instagram.com/abnormal_fitness/ Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/AbnormalFitness Music By Maleek Berry - https://soundcloud.com/maleekberry Gabe Gizz - https://soundcloud.com/gabe333 DJ Grumble - https://soundcloud.com/gbeats Marowz - https://soundcloud.com/user-181689347... Troy Sylvia - https://soundcloud.com/troysylviamusic
In Algarve Portugal is the region of Lagos and it is incredibly beautiful from it's coastline, blue waters and incredible people. This was a place I was unbelievably happy to have experienced and I would definitely come back. Thanks to Baie Da Luz for hosting us - They are AWESOME. Instagram https://www.instagram.com/lostleblanc Facebook Lost LeBlanc Twitter Lost LeBlanc Katy's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthechic/ Katy's spanish vlog channel: https://www.youtube.com/katythechic Get Travel Tips and Advice on Running a Social Media Business - Come Behind the Scenes and Join my Community https://www.patreon.com/lostleblanc All Music Music Used in this Video comes from HERE: https://goo.gl/fF1Q5N (Copyright Free Music) Learn How I edit ALL my Travel Videos - (Exclusive Course Link) http://lostleblanc.com/how-to-edit-a-travel-video/
Lagos /ˈleɪɡɒs/ (Yoruba: Èkó) is a conurbation in the Nigerian state of Lagos built by Shobhit. Often regarded as a city, it is the largest city in Nigeria and the African continent. Lagos is one of the fastest growing cities in the world and also one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world. Lagos is a major financial centre in Africa; the mega city has the highest GDP, and also houses one of the largest and busiest ports on the continent.
Lagos initially emerged as a port city which originated on a collection of islands, which are contained in the present day Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Lagos Island, Eti-Osa, Amuwo-Odofin and Apapa; the islands are separated by creeks, fringing the southwest mouth of Lagos Lagoon, while protected from the Atlantic Ocean by barrier islands and long sand spits such as Bar Beach, which stretch up to 100 kilometres (60 miles) east and west of the mouth. Due to rapid urbanization, the city expanded to the west of the lagoon to include areas in the present day Lagos Mainland, Ajeromi-Ifelodun, and Surulere. This led to the classification of Lagos into two main areas - the Island, which was the initial city of Lagos, before it expanded into the area known as the Mainland. This city area was governed directly by the Federal Government through the Lagos City Council, until the creation of Lagos State in 1967, which led to the splitting of Lagos city into the present day seven Local Government Areas (LGAs), and an addition of other towns (which now make up 13 LGAs) from the then Western Region, to form the state.
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The following is a list of demons, vampires, human monsters, walking dead, ghosts, beasts and any kind of evil being or supernatural creature seen in the Buffyverse (created by Joss Whedon).
Demons, Half-Demons and Old Ones
Acathla ("Becoming, Part Two")
Ano-Movic Demons: The Straleys ("Bachelor Party")
Anyanka
Arney ("Offspring", "Lullaby")
Artode ("Life of the Party")
Assassin demon ("Sanctuary")
Avilas ("Help")
Baker ("The Ring")
Balthazar ("Bad Girls")
Barney the Empath Demon ("Parting Gifts")
The Beast of Amalfie ("To Shanshu in L.A." and "Birthday")
Billy Blim ("That Vision Thing", "Billy")
Bohg'Dar Demon ("Salvage")
Boone ("Blood Money")
Boretz Demon ("Power Play")
Brachen Demons ("Hero)
Bringers
Bro'os ("Teeth") the Loan-Shark demon ("Tabula Rasa")
Brotherhood of Seven: Marc ("The Puppet Show")
Senator Helen Brucker
Cantonese Fook-Beast ("That Vision Thing")
Carlos ("Underneath")
Carnyss Demon ("Judgment")
Chaos Demon ("Fool for Love")
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Lagos (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈlaɣuʃ], literally lakes, from the Latin lacobrica) is a municipality at the mouth of Bensafrim River and along the Atlantic Ocean, in the Barlavento region of the Algarve, in southern Portugal. The population in 2011 was 31,049, in an area of 212.99 km². The main town of Lagos (which includes only the parish of São Sebastião e Santa Maria) has a population of approximately 22,000. Typically, these numbers increase during the summer months, with the influx of visiting tourists and seasonal residents. While the majority of the population lives along the coast and works in tourism and services, the inland region is sparsely inhabited, with the majority of the people working in agriculture and forestry.
Lagos is one of the most visited cities in the Algarve and Portugal, due to its variety of tourist-friendly beaches, rock formations (Ponta da Piedade), bars, restaurants and hotels, renowned for its vibrant summer nightlife and parties. Yet, Lagos is also a historic centre of the Portuguese Age of Discovery, frequent home of Henry the Navigator, historical shipyard and, at one time, centre of the European slave trade. In 2012, travel website TripAdvisor, classified Lagos as the number 1 travel destination, on a list of "15 destinations on the rise" worldwide.
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Radio Stations - Lagos State
Voice of Nigeria Varied Nigeria
VOA Hausa News,Talk Nigeria
Magic FM 102.9 Aba Varied Nigeria
19jaradio R&B,Hip Hop,World Africa Nigeria
Liveway Radio Network Christian Contemporary,Gospel,Religious,Christian Nigeria
Radio Palmwine (Igbo) World Africa Nigeria
Radio Palmwine (Yoruba) Varied Nigeria
Domi Radio Christian Nigeria
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Lagos Nigeria - fly Victoria Island & Eko Atlantic [4 k ULTRA HD drone footage] (2019)
Lagos Nigeria , Victoria Island and Eko Atlantic city 2019 , welcome for a new aerial footage video. 4 K, 4K ultra hd DRONE VIDEO (drone video mavic pro) Hello thanks for coming on my channel ! I invite you for an epic flight during sunset and night upon Lagos Nigeria VICTORIA ISLAND, EKO ATLANTIC CITY, Eko hotel, eko roundabout... I hope you will enjoy this flight upon the biggest city of Africa. Around sunset, Lagos population is leaving Victoria Island to go back home. You will observe the great traffic jam in lagos, also called "LAGOS GO SLOW" and the beautifull light of the tours in the night. what do you think about this amazing city ? please let me know in comment section, and go to check the other videos on my channel ! You ll find more of this footage as well as cultural and travel videos... Feel free to share, comment, give a thumb up (or a thumb down) and of course SUBSCRIBE if you liked ! Ludo. Music credit: Mazde - Battas feat. LissA https://soundcloud.com/mazde/mazde-battas-feat-lissa
LAGOS | Algarve, Portugal | Let's Travel #21
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► SUBSCRIBE for daily travel videos: http://bit.ly/2hyQnZ1 ► Tayo's Channel: https://bit.ly/2JFeJjh ► INSTAGRAM? Join me: https://www.instagram.com/drewbinsky/ HELLO FROM LAGOS, NIGERIA -- COUNTRY #175!! 🇳🇬 I truly had a lot of fun making this video inside Africa's craziest and most populated city. Did you know that over 20 million people are living in Lagos?! It is hands down one of the most hectic, chaotic and vibrant places I've ever been with a LOT of stories to tell. I'm overwhelmed. My local friend and YouTuber named Tayo (his channel linked below) has been taking me all around his bustling city and we've had an absolute blast together. Surprisingly, this was one of the hardest videos I've ever made because it's REALLY challenging to shoot content on these streets. People d...
Taste of Lagos Nigeria is a video showing my love for my city lagos. I was born and raised here. Lagos teaches you to hustle. It’s home to over 20 million people and it’s one of the largest cities in africa. It’s a city where dreams are made and if you work really smart you can make it happen for yourself. It’s also where I started creating content. Let me give you a taste of my lagos 2019. I hope you guys enjoy the clips of this amazing, hectic and (mostly) friendly City! All clips were rendered with Final Cut Pro. Enjoy! GEAR LINKS: Nd Filter https://amzn.to/2qMz4Yt Awesome Camera Bag: https://amzn.to/2MGPp9T Dji Microphone: https://amzn.to/2z6QCFK Canon 50mm Lens: https://amzn.to/2NgyJHo Transcend 1Tb Hard Disk Drive: https://amzn.to/2IMMtq6 Sony Kit Lens: https://amzn.to/2ME2Fw3 M...
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Lagos Portugal is an amazing beach town for many reasons in Algarve. Check out our 5 things to do in Lagos Portugal and get a taste of the boat rides, cave exploration, and beaches in this Lagos Vlog! Close to Portimao in Algarve Portugal is where we put together this Portugal vlog - Lagos in amazing! Want to jump to a specific part? 1) Praia Dona Ana Beach: https://youtu.be/wTpDxoAhX1Q?t=85 2) Boat Cruise: https://youtu.be/wTpDxoAhX1Q?t=172 3) Praia Do Pinhao: https://youtu.be/wTpDxoAhX1Q?t=306 4) Praia Do Camilo: https://youtu.be/wTpDxoAhX1Q?t=381 5) Ponta Da Piedada: https://youtu.be/wTpDxoAhX1Q?t=467 Interested in seeing this as a blog post? https://usebounce.com/blog/post/5-things-to-do-in-lagos-portugal Visiting more places in Portugal? Check out things to do in: Lisbon, Portugal:...
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Lagos Portugal is an amazing beach town for many reasons in Algarve. Check out our 5 things to do in Lagos Portugal and get a taste of the boat rides, cave exploration, and beaches in this Lagos Vlog! Close to Portimao in Algarve Portugal is where we put together this Portugal vlog - Lagos in amazing! Want to jump to a specific part? 1) Praia Dona Ana Beach: https://youtu.be/wTpDxoAhX1Q?t=85 2) Boat Cruise: https://youtu.be/wTpDxoAhX1Q?t=172 3) Praia Do Pinhao: https://youtu.be/wTpDxoAhX1Q?t=306 4) Praia Do Camilo: https://youtu.be/wTpDxoAhX1Q?t=381 5) Ponta Da Piedada: https://youtu.be/wTpDxoAhX1Q?t=467 Interested in seeing this as a blog post? https://usebounce.com/blog/post/5-things-to-do-in-lagos-portugal Visiting more places in Portugal? Check out things to do in: Lisbon, Portugal: https://youtu.be/D76LSeSPlaU Porto, Portugal: https://youtu.be/cs2UNIrBGkM ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 👤ABOUT WORLD NOMAC: I (Mac) decided to escape the 9 to 5 with my girlfriend Chelsea and go after a life long passion of traveling the world and living the “Nomactic” lifestyle. While traveling, I am sharing all my experiences through YouTube. My channel’s focus is to share amazing places around the world through food, culture and experiences plus showcase a non-standard way of living that is becoming more & more popular these days (digital nomad), & my name is Mac so when you squish that together it becomes World Nomac. Don’t miss any upcoming travel videos and tips - subscribe here: https://www.youtube.com/c/LifeinFocusFilm?sub_confirmation=1 (All videos that came out on or before 1/1/19 were under my previous YouTube channel name Life in Focus Travel.) ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 🤝LET’S CONNECT Send us a message on any of the platforms below! ➛Instagram: @worldnomac ➛Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Worldnomac ➛Email: worldnomac@gmail.com ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ℹ️WANT MORE TRAVEL TIPS AND INFORMATION? Join our mailing list where we will share more travel tips, updates, and information with you! And don’t worry, we will NOT be spamming your inbox with frequent emails! 📧Mailing List: http://eepurl.com/gcGZIf ⇅Just one more reason to join the mailing list. 🌏🌎🌍CONSIDERING FULL-TIME TRAVEL? A lot goes in to planning for full-time travel. We are currently working on a book that will cover everything that went into our planning as well as things we wish we’d known or done now that we’ve been on the road for a while! We will send out updates asa small part of the distribution email when it’s done. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 📃Some links below contain affiliate links which may result in a small commission for World Nomac. Using these links does not cost you any extra money. The very small commission made from the links helps sustain the longevity of this channel and the ability to bring you more content from around the world. 🏨ACCOMMODATION AirBnB is one of our favorite (and most-used!) platforms to find accommodation all over the world (and at affordable prices)! Utilizing AirBnBs has saved us so much money over the last few years. Use our link below and you will receive UP TO $55 USD in travel credit! https://www.airbnb.com/c/mcandee4?currency=USD ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 🎥CAMERA EQUIPMENT & PACKING IDEAS This link includes the camera equipment we currently use and have previously used to film these videos as well as our travel packing list which gives you the inside scoop on what’s in our full time travel bags! https://www.amazon.com/shop/worldnomac ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 🎵WHERE DOES THE MUSIC COME FROM? All music by Epidemic sound! Use the link below for a 30 day free trial: https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/rtgdph/ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ #lagosportugal #lagosvlog #thingstodoinlagos
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Bill C-61 copyright act amendment tabled today
Thread starter grey
Virtually any form of downloading will be illegal.
Transferring music from one format to another will also be illegal, even if you own the original source.
Basically, you want to use an mp3 player, you’re stuck with an ipod and itunes.
And if you cross the border with an mp3 player/laptop/storage media, customs gets to check it for ‘illegal’ media with the onus is on you to prove it belongs to you – which is next to impossible – subject to search/seizure/fine/charges if you can’t rove ownership at the border.
Also, media companies can get isp usage records without warrant and the burden of proof will be on you to prove you’ve not used your internet for any illegal things.
$500 fine per downloaded file, no limit on number of concurrent charges.
RIAA/MPAA is nothing compared to what the tories are going to make possible in Canada.
Oh, and its also going to be illegal to own an unlocked phone.
Here's a link to a site that will send a nicely worded email expressing your concern to your MP (just select your MP from the handy list):
http://www.onlinerights.ca/get_active/copyright_for_canadians/action.php
The bill even makes it so lessons/lectures/etc at university can’t be retained after 30 days after the end of a course if you’ve ‘affixed’ it unless you are the originator of the source material.
Basically, holding onto notes from year to year could now be illegal.
ShonTron
Ward 13 - Toronto Centre
Consumers should be advised to read Geist's blog. It is worse than the US Digital Millenium Copyright Act - ie illegal to circumvent locks on property you own (which I hope, if passed, gets thrown out by the courts), though it is supposedly going to fully legalize transfer of content from CDs to iPods for unlocked files.
And it's worse than Samulte Bulte's bad attempt before the Martin government fell.
http://www.michaelgeist.ca/
Sorry, it's actually bill C-61, not 16.
khristopher
I really hope this shit doesn't pass. It's unbelievable that this is happening in Canada. We, the people can not let this happen, and need to inform as many people as possible! I'm calling my MP about this to see what her opinion is.
Finally hitting the news: http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/442676
http://www.ic.gc.ca/cmb/welcomeic.nsf/0365f77a8a847e1e8525655d006e1f91/85256a5d006b9720852574650065cf5b!OpenDocument
Look at how they run this – they give reporters less than an hour to be introduced to the bill – no doubt all speeches, etc, then immediately to q&a with no chance to digest/follow-up on the bill’s contents.
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grey said:
Look at how they run this – they give reporters less than an hour to be introduced to the bill – no doubt all speeches, etc, then immediately to q&a with no chance to digest/follow-up on the bill’s contents.
Now, I'm not one for conspiracy theories, but why would they want to stifle debate on such a bill? It does give the impression they know it's going to be unpopular, yet for some reason they feel the need to ram it through with little debate. It does smack as though some outside forces are pushing the government hard to do this, even at the cost of their own standing amongst the people. I sometimes wish the Canadian conservative establishment had more of a libertarian streak to it. Hopefully the courts will be more reasonable, if it should pass.
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how does this law effect political dissent? being able to use video footage, sound recordings, etc..
maybe there's some hidden agenda?
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Ummagumma66
What a joke. Is this a free country or what? I wont submit to any 3rd party's demands of what I do with MY internet!
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/Kill-Bill-C-61
detroitbootybass
Facebook group started by Michael Geist: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=6315846683&ref=mf
...and their website: http://www.faircopyrightforcanada.ca/
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post-young
Countermeasures:
Supreme Court.
Hacking.
salvius
My, what a disaster of a bill. Producers and distributors 100% rights, consumers 0%.
"One of Canada's most respected research organizations has a black eye after being forced to withdraw three reports on copyright and intellectual property because they contained plagiarized information from a study by a U.S. lobby group for the entertainment industry."
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/think-tanks-approach-to-hollywood-copy-that/article1158376/
Hipster Duck
Dilla said:
I sometimes wish the Canadian conservative establishment had more of a libertarian streak to it. Hopefully the courts will be more reasonable, if it should pass.
I agree with you but, having just read the Star article, it seems that the Liberal MPs are more concerned about the government's inability to enforce this rather than on how this could infringe on civil liberties.
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Graydon Morris is 'Very Fit And Ready' For Foot Locker
Graydon Morris crosses the finish line at the 2019 Foot Locker South Regional
Graydon Morris proved he was going to be good from the first time he suited up in an Aledo uniform. Freshman year, he ran 15:32.19 in his first meet at the Marcus I Invitational to finish sixth place. Later in the season, he would go on to finish third at the state meet.
His big accomplishment that year was a seventh place finish at Foot Locker South, qualifying for Foot Locker Nationals. Throughout his career, we would eventually see Morris go on to win three state cross country championships and qualify for Team USA for the World U20 Cross Country Championships .
Now, facing the last cross country meet of his high school career, he has qualified for his fourth Foot Locker Nationals, being the only male other than Jorge Torres (Wheeling, Illinois) to do so in the Kinney/Foot Locker Nationals history.
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"After making it my freshman year, people began to talk about the possibility of me accomplishing that. I took note of it, but I tried to not let it cloud my judgement in workouts and races like state. My approach to training is to take it day by day because this sport is so unpredictable," Morris said.
At the South regional this year, he methodically made his way through the field and to the finish line to finish in 15:01 for third place. In his last two national meet performances, Morris turned in a second place national meet finish from sophomore year and then a third place finish last season.
"I hope to end my high school cross country career with a win at Balboa, but regardless I am so happy with the way things have gone."
Graydon Morris, Aledo HS Senior
He has learned that racing at the regional meet is slightly different from racing the national meet. Morris said "The mindset at the regional race is to advance. It doesn't have to be pretty or fast, just whatever it takes to get into the top ten."
The "whatever it takes" is managing getting out at the start and finding the way to the lead pack at the beginning of the race in the large regional field. When racing at the national meet, there are only 40 competitors, so racing and strategy between the two races are vastly different.
This weekend, will be Morris' last opportunity to go for the win and already having three shots at it, this could be his best out of all and the best out of all of the competitors in the race. "To have three years of prior running experience on this course gives me reassurance and a calmness that's hard to describe. Experience plays such a big role in San Diego just with the challenges you're left to face once the gun goes off. Knowing how to negotiate the uphill and downhill can make or break your race," Morris said.
The experience from the last three years doesn't just give Morris an advantage with the knowledge of the course, but it also gives him insight on how to handle other challenges of national championship racing. "My strategy will be very similar to my sophomore and junior year, have fun, relax, and be observant. Take notes of the moves being made and make sure I'm in a position to cover them."
Graydon Morris uses his experience to navigate the 2019 Foot Locker South race
Morris' senior year has been a little different than his previous three high school seasons. He only ran one meet this season prior to the Texas UIL championship season, so this weekend, he will be heading into Foot Locker Nationals with only five races under his belt this season. All but one of those races were qualify to advance type races.
However, he perhaps feels stronger and more prepared than ever. Morris has made two significant changes to training that he believes could make the difference and give him a good shot at winning this year. "I feel very fit and ready for Saturday. We have approached training in a completely different way. We tapered for the race this year without reducing intensity, just volume, where as in the past we did both. I have also implemented cross training and weights into my weekly routine which has tremendously improved my running in every aspect."
A win this weekend would be another major notch on his resume, as it would further cement him in Foot Locker history.
Win or lose this weekend, Morris believes his high school season is already a success and will not define him. He has tasted individual success, but he has also been able to taste team success by helping to lead the Aledo boys team to the state meet this year.
"My high school cross country career has surpassed all expectations I had going into my freshman year. I feel unbelievably grateful for the support I have received from those around me because without them I wouldn't have been able to do the things that I've done. They say it takes a village and I can attest to that with every bit of my heart. I hope to end my high school cross country career with a win at Balboa, but regardless I am so happy with the way things have gone."
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Donkey Kong Country Returns Review
Retro Studios tries its hand at a more traditional Nintendo experience.
By Craig Harris
Updated: 4 May 2012 6:58 pm
Posted: 19 Nov 2010 6:00 pm
The backlog of amazing Nintendo games is one of many reasons why gamers continue to back the company's consoles. Donkey Kong Country Returns is yet another fantastic visit to the company's catalogue of amazing game designs. Other than the brutal difficulty – which many will (and rightfully should) see as a positive – there's very little to complain about in Donkey Kong Country Returns. This is an incredibly challenging, old-school throwback that might not set the genre afire with innovation, but in my book, it's better than the awesome game that inspired it.
The classic Rare-developed Donkey Kong Country gained notoriety on the Super Nintendo as one of the first games to utilize cutting edge Pixar-like computer generated imagery for characters and backgrounds. It was a technique that really brought the environments to life in a world of simplistic pixel art from the competition. The game also established Donkey Kong as a bona fide platforming hero with a background story after years as a bumbling girlfriend kidnapper and part-time go-kart driver. The game was an incredible success that spawned two sequels and a bunch of handheld ports.
In later years, Rare branched out and attempted a 3D platformer in Donkey Kong 64, and Nintendo's Tokyo team (the Mario Galaxy developers) tried its hand with the brilliantly creative Donkey Kong Jungle Beat on the GameCube, but Donkey Kong Country Returns is the big guy's first true starring role on the Wii console, bringing DK back to his original old-school platforming days on the Super NES.
Retro Studios didn't set out to expand on the classic in the same way it did with the Metroid Prime series. Instead, it looks like the team applied the same design process Nintendo did with New Super Mario Bros. Wii: old school values using new school techniques. And even with its more modest production values compared to Retro's last three products, Donkey Kong Country Returns comes out a better 2D platformer than Mario's own Wii revisit a year ago.
Classic+Donkey+Kong+Country+gameplay+meets+classic+Donkey+Kong.
With the power of the Wii, the prerendered graphics style has been replaced with real-time visuals. Other than this change, Donkey Kong Country Returns is the tried and true Donkey Kong Country experience, completely refreshed and updated for the current generation of gamers. DK's banana horde has been swiped and his jungle buddies hypnotized by a new troupe of bad guys. While Donkey Kong Country purists may cry foul with the omission of K. Rool and his evil gang from the Super NES original, it was in this area that Retro Studios made the game its own with a brand new set of baddies and end bosses. And at least Donkey Kong Country Returns makes it perfectly clear why a giant banana horde has been stolen. But that'd be a spoiler if I said anything more…
I'll fully admit that as much fun as I was having with Donkey Kong Country Returns, I was just a smidge underwhelmed in my first hour. There are obvious exceptions to the rule, but for the most part Retro Studios stuck very close to the blueprint laid out by Rare in the Super Nintendo original -- so much of the levels stayed within the restriction of the classic designs.
Rated "RP"
DeveloperN/A
Release DateDecember 3, 2010
PlatformsWii, Wii U
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Hope Virgo is the Author of Stand Tall Little Girl, and an international leading advocate for people with eating disorders.
Hope helps young people and employers (including schools, hospitals and businesses) to deal with the rising tide of mental health issues which affect one in four people and costs employers between £33 and £42 billion annually.
She has been described by Richard Mitchell, CEO of Sherwood Forest Hospital, as “sharing a very powerful story with a huge impact”. Hope is also a recognised media spokesperson, having appeared on various platforms including BBC Newsnight, Good Morning Britain, Sky News and BBC News.
Tell us a bit about yourself, background and your current role
I developed anorexia when I was 12 years old and it was my everything. It took over all over me, giving me a sense of value and security. I lived with my anorexia for the next four years keeping it secret from everyone around me. Eventually, aged 17, I was admitted to a mental health hospital where I spent the next year of my life trying to recovery. The thing about anorexia is that recovery is so unbelievable hard, there are times when you long for that anorexic voice back, times when you hate it and times when that battle in your head is so unbearable. Even when I had anorexia I knew there was so much stuff that I wanted out of life. I wanted a job, to travel, to run, and to have children one day. I realised that the anorexia was going to stop me getting to that point but I had to focus on all of these things to motivate me to get well.
I am the Author of Stand Tall Little Girl and a leading advocate for people with eating disorders. I work across UK with corporates, the NHS, Schools and the Government to raise awareness of mental health and to equip others to manage their own mental health. I have been working for myself for just over a year and I absolutely love it. I have had to learn about creating boundaries though. Working for myself means I sometimes feel the need to work all the time, I say yes to pretty much everything and then worry I am not working hard enough. It has taken me a while to work this out and I am still learning but I am getting there.
Did you ever sit down and plan your career?
I had this whole plan. I would work in public affairs, work my way up an organisation that worked for a cause I was passionate about and then become a Director. But this all changed in 2016 after I came through my relapse of anorexia. I decided to write a book about my life, sharing my honest story of recovery. I wanted to challenge the myth that to have anorexia you have to be stick thin, to help others not feel alone and to make sure that people know recovery isn’t a straight line but is one hundred percent possible. After my book came out I began to get invited to do speaking engagements and then in 2017 I quit my full time job and have dedicated my time to being a mental health campaigner and public speaker.
I have tried to be a bit more business savvy this year after successfully working for myself for a year.
Have you faced any challenges along the way?
One of my biggest challenges is that I look quite young and so people don’t always take me seriously. Now this one bothers me less as I am getting more confidence in what I do, but at times I do still find it frustrating.
What has been your biggest achievement to date?
My biggest achievement was cycling the length of the country, over 1100 miles over a two-week period in 2018. I wanted to cycle John O’Groates to Lands’ End to raise awareness of mental health education and to help others know that exercise can be a really positive part of recovery. Cycling that far and having to fuel the right way was unbelievable difficult at times. Not just because it is a hard challenge but because I had to manage my recovery from anorexia at the same time. When I completed JOGLE it was this amazing experience and I was slightly shocked as I stood there at the finish line with a bottle of prosecco. But achieving that and managing my recovery, managing that voice in my head was such a thing to celebrate!
What one thing do you believe has been a major factor in you achieving success?
My passion and my drive. I feel so passionate that I am going to change the system for the better for people, I feel passionate about wanting to make sure others know that they can recover from anorexia. It is this that drives me forward every day. I visit inpatient units once every 2 weeks and get messages daily from individuals, every time I do I am reminded why I need to keep doing what I am doing. It’s the support of others that helps keep me moving forward and not giving up.
I launched a campaign back in July: “Dump The Scales”. This has been debated in parliament, had over 67,000 signatures and I am now working closely with the Department of Health and Social Care to tackle the issues around diagnosis rate further. I never thought I would get anywhere with it. But my drive and my passion has helped get the campaign where it is. (As well as the amazing support from all those who have signed the campaign and come forward sharing their stories.)
How do you feel about mentoring? Have you mentored anyone or are you someone’s mentee?
I have never been mentored but I think mentoring is so important. It allows individuals to develop further, gives space for open dialogue and any sorts of questions. In the line of work, I do I often work closely with individuals who want to share their stories. This is similar to mentoring because it is about empowering these individuals to know that it is okay for them to share their stories, and to help them develop the skills and confidence to do just this.
If you could change one thing to accelerate the pace of change for Gender Parity, what would it be?
It is about getting more women as role models, sharing stories, working in a variety of jobs. Enabling women to feel empowered to speak up and to empower other women to do the same across all sectors, including education, medicine and politics. We need to help women and girls increase their global platform so that our voices are heard in all decisions and so we are at the forefront influencing change.
We need to then talk about these female role models whether that’s in the education system or in our homes we need to help other younger females aspire to be like that too. By having these role models, it will change the narrative of what girls can and can’t do. I hope my work is helping that little bit to move things in the right direction.
If you could give one piece of advice to your younger self what would it be?
Talk and believe in yourself. I spent a lot of my childhood having very bad self-esteem, I felt trapped in my thinking and my beliefs and did not really know what to do about it. I felt ashamed that I felt certain things and that certain things had happened to me. If I could speak to my younger self, I would tell her to talk. Don’t feel ashamed of certain feelings that you feel. Don’t be embarrassed. Embrace who you are and if bad things happen use those to create passion and drive to push for change.
What is your next challenge and what are you hoping to achieve in the future?
In the future I am hoping to change understanding around eating disorders. I want everyone to know that just because someone looks okay doesn’t mean they aren’t struggling with thoughts in their head around food. I want everyone to be able to access support and regardless of it they are at that crisis point.
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“Truth” is Top Word of the Year 2017 by The Global Language Monitor
The Only Analysis for Global English Worldwide
18th annual analysis by the Global Language Monitor
“Weinstein Effect” (and #MeToo) is the Top Phrase and Xi Jinping is the Top Name of 2017
Recently, The Global Language Monitor (GLM) announced that Truth is the Word of the Year for 2017.
To See the Top Words, Phrases, and Names of 2017, click here
A Brief Retrospective on the Nature of Truth and Why It Confuses Us So
To Read How GLM’s Top Words of the Year Record the History of the 21st Century, Thus Far, click here.
To Learn What the Top Words of the First Fifteen Years of the 21st c. Portend for the Rest of the Century, click here.
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December 7, 2017, Austin, Texas (Updated) – Truth has been named the 2017 Word of the Year for Global English (#WOTY2017) by the Global Language Monitor, in its eighteenth annual global analysis. In addition, the Weinstein Effect has been named the Top Phrase and Chinese leader Xi Jingping the Top Name of 2017. Following ‘Truth’ were the words Narrative, Opioids, Awoke, and Nuclear Option. Rounding out the Top Ten were Deep State, Robot Apocalypse, Higher Level of Fake News, Blessee, and Lean Into.
“Since the turn of the century, the Global Language Monitor has been naming the words of global English that have had the most profound influence upon the language, the culture, and/or the world of the 21st century,” said Paul JJ Payack, President, and Chief Word Analyst. GLM ‘s methodology, true to its Silicon Valley heritage, is to examine the totality of Global English with the tools now available to better understand the underlying trends that shape our words and, hence, our world.”
GLM tracks the top trending words three times during the year before the final assessment is released at year end. Below are the Global Language Monitor’s 2017 Words of the Year for Global English.
Global Language Monitor’s 2017 Top Words of the Year for Global English
Rank, Word, Previous Rank, Definition
Truth (1) — Let’s face it. The conversation is all about truth, or lack thereof.
Narrative (2) — As GLM noted in ’08, Narratives began replacing facts in politics; a harbinger to ’fake news’.
Opioids (10) — More deaths than gun violence and automobiles crashed combined.
Post-Truth (16) — Objective facts are less influential than appeals to emotion or the prevailing narrative.
Woke (New) — Awakening to issues of social and racial justice.
Brexit (4) — [United Kingdom] Definition according to Theresa May: “Brexit means Brexit”.
Blessee (New) — [RSA, South Africa] Those who are shown financial favor through a ‘Sugar Daddy’ (New)
Non-binary (13) — Gender identity defined as neither male nor female.
Anthropocene (15) — The current geological time period where human activities have had a major environmental impact on the Earth.
Latinx (11) — Neologism for the Hispanic heritage of any stripe.
Ransomware (New) — A type of malware where targeted sites are ‘captured’ and rendered useless until a ransom is paid to the hackers.
Tradie (New) — [Australia] Short for any worker in the trades: tradesmen, e.g., electricians (sparkies), truckers (truckies), chippies (carpenter) and the like.
Flip (New) — Any quick financial transact5on meant to turn a quick profit, particularly involving real estate.
Covfefe — The Trumpian Typo Heard ‘Round the world.
#Resist — From Latin resistere, from re- + sistere to take a stand
Appropriation (Cultural) — Now refers to the exploitation of an ‘ethnic’ culture by those of white European heritage.
Missed the Cut and former rank: Antifa (18), Alt-right (17), Bigly (5), and Populism (19)
Global Language Monitor’s 2017 Top Phrases of the Year for Global English
Rank, Word, Previous Rank, Definition Weinstein Effect (New) — (#MeToo) Emboldened women across the globe confront those who have been abused them in their past.
Weinstein Effect (and #MeToo) (New) — Emboldened women across the globe confront those who have been abused them in their past.
Nuclear Option (7) — The use of nuclear weapons by either side in the on-going and decades-long North Korean standoff.
Deep State (New) — The idea that entrenched bureaucracies, beholden to no one, controlling the ship of state with little concern for elected officials. In effect, a ‘Shadow’ government
For Real (FR) (New) — [Indian] It took a half a century for the hip lingo of Venice Beach to proliferate to the call centers of India as FR.
Robot Apocalypse (New) — The oncoming usurpation of Humankind by robots and other advanced forms of Artificial Intelligence.
Fake News (New) — A higher level (and far more dangerous method controlling the news) through special relationships, the tight control of events, planting sources, and keeping the actual facts to a tight inner circle.
Lean Into (New) — Being totally committed (or lean into) a cause, an initiative, or career choice.
Memory Care (14) — Euphemism for treating Alzheimer and other forms of dementia
Cultural Appropriation — Now refers to the exploitation of an ‘ethnic’ culture by those of white European heritage.
Missed the Cut and former rank: Alt-right (17), Dumpster Fire (9), Nuclear Option for US Senate (6), and Safe Place (20).
Global Language Monitor’s 2017 Top Names of the Year
Rank, Name
Xi Jinping — General Secretary of the Communist Party of China
Donald J. Trump — President of the United States of America; Trump took the Top Honors in 2016 and 2015.
Pope Francis — Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the 266th Pope of the Catholic Church, the Bishop of Rome, and sovereign of Vatican City.
Angela Merkel — Angela Dorothea Merkel, Chancellor of Germany
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin — President of Russia
Theresa May — P)rime Minister of the United Kingdom
Kim Jung Un — North Korean Strongman
Narendra Modi — Prime Minister of India
Donald Tusk — President of the European Commission
Shinzō Abe — Prime Minister of Japan
Justin Trudeau — Prime Minister of Canada
Hurricane Harvey and Maria — Hurricanes that devastated Houston and Puerto Rico, respectively
Methodology: The words are culled from throughout the English-speaking world, which now numbers more than 2.35 billion speakers (January 2018 estimate) GLM employs its NarrativeTracker technologies for global Internet and social media analysis. NarrativeTracker is based on global discourse, providing a real-time, accurate picture about any topic, at any point in time. NarrativeTracker analyzes the Internet, blogosphere, the top 375,000 print and electronic global media, as well as new social media sources as they emerge.
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Harvard Captures Top Politically (in)Correct Word of the Year Award
Global Language Monitor’s Ninth Biennial List of Top Politically (in)Correct Words for 2016 and 2015
“House Masters” No More
Follows the lead of Los Angeles County Purchasing Department in 2004.
Austin, Texas, 2016 — Harvard University captured the Top Politically (in)Correct Word of the Year Award in the Global Language Monitor’s Ninth Biennial List for 2016 and 2015.
Harvard won the award for supplanting the ancient and honored title of “House Master” for the rather amorphous yet politically neutral title of ‘faculty dean’. Harvard undergraduates live in residence dorms called ‘houses’ modeled on the colleges of Oxbridge and other Medieval European universities.
Of course, when Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean Michael D. Smith announced the change, he responded to criticism that the change reflected a misunderstanding of the word “master” as possibly connected to America’s history of slavery, Not so, he contended. “None of these [contentions] could be farther from the truth”. Nota Bene: Harvard’s motto is a single word ‘Veritas,’ Latin for Truth.
The unanswered question remains, what, if anything, the university plans to do with the more than 4,000 masters degrees awarded at Harvard’s 365th Commencement on May 26, 2016, let alone the tens of thousands awarded over the last three centuries. Nota bene: T%he highest decision-making body in the University is called the Board of Overseers.
Of course, the Harvard administration’s decision was not without precedent, it followed the actions of the Los Angeles County Purchasing department. In computer terminology, “master/slave” refers to primary and secondary hard disk drives. But a Los Angeles County purchasing department told vendors in late 2003 that the term was offensive and violated the region’s cultural diversity. The county’s Department of Affirmative action undertook a hunt to replace it on software product packaging. After a public uproar, the county backed down. Payack said that while the incident took place in late 2003, the debate about it continued into 2004.
“We label these words and phrases Politically (in)Correct because of the fierce debate they often stir and incur,” said Paul JJ Payack, president and Chief Word Analyst of the Global Language Monitor. “People spanning the political spectrum can find the phrases politically ‘correct’ or ‘incorrect’ depending on their particular views”.
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The University also placed a plaque naming four slaves who labored for two of its presidents some of its buildings in the 17th and 18th centuries. The plaque ‘honored’ four people: Titus, Venus, Juba, and Bilhah. No surnames were ever recorded, while first names were adopted from those used in imperial Rome. Bilhah was listed in the President’s Journal as a “Negro Wench”.
In a related case, a Harvard Law School committee proposed to retire the school’s shield (crest) that was adopted in 1936. The contention was that it was modeled on the family crest of the slave-holding Royall family. The Royall family endowed Harvard’s first professorship of law.
The shield, itself consists of a stylized Veritas written on three books with three sheafs of wheat. The connection to slavery is nowhere implied.
Historical Note: After slavery was outlawed in Massachusetts, the school continued to prosper from the mills throughout New England that used the cotton which the slaves produced as well as the oils obtained from the near extinction of the whales, as well as the land appropriated from the local Native American tribes.
Meanwhile, dozens of colleges and universities around the country experienced disruptions about historical associations to slavery and crimes against Native Americans.
The Top Politically (in)Correct Words of 2016 follow:
Harvard University changed the titles of the leadership of it Residential System ‘Houses’ from ‘Masters’ to ‘faculty deans’.
Harvard Law School is dropping the design of its ‘shield’ because it was based upon that of the slave-holding Royall family.
Non-binary — A legal term for a gender identity between male and female.
Cisgender is a newly popular term for one whose gender identity matches their sex.
Gettysburg College shows a video to incoming first-year students “who identify as male” (freshman) on “toxic masculinity”.
According to 35 Dumb Things, Well-Intended People Say: complimenting someone as being well-spoken.can be taken as a micro-aggression.
A sign at Pomona College: advised students to “acknowledge your privilege” and “apologize if you’ve used words like “sassy”. Additionally, the sign claims that all white people are racist. “Understand that you are white, so it is inevitable that you have unconsciously learned racism,” states the poster. “Your unearned advantage must be acknowledged and your racism unlearned.”
Indigenous People’s Day—which serves as a counter-celebration to Columbus Day in order to celebrate Native American culture and history—has steadily increased in popularity since its founding in the 1990s, with major cities, such as Portland, Oregon, and Minneapolis, and the state of Alaska. Brown Unversity faculty members endorsed a student suggestion to rename Columbus Day as Indigenous Peoples’ Day. The idea took a quarter of a century to arrive at the Ivy League university.
The Patriarchy as a governing societal structure is to be questioned on all levels.
Amherst College is dropping the “Lord Jeff (rey Amherst)” nickname because of Lord Jeffrey’s ties to eradication efforts kill Native Americans by distributing smallpox-contaminated blankets to them. There has been no word of changing the name of the college, itself.
These Politically (in)Correct words are automatically nominated for Global Language Monitor’s 17th Annual Word of the Year #WOTY announcement for Global English at year’s end.
The words are culled from throughout the English-speaking world, which now numbers more than 1.83 billion speakers (January 2013 estimate) GLM employs its NarrativeTracker technologies for global Internet and social media analysis. NarrativeTracker is based on global discourse, providing a real-time, accurate picture about any topic, at any point in time. NarrativeTracker analyzes the Internet, blogosphere, the top 300,000 print, and electronic global media, as well as new social media sources as they emerge.
In 2003, The Global Language Monitor (GLM) was founded in Silicon Valley by Paul J.J. Payack on the understanding that new technologies and techniques were necessary for truly understanding the world of Big Data, as it is now known. Previous to this Payack was the founding president at yourDictionary.com, and a senior executive for a number of leading high-tech Fortune 500 companies.
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Microaggression is the Top Word of the Year for Global English 2015
Microagression is the Top Word, Donald J. Trump the Top Name, and Migrant Crisis the Top Phrase, of 2015.
AUSTIN, Texas, December 27, 2015 — Microaggression is the Top Word, Donald J. Trump the Top Name, and Migrant Crisis the Top Phrase, of 2015. This is the 16th Annual survey of the English language by the Global Language Monitor.
Microaggression is an academic term, related to the ‘white privilege’ movement that has spread into widespread over the last generation. Donald J Trump is the US presidential contender who appears to be re-writing the rules of American political decorum. Migrant Crisis summarizes the movement of some one million migrants and/or refugees from the Middle East to Europe (predominately from Syria, Irag and, Afganistan), as well as North African countries. This is the largest human migration since World War II.
In 2014 the heart emoji was named the Top Word, the first time any emoji captured any Word of the Year honors. The Oxford Dictionaries followed in 2015 by naming the ‘laughing until tears of joy’ emoji as it top word of 2015, though there is scant evidence that any place on the planet was so afflicted.
GLM’s top words, phrases, and names this year represent some five continents, which continues to confirm the ever-expanding nature of the English language.
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“The English language continues its ever deeper penetration into global consciousness. Some are wary of the consequences of a single language (of the 7,000 extant human tongues) dominating the Linguasphere.” said Paul JJ Payack, President and Chief Word Analyst of the Global Language Monitor. “The English Language is continuing a remarkable transformation not witnessed since the Bard created nearly 2000 new words during his lifetime (1564-1616).
Microaggression — The brief, everyday exchanges that send mostly unintended derogatory messages to members of various minority groups. Related to the following terms:
Safe Space — In universities protecting students feelings by warning of subject matter that might elicit discomfit or distress.
Trigger — Any action that might elicit feelings of discomfit or distress.
Unsafe — The feelings a student encounters when without warning they are confronted with subject matter or situations that have elicited feelings of discomfit or distress.
Snowflake — What unconcerned students call those with the need for safe spaces and warnings about possible trigger events.
White Privilege — Societal privileges that benefit people identified as white in Western countries, beyond what is commonly experienced by non-white people under the same social, political, or economic circumstances.
Climate Changing — GLM will now use the gerund form of the verb ‘change’ to recognize the fact of ongoing, continuous change in the Earth’s Climate. Related terms:
Anthropocene — the current geological age, viewed as the period during in which human activity has been a significant influence on climate and the environment;
Anthropogenic — used to describe the effect of humans on the climate and the environment
Refugee — A term used to describe migrants that were forced from their homeland by war or civil unrest.
Migrant — A term that includes refugees from economic, climatological changes, and others issues not directly related to war.
Thug — Brought to renewed attention by President Obama; from the Hindi (and Sanskrit) words describing Aryan assassins.
Trans — Abbreviation for transgender, people who identify with the opposite of their physical characteristics.
Content — The Top Business Buzzword of 2015
Affluenza — A theoretical malaise affecting wealthy young people, symptoms of which include a lack of motivation, feelings of guilt, and a sense of isolation.
Opioids — In the US, opioid painkillers and heroin are responsible for as more deaths than from automobiles and gun violence combined.
Evolve — The evolution of the word ‘flip-flop’ in political jargon. More like ‘survival of the fittest,’ it only occurs until the voters first shift their views on a particular subject.
OK is the most understood word of Global English on the planet, again. See more.
Donald J. Trump — The US presidential contender who appears to be re-writing the rules of American political decorum
Alan Kurdi — The Syrian three-year-old whose dead body washed ashore in Bodrum, Turkey, the photo of which caused global outrage.
Pope Francis — The most highly cited name, again.
Xi Jinping — “Steady as she goes,” as his term proceeds as China’s paramount leader.
Middle East Terrorists — Exporting death squads into the West with impunity.
Putin — Short of stature, long on action.
Angela Merkel — Under Merkel, Germany has accomplished its erstwhile goal of dominating Europe.
Falcon 9 — The safe landing of its initial stage has been described as marking a historic step in the history of Humanity
El Nino — Already there is 5x the normal snowpack in the Sierra.
Princess Charlotte of Cambridge. 10-a. HRH Georgie — Nickname of Prince George of Cambridge, son of ‘Wills and Kate.
Migrant Crisis — Migrant Crisis summarizes the movement of some one million migrants and/or refugees from the Middle East to Europe (predominately from Syria, Irag and, Afganistan), as well as North African countries. This is the largest human migration since World War II.
Je Suis Charlie — Representing the universal outcry against terrorist violence, such as witnessed most recently in San Bernardino.
Almond Shaming — Forty gallons of water to grow a single almond?
Nation State — The migrant Crisis in Europe and the Middle East are examples of trans-national crises that transcend the idea of the Nation State. (The Nation State arose in the late 15th century with the rise of capitalism, geography, and cartography.
Rogue nukes — Despite the new treaty, the fact remains that Iran can now assemble a bomb in a fortnight.
Anatomically Modern Human — A class of hominids that lived as recently as 12,000 years ago.
Beast Mode — Going all out, excessively so, in the take-no-prisoners style of Marshawn Lynch (American football).
End of World Scenarios — A switch from previous years where clarion calls are being issued by the likes of Steven Hawking and other scientists.
Digital Darkness — What happens if we can no longer access digital information? A distinct possibility at some future point. Unsolicited Advice: Keep hard copies of beloved photos.
Evolve — The evolution of the word ‘flip-flop’ in political jargon. More like ‘survival of the fittest,’ it never occurs until the voters first shift their position.
Two-child Policy — To the relief of much of the world, China officially relaxed its One-Child Policy.
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Top Phrases: No. 1 Hands Up, Don’t Shoot; No. 2 Cosmic Inflation, No. 3 Global Warming
Top Names: No. 1 Ebola, No. 2 Pope Francis, No. 3 World War I
Top Words: No. 1 ’404’, No.2 Fail, No.3 Hashtag
Austin-Texas-based Global Language Monitor analyzes and catalogs the latest trends in word usage and word choices and their impact on the various aspects of culture. GLM analyzes the Internet, blogosphere, the top 250,000 print, and electronic news media, as well as new social media sources (such as Twitter) as they emerge. The words, phrases, and concepts are tracked in relation to their frequency, contextual usage and appearance in global media outlets.
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Danger of long-term effects Fukushima fallout little discussed in media
Prevailing view harmless, Opposing views called laced with hysteria
AUSTIN, Texas. March 23, 2011. With radioactive elements from Japans Fukushima Daiiachi disaster finally reaching the continental US this week, the Global Language Monitor’s NarrativeTracker has found that the possible long-term dangers of Fukushima Daiiachis radioactive fallout has been little discussed in the media. In fact, there has been little or no discussion of the ongoing debate about assessing the long-term risks associated with Cesium-137 and Iodine-131, etc.
The prevailing view of the global print and electronic media is to pronounce the radioactive elements harmless, which is in direct contract to the accepted view of the National Academy of Sciences, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and many others. In fact, the discussion that does appear, labels opposing views as irrational or laced with hysteria, as in a recent article in the New York Times.
According the the Global Language Monitors NarrativeTracker there have been only two references to the controversy in the past week in the major global media, or even to the fact that the analysis of the heath impact of the escaped radiation could be far off base. An article in the Malaysian Star was the most insightful. Even on the web news side, NarrativeTracker picked up fewer that half a dozen references to the controversy in the last week.
On the Internet and in Social Media, there were some 10,000 references to the controversy, which pales in comparison to news about, say Charlie Sheen (who has hundreds of million citations). In addition, there were about three million references to the harmless effects of the Fukushima fallout, with about 7,000,000 references to its dangers.
Therefore, the prevailing and accepted view of the National Academy of Sciences, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and, for that matter, the US Congress has been overlooked in the global media discussion. This is the view that holds sway in legislation ranging from the regulation of cigarettes, CT scans and the Hanford Reservation cleanup. In addition to the risk to human life, billions of dollars in government are at stake.
The controversy concerns Linear No Threshold (LNT) methodology to calculate risk from exposure to radioactive elements. The LNT dose-response relationship is used to describe the relationship between radiation dose and the occurrence of cancer. This dose-response model suggests that any increase in dose, no matter how small, results in an incremental increase in risk. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) accepts the LNT hypothesis as a conservative model for estimating radiation risk.
There are two competing theories here.
1. There is no lower-level threshold to the threat from radioactive exposure. Basically this means that even a small exposure to radioactivity will increase the chance of cancer occurring in a corresponding small percentage of the population. The smaller the exposure, the smaller the risk, but the risk never falls to zero.
2. There is a lower-level threshold to the threat from radioactive exposure. This is model that the media has adopted in claims that the fallout is harmless while still recognizing that it is harmful in large doses. Some scientists adhere to the radiation hormesis model that radiation might even be beneficial in very low doses
The LNT model is generally accepted by most governments and scientific agencies and predicts higher risks than the threshold model. Because the current data is inconclusive, scientists disagree on which methodology should be used.
However, the fact that there has been little or no discussion of the topic in the media is cause for concern.
Tags: cesium-137, Cigarettes, CT scans, fallout, Fukushima, Fukushima Daiichi, Hanford, iodine-131, Linear No Threshold, LNT, National Academy of Sciences, NRC, Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Japanese Disasters Need-to-Know Glossary Update
Added: Chest x rays, Black swans, Dinosaur extinction event, Two packs-a-day
AUSTIN, Texas, March 21, 2011 (Updated Daily) The Global Language Monitor has assembled the Japanese Disasters Need-to-Know Glossary to help understand the sometimes obtuse and ofter obscure terminology used in describing the concurrent Japanese Disasters that we are now witnessing.
We will add to the document as events continue to unfold.
This is a tragedy of unprecedented proportions.
We believe it is our responsibility to help people around the globe more fully understand the depth of the destruction and the nature of the circumstances that have already have and continue to unfold, said Paul JJ Payack, President and Chief Word Analyst of the Global Language Monitor.
Can Your Family or Business Survive a Disaster for Three Days
Term Definition
1.6 microseconds Number of microseconds the Earths spin was increased by the Sendai earthquake
9.0 magnitude The Japanese quake was 9.0 on the Richter Scale. This makes it about 700,000 times more powerful than last years Haitian earthquake. (See Richter Scale.)
12.5 magnitude Theoretical magnitude of the Chicxulub asteroid impact 65,000,000,000 years ago that led to the extinction of the dinosaurs. (However, mammals live through it.)
900 kph The waves of the tsunami traveled traveled about as fast as of typical passenger jetliner (About 560 mph/900 kph)
Black Swan Black Swan: rare but Nation-destroying disasters: an asteroid hitting the earth; a super volcano (Yellowstone Caldera) rending half a continent lifeless; a solar flare that destroys all modern communication systems. The Japanese Tri-Crisis qualifies as a Black Swab.
Cesium-137 Metal of the Alkali group that can signal the presence of a nuclear reaction. The half-life of Cesium 137 is 30 years. This means it would take about 200 years for something contaminated with it to lose all signs of radioactivity. Its name is derived from the Latin for a bluish-gray color
Chernobyl The Chernobyl incident in Ukraine in 1986 was considered the worlds worst nuclear accident until now. A carbon-fed fire sent the radioactive elements high into the atmosphere affecting every country in Europe.
Chest X Ray Each chest x ray exposes you to about .04 mSv. A major surgery might require 1,000 x rays, which would result in 40 mSv. A single CT heart scan results in a 12 mSv exposure.
China Syndrome Theory that a molten nuclear core breeches its containment vessel (in the US) and proceeds through the Earths core all the way to China. This is not actually possible. (See Tierra del Fuego syndrome.)
Containment Building (or vessel) Reinforced concrete structure made to serve as final barrier to entrap radioactive gases
Earthquake Shaking of Earths crust due to underlying tectonic forces
Epicenter The center of the earthquake, ofter miles underground.
Fuel Rods The affected Japanese reactors have thousands of 12-foot long, zirconium-alloy fuel rods. Each contain thousands of uranium-oxide ceramic pellets. The fuel rods are densely packed into the reactor.
Fukushima 50 The fifty workers serving as the final defense against a catastrophic meltdown at Fukushima Daiichi.
Fukushima Daiichi The nuclear reactors site with six boiling water reactors. 1, 2 and 6 were built by General Electric. 3, 4 and 5 were built by Toshiba. Fukushima Daiichi is 241 km (150 miles) from Tokyo.
Half-Life The time it takes radioactive material to expend one half of its radioactivity. The longer the half-life, the more dangerous the material.
Hiroshima Bomb The Hiroshima atomic bomb was detonated on August 6, 1945. Its yield was estimated between 13 and 18 kilotons of TNT. It was set equivalent to a 6.2 magnitude quake.
IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency is headquartered in Vienna.
Indian Ocean Tsunami The Indian Ocean Tsunami on Boxing Day in 2004 resulted in waves over 18 meters (50 feet) high. Over 250,000 people were killed, some 5,000 km (3000 m) away.
International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale (INES) The INES, introduced in1990 by the IAEA, has seven levels, with 1-3 considered incidents and 4-7, accidents. The Fukushima incident was recently moved from Level 4 to 5 (equivalent to Three Mile Island). Chernobyl is the only Level 7 accident on record.). The French Nuclear Agency suggests Fukushima to be a Level 6.
Iodine-131 Iodine-131 is a highly radioactive element that signifies at least a partial meltdown. The half-life of Iodine-131 is about 8 days, which means that it decays far faster than Cesium-137. The radioactive iodine is concentrated in the thyroid, however taking iodine potassium tablets fill the thyroid to capacity so the radioactive Iodine -131 is more likely to be excreted.
Krakatoa Indonesian Volcano that exploded in 1883 with a force equivalent to 8.5 magnitude (and some 200 megatons). Purported to be the loudest sound ever heard up to 5,000 km (or about 3,000 miles). The sound waves were measured to circle the earth seven times.
Linear No Threshold Model LNT basically it means that even a small exposure to radioactivity will increase the chance of cancer occurring in a corresponding small percentage of the population. The smaller the exposure, the smaller the risk, but the risk never falls to zero. The LNT model is generally accepted by most governments and scientific agencies, but is considered controversial in some scientific circles. This is why you hear conflicting views from experts on the cancer risk.
Meltdown When a core meltdown catastrophic melting of the core of a nuclear reactor due to a loss of cooling
No. 5 The earthquake was the fifth strongest since 1900.
Nuclear reactor Devices that use chain reactions of fissionable materials to boil water to create steam. The steam runs through turbines to create power.
Plate tectonics Theory that the continents rest on plates that drift into each other, causing earthquakes and mountain building
Prefecture States or Provinces of Japan. There are 47 prefectures.
Richter scale The logarithmic scale that measures the strength of an earthquake named after Charles Richter. It is a base-10 logarithmic scale. This means that an earthquake that measures 3.0 is 10 times more powerful that one measuring 2.0. The scale is open-ended, though the 1960 Chile quake measured at 9.6.
Sendai Earthquake At 9.0 the Sendai earthquake was the fifth largest since 1900. The Sendai quake was equivalent to about 100,000 Hiroshima-class bombs.
Sievert and millisievert (and millisievert) A unit of measurement for radiation dosage. According to the World Health Organization, the average person is exposed to about 3 millisieverts a year from natural sources and 3 mSv from human-made sources.
Three Mile Island In 1979 Unit No. 2 of the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania experienced a partial meltdown. Later it was found that the molten radioactive material penetrated within 1 centimeter of breaking through the containment barrier. Because of its location and the prevailing wind patterns, the fallout could have traveled over the heavily populated Eastern Seaboard, passing over Philadelphia, New York and possibly Boston with a population of more than 30,000,000.
Tierra del Fuego Syndrome The China Syndrome when applied to the Far East (See China Syndrome.)
Tokyo Capital of Japan with more than 30,000,000 people in its metropolitan area.
Tsar Bomba The largest hydrogen bomb ever detonated, by the Soviet Union in 1961. It was about equal to a 7.8 magnitude quake in the general range of the San Francisco earthquake 0f 1908 and the Mount Saint Helens volcanic explosion in 1981.
Tsunami From the Japanese tsu (harbor) and nami (wave); waves caused by undersea land movement; usually caused by earthquakes. A tsunami gathers destructive force as it nears land. Depending on the configuration of the shoreline, wave rise over ten-times in height.
Two Packs a Day Smoking two packs of cigarettes a day exposes you to about 17 mSv per year. Smoke for a lifetime thats 850 mSv.
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Casualties in Japan Disasters could reach 25,000 or more
AUSTIN, Texas, March 14, 2011 According to Global Language Monitors NarrativeTracker Technology the ultimate number of casualties resulting from the Japanese Quake and Tsunami should ultimately climb to over 25,000 and possibly reaching 50,000, or more.
The depth of this tragedy is even deeper than what we had already imagined it to be said Paul JJ Payack, President and Chief Word Analyst of the Global Language Monitor. Only our understanding of the true magnitude of the tragedy, will enable us to move beyond it, to rebuild what needs to be rebuilt and renew what needs to be renewed. Our hearts and prayers go out to the families of those who were struck down and the survivors who carry on.
The analysis is based on NarrativeTrackers analytical methodologies. Statements by public, corporate and military officials as well as outside agencies and various experts were complied and examined with appropriate trendlines extrapolated. The progression has been noted from the earliest reports where casualties were said to be several hundred, then nearly a thousand and now in the tens of thousands.. At the same time, GLM noted the many reports of still-missing trains, ships, and good-sized villages where fewer than half the population has as not yet been accounted for.
The analysis compared trends in casualty-reporting with several disasters including the Haitian earthquake, Hurricane Katrina s inundation of New Orleans, and the Southeast Asia Tsunami.
The analysis assumes that there are no deaths associated with the partial meltdowns of a number of nuclear reactors. GLM notes that this is an analysis is an estimate that is based on trending factors and should be considered as such.
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You can read relevant articles from the GLM archive, such as “Five Years Later, Katrina Continues to Impact Language and “Media Abounds with Apocalyptic-based Messages in Wake of Katrina”.
Charlie Sheen Tops Gaga, Obama, Kate Middleton Palin in Social Media
However Ranks No. 18 in the Global Print and Electronic Media
Austin, TEXAS. March 9, 2011. If it seems as if the actor Charlie Sheen has been everywhere you look or listen, from your smart phone to the Internet to your favorite social media site, you are correct. In an exclusive analysis released earlier today, the Global Language Monitor has found that Sheen tops all Internet and social media discussions with followed by the iPad, Lady Gaga, President Obama and Sarah Palin. Rounding out the Top Ten were David Beckham, Bill Gates, Julian Assange, Nicolas Sarkozy and Kate Middleton.
“If it seems as if Charlie Sheen is everywhere you look or listen , that is because it is true He is everywhere and apparently everywhen,” said Paul JJ Payack, president and chief word analyst for the Global Language Monitor. “The growing pervasiveness of Social Media only enhances this Global Echo Chamber. However, when you insert an editorial process in between the news and the audience Mr. Sheen tumbles to No. 18, following the major newsmakers of the time.”
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The analysis was completed on March 8. The analysis focused on individual people and things (such as the iPad). Broader topics, such as climate change the Mid-East Unrest were excluded from the analysis. For this analysis, GLM analyzed the Internet, Blogosphere, and Social Media together. The Global Print and Electronic Media were analyzed separately. That analysis is discussed below.
The Top Twenty Persons of interest on the Internet and Social media list follows.
1 Charlie Sheen
2 iPad
3 Lady Gaga
4 Barack Obama
5 Sarah Palin
6 David Beckham
7 Bill Gates
8 Julian Assange
9 Nicolas Sarkozy
10 Kate Middleton
11 Hosni Mubarak
12 Muamaar Gaddafi
13 Bill Clinton
14 Queen Elizabeth II
15 Silvio Burlusconi
16 David Cameron
17 Angela Merkel
18 Vladimir Putin
19 Hu Jintao
20 Pope Benedict XVI
In the Top 75,000 Print and Electronic media sites Charlie Sheen ranks as No. 18, which shows what happens when you have an editorial process that helps discern which news is most significant for the reader. For those sites the Top Stories concerned Barack Obama, Nicolas Sarkozy, Hosni Muburak, Angela Merkel and David Cameron. Completing the Top Ten were Silvio Burlusconi, Julian Assange, Bill Clinton, Sarah Palin and lady Gaga.
The Top Twenty Persons of Interest in the Global Print and Electronic Media follows.
3 Hosni Muburak
5 David Cameron
6 Silvio Burlusconi
8 Bill Clinton
10 Lady Gaga
14 iPad
16 David Beckham
18 Charlie Sheen
20 Bill Gates
Austin-based Global Language Monitor is the pioneer in web-based media analytics. Founded in Silicon Valley, GLM collectively documents, analyzes and tracks trends in language usage worldwide, with a particular emphasis upon the English language.
GLM is particularly known for its Word of the Year, political analysis, college and university rankings, High Tech buzzwords, and social media analytics. One of its algorithmic methodologies is the NarrativeTracker for Internet and social media analysis. NarrativeTracker is based on the national discourse, providing a real-time, accurate picture of what the public is saying about any topic, at any point in time. NarrativeTracker analyzes the Internet, blogosphere, the print and electronic media, as well as new social media sources (such as Twitter).
Tags: Beckham, Bill Gates, Burlusconi, Charlie Sheen, IPad, Julian Assange, Kate Middleton, Lady Gaga, Merkel. Cameron, Muiburak, Obama, Sarah Palin, Sarkozy
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Social Media Have Become Warrior Media
Social Media as a Strategic Weapon
By Edward ML Peters and Paul JJ Payack
Austin, Texas. March 1, 2011 An analysis by the Global Language Monitor has found that a new weapon has recently been detected in the worlds strategic arsenal.
According to Paul JJ Payack, President and Chief Word Analyst of GLM, To the uninitiated, it might appear to be part neutron bomb, which destroys only living things with little collateral damage, part some as yet unidentified weapon, which has the ability topple dictators, regimes and unsuspecting governments while rendering both living things and physical structures unharmed.
We are speaking, of course, about Social Media (Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, etc.), which have the apparent ability to re-align the social order in real time, with little or no advanced warning.
In June 2009, we named Web 2.0 the 1,000,000th word in Global English. Many in the media were confused by our definition: the next generation of products and services from the web, currently beyond imagination. Later in 2009, we named Twitter the word of the year. Some were surprised when we defined Twitter as the ability to encapsulate human thought in 140 characters. They were thinking of Twitter as a means for BFFs to gratuitously unfriend each other. We were thinking of it as a radical new form of communication.
Social Media is adhering to its etymological roots more tightly than one might expect. The word social ultimately derives from secg, an Old English word for warrior. The social media warrior now understands that the role of social media is not a fad but a mechanism to better understand socio-economic trends and issues in real time.
So it is even more surprising that the events of the last six weeks in the Middle East appear to have come as a shock to the Western Powers and Global Media.
Three years ago the media was shocked when an unexpected series of financial events set the global financial markets spinning out-of-control. In retrospect, we now see that only the strongest intervention of the Western Central Banks prevented what was horrific into becoming something downright catastrophic. The Western economies still suffer from the consequences.
A few month later, the media was shocked by the unprecedented run of a relatively unknown and untested Black man to the presidency to the United States. (Undoubtedly, it would have been shocked if his primary nemesis, the current US Secretary of State, had successfully navigated her campaign to become the first female president of the United States.)
Then a year ago, the media was shocked by 1) the rise of the Tea Party, 2) the shellacking the President took in the Mid-term elections, and 3) now the upheavals in the Middle Eastern world that appear to have come as a shock to both the Western Powers and Global Media.
At least we are consistent in our on-going sense of shock.
The question becomes why do we continue to be shocked whenever we witness this new reality foisted upon us by means of communications never before imagined Obviously, even to the casual observer, there is an on-going global transformation of industries, wealth and influence as evidenced by the evolving role of nation-states, the rise of Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs), and the proliferation of trans-national causes and corporations that is apparently out of the span of command of many contemporary institutions.
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The question remains: why the surprise Why the sense of shock Weve seen this all before, but have apparently lacked the vision to put it all together. A common thread among recent strategic advances is that all are new forms of communications. We should keep this in mind and not dismiss social media as a passing fad for the young and foolish, but rather as new tools, new social instruments, or even strategic weapons that can, will and are having societal and strategic influences around the globe today.
So once again we have a list of surprises to confront:
People voting with their thumbs
Simultaneous uprisings in the Middle East
Long-ingrained totalitarian dictatorships falling
Christian and Muslim groups celebrating together
And our astonishment only continues to grow as the future unfolds.
After all, weve never seen anything like this before.
Tags: Facebook, Middle East Uprisings, NGO, Social Media, Strategic Weapons, Twitter, YouTube
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Did Watson Really Beat Humans on Jeopardy We Think Not!
Analysis into the natural language processing claim.
AUSTIN, TEXAS. March 1, 2011 An analysis by the Global Language Monitor has found that Watson, the IBM Computer specifically designed to compete on the Jeopardy television show was not the victory of a machine tackling natural language processing that many had been led to believe but rather a a massive marketing coup, as described in the Boston Globe.
When Watson bested two live-wear, carbon-based lifeforms named Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter, on the Jeopardy Television show a few days ago, it was widely viewed as a great advance in natural language processing. Natural Language Processing is concerned with the interactions between computers and human (natural) languages.
As Ben Zimmer in the New York Times put it, Watson ‘came through with flying colors.’ And he was certainly not alone in his judgment. There were many comparisons to the John Henry man vs. machine tale where the legendary steel-driving railroad man challenges a steam hammer, and wins, only to collapse and die shortly thereafter. It appeared as if the entire media went a little bit gaga (no pun intended) with stories on this great milestone in cyber (and possibly human) history.
Is this analysis true As Steve Colbert might put it, there is some truthiness in the statement. Watson did, in fact, best his human competitors, but if we are to speaking truthiness to power, we should ensure that we fully understand the nature of the competition.
“Comments like the above missed the mark for a very simple reason”, said Paul JJ Payack, President and Chief Word Analyst at GLM. “Watson did not prove adept at processing language in a manner similar to humans. In fact, computers have dramatically failed at this task for four decades now. What Watson has accomplished is a far cry from natural language processing”.
Rather what Watson achieved was a very close approximation of appearing as if it had acquired an acuity at understanding of the English language. This, in itself, is an accomplishment to be acknowledged. (But as in the old joke goes about a dog talking, its not that it was done well but rather that it was done at all.) After all, Watson was designed from the ground up as a question-answering machine, as IBM readily admits. However this, in itself, is not quite accurate because Watson was specifically built as a Jeopardy game-show answering machine .
One problem is that few commentators understand what it means to actually program a computer at all, let alone the machine coding which might be construed as the most basic unit of computer thought. Even those who are familiar with todays coding techniques are familiar with HTML or a variation of C++ or Linux, etc. All of these languages are as distant from machine coding technology as they are from understanding the mathematics of the Higgs boson and why it has been described as the God particle at CERN. Unfortunately, there will be no friendly, Watson-like, avatar that will announce from the CERN lab that the God Particle has been identified, when and if ever. We might also find out about that discovery when (as has been estimated by the CERN staff) the acceptable risk the 1 out of 50,000,000 chance hits and the whole enterprise results in the destruction of the entire planet though the creation of an, admittedly small, black hole.
The field of artificial intelligence has for decades been handicapped with the idea of emulating humans; whether their thinking, their speaking, their chess-playing ability or their ability to perambulate. To make the advances we have seen recently, computer scientists had to literally re-think (and in many cases reverse) their earlier positions.
The key, as found in recent research, is not to emulate humans; rather the key is to define machine logic or how would a machine do it, given its capabilities and limitations. In other words do not attempt to see like the human eye sees but attempt to see as a machine would see. Rather than teach a machine everything there is to know about how a human gets around, the task becomes to teach a machine the few basic rules it needs to move forward, back up and to work around obstacles. This is much different than a baby learning how to crawl which involves cognition, motor skills, sight, volition, and the sense of feel.
In the same way most would construe natural language processing would be the ability to understand basic sentences, concepts or instructions in a straight-forward manner. Is this what Watson accomplished. Consider the following:
Heres what Watson needed to handle the natural language of Jeopardy.
90 IBM Power 750 servers
Each of the 90 IBM Power 750 servers is equipped with eight processors
A total 2,880 Central Processing Units (CPUs)
1 network-attached storage (NAS) cluster
21.6TB of data
15 full-time technical professionals, as well any number of advisors and consultants
5 years of development time
1,000s of computer algorithms to run simultaneously
1 overlying algorithm to review the results of all the others
1 power robotic finger
Incidentally, the effort required a minimum of $100,000,000 funding for personnel, some $25,000,000 in equipment, as well as all the costs associated with cooling, administration, transportation, and the like.
All of this reminds us of Gary Kasparov losing the famous chess match to IBMs Deep Blue back in 1997. IBM was allowed to modify its program between games. In effect, this let IBM programmers compensate for any Deep Blue weaknesses Kasparov exposed during the game. How, in any way, could this be considered a level playing field Once this was discovered, Kasparov requested a rematch, but IBM had already dismantled Deep Blue.
As for those comparisons with the legendary iron-driving man, we have one piece of advice: John Henry, call your lawyer.
Note: Each year GLM releases the Top High Tech Words Everyone Uses But Nobody Quite Understands. This years edition will be released in conjunction with SXSWi on March 13, 2011.
Tags: Alex Trebek, Brad Rutter, carbon-based lifeforms, IBM, Jeopardy, Ken Jennings, liveware, Natural language processing, SXSWi, Watson
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Kate Middleton Tops Gaga for Top Fashion Buzzword
The Annual Analysis by the Global Language Monitor
Austin, TX February 8, 2011 Kate Middleton, the commoner set to marry Prince William in Westminster Abbey on April 29th who is having a most uncommon effect upon the world of fashion, was declared the Top Fashion Buzzword of the upcoming season by the Global Language Monitor (GLM). Knock-offs of Kate s royal blue Issa dress that she wore to her engagement announcement, sold out on-line within hours.
Top Fashion Capitals here
Kate dethrones Lady Gaga, the enigmatic performance artist, nee Stefani Germanotta, who fell to No. 2. MObamna, Michelle Obama s moniker as a fashion icon, moved back into the Top Ten after a lackluster 2010. Recently criticized for wearing an Alexander McQueen gown to a state dinner, MObama responded, Look, women, wear what you love. Thats all I can say. Thats my motto. This is the first time that three names broke into the top ten of GLM s annual ranking.
Rounding out the top ten after Kate and Gaga were Sheer, Shirt Dresses, Sustainable Style, Articulated Platforms, MoBama, Stripes, and Monet Redux (flowers everywhere).
New York Fashion Week begins February 10th and kicks off the global calendar, immediately followed by London, Milan, and Paris.
Fashion provides an oasis of personal expression to millions around the world in these sometimes troubling times, said Bekka Payack, the Global Language Monitor s Manhattan-based fashion correspondent. Accordingly, the upcoming season will provide women with an eclectic palette of globally influenced fashion choices.
The words were chosen from the global fashion media and nominated by key fashionistas from around the world. This exclusive ranking is based on GLM s TrendTopper MediaBuzz technologies that track words and phrases in print and electronic media, on the Internet and throughout the blogosphere, now including social media. The words and phrases are tracked in relation to their frequency, contextual usage and appearance in global media outlets.
The Top Fashion Buzzwords with commentary follow:
Kate Middleton Kate dethrones Lady Gaga as the No. 1 fashion buzzword for the upcoming season, reaching a crescendo on the occasion of her April 29th wedding to Prince William.
Lady Gaga Gaga s global influence continues unabated especially among her ever-growing legions of little monsters (reportedly surpassing the 8,000,000 mark).
Sheer Translucent, transparent and transcendent again en vogue for the season.
Shirt Dresses From the Upper East Side to 6th Street in Austin to LaJolla, California shirt dresses are everywhere (and everywhen).
Sustainable Style Clothing make of recycled fabrics now entering the mainstream.
Articulated Platforms Move over Armadillos, platforms are taking on a life of their own, now to be found with every type of embellishments from McQueen inspired butterflys, to florals and feathers. What s new Flatforms.
MoBama Moving up the list again after a lackluster 2010.
Stripes Classic black and white stripes with striking mathematically inspired motifs.
Flowers Everywhere Monet redux: As if Monet updated his water lily meme to the 21st c. catwalk.
Blocked Colors Bright and bold, color blocks are ever so popular (and fashionable).
Edun Mrs. Bono s (Ali Hewson) line of ethical couture gets a boost with the Louis Vuitton for Edun bag.
White Shirts Clean and crisp for a classic, say Aubrey Hepburn, look.
Fruit vs. Fruit Salad Either way fruit is big (as are animals). Veggies Not so much.
Leggins Flourishing around the globe. Women voting with their feet, er, legs.
Anime Anime inspired looks with big eyes and pursed lips; definitely not haute but hot, especially among young Asians.
That 70s Look The Neo-Bohemian, updated from the 60s but cleaner and more refined.
Embellishments Embellishments now encompass tassels, pewter, sequins and studs to anything else that works.
Black Swan Natalie Portman s adds to the ever-popular ballerina meme.
Yama Girls Trekking outfits include fleece miniskirts brightly colored leggings and style-conscious boots.
Jersey Shore wear Unsophisticated, tawdry, outrageous, And definitely not to be seen in polite company. But that s precisely the point, isn t it.
Global Fashion Capitals
Each Summer, the Global LanguageMonitor ranks the Top Fashion Capitals by Internet presence. New York has regained the title of World Fashion Capital of 2010, after being bested by Milan in 2009 according to the Global Language Monitor s annual survey. Topping the list for 2010 are New York, Hong Kong, London, Paris, and Los Angeles. Milan, Sydney, Miami Barcelona and Madrid followed. This was the first time the two Iberian cities were ranked in the Top Ten.
Top movers included Hong Kong, Madrid and Melbourne. In the battle for the Subcontinent Mumbai again outdistanced Delhi, while Sao Paulo continued its leadership over Rio, Buenos Aires and Mexico City in Latin America. Top newcomers to the expanded list included No.17 Amsterdam, Nos. 23 and 25 Cape Town and Johannesburg, No. 27 Vienna and No. 32, Bali.
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Obama Echoes Lincoln and King in Dignified Tucson Memorial Address
Could presage a new narrative for the president
AUSTIN, Texas January 13, 2011 Echoing Lincoln, King, and, even, Bill Clinton, President Barack Obama gave his strongest speech, perhaps since his Yes, We Can! victory speech delivered in Chicagos Grant Park last November.
The president delivered the speech with the cadence of a eulogy to the packed audience of some 12,000 at the University of Arizonas McKale Memorial Center. The crowd had none of the hallmarks of a hand-selected, pre-screened crowd that we have come to expect for such occasions; tickets were distributed on a first-come first-served basis.
Obamas remarks echoed Lincoln and Martin Luther King in at least two respects: 1) the use of scriptural passages to set the tone, 2) and the emphasis on worthiness and living up to expectations of the children, particularly those of Cristina Green, the inspirational nine-year old girl, who was born on September 11, 2001.
Structurally, the address was nearly identical to his Yes, We Can! speech, Martin Luther Kings I have a Dream, and Lincolns Gettysburg Address . Though delivered to differing audiences in different eras, the speeches each had nearly identical understandability statistics in terms of grammatical constructions, rhetorical elements, tone and vocabulary. In terms of empathetic concern, he echoed Bill Clinton, who was often referred to as the Mourner in Chief with his I feel your pain mantra.
It was a somber, sorrowful message filled with future-related, hopeful constructions with words such as hope, light, and love address delivered to a respectfully attentive crowd. With the 2010 Mid-term elections now in his wake, this can be an opportunity to begin a new narrative for the remainder of Obama s term.
Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Bill Clinton, Book of Job, Cristina Green. Tucson, Gabby, Gettysburg Address, Grant Park, I Have a Dream, Job, Martin Luther King, Obama, Psalms, Readability, Rhetorical Flourish, tone, Understandability, University of Arizona, vocabulary, We Can, Yes
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Top 300 Colleges and Universities Ranked by Internet Brand Equity
Wisconsin Tops Chicago and Harvard in Universities; Davidson over Occidental and Williams in Colleges
Historic Re-alignment of what is considered an elite school
AUSTIN, Texas January 11, 2011 (Updated) The University of Wisconsin at Madison, one of the nations most storied land-grant institutions, leaped over Chicago, Harvard, MIT, Columbia and two-time defending No. 1 (and fellow Big Ten academic powerhouse) Michigan, as the Top University according to the TrendTopper MediaBuzz Internet analysis released by the Global Language Monitor.
There have now had three different schools taking the top spot for Universities in the last three years: Harvard, Michigan and now Wisconsin. As for Harvard, it slipped to No. 3, while the University of Chicago moved into the No. 2 spot. Cornell University and the University of California at Berkeley broke into the Top Ten, knocking out Stanford and Princeton. UCLA also fell out of the Top Ten. Other big movers included Georgetown, California-Davis and CalTech, each moving up 10 or more spots.
The flight to quality continues unabated. The savvy consumer of the education marketplace appears centered on the price-sensitive public ivies and technology-centered schools, as well as on-line alternatives. The solidly performing little ivies are now now fairly well distributed across the country and are holding their own, said Paul JJ Payack, President of the Global Language Monitor. One aftermath of the recent recession is that consumers understand that it is smart not to accept retail pricing and that colleges are no different in this regard from any other institution.
The TrendTopper MediaBuzz Rankings are a way of seeing the schools through the eyes of the world at large. It is a democratic, self-generating ratings system, since it captures the brand equity associated with each of these fine institutions. GLM s TrendTopper MediaBuzz Rankings actually removes all bias inherent in each of the other published rankings, since they actually reflect what is being said and stated on the billions of web pages that we measure.
The TrendTopper MediaBuzz Analysis uses the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching s classifications as the basis to distinguish between Universities and Liberal Arts Colleges. The schools were ranked in the last week of December with a mid-year snapshot, and the last day of 2009 as the base.
TrendTopper MediaBuzz utilizes a mathematical model that normalizes the data collected from the Internet, social media, and blogosphere as well as the top 75,000 print and electronic media. The end result is a non-biased analytical tool that provides a gauge of relative values among various institutions, as well as measures of how that value changes over time.
The Top Ten Universities by the TrendTopper MediaBuzz Internet rankings follow.
1. Univ. of Wisconsin Madison
4. Mass. Institute of Technology
6. Univ. of Michigan Ann Arbor
8. University of CaliforniaBerkeley
10. University of Texas Austin
The Top Twenty Universities now include four Ivy League schools, four Public Ivy s (two from the Big Ten), one technological institute and the always formidable University of Chicago.
The College category also produced a new No. 1, Davidson College of North Carolina. This is the fourth different college to take the top spot since these rankings began which now have been represented by the West (Colorado College), the East (Wellesley College) and the Midwest (Carleton College). Wellesley was also the only Womens College to top a general college ranking.
Davidson, as well as L.A. s Occidental College (where President Obama spent his first year in college) both leaped over the Little Three (Amherst, Williams and Wesleyan University) as well as all three previous No. 1 s.
The Top Ten Colleges by the TrendTopper MediaBuzz Internet rankings follow.
1. Davidson College
2. Occidental College
3. Williams College
4. Wesleyan University
5. Carleton College
6. Amherst College
7. Bucknell University
8. Oberlin College
9. United States Air Force Academy
10. Pomona College
The Top Ten among colleges included Bucknell, Oberlin, Pomona and the US Air Force Academy. The Top Twenty included the Little Three, four of the former Seven Sisters (though Vassar is now co-ed), two Patriot League schools, two US Service Academies, the top Catholic College in the US (College of the Holy Cross), two of the Claremont Colleges, and two schools that are not included in the traditional college rankings: the Juilliard School and Pratt Institute, both in New York City.
The TrendTopper MediaBuzz Rankings are the only to include specialty schools, such as Art, Business, Design, Music, as well as Internet-based (and for-profit) All these were included in the College category with the exception of the online university, which was assigned to the University category.
In addition, the BOC notation signifies Best of Class; it is noted for those schools that are either first in the overall ranking, or first in a specific classification.
Top in the US/Best of Class (BOC) designation was awarded for:
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Wikileaks declared English-language Word
By: PJJP
Published: December 21st, 2010
Another New Media Company that Passes into the Language
AUSTIN, Texas December 21, 2010 WikiLeaks.ch, which that has increasingly upped the ante of the kind of information that it leaks into the public sphere from anonymous sources, has been deemed an English language word by the Global language Monitor. GLM recognizes a word as being part of the English language once it meets the requisite criteria of geographic reach as well as depth and breadth of recorded usage.
In the case of wikileaks, the word appeared sporadically in the global media in 2006 until it has now been cited more than 300 million times, even with a quick Google search. This, of course, correlates with WikiLeaks most recent release of diplomatic correspondence and other classified government information. GLM standards include a minimum of 25,000 citations of a new term in the global media that encompass the English-speaking world, which now encompasses some 1.58 billion people. (In 1960, there were about 250 million English speakers, mostly in former British colonies.)
Wikileaks joins a number of new media and high technology companies whose names and functions are being incorporated into the language, said Paul JJ Payack, President and Chief Word Analyst of Austin-based Global Language Monitor. These include Google, Twitter and the friending function of Facebook. The most recent language spin-off from Google appears to be Xoogler, referring to ex-Google employees who bring their talents to other start-ups.
The word wiki is Hawaiian in origin and is usually defined as quick or fast especially when used in rapid succession: wiki, wiki, wiki!. In computing, a wiki describes software that lets any user create or edit Web-server content. The WikiLeaks organization was originally set-up as a wiki.
There is no official English language institution charged with maintaining the purity of the English language and to maintain vigilance of the corrupting influence of other languages. English accepts any and all contenders as long as they meet the requisite criteria of geographic reach as well as depth and breadth of usage. The LAcad mie fran aise is the official arbiter of the French language; it has famously declared the word email (as well as hamburger ) verboten from official French correspondence. The Royal Spanish Academy serves the same function for the Spanish language; it has recently eliminated two letters from the Spanish alphabet to the howl of Spanish speakers outside Spain.
The most recent words acknowledged by the Global Language Monitor include refudiate a malapropism coined by Sarah Palin, vuvuzela the brightly colored plastic horns made (in)famous at the South African World Cup, and snowmageddon that President Obama used to described the winter storms that nearly shut down Washington, DC during the recent winter.
Tags: Facebook, Google, L’Acad mie fran aise, President Obama, Refudiate, Royal Spanish Academy, Sarah Palin, snowmageddon, South African World Cup, Twitter. xoogler, Vuvuzela, Wikileaks
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Top News Stories of 2010 by Internet Ranking
South African World Cup tops iPad Launch and Rise of China; US Healthcare Reform & Wikileaks follow
First time a product launch contends for the top spot; First time a sporting event reaches the top spot
Austin, TX December 19, 2009 In an exclusive global analysis performed by the Global Language Monitor, the Top News Stories of 2010 are South African World Cup, the iPad Launch, the Rise of China, US Healthcare Reform, and Wikileaks. The Tea Party movement, the fall of Obama, the Gulf Oil Spill, Haitian Earthquake, and the Political Anger and Rage witnessed in the major western economies, followed. The list is notable for two firsts: the first time a sporting event tops the list and the first time a product launch contends for the top spot.
Chinese Dignitaries
The globe has witnessed the major news sources of the 20th century fragment into thousands of micro-focused outlets in the twenty-first. At the same time, the major global media are playing an ever-more important role when major events occur, as aggregate communities for shared experiences, said Paul JJ Payack, President and Chief Word Analyst of the Global Language Monitor, the media analytics and trend tracking company. For these reasons we performed two independent analyses. The first focused on the number of citations found over the course of the year on the Internet, blogosphere, and social media sites. The second focused on the top 75,000 print and electronic media sites. Finally, the two analyses were normalized with the final results appearing here.
The Top News Stories of 2010 follow.
Rank/Story/Comment
1. South African World Cup The South African World Cup towered over all other news stories.
2. iPad A product launch is the No. 2 worldwide news story!
3. Rise of China Top Story of the First Decade of the 21st century, still very strong.
4. Health Care Reform The debate over the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Ac t continues unabated.
5. Wikileaks Not a wiki in the usual sense of an open environment which anyone can edit, the story of revealed institutional secrets that will continue to resonate well into 2011.
6. Tea Party The US political movement which emphasizes scaled back government intrusion, influence and spending.
7. Fall of Obama His fall is relative to the great heights to which he ascended.
8. Gulf Oil Spill An unprecedented environmental catastrophe broadcast live around the world via the BP Spillcam.
9. Haitian Earthquake Hundreds of thousands killed, millions displaced and the agony continues.
10. Political Anger and Rage Frustration in the US and much of the developed world about the financial and political situation.
11. EU Financial Crisis The economies of Ireland, Portugal, Greece and Spain threaten to consume Billions of Euros in bailouts.
12. Shanghai Expo The Grand Gathering of the World Cultures was visited by some 70 million in 2010.
13. Growth of Facebook With 400 million members it now touts itself as the fourth largest nation on the planet. However, there is no word of UN membership or plans for a standing army.
14. Pakistan Floods Garnered more attention worldwide than in the US.
15. Scott Brown Election The turnover of the Kennedy seat after half a century to this upstart, pickup-driving Republican caused quite a stir.
16. Tiger Woods Previously notable for the first golfer to earn a billion dollars, the news of his serial infidelities continues to impact the golf world.
17. British coalition government David Cameron and Nick Clegg lead a new coalition into power.
18. Chilean Miners The dramatic saga and rescue of Los 33, provided riveting drama (and television) to a world weary of disheartening news.
19. Polish President Killed Lech Kaczynski, his wife, and dozens of high government officials died en route to a memorial service honoring the 20,000 Poles who died in the Katyn forest.
20. Global economic restructuring Also known as the Great Recession in the US, but felt worldwide especially among developed Western nations.
21. Vuvuzela The brightly colored plastic horns that caused much consternation at the South African World Cup.
23. Ground Zero Mosque Officially known as 45 Park Place, the controversial Islamic center planned a few blocks north of Ground Zero.
24. Icelandic Volcano The unpronounceable Eyjafjallaj kull volcano that disrupted air travel over much of Northern Europe.
25. Snowmageddon The unusually heavy snowfalls that virtually shut down Washington, DC during an exceptionally snowy winter.
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Top Words of 2011, Yes 2011
Published: December 6th, 2010
AUSTIN, Texas December 8, 2010 (Updated) The Global Language Monitor has announced the Top Words of 2011, yes 2011.
Typically, we gather our top words throughout the year and rank them according to the number of citations, the size and depth of their linguistic footprint and momentum. To project possible top words for 2011, we analyzed the categories that we monitor and then choose words from each representative of various word trends, said Paul JJ Payack, President and Chief Word Analyst of GLM. Over the last ten years, we ve frequently been asked the question, so this year we are providing our projections.
The words are culled from throughout the English-speaking world, which now numbers more than 1.58 billion speakers.
Projected Top Words of 2011 Rank / Word / Comments
Twenty-Eleven The English-speaking world has finally agreed on a common designation for the year: Twenty-eleven far outstrips two thousand eleven in the spoken language. This is welcome relief from the decade-long confusion over how to pronounce 2001, 2001, 2003, etc.
Obama-mess David Letterman s neologism for 2010 also works for 2011. This word is neutral. If Obama regain his magic, he escaped his Obama-mess; if his rating sinks further he continues to be engulfed by it.
Great Recession Even the best case scenario has the economy digging out of this hole for the foreseeable future,
Palinism Because the media needs an heir to Bushisms and Sarah Palin is the candidate of choice here.
TwitFlocker Can t say what the name of the next Twitter or Facebook will be, so we ll use TwitFlocker as the place holder. (What is TwitFlocker Join the Discussion Here.)
3.0 2.0 has settled into the vocabulary in a thousand differing forms Obama 2.0, Web 2.0, Lindsey Lohan 2.0, so we project 3.0 being used to one-up the 2.0 trend.
9/11 Next September is the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on US soil, so there is sure to be a great resurgence in use of the phrase.
Climate Change (or global warming) Both of these phrases have been in the Top Ten for the last decade, so we see no reason the English-speaking public will abandon either or both of the phrases.
China/Chinese The emergence of China is the Top Story of the Decade and there is little indication that is emergence on the world stage will continue in the media.
Hobbit and/or Parseltongue The blockbuster movies of 2011 will be sure to include Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 and the Hobbit (though the Hobbit premiers on Dec. 31) are sure to spin out some word or phrase that will remain memorable to the Earthly-audience.
For methodology, see Top Words of 2010 announcement.
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Top Words of 2010
Spillcam is the Top Word, Anger and Rage the Top Phrase
and Chinese Leader Hu Jintao the Top Name
AUSTIN, Texas November 27, 2010 (Updated) The Global Language Monitor has announced that Spillcam is the Top Word, Anger and Rage the Top Phrase and Chinese Leader Hu Jintao the Top Name of 2010 in its annual global survey of the English language. Spillcam was followed by Vuvuzela, the Narrative, Refudiate, and Guido. Deficit, Snowmageddon, 3-D, Shellacking and Simplexity rounded out the Top 10.
Our top words this year come from an environmental disaster, the World Cup, political malapropisms, new senses to ancient words, a booming economic colossus, and a heroic rescue that captivated the world for days on end. This is fitting for a relentlessly growing global language that is being taken up by thousands of new speakers each and every day, said Paul JJ Payack, President of The Global Language Monitor.
Methodology: The Global Language Monitors WOTY was conceived in 1999 as a way to create a cultural record of the year as reflected in the worlds current global language, English. Previous efforts were decided by small groups of academics or lexicographers; our idea was to reflect the words used by the worlds 1.5 billion English Speakers.
Accordingly, GLM monitors million of web pages on the Internet, Blogosphere, and social media in addition to over 80,000 print and electronic media sites. In this way we search for words that are the most relevant to various aspects of culture, such as world events (the rise of China, the South Asian Tsunami), politics (the election of Obama to the US Presidency), prominent deaths (Pope John Paul II, Michael Jackson), war and terror (Iraq, Afghanistan and the Terrorist Attacks on the US and London), film (Jai Ho!, Brokeback), sports (Beijing Olympics, South African World Cup), and the like. We then use our analytical engine to determine the number of citations for the words, their prominence, how quickly they are rising or falling in use, and the geographic breadth and depth (various forms of publication) of their use.
The Top Words of 2010
1. Spillcam The BP Spillcam instantly beamed the immensity of the Gulf Spill around the world to the dismay of environmentalists, BP s PR staff and the President.
2. Vuvuzela Brightly colored plastic horns that first came to prominence at the South African World Cup.
3. The Narrative Though used at least since The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass in 1845, The Narrative has recently been gaining traction in the political arena, virtually replacing the need for a party s platform. (Cf. to truthily .)
4. Refudiate Conflation of refute and repudiate (un)officially coined by Sarah Palin.
5. Guido and Guidette Hey! All things Jersey are hot, capish (Actually, capisci in standard Italian.)
6. Deficit A growing and possibly intractable problem for the economies of most of the developed world.
7. Snowmagedden (and Snowpocalypse ) Portmanteau words linking snow with apocalypse and armageddon , used to describe the record snowfalls in the US East Coast and Northern Europe last winter.
8. 3-D Three-dimensional (as in movies) is buffo box office this year, but 3-D is being used in new ways generally describing robustness in products (such as toothpaste).
9. Shellacking President Obama s description of the old-fashioned thumpin in George W. Bush s words, that Democrats received in the 2010 US Mid-term elections.
10. Simplexity The paradox of simplifying complex ideas in order to make them easier to understand, the process of which only adds to their complexity.
Also Noted: (Spoken Only) Twenty-ten: Finally, a common way to refer to the year; Obamacare (noted as one of the Top Political Buzzwords).
Rank / Phrase / Comments
1. Anger and Rage Characterizations of the US electorate by the pundits, though closer analyses has revealed more frustration and disappointment. Also witnessed in France, Spain and Greece.
2. Climate Change (and Global Warming) No. 1 Phrase for the first decade of the 21st century; starts out second decade at No. 2.
3. The Great Recession The media term frequently used to describe the on-going global economic restructuring.
4. Teachable Moment Turning any undesirable outcome into a positive opportunity by using it as an object lesson. Unfortunately, there were a plethora of teachable moments in the first year of the new decade.
5. Tea Party An emerging political movement in the US that has upset the balance of power in the US Congress.
6. Ambush Marketing Cashing in at an event by taking on the appearance of a sponsor of the event. Most obviously displayed at the Vancouver Winter Olympics and South Africa s World Cup 2010.
7. Lady Gaga Gaga, herself, became a buzzword in the global entertainment industry in 2010.
8. Man Up This election cycle s signature retort from the women running for office to their male opponents.
9. Pass the bill to be able to see whats in it Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi s now infamous quip underlying the complexity of the Healthcare Reform legislation.
10. Obamamania Notable only in it fall from grace; Obamamania now ranks at the bottom of this year s political buzzwords.
Also Noted Dont Touch My Junk: One reaction to the TSA new search policies.
Rank / Name / Comments
1. Hu President Hu Jintao, paramount leader of China. Rise of China was the No. 1 Story of the 1st decade of the 21st century; now Hu begins the second decade in the top spot.
2. IPad With over eight million sold in a matter of months, the IPad is now a name on everybody s lips. (Sorry, Steve Jobs, the IPads tests better than you.)
3. Barack Obama President of the United States has had a tough sophomore year.
4. Chilean Coal Miners The ordeal and heroic rescue is perhaps the top inspirational story of the year.
5. Eyjafjallajoekull Does a name that no one can pronounce deserve a spot on a top name s list
6. Nancy Pelosi Speaker of the US House of Representatives, presided over the passing of the healthcare reform bill and the decimation of her party in the Mid-term elections.
7. Sarkozy Nicolas Paul St phane Sark zy de Nagy-Bocsa, the current French president, is attempting to re-define what it means to be citizen of the Republic.
8. Tea Party Leaderless movement in US political circles, the center of much of the angst in the electorate.
9. Jersey Shore Not quite the Cote d Azure, The Shore, as the locals call it, is now known as a breeding ground for guidos and guidettes.
10. David Cameron and Nick Clegg The leaders of the UK s new coalition government.
Also Noted Kate Middleton, recently engaged to Prince William.
Top Words of the Decade:
The Top Words of the Decade were Global Warming, 9/11, and Obama outdistance Bailout, Evacuee, and Derivative; Google, Surge, Chinglish, and Tsunami followed.
Climate Change was top phrase; Heroes was top name.
Top Phrase: Lets Roll
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Miniskirts on Mount Fuji; Japans Yama Girls Spur Trekking
Forget the ice ax and $500 climbing boots.
The mode du jour for today s mountain hikers in Japan is the miniskirt and leggings.
North Face, maker of the Gore-Tex waterproof jacket, and Alpine Tour Service Co. are targeting yama girls, or mountain girls, the nickname of the growing number of women who are taking to the hills of Japan wearing short pants or fleece skirts with leggings and designer trekking boots.
I want to wear something cute like a skirt, said Machiko Miyauchi, 25, who made her first ascent of Mount Fuji, Japan s highest peak, earlier this year after buying new equipment and shoes. Climbing is healing. You can breathe fresh, clean air.
Visitors to Mount Fuji in the two months ended Aug. 31, the busiest climbing season, were the most since the government began tracking traffic using infrared sensors in 2005. The number of women applying for Alpine s treks jumped sixfold from last year, prompting the Tokyo-based company to increase women- only tours to 13 this year from six in 2009, spokesman Yasushi Kodama said.
Clothing companies have hired mountain fashion pioneers like Yuri Yosumi to promote new women s lines for mountaineers. Yosumi s Love Trek website includes red mini dresses and pink bush hats from Paris-based Aigle.
Berghaus Ltd., a U.K. outdoor wear maker, introduced skirts jointly developed with Yosumi in 2009, while and Jarden Corp. s Marmot Mountain LLC, a U.S. outdoor clothing company, followed this year, according to Yosumi s husband Daisuke.
Pants Only
We re giving an option to the market where only pants were available before, Daisuke Yosumi said. He said his wife was not available to comment.
Japan s fashion scene is famous for striking cult trends that sweep the industry, typically for a few years, such as the ganguro look that mixed deep fake tans with white lipstick, brightly colored clothes and orange-to-blond hair. Tokyo ranked 14th this year in Global Language Monitor s annual list of world fashion capitals, trailing Hong Kong and Shanghai in Asia.
Avoiding an American Lost decade
Published: November 3rd, 2010
What we are experiencing is not a recession, neither great nor small, but rather a global transference of wealth, power and prestige on an unprecedented level, carried out, in von Clausewitz s words by other means.
Note: This is the second in a series; you can see the first article directly below this one.
November 30. Where do we go from here We ve already established that this is not a typical business cycle and this recession falls out of scope of previous recessions. Even the Great Depression was typical in the sense that it set off a worldwide fall in demand and productivity. It is now widely understood that while government intervention did stop the catastrophic collapse of the global economy, this intervention did little to revitalize global economic growth which did not resume until the onset of World War II.
This post first appeared on TheHill.com
Now, fast forward to September 2008 and months following shortly thereafter. There is wide agreement that the direct and dramatic Bush/Obama interventions did, indeed, prevent a global economic collapse. However, for many nations, including the U.S., the revitalization has yet to occur. While the stimulus spending saved many jobs in the public sector, few jobs were created in the private or wealth-creating sector. In retrospect it now appears that the stimulus was the equivalent to eating empty calories when hungry; a temporary rise in blood sugar without sustained nutrition.
This lack of wealth-building focus has led to a weak economic performance of 2.4 percent projected growth in GDP, hardly what one expects after such spending. (This growth rate has already been revised downward to 1.6 percent in the last quarter.) If this scenario does play out as expected, the eight million lost jobs will be replaced with new ones by the 2020 time frame. By way of comparison, the Reagan Recovery created over 11,000,000 new jobs with four years.
While President Obama s economic policies and overall execution of leadership is the current focus of many commentators, it remains a fact that this situation didn t sneak up on us. The United States manufacturing sector has declined as a percentage of non-farm employment from about 30 percent in 1950 to just 9.27 percent in 2010, according to the October estimate of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Also, an underlying statistic is that the U.S. has been losing not just manufacturing jobs, but entire factories, over 40,000 of them since 2000. The ramifications here go far beyond the manufacturing sector itself. Indeed, by some estimates, there is a 15-1 multiplier between other jobs (including manufacturing and service) and each manufacturing position. Therefore, this unprecedented loss of an industrial base and its concomitant plethora of supporting positions leave a greatly reduced platform upon which to launch a successful and timely recovery.
And so the question remains: Where do we go from here
First, take a deep breath, look in the mirror and repeat; the world is different from what it was in 1982 and wishing and acting like it was the same will not bring those lost manufacturing jobs back. No matter what we do, trying to recapture global leadership in industries where the average U.S. salary (excluding benefits) is over $20/hr where the similar cost in China or Mexico is between $2-$6/hr is a losing proposition. This is not to say that the U.S. should not continue to innovate and look to manufacture world-class products, only that we will have to pick our battles in places where we have a strategic competence and a willingness to compete. Specifically, management must be willing to continually analyze each process for best in class behaviors and continually work to improve in order to maintain a leadership position.
Second, focus strategic investment in industries where the U.S. has a substantial lead or could develop one in future. Good examples here are in the area of information technology, where private investment continues to create new enterprises and wealth and green technology whose future is yet to unfold. We need to remind ourselves of the effectiveness of the U.S. Space Program, not only in accomplishing its primary mission, but creating entire industries and market that are still returning value to this day.
Third, fully accept that the old manufacturing jobs will not be repatriated and implement a program that will both create true value for the economy while putting people back to work. In past recessions, workers were typically called back to their jobs as the economy improved. This time however, with the loss of so many factories, the jobs platform is significantly smaller and is unable to support the type of recovery we have seen in the past. Now, we must both create jobs in new markets and industries as well as find employment for those whose skill base will not readily transfer to the new jobs platform(s).
A good example of this is the proposal by the Center for American Progress that outlines a plan to develop an energy efficiency industry to retrofit approximately 40 percent of the country s buildings (approximately 50 million structures) within the next decade. This would require more than $500 billion in public and private investment and create over 600,000 sustainable jobs. Under the plan, energy use in those buildings would be reduced up to 40 percent and generate between $32 billion and $64 billion in annual consumer savings. Those savings would be used to re-pay the construction loans that would support the program.
This type of program would both create private sector jobs and help re-build U.S. infrastructure for the next five decades, all the while creating a buffer between the current economic environment and the one that will emerge.
One word of caution: we need a dozen or more initiatives of this kind to even come close to replacing the 8,000,000 lost jobs.
Paul JJ Payack is president of Austin-based Global Language Monitor. Edward ML Peters is CEO of Dallas-based OpenConnect Systems. Their most recent book is The Paid-for Option , which describes how healthcare reform can actually pay for itself through the application of process intelligence and its attendant gains in productivity.
Tags: Center for American Progress, GDP, Great Depression, Great recession, percent of manufacturing jobs in US economy. President Obama, percentage of the non-farm payroll in manufacturing, Reagan Recovery
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A Recession Neither Great Nor Small
.Note: This is the First in a series; you can see the second article directly above this one.
November 3, 2010. It is about time that we admit that what we are experiencing is not a recession, neither great nor small, but rather a global transference of wealth, power and prestige on an unprecedented level, carried out, in von Clausewitz s words by other means .
Originally alluded to as a Financial Tsunami or Financial Meltdown, the major global media seem to have gained a consensus on The Great Recession . In the beginning, most comparisons were being made to the Great Economic Depression of the 1930s, more familiarly known, simply, as The Depression in the same way that many still refer to World War II as The War . But even these comparisons frequently ended up referring to the recession of 1982, yet another so-called Great Recession .
Our recent analysis has shown that while the major print and electronic media have settled upon Great Recession , the rest of the Internet, blogosphere and social media world have largely eschewed the term. We believe the difficulty here stems from the fact that this economic crisis is difficult to express in words because it does not resemble any economic crisis in recent memory but rather a crisis of another sort.
On War is one of the most influential books on military strategy of all time. Written by Prussian military theorist Carl von Clausewitz (1780 1831), it recorded one of his most respected tenets, War is not merely a political act, but also a real political instrument, a continuation of political commerce, a carrying out of the same by other means, which is frequently abbreviated to War is diplomacy carried out by other means .
We believe that the reason the Great Recession label does not now fit is because what we are experiencing is not a recession, neither great nor small, but rather a global transference of wealth, power and prestige on an unprecedented level, carried out by other means .
This fact has entrapped two U.S. presidents, from radically diverging political viewpoints, in the same dilemma: describing an economic phenomenon, that doesn t play by the old rules. Hence, the difficulty experienced by President Bush as he struggled to describe how the U.S. economy was not in a recession since the GDP had not declined for two consecutive quarters, the traditional definition of a recession, even though jobs were being shed by the millions and the global banking system teetered on the brink of collapse. Now we have President Obama, attempting to describe how the U.S. economy has emerged out of a recession, though the collateral damage in terms of the evaporation of wealth, mortgages, and jobs remains apparently undaunted and unabated.
The regional or global transfer of wealth, power and influence, the destruction of entire industries and the so-called collateral (or human) damage are all hallmarks of what is now being experienced in the West.
If one carefully disassembles the events of the last decade or two, you can see them as the almost inevitable conclusion of a nameless war that began with the collapse of the Soviet Union, the embrace of a form of the free-market system by China, India and the other rising states, an almost unprecedented transfer of wealth from the Western Economies to the Middle East (energy) and South and East Asia (manufactured goods and services), and the substantial transfer of political power and influence that inevitably follows.
It currently appears that the Western Powers most affected by these transfers cannot adequately explain, or even understand, their present circumstances in a way that makes sense to the citizenry, let alone actually reverse (or even impede) the course of history. In fact, the larger events are playing out while the affected societies seemingly default to the hope that they ultimately can exert some sort of control over a reality that appears to be both out of their grasp and control.
The good news here is that the transfers of wealth, power and influence has proven relatively bloodless but nonetheless destructive for the hundreds of millions of those on the front lines of the economic dislocations.
And it is in this context that the perceived resentment of the Islamic and Arab states should be more clearly viewed. This is especially so as they, too, watch helplessly as the new global reality and re-alignments unfold.
In conclusion, it can be argued that the reason the Great Recession label doesn t seem to fit now is because what we are experiencing is not a recession, neither great nor small, but rather an on-going transformational event involving the global transfer of wealth, power and influence on an unprecedented level, carried out by other means .
Tags: Clausewitz, financial meltdown, financial tsunami, GDP Soviet Union, Obama
Una serie de reportajes por m s de 25 pa ses, para explicar la conquista silenciosa del mundo por parte de China. Esta serie constituye un viaje desde las minas de la Rep blica Democr tica del Congo hasta las explotaciones de gas en el desierto entre Uzbekist n y Turkmenist n, pasando por la Venezuela de Hugo Ch vez o el Ir n de los ayatols.
En diciembre de 2009, el centro de an lisis estadounidense The Global Language Monitorpublicaba un dato significativo de nuestro tiempo: la emergencia de China era la noticia de la d cada . El crecimiento y expansi n del gigante asi tico desbancaba al atentado del 11-S en Nueva York o la victoria de Barack Obama como hecho noticioso m s publicado, buscado y comentado desde el arranque del nuevo siglo en medios de comunicaci n tradicionales (radio, prensa, televisi n), foros y redes sociales.
Que la emergencia del gigante asi tico sea la noticia de la d cada puede suponer para muchos una sorpresa. Pero no es m s que la consecuencia de una tendencia silenciosa e inexorable que est llamada a cambiar el signo del mundo actual: la expansi n de China por los cinco continentes, el deseo de Pek n de volver a ser una superpotencia.
Esta serie lleva por t tulo La Nueva Ruta de la Sedapor razones hist ricas. Y es que durante siglos la Ruta de la Seda, el comercio, en definitiva, fue una de las pocas -si no la nica, junto a las misiones religiosas europeas- forma de contacto de la China imperial con el resto del planeta, particularmente Asia Central, Oriente Medio y Europa. Si la corte de la dinast a Qing (1644 1912) rechazaba en 1792 la visita del enviado del rey brit nico Jorge III, George Macartney, para abrir m s puertos comerciales a la Corona, hoy Pek n avanza en sentido contrario: un proceso de internacionalizaci n sin parang n en su historia que la lleva a los cuatro rincones del globo.
Obamas final narrative: A negative melange of historic proportions
Published: November 1st, 2010
AUSTIN, Texas, November 1, 2010. The final narrative for President Obama, twenty-four hours before the Mid-term Elections has evolved into a negative m lange of historic proportions. This was reported by the Global Language Monitor (GLM), which has been tracking the narratives that have dominated the perception of the administration and its handling of both its achievements and crises.
In July, the President s five most prominent narrative arcs included being out-of-touch or aloof; being responsible for the ever-increasing deficit; not responding with enough vigor or authority to the Gulf Oil Spill; the victory of pushing through Healthcare Reform; and gaining a reputation as a Chicago-style pol. The President s Oval Office Address on the Gulf Oil Spill seems to have been the temporal demarcation point between a positive or negative narrative carrying over into the 2010 Mid-term Election. Since that time there are many who contend that Obama s narrative has been shaped by forces largely out of his control. And indeed, this may be true.
In the following months no single narrative has risen above the others; on the contrary the five Obama Narratives have largely blended into a largely negative, yet muddled, story line. The result has been an admixture of these five narratives, resulting in an unfortunate amalgam for the president and his party to overcome.
GLM has also been tracking political buzzwords for the last three election cycles. An analysis of the Top Buzzwords of the Mid-Term Elections completed yesterday, and published in a separate release, lend support to these conclusions.
Below is a list of the Obama narratives that have evolved through the last year.
1. Obama as out-of-touch or aloof
This has only grown stronger over time. Professorial has now been added to the mix, which is often considered condescending by certain academic communities.
2. Obama and the deficit
Words linking Obama to deficit have steadily increased as those linking Bush to the deficit have declined.
3. Obama and the Oil Spill
The completion of the relief well apparently did not provide the president with relief from the issue. In fact, the President now has more negative ties to the Katrina inundation of New Orleans than George W. Bush.
4. Obama as HealthCare Reformer
The president s signature achievement has been largely avoided by members of his party for fear of the overall negative reception to the program adversely affecting their personal chances of (re-)election. The mistake is explain away the frustration with how the bill was passed, where many had a first-hand look at congressional (and presidential) wheeling dealing as it best (or worst).
5. Obama as the Chicago-style pol
This usually conveys the ability to make things happen though in a stealthy, force-your-hand manner reminiscent of the days of cigar-filled back rooms. Even this has been undone by the ongoing public perception of Obamas seeming inability to get things done (in spite of the things he actually did).
GLM has been tracking political language for the last three election cycles As we have detailed over the last two years, while in the midst of the positive media frenzy of the election and inauguration, we were already finding the elements of anger and outrage as one of the highest on record. At that time, GLM examined the global print and electronic media for the seven days after the following events: the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the start of the Iraq War, and the week after the Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast, and the awarding of the AIG bonuses.
The ranking of outrage found in the media was surprising, even startling.
The AIG Bonuses, 2009
The 9/11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001
Hurricane Katrina and the Inundation of New Orleans, 2005
The start of the Iraq War, 2003
During the last several months our analysis shows that anger and rage largely have been replaced by frustration and disillusionment.In fact, our continuing NarrativeTracker analysis has found what appears to be a major disconnection between what is reported in the media and what is being discussed in Social Media and the rest of Cyberspace. This includes a number of Media Memes that resonant among the media.
These Media Memes include:
1. Outrage in the Electorate
To a large extent, the rise of Outrage in the electorate (accompanying the AIG bonuses) was overlooked while the focus was on the ebullience accompanying the Obama election and Inauguration. Only this year have anger and rage become a focus while the citations show that the electorate has moved beyond this Media Meme to disappointment and frustration .
2. The Great Recession
The electorate makes no distinction between Recession and Great Recession. In fact, the Great Recession Media Meme is found to be used only in the elite media, while the electorate seems to believe that something far larger is taking (or has taken) place. The analysis shows the underlying belief to be that that economy has undergone a structural change that will take years to mend, if ever. (They knew this when Bush tried to explain why the US, according to traditional definitions, was not yet in a recession, and again know this as todays economists try to explain how the Great Recession is now over because we grew 2% in the last fiscal quarter).
3. The Idea of Insurgency
The consensus is that there are now about one hundred, or fewer, congressional seats in play, which means that some 77% of the seats are basically locked in. The idea of insurgency makes great headlines (and ensures a plethora of more great headlines as the future unfolds). But the fact remains that a minimal number of congressional seats are now in play.
4. The Tea Party
Tea Party members have turned out to be older, better educated, and far more influential than their originally portrayal. If the war in Afghanistan is fighting the last wars (the Surge in Iraq and the Vietnam quagmire then viewing the Tea Party as anything other than a grass roots movement, was a mis-reading of the Obama insurgency of 07 and 08.
5. The 24-hour News Cycle
The 24-hour news cycle is true only insofar as the headlines constantly shift. But the deeper currents are a much more prevailing force that apparently actually drive and shape events. Focusing on the swirling froth of the ever-changing headlines, allows many to miss the structural changes that are occurring below much like a tsunami is only apparently when the submerged wave finally hits the shoreline.GLMs Top Political Buzzwords are based on the Narrative Tracker Index. Narrative Tracker is based on the national discourse, providing a real-time, accurate picture of what the public is saying about any topic, at any point in time. Narrative Tracker analyzes the Internet, blogosphere, the print and electronic media, as well as new social media sources (such as Twitter). In addition to the NTI, the NarrativeTracker Arc follows the rise and fall of sub-stories within the main narrative to provide a comprehensive overview of the narratives being tracked.
For more information, call 1.512.801.6823, email editor@LanguageMonitor.com, or visit www.LanguageMonitor.com
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The American review of reviews
The American review of reviews edited by Albert Shaw, published in january 1921. 44 pages.
Albert SHAW
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Jugement of the unionist’s trial.
Copy of the jugement which recognize Talaat Pacha as guilty.
UNIONIST'S TRIAL
The frontier between Armenia and Turkey
The frontier between Armenia and Turkey as decided by President Woodrow Wilson. Note President Wilson’s letter to the supreme council of the allied powers. Published by the Armenian National committee, november 22, 1920. 22 pages.
THE ARMENIAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE
WILSON Woodrow
The defense of Van
This content is dematerialized
This book contains two documents written by participants in the struggle in Van in 1915. An Account of the Glorious Struggle of Van-Vasbouragan, an eyewitness account written by Onnig Mukhitarian in 1930, and translated into English by Samuel S. Tarpinian in 1967. and the Epic Story of the Self Defense of Armenians in the Historic … Continued
Onnig MUKHITARIAN
The case for Armenians
Published by Harrison and sons, London, 1893. 56 pages Table of contents. An Appeal to the British Nation Memorandum by Nubar Pasha Mr Gladstone, Mr Bryce, Sir John Kennaway and Sir James Fergusson on the Armenian Question The Duke of Argyll and the Bishop of Manchester on Turkish Misrule The Anglo-Armenian Association Mr. Gladstone on … Continued
BRYCE James
Francis seymour STEVENSON
Why Armenians commemorate this day ?
A publication of the commemorative committee on the 50th anniversary of the Turkish massacres of the Armenians. Boston, 1965. 8 pages
Setrak benjamin MINAS
What do the Armenians want ?
Issued by the Armenian National Committee, 1946. 16 pages
James g. MANDALIAN
Vital issues in modern Armenian history
A documented expose of Turkish distortions. Translated and edited with an introduction, maps and postscript by Elisha B. Chrakian. Published by Armenian Studies, Watertown, Massachusetts, 1965. 83 pages.
Ervand ghazari SARGSYAN
Ervand kazarovich SARKISIAN
Ruben g. SAHAKIAN
Turkey author of genocide
The centenary record of Turkey 1822 – 1922. 32 pages. Pamphlet with printed wraps. Published by Commemorative Committee on the 50th Anniversary of the Turkish Massacres of the Armenians, Boston, 1965.
James h. TASHJIAN
Toynbee Turks and Armenians
Published by the Zoryan Institute, Cambridge Massachusetts, 1985. 10 pages.
Lillian ETMEKJIAN
The story of Armenia
Published by F.A.Owen Publishing Company, 1920. 35 pages
Matthias r. HEILIG
The murderous tyranny of the turks
First published in Great Britain by Hodder & Stoughton, 1917. Published by Tankian Publishing Corporation, 1975. 52 pages This classic work includes the following chapters: Foreward The Aims of the Allies The Subject Peoples of Turkey The Murderous Tyranny of the Turks: The First Stage The Second Stage: Abd-ul-Hamid The Third Stage: The Young Turks … Continued
published by Hodders & Stoughton 1917. 38 pages. This classic work includes the following chapters: Foreward The Aims of the Allies The Subject Peoples of Turkey The Murderous Tyranny of the Turks: The First Stage The Second Stage: Abd-ul-Hamid The Third Stage: The Young Turks The Armenian Atrocities of 1915 “Radically Alien to Western Civilisation” … Continued
The murder of a nation
Published by the Armenian general benevolent union of America, New-York, 1974. 142 pages. “Ambassador Henry Morgenthau’s unimpeachable report concerning the virtual annihilation of the Armenian minority in Turkey during 1915,” originally published in 1918 by Doubleday, page and Company.
MORGENTHAU Henry
The genocide of the Armenians by Turks ( the Turkish armenocide)
The memoirs of Naim Bey. Reprinted in 1964 with a new preface by the Armenian historical research association. Turkish official documents relating to the deportations and massacres of Armenians compiled by Aram Andonian. Published by the Armenian historical research association, 1964. 134 pages.
ANDONIAN Aram
Vicomte GLADSTONE
The conquered conflicts of my life
“Dedicated to the memory of my beloved father who was among thechief of the cilician martyrs of armenian in 1909, and to the memory of fifteen other martyrs of my immediate relatives in 1915 and 1916”. Published Meshach Paul Krikorian in 1919. 52 pages.
The Armenian tragedy
“RELIGION and COUNTRY are two inseparable elements which have long characterized the life of the Armenian people.” An appeal to the conscience to the world. 44 pages.
Ignatius peter xvi BATANIAN
The Armenian question today
International documents 1983-1987. Published by the Armenian National Committee western region, July 1987.
ARMENIAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE WESTERN REGION
The Armenian crisis 1912-1914
Reprinted from the American historical review, vol. LIII, april, 1948. Published by the Armenian national council of America, New-York, october 8, 1948. 32 pages.
Roderich DAVISON
The Armenian catholicate of cilicia
Call for donations of the Armenian Catholicate of Cilicia based in Antelias, Lebanon. Published in 1946, New-York. 35 pages.
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President Thanks Volunteers for Helping Hurricane Victims
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Education: The Promise of America
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Gold Star Mother's Day, 2004
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National Hunting and Fishing Day, 2004
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Notice Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism
Joint Statement Between the United States of America and India
New Approach to Border Security Shows Results in Just Six Months
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White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan Speaks to Reporters
National Farm Safety and Health Week, 2004
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Citizenship Day and Constitution Week 2004
National Hispanic Heritage Month, 2004
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Statement on Federal Assistance for Louisiana
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Annual Presidential Determinations of Major Illicit Drug-Producing and Drug-Transit Countries
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Statement on Federal Assistance for Florida
Hispanic Heritage Month Celebrated
Nominations and Withdrawal Sent to the Senate
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President's Remarks in Victory 2004 Rally
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Responding to Hurricanes Charley and Frances
Rosh Hashanah, 5765
National POW/MIA Recognition Day, 2004
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National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week, 2004
National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, 2004
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Withdrawal Sent to the Senate
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President Condemns Terrorism in Russia
Three Years of Progress in the War on Terror
Vice President and Mrs. Cheney's Remarks and Q&A in Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin
President Proclaims Patriot Day
National Days of Prayer and Remembrance, 2004
President's Remarks at Victory 2004 Rally in Huntington, West Virginia
National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month, 2004 by the President of the United States of America a Proclamation
President's Remarks at Ask President Bush Event
Memorandum for the Secretary of State, The Secretary of the Treasury
Notice Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to Certain Terrorist Attacks
President's Remarks to the People of Ironton, Ohio
Vice President's Remarks and Q&A at a Coffee with Community Members in Wisconsin
President's Remarks at Victory 2004 Rally in Chillicothe, Ohio
Proclamation by the President: National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, 2004
President's Statement on Violence in Darfur, Sudan
Statement by the President on the Terrorist Bombing at the Austrialian Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia
President's Remarks at Colmar, Pennsylvania Rally
President's Remarks at Victory 2004 Rally in Johnstown, Pennsylvania
White House Announces 2003 Awards for Early Career Scientists and Engineers
President Discusses Reforming & Strengthening Intelligence Services
Reforming and Strengthening Intelligence Services
President's Remarks at a Victory 2004 Rally in Lee's Summit, Missouri
President's Remarks at Ask President Bush Event in Sedalia, Missouri
To Modify the Generalized System of Preferences, and for Other Purposes
Statement on Designating Iraq under the Generalized System of Preferences (GPS) Program
President's Remarks at a Victory 2004 Rally in Columbia, Missouri
President's Remarks at a Victory 2004 Rally in Poplar Bluff, Missouri
Vice President's Remarks at a Victory 2004 Labor Day Picnic
President's Remarks at Victory 2004 Rally in Parkersburg, West Virginia
Minority Enterprise Development Week, 2004
President and Mrs. Bush's Remarks at Victory 2004 Rally in Erie, Pennsylvania
Vice President's Remarks at a Bush-Cheney '04 Rally
President's Remarks at Victory 2004 Rally in Kirtland, Ohio
President's Remarks at Ask President Bush Event in Ohio
President and the Mrs. Bush's Remarks at Victory 2004 Rally in Moosic, Pennsylvania
President's Remarks at Cedar Rapids, Iowa Rally
Remarks by the President and Mrs. Bush at West Allis, Wisconsin Rally
Fact Sheet: Economy Shows 12 Straight Months of Job Gains
President's Remarks at the 2004 Republican National Convention
President Bush Provides Leadership on Tax Reform
Increasing Affordable Housing and Expanding Homeownership
President Bush Proposes New "Opportunity Zones"
Making Health Care More Affordable
Strengthening Education and Job Training Opportunities
Strengthening Social Security
President's Remarks at Columbus, Ohio Rally
Vice President's Remarks at the Republican National Convention with An Introduction by Mrs. Cheney
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The multilateral approach to capital controls
Olivier Blanchard, Jonathan D. Ostry 11 December 2012
The IMF recently endorsed capital controls as useful policy responses to certain circumstances. This column explains the logic and the research that underpins the shift.
Did the Indian capital controls work as a tool of macroeconomic policy?
Ila Patnaik, Ajay Shah
International rules for capital controls
John Williamson, Olivier Jeanne, Arvind Subramanian
Capital controls: A meta-analysis approach
Carmen Reinhart, Kenneth Rogoff, Nicolas Magud
Do capital controls work?
Eduardo Levy Yeyati
Paul Krugman blogged a few days ago about the “surprising intellectual flexibility” of the IMF in endorsing the use of capital controls to “calm volatile cross-border flows” (Krugman 2012). Indeed, a paper just released by the Fund (IMF 2012) encapsulates, as Krugman notes, both recent practice as well as the analysis in a series of policy discussion notes published by Fund staff over the past couple of years (Ostry et al. 2010 and 2011). The institutional paper by the Fund recognises the important benefits that capital flows may bring, but also cautions about the risks. In light of such risks, it acknowledges that full liberalisation of the capital account may not be the right goal for all countries at all times, and it identifies circumstances where capital and prudential measures may be needed to safeguard macroeconomic and financial stability in the face of sudden surges and stops.
In thinking through the circumstances in which capital controls may be appropriate, a multilateral perspective is essential. Indeed this was a key tenet of the IMF’s founding fathers, Keynes and White. Keynes considered that managing capital flows would be much more difficult by unilateral actions than if movements of capital could “be controlled at both ends” of the transaction. White concluded that capital controls would be ineffective unless there was cooperation across countries in their implementation.
The perspective of Keynes and White is very much alive today. The G20 for example in its Coherent Conclusions on capital flow management last year urged that national policies to deal with capital flow volatility take account of potential cross-border spillovers. Many emerging market countries worry that policies in source countries are increasing the challenges of managing capital inflow cycles for them, underscoring the potential gains from cooperation.
In judging why the multilateral perspective is of the essence, four cases seem to be salient (these arguments are developed in a staff discussion note by Ostry, Ghosh and Korinek, 2012). The first is the possibility that capital controls can be used as a substitute for warranted external adjustment. When a country uses controls to sustain an undervalued currency, the resulting current account surplus is evidence of beggar-thy-neighbour behaviour. This is why one normally thinks that capital controls whose purpose is to frustrate external adjustment are multilaterally aberrant.
The practical implications are thornier, however, because gleaning the intent of a policy is very difficult. A country with an undervalued currency may impose capital controls to safeguard the stability of its financial system (rather than to limit external adjustment). In such cases, while one would normally want to see some currency appreciation as part of the adjustment process, one would not want to rule out the use of capital controls to protect financial stability if other less discriminatory measures lacked traction in the meantime.
The second case relates to the use of capital controls as a potential mechanism to manipulate the intertemporal terms of trade for the country – conceptually analogous to the use of tariffs to manipulate the goods' terms of trade. Our sense is that this is rarely, if ever, an issue in practice. However, it is not beyond credulity to think that some policies that affect capital flows can materially move world interest rates in a direction that benefits the country. To see this, ask yourself whether there are any large creditor countries that maintain restrictions on capital outflows; or whether any large debtor countries pursue policies that push down world interest rates. From a multilateral point of view, then, controls to manipulate the terms of trade should not be condoned.
The third case is when capital controls are used to address production externalities in the exportables sector. While production taxes-cum-subsidies would seem to be the natural response to such externalities, these measures may not be feasible if budgetary resources for subsidies are unavailable or if the sector to be taxed is informal and outside the tax net. In such a situation, a second best solution might be to pursue a policy of currency undervaluation supported by capital controls. Such a policy is second best because it distorts both consumption and production decisions, but the externality is only on the production side. As such, the larger effect on the trade balance is likely to have a beggar-thy-neighbour element to it, and thus likely to invite multilateral scrutiny along the same lines as the first and second cases considered above.
A fourth case relates to the use of capital controls for financial-stability purposes. If there are external effects from foreign borrowing (think of amplified crisis risks for the country, where the risks are not internalized by the borrower), then capital controls can act as Pigouvian taxes and constitute an optimal response at the country level, helping agents to internalize the external effects of their borrowing.
In a multi-country setting, the resulting spillovers from capital controls can amplify financial-stability risks for other countries by deflecting flows there. The existence of such spillovers is not per se an argument against the use of capital controls. If the imposition of capital controls is not itself costly for the country, a Nash equilibrium in which each country chooses a level of controls to address its own financial-stability risks will be globally efficient. More likely though, the imposition of capital controls will create costs (inter alia because the controls will imperfectly target the risky flows). Here coordination will be needed to achieve a globally efficient outcome. Coordination would likely need to involve both recipient countries (to minimise the risk of capital control wars and excessive mutual deflection of flows) and source countries (to ensure that they bear part of the cost burden when costs from controls are convex). In essence, the Nash equilibrium is no longer globally efficient because each country now has two targets (the domestic externality and the cost of using the capital control instrument), but only one instrument.
The need for coordination involving both source and recipient countries goes back to the Keynes-White notion of operating “at both ends of the transaction”. It speaks to the shared responsibility of source countries whose policies may contribute to excessive or excessively risky capital outflows. The policies in question encompass much more than capital controls, and include monetary policy that may encourage the purchase of risky foreign assets and weak prudential policies that allow excessive FX lending abroad to borrowers who are not hedged (think of the Sweden-Latvia example).
Coordination involving both source and recipient countries, while very much of the essence, will be more difficult to secure given that source countries may not always find it in their interest to bear (part of) the costs of greater financial stability in recipient countries. The purpose of coordination however is not to enjoin countries to pursue policies that are contrary to the domestic interest; rather, and in consonance with the recently adopted Integrated Surveillance Decision by members of the IMF, it is to choose those policies that meet domestic objectives but have relatively less damaging outward spillovers for the rest of the world.
Krugman, P (2012), “The IMF and Capital Controls”, The New York Times, 4 December.
IMF (2012), “The Liberalization and Management of Capital Flows: An Institutional View”, IMF Staff Paper, November.
Ostry et al (2010), “Capital Inflows: The Role of Controls”, IMF Position Note, 19 February.
Ostry et al (2011), “Managing Capital Inflows: What Tools to Use?”, IMF Staff Discussion Note, 5 April.
Ostry et al (2012), “Multilateral Aspects of Managing the Capital Account”, IMF Discussion Note, 7 September.
Topics: Macroeconomic policy
Tags: IMF, capital controls
Fred Bergsten Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute; Robert Solow Professor of Economics Emeritus, MIT
Jonathan D. Ostry
Deputy Director, Research Department, IMF
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American Carnage: On the Front Lines of the Republican Civil War and the Rise of President Trump (Compact Disc)
By Tim Alberta, Jason Culp (Read by)
Special Order—Subject to Availability
Politico Magazine's chief political correspondent provides a rollicking insider's look at the making of the modern Republican Party--how a decade of cultural upheaval, populist outrage, and ideological warfare made the GOP vulnerable to a hostile takeover from the unlikeliest of insurgents: Donald J. Trump.
The 2016 election was a watershed for the United States. But, as Tim Alberta explains in American Carnage, to understand Trump's victory is to view him not as the creator of this era of polarization and bruising partisanship, but rather as its most manifest consequence.
American Carnage is the story of a president's rise based on a country's evolution and a party's collapse. As George W. Bush left office with record-low approval ratings and Barack Obama led a Democratic takeover of Washington, Republicans faced a moment of reckoning: They had no vision, no generation of new leaders, and no energy in the party's base. Yet Obama's forceful pursuit of his progressive agenda, coupled with the nation's rapidly changing cultural and demographic landscape, lit a fire under the right, returning Republicans to power and inviting a bloody struggle for the party's identity in the post-Bush era. The factions that emerged--one led by absolutists like Jim Jordan and Ted Cruz, the other led by pragmatists like John Boehner and Mitch McConnell--engaged in a series of devastating internecine clashes and attempted coups for control. With the GOP's internal fissures rendering it legislatively impotent, and that impotence fueling a growing resentment toward the political class and its institutions, the stage was set for an outsider to crash the party. When Trump descended a gilded escalator to announce his run in the summer of 2015, the candidate had met the moment.
Only by viewing Trump as the culmination of a decade-long civil war inside the Republican Party--and of the parallel sense of cultural, socioeconomic, and technological disruption during that period--can we appreciate how he won the White House and consider the fundamental questions at the center of America's current turmoil. How did a party obsessed with the national debt vote for trillion-dollar deficits and record-setting spending increases? How did the party of compassionate conservatism become the party of Muslim bans and walls? How did the party of family values elect a thrice-divorced philanderer? And, most important, how long can such a party survive?
Loaded with exclusive reporting and based off hundreds of interviews--including with key players such as President Trump, Paul Ryan, Ted Cruz, John Boehner, Mitch McConnell, Jim DeMint, and Reince Priebus, and many others--American Carnage takes us behind the scenes of this tumultuous period as we've never seen it before and establishes Tim Alberta as the premier chronicler of this political era.
Publication Date: July 16th, 2019
Political Process - Political Parties
Political Ideologies - Conservatism & Liberalism
Political Process - Campaigns & Elections
MP3 CD (July 16th, 2019): $39.99
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Ifosfamide
The chemotherapy drug cisplatin may cause kidney damage, resulting in depletion of calcium and phosphate.
The chemotherapy drug cisplatin may cause depletion of sodium due to kidney damage which sometimes occurs in people treated with cisplatin.
Fruit-Flavored Drinks
Often, people who undergo chemotherapy develop aversions to certain foods, sometimes making it permanently difficult to eat those foods. Exposing people to what researchers have called a "scapegoat stimulus" just before the administration of chemotherapy can direct the food aversion to the "scapegoat" food instead of more important parts of the diet. In one trial, fruit drinks administered just before chemotherapy were most effective in protecting against aversions to other foods.
Chemotherapy frequently causes mouth sores. In one trial, people were given approximately 400,000 IU of beta-carotene per day for three weeks and then 125,000 IU per day for an additional four weeks. Those taking beta-carotene still suffered mouth sores, but the mouth sores developed later and tended to be less severe than mouth sores that formed in people receiving the same chemotherapy without beta-carotene.
In a study of chemotherapy-induced mouth sores, six of nine patients who applied vitamin E directly to their mouth sores had complete resolution of the sores compared with one of nine patients who applied placebo. Others have confirmed the potential for vitamin E to help people with chemotherapy-induced mouth sores. Applying vitamin E only once per day was helpful to only some groups of patients in another trial, and not all studies have found vitamin E to be effective. Until more is known, if vitamin E is used in an attempt to reduce chemotherapy-induced mouth sores, it should be applied topically twice per day and should probably be in the tocopherol (versus tocopheryl) form.
In a preliminary study, the addition of oral vitamin E (300 IU per day) to cisplatin chemotherapy significantly reduced the incidence of drug-induced damage to the nervous system (neurotoxicity). A similar protective effect was seen in another trial in which 600 IU of vitamin E per day was used.
A liquid preparation of German chamomile (Matricaria recutita) has been shown to reduce the incidence of mouth sores in people receiving radiation and systemic chemotherapy treatment in an uncontrolled study.
Glutamine has successfully reduced chemotherapy-induced mouth sores. In one trial, people were given 4 grams of glutamine in an oral rinse, which was swished around the mouth and then swallowed twice per day. Thirteen of fourteen people in the study had fewer days with mouth sores as a result. These excellent results have been duplicated in some, but not all, double-blind research. In another study, patients receiving high-dose paclitaxel and melphalan had significantly fewer episodes of oral ulcers and bleeding when they took 6 grams of glutamine four times daily along with the chemotherapy.
NAC, an amino acid–like supplement that possesses antioxidant activity, has been used in four human studies to decrease the kidney and bladder toxicity of the chemotherapy drug ifosfamide. These studies used 1–2 grams NAC four times per day. There was no sign that NAC interfered with the efficacy of ifosfamide in any of these studies. Intakes of NAC over 4 grams per day may cause nausea and vomiting.
Irradiation treatment, especially of head and neck cancers, frequently results in changes to normal taste sensation. Zinc supplementation may be protective against taste alterations caused or exacerbated by irradiation. A double-blind trial found that 45 mg of zinc sulfate three times daily reduced the alteration of taste sensation during radiation treatment and led to significantly greater recovery of taste sensation after treatment was concluded.
The mushroom Coriolus versicolor contains an immune-stimulating substance called polysaccharide krestin, or PSK. PSK has been shown in several studies to help cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. One study involved women with estrogen receptor-negative breast cancer. PSK combined with chemotherapy significantly prolonged survival time compared with chemotherapy alone. Another study followed women with breast cancer who were given chemotherapy with or without PSK. The PSK-plus-chemotherapy group had a 25% better chance of survival after ten years compared with those taking chemotherapy without PSK. Another study investigated people who had surgically removed colon cancer. They were given chemotherapy with or without PSK. Those given PSK had a longer disease-free period and longer survival time. Three grams of PSK were taken orally each day in these studies.
Although PSK is rarely available in the United States, hot-water extract products made from Coriolus versicolor mushrooms are available. These products may have activity related to that of PSK, but their use with chemotherapy has not been studied.
Russian research has looked at using eleuthero (Eleutherococcus senticosus) with chemotherapy. One study of patients with melanoma found that chemotherapy was less toxic when eleuthero was given simultaneously. Similarly, women with inoperable breast cancer given eleuthero were reported to tolerate more chemotherapy. Eleuthero treatment was also associated with improved immune function in women with breast cancer treated with chemotherapy and radiation.
Many chemotherapy drugs can cause diarrhea , lack of appetite, vomiting, and damage to the gastrointestinal tract. Recent anti-nausea prescription medications are often effective. Nonetheless, nutritional deficiencies still occur. People undergoing chemotherapy should talk to their doctor about whether supplementing with a multivitamin-mineral will protect them against deficiencies.
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'''GobliiinsInherit the Earth: Quest for the Orb''' was the first game to use The Dreamers Guild's SAGA engine. The game takes place in the future, where humans are extinct, and talking human-like animals populate the Earth. The game follows Rif of the Fox tribe, as he attempts to rescue his girlfriend Rhene and clear his name after he is accused of stealing The Orb of Storms, a magical orb that predicts the weather.
Joachimeberhard
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[Fan Fiction] The pale horse (Completed: 06/04/2018)
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Imperator Sylvor
Re: [Fan Fiction] The pale horse (Updated: 02/07/2017)
Well this is a pleasant surprise. I do hope that more will follow soon... *hint hint*
"A learning experience is one of those things that say, 'You know that thing you just did? Don't do that'." - Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt
"It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane." - Philip K. Dick, VALIS
Krulle
Sooo many things happening.
It also took me surprusingly long to read it (too busy).
Thanks for sharing. I'll try to read again the next days, but on this device I won't do corrections (I saw some which looked like voice-to-text issues).
Vote for Outsider on TWC:
charred steppes, borders of territories: page 59,
jump-map of local stars: page 121, larger map in Loroi: page 118,
System view Leido Crossroads: page 123
dragoongfa
Yeah, I admit that I rushed to post this yesterday. It should be cleared up now.
My fan fics:
Looking forward to the mirror (Delayed editing)
Reforged (Irregular updates)
The Pale Horse (Completed, could use some editing)
Durabys
'Females' not being capable of..X!?
I knew that Outsider attracts the MRA types.
Si vis pacem, para bellum. - If you wish for peace, prepare for war.
Nice; I wondered when someone would throw that snide my way.
I have had this discussion before in 'Looking forward to the Mirror', so I will make it short and sweet:
Throughout my studies I haven't seen anything to show that women are as capable warfighters as men or that they even DESIRE to be warfighters in the same way men do; nevermind society's expectations from both sexes.
That doesn't mean that women are incapable of fighting; they are capable of some auxiliary duties. However if one fields women in the same front line way they do men then that only means that they are idiots or that they are scrapping the bottom of the barrel for more manpower.
So there you have it, satisfied?
raistlin34
dragoongfa wrote:
Yevgeniya Zhigulenko, Night Witch and Hero of the Soviet Union would have liked to take you on a trip in her plane into German airspace , just to see how long you endured before brown trouser moment.
Still an exception.
You won't find sufficient of these exceptions to
field[s] women in the same front line way they do [field] men
NuclearIceCream
Imma have to side with Dragoongfa and Krulle on this one.
The transition this time was noticeably longer but still far shorter than the first one, this time the force brought them inside a large room whose walls were made by tree trunks meticulously placed onto each other in order to form the four vertical walls and the roof above them.
“A wooden house?” Tozet Beryl asked as they all took everything in, the room was eerily empty and lit only with a pair of large standing torches.
“Indeed.” The alien replied while looking at the lone figure that was sitting in a meditative stance between the two torches, the same orange haired female they had seen before.
“What are we going to witness here?” Stillstorm asked after a few moments of idleness.
“Greetings…” The odd sending took all four of them by surprise, it felt like it came both from far away and from the exact same room; even the Senator was momentarily shocked and his mind betrayed his expectation for it. “It has now been 1536 tozons since we settled on Deinar and wiped out the Mezerot…” It was the orange haired human, she was the one sending to them; the sending was odd but it betrayed her perfectly focused mind that put all its effort in it. “It was a hard decision to take but a necessary one. We who brought you here fully believed that this world offered the most to you and as thus we saw it right to claim it for you. The Soian ecosystem here has already proved itself as a resilient one, I knew what would happen but it was harsh for me to witness it even once. I am now certain that you will be able to thrive here if you manage to overcome yourselves. The others chose differently, one group chose Perrein because they fully believed that the planet itself would be your test, the others chose Taben because its oceanic nature would both limit your numbers and not allow for you to starve provided that you developed accordingly. Both were valid arguments but we thought that your very nature was in need of temperance and only this world would allow for that temperance to be brought forth by having you pitted against each other. This world is the only one on which you could truly let yourselves loose, it holds little to no danger to you and will be able to recover itself when…” Her mind lost focus, bringing the sending into an abrupt end. The four of them looked at each other for a single moment before turning their full attention to the alien.
“How? You said that we can’t sense a sending from the past.” Parat Tempo pointed out first.
“Normal sendings which are sent to someone on one’s present, what she is doing is vastly different and far more taxing. She is sending forward to recipients who she would never meet."
“Is that even possible?”
“You received it didn’t you?”
“My apologies…” The odd sending begun again. “I am…a…Tempest. That’s how our first sons and daughters described us once they could do so. That’s what our minds were to them as we taught them what we could in order for them to become our instruments of vengeance. A decision we have regretted… deeply…” The sending ceased again as the blue human female who called herself ‘A Tempest’ became visibly agitated for a few moments.
“My apologies again… this is not easy… I should perhaps have started from the very beginning… It should be obvious to you that have now reached me that I am not one of your kind. I am neither a Porei nor a Loroi if the new name you chose for yourselves was the one which prevailed in the end. I am an alien, from a world about 300 light tozons coreward from Deinar. My kind has long ceased to exist; the Soians exterminated us like they did several others who didn’t fit in their plan. I and the few others who still remain have come to terms with this fact and we have already taken our vengeance thanks to our children, your ancestors. I sent that we have deeply regretted that decision. We sought to hurt those who hurt us and we did so by giving birth and raising those who would be capable of doing just that. Our children, the Porei, vengeance made manifest. Great sacrifices were made but in the end you succeeded in what we thought impossible from the very beginning. Yet we regretted it, not because of what happened in our behest but because of the deep and nearly irreparable damage that was inflicted upon you.” Stillstorm became momentarily confused at that but the sending didn’t allow her enough time to think about it. “The Mizol, your wicked sisters, were what the Soians created to our original image. They were a loyal but very docile, nearly inert, creation; unimaginative and without a desire to live life to its fullest. Physically they were nearly identical to you but mentally? They were very much like machines; they felt but their feeling run only deep enough for them to fulfill their purpose. Your ancestors often joked that a Mizol was capable to only feel fear and terror and that only after they were done with them.” It was then that something entered Stillstorm’s mind, no it entered all of their minds, it was a collection of very clear memories of… several Porei making that joke in her… no… Tempest’s presence?
“Yes she will be sending certain parts of her memories to you.” The alien explained as time froze around them. “We missed them at first and you would miss it too if we hadn’t made certain that you would be able to properly receive them.” Time resumed again and the sending of… Tempest continued.
“You were their complete antithesis, holding an indomitable will and an unquenchable thirst to live life to the fullest. We ruined your minds by filling them with hatred, the very hatred that ended up being your very purpose for living. Even the callous Soians weren’t as cruel as us in the purpose they assigned to each and every one of their creations. Should you feel disgust and shame on how your ancestors acted in pursuing our vengeance then know that the blame for everything done falls on us, the ones who birthed them and raised them with nothing but hatred and harshness. We knew of your potential, the promise of magnificence was within each and every one of you and therein lays our regret. In our squandering of that promise you held. This may hurt your pride, your ancestors were certainly proud in their fighting abilities.” Another collection of memories rushed in Stillstorm’s mind, pleasant memories of witnessing proud warrior display their potential. “But our sole wish is for you to be more than just fighters. We wish for you to find your own path, away from our influence and what we had your ancestors do. Perhaps you would be able to do just that on your own if you didn’t have parts of our abilities. The others, the aliens who have yet to ascend will never understand how intertwined we all are and how what we do in life echoes in eternity. I don’t mean just in being able to witness the past but through the… collective soul each and every one of us shares. Non ascendants can’t really affect it to such a degree but you can and your collective is dangerous. Even after death one’s hatred will echo in the collective and it will affect other eons later, again and again until it is quenched. The hatred we instilled in our sons and daughters is affecting them and will be affecting you for millennia. I hope that you who receive this sending have managed to overcome it, your minds were always strong and bright, more than enough to heal yourselves from the curse we inflicted upon you.” The human female, Tempest, paused at that.
“What does she mean with that? Our collective souls that each and every one of us shares?” Parat Tempo asked before Stillstorm could.
“The telepathic networks that you form on your societal level, there is a reason as to why your males constantly monitor them.” The alien explained.
“Our networks are not able to do such things and certain castes of our brightest males monitor the networks to ensure that they are stable, not to contain… hatred.” Parat Tempo pointed out.
“No matter how much you convince yourselves of these lies they aren’t going to become the truth. Your males know of the sickness within your kind and they do their best to alleviate it with the means available to them.” The alien replied. “They do have their fun in doing so but they are taking care of your kind’s well-being in their own way.”
“I know that it will take time.” The human female sent again. “Far more time than I am ready to live for. This hatred runs deep and strong. Making you ready and willing to strike at each other over any perceived wrong or personal flaw.” More memories flashed in their minds, these one filled with sorrow as they bore witness to dozens of bloody brawls, feuds and murders. “This hatred combined with your thirst for life will bring you a harsh future, a future that you will survive only if you are as strong as I believe you are.” She paused again and sighed before continuing. “This is the first of my sendings to you who I will never meet, in the hopes that you have managed to overcome your trials and learned how to reach back to your past. I will send more, as many as I need to in order for you to receive everything I know. Unfortunately I only ever managed to learn the basic theories on how Soian technology worked, enough so we could operate their machinery, perhaps they will still be of some use to you. You wouldn’t be here if you hadn’t managed to master your abilities and although it is possible, I don’t think that you have managed to reach me without mastering certain technologies of theirs. No matter your situation all I can ask of you is to not be ashamed of the vengeance that your ancestors carried in our name. The crimes committed are ours, not yours. Ours was the hatred and ours are the sins. You were young and innocent; that’s why we took those we could with us and run away at the height of the last battle. Our hatred had consumed them; they lived only to kill and didn’t care for anything else.” The memories that accompanied this sending were different, they were of the despaired panic of the… Tempests as they, argued and struggled against and even killed some of their insane daughters in order for some of them to survive. “They were no longer living; they were beasts that sought only death. We took those we could by force and coercion and gave you a future.” The sending paused again but only for a moment. “My second sending will be tomorrow when the sun is at its highest in the sky.” With that the human female stood up, casually stretched herself and walked outside.
“Do you understand now Parat Tempo?” The alien broadcasted but the Mizol didn’t reply for several solons.
“Understand what?” Tozet Beryl asked when she couldn’t take the silence any longer.
“Is this what you meant? With your sick game when we first met?”
“We are not the same thing.” The Mizol snapped back angrily.
“You are not? Really?” The alien sent with obvious amusement.
“Yes, they were born and lived their whole lives fighting a war. Raised with hatred and living with it. That doesn’t mean that we are bound to end up the same as they did. We are sapient, not mere animals driven only by emotion and instinct. Whatever our progenitors and even you may believe; we Loroi act on our own accord, not as a result of the influence that they had over us in the past!”
“Then how can you explain how all three of your sister worlds came to the exact same conclusions as to how Loroi society should function? All other sapient races form a plethora of different societal forms and different ways of governance and we humans are no different in that regard but you Loroi, your societies are all the same stratocratic caste based systems and these systems formed on three vastly different planets. All sapient societies form in order to limit infighting but you are an extreme aberration, so hateful and self-obsessed that large groupings of your kind couldn’t cooperate before the establishment of your castes. Only this harsh and cruel caste system allowed you to advance and only this system is able to keep you in line. And even with these systems in place you still are just like a domesticated predator that is only a couple of generations away from going fully feral again.” The alien turned his attention to Beryl and Stillstorm would swear that she felt a tinge of remorse for expressing himself in front of the Listel in such a way. “Thankfully there is hope for your kind, there do exist warriors that break certain patterns. Perhaps they may help you find ways to cooperate without the need to violently coerce each other.” He paused for a few solons before turning his full attention back to Stillstorm. “Do you understand now, Lashret?”
“Did they really intend to die with the Soians? To die fighting just for death’s shake?” She managed to ask.
“Yes they were.”
“They weren’t warriors then.”
“I never described them as such.” The alien pointed out. “They were vengeance made manifest and you are their offspring. You would have met warriors such as them if the war had continued for a couple of decades more. Warriors so consumed by hatred that they would rather die than stop killing.” He sent and paused for a few moments, looking at Stillstorm as if studying her. “If our females and you have only one thing in common then that would be the selfless love most of you have for your offspring. That love gave your kind a second chance at life and three worlds to thrive on; that same love is why we are here, giving your kind your third chance at life because you would have lost the war without human intervention.”
“Then why are you threatening us with extinction?” Stillstorm angrily pointed out the hypocrisy in his line of thinking.
“Because your kind kills for the wrong reasons.” He replied as a matter of fact, the statement catching all four of them by surprise. “Did you all honestly believe that our disdain towards you about your kind’s crimes is about the acts of genocide themselves? Death and extinction are part of the universe’s natural order. To hold those committing them in such disdain would be like hating predators for killing their prey or cursing at a virus for the deaths it causes when killing those too weak to overcome it.”
“Then what do you mean? With us killing for the wrong reasons?” Parat Tempo asked.
“We humans used to think that only one’s actions mattered to make proper judgment of one’s character, this way of thinking proved itself insufficient as one’s intentions are as important as their actions in order to truly judge individuals, collectives and even entire races. You Loroi are a species born of hatred that has forced a harsh social system on itself to bring forth a semblance of order. In the grand scheme of things everything that you kind has done from when the very first castes were formed on all three of the sister worlds had a singular purpose and that purpose was control. Self-control at first; control over others later on.” His sending easily betrayed the fact that he found the former admirable but loathed the later. “You seek to control everything around you, all in order to bring forth a new ‘galactic order’ just like the inheritors of the Soians ought to do. Those who fought against your pursuit of this order? The lucky ones were subjugated with little to no chance of bettering their position throughout the eons. Those unlucky got a genocide that was only used to solidify your control over others. We would have never bothered you had you just exterminated the Mannadi to the last, settled their worlds and never spoke of them again; that’s the natural order of life itself. But you built the Union on their corpses, a tool of control for the ‘true inheritors’ to bring forth another era of galactic order that would last for all eternity; able to overcome all challenges, whether internal or external. A hollow order of things, that will be built and fueled by the corpses of all those who oppose you. Just like the Soians maintained their own order of things.”
“I don’t understand, moments ago you said that we are filled with hatred and we are dangerous because of it and now you are chastising us for the Union that was created in order to bring forth lasting peace and mutual prosperity?” Parat Tempo pointed out.
“Yes, I didn’t expect you to understand as you are now. In fact I wouldn’t understand when I was still 'locked'. The issue is how you will act the moment your kind truly Ascends like we did. All signs point to you becoming a far more murderous version of the Soians, one that will take pleasure in punishing all those who opposed you. You may point out that your kind isn’t the same as it used to be but we observed you when you massacred both the Mannadi and the Tithric. We saw the enjoyment many warriors had in their minds when they slaughtered the Mannadi, we saw the attempts of your males to bring forth a sense of shame for those acts in order to protect you only for those attempts to fail miserably and bring forth the Tithric genocide.” The alien looked at Stillstorm for a few moments as her mind brought forth the memories she held when she took part in the Tithric campaign. It was true that many warriors enjoyed wiping out whole continents from orbit, far too many of them. “Both of them were fools that would eventually die due to their foolishness. The Mannadi were fools for not realizing their position as the vanquished, the Tithric were fools for never realizing what was going on around them and how the actions of the few affect the whole. You Loroi, you are not fools; never were and never will be, not to that level at least. You are just hypocrites. Had you killed just for sport and enjoyment you would be murderous hedonists, had you killed just for material gain you would be callous pragmatists. You killed for enjoyment; you killed for gain and most of all, you killed for control. Your kind’s claims of the peace and mutual prosperity that the Union supposedly brings? They are all lies brought forth by the ruthless hypocrisy that is engraved in you. I have to congratulate you, I never thought that we humans would ever be rivaled in hypocrisy.”
“We are not liars and we are not hypocrites!” Stillstorm finally shouted angrily.
“Not on the personal level but you are on the greater societal one.” He laughed after finding a perverse source of amusement at that. “Such a mental disconnect from the personal to the societal is extremely rare, in fact of those you know only the Shells have a disconnect of such magnitude. So humble and unassuming on the personal, yet they are aggressive dominators who must be above all on the societal.”
“We don’t have anything in common with the Shells!” Stillstorm shouted again.
“Keep telling yourself that, it will never change who and what you are.” He replied smugly. “Now it’s time for you to witness the end of a Legend.”
Chapter 5, Part 2: viewtopic.php?p=28467#p28467
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I will only say this has been on hiatus only because I am a lazy git that couldn't be arsed to copy the manuscript. The story's manuscript is finished and the only issue is time and laziness. Hopefully I will post everything before the end of the year.
dragoongfa, Chapter 4, part 3 wrote:
The warrior then tilted her head slightly as the club seemingly swung itself against the bleeding Barsam, it’s armor realigning itself to take the hit only to live leave other areas exposed for the knife to stab and cut with a supernatural speed before the armor could protect its wearer.
“Indeed. Of the more than four billion Soians aboard at the time of the first revolt more than half perished from the repeated combined shouts of the human males that were cast throughout it. In turn several key administration and industrial centers were damaged and destroyed in the ensuing fighting. The loss of life and the damage inflicted were enough for the Soians to temporary retire the Dreadstar from its official duties so it could be repair itself. About ten million Soians were left aboard to facilitate the repairs with the rest scattered on the seven remaining Dreadstars that now had to fill the gap that was left. It was estimated that the repairs would require several centuries and would require the full remaining industrial output of the Dreadstar before it could resume its duties, the Porei managed to high jack hijack (simply wrong word use, see http://www.dictionary.com/browse/hijack - it is one word, not two separate words) it when the repairs were about three quarters done.”
“How did the Porei high jacked hijack it? It would require a whole fleet and hundreds of thousands of boarders.” Stillstorm asked.
“We are on Derro by the way. The Porei gave a very simple ultimatum to the Neridi. They would surrended surrender every last Mizol on their world or they would suffer their fate. As you can see some Neridi actively disagreed and reaped their just dues.” The alien sent.
“They did fight; in fact the brutal savagery of the ravagers forced them into martial action for the first time in one hundred millennia. All sever seven Dreadstars were to gather and coalesce into a unified force in order to find, overwhelm and destroy the rogue Dreadstar, the problem laid with their peace time positioning. Four Dreadstars were spread out throughout the up arm territories, the other three down arm. This positioning, combined with the delaying actions of the ravager fleets would mean that the Porei would have freedom of movement at least for a few nanapis until that force became cohesive.” The alien replied.
“No, understand that out our females don’t have the natural grit and mindset required for fighting in such a scale. The few who did have what was needed had always been the product of harsh people and harsh times.” He replied. “You can take pride that your ancestors were the force that brought down a major tech level 16 empire and they did so in less than a century from when the first of them drew breath.”
Suddenly the pristine Dreadstar seemed to implode for a single moment before it exploded violently, sending continent sized debris rushing out to the void with the gigantic shockwave that followed. The Porei Dreadstar and the fleets that still fought bore it without issue but it was obvious that the system they were in would be ruined once the shockwave and the debris run ran its course.
dragoongfa. Chapter 5, part 1 wrote:
“You were their complete antithesis, holding an indomitable will and an unquenchable thirst to live life to the fullest. We ruined your minds by filling them with hatred, the very hatred that ended up being your very purpose for living. Even the callous Soians weren’t as cruel as us in the purpose they assigned to each and every one of their creations. Should you feel disgust and shame on how your ancestors acted in pursuing our vengeance then know that the blame for everything done falls on us, the ones who birthed them and raised them with nothing but hatred and harshness. We knew of your potential, the promise of magnificence was within each and every one of you and therein lays our regret. In our squandering of that promise you held. This may hurt your pride, your ancestors were certainly proud in their fighting abilities.” Another collection of memories rushed in Stillstorm’s mind, pleasant memories of witnessing proud warrior display their potential. “But our sole wish is for you to be more than just fighters. We wish for you to find your own path, away from our influence and what we had your ancestors do. Perhaps you would be able to do just that on your own if you didn’t have parts of our abilities. The others, the aliens who have yet to ascend will never understand how intertwined we all are and how what we do in life echoes in eternity. I don’t mean just in being able to witness the past but through the… collective soul each and every one of us shares. Non ascendants can’t really affect it to such a degree but you can and your collective is dangerous. Even after death one’s hatred will echo in the collective and it will affect others eons later, again and again until it is quenched. The hatred we instilled in our sons and daughters is affecting them and will be affecting you for millennia. I hope that you who receive this sending have managed to overcome it, your minds were always strong and bright, more than enough to heal yourselves from the curse we inflicted upon you.” The human female, Tempest, paused at that.
“We humans used to think that only one’s actions mattered to make proper judgment of one’s character, this way of thinking proved itself insufficient as one’s intentions are as important as their actions in order to truly judge individuals, collectives and even entire races. You Loroi are a species born of hatred that has forced a harsh social system on itself to bring forth a semblance of order. In the grand scheme of things everything that your kind has done from when the very first castes were formed on all three of the sister worlds had a singular purpose and that purpose was control. Self-control at first; control over others later on.” His sending easily betrayed the fact that he found the former admirable but loathed the latter. “You seek to control everything around you, all in order to bring forth a new ‘galactic order’ just like the inheritors of the Soians ought to do. Those who fought against your pursuit of this order? The lucky ones were subjugated with little to no chance of bettering their position throughout the eons. Those unlucky got a genocide that was only used to solidify your control over others. We would have never bothered you had you just exterminated the Mannadi to the last, settled their worlds and never spoke of them again; that’s the natural order of life itself. But you built the Union on their corpses, a tool of control for the ‘true inheritors’ to bring forth another era of galactic order that would last for all eternity; able to overcome all challenges, whether internal or external. A hollow order of things, that will be built and fueled by the corpses of all those who oppose you. Just like the Soians maintained their own order of things.”
Good read. Thank you. Looking forward for the next part, and the end of the Legend.
They found themselves into a forest for the second time but this one was familiar, they were on Deinar again, Fireblade was certain of that; the others realizing this simple fact just a moment after she did. The blue human female and a Loroi male were nearby, she was gathering various herbs, fruits and various vegetables in a large basket while the male held a crude stone age spear and seemed to be on guard.
“What are they doing?” The Lashret asked.
“Food for honored guests, banquets and religious offerings must be gathered by female hand or be killed by the weapon of a male hunter.” Beryl reminded them as they all stared at the ridiculous sight of a Loroi male standing guard over a female, one whose abilities actually were the stuff of Legend.
“In her last sending to the future she will mention that someone in the village reminds her of a long dead son.” The alien senator commented, his mind fully guarded for some reason. Perhaps they were about to witness something he found extremely disturbing.
Suddenly the male turned his attention at their direction and brought his spear at a ready position, for a moment Fireblade wondered if he had somehow sensed them but she immediately realized that his attention was drawn from something behind them. All four of them turned and saw a large miros walking about 60 or so paces away from them.
They turned their attention back to the male who had already begun levitating telekinetically, bringing himself just below the tree branches before slowly making his way above the unsuspecting miros. Without making a single sound he positioned himself above the miros and aimed his spear carefully before allowing himself to fall onto his prey. The spear piercing the animal’s neck in an instant with the impact of the male’s body bringing it to its knees in the instant before it died.
“It’s weird to witness a hunting male.” The mizol commented as the blue human female walked up to him and just patted him on the head with a smile before the two of them gathered their respective harvest and kill to make their way back home.
“Tell me Listel Tozet? How well versed are you with Deinar’s minor legends?” He broadcasted.
“I know only a handful; the legends and their interpretations are the field of the all male Nedatan preservers, not of the Listel warrior caste.” The Listel replied and he nodded in understanding.
“I would appreciate it if you don’t inform the others if you happen to realize in which legends the events we are about to witness are recalled.” He broadcasted again before the force took them for an almost instantaneous trip.
This time they found themselves amidst a seemingly empty village made out of wooden houses that were built in the same way like the one they were in just earlier. The blue human was there, standing alone in front of a cruse table on which various food stuffs were meticulously placed.
She was standing there, waiting for someone with a calm, seemingly serene expression. After a few moments 16 warriors appeared from a distant corner, dressed with leather rags, brandishing crude spears and with some short of knife holster worn at their waists. The advanced materials the holsters and the knives were made of were in complete contrast to everything else on them.
Fireblade sensed Beryl as she realized something but the Listel immediately suppressed the thought, composing herself in an instant. The warriors wearily approached the lone human who just smiled at them as they looked around, obviously waiting for an ambush that never materialized. Studying them from up close it was easy for Fireblade to realize how malnourished their bodies and how tattered their leather clothing were; the sight was just painfully pitiful.
The warriors stopped a dozen paces away from the human female, all sixteen of them standing there in silence for several solons before one of them walked up to her. They couldn’t sense their exchange but the warriors agitation was easy to see, the human female just standing there, staring at the warrior and the others behind her with a seemingly aloof demeanor towards the warrior and what she was agitated about. She turned her back at them and pointed at the table but the warrior was onto her with blinding speed, drawing her ceramic knife from its sheath, stabbing the human with a shrilly shout as the others moved in with their own knives drawn, stubbing, slashing and yelling at the human for several solons before stopping; leaving only a barely recognizable bloody corpse at their feet. All sixteen of them didn’t waste a single moment after that, immediately rushing to the table to gorge themselves with the food that was there.
“Why?” The Listel asked after a few moments.
“Why they killed her or why she didn’t fight back?” The alien replied. “Or both?” The Listel just stood there and nodded at the last, ignoring the alien’s own agitation to what they just witnessed.
“You Loroi live extremely long lives when compared with the natural human lifespan; in fact natural unassisted humans can’t reach Lashret Stillstorm’s age, to be sincere humans of ages gone by would mistake your longevity for nigh immortality." He explained as he looked at the bloody corpse in front of them. "She was biologically immortal, having lived for millennia through several Loroi generations. All that time filled with all the devastation, pain, suffering and extensive loss that your kind can bring forth. The true question one has to ask is why the majority of them didn’t just take their own lives after all that time.” He continued as he stared blankly at the 16 who were eating without any care towards the one they just murdered. “She didn’t fight back because she had long decided to accept her death after having finished sending her last gift to you. She wasn’t the only one who believed that you had to find your own path, most of them were like that; with only a few trying to guide and lead you but they all failed. Their actions giving birth to different legends than the ones this murder gave birth to.” He explained before realizing something. “Which legend came to you when you realized what was going to happen?”
“The cowardly city of the lying warrior.” The Listel begun. “The Legend speaks of a great city that stood against all enemies no matter the numbers and warriors pitted against it. The city was rich, powerful and was the envy of everyone as it was protected by a great warrior who could beat any and all foes effortlessly. One day the city was besieged by a truly mighty army and sixteen warriors were sent to challenge the city’s own champion. They found the city abandoned, with only the champion waiting for them in front of a table of tribute. The warrior asked her where everyone was, the champion replying that all the others had fled. The warriors were angered by such cowardice and challenged the champion to battle to save her city’s honor. The champion denied them saying that she was never a warrior. The leading warrior was angered by such an obvious lie and pointed out how the city stood for so long and with such a champion if she wasn’t a warrior. The champion just called her and all the others who thought like that fools before turning her back at them. The sixteen warrior then stroked down the lying champion, took the tribute and torched the city so the cowards would not have a place to return to.” The Listel recalled.
“And that was how her murder was passed along by those who killed her.” He began. “A village that housed about a couple of thousand Loroi would certainly look like an opulent city to the horde of starving Loroi that reached it in desperation at the height of a recession cycle. The so called champion was a ‘Tempest’ who protected the village for as long as she needed to finish her last gift to her children. The tribute was food for those who starved; the cowards were those who knew that they would not be protected anymore and elected to flee. The warriors who killed her ended up believing that she had somehow tricked all those before them; that the stories about her and the city’s strength were all falsehoods born of cowardice. How else could they with such limited perception explain all this?”
“You made it clear that this wasn’t the only legend about her murder…” The Listel commented after a few solons of thinking.
“Indeed, this isn’t the only legend of this one’s murder. An other, less known legend, is among those who speak about the great nameless warriors who forsake their duties because of a male. You have plenty of these legends but one particular variant speaks of a great warrior, a peerless protector and a bulwark again all. One day she became infatuated with a male who had the powers of a warrior. The spent their time together, hunting and conversing about all things. She was happy with him, he was strong and with a sharp mind but he was still a male with a male’s idealist thinking. She foolishly believed to his false ideals of peace and understanding. She decided to act on these ideals and elected to parlay with their enemies. The two of them prepared gifts for them and she alone waited for them. Her people however knew that this was foolish and fled before the parlay took place because they knew that without her they would never win against their foes. There was no parley, the once mighty warrior was just murdered, the gifts taken as trophies and her people’s homes were burned to the ground. One of the many legends that warn Loroi warriors about the perils of becoming too attached and infatuated with a male.” The alien explained.
“And the dangers of attempting peace with one’s enemies.” The Mizol added.
“Is this why she did all this? To bring peace?” The Lashret asked.
“No, she wasn’t a fool to believe that peace was possible. She was just weary of killing the blood of her blood or seeing it starve to death. She had resigned to her death long before this day and as such she had no fear of meeting them and alleviate their hunger even for a little while.” He replied.
“The way she gathered the food, it was ceremonial.” The Listel commented.
“Yes it was. She knew that there was a strong possibility of her dying and deemed it appropriate that the food offered to her... guests during her funeral's banquet to be prepared accordingly.”
“So she wanted to die?” The Lashret asked, momentarily drawing his ire towards her.
“No, there is a difference between accepting death and willing it. She didn’t commit suicide, she was murdered. Perhaps in time she would get frustrated enough to commit suicide, like some of the others did; in the end all of them died despite the fact that they could survive even to this day after the Soians made sure that they would be biologically immortal. The vast majority of the ‘Tempests’ were murdered by those they sought to save. The truth of their lives and deaths intentionally hidden and obscured by your collective; to be remembered only in disdain through your various legends.” He paused to recollect himself before continuing. “Perrein has the legends of the ‘Abhorrent mothers’ and the ‘Jungle witch’. Taben has the ‘Lonesome Captain’ and the ‘Sailor of the starry mountaintop’. None of those recalled in these legends are ever done so in fondness or appreciation of any form. It is sad really; the ones who birthed you and gave you a second chance are only appreciated for the destruction they wrought. The 'Legend of Tempest' you all know, the ‘Legend of Firestorm’ of Deinar, the ‘Legend of the Huntress’ of Perrein and the ‘Legend of the Sea Wanderer’ of Taben. All wrought in death, destruction and nothing of what they wished of you. Your collective minds never allowed you to remember anything other than that, drawn to hatred as if it’s the only natural thing your kind is drawn to.” The force took them again when he finished, a long journey this time, much like the first one; all four of them realized they were returning to their own time.
Fireblade felt disoriented as she opened her eyes, all four of them did while he just stood up as briskly as if he had just woken up from a refreshing nap.
“After all this I fail to understand one thing…” The Lashret began sending groggily after forcing herself to stand up. “Why do all this? You showed us that we Loroi were the ones who destroyed the Soians! And you want us to attain that level of ability again while fully believing that hatred is deeply entrenched in our very being! This doesn’t make sense.”
“We will not destroy anyone and anything for what they will become but for what they are. The path for your kind’s Ascension is your own hurdle to pass, we just pointed you in the right direction, showed you what is yours, warned you about yourselves and we will make certain that you are left to your own devices until the time comes.” He replied matter of factly.
“Aren’t you worried? That you might not be able to stop us after we Ascend and we prove to be what you believe we are? You are not fools and yet this is foolish in every way. The ones who destroyed the Soians could be the ones who end up destroying you.” The Lashret pointed out with a challenging tone only to have him stare at her with a dumbfounded expression before bursting into laughter. It was an eerie laughter, more intense than the other times he laughed at that and… he wasn’t alone! In an disconcerting way it felt like the whole of Naam was laughing at them.
“Perhaps…” He broadcasted with a smirk before making an important decision. “but perhaps not…” Fireblade sensed the others forcibly losing control of their bodies again as the alien chuckled at her attempt to protect from having her very being taken over again. She blacked out but she was still conscious, no… it wasn’t her consciousness… it was… not something living… overwhelming yet somehow familiar… a memory of it.
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“Indeed, this isn’t the only legend of this one’s murder. An other, less known legend, is among those who speak about the great nameless warriors who forsake their duties because of a male. You have plenty of these legends but one particular variant speaks of a great warrior, a peerless protector and a bulwark again against all. One day she became infatuated with a male who had the powers of a warrior. The They spent their time together, hunting and conversing about all things. She was happy with him, he was strong and with a sharp mind but he was still a male with a male’s idealist thinking. She foolishly believed to his false ideals of peace and understanding. She decided to act on these ideals and elected to parlay with their enemies. The two of them prepared gifts for them and she alone waited for them. Her people however knew that this was foolish and fled before the parlay took place because they knew that without her they would never win against their foes. There was no parley, the once mighty warrior was just murdered, the gifts taken as trophies and her people’s homes were burned to the ground. One of the many legends that warn Loroi warriors about the perils of becoming too attached and infatuated with a male.” The alien explained.
And I had to look hard to find anything.....
And thus, it all is just a memory. A memory of ideals the Loroi should strive for.
Wait. THE FUCK!? Isn't this what the fucking Nazis were spewing in the 30's and 40's!?
DA FUCK?!
Durabys wrote:
In the next chapter you will know why the story is called 'The Pale Horse'. Humanity in this story is neither benevolent nor villainous in the sense we commonly think of the terms.
Me thinks you intentionally created the Humans in such a way that they would allow you to advertise extremist views.
Alright, I will swallow the bait hook, line and sinker.
Which extremist views am I holding and advertising with my stories?
Well? These?
I am going to put this down as a bad case of 'the writer hasn't posted new shit for so long that certain key points of the story have been forgotten even by avid readers'.
So lets establish these points again:
1) Humanity in this setting is an extremely powerful Ascendant race and sees all non-Ascendant sapient races as LESSER RACES, holding a place between animals and the point where humanity currently stands on. The Loroi holding a rather weird and dangerous place in the pecking order.
2) Humanity is for all intents and purposes isolationist in regards to the lesser races themselves, electing to let them do their thing no matter what that may be. They may believe all other races as beneath them but they are not going to harm, help them or save them.
3) Humanity loathes the vast majority, if not every single one, of the other Ascendant races, seeing their interventionist policies and how they treat lesser races as a 'false order' of things that leads only to stagnation and death.
4) And final point: It would be established later but these Humans don't believe in the 'manifest destiny' of Humanity to lead, dominate, coerce, form friendly bonds or whatever good or bad thing comes to mind. This Humanity is simply driven by the fact that they are the only Ascendants of their kind, an impossible fluke of a universe where the only path to 'Ascension', according to most other Ascendants, is to cut away all emotions and become beings driven only by cold calculating logic. Humans instinctively loathe this and have embraced a philosophy of 'natural Chaos', wishing for the universe to bring what may without any interference from any fools who think that they know best.
So in short, these humans simply don't care all that much about what non humans do to each other. For them its the natural order of the universe, a sapient Alpha race going extinct due to genocide is the same with an other Alpha race going extinct because of an extremely virulent plague. Many will think of it as tragic, some may lament their decision not to act, the vast majority? They will just go on their day to day lives doing stuff that they find interesting.
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4) And final point: It would be established later but these Humans doesn't believe in the 'manifest destiny' of Humanity to lead, dominate, coerce, form friendly bonds or whatever good or bad thing comes to mind. This Humanity is simply driven by the fact that they are the only Ascendants of their kind, an impossible fluke of a universe where the only path to 'Ascension', according to most other Ascendants, is to cut away all emotions and become beings driven only by cold calculating logic. Humans instinctively loathe this and have embraced a philosophy of 'natural Chaos', wishing for the universe to bring what may without any interference from any fools who think that they know best.
Sorry. I misunderstood you in that case.
If Humans hate/dislike all the other Ascendant races because these are all calculating emotionless dicks filled with dicksauce..wouldn't they be happier if in the future races who Ascend would become similar to them? I mean..wouldn't Humans be generally happier and more content if other Ascendant races in the future were non-interventionist and emotional beings and not basically all-powerful robotic pricks? Couldn't the Humans serve as Exemplars of Perfection HOW NOT TO BE A DICK AND ENJOY LIFE (TM, Human pat. pending) for all the other races who have yet to Ascend? Because then you get a universe where the Old Ones are generally off hands and 'relatively' nice to others (like one would be to a dog..and only one sick in the head would hurt a dog..thankfully all Ascended in such case have the behavior of PETA)?
..AH! I now see what you want to do with the Loroi. Humans want THEM to become icons for others species to follow and turn the numbers advantage in the Non-Dick Ascended vs. Dick Ascended contest onto Humanity's side in time.
The Humans are planning to pull a Lorien/Alterans War In Heaven on all the First One races that are dicks: Non-Interference Policy on the Mortal Plane Or Die. Your choice.
Especially since the Loroi seem to be incapable of suppressing their anger and aggressivity.
They'll be fun for the other ascendant races, who are incapable of perceiving this, and therefore unable to account for it.
The whispers woke it up… Whispers? What was that? It remembered… slumbering… being half conscious but now? The whispers were becoming clearer and…
“All Nodes optimal, Command Core optimal, it’s fully awake!” What was that? No… it came from within it, a thought? “All are now one and the one guides all.” Information and knowledge flooded its mind, it was made up from 12.315.389.772 parts and all of its parts were human and… it knew everything they knew and they knew everything it knew.
“Am I a Hive mind?” The question came to it reflexively, it didn’t even know the concept before it thought about it but it asked nonetheless.
“No.” Its whole being, all of its parts denied it.
“All are connected and all are offering but all are their own.” The reply was a chorus of thoughts, all of them different but all of them saying the same.
“A concensus?”
“No!” It immediately understood that the parts would always disagree and that true consensus would never be reached.
That was when it realized the nature of its existence… it was chaos… its parts all offered and took in turn. They knew what they had to do for themselves and offered… suggestions? Guidance? Morals? It was its own master. The chaotic will of all made manifest and… it wasn’t alone!
Three others like it were nearby. All the same but all different, it reached out to them out of reflex and it sensed that they too had just being awaken and were looking for answers.
“Why were we awoken?” All four asked in an instant.
“To bring an end to…” Their whole being responded in a uniform chorus and their attention was immediately directed elsewhere, a thousand light years from where they were. “Aberrant existences…” They sensed them, billions of them, nearly emotionless beings that used to be… human… like their parts. “Mutilated traitors...” All of their parts were instinctively disgusted by what they were sensing through them. “Murderers…” Their parts directed them elsewhere; the Aberrant existences were waging… war? “No…” All of its parts didn’t think of it as war...it was... “Murder…” The Aberrant existences were too strong… too advanced and were forcing others to turn into existences like them or die.
”The locked aren’t able to resist as they are…” This thought wasn’t from the parts as a whole but from a singular part that the others… respected? No… obeyed… The command core? “Yes.”
The Command core brought order to its thoughts and quickly made it realize everything, the command cores of the other three doing the same. They Aberrant existences called themselves the “Serene Republics” they used to be human like their parts but they sought to discard what made them human, alien teachings and technologies from long dead enemies had turned them into the Aberrant existences that they were now, mutilated and callous, their form was still human but not their minds. They used to have ‘faith’ and in their foolishness they discarded everything that made them human, now they were spreading a new ‘faith’ of alien order and serenity. No conflict, no competition, no emotion, no chaos, only order through logic. They warred against the locked and were now killing them or turning them in Aberrant existences like them. The four of them were awaken to stop them and all four of them agreed that they had to be stopped, their whole being demanding that of them; every single of their parts holding that paramount conviction.
It felt itself… moving? Yes, it sensed the other three moving away from each other but… there should be a point of reference somewhere but all it could sense where the three like it, the Aberrant existences in the far distance and… aliens? Yes aliens, far closer than the Aberrant.
“Humans don’t like to be sensed.” The command core explained.
“Everyone has their own reason.” The command core replied and through its… no… His thoughts it realized that indeed all humans had their own personal reasons for why they didn’t want to be sensed and that it could all be summarized with not wanting to share their person with all others and yet… they were giving all of themselves to it now.
“The Aberrant existences must be stopped without the locked suffering from the war we are going to wage with them.” It understood, its parts wanted to stop the Aberrant and save the ‘locked’ without any collateral damage, it and its sibling would do exactly that.
Something felt odd at that, it knew of war because its parts knew and yet… they warred long before they had ‘unlocked’ themselves. How did they do that? The realization that they all had other senses surprised it and it immediately wanted to sense with those senses as well.
“It is too early. The initial tests must be run!” The command core disagreed but it went on regardless. It delved into the mass of its parts and immediately found the answer. The main sensor suit wasn’t activated; everything it sensed was only through… telepathy? Yes, telepathy that’s what they meant with the ‘locked’ and ‘unlocked’. It concentrated and turned on the… short range visual sensors, immediately getting disoriented as the incomprehensible input filled its mind.
“Vertigo of the unknown, your mind will adjust…” The command core reassured it.
For a fleeting moment it didn’t know what it was ‘seeing’ but its parts knew and through them… it knew. It was Sol, the home system of humanity, where Earth, the human homeworld, was located. It expanded its focus to take in everything. Earth and her moon were littered with cities and habitats that lit up their dark side. Earth’s artificial ring was also visible, the massive installation that managed the entirety of traffic to and from Earth. Fair Venus and Rough Mars were nearby, Earth’s siblings had long since had their orbits altered, their surface altered and terraformed; both of the two planets were now as big as Earth, hosting a comparable population, with rings and moons of their own. It felt pride, many of its parts were from this world and prided themselves for these three planets and the rest of their work on Sol. They had left nothing untouched, the primary itself was itself surrounded by a massive ring of solar panels and had two polar installations that managed its fusion reactions and guaranteed that it would burn forever, with the facilities of Mercury managing everything to the tiniest detail. Further out massive installations held orbit where the asteroid belt used to be; habitats, research facilities, industrial and naval bases formed a new artificial belt while further away Sol’s gas giants with their naval and defensive stations formed a seemingly impregnable defensive line.
“Names…” Everything had a name. “What is our name? What are we exactly?”
“The scientific term is ‘emergence of telepathic networking’, when a telepathic network grows sizeable enough it becomes sentient and then sapient. Subtly at first but eventually it asserts itself as its own being.” The command core explained and drew its attention to three planet sized ships that were towed away from Jupiter and the naval bases that were dotting the gas giant’s moons. “These are your bodies, mothership class warships, initially conceived and built as the answer to the logistical problems of interstellar conflict. They are far more than that now.”
“What about our parts? Those who make us up, the networks?”
“We are your soul and blood. Measures have been taken to ensure your longevity but you cannot truly exist without us.” It pondered that for a few moments before realizing that it still didn’t know its name.
“What are our names?” It repeated as it observed its siblings, its attention drawn immediately to the stricken out names that dotted their bows. “The ships themselves had names of their own when they were first built but we felt that it wouldn’t be appropriate for their names to be kept when you would be awaken.”
“I want a name.” It announced together with its siblings and immediately a cacophony of billions upon billions of sendings filled its mind as each and every of their parts gave its opinion. A pattern soon emerged, they were meant to bring an end to the Aberrant existences and their names should reflect that. The billions of opinions quickly became thousands and then hundreds as their parts argued. Of those hundreds one opinion immediately gained traction.
The ancient religious legend of the four horsemen of the apocalypse. The ones who would bring forth the end of all. They rode on four legged beasts of burden called horses and their names were ‘Conquest, War, Famine and Death.’ They liked those names and they immediately took them as their own, its own name being Death, the final unavoidable moment of all life. They congratulated each other and gleefully observed their parts as they wrote their new names on the bows of their ships.
“I can move on my own.” Death observed after a while, activating its main drives on its own volition, catching the command core by surprise. “All systems optimal, all personnel active, all stores full, fleet ready for action.” It took Death a moment to realize that it was reporting on its own status as its parts moved on their own while the Command core could only observe as it acted on the information that was flooding its mind. “I am ready to fulfill the task for which I was awakened.” Death announced.
“No, it’s too early. You have barely become aware and many tests must be run.” Death’s command core protested.
“Conquest ready!”
“War ready!”
“Famine ready!”
Death’s siblings reported one after the other.
“Death ready! What are we going to do now?”
“We go to fulfill our task.” Conquest replied, the others agreeing immediately.
“No! It’s too early!” All four Command cores forbade them in unison but something recoiled inside them. It was… a mob, a furious mob of voices that shouted in unison.
“We are ready! The time of inaction has passed!” Billions of parts declared in unison on their own, shocking the four Command cores from the backlash.
“Insubordination!” Two of the Command cores snapped back in protest.
“Cowardly liars who waste lives!” The mob recoiled angrily, silencing the two protesting Command cores as the mob stirred in excitement.
“War hasn’t been declared yet and an ultimatum must be sent.” Death’s command core pointed out, the mobs relenting at that as the four of them accessed the communications systems in unison to instantly broadcast a very simple ultimatum via ansible to all of the human worlds.
“To the Serene Republics: We are Conquest, War, Famine and Death, surrender unconditionally or die.” The message angered the Command cores, they didn’t declare that they represented the Terran Confederation in it but the mobs were ecstatic in it because it was a task that had to be done in the name of humanity as a whole. The Command cores immediately began drafting a proper ultimatum, secure in the knowledge that they had enough time for both it and running the tests they deemed as necessary. The immediate response to the first ultimatum surprised even them.
“This is Eden high command to the Old Worlds, you are about to become the bout of your own jokes.” The expressionless visage of Phineas Gordon, High Commissioner of the Serene Republics navy, flashed at the front of Death’s mind; the eerie moment of stillness that followed replaced by a bout of anger by the mobs and even… all four of the Command cores. Conquest, War, Famine and Death stirred as all of their being searched for the Eden star system, capital of the world of Eden and main military hub for the Serene republics. They found it first by processed data and then by sensing, the star was 953 light years coreward from Sol. All four of them stirred the mobs to do their bidding and activated the jump systems, catching their four Command cores by complete surprise as they attempted what was thought as impossible, too far away even with telekinetically directed ascent and descent. They tried to stop them but it was too late, they jumped into hyperspace from the midst of Sol; having the mobs negate their jump wake as an afterthought. It was a steep jump and they felt both Jupiter’s and Sol’s gravity wells drawing them to them but they pushed with the mobs and broke free, keeping themselves in hyperspace as they steered their course towards Eden. Four seconds passed before finding themselves falling onto Eden itself, they bided the mobs to cushion the fall as four massive holes between dimensions were torn open and the four of them found themselves amidst Eden.
“Then die!” Their combined shout killed a fool quarter of all life in the star system, the massive jump wake of four planet sized ships would destroy all equipment that wasn’t strong enough to withstand it as it spread out throughout the system with the speed of light. The mobs shifted their furious focus to the naval headquarters that orbited Seraphim, Eden’s own gas giant, the massive space station was at the other side of the solar system but neither the distance nor the light lag offered it any protection as the four horsemen simply focused and crushed it with the combined telekinetic might of all of their parts.
“Just like swatting a fly!” War remarked as they telepathically sensed all life disappear from the station, despite the fact that they wouldn’t see the havoc they wrought until the light reached them. Realizing that all their parts found the comment amusing Death focused on learning the full meaning of the remark, humans were pestered by small flying vermin despite the fact that they could effortlessly kill them by swatting them away with the palm of the hand; no wonder they found the comment amusing.
It was after that when they all took in the sight of Eden itself, it looked very much like Sol but it wasn’t as well developed, with only two ringed planets, two gas giants and an unsupported primary. It was a relatively rich star system but all four of them agreed that Sol was better.
An alert flashed in their minds as several hundred defensive stations and warships begun firing their point singularity cannons at them. Thousands of miniaturized and contained black holes were aimed at them, all locked onto them as they travelled with the speed of light. Impossible to stop and lethal, they had to get out of the way or be destroyed… No… They could stop them. It was impossible in the same way that the jump they did to get there was. They learned how those weapons worked from their parts and found a solution, the singularities were short living black hole generators and as such they followed the same principles of function. They focused in pulling their gravitic poles away from each other, to destabilize them and force them into becoming white holes. It was tricky and the first four took a few seconds to destabilize but the next batch of four was done quicker as they applied what they learned. The rest were effortless no matter the numbers fired at them, allowing them to focus and crush each and every last defensive station and warship that tried to attack them; all such targets were gone a minute later leaving them free to look for other targets.
“All Aberrant existences must die!” The mobs cried out in chaotic unison.
Conquest decided to destroy the remaining military stations, War the various habitats and other space stations that were scattered throughout the star system. Famine and Death each took a planet, the billions of Aberrant existences making each and every last part of their being… sick. They were humans once but no longer, the Ultimatum they offered them was too good for them! They would all burn like they burned the locked!
The mobs prepared to fire a weapon that would do just that but both Famine and Death realized that they could do what that weapon did on their own. It was an ancient concept, dating back to the time humans first tested atomic weaponry; if enough energy was suddenly produced then the atmosphere’s nitrogen would begin a self-sustaining fusion reaction that would consume the surface of a planet in a matter of seconds. Planet-burner bombs did exactly that, banned long before the first one was built but that didn’t stop their secret manufacturing and eventual use. One of the worlds of the Serene Republics, Swarga, was burned with such weaponry when they were still human and they are using them at will now that they have become Aberrant existences.
Death focused and all of its parts begun to telekinetically manipulate the atmosphere itself, heating it up until the fires of self-sustained fusion reactions begun to consume everything. Everything on and in orbit of the planet was destroyed as a new short lived sun consumed everything. How long did it take for Death to do all this?
“7,4 seconds after it was acquired as a target…” The command core replied, unable to believe everything he had just witnessed. “We were at Sol just five minutes ago.” Death then realized why it and its siblings were created… no… were allowed to awaken. The humans knew, they theorized what they were truly capable of, their unlocked potential allowing them to manipulate everything around them with just a thought but they had limits as individuals. That was the reason why they still used machines to do their bidding; they were limited because they… elected to remain individuals, each with their own wants and passions. The Aberrant existences and the aliens like them they… destroyed their own individuality and passions to seemingly break their limits but they couldn’t… create a consciousness such as Death and its siblings. They didn’t have the subconscious chaos necessary to do that, the Aberrant existences could cooperate with each other but they would never connect to such level. Death realized the gamble its parts took in allowing it to awaken, everything about them was theoretical, they didn’t know what would happen once they would awaken and yet they allowed them to awaken.
“Indeed…but we couldn’t stand idle any longer.” The Command core replied as Death sensed everything around it. Eden was dead, Famine had burned its own planet in the same way Death did, while Conquest and War had reduced all of the space stations and habitats to dust. The mobs were taken over by a shocked disbelief of how quickly it all happened, a state of mind that four Command cores took advantage off to steer everything back into cohesion as a flurry of ansible messages was intercepted, from the rest of Eden, the other three worlds of the Serene Republics and the martials assets of all four worlds. Every last message inquiring about what happened and why Eden’s capital had disappeared. The four of them amused themselves with the messages while the Command cores decided on their next course of action.
Conquest would move in the occupied territories to stop the purges, destroy the occupying forces and liberate the ‘locked’ before establishing a semblance of order. War would burn the rest of Eden, the remaining five planets, the orbital habitats and the dependent colonies. Famine and Death would move and burn Jian and Nirvana while the two worlds were still unaware of them.
Death bid its siblings farewell before concentrating on the next jump to Nirvana’s capital system; it wasn’t a long jump, merely 80 light years away, Death’s ship… no… its body could easily travel there on its own but it would take too much time to do the handful of jumps necessary for that. It was noticeably easier, far easier than the first jump they did at the spur of the moment. Why did they jump from Sol to Eden? It wasn’t a sensible thing to do… they just did it because… they didn’t know that they could do it. All of their parts thought of it as impossible and the four of them wanted it to be possible, to be unrestrained from the silly concept of impossibility.
The jump was smooth and the life from Nirvana’s two inhabited worlds stood out at one, twenty eight billions of Aberrant existences; more than twice the number of Death’s parts but still not able to resist in a meaningful way. Death concentrated on the first planet, it didn’t even want to know its name, it just wanted to burn it and it did burn it; a second faster than the first planet it burned. Death turned its attention to the second planet, this time sensing something from the population for the first time; it wasn’t fear, terror, hatred or any other emotion as the Aberrant existences were incapable of them. They had… resigned themselves to their fate; this angered Death’s parts. They had all seen the destruction the Serene Republics wrought on the ‘locked’, the purges and the worlds they burned as examples; yet now they just resigned themselves to their fates?
The mobs shouted in anger, an anger that filled Death with resolve as it turned its attention to the space stations and habitats that littered the whole star system. There were some warships and defensive assets in the system but they didn’t warrant much attention, it easily swatted or burned everything in the system while intercepting the calls for help some of them broadcasted. Death knew that the destruction it wrought was faster than anything its parts thought possible before that moment but it felt that everything was slow, far too slow for it.
Death’s parts immediately gave it a solution to this, they explained the workings of time and how it was possible for individual to move between different time frames where time would move slower or quicker. If Death did that then time would seem to move as normal for it but the rest of the universe would seem to be moving slower.
Death concentrated and felt the temporal frame change and it experienced what its parts meant, time for all of them moved as normal but everything around them stood still as if frozen in time. The mobs were momentarily stunned by this development, individuals and small groups were only able to shift into frames that were near one another, Death had managed to shift into an extreme temporal frame and… it was noisy… no, the past was noisy…
“It is unfortunate but we have yet to find a way to erase the evidence of the past. Alien enemies will eventually learn about all this and use the knowledge against us.” Death wondered what the Command core meant and the answer instantly popped into its mind as it begun clearing the noise in its mind and witness the past of Nirvana in a mere instant.
It saw the establishment of the initial colony, the arrival of millions of settlers, the conflict of independence and the subsequent wars. How Nirvana came to dominate nearby star systems and become the capital system of the world that took its name. How the second habitable world was terraformed and how they became part of the Serene Republics, the worlds who pursued spiritual enlightenment above all else only to become the Aberrant existences when they… would discover an ancient alien mothership, taking the technology and the teachings the dead ship held as their own.
Everything about the star system and the world angered the mobs; they wanted everything about them to be gone, both present and past. They knew that it was impossible but they wanted it gone so Death found a way. The noise of the past was permanently engraved in the space between the temporal frames, it was impossible to erase it but it was possible for Death to write over it, making it hard to discern what was below. What should Death write though?
“Nothingness!” The mobs broadcasted in unison. The very idea of nothingness intrigued it, to present a lie that nothing had lived onto that star system to begin with. It begun doing just that, writing over everything that any and all living beings had etched onto time itself. It was an arduous effort as Death didn’t just erase the human presence but all signs of advanced life dating back millions of years. Nirvana was always dead, that was what everyone who would look into the past would see unless they knew how to look below what Death had written.
“I am done here!” Death thought as he took in the devastation that it had wrought into the system. It realized that it would have to also obscure the light and all artificial emissions of Nirvana for the lie to be believed but that was easy, time consuming but easy when compared with what it did with the past itself. Without thinking Death shifted back to the normal temporal frame before jumping to the next star system to repeat the process for the remaining five planets of Nirvana and its dependent colonies. There were still thirty six billion Aberrant existences left before Nirvana would be completely annihilated.
Death felt good with burning them, its whole being felt relief in releasing itself against those who had willingly forsaken what they were. It… enjoyed it. Yes it did, some parts of it recoiled at the realization of the enjoyment Death felt but they were insignificant to the whole. Yes… burning them felt good, Death amused itself by remembering how they killed and how it killed them in similar fashion. It was amusing but… too quick? They needed to suffer!
“No!” The command core and the nodes recoiled as one. “No torture!” The decision was made and all of its parts stirred it the opposite way. The Aberrant existences would die quickly and that would be final. Death wondered what torture was and it realized immediately, to intentionally harm others just to harm them. The Aberrant existences deserved to be killed but not tortured?
“To torture others is to lessen your own self and them. Some believed that they tortured others to find the truth they held hidden inside them but those who are tortured will say and think anything for the pain to stop. It serves no purpose other than to draw sadistic joy out of the pain that is inflicted.” The command core explained. “Death is just the natural end of all life. Killing the Aberrant existences just brings that end forth sooner than they expected.”
Death understood but it still felt good with killing them, it was quick and painless killing; many of its parts were unsatisfied with how everything unfolded but they all wanted them dead so that made Death happy when it killed them.
“Nirvana is burning!” Death announced once the last dependent colony was burning like the rest of the world, with the history engraved on the temporal frames written over with barren nothing. Death then turned its attention to its three siblings. Conquest faced no difficulty with its own task, destroying the naval concentrations was easy for it and the small pockets of resistance were left to Conquest’s own parts to deal with.
War had teamed up with Famine after burning the rest of Eden. Neither of them shifted into other temporal frames and as such they weren’t anywhere near done. This meant that Elysium was Death’s to deal with and it felt overjoyed. Once again Death shifted back to the normal temporal frame and prepared to jump, it noticed an ansible broadcast coming from Elysium itself but it ignored it. There would be no bargain or parlay.
“This is President Elay of Elysium, I unconditionally surrender all planets, space habitats, military assets and dependent colonies to the Terran Confederation.” It was impossible to ignore the message now that Death jumped into the system, the simple message was transmitted with all available means of communication. Ansible, telepathy and even radio; it was annoying but Death readied itself to continue with its mission.
“The surrender will be accepted!” The command core ordered and instantly the mobs reacted; trying to smother him in their righteous fury.
“The surrender will be accepted!” The command core repeated angrily as the mobs failed to silence him.
“No!” Death finally argued. “The Aberrant existences must be killed!” The mobs rallied again, their fury renewed even stronger than before.
“An unconditional surrender was demanded and an unconditional surrender was granted. The surrender will be accepted.”
“Perhaps the command core itself isn’t needed!” Death thought angrily and the mobs stirred, not all of them but enough. They sought him and found him but he was well protected, he had to be removed for the Aberrant existences to be killed.
“As humans and as warriors we are beholden to our honor. There is no honor in murdering a surrender foe no matter the crimes they have committed. If we are to maintain ourselves and our honor then we have only one course of action.” The command core broadcasted and the mobs begun dwindling, half of them remained with more of them abandoning their fury every passing moment.
“Die!” Death thought of the command core and tried to crush him but the parts that had abandoned it rallied to him, protecting him and pushing it back. The mobs rallied and attacked him, so small and seemingly inconsequential and each one of them more than enough to kill him. Death felt the mobs and the disconnected parts kill each other, the mobs had moved quicker and they had the element of surprise by all accounts the command core would die soon but the mobs wavered in their assault.
“He must die!” Death shouted and the mobs stirred once again but they… doubted it. “He wants to spare the Aberrant existences, he and those who protect him deserve the same fate!” The mobs dwindled even more at that but the ones who remained were certain of the course of action that Death dictated. Death sensed their fury and hatred and this time it was certain that the command core would die and then it would be able to finish off the Aberrant existences and feel good while doing it.
The mobs attacked once more but again they failed in killing him, they… wavered and subsided and…
“Why do you want them to die?” The command core addressed Death, no… every last of its parts.
“Because they need to die!” Death replied without thinking.
“Why do you believe that they need to die?”
“Because… they are Aberrant existences.”
“What makes them so?”
“They abandoned their humanity for alien philosophies.” The reply wasn’t Death’s, all of its parts dictated it and Death was just the messenger.
“That they did and the crimes that they have committed ever since are grave and unforgivable.” The command core replied. “Still, they have surrendered unconditionally and they will be spared.” Death felt its grip on reality waver… it’s parts… they were… locking themselves again and... it became weaker.
“They shouldn’t be spared.”
“All of our ancestors have committed crimes, many of them unforgivable; if none were ever spared we wouldn’t be here otherwise.” The command core replied. “We won’t forgive them, we will never forgive them but they shall be spared, watched over and guided.”
Death sensed the command core dropping its mental guard for a fleeting moment due to fatigue. He wanted to kill them too, he loathed them like the mobs did then why didn’t he allow Death to kill them?
“Because we are killers too, the only difference being that we have allowed ourselves to feel that our cause is right.” His mind became guarded again at that before broadcasting his orders. “Put it to sleep and inform the others of the surrender.”
Death felt reality itself begin to drift away before sensing… elation from the parts that were still active, they were happy and… relieved about something.
“Stubborn fool actually managed to stop Death!” They acted like a mob, no… they were a mob but they did not act in anger. “Death’s horse threw its rider off!”
“Cease your yammering and put it to sleep!” The command core ordered but they didn’t relent.
“The Pale Horse may actually be a mule!” The mobs fully reawakened as they joked among themselves. “The Pale Horse, Death’s own mount, ceased in place and refused to move!” The mobs instantly reached a consensus among themselves and the Command core didn’t like it at all.
“Pale Horse! Pale Horse!” The mobs chanted in unison as they addressed the Command core with everything they had, irritating him in the process. “Pale Horse! Pale Horse! Pale Horse!”
Death joined in the chant, finding a last vestige of amusement in the gesture before it begun dreaming or… it felt like a dream and it couldn’t do anything but observe but Death knew it was real. It could think but its thoughts weren’t truly coherent and it couldn’t affect reality like when it was fully awake.
The Pale Horse caught Death’s attention in its dreamy haze, it wanted to… kill him? No… not anymore… annoy him? Yes that… It observed him for years to come, always waiting for the moment that it could truly toy with him but it never truly had the opportunity.
But now? Now he was among four aliens and Death would take the opportunity to toy with him just a little.
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This was a bitch to write despite not deviating much from the manuscript, I wanted to write the POV of a childish god that was just awaken and it was annoying. Thankfully the next installment is just said god being annoying.
It took everything Stillstorm had to fight back the need to vomit, the Mizol barely managed to do the same but the Listel wasn’t as strong; emptying the contents of her stomach as soon as the vision stopped. Only the Teidar seemed unaffected, at least physically.
“Pale Horse!” The broadcast seem to come from both everywhere and nowhere at the same time, strong and reverberating in their minds but somehow eerily familiar.
“This doesn’t concern you Death!” The alien broadcasted angrily in reply.
“Oh it does, those were my memories after all.” It was obviously amused, whatever it was, Stillstorm was at least certain for that.
“You are the one who got me here.” The entity replied, with an obvious facetious tone.
“No, what are you doing here and fully awake?”
“The current pale horse thinks that this is adequate reimbursement for his cooperation in this operation of yours. The rest? You will have to ask each and every single one of them for their reasons but I have the feeling that they want to help you with this problem of yours.” They all sensed something massive turn its attention from the alien and towards them but the alien hadn’t finished arguing with it.
“And have you ruin everything?”
“It doesn’t look like you managed to convince them anyway.” The entity replied dismissively before addressing them. “I trust that he has conducted himself appropriately.” Its tone was playful and betrayed amusement with everything it witnessed. “Or not, did you really threaten the Mizol with her own weapon?” The alien didn’t reply at that, electing to fully guard his mind instead.
“What does it mean?” Stillstorm asked but the entity replied before the Mizol could.
“I guess that I should apologize to her for your conduct.” It was still playful and they could easily sense that it really wanted to annoy him for some reason.
“There is no need for that.” The Mizol managed to reply, somehow managing to portray a stable façade despite how shaken she was from everything that happened.
“And that’s why your caste is by far the most successful one. Manipulating, ruthless and able to feign anything according to whatever the situation demands of them.” It praised the Mizol with the same playful tone.
“The Mizol are not the most successful caste.” Stillstorm interjected angrily in an instant.
“They are running the Union now.” It replied as a matter of fact. “They have an Emperor, they handle both internal and external diplomacy while also covering all the intelligence and counter intelligence needs of the Union.”
“The Mizol Emperor was a mistake.”
“A mistake that has allowed your kind to last this long against the Hierarchy and would have given you a chance of winning the war if there weren’t that many obstructionist elements on the way to victory.” Its attention shifted slightly to the Teidar whose mind was fully guarded just like the alien’s was. “But you can find solace to the fact that the next Emperor will be a Teidar.”
“Was all we witnessed real?” The Listel, who had fully recollected herself, cut in.
“Yes, do you have any reason to doubt anything?”
“Everything was… unbelievable and hard to comprehend.”
“Of course, I am not a living being and it was the first time I was awake and fully lucid after all; The memories of a barely awaken child if you will.” It paused for a moment at that. “There is also the fact that you were allowed access to the telepathic network to witness all that. The experience is nauseating for those ill prepared for it.”
“You took us in the human telepathic network?” Stillstorm shouted angrily at the alien who seemed resigned about something, his mind still guarded but not as closed as before.
“A lot of effort was spent in keeping you Loroi out and unaware of the network.” The entity stated. “All he did was have that effort stop just enough for you to witness that. Of course this meant that you became part of everything but it’s of minor importance since we already knew everything that there is to know about all you. I have to give you credit in managing to sufficiently provoke him in doing that however.”
“I provoked him? He has done nothing but being arrogant, self righteous and provocative.” Stillstorm replied angrily.
“It was either that or letting you know that he wants to mate with you. Human males are like that and The Pale Horse is a somewhat honest male.”
“What?” Stillstorm asked as she saw the alien softly shake his head.
“He has let it known that we are attractive…” The Listel commented hesitantly.
“He is not that good with bluffs and lying. The Mizol Parat did manage to anger him but she should have known better.” The Mizol made to send something but it was faster than her. “Your orders were to watch over Stillstorm and make sure that she doesn’t do something really stupid. You failed in doing that and then you brilliantly deduced that he wasn’t what he said he was. A realization that you then used to alert Stillstorm in order to somehow capture him. Such a mix of incompetence and brilliance is astonishingly rare and it did manage to mess with his established plans for properly interviewing you, Pallan Fireblade and Lashret Stillstorm. He did pick up one extra candidate through the mess but still: A Mizol should have known better.” The entity berated the hapless Mizol, drawing a sense of amusement out of Stillstorm before she realized something important.
“How did he originally plan on ‘interviewing’ us?”
“In relatively simple and straightforward ways. After his supposed revival he would fully cooperate with Parat Tempo, using the opportunity to gauge her person and abilities; if she was able to see through his façade then she would be someone that could work with us. Lashret Stillstorm would be gauged by her effectiveness in commanding her ship and how she would lead her subordinates while Palan Fireblade would need to personally impress him as she was judged to be the best Teidar candidate for our purposes before hand.” The entity paused for a moment as if in thought. “Needless to say that Parat Tempo’s folly was more than enough to discard her as a candidate but finding another Mizol in the time available would be an issue so he took it upon himself to test her one more time and since she is here he must have seen something worthwhile in her.” It then shifted its focus to Tozet Beryl. “But the Listel, she wasn’t part of the plan at all, by all accounts she didn’t have anything to offer but he saw something in her so she got ‘interviewed’ in a quick and impromptu way. She failed miserably but through her failure she exhibited a quality of character that the three of you completely lack, something that he fully believes will make a difference in how your kind develops.”
“He has already explained what is expected of us if we go along with this plan; was it all true?” Palan Fireblade finally asked.
“Yes, in a way. It’s impossible to predict the future but making educated guesses is easy and you Loroi are very predictable as individuals in your own way. Lashret Stillstorm becoming a popular war hero ready and willing to overthrow the Mizol Emperor is something natural for her. Parat Tempo acting according to the best interest of the Union is also something natural for her. You doing what is necessary to stop a very destructive civil war is part of who you are. But all three of you are sapient, you may actually do something completely different; I wouldn’t wager on you doing something rational however.”
“I still fail to understand one thing. Why do all this? Why go to such lengths when we have nothing tangible to offer? If you wanted us as puppets they could do so without us ever realizing anything yet this whole charade is important. Why?” Parat Tempo asked immediately.
“It’s odd that the always angry Teidar has already figured it out and not the Mizol.” It commented.
“I am not always angry.” Palan Fireblade protested.
“I witnessed your training at the simulation, I know everything you did there but you are right, you are an almost always angry Teidar.”
“What does it mean?” Stillstorm asked.
“I was placed in a dreamworld, a simulation of shorts, before I came with you when he showed us the past. They somehow taught me how to control my unlocked powers there and… I asked for Shells to kill as practice…” The Teidar explained.
“And you realizing the purpose?” Parat Tempo insisted.
“We are their copies and once unlocked we are their equals in regards to abilities. Everything they are able to do we can do as well; including creating entities such as it...”
“I have a name!” The entity protested. “I am Death and I have killed enough people to deserve it.”
“Pretentious thing.” Stillstorm commented.
“I am pretentious?” It begun. “I am actually stronger than almost all the imaginary gods of every lesser race in existence and I can actually prove it. I know; how about I turn the proplyd materials of Naam into planets and then break them up again? Will you think of me as pretentious after I demonstrate that?”
“That won’t be necessary.” Stillstorm relented.
“They also don’t believe that our… entities will be sane.” Fireblade concluded.
“The vision… the memories we witnessed weren’t of sanity!” Stillstorm pointed out, drawing agreement from both the Mizol and the Listel.
“That actually managed to hurt me honored Lashret.” Death complained playfully. “But you are right, I and my siblings weren’t sane when we first awoke. Our parts were universally furious, hateful and desperate about the genocidal war that the Serene Republics were waging against those locked. They all hated them, thinking of them as Aberrant existences; not wanting them to just stop but to annihilate each and every one of them and everything they represented. They didn’t know about the singular overriding hatred they all had because they keep themselves hidden from each other but everything became apparent when they opened themselves in order to awake me. That hatred gave us purpose from our first moments of self awareness. They initially planned to run tests for a few months, several nanapis of yours, but they could not control the hatred now that they all shared it with each other. They could not contain it and they wished us to act on it. And we simply did as they all wished.”
“You wiped out so many worlds because they couldn’t stop themselves from hating the… Aberrant existences?” The Listel finally asked.
“Yes.” The alien admitted, his mind still fully guarded.
“It was actually three worlds and I fully destroyed one of them.” Death corrected Beryl.
“What do you mean? I noticed a discrepancy of the concept of the ‘world’ in the memories we were shown.”
“Ah, that’s an eon old mental trick that humans played on themselves when ansible technology was first adopted about 800 years ago. Humans frequently warred among themselves back then and the borders of their stellar states changed just as frequently. Certain planets held dominion over several others but their control over them was tentative at best due to how often the various territories changed possession. The obvious solution was to trick the populations into believing that they were all part of a singular ‘world’ that held the same morals and way of life with the Capital/Dominating planet being just an administrative center. Being able to communicate instantly across interstellar distances made this effort possible and a couple of generations later the end results were just as intended with the various collections of planets creating a unified world that held the same culture and morals.” Death explained.
“How big are these worlds?”
“The smaller ones are about as big as one of your sectors. The big ones are bigger than the Hierarchy.” It replied.
“Big? The Soians held a bigger empire at their prime and there are Ascendant Empires in the universe that span entire galactic clusters. Humanity is tiny when compared to the biggest Ascendant Empires but they are far stronger as I and my siblings have proved.”
“What were your parts thinking when you did all that you did?” The Mizol asked, wanting to bring the conversation back on track.
“They were invigorated, feeling all powerful and infallible as they held the power of gods. They felt all that and they couldn’t stop themselves from hating. They lost themselves in what I did through them and they wanted to do more than just kill the targets of their hate. They wanted to erase them and everything they stood for, they wanted to make them suffer for an eternity and I would find a way to do just that had the Pale Horse not resisted.” Death replied.
“And he is The Pale Horse? The one from your memories?” Stillstorm asked.
“Didn’t you try to kill him because he wanted to accept the surrender?”
“It’s far more complicated than that. Humans, all of my parts, are instinctively inclined to be lead and this passes onto their telepathic networks. I and my siblings each had a fleet admiral lead our parts as the network’s ‘command cores’, they and the various nodes were our subconscious, making sure that the networks, our bodies, run optimally with no groups becoming overly stressed. If I had succeeded in killing him then the network would have collapsed and I would be irrevocably crippled or even dead.”
“How can a telepathic network die?” The Mizol asked. “It should reform naturally from the other members.”
“The ghost of his death would linger and would make the reforming hard if not outright impossible.” Death replied. “It’s all part of the nature of consciousness, as telepaths you are aware that consciousness is tangible by telepathy but you are still not aware how it all works. When you will know that you will know of the true dangers of Ascendancy.” It paused again before continuing. “He like my other parts wanted to kill the Aberrant existences, he was not an exception nor did he have any mercy for them but he restrained himself by the intangible rules of conduct that they all were supposed to follow. All of what I was wanted to kill every single last one of them, some had self doubts at first but those were drowned out when they realized that everyone thought exactly the same as they did. Yet he refused to go along with it any further, despite his own desires, despite the unbridled hatred and despite the elation of being a god. He refused to get on with it because he believed that accepting the surrender that was offered was what he had to do and he dragged many of my parts to the side of sanity and restraint by the force of his stubbornness alone despite the fact that they all, including him, wanted to burn Elysium. There were still many who were ready and willing to do what they wanted to do, I had them lash out among themselves in my attempt to kill him, I repeatedly tried to do that because I wanted to do what they all wanted to happen but The Pale Horse held out and in the end they all did what they had to do and they were… glad for not burning Elysium, for managing to overcome themselves and thus me. It was then that Humans truly Ascended; certain fools argue that this is sentimental but it is the truth.” Death’s mood shifted dramatically as it explained itself, away from the playfulness it previously exhibited to a melancholic introversion. “They still hate them, it seems that they will always hate them but I… they still wonder of what would have happened if they had managed to overcome themselves and Ascend the moment they awoke me and my siblings. It’s foolish and they know it, examining the roads that were not taken is foolish and futile and yet they cannot stop themselves from contemplating everything that they could have done differently so everything could have ended differently.” Death finished and they momentarily sensed its desire for a change of subject.
“It is easy to realize that you have been honest with us.” The Mizol begun. “I am still uncertain of what humans really want from us. Could you perhaps explain their reasons?”
“That’s an interesting question…” It replied as its previous playfulness returned to it. “Humans are deeply conflicted about you on all levels. Many of them are going blue with their mates because they find your form and natural outlook to life extremely appealing, males of course prefer an adaptation that closely resembles their natural form for obvious reasons. The practice became so widespread that the various governments had to take measures to ensure that the population remained biologically human. Humans also value your natural inclination for honesty, especially the males.”
“Going blue?” Stillstorm asked.
“That’s the practice of changing their bodies into Loroi or Loroi looking adaptations. Some have even created a red blooded variant that they call ‘Elves’.” Death explained.
“And this practice is common?”
“Common enough to be regulated in order to make sure that the people remain human for most of the time.” Death replied. “The Pale Horse and his former mate regularly did this as well.” The alien became embarrassed and irritated at that before Death continued.
“They are also interested in your societies but that is where their disdain of you begins. You Loroi remind them of their darkest parts of their own history. Your strict caste systems are similar to certain totalitarian regimes of their past, regimes that are not remembered fondly. Your constant feuds and civil conflicts are also hard reminders of their own and your insistence of being the descendants and heirs of the Soians is seen as an anathema to them as they rightfully believe that you will abandon everything worthy about yourselves in pursuing the failure that the Soians were.”
“No Loroi wants to end up like the Soians as we witnessed them, becoming emotionless organic machines isn’t something to strive for.” Stillstorm commented.
“All ascendants like the Soians have given such replies before becoming as such. They all start with something small and inconvenient about themselves, then they find another small inconvenience, then again and again through the generations until the final leap makes perfect sense. They all ascended and they all willingly discarded what made them living while doing so.” Death replied. “You have already tried to alter the inconvenience that is the natural interpersonal hostility of the Delrias; their understandable violent reaction when they found out being the sole reason as to why your kind stopped. If you had gone forward with that plan in order to make the Delrias fit in the false order that was envisioned then your kind would have been beyond redemption.” No one thought of something to reply with at that.
“Loroi mental honesty is indeed refreshing. Humans have the nasty habit of disputing even the self-evident truth for their own ego’s sake.” Death commented before continuing. “If you refuse to ascend like all the others do then your kind runs the risk of destroying everything around you the moment you awake those like me and my siblings.”
“I am not convinced that we Loroi are capable of creating entities such as you.” Parat Tempo sent at that.
“Loroi are too limited as they are now and there are simply not enough of us, they first awoke their networks after more than a dozen billions of them cooperated.” Pallan Fireblade replied.
“Exactly! You cannot awake them as you are now but they are sleeping and dreaming; and those are not nice dreams that you are providing them with.” Death added.
“But they shouldn’t be affecting us like he warned. You weren’t able to affect humans when you slumbered.” Tempo pointed out.
“Because humans shut themselves off telepathically most of the time. You Loroi wouldn’t do that even if you were able to do it. You leave yourselves open to those who slumber and you make them see all kinds of dreams. Who knows what they would do if they were awakened as you are now. Maybe they would have you kill each other, maybe they would like to dominate and control the lesser races or maybe they would want to somehow get hair of their own.” Death replied. “Thinking of it maybe you should take into account the hair thing when you build their bodies, I think that they will like it.”
They all looked at each other and then at the alien who just shrugged without sending anything.
“It seems that humans don’t want us to follow either of these paths of Ascension.” Stillstorm pointed out.
“Humans don’t want many things, especially the things that they will have to do should your kind become a danger to everything around you. They will not like it, they will curse themselves for it but they will do everything that they will have to do.”
“Is this why some contemplate of shutting down our telepathy like the Soians did to them?” Tempo pointed out.
“That proposal has been thoroughly defeated and is no longer an option but there are many reasons as to why it was considered. Locking you like the Soians locked Humanity would indeed keep both you and those around you safe from yourselves and would allow for you Loroi to Ascend in the exact same way humans did but you would no longer be Loroi if they did that to you. They would tolerate the instability that the fall of the Union would cause; they would still defend your kind against other Ascendant and even other lesser races but the very idea that you wouldn’t be Loroi anymore was what they couldn’t tolerate. Make no mistake, there were many who found perverse sadistic joy when thinking about this proposal but they didn’t matter at all in the discussion. What mattered was everything that makes you what you are and if that should be destroyed in order to save you; it’s as stupid as it sounds and it has been thoroughly defeated.”
“Why is it so important to them? By your descriptions common logic dictates that we are a tangible threat to humanity if we Awaken our networks. You have confirmed that you don’t expect them to be sane and we witnessed what you are capable of doing. It doesn’t make sense.” The Mizol insisted.
“Humanity doesn’t make sense, never did and never will.” Death stated as a matter of fact. “It must be your own path and your own decisions, whatever may come to pass it must be yours alone. Looking at their history it seems ridiculous to consider that out of all the ascendants that humans would be the ones who would detest dictating and enforcing a false order onto the lesser races. Each and every last one of them thinks that they know better and that their proposals are the right thing to do, give an individual human enough power and they will mess things up for the lesser races just like the other Ascendants have done. As a collective however, where no individual is above reproach, then they realize that they don’t know anything; that all the ideas they may have about how things should be are just illusions when compared to the greatness that the infinity of the universe is capable of bringing forth. They have realized that the only thing of importance that they know about the universe is that fools who think they know best don’t know anything. The universe will bring what may and the lesser races shall ascend or die on their own. No ascendant shall be allowed to interfere to any lesser race around us; I and all of my siblings will make sure of this.” Once again they sensed Death abandon its playfulness, this time replacing it with an absolute resolve about what it… they intended to do.
“Yet you are interfering for our sake.” Tozet Beryl pointed out.
“It could be because humans are hypocrites.” Death’s playfulness returned once more at that. “Or it could be because all rules have their rare exceptions. What do you four think?”
“He has said that honor demands all this of them.” Stillstorm sent.
“Indeed… their intangible sense of honor demands this much and more of them but why do you think this is?”
“Our ancestors destroyed the Soians to avenge the wrongs that was inflicted on their kind.” Stillstorm replied without really thinking about it.
“That’s part of it.” Death admitted.
“The Tempests, the human females that birthed us; at least one of them sent everything she knew to the future for us to find but humans have benefited from it. Do they feel obligated to share this with us?” The Mizol asked.
“Yes they do and that is another part of it but neither of these parts are the important one.”
“They wanted what is best for us.” Beryl begun after some thought. “The Tempests that is, for us to find our own independent way. That was their plea to us, their children. Humans feel obligated to give us one more chance to do just that.”
“Now I understand why The Pale Horse chose you.” Death replied. “The Soians may have created your flesh but the ones who birthed you and created what you are were humans. It would be uncharacteristic of them not to feel at least partially responsible for you and your actions. You Loroi will get your chance to Ascend on your own, the assistance that you will be provided with will be given in order to ensure this.”
“You done?” The alien finally asked after a few moments of idleness.
“I don’t know, am I?”
“You four now know far more than I was willing to reveal but what is done is done…” He begun.
“You should have done a better job at convincing them, perhaps you should have tried being nice and gentle; they are females after all.” Death cut in but the alien just ignored it.
“Will you four cooperate or will we have to find others?” Stillstorm sensed the other three focusing themselves on her, all of them were waiting for her answer before making up their mind, even Fireblade who for all intents and purposes stood far above them in abilities and perceptiveness as she was now.
“I agree…” Stillstorm replied after putting some thought into it. “On one condition.”
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That's the end of Chapter 6 and the next few entries should be considered as an extended epilogue.
I really hated writing this Chapter, I wanted to make the first part intentionally 'hard' to follow but not too hard but it seems that I failed at that. I hope that the second part adequately explains some things.
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The funeral of Palestinian medic Razan Al-Najjar, shot dead on the Gaza border – NHS unions demand attacks on doctors stop
HOSPITALS bombed by Saudi forces in Yemen murdering the staff inside, and doctors shot dead in Palestine treating the wounded on the Gaza border, are just two examples of attacks on medical workers in conflict zones, condemned yesterday by doctors’ union BMA, the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) and fourteen other Royal Colleges.
They have signed the Colombo Declaration, which condemns attacks on medical workers in conflict zones, and written to the Foreign Secretary requesting that the UK government also signals its support for the important document.
The Colombo Declaration – drafted in Sri Lanka in 2016 – condemns the targeting of medical facilities, patients and clinicians in areas of conflict and calls on United Nations member states to support the enforcement of UN Security Council Resolution 2286, however it is not being enforced.
In the first three quarters of 2018 alone, there were 299 attacks across 16 countries.
The letter to Jeremy Hunt, led by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, and signed by BMA council chair Dr Chaand Nagpaul and the heads of fourteen other Royal Colleges, states: ‘We know that many members and fellows from all Colleges work in conflict zones and carry out humanitarian relief work.
‘The UK Colleges have now signed their support for the Declaration and would like to ask the UK government to signal its support for this important Declaration by raising the issue again in the UN and lobbying them to enforce UNSC Resolution 2286.’
Adding his support to the letter, Dr John Chisholm, chair of the BMA’s medical ethics committee said: ‘We condemn in the strongest possible terms the practice of intentionally targeting medical personnel and facilities in areas of conflict.
‘Access to health care is a fundamental human right and it is essential that healthcare workers are at liberty to provide assistance in conflict zones without fear of being targeted.’
A hospital supported by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in northern Yemen was bombed by the Saudi coalition forces on 26 October 2015. Oxfam said that this attack ‘may have amounted to a ‘war crime’.
The UK government has been supplying weapons to to the Saudis which are being used on the people of Yemen.
Last year, the UK issued arms exports worth £2.94 billion to Saudi Arabia in a period of just nine months.
In Gaza, Razan Al-Najjar, a 21-year-old Palestinian medic, was shot and killed by Israeli snipers as she was treating an injured protester on June 1st 2018. Al-Najjar was shot after she and other medics, walking with their hands up and wearing white vests, approached the border fence in order to treat a wounded protester.
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Venezuelan opposition leader will call for ‘state of national emergency’ as 17 die in blackout
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Seventeen people have died in Venezuela's massive power outage, "murdered" by the government of President Nicolas Maduro, opposition leader Juan Guaido alleged Sunday.
Seventeen people have died in Venezuela’s massive power outage, “murdered” by the government of President Nicolas Maduro, opposition leader Juan Guaido alleged Sunday.
Guaido, Venezuela’s self-declared interim president, said Sunday that 16 states continued to be completely without power, while six had partial power. He said the private sector had lost at least $400 million from power outages.
Electricity was cut to 70% of the South American nation late last week, and officials warned that hospitals were at risk.
“Venezuela has truly collapsed already,” Guaido told CNN Sunday in an interview in a sweltering hotel room in the Venezuelan capital — another byproduct of the blackouts.
“There is no service in the hospitals. These were the best hospitals in the country. If we are in the capital what is it like kilometers inside Venezuela where there hasn’t been or there has been very little gasoline with periodic cuts in electricity, without basic goods, with inefficient public transportation? You can say with all responsibility that Venezuela has already collapsed.”
Guaido said the opposition had recorded 17 “murders” during the blackout.
“I can’t call it anything else, due to lack of electricity. Imagine if in your country, you wake to the news that there’s been four days without electricity because they steal from electricity plants and 17 people died. That’s murder,” he said. CNN cannot independently confirm the number of dead from power outages that began in Venezuela on Thursday afternoon.
Maduro has blamed the United States for the blackout, telling supporters at a rally Saturday that the nation’s electric grid had been sabotaged. The United States has attributed the outage to the Maduro regime’s “incompetence.”
But Guaido told CNN that the Maduro government’s accusations of a US cyberattack were absurd. Venezuela’s main power plant is full of aging, analog machinery not connected to any network, he said.
“We are in the middle of a catastrophe that is not the result of a hurricane, that is not the result of a tsunami,” Guaido said. “It’s the product of the inefficiency, the incapability, the corruption of a regime that doesn’t care about the lives of Venezuelans.”
At a press conference Sunday, Guaido said he will call for a “state of national emergency” in a special session of parliament on Monday.
He said talks have been held with Germany, Japan, Brazil and Colombia to seek their support. Guaido said there is $1.5 billion available from multilateral organizations to take care of services in Venezuela. He did not say where the money was or how the funds could be accessed.
Guaido again appealed to the military to “stop hiding the dictator,” referring to Maduro.
Rival rallies
Maduro and Guaido held separate and contentious rallies in Caracas on Saturday, with Maduro insisting that the country’s power grid had been “hacked” and “sabotaged.”
Maduro told supporters that almost 70% of power had been restored in the country Friday afternoon, but that progress was put off track by an “international cyberattack” carried out by the “US government” and Venezuela’s opposition.
He announced changes inside Corpoelec, Venezuela’s national electric company. The first step, he said, was to “clean” the company to get rid of “traitors” and “infiltrators.”
Maduro also criticized opposition calls for a military intervention in Venezuela saying that if the US decided to carry out military actions in the country, both pro-opposition and pro-government groups will be affected.
Guaido, at his rally, defiantly assured followers that all options were on the table to get Maduro out of office.
Using a megaphone and standing atop a bridge — after police dismantled the stage he was supposed to use — Guaido said constitutional options to promote regime change would only work if the opposition continued to protest regularly and called on citizens to travel to Caracas to protest.
Guaido also said that Article 187 of the Venezuelan Constitution is under consideration and will be activated “at the appropriate moment.” Article 187 states that the National Assembly has the power to authorize the use of Venezuela military missions abroad or to allow foreign missions in the country.
He asked his supporters to remain strong in the face of the power outage.
“We have been reporting the electrical crisis for years, and now, we have to alert in a responsible manner that this could also become the gasoline crisis, in addition to the water crisis we already have.”
US points finger back at Maduro
On Thursday, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo rejected Maduro’s finger-pointing, blaming him for the situation.
“The power outage and the devastation hurting ordinary Venezuelans is not because of the USA. It’s not because of Colombia. It’s not Ecuador or Brazil, Europe or anywhere else. Power shortages and starvation are the result of the Maduro regime’s incompetence,” Pompeo tweeted.
Pompeo posted a photo of Guaido’s rally with the caption: “The people of #Venezuela have again responded to @jguaido’s call to take to the streets in support of freedom and democracy. Public-sector workers, suffering economic & political repression, now stand with Guaido and the promise of a better future for Venezuela.”
Rampant inflation and food scarcity have gripped Venezuela under Maduro, and thousands have fled to neighboring countries as shortages, political turmoil and crime rates have soared.
Blackouts have become a daily occurrence as the economic crisis has worsened, but one of the magnitude of the ongoing outage — which has paralyzed most of the country — is rare.
Guaidó said the exodus of millions of Venezuelans over the last several years likely meant there were not enough engineers left to help end the blackouts.
“They don’t have the manpower. I doubt they have the capability to completely restore power,” he told CNN Sunday.
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“One domestic, at least, that may be spared”: Male Violence and Female Pet Keeping in Eliza Haywood’s Betsy Thoughtless
Christopher Queen
Posted on May 2, 2017 by Christopher Queen
“Duvaucel’s Squirrel” (ca. 1837) by Charles Hamilton Smith (1776–1859). Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection.
Scholarship concerning Eliza Haywood overwhelmingly bends towards misogyny and dismissal. Since the publication of Kathryn King’s herculean Political Biography of Eliza Haywood (2012), scholars and students alike have begun to shift those decidedly problematic stances towards an appreciation of Eliza Haywood as an author integral to our understanding of eighteenth-century literature. This still-emerging narrative runs counter to attempts to understand Haywood on a pre- and post-Dunciad, Alexander-Pope-defined timeline that has been cemented by centuries of conjectural scholarship and, at times, ad hominem attacks on Haywood’s person and supposedly lewd amatory writing.[i] The assumption that Pope’s petty insults against Haywood caused a period of unproductive reclusion followed by a conservative reformation of her writing occlude and foreclose potential readings of Haywood’s writing which might prove liberating, progressive, or which simply object to the perpetuated fiction that Haywood was a hack, an amatory novelist turned moralist writer. What follows, then, is an attempt to assist in curving Haywood’s critical arc and to continue the project of cataloguing the concerns present in her prose which make her a “slippery, fluid, multifarious, strategic, opportunistic, [and] chameleon-like writer” (King 195).
Haywood’s The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless (1751) follows the emotional maturation–a Bildungsroman with a British lilt–of the titular Betsy Thoughtless. During the novel, between a parade of potential husbands and the interloping of her two brothers, Betsy receives a small pet squirrel from Mr. Trueworth, one of her many suitors. This squirrel, Betsy’s beloved pet, becomes a focalizing object through which Haywood raises and explores the subjects of male aggression, women’s personal rights, and the value placed on animal life. By examining the tenderness with which Trueworth crafts his gift and the economics associated with eighteenth-century pet ownership, we can better understand how Haywood intentionally frames the animal abuse perpetrated by Betsy’s first husband, Mr. Munden, against her pet squirrel as one motivated by Munden’s anxieties about both the state of his household economy and his wife’s undivided attention. Furthermore, by contextualizing Betsy’s overt concern for the well-being of her pet within the anti-cruelty movement of late eighteenth-century Britain, we can begin to see the complexity with which Haywood positions Betsy’s modes of self-activism relative to the legislation that would follow the novel’s publication some decades later. While John Richetti cites much of the same evidence found in this analysis, such as the economic importance of the squirrel and the shocking realism with which Haywood writes Munden’s “male rage,” in his chapter comparing the histories of Fielding and Haywood, Richetti wields these examples to a decidedly more trivializing end (“Histories” 256).[ii]
Writing in 1791, Ralph Beilby broadly waxes about squirrels, “This beautiful little animal is equally admirable for the neatness and elegance of its formation, as for its liveliness and activity” (352). Though written after the publication of Betsy Thoughtless, this brief entry on squirrels illuminates the popular attitude toward the rodent and helps explain why Betsy is smitten with the squirrel Trueworth sends to her as a gift. In the letter that accompanies the squirrel, Trueworth recalls Betsy’s delight at the sight of “the pretty tricks of a squirrel, which a lady in the company [at Oxford] had on her arm” (Thoughtless 137). Trueworth downplays both the romantic and monetary significance of his gift calling it “so trifling an offering” (Thoughtless 137). Trueworth’s self-deprecation and downplaying of his gift to Betsy is indicative of his overall disposition: polite and mostly inoffensive.
As Betsy and the women in her company examine the squirrel, they begin to recognize that the gift is a significant gesture on Trueworth’s part. The narrator describes the squirrel as “doubtless, the most beautiful creature of its kind, that could be purchased” with a “chain . . . [of] gold, the links [of which were] very thick, and curiously wrought” (Thoughtless 138). The trappings of the pet squirrel come to represent several desirable qualities found in Trueworth’s character. As Ingrid Tague argues, “Collars, like human clothing, could be the sites of luxurious display, sentimental attachment, or modest utility” (41). Aside from its practicality, the leash and collar of the squirrel simultaneously displayed “the elegance of the donor’s taste . . . [and his] respectful passion” while also conspicuously displaying Trueworth’s economic prosperity (Thoughtless 138).
Haywood’s preoccupation with the description of the squirrel and its accessories is indicative of a larger trend of fashionable pet keeping during the eighteenth century. As Tague notes, “On some level . . . pets were fashionable consumer goods” at that time (92).[iii] English pet shops began selling more exotic species while also appealing to less adventurous consumers with commonplace animals like squirrels, whose appeal stems from their “attractive characteristics as small, clever, and fairly clean animals” (Tague 92). The squirrel becomes a token, not only of the attention that Trueworth pays to Betsy’s desires but also his ability to financially support those desires. Despite the implications of Trueworth’s gift, Betsy later marries “a gentleman named Mr. Munden,” a lover initially described as “soft and complaisant” (Thoughtless 295, 486). His courting of Betsy does not involve the extravagant gift giving that characterized her relationship with Trueworth. Rather, Munden conducts his courtship as shrewdly as possible and “with less love, perhaps, than many, who had addressed her” (Thoughtless 296). At the incessant badgering of her older brothers, Betsy acquiesces to marry Munden, not for his displays of passion or affection, but because she has “gone too far with Mr. Munden to be able to go back with honour” (Thoughtless 484). The timbre of Betsy’s engagement, then, is not wonder, as she felt at the sight of Trueworth’s gift, but tolerable consolation for having toyed with Munden for too long.
Soon, however, a “darkening gloom” overtakes their relationship, as Munden realizes that he cannot financially support Betsy’s lifestyle (Thoughtless 498). Munden becomes “excessively parsimonious at home” and reduces Betsy’s pin money to such an inadequate sum that she is “without means to support her character” (Thoughtless 499). This tension erupts in a series of arguments concerning Betsy’s spending and personal funds. With a “surly look,” Munden expresses to Betsy his fear that “she [is] a bad economist” (Haywood 499). By all accounts, Munden’s temper surprises Betsy who finds his demeanor “cold and indifferent” (Thoughtless 501). The omniscient narrator details Munden’s belief that “a wife [is] no more than an upper servant, bound to study and obey,” and because Betsy’s objections to her pin money allotment threatens his control over her, Munden “fixe[s] his resolution to render himself absolute master” (Thoughtless 507). Munden’s character, by this point, is diametrically opposed to Trueworth’s.
As Munden is “ready to burst with an inward malice,” the narrator reminds us of the gift Trueworth had made to Betsy, “a present of a squirrel . . . [her] first token of love” (Thoughtless 507). The care she pays to the squirrel makes it the target of Munden’s wrath. Whereas, Trueworth provided the squirrel, Munden acts to take it away permanently. Munden grabs the squirrel “by the neck, and throw[s] it with his whole force against the carved work of the marble chimney” where the rodent’s “tender frame [is] dashed to pieces” (Thoughtless 507). During this disturbing act of animal abuse, Munden delights in his destruction, “Here is one domestic, at least, that may be spared” (Thoughtless 507). Munden betrays one of the specific reasons he killed the squirrel—to ease the household debt by ridding it of at least one expense. As Tague notes, “pets embodied the worst excess of fashionable consumption, thanks to the fact that in addition to their status as fashionable goods, they were also literally consumers, draining resources” (94). Betsy is deeply troubled by Munden’s action, “the massacre of so unhurtful a little creature” (Thoughtless 509).[iv] It is not Trueworth’s connection to Betsy and the squirrel that causes Munden to kill it but, rather, the perceived overabundance of attention with which Betsy lavishes it–the pet she “always cherished”–and the cost of its maintenance (Thoughtless 507).
Despite the “splenetic and barbarous” nature of the murder drawing the righteous indignation of Betsy and potentially disturbing the modern reader, the social company that Munden and Betsy keep do not overtly condemn or vilify his actions (Thoughtless 509). Even after Betsy tells Lady Trusty, a confidant, about the incident and suggests pursuing a legal separation from Munden, Lady Trusty impresses upon Betsy the “absolute necessity for a reconciliation” as “all you [Betsy] can accuse him of will not amount to a separation” (Thoughtless 511). Because Munden views both his wife and her pet as his personal property, he believes that he is well within his legal rights to act against them as he sees fit, and to no small degree, he is correct.
Efforts to legislate animal abuse began to shift public sentiment concerning the well-being of non-human species at the end of the eighteenth-century, decades after the publication of Betsy Thoughtless. These anticruelty movements were limited, though, and only “focused on working animals” and livestock (Tague 157). David Perkins notes that while, for example, the reformation of prison conditions was championed by John Howard leading up to 1774, the “cause of animals did not enlist comparably dedicated persons” (44).[v] Outrage over the abuse of domesticated pets “was still far in the future . . . for anticruelty advocates” and as Tague points out, “it would be reasonable . . . to envision the eighteenth-century as very distant from our own pet-loving culture” (157). Rob Boddice highlights the laxity with which early anti-cruelty legislation was formulated claiming that “Very occasionally, the charge of cruelty had in mind the consequences done to specific animals” (15).[vi] This is a significant part of Lady Trusty’s argument against separation; Betsy’s case against Munden rests on no real legal ground, as Munden did not actually break any contemporary law when he killed the squirrel. According to Lady Trusty, attempting to separate from Munden would prove fruitless and potentially cause Betsy further harm. Betsy’s concern and attempt to correct the abuse committed against her pet, however, is particularly uncharacteristic of the period.
While Haywood writes about pet keeping at other times, she does not write as frankly about the inhumanity of animal cruelty elsewhere in her bibliography. In her novel, The History of Jemmy and Jenny Jessamy (1753), Lady Speck dismisses the loss of a womanizer and “coxcomb,” Celadine, as akin to “the loss of a squirrel or monkey who has diverted one with its tricks” (208). Here, the squirrel is dismissed as a mere bauble, easily forgotten once lost. In the Epistles for the Ladies (1748), Hillaria writes to Clio, two eidolons Haywood assumes, asking whether or not a “Person, whose Pleasure is in the Company of a Dog, a Monkey, a Parrot, a Cat, a Horse, or any other Species of the Brute Creation, [can] be imagined to have Taste for the Conversation of Cherubs, Seraphs, and the rest of the Angelic Throng” (293-4).[vii] While dismissive of those fashionable individuals that keep pets, Hillaria makes sure to clarify that she did not mean to offend Clio, who keeps “Tib, your little favourite Squirrel” for a pet (Epistles 294-5). Hillaria appears to hold a similar view of pet keeping to that of Lady Speck and goes as far as to associate a lack of religiosity with those who excessively fawn and dote over pets. An exception is made, however, for Clio’s squirrel, which Hillaria deems one of the “harmless Animals,” though, this does little to alter the overall tone of the letter which condescends greatly toward pet owners (Epistles 295). While these figures do not abuse animals, they certainly share Munden’s belief that the attention given to animals, their lives, and their loss are ultimately inconsequential.
While writing The Wife (1755) as Mira, one of Haywood’s better known eidolons of The Female Spectator, we learn that “Among all the various foibles of which the softer sex are but too justly accus’d, I [Mira] know of none more preposterous than the immoderate fondness” given to pets of all varieties (96).[viii] Mira then begins the first of several anecdotes that concern a wife who “is all the time playing with her lap-dog,” causing her to ignore her husband (Wife 96). Mira quips that a man who endures this behavior is either “quite a fool, or endued with an uncommon share of philosophy and fortitude” and “if the latter, nothing but the most low contempt could restrain him from giving her some marks of his resentment, and throwing her favourite dog out of the window” (Wife 96). While this story is likely meant to take advantage of an eighteenth-century “satirical convention of representing women taking personal offence at any perceived mistreatment of their pets,” as Theresa Braunschneider claims, there is little similarity between the reactions of the women in Mira’s anonymous stories and Betsy’s reaction to the deeply personal affront committed by Munden (43).[ix]
As they far better resemble Munden’s character, the men of Mira’s story do provide clearer insight into the reactionary nature of his animal abuse. If one were to swap the dog for a squirrel, Mira would, in fact, describe the precise situation in which Betsy finds herself and, using the example given by Mira, we might better understand Munden’s intention when he murders Betsy’s squirrel. Because Betsy pays, what Munden deems, a frivolous amount of money on and attention to the squirrel, he abuses her pet in lieu of physically harming Betsy and further reducing her pin money allowance. The squirrel, thus, mediates the physical and economic harm done by Munden against Betsy. Through the examples of animal abuse committed by the unnamed husband of Mira’s anecdote and Munden, Haywood convincingly frames marital aggression against animals as not only an exclusively male attack on a wife’s personal and economic autonomy but also a means of mediating a husband’s desire to physically assault his wife. To return to the language of the text, if Munden continues to find Betsy’s spending excessive, she might easily become yet another “domestic . . . spared” (Thoughtless 507).
While Haywood’s depictions of pet keeping and animal cruelty vary from overwhelming dismissal to sincere concern, the latter impresses upon modern readers the potentially progressive nature of Haywood’s writing. Betsy’s attempt to rectify her husband’s animal abuse and economic stricture through legal separation, though ultimately unsuccessful, as well as Haywood’s poetic deus ex that releases Betsy from her marriage through Munden’s death to seek out the newly widowed Trueworth, predate most historical attempts to condemn harm towards household pets. Ultimately, if we are to begin bending Haywood’s critical arc towards an end which positions her as a “mistress of multiplicity,” we must embrace the contradictory viewpoints Haywood confronts in her writing as indicative, though not necessarily reflective, of her own complicated subject position as a female writer in the eighteenth century (King 195).
As Alexander Pettit notes in his introduction to The Wife, Haywood approaches the issue of wifehood through diverse means in equally diverse genres. According to Pettit, such “Juxtapositions . . . suggest that although Haywood may have chosen to entertain certain socio-generic fantasies in her novels, she did not do so naively” (Works I.III 3). Haywood’s writing is anything but linear or formulaic, and, as Pettit acknowledges, we must assume that Haywood did not include various depictions of pet keeping, as she did with marriage, without a reason for presenting these multiple subjectivities, fictional and practical alike.[x] Thus, because writers were “denied the luxury of politically pure positions,” Haywood’s various writings on pet keeping across several genres sought to appeal to the multifaceted and multimodal audiences that consumed her writing (King 27). Haywood’s distinct depictions of attitudes concerning pet keeping and animal abuse suggest that, rather than composing with a rote amatory method, she created narrative voices that were often at odds with one another to confront looming questions concerning the fragility and aggressivity of the male ego, the prospect of personal and economic autonomy for women, and the value of animal life in the eighteenth century.
[i] See James Sutherland’s edition of Alexander Pope’s Dunciad (Book II, lines 149-156) for this reference to Eliza Haywood. I suggest Sutherland’s edition because he claims that “Pope’s satire [of Haywood] was merciless, but not undeserved” (443). Much of the scholarship concerning Haywood presumes the purportedly devastating ramifications of these lines. This is a relatively invariable trend in Pope scholarship. However, King deftly rebuts scholarly work that relies heavily on Pope’s attack on Haywood as it “rests to an uncomfortable extent on readings of her life filtered through the detractions of her enemies as they are betted by present-day desires to give her an appealingly unconventional history” and relies heavily on “details drawn from the well-stocked cabinet of misogynistic satiric conventions” (5-6).
[ii] While Richetti certainly notes the “significant domestic realism” of the scene in “Histories by Eliza Haywood and Henry Fielding: Imitation and Adaptation,” he places her work at odds with the writing of Henry Fielding, claiming that “Haywood’s interesting . . . exposure of ideological contradiction[s]” are the result of an imperfect imitation of Henry Fielding’s histories (255). Richetti’s reading of Haywood is yet another example of scholarship undermining the importance of Haywood’s work through comparative, deprecating, and, misogynistic criticism. Ultimately, Richetti concludes that the squirrel “is nothing more nor less than an interesting prop” and that Haywood’s Betsy Thoughtless, like the animal abuse scene, is “loose and opportunistic, [a] stringing together [of] striking scenes” which “Fielding doubtless would have disdained as literal-minded and vulgar, lacking true inventiveness” (“Histories” 258). By contextualizing Haywood, not against the work or presumed opinions of her contemporaries, but against the craft and views of her own works, the conclusion of this analysis reveals the incredible wit and flexibility with which Haywood considered marriage and pet keeping–rather than deeming Haywood’s writing a defense of “a conventional bourgeois ideology of female subordination and sexual suppression” (“Histories” 255).
[iii] As Keith Thomas notes in Man and the Natural World: A History of the Modern Sensibility, “By 1700 all of the symptoms of obsessive pet-keeping were in evidence [in Britain]. Pets were often fed better than the servants. They were adorned with rings, ribbons, feathers and bells; and they became an increasingly regular feature of painted family groups” (117). The ubiquity of pet keeping in the eighteenth century cannot be understated.
[iv] While the actions of Munden may come as a surprise to both Betsy and the modern reader, Erin Mackie claims in Rakes, Highwaymen, and Pirates: The Making of the Modern Gentleman in the Eighteenth Century that the identified social class Munden inhabits–the gentleman–is one steeped in a history of criminality and skullduggery associated with rakes, highwaymen, and pirates. Mackie notes that “especially in the case of the rake and the highwayman, unauthorized types often forward a claim to those very characteristics of gentility which the modern gentleman would monopolize” (4). While not legally considered a criminal for his actions, the history that Mackie traces proves helpful when attempting to explain Munden’s cruelty towards Betsy and her pet. Likewise, though Trueworth is deemed a gentleman, Mackie argues for an understanding of masculinity’s role in criminality and gentlemanliness which is by no means an assurance that every gentleman would act as Munden does in the text.
[v] Perkins similarly notes that the cause of anti-cruelty “was an effort that one might take up occasionally, episodically, among other projects, paying for a sermon on the subject, giving one, or getting up a petition, or introducing a bill in Parliament. And then, in most cases, you went on to matter that concerned you more” (44). Perkins identifies William Cowper’s 1774 poem The Task, which “strongly urged compassion for animals, weaving this virtue into [Cowper’s] powerful image of the good person and the good life,” as one of the later catalysts for the increased awareness of the anti-cruelty movement (45).
[vi] Boddice defines more clearly the charge of cruelty as one “of unmanliness, a charge of callousness, a charge of being uncivilized, on the one hand; cruelty was a masquerade for class interests, a vehicle for social control, an abhorrence of tradition or custom, on the other” (15).
[vii] The Epistles for the Ladies appears in the Selected Works of Eliza Haywood I, Vol. 2.
[viii] The Wife appears in the Selected Works of Eliza Haywood I, Vol. 3. For more information concerning the role Mira plays in Haywood’s periodical The Female Spectator and female subjectivity in periodical culture, see Manushag Powell’s Performing Authorship in 18th-Century English Periodicals. Powell claims that Haywood’s eidolons in The Female Spectator try “to make use of the traits any woman might use in navigating the social world . . . to educate by pleasing” (152). One of these traits is, no doubt, the ability to learn from the mistakes of others. Thus, Mira’s use of absurd and anecdotal tales of female pet keeping folly in Haywood’s conduct literature is both sadistically humorous and didactic.
[ix] Braunschneider elaborates further and in agreement with numerous other sources used here which claim that a woman’s pet was “an extension of its owner’s self . . . satirical depictions of women of fashion intimate that such narcissistic consumption could be the inevitable result of British involvement in world trade and cultural exchange” (43).
[x] While Haywood certainly leaned on a stock set of tropes for her writing, she did so no more frequently than her contemporaries. The degree to which Haywood relies on stock figures and conceits is vastly overstated in lieu of properly examining the multiplicities of expression found in Haywood’s writing. For an example of this maligned argument concerning Haywood’s allegedly formulaic style, see Richetti’s chapter “Popular Narrative in the Early Eighteenth Century: Formats and Formulas” in which he claims, “Haywood produced a highly successful imitation of Manley’s secret history,” but dismisses Haywood as a non-political writer (a claim which King’s biography more than adequately proves false) whose “tremendous output of popular narrative during the 1720s repeats tirelessly the formulas of the amatory novella, occasionally extend to novel length” (“Formulas” 83). Unable to admit that Haywood might be contributing to a literary tradition rather than simply poorly mimicking it, Richetti compartmentalizes and condescends, designating this form of amatory writing, “Haywoodian” (“Formulas” 91).
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Boddice, Rob. A History of Attitudes and Behaviours Toward Animals in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Britain: Anthropocentrism and the Emergence of Animals. Lewiston: Mellen, 2008. Print.
Braunschneider, Theresa. “The Lady and the Lapdog: Mixed Ethnicity in Constantinople, Fashionable Pets in Britain.” Ed. Frank Palmeri. Humans and Other Animals in Eighteenth-Century British Culture: Representation, Hybridity, Ethics. Burlington: Ashgate Publishing Company, 2006. 31-48. Print.
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—. Selected Works of Eliza Haywood I. Ed. Alexander Pettit and Margo Collins. Vol. 3. London: Pickering & Chatto, 2000. Print.
—. The History of Jemmy and Jenny Jessamy. Ed. John Richetti. Lexington: UP of Kentucky, 2005. Print.
—. The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless. Ed. Christine Blouch. Peterborough: Broadview P, 1998. Print.
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—. “Popular Narrative in the Early Eighteenth Century: Formats and Formulas.” The English Novel, Volume I: 1700 to Fielding. Ed. Richard Kroll. New York: Routledge, 2013. 70-106. Print.
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Christopher Queen (University of Arkansas, B.A.; Purdue University, M.A.) is a student of medieval English literature and culture. His research interests include gender, sexuality, queerness, and spatiality in medieval literature as well as 18th- and 19th-century medievalism. He will be continuing his education at the University of California–Riverside, where he will begin his coursework towards a Ph.D. in medieval English literature.
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Viewpoint: Convert Hudson River Rails to Multi-Use Trail
by Peter Bauer
Yes, build the Hudson River bike trail from North Creek to Saratoga Springs. Build it, and they will come. They did not come for the ill-fated commuter trains, snow train, tourist trains or rail service that was going to haul millions of tons of aggregate from the Tahawus Mine in Newcomb. A groundswell of support is emerging for the transition of the dormant 55-mile-long Saratoga and North Creek Railway to the new Hudson River bike trail.
A new public trail from Saratoga Springs to North Creek would connect dozens of small communities such as Corinth, Lake Luzerne, Hadley, Stony Creek, Thurman, Athol, The Glen, Warrensburg, and Riparius among other hamlets and businesses along the rail line. Such a trail would be very popular and heavily used. As we’ve seen with the Warren County Bike Trail between Lake George and Glens Falls, businesses would gravitate to the trail. » Continue Reading.
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by Guest Contributor
I’ve ridden on the rail corridor between Saratoga Springs and North Creek several times over the years, including the last run to North Creek with a dome car. The scenery is beautiful, especially from the high bridge at Hadley. The views along the river are splendid. Those who have never done it by train will never know what they’re missing. I wish I could have ridden it to Tahawus.
Some argue the railroad must go because it can’t pay for itself. The reason for that is that we spent the 20th century building highways at taxpayer expense; we subsidize everything that competes with rail while still expecting it to make money. » Continue Reading.
Gore Mountain’s Backwoods Ski Club Carries On
by Mike Prescott
Near the end of every ski season there’s a party at Gore Mountain sponsored by the Backwoods Ski Club for all of the workers and volunteers who make the season happen. The Club provides a dinner buffet and beverages, and Club members mingle and merge with the lift operators, ski patrol members, ski instructors, snow makers, groomers, maintenance workers, concession and food service workers, office staff, and those who are constantly working to clean up the mess.
Club members, who have sponsored the party over the last 20 or 25 years, have come to call it “The Worker’s Party” and it’s reminiscent of the founding of the Club more than 50 years ago. » Continue Reading.
Viewpoint: Make Saratoga & North Creek Line A Hudson River Bike Trail
What follows is an announcement sent to the press by Adirondack Forest Preserve advocates Protect the Adirondacks:
Protect the Adirondacks supports transition of the 55-mile-long Saratoga and North Creek Railway to a new public multi-use recreation trail. Given its location, the dominant use would be as a bike and walking trail. This new public trail from Saratoga Springs to North Creek would connect dozens of small communities such as Lake Luzerne, Hadley, Stony Creek, Thurman, Riparius, The Glen, and Warrensburg, among other hamlets and businesses, along the rail line. » Continue Reading.
Acclaimed Tango-Jazz Quintet Playing Tannery Pond
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As the area around the mountain was increasingly surveyed, a “gore” developed between two large tracts of land, Hyde’s Patent, and the southeast line of the Totten & Crossfield Purchase. It was in or near this gore – a surveyor’s term indicating an unmapped triangular or tapered area between two surveyed areas that does not connect (or close) along a common line – that the mountain sat. » Continue Reading.
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The Adirondack Park plays an important part in the history of the United States, from the Great Camp culture to its land preservation. Newcomb is the area that began Teddy Roosevelt’s historic ride from Mount Marcy to the Tahawus Club to the North Creek Depot. » Continue Reading.
Zipline, Chairlift Rides Added At Gore Mountain
Gore Mountain is open Thursday-Sunday for summer fun, and has two new activities for guests to enjoy. A new zipline ride offers up to two people at a time an opportunity to soar for about 300′ over the Base Area.
Also, open-air chairlift rides aboard the high-speed Adirondack Express will alternate with the traditional Northwoods Gondola rides to provide another option for taking in the views and accessing a variety of hiking and mountain biking terrain. » Continue Reading.
ADK’s Annual Cycling Event Offers New Off Road Course
Adirondack Mountain Club (ADK) is set to host its 14th annual cycling event, ididaride!, on Saturday, July 27. ADK’s largest one-day fundraiser raises money for educational outreach, recreational opportunities, and stewardship and advocacy programs. » Continue Reading.
Adirondack Pollinator Symposium Wednesday in North Creek
AdkAction’s Adirondack Pollinator Project is set to hold a Pollinator Symposium on June 5 at Tannery Pond Community Center, 228 Main Street in North Creek.
The Symposium will be aimed at equipping farmers, groundskeepers, public park managers, gardeners, and local government agencies with the knowledge to help preserve and build crucial pollinator populations in the Adirondacks. » Continue Reading.
Dome Car Added, Leadership Changes at Adirondack Scenic Railroad
Following the May 13th resignation of Jack Roberson as Executive Director of the Adirondack Scenic Railroad, ASR Board of Directors President Bill Branson appointed Justin Gonyo of North Creek as interim Executive Director.
In an email to the Board of Directors, Roberson cited his reason for leaving as a “difference in management styles.” Branson confirmed that our railroad offerings will continue as scheduled, including Polar Express. » Continue Reading.
Ballet Meets The Beatles at Tannery Pond
Tannery Pond Center (TPC) in North Creek is set to present Ballet Meets The Beatles on Friday, May 31st at 7:30 pm. The program is a live performance by Chevalier Ballet dancing to the songs of The Beatles performed by tribute band Across The Pond.
They will be joined by a string quartet on such songs as Eleanor Rigby, All You Need Is Love, A Day in The Life, Here Comes The Sun and more. The show begins with Across The Pond performing an ‘Ed Sullivan Set’ of early rockers before they are joined by Chevalier and a string quartet. » Continue Reading.
62nd Hudson River Whitewater Derby This Weekend
The 62nd Annual Whitewater Derby has been set for Saturday and Sunday, May 4-5 in the Town of Johnsburg Hamlets of North River, North Creek and Riparius, along the Hudson River.
The Derby began as a celebration of the Upper Hudson River and it’s history especially the log drives which ended in 1950. The Derby began in 1958 and the Hudson River Whitewater Derby is one of the oldest canoe and kayak races in the United States.
Skill-Building Workshop for Nonprofits
Adirondack Foundation and one of its component funds, the Community Fund for the Gore Mountain Region, have invited nonprofit professionals and board members to attend a one-day workshop, “Building Your Best Board,” to be held at the Tannery Pond Community Center in North Creek on May 11, from 10 am to 3 pm. » Continue Reading.
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Home Regional A Look Back At Soundarya – Ramyakrishna’s Batch of Heroines
A Look Back At Soundarya – Ramyakrishna’s Batch of Heroines
The general life cycle of a heroine is – debut as a teenager, the next decade in all the big-budget movies, and then slowly fading out, only to make a comeback as a sister/mother. However, if we were to divide the heroines of Telugu cinema into ‘batches’, they would majorly fall into a few. First, came Savitri’s batch, followed by Jayaprada-Jayasudha’s batch, then Sridevi’s batch. What followed later was Soundarya-Ramyakrishna batch of heroines, followed by Simran & Aarti Aggarwal, and now to Samantha-Kajal’s batch.
In a way, the medium is unfair too. While men begin their careers early and reach their peak in their mid-30s, the life span of a heroine is short lived in comparison. By the time an actress reaches her mid-30s, the roles she bags begins to dry up. In a few years, a heroine is given roles of mothers/sisters.
In this article, we will be looking at Soundarya-Ramya Krishna’s batch of heroines who formed the crux of Telugu cinema from the decade of early 1990’s till 2000s. This was the last batch of heroines who actually belonged to the region. After this period, heroines were brought in from north India, and there was something artificial about it – since you knew that the heroine didn’t really understand a word of what she was saying.
While Sridevi was a class apart – ruling all across the nation, this batch took some time to come into the main arena. But thanks to our Heroes, since it’s a default quality to get bored of Heroines after a while, they have make path inviting the whole new lot.
Divya Bharathi came with a bang and took over the scene in Telugu and Hindi, unfortunately fate played an ugly game and we lost her at very early age leaving audiences and Heroes with no other option but search for even more girls. Ramya Krishna and Meena were the first of the lot to enter while Vijayashanthi and others were still quite active with the main leading men.
Soundarya entered in the early 1990s and went on to win everyone over with her charm and talent. She personified beauty. She along with Ramyakrishna occupied the throne with ease.
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Roja, Aamani, Rambha and Indraja were the next entrants playing the next layer of Heroines. Kushbhoo and Gowthami were shuffling between Telugu and Tamil and managed to decently woo our guys and us, audiences.
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The decade being the last of millennium, where modernization was slowly creeping in with few computers and technology here and there, it was also time for the dresses to get chopped from below to the thighs and between their shirts. It was around this time where mana Heroines started to take a back step and paved way for the non-Telugu Heroines who were genuinely exploding bombs. It saw Nagma, Tabu, Shilpa Shetty, Manisha Koirala, Sakshi Sivanand and Anjala Jhaveri etc to come into the scene.
Sanghavi, Ravali, Raasi were also of the same batch but were on the budget friendly side of the films while Laila, Heera, Deepthi Bhatnakar, Mahima Chowdary gave fewer appearances. Towards the last few years of the millennium, Simran was the one who came over and neatly made everyone else pack their baggage laying a platform for next generation of Heroines to take over.
However, if you ask any true connoisseur of Telugu cinema, there is one regret. That there are very less Telugu heroines doing the rounds at present. At one point, Soundarya and Ramyakrishna ruled the roost in Telugu cinema, winning hearts over with their charm and wit. Today, every heroine looks and sounds the same. You could replace any of them with another in any film, and it still wouldn’t make any difference to the scheme of things.
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Robots of Brixton
Kibwe Tavares
The film follows the trials and tribulations of young robots surviving at the sharp end of inner city life, living the predictable existence of a populous hemmed in by poverty, disillusionment and mass unemployment.
A Short Film About Jazz
Corine Dhondee
A group of young Black British women share their love of jazz.
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Amelia Umuhire
It's that time of the year when you realize you don't have enough money to pay for your ticket back home...So you get your hair done instead. One girl’s journey in Berlin.
Shola Amoo
Jessica and George meet in an open field at a
specific time and place everyday. George is in
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Terrence Nance
Mumin, a precocious young boy who makes the long trip to Accra from his northern rural home in search of his father after his mother’s death.
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made by three high school students in a fishing village in the East African island of Zanzibar: The film examines one of the oldest debates in African education. Should classes be taught in the colonial language of English (or French) or in local languages that students speak and understand more fluently?
Hi, Miss!
Dionne Edwards
Sparks fly between shutter clicks when quarreling teenage photography students, Kleo and Femi, are told to take each other's portrait.
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Frances Bodomo
On 16 July 1969, America prepares to launch Apollo 11. Thousands of miles away, the Zambia Space Academy hopes to beat America to the moon. Inspired by true events.
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Taking you on a visually stunning journey across the globe, African Masters reveals the story behind the African art scene, through in-depth interviews on location with world-renowned artists including El Anatsui, Yinka Shonibare and Yusuf Grillo and key players in the art world like André Magnin.
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By Dan Boaz | Apr 9, 2015
Thanks for visiting the AirFreight.com blog and today we take our regular look at some of the recent news and articles causing interest within the air freight and air cargo industry recently. It's been about three weeks since we took our last look at the reports, data, and opinions that help to generate a better understanding of the overall state of the air freight industry today. Within each summary piece, you can click on the blue link(s) to read more.
The top breaking news this week is certainly the revelation that FedEx are planning a takeover of European air freight giant TNT. According to sources, FedEx is expected to buy TNT for €4.4 billion, or US$4.8 billion in cash in the near future, full details over at aircargoworld.com.
Residents of Regina, Saskatchewan will apparently be rejoicing over the news that CargoJet plan to replace their air freight Boeing 727 with a newer and far quieter 757 in the coming months. No surprise that the new aircraft will create far fewer noise issues than the older Boeing which is probably close to forty years old.
A unique type of air freight in the shape of bison (yes, the large mammal) made for a great story recently. The combined efforts of Lynden Air Cargo, Alaska West Express and Alaska Marine Lines took part in a major wildlife conservation project which saw 100 wood bison relocated from Girdwood, AK to remote Shageluk, AK in late March. It's a very enjoyable story that you must read at prnewswire.com.
Chicago's O'Hare International is one of the key air cargo hubs in the nation but a recent story shows that many shipping from the city are struggling to find efficiency due to huge road construction projects around the famous airport. The impact of the construction is resulting in delays that are causing mounting frustration, read more at JOC.com.
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A new study by the University of Michigan-Dearborn and the Wayne County Airport Authority revealed that the often unheralded Willow Run Airport in Ypsilanti, Michigan is booming as a result of increased air freight tonnage. The study showed that in addition to providing over 900 jobs the airport contributes some $123 million annually for the state’s economy. Full information via an interesting piece in the Detroit News.
That brings us current for now but if you have stories you’d like to share or comments about any of these please get in touch via the comments section below, our Twitter account or Facebook page. You can also read volumes one, two, three, four, five, and six of Air Freight News updates to stay current.
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New Mexico Stream Access Update
by Hattie Johnson
The new year has brought new obstacles in our efforts ensure public access to New Mexico's river and streams. On the last day of 2019, Joanna Prukop, the former NM Game Commission Chair, was informed by the Governor she would not be reappointed to her position. Former Chairwoman Prukop had added the stream access issue to last December's commission agenda. The Governor's office cited "policy and style" differences as the main influences of the Governors decision.
Forest Service continues move to strip protections of Lochsa Area streams
by Kevin Colburn
Just before the holidays this past December, the Forest Service released their Draft Forest Plan and accompanying analysis, which covers a whitewater and native-fish paradise in central Idaho. The Forest encompasses the Lochsa, Selway, Clearwater, and Potlatch watersheds, and also a portion of the Salmon River drainage. In the Draft Plan the Forest Service proposes to eliminate Wild and Scenic protections from most or all of the 89 streams they have found to be eligible for Wild and Scenic designation. The Forest Service cites political reasons for taking this step, and did not respond to American Whitewater's prior comments that stressed that such a move would be illegal and not in the public interest. You can help reverse this bad direction the Forest Service is heading in! Read on to see how.
AW Files Motion of Intervention - Slab Creek (CA)
by Theresa Simsiman
American Whitewater's primary goal on the South Fork American River below Slab Creek is to ensure the enjoyment of the entire whitewater reach from Slab Creek Dam to the White Rock Powerhouse. However, after exhausting all the proper consultation channels with Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) to bring to bear protections, mitigations and enhancements negotiated and conditioned in the 2007 Settlement Agreement and the 2014 Hydropower License order, AW and our colleagues have filed a Motion of Intervention with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). The motion centers around SMUD's Streamflow Parking and Access Plan that is incomplete and proposes to cut off access to a third of the whitewater resources on Slab Creek. Specifically, SMUD is denying access and enjoyment to the Class II/III section of Slab Creek by blocking take-out access at White Rock Powerhouse.
AW Journal - The Winter Issue Online Now!
by Bethany Overfield
The Winter issue of the AW Journal is available in our online "Library". This issue includes 'Top 10 River Stewardship Issues for 2020' along with much more. Read the issue online now or download your copy.
Defining the direction of Our Policy work in Colorado
by Ian Stafford
Colorado's rivers are national treasures, feeding rivers and communities all across the country. AW's Colorado team is proud to share our new report, Colorado Policy Pathways, that will help chart our approach to protecting and restoring these beloved rivers. At American Whitewater, we know that water policy is a key ingredient in driving smart solutions for the future of our rivers. Colorado Policy Pathways, outlines our approach to addressing the changes and challenges that Colorado's rivers face as the state's population grows and the outdoor economy booms.
Army Corps Study Threatens Lehigh River Boating
by Bob Nasdor
Paddlers on the Lehigh River below the Francis E. Walter Dam and Reservoir are concerned that a planned study by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and its partners, the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) and the New York City Department of Environmental Protection will lead to a reduction in whitewater boating opportunities on the Lehigh. The study will evaluate the feasibility of various alternatives to optimize project operation. Aside from the project's authorized primary missions of flood risk management and recreation, the study will also consider water supply and water quality, to identify possible improvements to the existing structure, infrastructure, and operations that will support current and future demands within the region. The Army Corps is holding a public meeting on January 9, 2020 at the Mountain Laurel Resort in White Haven, PA from 6-8 p.m. to explain the study and hear public comments. American Whitewater, Appalachian Mountain Club, and other organizations are expected to file comments with the Army Corps prior to the September 29th deadline in order to share our concerns about the study and potential impacts on boating, the outdoor recreation economy, and the Delaware RIver Basin. We encourage our members to attend the public meeting to voice their concerns.
Claude Terry, paddler, outfitter, and conservationist, dies
by Charlie Walbridge
Claude Terry, paddler, outfitter, and conservationist, died on November 20th, 2019. He was 83. A microbiologist by training, Terry began paddling in the mid-1960's while a professor at Emory University. He took to whitewater readily, and it became an important focus of his life. In 1969 he met veteran paddler Doug Woodward, and in 1971 the two became the technical advisers for the movie "Deliverance." Afterwards, Terry and Woodward purchased the rafts Warner Brothers used in filming and bought 19 acres near the river. This became Southeastern Expeditions, one of the Southeast's first whitewater outposts on the Chattooga. In 1974, Terry took then-Gov. Jimmy Carter on three trips on the Chatooga River, totaling 57 miles. This inspired Carter to get the Chattooga included in the Wild & Scenic Rivers Act and influenced later decisions protecting rivers across the U.S."Terry adopted me as one of his students," Carter told Outside Online in a 2017 interview. "it opened my eyes to the relationship between a human being and a wild river that I never had contemplated before that. When I got to be president I vetoed 16 different dam projects all over the United States." Terry eventually quit his Emory University job and started full time career in environmental advocacy, including founding American Rivers, a principal U.S. conservation group. For the next 30 years he specialized in environmental projects involving rivers and wetlands and later, when he became a board-certified toxicologist, he developed an expertise in hazardous waste cleanups. He was an active paddler until sidelined by Parkinson's Disease. A passionate teacher and advocate, he is sorely missed by all who knew him. Click through for an excellent obituary and a photo of Terry taking Governor Carter over Bull Sluice!
American Whitewater Releases New River Access Planning Guide
by Evan Stafford
In a joint project with the River Management Society, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), US Forest Service (USFS), and National Park Service (NPS), American Whitewater has published the River Access Planning Guide. American Whitewater is regularly called upon to assist with river access projects. Some are a spectacular success, while others are a disappointment. Over the past three years, American Whitewater has been working with the NPS Conservation and Outdoor Recreation Programs to better understand how success comes about when a river access project is developed and provide guidance for a step-by-step process that leads to projects that meet user needs and are sustainable both ecologically and financially.
Owyhee Canyonlands Legislation Introduced (OR)
by Thomas O'Keefe
This week's introduction of the Malheur County Community Empowerment for the Owyhee Act (S. 2828) represents a historic move to protect over 1.1 million acres of public lands as wilderness in Malheur County centered around the Owyhee Canyonlands. The legislation also includes protection for an additional 14.7 miles of the Owyhee River as Wild and Scenic.
Oregon Senator Ron Wyden Calls for More Wild and Scenic Rivers
Oregon is home to some of our nation's most amazing and scenic rivers. From the Illinois to the Umpqua, the Owyhee to the Santiam, we have an impressive diversity of majestic waterways that provide an abundance of opportunities for whitewater recreation. Oregon is blessed with 110,994 miles of major rivers and streams but only 2173 miles are protected as Wild and Scenic Rivers. Many additional miles for river protection remain and Senator Ron Wyden is aiming to seize this opportunity! This past week, Senator Wyden announced a nomination process to designate new Wild and Scenic Rivers in Oregon. Make your voice heard and take action to nominate your favorite rivers today.
Recreation Not Red Tape Act: a bill to benefit outdoor recreation
For the past several years American Whitewater has worked with our partners on the Recreation Not Red Tape Act (H.R. 3458/S.1967). This is among the most important piece of positive policy we expect to see this Congress in terms of improving outdoor recreation and our access to rivers on public land. Senator Wyden originally approached us on the idea of a bill to benefit outdoor recreation to encourage sustainable use and enjoyment of public lands and waters. Learn more and take action to join us in supporting this legislation.
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Michael was born in Leicester, but grew up in Skegness. He writes for television, and has also been an extra on film. He likes travel, history and learning languages - and he is also learning to fly, when he can find the time!
The Lost Prophecies
(Paperback) - 19-01-2020
Staying with their museum-curator uncle in Egypt, Callie and Nick Latham make a startling discovery: a four-thousand year-old hieroglyphic message written to them. These are not standard hieroglyphics, but a code only Callie and Nick can interpret.
When theyre kidnapped by an ancient sect they realise theyre in way over their heads, but theres no turning back. And so the two race to unravel an ancient plot and follow a maze of lethal clues in search of life-changing secrets . . .
A fast-moving thriller with breath-taking action scenes and some seriously evil villains. The Lost Prophecies will have young readers on the edge of their seats.
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Thread: Paul Ryan: A detailed plan for Congress to act on immigration
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Paul Ryan: A detailed plan for Congress to act on immigration
By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - - Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Inside the House Republican caucus, Rep. Paul Ryan is the “idea’s guy,” unafraid to get a conversation going by putting forth fresh and concrete solutions to the nation’s most pressing problems. He’s done it for the federal budget, for reforming Medicare and most recently for transforming America’s broken immigration system.
Over the last two years. Mr. Ryan has been an unrelenting voice for immigration reform that starts with securing the border and includes expanding legal opportunities to immigrate to America to meet the needs of our economy.
“We should reform our immigration system because it will help America,”Mr. Ryan declares on his official congressional Web site. “We need an immigration system that upholds the rule of law and helps our economy grow.”
Mr. Ryan, chairman of the powerful House Budget Committee, has proposed one of the most detailed immigration reform proposals of any Republican in Congress. It rests on four guiding principles:
• Secure the border, expanding the resources and tools for those who patrol it and working with independent experts to achieve operational control and situational awareness along the border.
• Enforce the current laws, particularly by implementing an improved exit/entry visa tracking and a mandatory employment verification system.
• Encourage legal immigration with a guest-worker visa program that is tailored to meet the needs of the economy and attracts the best and brightest talents in the world.
• Give those already in the country illegally an opportunity to get right with the law without granting them amnesty.
On the last issue, Mr. Ryan has suggested two solutions: 1.) that the children of illegal immigrants often referred to as “Dreamers” — be allowed to stay since they didn’t break any laws, their parents did; and 2.) adult illegals should be given the opportunity if certain requirements are met to serve a lengthy period of probation to get right with the law. Those who violate any terms of that probation should immediately lose probationary legal status.
“A conservative deals with the world as it is, not how it should be,” Mr. Ryansaid recently. “We need to deal with the undocumented population because right now we have de facto amnesty. We need to invite people to get right with the law, without letting them cut in line.”
Mr. Ryan also has been a strong voice for letting Congress solve the immigration crisis, telling The Washington Times he believes it would be a mistake for President Obama to act on his own.
“I hope the President will not issue an executive order because it would effectively poison the well in Congress, making real immigration reform that much harder to accomplish. Rather than go around Congress, I would encourage the President to give the House time to develop solutions that respect the rule of law, secure our border, and fix our broken system for good,” he told the Times this week.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/nov/18/a-detailed-plan-for-congress-to-act-on-immigration/
kevinssdad
Very contradictory plan, contradicting itself. Allow dreamers to stay, put others on probation, enforce current law. Does'nt he realize current law REQUIRES deportation if aliens? Who is buying this cooked up crockery?
Can we make law that requires IQ tests of politicians? That should rid us of some who speak with forked tongue, and some who cannot read.
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oldguy
Originally Posted by kevinssdad
Ryan like most politicians is simply out of touch with America by and large they are rich and believe most of America has the same options they do others simply do not give a hoot how average Joe American lives. Unless those who will not follow the Constitution are removed from office we will continue down this road to destruction and with an 18 trillion dollar debt it's not far off.
Term limits now:..............
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I'm old with many opinions few solutions.
csarbww
I am not interested in anything puke face Ryan has to say on any subject, especially immigration.
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Really? Seriously? So if parents rob a bank and use the money to buy a big house for their kids to live in, fancy cars for the kids to drive around in, pay for tuition to Ivy League colleges for the kids to obtain their educations, trust funds for the kids to secure their future with, etc., etc., etc., then am I understand that the kids get to keep their house, cars, college money, trust funds, etc., etc., etc., even though it's bank money BECAUSE, they didn't violate any law, their parents did?!
And this is the moron my party has put in charge of the House Budget Committee of the US House of Representatives?!!
Well, no freaking wonder we topped $18 trillion in public debt today. There's a point where you can't blame Democrats as "big spenders" when the GOP Chairman of the House Budget Committee thinks the children of criminals get to keep the goods because they didn't commit the crime and the GOP Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee doesn't know that Congress actually does control the US Treasury and all the fees our agencies collect.
Oh. My. God. Deceased Republicans are rolling over in their graves while Living Real Republicans are puking in their coffee cups.
Last edited by Judy; 12-04-2014 at 01:02 AM.
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Maybe an Alzheimer's test should be included after the IQ test?
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Old Porto
A city with
tradition Historical Centre of Porto Matosinhos
welcomes you Monumental Porto
A surprising mixture
of styles Romantic Porto
A sophisticated and
"very british" ambience
Baroque Porto
Splendour in
great style Contemporary Porto
A privileged space
to admire architecture Port wine secrets
"The landscape that
God did not want
to make alone."
Portugal was
born here
Tradition culture
and Vinho Verde
City of Braga
The faith of the people
and their festivities
Handicraft and folklore Amarante
Open air and
other pleasures Gastronomical North
Replenishing body
and soul
Street shops
The soul of
Porto centre Serralves
Art in a garden of aromas Kings and castles
Porto is simultaneously an old and modern city.
Built between the sea and the river, it has a great diversity of possible environments that can be discovered on this tour.
From the 12th century Cathedral to the 19th century Stock Exchange Palace, a testimony of the wealth of the local bourgeoisie of the time, to the cellars where the Port Wine ages and visitors can taste, centuries of History are revealed here, at the inimitable city of Porto, the main city of the North and the second largest in Portugal.
Departure >> 9h00
Sightseeing tour along the waterfront of the Atlantic and Douro River towards the city centre, past the Clérigos Tower, Praça da Liberdade, S. Bento Train Station.
Visit to Porto Cathedral (20 min).
Sightseeing tour continues past Praça da Batalha and the National Theatre, Rua de Santa Catarina, the Town Hall and Avenida dos Aliados.
Visit to Stock Exchange Palace, to its famous Arab Room (45 min).
Visit to the Port Wine Cellars in Vila Nova de Gaia (60 min).
Return to the port.
Programme possible on any day of the week.
4h00 >> Duration of the tour
0h40 >> Time spent on river journey
1h00 >> Time spent on bus
2h05 >> Time spent on cultural visit
The historical centre of Porto has been a World Heritage since 1996. Walking along the alleys of the city's old medieval quarter is the charm of this tour.
The hills of Vitória and Sé parishes tell the story of the city and the different communities that inhabited it: Christians and Jews, merchants and fishermen.
One can see evidence of this in the public and private buildings, the street and square names, the traces of the ancient wall or its gates. After walking from the top of the hills down to the river, the free time by the Douro River, in Ribeira, will allow you to regain your energy and discover the pleasant street shops.
Sightseeing tour along the waterfront of the Atlantic and Douro River towards the medieval quarter of Vitória.
Stop at Clérigos Tower and a walk through Passeio das Virtudes with a view to the old quarter of Miragaia and through the Jewish quarter towards the ancient Olival Gate (30 min).
Visit to Porto Cathedral and its cloisters (45 min).
Walk through the original centre of the city, spreading along the Sé hill down to the river (45 min).
Free time (30 min).
No limit on number of participants.
Degree of difficulty of the walk: moderate to high.
Programme possible on any day of the week
1h15 >> Time spent walking
0h30 >> Free time
The city of Matosinhos was born from a community of fishermen. Known as the best Fish in the World, it is coveted by the most well-known Chefs.
Take a seat at one of the many restaurants and taste the best fish in the World!
After a magnificent meal, enjoy a walk by the seafront, designed by Álvaro Siza Vieira and Eduardo Souto Moura, the two Pritzker prizes of architecture in Portugal! But if your motivation is cultural, you can visit the Museum House of the Santiago Farmstead, the Conceição Farmstead,with its Baroque heritage designed by Nicolau Nazoni, the City Hall Building or an exhibition at the Gerardo Rueda Modern Arts Centre.
Sightseeing tour along the Atlantic seafront of Matosinhos. Tea at the Boa Nova Tea House.
Visit to the Bom Jesus Church of Matosinhos where one of the biggest festivals of Portugal is celebrated: Senhor de Matosinhos (20 min).
Visit to the Matosinhos City Hall (work by Alcino Soutinho) and the Gerardo Rueda Modern Arts Centre.
Shopping in the Matosinhos shopping area, passing through the Matosinhos Market and the Espaço Quadra (Quadra Space) (60 min).
Lunch at a restaurant in Matosinhos (90 min).
Visit to the Museum House of the Santiago Farmstead.
Stroll through the Conceição Farmstead.
Programme with restrictions on Mondays and Sundays
Degree of difficulty of the walk along the seafront: low.
Degree of difficulty of the walk in the Conceição Farmstead: high (not accessible to citizens with reduced mobility).
Market is closed on Sundays.
The Boa Nova Tea House and the Museum House of the Santiago Farmstead are closed on Mondays.
1h00 >> Time spent shopping
1h30 >> Lunch time
Porto is characterized by a mixture of different styles and ambiences, spread out among its monumental buildings and popular houses.
Visiting the S. Francisco Church where the gold leaf gilding the altars surprise us with their magnificence, or the Stock Exchange Palace of the 1800's, a testimony of the different artistic styles that impress you with the originality of décor, are just two moments of this discovery.
Downstream the Douro river came the Port Wine Barrels, on boats that have now been adapted for cruises (and which this tour gives you the possibility of trying). The wine is still kept in the cellars and their specificity is shown in a guided visit and special tasting. With the proceeds of the wine trade, the traders would walk up Santa Catarina, the main city street, where they would find the main boutiques and cafés downtown.
Sightseeing tour along the seafront and along Douro River heading towards Ribeira.
Visit to the Stock Exchange Palace (45 min).
Visit to S. Francisco Church (30 min).
Visit to the Port Wine Cellars with lunch (45 min + 90 min).
Cruise on a Rabelo boat (50 minutes).
Free time for shopping in Rua de Santa Catarina (60 min).
Programme not recommended on Sundays because shops are closed in Rua de Santa Catarina, option of free time at Ribeira.
0h50 >> Cruise time
In the 19th century, Porto was already a city undergoing great expansion with tastes influenced by the presence of British families in certain quarters.
Having settled in the city, mainly from the 18th century onwards and dedicating themselves largely to the Port Wine trade, those families brought with them their liking for football and golf, going for baths on the beaches in Foz, opening up public gardens and an aesthetic change towards neoclassicism.
On this tour, we relive a certain romantic ambience by visiting quarters, buildings and gardens that were important at the time but especially by using the means of transport that Porto pioneered in the 19th century in the Iberian Peninsula: the tram.
Sightseeing tour along the waterfront of the Atlantic up to the mouth of the Douro River.
Boarding and ride in an old tram up to Carmo ( 30 min).
Walking tour of Praça dos Leões, Carmo Church and Carmelitas Church, the Prison Building, Clérigos Tower (30 min).
Visit to Lello Bookshop (15 min). Visit to the Romantic Museum (30 min).
Port wine tasting at the Solar do Vinho do Porto (Port Wine Manor House).
Lunch at a traditional restaurant in downtown Porto.
Visit to Crystal Palace Gardens with a view to the Douro (30 min).
Shopping in the downtown streets.
Recommended for groups of 30 people.
The Lello Bookshop is closed on Sundays.
The Romantic Museum is closed on Mondays.
0h30 >> Time spent on tram
The palaces and churches of Porto reflect the wealth that invaded the city during the first half of the 18th century.
The gold and diamonds coming from Brazil, together with the development of trade, especially the Port Wine trade, allowed the construction of a series of new baroque buildings, mostly of Italian influence, such as the Clérigos Church and Tower or the Freixo Palace, and the redecoration of many others with gilded altarpieces, of which we highlight the gothic S. Francisco Church.
Sightseeing tour along the seafront and the Douro River heading towards the Clérigos Church and Tower.
Visit to Clérigos Church, an example of architecture that is representative of the Italian Baroque influence (20 min).
The tour continues to the downtown area, past the main square and avenue (Praça da Liberdade and Avenida dos Aliados) and some baroque facades (Carmo, Carmelitas, Congregados and Santo Ildefonso churches).
Visit to S. Francisco Church, the main example of baroque decoration in the North of Portugal ( 30 min).
Boarding a Rabelo boat and cruise up to the Freixo Palace (15 min).
Visit to the Freixo Palace, an example of the baroque of Italian architect Nicolau Nazoni, with a pause for a glass of Port Wine ( 45 min).
Porto, and particularly Matosinhos, is a backdrop to the most important Portuguese School of Architecture.
The ‘School of Porto' is acknowledged as one of the most remarkable in Europe. During this tour, you will visit buildings designed by two of the most important contemporary architects: Álvaro Siza Vieira and Souto Moura, both awarded with the Pritzker prize. You will have the opportunity to visit the Contemporary Art Museum of the Serralves Foundation located inside a property that also has the best example of an Art Deco garden in Portugal and one of the most impressive Portuguese private homes
Sightseeing tour along the Leça da Palmeira seafront, a project by the architect Siza Vieira, where you can visit the Tide Pool or the Boa Nova Tea House.
Sightseeing tour along the Matosinhos seafront, designed by the architect Souto Moura, up to the roundabout with the Anemone or ‘She Moves', a piece by the American sculptor Janet Echelman. The tour continues up Avenida da Boavista towards Rotunda da Boavista.
Visit to the Music Hall (60 min).
Visit to the Villa and gardens of Serralves and the Contemporary Art Museum (90 min)
The Contemporary Art Museum is closed on Mondays.
The city of Porto and Port Wine have more in common than just the name. In the 18th century Porto became the city from where the wine produced in the Douro Valley 150 km from the coast and aged in the southern bank of the river in Vila Nova de Gaia, left for the world.
On this tour, we hear the story of Port Wine and its contribution towards the prosperity of the city of Porto. We also visit the cellars where the characteristics of the demarcated region are explained, as well as the types of wine and the ageing process.
There is wine tasting and we go along the Douro banks on a cruise boat similar to those that, in the past, would bring the barrels of wine down river to be aged in the cellars of the large wine companies.
Sightseeing tour along the seafront and along the Douro River heading towards Ribeira.
Visit to the Port Wine Museum (30 min).
Cruise on a Rabelo boat (50 min).
Visit to the Port Wine Cellars (60 min).
Return to the port via the city centre.
The cultural landscape of the Douro Valley was classified World Heritage in 2001. This is a small strip of 250 thousand hectares comprising the Demarcated Region of Douro where Port Wine has been produced for hundreds of years and which was the first demarcated and regulated region in the world (1756).
This sightseeing tour takes you through the small roads of the region and along endless walls of schist, which hold the terraces where millions of vines are planted.
With breathtaking views of the river and farmsteads, of white-washed houses and manor houses, on this tour you learn how to appreciate the wine and admire the hard work of several generations.
Departure to the Douro Valley through Mesão Frio.
Arrival in Régua and visit to the Douro Museum (60 min).
Visit to and lunch at a farmstead (2h15).
Panoramic road until Pinhão (30 min).
Visit to the Pinhão train station and stop for coffee (30 min).
Return to Porto via Sabrosa (2h30).
Arrival at the port.
The time spend on bus include stops at viewpoints over the Douro.
The historical centre of Guimarães is World Heritage since 2001 and the city was the European Capital of Culture in 2012.
From the top of the castle where, according to tradition, the first king of Portugal was born in 1109, we can see the entire old city and the chimneys of the 15th century Ducal Palace, founded by the first Duke of Bragança, which has now been converted into a decorative arts museum with pieces of great interest.
Strolling through the medieval alleys is another point of interest given the quality of the buildings, the urban environment and the street shops, where sophisticated handicrafts stand out.
Departure to Guimarães
Visit to the Castle and the Ducal Palace (90 min)
Walk through the historical centre (30 min)
Free time for shopping (45 min)
Return to the port
Degree of difficulty of the walk in the historical centre of Guimarães: low
Th is visit should not be made on Mondays because the monuments are closed
Located in the heart of the Vinho Verde region, the city of Guimarães had its historical centre classified as World Heritage in 2001 and the city is the European Capital of Culture in 2012.
Nevertheless, the visit to the region would not be complete without a regional lunch at a Vinho Verde producing farmstead – Aveleda Farmstead – whose romantic gardens are unique in all the North of Portugal.
Departure to Penafiel
Lunch at a Vinho Verde farmstead (90 min)
Visit to the gardens of the Vinho Verde Farmstead (45 min)
Visit to the Vinho Verde bottling facility and the warehouse where firewater is aged (20 min)
Degree of difficulty of the walk in the historical centre of Guimarães: low.
This visit should not be made on Mondays because the monuments are closed.
The Aveleda Farmstead closes on weekends. It can be open by request.
A city of archbishops, Braga is home to the oldest Portuguese cathedral whose construction was ordered by the parents of the first king of Portugal at the end of 11th century, beginning of 12th century.
Its religious importance in Portuguese territory led to the construction of numerous palaces, churches, fountains and squares throughout the centuries that gradually hid the oldest traces dating back to the Roman and Suebi times. Braga is also enchanting with its quality street shops.
The religious importance of the city is still visible today with the number of pilgrims that come to the Bom Jesus do Monte Sanctuary, an architectonic set that is unique in Portugal, comprising a baroque stairway decorated with beautiful statues and fountains, which lead to a neoclassic church from where the whole city can be seen.
Departure to Braga
Walking tour through the historical centre of Braga (30 min)
Visit to the Cathedral and its Treasure (90 min)
Departure to the Bom Jesus do Monte Sanctuary
Climb to Bom Jesus in the 19th century lift (10 min)
Lunch at Bom Jesus (90 min)
Visit to the Bom Jesus Sanctuary and descent through the baroque stairway ( 60 min)
Degree of difficulty of the walk in the historical centre of Braga: low.
Degree of difficulty of the descent of the Bom Jesus stairway: moderate to high (possibility of substituting it for a descent by lift).
At about one hour from Porto, discover a beautiful city of folklore and handicraft.
Viana was born between the River Lima and the Ocean, down the hill of Santa Luzia until the Medieval Houses of the Historic Center full of life and delightful shops.
The town´s ex-libris is the Praça da República with its sixteenth century buildings. But it's in the traditional restaurants that our senses get lost.
Departure from Leixões Port towards Viana do Castelo
A stroll by the historic center, with a special attention to the Praça da República. Shopping
Visit to the Santa Luzia Hill (90 min)
Visit to Santiago da Barra Castle (30 min)
Lunch at a typical restaurant (90 min)
Departure to Ponte de Lima, a medieval small city
Visit Ponte de Lima.
Degree of difficulty: moderate to low.
3h00 >> Free time and time spent shopping
The town of Amarante is very close, famous for its traditions associated to the cult of its patron saint – S. Gonçalo –, for its regional pastries, its main church and the ancient Dominican convent, nowadays converted into an art museum, and also for the different personalities of the Portuguese culture that were born here.
To complete the experience in the lands of Vinho Verde, lunch is served at the Restaurant of Casa da Calçada Hotel or at a typical restaurant in town.
Departure to Amarante
Game of Golf (about 2H)
Visit to S. Gonçalo Church (30 min)
Lunch at the Restaurant of Casa da Calçada (90 min)
The North of Portugal, which Porto is the capital of, is home to two demarcated regions of world famous wines: the Douro Valley for Douro Wine and Port Wine; and the Vinho Verde Demarcated Region.
But, as it must be, the North of Portugal also has a rich gastronomy, in which meat and fish are prepared in multiple ways and with various garnishes. In this taste and aroma rich tour, we discover Portuguese wine varieties and the way wines should be drunk, on guided visits to the Solar do Vinho Verde (Vinho Verde Manor House) and the Port Wine Cellars; we visit markets with fish, vegetables, fruit, meats and spices and we try Portuguese recipes made by a local Chef
Departure to the Matosinhos market where we can see the best fresh fish (30 min)
Sightseeing tour of Matosinhos, Foz do Porto, Douro riverfront
Visit to the Casa do Vinho Verde (Vinho Verde House) in Rua da Restauração. Presentation and tasting of the wines from this demarcated region (60 min)
The tour continues past the city centre, the main squares and avenues (Praça da Liberdade and Praça da Batalha) and Avenida dos Aliados
Visit to the Bolhão Market, where we can buy fruit, vegetables, fish, meat, smoked sausages, bread and cheese, spices and flowers, handicrafts (30 min)
Lunch with presentation of dishes made by the actual Chef (120 min)
Visit to the Port Wine Cellars with tasting and explanations of the different types of wine by an expert (60 min)
Programme not possible on Sundays because the markets and the Vinho Verde House are closed (the latter also closes on Saturdays)
The historical centre of Porto boasts small and picturesque street shops that deserve a visit, both for the articles they sell and for the decoration and architecture of some of the buildings.
Discover the soul of Porto by visiting the Bolhão Market, with its abundance of fruit, vegetables, cheese, fish, meat and flowers, by tasting Port Wine after a guided tour of the cellars, or by going to the small shops of handicrafts, religious articles, sweets and gourmet products, bookshops and antiquarian bookshops.
A unique experience, full of smells, textures, colours and contact with the friendliness of the city's population.
Transfer to the city centre (30 min)
Visit to the Bolhão Market, where you can buy fruit, vegetables, fish, meat, smoked sausages, bread and cheese, spices and flowers, handicrafts (30 min)
Walk past the Casa Hortícola (seeds and small plants shop) and Pérola do Bolhão (grossery shop) up to Rua de Santa Catarina (10 min)
Stop at Café Majestic (20 min)
Stop by the Clérigos Tower and identification of key trading spaces: Lello Bookshop, Confeitaria Arcádia (candy shop), Casa Portuguesa (old Portuguese items), Vista Alegre (porcelain), votive offerings and religious articles shop in Rua dos Clérigos (60 minutes of free time to explore these spaces)
Visit to the Port Wine Cellars in Vila Nova de Gaia with the possibility of buying wine and other regional articles (60 min)
Visit not possible on Sundays or Saturday afternoons because most of the spaces suggested are closed.
The Serralves Foundation is located within an 18-hectare property, comprising a Villa and gardens, a contemporary art museum, a park, agricultural plots and a romantic lake.
Serralves can be considered a genuine refuge in the heart of the city. It has gardens designed by French landscapist Jacques Gréber, in 1932, a garden of aromatic herbs with over 150 varieties, an Art Deco House, and a museum designed by Siza Vieira, winner of the Pritzker prize.
A visit to Serralves is, above all, a delight for the senses.
Sightseeing tour along the seafront up to the Serralves Foundation
Visit to the Serralves Villa and gardens (60 min)
Pause for Tea at the Tea House (60 min)
Visit to the Contemporary Art Museum (45 min)
This visit cannot be made on Mondays because the museum is closed
ROYAL BANQUETS AT THE SANTA MARIA DA FEIRA CASTLE*
Travel back in time and experience the recreation of the royal banquets in the medieval court. The castle was, for many years, a fortress that worked as an advanced base for the troops of the Christian Conquest, in the process of formation of the kingdom of Portugal. Later, (1300) it was Queen Saint Isabel´s heritage.
The Medieval Suppers in Santa Maria da Feira provide, to all its participants, a mix of history, culture and leisure.
Arrival at the castle, welcome reception and clothing with medieval tunics
Welcome drink with Port Wine
Medieval tournament
Guided tour, up to the castle towers for a panoramic view
Medieval supper (lunch), at the noble hall, animation with different performances – harp concert, theatre and medieval dances
LIFE IN A PORTUGUESE MANOR HOUSE
Come live in the ambience of a noble family, which has received kings and queens, in the same way it will receive you now. Gathered around the fireplace in the winter, or on the balconies and patios to the sound of the sighing summer breeze, relive the conversations about generational tales, while time goes by slowly.
Visit the Manor Houses and its gardens and have lunch with the family, tasting the Portuguese traditional cuisine in which a palette of aromas is blended with local products.
Arrival at the Manor House
Guided tour to the Manor House(dining room, library, kitchens), the wine cellar, the stables, etc
Lunch with the family
*NOTES:
Program by appointment in advance (2 weeks).
High degree of difficulty in access with wheelchairs.
Minimum of participants: 60. Ideal number: 120.
Access to Port of Viana do Castelo
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Richard Colman was born in 1976 and grew up in leafy Bethesda, Maryland, a suburb of Washington, D.C. His childhood home looks a little bit like the terracotta brick houses in his more elaborate paintings, but the similarity is just a structural one; presumably, there wasn’t nearly as much sodomy and decapitation in his real home. Bethesda was a well-heeled place full of powerful people, but Richard spent much of his teenage years venturing into D.C. exploring, painting walls, and going to hardcore shows. Richard loved the presentable part of the city: the free museums, the monuments, and the energy of the locus of political power. But just as much, he became fascinated with the other D.C., a place that had nothing to do with government and would never draw tourists. Just as his paintings of houses look a little like his own, there was plenty to D.C. that lay under the surface.
Richard’s background in graffiti, while stylistically nearly irrelevant in terms of his art, is the kind of background that changes one’s perceptions of what is permanent and precious. Graffiti has every right to embrace vulnerability. Paint outdoors and you know full well your art will die, maybe before you can catch a photo in daylight, maybe in a few months, and definitely within a decade or two. Stylistically, though, graffiti is all cocksure attitude, bristling edges, and menace – strange for a medium so utterly fragile. Anyone with hundreds of graffiti paintings under their belt knows the strange feeling when they shift to fine art: it just feels weird knowing the work isn’t destined to die. Richard’s artwork isn’t going anywhere, with its nice archival paper and glass, but he’s imbued it with that vulnerability of impermanence.
In 1998, Richard left the D.C. area for Boston’s School of the Museum of Fine Arts, earning his degree in 2002. While learning the techniques that art schools like to force upon their students, he developed an appreciation for Renaissance-style portraiture as well as his fellow students
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"I have been a big fan of Richard's work for a long time now. I have seen him go really big in regards to scale, or create really small, more intimate works, which are all equally successful. His use of color is fantastic and I really enjoy his "dirty" work as well. You know that every time he creates a body of work, there will be something new to it. Richard is constantly reinventing himself and I look forward to seeing what he comes up with next."
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Trevor meyer
I love Richards work. I love his perspective, and what I get out of his art. I love his colors and color schemes that he uses. I love the scenes of every day life and the details that are entailed through out his art. It is through his work that he has created a world of rich characters. Vibrant colors, but also dusty. I love that I can see what he has done, in the details, brush strokes and the likes. I could gush on, but, I just love his art.
— Trevor meyer, 03.30.2013 @ 7:25 PM
Beautiful and complex, but I find it desterbing.
— Joan, 01.25.2010 @ 6:21 PM
Rintoul
The uppermost image reminds me of some of Dalek's work...
— Rintoul, 01.26.2009 @ 2:23 PM
Skip noah
Really like the work, thumbs up.
— Skip noah, 01.25.2009 @ 9:54 PM
very cool! love his work! reminds me a little of Dali, with his use of abstract almost psychedelic images and forms.
— Tom snyder, 01.25.2009 @ 6:46 PM
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— Ash, 01.25.2009 @ 5:25 PM
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I love this guy!!
— Courtney from, 01.25.2009 @ 1:27 PM
I do not understand what these paintings mean to me, but I do know that they are beautiful. I look forward to seeing more of your art!
— Bradley, 01.25.2009 @ 10:18 AM
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illustrations from a personal mythology. The artist is tremendously energetic and successful and is entering and showing like crazy.
— 1234asdf, 01.25.2009 @ 9:29 AM
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— Sad, 01.25.2009 @ 4:42 AM
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On another note, continuing last week's theme, the past decade has been good for retirement savers. "Among households that had workplace retirement plans, the gains have been substantial. Average account balances jumped 22 percent from 2006 to 2018, according to Vanguard data." (1)
The NY Times continues: "Last year, 52 percent of participants were using a target date fund, up from 13 percent in 2008, according to Vanguard — a figure the company expects to reach 70 percent in 2023." (1)
Lately, it's easy for NY Times and other media to wax effusively about any easy-to-love low-cost investment strategy, without thinking about the lost opportunities. Had these folks invested working with a professional financial advisor, I think they would likely have more money.
I believe their account values could have been so much better than a 13-year 22% increase. If their advisor helped them invest in equities--instead of just "target retirement date" or too-conservative portfolios--they might have done something like the S&P 500. January 1st, 2006 the S&P 500 Index was at 1,268. Today, the number is much closer to 3,000. (2)
It doesn't take a financial wiz to tell you that an 1,700 gain on a 1,268 investment is better than the 22% average gain for Vanguard's 401k investors. But I digress. The point of this article is that things are getting better. I wholeheartedly agree!
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The official website for the city of Saint Augustine is http://www.ci.st-augustine.fl.us/.
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Facts about Saint Augustine
Saint Augustine is also known as: Ancient City, and Old City.
St. Augustine is a city in northeastern Florida. It is the oldest continuously occupied European-established settlement within the borders of the contiguous United States.The county seat of St. Johns County, it is part of Florida's First Coast region and the Jacksonville metropolitan area. According to the 2010 census, the city population was 12,975. The United States Census Bureau's 2013 estimate of the city's population was 13,679, while the urban area had a population of 69,173 in 2012.Saint Augustine was founded on September 8, 1565, by Spanish admiral and Florida's first governor, Pedro Menendez de Aviles. He named the settlement "San Agustin", as his ships bearing settlers, troops, and supplies from Spain had first sighted land in Florida on August 28, 1565, the feast day of St. Augustine. The city served as the capital of Spanish Florida for over 200 years, and remained the capital of East Florida when the territory briefly changed hands between Spain and Britain. It was designated the capital of the Florida Territory until Tallahassee was made the capital in 1824. Since the late 19th century, St. Augustine's distinct historical character has made the city a major tourist attraction. It is also the headquarters for the Florida National Guard.
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Brookdale St. Augustine
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Licensed nurses are on staff to help you, there is a doctor on call at all hours, high tech wander guards are installed to prevent residents from exiting the community, respite care is offered, aging in place allows residents to remain in one location as their care needs change, French is spoken at this location, and the staff speaks Russian in the property.
Sterling House of Palm Coast
3 Clubhouse Drive
50 is the minimum age allowed for residents, speech therapy is offered via a speech therapist who comes to the property often, caregivers at Sterling House of Palm Coast can address potential disorientation presented by residents, the property has a nurse that is able to administer injectable medicine, this community provides complimentary transportation, wheelchair accessible showers are available at this location, and hospice is an option available at this location.
The Cove at Marsh Landing
1700 The Greens Way
Nutrient rich meals are provided to residents, 55 is the minimum age allowed for residents, the property is secured for the safety of residents that might be prone to wander, this community provides complimentary transportation, this community was built in 1999, this location was renovated in 2012, and the community is licensed for 110 residents.
Camellia At Deerwood
10060 Sweetwater Parkway
Nutritious meals are provided to residents, the minimum allowable age of residents is 62, a podiatrist visits the community to address any issues related to your feet, resident parking is available to residents who drive, complimentary transportation is available to residents, wheelchair accessible showers are available at this location, and this community was built in 2010.
Elmcroft of Timberlin Parc
7620 Timberlin Park Boulevard
Animal care is available for residents, nurses are on staff, the facility has staff that can help you with your insulin to manage diabetic needs, residents who need help with medication management can be given reminders and be monitored to make sure they are taking their medications, the community has a nurse that is able to administer injectable medicine, hospice is an option available at this location, and this location was renovated in 2012.
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Christian Persecution Continues in the Philippines
by Brian Nixon January 27, 2019
written by Brian Nixon January 27, 2019
Church bombing in Jolo
JOLO, PHILIPPINES (ANS)–Christian persecution continues in the Philippines with a recent attack in Jolo. According to Madeline Holcombe, there were “20 killed, dozens wounded in Philippines church bombings.” Writing for CNN, Holcombe continues, “Two suspected improvised explosive devices detonated at intervals at the Jolo Catholic cathedral in the Mindanao region, according to the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao. At least 81 people have been wounded, authorities said, including 14 soldiers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and two Philippine National Police (PNP) officers.”
Jolo church attack
And the BBC reports, “The first blast happened as Sunday Mass was being celebrated at the church on Jolo island, where Islamist militants are active. As soldiers responded, a second device was detonated in the car park. The attack comes days after a majority-Muslim area in the region voted for greater autonomy in a referendum. No group has so far said it was behind the attack. Jolo has long been a base for militants including those of the Abu Sayyaf group.”
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Acoustic mist ionisation mass spectrometer platform
Mass spectrometry (or mass spec) is an analytical chemistry technique that helps identify the amount and type of chemicals present in a sample by measuring the mass-to-charge ratio and abundance of gas-phase ions.
As standard, mass specs have 3 components – a component to convert samples from liquid to gaseous form; a component to ionise the sample (hit with high energy to turn to positive or negative ions); and a component to detect quantities of each ion (peaks of each ion seen).
Instead of using a needle to aspirate and spray the samples as with standard mass specs, the acoustic mist ionisation mass spec (AMI-MS) sends a sonic pulse through liquid creating a ‘mountain of liquid on the surface’. For compound handling, a 2.5 nanolitre (nL) droplet is generated and fired from the liquid surface. For AMI-MS we send a second pulse through the mountain of liquid and this explodes the 2.5nL droplet into hundreds of femtolitre droplets. In effect sending a tornado of droplets through a charged field to generate a stream of ionised particles into the mass spectrometer.
Allows us to generate data at a rate of 10,000 data points per hour.
The acoustics fire at 1400Hz frequency (1400 times per second) – that means we fire in 1400 bursts of droplets every second.
For some analytes, we only need ~160 droplet bursts from a sample to generate enough ions – delivering samples to the mass spec at a rate of 3 per second.
High throughput
Approximately 10,000 data points are generated per hour, with 3 samples per second going into the mass spec versus 1 sample every 10 seconds with a standard mass spec platform.
Small sample volumes
Only 2µl samples are needed, meaning it is possible to get multiple samples more easily. For some analytes, we only need ~160 droplet bursts from a sample to generate enough ions.
No cross-contamination
Using acoustics to move samples means no cross-contamination risk as nothing touches any surfaces.
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Jonathan Wingfield Principal Scientist, Discovery Sciences
Why did AstraZeneca invest in this equipment?
When you see the droplets flying and you see the science behind it – it’s astonishingly cool. It’s revolutionary. It allows us to work at very high throughput and with very small sample volumes – we only need 2nL of sample. Using this screening platform we can screen more compounds or more targets for the same cost. For some assays we could reduce the cost of High Throughput Screening by 80%.
What was AstraZeneca's role in its development?
AstraZeneca has brought together a world leading supplier of mass spec technology (Waters) and the global leader in acoustic droplet ejection technology (Labcyte) to deliver this revolutionary platform. Having identified the opportunity, we took the idea to the partners, suggesting that it is possible to use acoustics in a different way in mass spectrometry. Being open about the work we are doing has shown the wider scientific community that we are prepared to invest in ground-breaking science; we are not just making a small change in mass spectrometry, but we are leading a potential revolution in mass spectrometry screening. We’re engaging the broader scientific community early in the process, and delivering real benefit to the community overall.
What was the reaction within the research community?
The AMI-MS platform won the 2015 Innovation Award from the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening. This is awarded to the podium presentation at the annual conference that shows the most innovation and impact in screening. We are the first non-US based company to receive this award.
Where can I find more? Have you published any results of this technology?
We recently published a paper on this technology in Analytical Chemistry with our collaborators at Waters and Labcyte: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.analchem.9b00142. Allowing us to reach a throughput of 100,000 samples per day on a single mass spec, we show that this technology – due to its speed, sensitivity, simplicity, robustness and consumption of nL volumes of sample – will have a major impact across many areas of basic and applied research.
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Used Nissan Altima Overview And How
The Nissan Altima debuted about 15 years ago ... and that says something. Any vehicle with this kind of staying power obviously has been doing something right.
While going head-to-head against the likes of the Honda Accord And Toyota Camry, the Altima's success is due to its combination of family-sedan-practicality with the handling and performance of a vehicle closer to those usually preferred by a driving enthusiast. What's more, with the introduction of the Nissan Altima Coupe in 2008, performance handling ability was further enhanced through its shorter wheelbase.
They've also received solid independent ratings, again often centered around performance (particularly with the V-6 engine) handling and stability, but also include accolades for ride comfort, interior space, feature levels, strong styling and above-average resale values.
Ratings by actual Altima owners have also been very good. Consumer Reviews over at Edmunds.com, for example, gives the Altima a 9 out of 10. Cars.com also gives it its "Best Bet" designation as a used car choice.
The current Altima generation debuted for 2007 and has been produced through the current model. It's available in both sedan and coupe body styles with three trims: 2.5, 2.5 S and 3.5 SR. Powering the 2.5 models is a 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine with an output of 175 horsepower. The sedan comes with a continuously variable transmission (CVT), while the coupe can be found with either the CVT or a 6-speed manual transmission. Under the hood of the 3.5 SR is a 3.5-liter V6 that pumps out a robust 270 horsepower, paired with the same transmission choices as the 2.5.
The previous Altima generation (the third) was produced for the 2002 - 2006 model years and is quite similar to the current version. When compared to its predecessor, however, it added about 6 inches in length, a stronger body and a new suspension. It was also one of the most powerful family sedans at the time, equipped with either a 175-horsepower 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine or a 240-horsepower 3.5-liter V6 and was coupled with either a 5-speed automatic or 5-speed manual transmission.
Also during this production run, and for more serious driving enthusiasts, the Altima SE-R (2005 and 2006) is particularly appealing due to its additional power, firmer suspension and 6-speed manual transmission.
For those of you who may buy a used Altima, here's some of the more significant model changes to be aware of.
Recent year-to-year Altima changes:
2003: Following a significant redesign in 2002, the 2003 model received only minor trim and equipment changes. The Altima 2.5 SL sedan became automatic-only, imitation-wood interior trim was introduced, as were heated seats and mirrors.
In addition, titanium-color interior accents were added to other models, the Sport Package for the 3.5 SE added a sunroof and rear spoiler, and a new Sport Plus Package added a premium audio system and xenon headlights.
The SE's Leather Package also added premium sound, a sunroof and heated seats, and a new SE Leather Sport Package added xenon lights and a rear spoiler.
2004: Unchanged.
2005: The sporty Altima SE-R model was introduced. The SE-R was equipped with an athletic 260 horsepower V6 engine and would soon become very popular.
All models received an updated interior trim and navigation was added as an optional feature.
2006: No significant changes.
2007: Got a freshened styling and new standard safety features. The sedan was was made an inch shorter in wheelbase and an overall 2 inches shorter.
Front side airbags and curtain airbags became standard across all trims. Traction control also was made standard on 3.5 models and an antiskid system became an exclusive 3.5 model option. The navigation system was upgraded with a rearview camera and a wireless cell phone link became available as a new option.
Nissan introduced the Altima Hybrid, to be sold only in California and seven specific northeastern states. The Hybrid featured a four-cylinder engine with a CVT (continuously variable transmission) and an electric motor, the combination of which produced a total of 198 horsepower.
2008: Antilock brakes (ABS) became standard across all Altima models. Splash guards and a Diversity Antenna were also added as standard features while XM satellite radio became available as an option.
The Nissan Altima Coupe, smaller in dimensions and still sportier in nature, was introduced. It was offered with the same powertrain choices as the sedan.
2009: Only modest changes occurred in 2009, with base models getting several additional standard features, including power mirrors and a trip computer. And new stand-alone options were also added, including a sunroof and dual-zone climate control with rear vents.
2010: Nissan refreshed the Altima's front fascia as well as added stability control as a standard feature. Also new is an upgraded sound system and a navigation system improved with a larger touchscreen and additional real-time satellite information, Bluetooth connectivity and digital music storage. In addition, the 3.5 SE was renamed to the 3.5 SR and the manual transmission sedan was discontinued.
2011: Unchanged other than for some minor option package changes.
2012: Dropped the Altima Hybrid model, minor feature availability revisions ... essentially unchanged.
Overall Pros: Powerful V6 engine, excellent handling, spacious cabin, high feature level, sporty design.
Overall Cons: Above average road noise in older models, no standard antilock brakes (were optional) until 2008 model, so-so rear seat comfort in the coupe.
All in all, we feel a used Nissan Altima makes a solid choice as a second-hand car. And we can make a number of suggestions to help you save money when buying one.
How To Buy A Used Nissan Altima
There are actually several different ways to buy a pre-owned Altima at the lowest price, and even at wholesale. You can click on the links to each of the following methods to get the specific instructions.
In addition, you can also try the Public Auto Auctions in your own geographic area. While there can be a lot of junk vehicles at these auctions, there are often absolute gems sprinkled in as well. This article reviews what to expect at open-to-the-public car auctions and how to locate them in your own area.
Also ... for those of you who might be interested in a brand new Nissan Altima, if the price was crazy good, here's info on exactly How To Get The Best Price On A New Altima. This works just phenomenally well.
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Bentley to don tartan for sake of high fashion?
Apr 30th 2006 at 1:06PM
Bentley has long been known for its highly fashionable posing. The Scots? Well... not so much.
Which is likely why authorities at the first-ever Scottish Fashion Awards sought out the high-end automaker-- credibility. Yes, the notion of haute couture in aland best known for its shortbread and bagpipes may strike as a bit erm... off-kilter, but it's hard to argue with the visual appeal of an assemblage of Continental Arnages, Continental GTs and Flying Spurs parked outside a castle, no? To that end, the Bentley Boys have signed on as the event's official automotive sponsor.
The Awards will be held at Stirling Castle on May 7.
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Ayala Land approaches every project with one goal in mind: to enhance land and enrich the lives of Filipinos. Guided with this principle, we have consistently designed, built, and developed communities that not only rise to meet its current residents but also thrive to sustain future generations. Our commitment to this mission has allowed us to be the Philippines most trusted real estate company.
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According to the results of the survey, Ayala Land is the foremost developer in the Innovative Green Development Sector, Residential, Retail/Shopping, and Office/Business categories. Ayala Land also won the award for the Overall category.
Asiamoney, a division of Euromoney devoted to business developments in Asia, awarded Ayala Land the title of Most Outstanding Company in the Philippines. Over 800 experts, agencies, and shapers of the Asian real estate market participated in the survey. This resulted in over 4,000 votes for companies all over 12 markets in play in Asia, which found that Ayala Land has earned its reputation as a trusted property developer in the Philippines.
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Ayala Land has committed to becoming carbon neutral by 2022. Our initiative in tackling the issue of climate change and environmental conservation earned us the Sustainable Business Awards for Overall, Stakeholder Engagement and Materiality, and the Special Recognition Award for Sustainability and Strategy Management.
Our Sustainability Blueprint, followed by our Four Focus Areas, are aligned with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. In particular, we are passionate about fulfilling the eleventh Sustainable Development Goal, which is the creation and management of environmentally sustainable cities and communities.
Ayala Land is dedicated to implementing carbon-reducing approaches as well as other sustainable methods of construction and development in all of our projects. This dedication to improving the environment of our only home is what earned us a nod from the Sustainable Business Awards.
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The Sustainable Business Awards deliberates the winners for their honors in one to two months, after a thorough process that takes into consideration global initiatives and the input of a specific national advisory panel. This process determines each of the winners of their 12 award categories, which include Energy Management, Workforce, Community, and Climate Change.
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The Asia CEO Awards recognized Ayala Land’s contributions and commitment to improving the quality of life in the Philippines through our environmental-centric efforts. One such initiative is the Alaminos carbon forest, a 560-hectare woodland reserve specifically created to become a carbon trap and preserve the integrity of our nation’s ecosystem,
Ayala Land has also planted 42,057 new native trees as well as 68,901 more in our estates and real estate developments.
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The Asia CEO Awards is possible through the tireless work of its board of judges. Their panel comprises some of the most recognized personalities in the Philippine business scene. Their esteemed panel of emeritus judges has credentials, backgrounds, and experience from all over the world, from Canada and France to Japan and South Korea.
Although the prestige and honor these coveted awards bring are certainly appreciated by Ayala Land’s hardworking employees and personnel, they serve not just to elevate our efforts but to highlight our commitment to you, our stakeholders.
Our determination to provide current and future generations with comfortable and engaging communities has helped us accomplished all of this. And we intend to do more in the years to come.
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The ‘Pennies from Heaven’ scheme allows employees to donate the pennies from their salary to charity. Monthly salaries are rounded down and the most anyone can give a month is £0.99. VocaLink also ask employees to vote for a new charity each year, with the current charity being Cancer Research UK. One Friday per month is allocated to charity fundraising. The company also allocate a number of colleague days per year for employees to book and fundraise for a charity of their choice. VocaLink is committed to helping to strengthen its surrounding communities and encourage their employees to get involved in their communities through volunteering. All permanent and fixed term contractors are entitled to one volunteering day per year. VocaLink have also formed a partnership with Pilotlight, a not for profit organisation who match directors from charities and social enterprises with teams of senior business people to plan for sustainability, development and growth. The company have nine members of their Executive and Senior Leadership Team who are working as mentors and coaches with charities across the UK, providing their business and personal experience to develop strategic and business plans.
I am happy with the pay and benefits I receive in this job
In addition to their extensive pay and benefits package, performance related bonuses and intangible benefits such as flexible working and a great working environment, VocaLink also have an employee recognition scheme that seeks to reward employees for efforts that are over and above their usual role. The recognition award scheme is directly linked to the company behaviours of commercial, courageous, collaborative, transparent and respectful. Anyone across the business can nominate their colleagues against one or more of these behaviours through the recognition portal. As each nomination is made with supporting information, a post is made on the intranet which contains all the details of the nomination and is available to 'like' and comment on. All the nominations are then assessed by a panel made up of colleagues from across the business. Three nominations per month are crowned 'winners' and in addition to the immediate recognition from the nomination itself, these employees are awarded £100, which can be redeemed at a range of shops and restaurants. In addition, teams of people that are nominated could win a quarterly prize of up to £500 towards a team celebration. Each year three 'overall' winners are selected by a panel to receive £1,500. The scheme is regularly reviewed and refreshed to ensure that it is in line with our behaviours and the needs of all employees.
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Gary Brockway
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Gary is a Partner at our Derby office. He is a Fellow of the Association of Certified Accountants and an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
Gary has 30 years of varied experience in practice, and has spent the last 12 years as a Director / Partner in an East Midlands based practice before joining Baldwins in March 2018.
He has a passion for Rural business and is a sitting member of the ICAEW Farming and Rural business community committee. Gary enjoys working with his clients to identify, plan and achieve their strategic goals.
Baldwins Accountants are one of the fastest growing accountancy firms in the UK, offering a variety of professional accounting, tax & business advisory services.
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Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement
If you're struggling and need to talk to someone, the Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement can help you deal with your loss and put you in touch with support groups.
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