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„History Is All You Left Me” în librăriile Cărturești
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What If It's Us
Adam Silvera, Becky Albertalli
Trecutul e tot ce mi-ai lasat
You’re still alive in alternate universes, Theo, but I live in the real world where this morning you’re having an open casket funeral. I know you’re out there, listening. And you should know I’m really pissed because you swore you would never die and yet here we are. It hurts even more because this isn’t the first promise you’ve broken.
OCD-afflicted seventeen-year-old, Griffin, has just lost his first love – his best friend, ex-boyfriend and the boy he believed to be his ultimate life partner – in a drowning accident. In a desperate attempt to hold onto every last piece of the past, a broken Griffin forges a friendship with Theo’s new college boyfriend, Jackson. And Griffin will stop at nothing to learn every detail of Theo’s new college life, and ultimate death. But as the grieving pair grows closer, readers will question Griffin's own version of the truth – both in terms of what he’s willing to hide, and what true love ultimately means...
Praise for History is All You Left Me
"History Is All You Left Me overflows with tenderness and heartache. Even when its hero is screwing up royally, maybe especially then, Silvera's humanity and compassion carve out a space where it's not the falling that's important, it's how you pick yourself back up. There isn't a teenager alive who won't find their heart described perfectly on these pages." Patrick Ness
"Adam Silvera is a master at capturing the infinite small heartbreaks of love and loss and grief. History Is All You Left Me is a beautiful meditation on what it means to survive devastating loss. This book will make you cry, think, and then cry some more." Nicola Yoon
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Must See YouTube Videos of August
Off the Pitch with Hermes Le Twit: Episode 7, the Cascadian Cup
Released in the excitement for the upcoming Portland Timbers vs. Vancouver Whitecaps Cascadia Cup match, go behind the scenes with Hermes Le Twit as he interviews Saskatoon Sam about the importance of soccer in British Columbia, and the historical importance of the Cascadia Cup. All 100% true.
View the video from the Portland Timber Army Facebook site: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151371865694447
Catch up on your Chinook Jargon with Michael Farrington:
Local Pacific Northwesterner and Chinook Jargin aficionado Michael Farrington has begun to post up an educational YouTube video series about Chinook Jargon, the historical trade language between Salish coastal tribes, as well as early European pioneers and traders. The first video is an introduction to the history, background and basics of Chinuk Wawa (Chinook Jargon), the Pacific Northwest’s own Metis/pidgin/creole language. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rVgRZzDcGI, while the second is his first lesson on greetings: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTFQBWPKaco&feature=youtube_gdata
Creating the Borders of Cascadia
In response to the Mapping Cascadia article in last month’s newsletter, a group of highschoolers from South Eugene have created their own YouTube video helping to define the borders of Cascadia, once and for all. How’d they know how we decided the borders? Judging from the comments, maybe not everyone seems to agree…: http://youtu.be/9R1-pEDq42U
A Cascadia Cup: Youtube Videos highlighting Cascadia in the recent matches between Vancouver, Seattle and Portland
For Northwest soccer fans out there, there were some great Cascadia-related Youtube videos documenting the unique rivalry. Among our favorites were:
Timbers Army Cascadia TIFO: http://youtu.be/xup5Sr3Ru74
‘Caps fans in Portland: http://youtu.be/FxtJOR4XJP0
Portland: Battle of Hearts (especially at about 1:47): http://youtu.be/JZtLmLVCpOw
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The Sunday Playlist: Olympic Listening
(CNN) – The 2012 London Olympics are well underway, and not a day too soon. The world could use a distraction from headlines about global recession or summer drought.
In this week's Sunday Playlist, we're highlighting Olympics-inspired audio. FULL POST
Jessica Gamboa, Clinton Jackson, Darin Jackson, and Carrie Jackson have differing political opinions, but won't let that ruin their trip to the Grand Canyon.
Embed America: Ask Grand Canyon
By Jonathan Binder, CNN
Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona (CNN) – A road trip through the American South West wouldn’t be complete without a stop at the Grand Canyon in Arizona. Embed America’s Team South visited the canyon to not only admire the scenic views from the rim, but also to get the political views of a family visiting from Lake Arthur, New Mexico.
Carrie Jackson, Clinton Jackson, Jessica Gamboa, and future voter Darin Jackson, 11, were on a family road trip together. And despite them not all agreeing about politics, they say it would take more than politics to ruin their vacation.
Although their votes may not all line up, there was a shared frustration with the lack of cooperation across the aisle in Washington. Gamboa says the government needs to come together:
[1:39] “I wish it would quit being Republicans against Democrats – would learn to work together as a people and realize government wasn’t so powerful because right now it’s like a tyranny. They’re making too many, too many laws and rules, that it was never meant to be like this.”
You can check out all our Embed America coverage here. And track the team's progress on our Embed America map.
Posted by Chip Grabow -- CNN, John Sepulvado -- CNN, Jonathan Binder -- CNN
Filed under: Embed America • Stories
Tyler Rix lights the Olympic cauldron during the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay Finale Concert in London's Hyde Park.
Flame and fire: A heated history of the Olympic's most powerful symbol
(CNN) – The lighting of the Olympic cauldron is the culmination of years of planning and millions of dollars spent by the host country.
It is the zenith of the Opening Ceremony, when flame turns to fire. But it wasn’t always such a big deal, according to Jaime Loucky, author of The Complete Book of the Olympics.
[3:18] “The first person who lit it was just some unnamed employee of the electric utility company. It hadn’t become a pageant, it hadn’t become a big thing so they just had some random guy light it.”
Posted by Dan Szematowicz -- CNN, Susanna Capelouto -- CNN, Tommy Andres -- CNN
A scene from the show, "A Day In the Life of Miss Hiccup," at the 2012 Capital Fringe Festival in Washington DC
Fringe Festival: DIY art for these shaky times
(CNN) – After World War II, Edinburgh, Scotland created a theater festival for the war-weary – and they invited the biggest names in theater.
But they didn't invite the locals who wanted to put on their shows, too. So the locals put them on anyway, in alleyways, in bars, in churches, anywhere they could.
And so the Fringe Festival phenomenon was born. Over the past decade, Fringe has spread in the States. From Boulder to Orlando, New York, Cincinnati, and Minneapolis, and other cities.
Fringe is art for these shaky economic times. It's free-wheeling, low-tech, and especially, unjuried. The Fringe philosophy says: if you have a play to put on, Fringe will give you a stage and the basics. Let the market decide whether you're any good! FULL POST
Adult film peformers Eric John and Brandy Aniston say the California voter iniative that could force them to use condoms on film shoots is unfair
Should porn actors wear condoms?
(CNN) – The Los Angeles County Supervisors voted this week to put an initiative on the November ballot asking voters to decide whether adult film actors must wear condoms.
[0:37] "You can’t mandate sexual behavior between consenting adults. It just doesn’t work,” says Steve Hirsch, founder of Vivid Entertainment, an adult entertainment company.
Hirsch’s company is one of the largest adult film studios in the world, releasing more than 60 adult films each year and grossing more than $100 million. He and other adult film actors don’t like the initiative.
[1:49] “A lot of the fans that watch porn don’t want to see scenes with condoms in them," says Brandy Aniston, an adult film actress, "because everybody at home knows that when you rip open a condom it kind of ruins the moment.”
But Mark McGrath, with the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, says condoms should be mandatory for the adult film industry:
[2:37] “It is unfair that these people should be able to go to work, contract an infectious disease and come home and bring it to their families.”
The adult film industry does test but McGrath says testing is not prevention. Actors say it should be up to them whether they use condoms or not on set.
Producer Hirsch says if voters approve the initiative in November, it could force the lucrative adult film industry out of Los Angeles.
Click the audio player above to hear the complete story and then join the conversation in the Soundoff section below. Should there be a law mandating condom use in the porn industry? Let us know what you think.
Posted by Jim Roope -- CNN, Susanna Capelouto -- CNN
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QuadrigaCX CEO Used Personal Money to Fund Exchange During Litigation With Bank in 2018
The late founder of QuadrigaCX, Gerry Cotten, was purportedly funding the exchange with his own money during litigation with a bank in 2018.
The late founder of QuadrigaCX was purportedly putting his own money into the exchange during a legal battle with a bank in 2018
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The late founder of Canadian crypto exchange QuadrigaCX, Gerry Cotten, was purportedly funding the exchange with his own money while it was in litigation with a major Canadian bank. Cotten’s widow Jennifer Robertson revealed details about the exchange’s financial situation in a statement published on March 13.
The statement reads that Cotten was putting his own money into Quadriga to fund user withdrawals in 2018, after the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) had frozen five accounts holding $21.6 million. Robertson stated:
“While I had no direct knowledge of how Gerry operated the business, he told me that he had been putting his own money back into QCX to fund user withdrawals in 2018 while the CIBC money remained frozen. I believe Gerry had the best interests of the business in mind, and cared for his customers.”
At the time, the CIBC froze accounts belonging to the exchange’s payment processor, Costodian Inc., and its owner, Jose Reyes, purportedly due to an inability to identify the funds’ owners. The CIBC then requested the court to withhold the disputed funds and decide whether they belong to QuadrigaCX, Costodian, or the 388 users who had deposited the funds.
Quadriga subsequently told the court that the bank froze the funds mistakenly, and claimed to be the undisputed owner of the greater part of the funds as there was “no evidence” of competing claims.
In the recent statement, Robertson also revealed that the legal firm currently representing the exchange will cease its association with Quadriga CX, apparently due to a conflict of interest. The statement reads:
“I have been advised by Stewart McKelvey that, in light of concerns regarding a potential conflict of interest that have been raised as a result of information which has come to the attention of the Monitor since the start of the CCAA [Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act] process, they have withdrawn from representing QuadrigaCX (QCX) and the other applicant companies in the CCAA process.”
Earlier in March, Robertson asked the court for $225,000 in compensation for legal costs for financing used to help the crypto exchange acquire court-approved protection from creditors. After $145 million in crypto assets went missing following Cotten’s death, Robertson provided interim financing for legal proceedings.
While the issue of repaying Robertson was reportedly discussed in court, the law firm representing QuadrigaCX’s affected clients, Cox & Palmer argued that repayment should not be granted until Ernst & Young — the court monitor — has reviewed asset and transaction information from Cotten’s estate.
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#118: Up Up And A Hey
Published January 26, 2013 Atlanta Braves , Baseball , Braves , Braves & Stuff , Jason Heyward , Martin Prado 371 Comments
by Gil Elliott
‘Gil from Mechanicsville’
Wow, in the course of a few short days, Frank Wren and company turned a negative into a plus with the addition of a former number one over-all draft pick and sometimes misunderstood All-star in Justin Upton. To be honest, I did not see it coming. Along with former number one pick, B J Upton and a young and quickly maturing number one pick Jason Heyward, the Braves have put together an outfield that may only be behind the L A Angels in overall talent and ability, even that may be argued.
BJ Upton, Justin Upton, Jason Heyward
Certainly, it is an outfield that could well hit 100 home-runs and drive in 300 runs over the course of a season. That and steal 60 bases, not to mention the potential to save runs which could vastly improve the entire Atlanta’s collective ERA.
I have been trying to recollect when the Braves have fielded a trio of outfielders who have brought as much potential for excitement and honestly, I cannot think of another time in Braves history they have had this much talent in the outfield at one time. Most certainly, the starting outfield for the 2013 National League All-star game could have these three players in it. They are that good. To think, in the course of a few short years, the Braves have gone from having one of the weakest outfield to one of the best. Amazing.
Sadly, the acquisition of Justin Upton did not come without a high cost. In addition to three minor league prospects and a once untouchable young starter in Randal Delgado, the Braves had to part with one of the most liked players in the organization in the person of Martin Prado. Prado was respected by fans and team mates alike because of his attitude and work ethic. In addition to being able to play every infield position, he had a perchance for being clutch. Not a big home-run hitter, he utilized the tools he had to spray the ball to all fields. He would on occasion hit the dramatic big fly but seemed to be just as content to hit a single the other way to move a runner over.
For sure, if the Arizona manager, Kirk Gibson, wanted a gritty player, he got one in the 29 year old Prado.
Now the only questions remain as to how well the combination of Juan Francisco and Chris Johnson are able to man the third base position which seemingly was to be held down by Marteen in the wake of Chipper Jones’ retirement.
Juan Francisco, Chris Johnson
The Braves may have given up some defense with the addition of Johnson but Francisco has shone flashes of excellence at the hot corner. The reports out of winter ball have been very positive as to Long Juan in his effort to get into better playing shape. With the tremendous power one would wish to have in a third baseman, he appeared to have a bit of a lazy streak which cause the Reds to give up on the young Dominican and trade him to the Braves during spring training prior to the 2012 season. This after being the Reds heir apparent to play third on a full time basis in 2012 but Dusty Baker grew weary of Juan’s apparent indifference to the Reds’ directive to show up in shape. For sure, Dusty will not abide a lollygagger.
Now, spring training will soon be upon us. A better idea of what we can expect will become evident. There are holes always to be filled and a 162 game season can be a long and arduous journey. Injuries and mishaps along the way can turn promise into disappointments but for now, the folks in Braves Country are ready to get started and yearn to hear those two words,
371 Responses to “#118: Up Up And A Hey”
Excellent, Gil! Thank you!! 😀
I hope our hopes aren’t shredded.
(mutter: I still don’t like losing Prado……)
Thank you CL and kudos as always to the graphics department 🙂
Great new banner too by the way, looks great.
Thanks, Gil. I’m not sure I’m pleased with it. Seems too “busy” – but they’re all there, by George! 😀 😀
5 Voice of Raisins January 26, 2013 at 10:13 pm
Excellent, Gil… and I like the new banner very much. Very nice indeed.
6 Carolina Lady January 26, 2013 at 10:19 pm
Thanks much, Raisins. I’m still looking at it like an old dog looking at a new food pan. 😀
“NEW YORK (AP) — One of the oldest trick plays in baseball is now a balk.
Under a rule change imposed by Major League Baseball, pitchers will no longer be allowed to fake a pickoff to third base and throw to first as a way to dupe a runner on first base into breaking for second. Next season, that move would be a balk. Pitchers can still step off the rubber and fake to third.
The change was approved at the owners’ meetings two weeks ago.
The Associated Press first reported the pending rule change last May after the Playing Rules Committee approved the proposal with MLB executives and umpires in agreement. The players’ union, though, vetoed the plan.
The collective bargaining agreement allowed MLB to implement the change after a one-year wait.”
NEW YORK (AP) — Yankees general manager Brian Cashman says it’s possible third baseman Alex Rodriguez could miss the entire season while recovering from hip surgery.
Cashman says “there’s no guarantees in this stuff” that Rodriguez will be able to play this year.
The 37-year-old Rodriguez had surgery on his left hip last week. The team said the rehabilitation time was expected to be six months, which would sideline the star slugger until the All-Star break.
On Friday, Cashman said it was possible A-Rod could be out all year.
“Yeah,” Cashman told WFAN radio. “I think because [of] the serious nature of the surgery and the condition that he’s trying to recover from, you know, there is that chance.”
“I can’t say it’s not possible that he won’t be back,” he said.
The Yankees signed free agent Kevin Youkilis during the offseason to play third base while Rodriguez is out.
Cashman said Rodriguez is doing everything “in his power to put himself in the position to get back and be healthy and productive.”
“Best case scenario, yeah he should be back,” Cashman said. “Worst case scenario, he won’t be back, or there might be something in between.”
A 14-time All-Star, Rodriguez hit .272 with 18 home runs and 57 RBIs in 122 games last year. The three-time AL MVP was benched in three of nine postseason games and pinch hit for in three others, batting just .120 (3 for 25) with no RBIs in the playoffs.
Rodriguez had surgery on Jan. 16 to repair a torn labrum and reshape a bone to alleviate an impingement. He has 647 career homers and is due $114 million over the next five years as part of his record 10-year, $275 million contract.
Notes: RHP David Robertson and the Yankees reached a one-year deal, avoiding arbitration. The reliever had asked for $3.55 million and the team offered $2.85 million.
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Ex-Astro Jeff Bagwell involved in scandalous Houston divorce
07:33 AM ET 01.26 | Former Astros slugger Jeff Bagwell was passed over for the Hall of Fame along with Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Mark McGwire this month, but he’s emerging as a player in a sleazy and bruising divorce battle between his reported girlfriend Rachel Brown and her estranged hubby, hand surgeon Michael Brown. The Browns’ strange and scandalous breakup has shocked Houston, where Bagwell played during his entire 15-year career, and brought to light Bagwell’s relationship with Rachel.
Yes, ballplayers are human and do bad things, must be the steroids…
Anyway, good morning all… I wonder how long it will take the “A-Rod with a walker” jokes to surface. I don’t think the insurance extends past three years so there is incentive for New York to get him going again but seriously, The guy is 37 and the Yankees are still committed to pay him $20 million a year for the next five years?
http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/new-york-mets-landon-powell-daughter-izzy-dies-012713
12 Mitch Patrikus January 28, 2013 at 2:18 am
I think this Braves outfields has the potential to become one of the best ever. http://wantthatsummerback.wordpress.com/2013/01/25/braves-outfield-potential-to-be-best-ever/
13 Voice of Raisins January 28, 2013 at 12:08 pm
MLBTR: Two NL East teams, the Nationals and Phillies, have projected payrolls surpassing $100MM for the 2013 season. Meanwhile, the Mets and Braves project to spend $80MM and $83MM on payroll, respectively. The Marlins will round out the division with a payroll in the $30-40MM range.
To be specific, the Phillies’ projected payroll is somewhere around $156MM with the Nats weighing in around $108MM. I can see generalizing the Nats with “surpassing $100MM”, but the Phils? That’s like saying Congress spends “a little bit”…
Howdy Mitch…
Hey, Mitch! Welcome!
16 Voice of Raisins January 28, 2013 at 3:47 pm
@ajcbraves: #Braves pitchers & catchers report in 2 weeks, rest of position players report by 2/14, game vs. Tigers in 25 days (2/22)
Yes Raisins, only in America where a “cut” means Not spending as much as we projected but not necessarily less than we spent in the past. I wonder if I could get away with claiming a “loos” by saying “well” I wanted $100. 000 but could only get $50,000 so I had a loss of $50,000… ? Nothing like using “newspeak” to fool the masses.
So, back to the topic at hand, the Nationals have a very reasonable payroll. Same could be said for the Braves although I think both teams could elevate their payrolls without much sweat being raised. The Phillies can afford their salary but the fact they are getting older does not bode well for the ‘fightin Phils’ .
Te Mets are trying to dig out from under the Bernie Madoff debacle. Goes to show you that if it is too good to be true, it probably is. They will be back to their spendthrift ways soon enough.
Now, the Marlins, I sure am glad I am not a Marlins fan. Evem more a Marlins player unless I was serving out my time in MLB baseball purgatory where it makes no difference what I make the first six years because I am doom to play for them anyway. The only thing a Marlin’s player can hope for is to play to a high level and hope I am marketable enough to score a big deal somewhere else.
I have to laugh at all the folks on the blogs who clamor for local ownership. I wonder what their reaction would be when the wake up and discover that the team has been sold to Jeffery Loria?
Yes, Gil… Liberty Media has not been that bad, really. They are pretty hands off, allowing for the local suits to act responsibly in their stead. I think for the most part that Mr. Schiller has done that fairly well. And he has said, on more than one occasion, the payroll will go up commensurate with the attendance. Exhibit A – the 2012 Chipper Farewell tour. Attendance increased, and so did the payroll limit, in a moderate amount… from $90MM-ish to about $98 MM-ish. If the Up-twins can add the expected excitement to this team, we may see the same thing again next year.
Now… I have had my own little fit or two over the payroll limits. But really, those were out of frustration by seeing a rival team, like the Phils, just toss out a few million more to fill a hole. But Frank has fielded a darn talented team for their money. Proof that it can be done. And there is still a reported $8MM-$10MM left in the kitty. Good to have some flexibility between April and July, eh?
One has to believe that Frank is waiting to see if he needs to fill a hole at third or behind the plate before making any more moves. A lot depends on if the platoon at third pans out and BMac is able to return to pre 2012 form at the plate before any of that cashed is spent. The pitching staff looks set on paper but one never knows what trouble lurks around the corner. On the positive side, most of the players are young, less prone to breaking down, methinks..
21 berigan2electricboogaloo January 31, 2013 at 5:00 am
Very nice blog Gil! I was going to say that a few days ago, but was tired and wanted to add some quite insightful thoughts too…a few days later..umm, er…very nice blog Gil! 😕
Oh, 164 game season? did they add two? a lot slips past me these days…
22 Gil in Mechanicsville January 31, 2013 at 10:03 am
You mean it’s not? It sure seems that long to me, must be all those late night extra inning games on the west coast.
Not a lot of new stuff to write about at the moment, just the same old, same old. I think everyone is anxious for the Super Bowl to be over and spring training to get started.
The most interesting things to watch this spring are: In no particular order
Evan Gattis and whether or not he has a legitimate chance to make it on the roster,
BMac and if he is willing to be patient and not undo all the surgery he had performed.
Who will be the back up infielder
Who the 5th outfielder will be.
If Julio will be ready for prime time.
You can read only so many human interest stories….
Reading what various folks have to say about the Braves vs Nationals as to how the teams stack up against each other, much has been opined that the Nationals have a superior pitching staff but I am not so sure. I watched quite a few Nationals’ games last season and it is my belief the talking heads and bloggers are going strictly by the stats and not what actually performances.
I guess the Braves and the rest of the world will have to wait and see if Mike Minor continues his second half of the season performance as opposed to his first half debacles. I am suspicious that Hudson still possesses shut down quality stuff.
I also think the baseball world forgets how good the Phillies’ starting staff still is. Of course they do not have the bullpen arms the Braves and for that matter the Nats can employ but they are still a very dangerous ball club and I don’t see them rolling over for anyone.
Source: Prado four-year contract with #Diamondbacks is for $40 million.
Good for Marteen, he’s earned it….
$40 million in four years. I wonder how much that is in real money?
Today is Jackie Robinson’s 94th birthday. (Check out Thursday’s Google cover page.)
I think back at how much inflation we have experienced in our life time and I believe it to be around 1000% … Cost of a gallon of gas when I was a kid, 31.9 cents a gallon, cost today $3.199 dollars a gallon, A loaf of bread was .19 cents a loaf, Now $1.90 loaf. Newspapers were a nickle, today they are 50 cents…. It seems to me that is about right.
There fore, Marteen will be making $10, 000 a year in 1957 money…
29 Voice of Raisins February 1, 2013 at 8:15 am
Gil, I can remember as a kid watching “The Price Is Right” on TV. They had a game where the contestant had to guess each digit in the price of a car. Almost every contestant that played it started with “2” or “3” because most of the cars were in the $2000-$3999 range.
1000% indeed.
I can also remember when Mike Schmidt was the first $2MM player, and it was almost scandalous that a team crossed the $2MM barrier. Heck, they’ll sign someone for $2MM these days just to come to ST and try to win a roster spot.
30 Voice of Raisins February 1, 2013 at 12:34 pm
confirmed from #Braves PR whiz Jim Misudek that both Uptons will just be "Upton" on back of jerseys, and both Johnsons just "Johnson"
— David O'Brien (@DOBrienAJC) February 1, 2013
Yeah… football is done, now we can all focus on what is really important… basketball… just kidding.
32 Voice of Raisins February 4, 2013 at 10:28 am
Packing the truck…won’t be long til Braves are unpacking in Lake Buena Vista twitter.com/ajcbraves/stat…— David O’Brien (@ajcbraves) February 4, 2013
On this date in 1934, Henry “Hammerin’ Hank” Aaron was born in Mobile , AL.
Happy Birthday Hammer!!! 😀
RT @KrisMedlen54 My Wife and I welcomed our son Max Michael Medlen into this world today Happiestday of lives http://t.co/5UaxQApi
Congratulation Little Dude… Max Medlen? Sounds like a great baseball name….
Sitting here trying to decide whether to opp for the MLB Premium Package or stay with the DirectV baseball package. The computer one is a lot cheaper, plus I could get the spring training although things are shaping up for Jo and I to make a dash to Florida this spring. Ahem… Still waiting for my bonafide, platinum press credentials… SIGH!!!!…
Hoping to great a real live look at JR Graham. May have to start calling him “White Bread” or simply “sliced”…
He may not be “sliced”, but apparently the best thing since…
A little “Rye” humor there.
Maybe a “Graham” cracker?
They’re in the mail, Gil! In. The. Mail. (Dear lord, how many times do I have to say that?) They’re in the MAIL!
…..chuckle, snort, grin…..
43 Voice of Raisins February 6, 2013 at 2:50 pm
Seems some of our boys are a little anxious:
1st workout done down here in Florida! Now time to hit the links
— Freddie Freeman (@FreddieFreeman5) February 6, 2013
Warm enough for some baseball today!!!! Right around 70!
70 in Jonesboro GA I mean…don’t know what it was in Florida, except warmer
46 Mitch Patrikus February 6, 2013 at 6:45 pm
Warm day up in Iowa too! Got to about 34!
Howdy Mitch! Welcome back. Hey, Ber… didn’t overheat, did ya?
Hey Mitch, I figured I didn’t have to ask you about overheating. Defrosting maybe…
49 Gil in Mechanicsville February 6, 2013 at 11:38 pm
“Graham” cracker… Oh SNAP!…
In. The. Mail Yeah, and just when they are going to start curtailing the Saturday delivery of my junk mail too…. If they get delayed any longer I am going to have to pay storage…
Sigh… guess I will be denied access to the club house yet again.. 😦
51 Carolina Lady February 7, 2013 at 12:10 am
Just tell them WHO you are, Gil! They’ll let you and your assistant Miss Josie in. If they haven’t heard of Braves & Stuff, they’ll just be showing their ignorance. They’re supposed to KNOW where to get the good info! 😀
Hey, Mitch! 34, huh? I think I’ll leave my part there for you to enjoy. Glad to see you back!
Gil, Where is Clarence?? You told him we don’t bite, didn’t you?
V, I was down in Peachtree city and Newnan, were I saw on the news(weather report) it was 74, and no joke, I was sweating in my car sitting inside talking on the phone! Weird!
Now baseball…boring…reading about what’s left out there just isn’t very interesting, is it?
Slow for another couple of days… but staring Monday, the news items should start popping as many teams begin workouts. I absolutely LOVE that Fab 5 Freddie is already in Orlando and is already working out. Awesome!
So many golf courses, so few spring training days… The kid has to get a jump on it somehow.
Wasn’t Freddie working out with Dan Ugla this winter? I can’t remember which Braves player it was. Once upon a time, Spring Training was all about getting into shape for baseball. Now it seems that nearly all of the players workout year round. Of course, getting paid, or wanting to get paid, millions of dollars may be somewhat of an incentive
CL, it is his silly season now that taxes are to be done. He is a “TAX Pro” among his many other talents. He was the “smart one” of the two of us.
Ber, the classic cars have been rad dude…
Cool cars, aren’t they Gil? Somehow, I don’t think someone is going to wax nostalgic about a 1994 Camry…may say it was reliable, but feelings for it? Wanting another one to restore???
Feel bad for Jair…I wonder if the Braves didn’t check him out closely enough, or if he acted like he was ok, when he wasn’t?
from MLBTR
The Orioles have yet to finalize their one-year, $1.5MM agreement with Jair Jurrjens, and there’s a chance the deal will fall through. The Orioles were still receiving medical evaluations on Jurrjens as of last night, Encina reports. It’s becoming unclear whether the deal will be completed and it doesn’t seem to be headed in a positive direction. Orioles executives have long-standing concerns about Jurrjens’ health.
Read more at http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/#jw4pcB2CXxO1uhet.99
It’s pretty evident that Jair had/has some physical problems. Pitchers just don’t forget how to pitch overnight and drop off that poorly for no reason. When a guy loses that much velocity and all movement at the same time, there is an issue. We all saw it; Frank knew it… everyone knew it. It’s why no one would trade for him. Heck, Frank would have taken a pair of tickets to Breaking Dawn in trade to move him along. (Did we ever find out what/who we got for Ryan Langerhans? It’s one of the great mysteries of the last decade…) When teams are willing to take a flyer on guys like Dontrelle Willis or Miguel Batista, but not on Jair Jurjjens, there is a reason.
So, the ghost of Mark Wholers raises his ugly head yet again, the idea that something is wrong but everyone is in denial. I guess the question now would be who has liability if surgery is necessary.
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/tim-lincecum-cuts-hair-becomes-baseball-version-joseph-194510258–mlb.html
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/former-murder-suspect-angel-villalona-obtains-visa-headed-080357739–mlb.html
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/kevin-millwood-retires-16-seasons-443-starts-two-051117408–mlb.html
61 Mitch Patrikus February 10, 2013 at 9:42 pm
Yes there has been a lot of defrosting this winter! Needs to get warm soon! I’d kill for a nice sunny 65 degree day right now!
62 Voice of Raisins February 11, 2013 at 7:21 am
It’ll be 65 today here in Jefferson… but very rainy. That said, Saturday was a Chamber of Commerce day for sure. Mid-60’s during the day, low-40’s in the evening, and the stars in the sky were as clear and bright as the outlook for the 2013 Braves outfield. Not bad being a North Georgia boy…
63 Voice of Raisins February 11, 2013 at 10:41 am
I love this. 😀
Reporting day for #Braves pitchers and catchers. And the Heyward tents are up being right field. http://t.co/ZwTk1sng—
David O'Brien (@ajcbraves) February 11, 2013
Mitch, the forecast for Orlando today: 84 and sunny… as it should be as the Boys of Summer commence.
65 Carolina Lady February 11, 2013 at 4:37 pm
Heyward tents! Love it!!! 😀
4 years @ $48MM seems reasonable for Michael Bourn. The $15MM annually that he reportedly was seeking was never realistic, IMO. Also, he didn’t get the 5+ years guaranteed he was seeking. Again, I never felt that was realistic, but 4 + an option seems good for all sides. The Indians OF certainly has received a boost with the additions of both Bourn and Nick Swisher. I’ll root for them this year, because I’ve always liked them, and they are sort of like our AL “tribesmen”.
Great job Michael… you earned this deal.
First day of workouts!!!!!!!!!!!! 😀 😀 😀 😀
68 Gil in Mechanicsville February 12, 2013 at 10:20 am
I saw the news of Bourn’s signing last night. My thoughts were the same as yours Raisins as to the fairness of the deal. I think the Braves would have been happy to sign him to a similar deal but that ship had long sailed.
At least the Indians are making an effort. Francona is a good guy to have as a manager and should fit well.
Reading some comments elsewhere that Justin Upton would not be much of an upgrade over Marteen Prado in left for the Braves. While I loved Marteen, that is a real stretch. Offensively, they are two different types of hitters, defensively, Justin’s increased range should help compensate for the step lost in center to BJ over Michael.
The real trick should be the Uptons getting accustom to the nuances of Turner Field and it’s lack of back lighting in the outfield. The lame excuse of not wanting to block the view of the Atlanta skyline went out the window with the additions of a super sized Coke bottle and a giant cow….
The best day of the year is when pitchers and catchers report! It makes me feel like I can kind of escape this snow and 30 degree weather that we have up here.
Where are you, Mitch?
Does Heyward look like he is in amazing shape or what?!?
Upton here, Upton here.Heyward there. #Braves http://t.co/DYKzaSqa—
Hm. Maybe they’d better put up bigger tents??
I’m from up in Northeastern Iowa
We’ll send you some of this warmer Carolina air, Mitch. ‘Course, no telling what condition it will be in by the time it reaches you! 😀
from Thanks, Chipper on fb:
“Jordan Schafer and Tyler Pastornicky are among the players that were not early arrivers to spring training. Fedi Gonzalez was not pleased either. Schafer is just 20 minutes from Braves camp in Haines City. Pastornicky is in Bradenton, Florida.”
I think if my name was Schafer, I’d be sitting on the curb waiting for them when everybody arrived. Just sayin’ –
75 Gil in Mechanicsville February 13, 2013 at 8:58 pm
Actually, I think it is a little unfair for Fredi to have had feelings for the kids not to show up early. If the Braves want them in camp early, tell them to show up early, that way there is no miscommunication. I did lots of volunteer work, the expectations were a lot different from my paying job. Also different between salary and hourly
Then again, you have a very valid point CL…. Just saying, communication is a two way street. Or at least should be..
76 Voice of Raisins February 13, 2013 at 9:50 pm
For my money, both Schaf and the Rev face uphill battles this spring. And I don’t have a dog in that fight either way. I have no reason to defend either one. But I am pretty sure they have been working out together under a supervised and structured program. It could be that they are simply finishing it out leading to their official arrival to camp.
But that said, don’t you want to make a good impression on your boss?
77 berigan2electricboogaloo February 14, 2013 at 11:07 am
Sure glad Bourn signed with the Indians and not the Mutts…
he would have been a thorn in our sides for sure…Weird that He’s “only” worth 2 mil more per season than Angel Pagan, who is also a year older.I think if he hadn’t tanked the last few months, he would have gotten more too
Heyward dwarfs the others in that photo…is it just me, or does that look like Andruw Jones behind him? (I Know it can’t be, but sure looks like him!)
Having seen Heyward in person, I can honestly say he has become even more impressive looking. The secret though is not to just become stronger but to also stay flexible. I think that is what happened to Dan Uggla. In his quest to become even stronger, he lost his flexibility.
Raisins, true dat on Schafer and the Pastor. Going back and reading the comments, Fredi has a valid point but I don’t think he should have made them public. Stuff like that never goes away. It is a lot like showing up an umpire. You never know when you are going to need that 2 inches off the plate to go your way… You also don’t know when the ump is going to remember he doesn’t like you very much either.
Save the digs for the Kangaroo Court Fredi… The message will get delivered. I look for Schafer to be cut and Pastornicky to be included in a trade package… That is, unless they both can suddenly hit .500 this spring.
After much consideration, I guess I won’t be making the trip to Florida this year. I really want to go but after thinking about how much walking is involved just to get from the parking lot to the stadium, I just don’t think I can do it yet. BUMMER!!!! I guess I will try to make up for it this summer by going to DC to see the Gnats play the Braves.
The ironic thing is the tickets to see the Nationals play in “real” games are cheaper than watching Atlanta play at Disney. Who would have thunk it? Of course, the parking is free at “Dark Star” but little else.
Only downside to going to Washington is having to actually drive in DC but if you sneak in the back way, it isn’t as bad.
Ber, I had that same thought about Andruw. Don’t know who it is but there is a great resemblance.
That is minor league hitting instructor Jamie Dismuke… and he is a dear ringer for Andruw.
Speaking of Uggla bulking up and being too tight, word has it he has actually come in a tad smaller this spring… seemingly to reverse last season’s trend.
And Heyward looks like a comic book hero… 😀
dear ringer dead ringer 😳
84 Gil in Mechanicsville February 14, 2013 at 10:32 pm
Nice little blurb on Venters being in better shape this spring. I still say he did not really recover fully from the flogging he received at the hands of Bobby Cox and Freddi the past two years. He will be lucky, as well as the rest of the Braves’ fans, if he suffered no real permanent damage.
I said last year that Uggla needed to be careful in the way he went about his weight training. Baseball player have to be limber. Being strong is great but being quick is actually better.
Heyward could put on a Batman suit and would not need the fake muscles. That said, see my previous comment….
What is it with the Dominican Republic and Visa problems and ball players? Have the ball clubs not figured out they have to grease the palms of those slime balls in third world countries? It has been that way since the Spanish first showed up the 1500s’. Might even have been that way before that.
85 berigan2electricboogaloo February 15, 2013 at 3:25 am
Gil, Sorry about you not being able to make the trip this year. I bet a lot of locals have power scooters in their daily vehicle….wonder if any place rents something like that down there? A package deal, special van and a power scooter???
86 Gil in Mechanicsville February 15, 2013 at 4:01 am
Sounds like a good idea for some enterprising entrepreneur. I actually have a scooter I bought a couple of years ago but I have been in denial and refuse to use it. I am pretty determined to walk as long as I can. Doesn’t stop me from using the carts in Kroger and Wal-mart however.
I am trying real hard to talk myself out of buying another gun. I have three right now that I am watching and to be honest, I don’t need any of the three. Especially since folks have gone bat s**t crazy about hording ammo. No need to put stronger background checks in place, any nut who wants a gun won’t be able to shoot the dang thing after they buy it…
Still, everyone has to have a hobby and collecting firearms is mine. Personally, I feel the are much more practical than my wife’s doll collection but that is just me. I think she would argue the point.
One of her dolls sits in a place of honor in our home. Your Josie is one special lady!
I’m sorta interested in a .45. Got ideas/comments/recommendations?
.45 vs .38?
Gil, the US Gov’t is/has been buying up MILLIONS and MILLIONS of rounds of ammo – even in the name of the Nat’l Weather Service. Wonder why….
I’ll be honest with you, while a .45 is a much more impressive round, unless you are planning on spend time regularly at a shooting range, I would suggest to you the same firearm I purchased for Josie in a Lady Smith & Wesson or one of the Tarus clones which are about half the price. It is small and will fit in your hand nicely and you will not be bothered by having to remember how to release the safety, you simply point in the direction you want to shoot and pull the trigger. The barrel is only about 2 inches long so it is not real accurate beyond 15 feet but any further than that away from your attacker and they are not so much a threat. The noise alone will deafen everyone and the flash will blind them. While a 38 does not stop someone as well as a .45, it should slow them down enough for you to escape.
Besides, a .45 has a nasty recoil and unless you are prepared for it, see comment about range time, you are never going to be able to fire a second round if needed. Simple is good and a nice 38 special is about as simple as you can get short of a butcher knife. Bottom line, you have to do with what you are comfortable with and what feels right in your hand. Safety is paramount but once you make the decision to buy a gun, you also have to face the reality you might someday have to use it. A good gun safety class in addition to range time is a lot more important to me than having someone fill out a bunch of lame paper work for the Feds. You would never think of letting someone drive a car without practice first. Owning a gun is no different in my eyes…
Whew, didn’t mean to get so windy there.
Now baseball…. Chipper didn’t show up on time, I wonder if Fredi is going to call him out to the papers?
Holy cow! It’s snowing! No way it can stick though. Ground temp is too high and it is sopping wet. But it’s pretty coming down. Doesn’t happen too often in these parts.
Gil, thanks for the advice. I had a S&W special until the house burned and I just never got around to replacing it. Today is a different world than it was at that time and criminals are getting bolder. If anyone breaks into this house, I wouldn’t hesitate one second to take them down. If it comes to them vs my daughter or me, guess who loses? I have several rifles and a shotgun, but by the time I located them, buried as they are to prevent theft, I’d be better off with a baseball bat. For in the house, a handgun is all-around more practical. A single .38 round may not stop somebody, but I’ve done pretty well on grouping shots on the range.
Chipper is coming to ST? – or did I miss the joke?
The Chipper comment was a dig at Fredi for dissing the Pastor and Schafer for not coming into camp early. Chipper was suppose to show up Friday but didn’t come until Saturday.
I will not go into all the back and forth about how the two rookies should have come into camp early. I just felt Fredi should have kept it in house and aired it to the press.
Yes. it snowed here today too but no accumulation. Just a reminder it is still winter…
92 berigan2electricboogaloo February 18, 2013 at 12:23 pm
Happy Presidents day! I’m sure you all are thinking about Millard Filmore, William Henry Harrison, Franklin Pierce, and the other greats….
Nice little story on Babe Ruth’s last car, a 1948 Lincoln
http://www.oldcarsweekly.com/news/editors-picks/babe-ruths-ride-hits-homerun-with-owner?et_mid=598888&rid=233805310
Referring back to the ammo: this sure answers the questions.
http://www.wnd.com/2013/02/feds-buying-enough-bullets-for-24-year-war/
At least a dozen #Braves spring games to be televised http://t.co/zFqT0nTv
— David O'Brien (@DOBrienAJC) February 18, 2013
Thanks CL, I think the real reason is still the “run” on ammo by those who thought it would be outlawed. A lot of hoarding has taken place. Perhaps the shortage is prolonged by manufacturers being tied up with filling order for the government. I can certainly see how that could be true with .223 and 9mm which is really scarce right now. I did manage to find some 22 mag and some 22 subsonic rounds today but at about a 30% premium.
I bought another car tonight. As a result, I had to pass up a couple of really good deals on two firearms. I figure doubling my fuel economy would be more beneficial than trying to find any more space in an already over crowded gun cabinet. Of course I am going to bemoan my failure to “pull the trigger” on those deals for weeks. SIGH!
Now baseball… Looks like there will be lots of opportunities to see the Braves rookies on TV this spring. I have the MLB channel as does Ber, I don’t know about Raisins but I suspect he will get to watch on the local Atlanta outlets. Only one who will be left out in the cold will be CL I’m afraid. 😦
Yes, Gil, I will have access to all of the above mentioned games except those that are carried on CSS (Comcast). That said, access does not always equal opportunity. That is a different animal altogether…
100 Voice of Raisins February 19, 2013 at 7:27 am
That said, the weekday afternoon games are already on my calendar. 😀
No recorder Raisins?
102 Voice of Raisins February 19, 2013 at 11:48 am
Nah… I’m too cheap…
Plus, I’m not one to live in the past. 😉
103 Voice of Raisins February 19, 2013 at 1:09 pm
More games added nationally: http://www.ajc.com/news/sports/baseball/dozen-braves-spring-training-games-be-televised/nWR3M/
Fredi has announced his pitching rotation for the 1st 5 spring games: Huddy, Maholm, Teheran, Medlen and Minor. As long as they stay on that schedule throughout spring, Meds gets the nod on Opening Day, followed by Minor, then Huddy, Maholm and Teheran. That is pretty much what most have speculated. Then again, there are a few weeks of spring left to make final determinations.
Atlanta Braves: 1B Freddie Freeman proclaims himself healthy
As the Atlanta Braves open their spring training for the 2013 season in Florida, the hopeful team is happy to finally have a fully healthy first baseman back this year. Freddie Freeman suffered a serious bruise to his left index finger in the middle of last season after being struck by a Jose Reyes throw while he was sliding. He battled with the injury for the remainder of the season and he had to adjust his swing. He told reporters that he is finally healthy and is looking forward to the 2013 season.
Freeman said that shortly after the first of the year he could finally make a fist with his hand and began hitting last month. “I started hitting with Dan Uggla last month. It was a lot of fun knowing that I was fully healthy,” said Freeman.
Freeman told reporters that he believes he has rectified a situation that bothered him for much of last season as well, his vision. The first baseman told reporters that he has finally found a pair of contact lenses that are comfortable and he has ordered a special pair of clear Oakley glasses to wear while playing this season.
Freeman is hoping to improve on his .262 batting average last season and could be poised for a breakout season.
http://www.rantsports.com/mlb/2013/02/14/assessing-jordan-waldens-role-with-the-atlanta-braves/
The Atlanta Braves decided to strengthen their bullpen this offseason with the acquisition of Jordan Walden in exchange for starting pitcher Tommy Hanson. With Walden, the Braves added some right-handed firepower in an already powerful bullpen. This trade looks like another example of general manager Frank Wren and manager Fredi Gonzalez hoping to keep Craig Kimbrel, Jonny Venters and Eric O’Flaherty from being overworked. Can Walden show consistent command and stay healthy? If so, he will carve out a nice role on this 2013 team.
2012 Recap: Walden endured the dreaded “sophomore slump” in 2012 after emerging onto the MLB scene in 2011. That year Walden saved 32 games, struck out 67 batters with a 2.98 ERA and made the American League All-Star team. Last season, Walden dealt with biceps and shoulder injuries, lost his closer role and was limited to 45 games in a middle-relief role. His ERA (3.46), WHIP (1.36) and walk-per-nine-inning ratio (4.2) were all up from the previous year. The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim added Ryan Madson to their bullpen this offseason, making Walden expendable.
2013 Outlook: Walden features a lot of upside and potential but also some well-known risks. The upside is that he lights up the radar gun, consistently hitting 98 and 99 and occasionally triple digits. What makes his fastball so potent is its sinking action which has led scouts to describe the pitch as a “bowling ball.” Walden mixes that in with a slider that has good bite, but he struggles with locating it on a consistent basis. The downside with Walden is his quirky motion that leads to injury concerns. Walden propels himself off the mound in a unique jumping motion but doesn’t fully complete his follow through, which puts a lot of pressure on his arm. The windup has many moving parts and is a major reason Walden has consistency issues.
Walden clearly adds a power arm to the Braves’ bullpen and will give Gonzalez flexibility at the end of games. He now has various options in righty-righty or lefty-lefty situational matchups. I even expect Walden will pick up a few saves this season when Kimbrel needs a day off. But, the Braves don’t need Walden to save 32 games like he did as an Angel. They need him to get people out in front of Kimbrel and stay healthy in order to help keep that bullpen fresh leading up to the postseason. Braves’ fans saw what an overworked bullpen looked like in September 2011. A healthy Walden will go a long way in preventing that from happening in 2013. While his role is somewhat unidentified as of now, Walden has a simplified outlook on that right now. “I know my job is to set up Kimbrel, I don’t know where I fit in here yet, but my job is to just be part of this team for now. There’s no reason to worry about closing when we have Craig.”
Read more at http://www.rantsports.com/mlb/2013/02/14/assessing-jordan-waldens-role-with-the-atlanta-braves/?ztCUHCu3kHPadEIG.99
David Miller is a Senior Writer for RantSports.com.
Read more at http://www.rantsports.com/mlb/2013/02/14/jordan-schafer-is-ruining-his-chance-at-atlanta-braves-roster/?ATuCTJ8pvLqRjeq9.99
You have probably seen lots of news by now about players reporting early to Spring Training. All around Major League Baseball, position players have been arriving along with or even before pitchers and catchers. It seems to be the thing to do if you are willing to make the trip a few days early. The Atlanta Braves have a possible outfielder that apparently doesn’t agree with the idea of showing up early.
Jordan Schafer was placed on waivers by the Houston Astros and claimed by the Braves. Braves fans will remember Schafer from a short few years ago when he was supposed to be the next great outfielder to come through the farm system. That never really materialized as he got into some trouble for taking human growth hormones and eventually he wound up playing for the Astros. Drug problems found him there as well. This past off-season, after he was released by the Astros, Schafer was graciously asked back to Spring Training with the Braves.
In response, Schafer just decided not to show up yet. Some might not think that’s a big deal since he wasn’t required to show up until Thursday, but manager Fredi Gonzalez doesn’t like it one bit. He sarcastically joked about Schafer apparently already having a guaranteed spot on the roster, saying that must be the reason he hadn’t bothered showing up. There is some good news for Schafer as he decided to show up early today. At least that’s something.
For those who think it shouldn’t matter that he didn’t show up early, I have an analogy for you. Imagine you and another two people are up for a promotion at work. You show up a few minutes before time to start working but your competitors slept at their desk and had hours of work in when you got there. I’m not saying something is terribly wrong with showing up right on time but don’t expect a promotion or a job over the guy that was there way early and working.
Oh, by the way. Evan Gattis and his family reportedly drove thirty hours to arrive days early for the Braves camp. Schafer lives thirty minutes from the field. Yeah, he is a talented fellow, problems or not. But this spring, Schafer better have a forty-four ounce bat and a rocket up his backside if he plans to win a spot.
8 minutes of great memories!
http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/pre_game_for_turner_fields_first_braves_game/12933727
See, that is exactly what happens when the manager of a club calls you out, I read yesterday that Schafer had already informed the club and had received approval of the club to show up at the required time because of some unspecified family related business/crisis that required his presence in Chicago the week prior to the opening of spring training. Now, I am not saying Schafer is right or wrong and I am not saying the club shouldn’t take into consideration desire to play and go the extra mile, I am just saying Gonzalas should have kept it in house and not snarked to the press. It shows to me a lack of leadership skills. For all his faults, Bobby Cox did not call out his players in the papers, he did it behind closed doors where that sort of thing belongs.
Perhaps it is my life experiences on both sides of the fence which allows me to speak on the subject but in my eyes, it is Fredi who was in the wrong here.
Re: Schafer. In my view, it won’t matter. I don’t believe he makes the team anyway. Reed Johnson plays all 3 spots, and Schafer offers little power from the left side. Plus he’s out of options, so he is likely a goner.
Wonder why the Braves invited him back to Spring Training? Strange situation, indeed. BTW, I agree, Gil, that Fredi should have kept his mouth shut. It certainly helps no one. So far, I am underwhelmed with the Braves manager. Maybe because I’ve seen little of the actual games, but that’s where I am with him. Not that it amounts to a hill of beans. 🙂
Well, when the Braves picked Schafer up off the scrap heap, Bourn was no longer under contract, BJ had not yet been signed and Justin was not on the radar. In fact, I don’t even think Reed Johnson had been re-signed. The Braves OF consisted of Jason Heyward and Jose Constanza. Period. They were still talking of Martin as a LF because there were so few options. He was simply a cheap depth move.
In my opinion, the Braves’ bench will have 2 spare OF… one of which will be the RH Reed Johnson. That leaves 1 other spot open for a OF, which will certainly be a LH. Now… Schafer is a LH, but not a bopper. The Braves would ideally like to have more pop off the bench, I would think, ala Eric Hinske (the 2011 version, not the 2012 version). They do not have that in house currently, so failing the acquisition of said LHPH, the spot will come down to Schafer vs. Constanza. Maybe a little competition and another year’s maturity will be enough to tap some of that raw potential that Schafer once flashed. Who knows? But if I was competing for the last spot on a Major League roster, I’d have been in camp before the pitchers and catchers. Constanza was hung up in the DR with visa issues. Schafer was a 30 minute drive away…
My money says the Braves pick up the above mentioned LH bench bopper late in the spring as other teams’ rosters begin to take shape and veteran hitters become expendable.
from an article sent by Ber:
The Missouri Senate has given first-round approval to legislation that aims to name the new I-70 Mississippi River bridge for famed Cardinal Stan Musial.
“Bridges, at the heart of it, they connect people, they bring them together, and I think that’s a fitting tribute for ‘Stan the Man’ Musial,” said Sen. Eric Schmitt, a Republican from Glendale who is sponsoring the legislation.
Musial, 92, died Jan. 19 at his home in Ladue. Shortly thereafter, a movement grew to name the bridge after the seven-time National League batting champion. The bridge is expected to open next year.
The naming effort needs approval from both the Missouri Legislature and Illinois Legislature.
Good morning folks, it is my opinion that the major league rosters should be expanded to 30 for the first month of the season, this would give clubs a little more time to look at prospects and take a bit of the pressure off of pitchers. Just my two cents worth.
Yes, Schafer was a hedge. Look for him to start in Gwinnett.
The real wild card is Gattis. Wow, does he ever look like a young Javy Lopez. Probably has the same skill set behind the plate, Javy wasn’t exactly a gold glover either.
Of course Javy has a little chemical help… just saying…
So, how many spots are really available this spring? One left handed bat off the bench, One utility infielder, one fifth outfielder, one relief pitcher?
The starting rotation is certainly set unless Julio falls apart this spring, There are a couple of guys waiting in the wings in Gilmartin and Graham, other than that, little suspense…. Still think the Braves are going to miss Prado. I hope they appreciate him in Arizona.
I hope the talking heads will talk about baseball and not about their golf games when the rookies get to play in games this spring. I have found I often have to turn the sound completely off during ball games lately. This is especially true with ESPN.
117 Voice of Raisins February 21, 2013 at 12:05 pm
So… back on the topic of Jordan Schafer…
And the only reason to keep beating this horse is that I believe every other roster spot is pretty much sewn up except for the last spot on the bench. Barring a spring trade, which is certainly possible, that last spot will almost certainly come down to Schafer vs. Jose Constanza.
Now, reportedly Schafer had already let the Braves know that he had a “family matter” to wrap up prior to reporting. Fine. Constanza still hasn’t reported due to visa problems. The upside here is that these guys are not battling for a key spot in the lineup. Imagine if this was the Astros!! (Wait! First, don’t imagine that… it’s detrimental to your health. Second, Schafer was released by the Astros. Ouch…)
My point is simply that this debate on Schafer’s reporting time is really pretty insignificant. Why did Fredi give him a blast in the press? Well, IMO the kid needs something to motivate him. He doesn’t seem to have that internal fire to break through. Here’s a kid who has demonstrated immense talent and potential, but seems content to just coast on his reputation. Ironically, Constanza has to bust his butt just to get his pinky toe in the door. Who has greater upside? Probably Schafer, if he’ll ever turn the corner. But can he do that? Thus far, the answer appears to be “No”. Conversely, what we have seen from Constanza is pretty much what we will get.
If you polled the Braves coaches and FOT’s today, I believe that almost universally they would agree that the team is 99% set… but that they would love to improve the LHPH bench spot if possible. I think Schafer is facing 2 opponents in his bid to make the team. (NOTE: I said the team… not just the roster. No options left on this kid. He makes it or goes bye-bye.) He is competing with Constanza as well as the yet unnamed veteran LHPH that will become available in 3 or 4 weeks.
You know… now that I think about it, it’s a pretty good problem to have. If this is the only real roster battle this team has, we’re in mighty fine shape. Gonna be tough on us amateur reporters, though. What else are we gonna report on?
I hope that Schafer realizes that if he doesn’t put himself in gear, it’s good-bye baseball. Hope he’ll wake up and not waste that valuable talent.
Do Dominicans ever plan for their Visas ahead of time?
Maybe they should switch to American Express… 😆
@VOR: 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀
I’m fairly certain the annual visa run around in the Domican is a shake down exercise designed to line the pockets of some small time bureaucrat. It’s the essence of the ultimate banana republic. Either that or a union…
The ultimate banana republic?
You have just hit upon Obama’s great vision for the United Socialist States of Amerika…
The 2013 version of Los Barves hits the field today in their Grapefruit League opener. Of course, no TV yet, and no radio on their flagship station. But it is being broadcast on the flagship’s 2 sister stations.
Naturally, both of those stations have a broadcast radius of about 3 1/3 car lengths, and both are located in the NW section of Metro Atlanta. Poop… 😐
No computer links to either station?
My biggest fear is a contrived rebellion so he can declare marshal law.
His answer to the question about what folks should do in the face of raising gas prices, drive less… I wish he would keep his butt in DC along with that gorilla he is married to and save million of gallon of jet fuel.
Unfortunately, there is a proviso in the MLB radio contract that prohibits the official game broadcast from being aired via internet. That’s why the radio stations – flagships and affiliates – continue their scheduled programming… it still airs on their respective online feeds. It has something to do with the advertising that is sold for the gamecasts, as the advertising for internet broadcasts is completely different. Plus… MLB has its own proprietary internet feeds for which they charge a fee to provide.
In other words, no internet broadcast because the “powers that be” gots to make some coin from every word.
127 berigan2electricboogaloo February 22, 2013 at 11:10 am
Constanza…he often provides a spark when he plays…unfortunately, as a sparkplug , he often fouls out quickly, but for awhile, he can certainly help…I still recall his triple in the playoff game last year, about the only guy to.. do something that I can recall…honestly, it would be better for him to get released, then go to some team like the Giants, get a couple hundred AB’s, go to the W.S….
As to the rising gas prices… well, remember at the onset of O’s presidency, his Energy Secretary Steven Chu was quoted as saying, “Somehow we have to figure out how to boost the price of gasoline to the levels in Europe”, which at the time was somewhere around $9 a gallon. Americans were paying an average of $1.84. We’ll never see that side of $2.00 again and possibly not that side of $3.00 again.
Chu is an egghead whose quote was not so much about gas prices themselves, but about forcing Americans to buy more energy efficient cars, focus more on renewable energy sources, etc. In other words, he hoped the circumstances would force Americans to change their behavior. His attitude is but an echo of the one who appointed him.
Simba – he “just can’t wait to be king”, right? – has never been shy when it comes to trying to force his subjects to behave a certain way. Whether it’s through banking (the bailout of American banks left the government in control of that industry through massive new regulations), or about healthcare (need I even comment there?) or about redistribution of wealth (check your paystubs since January 1?)
We don’t even need to bring up his current assault on the 2nd Amendment. (BTW, his stealthy assault on the 1st Amendment is much more covert, and many times more dangerous…)
Don’t forget also that back in 2007 right after his first election, Valerie Jarrett, a co-chair of his Transition Team, appeared on TV and proclaimed, “given the daunting challenges that we face, it’s important that president elect Obama is prepared to really take power and begin to rule day one.” Rule? What what? Was that merely a slip of the tongue? A “Freudian” slip even? Or was it simply a foreshadow of things to come? The last 4 years would seem to indicate that it was more portent than accident.
O’s answer to everything is always from a position of reaction, not action. Always. His latest State of the Union address was heavy on criticizing what has been, and extremely light on proposing what should be. He has no solutions… he just reads copy well and smiles pretty. Don’t get me wrong. I am not insinuating that he isn’t smart or anything. That’s the scary part… he’s brilliant. But his brilliance is in manipulation and salesmanship, not in leadership. Leaders unite and inspire. The former community organizer divides and plays groups against each other. That is not leadership, that is cancer. Leaders are humble and deflect attention to those around them. This man is arrogant. His idea of transparency is to attack those who question his policies and to discredit them. Leaders sweat and tremble every moment that their men and women are in harm’s way. This guy cracks jokes with late night TV talk show hosts and parties in Las Vegas.
History will one day show what a destructive president O has been. My biggest fear is that the story will not be allowed to be told. We have already revised our schools’ history books under the guise of political correctness. How much longer before we just make it all up under the “general welfare clause”? This so called “general welfare” power has already been abused by this president on some lower profile issues. Those were merely test balloons. Wait until he uses it to seize your firearms and your IRA’s. Then to suppress the conservative media reaction.
We’re not in Kansas anymore, Toto…
Then again, what do I know? I’m just a schmo trying stretch my checks and pay the bills…
Now, baseball…. (homage to The Scribe)
The games begin in less than an hour!! Woo hoo!!! 😀
I tried every backdoor and side entrance to the limited radio broadcast that I knew. I struck out like Dan Uggla vs. Steven Strasburg… 😦
Freeman singles to RF to open #Braves 5th, first hit for either side
Brilliant opine, V. I’m sure you saw where he recently said, …”The problem is that I’m not Emperor.”
Lest we flog that horse a bit more, I will simply say, right on bro… I think you nailed it. Now baseball..
Braves lost, Gattis did not play and still don’t know why. Pitcher are ahead of the hitters. I don’t think we missed a lot yesterday but baseball is baseball…
El Oso Blanco!!!
El Oso Blanco… “The White Bear”… it’s the nickname given to Gattis in Venezuela this season as he wowed his Latin brothers with great feats of power.
So, what’s Spanish for Polar Bear? El Orso Brrrrr?
Glad it’s spring training, Braves acted like it was a playoff game…
V, very well said sir!
Finally feels like a day that has you thinking baseball can’t be too far off…
didn’t think I would be watching any baseball tonights after Steve Berthiaume left to do Diamondbacks games, but old tv bud Jon Sciambi is the “backup” guy, and actually did all the shows this past week…way too early to get a feeling for teams, but there sure are some teams, that if they stay healthy, are going to be real competition for the braves….thank goodness the Marlins are in our division! 😆
Here’s story that will have you rooting for a Yankee prospect…
http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/yankees/clean_slade_QZVnSxWJqgBYOOV9vj34PP/0
Awesome article, Ber. Thanks much for that one.
from Bowman’s blog:
“Constanza’s absence will provide more opportunities for Schafer to impress during the exhibition season. If Schafer continues to show the work ethic he has during the early portion of camp, I think he will give the Braves reason to keep him. But if they gain any hint of concern about his attitude or dedication over the course of the entire season, I don’t think they will be afraid of the possibility of losing him via the waiver wire.”
Great article, Ber! Thanks!
Great article Ber, thanks for sharing….
And now a word about NASCAR, my other favorite sport, sometimes… Today’s race was right up there on the most boring race ever meter. If it were not for the talking heads acting like the national media types at an Obama Press conference, they would not have had anything to talk about. Say what you will, a 200 mph single file freight train is not my idea of an exciting race…
Braves lose another one, Looks like out scrub pitchers cannot help but give up runs by the buckets full but our kids still can’t seem to get any runs… Okay, it’s early and these games don’t mean anything but I shutter to think they might be harbingers of what to expect.
Josie has been hinting about taking a road trip, I am not convinced it is worth the price of gas just yet.
I have a bad feeling that Bryce Harper is going to be real nemesis for the Braves for years to come.. I hope we can counter..
Gil, yup….
get these, tried to post on someone’s blog…said I could sign in with wordpress…put in berigan2electricboogaloo….this pops up….
You do not own that identity. I don’t? Can I at least…borrow it???
It must be your evil Twin… or White Sox I forget…. 🙂
😆 😆
I have a bad feeling that Bryce Harper is going to be real nemesis for the Braves
It’s OK… he is on this week’s SI cover. He’s toast now… 😀
Yep. that will do it… Just ask Frenchy….
Then again, it didn’t exactly hurt the best one of the Uptons, Kate.. but I digress….
Long Juan hit a long one today against the Tigers. While Prince Fielder’s dinger may have had a tad more distance on it, Juan’s counted for more as it was of the three run verity as opposed to Prince’s two run shot. Just goes to show that no matter how far you hit it, distance does not give you any more points. Having guys on ahead of you really makes the most difference when it comes to RBIs. More impressive methinks is the double he hit the opposite way. Hopefully Brian McCann will recognize that being able to spray all fields with power will stop other teams from getting in his head by loading up on the right side of the field.
Of course, if teams continue to over shift, home runs might well become the ultimate weapon against it. No wonder the number of strikeouts per nine innings has risen so dramatically. If you are going to take away the single, hitters have little choice but to go deep.
Chicks dig the long ball…
Minor (the adjective, not the pitcher) changes to the Braves’ TV deal. Don’t get too excited, though…
http://www.ajc.com/news/sports/baseball/braves-tv-deal-changes-games-move-peachtree-tv/nWcNF/
Braves are coming up on MLB Network in about 5 minutes. NOTE: It is the Phillies broadcast team…
That the best commercial ever made. (IMHO) Love it!
Today’s game is exactly why spring training games are a rip off if you are having to pay major league prices to see players play, It’s the old bait and switch.. Don’t get me wrong, I love seeing the prospect and the rookies play but not at $35 a pop.
Hooters girl acting as the ball girl for the Phillies, I wonder if Chipper regrets retiring so soon? Okay, I know that was bad…..
Braves pitchers practice throwing homer balls…. That’s right guys, those boys will be looking for those pitches come September…
163 Voice of Raisins March 1, 2013 at 7:47 am
So now Buster Olney is reading our blog too?
Scouts say Braves looking for a left-handed hitting bench guy.
Of course they do Raisins, where else can you get such insight to all things Braves?
Evan Gattis is really making waves this spring, his value as a trade chip may never be higher,
Speaking of left handed bench guys, our old friend Rick Ankiel signed with Houston, I hope he sticks…
I went back and watched the little tribute to Mad Dog put up by a fan and remembered why I loved watching Maddux so much, the guy was an artist with a baseball. While a power arm is impressive, it is a God given talent. You either can or you can’t depending on one’s anatomy. Maddux however had talent. He could make a baseball do things that defy the laws of physics. Lord how I am thankful to have been able to see him pitch, I am even more thankful to see him pitch for the Atlanta Braves….
And I went back and watched the commercial again… Just too funny….
I agree on all fronts…
Good news: http://markbowman.mlblogs.com/2013/02/28/mccann-encouraged-after-taking-bp/
A couple of thoughts about Craig Kimbrel, I think Craig is a little slow getting out of the box if you know what I mean. It seems that he needs a month or so into the season to hit his stride. I think if you look at his history, short that it may be, he has never been what one could consider “sharp” until late June. I hope the Braves can give him a bunch of three run leads to save early in the season but then, the Braves have tended to be slow starters themselves.
I still say too many folks are selling the Phillies short. They have an excellent starting staff. If they can shore up their pen, they are going to be plenty dangerous. I am not saying that just because of the ten runs they put up yesterday against the Braves, That is just “baby fat” , no, it is how they came on at the end of last season after everyone got settled into their respective roles that showed me they can still play with the best of them.
Obummer is really a dork…. I can’t see what 51% of the country saw in him to re-elect him. SIGH!
Gil, there is a lot of doubt in many quarters about that 51%. He didn’t just SEE dead people, they voted for him. As did Mickey, Minnie et al.
Thankfully, God is my source for everything; not the US Gov’t. And with Him, all things are possible. 🙂
172 Voice of Raisins March 1, 2013 at 3:48 pm
Amen indeed!
lots of good stuff above fellas…and fellettes 😉
Evan Gattis ….weird timing…might have wished we had traded for Justin Upton first, and saved the moola on his bro…time will tell, hopefully, he will tear the cover off the ball playing in front of, you know, fans…
Gil, if nothing else, the Phils will play tough. Michael Young will have a bounceback year, and amazingly, Chase Utley seems to be healthy now…Ryan Howard has said when he came back last year, his leg was still pretty weak..100% now….a tough division, no doubt, with 4 true MLB teams, and that AA team in Florida, which will no doubt win 40+ games this year.
Lyle Overbay may be a thought again….
It’s going to be an interesting year all right. I suspect the Phillies will keep Washington from running away with a title. Might say the same about the Phillies and the Braves too. I just think folks are forgetting the Phillies still have one of the best starting pitching staffs in the majors. They scare the poop out of me….
“Braves second baseman Dan Uggla struck out four times in four at-bats against the Nationals, including consecutive three-pitch strikeouts. He has struck out 10 times in 16 spring at-bats with two hits and two walks. . . .”
Anyone else beginning to wonder about Dan’s ability to be a big league hitter? Yes, I know it’s early but gee… This has been a real trend. I just don’t see how the Braves can afford to keep him on the roster.
Then again, someone has to bat in the eight hole…
Me, me, me!! I will, Gil!! Need to borrow somebody’s bat. Maybe one of Dan’s since he isn’t using them.
Sorry, CL… he used it yesterday. 😉
Isn’t it funny how money is such a determining factor in how long a club is willing to go along with failure? No wonder players go with the high powered agents (Scott Boras) and the super contracts. It is like “playing insurance” ..
Hey, I like Dan’s hustle and don’t begrudge him one bit, at least he is trying but I am beginning to think Miami may have got the best of Wren on that deal. Not so much for the reliever but Omar was such a spark plug and one has to wonder if maybe Marteen might not have snagged another All-star appearance.
At least this year the Braves have a lot of power bats sprinkled thru out the line up. We have all seen how even just one player can carry a club for a month or so, Having a couple of guys who can carry a club along might be something to behold.
The real test id hitting with runners in scoring position. Something the Braves have been deficient in of late. That and actually being able to field the ball cleanly and making accurate throws to first.
CL, still a funny line though! :LOL:
Is Jim Powell doing TV now as well???
Just found BJ Upton’s homer…I assume yesterday???
183 Voice of Raisins March 4, 2013 at 11:42 am
Who knows what the year will bring..?
But I’m not going to throw in the towel based on Spring numbers. In fact, I hope he continues his “spring” trend. Last year he hit .313/.404/.750 w/ 6 HR’s in Spring, and then fell off the cliff in the regular season. Here’s hoping he continues to suck in Spring and has a great 2013 campaign!!! 😀
Heads up!! Los Barves on MLB Network today at 1:10pm!!!
Bethancourt is catching Huddy today. Wonder if that is how the season’s first couple of turns through the rotation will go?
186 Voice of Raisins March 4, 2013 at 12:18 pm
Great picture: https://twitter.com/ajcbraves/status/308622983444971521/photo/1
Jordan Schafer better enjoy his time wearing the Tomahawk over the next couple of weeks. That last at bat was sad, and sadly typical. So… where is Rick Ankiel trying out?
What? Ankiel is in Houston’s camp? 😆
Well, that speaks volumes on Schafer, right?
Last 5 Braves to bat:
6’3″, 215 lb. Jordan Parraz
6’4″, 230 lb. Evan Gattis
6’0″, 200 lb. Joey Terdoslavic
6’5″, 215 lb. Joe Leonard
6’5″, 245 lb. Ernesto Mejia
The Mets probably think they are playing the Giants… 😉
Schafer AB #1: 2 outs, runner on 3B = K
Schafer AB #2: 1 out, runner on 3B = GIDP
By the way… as badly as Schafer is hitting, he’s currently ahead of Constanza in the race for the last bench spot. Of course, no one has heard from Constanza, either…
Schafer has performed better than Ryan Langerhans for Toronto…
A couple of comments about the pitching today… Huddy went 4 long innings today. Was not sharp and thankfully, had a kid behind the plate who has the agility of Charles Johnson. Kind of like dodge ball in reverse.
Avilian looks really good, really really good. Most impressive hurler in the fold right now, Easy O looked like, well, Easy O… The rest will be plying their wares in Atlanta Lite or Mississippi.
Gattis looks a lot like McCann… Really, very remarkable resemblance. Lots of good prospects to trade for what ever they might need. A lot like the Dodgers use to be.
I didn’t realize Mijia was only 23.
The Pastor would benefit greatly if he could play 2nd base somewhere. Even if it was in Atlanta, anyone need a slightly over paid very streaky second sacker?
And as if I had not spoken enough about Schafer today, here is a rosier view of the once and future Brave: http://www.ajc.com/weblogs/jeff-schultz/2013/mar/04/jordan-schafer-given-one-more-chance-get-it-right/
Have I been too harsh?
I think Jordan suffered from many of the same things which Frency did. Perhaps a 22 year old athlete equates to 16 years old in normal terms. That age where you know everything and your parents are idiots.
I have moved on from Schafer. If he comes back, great, if not, the Braves already have a pretty stacked outfield. I hope the kid makes it, I really do but the road to success is littered with kids just like him. Like the grate philosopher , Jimmy Dugan, once said, “Baseball is suppose to be hard, if it were easy, then anybody could do it.”
I guess my thing with Schafer is simply that we know that he isn’t going to start… he has to perform as the LH coming off the bench. Twice yesterday he came up with a runner on 3B. Each time he ended the inning, once on a K, once on a DP. Utter failure. But… if we are judging the roster 4 weeks before the season starts based on early failure, we’re going to have to start Evan Gattis at 2B. 😉
And that is exactly what Frank Wren said in an interview yesterday afternoon when asked about Dan Uggla. He said it is still very early in spring. (It is/b> true. I must keep reminding myself of that…) In any non-WBC year, we would only have played just 2 or 3 Spring games. He also said that if this is still happening 3 weeks from now, it is something he’ll have to look at. That’s an interesting statement to me…
Anyway, according to Frank, this is nothing new, and Danny is working with “Walk and Fletch” daily in the cage working out the wrinkles. And he hasn’t struck out in the last 2 games. OK… so he didn’t play yesterday. Sue me. 😀
Oops! 😳
Formatting error!!!
Oh, well. It’s early in Spring, right?
It was encouraging to read the article on Schafer. Seems there are a lot of people pulling for him. Wouldn’t it be beautiful if he could bust out and reach his potential?
V, do you need more time in the formatting cage? 😆
Yup… need more time with “Walk and Fletch”… 😛
“Walk and Fletch”… title to a bad Chevy Chase movie… then again, they were all bad Chevy Chase movies…
I was able to watch parts of the Braves vs Yankees last night, at least during the times I was able to keep my eyes open. Whew, Paul Malholm really looks shaky. I think against a real major league team, he would have given up 10 runs… I guess that is just another example of how folks should not take any stock in spring training records. So many moving targets if you know what I mean.
Uggla has to wonder if he suddenly has a bulls-eye painted on his helmet. Ouch!!!!! The Pastor continues to make it tough on the Braves in picking the final bench pieces.
Uggla hit in the head (helmet) by pitch, leaves game for pinch-runner. Stayed on his feet and headed to 1st, but they took him out
— David O'Brien (@DOBrienAJC) March 6, 2013
That is one tough son of a gun…
Oh, and maybe I should talk harshly of Schafer more often. The kid suddenly looks like the prospect he once was.
Bold assertion:
As of right now, I'd guess Gattis backup C, Schafer 5th OF. RT @thornbush133: @ajcbraves How do u see current status of likely bench player?
Remind me to buy a back up battery for my CPU… Right in the middle of a Pulitzer worthy post, POOF!!! Guess the limbs are getting closer to the power lines. Only takes one little blip to waste lots of good work.
The weather folks here say the accumulation totals are very difficult to predict. Even the separation of a few miles can make a big difference. The cedar trees in the front yard are really sagging now. Cedar trees hate snow.
Okay, watching Tommy Hanson looking like the Tommy Hanson of old.. Gopher ball given up in the 2nd inning against the Reds. Even trading for a guy with a sore back looks like a win for Frank Wren.
Gil, in the back of my mind, I kinda always felt that Walden would be flipped in Spring Training to someone in need of back-of-the-pen help. Not gonna happen if the dude can’t throw a pitch…
Too bad, too. Detroit is openly shopping for a closer.
Speaking of flipping, I can’t help but think Schafer could be traded if he continues to perform. He is not exactly ideal as a bench guy, as his game is as much speed and defense as it is offense. And the Braves don’t have a real HR threat on the bench… yet. Just sayin’…
And almost on cue:
Talk among scouts that #Braves will listen on Venters. Braves, though, say they love depth in their bullpen, including 3 LHs with Avilan.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) March 6, 2013
Very nice article by the esteemed Mark Bowman: http://markbowman.mlblogs.com/2013/03/06/gattis-and-schafer-could-both-be-on-atlantas-opening-day-roster/
What would they do without y’all to tell ’em what’s what??! Best minds in baseball right here! 🙂
Well, it is snowing to beat the band here. the weather folks say it is a real moving target as far as predicting the accumulation totals. Anywhere from 1 to 10 inches depending on where you live. A lot more north and west of Richmond. We will see…
Looks like Josie and my annaversary dinner will get postphoned
Raisins, I am not concerned about a little soreness in Walden’s sore back, as long as it is only a muscular thing and not from a spinal impingement or the like. I’m sure the MRI they will run will reveal the cause of the problem. It is not as if he is necessary for the success of the bullpen this season.
Better he fully recover from whatever ails him than think he has to be the savior of the team.
Trade chips? I look for the Braves to trade Schafer for anything rather than let him go free to the Mets. Much like the Reds trading away Francisco, only the Braves might not mind having Schafer on the roster. As for the rest, the Braves will hang onto them because they can.
I wonder if Constanza would have had so many problems securing a visa if he was playing on the DR WBC team? That said, I don’t know why he does’n’t just walk across the Rio Grand like everyone else? He might even get free stuff… not like ICE is going to worry about picking him up.
Good article, V. Thanks for posting it.
Kind of tough for a 35 year old (cough, cough) to come back from Tommy John… Too bad for Fookie…
http://www.ajc.com/ap/ap/florida/cardinals-shortstop-furcal-to-have-elbow-surgery/nWj6D/
He’s had a hard time staying on the field since the crackdown on PED’s. Not accusin’; just observin’…
Yes Raisins, he is not the only one either..
More on Walden today
Said he had an epidural to ease his lower back pain. I had not know that anti-inflammatory were injected that way. Then again, I guess a steroid could be considered an anti-inflammatory.
I think he is likely to need some type of surgery to correct the problem. Same could be said for O’Flarerty. I guess a back problem is not as bad as an arm problem for a pitcher.
Another observation I have had is that it is a shoulder problem that is the real coup de grace for a pitcher’s career.
In retrospect, Fucal really did Frank Wren a favor not signing with the Braves didn’t he?
And it is revealed that Walden has a bulging disc. Not good but can be fixed. I guess he needs to talk with Huddy…
Actually, I wish I had my back fixed many years ago but unfortunately, the doctor I saw said there was nothing wrong with it…. Another reason I have such a low opinion of doctors. Funny, I never met a doctor who didn’t want to be something else….
Simmons really looks great playing for the Dutch. He is going to be a real game changer for the Braves this season…
A headline over at MLBTR says Mariners To Receive Cash For Carp.
I misread that at first and thought it was another government program…
Good morning folks, just my two cents worth but does it seam to everyone that many have written off Brian McCann? I love all the hype about Evan Gattis and even Bethancourt but are the Braves really ready to write off a six time All-Star and Silver Slugger winner just because he is going to be a bit more expensive?
Brian was basically playing one handed the past couple of seasons. Don’t get me wrong, I would love to see Gattis break out this season and even see Bethancourt develop into a star but when a player who is as clutch as any player ever to wear a Braves uniform is written off as being too expensive, well, it just speaks of corporate greed…
Still, it is good to have options…. Some baseball players can be as temperamental as a Ferrari.
I watched team USA get it handed to them by Mexico last night and while I was at it, saw why Arizona is in danger of being overrun by invaders from south of the boarder….
Gil, I wonder if it is because the media in general is primarily interested in whatever is new and shiny with more info that the audience doesn’t know. Gives them something new to write about. However, I agree that Brian is being given the short end of the stick.
Woo hoo… big bru ha ha between Mexico and Canada this afternoon. Not smart to throw at a bunch of hockey players…
On another note, When ask by the media if any of his players were hurt in the melee between his Canada club and Team Mexico, Canadian manager, Ernie Whitt, replied, “Naw, you can’t hurt a Canadian”… It was pretty funny to hear him say it.
On last night’s game between the USA and Italy, David Wright looked like the same David Wright who is going to be a real nemesis for the Braves this season, Ross Ditweller, the National’s lefty, looked really sharp. Going to be a tough year for hitters in the NL EAST.
CL, exactly! Plus, no one knows what a new guy can do, could be the sky’s the limit…that said, I hope Gattis gets a ton of Ab’s early…
232 Voice of Raisins March 10, 2013 at 10:10 pm
Decided to sit down and watch a little WBC baseball. Meh. I don’t know half the players and can’t pronounce most of the names. The noisemakers in the stands really get on my nerves. I think I’ll go trim my toenails…
Must have watched the Cuba vs Japan.. Not know their names? Welcome to my world of minor league baseball… 🙂
All that said, I don’t think I have ever seen such a bunch of hotdogs as the Dominican Republic team… Have to agree with the noise makers though. Baseball is a much more serene game….
Speaking of serene… Huddy best take things a bit more serious. I don’t mind working on stuff, just realize that giving up 6 runs in 3 innings is not instilling the confidence of the fans in his ability, especially since he has regressed to be a 5 inning pitcher.
235 Voice of Raisins March 11, 2013 at 6:18 am
On positive note, #Braves Hudson cracked, "I'm getting a lot of work in…By the end of spring training I should be up to 160, 170 pitches"
— David O'Brien (@DOBrienAJC) March 10, 2013
Good “fair and balanced” examination of the McCann situation, from both the Braves’ and Brian’s perspectives:
http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/brian-mccann-time-with-atlanta-braves-could-be-nearing-end-031013
Yes, it is a business. Sadly, when I am reminded as such, I feel like I may as well root for DuPont as opposed to Dow Chemical…. Or Boeing vs Air Bus.. It is sad that so many General Managers have forgotten the fine art of dealing with human beings and forget that often times it is how bad news is delivered and not the bad news in itself.
My favorite tag line from a movie comes from “North Dallas Forty”. To wit:
How come every time I call it a game, you call it a business and every time I call it a business, you call it a game?
238 Voice of Raisins March 11, 2013 at 2:14 pm
I have to take issue with Rosenthal on one point, though… I disagree that if Mac has a classic McCannian type season, that he would price himself out of the Braves’ plans. I get the sense that they are not completely ready to let him leave. Seriously… I know that they are talking about Bethancourt being the future, but that is a classic Braves FO move to partly make sure to maximize that player’s value, but also to make sure all the other GM’s know that the Braves are fine moving into the “Bethancourt era”. By mid-season, the Braves will know quite well how healthy Mac is. I for one will not be surprised to see something big happen at the deadline that could involve Bethancourt, with a subsequent announcement of an extension for Brian.
Oh, and Maholm was stellar over 5 innings this afternoon (0 runs, 2 hits, 5 K’s), while the Braves jumped all over Strasburg for 6 runs in the 6th.
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I wonder what it would take to price the Braves out of market. I still think it is how much the choose to pay. not how much the can pay.
Nice showing by Maholm today. See, Strasberg is human..
On the subject of Braves pricing….
A recent interview with Derek Schiller revealed some good news: the Braves revenue increased by $17MM last season. Plus, the recent sale of broadcast rights to 45 games from Turner owned Peachtree TV to FOX Sports also netted them an undisclosed amount of money. He said money would not prevent them from making necessary moves in season.
I also believe that MLB will step in and develop some type of revenue sharing between the haves and the have nots as far as the big revenue streams in places like New York and Los Angeles. I also think when they do so, they will have a floor as to how much can be spent to prevent the joker who owns the Marlins from just pocketing the cash. I don’t say the Marlins have to spend $100,000,000 a year of payroll but they are honestly an embarrassment to the league.
I cannot see the league allowing the Marlins to move to greener pastures either. The Rays, however, are a different story.
Yes and no, Gil. They already have a pseudo-revenue sharing program with the luxury tax. In fact, this year’s version of the Yankees will be a middling team because they are making a conscious effort to get below the tax threshold. That said, they are also a perfect example that you cannot spend yourself into prosperity. (Hello… White House? Are you listening?) While it may produce short term success, it will always produce long term hindrance. The highest spending teams? Yankees = old and bad. Red Sox = old and bad. Phillies = old and sliding rapidly. Dodgers/Angels = will be good, but tied to several onerous contracts that will lead them down the path of their old NE brothers. They all end up with a handful of highly paid fading stars, and nothing left to flesh out the lineup except rookies and retreads. Has Derrick Lee returned Brian Cashmans’ call yet? By the way, do you notice that the most egregious spenders are in the NE region of the country? Or in LaLa land? The places where they wholeheartedly support the President and his spend, spend, spend philosophy?
It’s different than other sports. Example #1: Atlanta Falcons’ QB Matt Ryan. He’s currently negotiating a new contract that will give him more up front money, but a lower annual cap figure. It’ll help the team with their cap numbers, and guaranty him more money. And that is the key. MLB is the only sport where every contract is guaranteed. If a veteran in football or baseball is no longer productive and their contract becomes a hindrance, they get cut and the team gets salary relief. In MLB, you only cut a player to free up a roster spot. He still gets paid. Just ask Kenshin Kawakami. Also, the MLBPA would never EVER allow a player to negotiate down for ANY reason. EVER. Bottom line – in the NFL and NBA, the leagues drive the bus. In MLB, the players’ union drives the bus. And thus, they will never have a salary cap.
Anyway, as to the spending floor, the only path to a minimum payroll is a salary cap. And as we just said, that’ll never happen in MLB. Their union is just simply too strong.
Though many may argue, especially with its current ownership, one of the best examples of how to run a MLB franchise is right here in The A. Their older veterans are always balanced by younger players that are developed the right way to be effective ML’ers when the bell rings. And they will never give an ARod or Ryan Howard type contract that has them paying $20MM to a player that can’t get out of the trainer’s room. (Mike Hampton was a product of injury, not age.) They’ll just simply let that player walk and plug in the next guy in line. Right Mac? And need we rehash the Michael Bourn argument? But it is a perfect example as to how they examine every angle of a pending contract, especially from a future impact perspective. Had we simply given Bourn the contract he wanted right out of the gate, as many wanted, he would have been that guy 7 years from now that prevented us from putting the best 25 guys in the dugout, and the best 9 on the field. Vernon Wells immediately comes to mind. That would be the same Vernon Wells who still has 2 seasons left on a 7 year, $126MM contract that will pay him $21MM this season to sit on the Angels’ bench. That means 3 other OF and a DH are better players. $21MM… that’s roughly 24% of the entire Braves payroll. I hope he takes it easy on the sunflower seeds. Those things can get pricey…
OK… this is getting close in length to a classic Savannah Guy tome, so I’ll stop here…
If a veteran in football or baseball is no longer productive and their contract becomes a hindrance, they get cut and the team gets salary relief.
That ruins a perfectly good rant… it should read “If a veteran in football or basketball is no longer productive and their contract becomes a hindrance, they get cut and the team gets salary relief.”
Good grief… 🙄
That’s okay Raisins, I knew what you meant. Excellent point and well taken on this end.
And yes, it would be pretty easy to give a guy a big contract if you could drop him after one season. I think there has to be a certain amount of trust between the owners and players for that to happen in baseball and I think we all know that ship sailed a long time ago.
As long as there is a some guy who is willing to pay an A-Rod to sit on the bench, you will always have that situation. It is TV money that drives the payroll bus now, something other teams caught onto after watching the Atlanta Braves climb out of the cellar. Of course, it also took Bowie giving Ted Turner the boot to get him out of the day to day operations of the team to make it effective.
Now baseball (on the field) Glad to have Teheran pitching well this spring, Bodes well I think.
And I am pretty certain this will be Huddy’s last year in Atlanta too…. I hope he has invested wisely.
Then again, I am sure there is some GM out there who thinks he might be worth $15 million or so, after all, it would not be his money….
V, your rant wasn’t ruined, honest! was just thinking, too bad each tv contract wasn’t made null and void when teams were sold….cuz if every team was getting at least a few hundred Mil, no team could cry poor…
So according to Fredi and Frank, and by all observations, neither JuanFran nor CJohnson has separated himself from the other in the 3B battle. That is both good and bad, depending on how you look at it.
First, neither is going to turn any heads with their glove. That’s just a reality we’ll have to live with. And both have been pretty good with their bats… in fact, quite similar in numbers, both power and average. However, they are also similar in K’s.
I guess what I’m saying is that neither is sucking over there this spring. But then again, neither is really standing out either. It’s just kind of, er, kind of just there. I can’t get excited by either. The way Pastor has been hitting this spring, I wish he could handle the duties over there, but that’s not really a consideration. He looks destined to a journeyman career as a utility man.
And Terdo has raked also, but he still needs to prove he can actually catch a ball sometimes. The Braves moved him to LF last season because his 3B defense had gotten pretty bad. Hey, the guy has gotten alot bigger. I hardly see him going back to the IF.
And wither Edward Salcedo? By all accounts, he’s a bust. Well, maybe that’s a little premature, but he didn’t even earn an invite to the big boys’ camp this spring, even after playing in the Arizona Fall League last fall. Of course, he hit a league low .141, too. But he’s just 21, so who knows?
The Braves will kick it off in less than 3 weeks with arguably the most athletic OF in baseball, and one the best overall. We have a superstar in waiting at SS, and one of the best young 1B in the game. Our bullpen is second to none; our rotation is young and strong. Our 2B is a former All Star who still has plenty of tread on the tires, and is ripe for a return to form.
But 3B…
Well, you can’t expect anyone to really follow the act that just left town, but I can’t get very excited about what’s stepping in. Seriously, do you want your 3B batting 8th in the lineup?
I guess someone has to…
251 Voice of Raisins March 14, 2013 at 10:00 am
Speaking of Long Juan:
#Braves Francisco hit a ball on green roof of building yesterday during BP at Roger Dean Stadium http://t.co/RbF7ZGvPF8—
David O'Brien (@ajcbraves) March 14, 2013
Wow… 😯
Looks to be another lead worthy post Raisins…
Yes, it is sad when two guys batting over .300 this spring with power are considered the weak sisters on the team… What a bummer… 🙂
Just drive in more than you let in guys and don’t throw DP balls into right field…
Anyone else remember with the eight spot in the order was usually reserved for the catcher?
Combining offense with defense usually equals super stardom. Frankly, I will settle for a guy who hits .250 but is clutch with men on base. Oh how I hate failing to get guys home from third with less than 2 outs. Oh how I long for a player who does not try to hit a 5 run homer when a well placed single to the opposite field guarantees two runs. SIGH, not only do chicks dig the long ball but so does ESPN…. Why else does Dan Uggla keep his starting spot in the line up? Okay, big money too, but why else?
How do you know when you have arrived? When the guys riding the bench are just as good as the other team’s starting nine. Reminds me of the Cardinals of the 60s, the Reds of the 70s and the Dodgers of the 80s… If nothing else, they give you great trade pieces.
So, who do you think will make the most money in the course of their career, the guy who hits three singles every ten at bats or the guy who hits one homerun in every ten?
I rest my case Raisins… That would be a Roy Hobbian shot with “Savoy Special”… Better check to see if he has been buying Sammy Sosa’s old bats.
I wonder if he will ever realize that if he cut down on his swing even just a little bit, he is still strong enough to put them over the wall and a line drive off his bat would rip the glove off the first baseman’s hand..
Still, there is enough power in this year’s Braves line up for opposing teams to petition the commissioner to require screens to be put in place whenever the Braves are at-bat. 🙂
Somehow, it reminds me of the joke about the gorilla and driving the ball 450 yards off the tee… same when putting…
I was just reading O’Brien’s post about Venter’s coming in relief of Medlen in yesterday’s game and how he walked 4 in a row, walking in a run. One of two things going on with him methinks… Either his shoulder never recovered from the 80 or so appearances he made in 2010 or hitters have learned to lay off that biting slider of his. In order to make that pitch work, you have to get ahead of a batter with a good fastball. It does not have to be a groove pitch, just one close enough to be called a strike or low enough to be hit on the ground, failure to be able to do that leads me back to my first conclusion that it is the shoulder.
He would not be the first pitcher regulated to the trash heap by the Braves after a season of abuse. I guess we should count out blessings that Kimbrel was not available for a whole season that year.
Hats off to the Nationals for taking the long view of things and not destroying Strasberg’s career and rushing him back and over using him last season.
Pitching anatomy 101…
loss of velocity = elbow,
loss of control = labium
loss of both = left fielder
Braves on MLB today vs Cards.
Majic Mike Minor looks good, Schafer trying to make it hard for the Braves to leave him off the roster too…
“j” left handed for “g”… 🙂
Spoke too soon..
OF Constanza joins race for #Braves bench job, after missing first month of spring training due to visa issues in Dominican Republic.
Sux for him. Schafer has really taken hold of his opportunity.
Wow. if I had to watch baseball games with all the noisemakers clamoring in the background, I would give it up… Glad Kimbrel is coming home… Hurry up Simmons, come home soon.
He should have just paid the bribe and been done with it Raisins…
That, after all is the way it has been done in that part of the world every since the Spanish showed up….
So many auctions, so little time… can’t go to them all so I am just going to go to the one that is closest tomorrow…
#Braves OF Constanza (through interpreter E. Perez) says he was last on list of ballplayers that DR customs processed
Maybe they were processing them in alphabetical order by the 8th letters of their surnames… 😀
Must be a lot of folks trying to get off the island at one time….
Well Matt Diaz was released by the Yankees…that’s too bad….they probably aren’t used to seeing his terrible hacks when he misses a ball..bet he can still hit though…yankees picked up Ben Francsico and Brennan Boesch. Not going to know many of the Yankees early on, what with Tex, A-Roid, and Granderson injured, and Swisher on the Indians…,
I think Matty will get a call somewhere, Houston may be hiring…
Well, I guess it was inevitable, Evan Gattis coming back down to earth. Of course, he is still no worse than Uggla and for a heck of a lot less money.
And I might mention that our new centerfielder is 2 for his last 21. Is the pitching that good or guys not trying hard enough. Oh well, it is baseball, win some, lose some and get rained out the rest…
Monday’s game will be televised on ESPN at 1:05 PM… Medlen is starting against the Phillies.
#Braves C. Johnson 3-for-3 w/HR and two singles. Francisco pinch hits in 7th and singles
Competition breeds excellence. Too bad 51% of our country doesn’t realize that (or want to believe it, as the case may be)…
Hate to say it, but, having a tandem that can hit 300 plus and jack about 35 home runs between then will sooth the pain of losing both Chipper and Marteen pretty quickly.
And no, I will never be convinced that a strike-out is no less productive than any other out. Never heard of anyone scoring on a sacrifice strike-out . Also not included is the number of balls put into play that go for errors rather than outs, Just ask Chipper and Brooksie about that. I’m pretty sure those errors would not have happened if the batters had struck out.
They are called un-earned runs for a reason.
17 to 10… Well, if you like a lot of offense, it was the game to watch.
Question, if everyone says it does not mean anything to hit off pitches in spring traing because they are “working on stuff” , what does it mean when you still can’t buy a hit? Could Dan Uggla be the next player with a big contract to play in Gwennett? I mean really, come on Dan, buck up dude!!!
17-10? Was that Braves over Phillies, or Falcons over Eagles?
Either way, it was Atlanta on top…
It was one of those games like when the 5 starters were pitching, only, it was Medlen on the mound for the Bravos… Kind of scary, but then again, he got two hits….
It appears that some folks who have not struggled at the plate had a field day against a couple of Triple A pitchers yesterday and poor Dan, does anyone have any delusions his hitting will improve against top quality talent? Sometimes a team has to bite the bullet and hope for the best and try to play a kid like Pastonicky at second who would be cheap while paying big bucks for Uggla to play elsewhere. It would not be the first time it has been done. The Braves now have others who can fill the role Uggla was acquired for. The Braves will likely carry Uggla because they do have a lot of money invested but I think they would be very happy to be able to trade him to anyone who would be willing to pay even a little bit of his salary.
I have only seen something like the Uggla thing once before, Gil… and it was about 2 years ago with Uggla. But as cold as he was in 2011 for 3 months, he was that hot for the next 3 months. He epitomizes streaky. For me personally, I’d rather have The Rev out there also, and batting in the 8 hole. Heck, who are the pitchers gonna bunt over?
One other thing regarding Uggla, then I will step off. He has the potential to hit 30 HR’s, no doubt. But even if he starts crushing yicketties at that pace, he still won’t hit over .240. His career BA over 7 seasons is .253, and he isn’t exactly on the upswing. Now personally, I like the dude. He hustles all the time, and he doesn’t make excuses. He’s a fine role model. But he drives me crazy with is streakiness. And I’m sure it makes him crazy, too. How must he have felt yesterday seeing his teammates feast on the Phillie pitching (or lack thereof)? Yet he was 0-4 with 2 K’s. Ouch! Rev will never be a Gold Glove candidate at any position, but 2B may be the best fit for him. And he has proven he can hit ML pitchers, not just in spring.
If I was making the call, I’d take the Rev and a .285 AVG, .325 OBP, and 10 HR’s. He’d score alot of runs out of the 8 hole. But ya gotta get on base first.
Also, his versatility would make the team much stronger. He’s like Prado-lite. Ramiro Peña is making this team as the BUSS. He has no options left, is a superior fielder, and bats Switchie. He is the ideal backup to Simmons. But the Rev deserves to make the squad.
Simple economics demand that Uggla play. Rev can’t play if Rev has no roster spot. $14MM Uggla is not playing at AAA Gwinnett. The only reason Kawakami got sentenced to swelter in Pearl, MS is because he had some other (attitude related) issues in addition to the fact that he just couldn’t cut it with the big boys. Uggs has to play. That’s just the way it is.
278 Carolina Lady March 19, 2013 at 12:39 pm
Guaranteed salaries stink. If you don’t produce, you don’t get paid.
It’s an uggla situation.
And I wanted his bat.
Had lunch today with my good friend Richbrave and we both agree, Pastornicky would be better at first but unless some team was willing to take Uggla off our (the Braves) hands for a semi reasonable price, He has one of the best insurance policies out there… BIG CONTRACT… Like the Cubs’ Soriono but different…
Sometimes you just can’t hit a hard eight!
We also opined on which way McCann would go after this season, after all, his next contract is his “retirement” contract.
Conclusion, if the Braves treat McCann really nice and “woo” him, he will stay in Atlanta for less than market price. If he feels disrespected, he will sign for big money with a club like the Yankees and have monster years hitting home runs into the short porch in left.
Also agreed, Venters is done, he has not recovered from 2010… Sad but true.
So funny!!
CL, 😆
Video is funny too!
I don’t know about the rest of you guys, but I’m stealing that video fo my facebook page… Thanks CL…:-)
“We just talked to him a lot about, you’ve got to be a line-drive hitter,” Walker said. “You’ve got to hit line drives in this league. You’re not going to hit enough home runs to be a home-run hitter, and in the big leagues you can’t out-run ground balls – they’ve got people who can catch and throw it over, you’re just going to be out by a step closer than other guys. So we’ve got him convinced that he’s got to be a machine and turn into a guy that’s very accurate and use the whole field. Does he have to be able to pull the ball? Yeah, sure, he has to pull the ball in this league. They can attack you in(side). But mechanically, right now he’s got a pretty good feel.
Great piece in the AJC this morning on Jordan Schafer. The above is a quote from hitting coach Greg Walker. I had not heard it quite that way before but explains a lot about how a guy like “George” Constanza can hit 320 in Triple A and only scratch 220 in the bigs.
Here is the link
http://www.ajc.com/weblogs/atlanta-braves/2013/mar/19/heres-why-braves-might-keep-schafer/
Yes it does, Gil. I really appreciate how Schafer has embraced his second chance, and his gift from the DR. If he makes it, it’ll be because he has earned it 100%.
When it comes to choosing whom to keep on the 25 man roster versus who is going to be sent down, always bet on the team keeping the guy with no options left, at least until they prove they are no help to the team. It’s not all that far to call a guy up from Gwennette after all. That said, I look for Constanza to start in Triple A.
I see Constanza in AAA to start, and I see Schafer traded at some point if he can continue to rebuild his value. His game is much more suited in a regular role than to the bench, IMO.
And the Braves are bludgeoning another team again today. 8 runs through 4. Heck, even Uggla has a couple of hits. OK, to be fair, he has 1 hit, and the ball has hit him once. But hey… you take what you can get, right?
And Gattis looks great behind the plate. I mean it… not just passable. He has made 2 terrific throws to thwart would be stealers, and made a really nice catch and tag at home on a throw from BJ in CF.
Uh.. the WBC has done nothing to hurt Andrelton. In his first game back, he has a double and 2 HR’s, 4 RBI and 3 runs scored. And it’s only the 5th inning. Braves now have 11 runs. This season is gonna be a fun one. 😀
DoB’s article was excellent. Thanks, Gil. (Glad y’all liked the video – it just cracked me up!)
Can Schafer play 2nd?
18-9. Another whompin’. Good times… good times… 😎
Yep, that was the same Simmons I was watching in the WBC games. He was pretty impressive in those games too.
I was able to see the game on delay via MLB last night, did not know it was on until the 4h inning and fell asleep right after Walden pitched (actually during his inning but still) I have to agree about Gattis. As for Schafer, maybe a trade but 162 games is a long season and guys get worn down, it’s good to have a fast catch and throw guy in the outfield you can go to when one of the main horses tire. After all, the Pony Express riders didn’t ride the same horse the whole way….
I am really impressed Freedie Freeman this spring. As lost as Uggla is, Freddie is locked in.
Uggs was on base 3 times yesterday: 1 single, 1 HBP, 1 E. Take ’em any way you can get ’em, Danny Boy.
Schafer might could get 1 or 2 starts a week spelling an Upton or Heyward here and there, but those guys are the horses of this team. I don’t see them wanting out of the lineup very often.
Plus, the way Gattis has been playing, you just about have to find a place for him on the bench. That’s no problem for the first couple of weeks as he’ll probably be the BUC. But when Mac returns, then what? DOB speculates that they could easily keep him as 5th OF and 3rd C, since Reed Johnson plays all 3 OF spots. Me too.
Do y’all truly realize the bludgeoning potential of this lineup?
1- Simmons
2- JHey
3- BJ
4- Fredo
5- JUp
6- Mac
7- Ugh
8- Long Juan/CJohnson
Body shot after body shot… then the crushing knockout blow.
I would venture to say they have a line up similar to some other notables like the Tigers and the Angles, only hope is to get to the pitcher’s spot but I think they may enjoy having so many DH opportunities this season.
The Braves announce today that Tim Hudson would be the opening day pitcher this year over Kris Medlen. To be honest, I don;t think the Braves are doing Huddy any real favors in pitting him against Cole Hmmels in the opener. Hammels has pretty much had Atlanta’s (and everyone else’s number for that matter) the past couple of seasons. Then again, it’s a pretty potent line up the Braves will post up to the Phillies. Should be fun.
The latest from the AJC is Cristhian Martinez is in danger of losing his role as the long reliever in the Braves pen. To be honest, I don’t know who else they would have in mind to fill that role at this juncture. Allegedly, his last outing in the minor league camp was less than stellar but if one were to use that gauge, would not Medlen and Minor be on the slippery slope too?
No, it has to be something else we have not seen nor are we privy to. That said, the Braves brain trust continue to deny there is anything wrong with Venters despite the fact he has not appeared in a game for over a week. Either the Braves are in denial, Venters is on the move in a spring trade deal or he is indeed hurt. Take your pick….
All I have to say is spring training is all about potential. Showing the brass you have the potential to help the club. Or not… Are you listening Dan? Pastornicky continues to make sending him down to Gwennett very difficult. He has shone a perchance for being “clutch” and that is a rare trait these days.
While spring training is just that, you cannot turn hitting on like a light switch. The Pastor has been locked in since day one…
And my goodness, have the Braves ever struck pay dirt with Simmons.? The kid can play some “D”…
Very good looking lineup! But, being a bit of a wet blanket…don’t think we have guys like Phat Albert, J Hamilton, Cabrera, or Prince…120 RBI guys, at least until they prove they are….but healthy, someone may be that guy. JHey would be the most likely breakout guy. TBC!
Don’t forget, we are playing more AL teams this year, heck, I know I saw we are playing the Mariners in April(Of course, was it here, or there Berigan?) anyway, Gattis would come in handy those days..perhaps he will get sent down to get ab’s then come up each AL roadtrip?
Thanks for that link Ber, I doubt many folks over at CBS realize that there are some of us who still care about the flag and the symbolism of what it stands for.
Love that video! It’s great to see it again. Thanks, Ber!
SNOW AGAIN! Bah, humbug….. I’m really getting tired of winter folks… This global warming crap just isn’t doing it for me. Need to heat things up a bit… burn more gas folks… The trees need the CO2.
Why are busy hectic weekends always followed by Monday?
Glad y’all liked the video! Sent by a non baseball liking friend..
Gil, saw about 10 flakes all winter. Sucks in GA, at least south of the ATL. We get cold, but rarely snows…mid 40s and very windy…imagine its windy everywheres….
Wow, can you believe it, it’s almost Easter already? So many things on my to do list now. My back is still only about 50% but my legs are finally responding to exercise I think. So many things have been left undone this past year. I think I know how JJ Jurjjens feels a little bit. Only mine are things that involve keeping the place up.
I hardly know where to begin but for sure, it begins when the weather warms up. some. That said, like the proverbial elephant, one bite at a time… the real question is, which bite first?
Much to do today, so I’ll keep it brief…
* I am NOT concerned about our starting pitching.
* I AM concerned about our 3B defense.
* We’re gonna strike out alot, and walk little. But the ride is gonna be fun.
* I read this somewhere, but agree: we have to the potential to go back to back to back to back in HR’s. This lineup is flat out scary.
* Evan Gattis is a hitter for sure. He is a work in progress in the field.
* Joey Terdo… see above.
* Jonny V… get it fixed. Admit it to someone and get it fixed.
* Andrelton, I look forward to seeing you blossom into a perennial All Star.
* Frank has constructed a magnificent AL lineup. Of course, we are a NL team, but we are playing in several AL parks this year…
* Not sure we have the horses to stay with the Nats, but we are dang close. It is going to be a really fun year.
* Yes, that means I dismiss the Phillies. Too old + no depth = difficult season.
* The Mets might lose 100 games. They have NO pitching.
* The Marlins are quite thankful that the Mets are in their division.
* The elephant in the room is Dan Uggla. Don’t know what to say. He is a complete mystery. He’s always been streaky, but pitchers still feared to make a mistake to him. Do they still this year? This is a crossroads season for him.
The Braves optioned outfielder Jose Constanza and infielder Tyler Pastornicky to Triple-A Gwinnett on Tuesday, making official what had been apparent for weeks: Jordan Schafer and Ramiro Pena will be on the opening day roster.
They also optioned reliever David Carpenter to Gwinnett, leaving 31 on the spring-training roster. The only remaining decisions for the Braves are backup catcher – Evan Gattis seems likely over Matt Pagnozzi – and the last spot in the bullpen, with candidates Cristhian Martinez and Anthony Varvaro both out of minor-league options. — Mr. O’B
Gonzalez added that having Pastornicky on the bench getting a few pinch-hit at-bats per week at the big-league level wouldn’t be helpful at this point. He’ll go to Gwinnett and play second base and some shortstop, possibly some outfield, then play mostly second base after [Paul] Janish is ready. — more from Mr. O’B
Rev is getting alot of reps at 2B. He got alot of play at 2B in Orlando after SImmons and Pena returned. I think it is a clear message to Uggla. He is becoming our Alfonso Soriano, but not quite as bad and not quite as onerous a contract. Soriano-lite.
The Braves believe Pastornicky’s athleticism will aid him in his attempt to establish himself as a versatile utility player. But if Dan Uggla struggles through the first two months of this season, the Braves would at least have to think about benching him and giving the starting second base job to either Ramiro Pena or Pastornicky. — Bowman
Now that Venters has been pulled from 1st MLB appearance in nearly 2 weeks after 1 out, seems obvious there's something going on health-wise
Uh… duh!
Love reading the comments here! 😀
What we may lack in quantity of numbers. we certainly make up for in quality of opines…. Now, if I would just have a little more faith in my stock market predictions, I could retire… Oh, wait….
That said, for the past couple of weeks, I have had a ominous feeling about Denny Hamlin… SIGH! I hate being right sometimes, scares the heck out of me….
At some point, you have to wonder if the brass for the Braves are in denial or just plain stupid when it comes to Jonny Veneters. I suspect by this time next week, we will learn that Jonny has an appointment with Dr. Andrews and will subsequently learn he will undergo TJ. They will discover that yet again, an MRI does not always reveal the extent of the damage when it comes to tendons.
Therefore, GET WELL SOON JV…. We will look for you to be back next fall, just in time to redeem yourself for 2011….
Shoot V, everyone and their brother bashes Alfonso Soriano(a true hotdog as we know,but we wouldn’t know it if he didn’t hit the braves a bit) but last year, he hit 32 HRs , drove in 108(more than Uggla ever has driven in), and hit .262 (42 points higher than Mr U) I’d take that kind of production from Uggla in a heartbeat!
Gil, glad you are slowly but surely getting back up to speed! 🙂 Spring training 2014, mark it on the ol’ calender!
Yes, Ber, Soriano did do that last season. Last season. But the contract he signed was a complete drag on the entire Cubs organization, and prevented them from signing anyone else to play around him. And when he dipped to 20 HR and 55 RBI in 2009, it sealed his legacy. With him, it was really more about the contract than the production. Not that Danny isn’t well compensated, but there is a big difference between 8 yrs/ $136MM and 5 yrs/ $62MM.
Heck, just 2 years ago, even though Danny had his struggles, he still hit 32 HR’s with 82 RBI. And he drove in 78 last season even though the HR’s dropped to 19, the first time since 2006 that he hit less than 30 HR’s (he hit 27 that season, his rookie campaign). In fact, he was 29th in RBI in the NL last season, a season that most would agree was a disaster. Those 78 RBI were more than those driven in by All Star 2B Brandon Phillips (77), by Martin Prado (70), than Justin Upton (67), even Bryce Harper (59).
Here’s an interesting factoid…
Danny is slotted in the 7 hole in Fredi’s projected batting order (when Mac returns). Just looking at the NL East, here are the projected 7 hole hitters:
Nats- Danny Espinosa, 2012: 17 HR, .247 BA, 56 RBI
Phils- Ben Revere, 2012: 0 HR, .294 BA, 32 RBI
Mets- John Buck, 2012: 12 HR, .192 BA, 41 RBI
Fish- Casey Kotchman, 2012: 12 HR, .229 BA, 55 RBI
Bravos- Dan Uggla, 2012: 19 HR, .220 BA, 78 RBI
As for me, I’ll take Danny’s run production over those other guys.
Now… that said, he cannot disappear this season. In fact, hitting in the 7 hole should take a little pressure off. I would like to see some improvement over last year. I would love to see some consistency. But we all know that Danny is as streaky as they come. Let’s just hope the hot streaks outnumber the cold streaks.
Thanks Ber, funny thing but I can measure progress by the ability to get up from various chairs in my household.
Thing about being the 7th hitter in the Braves line-up, you will be protected by a guy who can also hit 30 homers collectively (Johnson/Francisco) and preceded by a lot of guys who can get on base.
My hope is the offense takes the pressure off the pitching staff. Hey. it has worked for the Yankees for years.
The real key to the Braves’ success in my opinion will be if they play as a team, not a bunch of selfish long ball hitters. Use the whole field rather than try to pull the ball down the line.
No doubt, the strike outs are going to happen but let them be because of an outstanding pitcher, not because they missed a mistake pitch.
Who will be the number eight hitter in the Braves line-up this season? Whoever is the 4th or fifth outfielder subbing that game or infielder spelling Uggla or Simmons.
The good thing is guys should get lots of rest this season. Share the wealth Fredi G. Just not all at one time and never during a hitting streak.
AND NO LONG LOSING STREAKS THIS YEAR!!!!
It has been a really quite spring for BMac. I’m hoping he has the type of season that will earn him a $20 million per year payday with the Yankees. He is a good guy and has always been a team player. Besides, I want him to go somewhere the Braves won’t have to face him too often.
Not that I would want him to leave but it have become a pretty foregone conclusion the Braves won’t give him big money…. Too much hype around Bethancourt for that.
Besides. the Braves will be shaking out the sofa cushions trying to find the money to pay Heyward not to leave.
I’m not so sure Bethancourt will be ready in 2014, Gil. It may very well be that the Braves re-sign Mac, and pay JHey with Huddy’s money…
Told that it was an emotional scene when #Braves Gattis informed he made team. Fredi, Frank, Manno, Greg Walker were there.
One of the many reasons why I love this sport…
Gattis story: http://www.ajc.com/news/sports/baseball/gattis-makes-braves-opening-day-roster/nW5Wy/
Thanks for the story V. Love this part, as I really didn’t think Freddi would even consider this, nevermind say it…
“We know what he can do offensively,” Gonzalez said. ” I didn’t tell him he was going to be the backup guy. Hell, he could split time with Laird right down the middle. Maybe he could even get more time (than Laird). I wasn’t by any means saying he was going to be the backup catcher.”
Last Grapefruit League game is today, season begins in just 4 days. Giddy? Who, me? 😀
On the flip side, looks like JonnyV is visiting Dr. Andrews next week. Never a good sign…
” I suspect by this time next week, we will learn that Jonny has an appointment with Dr. Andrews”
Well, it looks like it did not take a week…..
And yet another reason you don’t trade pitching if you can help it. Dumping Big Red off on the Angles for Walden is looking more brilliant all the time.
So, things we have learned over the course of the last six weeks…
Mike Minor cannot import a two seam fast ball into his repertoire, at least not yet.
There is still a place for feel good, follow you dream kind of stories in baseball… See Evan Gattis
Baseball is still a place where redemption and second chances can be earned if you work hard enough for it… Jordan Schafer
If you snooze, you lose… Jose Constanza
Having a big long term contract is still the best insurance policy to guarantee a place in the line up, no matter how bad you stink up the place… Dan Uggla
Two heads are sometimes better than one… Chris Johnson and Juan Francisco
You can sometimes price yourself right out of a job… Brian McCann…
Speaking of Big Red, yowser…
He has only logged 12.0 innings over 4 starts this spring, with an ERA of 8.25 that includes 4 homers. His once daunted fastball now sits consistently between 88-91 mph. He was pulled from just his 4th start yesterday while warming up for the 4th inning because of tightness in his right triceps. Looks like more of the same even in his “new environment”.
Of course, not all former Braves pitchers are dog meat, I have read and heard that JJ Jurjjens had a really good spring and is looking like the JJ of old. Appears his knee is no longer giving him pain. He will begin the season at Norfolk but I expect him to make his debut in Baltimore sooner than latter.
Baltimore has long been my favorite AL team but not a lot to cheer about since Cal retired. That and an idiot owner, but I digress, a lot of megalomania prevails in the DC-Baltimore area.
http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20130331/ARTICLES/130339971/0/FRONTPAGE
This guy could have had a great career in the majors. Makes me think of Wohlers.
Thanks CL for the article. My sister -in-law suffers from the same condition and it is pretty frightening at time for her and my brother.
OPENING DAY!!!!!!!!!!! 😀
I’m really sorry to hear that, Gil. It is a terrible thing to live with.
V, get down off the ceiling! 😀
When do the Braves play?
Braves play at 7:00pm tonight. Wish it was a day game… seems appropriate for Opening Day, but hey… gotta grab those prime time $$ for the networks, right?
Actually, I’m not complaining. My evening plans are to crank the grill up about 6pm, with the pregame coverage being played on my old radio. Yep, I have a radio. Seems unbelievably archaic, but I still roll that way. Cannot wait to smell the charcoal and hear Jim Powell.
Quite a statement from Mr. O’B:
It’ll take 100 games to win the division this year, 98 to win a wild card in a league with the Dodgers now spending like the Yankees (and them some) and the Giants being the Giants until someone proves otherwise.
Wow… the bar has been raised, huh?
On ESPN tonight, playing the Phils….of course I play trivia at….7 pm…do I cancel? Ends at 8:30 or so, and its not the sports south guys either…
I recorded part of the mlbtv prediction show(ESPN’s show was a joke, with only 2 folks in studio for some reason)….everyone and their brother is predicting the Nats to not only win the east, but basically to be the best team in baseball…I’d like to argue, but kinda hard to. A very balanced team the nats…better rotation, more power arms. Think we have the edge offensively, perhaps still bullpenwise as well….
had this post waiting…was going to add, then thought, just send it…now I see DOB post….I don’t know….I think it’s going to be the other way…mets are scrappy…marlins are punching bags…but braves nats and Phils, are going to beat up on each other….I think 88 to 92 will win it…mark my words…so you can mock me in Oct! 😉
Things are a little more interesting since (most of) the drugs have been removed.
Don’t know why this popped into my mind 😛 – but what ever happened to Marcus Giles?
Guys, I told ya not to worry about Uggla! :p
Great to see Freddy F(who hit a 2 run bomb in case you all didn’t know) really excited to see Uggla hit one…nice to see Freddi let Uggla hit 3-0 too…
On sports south…forgot that espn would be blocked out
Oh yeah… that’s what I am talkin’ about! Just what we should expect out of our boys…
The fact the Braves hit three home runs did not surprise me. That they hit them off Cole Hammels did. The one Freddie hit was a thing of beauty. Uggla’s was just a relief. If the Braves become the “Bash Brothers” this summer, it is going to be a fun ride.
Huddy looked great until the fifth inning, too bad he could not stay around long enough to get the win but Fredi G did the right think in giving him the quick hook. Avilan deserved a save for the spectacular work he did in the fifth. Impressive kid that one is…
Avilan was impressive indeed. That pitch he got the K on was just nasty.
Each of the 3 HR’s was impressive in their own way. Freddie’s was the stereotypical “towering” HR. Uggla’s was a monster blast halfway up the stands. And JUp’s was a low liner rocket off the bat. All 3 very majestic indeed.
Of the 3, I gotta say that Uggla’s was my favorite. He absolutely crushed that ball.
Good news about Venters… well, relatively good news. After a thorough examination by Dr, Andrews, there does not appear to be another tear in Jonny’s elbow. The story follows here:
http://www.ajc.com/news/sports/baseball/venters-gets-plasma-injection-in-elbow/nW9z7/
Good news! I wonder if Avilan was giving some pitching tips by Venters?
Oh, saw baseball tonight (at 1 am) they claimed the Justin Up homer was 460+ feet, which surprised me…showed Bobby Cox lipping WOW after the homer….he also has hit the most 450+ foot homers in the past…well, few years, don’t recall exact number…Stanton was second on the list
Hi guys (and gal), looks like it’s time for an updated lead for the blog. Any ideas? Anything anyone wants to know that we don’t already know? Sigh… Writer’s block is a b—h….
Game tonight but I am not so sure they will be able to play Thursday night. Even if they do, I would venture it will be miserable.
So… Have the folks from Hollywood started writing the “Evan Gattis Story” yet? All that is needed is for him to name his bat “Wonder Boy” and he’ll be set.
Amazing isn’t it? Feel good story of the year. Great time to be a Braves fan I’m saying. Strikeouts? We don’t care about no stinking strikeouts! Not when you have Freddie Free crushing the ball and Justin Upton making like Carlos Beltron during his heyday. Now all the Braves need is for BJ to get his bat going a little bit…
Everyone else sure has theirs reved up.
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Gil, I got nothing. *sigh*
Nasty, wet, cold and dreary in NEGA today… probably not too different in Atlanta. I am sure they’ll do what they can to get tonight’s game in, but I am not gonna hold my breath. And you know Meds has to be ticked that he gets rain and 39 degrees for his 1st start of 2013. Bleh. 😥
Of course, rain and 39 degrees was the same in both dugouts. Cliff Lee was pretty good last night. I’ll take 2 out of 3, especially when we get so many against NYM and FLA.
I look at it this way, the Nationals have t play the Phillies too. I suspect there will be quite a bit of bad blood between those two before the season ends too. Like the ad for NASCAR says “Everyone needs a rival, because you have to have someone to beat.”
The Direct TV installer failed to show yesterday, was supposed to be here between Noon and 4PM, Called at 8:49P and said I would have to schedule. Very upset that I will not see my games the next two nights. Guess who is going to get an F on their customer satisfaction report? .
But despite the loss, giving up only two runs and still getting a loss is not like you were stinking up the place, just means the guys with the bats in their hands on your side were facing a pretty good guy on the other side throwing the ball
Sorry Gil, don’t have anything either…and tax time is approaching, and I’ve done less than any other year at this point…sigh..And no DC only holiday to give me an extra day or two…Cliff Lee was the old Cliff Lee. Wind sure helped him though. FF hit a bomb that would have gone 20 rows back any other night, and it didn’t make the warning track.
But, last night was much better. Minor got off to a good start, which has to help put the first half of 2012 further back in his mind.
J UP is very hot…not Chris Davis hot(4 HR’s 16 RBIs!) but quite hot….
Finally home so I will get to watch tonight’s contest. I had to rely upon GAMEDAY for the play by play last night and it loses quite a bit in the translation. Still, giving up only two hits in 7 & 1/3 is a pretty nice game.
Funny how things can work out. If J Up were not on board and the club was relying upon BJ for the offense, folks would be ready to run Wren out of town on a perch… Of course once he hits his stride, going 0 for home stand will be long forgotten… If not, well, good thing Justin fell into the Braves’ lap…
And the Nat’s pitching may not be all that after all… The Reds’ sure feasted last night. Big difference in facing the Reds instead of the Marlins… Let’s hope the Braves are able to sweep them next week too. But first, time to jump on the Cubbies. I am looking forward to seeing the rookie the Cubs have going for them Sunday.
Looking forward to seeing Teheran tonight too.
Well, a tad disappointed after all the hype but it is early days folks.
What a sweet win!!! Upton here, Upton there…
Oh yeah!! 😀
Freddi may have to leave BJ in the lead off spot, it sure seems to agree with him.
Glad you got to see it Gil, that was a GAME, was it not???? 🙂
Yes indeed Ber, yes indeed…
Freddy Freeman tweaked a right oblique last night that unbeknownst to most of us had been hurt for a week. He is upset at being put on the 15 day DL but sometimes you have to protect a player from themselves.
Perhaps the Braves are learning from their experiences with McCann. I know other teams will exploit an injury when they are aware of it and I doubt anyone was aware Free was playing hurt before last night. Let it heal FF, no need to be a hero right now, you will have a lot of opportunities later this season if you are fully healed.
Braves call up Blake DeWitt to fill in Freeman’s roster spot. Chris Johnson to play first and Francisco to play third until Free come back. Does anyone else feel like they need a program to keep up with all the changes? I sure am glad the Braves put the names on the back of their jersey’s Lets me put a name with the face a lot faster.
well, I woke up after 3 hours with a bad headache(as opposed to those good ones) so when it finally subsided hours later, I knew I’d sleep through the game. Sounds like another good one…Gil, you are right…on all counts. Glad they put FF on the DL, sometimes even 2 weeks isn’t long enough..but sitting 3 games then swinging hard again, is likely to cause a ;month or two loss…and right you are about needing a scorecard. With Simmons jamming his thumb(How come Ricky Henderson and Pete Rose could slide headfirst without jamming their fingers?) we have basically “new” guys at 1st, ss, 3rd and Catcher…gives Chris Johnson and Francisco a real chance to get into a groove. Wish Freddy would give Gattis a chance to get into one…nice that Laird is hitting a bit, but he has no power,, we know what he can do, in other words…
I have always, do now, and always will loathe headfirst slides. 😡
Gil, I don’t think we have an “IN” box. I spent more than an hour scouring the dashboard. Did you mean the Draft box? If you did, something is amiss because it isn’t there now. Otherwise, I need some clues! 😆
Extreme pollen day here in NEGA. 2,093 particles per sq. inch. bleh! 😛 In Minnesota, they purchase snow shovels. In Georgia, we purchase pollen shovels. It’s one of those days. Los Barves hit the road at the right time…
OK… the little emoticon dude is all wrong. He’s got his tongue out, but he’s smiling. There is no smiling when there are 2,093 particles per sq. inch. You’d get yellow teeth. Actually, you wouldn’t want your tongue out either. Ew. 😐
We are still about a week or two away from the high pollen count here in the Old Dominion. Nothing like waking up and discovering your car has turned yellow overnight… Tis why we are opening the pool later this year.
Now baseball… Good game yesterday. Huddy appeared to find himself after the second inning. Goes to show you that being a veteran has its advantages. “Scrabble” seemed to let a “hit by pitch” completely let him become unhinged. It was straight out of the Carlos Zambrano school of pitching philosophy.
Avilan really looks like the real deal. His only problem might be there is so much movement on his pitches, the umpire might not call a lot of strike if the batter is patient. Still, he has one wicked cutter…
I think the worst of our pine pollen season is about over. The cat didn’t even want to go out in it.
Thanks to an excellent trail of breadcrumbs, I was finally able to locate The Staff’s new lead and the graphics department has just sent it back. So –
NEW LEAD IS UP! (Thanks, Gil!)
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The Plat’Inn platform: bridging the gap between the laboratory and industrial production
With Plat’Inn, its new technological development platform, the BRGM has strengthened its experimental capacities to help develop ecotechnologies and the circular economy. This new tool is designed to bridge the gap between research and applications, and is intended for the use of SME-SMIs in particular and for RDI programmes (Research, Development, Innovation) run by major clients in the sector.
Plat’Inn is designed to support the development of ecotechnologies for primary and secondary mineral resource processing and waste recycling. With capacities ranging from a few dozen kilograms to nearly 5 tonnes, Plat'Inn caters for the pilot stage through to the semi-industrial stage, the final step before industrialisation of the processes developed.
Plat'Inn, the outcome of the redeployment and reinforcement, over 1000 m2, of the BRGM's experimental facility, received 2M€ in investments, supported by the Centre-Val de Loire Region and Orléans Métropole, which enabled it to acquire latest-generation equipment for materials processing and recycling.
Selfrag electric-pulse fragmentation equipment, available on the BRGM's Plat'Inn platform for raw materials and the circular economy. © BRGM - Cyril Boucley
Thirty ongoing projects
Plat’Inn offers different multi-scale mineralurgy/metallurgy equipment allowing both dry and wet treatments (crushing/ grinding, shredding, sampling, physico-chemical screening, thermal treatments, hydrometallurgical processes). The platform is also designed to strengthen BRGM excellence in fields such as biolixiviation (metals extraction by biological methods), electro-fragmentation and microwave technology (embrittlement and selective separation) and flotation (concentration). It also provides tools for process modelling and environmental assessments (LCA: life cycle analyses).
Some thirty projects are currently running in what is best described as an industrial-scale laboratory. They are the outcome of the BRGM's own research and experimentation programmes, its participation in French (ANR) and European H2020) collaborative RDI programmes and its numerous industrial partnerships. These projects focus more specifically on recycling and reusing mining and industrial waste, demolition waste and waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) and other end-of-life products.
Three platforms to support innovation
Plat'Inn (circular economy) is one of several BRGM innovation platforms that apply geoscience research to strategic topics with high innovation potential. The other platforms include:
Prime (engineering, metrology, environmental management and remediation), integrated with the Pivots system that covers several platforms for innovation, recycling and technological optimisation for environmental applications.
Mimaroc (uses of the subsoil for the energy transition and climate change mitigation: energy storage, CO2 storage, geothermal energy).
More about these three innovation platforms
All BRGM activity regarding laboratories and experimentation
Observatory of wastelands in the Vendée and prospects
Aquaref - keeping a close watch on aquatic environments
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Features, Lit Scene, News February 11, 2019
The University of Dar es Salaam to Host Ceremony for the 2018 Mabati-Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature
Zainab Alwi Baharoon. Photo credit: Mabati-Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature.
The 2018 winners of the Mabati-Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature winners will be honoured at the University of Dar es Salaam on February 15, at a ceremony organized by ALAF Ltd. The prize winners are the Tanzanian Zainab Alwi Baharoon, for her novel Mungu Hakopeshwi, and the Kenyan Jacob Ngumbau Julius, for his poetry collection Moto wa Kifuu. Both writers will receive $5,000 each.
Founded in 2014 by Dr Lizzy Attree, former director of the Caine Prize and now board member of Short Story Day Africa, and novelist and poet Mukoma wa Ngugi, Professor of English at Cornell University, the $15,000 Mabati-Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature “has the express goal of recognizing writing in African languages and encouraging translation from, between and into African languages.” It is “awarded to the best unpublished manuscripts, or books published within two years of the award year, across the categories of fiction, poetry and memoir, and graphic novels.” The winner of the poetry category is published in English translation by the Africa Poetry Book Fund (APBF). Winners in other categories are published in Kiswahili by Mkuki na Nyota Publishers and East African Educational Publishers (EAEP). For 2018, only two first prize winners were selected in each category.
Jacob Ngumbau Julius. Photo credit: Mabati-Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature.
The other works shortlisted were:
For poetry:
Wino wa Dhahabu by Bashiru Abdallah (Tanzania)
Sauti Yangu by Mohamed Idrisa Haji (Tanzania)
For fiction:
Kilinge cha Hukumu ya Dhambi by Yasini Hamisi Shekibulah (Tanzania)
Makovu ya Uhai by Shisia Wasilwa (Kenya)
The six finalists were chosen from 116 entries. The judges are: Ahmad Kipacha, a Lecturer of Research Communication with the Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology in Tanzania; fiction writer Natalie Arnold Koenings, a Swahili and English literary translator and anthropologist at Hampshire College in Massachusetts, USA; and literary critic and novelist Rocha Chimerah, Professor of Kiswahili Linguistics at Pwani University, Kilifi, Kenya.
The Prize’s Board of Trustees includes Abdilatif Abdalla as Chair, Mukoma wa Ngugi, Lizzy Attree, Happiness Bulugu, Walter Bgoya, Henry Chakava, Chege Githiora, Carole Boyce Davies, Rajeev Shah, and Ngugi Wa Thiong’o.
The Mabati-Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature is primarily supported by Mabati Rolling Mills of Kenya, a subsidiary of the Safal Group, and Cornell University’s Office of the Vice Provost for International Affairs and Africana Studies Center.
For more information, please visit the Prize’s website.
Tags: Jacob Ngumbau Julius, Lizzy Attree, Mabati-Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature, Mukoma Wa Ngugi, Zainab Alwi Baharoon
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Ali Hilal Ali’s “Meza Riwaya” out in time for Mabati Cornell Prize 2018 ceremony. - February 15, 2019
[…] Alwi Baharoon and Jacob Ngumbau Julius going home with the plaudits. The winners are set to be feted today by the award team at the University of Dar es Salaam with all partners as well as fans […]
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Artist News Business News Labels & Publishers Legal
DJ Khaled could sue Billboard over chart position
By Chris Cooke | Published on Tuesday 11 June 2019
DJ Khaled could sue the makers of the Billboard music charts in a dispute over album/merch bundling. Because, well, why not?
The bundling of new records with tickets or other products has become increasingly common, of course. There has been much debate over whether it’s entirely fair to count all the bundle sales in any chart counting, especially if it feels like the music is actually the smaller part of the overall bundle. Nicki Minaj has been particularly vocal on the issue.
Still, the bundling still goes on and usually those sales are counted by the Billboard chart counters in the US. However, it seems that when Khaled bundled his new album ‘Father Of Asahd’ with some energy drinks, not all the bundle sales were included in Billboard’s number crunching.
That, the DJ/producer reckons, meant his album went into the chart at number two behind Tyler, The Creator’s ‘Igor’, which had all of its bundle sales included in the final tally.
According to gossip site Page Six, Billboard chart chiefs initially said that they would count all the energy drink bundles but then changed their mind because of “anomalies” in the data that subsequently came in from the online promotion.
Khaled’s people reckon that decision lost him 100,000 sales in the final chart count and with it the number one spot. A Billboard source has confirmed that the energy drink bundle sales weren’t counted, but then denied that the impact was quite so significant.
Either way, Page Six says that, having shouted at Sony label Epic for not doing enough to beat up Billboard over its bundle sales decision, Team Khaled have now got their lawyers to send a stern letter to the industry trade mag’s SVP of charts Silvio Pietroluongo.
So that’s all fun. Billboard has already been reviewing its policies on what to do with album bundles when calculating its music charts. Maybe everyone could just agree that no one outside the record industry cares about the charts anymore so it doesn’t really matter.
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[M-IS35] Why is this planet to be the Earth? -the role of water
Convener:*Nobukazu Seama(Department of Planetology, Graduate School of Science, Kobe University), Yoshiyuki Tatsumi(Institute for Research on Earth Evolution, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology), Keiji Ohtsuki(Graduate School of Science, Kobe University), Takashi Nakagawa(JAMSTEC/MAT), Ikuo Katayama(Department of Earth and Planetary Systems Science, Hiroshima University), Gou Fujie(Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology), Akiko Nakamura(Graduate School of Science, Kobe University), Chair:Keiji Ohtsuki(Graduate School of Science, Kobe University), Nobukazu Seama(Department of Planetology, Graduate School of Science, Kobe University)
Sun. May 24, 2015 11:00 AM - 12:45 PM 201A (2F)
Convener:*Nobukazu Seama(Department of Planetology, Graduate School of Science, Kobe University), Yoshiyuki Tatsumi(Institute for Research on Earth Evolution, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology), Keiji Ohtsuki(Graduate School of Science, Kobe University), Takashi Nakagawa(JAMSTEC/MAT), Ikuo Katayama(Department of Earth and Planetary Systems Science, Hiroshima University), Gou Fujie(Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology), Akiko Nakamura(Graduate School of Science, Kobe University), Chair:Gou Fujie(Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology), Nobukazu Seama(Department of Planetology, Graduate School of Science, Kobe University)
Sun. May 24, 2015 2:15 PM - 4:00 PM 201A (2F)
Convener:*Nobukazu Seama(Department of Planetology, Graduate School of Science, Kobe University), Yoshiyuki Tatsumi(Institute for Research on Earth Evolution, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology), Keiji Ohtsuki(Graduate School of Science, Kobe University), Takashi Nakagawa(JAMSTEC/MAT), Ikuo Katayama(Department of Earth and Planetary Systems Science, Hiroshima University), Gou Fujie(Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology), Akiko Nakamura(Graduate School of Science, Kobe University), Chair:Ikuo Katayama(Department of Earth and Planetary Systems Science, Hiroshima University), Nobukazu Seama(Department of Planetology, Graduate School of Science, Kobe University)
Sun. May 24, 2015 6:15 PM - 7:30 PM Convention Hall (2F)
Convener:*Nobukazu Seama(Department of Planetology, Graduate School of Science, Kobe University), Yoshiyuki Tatsumi(Institute for Research on Earth Evolution, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology), Keiji Ohtsuki(Graduate School of Science, Kobe University), Takashi Nakagawa(JAMSTEC/MAT), Ikuo Katayama(Department of Earth and Planetary Systems Science, Hiroshima University), Gou Fujie(Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology), Akiko Nakamura(Graduate School of Science, Kobe University)
Wed. May 27, 2015 2:15 PM - 4:00 PM 102A (1F)
| Symbol S (Solid Earth Sciences)
| S-TT Technology & Techniques
Convener:*Hitoshi Mikada(Kyoto University), Junichi Takekawa(Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University), Junzo Kasahara(University of Shizuoka, Faculty of Earth Scieces), Yoshihisa Iio(Disater Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University), Yasuo Ogawa(Volcanic Fluid Research Center Tokyo Institute of Technology), Nobukazu Seama(Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kobe University), Tatsuya Sato(Geothermal Energy Research & Development Co., LTD.), Eiichi Asakawa(JGI, Incorporated)
Thu. May 28, 2015 11:00 AM - 12:45 PM 102A (1F)
Convener:*Hitoshi Mikada(Kyoto University), Junichi Takekawa(Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University), Junzo Kasahara(University of Shizuoka, Faculty of Earth Scieces), Yoshihisa Iio(Disater Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University), Yasuo Ogawa(Volcanic Fluid Research Center Tokyo Institute of Technology), Nobukazu Seama(Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kobe University), Tatsuya Sato(Geothermal Energy Research & Development Co., LTD.), Eiichi Asakawa(JGI, Incorporated), Chair:Toshinori Kimura(Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology), Kyosuke Okamoto(Railway Technical Research Institute)
Convener:*Hitoshi Mikada(Kyoto University), Junichi Takekawa(Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University), Junzo Kasahara(University of Shizuoka, Faculty of Earth Scieces), Yoshihisa Iio(Disater Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University), Yasuo Ogawa(Volcanic Fluid Research Center Tokyo Institute of Technology), Nobukazu Seama(Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kobe University), Tatsuya Sato(Geothermal Energy Research & Development Co., LTD.), Eiichi Asakawa(JGI, Incorporated), Chair:Junichi Takekawa(Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University), Hitoshi Mikada(Kyoto University)
[MIS35-18] Water release from subducting slab inferred by upper mantle electrical resistivity structures beneath back-arc basins
*Nobukazu SEAMA1, Tetsuo MATSUNO2 (1.Department of Planetology, Kobe University, 2.Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo)
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[S-CG64] Ocean Floor Geoscience
[SCG64-13] Electrical resistivity structure of the oceanic crust around hydrothermal vent sites on East Pacific Rise at N9 50'
*Takuya TERAOKA1, Nobukazu SEAMA1, Rob Evans2 (1.Department of Planetology, Graduate School of Science, Kobe University, 2.Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
[STT13-07] Determining the three-dimensional position of the anomalous resistivity body in upper oceanic crust using MMR method
*Takuya TERAOKA1, Nobukazu SEAMA1 (1.Department of Planetology, Graduate School of Science, Kobe University)
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Near Roseburn by Dorothy Elsie Knowles
Near Roseburn
signed and dated 1980 lower right
22.5 x 30 ins ( 57.2 x 76.2 cms ) ( sheet )
Sold for $1,180.00
Sale date: October 17th 2018
Theo Waddington Galleries, Toronto
Private Collection, Toronto
Dorothy Elsie Knowles
(1927) RCA
HighlightsWatch Artist
Dorothy Elsie Knowles was born on April 7, 1927 in Unity, Saskatchewan. She grew up on a farm overlooking a Prairie valley and initially had no plans to become a painter, studying biology at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon between 1944 and 1948. At the time of her graduation, a friend persuaded her to enroll in a six-week summer course given by the University of Saskatchewan at Emma Lake. The course was led by Reta Cowley from Saskatoon and James Frederick Finley from the Ontario College of Art and under their guidance young Dorothy found a proclivity for art. Upon her return to Saskatoon she continued to study painting under Eli Bornstein and Nicholas Bjelejac at the University of Saskatchewan between 1948 and 1952. While taking a summer class at the Banff School in 1952, she decided to study art in England, eventually enrolling in the Goldsmith School of Art in London. Of influence on her was another London institution, the National Gallery, where she particularly admired the works of Piero di Cosimo, Piero della Francesca, Veronese, Ucello, and Renoir. In the 1960's, when artist's and critics workshops were de rigueur, she attended workshop by the American painter Herman Cherry (1961), the critic Clement Greenberg (1962), Kenneth Noland (1963), Jules Olitski (1964), Lawrence Alloway (1965), and Michael Steiner (1969). All of these had varying degrees of influence on her work, changing her style from a heavy impasto favoured by Greenberg to a more fluid technique preferred by Noland. Most importantly she discovered the importance of working directly from nature. Thus, weather permitting , she worked out of doors, at times producing finished paintings, at times sketches and photographs which she used in the studio. However, her technique was fundamentally different from that employed most visibly by the Group of Seven. While the studio works by members of the Group differ drastically from their essential out-of-doors sketches, Knowles uses both nature and photographs from nature in the same manner so that the results are in every respect comparable.
326 Dundas St West. Toronto, ON.
(across from the Art Gallery of Ontario)
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Austin TapedBall Cricket League (ATCL)
ATCL Winter Tournament - 2019
ATCL Fall Tournament - 2019
ATCL Spring Tournament - 2019
ATCL Super 8 Championship - 2018
Sree Bharat Dasari
Team name : Phoenix
Austin Taped Ball Cricket League (ATCL) Waiver Form Austin, TX
Warranty of Player's Fitness
Warranty of Player's Fitness The undersigned (hereinafter, "the Player") hereby represents and warrants to the ‘Austin Taped Ball Cricket League’ (hereinafter referred to as "ATCL") that he/she is in good physical condition and that he has no impairment or ailment preventing him from safely engaging in the activities of the League.
I, the undersigned, herby depose, state and declare as of the date set forth below, as follows:
Absolute Release of Liability
Absolute Release of Liability In consideration of being permitted to participate in the activities of ATCL, in any manner, including but not limited to playing, practicing, coaching, spectating or being on the field or in spectator areas for any purpose whatsoever, and fully understanding that participation in the game of cricket includes the risk of serious personal injury or even death, the undersigned player fully and absolutely assumes full responsibility for the risk of injury or death due to participation, weather conditions, playing conditions (including, without limitation, the type of ground conditions and equipment whether provided by the Player or ATCL) other participants, of any magnitude, and does hereby forever absolutely release, remise and forever discharge even for their own negligence or willful misconduct, and agrees to hold harmless, ATCL, lessors and/or landowners that may sanction or permit the participation in the game of cricket, all directors, coordinators of ATCL or any organization, association or group affiliated therewith, and all other participants in games or other activities, public officials, volunteers, game officials, other Players, and sponsors from all claims, rights or causes of action for damage, injury or death whatsoever, of any kind, now or in the future. This release of liability by Player of any other Player does not include release or waiver of any claim or cause of action by one Player against another Player for any criminal, grossly negligent or other willful misconduct resulting in personal injury or death.
Player's Participation in Tournaments and Local Leagues
The Player shall participate in the League as a member on a team,which is a registered team in the ATCL. As a member of the League, the player shall be eligible to participate in the regular season and tournaments, as organized by ATCL, according to the regulations promulgated by ATCL. The Player agrees to abide by all Rules and Regulations as set forth by ATCL. Failure by the Player to abide by all Rules and Regulations could result in suspension or expulsion and possible forfeit of all games in which such Rules and Regulations were not satisfied.
Limitation of Liability - TEAM
TEAM (All registered players part of team roster) shall participate in ATCL’s games and use any of ATCL provided facilities, services or equipment at their own risk. Team waives any and all claims, of whatsoever kind or nature that may arise against ATCL as a result of the Team's / Player’s participation in the ATCL cricket matches. Team (C/VC) also acknowledges recognition of the ATCL rules and regulations and usage of several available protection/safety gear used for cricket to its Players.
TEAM (C/VC) hereby acknowledges that ATCL does not provide for any individual Player, or any team as a whole medical insurance. TEAM and Player(s) collectively and individually bear the risk of such loss from any accident or incidents. TEAM acknowledges that their players may at their own cost contract for such coverage. This is a TEAM decision and has no impact on ATCL. The team representatives (C/VC) must make this decision for their own team, pay for the coverage and make all arrangements directly with any Insurance companies. The use of medical insurance is a TEAM Decision only. ATCL is not involved in any of the arrangements for contracting of such insurance.
I (C/VC), representatives of the team have read this release and understand that it is an absolute release and I freely and voluntarily accept its terms and understand it is binding upon our team, and associated players in interest and assigns.
Limitation of Liability - Player
The Player shall participate in ATCL’s games and use any of ATCL provided facilities, services or equipment at their own risk. The Player waives any and all claims, of whatsoever kind or nature that may arise against ATCL as a result of the Player’s participation in the ATCL cricket matches. The Player also acknowledges recognition of the ATCL rules and regulations and usage of several available protection/safety gear used for cricket. The Player hereby acknowledges that ATCL does not provide for any individual Player, or any team as a whole medical insurance. Player and the team each individually and collectively bear the risk of such loss from any accident. Each player acknowledges that their team may at their own cost contract for such coverage. This is a team decision and has no impact on ATCL. The team managers must make this decision for their own team, pay for the coverage and make all arrangements directly with any Insurance companies. The use of medical insurance is a team decision only. ATCL is not involved in any arrangements for the contracting of such insurance. I, the Player, have read this release and understand that it is an absolute release and I freely and voluntarily accept its terms and understand it is binding upon me, my heirs, spouse in interest and assigns.
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Anne Allen
Installation Views Biography Exhibitions Press
La Digue #1, 2018
41h x 31w in
colored pencil on paper
AAL036
La Digue #4, Beach Salad, 2018
colored pencil and watercolor on paper
42.63h x 32.75w in
Big Cypress IA, 2013
graphite and watercolor on vellum
Big Cypress I, Caddo, 2013
Big Cypress II, Caddo, 2014
Golden Cypress, 2013
acrylic ink, watercolor and graphite on vellum
45.50h x 42w in
Branching #6, 2011
acrylic ink on vellum
Diadem (Mantilla), 2009
acrylic ink on paper
Tiara #2, 2009
charcoal, prismacolor and acrylic on paper
Cutwork II, 2008
Cutwork I (Charm), 2008
Graphite Dollie, 2004
Doily Crown I, 2006
graphite, charcoal, clear oil pastel
Anne Allen: Beach Salad …and Other Watery Adventures
October 13 – November 10, 2018
VIEW ADDITIONAL WORKS ON ARTSY
Anne Allen, b. 1960- Pattern, both manufactured and natural, has long influenced the delicate yet powerful work of Anne Allen. The ephemeral beauty of domestic items such as doilies, lace, floral wallpaper and hairnets, is abstracted at a large scale, endowing the objects with a presence beyond their utilitarian purpose. These impressions of seemingly innocent objects are subverted with a minimalist hand, creating intimate drawings with nostalgic effects. Installations and wall drawings activate the space while injecting a sense of the temporal.
Throughout her career, Allen has constantly evolved her practice with insights from her travels. From childhood road trips through adult hikes to geocaching sites, Allen has found a plethora of images and stimuli that she explores in her work. Allen carefully executes her marks in graphite, watercolor, ink, charcoal, gouache, or pastel to achieve the tactile qualities that draw viewers in to follow her gestures. Allen’s work also draws inspiration generally from the conceptual maps of Julie Mehretu, Brice Marden’s layered loops, and El Anatsui’s quilts of found materials.
Anne Allen grew up in Fort Worth, TX, and has lived and worked in Los Angeles, CA, Portland, OR and New York’s Hudson Valley before returning to Texas in 1999. She received her M.F.A. in metals from the State University of New York at New Paltz and her B.F.A. in painting and printmaking from the University of Texas at Austin. She has shown her work extensively in solo and group exhibitions throughout Texas as well as New York and was a finalist for the Hunting Art Prize in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2016. A curator and arts administrator, Allen served as Director of the Arlington Museum of Art (AMA) from 2001-2007, and as Executive Director of The Old Jail Art Center in Albany, Texas, 2000. She is currently a Public Art Project Manager with the Arts Council of Fort Worth, Texas.
Beach Salad …and Other Watery Adventures October 13 – November 10, 2018
Ft. Worth Community Arts Center
From the Back Seat, On Foot and Over Water: Patterns of Travel 2015
Download PDF View Source
The Old Jail Art Center
Anne Allen: Alchemy, from the Cell Series 2011
artdaily.org
Enduring Pattern: Anne Allen and Elaine Taylor 2005
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Podplus
CRN DIGITAL TALK RADIO BRINGS AN ADDED PLUS FOR PODCASTERS
National Talk Radio Network Launches CRN PodPlus Channel and Stream Dedicated to Podcasts
LOS ANGELES, CA – August 14, 2017: CRN Digital Talk Radio announced today the launch of CRN PodPlus, a channel and stream that introduces the network’s national audience to podcasts centered around entertainment, celebrities, food, wine, and politics.
CRN PodPlus airs on the talk radio network’s channel formerly known as CRN 7. Podcasts will air on CRN PodPlus, either in a rotation or during an assigned time, depending on the respective podcaster’s wishes.
“CRN PodPlus provides exponentially more coverage than a podcaster will ever get from recording a show, uploading it to a podcast service, and hoping for the best,” said CRN Digital Talk Radio President and CEO Michael J. Horn. “It can be challenging for many people just to produce a great podcast. Then having to find listeners is another battle they might not know how to fight. CRN PodPlus provides an excellent opportunity for those podcasters to bring their podcasts to their sites and also get the coverage from CRN’s established audience and CRN’s multiple platforms of distribution. The podcaster will have many more avenues of distribution. We call it CRN PodPlus.”
Like six of CRN Digital Talk Radio’s other channels, CRN PodPlus’s programming is syndicated on multiple platforms including television, set top boxes, WiFi radio, mobile apps, iTunes, Stitcher, Apple TV, Roku, the Web, and many other blogs, sites and apps.
Podcasts will also air to CRN’s cable television audio channel audience – which numbers more than 11 million homes across the country. CRN PodPlus is also broadcast on a Roku channel and Apple TV radio stream.
CRN PodPlus is also available on CRN’s mobile app, as well as several other radio apps such as Aha, Nobex Radio, oOTunes, TuneIn, and Wunder Radio. The channel is streamed on the Web via CRN Digital Talk Radio’s home page, CRNTalk.com. The stream is also accessible via telephone line by dialing 605-477-4255.
Podcasters wishing to boost their production quality or simply get help starting their podcast will be able to use CRN’s Los Angeles studios.
“CRN is now a place where podcasters can produce and showcase their programs,” Horn added. “There is so much undiscovered talent in the world of original podcasts. We’re excited to help podcasters showcase their talent to a new group of listeners.”
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Jindal Twists Himself In Knots Over Question On Interracial Marriage
Gov. Bobby Jindal joins looney Scalia: Words no longer have meaning on marriage equality. Especially Jindal's.
By LeftOfCenter
Chuck Todd attempted to rectify his awful show from last week by pretending to be tough on the Governor of Louisiana. He accuses Jindal of pandering to the audience by claiming that his kids just LOVE the Iowa State Fair. That was the brunt of his toughness towards Governor Jindal. The rest of the segment was devoted to giving the new GOP Candidate a forum to lie without challenge.
Chucky tells him that Louisiana is, thus far, the only state to not issue any same-sex marriage licenses. That's because Piyush 'Bobby' Jindal doesn't agree with the ruling of the Supreme Court. He says,
I think it (marriage) should remain between a man and a woman.
No kidding, everyone in the clown car has said that ad nauseum. He says that
It (traditional 'Biblical' marriage) has been taught in our faith for centuries.
But has it? Someone ought to tell him that Biblical marriage is not exactly what Piyush claims it is.
The Bible actually endorses polygamy.
In fact, there were a variety of unions and family configurations that were permissible in the cultures that produced the Bible, and these ranged from monogamy (Titus 1:6) to those where rape victims were forced to marry their rapist (Deuteronomy 22:28-29) and to those Levirate marriage commands obligating a man to marry his brother’s widow regardless of the living brother’s marital status (Deuteronomy 25:5-10; Genesis 38; Ruth 2-4). Others insisted that celibacy was the preferred option (1 Corinthians 7:8; 28).
Jindal, like the hypocritical Constitution-loving Republican he is, thinks that we should get rid of the Supreme Court, screw that silly three branches of government, system of checks and balances idea. He loves the Constitution so much, he wants to toss it in the trash and start over with Charles and David Koch writing the rules. Who cares what our Founding Fathers mandated?
It's a funny thing, that Constitutional cherry-picking, isn't it? Jindal said nothing of the most egregiously anti-Conservative ideological decision known as Citizens United. In fact, he's hired the 'Superlawyer' who represented Citizens United to work on his own presidential campaign. So as far as Piyush Jindal is concerned, the Supreme Court exists only when it supports his party's convoluted ideology.
Bobby Jindal, Chuck Todd, marriage equality, Meet the Press, Supreme Court
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Here Are the Deets on Good Transportation Stuff Earmarked in the Infrastructure Bill
The infrastructure bill sets aside $275 million for new Amtrak service to Rockford, home of power-pop legends Cheap Trick. However, this is *not* a rendering of the new rail line.
Amid the general celebration over the bipartisan passage of Illinois’ long-awaited $45 billion Rebuild Illinois capital bill, with a number of wins for sustainable transportation, there were bound to be some naysayers.
Predictably, the conservative libertarian think tank Illinois Policy Institute is grumpy about the various tax and fee increases that will fund the spending package, particularly the doubling of the state gas tax, which has been stuck at 19 cents a gallon since 1990.
But the kookiest hot-take I’ve seen about the infrastructure bill was from Sun-Times columnist Phil Kadner who made a dubious comparison between the legislation and Ronald Reagan-style trickle-down economics. That theory, which agues that if you slash taxes for wealthy people, it will benefit working-class folks in the long run, was discredited long ago, but it recently reared its ugly head in form of Donald Trump’s corporate tax cuts.
Phil Kadner
Kadner claims that Governor J.B. Pritzker’s capital plan represents a variation on that strategy. “In Illinois, the Democratic Party’s theory seems to be if you give the politicians more money, some of it will eventually trickle down to the government programs that actually benefit taxpayers,” he writes. “No one is ever held accountable for spending tax money in Illinois.”
What’s absurd about that claim is that the capital bill specifically earmarks revenue for projects that will benefit the public. Along with funding to construct public buildings and other publics works project, the plan includes a $33 billion, six-year transportation infrastructure program.
More than 23 percent of that money will go to transit, which is less than the 40 percent that was proposed by the Active Transportation Alliance, but about twice as much as was indicated in the initial proposal. And, for the first time ever, $50 million a year will be set aside for walking and biking programs. Here are some of the sustainable transportation projects that received earmarks in the bill, according to Mass Transit Transit Magazine.
The Chicago area’s Regional Transit Authority will get $3.6 billion, including the following:
$100 million for the Kendall County Metra extension
$60 million for repairs to the Green Line’s Cottage Grove station
$8 million for improvements to the Harvey Transportation Center
$31.5 million for improvements to the Blue Line’s O’Hare branch
$50 million for tactical traction power upgrades on the O’Hare Branch
$220 million in capital upgrades for Pace suburban bus service
Downstate transit agencies weren’t left out, receiving over $355 million, including $96 million for an extension of the St. Louis area’s Metro Link light rail system from Scott Air Force Base (located southeast of East St. Louis, Illinois) to nearby MidAmerica St. Louis Airport.
St. Louis’ MetroLink will be extended a few miles east from Scott Air Force Base to MidAmerica St. Louis Airport. Image: Google Maps
Several Amtrak projects also received set-asides:
$100 million for Chicago – Champaign – Carbondale track improvements
$122 million track improvements in Springfield
$275 million for new passenger rail service from Chicago to Rockford
$225 million for new passenger rail service to the Quad Cities
That last item makes it likely that in the future I will increase my intake of malt-crust pizza cut into strips with scissors.
Quad Cities-style pizza. (If you’re really jonesing for it, just visit one of Chicago’s Roots Pizza locations.)
While there aren’t any specific earmarks for walking and biking yet, Active Trans estimates that annual $50 million in bike/ped funding could pay for 125 new projects a year, including safety infrastructure like pedestrian islands and better crosswalks, as well as protected bike lanes and multi-use trails.
So relax Phil Kadner, there’s no question that the infrastructure bill includes “government programs that [will] actually benefit taxpayers” — no trickle-down needed.
Filed Under: Beyond Chicagoland, Bicycling, Bus Transit, Chicago Suburbs, Funding & Finance, Infrastructure, Rail Transit, State Policy, Walking, Phil Kadner, Quad Cities, Rebuild Illinois, Rockford, Sun-Times
“Disastrous” State Capital Bill Would Allocate 7X as Much Money for Roads as Transit
The proposal, which includes multiple vehicle tax increases and new fees, would allocate $23 billion to roads and bridges but only $3.4 billion on transit.
“Hurricane” Kristen McQueary Strikes Again With Blustery Attack on Gas Tax Hike Proposal
By John Greenfield | Jan 8, 2019
The Tribune columnist, who famously wished a New Orleans-style storm would assault Chicago, argued that raising the state gas tax would be unfair to drivers. Here's why she's wrong again.
With No Risk of Voter Backlash, Emanuel Makes a Sensible Call for a State Gas Tax Hike
By John Greenfield | Dec 11, 2018
Today Emanuel spoke in favor of a for a 20 to 30 cent increase in the Illinois gas tax, which has been stuck at 19 cents since 1991, to fund transit, roads, and bridges.
MPC: We Can Solve IL Infrastructure Woes via Higher Gas Tax, Vehicle Fees
By John Greenfield | Apr 4, 2016
A new report by the Metropolitan Planning Council finds that Illinois needs to invest $43 billion over the next decade to get its roads, bridges, and transit lines in a state of good repair. This is a daunting number, especially for a state that has gone over nine months without a budget plan. However, the […]
What Will Illinois’ Blue Wave Mean for Sustainable Transportation?
By John Greenfield | Nov 7, 2018
Advocates and experts say theyre optimistic that the Pritzker administration will create a new revenue source for transportation infrastructure.
Pritzker’s Nearly $45B Capital Plan Is Way Better for Transportation Than Expected
By John Greenfield | Jun 3, 2019
23 percent of the total transportation spending will go towards transit, twice as much as expected, and walking and biking will get $50 million a year.
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You are here: Home / Chiswick Playhouse – Christmas At Chiswick Playhouse / 2017 / December
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
December 22, 2017 /in News /by Bridget Osborne
When the Fuller’s Christmas trees go up on the Griffin Brewery there’s no denying that the Christmas season is upon us. Usually I bury my head in the sand as long as possible but this year I’ve decided to embrace it. So here is your Chiswick Calendar Christmas guide.
Some ideas for original Christmas presents
Jewellery by Shelley Thomas
Tucked away by Kew Bridge there’s a community of around twenty arts and crafts producers, among them Shelley Thomas, who makes beautiful, very distinctive silver jewellery. She creates her own pieces, customises jewellery to your design and also offers one day silver smithing courses for £170 or £150 each for two people.
You can buy direct from her workshop in the Old Pay Office at the Steam Museum, through her website: www.shelleythomas.co.uk or phone her on 07947 032286.
Stiletto Coat pegs by Derek Pearce
This quirky idea for a coat rack caught my eye. Derek Pearce is a woodcarver, sculptor and furniture maker. Have a look on his website at the table he made for John Cleese with carved woodland animals running around the base and his hippo tables, with the eyes and noses just peeping above the glass table top – genius.
Website: www.derekpearce.com Email: derek@derekpearce.com
Knobs by Neil Brown
Neil Brown is the resident blacksmith in the forge at the Steam Museum. His work ranges from bottle openers at the smallest, stocking filler size up to commissions for furniture such as gates, staircases and balconies. As a member of The Chiswick Calendar club card scheme he offers a discount of 10% to club card holders. You can also try your hand at blacksmithing yourself on one of his blacksmithing for beginners courses.
Website: www.hotmetalworks.co.uk Tel: 07784 284250. Email: neil@hotmetalworks.co.uk
Christmas Three open studios
Three local artists will be showing their work next weekend. The Christmas Three Open Studios at 9 Windmill Rd, W4 1RN, just off the High Rd, will be featuring the work of artist Joanna Brendon, jeweller Annette O’Sullivan and weaver Bobbie Kociejowski.
Painting by Joanna Brendon Website: www.joannabrendon.com
The Christmas Three will be showing their work 1 – 3 December. Friday 6.00 – 9.00pm, Saturday 11.00am – 6.00pm. Sunday 11.00am – 6.00pm. On offer also is mulled wine and minced pies.
Jewellery by Annette O’Sullivan Contact: Annette O’Sullivan
Scarves and Shawls by Bobbie Kociejowski
Bobbie is a Canadian artist who happened upon weaving almost by accident when she was living in a remote mining town in the Rockies. In our video she talks about how she came to be a weaver and the importance of using colour.
Website: www.bobbiekociejowski.com
Make your own at Mella Mella
When my kids were young we had several pottery cafes in the area. I still have a few dubious looking lumps of clay splodged with bright colours that I couldn’t possibly part with. Mella Mella has opened recently at 8 Essex Place W4 5UT, a ceramic painting and pottery wheel studio, kids corner, garden and café, which caters for parties, classes, and workshops.
Greige opens its doors at Bedford Corner
Homeware store Greige has been part of the club card scheme for a year, selling their beautiful range of interesting items for the home online and from their warehouse in Chiswick. They’ve just opened their first shop at Bedford Corner.
One of the items I really like are these Danish tin houses for tea lights. They come in different shapes and sizes so you can put them together and create your own little street. Sizes range from 10cm to 45cm high. Prices £11.50 – £69.
These and everything in the shop are available at 10% discount for holders of the Chiswick Calendar club card when you spend £75 or more – but make sure you have it with you and brandish it with a flourish! (Online the offer applies when you spend £50 – promo code ChisCal50). Greige Lifestyle Boutique 1 Bedford Corner, South Parade, W4.
Website: www.greige.co.uk
Paddleboarding with Active 360 – fantastic offer if you book by 4 December
If you want to buy something that is not going to be quietly recycled to a charity shop, how about a gift voucher for paddle boarding with Active 360, based at Kew Bridge?
Normal price £65 for one person for a three hour lesson, they have a fantastic offer for club card holders available to book only until midnight on 4 December. Active 360 are offering club card members vouchers for TWO people together for just £99 for a three hour lesson.
To book online using the club card go to www.active360.co.uk and use the promo code Calendar99, email: info@active360.co.uk / Ring 0208 825 5360. They’re very flexible too, so if you wanted a two hour lesson rather than a three hour lesson or three people rather than two, ring them up and talk to them about it.
Lamb’s wool jumper from Cotswold Outdoors
Warm winter woollies from Cotswold Outdoor. Club card holders can buy this lovely Aigle Lofoty 100% lamb’s wool women’s jumper for £90 from Cotswold Outdoor, 323-327 Chiswick High Rd, W4 (normal price £99). The 10% discount applies to anything in the shop.
The latest in instant cameras from the Chiswick Camera Centre
All the rage this Christmas apparently is the Fujifilm Instax SQ10, an instant camera which also records to a Micro SD memory card and has a built in LCD screen, meaning that for the first time you can choose whether to print an image instantly, print multiple copies and edit before you print.
Normal price £249 from Chiswick Camera Centre, 4 Chiswick Terrace, Acton Lane, W4. Andy, the owner, is offering a £25 discount to club card holders, bringing the price down to £224.
Vouchers for a meal at Annie’s
Another idea for something which will not sit gathering dust – a gift voucher for Annie’s restaurant at Strand on the Green. Any amount from £20 – £300 available. Redeemable by the end of May 2018. Buy online at www.anniesrestaurant.co.uk
Annie’s doesn’t have a club card offer in the restaurant in December but will resume its 15% discount to club card holders in January.
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Outrage over pop up Christmas tree vendor
Pines & Needles, Acton Green Common
Pines & Needles has appeared on Acton Green Common, to the great annoyance of local trader Spencer Wheeler. Spencer runs Wheelers Garden Centre, tucked away beside Turnham Green tube station. Most of their trade at this time of year is in Christmas trees. He is ‘disgusted’ that Ealing council has allowed them to set up for just four weeks, creaming off some of the Christmas trade which helps local businesses like Wheelers and High Rd fruit and veg stall holders Collins to survive in Chiswick the rest of the year.
Wheelers Garden Centre, Turnham Green Terrace
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‘We need this month to struggle through January and February’ says Spencer. ‘I don’t think it’s fair that the council allows them to be here for just four weeks while we have to battle on, paying business rates and so on’. He plans to write to local MP Rupa Huq to ask for her support to stop this happening again next year and asks for our support.
Pines and Needles is open from 8.00am – 9.00pm and buy in bulk, but it might not work out cheaper buying your tree from them. Pines and Needles charge £5 for a wooden block to stand them on and £15 for delivery, whereas Wheelers provide both for free.
10% off Wheelers Christmas trees and decorations with a Chiswick Calendar club card
And then of course there’s The Chiswick Calendar club card. Club card holders get 10% off Christmas trees from Wheelers. And if we want to continue to be able to buy bedding plants in the spring, cut flowers from Wheelers florist and other services like landscape gardening the rest of the year, we’d better get behind them and support them.
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The Little Match Girl – theatre review
December 20, 2017 /in Features, News /by Bridget Osborne
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‘Chiswick Beach’ proposal ‘dangerous’
December 5, 2017 /in News /by Bridget Osborne
A proposal for a ‘mixed river leisure facility’ at Strand on the Green would be dangerous for people doing water sports according to those who currently use the river for kayaking and paddle boarding. The plan, called ‘Chiswick Beach’ would achieve the opposite of what it purports to offer by creating an obstacle in the river which would present a risk of entanglement, or ‘pinning’ for canoeists and paddleboarders at high tide, increasing their risk of drowning.
Houseboats, deckchairs and pedalos
The PLA have received an application in for the installation of piles, pontoons and moorings at Ball’s Wharf, which is the area just east of Kew Bridge, for a mixed used facility with 10 houseboats, a boat club for motorboats, a cafe and facilities for human powered watersports including pedalos. It promises ‘the increase of the use and enjoyment of the foreshore’ in what it calls a ‘blighted’ area in ‘a remote small landscaped area which is in disrepair.’ The proposal by Environomics Consultants says ‘As at any beach there will be the provision of deck chairs, picnicking, ice-cream, sunbathing etc … Chiswick Beach will not detract from the area; in fact it will be a beautiful reinvigoration of lost facilities and new leisure, recreational, arts, culture and the opportunity to enjoy the Thames.’
Chiswick Beach Plan
The plan shows the development stretching from the drawdock or slipway beside Kew Bridge almost as far as the Bell & Crown.
Paddleboarders and kayakers concerned about added risks to river users
It comes as news to the existing sporting clubs that: ‘It has been a significant asset to the area for riverside uses in the past, but this use has been lost recently. There is a significant deficiency of leisure provision.’ There are two Kayaking clubs and a paddleboarding company based at Kew Bridge.
Peter Hughes, chairman of the Kayak club Edge Progressive Paddling says they and Chelsea Kayak Club have more than a hundred members between them and with visitors in the summer they enable hundreds of people to use the river at Strand on the Green in the summer. He told me “This is not about improving the area for the community. In the summer the river is chocka with leisure boats, rowers paddleboarders, kayaks. This is about a greedy developer wanting to make a fast buck”.
Photograph by John Clare
He and Paul Hyman from Active 360, which runs paddleboarding from the arches at Kew Bridge both have concerns that a pontoon at Strand on the Green would make it more difficult for their members. The Thames at Strand on the Green is fully tidal. An immense amount of water is displaced each day and at high and low tide the river runs at a fast walking pace. Paddleboarders and kayakers use the power of the water. Typically they go from Kew to Richmond on the incoming tide and return on the ebb tide.
“There would be a pinning or entanglement hazard on the ebb tide” Paul Hyman told me. It would be easy, especially for beginners, to overshoot the landing and hit the pontoon. “They would have to be careful they don’t get swept in to it on the way back from Richmond.” The proposed pontoon would present a hazard as it would be easy to be pinned against it and trapped underneath.
The proposed development presents another problem for the kayak clubs. The first arch of Kew Bridge next to the north shore is blocked off, so to go upstream to Richmond they have to pass under the middle arch, which is where the water runs faster. At the moment they paddle downstream from the drawdock hugging the wall (exactly where the proposed development would be) so beginners can get used to the water before they have to make a sharp right turn and brave the midstream channel in order to go upstream. If that’s not an option they would have to go straight out into fast flowing water, which Peter Hughes says would make it too difficult for beginners.
More mud
Paul and Peter also think that the creation of a pontoon at that point would contribute to a build up of mud, which would make it more difficult than it already is to get in to the water. Paul told me what is needed to encourage more use of the river for water sports is a built causeway with a gentle slope down to the river at the existing draw dock. They also have concerns about the general public using pedalos unsupervised both because of the danger of collisions as there are so many rowers and because of the tides.
Ruining the historic view
The idea that Strand on the Green is ‘blighted’ also comes as a surprise to residents who on the whole rather like it the way it is. The Strand on the Green Residents Association is asking its members for their views. One member has replied to the PLA saying in his view the development is inappropriate because it ‘will damage the historic views and amenity of the riverside park and walking.’
Council approval?
The author of the report ‘Environomics Consultants’ says: Hounslow have requested that I should bring this to the planning committee after the works license application. The have advised that they would look favourably upon the application, as it is very similar to their own recently in Brentford.
If you have any comments please send them to the Chairman and to Jackie Evans, the PLA Licensing Officer at jackie.evans@pla.co.uk by 26 December
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DR CHRISTOPHER WILEY
Senior Lecturer in Music, University of Surrey and National Teaching Fellow
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Dr Christopher Wiley co-authors presentation at International Symposium on Pedagogic Frailty at the University of Surrey
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Dr Christopher Wiley and Jo Franklin (Guildford School of Acting) co-authored an interactive presentation delivered as part of the First International Symposium on Pedagogic Frailty and Resilience held at the University of Surrey on Wednesday 6 September 2017.
The session, entitled ‘Dialogic Approaches to Pedagogic Frailty’, explored how the authors had proactively sought to extend the results of two previous research projects in which they had been separately involved, including Dr Wiley’s co-authored autoethnographic study of pedagogic frailty in arts and humanities education.
They outlined the ‘reciprocal autoethnography’ approach by which they expanded the parameters of their earlier studies, as well as the methods by which they comparatively analysed the concept maps that resulted from previous research, independently of the original interviewer.
Based on their book chapter on autoethnography and pedagogic frailty, the presentation concluded by considering the potential for future expansion of the pedagogic frailty process as well as its benefits in terms of enhancing understanding of the preoccupations, priorities, and motivations of colleagues and teams.
The one-day symposium brought together some 40 academic colleagues from across the UK and internationally.
Further information about the symposium is available at the following link: https://www.surrey.ac.uk/department-higher-education/events/pedagogic-frailty
The full programme, including abstracts, may be downloaded here: https://www.surrey.ac.uk/sites/default/files/Pedagogic-frailty-symposium-programme.pdf
Dr Christopher Wiley co-authors book chapter on autoethnography and pedagogic frailty
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Dr Christopher Wiley and Jo Franklin (Guildford School of Acting) have co-authored a chapter published in the book Pedagogic Frailty and Resilience in the University, edited by Ian M. Kinchin and Naomi E. Winstone.
Their essay, ‘Framed Autoethnography and Pedagogic Frailty: A Comparative Analysis of Mediated Concept Maps’, extends two research projects on which the authors have previously worked, including Dr Wiley’s co-authored autoethnographic study of pedagogic frailty in arts and humanities education.
Adopting a ‘reciprocal autoethnography’ approach to operate independently of the original interviewer in order comparatively to analyse the concept maps that resulted from earlier research, they considered the benefits of pedagogic frailty to the development of greater mutual understanding between different staff members by way of nurturing resilience.
Wiley, Christopher and Jo Franklin. ‘Framed Autoethnography and Pedagogic Frailty: A Comparative Analysis of Mediated Concept Maps’, in Ian M. Kinchin and Naomi E. Winstone eds. Pedagogic Frailty and Resilience in the University. Rotterdam: Sense, 2017, pp. 17–32.
Listing of the volume on the publisher’s website: https://www.sensepublishers.com/catalogs/bookseries/other-books/pedagogic-frailty-and-resilience-in-the-university/
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Greystone Doyle Cumberbatch
Last Updated: Sunday, 17 January 2016 12:40
Published: Sunday, 21 August 2011 18:33
Barbados' Second Contingent - RAF
Greystone Grey Doyle Cumberbatch was killed when his Lancaster bomber crashed whilst attempting to land at an airfield in England during World War II.
Grey was born in St Lucy, Barbados on 2 June 1921 and was one of twelve of Barabdos' "Second Contingent".
He was the only son of Charles Wilkinson Cumberbatch and Octavia Cecily Clementina née Leacock.
By Bob Cumberbatch www.cumberbatch.org
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Greystone ‘Grey’ Doyle Cumberbatch was born 2nd June 1921 in Grapehall, St Lucy, Barbados. He was the son of Charles Wilkinson Cumberbatch and Octavia Cecily Clementina née Leacock. He was baptised 3rd July 1921 at the Selah Wesleyan Church, St Lucy, Barbados. His father was a school teacher and became the headmaster of the St Giles School, St Michael, Barbados. He graduated from the prestigious Harrison College in St Michael, Barbados. Grey volunteered to join the RAF and became one of the “Barbados Second Contingent” to join the World War II services.
The Plungar Plane Crash
On Thursday 4th March the Lancaster III ED549 HW-S[1] of 100 Squadron located at Waltham, Lincolnshire took off at 18:38 for a mine-laying operation in the area of St Nazaire. This was the first mission by 100 Squadron after they had received Lancasters in March 1943.
[1] ED549 is specific to a particular Lancaster; much the same as a car number plate. HW relates to a particular squadron, in this case 100 Squadron, although a squadron may have more than one -S relates to a specific Lancaster within that squadron.
On its return on Friday 5th March 1943 at 03:08 the aircraft attempted to land on the 3rd circuit of the Langar aerodrome in poor visibility but the airspeed dropped and the aircraft sank into the ground in a semi-stalled condition near Plungar, Nottinghamshire. The difficulties for the pilot were aggravated by failure of the port inner engine and failure in communication between the aircraft and the ground. All but one of the crew were killed:
F/S 99993 Gerald Russell Avey Royal Canadian Air Force pilot, buried Long Bennington (St Swithun) Churchyard
Sgt 1176108 Benjamin Thomas Hallett, age 23 RAFVR F/Eng, buried Portsmouth Cemetery
Sgt 1535230 Alan Havelock Spence age 32 RAFVR Nav, buried North Sunderland Cemetery
Sgt 1383404 Grey Doyle Cumberbatch age 21 RAFVR Air Bomber, from Barbados is buried in Long Bennington (St Swithun) Churchyard
Sgt 1024294 John Robinson age 34 W.Op/Rear Gnr buried Thornton-le Fylde Churchyard
F/S R/100254 Rene Rodger Landry age 23 Air Gnr Royal Canadian Air Force, buried Long Bennington (St Swithun) Churchyard
Sgt D S Davies was injured
Early in the morning of the 5th March 1943, Dennis Kirk was on ARP duty when he heard the sound of an aircraft approaching, it was obviously in trouble and the engines sounded like they were starved of petrol. The aircraft passed overhead and then crashed about a quarter of a mile from Plungar (Leics) in the direction of Langar airfield (Notts). When Dennis and his group rushed towards the scene to render assistance they found one dazed survivor on the railway line. They asked him if there were any bombs onboard and he was able to reply that they had already been dropped, sadly all the other crew members they found were dead. Personnel arrived from RAF Langar and took control of the crash site. A fire tender arrived from Melton Mowbray and the crew promptly ‘mashed some tea’.
A recently discovered piece of the aircraft shows damage from a cannon shell so perhaps some crew members were either dead or wounded which would explain why a ‘bale-out’ order was not given. The aircraft was not on a correct approach to land at Langar and it would appear that the pilot was struggling to maintain height and control which could indicate that it had suffered battle damage.
The crash is timed at 03:08 on 5 March 1943, the aircraft was a Lancaster 111 ED 549 100 Squadron HW S. This night was a ‘quiet’ night for Bomber Command prior to the commencement of the Battle of the Ruhr. Mosquitoes had flown to the Ruhr and 27 aircraft had been mine-laying (the role of the crashed aircraft), 16 aircraft were from Operational Training Units from which one Wellington was lost and a Lancaster was presumed lost over the target area.
100 Squadron was formed in February 1917 and by December 1942 was operating from Waltham (Grimsby) Lincs where it remained until April 1945. It had only begun to fly Lancasters against Germany in March of 1943. The Squadron was part of No 1 Group Bomber Command based in North Lincolnshire. The Group’s operations cost the lives of 8,577 British and Commonwealth airmen. 100 Squadron lost its last two crews from Waltham on the 16th March 1945, raiding Nuremberg. That brought the tally to 89 Lancasters lost in 25 months flying for the Squadron. The crew of ‘our’ Lancaster took off from Grimsby at 1838 on the 4/3/43 they were:
Flight Sgt G.R. Avey RCAF Pilot
Sgt B.T. Hallett Flight Engineer
Sgt A.H. Spence Navigator
Sgt G.D. Cumberbatch Air Bomber
Sgt J. Robinson Wireless Operator
Flight Sgt R.R. Landry RCAF Air Gunner(Rear)
All of the above were killed. Sgt D.S. Davies Air Gunner (Mid-Upper) was injured Armed forces personnel who lost their lives in the UK were normally buried at locations requested by close relatives, this was obviously not possible with the many overseas members serving and so three of the crew were buried at Long Bennington St Swithun’s churchyard. Dennis still lives in Plungar and he has a very clear picture in his mind of the events of that fateful night. The site has recently been planted with trees by the landowner but we hope to erect a memorial in memory of the gallant six airmen who lost their lives whilst so close to safety. [Source: "Legion Knots" Issue 4, May 2010: http://www.britishlegion.org.uk/media/1148822/Issue_4.pdf The Plungar Crash by Tim Chamberlin Royal British Legion]
David Webb, the villagers of Plungar and The British Legion are erecting a memorial to the crew of this crashed Lancaster bomber. It clipped a bank on it’s approach to the Langar airfield and crashed in a field in Plungar, Nottinghamshire.
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For Better Productivity, Work in 90-Minute Spurts
What's more effective: working nonstop for five hours, or working in three 90-minute intervals interspersed with 20-minute breaks? For many office workers—those who skip lunch and don't leave their desks until 5—it might seem like the first option is best. But according to science, that's not the case.
Step Aside, Circadian Rhythms
This all comes down to our ultradian rhythms. Like circadian rhythms, ultradian rhythms make up a sort of body clock that cycles regularly throughout our lives. But while circadian rhythms keep track of the 24-hour day/night cycle, ultradian rhythms roll in 90–120 minute cycles; specifically, those of our individual brain-wave frequencies. Most people are familiar with the way we pass through different stages of sleep—these are our ultradian rhythms in action—but you may not realize that you also pass through different stages of waking.
Cycle Your Work
Studies have found that all sorts of things are affected by these cycles, such as dopamine levels, alertness, and especially attention. A 1993 study by psychologist Anders Ericsson found that the best violinists all practiced in three 90-minute chunks with breaks in between. A 1995 study found that people generally maintain their sleep cycles after waking as periodic "sleepiness" cycles. This is why experts such as Buffer CEO Leo Widrich and engagement consultant Tony Schwartz swear by a rest-activity cycle that builds breaks into the work day.
The Science Of Productivity
Find out what science says about working more efficiently.
– ASAPScience
Circadian Rhythms And Your Internal Clock
Here's how your body knows when it's day or night.
Circadian Rhythm and Your Brain's Clock
– SciShow
Key Facts In This Video
The body's systems follow a circadian rhythm, which is synchronized with the rise and set of the sun. 00:37
Humans are generally the only species who subscribe to a once-a-day sleeping pattern. 02:18
Constant disruptions from our regular sleep patterns can be linked to diabetes, obesity and depression. 02:54
Written by Ashley Hamer September 30, 2016
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The More You Wish for Self-Control, the Less of It You Have
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“The Finest Hours” is being mixed; “Hail Caesar!” likely to record at the DiMenna Center, New York City; writing music for “The Itching”.
Posted by deanaparker in Uncategorized
Busy summer of music!
“The Finest Hours” set to record in July, 2015. “Hail Cesar!” records in September 2015.
“The Finest Hours” will be recorded in Los Angeles at Warner Bros. and “Hail Cesar!” will record in New York City. Both will mix at The Body, New York City.
“Legend” mixed and sounds great. “The Family Fang” coming up and then, possible Disney movie, “The Finest Hours”.
Carter Burwell wrote tremendous music for “Legend” and Mike Farrow mixed it equally as splendid. Burwell writing up a storm the last year. Coming up is “The Family Fang” to be recorded at Avatar NYC in late March. Seems like a Disney movie called “The Finest Hour” will score in June 2015 but this is not yet confirmed.
Carter’s studio, The Body, has seen some alteration to the 5.1 mixing environment. The first spacial change in 15 years of service. The left and right surround speakers were re-positioned closer to the sweet spot.
Back in December Angie Teo did a fine job recording and mixing Carter’s score to the animation feature “Anomalisa”. Special thanks to Jay Spears and Mark Corbin who keep yours truly above water with my technical adventures.
“Mortdecai” and “The Family Fang”, “Legend” and “Hail Caesar!”
“Mortdecai” and “The Family Fang” and “Hail Caesar!” Carter Burwell will compose the score for “Legend”, “The Family Fang” and “Hail Caesar!” in 2015 and it looks like an exciting period of music production.
Recent experience with Mark Ronson and The Dap Kings on “Mortdecai” was an effective effort.
“Mr. Holmes” and “Anomalisa” and “Legend.”
Carter Burwell will work with Bill Condon on the movie “Mr. Holmes”. Then “Anomalisa” in December and the movie “Legend” in February at Abbey Road.
“Carol” mixed and upcoming animation of “Anomalisa” and the Dan Yolen Cafe Band Gig
“Carol” is mixed with Mike Farrow doing an incredible job of engineering the recording and mixing at The Body, NYC. We revisit “Anomalisa” in November as Carter Burwell will score an animated film of the theater piece. Any exciting proposition.
I did a gig with Dan Yolen and Bruce Barker over summer. True joy for me to climb on the drum throne and connect to a magical mystery tour of song selections by Dan. Bruce turned out some licks that reminded me of the great blues slide players and Dan as usual finds the telling hook in a song that makes for a deep communication within the band.
Next year with Burwell a movie about the Kray Bros. and then a Coen Bros. movie.
“Olive Kitteridge” and “Carol”
Assisted Carter Burwell on HBO project “Olive Kitteridge” and commencing to setup studio for “Carol”.
“From Kant to Crackers”
A subjective documentary film that explores the morality of Darwin’s natural selection and the rise of capital as a moral entity. An overlooked topic. Currently in post production.
“The Affair” on Long Island
In discussion with composer regarding score for Showtime series titled “The Affair”. Looks like this will happen. Update – did participate on this project for the pilot episode.
“Olive Kitteridge”, “Carol” and “A Slight Trick of the Mind”
Burwell Ewbank
Setting up Carter Burwell’s project the HBO produced “Olive Kitteridge”. Later in the year for Burwell there’s also a film by Todd Haynes (“Carol”) which will probably record in late summer or fall of 2014, not sure where. And there’s also a Bill Condon film (“A Slight Trick of the Mind”) that would likely record in September. It is also with sadness that I mention the passing of my friend and mentor John Ewbank.
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REVIEW: Private Politics by Emma Barry
JaneB- ReviewsContemporary romance / opposites attract / Political1 Comments
Dear Ms. Barry:
This is the second book in the series centering around characters in DC. As I said in my previous review of your book Special Interests, I generally shy away from political books but you are able to write a book about people passionate about causes yet unabrasive which I find to be some kind of wizardry.
Alyse Philips is a wealthy socialite who works as a fundraiser for an international girl’s literacy non-profit. The job gives her validation in the face of expectations of her parents who would prefer her to be married to a Wall Street banker and popping out babies. She uses her understanding of people and her ability to negotiate a cocktail party to get donors to open their wallets for her charity. Alyse’s job takes an unsavory turn when she discovers discrepancies in the books of her charity during an annual audit of Young Women Read, Inc.
She takes the issue to her roommate’s boyfriend, the lawyer and male protagonist of Special Interests who recommends she seek out the advice of political blogger Liam Nussbaum. Liam has had a crush on Alyse for months, but he’s not the type of guy who gets a girl like Alyse. His closet isn’t full of sharp suits and he spends more time behind his computer than in the gym. He tried to flirt with her but was the attraction wasn’t returned and he resolved to set aside his feelings and move on. When he finds out that she needs his help he comes running, still wearing his heart on his sleeve.
Because heroines are often judged on a harsher scale than their male counterparts, pretty, wealthy, and good at reading people Alyse could have come off as villainous. As I was writing this review I remembered that many of the historical books pre-2005 featured glorious heroines who caused an earthquake of male attention. I don’t know that the Alyse archetype is as common perhaps because it may be more difficult to pull off without giving her some traumatic background like rape to make her sympathetic. She is a bit of a damsel in distress, though, needing help from those around her to extricate herself from a potentially career ending political scandal. Part of her character conflict is that people do tend to see her as shallow and vapid and in part, Liam views her that way as well. Not shallow and vapid but at times I felt that his emotions were elevated above hers.
Liam is a sweetheart of a hero. He’s a successful political blogger who managed to leverage his college hobby into a career with employees. But he’s also a control freak and he’s finding it a challenge to delegate control so that he can grow his burgeoning blog. The story that Alyse brings to him can catapult him from second tier to top of the search engines or the so called front page of the internet. The situation allows Alyse to see the passion and intensity that Liam brings to his avocation. He is not merely a man with a keyboard attached to the end of his fingers, but one who is as dedicated to his job as she is to hers. This shift in paradigm takes Liam from nice and nerdy to warm and protective. Alyse begins to view Liam anew and when she sees him on a date, the shift becomes complete.
And as Alyse begins to eye Liam differently, he’s embolden by her possible attraction and that becomes a feedback loop. Liam is more confident leading to Alyse being more attracted. Alyse wasn’t a doormat though, relying solely on good looks. She knows immediately something is wrong with the books, offers up suggestions on how to resolve the problem and works together with Liam.
The passion for politics link makes their romance believable, particularly when it appears Alyse had perused what Liam had to offer previously and rejected it. (I think that Liam never actually got up the nerve to ask Alyse out which could have also contributed to her viewing him continually as a friend only). Making the story about graft and corruption instead of a particular ideology helps to render this work palatable for both sides of the party divide. After all, who isn’t for literacy, nerdy boy bloggers, pretty girls, and love winning out? Curmudgeons, obviously but for the rest of us, Private Politics is a good escape. B-
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Oooh, good- I hadn’t realized this was out yet! Yay! I adored the first book! :-)
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My BayCon Schedule
May 20, 2015 By Deirdre
BayCon’s coming up this weekend, Friday through Sunday in Santa Clara, California. This year’s theme is Women of Wonder…and the people who love and appreciate them.
Normally BayCon is four days; this year it’s three due to a hotel snafu. The con starts earlier on Friday (10 am) than usual and runs late on Sunday, with the final formal event being Seanan McGuire’s concert at 8:15 pm.
BayCon Guests of Honor
Seanan McGuire, writer guest of honor
Stephanie Pui-Mun Law, artist guest of honor
Amber Benson, toastmaster
Caradwen “Sabre” Braskat-Arellanes, fan guest of honor
The Winner Twins, young adult special guests
My Friday Panels
Handicapped Characters (Alameda at 1:30 PM)
There’s a lot more ‘there’ there than the wheelchair! How do you do it right? How do you find out what life is like for someone with a particular problem? How do you handle the messy bits otherwise known as reality without turning the reader off? How do you show what other kinds of courage might be needed by a handicapped hero or heroine?
Invertebrates are Cool on Friday at 4:30 PM in Ballroom A
Jellyfishes. Octopuses. Cephalopods. Invertebrates can be unexpectedly beautiful, surprisingly smart, or just weirdly intriguing. Find out why these panelists think that they are just plain cool.
I may also put in a good word for nudibranchs.
My Saturday Panels
Book Covers That Sell Books (Bayshore at 10:00 AM)
When you’re browsing at a bookstore, why do you pick up a particular book? When you’re on Amazon, do some suggested books seem to jump out at you more than others? The saying goes “you can’t judge a book by its cover,” but when it comes to impulse buying, that’s exactly what people do. With self-publishing becoming more common, writers need to know more about an area they previously left in the publisher’s hands. How does one make a cover that will stand out when it’s shelved alongside other books? How can one tell if a thumbnail version of the cover will look good on Amazon? Do shoppers judge the quality of the book by the quality of its cover design? The panelists discuss the design elements of a good book cover, and where to go to for help in designing one that will sell.
The Hugo tug-of-war: Diversity of opinion among Worldcon voters (Camino Real at 11:30 AM)
This year’s Hugo nominations certainly have fandom talking. Is this just another periodic “all fandom is plunged into war” outbreak, or are there serious systemic issues to address?
Categorizing Your Books: YA versus NA on Saturday at 1:00 PM in Alameda
The Young Adult Library Services Association of the American Library Association defines a young adult (YA) as someone between the ages of 12 and 18. Authors and readers of YA novels traditionally defined the genre as literature written for ages ranging from 16 up to 25, while Teen Fiction is for the ages of 10 to 15. In 2009, a new category entered the mix: New Adult (or “NA”) for literature with protagonists with ages ranging from 18 to 25. Is NA here to stay? If it is, where does that leave YA and Teen Fiction?
I’m a huge fan of the New Adult genre, though it does have some pitfalls.
Themed Reading: Erotic SF/F/H on Saturday at 4:00 PM in Alameda
Hear authors read from stories that blend erotica with speculative fiction. For ages 18 and above only, please.
What it says on the tin.
A Shot Rang Out on Saturday at 8:30 PM in Alameda
…and bounced down the hallway, through the door, and out of the world. Come see hilarious, impromptu storytelling. Back as always by popular demand.
If the masquerade/variety show starts on time, then this is likely to start after the variety show ends.
(Note: I was originally also on one Sunday panel, but, given recent events, said I wanted to be taken off as I wasn’t feeling it.)
If you’re going, what are you looking forward to? Full schedule can be found here.
My Next Convention
After BayCon, the next convention Rick and I will be attending is Westercon 68 in San Diego, California, July 2-5. I’ll be volunteering as site selection administrator for the 2017 Westercon.
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481 Re: The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story on Sat May 05, 2018 6:41 pm
Jeremy wrote: I have used your link but I never reach the page where you can vote...
Did MTV send a tweet to every nominated person ?
I'm sorry, I forgot to post that voting is only for U.S. residents.
Vote HERE (once per day, US residents only)
And sorry, I'm not sure if MTV sent a tweet to every nominated person. I haven't had a chance to scan their emails. I'm guessing they probably have emailed other folks.
482 Re: The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story on Sun May 06, 2018 9:16 am
It's what I thought. So, I've tried with an American IP adress but it hasn't worked either.
I see they have sent the same kind of message to someone from Stranger Things.
483 Re: The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story on Sun May 06, 2018 10:55 pm
Yes, I'm sorry, Jeremy, that the voting is restricted to U.S. residents.
Thanks for the info, Jeremy, about MTV tweeting other folks, like Stranger Things.
This is nice.
BBC-UK wrote:
The Assassination of Gianni Versace leads a drama-dominated month for BBC iPlayer
Fans of true crime drama series The Assassination of Gianni Versace - American Crime Story have made the show BBC iPlayer’s most popular programme in March.
The first episode of the hit US drama, starring Penelope Cruz, Ricky Martin and Darren Criss, saw 1.6 million requests to take the top spot in March, in a month that proved a big one for drama.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2018/iplayer-mar
484 Critics' Reviews of "The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story" on Sun May 06, 2018 11:07 pm
Critics' Reviews of "The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story"
The Guardian wrote:
On my radar: Matthew Bourne’s cultural highlights
The Assassination of Gianni Versace (BBC Two)
I’m very interested in storytelling and anything that plays with structure. Rather than building up to it, we actually get the killing of Versace in episode one and then you go back in time. I feel very drawn in by the character of Andrew Cunanan, played by Darren Criss in a real breakthrough performance. You get an insight into the mind of this serial killer and it’s interesting that, even though he goes around killing people, you have a certain sense of sympathy towards him. It’s really well produced and very glamorous. [Executive producer] Ryan Murphy is the king of television at the moment.
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2018/may/06/matthew-bourne-cultural-highlights-princess-margaret-assassination-gianni-versace-gene-kelly
485 Re: The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story on Tue May 08, 2018 7:06 pm
darrencriss: G’Day Sydney! I’m so excited to come to Australia for the first time. Pre-sale begins tomorrow, May 10 at 9am AEST. Sign up to gain access here: http://darrencriss.me/Sydney
TV Tonight wrote:
Darren Criss to visit Australia to promote Versace drama
Darren Criss will visit Sydney next week to promote upcoming drama The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story.
The former Glee star plays killer Andrew Cunanan in the Ryan Murphy-anthology drama.
He will also perform a one night only concert at the Eternity Playhouse on Friday May 18.
Best known for playing Blaine Anderson on Twentieth Century Fox Television’s global phenomenon Glee, his previous screen credits also include Girl Most Likely, American Horror Story, Web Therapy and Eastwick. He has starred in numerous Broadway productions, most recently his critically-acclaimed performance as “Hedwig” in Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Last year he debuted his indie-pop band Computer Games, with the lead single from his EP Lost Boys Life debuting at number two on the Billboard “Hot Singles” charts.
The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story profiles spree-killer Andrew Cunanan (Darren Criss), whose cross-country path of destruction earns him a spot on the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted List, before his murder of international fashion icon Gianni Versace (Edgar Ramirez) on the steps of Versace’s South Beach residence in 1997. Based on the book Vulgar Favors by Maureen Orth, the series examines how cultural homophobia and prejudice delayed law enforcement’s search for Cunanan, as well as Versace’s relationship with his sister and muse Donatella (Penélope Cruz). The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story is a story of failed ambition and how the pursuit of an “American Dream” ended in murder and suicide.
Source: https://tvtonight.com.au/2018/05/darren-criss-to-visit-australia-to-promote-versace-drama.html
I didn't get a chance to post this earlier. I see they added Joanna Adler and Finn Wittrock.
Emmys 2018 exclusive: FX categories for ‘Atlanta,’ ‘Versace,’ ‘The Americans’ and more
In a Gold Derby exclusive, we have learned the category placements of the key Emmy Awards contenders for FX. For this season, the cable network has returning Emmy contenders “Atlanta” (Donald Glover), “The Americans” (Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys) and “Baskets” (Zach Galifianakis), newcomer “Trust” (Donald Sutherland) and limited series “The Assassination of Gianni Versace” (Darren Criss) as part of their 2018 campaign.
Below, the list of FX lead, supporting and guest submissions for their comedy, drama and limited series. More names might be added by the network on the final Emmy ballot. Also note that performers not included on this list may well be submitted by their personal reps.
Movie/Limited Series Actor – Darren Criss
Movie/Limited Series Supporting Actress – Joanna Adler, Penelope Cruz, Judith Light
Movie/Limited Series Supporting Actor – Jon Jon Briones, Cody Fern, Ricky Martin, Edgar Ramirez, Finn Wittrock
Source: http://www.goldderby.com/article/2018/emmys-2018-fx-categories-atlanta-versace-the-americans-baskets-trust-news/
Haven't had a chance to read this yet, but I will. The article is long, so I'm posting an excerpt. But please go to the site to read the entire interview. Warning: Spoilers! (Note: I tried to read most of the critics' reviews, and it seemed that the majority of them were positive.)
New Yorker wrote:
How Ryan Murphy Became the Most Powerful Man in TV
Ryan Murphy hates the word “camp.” He sees it as a lazy catchall that gets thrown at gay artists in order to marginalize their ambitions, to frame their work as niche. “I don’t think that when John Waters made ‘Female Trouble’ that he was, like, ‘I want to make a camp piece,’ ” Murphy told me last May, as we sat in a production tent in South Beach, Florida, where he was directing the pilot of “American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace,” a nine-episode series for FX. “I think that he was, like, ‘It’s my tone—and my tone is unique.’ ”
Murphy prefers a different label: “baroque.” Between shots, the showrunner—who has overseen a dozen television series in the past two decades—elaborated, with regal authority, on this idea. To Murphy, “camp” describes not irony but something closer to clumsiness, the accident you can’t look away from. People rarely use the term to describe a melodrama made by a straight man; even when “camp” is meant as a compliment, it contains an insult, suggesting a musty smallness. “Baroque” is big. Murphy, referring to TV critics (including me) who have applied “camp” to his work, said, “I will admit that it really used to bug the shit out of me. But it doesn’t anymore.”
The previous day, Murphy had filmed the murder scene. Cunanan was played by Darren Criss, a star of Murphy’s biggest hit, “Glee.” I’d visited the set that day, too, arriving to find ambulances, cops, and paparazzi swarming outside. There was a splash of red on the marble steps. Inside the house, Edgar Ramirez, the Venezuelan actor playing Versace, sat in a shaded courtyard, his hair caked with gun-wound makeup, his face lowered in his hands.
It was no mystery which character in his current series Murphy most identified with: Gianni Versace himself. Versace was a commercially minded artist whose brash inventions were dismissed by know-nothings as tacky, and whose openness about his sexuality threatened his ascent in a homophobic era. Versace, too, was a baroque maximalist, Murphy told me, who built his reputation through fervid workaholism—an insistence that his vision be seen and understood. “He was punished and he struggled,” Murphy said, then spoke in Versace’s voice: “Why aren’t I loved for my excess? Why don’t they see something valid in that?”
[…] His multitasking benefits greatly from the freedoms of cable and streaming: he has zero nostalgia for the twenty-two-episode network grind of a show like “Glee,” in which “halfway through Episode 15 you had nothing left to say, the actors were sick, the writers were sick, and it was fucking oatmeal until the end.” He favors eight or ten episodes, often with a small writers’ room, as with “Pose.” He writes scripts for some shows, whereas for others he gives notes; on a few projects, like his HBO adaptation of Larry Kramer’s play “The Normal Heart,” he’s very hands-on. “We left blood on the dance floor,” Murphy said, affectionately, of his three-year collaboration with Kramer. “Versace” had one writer, Tom Rob Smith. But Murphy provided close directorial, design, and casting oversight, and he had a strong commitment to the show’s themes, particularly the contrast between Versace and Cunanan, two gay men craving success, but only one willing to work for it.
[…] In the meanwhile, Murphy had scored a ratings bonanza with Fox’s “9-1-1,” a wackadoo procedural featuring stories like one about a baby caught in a plumbing pipe. It was his parting gift to Dana Walden. “Versace” had been, by certain standards, a flop: lower ratings, mixed reviews. Artistically, though, it was one of Murphy’s boldest shows, with a backward chronology and a moving performance by Criss as Cunanan, a panicked dandy hollowed out by self-hatred. After the finale aired, a new set of reviews emerged. Matt Brennan, on Paste, argued that “Versace” had been subjected to “the straight glance”—a critical gaze that skims queer art, denying its depths. “Even critics sympathetic to the series seem as uncomfortable with its central subject as the Miami cops were with those South Beach fags,” Brennan wrote. Murphy was reading a new oral history of Tony Kushner’s “Angels in America,” in which, in one scene, Roy Cohn denies being gay because, he barks, homosexuals lack power: they are “men who know nobody and who nobody knows.” The line echoes one in “Versace.” A homeless junkie dying of aids tells the cops, bitterly, why gay men couldn’t stop talking about the designer: “We all imagined what it would be like to be so rich and so powerful that it doesn’t matter that you’re gay.”
Source: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/05/14/how-ryan-murphy-became-the-most-powerful-man-in-tv
bbcpress: #ACSVersace starring @DarrenCriss leads a record-breaking, drama-dominated month for @BBCiPlayer: bbc.in/2FHCLno
486 Re: The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story on Wed May 09, 2018 11:43 am
@poppy wrote: Yes, I'm sorry, Jeremy, that the voting is restricted to U.S. residents.
What I meant is that I've used an American IP adress and was supposed to be considered by the website as an US resident. So, the problem may be something else
487 Re: The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story on Wed May 09, 2018 2:46 pm
Oh, ok, I'm not sure what's happening. This is the link I use to vote:
http://www.mtv.com/movie-and-tv-awards/vote//
After you vote for the first category (I think it was Best Movie), you have to enter your email address. Then you can proceed to vote in the remainder of the categories.
I don't know if this helps you (good luck):
dcriss-archive wrote:
For those who are not in the US and want to vote for Darren on the MTV Movie & TV Awards you can use this app VPN Proxy Master - Wifi VPN (ios) or VPN Proxy Master - free unblock & security VPN (android)
Now go and VOTE for Darren
The ACS Versace DVD included in Fox’s “For Your Consideration” Emmys submission DVD package.
The FYC page on the FX website for ACS Versace.
Link to Source (about the ACS Versace DVD included in Fox’s “For Your Consideration” Emmys submission DVD package): http://www.goldderby.com/forum/television/official-emmy-categories-from-networks-and-studios/page/8/#post-1202543759
Link to For Your Consideration page on the FX website for ACS Versace: http://www.fxnetworks.com/fyc/acs/cast
Full list here
Link to Gold Derby for the full list: http://www.goldderby.com/article/2018/emmys-2018-fx-categories-atlanta-versace-the-americans-baskets-trust-news/
488 Re: The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story on Thu May 10, 2018 5:56 am
@poppy wrote: Oh, ok, I'm not sure what's happening. This is the link I use to vote:
Thank you, although VPN is precisely what I use. Anyway, I've finally found where I can vote and I've voted for Darren
489 Re: The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story on Thu May 10, 2018 11:03 pm
I'm glad you figured it out, Jeremy. It's too bad they make it hard to vote for those outside the U.S.
Start date for Versace in Australia!
For Your Emmy Consideration Mailer
What a sweet message. (Photo taken at the Met Gala 2018).
Guilherme Siqueira & Darren Criss
“In case he scares you, that is just proof of how amazingly talented he is! I’ll testify how sweet, funny and kind is mr #darrencriss! Thank you for the support and friendship!! @dolcegabbana #altasartoria #heavenlybodies”
Via Guilherme on Instagram
The stuff going on with the bidding war for parts of Fox is confusing to me, but I'm glad that ACS Versace is a bright spot.
Deadline wrote:
21st Century Fox Falls Short Of Earnings Expectations, As Broadcast TV Revenue Plummets
UPDATED with details from the investor call: 21st Century Fox fell short of Wall Street’s earnings expectations for its third quarter, as broadcast television and film units reported declines from a year ago.
[ . . . ]
Fox’s cable business was a bright spot, with operating income of $1.68 billion for the quarter, up 16% from a year ago. FX network drama The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story and the Donald Glover comedy Atlanta were two shows Murdoch identified as performing well.
“Our cable segment delivered its highest earnings ever in our fiscal third quarter, propelled by sustained double-digit gains in domestic affiliate revenues,” said Executive Chairmen Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch. “Creatively, we are firing on all cylinders. Our stand-out programming continues to drive up the value of our video brands to distributors, as well as build our direct relationship with consumers, as we’re demonstrating with the successful inaugural season of Indian Premiere League on STAR Sports and Hotstar platforms.”
Fox reported its results as news accounts suggest its film and television assets may be the object of a bidding war. The company’s board approved Disney’s $52.4 billion all-stock offer for significant parts of the compan, including its film and television studios, cable channels National Geographic and FX, and its regional sports networks.
Disney chairman Bob Iger expressed confidence that the deal would close in a call yesterday to discuss its financial results with investors. However, Comcast may scramble those plans. The cable operator is making preparations for a hostile bid for the Fox assets and has been lining up finances to make an all-cash offer, sources say.
Comcast is said to be awaiting the outcome of the Justice Department’s antitrust suit seeking to block the proposed merger of AT&T and Time Warner.
Source: http://deadline.com/2018/05/twenty-first-century-fox-falls-short-of-earnings-expectations-as-broadcast-tv-revenue-plummets-1202386611/
490 Re: The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story on Tue May 15, 2018 1:01 am
Calendar of Events for the 70th Annual Emmy Awards
491 Re: The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story on Tue May 15, 2018 11:53 pm
Tom Rob Smith on Darren Criss, in the new issue of Emmy Magazine.
kmannmakeup: Darren Criss & the cast of #americancrimestoryversace on the cover of Emmy Magazine. #darrencriss #grooming by me #styling @ashleypweston
This article give a lot of insight into the casting of Darren as Andrew Cunanan. I love Tom Rob Smith's quote about Darren, "“I think Darren has a strange mix of charm and vulnerability as well as danger. . . And that, I think, was the key to Cunanan." (I completely agree with this statement, although I'm guessing some fans will dispute the element of danger that Tom Rob Smith associates with Darren. I personally feel it's Darren's intensity that causes him to so effectively convey darkness, unpredictability, and dangerousness.) Also, this article contains more details about the reaction of the network when Ryan Murphy told them he wanted to cast Darren as Andrew Cunanan, in terms of some blank stares that Ryan saw, but that Ryan's commitment and faith in Darren essentially gave the network no choice. I felt so touched that Ryan put everything on the line, because of his faith in Darren, and how as Darren said, three years after first discussing the project with him, Ryan kept his promise to Darren. I had read that Ryan has a lot of loyalty, but this really drove that home. And lastly, I deeply appreciate Ryan's commitment to casting a Filipino actor in the role of Andrew Cunanan. Representation matters.
Emmys wrote:
American Tragedy
“One of the great goals in my career is to keep things as versatile as possible and to confuse and to throw people off,” he says. “So, I like it when you have a room full of Sundance people, you know, music folks, music supervisors, filmmakers that are like, ‘Wait, what? He’s a songwriter?’ That really excites me. The same way that, when I was mostly playing music and booked an acting gig, people would be like, ‘What? You’re an actor?’”
Unlike his famous costars, who have toplined studio movies (Ramírez), won an Oscar (Cruz) and enjoyed huge musical success (Martin), Criss has been waiting for his breakout.
Spending time with the San Francisco native, one can easily spot some similarities with Cunanan — a man who, with a slightly different nudge to his trajectory, might have become a brash social-media personality. Criss oozes charm and willingness to entertain. During this interview, he quickly turns the tables and pretends he is the one asking the questions, complete with an exaggerated news-anchor voice.
It’s all part of what Criss brings to the table, according to Murphy, be it for a role or an everyday interaction. “He’s a great performer and kind of a showman,” Murphy says.
Criss, who hasn’t seen the final three episodes at this point, then drops the façade and admits he is nervous about how his performance will be received. The series has just begun airing. Appropriately, Criss is wearing a maroon sweater emblazoned with cheerleaders spelling out the word H-E-L-P. “I just hope to be cool enough to have a movie at Sundance someday,” he says.
Considering that such a prospect seems well within the realm of possibility, it’s unclear if he’s joking or feeling a genuine twinge of career apprehension.
“I think Darren has a strange mix of charm and vulnerability as well as danger,” says Tom Rob Smith, the British novelist who wrote all nine hours of Versace. “And that, I think, was the key to Cunanan.”
In March 2015, the final season of Glee had recently wrapped and Murphy was in preproduction on The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story. But he was already thinking ahead when he ran into Criss on the New Orleans set of Scream Queens. Criss was traveling with Swier, who directs and produces promotional content and campaigns for Fox series, including Murphy's Scream Queens.
Criss, about to star in Hedwig and the Angry Inch on Broadway, was looking to line up his next gig. He pitched himself to Murphy as “a wily bellhop to come in and cause shenanigans around the hotel” for American Horror Story. Murphy interrupted the pitch with a dismissive “No” — but only because he had a better idea.
“He said, ‘We’re doing this anthology, American Crime Story, and we’re thinking about the Andrew Cunanan story. How much do you know about him?’” Criss recalls. “I didn’t know anything.”
He only vaguely remembered Cunanan because they shared a half-Filipino ancestry. But other than that, he could only recall that Cunanan had killed Versace — nothing about the four other victims or the high-profile manhunt or his suicide as the authorities closed in, eight days after his shooting of Versace on the steps of his palatial Miami home. Nevertheless, he felt excited by the prospect of reteaming with Murphy.
“'You’re the one with the keys to this castle, so I’ll wait by the phone until you’re ready to go,’” he told Murphy. “It took three years.”
That’s because a Hurricane Katrina–focused tale was poised to follow O.J. as the second American Crime Story outing. But that series kept hitting script snags and became too sprawling, even for an FX-backed anthology series. “Ultimately, I decided this is not the right way to tell the story. The story is too big,” Murphy says of shelving the Katrina project. “The episodes became so expensive that we could not produce them.”
Just as that decision was being made, Smith delivered three Versace scripts — based on Maureen Orth’s 1999 book, Vulgar Favors: Andrew Cunanan, Gianni Versace and the Largest Failed Manhunt in U.S. History — that blew Murphy away. In many ways, they offered “something that was the opposite of O.J.,” he says.
With Cunanan, he got just that — a killer unknown to the general public until he took down a world-famous fashion designer. By contrast, Simpson was already one of the most recognizable names and faces in the world before he was acquitted of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman in the so-called trial of the century.
Aptly, Cunanan proved to be a Zelig-type character in the southern California gay community. Everyone seemed to have crossed paths with him or knew someone who had.
“I also had a visceral personal connection to that Cunanan story when it was happening,” Murphy says. “I was living in Los Angeles then, and I had friends who knew him. So, there was a personal thing there for me with that story.”
By the end of 2016, FX was thrilled by the scripts coming in, so it committed to shooting Versace in 2017. And Murphy could already count on Criss, who, he says, was “the only person in the world who could play Andrew Cunanan effectively.”
Coincidentally, Criss was once again starring in Hedwig — this time in San Francisco — when he saw an online news story that Versace was a go, instead of Katrina. He texted Murphy immediately to make sure their conversation in New Orleans still held true.
“He was a man of his word,” Criss says. “I ran out of words to express my thanks for his belief in me. If he hadn’t gone through with this, that would’ve been fine — I wouldn’t have held it against him. But he really did what he said he was going to do. And so here we are.”
Murphy didn’t exactly meet resistance when he first floated Criss’s name. But, initially, there were some blank stares. However, the über-producer was emphatic. “If Darren didn’t play this part, then we weren’t going to make it,” he says. “When you lead with that kind of passion to a network or a studio or other producers, they sit up a little straighter, and they’re like, ‘Oh, okay.’”
Coming in, Criss wasn’t a name actor like Oscar winner Cuba Gooding Jr., who’d portrayed Simpson. Playing in Criss’s favor was his ethnicity — half Filipino from his mother’s side (unlike Cunanan, whose father hailed from Manila). Hollywood has taken a PR drubbing for casting white actors and actresses in roles that called for Asians (think Scarlett Johansson in Ghost in the Shell). No one involved with Versace wanted to court the inevitable Care2 petition.
“I thought it was completely necessary [to cast a Filipino actor],” Murphy says. “I didn’t want to whitewash that part. I had been obsessed with the Cunanan and Versace story for years and years and years. And I remember, when I first cast Darren on Glee back in 2010, just filing it in the back of my head. Like, ‘Well, there’s your Cunanan.’”
More important, he was convinced that Criss could pull off the gravitas of a killer.
“Darren had been typecast before as this good-time Charlie song-and- dance guy,” Murphy adds. “But I always thought, having seen him do Hedwig on Broadway, that there was a darkness in Darren that I knew he was wanting to show. As somebody who supervised the editing of all of the episodes, it was almost always Darren’s first take that we used. He was just plugged into the experience of ‘I’m going to go for it.’”
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‘The Assassination Of Gianni Versace’s Darren Criss Searches For Humanity In Killer Andrew Cunanan
Aaron Jay Young
Perhaps surprisingly, preparing for the role of notorious real-life Gianni Versace killer Andrew Cunanan in FX’s The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story wasn’t such a terrifying leap for Darren Criss, despite his upbeat musical theater background. Formerly best known for his work on Ryan Murphy’s Glee, Criss embraced this new, dark role, which not only brought him back into the Murphy fold, but gave him the chance to showcase his impressive acting chops.
“Are you kidding me? This is the role of a lifetime,” Criss says of the challenge. “People wait their entire careers for something this juicy to come along. I’m thrilled to be here.”
Criss’s talents are undeniably far-reaching; he sings, dances, composes, writes scripts and plays piano, guitar, harmonica, mandolin and violin. He’s also passionate about literature, and, it seems, something of a poetic romantic, as he recalls Anne Bancroft talking about the sound of her husband Mel Brooks coming home. “I want to get this right,” he says, visibly concentrating. “Bancroft said, ‘I get excited when I hear his key in the door because I think, Oh, now the party’s going to start.’ Can you imagine feeling that way about someone? I even put it in a song I wrote.”
Cunanan was incredibly astute, clever and crafty. A fabulist, he reportedly stayed awake for days, teaching himself about opera and fashion, and building entirely new backstories for himself. He’d tailor himself to what he believed people wanted to hear, and craft wildly intricate lies to order; a methodology which, to some extent, won him popularity. Friends who grew up with Cunanan and attended the Bishop’s School in a tony part of La Jolla reportedly said that he was a likeable character, voted ‘least likely to be forgotten’ by his senior class.
But while Cunanan was obviously an out-of-control sycophant, Criss managed to find a way to relate to him, however distantly. “I’m totally a people pleaser,” he says. “I’m not really sure why. It could be that I’m a baby brother, or perhaps it could be my Catholic upbringing, but I want to make people happy.”
Perhaps this desire partly motivated Criss’s attraction to musical theater. He studied theater, musicology and Italian at the University of Michigan, and even now will occasionally spontaneously break out into song.
Embodying a bon vivant escort-turned homicidal maniac was not as traumatic as it might seem, Criss says. It was really more about finding those aspects of Cunanan’s character that made him more human. “I didn’t feel like I had to go to this extreme dark place to find Andrew, quite the opposite really. It was important to make him empathetic, someone we could all identify with, [because] otherwise it would’ve been a complete disaster.”
Indeed, it is the humanness he brings to the role that makes it such a success. “I am in no way excusing anything that Andrew Cunanan did,” he adds. “His behavior was absolutely repulsive. But if I was going to pull this off, I had to find a way to make him sympathetic or his character wouldn’t have been interesting at all. We all loved O.J. [Simpson] at one point, didn’t we? Even the worst people have their good moments.”
It’s been posited that Cunanan may have had antisocial personality disorder, meaning he had no real control over a total and complete lack of empathy. “He had a lot of pain in his life,” Criss says. “Yes, he was horrible in many ways, but that’s sad.”
After exploring this tragic story, Criss has found some solace in his beloved music once again with a new side venture. He and his fiance Mia Swier recently opened their own club in the heart of Hollywood, a piano bar called Tramp Stamp Granny’s. It’s a place where friends can gather to drink and sing around the piano, in line with the music festival he also co-founded, Elsie Fest, where Broadway and pop stars meet to sing show tunes.
“I wasn’t your typical theater geek but I love everything that comes with that,” he explains. “I like to think that I’m friends with a wider swath of people, and get along with everyone. But yeah, I was known to belt out songs at cast parties and such.”
Criss’s new business was partly motivated by his love of old-style seedy dive bars. His favorite bar in the world is the Claremont Lounge in the basement of an abandoned hotel in the Poncey-Highland neighborhood of Atlanta. As the city’s oldest and longest running strip club, he loves the place for its diversity. “It’s the only place in the world you’ll see a group of frat boys sitting next to your typical hipsters. And then down from them at the other end of the bar will be a group of drunk businessman drinking whatever they can. Every celebrity working in Atlanta has to stop there.”
During Tramp Stamp Granny’s opening week, Criss was seen taking his place behind the piano almost every night. His energy seems boundless, as he never appears to stop moving and working. “Why would I?” he asks. “I don’t have the luxury that some people have, that people are just offering me roles. And actors are only as good as the parts they get, so I can’t wait around. I can create whatever I want whenever. Whether it’s music, or a new show, or a new drink, that’s what I am going to continue to do for as long as I can, and for as often as I can.”
Source: http://deadline.com/2018/05/the-assassination-of-gianni-versace-darren-criss-interview-news-1202385234/
[UHQ] ‘The Assassination Of Gianni Versace’s Darren Criss Searches For Humanity In Killer Andrew Cunanan
Experience Nashville wrote:
Q&A with Lea Michele
EN: Ok. So, I am currently ‘marathoning’ The Assassination of Gianni Versace. Are are you a little creeped out with Darren after his performance in the show? Because it was terrifying.
Lea Michele: So, it's really funny. When we first finished Glee, I went off to New Orleans to do Scream Queens he ended up watching me play a psycho killer on that show. Then, Ryan Murphy had him play Andrew Cunanan. So, we both left Glee to play psycho killers, which is hilarious. But Darren was so incredible and you know, what people may not know is that Darren really wanted to play this part -- he approached Ryan (Murphy) about playing it. So not only did he do such an incredible job of playing the role, but he also helped them make this project really happen. I don't know many other people that could've played that character. He was truly incredible. And, if you know Darren, you know he's nothing like that. He's a hippie, laid back. I'm so proud of him. And, if everyone wants to know, yes his body does really look like that. There’s no body double.
EN: Um. Definitely no complaints re: those scenes.
Lea Michele: He posted this picture, which I'm sure you have seen, of him in the little like, you know, um, I think it was like orange bikini bottoms he posted on Instagram? But before he posted it, he sent me the photo and he was, “hey, do you think this is like, bad for me to post?” I was like, “why are you sending this to me, I don’t want to see that!” I'm sure that there's a 100 people, a million people that want to see it. But, I was like; "this is really weird for me to say because you're my brother. But you definitely need to post that." He posted it in the world went crazy.
EN: Yeah. The world appreciates your advice in this matter.
Lea Michele: Yeah, I mean that's the thing about Darren and I. I think in order to do tours together, you have to be friends, and you have to have stories and experiences. You know, Darren and I have spent holidays together with our families. We've done New Year's Eve together. So, those are the things, those are the moments, those are the stories that we want to share and what we want to talk to our fans about. And so I think that these little glimpses into who we are and who we are as friends. It is definitely going to be very unique and very personal.
EN: As a fan, the music is obviously a huge part of the experience, but what really makes a show stand out to me is the banter and the engagement with the audience between sets.
Source: http://experiencenash.com/post/451/Q-A-with-Lea-Michele
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492 Re: The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story on Thu May 17, 2018 12:23 am
It's tough to have questions from multiple persons/interviewers being shot, rapid fire style, in your direction. I thought Darren did a good job.
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Foxtel hosts intimate soiree for Assassination Of Gianni Versace star Darren Criss in Sydney
Media Week wrote:
Foxtel held what it called an intimate cocktail soiree for visiting US actor Darren Criss last night in Sydney. The venue could have not been more appropriate – The Penthouse at The Ivy.
Criss is the star of the forthcoming installment of the American Crime Story franchise, The Assassination of Gianni Versace. The series is an FX original and under the new deal Foxtel has for FX programming, the series will screen on the showcase channel and also be available on demand.
Foxtel had decorated The Ivy Penthouse with a shimmering golden curtain, which provided a glamorous backdrop for photos.
Key invited media mingled with Foxtel executives Stephen Baldwin and Jim Buchanwhile Foxtel’s Jamie Campbell conducted an informal interview with Criss before showing a short highlights reel.
Criss has many fans in Australia from his good work on Glee as Blaine Anderson. Campbell and Criss spoke about how the actor prepared for his role in The Assassination of Gianni Versace, where he plays the murderer Andrew Cunanan.
Source: https://mediaweek.com.au/qms-lonsdale-billboard-melbourne/
[HQ] Interview with Darren Criss in the May issue of Deadline’s AwardsLine Magazine (Source) | 14 May 2018
SAG Foundation wrote:
Check-in begins at: 1:30 PM
Screening followed by a Q&A with Darren Criss.
Moderated by Henry Goldblatt, Entertainment Weekly.
Inspired by actual events, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story is the second installment of FX’s award-winning limited series, American Crime Story.
Ryan Murphy, Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson, Brad Falchuk, Alexis Martin Woodall, Dan Minahan, Tom Rob Smith, Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski are Executive Producers of The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story. It is written by Tom Rob Smith, and Ryan Murphy directed the premiere episode of the series, which stars Darren Criss, Edgar Ramirez, Penelope Cruz and Ricky Martin. The series is produced by Fox 21 Television Studios and FX Productions.
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Darren Criss stars as Andrew Cunanan in the FX anthology series The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story.
Criss is an Emmy nominated artist with an illustrious career spanning television, film, music and stage.
Criss debuted his indiepop band Computer Games along with his brother Chuck Criss. Their first album, Lost Boys Life EP, which features four songs written by the duo, quickly became a fan favorite and debuted to rave reviews. The lead single “Every Single Night” debuted at #2 on Billboard’s “Hot Singles” chart and landed on various lists including “50 Best Songs of 2017 So Far,” “20 Awesome Pop Songs From 2017’s First Half You Might Have Missed,” “10 Great Pop Songs From March You Might’ve Missed” and deemed one of the best moments at the 2017 MTV Movie & TV Awards. Teen Vogue labeled the album as “an indie gem filled with plenty of 80s pop inspiration and a dash of true DIY sensibility,” while Entertainment Weekly described their sound as “a funky blast to the past in the spirit of some of the grooviest ’80s superstars.”
Last fall, Criss returned to Broadway in his critically-acclaimed performance as “Hedwig” in Hedwig and the Angry Inch, which kicked off the 2014 Tony Award-winning Best Musical Revival’s national tour. The New York Times touted Criss as “mesmerizing” when he first stepped into the title role on Broadway in 2015. Criss made his Broadway debut in January of 2012 as “J. Pierrepont Finch” in How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying. With Criss at the helm, the revival made just under $4 million, which proved to be the most lucrative three weeks of its 11-month run. Criss is also the co-founder of New York City’s first showtunes music festival, Elsie Fest.
Criss is best known for playing “Blaine Anderson” on FOX’s global phenomenon Glee. He received an Emmy nomination in 2015 for Best Original Music and Lyrics for the song “This Time,” which appeared in the episode titled “Dreams Come True.” As a member of the cast, he was also nominated for two Screen Actors Guild Awards. Criss’ previous credits include Girl Most Likely, American Horror Story, Web Therapy and Eastwick.
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'Game of Thrones,' 'Handmaid's Tale' and 'black-ish' lead our 2018 Emmys buzzmeter
It’s the year(s) of Peak TV when there’s so much quality programming on the air that it seems there’s just never enough time to watch everything. All of which makes the Emmys a confusing time for many. How can you know what series might rise above the others come awards time if you haven’t seen them all? That’s exactly why we have a panel of professionals to guide you through it. Here, our Buzzmeter experts tell us what they think will stand out in 14 key Emmy categories come nomination day July 12. Have other suggestions? Let us know in the comments.
Our panelists:
Lorraine Ali/Los Angeles Times; Tom O’Neil/Gold Derby; Matt Roush/TV Guide; Glenn Whipp/The Envelope
Their picks in the key categories:
Limited series frontrunners: ‘The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story’ | ‘Looming Tower’ | 'Godless’
“Ryan Murphy’s adventurous study of a gay psychopath, told in reverse chronology, was unexpectedly fascinating and unsettling. But in terms of pure entertainment, how I loved the female-driven Western shenanigans of ‘Godless.’” -Matt Roush
“The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story”: Glenn, Matt, Lorraine, Tom
“Twin Peaks: The Return”: Glenn, Matt, Tom
“Looming Tower”: Glenn, Matt, Lorraine, Tom
“Howards End”: Glenn, Matt, Tom
“Godless”: Glenn, Matt, Lorraine, Tom
“Genius: Picasso”: Lorraine
”Alias Grace”: Lorraine
”The Terror”: Lorraine
Limited series actor frontrunners: Kyle MacLachlan, 'Twin Peaks’ | Darren Criss, 'Versace’ | Al Pacino, 'Paterno’ | Michael B. Jordan, 'Fahrenheit 451’
“Traditionally, this category is claimed by big movie stars like Al Pacino, who won twice (2004, 2010), but recent champs have been appealing newcomers like Riz Ahmed and Courtney B. Vance. That’s good news for Darren Criss.” -Tom O’Neill
Kyle MacLachlan, “Twin Peaks”: Glenn, Matt, Lorraine, Tom
Darren Criss, “Versace”: Glenn, Matt, Lorraine, Tom
Al Pacino, “Paterno”: Glenn, Matt, Lorraine, Tom
Jeff Daniels, “The Looming Tower”: Glenn, Matt, Tom
Benedict Cumberbatch, “Patrick Melrose”: Glenn, Matt, Lorraine
Michael B. Jordan, “Fahrenheit 451”: Glenn, Matt, Lorraine, Tom
Antonio Banderas, “Genius: Picasso”: Lorraine, Tom
Source: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/emmys/la-et-en-2018-emmys-buzzmeter-20180517-htmlstory.html
robertascroft: Inspired by a vintage Versace campaign I photographed the cast of American Crime Story / The Assassination of Gianni Versace. I wanted to shoot them in a way I knew no one else was going to for this show. I wanted edgy rock and roll style. Leather, Jeans , Boots which are all a staple in my own personal wardrobe. I had imagined listening to CBGB’s type music onset but instead I was pleasantly surprised by a singalong by Penelope Cruz and Darren Criss doing “Father Figure” by George Michael… it was inspired and to be honest I wouldn’t have changed that moment for anything. #acs #versace #fx #emmy #penelopecruz #darrencriss #rickymartin #edgarramirez
Darren Criss Talks About Dark, New Role In ‘American Crime Story’
494 Re: The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story on Fri May 18, 2018 1:22 pm
I love the Australian interview. Darren looks really good and the show set is really beautiful.
Darren sending the "naked" pic to Lea for advice
495 Re: The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story on Fri May 18, 2018 11:09 pm
Jeremy wrote: I love the Australian interview. Darren looks really good and the show set is really beautiful.
I thought he did well in the interview--especially given the challenge of multiple questions being asked by multiple interviewers. He does look good and the background of the set with the sparkling water does look very lovely.
Haha. I thought the same thing. He sent Lea that pic, just like he would be asking a friend, hey, do you like this shirt or this color? haha! We know he's not shy in that way, then.
This is cute. I like how comfortable everyone is with each other. ha! The way Darren has his hand on Edgar's head.
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Preview of Emmy magazine via writesinblue Instagram story | 17 May 2018
Aw, very cute pic. I want to hear Penelope and Darren duet on "Father Figure."
televisionacad: American Tragedy, The cross-country murder spree of #AndrewCunanan leading to the 1997 killing of designer #GianniVersace — is “a very American story,” says #RyanMurphy, executive producer–director of the FX anthology series that brought the real-life tale to television. A distorted desire for the good life and the pain of hiding in plain sight are just two of the themes explored by stars #DarrenCriss #EdgarRamírez #PenélopeCruz and #RickyMartin. Written BY#TATIANASIEGEL in the new issue of #emmymagazine #ninajacobson #bradsimpson @mrrpmurphy @darrencriss @edgarramirez25 @ricky_martin @penelopecruzoficial Photographed by @robertascroft lead stylist @jolene.nava
#Kindramann grooming for Darren #AshleyWeston wardrobe for Darren #SaschaBreuer grooming for Edgar #DaniMichelle wardrobe for Edgar #DouglasVanLaningham wardrobe for Ricky Ricky hair #joeyNieves Ricky face #hanicarias #CristinaEhrlich wardrobe for Penelope #PabloIglesias hair nd makeup Penelope
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carolynjuliet: More fun with man of the hour Darren Criss thanks to @foxtel If you’re looking for a new series to sink your teeth into, The Assassination of Gianni Versace is seriously compelling viewing - I binged all nine episodes in two days, for which Darren both thanked me and apologised to me for! Catch it this Thursday night on @showcase - you won’t regret it! #darrencriss #ryanmurphy #americancrimestory #theassassinationofgianniversace #glee #foxtel #foxtelmagazine #maglyf
laurachel: Work perks… sitting in a Q&A with @darrencriss
Work that charm, Darren.
foxtel: Look who popped in to #Foxtel HQ. Darren Criss posed for photos and spoke about his new series The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story, coming Thursday, May 24 on showcase.
kell.brown: Interviewed the captivating & talented Darren Criss today - can’t wait to share my interview on all things ACS - The Assassination of Gianni Versace. A MUST-SEE new event series coming to @showcaseaustralia May 24! #BingedALL9EpsIn3Days
Link: https://www.telltaletv.com/2018/05/vote-for-your-favorites-the-2018-tell-tale-tv-awards-round-two/
Film Trophies wrote:
Emmy Predictions 2018: Forecasting Nominations for Limited Series, Reality & Variety Categories
It’s a tough year to call for limited series, since nothing really took the nation by storm like Big Little Lies or The People v. O.J. Simpson in years past. Even if initial critics were divided on Gianni Versace I think the final product was immensely powerful and will probably be the frontrunner as such. I also expect something as high profile as Twin Peaks to be nominated despite its divisiveness. From there it’s anyone’s guess, so I’m betting on two Netflix series that have earned acclaim, American Vandal and Godless, since they have both done fairly well in precursor awards. I’m guessing Howards End will round out the five, as the TV Academy loves prestigious British dramas, especially those written by legendary writers like Kenneth Lonergan.
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR TELEVISION MOVIE
Darren Criss – The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
Benedict Cumberbatch – Patrick Melrose
Michael B. Jordan – Fahrenheit 451
Kyle MacLachlan – Twin Peaks
Al Pacino – Paterno
Evan Peters – American Horror Story: Cult
Darren Criss should be the runaway frontrunner for his stellar performance as Andrew Cunanan in Gianni Versace, but Kyle MacLachlan will ideally be hot on his trail for playing three different characters in the Twin Peaks revival. Al Pacino will likely get in for yet another HBO TV movie where he plays a controversial public figure, while Benedict Cumberbatch gets in every year for whatever he does, so why not Patrick Melrose, too? After the great year Michael B. Jordan is having I’m guessing he can sneak into this category, even if Fahrenheit 451 doesn’t have the best reviews. For the last slot I’m going with a passion pick, but Evan Peters gave his best performance on American Horror Story yet this past season and I’m going out on a limb and saying the remaining AHS fans in the Academy will push him through.
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR TELEVISION MOVIE
Jeff Daniels – Godless
Brandon Victor Dixon – Jesus Christ Superstar
Edgar Ramirez – The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
Jason Ritter – The Tale
Michael Shannon – Fahrenheit 451
Sam Waterston – Godless
No idea. Seriously, this category is an absolute mess this year and the winner could be anyone. For now I’m going with people associated with what I expect to be the limited series and movies Emmy voters will watch, so Jeff Daniels, Edgar Ramirez, Michael Shannon, and Sam Waterston it is. Tentatively adding in Jason Ritter as well. Then there’s Brandon Victor Dixon, who had extremely strong reviews for Jesus Christ Superstar and could angle himself into becoming the first actor from one of these recent live musicals to get an acting nomination.
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR TELEVISION MOVIE
Ellen Burstyn – The Tale
Penélope Cruz – The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
Laura Dern – Twin Peaks
Nicole Kidman – Top of the Lake: China Girl
Angela Lansbury – Little Women
Judith Light – The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
Hooray double nomination for Laura Dern! Like with Supporting Actor it’s hard to say exactly who will get in here, so it’s best to go with the seen contenders, like Ellen Burstyn in The Tale, Penélope Cruz and Judith Light in Gianni Versace, and probably Nicole Kidman for Top of the Lake. Then I expect there to be a big narrative for 18x Emmy loser Angela Lansbury to get a nomination that could even propel her to a win.
Source: https://www.filmtrophies.com/emmy-predictions-2018-forecasting-nominations-for-limited-series-reality-variety-categories/
Miro Magazaine wrote:
The subtle brilliance of American Crime Story’s ‘Versace’ second season
I am a huge fan of producer Ryan Murphy. After his hit shows Nip/Tuck and Glee, I’ve gone on to watch American Horror Story, Scream Queens, Feud and, most recently, American Crime Story – not a spin-off, but more of a cousin to AHS. When the first season of ACS came to BBC2 in 2016, my friends and I watched together in unison and live-texted each other updates. In fact, I’d go as far as to say the debut of American Crime Story was perfect and was, I think, one of the best seasons of television ever seen.
. . . In fact, I enjoyed the show a whole lot more than I anticipated I would and thought it was a fantastic series as a result of the perspective it took; even Ryan Murphy himself suggests that this season is “the best thing [he] has ever made”. I think that writer Tom Rob Smith did a fantasic job on breaking apart the character of Andrew Cunanan and exploring him from as many angles as possible. By the end of the season, I felt like I knew everything that could possibly be known about Cunanan – maybe even too much – and it was fascinating to see. It’s the kind of character study that you could only possibly explore over the course of 10 hours, something that a limited series really allows Smith and Murphy to do perfectly.
Marketing campaigns aside though and I do really think that ACS’s sophomore run was fantastic in its own right. As I said previously, what struck me initially as being brilliant was its structure and detail that it was given thanks to head writer Tom Rob Smith. The story really was liberated in regards to time and had no problem in moving backwards and forwards through Cunanan’s timeline to serve different perspectives on the character. Its structure and its writing felt fresh and unique: while season one was pretty linear in how it told the story and was incredibly well written in its own way, Versace managed to be brilliant too and its structure served its story beautifully.
Of course, the show is only as good as it is because of its cast, too, and Darren Criss really knocked it out of the park with his portrayal of Andrew Cunanan. I think it’s hard to see people in different lights when you’re used to seeing them one way and after seeing Criss on Glee for so many years, I really didn’t think I’d be able to shake that off. But I did and Criss was amazing in a performance that surely earns him at least an Emmy nod, if not a win. Yes, the writing did an incredible job at making Andrew layered and extremely complex, but it was Darren’s performance that really brought that to life and made it so endearing. Kudos to him and his work.
Source: http://www.miromagazine.com/film-tv/american-crime-story-versace/
American Crime Story’s second season to centre on Gianni Versace’s assassination
The highly anticipated second season of American Crime Story is returning to Foxtel, centring around the murder of legendary fashion designer Gianni Versace. Actor Darren Criss spoke to Sky News about the show and his role as the fame-seeking Andrew Cunanan. | 19 May 2018
The bottom left pic is cute.
realdemeterstamell: Some stills from my interview with the lovely @darrencriss for #TheAssassinationOfGianniVersace. I saw him again later that night & he remembered how to pronounce my name, so he’s pretty much one of my favourite people now. That’s it. That’s all it takes. #DarrenCriss #Sydney #latergram
aaronjayyoung: DARREN CRISS // photographed in LA.
Assist - @joshuabae_
Teen Choice nominations are open!
Tweet the following to nominate
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The Teen Choice 2018 are on Sunday, August 12 at 8/7c LIVE on FOX! Nominations close this Sunday, May 20 at 9:00 PM PST. | Source
498 Re: The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story on Mon May 21, 2018 5:42 pm
Sorry, I didn't post last night. I've been overwhelmed with life lately.
(I've been remiss in my Darren-posting duties. )
Nice pic, although I prefer smiley Darren but I like serious Darren too. The Deadline photoshoot.
aaronjayyoung: DARREN CRISS // photographed in LA. Assist - @joshuabae_
Via TheWrap’s Instagram Story (May 21st, 2018)
Darren looks adorable. Cute pic.
jamiemakeup: Mornings with a heavenly crew @kindramannmakeup @lightaaron @sascha_breuer #jamiemakeup
Via Kindra Mann’s Instagram Story (May 21st, 2018)
Edit: I added some more items.
Emmy Magazine.
Issue no. 5 of Emmy magazine via @ItsLily on Twitter (part 2) | 21 May 2018
Via Cristina Ehrlich’s Instagram Story (May 21st, 2018)
Deadline photoshoot.
The Assassination of Gianni Versace full season screener DVD package | 20 May 2018
499 Interviews "The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story" on Tue May 22, 2018 1:36 am
Interviews "The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story"
Darren Criss on brand new series, The Assassination of Gianni Versace from Multi Channel Network on Vimeo.
Gold Derby Interview (haven't had a chance to watch yet.)
Darren Criss on mastering the ‘emotional Tetris’ of ‘The Assassination of Gianni Versace’
Darren Criss chats with Gold Derby editor Joyce Eng about mastering the ‘emotional Tetris’ of ‘The Assassination of Gianni Versace.’ He doesn’t want to humblebrag, but he had a very memorable encounter at the Met Gala earlier this month. He was approached by someone who had just seen his performance as serial killer Andrew Cunanan – and who had no idea of his song-and-dance history as Blaine Anderson on “Glee.”
Darren Criss on mastering the ‘emotional Tetris’ of ‘The Assassination of Gianni Versace’ [EXCLUSIVE VIDEO INTERVIEW]
Darren Criss doesn’t want to humblebrag, but he had a very memorable encounter at the Met Gala earlier this month. He was approached by someone who had just seen his performance as serial killer Andrew Cunanan on “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story” — and who had no idea of his song-and-dance history as Blaine Anderson on “Glee.”
“He was like, ‘Oh, man, everyone’s gonna think you’re this killer now.’ He didn’t know what I had done before and he didn’t know anything about ‘Glee,’ and I was really thrilled,” Criss tells Gold Derby in an exclusive video interview (watch above). “I was like, ‘This is great.’ If I can keep that up, to me, that would be a huge accomplishment because the goal is to continually keep people on their [toes].”
Criss certainly did just that with his haunting, unnerving turn as Cunanan, who killed four men in a cross-country murder spree before fatally shooting the fashion designer in broad daylight in July 1997. A man of many alias and personas whose true self will forever remain unkowable, Cunanan was a complex role as it is, but it was made even more complicated by the limited series’ storytelling structure, opening with the murder of Versace (Edgar Ramirez) before going backwards in time.
The reverse format led to an “inadvertent redemption tale,” Criss believes, for Cunanan. As the show tracks back to his youth, viewers can see the double tragedy of Cunanan at his “best” and where things took an inexorable turn.“
With “Versace,” Criss is in the running for his first acting Emmy nomination, for Best Limited Series/TV Movie Actor, but he is no Emmy virgin. Three years ago, he was up for Best Music and Lyrics for penning “This Time” from the “Glee” series finale, a nomination he’s “really proud of” because of his songwriting roots. “To be acknowledged for it was really gratifying and really encouraging because it’s something I really like to do and had always wanted to do for ‘Glee,’” he notes. “It was the end of the show and it was a love note to the entire series and to all the people that supported it.”
And for now, he’s not even wrapping his head around possibly contending against the likes of Al Pacino (“Paterno”) and Kyle MacLachlan (“Twin Peaks: The Return”).
“When you think of how long one has to wait and hope for a moment like this — and I don’t mean an awards discussion — I mean, a part that you are so vested in and care about and has weight and colors and a vast spectrum and is part of a socially significant story with actors that you admire — every category is ticked,” he says. “There are so many things about it that makes it really feel like a winning lottery ticket that you already feel like you’ve won everything you could possibly win.”
Please visit the site to give the article a number of "clicks." Source: http://www.goldderby.com/article/2018/darren-criss-interview-the-assassination-of-gianni-versace-andrew-cunanan-fx-news/
Darren talking about ACS Versace at the Billboard Music Awards. See Point 1:30 for the part where he discusses Versace.
Interview while in Australia.
Glee star Darren Criss’ killer new role
Actor Darren Criss opens up about starring in hit show Glee and playing infamous serial killer Andrew Cunanan in new TV series The Assassination of Gianni Versacci: American Crime Story.
500 Re: The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story on Wed May 23, 2018 12:03 pm
With Henry Goldblatt, Editor in chief of Entertainment Weekly (EW) at the SAG-AFTRA (Screen Actors Guild) Foundation screening of ACS Versace:
Darren Criss attends SAG-AFTRA Foundation Conversations screening of ‘The Assassination Of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story’ at SAG-AFTRA Foundation Screening Room on May 22, 2018 in Los Angeles, California.
Feinberg Forecast: T-Minus 3 Weeks Until Emmy Nomination Voting
THR’s awards columnist Scott Feinberg offers his third assessment of the race, covering 18 categories.
The charts below reflect how THR's awards columnist Scott Feinberg believes the Emmy standings would look if voting for the 2018 race ended today. (Work released between June 1, 2017 and May 31, 2018 is eligible.) These projections are formulated using a combination of personal impressions (from sampling many programs), historical considerations (how shows with similar pedigrees have resonated), precursor awards (some groups have historically correlated with the TV Academy more than others) and consultations with industry insiders (including voters, content creators, awards strategists and fellow members of the press).
FRONTRUNNERS
MAJOR THREATS
Michael B. Jordan (Fahrenheit 451) — podcast
Bill Pullman (The Sinner)
Jesse Plemons (Black Mirror: USS Callister) — podcast
Matthew Macfadyen (Howards End)
Evan Peters (American Horror Story: Cult)
Jimmy Tatro (American Vandal)
Taylor Kitsch (Waco)
Jared Harris (The Terror)
Will Forte (A Futile and Stupid Gesture)
Michael Shannon (Waco) — podcast
Garrett Hedlund (Mosaic)
Benedict Cumberbatch (The Child in Time) — podcast
Daniel Bruhl (The Alienist)
Kit Harington (Gunpowder)
Kevin Kline (Present Laughter)
Billy Crudup (Gypsy)
Bryan Cranston (Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams)
Source: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/emmys-2018-feinberg-forecast-1108487/item/best-actor-a-limited-series-a-television-movie-1108507
The Good Day LA interview
Darren Criss talks ‘Assassination of Gianni Versace,’ jokes about Taylor Swift blocking his view
Darren Criss joined us on Good Day LA to discuss his portrayal of Andrew Cunanan in “The Assassination of Gianni Versace,” – and joked about a now viral moment at the Billboard Music Awards in which Taylor Swift was “blocking” his view of Shawn Mendes. | 22 May 2018
joshkaplan123: As always, great to have Darren Criss back with us this morning. He’s great as Andrew Cunanan in “The Assassination of GIanni #versace #glee
Excerpt from the interview done on the red carpet at the BillBoard Music Awards
Darren Criss Talks ‘American Crime Story’: ‘I Was Really Lucky to Be a Part of It’ (Video)
During his conversation with Billboard’s Keith Caulfield at the Billboard Music Awards on Sunday (May 20), Darren Criss discussed his role in The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story.
Criss, who portrayed serial killer Andrew Cunanan in the FX series, is asked how it feels to have so much positive buzz surrounding his performance.
“I’m just thrilled that people watched it,” he replies. “That somebody watched something you did is big enough. There’s so much content out there, whether you’re listening to music or to watching things on TV or film. There’s just so much that my main point of flattery is like wow, you actually took time to watch me do anything.”
“So in that sense,” he continues, “you already feel like you’ve won a victory of sorts…It’s a really good show and I was really lucky to be a part of it. So if there’s any buzz or recognition then I feel like it’s due to a lot greater minds than my own.”
Australian press. I posted an excerpt, go to the site to read the entire interview.
Filming Versace a surreal experience for Darren Criss.
“They [Gianni Versace and Andrew Cunanan] were both two brilliantly gifted men who used these gifts for very different things. One ultimately became the destroyer and one was the ultimate creator, and unbeknown to each other how they had an effect on each other’s lives. I really like that juxtaposition of showing how someone so similar can be so different.”
Criss admits to some similarities with the Filipino-American Cunanan, but is thankfully quick to point to where they contrast.
“I’m half-Filipino, and like Andrew I grew up Catholic. I’m an ambitious person. I gravitate towards people with big ideas and concepts. I have a penchant for wanting to leave a good impression, do things with a flourish, embellish things with style, and I have an appreciation for the fine arts.
“So I can definitely relate (to him) but our tactics are insanely different. Our reasons for loving things are different and the ways we can attain these things, and the stakes, are very different.”
When it comes to big ideas in Television there are few who match Ryan Murphy’s sense of theatre. From Nip / Tuck to Glee, American Horror Story, Feud and American Crime Story, his canvas and reinvention are considerable.
American Crime Story is Criss’ third outing with Murphy, whose true talent, he suggests is in spreading himself around.
“He likes latching onto extremes and what is provocative in those world, whether it’s musicals, kitsch, horror or macabre, or courtroom dramas. He can find the extremes of what makes these things interesting within each genre and tries to exploit them,” he continues.
“Everything is at an 11 for him whatever the genre. That’s either a good thing or a bad thing, but it’s always interesting.”
Since being catapulted to stardom in Glee, Criss has won a legion of fans worldwide. Whilst Music Theatre remains pivotal to him artistically, he is also a constant advocate for the LGBT community.
“Although those characters I’ve inhabited are part of the LGBT community and very different it’s an inherently heroic narrative. It’s a narrative that is identified by its resilience and overcoming a lot of obstacles and coming out the other side with a great deal of positivity. So getting to be any part of that and being a loudspeaker, however small or big, has been a great privilege.”
The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story airs 8:30pm Thursday on Showcase.
Source: https://tvtonight.com.au/2018/05/filming-versace-a-surreal-experience-for-darren-criss.html
New interview with Janet Nepales soon.
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Cluster ManagementMonitoring and DiagnosticsMonitoring Services
To view status for a role instance:
Select a service instance to display the Status page for that service.
Click the Instances tab.
From the list of roles, select one to display that role instance's Status page.
The Actions Menu
Minimum Required Role: Operator (also provided by Configurator, Cluster Administrator, Full Administrator)
The Actions menu provides a list of commands relevant to the role type you are viewing. These commands typically include Stopping, Starting, or Restarting the role instance, accessing the Web UI for the role, and may include many other commands, depending on the role you are viewing.
The Actions menu is available from the Role Status page only when you are viewing Current time status. The menu is disabled if you are viewing a point of time in the past.
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The status and health information shown on this page represents the state of the service or role instance at a given point in time. The exceptions are the charts tabs, which show information for the time range currently selected on the Time Range Selector (which defaults to the past 30 minutes). By default, the information shown on this page is for the current time. You can view status for a past point in time simply by moving the time marker ( ) to a point in the past.
When you move the time marker to a point in the past (for Services/Roles that support health history), the Health Status clearly indicates that it is referring to a past time. A Now button ( ) enables you to quickly switch to view the current state of the service. In addition, the Actions menu is disabled while you are viewing status in the past – to ensure that you cannot accidentally take an action based on outdated status information. See Time Line for more details.
You can also view past status by clicking the Show link in the Health Tests and Health History panel.
The Summary panel provides basic information about the role instance, where it resides, and the health of its host.
All role types provide the Summary panel. Some role instances related to HDFS, MapReduce, and HBase also provide a Health Tests panel and associated charts.
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The color of the text (and the background color of the field) for a Health Test result indicates the status of the results. The tests are sorted by their health status – Good, Concerning, Bad, or Disabled. The entries are collapsed by default. Click the arrow to the left of an entry to expand the entry and display further information.
Clicking the Details link for a health test displays further information about the test, such as the meaning of the test and its possible results, suggestions for actions you can take or how to make configuration changes related to the test. The help text may include a link to the relevant monitoring configuration section for the service. See Configuring Monitoring Settings for more information.
In the Health Tests panel:
Clicking displays the lists of health tests that contributed to the health test.
Clicking the Details link displays further information about the health test.
In the Health History panel:
Clicking displays the lists of health tests that contributed to the health history.
Clicking the Show link moves the time range to the historical time period.
The Status Summary panel reports a roll-up of the status of all the roles.
Charts are shown for roles that are related to HDFS, MapReduce, HBase, ZooKeeper, Flume, and Cloudera Management Service. Roles related to other services such as Hue, Hive, Oozie, and YARN, do not provide charts.
See Viewing Charts for Cluster, Service, Role, and Host Instances for detailed information on the charts that are presented, and the ability to search and display metrics of your choice.
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The ultimate Doctor Who marathon – 50 years in 50 weeks
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The Doctors Revisited Specials on UKTV this Sunday
Posted on August 23, 2013 by twistie1
As part of UKTV’s ongoing presentation of the BBC America produced specials for the 50th Anniversary of Doctor Who, the 30 minute The Doctors Revisited programmes on the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Doctors will be aired in Australia and New Zealand on Sunday 25 August. The four specials, played as a two hour block, will screen at 4:25 p.m. in Australia and 4:40 p.m. in New Zealand. The Eighth Doctor special will in effect be a World Premiere as it will not be shown in the US until 31 August.
Much to the chagrin of British fans of Doctor Who, the BBC has yet to air The Doctors Revisited specials in the UK. Exactly why American and antipodean fans can view them, and not the British, has not been addressed by the BBC. The exclusive preview of the 50th Anniversary trailer at the San Diego Comic-Con in July left a similar bad taste in the mouths of British fans. To date the trailer has not aired in the UK and British fans are understandably disturbed that a select few American fans should be the only people who have seen it.
The 50th Anniversary Trailer has yet to be aired in the UK
In anticipation of the screening of The Doctors Revisited specials tomorrow, check out the trailers for them which were originally broadcast on BBC America.
The Doctors Revisited – Peter Davison
The Doctors Revisited – Colin Baker
The Doctors Revisited – Sylvester McCoy
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Religion Documentaries
Docs about religion and cults are almost always compelling. As religion for some is very deep-seeded and a significant belief-system we use to govern our actions and lives in general, if provoked can have interesting results as you'll see in these films. A very intriguing and sometimes controversial category of documentaries.
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An interview with the world's most famous atheist, professor Richard Dawkins, on whether religion...
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In 1987, the Panorama programme, Scientology:The Road to Total Freedom, for the first time expose...
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For the first time, the reclusive and secretive Tibetan monks agree to discuss aspects of their p...
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Former fundamentalist Christian Brian Flemming places the core concepts of his former religion un...
Dalai Lama: Englightened
An inspiration to many and a messenger of peace, Dalai Lama is the man who has dedicated his enti...
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Child Rescue Centre
Go For Bo 2019
5K, 1-Mile Fun Run and Tot Dash to support Helping Children Worldwide
About This Campaign
Go for Bo 5K
8 years ago, Ebenezer United Methodist Church hosted the first Go for Bo 5K race in Stafford, Virginia. Since 2011, with the incredible efforts from the team at Ebenezer UMC and the support of generous sponsors, this annual event has raised nearly $250,000 to support Helping Children Worldwide and the programs at the Child Rescue Centre and Mercy Hospital. The Child Rescue Centre cares for more than 600 children and youth by providing for their education, medical care, and spiritual mentoring. Mercy Hospital provides medical care to more than 10,000 people every year, regardless of their ability to pay. Your support of this event has a huge impact on the lives of vulnerable children and their families in Sierra Leone. Please join us for a fun and inspiring day!
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Discworld Monthly Issue 222 November 2015
6. Review: The Perpetual Terry Pratchett Memorial Scholarship
7. Competition Result: The Shepherd's Crown
8. New Competition: The Compleat Atlas and Emporium Care Package
9. Review: The Irish Discworld Convention 2015
Welcome to issue 222. Rob Wilkins and Sandra Kidby have released a video on Discworld.com's YouTube channel answering a number of questions for the German Discworld Convention.
A summary of the news is as follows:
There will be no news from Narrativia regarding the Discworld Watch series until the first day on set.
There will be other Narrativia productions of Discworld works for TV and film but Rob is unable to disclose which books.
Rob has stated that if Lego go to Narrativia and ask for permission to produce the Lego Great A'Tuin he would be happy to issue a licence.
Terry's favourite food was bubble and squeak from the local pub with a fried egg on top.
Rob found making the three documentaries very difficult to do.
Terry's funeral featured music from: Thomas Tallis, When All Is Said and Done by ABBA, MLK by U2, The Making of the Man by Steeleye Span and he left to the tune of Bat Out of Hell by Meatloaf.
You can watch the video yourself at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCLq7KNMu_8
Rob Wilkins has recently won the auction for the Discworld Knight as painted by Paul Kidby.
The statue will reside in Terry's local pub The Queen's Head in Broad Chalke in Wiltshire, where it will be on display for the next couple of months before moving to its permanent home in the Chalke Valley.
A clear case of Rob "being more Terry". Congratulations Rob on your win.
We have released a small range of limited run Discworld Monthly branded pin badges, keyrings and fridge magnets. Each range will be limited to 100 of each type. We will ship worldwide and any profits will be put back into covering costs of running Discworld Monthly. The first two ranges will be retired at the end of October. Four (and possibly a couple more) new ranges will be released on the 1st November - so be sure to visit soon or you may lose out.
discworldmonthly.co.uk/shop.php
Also keep an eye on the site for other Discworld Monthly branded items such as car window stickers and mugs which will be coming soon.
We are happy to announce that we have got our hands on our copy of Clacks by Backspindle games. We've had time to play one quick game and really enjoyed it. Will post a full review for next month when we've had time to play some of the game variations.
www.backspindlegames.com/clacks/
We've also received our copy of The Compleat Discworld Atlas from the Discworld Emporium (again, slightly too late to review this month). From a cursory glance it looks like a beautiful book - we'll review it properly next month.
www.discworldemporium.com/Compleat-Discworld-Atlas
Jason Anthony (Editor)
Rachel Rowlands (Trivia Writer / Interesting Stuff Finder)
Richard Massey (Does anyone know what Richard does?)
Stephen Briggs recorded a short video about his work with Terry for the Irish Discworld Convention. Discworld Monthly was recently given permission to add this video to our YouTube channel at: www.youtube.com/c/DiscworldMonthlyUk
The video "Stephen Briggs - The Narrator Speaks" can be viewed directly at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_7250OniIA
The Washington Post featured an article written by Michael Dirda at the end of August entitled "A worthy crown to Terry Pratchett's phenomenal artistic achievement."
The Muskogee Phoenix includes a rather strange article entitled "Food by the Book: Author leaves legacy in literature" in which the author of the article comes up with various meals inspired by Terry Pratchett.
The Shepherd's Crown is still getting reviews. Here is the latest round up of new ones:
Geek and Sundry features a good review of The Shepherd's Crown:
Stuff.co.nz's review is entitled "The Shepherd's Crown: an uneven but fitting farewell from Terry Pratchett":
Book Corner: The Shepherd's Crown has a short review of The Shepherd's Crown:
http://forgetoday.com/fuse/the-shepherds-crown/
Popzara.com features a review entitled: A fitting ending to the Discworld series that really isn't an ending at all; a reminder of stories that will never be told.
Otago Daily Times in New Zealand has a nice article entitled "Final from fantasy's finest" about Terry's research and about The Shepherd's Crown.
The Radio Times online features an article entitled "How Terry Pratchett changed the way we think about Alzheimer's disease" at:
Rob Wilkins has now taken on the role of executive producer on Snowgum Film's adaptation of Troll Bridge. For us, the consumers, this should make no noticeable difference - it is still a fan film and we will still get DVDs etc. as promised.
Having Rob on board gives the team at Snowgum an added push to get the project finished and in line with other work that is going on at Narrativia.
Producer Ahren Morris says "Rob made it clear that Troll Bridge is an important part of what is happening in Discworld right now. It's up to Dan and I to deliver on that promise and we're working hard to make that happen."
Hopefully this news will mean that we will see a finished version of Troll Bridge sooner rather than later.
The World of Poo has finally made it Stateside. It was originally published in June 2012 in the UK but has now finally received a US release.
"Terry Pratchett presents Miss Felicity Beedle's The World of Poo - A Discworld delight for readers of all ages."
discworldmonthly.co.uk/books_theworldofpoo.php
Exclusive Books (South Africa) recently held a Terry Pratchett Farewell Launch Party at their store in Rosebank. There was a Discworld Survivor Quiz, a reading of The Shepherd's Crown, a Great A'Tuin cake and Shepherd's Crown cookies and of course wonderful fans dressed up as their favourite characters!
Issue 267 of SFX (the Sci-Fi magazine) with Katniss Everdeen on the cover features a review of The Compleat Discworld Atlas on page 105.
www.sfx.co.uk
In the trinkets section of the Player's Handbook for Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition (page 160), item 45 on the list is: A tiny chest carved to look like it has numerous feet on the bottom... A reference to Terry Pratchett's Luggage perhaps?
discworldmonthly.co.uk/UKISBN/0786965606
Issue 8 of Gramarye (the biannual journal of the Sussex Centre for Folklore, Fairy Tales and Fantasy) that features a review of The Shepherd's Crown is now available for pre-order. The journal costs 5 GBP if you collect, 6 GBP for UK, 8 GBP for EU and 9 GBP for the rest of the world.
Stephen Briggs has confirmed that he has finished his script for Terry Pratchett: The Shakespeare Codex. Actually he says just about and that he might still tinker ... a bit.
The play will premiere in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England in April 2016 and tickets will go on sale on January 1st. Discworld Monthly readers will be given exclusive access to the booking line for nine days before they go on general release. We'll provide more information nearer the time.
www.shakespearecodex.co.uk
This section will contain events that you need to keep in your diary. Entries will remain until they go out of date. New entries will include the word [New] next to them. If this section gets too large we will start pruning entries.
From issue 190 onwards recurring monthly meetings have been moved to their own area at the bottom of the dates section.
[UK] Chorlton Players will be performing Mort from Thursday 22nd October - Saturday 24th October 2015 at 7:30pm at St Werburgh's Parish Hall, St Werburgh's Rd, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, M21 0TL
chorltonplayers.com/?page_id=33
Online tickets account for approximately 60% of our overall capacity. Once this limit is reached, the remaining 40% will only be available for purchase on the door on a first come first served basis. In order to guarantee entry, we highly recommend purchasing your tickets in advance online via the link above.
[UK] For all the Farscape / Vintage Sci-Fi fans out there, Starbase 24 are presenting The Ninth Banquet in Peterborough on October 23rd and 24th. The Friday features vintage sci-fi, hot buffet, quiz and disco and the Saturday features a Farscape-themed 3 course meal, entertainment, auction, raffle and disco with special guest: Virginia Hey.
The 75GBP weekend ticket or 57GBP (Saturday only) ticket includes a formal photo with Virginia Hey with profits going to Macmillan Cancer Support.
See www.starbase24.co.uk
[UK, New] The Alexandra Players will be performing Wyrd Sisters on Wednesday 28th - Saturday 31st October 2015.
The Alexandra Players are based in Alexandra Hall, Bramshot Avenue, London SE7
See alexandraplayers.org.uk/ for more details.
[UK] Wyrd Sisters is being performed by Uppingham Theatre Company from Thursday 29th - Saturday 31st October 2015. Tickets cost 10 GBP including 2 GBP charity donation to Rutland Reminders. Tickets are available in person only from Uppingham Sports and Books, 9 High Street East, Uppingham and online at wegottickets.co.uk
[UK, New] Wyrd Sisters will be performed by Watlington Players from 29th - 31st October at 7.30pm at the Watlington Village Hall.
Tickets: 7GBP and 5GBP (concessions) from 0845 052 9645 (6.00pm - 7.00pm) or www.ticketsource.com/watlingtonplayers or www.watlingtonplayers.com
They would like to invite you all to dress up as your favourite Pratchett or Halloween character for the Saturday night performance, however this will not be an essential! For more info check out their Facebook page.
www.facebook.com/watlingtonplayers
[UK] Making Money will be performed by Thalian Theatre Group from Thursday 12th November to Saturday 14th November at Townsgate Theatre Basildon - Mirren Studio.
Tickets cost 10 GBP, Concessions 8.50GBP, booking fee of 1GBP applies.
Or online at: discworldmonthly.co.uk/uid/696
[NI] Wyrd Sisters will be performed by The Bart Players on 25th, 26th, 27th & 28th November at 7.30pm each evening.
Tickets are 10GBP for adults (18-65) and 8GBP for concessions (under 18 / over 65 / students). Group rates are negotiable.
The venue is the Canon Lindsay Hall, Stranmillis, Belfast.
Tickets can be purchased at www.ticketsource.co.uk/bartplayers
[UK] Wyrd Sisters will be performed in Hexham at The Main Theatre by Queen's Hall Theatre Club from Thursday 26th - Saturday 28th November 2015 at 7:30pm
Tickets cost 10 GBP, 9 GBP concessions and 7 GBP under 18s.
[UK] Sadly there will be no Discworld Emporium-run Hogswatch event this year, but there will be a fan-run, much more low key "Gathering of Loonies - Winter Event" on the same days, November 27th - 29th in Wincanton. More news will be provided as we are given it. The fans organising the event have set up a Facebook group at: www.facebook.com/groups/373578522834654/
[UK, New] Paul Kidby will be doing a book signing at the New Milton Library, Gore Road, New Milton, Hampshire, BH25 6RW on Saturday 5th December from 10am - 12 noon.
Jason and Rachel from Discworld Monthly will also be there so come along and say hello.
[UK, New] We Are Theatre are holding auditions in York for their production of Mort in June 2016. The auditions take place on 10th, 17th and 24th January 2016.
To book an audition contact or call 07521 364107 with the following information: Name, age (if under 18), email address, phone number and preferred audition date.
Rehearsals will be held on Sunday afternoons / evenings from Spring 2016 onwards.
[UK, New] Monstrous Productions will be performing their production of Eric! in February (dates to be confirmed) at the Gate Theatre in Cardiff, South Wales.
[UK, New] Dereham Theatre Company in Norfolk will be performing Wyrd Sisters from March 10th - 12th 2016 at 7:30pm.
The venue is: Dereham Memorial Hall, 61 Norwich Street, Dereham, NR19 1AD
More details (including audition forms) can be found at: dosoc.co.uk/production2.asp
[UK, New] Stephens Briggs' new production The Shakespeare Codex (based loosely on The Science of Discworld II) will be performed from 6th - 9th April 2016. Tickets go on sale on January 1st and are, as usual, expected to sell out fast.
[UK, New] Mort will be performed by "We are Theatre" from 21st - 22nd June 2016 at 7:30pm at Joseph Rowntree Theatre, York.
[UK, New] Wadfest 2016, the Science Fiction Camping Event, dates have been announced. The event entitled: "Putting on the Flicks: It came from Planet W" will take place from 12th - 14th August at the Wood Green, The Animal Shelter, King's Bush Farm, London Road, Godmachester, Cambs. PE29 2NH
These prices are expected to increase by 5GBP per adult ticket in the new year. So beat the increase and purchase your early bird tickets soon.
[UK, New] Monstrous Productions will be performing Going Postal from August 17th - 20th at the Gate Theatre in Cardiff, South Wales.
[DE] We invite all the Witches and denizens of the Chalk to the 5th German Discworld Convention which will take place at Castle Ludwigstein from May 18th to 21th in 2017.
More information will be released on our Facebook page:
Recurring monthly meetings:
The Drummers are always happy to welcome new visitors. You can find out more about the Drummers at www.brokendrummers.org/
[Perth, AU] The Perth Drummers have changed their name. They are now known as the Treacle Mining Corporation in honour of their beloved state. They still meet up to celebrate the works of author Sir Terry Pratchett, and welcome any fans of science fiction and fantasy.
[AU] Sydney Drummers normally meet on the first Monday of every month.
We meet at the NEW venue, 3 Wise Monkeys, 555 George Street, Sydney, 2000 from 6:30pm
[UK] On the first Friday of every month there will be a meeting of WOTS - Omnian Temperance Society - Wincanton branch - to be held at The Bear Inn from 7pm. New members or visitors from other places always welcome.
discworldmonthly.co.uk/url/WOTS182
[Adelaide, AU] The City of Small Gods is a group for fans in Adelaide and South Australia. We have regular monthly dinner and games nights, longer games days, plus play outings, craft-y workshops, and fun social activities throughout the year. For more info and to join our mailing list, visit: cityofsmallgods.org.au
[Brisbane, AU] The Pratchett Partisans meet monthly at either Brisbane or Indooroopilly to eat, drink and chat about all things Pratchett. For more info about their next meetup, check out: www.facebook.com/groups/pratchettpartisans/
[UK] The A 2 Z Science Fiction Group meet from 8pm on the 3rd Thursday in the month in Chelmsford. They are happy to discuss anything from Asimov to Zelazny [passing Pratchett somewhere in the middle - Ed]. They meet at the United Brethren Pub, New Writtle Street, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 0LF
www.facebook.com/groups/1685382495015481
We assume any correspondence is eligible for use in the newsletter unless otherwise stated, including the sender's email address. We may edit your letters by viewing them using an ultraviolet lamp to check for secret messages.
* From: "Stewart Range"
I'd like to know why there seems to be a definite lack of readers letters recently. I suspect that there won't be a single letter published in the latest issue of Discworld Monthly.
I recently received my copy of The Shepherd's Crown but haven't yet faced taking it out of its plastic wrapping yet. Is this normal?
JA replies: You are not alone. I know of quite a few people have decided not to open their copy of The Shepherd's Crown yet. If your copy is wrapped in plastic please do take off the plastic and let the paper breathe. Terry wrote books because he wanted to share his stories and ideas with people. I suspect he would find the idea of readers not reading his books a little strange. When you are ready to pick up The Shepherd's Crown I am sure you will enjoy it as it really is a fitting end to the Discworld series.
We're back with five more challenging trivia questions for you. This month all the questions relate to Soul Music. Good luck.
What word is missing from the song "Don't Tread On My New ____ Boots?" a) Suede b) Leather c) Blue d) Black
Who is Wheedown? And who is his Roundworld equivalent?
What type of tea does Albert bring to Death?
What does Colon say people from Llamedos are called?
How much is the Band with Rocks in asked to pay the guide for its licence?
Written by Danny Sag.
As you may have heard, Sir Terry Pratchett has - posthumously - created a perpetual scholarship at the University of South Australia (UniSA), allowing Masters students to undertake their research at the Hawke Institute at UniSA and the Long Room at Trinity College Dublin.
On Monday September 28, Rob Wilkins - Terry's long time PA, Business Manager and friend presented the scholarship to UniSA Vice Chancellor Professor David Lloyd. You may have seen some of the news articles, or the official video from UniSA (links below), but I'm here to tell you about a fan's perspective.
Members of the Australian Discworld Convention committee including myself were fortunate enough to be invited to this event, and so we stood there nervously amongst many other university dignitaries, feeling a little out of place - until Rob came in, recognised us, and gave us all hugs!
Once the formalities began, Professor Lloyd introduced Rob and the scholarship. Rob spoke for a short while about Terry's life since the embuggerance, and the relationship Terry and Rob had developed with Prof. Lloyd at his time at Trinity College Dublin and later UniSA. Terry was given an honorary doctorate at Trinity College in 2008 and at UniSA in 2014, and for some of the time in between, Terry was a visiting Professor at Trinity College giving some lectures on writing. Rob then told us how last October - on the day after Prof Lloyd had visited to present Terry with his UniSA doctorate (together with a graduate's hat with corks) - Terry wrote letters to his family and to Rob which were not opened until Terry's birthday this year, after his passing.
The letter to Rob included a phrase similar to "I fancy a memorial scholarship in my name. Speak to David Lloyd and make it so." - and it has now happened! This is special as it's a perpetual scholarship - worth one million Australian dollars (there or thereabouts) - which should tie the two universities together in Terry's name forever.
After the speeches, Rob presented Professor Lloyd with a large novelty cheque from the Royal Bank of Ankh-Morpork, the official documentation was signed (and stamped with Terry's bee), and a few of us had Rob sign our copies of The Shepherd's Crown.
A fun morning all around, and we were *also* lucky enough to catch up privately with Rob a little later to discuss the 2017 Australian Discworld Convention, which will be held in Adelaide. But we can't possibly tell you about that.... although if you sign up to the mailing list at ausdwcon.org you'll find out about Nullus Anxietas VI when we have stuff to announce!
UniSA Media Release: discworldmonthly.co.uk/uid/726
UniSA Video of the Ceremony: youtu.be/mE4coOWdeKI
Photos of the event by Justin Baldock: imgur.com/a/MlZfc
In issue 220 we offered you chance to win one of two copies of The Shepherd's Crown which Discworld Monthly purchased to give away. We asked you to send your answers to two simple questions to us by 21st October 2015.
The two questions were:
According to our new Terry Pratchett Bibliography page on the Discworld Monthly website, when was Eric published?
How many sites do we link to in the list on the Discworld Monthly website links page?
The correct answers were that Eric was first published in 1990 and that there are 15 website links on the links page. We had 49 correct entries in the UK competition and 40 in the non UK competition. We also had a small handful of incorrect entries.
The correct entries were split into two pots, one for the UK and one for the rest of the world. We randomly selected one winner from each of the pots.
The UK resident winner is: Mike Stanford from Liverpool, England
The non-UK resident winner is: Erik Bauer from Pittsburgh, USA
Congratulations to our two winners - keep an eye out on the post (your prizes should be easy to recognise) but may take a couple of weeks to get to you, Erik.
We would like to thank everyone who took part in the competition. All address information collected as part of the competition has now been deleted. discworldmonthly.co.uk
This month the lovely folks at The Discworld Emporium have agreed to give away a copy of their new book, The Compleat Atlas, and an "Emporium Care Package". We'll leave it up to the winner to let everyone know what the care package contains.
To be in with a chance to win this fabulous prize we need you to answer the following question:
What are the Discworld Emporium giving away with their copies of The Compleat Atlas?
Send your answers to the question, along with your postal address, to before 18th November 2015. Your address will only be used for sending out your prize should you be the lucky winner. Once prizes are sent out all address details will be destroyed. Entries received after the closing date or sent to any other address will be ignored. No more than one entry per person will be accepted. Failure to answer the questions or provide your postal address will prevent you from being entered into the competition. Multiple entries will be banned. Answers to the questions must not be posted to any websites before the competition ends. The judges' decision is final.
www.discworldemporium.com
Reviewed by: Bernard "The Cunning Artificer" Pearson
Thoughts and musings on the Irish Discworld Convention 2015.
Back from another great convention which was much enjoyed by this old Discworld campaigner. I met up with many old friends who, like me, meander from convention to convention and from one smoking area to another. And there were many new faces who soon also became friends. The warmth and hospitality of the Irish Discworld Con is unique.
And it's not just the Guinness or, in the case of Cork, the Murphy's Irish Stout. What elixir, what a smooth, creamy delight. Comforting, satisfying and inducing a mellow warmth in the old cockles of the heart in much the same way that meeting with old friends does.
As usual the opening ceremony was nicely done and because this was the first convention since dear Terry's passing it was particularly special. The theme of the con was hung round the muscular neck of the 'City Watch' and the committee had organised a really good 'murder mystery' to run throughout the weekend. I thought the acting was excellent and it was great fun. This was an excellent convention in a superb hotel and was cram packed with things for fans to do regardless of age and degrees of sanity.
The lovely Siobhan Greaney was chairperson and she and her team did a fantastic job to make everyone's time at the con very special. Thanks to everyone there for making this such a memorable and wonderful time in the company of fellow Discworld fans.
Advert time: Isobel and I have done 'em all - conventions that is.
We have been writing down some memories and observations on our blog which, if you're bored or looking for displacement activity, might amuse.
We have written about the first Discworld gathering in Woolpit in 1995 and now are moving on to the first real Discworld Convention in 1996.
You can have a look if you go to: thecunningartificer.com/
Since issue 166 we have produce a version of Discworld Monthly that is formatted better for the Amazon Kindle eBook reader and since issue 186 we also produce an ePub version for other eBook readers such as the Kobo, Nook and Sony readers.
We prefer information to be sent via email, but can accept information via post at the following addresses:
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Raising Steam -
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discworldmonthly.co.uk/books_thelongutopia.php
The Long Mars -
discworldmonthly.co.uk/books_thelongmars.php
TURTLE RECALL: The Discworld Companion . . . So Far -
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What word is missing from the song "Don't Tread On My New ____ Boots?"
c) Blue
Who is Wheedown? And who is his round-world equivalent?
Blert Wheedown is a guitar-maker, in Roundworld he would be Bert Weedon.
Camomile.
Llamedese.
Seventy-five dollars.
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CSI: NY: The Eighth Season
“Drop it! I said “Drop it!”” — Every CSI agent
New York Crime Scene Investigator Jo Danville (Sela Ward, Once And Again) interviews witness Devon Hargrove (Cassidy Freeman, Smallville):
Danville: “It’s fitting that on a day like today the image of an innocent man dying for no good reason will be etched in your mind for the rest of your life.”
Hargrove: “What do you mean? What’s today?”
It’s September 11, 2011, and the memory of what happened in New York City ten years earlier weighs heavily on the minds of the investigative team for the length of “Indelible,” the brilliant premiere episode of CSI: NY: The Eighth Season.
Following such an opening act is nearly impossible. Not surprisingly, the remaining 17 episodes careen wildly in terms of credibility and originality, from top-notch (“Officer Involved,” “Unwrapped”) to trite and gimmicky. Enough already with the brazenly well-heeled serial killers, and frat boy hijinks turning deadly!
Of course, the CSI empire is nothing if not a manic confluence of sights, sounds, and speeds, the sheer onslaught of which make even the most shopworn storylines eminently watchable and — dare I say — entertaining? Personally, I can do without the strap-on-your-wetsuit-and-follow-the-bullet-trajectory-through-the-vital-organs jaunts, and the lusty extreme closeups employed whenever a forensics tech peels back a layer of some poor victim’s skull. But you say Po-tah-toe…
The strangest experience of Season Eight is found in the finale (“Near Death”), where the divergent elements of creative genius and cliché seamlessly mesh. Lead detective Mac Taylor (Gary Sinise, Forrest Gump) battles for survival on an operating table, after catching a bullet in the back during a robbery attempt. As the surgical team frantically tends to his body, Taylor’s mind (or perhaps his soul?) begins a sojourn through a purgatorial netherworld, where he’s visited, consoled, cajoled, and advised by important people in his life (most of whom he works with on a daily basis). This concept seemed revolutionary when I saw it on St. Elsewhere in 1986, and it worked pretty well on The Sopranos twenty years later. But really? Isn’t this an example of going to the well once too often?!
Remarkably, no! Against all odds, the episode works better than it has any right to; its hackneyed framework perfectly balanced with a series of sharply-written scenes from co-executive producers Pam Veasey and Zachary Reiter, providing each of the series regulars a chance to shine. Let’s face it, strength of ensemble is what makes CSI: NY tower above the two shows it was spun off from, surpassing mere niche programming.
With no slight intended towards the casts of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and the recently departed CSI: Miami, Gary Sinise and Sela Ward are performers of rare skill, operating well above their artistic pay grade. Ditto for Canadian-born Rhodes scholar Robert Joy (Ragtime), a scene-stealing secret weapon on stage and screen for twenty five years before landing the role of quirky Dr. Sid Hammerback. And where’s the Emmy love for Eddie Cahill as Detective Don Flack?
With only eighteen episodes, CSI: NY: The Eighth Season is the series’ shortest yet, but Paramount has packed the set with oodles of extras, including deleted scenes, a gag reel, a seasonal overview (“The Magic 8”), a salute to 911 first responders (“Honoring Our Heroes,”), and a pair of featurettes (“A New York Halloween,” “Flash To The Past”) that pull back the curtains and go behind the scenes. The Dolby 5.1 Surround audio and 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen visual presentations are flawless. While this season arguably represents a decline in the show’s creative fortunes, this handsomely packaged set is worth its price for “Indelible” alone.
The rest is gravy, and there’s a heaping helping of it!
Not Guilty.
CSI: NY: The Eighth Season (DVD) 2011, Paramount, 783 minutes, Not Rated
VIDEO:1.78:1, Anamorphic AUDIO: Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround (English), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo (English), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo (Spanish)
SUBTITLES:English SDH EXTRAS: Deleted Scenes, Featurettes, Gag Reel
ACCOMPLICES:IMDB
Crime DVD P.S. Colbert Television
Gary Sinise and Sela Ward are performers of rare skill, operating well above their artistic pay grade.
Enough already with the brazenly well-heeled serial killers, and frat boy hijinks turning deadly!
P.S. Colbert
Poirot Series 13 (Blu-ray)
Isis Rising: Curse of the Lady Mummy (DVD)
Banshee: Season 2 (DVD)
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On ideas of evolution and the evolution of ideas: communicating traditions of scientific enquiry
School of Water, Energy and Environment (SWEE)
Staff publications (SWEE)
Winder, Nick; Winder, Isabelle; Jefferson, Bruce; Jeffrey, Paul
URI: https://osf.io/unzvb/
http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/13222
Winder N, Winder I, Jefferson B, Jeffrey P, On ideas of evolution and the evolution of ideas: communicating traditions of scientific enquiry, Open Science Framework, Available online 20 December 2017
That there was variation in the theories expounded by the major early thinkers on evolution is well established. What is less effectively articulated is how their intellectual ambitions and approaches to interpreting evidence reflect a deep-rooted difference in their views on what sort of systems, and problems evolution deals with; insights which speak directly to contemporary debates about how we communicate the nature of science with consequences for learning practice. We provide a re-reading of the perspectives adopted by those who formulated the central concepts of evolutionary theory to expose slender but persistent differences of emphasis. Our analysis contrasts the approaches to enquiry of three voyaging naturalists; Charles Darwin, Thomas Henry Huxley, and Alfred Russel Wallace. This potted history is used to illustrate the relationship between different traditions of scientific enquiry, specifically the natural philosophy approach characteristic of Wallace’s work and the later Neo-Darwinists; Huxley’s more empirical, natural history approach that anticipated punctuated equilibria, and Darwin’s emphasis on agency and choice, which suggests a more humanistic mind-set. These understandings are used to propose a model of the structure of evolutionary science which has broader value as a motif for exploring and communicating the transitions between different modes of enquiry.
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StAC Launches Social Hub
Posted on November 10, 2016 by Sam McNeill
Ms Francesca Eathorne, Head of Communications
This week I had the privilege to sit down with Ms Francesca Eathorne, Head of Communications at St Andrew’s College and hear first-hand the details about the new StAC Social Hub which is powered by Shuttlerock. This is a new digital channel that not only automatically collates content from various social media platforms and aggregates them, but also allows users to directly submit rich media content for moderation and publication.
While the content is mostly submitted from three key community groups – students, parents and Old Collegians – Social Hub is a StAC-owned media platform, meaning that once the content is published it can’t be removed if the original post is removed or account closed. This ability, along with powerful moderation tools, provides St Andrew’s with a significant amount of control over content retention and posting.
Ms Eathorne first learnt about the Shuttlerock platform more than two years ago via an existing StAC connection and immediately saw the potential for a greater sense of community participation with media content, particularly in the lead up to the College’s Centenary celebrations in 2017. The ability for user generated content was powerful and her research showed interesting developments in the owned-media space. Part of the communications’ strategy at St Andrew’s is to always innovate and be prepared to lead in the education space.
Like other social media platforms, you can share, comment on and ‘like’ content; however, it can also be used for competitions where users provide their own content, which boosts engagement.
Shuttlerock offers advert placement throughout the platform that is useful promoting events and competitions such as the above.
Recently the College ran a successful competition offering free return tickets from anywhere in the world for an Old Collegian to return home to join the Centenary Gala Weekend celebrations, 17-19 March 2017. The StAC community was encouraged to post their photos of Old Cols and nominate them to win the tickets, which were generously sponsored by Emirates and House of Travel Merivale.
Eighty-nine entries were received from around the world and the winner was Thomas Moore (OC 2009), who is currently living in the UK. Tom’s older brother Luke nominated him and so winning was a complete surprise to Tom. The competition saw lots of positive conversations on social media as Old Cols shared the posts and nominated their friends.
A sample of the many submissions to Social Hun as part of the “Bring an Old Col Home” competition run in conjunction with the Centenary celebrations.
Building on StAC’s social media strategy, which includes YouTube, Flickr, Facebook and LinkedIn, Social Hub has started to gain momentum.
Marketing Co-ordinator Ms Georgia Harvey who administrates Social Hub says,
“The ability to aggregate content from multiple social media sites to one ‘Social Hub’ is what sets it apart from other platforms. It allows for an easy upload process, with content automatically filtering through for review and publication to Social Hub direct from the creator of the content. This means content such as videos and photos are unique and genuine, and reduces significantly the resource required to otherwise source the same level of content.”
The ability to moderate content is essential within a school environment where some students have restricted use of their image, particularly in the online space. Shuttlerock easily allows this moderation and StAC’s policy is to ‘approve’ all content for publication.
The Social Hub was launched to coincide with the College’s 100 years centenary celebrations
The extensive customisation of Shuttlerock’s core product for the StAC Social Hub took longer than originally anticipated due to the complexity of the requirements of the College, including ‘boards within boards’, resulting in the deployment of an almost bespoke setup perfectly designed for maximum functionality and impact.
Ms Eathorne says,
“Shuttlerock continue to evolve as a company and we have been really impressed with the way they have learnt from our custom site build and how they are offering us solutions to continue to effectively manage the platform. We are currently rolling out a new website and the integration of our Social Hub streams into the website will keep content dynamic and fresh and really reduce workload for the team”.
The custom Social Hub icon developed by StAC staff
To further customise the experience, a unique social media icon was designed by the College’s in-house design team, and a decision was made to name the platform the StAC Social Hub, rather than refer to it simply as Shuttlerock. According to the team at Shuttlerock, StAC is the first customer worldwide to brand the platform with a custom name and social media icon, reflecting the College’s commitment to innovation and branding.
The content on Social Hub is collated into six main ‘boards’ as follows:
Within each board are sub-boards, similar to categories, such as the Sports board which showcases content from College sports events as diverse as the annual Athletics Day to staff teams competing in the Wanaka Multisport Challenge:
A selection of sub-boards within the main Sports board
It is this highly visual navigation system that is one of the strengths of Social Hub. Users are funnelled into areas of interest and then within those they can view photos and video content submitted either directly to Social Hub, or automatically collated from various social media platforms such as Twitter and Instagram through the use of designated hashtags such as #StAClife and #StAC100, the latter hashtag ties into Centenary content. It is precisely this ability to source user generated content from other social media platforms that allows for a variety of strategies depending on the targeted community group, for example:
Students: competitions for submissions of the best photo from an event, such as the 2016 Athletics Day. While a prize of a $50 voucher is up for grabs, this is a great strategy to connect students with the primary College branding as well. Students are now used to posting content on Social Hub and recently senior students approached the Communications team to see if they could run a ‘Random Acts of Kindness’ day competition using Social Hub.
Parents: one of the primary aims of Social Hub is to enable parents to easily share photos they’re taking of College events either through the use of hashtags or having parents directly submit to Social Hub. This worked really well with Winter Tournament Week this year where a lot of photos were received that normally the Communications team would never have had access to. It also helped to build a sense of excitement as students were competing all around New Zealand, plus a link to photos was included in the end of week newsletter ensuring that even more of the community could engage with the event and successes.
Old Collegians: are specifically targeted for photos from their time at StAC with this content being segregated into decade boards, allowing Old Cols to immediately find the most relevant content for them.
Old Collegians’ Co-ordinator Ms Kate Baker notes
“Social hub has been a great platform to allow two-way engagement between the College and our alumni. We can easily showcase images from the latest alumni events, campus developments, or even historic images so our alumni remain engaged with the College. The Social Hub enables our alumni to be contributors too, via Instagram, Twitter or email upload (appealing to a variety of demographics) they can share their own images and memories. Not only does this allow our content to expand, but it creates a sense of authenticity and supports our alumni to be active in their ongoing relationship with the College, which is really important in the lead up to our Centenary”.
The #staclife board is a great place to showcase the culture and general happenings at the College and is perfect for all those photos that don’t make it into the formal College publications or get profiled on the Facebook pages.
A screenshot of the #StAClife board with images submitted directly but also via social media using the #StAClife hashtag
Shuttlerock are getting global press too, recently winning a prestigious award with Facebook. Shuttlerock’s Executive Director Mr Paul Bingham says
Mr Hitesh Pratap from Shuttlerock with the Facebook award outside Strowan House
“Shuttlerock received the Facebook Global Innovation award for creativity; a real honour for a tech start up out of Christchurch. The award recognised Shuttlerock’s unique approach of collecting user generated content and allowing an organisation to use it effectively.”
“St Andrew’s has taken the lead in using the platform to collect a range of authentic photos and publish them on owned digital assets including the StAC website. In today’s online environment, the website is the only space a brand can truly own, and it’s where key decisions are made by customers. Its vital to keep authentic and up to date content as a core part of the user experience”.
St Andrew’s College has 12,000 Old Collegians, 1000 current families and 1450 students, all who have varying interests and needs within the social media space.
Ms Eathorne concludes,
“Our content simultaneously celebrates the diversity of events our community participates in and allows people to share their experiences. I anticipate it will take around 18 months to build a strong sense of engagement and for people to become really familiar with all the platform has to offer”.
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Tech Advice A Click Away
Posted on September 19, 2016 by Sam McNeill
This post first appeared in the September 2016 edition of the College’s Regulus Magazine
Three computer whiz kids in Year 8 are acting as technology mentors for the entire Preparatory School student body, and even quite a few teachers. Caleb, Cameron and Mitchell run twice weekly Fountain of Knowledge technology training sessions, with students able to book appointments on a sophisticated website set up by Caleb. “I took over the project from its founder Ward (now Year 10) when I was in Year 6. We have seven mentors including the three of us, and are training up some Year 6 students so they can run the sessions next year,” says Caleb.
The students help with everything from setting up the internet on laptops, phones and tablets, to installing anti-virus software, and helping students to get the most out of OneNote. They also teach students how to use the cameras and other equipment in the TV studio. Their teacher Ms Melissa Rennell says she sometimes has teachers knocking on her door seeking technical help from one of the boys, or asking for assistance with their Activboards. “They often go to these students first before the ICT Department.” Caleb has even rebuilt an old laptop from the Preparatory School and connected it up to an active board on which students can share their projects.
As they get ready to hand over the Fountain of Knowledge at the end of the year, Caleb, Cameron and Mitchell are thinking about which equally enthusiastic young technology experts they will pick as its new leaders, and are already training Year 6 student Nicholas. “We’re proud of the programme and have had a lot of support from Mr Dekkers, who will be the teacher in charge of it again next year,” says Caleb.
Cameron says he enjoys technology but isn’t planning on a career in the field at this stage. However Caleb and Mitchell hope to one day own their own technology companies, “like Apple, or Google”.
Posted in Digital Citizenship, eLearning, Library, Preparatory School, Tech Tips, Technology | Tagged Apple, blog, Digital Citizenship, Education, eLearning, Fountain of Knowledge, Google, Information and communication technologies in education, Microsoft OneNote, MSFTedu, Preparatory School, St Andrew's College, Student engagement, Student Voice, Student Work, Technology, Training, Wilj Dekkers | Leave a reply
StAC Students Team Up To Form Souldrop
Posted on September 7, 2016 by Sam McNeill
The four members of Souldrop
Recently I caught up with Finn Perring, Anna Bennetto and Grace Dephoff who are part of a wider group of students that make up the band Souldrop. Anna leads the vocals, Finn plays bass guitar and Fin Gilzean (St Thomas of Canterbury College) plays lead guitar whilst Elliot Millar (Burnside High School) is on the drums. Formed in April 2016, their first single Mill Bay was released in August with an accompanying music video shot and edited by Grace Dephoff and their 5 track EP will be available from the 9th September 2016.
UPDATE 25/9/16 The band’s self-titled EP is now available and embedded below via Spotify:
I was particularly interested in the technology the band used to record the track as well as edit the video, however to understand all of this it was important to learn of the various musical influences on the band.
Elliot is a jazz and big band drummer, representing Burnside High School in various musical competitions.
Fin learnt blues and classic rock guitar, mostly from his father
Anna has been performing for over ten years in musical theatre shows, as a jazz singer in various bands as well as one soul band.
Finn is a classically trained guitarist who plays Spanish flamenco guitar, but bass for Souldrop.
Recording & mastering the audio track:
Most of the audio track was recorded in the St Andrew’s College recording studio with the vocals, drums and bass all being laid down in this environment. The lead guitar parts, however, were recorded in Fin’s bedroom using Apple’s Garageband. Once finished, these guitar recordings were sent to the other Finn (Perring) to add to the other instruments and mix the recording in Apple’s Logic Pro X. To this end, the band never played the entire song together in the same room during the recording process, instead relying on the use of over-dubbing to achieve the best sound.
From a non-musicians perspective, I found this a fascinating way to craft a complete song, through the selective and judicious extracting of various takes of the song and merging them all together in an order that produces the best quality song. Additionally, the song was a very collaborative effort with the idea of the song first coming in a formative stage to Finn Perring around two years ago, before drummer Elliot and lead singer Anna co-wrote the lyrics for the song.
Recording & editing the music video:
Grace Dephoff filmed all of the footage for the video in a single afternoon using a Canon 70D camera with the 16-24mm lens and a 50mm lens borrowed from Mr Dave Jensen who works in the TV studio at St Andrew’s College. There was a limited script for the recording of the music video, instead a desire to keep it as natural as possible for the band members. One of the most clever features of the music video is the fact it is in slow motion, whilst keeping the music and singing in real time.
Grace Dephoff filming the band
This was achieved by having the band perform the song at 1.5x normal speed from speakers that they could hear to help them keep time, whilst Grace filmed at 50fps so that it could be later slowed down to 67% normal speed and still look smooth after this editing had taken place. The end effect makes it look like the band are in time to the song, even though they are in slow motion. Grace had learnt of this technique from a former guitar teacher she and the whole band were thrilled with the end result and how it looked.
To edit the hours of video footage, Grace used Apple’s Final Cut Pro, a tool she was largely self-taught in after graduating from using Apple iMovie for a number of years, including winning numerous prizes at the annual St Andrew’s College Film Fest. All up, she spent around 10 hours editing the footage and another 6 hours completing the colour grading in the video.
Distributing and Promoting the single:
The band are using a combination of word of mouth and social media to get exposure for the first single Mill Bay, combining messages on Facebook, Instagram and, of course, the YouTube channel itself. They have added a number of live performances as well, including lunchtime shows in the St Andrew’s College Quad, an assembly at Burnside High School and a performance at St Thomas of Canterbury College as well. There is a planned interview on 98RDU radio station as well on 14th September.
The song has been released through TuneCore which is a digital media distribution company which automatically publishes the song to the main digital music platforms including Spotify, iTunes, Amazon, Google Play, Shazaam and the YouTube channel the band have created as well. Anna and Finn’s focus at this stage is getting the song out to as wide an audience as possible and any revenue that is generated from the track being played is a bonus. TuneCore will send the band monthly statistics around the performance of the song on the various platforms.
In terms of copyright and protecting the song, the band have chosen to use the Creative Commons licensing platform. They recognise that this license might not stop another band from being able to sample their work, but they will be required to acknowledge Souldrop as the source of the original content for the sample.
The band are keen to keep gigging and playing as many live performances as possible to increase their exposure and improve as a unit. They are also thinking about recording another music video for one of the other tracks on the soon to be released EP.
I have been super impressed with the members of the band that I have met so far, both in terms of their musical ability but also their technical skills to be able to produce such high quality recordings and videos. It is always pleasing to see that skills that have been taught and learnt at St Andrew’s College are finding a creative outlet in the areas of student’s own interests such as being part of a band.
The wider Souldrop crew including Anna Bennetto (back row, second from right), Finn Perring (back row, far right) and Grace Dephoff (from row, first on the left)
This song and video highlight how technology has enabled students to create high quality, professional looking videos and promote them digitally to an international audience. When I pointed this out to Finn, Anna and Grace their reaction was a mixture of pride and nonchalance in the work they had created, highlighting to me just how natural the use of this technology is to students these days. Importantly, they had thought about using Creative Commons to copyright their work demonstrating an inherent understanding of the value of their music and video.
Finally, there is opportunities for this work to be credited against various NCEA internal Achievement Standards in some subjects (mainly English/Music) which would be a serendipitous outcome of what is essentially a passion project for these students. This is, perhaps, one of the biggest outcomes and reasons to pause for thought from this. If schools were able to recognise the creative output of students in areas of their interests perhaps we would finally see the flexibility of NCEA that is often talked about, yet rarely achieved.
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eLearning Through The Lens Of Key Competencies
Posted on July 18, 2016 by Sam McNeill
In the last week of Term 2 I had the opportunity to present at the NZ Tech Advance Education Technology Summit hosted at Massey University’s Albany Campus. Key topics and subjects discussed include:
Inquiry | Creativity | Collaboration – The role of technology in modern learning
Developing teacher understanding and encouraging implementation of collaborative and digital learning methods
Integrating and encouraging digital technology adoption in curriculum and classroom
The new narrative: IT training and computational thinking
Building technology into the curriculum – lessons, challenges and what we’ve learnt along the way
Collaboration at the forefront of today’s teaching environment
When preparing what I wanted to share at the 40 minute session I had been given, I decided on using the Key Competencies from the New Zealand Curriculum to explain why some examples of eLearning from four St Andrew’s College teachers had been successful. Additionally, I wanted to use authentic student voice to highlight this – fortunately, having been blogging on this site for over two years now there was plenty of examples I could draw on.
If you are interested in an independent view of my session then you can see this micro blogs from Nathaniel Louwrens here and this brief reflection from Andrew Corney here. You can download a full copy of my slides from the presentation from this link on dropbox.com.
The Key Competencies are at the heart of great teaching and learning in New Zealand and are the bedrock upon which effective eLearning can be built on.
The Key Competencies from the NZ Curriculum
It’s worth reading over the entire descriptions of learners who demonstrate the 5 Key Competencies but some highlights I pulled out to share at the conference included:
Thinking: is about using creative, critical, and metacognitive processes to make sense of information, experiences, and ideas … Intellectual curiosity is at the heart of this competency … [Students] reflect on their own learning, draw on personal knowledge and intuitions, ask questions, and challenge the basis of assumptions and perceptions.
Using Language, Symbols and Texts: Using language, symbols, and texts is about working with and making meaning of the codes in which knowledge is expressed … Students who are competent users … can interpret and use words, number, images, … and technologies in a range of contexts … They confidently use ICT to access and provide information and to communicate with others
Managing Self: This competency is associated with self-motivation, a “can-do” attitude, and with students seeing themselves as capable learners … It is integral to self-assessment.
Relating To Others: Students who relate well to others are open to new learning and able to take different roles in different situations … By working effectively together, they can come up with new approaches, ideas, and ways of thinking.
Participating & Contributing: This competency is about being actively involved in communities … They may be local, national, or global. This competency includes a capacity … to make connections with others, and to create opportunities for others in the group.
I started the session off by highlighting the fact that often ICT is talked about in terms of risk. This can come from security breaches, budget blow-outs and ICT project cost overruns, not to mention distracted and off-task behaviour when using technology. I then posed the following questions:
I wanted to highlight how some of the best examples of effective eLearning from teachers at St Andrew’s College was firmly rooted in Key Competencies. I chose examples from the following four teachers:
Combining OneNote & MineCraft To Create Pick-A-Path Stories:
This example is explained in more detail here and the basic Learning Outcomes are displayed below with the relevant Key Competencies included:
Learning outcomes from this unit:
to produce interactive pick-a-path adventure stories
KC: Using Languages, Symbols & Text
to work collaboratively online to produce an end product
KC: Relating To Others
to create stories to share online with a wider audience
KC: Participating & Contributing
As mentioned above, I wanted to use authentic student voice as much as possible so I included an abbreviated version of the following video so that the audience could hear students articulating their learning and the impact that technology had made:
An insightful quote from the student called Harry was:
The goal was not to just make something pretty in Minecraft, it was actually to improve the quality of your writing … after writing the story, the idea was to look back in Minecraft and see how you could improve the writing you had already completed.
To assist teachers at St Andrew’s College with integration of technology into their teaching and learning, we have adopted the SAMR taxonomy that you can see on the left.
This is a really useful way for teachers to conceptualise how technology might assist the learning outcomes for their students as well as provide them some aspirational goals for extended use of technology. Tom Adams, our eLearning Integrator, has recently written in detail about effective use of the SAMR model which is definitely worth reading if you are new to it. During the presentation, I introduced the audience to a relatively new product from Microsoft called Pulse. This enables the audience to provide real time feedback on a session as well as allowing the presenter to push out questions for quick polls. I asked the audience “What level of SAMR do you feel the Minecraft/OneNote example was operating at?” and below is their response:
Using Microsoft Pulse for instant feedback from the audience
Inspiring Creative Writing Through Constructing Digital Worlds:
The next example I shared was again around creative writing, this time from the High School instead of a Year 6 class. The full reflection can be found here, however the high level overview of the task was as follows (with Key Competencies inserted):
Learning Tasks For This Unit:
Write a short story of ~600 words with a theme of “conflict”
Students Must produce at least 4 “drafts”
KC: Thinking
Drafts must be shared with peers for feedback/feed-forward & act on appropriate advice
What was different about this activity is that students had to build their digital world before they started their writing and use it as a source of inspiration and planning, not just as a reflective tool for editing. Settings were constructed in Sketchup, Paint, Minecraft and the source engine of the game Counter-Strike. Here is a student Ralph talking about his world which I again shared with the conference audience:
Again, I find the language used by the student here informative, with some of his comments being:
“I wanted readers to grasp that the bombs had come from the bank itself”
Clearly, the reader’s experience is at the forefront of his thinking when he is designing his digital world.
He blended his natural enjoyment of the game Counter Strike with his school work and learning – a win/win situation!
Ralph talks about adding a backstory to the real events of the London Bombings, demonstrating a wider awareness of global communities
“As I was designing the level I was constantly thinking of ways I could make the story more interesting.”
This was not just technology for the sake of it – it was clearly shaping and informing his understanding of the creative writing task that was the key learning outcome here.
This was manifested through his drafting process where he removed a lot of the dialogue to improve the narrative flow and added more descriptive text such as the sound of the gunfire
This impressive learning came on the back of an earlier, easier task where the students in the class had leveraged an existing digital world (Google Earth) rather than having to create their own. Through the lens of the SAMR scale this makes perfect sense – the students build their knowledge and experience of digital toolsets in the lower levels of SAMR and once mastered they can progress to more difficult tasks. Here is a write up of the earlier task where students had to explain the significance of setting in a film, and this is a student talking about their comprehension.
Again, it’s important to pick up on the student’s language – the technology is integrally linked to the learning outcomes, it is not merely there for entertainment or distraction. By requiring students to record their personal reflections in this way, students are using a number of Key Competencies.
Communicate Musical Intention By Composing An Original Piece of Music Inspired By Art:
The final example I shared with the audience came from Level 3 Year 13 Music. On the first day of the conference I had been asked to be part of a Q&A Panel about integrating technology into schools and one question from the audience was essentially around what are real world examples of great technology usage in NCEA subjects. The heart of the question was around the challenge of adapting existing assessments to be technology rich and I answered it by a brief description of this example from Mr Duncan Ferguson our Head of Music.
Using AS.91419 (3.4)
KC: Using Languages, Symbols & Texts
Students are required to reflect on their composition and explain the connection with the art that inspired them
These are largely independent projects that the students need to work on themselves
KC: Managing Self
Here is the video of the student reflecting on their learning:
Flipping The Maths Classroom:
I wanted to allow some Q&A at the end of my session so I ran out of time to share this example from Mr Ben Hilliam, so I’ll briefly reference it here. In this example, the key learning outcomes included:
Year 9 Maths: solving Linear Equations
KC: Using Language, Symbols & Text
Students were required to watch the instructional videos and then attempt the practice questions
Students needed to regularly complete check lists indicating their progress
Here is an example video made by Mr Hilliam:
What I most liked about this example is that students were not left on their own to just work through it, the teacher is still involved through the process, despite the availability of the instructional videos. The following screenshot is from a OneNote Class Notebook showing how the student has completed their progress reports and the teacher has provided feedback:
I used MS Pulse to ask the audience whether they personally felt that using a “flipped classroom” genuinely created more opportunities for differentiated and personalised learning during class time. Their response was overwhelmingly “yes!”
An alternative way to show poll results from MS Pulse
I concluded my session with the following thoughts:
I really enjoyed the opportunity to present at the NZ Tech Advance Education Technology Summit and was fortunate enough to receive some positive feedback from the session:
@samuelmcneill love the examples of the digital window into your classrooms. Very inspirational #techleadersnz pic.twitter.com/QN2CkZO079
— Zoe Timbrell (@ZTimbrell) July 6, 2016
@samuelmcneill sharing some incredible student work. These kids are our creative future #inspired #nzcreativitycounts #nztechleaders
— Paula Browning (@PaulaJBrowning) July 6, 2016
.@samuelmcneill showing great examples of multi-modal assessment practices that @ClaireAmosNZ was talking about yesterday #techleadersnz
— Steve Mouldey (@GeoMouldey) July 6, 2016
thanks to @samuelmcneill and his presentation at #techleadersnz i can see what could be done in my French class. #boom
— florence lyons (@froggieflo) July 6, 2016
Awesome cross curricula example of #digitech in an NZ School #minecraft #pickapath #techleadersnz pic.twitter.com/YK89VlOUDq
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Guest Post: Mr Dekker’s Journey With OneNote & Minecraft
Posted on June 10, 2016 by Sam McNeill
This is a repost of a blog on the official Microsoft Education blog where Mr Wilj Dekkers, a Year 6 teacher at St Andrew’s College and Microsoft Innovative Educator, recaps the journey of his classroom over the last two years with Microsoft OneNote and Minecraft.
OneNote is central to the pedagogy in my classroom and school. When you walk through the building you can witness the everyday use of the application from Year 4 to Year 8. You will see Active Boards where teachers annotate writing samples in the Content Library for students to use as a reference for their own learning. Students are huddled around their laptops debating which sources of information are most relevant to include in a shared notebook, and staff are reviewing meeting notes shared through a Professional Learning Group’s OneNote.
Preparatory School Inquiry Learning Model
St. Andrew’s College uses a custom designed Inquiry Pathway—the core of which is built around helping students develop a collaborative approach to learning. The approach is question-driven, encouraging students to find the answers themselves, coming to their own conclusions. As a teacher, this is exciting; we plan and facilitate but cannot predict the final outcome.
Having planned an inquiry around national identity in the 21st century, I had posed a problem to my class: The Christchurch earthquakes of 2011 had left a long lasting scar on both the economy and identity of the city. Tourism was dwindling, with visitors flying in and quickly moving on to other parts of New Zealand’s South Island. I challenged my students to answer the question, “What does it mean to be a Kiwi in the 21st century?” and also find a way to bring tourists back to our city.
Students formed collaborative groups and created their own shared notebooks. They planned, questioned and researched their Kiwi icons. They interviewed parents and discussed how families from a variety of cultural backgrounds celebrated being “Kiwis” and what being a New Zealander meant to them. All of which was documented in each group’s shared OneNote Notebook.
Students began asking if they could book laptops to work together in our shared learning spaces outside the physical space of the room. They loved having the flexibility to be able to work together around a PC or laptop and then continue collaborating using OneNote at home, completely away from the physical space of the school, in the evenings. Students were so enthralled with the inquiry unit and ability to work together in real-time through OneNote. Parents even began commenting on how they had never seen their students so excited to return from school and get started on their homework.
Part of the inquiry was looking at how we could bring tourists back to Christchurch. This was where Minecraft was introduced to the class. Students brought in devices running the pocket edition and connected to shared realms via the school’s Wi-Fi. As well as working as a team to answer the big inquiry question, members of each group had individually focused on an aspect of Kiwi culture. I asked the students if they could build a theme park with Kiwiana-themed rides that incorporated elements from their inquiries.
Before long, the class was a buzzing hub of self-directed learning. Students were writing presentation speeches from their inquiry notebooks while Minecraft experts built bigger and better Kiwiana rides to showcase their learning. In the evenings, groups continued developing and improving their learning in preparation for the big day.
By the end of the third term of 2014, OneNote became a standard classroom tool. Having seen the benefits, families had started purchasing laptops for their students to use in our class. This again caused a chain reaction. Students with access to their own devices were using OneNote more, which in turn meant that more students began arriving with laptops.
This had to be managed carefully, since having a laptop in Year 6 is not required. I was wary of technology being used as a substitution tool and made sure that in my planning any use of OneNote or any other tools we were using was in ways that enhanced or allowed learning to take place in a way that could not be done without a device.
It was around this time that Sam McNeill, Director of ICT for the college, brought in six Surface Pro 3s to trial, and I was fortunate to be asked to use one in the prep school. Having always been a believer in the creative power of the pen, I was instantly won over by having the best of both worlds at my fingertips—a fully functional Windows tablet with a stylus that allowed me to write down ideas, thoughts and comments directly into my OneNote Notebooks. It did not take long for a few students to begin arriving with their own Surface tablets!
In the final term of the 2014 school year, we focused on our use of narrative; enhancing writing features and broadening our vocabulary. Using both OneNote and Minecraft seemed like a natural fit.
As a class, we read through “The Warlock of Firetop Mountain,” written by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone in 1982. This book was one of the first “single-player gamebooks” and was the first of what was to become a successful series of pick-a-path gamebooks called “Fighting Fantasy.”
The students loved it. We discussed modern game worlds, from Fable to World of Warcraft. How could we emulate those fantastic “Fighting Fantasy” stories using the technology at our disposal, and how could the technology enhance the quality of our writing? We wanted our readers to have the same sense of choice and adventure we had experienced reading “Warlock,” while being able to share our writing without needing to produce any form of print media.
“Minecraft brings out the creativity in me. I love remaking my story Minecraft and improving my writing.”
Through the insertion of hyperlinks connecting pages, students found an easy way to provide choices for the reader, and as notebooks stored on Onedrive could be easily shared, the audience for their writing expanded quickly. Students were sharing and collaborating on their adventure stories by allowing editing rights to certain classmates deemed to have the relevant skillsets to be seen as official class editors.
The inclusion of Minecraft was thanks to Ms Tam Yuill-Proctor, a Year 10 English teacher in our college. Students in Tam’s creative writing class had used Minecraft and other 3-D authoring tools to create worlds for their stories.
“Using Minecraft made my imagination go wild with thoughts!”
Our Year 6 students took Tam’s idea and expanded upon it by using Minecraft to both plan and develop their writing, as well as to review and revise the content, descriptive phrases and vocabulary. As their Minecraft worlds grew, so did their stories, which were housed in OneNote. In some cases, we had 10-year-old boys who were not big fans of writing producing 5000-word interactive pick-a-path stories. We published a blog entry detailing the OneNote and Minecraft pick-a-path story.
“Minecraft was helpful because it made me notice all the little details in my narrative that were never in my original bubble plan.”
—Padric
By 2015, most teachers in the prep school had embraced OneNote. The superb OneNote Class Notebook app creator was now an important element of Office 365, and students were appreciating the structure of the Collaboration Space, Content Library and their own personal sections.
Teachers were appreciating the organizational simplicity of adding resources and lessons into the Content Library for students to use in their own sections. Within my Year 6 class, multiple students arrived at the beginning of the year armed with Surface Pro 3s.
OneNote sections became collaborative planning spaces for groups designing games and interactive narratives; students naturally made use of the Collaboration Space to form group sections for our prosthetic hand designs for the 3-D printer.
This was also the first year that I started using Minecraft in Math. The students in my group weren’t huge fans of math. I knew they were capable of so much more, but their personal attitude towards the subject was that it was hard; comments at the start of the year were mostly, “I’m not good at math.” My focus was to change their attitudes to that of a growth mindset where they say, “I’m not good at math, yet!” Continue reading →
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Hosting a TeachMeet at St Andrew’s College
Posted on May 18, 2016 by Sam McNeill
This week, St Andrew’s College hosted the first TeachMeet event in Christchurch for 2016 and over 40 staff from 15 different schools attended. If you’re unsure of what a TeachMeet actually is, you can find more at the website http://www.teachmeet.co.nz but in short:
A TeachMeet is an organised but informal meeting (in the style of an unconference) for teachers to share good practice, practical innovations and personal insights in teaching with technology.
Participants volunteer (via the TeachMeet website) to demonstrate good practice they’ve delivered over the past year, or discuss a product that enhances classroom practice.
To help promote the event, I took to a new tool I’ve been using recently called Canva which allows you to very quickly and easily develop stylish posters, images and social media banners through their website:
One of the key reasons TeachMeets are successful is that presenters are limited to only 2minutes or 7minutes for their presentations. This results in a fast-paced event and a range of different ideas and solutions being shared. It also means that preparation for the volunteer presenters is kept at a minimum – it’s not onerous to share something you’re already doing in your classroom or researching to give a go.
From the slides above, you can see there were seven presenters who shared on the following topics:
Wilj Dekkers (St Andrew’s College) Using MineCraft and OneNote for Creative Writing
Tom Neumann (Riccarton High) Using an alphanumeric self marking video game in Moodle to review content of Yr11 Economics
Sue McLachlan (Hagley College) Using OneNote Learning Tools in the classroom
Tam Yuill Proctor (St Andrew’s College) Using OneNote as a Digital Teacher’s Planbook
Karyn Gray (Haeta Community Campus) The Quest for Personalisation of Learning- My Thinking, My Research, My Questions
Schira Withers (Our Lady Of The Star Of The Sea) How we as educators can help students with low working memories improve their self-management skills using digital technologies, thus allowing them to experience success and move from a fixed to growth mindset.
Donna Jones (St Andrew’s College) Using a 3D app to inspire creative thought and ideas for creative writing.
When one of the presenters was unable to attend at the last minute, I added some thoughts on using Google Earth to create personalised tours to round out the afternoon.
A number of attendees contributed on the designated Twitter hashtag of #TMChch and you can see the entire timeline here with a small selection being:
#TMCHCH great feel and looking forward to teach meet pic.twitter.com/zKFW2OVpiZ
— Linda Chong (@Chongstar) May 17, 2016
@samuelmcneill introducing #TMCHCH pic.twitter.com/IfhuIWoX3C
— Tamara YuillProctor (@Tameey) May 17, 2016
Here's @WiljDekkers presenting at #tmchch Nice. #MSFTEDU pic.twitter.com/O6QdM2EVYC
— Ben Hilliam (@benhilliam) May 17, 2016
Tom Neumann from Riccarton High sharing some @moodle tips at #tmchch – games to help learning #gamification pic.twitter.com/NLZZGOeUkk
— Sam McNeill (@samuelmcneill) May 17, 2016
Hearing from @suemcl1 about #msftedu Learning tools. #tmchch pic.twitter.com/uSWcVjsRNR
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Presenting At Microsoft Analyst Summit 2016
Posted on April 28, 2016 by Sam McNeill
This week I’ve had the privilege of attending, as well as co-presenting, at the annual Microsoft Analyst Summit for Asia Pacific, hosted at the St Regis Hotel in Singapore.⊗ The focus of this summit was Fuelling Customer Digital Transformation Through Innovation and was an opportunity for Microsoft to present their product and solutions roadmaps for industry analysts from the likes of Forrester, IDC and Gartner (amongst others) and where possible, highlight the value through the voice of partners and clients.
This is how I ended up at the Summit – Anne Taylor, from Microsoft NZ, inquired if I would be interested in co-presenting with Guenter Weimer the General Manager of Windows & Devices Marketing for Microsoft Asia Pacific. This seemed like a great opportunity to build on the 2015 video case study below that showcased some of the amazing work from our teachers and students:
Guenter had already seen the video and decided he wanted to show it in its entirety to the Analysts present, before discussing a few other developments at St Andrew’s, including:
How do we measure success when it comes to the integration of technology in education
To what extent has technology such as OneNote & Office365 increased collaboration amongst students and also between students and teachers
Did teachers need encouraging to adopt the use of a digital pen for inking on their Surface devices, or was it a natural transition
What plans does St Andrew’s College have for deploying Windows 10
In a BYOD environment that allows choice within parameters, how do we ensure cross platform compatibility and successful outcomes
With an audience of over 90 industry technology analysts, I was unsure what sort of reception a session that focused on education would have, however I was really pleased that after Guenter and I finished talking, there were a number of insightful questions from the analysts during the open Q&A session that followed.
Additionally, based on the Twitter feedback from the Summit’s hashtag of #MSAnalystSummit the session was well received:
Fantastic to hear from @samuelmcneill on the use of Surface tablets by students & staff at St Andrews in Christchurch #MSAnalystSummit
— James Turner (@jturner_ibrs) April 26, 2016
.@samuelmcneill: #Surface has empowered educators & students to achieve more at #StAndrewsCollege #MSAnalystSummit pic.twitter.com/amWXyZIOCB
— Microsoft Asia (@MicrosoftASIA) April 26, 2016
@MicrosoftASIA @samuelmcneill Super discussion on surface, education and impact. Guenter's and SAM's matching shoes a bonus!
— Byron Rader (@byronrad) April 26, 2016
St Andrews College: excellent example of how teaching practices change to adapt ICT. Co-teaching with ICT team. #SAMR model #MSAnalystSummit
— Joe Sweeney (@jsweeney_ibrs) April 26, 2016
Wow, the future is NOW. The power of BI and digital tech power the St. Andrew's college NZ in their teaching methods. #MSAnalystSummit
— Lisa Halim (@lizhalim) April 26, 2016
#MSAnalystSummit Awesome ICT integration case from St. Andrews
— arlynne (@arlynne) April 26, 2016
Video on Surface Pro at schools. Kids have been collaborating for years, but Surface Pro is a great tool for them to have #MSAnalystSummit
— Shayum Rahim (@ShayumRahim) April 26, 2016
Being the first conference of this sort that I’ve attended, I was really pleased to discover how open and engaging the different analysts were that I spoke with during the various breakouts and meals over the course of the two days.
I was also privileged to listen to some phenomenal presentations from other industry experts, including Mr Simon Challis the Managing Director from Ryman Healthcare in New Zealand, talking about how they are using Surface Pro tablets with every client in their retirement villages. Another interesting and relevant session was from Mr Mahendra Vaswani the Director of Teaching and Learning from Hale School in Perth, Australia.
As part of his presentation, he discussed the Hale @ Home programme they run which is described on their website as:
Hale@home is an innovative online learning programme that helps students prepare for the transition to Hale as a boarder. The boys undertake the programme in Year 6, prior to attending the School.
Hale@home provides a welcoming, online forum where boys meet others on the same journey to becoming a boarder. The programme is designed to build their confidence, familiarise them with technology and introduce them to their fellow boarders; all while they are still at home.
This is an outstanding initiative and a fantastic demonstration of how technology can bring both current, and future, students together into a virtual classroom.
Overall, this Summit has been a valuable learning and networking experience for me and represented a great opportunity to showcase the innovation happening at St Andrew’s College to a wider audience.
⊗ Full Disclosure: Microsoft covered all travel costs and expenses for me to attend this summit.
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Hommage à Eberhard Weber (ECM 2463)
September 4, 2016 September 4, 2016 | Tyran Grillo
Hommage à Eberhard Weber
Pat Metheny guitars
Gary Burton vibraphone
Scott Colley double bass
Danny Gottlieb drums
Paul McCandless English horn, soprano saxophone
Klaus Graf alto saxophone
Ernst Hutter euphonium
Eberhard Weber bass (from tapes)
Michael Gibbs arranger, conductor
Ralf Schmid arranger
Rainer Tempel arranger
Libor Šíma arranger
Helge Sunde conductor
Concert organized and produced by Martin Mühleis, sagas productions
Recorded by SWR, January 2015, at Theaterhaus Stuttgart by Doris Hauser, Volker Neumann, and Boris Kellenbenz (technician)
Mixed at SWR Studio, Stuttgart, by Volker Neumann (engineer), Manfred Eicher, Eberhard Weber
Pat Metheny’s “Hommage” mixed in New York by Pete Karam
Mastering: Christoph Stickel at MSM Studios, Munich
An ECM Production in collaboration with SWR
Redaktion: Günther Huesmann
SWR Big Band Manager: Hans-Peter Zachary
U.S. release date: September 11, 2015
Bassist Eberhard Weber two-handedly defined a generation of sounds, resulting in some of the most iconic albums the ECM catalog has to offer. In recognition of his contributions to the arts of performance and recording, Weber received the Jazzpreis Baden-Württemberg lifetime achievement award on his 75th birthday, and was guest of honor at jubilee concerts held in January of 2015—proving that, despite the stroke that rendered him unable to play since 2007, Weber’s fire blazes on.
Among his illustrious torchbearers is guitarist Pat Metheny, who in a liner note for the album describes lasting indebtedness, having joined Weber on the classic Ring and Passengers (Weber also appeared on Metheny’s Watercolors). As one who has always made the most of technology to harmonious advantage, Metheny acknowledges the inspiration manifest “in the instruments that [Weber] had built to bring that sound into the air, crystallizing a sonic fingerprint that even all these years later remains as uniquely identifiable and fresh as it was on first hearing back then.” All of which makes it doubly celebration-worthy to see Metheny swimming again in ECM waters. His “Hommage” is, in fact, this disc’s centerpiece. A sprawling world unto itself, it includes its dedicatee as performer in the form of video footage of the improvising bassist projected onto a screen at stage rear, creating what the composer calls “my imagined virtual Eberhard.” The idea somewhat recalls the speech-to-melody experiments of composer Steve Reich, with whom Metheny has worked and whose influence can be felt here in certain passages throughout the half-hour-plus suite.
Germany’s SWR Big Band, backing a chain of venerable soloists, brings this and the other works on the program to a resurrected state, here supporting solos from the formidable Gary Burton (vibes), Scott Colley (bass), Danny Gottlieb (drums), and Metheny himself. The opening is everything that Weber’s music ever was and will be: verdant, atmospheric, and fully developed right out of the box. The videographic Weber is almost ghostly, but over time feels less like an avatar and more a viable player whose creativity shines with unquenchable force. Metheny navigates their virtual interactions deferentially at first before easing into fuller integration, while the band handles this transformation with grace at director Helge Sunde’s exacting touch. The latter’s consistency ensures that Burton’s soloing is both the vessel and the water keeping it afloat; that Colley’s bassing, while distinctly Weberian, also adds its own shades to the spectrum; that Gottlieb’s adornments feel like more than just that; that Metheny’s flights always have their shadow in full view; and that Weber’s archival reveries transcend the limits of space and time they’ve been allotted.
Before this, listeners are treated to a far more intimate introduction in Jan Garbarek’s “Résumé Variations.” Based on the album of the same name, this piece finds the saxophonist improvising in his cinematic, clarion way around prerecorded bass lines. The two instruments intertwine in a way that only years of collaboration could produce, as if two massive continents of time were coming together in the least destructive abduction imaginable.
On the other side of Metheny’s juggernaut is a string of artfully pruned evergreens. “Touch” evokes the golden age of Yellow Fields. Featuring solos by Burton and Ernst Hutter on euphonium, and arranged by Ralf Schmid, this timeless jewel floats on a bed of vibraphone, moving in breezy fashion across its landscapes with the redolence of an old film magically restored. Its reach is matched by “Maurizius,” here arranged by Michael Gibbs and breathing with all the power, and more, of the original. Sharing solo duties with Burton is Paul McCandless, who carries his soprano saxophone to distant shores in this quintessential turn from Later That Evening. The same soloists carry over into an arrangement of “Tübingen” by Rainer Tempel, whose sense of flow meshes sympathetically with Weber’s. McCandless and Burton weave a carpet of textures through a stirring and complex sound that is equal parts somberness and joy.
Two reimagined songs from Pendulum close out the program: “Notes After An Evening” and, available as an exclusive bonus track via digital download, “Street Scenes.” Both are masterfully arranged by Libor Šíma, who gives them a certain heft. Burton and McCandless reappear, with alto saxophonist Klaus Graf adding his nocturnal lines to “Notes.” McCandless’s English horn, by contrast, burns like the sun in “Scenes,” balancing out cooler blasts from the band at large with energetic forecasting.
Given that Weber will never play again, one can’t help but find something bittersweet about these performances, built as they are on a legacy that, while nominally retired, lives on, their poignancy like a pair of lips pursed to a candle flame—yet which, instead of puffing it out, contributes to its glow.
(Photo courtesy of ECM)
Be sure to check out the DVD of these performances, available from Jazzhaus, which I have reviewed here.
Eberhard Weber review for The NYC Jazz Record
August 28, 2016 September 4, 2016 | Tyran Grillo
At the summit of a prosperous career on stage and, following a decades-long stint with ECM Records, German bassist Eberhard Weber suffered a stroke and has not played since 2007. In October of 2015 (a year in which he also received the Landesjazzpreis Baden-Württemberg, a lifetime achievement award), jubilee concerts were held at the Theaterhaus in Weber’s hometown of Stuttgart to honor his 75th birthday and contributions to jazz.
This DVD of that same event features the SWR Big Band conducted in turns by Helge Sunde and Michael Gibbs, along with guests Jan Garbarek (saxophone), Gary Burton (vibraphone), Paul McCandless (reeds) and, returning to the fold, Pat Metheny (guitar). The latter’s “Hommage” is the centerpiece—a sprawling 30-minute composition built around archival video footage of Weber from the 1980s. More than any other musician on the roster, Metheny bottles the Weber-ian spirit like the lightning that it is.
In contrast to the sprightly figure on screen, the first image of the concert is of an aged Weber hobbling to his seat of honor by aid of a cane. Following this, his “Résumé” finds Garbarek improvising over a more recent audio recording. It’s a fitting way to start, given that Weber was such a fixture of Garbarek’s quartet. Much of what follows reflects almost somberly on a touching career. Arrangements by Ralf Schmid and Rainer Tempel of classic tunes from Weber’s golden age are showcases for Burton and McCandless while those by Gibbs rejuvenate “Maurizius” (from the 1982 album Later that Evening) and Benny Golson’s “Killer Joe.” But it’s the jovial energies of Libor Šíma, who reimagines “Street Scenes” and “Notes After An Evening” (both from 1993’s Pendulum), which win the day.
In the liner notes for Hommage à Eberhard Weber, the 2016 ECM album culled from this same event, Metheny waxes indebtedly about Weber’s “sonic fingerprint that even all these years later remains as uniquely identifiable and fresh as it was on first hearing back then.” As this landmark performance shows, Weber continues to innovate, even without strings at his fingertips.
(This article originally appeared in the September 2016 issue of The New York City Jazz Record, of which a full PDF is available here.)
Eberhard Weber: Encore (ECM 2439)
Eberhard Weber electric double bass, keyboards
Ack van Rooyen flugelhorn
Live recordings 1990-2007
Engineers: Walter Speckmann and Gert Rickmann-Wunderlich
Mixed and edited at Studios La Buissonne, Pernes-les-Fontaines by Gérard de Haro and Sun Chung
Assistant engineer: Nicolas Baillard
Electro-bassist Eberhard Weber’s Encore continues where Résumé left off and is culled from the same tapes. As on the last album, a monumental achievement in and of itself, the music here came about during interludes played while touring with the Jan Garbarek Group between 1990 and 2007. Weber has fleshed out those solos in the studio with keyboards and, in a poignant surprise, the contributions of Dutch colleague Ack van Rooyen on flugelhorn. Die-hard fans will recognize van Rooyen from Weber’s 1974 debut, The Colours of Chloë, and will welcome his return for what will likely be Weber’s finale.
Weber’s instrument has been his dousing rod four decades running. The result of much customization and refinement, it took his playing in new and challenging directions, while also freeing him from the snares of its acoustic counterpart. Although he humbly sees the electric hybrid that would become his trademark as something of a mask behind which he learned to hide his lack of virtuosity, it’s plain to hear that he has defined a virtuosity all his own. Setting him apart is not only his sound, but also the robustness of his melodies. Whether created in the moment or meticulously crafted (every piece on this album, of course, being a combination of both), his songfulness captures something essential to the power of technology in the right hands.
As before, track titles are named for their places of origin. Rather than make any sort of emotional or thematic statement—aside, that is, from their indications of a musician’s traveling life—they serve as compass points in the relatively intangible cartography of musical development. What begins in “Frankfurt” as a thick, rubber-banded enclosure for van Rooyen’s low-flying lyricism and Weber’s own note thresholds ends in “Pamplona” with more primal, rhythmic tapping on strings and flashes of ageless energy. That said, we do well to avoid seeing these outer tracks as beginning and ending of a long journey. They are instead signposts made visible by the magical privilege of recorded media.
The range of Weber’s evocative power is on fullest display. At one end of the spectrum we find “Cambridge,” which swings its trunk like a gargantuan elephant, if not the arm of a person imitating one, before brighter, more playful textures take over. Subsequent modal explorations make Weber’s bass seem like a magnified oud shaped by a whimsical physics. At the other end are the enigmatic diversions at “Bradford,” a brilliant piece of clockwork rhythms and colorful shifts in texture, and a leaping carnivalesque from “Edinburgh.” Somewhere between the two are cinematic gems from “Rankwell” and “Klagenfurt.” Where one begins dreamily and sobers through van Rooyen’s soloing, the other twists a lucid dance into the stuff of fantasy, sending the flugelhorn off on a scouting mission into the unknown. There is, too, the stalking, catlike thing of “Sevilla,” in which rhythmic impulses skirt a line between realities.
Elsewhere, as in “Konstanz” and “Granada,” Weber unrolls richly woven carpets of synthesizer, so that by the time he exchanges telescope for microscope in “London,” we have that expanse thrumming already in our hearts. And even as we walk away thinking this may be the end of the line, we can rest assured that there is still much to learn by revisiting the past.
(To hear samples of Encore, click here.)
Eberhard Weber: Stages Of A Long Journey (ECM 1920)
May 31, 2014 May 31, 2014 | Tyran Grillo
Stages Of A Long Journey
Rainer Brüninghaus piano
Eberhard Weber bass
Marilyn Mazur percussion
SWR Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
Roland Kluttig conductor
Recorded in concert, March 23/24, 2005, Theaterhaus Stuttgart
Engineer: Michael Sandner
Concert produced by Martin Mühleis
Stages Of A Long Journey documents the best moments of two March 2005 concerts in Stuttgart celebrating the 65th birthday of Eberhard Weber. The bassist has, of course, been a mainstay at ECM, where his comparable talents as composer and arranger have found room to flourish since his breakthrough “Colours” discs of the seventies. This is his first live record for the label he calls home.
The album’s roster represents decades of inter- and intra-musical friendship, and dots a compass of profound collaboration. Saxophonist Jan Garbarek, in whose self-named group Weber has performed alongside many of the other featured musicians, returns the favor by casting his nets back to tunes in which he was never originally involved. The elliptical nature of it all brews fresh ideas and colorations, especially in the duo track “Seven Movements,” in which Garbarek’s soprano rides the ember-glow of Weber’s arpeggios like a bird on the wing.
Another evocative duo comes in the form of “Yesterdays.” The 1930s show tune pairs Weber with surprise guest (and oldest ally of them all) Wolfgang Dauner, he of the elusive Output, at the keys. In this conversation, one encounters the joy with which the bassist emotes. This makes it the most nostalgic portion of the program, which is perhaps why Weber foregoes his trusty electrobass and, in a rare turn, goes unplugged for a spell on the standard upright.
Another wizard of the keyboard, Rainer Brüninghaus, is a necessary presence for such a performance. Having contributed atmospheric details to so many of Weber’s tapestries, he lifts the classic “The Colours of Chloë”—which opens the five-part Birthday Suite—to new heights. The combination of bass and piano here reaches across and beyond the ensemble’s stretched canvas. Brüninghaus furthers the suite with his original “Piano transition,” as does percussionist Marilyn Mazur in her “Percussion transition,” both satellites orbiting Weber’s dreamlike “Maurizius” in telepathic gravitation. Moreover, Vibraphonist Gary Burton makes his mark on “Yellow Fields,” the suite’s final offering. Here, too, is where the final pieces of the puzzle work most intuitively, as the 90-piece Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of Roland Kluttig, transitions across newly fertilized surroundings with its unassuming blend.
Because there has always been something of an orchestral heart beating in Weber’s music, one should not put too much stock into its actualization herein. This is duly apparent in “Silent Feet.” As the album’s opener, it is as likely an introduction as any for those hearing these pieces for the first time, but on its waves bobs the unblemished torch of interpretation that Weber has carried all these years, reaching full conflagration in a new take on Carla Bley’s “Syndrome.” This pet tune takes listeners into exciting directions as Weber navigates a shifting mosaic—sometimes in triplicate, sometimes duplicate—with controlled heat.Percussionist Reto Weber and beatboxing phenomenon Nino G join in the fun for “Hang Around” (a wordplay on Reto’s hang drum), much to the audience’s obvious delight. It is a playful interlude, but an equally conducive facet of the bassist’s prism, as is “The Last Stage Of A Long Journey,” a veritable origami figure of wind, land, and, above all, light.
Eberhard Weber’s music is a process of translation. Through it all, his bass is a visceral, thrumming magnet that seems to emerge from the very earth even while burrowing into it. His musical language is interlocking yet contrapuntal. Like an open book, its pages contain infinite wisdom but come together at the spine. All the more appropriate that Weber should end solo with “Air.” A summation but also a beginning, it is a badge of honor as only he can wear it.
Eberhard Weber: Endless Days (ECM 1748)
Endless Days
Paul McCandless oboe, english horn, bass clarinet, soprano saxophone
Rainer Brüninghaus piano, keyboards
Michael DiPasqua drums, percussion
Recorded April 2000 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo
Electric bassist Eberhard Weber, one of the most recognizable depth-sounders of European improvisation, with Endless Days continues the journey charted so boldly across ECM’s fertile map. True to form, he breaks the jazz mold that searches him, instead making use of orchestral sweeps and precisely notated forms. Solos, per se, are few and far between. The only exceptions are “A Walk In The Garrigue” and “Solo For Bass,” the latter of which presages Weber’s sure-to-be-seminal Résumé. With liquid touch, he dances, turns on a molecule, and settles into warmth.
The instrumentation of Endless Days is as intimate as its sound is expansive. Multi-reedist Paul McCandless, keyboardist Rainer Brüninghaus, and percussionist Michael DiPasqua—all longtime allies—comprise a quartet of unveiled lyricism. The seesawing keys of “Concerto For Bass” fade in on a lush vista as only Weber can articulate. Skittering percussion hurtles us across a tessellation of water and land as an oboe cranes its neck, birdlike, in anticipation of a storm. A soft keyboard drone provides ample soil for Weber’s pliant germinations, which in characteristic fashion build majestic tidal waves from mere ripples in “French Diary.” Here DiPasqua and McCandless flank an itinerant piano to the rhythm of an internal clock before ending in a pinprick of light, adding a new star to the shadows of “Nuit Blanche.” This cinematic piece emotes through a sepia veneer of whisky and unrequited love, dripping like a tree after rain. “Concerto For Piano” brings the band up to full speed. Playful touching of the keys adds unexpected angles. The title track has the makings of a folk song unfolding in real time, fashioning from its cellular vocabulary set a full-bodied text. This program of otherwise new material ends with a throwback to Weber’s Little Movements, reworking from that 1980 album its opening composition, “The Last Stage Of A Long Journey.” Flowing arpeggios float the leaves of Brüninghaus’s pianism along an unbroken river and find their angelic alter ego in McCandless, whose soprano saxophone draws a thread from heart to ritual.
Eternally refreshing in Weber’s work is the comfort that titles are immaterial—so evocative is his sound-world that it tells us a different story every time, a story so familiar it seems to emanate from the listener. All that’s left to ask: What stories will it convey to you?
Eberhard Weber: Résumé (ECM 2051)
March 14, 2013 | Tyran Grillo
Jan Garbarek tenor and soprano saxophones, selje flute
Recorded in concert 1990-2007
Recording engineers: Walter Speckmann and Gert Rickmann-Wunderlich
There’s a reason why songs on a CD are called “tracks.” Each takes us on a journey somewhere, and no jazz bassist sports the conductor’s hat in quite Eberhard Weber’s way. Over the course of 1000+ concerts with the Jan Garbarek Group, the German bassist/composer has for decades enthralled listeners with unimaginable pathways, all the while defining and redefining a sound for the ages. Each of those concerts featured a solo entr’acte, wherein fomented some of his most extraordinary ideas. Résumé consolidates a cohesive selection of these in a fresh program of eternal ideas. More than mere interludes, each is a marker of the respective location that titles it.
Weber devotees will recall his 1988 Orchestra (link), half of which placed him in a solo spotlight. If that memorable record gave early and lasting insight into his uncompromising ear for melody, then Résumé furthers the crucible’s purpose in boiling down to the essence of who he is. This is Weber in the flesh, in no way obscured by the spontaneous loops, forged in real time, that issue from his electronic paraphernalia. Aside from these ghostly selves, his is not truly solitary endeavor throughout, for he also has a sprinkling of help from drummer Michael DiPasqua and saxophonist Jan Garbarek, the latter also on the selje flute. The overtones of this Norwegian folk instrument add blush to the canvases of “Karlsruhe” and “Bath.” The first paints arco flight paths like the steps of cranes lingering in the scent of freshly harvested rice paddies. The second is angular and playful, and finds Weber tying his bow into an assortment of harmonic knots before darkening into a heavy drone.
Such contrasts can be found as much within tracks as between them, though nowhere more acutely than in “Liezen.” The program’s opener is a window into the heart of a man whose artistry is heart incarnate. Lush chords usher us down a gallery of warm emotions, its walls decorated by the vibrant palettes of wife Maja that grace so many of his past album covers. Swinging from delicate pizzicato branches, Weber strings more robust vines through a germinating landscape. Keyboards scatter like windblown blossoms as Weber dances into the crowning night. The profundity of his intuition comes to fruition in “Heidenheim,” which weaves DiPasqua’s sparkle through looped matrices, each a world in a pocket fed to us in a trail of crumbs. Percussion and strings crosshatch again in “Amsterdam” and “Bochum.” Both of these, with their Steve Reichean marimba pulse, provide rich textural detail and irresistible propulsion. “Lazise” brings us out of the tunnel and into a wintry countryside, where a carnival of the mind awaits our arrival.
Garbarek’s reeds haunt the murkiest coves, fully a porpoise coaxed toward the setting sun while schools of fish swim spirals in the briny deep. With a presence like light through leafy shadow, he drops some of his most mystical sopranism on record into “Tübingen.” Here the feeling is of song, of evocativeness.
Weber’s fingers are feet, their paths still radiant all these years later. His traveler’s mind brings photographic clarity to every locale. Of Santiago we see the snowcapped mountains and spired churches, feel the swoon of star-crossed lovers whose bodies meet only under cover of dreams. In “Wolfsburg” we skim across water and technology, ending on a high signal cast into the world at large. Like its namesake, “Marburg” is a towering architectural node, leaving “Grenoble” nestled in its Alpine settlement, where cinematic strings blend us into terra firma.
(Photo by Jörg Becker)
This is more than a résumé in the sense of being a mere list of past accomplishments, for it engenders new ones through our experiencing of them. Like the crowd whose voices occasionally appear, we can only show our appreciation from far below, reading familiar shapes into every passing cloud.
(To hear samples of Résumé, click here.)
Eberhard Weber: Pendulum (ECM 1518)
August 19, 2012 August 19, 2012 | Tyran Grillo
Recorded Spring 1993, München
Engineer: Jochen Scheffter
Produced by Eberhard Weber
Eberhard Weber, perhaps best known as bassist for the Jan Garbarek Group, in addition to his own string of classic ECM albums as leader throughout the 1970s and 80s, brings his 5-string electric upright into a more focused spotlight with Pendulum. This solo date from 1993 marks yet another evolutionary step in this unmistakable musician, whose wings discover fresh space in which to flap in “Bird Out Of Cage.” Through its menagerie of overdubs and loops, Weber navigates the pops and jagged peaks of spontaneous creation. Yet despite its skyward beginnings, Pendulum tells an earthbound story that turns in its own cycle of life. Maternal shores skirt paternal oceans in “Notes After An Evening,” while in “Delirium” Weber unfurls visceral diversions against a droning canvas. “Children’s Song No. 1” picks up the thread, swaying to the rhythm of a playground swing, and continues to spin it into “Street Scenes.” Playful harmonics carry over into the meditative “Silent For A While,” reaching out to the birds that brought us here. The title track hones a robust thematic edge, dancing its slow dance across a hundred dreams and lifetimes, leaving “Unfinished Self-Portrait” to drip equal parts whimsy and grandiosity into the comforting “Closing Scene,” tingling with the taste of destiny.
With unerring delicacy yet with a weightiness that oozes security, Weber treats his bass at times pianistically, at times chorally, and often as both at once on an album that offers an intimate look at his compositional sensitivity. One of his absolute triumphs in that quiescent, fluid way he has.
Eberhard Weber: Orchestra (ECM 1374)
January 21, 2012 November 2, 2012 | Tyran Grillo
Eberhard Weber bass, percussion, keyboards
Herbert Joos fluegelhorn
Anton Jillich fluegelhorn
Rudolf Diebetsberger French horn
Thomas Hauschild French horn
Wolfgang Czelustra trombone
Andreas Richter trombone
Winfried Rapp bass trombone
Franz Stagl tuba
Recorded May/August 1988 at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg
Engineer: Carlos Albrecht
Despite an overt lack of the very instruments implied by the title of this mysterious effort from bassist Eberhard Weber, it is far from misleading, for the orchestra is in our minds, and in Weber’s heart as he emotes with the fullness of his instrument. The album divides itself between two distinct halves. The first of these hones emphasis on the solo. Weber is the foreground, flexing like the backbone of a creature whose anatomy is otherwise invisible. After the fluttering opening statement of “Seven Movements,” the palette warms into a lush ostinato, which only seems to accompany itself as it coils its golden threads into a brass-gilded frame. Some percussive death throes provide rare drama. “Broken Silence” features a delicate arco bass soaring low above its droning shadow toward the horizons of “Before Dawn.” This, a gorgeous spell working its lilting magic like a funhouse mirror, except that here we find not laughter or distortion, but an expansion of our sonic worldview. Weber jazzes things up for “Just A Moment,” riding a slingshot into “Air,” itself but a pliant reed in a pond, a cattail waiting to cast its children into the wind.
“Two Early To Leave” blends a congregation of brass into tremulous strings, thereby evoking the sweeps of Weber’s earlier work and inaugurating us into the breathtaking second half. We continue with “One Summer’s Evening,” floating sinuous lines along a current of synthesizer. The tender solo of “Daydream” winds its embrace against a sunny drone, while the darker emotional urgency of “Trio” drops itself into a deep sleep, where it dreams of the “Epilogue,” a forlorn path tread by pizzicato footsteps until it is flattened and no longer kicks up dust.
Orchestra is Weber at his purest. A lovely exposition of his talents, technical and melodic alike. Certainly not the one you’ll want to start with, but by no means a shabby place to spend the night before continuing on your journey.
Eberhard Weber: Chorus (ECM 1288)
December 21, 2011 October 21, 2012 | Tyran Grillo
Eberhard Weber bass, synthesizer
Ralf Hübner drums
Recorded September 1984 at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg
Engineer: Martin Wieland
One might easily switch the title of Eberhard Weber’s Chorus with that of Fluid Rustle and none would be the wiser. Where the latter brims with voices and color, this relatively monochromatic effort is more like a shift of clothing in the shadows. Until this point, Weber’s ECM projects had been inclined toward epic statements. These ranged from overwhelmingly sun-drenched reveries (The Following Morning) to moonlit fields of introspection (Later That Evening). With the release of Chorus, however, Weber reached a new level of intimacy. Joined only by Jan Garbarek on soprano and tenor saxophones and Ralf Hübner (one of Germany’s most important jazz drummers), Weber pares his sonic brush for a new kind of script.
Over the course of seven unnamed parts, we find all the staples of the Weber experience. The, yes, fluid electro-bass and synth drone of Part I will be familiar to the Weber enthusiast, only here we encounter something quite different. Where before these territories engulfed us, now they are painted inside us. Similarly, every note from Weber’s bass in Part II is a ripple that finds only slight resistance from our inner walls as it expands toward the oncoming night, but ever with the dawn in mind. Garbarek floats his gorgeous lines one drop at a time, melting through the doublings of Parts III and IV and on to the arco strains of Part V. This scribbled palette cleanser slides into the pulsing depths of Part VI. Here the band achieves something special, making for the suite’s most powerful nodes of emotion. The final part eases us into a lovely thread of electric piano that makes this one of Weber’s most perfect constructions and beyond reason enough to own the album.
As I revisit Chorus for this review, the police sirens loudening and fading outside my window remind me of the transformative power of its music, which makes of those sirens a bird of light screaming across the canvas of the sky. Like the fade on which it ends, it leaves its body behind—a kite cut from its string which, instead of falling, continues floating ever higher until it burns quietly in the sun.
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Did we find Connie purely by chance? We don’t think so and know that there was a purpose in our meeting. Todd was trying to find some voice professionals to do some work for Ellie’s Way, and Connie heard our story and quickly offered to help us in any way she could. It turned out that we had both lost a six-year-old daughter. Connie’s huge heart and compassion for others stand out and we’re so glad our paths crossed.
Connie has just completed her first book, Back to Happy: A Journey of Hope, Healing and Waking Up. Connie is an inspiring leader and an example to so many people. She has overcome one of life’s most difficult challenges. She’s found a way “Back to Happy” and candidly shares her story. Connie’s book is a needed survival guide when life gets tough.
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Connie, what is your loss story?
Meghan was our first child, born at Emerson Hospital at Old Road to Nine Acre Corner in Concord, Massachusetts. I love that she was born so close to the family home of Louisa May Alcott – and that she was named Meg, after the first child in my favorite childhood book “Little Women”.
Meghan Rebecca Bowman
March 26, 1985 – May 5, 1991
Everything about her birth was normal except that she had some breathing problems after swallowing some “maternal blood” and so she was kept in hospital for a couple of extra days, just to be on the safe side. During that time she was checked out and, by all accounts was a normal healthy newborn.
She was so healthy for the first year or so and then started having symptoms, which led me to see several pediatricians as my instincts were that something just wasn’t right. I was told I was worrying too much, that I needed a vacation, and that all babies got sick. I knew something was wrong but, because I was young and I wanted that to be the truth, I believed them. Finally, when Meghan came down with the worst cold ever, I took her to see a new doctor who almost immediately diagnosed her with congenital heart disease.
I was devastated. She was hospitalized and we found that she had a form of congenital heart disease that, when found early on, could have been easily rectified with a simple surgery at birth. By this time (she was almost two) there was some damage to her lungs so we were left to treating her with medicine and oxygen and prayers.
She was such a happy child and when her little sister Caroline was born, they were the best of friends. Meghan was six when we took her to Children’s Hospital to have a routine test to check the pressures in her lungs with some new medicines. It was to be a quick procedure and she would be back in her kindergarten class the next day. No big deal. When they called me into the ICU after the procedure, it was to calm Meghan down as the nurses said she was agitated. When I saw her, I knew immediately there was something seriously wrong. I tried to comfort her, but she coded on the table and we were quickly ushered out of the room, while they tried to save her life.
The next two weeks were a blur. She was flown to Pittsburgh Children’s Hospital, the only area facility that had a heart-lung machine called ECMO, which would keep her alive while we talked about heart transplants and other equally inconceivable things. I was pregnant with my son Bobby at the time and had my first ultrasound while Meghan was in that hospital. Thankfully Bobby looked to be healthy and growing well so that was a relief.
Meghan was kept sedated while hooked to ECMO and, because the machine was oxygenating her blood, she looked deceivably good to us. So the day the doctors came to us and told us it was time to let her go, we were devastated. I prayed about it and felt this peace come over me and knew in my heart they were right. She had been through so much and her little body had fought hard to stay with us, but now we needed to tell her that it was alright to go. Thank God for the angel nurse who suggested I whisper to Meghan that it was “OK to go” because I would not have done that on my own. I told her “I would see her when we got there”. Soon after that, she died peacefully in that hospital bed, her Dad and me at her side.
What do you want people to remember about your sweet daughter Meghan?
She was a sweet, kind, smart and gentle soul. She brought so much joy to my life and my husband’s as well. She was, for three years, a constant friend and confidant for her sister, Caroline. And the brother whose birth occurred just months after his sister’s death would never know the love that this beautiful girl would have showered on him.
What impact do you want to leave on the world?
Healing from losing this precious child has shaped my life in ways I never could have expected. It has been a long, arduous journey but ultimately one of rebirth and regeneration. I remember attending a meeting of grieving parents early on in the process and hearing that the final stage of healing comes when you can reach out and help someone else. I wanted some of that final phase peace; an end to the pain and sadness that pervaded every waking moment. This became my goal – to get to that place of helping others with their grief journeys.
Several miraculous things came out of the experience of losing a child. I learned to trust my inner voice profoundly. I learned to surrender to a much bigger plan than I could ever conceive or in any way control. I learned to accept the help of the many angels that came into my life and then to reach out to others in turn. I learned to embrace whatever joy wants to come in, however fleeting, for it is God’s gift to us. I learned that love transcends time and space and our loved ones are never really gone, only in the physical.
What lessons could people learn from your life?
I don’t know if there is anything special about what I, and my family have been through because so many people suffer in this world. If there is a take-away I would hope that it is that feeling joy after loss is possible. When Meghan died I remember feeling like I would never be happy again. But then a day came when I laughed and I realized I was feeling happy for just a few minutes. That first glimpse of joy was incredible, and soon I would be able to sustain it for longer periods until my former sense of optimism and happiness returned. Being conscious of these moments of grace and being grateful for the small things helps the process along.
What is Happy Healthy You!
Happy Healthy You! is an offshoot of everything that has unfolded in my life; so miraculously. I returned to acting after Meghan died in an attempt to bring more joy into my life and it has evolved into a new career! (Who knew that my daughter Caroline would take this to the extreme by becoming a Broadway actress!) I have always wanted my own show and this is my way of having it with the podcast.
Through Happy Healthy You! I can impart to others some of the things I have learned and learn some new stuff myself. It was something my inner voice had been telling me to do for a while and finally I said “OK, OK!” and did it. Who knows where it will take me? I will keep it up as long as it brings me joy and if it helps someone else along the way, all the better!
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Five things about Monday's federal election
Mike Blanchfield The Canadian Press Published Tuesday, October 22, 2019 1:17AM EDT Last Updated Tuesday, October 22, 2019 1:23AM EDT
OTTAWA -- Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau broke the campaign deadlock with Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer and prevailed in Canada's 43rd general election on Monday. The Liberals won the most seats but fell short of a second majority government.
As the campaign unfolded, the NDP under Jagmeet Singh made significant polling gains, raising his party's standing across the country. But that didn't translate into actual seats. It was a big night for Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet, who revived his party's fortunes and made it a force to be reckoned with after its decline in the 2011 and 2015 elections.
Here are five things about how Monday's vote reshaped the political power balance in Canada:
1. Ontario delivers Liberal victory in a newly divided country
The Canadian electoral map is now coloured Liberal red in the east and gradually takes on a Conservative blue hue as you move west. The popular vote, as of midnight, mirrored the pre-election polls -- it was roughly 34-33 Conservative. But distribution of those votes across the ridings favoured the Liberals. Ontario provided the gateway to the Liberal victory with the party picking up almost two-thirds of the province's 121 seats. Trudeau spent much of the campaign shellacking Ontario Conservative Premier Doug Ford for cutting education, health and other services. He warned Ontario's most populous province to correct that balance and vote Liberal. The message appeared to resonate in Ontario's key battleground -- the so-called 905 belt of the suburban communities around Toronto. The Liberals were elected or leading in 20 of the 25 seats in the 905.
But the Conservatives laid on a shellacking of their own in Western Canada. They owned Alberta, winning all but one of its 34 seats (the NDP won the other) and they swept all 14 seats in Saskatchewan, vanquishing long-time Liberal cabinet minister Ralph Goodale along the way. The Conservatives also eked out a victory in British Columbia, winning a slight plurality in a province where a three-way split with the Liberals and NDP had been predicted by pollsters.
2. The Bloc is Back
Any hope of a Liberal majority was stopped dead by the resurgence of the Bloc Quebecois in Canada's second most vote-rich province. The Bloc wasn't a factor in 2015. It won only 10 of the province's 78 seats, while the Liberals picked up 40. As of late Monday, the Liberals held a slight 35-32 lead over the Bloc, elected or leading, while the two parties were in a virtual tie for the province's popular vote. The Liberals won't be beholden to the Bloc to hold onto power in a minority government because the NDP picked up enough support to buttress the Liberals. For now, it appears Blanchet, a former Parti Quebecois cabinet minister, isn't interested in pursuing sovereignty. But the Bloc is back in business in Ottawa with full party status.
3. Shades of 1972
Like his father before him, Justin Trudeau became a polarizing figure after winning power. But relatively speaking, he fared better than his father when Pierre Trudeau sought re-election in 1972. The elder Trudeau won by the slimmest of margins -- just two seats -- while his son fell only about a baker's dozen seats short of an actual majority on Monday night. The "Trudeaumania" of 1968 and the "Sunny Ways" of 2015 did not translate into new majority mandates. Both Trudeaus faced decidedly less flamboyant Conservative opponents in Robert Stanfield and Andrew Scheer. Neither was able to win more seats than a Trudeau.
4. The NDP survives but does not thrive under a resurgent Singh
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh entered the campaign with the future of his party in doubt. Serious questions hung over his ability to lead. Fundraising was flagging and finding a full roster of candidates for all 338 ridings appeared a difficult task. But Singh came on strong in the campaign and his personal likability soared thanks to what was widely seen as a winning performance in the English-language leaders' debate. Polls showed that Singh seemed to be running a strong underdog campaign in many regions of the country that could catch fire and hurt the Liberals. His personal popularity soared, especially among young people. But that didn't translate into seats. Tom Mulcair won 44 seats in 2015, and as of late Monday under Singh, the NDP stood at elected or leading in 25 ridings.
5. A rough ride for Independents
Trudeau's biggest scandal going into the election was the resignation of two high-profile female cabinet ministers: Jody Wilson-Raybould, his attorney general, and her ally Jane Philpott. Wilson-Raybould resigned after she said she had been inappropriately pressured by the prime minister, his office, other ministers and senior public servants to intervene in the criminal case against Montreal engineering giant SNC-Lavalin. Philpott soon followed. Trudeau eventually kicked both women out of the Liberal caucus, but they sought re-election as Independent candidates. Wilson was re-elected in a tight three-way race in Vancouver Granville but Philpott went down to defeat in Markham-Stouffville.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published on Oct. 22, 2019.
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1. Pennsylvania 1810 Assessor, Philadelphia County, Northern Liberties Township, East Ward
2. Pennsylvania 1810 Assessor, Philadelphia County, Northern Liberties Township, West Ward
4. Pennsylvania 1821 Assessor, Philadelphia County, Northern Liberties
Republican splinter parties
See Republican. These are elections in which two distinct and separate Republican tickets were run.
Anti-Caucus:
New Jersey 1820: Several newspapers, including the Elizabeth-Town Gazette and the True American (Philadelphia) listed a separate ticket of dissident Republicans for the U.S. House of Representatives race in New Jersey in 1820, referred to as the "Anti-Caucus" ticket. Nominations for At Large candidates on a state wide level could often cause problems. Rotation of candidates, or lack thereof, from different regions/counties would sometimes cause dissension, and occasionally regional candidates, often an incumbent who had been dropped from the list, would be set up in opposition. As the Federalist Party declined, the process of country meetings, conventions and the Legislative caucus to nominate candidates came under increased criticism and with less party competition the idea of a more open and balanced method of selecting candidates was becoming a political issue.
Adamite / Crawford:
While many tickets would grow up around support for one person (such as Clintonians in New York or Snyderites in Pennsylvania), the affiliations of many candidates in various elections in 1823 and 1824 were based around which candidate for President in 1824 the individual candidate was supporting. While those supporters of Andrew Jackson would become the mainstream part of the Republican Party as it transitioned into the Democratic Party, there were also the followers of John Quincy Adams, many of whom would soon form the basis for, first the National Republican Party, then its successor, the Whig Party. The followers of William H. Crawford were also identified, though they never coalesced into any sort of larger organization and mostly existed in Georgia, Crawford's home state, though they found support among the Bucktails of New York.
Friends of Reform:
In 1820, these were Republican candidates in Pennsylvania, mostly in Bucks County, opposed to the present administration.
New School / New School Republican / Old School / Old School Democrat / Old School Republican:
Used in Pennsylvania throughout the 1810's. They were often in opposition to the Constitutionalists. (See also: Crucible of American Democracy: The Struggle to Fuse Egalitarianism and Capitalism in Jeffersonian Pennsylvania. Andrew Shankman. University Press of Kansas. 2004.)
Opposition Republican:
Used in several states over the course of over 20 years.
"Prior to the election of 1802 there had been minor divisions based largely upon personal jealousies and the quest for offices; and a vague dissatisfaction with the Governor had developed. A new cause of dissension became prominent in 1803 and 1804 as the legislature began to attempt modifications in the judicial system and to use its powers of impeachment against the judges of the State courts. McKean's opposition to most of these measures alienated many Republicans; and some of his supporters sought Federalist aid to redress the political balance." (The Keystone in the Democratic Arch: Pennsylvania Politics, 1800-1816. Sanford W. Higginbotham. 1952. p 49)
"The election of 1803 found the Republican splits becoming deeper and more widespread. The quarrel over Federal patronage in Philadelphia nearly reached the point of an open breach, while the Rising Sun movement against Leib gained added strength in Philadelphia County. In Lancaster some of the State officeholders made an unsuccessful attempt to organize a third party movement in support of McKean. The Federalists for the most part abandoned active politics, although the dissident Republican factions courted their aid." (Higginbotham, p 58)
Union:
In Rhode Island in 1807 and 1808 this was a splinter party formed by a combination of those republicans who were supporters of Governor James Fenner, combined with Federalists.
In New Jersey, for several years, from 1807 through 1822, this was a quasi-merged group between Federalists and Republicans, similar to the Quids in Pennsylvania.
Assessor:
a. One who sits as assistant or adviser to a judge or magistrate; esp. a skilled assistant competent to advise on technical points of law, commercial usage, navigation, etc.
b. One who assesses taxes.
c. One who officially estimates the value of property or income for purposes of taxation.
In some states, especially Massachusetts, the tax assessment of a town would determine how many state representatives could be elected.
1801 - 1825: Delaware, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island
Office Scope: County / City / Hundred / District / Borough
Role Scope: County / Hundred / Ward / District / Borough
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Tag: HealthVault
Get Real Health Provides HealthVault Users With A New Home
Get Real Health has been chosen by Microsoft as a destination for HealthVault users who will be moving their existing data after the pending retirement of HealthVault, announced on April 5. As personal health experts who have worked with the HealthVault platform since before it was publicly launched, Get Real Health was the logical choice to provide a secure future for all of the information currently gathered in HealthVault.
Robin Wiener
“This is like getting back to our roots—to the heart of what we do,” says CEO and president, Robin Wiener. “Connecting a client to HealthVault was how we first developed a passion for connected health and was the impetus for our shift away from professional services to creating patient engagement tools.”
By simply clicking on three buttons, HealthVault account holders will have data migrated to Get Real Health’s Lydia platform boasting enhanced features and usability. Some of the advanced features that HealthVault users will see in Lydia include:
Apple and Android native apps
A brand new sleek user experience
Connection to a growing number of health devices
The ability to upload health data from any doctor or hospital
Securely share all health data for your entire family
Access simply through Touch ID and (upcoming) Face ID
Continuity of using HealthVault credentials for Lydia login
“We have come a long way since those early HealthVault days,” explains Wiener. “We are excited to let these consumers see their data come to life with our app.”
All data will be available to individuals through the yourlifeyourdata.com website and Lydia Your Life Your Data from the Android and Apple app stores. Your Life Your Data is the mantra driving Lydia users to be able to interact with their personal health data in more dynamic ways. Tracking chronic disease, exercise, diet and health metrics will not only be easier but also have broader practical applications.
“We applaud Microsoft for launching HealthVault and launching millions of users on the journey to better health,” says Wiener. “Now we want to give those people even better tools to use that data in more meaningful ways to improve habits and overall wellness.”
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Top 10 Mobile Apps Used In Healthcare
By Kenneth Evans, content marketing specialist, Top App Development Companies.
Kenneth Evans
Mobile technology is amazing. With the available technologies, anyone can see a doctor using smartphones. The impact of app developers and mobile app developers is increasing in healthcare. They make this possible by developing and releasing telemedicine and telehealth apps. These apps make the provision and accessing of health more convenient. They make healthcare more preventive, inexpensive and better. These mobile apps for healthcare are unique. They are creating a viable marketplace for healthcare services. These apps reduce time to access medical consultation and treatment.
These mobile apps are revolutionizing healthcare on a daily basis. They allow patients to seek health on virtual platforms. They assist doctors and patients in solving health issues. These apps help healthcare providers to gather and manage information. They serve reference materials for care providers. They assist in monitoring and managing of patients. These apps are available across the U.S. and overseas to travelling U.S. residents. It is a must for mobile apps offering diagnosis and treatment become HIPAA-compliant. Telehealth information is available in the National Conference of State Legislatures. It contains information for each State within the U.S.
There are thousands of these apps available. Top app development companies work on daily basis to meet demands. This is an area where virtual reality app development is increasing without bounds. Highlight of some of the telemedicine and telehealth apps is available on this post.
PingMD
PingMD is a mobile app that provides a platform for doctors and patients to chat. It is available for Apple and Android smartphone users. This app enables doctors to discuss medical issues with their patients and colleagues. It eliminates the issue of leaking private messages to the public. The discussion between patients and doctors is transferrable to the patients’ medical record. Doctors can bill their patients for e-visitations and e-consultations. With this app, consulting a doctor becomes easy and fast.
HelloMD
HelloMD is an app where doctors set their consultation fees. This app helps to find specialists for appointment booking. It is not an app that provides access to immediate healthcare. This app will help find specialists like neurologists and radiologists. This app is for patients with very special health conditions. Appointments are set up within 24 hours once a specialist in located. Thereafter, consultation between the specialist and patient takes place through video call. The app aims to connect patients with the right doctor. It helps patients seek second opinion on health conditions. Face to face consultation can happen where necessary. Doctors fix their fee and patients pay through credit card. This is before fixing an appointment. This app is web-based and accessible via mobile devices.
Epocrates
Epocrates is an app available for download to users of Android and Apple mobile devices. This app is a powerful app that allows doctors to access the health evidence of patients. It allows doctors access specific guidelines from national specialty societies about patients. It is an app with loads of source information on medications and prescriptions. It is an app for finding doctors to consult. This app provides information on harmful interactions between drugs. It can help identify pills using imprint code and some physical properties. It helps in calculating BMI and GFR. This app provides a platform for accessing medical news and information on researches. This app has two versions, the free and the fee for subscription version. The free version is Epocrates RX and the other is Epocrates Essentials. The Epocrates Essentials costs about $159.99 at the time of writing.
LiveHealth Online is an available to Android and Apple mobile device users. This app allows patients to consult doctors through video calls. These doctors write prescriptions for their patient at the end of consultation. Note that this is possible in only few states. Patients make payment using their insurance plan. Consultation fee is $49/consultation for patients with no insurance coverage. Patients pay the consultation fee if their policy does not cover online visits.
Medscape is an app accessible by Android and Apple mobile device users. It offers healthcare professionals the access to millions of medical information. It is a platform where medical profession can access educational tools. For clinicians in the U.S., it is the number one medial platform. It has more than 4 million users. It helps caregivers to look up medications and their dosages. It has a drug interaction check for preventing adverse combination of drugs. Its evidence-based disease and condition reference assists in finding important information on patients. There are medical calculators and image collection platforms on this app. This is a free app but requires that users to set up an account. It is available to users of Kindle Fire.
Microsoft HealthVault
Microsoft HealthVault is a free health mobile app. It is available to Apple and Window mobile device users. This app is a platform where individuals can keep their medical records. It is safe and up-to-date in storing medical record. It eases sharing of personal medical records to health professionals and family. People with chronic condition use this app to trail their health metrics. It is possible to input manual data. For automatic data input, patients connect the app to health trackers. Accessing this app through the web is possible.
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Do the Hustle
Film by Rick LevinPosted on 01/02/2014
David O. Russell’s new film, American Hustle, is a shaggy, shambolic love story masquerading as a period crime drama. Loosely based on the ABSCAM operation of the late 1970s, the movie follows the exploits of a pair of charming con artists, Irving Rosenfeld (Christian Bale) and Sydney Prosser (Amy Adams), who end up getting popped by an ambitious FBI agent, Richie DiMaso (Bradley Cooper), and thereby enlisted in a sting that seeks to bring down, among others, Carmine Polito (Jeremy Renner), the mayor of Camden, N.J.
Russell, who hit big with 2012’s Silver Linings Playbook, weaves into this story of greed, corruption and double-crossing an epic meditation on the devious ways of the human heart and the lengths to which we go to get what we want -— or what we think we want. Like Martin Scorsese’s classic gangster drama Goodfellas, American Hustle in the end becomes less about the intricate workings of crime and more about the wages of desire.
Every character in this film is on the make, and it’s a testament to Russell’s artistry that we are allowed glimpses beyond the con everyone is running — through the fragile cracks in the various complex facades. American Hustle is at its best when things fall apart: Bale, overweight and suffering a bad ticker, hanging his head in abject defeat; Adams confessing to Cooper that she’s been stringing him along; Jennifer Lawrence, as Rosenfeld’s loose cannon of a wife, hiding in a corner to sob on the shoulder of a stranger. These are the moments that disclose the humanity hiding in the malaise of narcissism and self-deception.
Russell is a gutsy director who isn’t afraid to reach for epic greatness, and in the hands of a less ballsy artist American Hustle might have come across as merely derivative and over-determined. At times it walks that line, especially in its reliance on a blueprint laid down by Scorsese and picked up by directors like Paul Thomas Anderson in Boogie Nights: the amniotic creation of the decadent decade of the ’70s, especially in the choice of soundtrack; the slow-mo, iconic saunter of characters closing in on a heist; the ragtag storytelling, with voiced-over flashbacks and temporal jump-cuts.
But Russell, through the sheer exuberance of his vision, makes it all work, and he is helped along here by a uniformly stellar cast. Adams and Bale, as star-crossed grifters, give the performances of their careers so far. Cooper continues to leap outside every box Hollywood draws around him, and Renner gives a touching turn as a good politician trapped in a shitty situation. Lawrence, as usual, is magnificent. American Hustle might not be Russell’s masterpiece, but it is one of the strongest movies of the year.
AMERICAN HUSTLE: Directed by David O. Russell. Screenplay by Russell and Eric Singer. Cinematography, Linus Sandgren. Editing, Alan Baumgarten, Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers. Music, Danny Elfman. Starring Amy Adams, Christian Bale, Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper, Jeremy Renner, Louis C.K. Columbia Pictures, 2013. R. 138 minutes. Four and a half stars.
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What’s a Patriarch, Take Two
July 24, 2009 in Eastern Orthodox Christianity
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(Take One is here, where I ran off at the mouth for a while!)
Patriarch is one possible title for the presiding bishop or primate of a region of The Orthodox Church comprising a number of bishoprics, and/or even a number of smaller such regions. Currently the other two possible titles are Metropolitan or Archbishop, although not all Metropolitans or Archbishops are presiding bishops of regions.
At this time Orthodoxy generally recognizes 9 Patriarchs of the following ‘home’ regions, listed in order of honorary seniority:
Constantinople: northern and western Turkey, northern and eastern Greece, Semi-autonomous Church of Crete, Autonomous Church of Finland. NB: Often referred to as the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, style bestowed during the 1st Christian millennium as C’ople was capital of the (“Byzantine”/Eastern) Empire of the Romans, ie, “the Ecumene,” even while the Pope* and Patriarch of Rome and All the West was still First Among Equals, though most of the time outside the Empire.
Alexandria: continent of Africa, excluding Sinai Peninsula
Antioch: (headquartered in Damascus, Syria, since Middle Ages): southern Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Iran, Persian Gulf
Jerusalem: Israel, West Bank, Gaza Strip, (Golan Heights?,) Jordan, rest of Arabian Peninsula, autonomous monastic Church of Sinai
Moscow: former Soviet Union, except part of Caucasus (see Georgia below), Estonia (shared with Constantinople by temporary agreement), Autonomous Church of China (revival under negotiation with PRC; Hong Kong shared cooperatively with Constantinople), Autonomous Church of Japan (C’ople has a couple Greek parishes there), missions in Mongolia, North Korea
Serbia: former Yugoslavia; ministry to Serbs in Romania and Albania by agreement with those Churches.
Romania: that country; ministry to Romanians in Serbia by agreement with that Church.
Bulgaria: that country.
Georgia: that country and adjoining parts of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Turkey. NB: Georgia’s primate is fully titled Catholicos-Patriarch, Catholicos having been an ancient primatial title in the Caucasus and Mesopotamia.
The following regions’ chief bishops are titled Metropolitan: Poland (autocephalous), Czech Republic and Slovakia (autocephalous), Orthodox Church in America (OCA, de facto autocephalous), Ukraine (Moscow Patriarchate, autonomous), Belarus (MP, autonomous), Japan (MP, autonomous), Moldova (MP, autonomous), several provinces in Romania, the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (aka ROCOR: MP, autonomous), the Ukrainian Churches of the USA and of Canada (parts of C’ople). And the following regions’ chief bishops are titled Archbishop: Greece (ie, western Greece: autocephalous), Cyprus (autocephalous), Albania (autocephalous), Finland (C’ople, autonomous), Crete (C’ople, semiautonomous), the Greek Archdiocese of America (part of C’ople).
The title employed is a matter of local ecclesiastical tradition and evolution. And as I mentioned, many Metropolitans and Archbishops do not head regions or clusters of bishoprics, but single bishoprics, or may even be auxiliary bishops. But according to the common law of the Church, “A Patriarch never submits to another Patriarch,” nevermind to any other Bishop … except as equals in order of precedence or honorary seniority. For example, if two or more Patriarchs find themselves in a meeting or church service together, the senior presides or chairs, but ideally does not ‘dictate.’
*–In Orthodox faith and practice, the title pope has never carried universal jurisdiction or significance, or even necessarily episcopacy. Orthodoxy’s senior pope is the Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, “only” second-among-equals; its other popes, ie, “Fathers,” are parish priests in Greece, Romania, and Russia [hence such common family surnames as Pappas, Popp, and Popov, respectively; St. Innocent of Alaska was born into a family of Popovs in Siberia, but since there were so many unrelated Popovs when he went to school, he was assigned a byname, Veniaminov, by which he became known exclusively]. Thus, the Pope of Rome in their eyes was never more than a brother Patriarch, senior only because Rome was the first capital of the Empire of the Romans (as affirmed on paper by Ecumenical Synods). OTOH, in its own eyes Rome’s “pope” effectively developed another, higher level of jurisdiction, even over other Patriarchs, sometimes embodied in the fuller title “Pope of the Universal Church.” The rest of Christianity never accepted this, even if from time to time Rome took actions in the East that came to be accepted, even acclaimed with what is sometimes called “Byzantine hyperbole.”
Why Patriarch at all? By the middle of the 1st millennium the 5 most important or regionally-influential bishoprics in Chalcedonian Christendom had been accorded recognition as ecclesiastical “country-rulers,” or from the Greek, patri-archs: Old Rome, New Rome (C’ople), Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem. (This among several hundred Ecclesiastical Provinces, and thousands of bishoprics!) This usage spread with Byzantine Christianity among the Serbs and Bulgarians, and eventually to the Empire of Russia, to Romania, and to Georgia. Sometimes a new Local Orthodox Church’s primate was not called Patriarch, but “just” Metropolitan or Archbishop, only to have the higher honor of Patriarch bestowed upon him later in history. The others listed above have not yet been “elevated” to Patriarchal status, and perhaps never will, since in modern times it seems established that a Local Orthodox Church can be autocephalous without having to be a patriarchate; in fact, Cyprus was formally affirmed as autocephalous by the Third Ecumenical Synod (the Council of Ephesus) in the 5th century, and has never been a Patriarchate.
By comparison, AFAIK Metropolitan as a distinct title was never used in Western Europe, although most Latin prelates called Archbishop are actually defined as metropolitan archbishops, that is, as chief bishops of ecclesiastical provinces. But most Latin provinces have long since lost most of their significance in Church life to Vatican agencies and the relatively-new national and regional Bishops’ Conferences. In my own state, the Pennsylvania Catholic Conference includes resident ruling hierarchs not only of the Latin Church, but also the Ukrainian and Ruthenian (aka “Byzantine”) uniate Churches. Similarly, some Anglican primates or archbishops are defined as metropolitans, but not as a title. OTOH, the most historically significant Latin Patriarchs other than Rome developed thanks to the Crusades’ introduction of the Latin Church into the Near East, and continued with later honorifics for bishops in Venice, Lisbon, the West Indies (ie, colonial Spanish America), and the East Indies (ie, colonial India and vicinity); but there has never been any question of the strictly subordinate character of these other Latin patriarchs to the Pope of Rome.
[In re: “Patriarch of the West”: The page just referenced at Giga-Catholic.com actually graphically illustrates the elevation of Rome above Patriarchates, just as this one does not list Rome AS a Patriarchal See — just as some Orthodox commentators feared when Benedict XVI disused his most influential ancient title, Patriarch of the West, a couple years ago. What they critiqued is that from the o/Orthodox perspective, far from humbling Rome’s Papal office, this move sought to rely ever more on the unaccepted claim to “Pope of the Universal Church.” Again ISTM the Orthodox and Rome are talking past one another without realizing it.]
Historically the Latins in many countries had national Primates. Often these were the bishops of those nations’ oldest Sees, sometimes their most important even if not oldest — and then there are England and Ireland, each with TWO primatial Sees, Canterbury and York, and Armagh and Dublin, respectively! Baltimore was kind-of considered primatial see of the United States, although the status never developed into as big a deal as in some European countries. These primacies were usually honorific, sometimes real chairmen of their episcopates, although sometimes in local ecclesiastical politics, or even in dealings with civil rulers, they became real leaders of their peoples. They are now said to be on the wane worldwide, again in exchange for Bishops’ Conferences.
(“Oops, I did it again.” Oh well, live and learn!)
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Forest Home is popular with pedestrians, runners, and cyclists. It is also a convenient route to and from the Cornell campus. But the roads were never designed to handle handle much traffic. As Liese Bronfenbrenner wrote in 1974, “The community may be divided over the way to deal with these problems, but is united in its desire to save Forest Home from the destructive effects of the heavy through traffic.”
As early as 1909, residents petitioned to have the state road avoid the center of the hamlet, but to no avail.
In 1970, a majority of the residents approved a resolution that both bridges should be closed permanently to reduce the heavy through traffic in the village. Many of them changed their minds after the Downstream Bridge was closed to traffic for a year while being rebuilt.
In 1998, following lobbying by members of FHIA, the Town of Ithaca imposed a weight limit for vehicles passing through Forest Home.
Sharp bends and single-lane bridges
The single-lane bridges limit the traffic that can get through Forest Home, but every year some heavy vehicles ignore the signs, follow their GPS maps, and get stuck at the sharp bends on Forest Home Drive and the bottom of Judd Falls Road.
Traffic over the single-lane bridges follows informal conventions, which are fascintating to watch. Groups of two to five vehicles alternate on the bridges. The groups grow larger in busy periods. Every September, there is period of disarray while newcomers to Cornell learn the conventions.
In 2005, FHIA began a traffic calming initiative. The speed bumps and lights at the edge of Forest Home are one of the results of this initiative.
Forest Home entrance feature on Warren Road (Bruce Brittain, 2017)
As part of the initiative, FHIA commissioned a study by consultants. They reported in 2007. The report provided a comprehensive overview of traffic and the options for the neighborhood. The report was submitted to the Town of Ithaca and construction of the entrance features took place in 2010.
Surveys in 2005 and 2011 compared traffic speeds before and after the work. They show that the project did indeed reduce traffic speeds. Much of the data and many of the recommendations are still relevant today.
The archives have more information about the traffic calming study.
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“Keeper of Light and Dust” by Natasha Mostert (Reviewed by Robert Thompson)
Official Natasha Mostert Website
Order “Keeper of Light and Dust” HERE (US) + HERE (UK)
AUTHOR INFORMATION: Natasha Mostert was born in South Africa. Educated in Cape Town and New York, she holds graduate degrees in Lexicography and Applied Linguistics, and has subsequently worked as an academic and journalist. She is the author of four previous novels including “Season of the Witch” (Reviewed HERE).
PLOT SUMMARY: Mia Lockhart is no ordinary woman. Her mother was a Keeper, as was her grandmother—women who were warriors, healers, and protectors. Mia secretly practices her craft among the boxers and martial artists of South London. But after a series of disturbing dreams, Mia is crushed when one of her boxer friends mysteriously dies after a fight. Mia’s gift of protection is being overpowered . . . but by what?
As Mia struggles to find the cause of the mysterious death, and the message hidden inside her dreams, she meets Adrian Ashton, a brilliant scientist and skilled martial artist. Mia finds herself drawn to his dark genius. But what she doesn’t know is that Ashton has a secret identity—one that could threaten the life of her childhood friend Nick Duffy. Forced to choose between the two men, Mia finds herself caught in a fight to the death in which love is both the greatest weakness and the biggest prize…
FORMAT/INFO: Page count is 301 pages divided over fifty-nine chapters and a Prologue/Epilogue. Also includes notes on the topics researched for the book and CPAU’s Fighting For Peace. Narration is in the third person mostly via Nick Duffy, Mia Lockhart Cortez, and Adrian Ashton, and also includes short excerpts from The Book of Light & Dust. “Keeper of Light and Dust” is self-contained.
April 2, 2009 marks the North American Hardcover publication of “Keeper of Light and Dust” via Dutton. The UK Trade Paperback version (see below) will be published April 9, 2009 (Bantam UK) under the title “The Keeper”.
ANALYSIS: In “Season of the Witch” Natasha Mostert surprised me with a contemporary thriller that engagingly mixed romance and mystery with science, history and the supernatural. In her new book “Keeper of Light and Dust”, the author offers more of the same, but where “Season of the Witch” explored remote viewing, the Art of Memory and witches, “Keeper of Light and Dust” tackles martial arts, out-of-body experiences (OBE) and chronobiology…
Now for me, I was immediately intrigued by the thought of martial arts in a suspense thriller, but let me just warn you that “Keeper of Light and Dust” is no Enter the Dragon, Kickboxer or Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. In fact, apart from a couple of ‘fights’ toward the end, the book hardly features any fisticuffs at all. Instead, “Keeper of Light and Dust” offers a more philosophical viewpoint of martial arts—not unlike David Mamet’s film “Redbelt”—exploring the practice in an age of Internet and social networking as well as different types of disciplines (grapple-and-grunts, vogues) and values:
Do (“the way”) — that fusion of the physical and the spiritual that will lead the martial artist to enlightenment.
Haragei — the ability to gauge your opponent’s chi (his inner vital energy).
Kobudera — the masking of true intent.
Aiki — the turning of an opponent’s body against his mind, borrowing his force instead of spending one’s own.
With martial arts, the author also explores chi and its relationship to acupuncture, meridian lines, quantum physics, the Zero Point Field, and the lost art of Dim Mak. “Keeper of Light and Dust” features other intriguing ideas & topics as well including Keepers who heal and protect ‘warriors’ through out-of-body experiences and Reiki meditation; chronobiology, body art and immortality, but Natasha’s unconventional look at martial arts is by far the book’s most interesting characteristic.
The writing is once again very strong, distinguished by elegant prose which at times borders on poetic, convincing characters, dynamic pacing and Natasha’s vivid imagination. But the author’s storytelling comes up short with a mystery that lacks suspense and a romance that surprisingly lacked passion, especially compared to “Season of the Witch”. Plus, the author once again underutilizes the many wonderful ideas in her book—Mia’s training as a Keeper, their history, how Ashton acquired his abilities, and much more could have been explored in greater depth—an issue that I had with “Season of the Witch”.
CONCLUSION: Compared to “Season of the Witch”, I felt “Keeper of Light and Dust” was less enjoyable, but in spite of a lackluster plot and ideas whose potential were unfulfilled, I would highly recommend Natasha Mostert’s new novel, if only for its uniqueness and creativity…
ANovelMenagerie said...
I also read and reviewed this book. I also enjoyed Season a bit more than this one.
Joanne King said...
I have to take issue with your comment that "once again" the author underutilizes the many wonderful ideas in her book—Mia’s training as a Keeper, their history, how Ashton acquired his abilities, and much more could have been explored in greater depth—an issue that I had with “Season of the Witch”. I realize you are a fantasy critic but Mostert writes page turner thrillers and to expect her to weigh down her narrative with expositions a la Frank Herbert's Dune and the Bene Gesserit would be unacceptable.
I am a huge Natasha Mostert fan and have been ever since I read her first book The Midnight Side. I was living in Amsterdam at the time and was actually forced to read the book in translation but I immediately knew this writer was special. I actually have her on Google alert because I'm interested in following her career. She is embraced by so many communities -- crime, SF, romance, horror -- and the reviewers always castigate her for breaking the "rules" of their genre. Romance readers love her but still rap her over the fingers because her endings aren't always happy and her writing too dark. SF reviewers like you want her to go into obscure, esoteric detail. Crime reviewers tell her she adds too much esoteric detail and horror reviewers demand more "gore". Why not forget about the rules and just say wow. What an amazing talent.
"A romance that lacked passion"??? I thought her fight scenes with Ashton fairly burned up the pages with unresolved sexual tension. But hey, that's just me. I'm a girl. Obviously guys need more.
Kelly Forte said...
It is sexy!! (I'm a guy)
"lackluster plot?" Fantastic plot. Compleatly original. Enough chatter. BUY this book!!!
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Another Day For All You Quizzers Out There.
December 16, 2013 fasab Questions, Tests Achilles, adagio, American author, American company, animal, Apostle, ascorbic acid, assassinate, Australia, Boer War, canada, carnivorous, cartwheel, Cary Grant, clothing line, color, country, Crimean War, cuisine, dance, drink, earth, education, Elvis Presley, English play, Entertainment, first Pope, First World War, food, French term, fresh water, general knowledge, Geography, german, Greek Mythology, Harold Holt, heraldry, herbivorous, hero, history, Hitchcock, John Hinckley, landscape, meaning, Misc, Miscellaneous, mistaken identity, movie, movies, music, musical, musical term, Nature morte, New Zealand, novels, painting, pasta, piscivorous, politics, Polo, portrait, Prime Minister, Professor Robert Langdon, questions, quiz, quizzes, Random, rigatoni, sable, shape, Shell, skink, spiral, still life, Stollen, swimming, tango, television, test, tests, Trojan, tube, United Kingdom, US president, vitamin, wars, water, West Side Story, words, zoophagous
Another set of twenty questions to get you thinking.
They say they are all easy if you know the answers – and can remember them!
Good luck with this lot, some are easy but some are quite tough.
And if you get stuck you’ll find the answers waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below – but NO cheating please!
Q. 1: Which vitamin is also known as ascorbic acid?
Q. 2: Approximately what percentage of all the water on Earth is fresh water?
a) 3% b) 13% c) 23% d) 33%
Q. 3: In Greek mythology which Trojan hero killed Achilles?
Q. 4: In which Hitchcock movie is Cary Grant’s character the victim of mistaken identity?
Q. 5: What type of animal is a skink?
a) Snake b) Lizard c) Marsupial
Q. 6: In German cuisine what is Stollen?
Q. 7: Which of these wars took place first?
a) Boer War b) First World War c) Crimean War
Q. 8: Which American company produces the Polo clothing line?
Q. 9: On what English play is the musical West Side Story based?
Q. 10: What color is known as sable in heraldry?
Q. 11: Which Apostle is often described as the first Pope?
Q. 12: Professor Robert Langdon features in novels by which American author?
Q. 13: What shape is ‘rigatoni’ pasta?
a) shell b) tube c) cartwheel d) spiral
Q. 14: ‘Nature morte’ is the French term for what type of painting?
a) portrait b) landscape c) still life
Q. 15: The term ‘zoophagous’ has a similar meaning to which of the following words?
a) carnivorous b) herbivorous c) piscivorous
Q. 16: What does the musical term ‘adagio’ mean?
Q. 17: Harold Holt who disappeared while swimming in 1967 was the Prime Minister of which country?
a) Canada b) United Kingdom c) Australia d) New Zealand
Q. 18: In what country did the tango dance originate?
Q. 19: Which US President did John Hinckley try to assassinate?
Q. 20: In what year did Elvis Presley die?
A. 1: Vitamin C.
A. 2: a) 3%
A. 3: Paris, who shot him in the heel with a poison arrow.
A. 4: North By Northwest.
A. 5: b) Lizard
A. 6: A Fruit Loaf.
A. 7: c) Crimean War
A. 8: Ralph Lauren.
A. 9: Romeo And Juliet by William Shakespeare.
A. 10: Black.
A. 11: Peter.
A. 12: Dan Brown.
A. 13: b) tube.
A. 14: c) still life.
A. 15: a) carnivorous.
A. 16: Slow.
A. 17: c) Australia
A. 18: Argentina.
A. 19: Ronald Reagan.
A. 20: 1977.
A Very Strange Case Of Mistaken Identity
August 18, 2012 September 26, 2012 fasab Accidents, comedy, court, Fishing, Humour, Language, Legal, Politics, Stories, Uncategorized, Unusual, video, War Accidents, Blogs, Community, Culture, english, events, executed, fishermen, french, funny, hanged, hanging, Hartlepool, Humor, humorous incidents, Humour, idiots, ignorance, Life, luck, Misc, Miscellaneous, mistaken identity, morons, Napoleonic Wars, People, politics, propaganda, Random, ships, spies, spy, stupid, stupid people, stupidity, video, War
Throughout history opposing factions, whether in politics, racial campaigns, sports competitions or even wars, have used cartoons as a medium to promote their side and to denigrate the opposition.
Nowhere was this better seen than during WWII when both sides used thousands of derogatory cartoons to depict the ‘enemy’.
But one of the most humorous incidents occurred much earlier, during the Napoleonic war between France and England.
It allegedly took place in the little town of Hartlepool on the north-east coast of England.
As part of the propaganda campaign in England during this war the enemy, the French, had been portrayed as short and hairy, sort of monkey-like. The cartoon below will give you the idea.
Napoleonic Wars propaganda style cartoon of a Frenchman
Also, during the Napoleonic Wars there was great fear that the French had plans to invade Britain and therefore much public concern about the possibility of French infiltrators and spies.
As a consequence the fishermen of Hartlepool kept a close watch on French vessels sailing near the English coast.
One day, as they watched, a French vessel was seen struggling against a storm. It took a severe battering in the rough seas and eventually sunk.
The Hartlepool fishermen then turned their attention to the wreckage washed ashore.
Among the wreckage lay one wet and sorrowful looking survivor. It was the ship’s pet monkey and, to amuse the sailors, it had been dressed in a military style uniform.
Stupid individuals are one thing, annoying but they can be handled. Group stupidity on the other hand is extremely dangerous. The stupidity level seems to increase by at least ten times the number of morons gathered together. I’m sure there’s a mathematical formula for this, there should be.
So, severely intellectually challenged, and thinking they had captured the enemy, the Hartlepool fishermen apparently questioned the monkey and held a beach-based trial.
Unfamiliar with what a Frenchman looked like, and unable to understand what he (the monkey) was saying (presumably “ooh ooh aah”, as opposed to “oh la la”), they came to the conclusion that this poor primate was a French spy.
They quickly sentenced the French spy (monkey) to death and the unfortunate creature was hanged, with the mast of a fishing boat (a coble) providing a convenient gallows.
A very strange case of mistaken identity indeed!
Hartlepool Fishermen Hanging Of The French Monkey Spy
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Music Break: Seven Favorite Themes By Alexandre Desplat
On July 16, 2014 July 16, 2014 By ruthIn Music Break
For some reason, I had just become familiar with Alexandre Desplat‘s work fairly recently. I think it was his score for The Queen (2006) that garnered my attention, and since then I’ve been a big fan. On my Five for the Fifth post I talked about Hans Zimmer’s concert, now I’d definitely go to Mr. Desplat’s concert if he had one!
Per his official site:
52-year-old Alexandre Michel Gérard Desplat was raised in a musical and cultural mix with a Greek mother and French father who studied and were married in California, he grew up listening to the French symphonists Ravel and Debussy and to jazz. He enriched his classical musical education by studying Brazilian and African music, which later lead him to record with Carlinhos Brown and Ray Lema.
An avid fan of cinema, he expressed his desire to compose for the Big Screen early on. During the recording of his first film, he met Dominique Lemonnier violinist who became his favorite soloist, artistic director and wife. She founded the Traffic Quintet for which he wrote original music and transcribed soundtracks.
In 2003 he burst onto the Hollywood scene with his evocative score to Girl With a Pearl Earring (starring Scarlett Johansson and Colin Firth), which earned him nominations at the Golden Globes, BAFTAs and European Film Awards.
Those who watch a lot of French films might recognize him as he’s composed a lot of work for French cinema. Since I listen to a lot of classical music, I definitely LOVE Desplat’s style. A lot of his scores have such an emotional experience that can take you to another place. Some music can pierce your soul and I feel that Desplat’s music has that quality, especially his work for Tree of Life and Philomena. It’s melancholic and reflective, but he can also be playful and even whimsical, i.e. The Grand Budapest Hotel.
It’s only been a little over a decade that he made his Hollywood big break, but he’s been amazingly-prolific since. If you look at his IMDb resume, he’d often work on half a dozen scores a year! In 2013 alone, he worked on no less than six films, yet somehow he churn out great work virtually every time. Just in the past decade alone, he’s got 48 wins and 90 nominations (including Oscar, Golden Globes, BAFTA and Grammy) This man is a machine!
So for today’s music break, I want to highlight just a sampling of his stellar work:
So what do you think of Alexandre Desplat’s works? Which one(s) are YOUR faves?
Alexandre DesplatARGO soundtrackDominique Lemonnierfavorite Alexandre Desplat scoresFrench composerGirl With a Pearl Earringmusic breakPhilomenaThe Grand Budapest HotelThe King's SpeechTree of LifeZero Dark Thirty score
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36 thoughts on “Music Break: Seven Favorite Themes By Alexandre Desplat”
Anna (@MovieNut14)
I’m quite fond of his score for Lust, Caution, particularly “Wong Chia Chi’s Theme” and “The End of Innocence”.
Hmmm, I haven’t seen that one yet but I’m gonna check the score on youtube now. I tell you Deplat’s got SOOOO many great works that everyone’s favorites are bound to be quite different.
mikeyb @ screenkicker
Wow, he’s a busy guy! Thanks for bringing his work to my attention 🙂
He is indeed, and he’s consistently churning out great work which is amazing.
He is truly amazing. Soooo many great scores to his credit and he has an uncanny ability to capture the tone in any film he tackles. Brilliant!
You said it best Keith, he does have the ability to suit his score to the tone and emotional tone of the film. That alone is quite a feat, but his music is so pleasing to the ear.
Ooh, I love his work! Based on “The Mission,” I thought he’d win the Oscar for Argo. It’s probably my favorite piece he’s done. I also love his work on the Harry Potter films, Tamara Drewe, The Beat That My Heart Skipped, The Ghost Writer, Birth, and The Ides of March, among many others.
I almost put down his work in HP here, I probably should’ve just made this a top 10. Oh right he did The Ghost Writer too, I remember liking that one.
Right now, one of my favorite composers as I love his work with Wes Anderson as I think he adds a much broader scale with the music to his films as another score of his that I love is Girl with a Pearl Earring as it added a lot of elegance to the film.
I haven’t seen ‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’ but now I’m curious just to check out his score, ahah.
cindybruchman
I agree here with Ninvoid. A great film with a fine score. 🙂
Ooh, Desplat is great. Loved his work in Philomena.
I love that too, I saw that film on a plane so the sound quality isn’t that great, so listening to it again here I fell in love w/ it all over again.
One of the best things about the film.
Indeed it is, that and Dame Judi’s performance of course 🙂
Loved her, she’s always solid. Was pleasantly surprised by Steve Coogan!
Yeah I was too! I thought initially it was a comedy, and there are some funny moments but Coogan’s role is actually pretty serious. It’s a heartbreaking film tho, man I cried a lot watching that one.
I haven’t seen many of the films he composed but I did enjoy his work on the last two Harry Potters films and Tree of Life. I was not a fan of his work on the new Godzilla though, it wasn’t bad but nothing special.
Hi Ted! Yeah I wasn’t crazy about Godzilla’s score, that’s why it’s not on here, but the work he did for HP and Tree of Life are astounding!
Inspired Ground (@InspiredGround)
He made tons of music, it’s hard to pick favorites. But I just re-watched Moonrise Kingdom yesterday, and love the unique music. Such a talented composer!
Hi Andina! Yeah, I could’ve easily gone w/ a top 15 w/ Desplat. Definitely VERY talented!
Desplat is easily one of the best working today! I’m pulling for him to win an Oscar this year. He deserves it. His play with music, and the way he works with the piano in particular, is just sublime.
Hi Drew! Yeah he’s been nominated a lot but I don’t think he’s won before, has he? Sublime is the word!
Great spotlight! His work is so varied; and you know his piano work and distinctive style the second you hear it. I would say my favorite soundtrack of his is Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 and Part 2. I could really say both soundtracks are my favorites, but if I have to pick I love “Obliviate” and its smooth transition into “Snape to Malfoy Manor”. It’s haunting and so sets the tone of the golden trio embarking on the horcrcux hunt.
I remember really loving the HP soundtrack, now I wish I had included ’em here. I think the Deathly Hallows’ music is even more heart-wrenching which goes w/ the plot that the stakes become higher for Harry & co.
Oh he is such a wonderful composer, his music is like something destined for a fairy tale! I love Courtyard Apocalypse from last Harry Potter movie the most out of his tracks.
You’re right about the fairy tale quality of his work. It almost sounds ethereal and otherworldly, no wonder he’s perfect for Harry Potter and Tree of Life.
Wonderful! I really need to pay more attention to this film composer, Ruth. One great highlight reel, indeed. Thanks for this.
I feel that my tribute to Desplat is overdue. Every time I saw his name on the end credits I’d be like, wow another great one!
Consumed by Film
Thanks for pointing him out Ruth, there are some really great films up there. His name doesn’t ring a bell, which means he probably is under-appreciated!
Hey thanks Adam! Glad I introduced him to you then, well sort of, surely you’ve heard of his work before. He is definitely underrated, but hopefully not for long.
Hi Ruth, always love it when you talk about scores. It’s what makes a film jump from good to great. So glad you spent time with a tribute to him! I learned a lot. 🙂
I’m going with ‘The Kings Speech’. The music stirred the emotions where the characters could not convey in their dialogue. I loved the film. 🙂
Hi Cindy, welcome back! Soundtrack is one of my all time favorite music genre and yes I do think music adds so much to a film. Like you said… “music stirred the emotions where the characters could not convey in their dialogue” Can’t say it better myself, that’s why composers like Mr Desplat are unsung heroes in cinema!
jjames36
Argo, Zero Dark, King’s Speech, The Queen, and more ….
How do I not know this name? He is definitely brilliant.
He..he.. well now you know Josh! He is a brilliant and prolific composer!
Love Alexandre Desplat, he’s one of my favourite movie score composers! The Grand Budapest Hotel soundtrack has been on repeat in our house for months. It makes everyday tasks like washing up and cleaning the windows a lot more interesting if you imagine you’re in a Wes Anderson movie! Also like his work on Harry Potter too.
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Programmatic implementation and TA for HIV/AIDS and TB Prevention, Care and Treatment Services (CDC): HIV Testing Services, Priority Population Prevention and below-the-line adherence communication strategy in support of 90-90-90; seven districts (Bojanala, NMM, Emalahleni, Gert Sibande, Nkangala and Waterberg) working with sub award grantees: Careworks, CCI, FPD acquired funding to develop a model for delivering of equitable and effective core PHC services to South African district populations in the NHI framework, with the assistance of PPO Serve in addition to the above.
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Programmatic implementation and Technical Assistance (TA) for HIV/ AIDS and Tuberculosis (TB) Prevention, Care and Treatment Services throughout the Health System in South Africa under the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). FPD secured funding on 29 September 2016 from CDC to implement this comprehensive programme over a period of five years. FPD is the prime recipient with CareWorks and Centre for Communication Impact (CCI), PPO Serve and OUT Wellness as sub recipients. FPD successfully applied for innovation funding, developed an android mobile phone application, and started implementation in October 2018. FPD secured funding to manage sub award grantee OUT Wellness, who implements a People Who Inject Drugs (PWID) programme in Tshwane and Ehlanzeni from October 2018.
The programme aims to implement priority population prevention (PP_Prev) and community-based HIV Testing Services (HTS) with an aim to identify People Living with HIV (PLHIV) and effectively link them into HIV and TB care and treatment programmes and link Prevention Yield into prevention programmes. The second goal is to develop and test a scalable below-the-line communication strategy to promote ART patient adherence and retention in support of the 90-90-90. The third goal is to explore the optimal path to an effective and efficient model for delivering core PHC services to district populations. The fourth goal is to provide comprehensive services to PWID. FPD and CareWorks provide HTS and PP_Prev services in ten sub-districts (seven districts) of three provinces while CCI works with National Department of Health in close collaboration with the PHILA national communication strategic team to develop the adherence communication strategy for people who live with HIV and healthcare workers.
PPO Serve developed and tested a comprehensive model for improved PHC service delivery. OUT Wellness PWID programme implementation started in Tshwane and Ehlanzeni.
Key statistics from CDC’s HTS and PP_Prev programmes include:
81 494 clients tested for HIV
3 613 PLHIV diagnosed with HIV at an aggregate positivity rate of 4.4%
Sub-district HIV positivity rates ranged from 2.9% to 9.8%
2 424 (67%) of the PLHIV identified were successfully linked to care and treatment
1 356 (38%) of the PLHIV identified started on ART within 14 days
28 057 clients reached through prevention programmes
Please click here to view the Zenzele website
FPD, with the assistance of CCI, created the #Zenzele (The Future Is Ours) brand under which they developed eight adherence pamphlets and ten adherence-related videos. Messaging is distributed via social media platforms as well as a dedicated website (www.thefutureisours. co.za). Two murals were designed and placed in Nkangala and Ekurhuleni as part of community engagement on Zenzele programme. The adherence mentorship programme developed in 2017, was changed to an interpersonal psychosocial support program in March 2018. FPD implemented the peer to peer support programme in 12 facilities in Nkangala (five) and Ekurhuleni (seven)
Key statistics from Zenzele peer support program:
5 485 clients enrolled into the Peer Support programme between July and December 2018
351 of these clients had already graduated from the intensive phase to the light touch phase during that period
Key Statistics Innovation grant (Adolescent Adherence App)
App development was completed in 2018 for roll out in January 2019 in seven facilities in the Ekurhuleni district.
Key statistics PWID program:
105 PWID clients tested for HIV between October and December 2018
25 PLHIV diagnosed with HIV at an aggregate positivity rate of 23.8% between October and December 2018
Five (20%) of the PLHIV identified were successfully linked to care and treatment between October and December 2018
One (4%) of the PLHIV identified started on ART within 14 days between October and December 2018
15 HIV+ PWID started on ARV treatment between October and December 2018
844 clients reached through key population prevention pro-grammes between October and December 2018
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PUBLPOL 103D: Ethics and Politics of Public Service (CSRE 178, ETHICSOC 133, PHIL 175A, PHIL 275A, POLISCI 133, URBANST 122)
Ethical and political questions in public service work, including volunteering, service learning, humanitarian assistance, and public service professions such as medicine and teaching. Motives and outcomes in service work. Connections between service work and justice. Is mandatory service an oxymoron? History of public service in the U.S. Issues in crosscultural service work. Integration with the Haas Center for Public Service to connect service activities and public service aspirations with academic experiences at Stanford.
Last offered: Spring 2018 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-ED, WAY-ER
PUBLPOL 113: America: Unequal (CSRE 3P, SOC 3)
It was never imagined "when the U.S. was founded" that the rich would be so rich and the poor so poor. It was never imagined "when the U.S. was founded" that opportunities to get ahead would depend so profoundly on one's family circumstances and other starting conditions. How could this have happened in the "land of opportunity?" What are the effects of such profound inequality? And what, if anything, should be done about it?
Terms: Aut | Units: 4 | UG Reqs: WAY-ED, WAY-SI
Instructors: Grusky, D. (PI)
PUBLPOL 113 | 4 units | UG Reqs: WAY-ED, WAY-SI | Class # 17815 | Section 01 | Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP) | LEC | Students enrolled: 29 / 30
09/23/2019 - 12/06/2019 Tue, Thu 3:00 PM - 4:20 PM at 370-370 with Grusky, D. (PI)
Exam Date/Time: 2019-12-12 12:15pm - 3:15pm (Exam Schedule)
PUBLPOL 121L: Racial-Ethnic Politics in US (CSRE 121L, POLISCI 121L)
Why is contemporary American politics so sharply divided along racial and party lines? Are undocumented immigrants really more likely to commit crimes than U.S. citizens? What makes a political ad "racist?" The U.S. population will be majority-minority by 2050; what does this mean for future electoral outcomes? We will tackle such questions in this course, which examines various issues surrounding the development of political solidarity within racial groups; the politics of immigration, acculturation, and identification; and the influence of race on public opinion, political behavior, the media, and in the criminal justice system. Prior coursework in Economics or Statistics strongly recommended.
Terms: Aut | Units: 5 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-ED, WAY-SI
Instructors: Davenport, L. (PI) ; Lienesch, R. (TA)
PUBLPOL 121L | 5 units | UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-ED, WAY-SI | Class # 19194 | Section 01 | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit | LEC | Students enrolled: 1
09/23/2019 - 12/06/2019 Mon, Wed 1:30 PM - 2:50 PM at 380-380X with Davenport, L. (PI); Lienesch, R. (TA)
Instructors: Davenport, L. (PI); Lienesch, R. (TA)
PUBLPOL 127: Health Care Leadership (EMED 127, EMED 227, PUBLPOL 227)
Healthcare Leadership class brings eminent healthcare leaders from a variety of sectors within healthcare to share their personal reflections and insights on effective leadership. Speakers discuss their personal core values, share lessons learned and their recipe for effective leadership in the healthcare field, including reflection on career and life choices. Speakers include CEOs of healthcare technology, pharmaceutical and other companies, leaders in public health, eminent leaders of hospitals, academia, biotechnology companies and other health care organizations. The class will also familiarize the students with the healthcare industry, as well as introduce concepts and skills relevant to healthcare leadership. This course must be taken for a minimum of 3 units and a letter grade to be eligible for Ways credit. Students taking the course Mondays and Wednesdays should enroll for 4 units (exceptions for a 3 unit registration can be made with the consent of instructor to be still eligible for Ways credit). Students taking the course on Wednesdays only should register for 2 units.
Terms: Win | Units: 2-4 | UG Reqs: WAY-ED, WAY-SI | Repeatable for credit
Instructors: Trounce, M. (PI)
PUBLPOL 127 | 2-4 units | UG Reqs: WAY-ED, WAY-SI | Class # 19613 | Section 01 | Grading: Medical Option (Med-Ltr-CR/NC) | LEC | Students enrolled: 11
01/06/2020 - 03/13/2020 Mon, Wed 12:30 PM - 2:20 PM at Li Ka Shing Center, room 130 with Trounce, M. (PI)
PUBLPOL 168: Global Organizations: The Matrix of Change (PUBLPOL 268, SOC 168, SOC 268)
We derive analytical tools from the social sciences in studying a variety of organizations given their strategies, and in particular, when their strategies change. Focus is on how to design effective organizations and projects within and across institutional settings. Theme: Labor market integration of refugees, an international outlook. Recommended: FINANCE 377, MS&E 180, SOC 160, ECON 149, or MGTECON 330.
Terms: Win | Units: 4 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-ED
Instructors: Meyersson Milgrom, E. (PI)
PUBLPOL 168 | 4 units | UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-ED | Class # 15847 | Section 01 | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit | LEC | Students enrolled: 1
01/06/2020 - 03/13/2020 Mon, Wed 11:30 AM - 1:20 PM at 160-321 with Meyersson Milgrom, E. (PI)
PUBLPOL 190: Indigenous Cultural Heritage: Protection, Practice, Repatriation (ARTHIST 190A, ARTHIST 490A, PUBLPOL 290)
This interdisciplinary seminar explores pressing questions relating to the protection, practice and repatriation of the cultural heritage of Indigenous peoples from North America and beyond. Using an innovative combination of in-class lectures and videos of interviews with renowned experts, including Indigenous leaders, scholars, artists and performers and museum professionals from around the world, this seminar will explore and problematize, among other subjects: the impact of colonialism, urbanization and other political, legal, economic, religious and cultural forces on understandings and definitions of "indigenous" and "cultural heritage"; the development of international law relating to Indigenous peoples¿ cultural rights; international, domestic, and tribal heritage protection and repatriation laws/initiatives including the 2007 United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), the 1990 US Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), and more »
This interdisciplinary seminar explores pressing questions relating to the protection, practice and repatriation of the cultural heritage of Indigenous peoples from North America and beyond. Using an innovative combination of in-class lectures and videos of interviews with renowned experts, including Indigenous leaders, scholars, artists and performers and museum professionals from around the world, this seminar will explore and problematize, among other subjects: the impact of colonialism, urbanization and other political, legal, economic, religious and cultural forces on understandings and definitions of "indigenous" and "cultural heritage"; the development of international law relating to Indigenous peoples¿ cultural rights; international, domestic, and tribal heritage protection and repatriation laws/initiatives including the 2007 United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), the 1990 US Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), and others; past and present Western museum practices and guidelines relating to display, preservation, provenance research and repatriation of indigenous cultural material; the meaning of repatriation to Indigenous peoples and other stakeholders; and resolving repatriation disputes, including by alternative dispute resolution (ADR) processes. While case studies will relate primarily to Indigenous peoples of North America, comparisons will be drawn with the situation of Indigenous peoples in other regions, such as Oceania and Russia. Each week students will brainstorm actionable ideas for amending/supplementing current frameworks in order to give force to the cultural rights enumerated in UNDRIP. The overall seminar experience will involve discussions of lectures and video content, assigned readings, quizzes, a class visit to the Cantor Center Native Americas collection, and visits to our classroom by experts. Elements used in grading: class participation, attendance and a final project (one-day take-home exam; or research paper or film project with instructor's consent).
Last offered: Autumn 2016 | UG Reqs: WAY-ED
PWR 91MC: Intermediate Writing : Activist Rhetoric
How do activists effectively strategize for social change? In this hands-on approach to studying activism and social justice issues, students will encounter new methods for mass communication, collaboration, and self-inquiry. First, we will consider how activists address practical problems in a variety of contexts, from protest movements to direct action, political lobbying to philanthrocapitalism, from Black Lives Matter to immigration activists. We will visit Stanford Special Collections to find inspiration in the Huey P. Newton Collection--the archive of the Black Panther Party. To inform these experiences, we will read and analyze texts by the Combahee River Collective, Angela Davis, Judith Butler, Fred Moten, and Jackie Wang, as well as inviting several activists to visit our classroom. Through collaborative and creative coursework, students will gain experience in intersectional thinking, community organizing, and collective action by conducting teach-ins, writing their own socia more »
How do activists effectively strategize for social change? In this hands-on approach to studying activism and social justice issues, students will encounter new methods for mass communication, collaboration, and self-inquiry. First, we will consider how activists address practical problems in a variety of contexts, from protest movements to direct action, political lobbying to philanthrocapitalism, from Black Lives Matter to immigration activists. We will visit Stanford Special Collections to find inspiration in the Huey P. Newton Collection--the archive of the Black Panther Party. To inform these experiences, we will read and analyze texts by the Combahee River Collective, Angela Davis, Judith Butler, Fred Moten, and Jackie Wang, as well as inviting several activists to visit our classroom. Through collaborative and creative coursework, students will gain experience in intersectional thinking, community organizing, and collective action by conducting teach-ins, writing their own social justice manifesto, and planning a final campus-wide action.nnThis course is part of the PWR advanced elective track in Social and Racial Justice (SRJ). Prerequisite: first two levels of the writing requirement or equivalent transfer credit. See https://undergrad.stanford.edu/programs/pwr/courses/advanced-courses/activist-rhetoric for full course description.
Last offered: Autumn 2016 | UG Reqs: WAY-CE, WAY-ED
PWR 194AJ: Topics in Writing & Rhetoric: Contemporary Black Rhetorics: Black Twitter and Black Digital Cultures (AFRICAAM 194)
Does not fulfill NSC requirement. This course will examine Black engagements with digital culture as sites for community building, social action and individual and collective identity formation. By studying phenomena like #BlackTwitter, memes, Vine, selfie culture, blogging, "social watching," and more, we will explore how Black technology use addresses questions like identity performance and expression, hyper visibility and invisibility of Black lives, Black feminisms, misogynoir and Black women/femme leadership in social movements, the roles and influence of Black Queer cultures online, and social activism and movements in online spaces. nnFrom #YouOKSis, #BlackLivesMatter and #AfroLatinidad to the Clapback, roasts and "reads," we will work from the serious to the silly, from individuals to collectives, from activism to everyday life, and from distinct Black cultures to diasporic connections and exchange. Participants in the course will create a social media autobiography, a "read/in more »
Does not fulfill NSC requirement. This course will examine Black engagements with digital culture as sites for community building, social action and individual and collective identity formation. By studying phenomena like #BlackTwitter, memes, Vine, selfie culture, blogging, "social watching," and more, we will explore how Black technology use addresses questions like identity performance and expression, hyper visibility and invisibility of Black lives, Black feminisms, misogynoir and Black women/femme leadership in social movements, the roles and influence of Black Queer cultures online, and social activism and movements in online spaces. nnFrom #YouOKSis, #BlackLivesMatter and #AfroLatinidad to the Clapback, roasts and "reads," we will work from the serious to the silly, from individuals to collectives, from activism to everyday life, and from distinct Black cultures to diasporic connections and exchange. Participants in the course will create a social media autobiography, a "read/ing" of a Black cultural practice or phenomenon online, host an online discussion, and prepare a pitch for a longer research project they might pursue as a thesis or an ongoing study. Bring your GIFs, memes, and emoji, and a willingness to be in community both online and off for this new course! Prerequisite: first level of the writing requirement or equivalent transfer credit. For topics, see https://undergrad.stanford.edu/programs/pwr/courses/advanced-pwr-courses.
Last offered: Autumn 2017 | UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-ED
PWR 194CW: Brave New Worlds: An Introduction to (De)colonial Rhetorics
Since the time of Columbus, colonial agendas and policies have engendered their own rhetorics of justification and explanation. After all, European modernism began with the encounter of the New World, and Europe¿s own identity was forged in the process of ¿Latinization¿ of the Western Hemisphere. In response, decoloniality arose as a rich intellectual critique in the late 1990s in South America and the Caribbean. Decolonial rhetorical traditions stand in a unique position vis-à-vis the development of modernity, colonialism, racialized identities, the crisis of European reason, and the dawn of globalization. In an era of Trumpism, in which European modernity once again justifies restricting the mobility and freedom of Latinx immigrants, among other ethnic groups, perhaps no other form of intellectual critique seems quite so urgent. This course introduces students to primary decolonial rhetorical texts and asks students to apply these insights to pressing contemporary challenges by practicing deep reading of primary and secondary texts, preparing group presentations, and exploring creative acts of composition with an eye toward imagining brave new worlds and the decolonial rhetorical practices valued therein.
Last offered: Winter 2019 | UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-ED
PWR 194EP: Topics in Writing & Rhetoric: Introduction to Environmental Justice: Race, Class, Gender and Place (CSRE 132E, EARTHSYS 194, URBANST 155EP)
Environmental justice means ensuring equal access to environmental benefits and preventing the disproportionate impacts of environmental harms for all communities regardless of gender, class, race, ethnicity or other social positions. This introductory course examines the rhetoric, history and key case studies of environmental justice while encouraging critical and collaborative thinking, reading and researching about diversity in environmental movements within the global community and at Stanford, including the ways race, class and gender have shaped environmental battles still being fought today from Standing Rock to Flint, Michigan. We center diverse voices by bringing leaders, particularly from marginalized communities on the frontlines to our classroom to communicate experiences, insights and best practices. Together we will develop and present original research projects which may serve a particular organizational or community need, such as racialized dispossession, toxic pollution and human health, or indigenous land and water rights, among many others.
Instructors: Diver, S. (PI) ; Polk, E. (PI)
PWR 194EP | 4 units | UG Reqs: WAY-ED, WAY-SI | Class # 18894 | Section 01 | Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP) | SEM | Students enrolled: 13 / 14
09/23/2019 - 12/06/2019 Mon, Wed 11:30 AM - 1:20 PM at 160-314 with Diver, S. (PI); Polk, E. (PI)
Instructors: Diver, S. (PI); Polk, E. (PI)
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A&M Corner Main Site Carpenters Resource Herb Alpert/Tijuana Brass
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A Song For You: The Carpenters Forum
Official Review [Single]: 6. "RAINY DAYS AND MONDAYS"/"SATURDAY" (1260-S)
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Which side is your favorite?
Side A: "RAINY DAYS AND MONDAYS"
Side B: "SATURDAY"
Chris May
Resident 'Carpenterologist'
“RAINY DAYS AND MONDAYS”/"SATURDAY"
Side A: Rainy Days And Mondays 3:40 (Nichols/Williams)
Side B: Saturday 1:20 (Carpenter/Bettis)
Catalogue Number: A&M 1260-S
Date of Release: 4/23/71
Format: 7" Single
Speed: 45 RPM
Chart Position: #2
Arranged and Orchestrated by Richard Carpenter
Produced by Jack Daugherty
Taken from A&M SP-3502 album "Carpenters"
For more definitive information regarding each single, you can visit our Carpenters - The Complete Singles page in our Carpenters Resource.
theninjarabbit
Where to begin with the A-Side -- wonderful? Haunting? Powerful? All words to use. "Rainy Days and Mondays" is simply another form of magic. "Close To You" and "We've Only Just Begun" find their magic in unabashedly optimistic melodies. On the other end of the spectrum, you have songs like this (and its partner soon-to-have-its-own-thread, "Superstar") that take you to lonely, quiet places. But "Rainy Days", with Karen as your guide, somehow manages to keep you warm anyway. Perhaps, in the sweeping strings, you find solace in having the singer feel lonely too. That's where the magic is....
In terms of versions, I love the (1991 ?) remix currently circulating, but one of my favorite parts of the song, the "drum thing" at the end, was taken out. That's why I listen to either an earlier remix or the original version (which, for the overdubs, sounds best...).
"Saturday" is a charming album cut, I personally enjoy it.
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Mark-T
RDaM is a masterpiece from anyway you look at it.
Rick-An Ordinary Fool
This was super easy....Rainy Days hands down, this is one of my most favorite Carpenters early track. I love Karen reading of the lyrics and the cry in her voice something that makes the listener feel like she is singing it just to them and you identify with her. I also love this 45 sleeve, especially the blue one.
CraigGA
Rainy Days and Monday's and Carpenters go hand in hand. I don't think you can think of the title without the artist or the artist without thinking of the song. Then, we think of Paul Williams and the great relationship in song they had. I would guess that every writer in the day wanted Karen's voice on their lyrics so they could become the success that followed Paul Williams after Carpemters awakened the world of pop to his songs.
newvillefan
I Know My First Name Is Stephen
Easy vote for me! The A-side
theninjarabbit said:
I'm with you on that, the 1991 "Radio Remix" (as it was labelled in the UK) had the drum fill at the end removed and I always loved that, so I often revert back to the 1985 remix these days.
That aside, the song is one of my favourites and I love the story Paul Williams told about his mother in Little Girl Blue. He'd coined the line "talkin' to myself and feeling old" from her and the day they first heard it on the radio in the car, she began to cry. When Paul said the lyric was inspired by her, she denied she ever talked to herself, exclaiming "you're crazy!". Very sweet story.
The B-side was a nice little song, not a favourite but it segued so well into Let Me Be The One. BBC Radio 2 in the UK often play it...on Saturdays
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My memories are a little fuzzy about the timing of this single. It's not one that I ever bought, that I know, so I must have gotten word that it was to be included on the forthcoming album, due within a month and waited to buy that. I know it was another knockout song to hit radio. Think of it. In less than a year, we'd heard:
We've Only Just Begun
and now Rainy Days And Mondays
...all explode on our favorite radio stations. And that's not counting the replays that "Ticket To Ride" was getting every now and again, plus the many album tracks that stations picked and chose from. This was certainly "their time".
Random thought: This duo of songs, "Rainy Days and Mondays" and "Saturday" reside back to back on both this single and on the album CARPENTERS. How many other a- and b- sides reside back to back on their original album?
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ullalume
A joy. Classic Carpenters. As good as anything by anyone.
A&M Retro
A true CLASSIC any way you slice it. I bought the single at K-Mart for 62 cents when it was at #2 on the charts.
The store had a G.E. suitcase styled record player in the department, and you could play the songs before buying them. My sister bought 'It's Too Late' by Carole King. I've still got both of them, and they're beaten to a pulp. I remember playing those two singles in the store and then putting them back and getting fresh, unplayed copies to take home. What a great time.
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K.C. Jr
Definitely one of the most powerful singles. I love Karen's vocal work; amazing lead! Really captures the mood. Flip side is (don't kill me!) actually a song I like very well. Another early, bouncy song that's emotionally the exact opposite of the masterpiece on side A.
"Saturday" actually made for a nice B side choice here, considering the contrast in tone between the two songs. Probably the most bipolar single ever to go gold!
Carpenters were setting some pretty high standards with these early songs. In addition to Karen's outstanding lead, I really enjoy the harmonica work and backing overdub arrangement.
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Toolman said:
"Saturday" actually made for a nice B side choice here, considering the contrast in tone between the two songs.
It almost makes you wonder, what was Sunday like?
"Sunday, rested from hours of sleeping..Sunday, all I can offer is Sunday..please say that you'll be waiting when Sunday comes.."
Oh, wait...maybe someday I'll get it right.
Thanks for the laugh!
KJKennedy
'Rainy Days..' is one of my favorites of those string of classic singles. The right song, with the right arrangement and vocal during that magical period
when the C's could hit the bulls-eye almost at will. By this time the public knew they were the real deal, not one hit wonders and you could buy the
whole album knowing it would have all great music and not just that one song you liked from the radio.
(..On a personal note I remember it wasn't until I was about 16 that I realized they weren't a married couple, but brother and sister! LOL I'm convinced it was those
prom picture looking album covers that led me astray.)
No contest here. Rainy Days and Mondays gets my nod. What a great, great song. It's currently the most played song in my iTunes library. I live in an area where it rains a LOT, and there are far more gray days than sunny, so I totally can relate to this song.
This is Karen at her melancholic best. You can really sense the depression and suffering in her voice because that's exactly what the song and its lyrics call for. Karen really nailed it with her interpretation, and Richard's arrangement is superb. I don't know if Karen was actually depressed or suffering when she recorded Rainy Days and Mondays. But if she wasn't, she sure did a heck of job conveying the sadness in her performance.
GaryAlan
I played these two songs, this morning.
Of course, Rainy Days and Mondays....priceless in every particular.
Now, about that 1:20 fiasco on B- Side : Saturday,
yes, Richard Carpenter gets loads of dough for writing the flip-side song,
a "free-ride" (as Paul Williams said regarding flip-sides)....
But, am I the only person who can barely tolerate this short song ?
Before complaining about photos plastered on the sleeves, I would be the
first to say that terrible B-sides had a part to play in "image" problems....
or, did no one ever flip a record over in the day ?
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I always liked "Saturday." It's a peppy tune, it falls into that early "group" sound with Richard on lead, and, on the album it resolves brilliantly into "Let Me Be The One."
Well, "Saturday" is--as is remarked above--the antithesis of the song found on the 45- flip-side.
And, lord knows I try to like it, but, it doesn't 'sit' well with me....it does not strike a nerve.
Written in 1967, it pales in comparison to its flip-side. Let's just say the song would not be
one to compel me to purchase the Tan Album. And, For All We Know,
backed by a flip from the Offering Album ( the great Don't Be Afraid--which, I like),
to me this is not a meaningful "way" to market the strengths of the Tan Album.
And, yet, look how well the Tan Album did !
Eyewire said:
Karen did a radio interview in the early days where she talks about recording 'Rainy Days And Mondays'. It was very late at night/early in the morning when they recorded it. She said that she lied down on the floor of the studio with pillows all around her, and got herself in a 'down' mood to record it. She definitely knew what she was doing.
She also mentioned that she recorded this song in a favorite old t-shirt with holes in it. She added that she later framed it because 'that t-shirt cut four gold records!'
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A&M Retro said:
Thanks for sharing, I love little things like this
Mike Blakesley
When this single came out I was still in my "resisting" period when it came to Carpenters. As I've related before, I heard and loved "Close To You," and then "We've Only Just Begun" came out, which I thought was OK but didn't like it quite as much (and still don't). But that song caused both my sisters to become huge Carpenters fans, and in my teenage mentality I was compelled to dislike anything they liked, so by default I hated the Carpenters. But then these other songs started coming out, and they were SO GOOD, especially "Superstar." When they got to "Rainy Days" I was weakening, but with "Superstar" I was hooked.
I have always liked "Saturday" because it contributes to that "variety" sound that marked the first five albums, especially A Song For You. Their personalities seemed to come through on the records. Starting with Horizon, they lost that sense of playfulness that I liked so much and got too serious for the most part. "Saturday" really embodied that playful style and added a couple of extra angles to the album.
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I think that's why I have a soft spot for the early albums, because of the playfulness and energy they possessed. That started disappearing from 1975 onwards, I guess as they started maturing, both in terms of musical style and as people.
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1973, again, finds them "performing" (lip-syncing !)
"Saturday"
on the Robert Young Television program.
Now, I understand all of the positive, energy-driven, aspects of the song.
But, it was written in 1967;
and, Karen's voice in 1970 or 1971 (not to mention 1973) was too good to be
wasted on this song--at that time. ( Not that she got to do much more than Back-Ups on the song,
the point is her Voice was too good to be wasted--in 1971,1972,1973--on this song.)
Back to 1973: Here, we have a Prime-Time Television Program featuring
Karen at 23, Richard 27, lip-syncing this song ?
Can any one point to Why Image problems might have arisen?
song4u
Karen did a rad.io interview in the early days where she talks about recording 'Rainy Days And Mondays'. It was very late at night/early in the morning when they recorded it. She said that she lied down on the floor of the studio with pillows all around her, and got herself in a 'down' mood to record it. She definitely knew what she was doing.
I don't think I had ever heard this before. Thanks for sharing. Just when you thought you'd read it all . . .
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Nothing lasts forever.
Just for fun here's a list of the world's oldest companies.
It's impossible to grow forever. Apple is still a massively profitable company.
Yes. But still very much a one trick pony.
That's the media talking.
Apple has more multi-billion-dollar tricks than any other company out there. If the SEC came along and divided all of Apple's tricks up (Mac, iPod, iPad, iPhone, Apple TV), each would be a super-sccuessful, highly profitable corporation and still scorned the world over because other tech companies can't figure out how to make any money making [what they think is] the exact same stuff.
Personally, the only lasting mistake I think Apple is making involves making iOS too complicated and MacOS too simple. They're doing it because there is a convergence coming, but it's that convergence that stands the greatest risk of ruining the whole works.
That's the apple apologist talking :-)
Joking.... kind of... not really. The fact of the matter is yes, Apple is a massive company and their other businesses broken out would be big companies on their own.... however, none of them would be anything special on their own. Mac sales are flat and inevitably going to start going down. iPad sales have been shrinking for 2 years now. iPod is dead. Apple Watch has had an early adopter boost of a first year due to the size and success of Apple and the iPhone but its becoming clear that it's a crappy product. Apple TV is nothing special and Apple hasn't been able to do what they want with it. And Apple's services segment relies entirely upon it's success with iPhone.
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Joking.... kind of... not really.
I'm not an apologist, so you keep right on joking.
The fact of the matter is yes, Apple is a massive company and their other businesses broken out would be big companies on their own.... however, none of them would be anything special on their own.
Bull. Compared to today's Apple? Sure, but any one of these businesses is far larger than it was just five years ago (excepting maybe iPod).
Mac sales are flat and inevitably going to start going down.
And following the entire PC industry, which is entirely in decline. This reflects on changing consumer habits, not Apple failing.
iPad sales have been shrinking for 2 years now.
Yes, they have. Apple has no idea what the iPad is, and in this segment, good enough is good enough. The fool things are lasting way too long (for Apple's bottom line), this year's newest iPad offers nothing compelling over last years (other than the display), and five year old iPads are still getting email and surfing the web just fine. Either way, it's still a hugely successful business.
iPod is dead.
Yes and no. iPods are selling in lots of roughly 50 million. They just all look and feel exactly like iPhones. But, yes, iPod the lineup is dead and hidden within "other" now, although that segment is worth a few billion dollars.
Apple Watch has had an early adopter boost of a first year due to the size and success of Apple and the iPhone but its becoming clear that it's a crappy product.
Not sure about "crappy product". I have met several people who own them and I have yet to hear words anywhere near that used as descriptors. What I hear is "awesome", "life altering", "amazing", "super cool" and etc. I have yet to hear a negative, face-to-face comment. I have no use for them, but the people I have met that actually own one have it on their wrist all the time and praise it continuously.
I will agree, however, that you think its a crappy product.
Apple TV is nothing special and Apple hasn't been able to do what they want with it.
I think it is a very special product, and agree that Apple is handicapped by licensing arrangements, which is something I have commented on religiously regarding Apple TV.
And Apple's services segment relies entirely upon it's success with iPhone.
Yep. Which is precisely why I didn't call out services as a big business all on its own. No iPhone? No services to offer.
Hardware wise, Apple could spin off any product line and be successful with it. Each has a use and a following large enough to stay afloat and make good margins. Apple is no one trick pony. Their biggest pony is full of tricks and hugely valuable, and Apple has lots of ponies in play.
As far as the "slump" in iPhone sales is concerned, yeah, the entire smartphone industry slowed down. Says absolutely nothing about Apple or the iPhone, but says a lot about smartphone users. Oh, and iPhone sales followed Apple's guidance almost exactly, so there is no news here other than the media spin. Absolutely none!
Despite all those words you just confirmed my point in the end. Any of apple's other business segments make for a "big" company but they don't make for a growth company or an exciting company.
Right now apple has ONE business sector that is "growing" and that's the Apple Watch. And despite your comments about hearing it as "life altering" it is not. It is a crappy poorly conceptualized product. I know. I own one. And wear it every single day. Do you? Am I happy with it? Yes. I bought the sport for what I consider a fair price to be an early adopter and have accepted it's many shortcomings. As a notification device, a pedometer and a basic fitness tracker it is decent. For everything else is absolutely sucks. But those other things really don't matter much to me as even if they worked better I have come to realize (and I hope apple has) that the watch is an awful touch device. Apps are awful on it and will continue to be even if the professor gets faster. Is it a great fitness device? Absolutely not. The screen does not work at all if your finger is even slightly wet from sweat and the screen is unreadable in direct sunlight and the touch interface far too small to practically use while running or exercising
But that is the one product that Apple has "growing". We will see if that lasts.
So how exactly are they not a one trick pony? The rest of their business has reached maturity stage. Apples unique position is their cash hoard and their ability to take extremely large risks that others can't and so far we haven't seen that. The Apple car makes a lot of sense when you look at it from that perspective.
Ken I actually do read your responses as from the perspective of an apologist BECAUSE you're defending the company's existing product line.
Apple has not been leading the industry in innovation since Steve got sick.
They're riding that wave to shore.
Where's the next big wave, Apple?
(still love ya man!)
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To me Apple looks like Microsoft at the end of the Window Xp era. Lots of consumers with products, but the product lines are aging. Dumping down of stuff (Mac OS), with no hope of improving if it keeps going the way it is. Long term users leaving (people who have used Apple products since the 1980s), because it's getting dumbed down and cannot get the job done as a result.
Apple truly is a one trick pony right now, iPhone. Everything else is just a side show or add-on to them, and it shows.
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Personal experience, I have an iPad Mini (original) that has gotten slower and slower with each OS update. I should have just ignored all the updates and left it on iOS 6 or 7, but it's impossible to roll back now.
Most blatant example of planned obsolescence I've ever encountered. Apple even promotes it under the guise of "long-term support" for their older devices. I'm sure the idea was to get me to toss the thing and buy a new one, but instead it's made me not want to buy another Apple product again. At this point it is used for exactly one thing, Facetime, since there is no better alternative on Android.
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Clean reinstall might help somewhat Luca. It did with with my iPad 2, which is running iOS 9 quite smoothly.
I have some other difficulties with Apple, but I think that Apple actually does a great job in backwards compatibility, within the limits of what is reasonable. Sure an older machine is not going to be as good with the newest software as a new machine, but my old iPad 2 is still very functional. I did treat myself to the Air 2 recently, but the iPad 2 is still giving constant service in the hands of my son.
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Already did a clean install. It helped a tiny bit for a few days, but it's still pretty awful. The keyboard lags and Safari is almost unusable.
I don't expect an older device to be perfect forever, but it bothers me that they keep rolling out OS updates when the older hardware obviously cannot handle it. It's a selling point but in my mind it's actually a strike against Apple devices. I know if I buy an Android tablet that I will be able to somehow roll back the software to an earlier version, even if it's difficult.
Well, assuming it's software has major updates in the first place. Most of them don't, which is why Android security is such a nightmare.
I'm running an iPad 3 right now and it sucks. I can't play any of the games I normally do because they all choke. I only use Safari on it when I really must because my phone isn't available for some reason.
Really, I know it's old and don't mind upgrading other than it's just not a priority to me right now. Some day in the future I will, just not sure when that will be.
Hm.... I've been impressed with Apple's support for older hardware and the usable life I have gotten out of my iPads so can't say I agree with that being a major factor, especially for most people.
My Apple Watch has gotten slower with Apple's updates since release. WatchOS 2 was suppose to be this huge update that added fast native app support but if anything, it's gotten slower.
Kscherer, think Apple Watch is an incredible product? Try using Strava or other third party running apps on it..... it sometimes takes 45-60 seconds for the app to open, and the stats after flicking your wrist take several seconds to "refresh". touching the interface buttons is a guessing game of waiting and if it actually registered a touch. And then try to stop your run after your work out and you find that your finger is too sweaty to register a click and the time keeps going.... then you start wiping your hands and wiping the watch screen and then inadvertent swipes and taps happen. It's a wonderful user experience.... you really must try it! :-)
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IIRC, iOS 10 is being developed under a new model, based on backlash from the iOS 9 slowdowns on older hardware.
iOS 9: Build all the features, test them on old hardware, start culling the ones that don't work at all. Stop when it's 'ok'.
iOS 10: Build a baseline set, then add features incrementally on all hardware unless they don't work well.
See the difference? In the former, you start with a slow ass system, and then remove things until "Well that's better". In the latter, you start with a snappy system, and add things until "Well, hmm. This is starting to lag."
These two approaches do *not* end up in the same place. 'Better' and 'oops' are subjective and based on where you start out.
I have some hopes moving forward that older hardware won't suffer quite so much.
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Apple has no idea what the iPad is, and in this segment, good enough is good enough. The fool things are lasting way too long (for Apple's bottom line), this year's newest iPad offers nothing compelling over last years (other than the display), and five year old iPads are still getting email and surfing the web just fine. Either way, it's still a hugely successful business.
I think that kind of summarizes Apple these days. Incremental small step upgrades to the product line to milk every penny out of them they can, instead of moving in leaps and bounds.
There was a reason people were excited to own the latest Apple crap in the past, and that was typically because it would do something great that previous products couldn't.
Instead it's a series of side show "let me tell you why this is cool, seriously" kind of crap with new releases. "Hey everyone, we totally fucked up our iWorks package, but it has CLOUD capabilities now, don't you all just LOVE that?"
Apple has been living in their own head space too long. They need to get out into the real world again, see how people are using their products, ask what people would be excited about and then make those things happen.
Their hardware is still fine, but I say that as I write this up on a 3 year old laptop that I have zero desire to 'upgrade' to their latest line. That never used to be the case. Before it was always work to justify why I don't need the latest gear. These days I'd have to make an effort to convince myself to upgrade.
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Originally Posted by Kickaha
I thought that was the new approach for iOS 9?
Originally Posted by alcimedes
I think you're right in that Apple has been conservative with hardware risks but I think the bigger factor in what you point out is that Apple is not a great software producer anymore. Apple hasn't released a killer app in a long time. The "doing something great that previous products couldn't" relies heavily upon software innovation and the software pushing the hardware.
For how old iPhoto/Photos is.... that piece of software should be absolutely incredible by now, and doing things with photo management and photo editing and compositing that we didn't think was possible. But really, minus finally figuring out cloud syncing, Apple's photo management software doesn't do much more than the earliest versions of iPhoto.... and in many ways it does less or does what it does less intuitively.
Kscherer, think Apple Watch is an incredible product?
Would you be so kind as to provide me with a quote of me ever once saying Apple Watch is an incredible product?
What I said is that the people I have spoke to in person have absolutely raved about it!
So, here's a question: What incredible new technology exists out there that Apple just absolutely needs to build into their products to make them compelling (I'm talking hardware, not software)?
yet you felt confident enough to dispute my own personal take on it from my experience... so it seemed to me like based on your polling data you were at the very least suggesting it was a compelling product and that i was wrong with my assessment.
It sounds to me like the only person you talk to for feedback on the Apple Watch is Jim Dalrymple. Even John Gruber has been slamming it lately.
It's not about incredible new technology. It's about innovation and simplifying existing and new technologies to create new and better ways of doing things. It's about pushing forward with both software and hardware innovation. Apple has never been successful being first to market with anything. But they have been successful with making things work the way they should work.... the way you imagine them working. They have never been about feature creep and what the market is demanding.
I do think the bean counters have gotten a hold of Apple since Steve's passing and i think that shows in their products and decision making process. The environmental initiatives may be noble and considered contrary to that statement but it's chump change and in a cynical way its just another sign of Apple worrying more about image and public policy relations than caring about producing the best products in the world.
I must say that this has not been my experience with the iPad 2, which I believe has the same processor as your original Mini. Definitely no keyboard lags and Safari runs just fine. I wonder if it could be a particular app on your Mini that is slowing it down in the background. Just speculating.
I also remember reading that there are some obscure settings in iOS 9 that it is better to turn off for older iPads and that can make a big difference to performance. I don't believe I ever had them on in the first place on mine when I checked. I can't remember what those setting were - it was a few months ago that I read this - but a quick Google of 'iPad 2 slow on iOS 9' will, I think, bring up a number of suggestions. For me the suggestion that worked was a clean reinstall.
You know what, you're right. You are as much entitled to your opinion as others are. However, you not liking your watch does not make it a terrible product. It makes it a terrible product for you. It being terrible for you does not make it terrible for others. With different use scenarios the folks I have talked to in person are in love with it, while you are not. I have the same explanation that I have for any product: Works for some, not for others. There is no such ting as "one size fits all". I have met people who could not figure out how to make a phone call on the original iPhone, where it could not get any easier on a device of that complexity. For them, it was a terrible product.
It sounds to me like the only person you talk to for feedback on the Apple Watch is Jim Dalrymple.
That's a bit of a reach, BU. I don't read Dalrymple. This comes across more as an unfounded accusation than a reasonable response. And yes, Gruber has had some negative things to say, primarily revolving around the inconsistency of the buttons and what they do. He has also raved about it, gone back and forth, etc. However, if someone needs Gruber (or Dalrymple) to tell them whether or not they want/need something, then I might suggest they get off the couch and take a walk down to the local Apple Store, try it out for themselves, and make a decision based on whether or not it works for them. It working (or not) for the likes of Gruber or Dalrymple (or you, for that matter) is of zero consequence to their own, personal experience.
You do realize these aren't special use cases right?
It's not like these products magically transform per user.
The issues i describe with the Apple Watch are real. The reviews from industry pundits are accurate but in some cases the positives (and the negatives) are embellished. i.e.: Dalrymple looking past all of the shortcomings because for whatever reason having the three rings on the watch face has made him feel the necessary motivation to lose a ton of weight. That's great... but THAT is a special case situation that attaches emotion to its evaluation of the product.
The latest round of critiques about buttons and third party apps and sluggishness and UI challenges.... those are all real and unfortunately they are unlikely to change. Apple put two hardware buttons on the watch that no one uses! Even worse.... no one ENJOYS using them. That's really the key with the Apple Watch. Apple Watch is at its best and most satisfying when you don't have to do anything with it. That's not just "for me". That is really what people enjoy about it, even if they don't realize it. There is potential in a device of that nature but Apple tried to have it be far too feature rich on Day 1 instead of doing what it does well.... REALLY WELL.
What does the Apple Watch do well?
1. Notifications (but the interface is really clumsy). They could have focused on Notifications and made them truly intelligent and feature rich but instead they are basically text messages without much intelligence.
2. Health tracking (pedometer, heart rate). They could have focused on this and made it have GPS and/or additional health sensors... this is what keeps people hooked on the device and this is where I see the most potential for future cult allegiance to the Apple Watch. Apple would be very wise to invest heavily in biometric sensors and do as much as they can with this. Those two hardware buttons? They should have been used for function rather than access to different interfaces. Those two buttons absolutely need to perform functions in the Fitness app. I do not see the reality of a touch screen not working in wet conditions (sweat) changing anytime soon.
3. NFC..... Apple Pay works.... but it could work SO MUCH BETTER. It needs to work without a phone. The NFC sensor also needs to be opened up to third parties. Right now they only have access to bluetooth. Huge potential in the Apple Watch becoming your wallet, your boarding passes, and your keys for your life. But Apple did very very little to get there. And these actions should not require interaction with the watch. it should just know the nearby sensor... load the correct app/pass/card/key and work.... this is how Apple pay on the iPhone use to work (maybe still does?).
and a distant 4th.... Siri. If they can get Siri to work fast and without an iPhone... then it becomes much more usable as a personal assistant... but the lack of audible feedback really makes Siri feel weird.... even if its fast it just doesn't feel right and it's not enjoyable to use. And the lag on the Apple Watch makes it so that when you are using it you feel the need to stare at the watch to make sure its working.... and if the screen turns off or if you move your wrist you fear that it will stop working and you will have to start over. There is nothing enjoyable about it. It's not that typical Apple innovation of taking several technologies, putting a sweet UI on it, and making it feel fun to use.... to the point where the technology and its limitations are invisible..... all of the limitations of the technology in the Apple Watch are very visible.
And that's it. Everything else really doesn't matter... photos app, music playing (i sometimes use), remote control for Apple TV, the stupid digital communication app that Apple made, third party news apps and games... it all doesn't matter... Apple should have ignored all of that for the Apple Watch rev 1. I hate invoking the "if Steve was around" thing but I really do feel that the Apple Watch suffered immensely from a lack of laser vision on what really made it a special product. What is the game changer about it? it's not looking at microscopic photo albums and scrolling through news headlines, all of which say you need to switch to your iPhone to continue reading. It's instead the 4 features I listed above.
This thread seems like as good a place as any...
Upcoming iTunes 12.4 update to (re)introduce persistent sidebar and other UI tweaks.
Translation: "We've really shit the bed with usability and this new 'flat' aesthetic, so, after two years, we're gonna kinda start putting things back like they were before Ive and company started mangling the appearance/usability of OS X, iOS and their associated apps. You're welcome."
Maybe they'll attempt something similar for the wretched, impossible-to-grasp Photos?
Here's hoping.
Naaah, who am I kidding...it'll be like every iTunes release in recent memory: for every thing it fixes/improves, it'll screw up 2-3 more.
iTunes and Photos are both hot messes. iTunes because it keeps adding more crap, and Photos because it took all the crap away.
With these two pieces of software, Apple needs to do some things:
- Bring back iPhoto. Yep, that should be enough
- Apple Music should be its own app
- Device management should be its own app (including all elements of device syncing)
- Videos and TV should be stripped out to their own Videos app
- iTunes should be a CD-ripper and catalogue for *ahem* music!
iSync should come back and be a device syncing tool. Plug a sync-able device in and a window should pop up showing all your synced devices, with the one you just plugged in highlighted. Click the device and a little prompt asks what you want to do: Sync with iPhoto, sync with iTunes, sync with Calendars, sync with Contacts. Whatever. You could even click a device not plugged in and tell iSync what you want to do next time the device is connected. Future Sync™!
Apple will not do this. Because.
My only add-on to what you've said is that iSync needs to look for wifi devices and sync them automatically when charging too. This way when we get out wireless charging and don't plug our devices in anymore it will still work.
I do agree with your idea on how the app should be split up though.
iTunes is a cluster for one reason and one reason only, to keep idevices working with Windows based computers. Unless that changes, which I doubt, iTunes will remain a cluster of crap.
I don't think they would have to change iTunes for Windows, for two reasons.
1) the data can be monkeyed about from two different methods, me thinks
I'm actually a little excited Apple is floundering around. Remember the iMac came out of the biggest dip in Apple history and before that they had cycles of growth and stagnation.
My gut says someone got the memo. Thinner doesn't matter anymore, smaller doesn't matter, simplicity is over-emphasized. I think the whips are starting to crack in those engineering departments and if history repeats its self, when Apple is out of their comfort zone we'll start seeing new, cool products again. More functions, more capabilities, better Interoperability. (Still no clones)
I'll give it a few years, but Apple might be running low on ammunition+feet; time for the brain to take over.
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Postby Sid » 07 Feb 2017 11:52
That's an EOTech hybrid sight. Magnifier can be flipped for close quarter battles.
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Postby Khalsa » 13 Feb 2017 01:47
Okay interesting image... Special forces unit gets involved in Militant takedown in Kashmir.
US style helmets with different camo.... even a german looking one (middle soldier).
Last not least ... the odd gun held by the first soldier from the left
M4A1 ?
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-38950506
rkhanna
Postby rkhanna » 13 Feb 2017 12:52
M4A1 is very prevalent within Indian Sec Forces now
Ghatak / RR Cdo / J&K SOG / Various State/city SWAT units / Army SF etc etc. So not surprising.
The Above Gents by the Add-ons to the M-4 would most likely be SF - but not necessarily all from the same unit - Can explain the differing camos. Also - its also possible MARCOS operators have been imbedded in their somewhere. (seen them on previous CT ops)
Discerning detailed info/ making conclusions from a single snap from a Dynamic operation involving alot of bodies is always going to be next to impossible
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Postby Neshant » 13 Feb 2017 13:08
Should take them out with drones when they are apart from the population.
This is by far the best tool for monitoring terrorists activity and hunting them down.
Coupled with machine learning and pattern recognition, terrorist activity like planting EID on roadsides or stirring up a ruckus can be identified the very moment they do it.
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Postby Thakur_B » 15 Feb 2017 13:43
Ghatak delivery batch for kerala police.
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Postby ramana » 28 Feb 2017 06:20
There is a video of a CRPF Instructor (S.N. Pal) firing 31 rounds in a minute from a 0.303 rifle. 30 of the rounds were on target. He beats a TN policemen record of 29 rounds in a minute from a 0.303.
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Postby ArmenT » 28 Feb 2017 06:51
Probably has its origins in a British army exercise called the Mad Minute. The 303 Lee Enfield was very suited for this exercise actually, because of its smooth bolt-action. By the way, when the British used the 303 in WW-I, several German units reported they were facing British armed with machine guns, when they were using the 303 in reality, such was the rate of rapid fire.
Postby Gyan » 28 Feb 2017 17:58
So it took us only 55 years after 1962 to realize the importance/relevance of this assault rifle design and start manufacturing AKs. Now what else? RPG-7 after 2050?
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Postby SaiK » 06 Mar 2017 02:38
sad..
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/ ... s-4555790/
Postby Neshant » 06 Mar 2017 06:42
^^ We can't even design small arms for our forces.
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Postby RoyG » 06 Mar 2017 08:07
SaiK wrote: sad..
what an idiotic decision. why not float a domestic competition at least. 1-2 years would be enough for development for private and public sector. also, with the conflict theater shifting to more urban areas what good is a battle rifle going to do? the 7.62 X 51 is hardly controllable on 3 round bursts and full auto.
Postby ramana » 06 Mar 2017 08:08
Neshant wrote: ^^ We can't even design small arms for our forces.
No as they are serious about fighting and killing the enemy dead.
Late BrigRayC used to tell INSAS would jam in firefight occasionally. The fault is the .223 mentioned to wound and not kill two enemy as US wanted to swamp the medical logistics.
Any way hope the don't lose time.
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Postby shiv » 06 Mar 2017 08:41
RoyG wrote:
This is "space filler" news from "official sources". Timepass for reader. Pocket money for journo. There is no company in the world that meets the Indian Army's specs despite the laudatory bhajans sung on all media to phoren companies
Regardless, if they cannot produce small arms, it paints a sorry picture of the entire govt based R&D ordinance team.
This kind of development takes more than 1 to 2 years since prototypes have to be manufactured by the hundreds and stress tested in a variety of circumstances. That includes field testing for months on end in a variety of climates & conditions.
But this should have started years ago. The fact that it did not suggests the IA did not want another "make in India" product like the INSAS and intended to purchase a foreign gun. Were it not so they would have put out the request to the govt to start a program to develop a replacement gun years ago.
Its all very sad and who can really believe Indian govt depts have any engineering talent that can produce quality products.
Make in India = buy at great expense from overseas and turn screw drivers in India to assemble it.
Neshant wrote: Regardless, if they cannot produce small arms, it paints a sorry picture of the entire govt based R&D ordinance team.
They do but the Army does not want them. Other units are picking them up.
Watch from the point linked below - Aero India 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgWbHKg ... u.be&t=375
30,000 units of Ghatak have been ordered by RR (I think) and the Ghatak is also in the competition for assault rifle. But it is normal for us to come down heavily and critically on our own.
Yagnasri
Postby Yagnasri » 06 Mar 2017 10:43
Is it not stipulated that they need a rifle that injure than kill and that is why we got INSAS. I remember reading it before. It may be here in BRF or somewhere else. Am I wrong? Now they are complaining that it can not kill?
BRFite -Trainee
Postby Reddy » 06 Mar 2017 10:49
ArmenT wrote: ^^^^
I think it has something to do with the unique bolt action/position. You can pull the trigger with out removing your hand from the bolt.
Postby ArmenT » 06 Mar 2017 11:16
ramana wrote: No as they are serious about fighting and killing the enemy dead.
So why is the .223 at fault for the jamming of the rifle?? The rifle should be designed to fire the cartridge reliably, irrespective of the ballistics of the bullet -- they are two completely different things. Jamming of the rifle is because of (a) crappy ammo manufacturing tolerances (b) crappy manufacturing tolerances of the rifle (c) design faults of the rifle (d) incorrect cleaning and maintenance procedures (e) crappy ammo storage, none of which have to to do with the bullet ballistics.
Also, the .223 (NATO 5.56x45) was used because it was lighter and therefore that the soldier could carry more of them. It was experimentally shown to have better lethal penetration than the 7.62x39 mm. at longer ranges as well. Anyone who tells you any different, just ask them one SIMPLE question: If you think the 7.62x39 is all that, how come the Soviet Union also stopped using the 7.62x39 and have been using the *EVEN SMALLER* 5.45x39 mm. cartridge for the last 40+ years?? This "wound-not-kill" rumor is McNamara marketing and has been going on for decades even when other cartridges were introduced. Some similar rumor went around when the 7.62x51 replaced the .30-06 and the same crap was being talked of when the .30-06 replaced the .30-40 Krag and when the .30-40 Krag replaced the .45-70 Government. Hell, even then people were complaining that the .30-40 Krag was a "small bore" cartridge that shouldn't be replacing the good ol' .45-70!
Reddy wrote:
Yep, the design was pretty ergonomic. The bolt handle mechanism is very close to the trigger mechanism when the bolt is closed. The user can hold the bolt handle with their thumb and first finger and use their middle finger to pull the trigger. The user doesn't need to let go of the thumb and first finger while pulling the trigger, therefore reloading after the shot is quicker. After the shot, the user simply flips up and pulls the bolt handle back and since the Lee Enfield is a "cock-on-close" mechanism rather than a "cock-on-open" like the Mauser or Mosin-Nagant style rifles, the initial opening of the bolt was faster too (it almost slides back by itself after flipping up). On top of that, it has a nice ergonomic sight, so that the user need not move his head at all while pulling the bolt back, thereby keeping the cheek weld to the stock and reacquiring the sight picture much faster.
Aditya_V
Postby Aditya_V » 06 Mar 2017 11:48
Yagnasri wrote: Is it not stipulated that they need a rifle that injure than kill and that is why we got INSAS. I remember reading it before. It may be here in BRF or somewhere else. Am I wrong? Now they are complaining that it can not kill?
This is pure BS, the real reason it was deceided to go for 5.56*45 Ammunition was lessons from the Sri Lanka operations where the SLR was too cumbersome for close combat with high recoile compared to the 7.62*39 Type 56 rifles LTTE employed. but problem with 7.62*39 is because bullet tends to drop it is very inaccurate above 100 meters and not very effective in 100-500 meters conventional combat requirement. But the 5.56*45 mm cannot drop a Jihadi unless it hits a vital area where the 7.62 *39 and 7.62*51 can smash a femur bones etc even it hits legs/arms etc.
The difficulty is finding a bullet that has the stopping power in close combat urban situations but not too cumbersome with a long barrel and high recoil but good enough for conventional combat. All armies are struggling for this hence, toying with the idea of multi caliber rifle.
The other solution is procure 2 rifles per soldier 7.62*39 for Coin and 7.62*51 for conventional deployments. But this increases logistics, better security of arms and asking all soldiers to keep 2 rifles in working order wit sights zerod for the unique way each persons Brain eye coordination works. and Soldiers need to be rotated away from Coin action zones.
mahaperu
Postby mahaperu » 06 Mar 2017 11:59
This is sad news indeed. Typically in any industry, the moment you are done releasing one design, you start designing the next generation. The fact that either they decided not too or the govt stopped them is a real blow. By this record, we should stop spending money on LCA too. Soon, the govt will decide not to spend on the next generation. R&D is not a one off thing that happens once in life. Its a continuous process of creating prototypes, manufacturing and releasing products, followed by learning lessons and gathering requirements. Infact typically various industries are already looking at products 2-3 generations beyond the current. Govt has to be responsible for all those involved. I guess 50 yeas from now, India will still be importing basic equipment. Not able to mass manufacture any decent product at the right price/quality combination.
Rishi Verma
Postby Rishi Verma » 06 Mar 2017 12:21
Every "sad story" of Indian defense manufacturing boils down to issues related to mass production. There needs to be an entity that looks at quality issues of domestic arms and goes into technical details of "why x units of army are not satisfied with y batch of z weapon".
We should not blame the armed forces for preferring an imported weapon (small arms or large) until exact reasons are found.
It's always worrisome if INSAS model x passed the famed hot and cold trials from Ajmer to Ladakh and then production units started showing quality issues. Same with Arjuns, 155mm howitzers, or whatever. Passing trials of prototype samples do not predict performance of mass produced pieces. That's where the main problem lies.
It's not military's job to ensure manufacturing quality issues. And manufactures like OFBs are not motivated or trained enough to ensure quality of build. Then a 3rd party needs to be there to ensure quality.
For all the mediocrity in our society, the office of the Election Commission does a fantastic job, they are part of government yet have independent powers. Such offices can be emulated in many other areas.
Hypothetically "Commissioner of Defense Quality" with sweeping powers to reject a lot or shut down a line before it gets delivered.
Manish_P
Postby Manish_P » 06 Mar 2017 13:47
ArmenT and Aditya_V have covered the points well.
But there might be another small but IMHO important reason which we should not overlook
The current jihadi scum are supplied with and thus wear much better protection (BPJs) than the vermin of the 90's-00's
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Postby RKumar » 06 Mar 2017 14:25
It is shame that we have to import bread n butter of war i.e. basic ammo n guns and we want to fight two front war
I sincerely hope this is not GoI, MoD and army seriously considering. We must own the design and manufactorying.
Aditya_V wrote:
7.62x51 mm. cartridges produce a lot of recoil, which make the shooter lose accuracy in burst and full-auto mode. Also, they are much heavier. A user can carry nearly 2x the number of 5.56x45 mm. cartridges for the same weight of 7.62x51 mm. cartridges. Which are two reasons for going for the lighter cartridge.
Most of the debate between 5.56x45 vs. 7.62x39 has to do with the terminal ballistics of their respective bullets. The smaller and lighter 5.56x45 cartridge bullet has a flatter path and carries enough velocity at the 600 meter mark to penetrate through 60s era Soviet body armor (which is when the cartridge was selected). The 7.62x39 cartridge (also called M43) moves slower and loses a lot of velocity beyond the 100 meter mark.The wounding capabilities of its bullet are also different. At ranges of about 100 meters or so, the 5.56x45 mm. cartridge (also called the M855) bullet will fragment upon hitting a body and the fragments will separate and spread out, producing a bigger hole than 5.56 mm diameter and increasing the chance of hitting vital organs and such. Above this distance, the fragmentation possibility diminishes rapidly (allegedly M855 frag. capability was designed keeping some Geneva convention protocol in mind). So if a target is hit at say 400 meters, very good chance that the hole produced will stay at 5.56 mm. diameter and therefore, unless the bullet is aimed at a vital spot, the chance of stopping the target is lessened. The M43 bullet doesn't fragment at all, but due to the way it is balanced, when it hits soft tissue, the bullet travels about 10 inches in and then starts to yaw significantly, thereby increasing the size of the wound and the wounding potential. It does not lose this yawing ability at greater ranges, even though it starts to lose accuracy and velocity more rapidly. However, note that it needs to have significant penetration depth before yawing happens. In many situations, the bullet enters and exits before it has a chance to yaw, therefore only leaving a 7.62mm. diameter hole. Many studies of woundings from the Vietnam era to the 80s showed that this situation happened in the majority of cases. This greatly reduces the wounding potential of the M43 to around the level of a small handgun cartridge with non-expanding bullets. Which means that unless it is aimed at a vital spot, the M43 also has much less wounding potential in many cases. So unless it is aimed at a femur directly, a shot to the arm or leg isn't going to do do much.
However, due to heavier weight of the M43 bullet, it has less chance of deviating when fired through light foliage and leaves (i.e. behind cover), whereas the M855 bullet can get deflected by so much as a bee getting in the way of the bullet.
So what is to be done? Turns out that people have improved the original bullet designs. For instance, some other cartridges in the 7.62x39 mm. caliber include the M67 (Yugoslav), Chinese, Czech and other cartridges were developed well after the M43. In these designs, the bullet starts to yaw much sooner (in like 3 inches of penetration or so) and therefore, the wounding potential is more when using these cartridges. Similarly, the US military recently went with the M855 Mark 1, where the bullet has a much better chance of fragmenting even at ranges well past 100 meters and the US military are reporting much success with the improved cartridge. The Russians abandoned the M43 and went with the smaller 5.45x39 mm. cartridge since 1974 (when they replaced the AKM with AK-74) and the bullet in this cartridge also yaws and tumbles a lot easier, producing much larger wounds than 5.45 mm diameter holes. In fact, during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in the early 80s, the Afghan Muj used to call the 5.45x39 mm. bullet as the "poison bullet" on account of the fact that it produced much larger wounds than its size indicated (well that, and lack of quality medical care meant wounds were often fatal in a few days).
ParGha
Postby ParGha » 06 Mar 2017 18:59
FWIW, the first AKMs were imported by the army because the SLRs were too long and snagged with the new parachutes imported in early 1980s; the SFF had AKMs, vz 58s and Type 56s even before that for various reasons.
Actually a two-rifle solution is not a bad idea:
Australia tried a multi-caliber rifle (Steyr AUG in 5.56x45 and 9x19mm) in early 1990s, and found that the operational cost was much higher than what the salesmen advertised. The armorers spent a lot of time fixing the issues that the soldiers were having, and when the man-hours were added up it was found that buying a bunch of MP-5s and training the smaller set of users would have been cheaper than the whole exercise.
India essentially does it with "sector-stores" (AKs in COIN areas) and "organic stores" (INSAS everywhere else) on an ad hoc basis... just do the same in an organized manner, with a doctrinal justification that the sector-stores will be given to second/third-line reserves in case of a large war.
With INSAS 2.0, people should settle on a sturdy and accurate AKM-derived design -- like the Finns did with Valmet or the E Germans with Wenger rifle -- and produce the heck out of it in separate lines of 7.62x39 and 5.56x45 mm. Cut out all the fancy bells-and-whistles of an INSAS (ex carrying handle, gas regulator, 3-round bust etc) and make its core components sturdier and reliable, and I think most soldiers will be happy with it. Build the 7.62x39 mm version in the millions, and export the heck out of it to allies like Vietnam and Afghanistan at "friendship prices".
Recoil and weight are two reasons... sight and psychology are another two. For most of us it is hard to acquire a proper sight picture as far as the full effective range of a 5.56x45mm, let alone a 7.62x51mm. Secondly, for most of us it is psychologically less disturbing to hunt in a group (vs individually). Thus the job of most rifle-men is to herd the enemy into kill-zones, where the MMG, AGL and mortar crews do the job. No point in going retail shopping when you have wholesale club membership.
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Postby Singha » 06 Mar 2017 19:41
syrians and iraqi snipers use some of moisin nagant
http://www.mosinnagant.net/finland/imag ... series.jpg
but of late they and the YPG are moving enmasse to 50cal rifles?. a retired gent called Abu tahseen working with the PMU claims 170 ISIS kills and as a young man fought in 70s era wars
what rifle is he using here
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... -year.html
The OFB guy at Aero India said that the Ghatak is trying to enter the assault rifle competition for the Indian army by adapting to the 7.62x51 round.
I have never heard of any army that is totally and fully satisfied with their weapon and who don't look with envy at the Kalashnikov. I would be happy to read reports of armies that say that they are perfectly happy with their weapon. Would not trust the Chinese here - but what do the Israelis use and what do they say?
darshhan
Postby darshhan » 06 Mar 2017 20:17
ArmenT wrote:
Armen, your analysis is right but only in context where the combatants are not wearing body armor. I doubt if more than 5% of combatants were actually wearing body armor in vietnam.
From what I have read 7.62x51 offers much better penetration wrt body armors( especially where steel/ceramic inserts are used). Even the vehicles are being uparmored these days.
do small arms TFTAness really matter a whole lot? the basic kalashnikov will pump out rounds reliably and work in tough conditions. it can take a reflex sight or laser pointer if needed. it comes in short barrel "bin laden" models also and with huge banana mags.
in syria and iraq, except in CQB, most of the casualties are due to MMG, HMG, 23mm cannons, artillery, mortars and air strikes.
to some extent I think the western small arms shops are getting rich on skills keepalive deals by their respective govts..while making lot of money from exporting hyped up kit to 3rd world and civilian sales
Singha wrote: what rifle is he using here
That would be the Iranian AM50 12.7mm single shot Anti material rifle .. a somewhat crude (but effective) copy of the Austrian Steyr HS.50
Some more info at this link
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Postby Rakesh » 08 Mar 2017 03:09
India To Purchase New Army Assault Rifle
https://sputniknews.com/asia/2017030610 ... e-assault/
Speaking of firearm reliability and faulty design, here's an example of even an experienced manufacturer sometimes getting things wrong. The firearm in this video is a Glock Model 17 Gen. 4. They introduced these Gen 4. models in 2010, so fairly recent. Turns out some of the early models had a faulty ejector that would cause some pistols to stovepipe frequently and eject erratically. However, the company put out a fix for it, which is why they have a good reputation around the world. Video shows the same pistol before and after the ejector was replaced with a newer part.
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Postby rohitvats » 08 Mar 2017 10:31
ArmenT - thank you for this wonderful and very informative post. Helped me to understand the issue in detail. It is posts like these which make it worthwhile to visit BRF.
Thanks much sir. Forgot to mention a couple more points in the post. The M855 was originally designed in the 1960s with the 20 inch M16 barrel in mind, so the fragmentation and yawing would happen at distances up to 100 meters or so. Bear in mind that the ability to frag. and yaw for this bullet is velocity dependent, which is why the probability of this happening goes down over longer distances. The trouble is that when the US military went with the M14 carbine with a shorter 14.5 inch barrel, the velocity of the bullet coming out of the barrel was lessened due to the shorter barrel, which means the distance at which fragging and yawing happen also got correspondingly lessened, which led to some complaints about performance in Iraq and Afghanistan. This got fixed when the improved M855 Mark I was developed.
The penetration depth of the bullet before yawing and fragging occurs (about 10 inches for M43, 6-7 inches for M855) also is a factor. The muj. were often protected by the fact that they were skinny and starved with something like 7.5 inch thick torsos, so bullets would often go through them before having chance to yaw and would not transfer their full energy to the target. That's where improved rounds like the Yugoslav, Czech, Chinese, M855A1, 5.45x39 etc. were better because they yaw within about 3 inches of penetration.
The M43 bullet of the AK is heavier and moves slower, but at distances below 100 meters or so, it delivers about 15% more kinetic energy than the M855 (fired out of original M16), due to larger mass. This means better punch and penetration through barriers at shorter distances. However, it starts to lose velocity more rapidly and by 300 meters, the M855 actually delivers about 25% more kinetic energy than M43 and it only starts getting worse from here on for the AK bullet. Which is why people say that the AK becomes rapidly less effective after 100 meters or so.
ArmenT wrote: The penetration depth of the bullet before yawing and fragging occurs (about 10 inches for M43, 6-7 inches for M855) also is a factor. The muj. were often protected by the fact that they were skinny and starved with something like 7.5 inch thick torsos, so bullets would often go through them before having chance to yaw and would not transfer their full energy to the target. That's where improved rounds like the Yugoslav, Czech, Chinese, M855A1, 5.45x39 etc. were better because they yaw within about 3 inches of penetration.
Unfortunately ArmenTs super post sounds like a medical paper that says:
If the patient is diagnosed and treatment started within 24 hours of the onset of illness, drug X has an 86% chance of curing the ailment completely. When started on day 2 - a survey of 2400 patients showed that drug X was only 62% effective. After day 3 Drug X is found to work only in 47% of the time. Given that in rural India patients often come for treatment only after day 3 the chance of an early and quick remission using Drug X is less than 15%
What this means is that there is no ideal weapon/bullet combination for all situations for all time. I only hope the Indian army is not looking for unobtanium
shiv wrote: What this means is that there is no ideal weapon/bullet combination for all situations for all time. I only hope the Indian army is not looking for unobtanium
The first part is a fact of life (or death). The second part is debatable
Shalav
Postby Shalav » 10 Mar 2017 09:14
So 20 years ago the IA decided they wanted to retire their 7.62 x 51 FN FAL's (Ishapore 1A1) in favour of the 5.56 x 45 NATO. Some of the reasons given among many IIRC was that they wanted to reduce the burden on soldiers by using lighter calibre ammo and they wanted a more modern calibre ballistics. Now they have suddenly decided they want the 7.62 x 51 after all, and suddenly all the problems of weight and ballistic performance they described with 7.62x51 calibre 20 years ago have no relevance?! WTF?
Since they were re-equipping entirely they could have also opted for 7.62 x 39 Warsaw Pact or the 5.45 x 39 Russian. No, for some odd reason which is still not clear they opted for the NATO calibre. So much was written and argued about this calibre change right here on this forum.
In the intervening years they also called for a "multi-calibre" rifle to replace the INSAS - no one from any country in the world was able to provide one with the specs they set. IIR that farce correctly they wanted a 5.56 to also fire an intermediate 6.8(6.5?) calibre with only a barrel change and WITHOUT changing the bolt and bolt-carrier, or they wanted a complete barrel and bolt change in one action. Even me with very little knowledge knows only changing the barrel would not suffice as the 6.5 came in either 6.5x39 6.5x49 and the 6.8 came in 6.8x42 - all of which do not match the 5.56x45 calibre cartridge length. Any calibre change would also also mean changing the magazine receiver - at that point it would be simpler to exchange the entire rifle rather than fiddle about with barrel + bolt-carrier group + lower receiver change in the field. The trials of the so called "multi-calibre" rifles failed spectacularly! I wonder if the powers that be in the IA ever introspected and ordered an inquiry into why something so logically and physically impossible was even sent out as an RFP?
When will the IA ever do their own research into what actually works for them and what is practical? Why not intermediates 6.5 or 6.8? Where is their research on these calibres? They have never ever published or provided any research from any IA technical division for something as basic as stating why they prefer a particular calibre? All we hear is now "we want to change back to the previously discarded calibre, because reasons...". If this continues 20 years from now we might even hear them say "we need to change over to an intermediate 6.5 / 6.8 calibre, because reasons...".
It just makes me SMH seeing so much effort and money wasted every 20 years or so, because after all this time IA still cannot decide what calibre is good for them!
I'm betting they are looking at the phoren 7.62x51 calibre rifle only. The RM should just order them to work with the OFB and up-barrel the INSAS or another suitable and ready available Indian designed rifle with a 7.62 bolt / bolt-carrier / barrel combo - just like the Israeli Galil 7.62 variant is an up-barreled from the standard 5.56 variant. It's not as if this is high technology where the OFB will have to re-invent the wheel - even they should be capable of this.
Shalav wrote: I wonder if the powers that be in the IA ever introspected and ordered an inquiry into why something so logically and physically impossible was even sent out as an RFP?
There was a scathing article on how these RFPs are made. Some junior officer is tasked with the "research" on what is the "latest" to come up with specs. He surfs the net for brochures and writes something up. That is inspected by a middle level officer who needs to show that he is more clever than the junior by half - so he adds some requirements of his own and then presents it to the senior officer who signs the RFP for release.
The story does not sound implausible to me at all.
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Colton Haynes was born on July 13th, 1988 in Andale, Kansas, United States. His parents are William Clayton Haynes and Dana Denise Mitchell and his Siblings are Clinton Haynes, Joshua Haynes and Willow Haynes. He Belong to white Ethnicity and holds American Nationality.
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Colton was selected on MTV Television series named Teen Wolf. He had cast as the lead role for the twelve episodes. Later he also get chance to cast in Nine Lives of Chloe King and also in some Short films.
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Colton had been doing several Modeling and fashion show for different popular magazine. He had also cast in several TV series. Under the survey of 2016, it has been found out that Colton has got Net worth of $ 4 Million Dollar.
Colton Haynes (age 28) was born on July 13th, 1988 in Andale, Kansas, United States. He is an American actor as well as Model. He was grown up with his parents William Clayton Haynes and Dana Denise Mitchell along with his siblings Clinton Haynes, Joshua Haynes and Willow Haynes. Colton had completed his education from Navarre and Samuel High schools. He Belong to white Ethnicity and holds American Nationality.
Haynes started his career at the age of 15, appearing in Bruce Weber photo shoot for Abercrombie & Fitch. He had appeared in numerous magazines and newspapers. Apart from this all, he also got chance in Hollywood movies like Miami, Arrow, Transformers and also in different TV series. Colton was nominated for Saturn awards too.
He had worked for gay magazines several times by which lots of rumors came to know that Colton is gay. The rumors and scandal has come true when he said, “I am gay and happier than I have ever been” after breaking up with a guy with whom he had affair from past six years. Colton had dated with Electra Avellan, Zachary, Holland Roden, Lucy Hale, AJ Michalka and other girlfriend. It has been estimated that Haynes has Net worth of $ 4 Million Dollar.
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New Characters Announced for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
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August 9, 2018 Kumiel Naqwi
Nintendo has been quite busy developing its hit fighting game Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Since the game was revealed back in March, the character announcements have been pouring in from Nintendo, and it was recently revealed in a Nintendo Direct that five more characters will be joining the fight. It boasts the largest roster in the history of Smash.
Thus far, there is a total of 73 characters in the roster of this behemoth of a game, five of which were announced recently: Simon Belmont, Richter Belmont, Dark Samus, Chrom, and King K. Rool. Out of the five characters, Richter, Dark Samus, and Chrom are echo fighters, Chrom being Roy’s echo, Richter being Simon’s, and Dark Samus being — you guessed it — Samus’s echo. All three characters have their own voices, appearance, and animations but their moves and skill sets will be similar to their echo counterparts.
Simon and Richter Belmont hail from the Castlevania series and use their respective whip, crosses, axes and holy water in battle. See them in action in the video below:
King K. Rool, a Donkey Kong Country villain, is a new character to the franchise and will have skills which will mimic those he had in Donkey Kong. Have a look at what he is capable of in the video below:
The echo fighters can be positioned in the character select screen in two different ways. They can either be listed as separate fighters or linked to their counterparts. If players choose to link them, they simply press a button to switch between the two.
The game has over 100 stages to fight in and will launch on December 7 exclusively on Nintendo Switch. Smash game director Masahiro Sakurai stated in the recent Nintendo Direct that a few more characters have yet to be announced, so stay tuned for an expansion to the roster.
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STILL HUNGRY – Dave Allison, original rhythm guitarist & vocalist from Canadian metallers Anvil
November 12, 2017 April 1, 2019 / Gary Alikivi
Dave Allison was a member of Anvil for 10 years and recorded 7 albums, his last was ‘Past and Present’ live album. I got in touch with Dave and asked what are you up to now ? ‘I pretty much quit playing when I left Anvil. I went to see them for the first time last year and I got totally inspired to start playing again. I am currently working with a network of all pro musicians from back in the day. Guys who are still in the game. We are writing songs and recording mostly over the internet. If I told you some mischievous stories and funny anicdotes from back in the day it would be a whole different interview and very X-rated haha’.
Back then Anvil were Steve ‘Lips’ Kudlow (lead vocals, guitar), Dave Allison (guitar, vocals) Ian Dickson (bass, backing vocals) and Robb Reiner (drums) The band were originally called Lips and released their first album independently. They changed names to Anvil and signed to Attic Records who re-released their debut album ‘Hard ’n’ Heavy’ in 1981.
Let’s go back to the start, when did you first get into playing music and who were your influences ? ’First band I played in I was maybe 13! Mike Poitras on drums, Dave McLean lead guitar and myself on rhythm guitar! We sucked but we had fun! Influences ? Too many to mention but a short list would be Deep Purple, Cream, Hendrix, Sabbath, Boston, Styx and Aerosmith previous to meeting the boys! Oh and Rush of course! After that anybody and everybody. I should probably include The Who, The Beatles and believe it or not The Monkeys in that first list!
Was there a defining moment when you said ‘I want to do that ? ‘When I first heard all of those previous bands. I started playing Monkeys songs when I was 8 years old when I got my first electric guitar and amplifier from money that I made from my paper route!
The early days of Anvil were a hard struggle in Canada… ‘First gig was with Anvil was after 10 months of rehearsal. We done seven days a week, 8 hours a day. Most of that was just Rob, Lips and myself. Ian didn’t join the band till very late. We already had the first album written long before the first gig. During this time we self recorded and self-produced the Lips album which eventually became the first Anvil album Hard ’n’ Heavy’.
Back then what venue’s were you playing ? ‘We played every s******** in Ontario and Quebec. Anywhere that would have us. It wasn’t easy back in the day being an original band. And we were loud as f***. We were a band who played mostly original music and all the clubs wanted tribute bands so we bullshitted our set list and said we played all the current Hard Rock band stuff. But of course we didn’t. We did do a lot of Ted Nugent though. And we would play a club for an entire week. Back in the day that’s how it was. We used to play the same clubs over and over again every 2 months. The word spread about us and eventually so did our territory’.
By 1982 Anvil had released their second album ’Metal on Metal’. That year they got a call to play a festival which was fast becoming a regular on the rock circuit. Can you recall playing the UK Monsters of Rock ? ‘Monsters of Rock gig ! Ho Lee fuk ! What an experience. It was surreal ! Couldn’t believe we were actually there. Although by that time we really were a well-oiled, road hardened and very confident bunch of guys. But it was still the biggest thing we had ever done. I think we were a little heavy given the rest of the line-up’. On the bill were Uriah Heep, Hawkwind, Gillan, Saxon and headliners Status Quo. By 1983 Anvil had released their third album ‘Forged in Fire’ produced by Chris Tsangarides…‘We always took recording very seriously and worked very much as a team to achieve the end result. This would often create a bit of tension between us but that’s just the nature of the beast and the end result speaks for itself !
To promote the album they went out on the ‘Another Perfect Day’ UK tour supporting Motorhead. I saw them at Newcastle City Hall, plus before that, at Leeds Queens Hall on a bill with Girlschool, Twisted Sister, Saxon and Spider. What are your memories from that day ? ‘With those bands the Leeds gig was a little more in keeping with who we were and was much more comfortable. That was an excellent show on the day, and we had a lot of fun doing it and playing with those bands’.
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Did you film any tv appearances or music video’s ? ‘Not as many as I would have liked to but yes there are number of them. My personal favourite are the Tokyo Tapes live at Sun Plaza. One guy filming on the balcony with what must have been a huge camera and the footage is as raw as it gets, but totally captures what Anvil was all about.
There is another really good one back in the Hard and Heavy days which was a guy’s college project that I also think is pretty good although again very raw!
Slickest one was Super Rock ’84 but it is short and only includes the tracks School Love and Metal on Metal with just short pieces of both those songs. I would love to see the rest of the footage but I don’t know if it exists’.
What’s your future plans ? ‘I have a home studio and do all of that on computer, so with the musicians I’m working with it makes it kind of easy to trade ideas without travelling great distances to play together. I’m also very interested in taking older songs and remaking them much like we did in Anvil. Eventually the plan is to put out a recording. With the whole new spin of course and much more attitude! I tend to like attitude !
Interview by Gary Alikivi September 2017.
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Posted January 4, 2019 gobiopak22
Every year, I look for important themes in sustainability that will have lasting impact on society, from glaring evidence of global megatrends to inspiring stories of corporate action. The year 2018 brought extreme change — in weather and environmental ecosystems, in political winds and power, and in the expectations of business. It also brought incredible clarity about the scale of our challenges and opportunities.
So, let’s start with the big picture before moving to some corporate success stories.
The world’s scientists sound a final alarm on climate
We have about 12 years left. That’s the clear message from a monumental studyfrom the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). To avoid someof the most devastating impacts of climate change, the world must slash carbon emissions by 45% by 2030, and completelydecarbonize by 2050 (while, in the meantime, emissions are still rising).
The IPCC looked at the difference between the world “only” warming two degrees Celsius (3.8°F) — the agreed upon goal at global climate summits in Copenhagen and Paris — or holding warming to just 1.5 degrees. Even the latter, they say, will require a monumental effort “unprecedented in terms of scale.” We face serious problems either way, but every half degree matters a great deal in human, planetary, and economic losses.
It wasn’t just the IPCC that told a stark story. Thirteen U.S. government agencies issued the U.S. National Climate Assessment, which concluded that climate change could knock at least 10% off of GDP. Other studies tell us that sea level rise is going to be worsethan we thought, Antarctica is melting three times fasterthan a decade ago, and Greenland is losing ice quicklyas well. If both those ice sheets go, sea level rise could reach 200-plus feet, resulting in utter devastation, including the loss of the entire Atlantic seaboard (Boston, New York, D.C., etc.), all of Florida, London, Stockholm, Denmark, Paraguay, and land now inhabited by more than 1 billion Asians).
All of this suggests that business must dramatically change how it operates: companies will need topush well past their comfort zones from areas like politics and policy to engaging consumers to how they make investment decisions.
Entire towns are wiped off the map by extreme weather
This year the weather devastation around the world got, in the words of one colleague, “biblical.” The town of Paradise, California, was effectively eliminated by wildfires (that, yes, are made worse by climate change), killing at least 85 people. Most houses in Mexico Beach, Florida, were destroyed by Hurricane Michael. Unprecedented rains and damage from Hurricane Florence slammed North Carolina and temporarily turned a major highway into a river. Typhoon Mangkhut ravagedthe Philippines and parts of China, killing dozens of people. Incredible heat blanketed four continentsthis summer, with records falling across Europe and Asia. Venezuela’s last glacier is disappearing. Finally, Capetown, South Africa, is essentially out of water due in part to drought — the city nearly shut off all the taps this year, but has held off “Day Zero”through ongoing restrictions and aggressive citizen action.
The consequences of these extremes are not theoretical. What is the economic cost to an area with no water, or one that’s under water, or burned to the ground? In the U.S. alone, it was $306 billionin 2017, shattering records.
Coral is dying, insects are disappearing, and the fate of major ecosystems looks dim
The world’s top coral expert confirmsthat at 2 degrees of warming, all coral will die. This will destroy a critical part of an ocean system that provides protein to hundreds of millions of people, helps blunt coastal storm surges, and supports the livelihoods of people working in fishing and tourism.
And it’s not just coral: there’s the death of pacific kelp forests, radical declines in insect populations, and continuing population drops in all mammalsand bees.
How does this all connect to business? For some sectors, it’s obvious: the food and agriculture industry will have trouble feeding us without pollinators, and tourism takes a big hit without coral and other wildlife. But more broadly, society will not thrive in a world where entire pillars of planetary support are collapsing. And if society can’t thrive, neither can business.
The U.S. environmental protection system continues being dismantled … from within
The EPA and Department of Interior are reversing years of protections for air, water, and land. In 2018, the Trump administration has opened up offshore watersand rolled back safety rulesfor drilling, greatly weakened the voice of sciencein policy, reduced focus on children’s health, and moved to make it easier to build dirty coal plants.
The big question now is whether businesses will push back and go down a cleaner path on their own. It’s easy to see why multinationals might as they face pressure from sub-national regions — California Gov. Jerry Brown held a Global Climate Action Summitwhich produced many aggressive climate goes from cities and state, for example. Gov. Brown also signed aggressive new laws committing to carbon-free electricity statewide by 2045and requiring solar on all new homes. So even if U.S. action sputters, governors and mayors who influence local and regional business conditions will be pushing the clean economy and pro-climate agendas.
In pointed contrast to the U.S., the EU backed a proposal to strike no new trade dealswith countries not in the Paris climate accord (i.e., only the U.S.), France will shut coal plantsby 2021, India just cancelledplans for big coal plants, and China banned 500 inefficient models of cars.
For nearly a decade, no business leader has done more to bring sustainability into the business mainstream than Paul Polman, Unilever’s outgoing CEO (Full disclosure: I’ve worked with Unilever). His depth of understanding of our biggest global, social, and environmental challenges, and his commitment to use business as a way to tackle them, has been unparalleled. But it wasn’t just talk. The company also grew throughout Polman’s tenure and the stock outperformed peers and the FTSE index. Luckily, there are other corporate leaders who are stepping up, including Danone’s Emmanuel Faber (see below for more).
But climate isn’t the only area where we’re seeing bold stances. Societal issues more broadly made headlines, too. The New York Times declared 2018 year that “CEO activism has become the new normal,” with prominent voices like Salesforce’s Marc Benioff leading the way. Other notable moments include Nike making Colin Kaepernick — the man who led NFL player protests about police violence against African Americans — the face of its 30th anniversary “Just Do It” campaign (sales rose quickly). Under pressure from survivors of school mass shootings, Dick’s Sporting Goods stopped selling assault weapons, and other companies cut ties to the powerful National Rifle Association. Kroger celebrated a year of its “End Hunger” initiative. Unilever threatened to pull its substantial ad dollarsfrom Facebook and Google if they didn’t police “fake news and toxic content.” One hundred U.S. CEOs urged action on controversial immigration issues. And more than 100 U.S. companies gave employees time off to vote.
Danone becomes the world’s largest B Corporation
A “B Corp” certification requires answering an intensive set of questions on environmental, social, and governance issues. But most importantly, it commits a company to create value for all stakeholders (customers, employees, communities, and so on), not just shareholders.
French consumer products giant Danone has now put 30% of its brands and businesses through the certification process and says that “companies are fundamentally challenged as to whose interests they really serve.” Becoming a B Corp is arguably is a direct statement about whose interests it values most, and it’s and fascinating frontal attack on the dominance of shareholder capitalism.
More investors are viewing climate and sustainability as core value issues
Something is shifting in finance. Vanguard wants CEOs to be a force for good. Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England, said that “70% of [UK] banks, who normally have a shorter horizon, are viewing climate as a financial risk—not a CSR one.” Larry Fink, CEO of Blackrock, the world’s largest asset owner, encouraged longer-term thinking about environmental, social, and governance issues in a strongly-worded letter to large-company CEOs.
Anecdotally, I’ve talked to leaders at big banks who are now thinking differently about purpose and systemic risk. And in a quieter move, a major real estate investor in Miamibegan pulling money out of coastal assets to avoid risk of sea level rise. Watch this space.
The clean technology explosion continues and accelerates
Three big clean tech themes wowed me this year.
1) Renewables keep getting cheaper.According to Lazard’s annual analysisof the cost of building new power plants, renewables are now the cheapest. And another global analysis showed that new wind and solar are cheaper than one-third of the coal already on the grid — and will be cheaper than 96% of existing plants by 2030).
2) Corporate buying of clean energy keeps rising. By the end of just the first half of 2018, businesses bought more clean energythan they did in 2017. Companies like Owens Corning (disclosure: a client of mine) are buying enough green energy to pitch their products as cleanly manufactured(which they started doing in late 2017).
3) Electric vehicles are exploding, and it’s not just small vehicles:even container shipsare going electric. UPS bought its first EV delivery vehicles at price parityto combustion engines, and China is adding nearly 10,000 electric busesto the roads — equal to the size of London’s entire bus fleet – every five weeks.
China rejects the world’s trash
For years, the U.S. had a great deal: When container ships arrived from China with goods, we sent them back filled with our recyclable paper and glass. But starting January 1, 2018, China stopped accepting our trash. The ripples of this move are unpredictable and still moving through the system, but in some regions, materials piled upand prices for recycled content plummeted. In a business world trying to go “circular” (i.e., find a use for everything and eliminate waste), it was a wake-up call about how much waste we still produce.
The battle against single-use plastic heats up, starting (somewhat oddly) with straws
Sometimes weird things hit a tipping point. For a combination of reasons, including a viral video showing a turtle with a straw stuck in its nose, companies waged war on straws this year. Marriott, McDonald’s, Starbucks, Burger King, and the city of Seattle, among others, all banned or are phasing out straws. It was a very small part of a larger conversation about “single-use plastics,” most notably plastic bags, which IKEAand Taiwanare banning as well.
Raising the bar for suppliers
The greening of the supply chain is a perennial story, but there are some noteworthy recent actions. Apple created a $300 million fundto help suppliers in China build more solar, and also partnered with Alcoa and Rio Tinto to develop a better smelting processto make carbon-free aluminum. On the labor side of the supply chain equation, PepsiCo and Nestle cut ties with a palm oil supplierover human rights abuses and Coca-Cola said it would work with the U.S. State Department to use blockchain to fight forced labor.
Meatless options grow plentiful
Given the way most cattle is currently raised, one of the most effective things an individual can do to reduce her carbon footprintis eat less meat. The options to do so are growing, and the rise of products made from non-animal proteins has been remarkable. The Impossible Burger, Beyond Meat, and other brands have made believers out of skeptics (they taste great) and are, as the Wall Street Journal put it, “overrunning grocery meat cases.” In another fascinating move, tech company WeWork went meat-free in its offices and even stopped reimbursing employeeson business trips for meat meals.
I’m sure I missed many stories, especially globally (my view is from the U.S.). Predictions are hard, but I’m safe in assuming 2019 will be a bumpy ride again. Ultimately, today’s global political situation is, at best, unpredictable. Brazil now has a strongman-style leader who talks about cutting down the Amazon, but the U.S. just swung its House of Representatives back the other way, giving power to Democrats who want more focus on climate change, inequality, and other sustainability agenda items. No matter what happens politically, it seems clear that companies will continue to feel pressure, internally and externally, to do more on social and environmental issues. While the problems we are extremely serious, I remain optimistic that companies will be doing more in 2019 than ever before.
Andrew Winstonis the author, most recently, of The Big Pivot.He is also the co-author of the best-seller Green to Goldand the author ofGreen Recovery. He advises some of the world’s leading companies on how they can navigate and profit from environmental and social challenges. Follow him on Twitter @AndrewWinston.
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. – After a slow start in round one, the Harvard women's golf team surged to a third-place overall finish at the Yale Women's Intercollegiate Tournament. Harvard's opportunity to climb higher was cut short with the final round of the tournament being cancelled due to inclement weather.
Harvard completed 36 holes with a score of 594, 26 over par. The Crimson tied with Delaware and the two programs were just four strokes off second place Lamar. Stirling University from Scotland took the team title with a plus 12 score of 580. Charlotte rounded out the top five, just one stroke behind Harvard and Delaware at 595.
Individually, Harvard placed two golfers in the top ten, including freshman Belinda Hu, who finished tied for seventh overall carding 146, four over par. The rookie posted the Crimson's best performance in round two, setting a new career low round of 70 and notching the first sub-par round in her collegiate career. Senior Michelle Xie led the Crimson overall, tying for fourth overall with a score of 144, plus-two.
Round One Highlights
Harvard tied for first overall with 56 at par holes.
Ji Hae Lee tied her career low round, carding 77, five over par.
Round Two Highlights
After a slow start, the Crimson rebounded to place first overall in round two.
Harvard ranked in the top three on par three, four and five holes.
Belinda Hu led the tournament field averaging 3.82 strokes per par four hole.
Belinda Hu also carded her first sub-par round of her collegiate career with a new low round of 70.
The women's golf team will complete its fall slate at the Lady Blue Hen Invitational, hosted by Delaware on Oct. 21 and 22.
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This opulent suite is located near Busch Gardens in Williamsburg, Virginia, and can accommodate two guests for a historic vacation. The suite consists of a bedroom with a French-style interior and an ensuite bathroom. The bedroom features a plush king-size bed, luxurious linens, a flatscreen television with a DVD player, a music system, and a cozy window seat. In the ensuite bathroom, guests will find a toilet, a sink, and a walk-in shower. Guests at this property can enjoy breakfast every morning, which is included in a night's stay, and use of the property's gorgeous gardens.
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Guests at this property are sure to feel relaxed and comfortable at this property. The setting is one of quiet sophistication, with elegant furniture, luxurious linens, and a breathtaking garden in which to stroll through. This property provides a delicious breakfast every morning, which is included in the price of a night's stay.
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This property is located in the heart of historic Williamsburg, Virginia, which was the capital of the Virginia Colony for 81 years. Jamestown Settlement is nearby, where guests can enjoy the living history museum depicting original European settlements. Several important plantations can be found just a stone's throw away, including Sherwood Forest, Shirley, and Berkeley. The area is rich in natural beauty as well as significant landmarks, with College Creek, Chickahominy Wildlife Management Area, and New Quarter Park all within easy reach of the property by car.
Williamsburg is just the place to find the perfect blend of history, culture, and natural beauty. There are several historic sites in the area that are well worth a visit, including College of William & Mary, one of the nation’s first colleges, Jamestown Settlement, and Yorktown Battlefield. Those with an interest in plantations can check out Shirley, the first Virginia plantation, Berkeley Plantation, which is still fully functioning, and Sherwood Forest Plantation, the home of U.S. President John Tyler. Other activities in the area include tours of Williamsburg Winery, a fun family afternoon at Busch Gardens, and golf at one of several courses in and around Williamsburg.
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Beyond the Five Senses with Robert Schoch - the Ubersense
What we are grappling with is the successful perception of the super consciousness and actually accessing it. This very much entails querying it and returning with the data. This has been done, not so far in an organized manner. There is also the matter of limitations. Much that has come back is the perceptions of a spirit which may well be awful or often we receive a sense of future tendency. Wisdom yes, but not precise.
Sometimes we get hard data. Cayce came up with the unique importance of Bimini. Decades later on schedule, observations were made. Decades after that it became clear to myself and some others why this locale was important and creditable. I hope you can be patient. Cayce had it right. He focused on today’s problem with today’s solutions.
Showing you the world’s largest oil field is of no help if after spending $15,000,000 to drill, you discover that your current technology cannot pump it.
The gold standard remains the experience of Swedenborg. He spoke extensively with spirits he recognized and even knew as freely as you and I can talk. He did this for years and he has not been unique. He still was unable to return with interesting theorems in mathematics.
Beyond the Five Senses: The Powers Latent in Humankind
By ROBERT M. SCHOCH, Ph.D.
http://www.newdawnmagazine.com/articles/beyond-the-five-senses-the-powers-latent-in-humankind
The traditional five senses – sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch – are these the only ways to perceive the world, to gain information, to experience reality? In fact there are more than five senses, taking different forms, in various types of organisms, including humans. For instance, humans can also sense balance and acceleration, temperature, and pain due to nerve damage. There are other types of physiological receptors as well, some found in humans, some found in other organisms. To cite just a few examples, directional awareness based on Earth’s magnetic field occurs in birds and bacteria, various species of fishes as well as dolphins can detect electric fields, and for many types of fishes water pressure detection used to maintain buoyancy is critical.
But is there something more than the sorts of physiological-based senses described in the last paragraph? The answer to this question is of profound importance, as it fundamentally divides the world into two philosophical and metaphysical camps.
On the one hand we have the “physicalists-materialists” who believe there is nothing more to reality beyond matter and energy as construed by classical physics and western science more generally. This position devolves to a dogmatic scientism (sometimes referred to as naturalism1) that posits the so-called scientific method, involving empiricism, observations, and laboratory experiments (generally with a heavy emphasis on measurements), as the only way to gain knowledge.
[ This position is proving to be seriously wrong and we are learning to measure effects which tells me that like the once marvelously mystical electromagnetic field, they too will be de mystified. – arclein]
On the other hand, in sharp contrast to extreme scientism, are found a wide array of “ways of knowing.” These include a diverse range of experiences with equally diverse labels: religious insight, ecstasy, spiritual knowledge, meditative contemplation, divine illumination, aesthetic and symbolic revelation, visionary trances, out-of-body experiences, soul travelling, channelling of supernormal entities, and so forth.
In sum, scientism is often contrasted with spirituality, religiosity, and the preternatural, supernatural, or supersensitive in all of their disparate forms. Another way of putting this is that scientism denies any inner or beyond this material world aspects, such as the concept of consciousness, that are divorced from or in addition to physical matter and energy as perceived either directly or indirectly (using appropriate instrumentation) via the five senses. Those following the dogmatism of scientism often make a sharp distinction between the objective and the subjective; based on my research, this is a false dichotomy that often blurs under close scrutiny.
In terms of the mind-body problem, scientism essentially denies that consciousness is anything more than an epiphenomenon arising from physical-chemical processes taking place in the brain. The alternative extreme view is that consciousness exists outside of and beyond matter, and it is consciousness that in fact infuses the universe and makes matter manifest. Based on his understanding of modern physics, Amit Goswami (author of a standard textbook on quantum mechanics2) has written:
[ Conjecture: The conscious expression ‘I am’ initiates the universe and is both independent and directly informed by the Universe thereafter. I have shown that this is rigorously sufficient to produce the entirety of our living universe including the total content of the super consciousness that we call GOD while retaining externality. I also strongly suspect that it is necessary but this is not shown rigorously as yet. A thought experiment may be able to exclude all other choices. I do know that I had precisely one choice. – Arclein ]
“I propose that the universe exists as formless potentia in myriad possible branches in the transcendent domain and becomes manifest only when observed by conscious beings.”3
It is not only from a quantum mechanical point of view that one can reach the conclusion that consciousness may be prior to matter. ( no! it is coincident with matter – arclein )Erik Verlinde (Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Amsterdam) developed a new theory of gravity based on the concept that the universe is essentially a holograph where the structure of space-time emerges from information.4 Elaborating on Verlinde’s work, I came to the following conclusion:
“The most fundamental aspect of the universe… is information. Information can be equated with thought or mind or mental constructs independent of any material everyday conception…. The universe of mass and energy and forces, as we experience it on an everyday practical level, may have had its origin in a thought that inserted information into an otherwise blank (data free) holographic system…. Inserting more thoughts, more information, expands and changes the system…”5
For me the bottom line is that not only can consciousness exist independent of matter, but consciousness – thought, information – is prior to matter in a most fundamental sense. This position is diametrically opposed to dogmatic scientism and opens, even demands, the acknowledgment that not only is there more to reality than can be perceived by the “five senses,” but in order to gain a complete picture and understanding of reality we must gain knowledge in ways that go well beyond the five senses, beyond the simplistic so-called scientific method. We need philosophical, religious, transcendent experiences and the genuine knowledge such experiences bring. Those who limit themselves to their material physiology can never aspire to understand the ultimate nature and meaning of the universe.
This assertion that consciousness is beyond matter is not just an empty statement for me. We have latent powers to exercise, and such powers have been expressed in a variety of contexts through the ages. Various forms of paranormal and parapsychological experiences elicit and highlight these latent powers, most often expressed as telepathic interactions (direct mind-to-mind, direct consciousness-to-consciousness, connecti
Make no mistake; telepathy and psychokinesis are genuine.7 Remote viewing, which is essentially telepathy and clairvoyance8 dressed in modern terminology, has been successfully demonstrated over and over again under controlled laboratory conditions.9
Indeed, telepathy may be the most fundamental way to connect directly with the universal consciousness, with the numinous, with the divine. What is silent prayer but telepathy put to action to communicate with one’s god?
[ what we are lacking is a useful system to perceive abstract ideas besides the limitations of our own language. – arclein ]
Numerous techniques can be used to cultivate and elicit paranormal experiences, experiences that scientism either dismisses or fails to take seriously, and these have been developed within many different religious and cultural contexts, from the rituals of tribal African societies to the yogis of the Indian subcontinent to Zen practitioners to classic shamanism to séances in all their diverse forms to western occult and esoteric studies.10 All, at their core, elicit different but complementary ways of gaining access to legitimate knowledge that is beyond the five senses.
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1. Alex Rosenberg, “Why I Am a Naturalist”, 17 September 2011, article posted at:
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/17/why-i-am-a-naturalist/?ref=opinion (Accessed 26 September 2011); Timothy Williamson, “What Is Naturalism?”, 4 September 2011, article posted at:
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/04/what-is-naturalism/ (Accessed 26 September 2011).
2. Amit Goswami, Quantum Mechanics (second edition), New York: McGraw-Hill, 1997.
3. Amit Goswami (with Richard E. Reed and Maggie Goswami), The Self-Aware Universe: How Consciousness Creates the Material World, New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam, 1993 [paper trade edition, 1995], 141, italics in the original.
4. Erik Verlinde, “On the Origin of Gravity and the Laws of Newton”, paper dated 6 January 2010, 29 pages, available from
http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/arxiv/pdf/1001/1001.0785v1.pdf (Accessed 28 July 2010).
5. Robert M. Schoch, “Moving the Moai: Easter Island as a possible psychokinetic laboratory”, Darklore, vol. 5 (2010), pp. 134-155, 268-270 [endnotes]; quotation from page 145.
6. It has not escaped my notice that some forms of paranormal and parapsychological phenomena may ultimately be explainable, or at least partially elucidated, by “conventional” physical and energetic systems, such as if for instance cases of telepathy (or some forms of telepathy) are electromagnetic phenomena in the extremely low frequency range. However, I am not convinced that all paranormal and parapsychological phenomena can be explained using a purely physicalist/materialist paradigm.
7. The reality of these phenomena has been established despite the numerous charlatans who make fraudulent claims; as the saying goes, just because counterfeit money exists, that does not mean genuine currency does not exist. For evidence supporting the reality of paranormal and parapsychological phenomena, see: Robert M. Schoch, “Thoughts Have Wings”, New Dawn, January-February 2011, page 11; Robert M. Schoch and Logan Yonavjak, compilers and commentators, The Parapsychology Revolution: A Concise Anthology of Paranormal and Psychical Research, New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, 2008; and references cited therein.
8. “Clear vision,” or the reception of information about objects, persons, or events, whether in the past, present, or future, by other than normal sensory means.
9. Paul H. Smith, “Remote Viewing: State of the Field”, Edgescience, Number 8, July-September 2011, 13-16.
10. See for instance: P. G. Bowen, The Occult Way, London: Rider and Company, circa 1936; Ernesto de Martino, Primitive Magic: The Psychic Powers of Shamans and Sorcerers, Bridport, Dorset: Prism, 1972/1988/1999; Caesar de Vesme, A History of Experimental Spiritualism (two volumes), Volume I,Primitive Man, Volume II, Peoples of Antiquity, London: Rider and Company, 1931; S. M. Shirokogoroff,Psychomental Complex of the Tungus, London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1935 [Reprinted: Berlin: Reinhold Schletzer Verlag, 1999.].
ROBERT M. SCHOCH received a Ph.D. in Geology and Geophysics from Yale University, and since 1984 has been a full-time faculty member at the College of General Studies of Boston University. His books include the trilogy with R. A. McNally: Voices of the Rocks, Voyages of the Pyramid Builders, and Pyramid Quest. For more on the subjects covered in the above article, see The Parapsychology Revolution: A Concise Anthology of Paranormal and Psychical Research (Compilation and Commentary by Robert M. Schoch and Logan Yonavjak, Tarcher/Penguin, 2008). Dr. Schoch’s personal website is located at:www.robertschoch.com
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Modelling terrain erosion susceptibility of logged and regenerated forested region in northern Borneo through the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and GIS techniques
H. Vijith ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-1064-20881 &
D. Dodge-Wan1
This research examines the susceptibility of logged and regenerated forest region to erosion through the application of the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) and geographical information systems (GIS). In order to estimate terrain erosion susceptibility, ten geo-environmental variables were taken into account as possible factors relevant to terrain erosion. They are slope, aspect, relative relief, slope length and steepness (LS) factor, curvature, landforms, topographic wetness index (TWI), stream power index (SPI), stream head density, and land use/land cover. Pairwise comparison matrixes were generated to derive the weightages and ratings of each variable and their classes. These were integrated to generate the terrain erosion susceptibility index (TESI) map. Among the variables used in the analysis the land use/land cover, slope, SPI, stream head density, and LS factor were shown to have high contribution towards terrain erosion susceptibility. The areas with a concave slopes > 25° and high relative relief, LS factor, TWI, and stream head densities were found to be more susceptible to erosion such as gullying or landslides. The conversion of TESI into terrain erosion susceptibility zonation (TESZ) map shown that 25% of the total area is highly susceptible to erosion. Among this, 10% of the area possesses a very high vulnerability to landslides and gullying or soil slips and these areas coincide with logging roads and skidder trails. Linear regression analysis between TESI and TESZ with spatial distribution of mean annual rainfall in the region does not show any significant relationships (p > 0.10). However, high rainfall triggers rapid downstream movement of unsupported slopes in the region. The terrain erosion susceptibility zonation map expresses the realistic condition of logged terrain matching with field observations in the area in terms of erosion. The results can serve as basic data for future development programs in the region, in any projects where the terrain susceptibility is critical by planning infrastructure to avoid high risk zones.
Erosion, either as soil loss or landslides, is the natural denudation process or a stage of geomorphic evolution of terrain which is responsible for generating different topographical features (Thornbury 1969). The natural erosional or denudational process will take place at given rate and any recent changes in the normal rate of erosion may reflect changes in the equilibrium condition of the terrain due to anthropogenic causes. Erosion and allied mass wasting problems are common in hilly areas, but their severity will vary depending on the geo-environmental factors involved. Steep sloping, highly elevated rugged terrain may be fragile in terms of geological, vegetation, and climatic factors making it more vulnerable to erosion, which may be aggravated by human induced developmental activities (Fadul et al. 1999). The fragility of such terrains can be termed as susceptibility to erosion. Assessment of the susceptibility of the terrain to erosion and classification into different susceptibility zones is an important step to understanding an area’s vulnerability to erosion for development of proper management plans and mitigation strategies (Dai and Lee 2002; Ayalew et al. 2004; Bijukchhen et al. 2013; Erener et al. 2016; Pham et al. 2017). Susceptibility mapping is generally used in landslide and gully erosion modelling, the goal of which is to identify potentially vulnerable areas which are those with several critical variables. To understand the susceptibility of a region to erosion, either as landslides or gullying, different methods which use expert opinion (qualitative), statistical prediction (quantitative), or both may be applied using geographical information systems (GIS).
In order to assess the susceptibility, a number of geo-environmental variables such as geomorphology, slope, land use, lithology, etc., as well as palaeo locations of the phenomena have been used (Kheir et al. 2007; Akgün and Türk 2011; Dewitte et al. 2015; Kavzoglu et al. 2014; Gómez-Gutiérrez et al. 2015; Chen et al. 2016a; Garosi et al. 2018). Among these, most of the parameters considered as natural parameters and the land use/land cover existed in the area is only man made i.e. it was mainly controlled human activity. Expert opinion method relies on the field knowledge and expertise of the analyst to determine the influence and weights of each parameter and parameter classes, whereas statistical techniques use well defined bivariate or multivariate analysis techniques through dependent and independent variables to determine the relative importance of each variable (Bourenane et al. 2015; Rahmati et al. 2016). The suitability and selection of methods to produce susceptibility map is often heavily depend on the availability of data sets of independent geo-environmental variables particularly information on previous incidents of landslides or gullies (Lucà et al. 2011; Conoscenti et al. 2013; Park et al. 2013; Shit et al. 2015; Althuwaynee et al. 2016; Rahmati et al. 2017; Torri et al. 2018; Othman et al. 2018). Although the output of susceptibility analysis may vary in name such as landslide susceptibility zonation (LSZ) map or gully erosion susceptibility map, the analysis techniques and geo-environmental variables used in the modelling are generally similar. Further details of different techniques used to analyse terrain erosion susceptibility can be found in Aleotti and Chowdhury (1999), Guzzetti et al. (1999), van Westen (2000), Brenning (2005), Huabin et al. (2005), and van Westen et al. (2006).
In the present study, an attempt has been made to model and classify the upper catchment regions of the Baram River (Sarawak, Malaysia) in terms of susceptibility of the terrain to erosion due to gullying, soil slip, and landslides. The region considered possesses very weak geological formations (tightly folded sedimentary rocks of various lithologies) covered by dense forest. During the last few decades, the study area has undergone intense terrain modification and forest clearing through timber harvesting and logging road construction which increased the vulnerability of the terrain to erosion (Fig. 1). As a result of episodes of heavy rainfall, areas with high vulnerability to erosion will flow or slide downhill to valley streams and may deposit large quantities of sediment in the rivers downstream. Very few studies have reported on terrain susceptibility to erosion in Sarawak and the reported studies deal with the soil erosion assessment using soil loss equations (USLE /RUSLE) (Besler 1987; de Neergaard et al. 2008; Vijith et al. 2018a, 2018b; Vijith and Dodge-Wan 2018). Prior to 2018, no studies were reported from the selected upper catchment region of the Baram River.
Slope failures observed in the study area
The present study is an initial attempt to assess terrain erosion susceptibility and can be used as a basic and valuable information while planning for roads and other infrastructure developments. The study area lacks a database of previous information related to erosion (gullying and landslides in particular) and due to the relatively inaccessible nature of the terrain, it is difficult to map the locations of slides or gullies by direct observation in the field. To overcome these limitations, a well-defined and tested predictive analysis model, i.e. the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) which uses a combination of expert opinion and statistical measurements, was applied in this research. Numerous researchers have used the analytical hierarchy process to estimate the susceptibility to landslide or soil erosion in other parts of the world and found it to be successful in predicting the vulnerability of the region based on the parameters used (Komac 2006; Neaupane and Piantanakulchai 2006; Yoshimatsu and Abe 2006; Yalcin 2008; Nekhay et al. 2009; Svoray et al. 2012; Reis et al. 2012; Kayastha et al. 2013; Pourghasemi et al. 2012, 2013a; Youssef 2015; Althuwaynee et al. 2016; Sangchini et al. 2016; Rahaman and Aruchamy 2017; Arabameri et al. 2018b). The findings of the present research will facilitate the identification of areas critically vulnerable to erosion and landslides and thus provides an opportunity to avoid risk associated with terrain susceptibility while implementing the developmental schemes in the region.
A forested region in the interior Sarawak, which has undergone vegetation changes and terrain alteration due to logging activities was selected for the present analysis. The study area covers a total area of 2105 km2 and contains two major subwatersheds of the Baram River namely Sungai Patah and Sungai Akah which are located between north latitudes 3° 13′ 15″ to 3° 41′ 50″ and east longitudes 114° 35′ 42″ to 115° 13′ 20″ (Fig. 2). Though the subwatersheds differ in shape, both have similar terrain and geological characteristics. The area is highly undulating with elevations between 37 m to 1578 m asl. The bed rock consists of sedimentary rocks of Paleocene, Oligocene, and Miocene ages. Most of the study area consists of Oligocene shale and sandstone, with areas of Paleocene deep water sediments composed of shale and sandstone with occasional conglomerate and limestone, and Miocene shale and sandstone. Numerous anticlines, synclines, and local fractures are present in the area showing tight folds with a common northeast (NE) - southwest (SW) to north northeast (NNE) - south southwest (SSW) trend. The drainage pattern is predominantly dendritic but the presence of trellis and parallel pattern in the region indicates the influence of lithology and structural features on the development of drainage networks. Geomorphological features vary from highly elevated steep sloping escarpments to low lying flat regions of fluvial floodplains. Hills and mounds show highly complex shapes with a sharp crests to rounded tops. The area receives an annual average rainfall of approximately 4600 mm from the two dominant monsoon seasons viz., southwest and northeast monsoons. Rainfall shows high spatial and temporal variations (Vijith and Dodge-Wan 2018) Vegetation cover varies from dense primary forest to open spaces of barren land. The majority of the study area is covered with forests of different types and density, followed by mixed agricultural land (mainly hill paddy cultivation) and then the open spaces with no vegetation related to road development, villages, and logging. Initial field observations indicated that the development of logging roads and log trail (skidding and pulling trails) have rendered the terrain more susceptible to erosion by changing the continuity of the hills through toe cutting and removal of the protective vegetation cover.
Study area location map
The Sungai Akah and Sungai Patah catchments of the Baram River were selected for the present research as this is a data poor region. Mapping of terrain erosion susceptibility is considered as the preliminary step to understand the risks of soil erosion and landslide. An erosion susceptibility map was generated using several geo-environmental variables derived from various remote sensing data sources such as digital elevation model (DEM) and satellite images. The digital elevation model, downloaded from the earth explorer (http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov) website of U. S Geological Survey. Shuttle Radar Topographic Mission (SRTM) data of 30 m was used after it had been clipped to the study area boundary and the voids filled by the Fill DEM module available in the spatial analyst extension of ArcGIS software. The filled elevation dataset was then used to derive variables such as slope, aspect, relative relief, slope length and steepness (LS) factor, curvature, landforms, topographic wetness index (TWI), and stream power index (SPI). Stream networks were produced from the digital elevation model and stream head points were extracted to calculate the stream head density map. The parameters are natural features of the region and terrain and not affected by anthropogenic activities. Landsat 8 OLI images of the area acquired on 28th March 2015, which reflect the current land use pattern were used to produce the land use/land cover map through supervised classification with field verification. Land use/land cover is the most significant factor under the influence of anthropogenic activities which modify the protective vegetation cover. Different software used for the generation of variables and final analysis are ArcGIS version 9.3 and SAGA version 2.1, which operates in the raster GIS environment and the cell size for this analysis was fixed as 30 × 30 m. The significance and methodology applied to obtain each variable is described in text, as well as the weightages attributed to each class of each variable.
In order to generate the terrain susceptibility map of the study area by analyzing the contribution of each variable which makes the terrain susceptible to erosion, the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) technique developed by Saaty (1980) was used. This methods has the capability of integrating expert knowledge, field information, and relative statistics together. AHP is a semi-quantitative, multi-criteria decision support technique which is used to generate high quality and precise decisions through the application of the matrix based pairwise comparison of the contributing factors which determine the results of the phenomenon or the process (Saaty 1990; Saaty 1994; Saaty and Vargas 2001). The pairwise comparison will be carried out based on the different ratings of each variable or feature classes on the basis of relative importance varying from 1 to 9. Each value in the relative importance can be assigned to variable or variable classes based on the subjective judgement of relative importance. Relative weight of the variables used in the matrices can be determined by generations of eigenvectors and the consistency of the variable can be assessed by calculating the consistency index (CI) as given below (Saaty 1990) (Eq. 1):
$$ \mathrm{CI}=\frac{\left(\uplambda \mathrm{max}\hbox{-} \mathrm{n}\right)}{\left(\mathrm{n}\hbox{-} 1\right)} $$
where, λmax is the largest or principal eigenvalue of the analysed matrix and n is the order of the square matrix.
This inconsistency index can also be expressed as consistency ratio (CR) which determine the suitability of individual parameters and their classes to be included in the analysis and was given by the Eq. (2):
$$ \mathrm{CR}=\frac{\mathrm{CI}}{\mathrm{RI}} $$
where, RI is the random index i.e. consistency index for a random square matrix of the same size proposed by Saaty (1980). The cut-off of the CR was fixed as less than or equal to 0.1 so that if CR of the analyzed variable is found to be higher than the cut-off, the variable will be omitted from the analysis.
Preparation of terrain Erosion susceptibility zonation (TESZ) map
In order to map the areas susceptible to terrain erosion and classify them based on the severity and criticality of risk, a number of distinct geo-environmental variables were considered. The combined effects of multiple variables in terrain susceptibility were characterised through the application of analytical hierarchy process (AHP) based influence measuring technique, which is considered a powerful and supportive multiple criteria decision making tool (Malczewski 1999; Yasser et al. 2013; Chen et al. 2016b). Ten individual factors were used. They are: slope, aspect, relative relief, LS factor, curvature, landforms, TWI, SPI, stream head density, and land use/land cover (Fig. 3a-j). The contribution of each parameter in the terrain susceptibility as a single unit and individual feature classes in the parameters were determined by the cross comparison matrices analysed through the AHP and output rating was considered as the weight of each parameter and their class. Table 1 shows the pairwise comparison matrix, consistency ratio, and the weightings of individual parameters, and their classes considered in the analysis.
Geo-environmental variables used in the analysis a Slope b Aspect c Relative relief d Slope length and steepness (LS) e Curvature f Landforms g topographic wetness index (TWI) h Stream power index (SPI) i Stream head density j Land use/land cover
Table 1 Pair-wise comparison matrix, ratings, and consistency ratio of the variables classes and individual variables used in the present study
In all analysis which deals with terrain susceptibility, the primary factor considered is the terrain slope, which represents the inclination of the topography with reference to horizontal. Nature of the slope varies from gentle to steep and this controls different geomorphic processes such as erosion, transportation, and deposition in relation to the rainfall-runoff characteristics of the region (Foumelis et al. 2004; Gómez-Gutiérrez et al. 2015; Sangchini et al. 2016; Arabameri et al. 2018a). Gentle slopes are expected to induce less terrain slips due to low shear stresses (Lee et al. 2004). High slope values show the highest susceptibility to erosion although vertical terrain surfaces, and very high slopes having exposed bedrock show less susceptibility to terrain erosion due to less or nil soil cover (Dewitte et al. 2015; Rahmati et al. 2017; Torri et al. 2018). In order to generate the slope, hydrologically corrected (void filled) SRTM DEM were used and the slope map generated shown a range varies from 0 to 75°. Then the slope was reclassified into the following gentle to very critical seven classes 0–5°, 5°-10°, 10°-15°, 15°-25°, 25°-35°, 35°-45°, and > 45° and the relative percentage of area covered by individual slope class shown high spatial variation. Among the slope classes, a large percentage of the study area falls within the slope class 15°-25° (31%), followed by 10°-15° (20%), and 25°-35° (17%). It was also observed that, the higher slope classes in the range of 35–45° and > 45° occupied comparatively reduced areas of 9% and 1% only respectively. Seven slope classes were ranked by attributing factor scores from 1 to 9 to generate the pairwise matrix. The attribution was based on the assumption that there is a regular increase in risk across all the slope classes. Considering the influence of the slope over the terrain stability, relative weightages were then calculated and these vary from 0.0274 to 0.2432 (Table 1). Higher ratings are noted in areas having a slope higher than 350 in the study area.
Slope aspect indicates the direction of the terrain slope with respect to north and varies from − 1 to 359°, in which the negative value represents flat surface (Prasannakumar et al. 2011). Aspect of the terrain have direct and indirect control over terrain processes and conditions such as soil moisture, vegetation cover, and soil thickness by exposing the surface to sunlight and or heavy rain (Clerici et al. 2006; Meten et al. 2015). In most of the landslide and gully erosion modelling studies, slope aspects is taken as an important variable (Reis et al. 2012; Pourghasemi et al. 2013b; Rahmati et al. 2016; Sangchini et al. 2016; Menggenang and Samanta 2017; Othman et al. 2018). In the present research, a slope aspect map was generated from the elevation surface and classified into nine classes which are: flat, N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, and NW based on the orientation i.e. which way the terrain is facing. Considering the area distribution of the individual aspect class in the study area, most of the slope aspects classes cover similar areas (13%) except flat terrain which is very rare (0.30%). NE facing slopes were also below average (10.70%). Before applying the relative weightages to individual aspect class, slope instability observed during the field visit was considered. During the field visit, it was noted that, west facing slopes in general as well as southwest and northwest show more incidence of slope failure and gully erosion than any others. Therefore, while attributing the factor scores to generate the pairwise matrix, higher scores were given to slopes facing west, southwest, and northwest directions and relative weightages or ratings were calculated which vary in the range of 0.0256 to 0.2307.
Another important parameter which controls the terrain stability is the change in elevation in the unit area which is termed as relative relief. Terrains with higher relative relief indicates higher runoff and less infiltration and shows higher susceptibility to erosion (Raja et al. 2017). The relative relief of the study area was generated from the digital elevation model using the neighborhood range function available in the spatial analyst extension of ArcGIS software by keeping the unit size of the area as 1 km2. The relative relief calculated for the study area ranges from 46 m/km2 to 692 m/km2 and was then divided into five classes which are: < 100 m/km2, 100–200 m/km2, 200–300 m/km2, 300–400 m/km2 and, > 400 m/km2. Considering the area distribution of individual classes of relative relief in the selected study area, the majority (95%) falls within the three classes from 100 to 400 m/km2. Within this 95%, more than 43% of the total area has relative relief in the range of 200–300 m/km2 followed by 30% of the total area with relative relief in the range of 100–200 m/km2 and 22% of the area in the range of 300–400 m/km2. It was noted that very low and very high relative relief zones (< 100 m/km2 and > 400 m/km2) cover significantly less areas of 1% and 4% respectively only. Review of previous works carried out in landslide and gully erosion modelling which used the theme relative relief as a parameter indicates higher potentiality of areas with high relative relief in conditioning for erosion (Foumelis et al. 2004; Zhu et al. 2014; Pourghasemi et al. 2013a; Sangchini et al. 2016). Based on this prior and proven information, in the present research while attributing the factor scores to generate the pairwise matrix, higher scores were given to relative relief class having higher values and lower scores were assigned to low relative relief class. The relative weightages thus calculated varied from 0.040 to 0.36.
LS factor corresponds to the combined effect of slope length and its steepness, which have direct bearing on the erosion and the transportation potential of an area (Pourghasemi et al. 2013b; Vijith and Dodge-Wan 2018). An area with high slope and elongated nature has high potential for generating runoff and this directly influences the development of rills in the terrain in response to heavy rainfall (Haan et al. 1994; Panagos et al. 2015; Correa-Muñoz and Higidio-Castro 2017). Therefore, in the present analysis the LS factor was considered and generated from the digital elevation model through the methodology proposed by Moore and Burch (1986a, 1986b) using SAGA 2.1. The generated LS factor value varies from 0 to 25 and was divided into four classes which are: < 5, 5–10, 10–15, and > 15 considering its contribution to erosion susceptibility. Within the study area of Sungai Patah and Sungai Akah watersheds, 50% of the terrain has low LS values (< 5) and 41% has LS value between 5 and 10. Only 9% of the area has LS value of 10–15 and only 1% has LS value over 15. Soil and gully erosion modelling conducted by researchers in various locations identified the role of higher LS factor in initiating erosion and transportation of material from a region downstream (Nekhay et al. 2009; Pourghasemi et al. 2012; Shit et al. 2015; Arabameri et al. 2018a). Based on this in the present research also, while assigning the factor scores, more importance were given to classes showing high LS factor values and relative weightages were calculated which vary in the range of 0.05 to 0.45.
The topographic curvature used in the analysis represents the shape of the slope or topography which has direct bearing on the erosion by either concentrating runoff or dispersing it (Lee and Sambath 2006; Fischer et al. 2012). Topographic curvature may show an upward convex surface (positive curvature) or upwardly concave surface (negative curvature), or it may be flat (zero curvature) (Alkhasawneh et al. 2013). In order to understand the influence of the shape of the surface slope over terrain susceptibility, curvature was generated from the DEM. Topographic curvature in the study area ranges from − 30 to + 32, i.e. from concave surfaces to flat and convex surfaces. In the study area, the topography consists of both concave and convex curvature surfaces which together cover 94% of total area whereas flat areas only cover 6%. This is due to the complex and highly undulating nature of folded sedimentary rocks within the study area. Considering the shape of the land surface, both concave and convex surfaces possess susceptibility to erosion. But in the study area, during the field visits, it was noted that compared to convex surface the more gullies are observed in a concave surfaces. Further, while considering the previous studies reported from other parts of the world, most studies marked concave surfaces as more vulnerable to gullying and erosion (Pourghasemi et al. 2012; Meten et al. 2015; Youssef 2015; Raja et al. 2017). Therefore, while assigning the factor scores, more importance was given to concave curvature than convex by attributing higher scores and the calculated ratings are 0.0588 (flat), 0.4117 (convex), and 0.5294 (concave).
In order to produce a reliable terrain erosion susceptibility map, the specific landforms present in the study area needs to be included in the analysis. Landforms controls many spatial topographic erosional and depositional processes and was an integral part of geomorphometry (Seif 2014). Surface runoff, soil moisture distribution, vegetation characteristic, and even the water quality are influenced by the specific landforms (Mokarram et al. 2015). Therefore in the present research, the topographic position index based landform classification proposed by Weiss (2001) was selected to generate the landforms using digital elevation model. Topographic position index analysis identified ten landforms in the Sungai Akah and Patah area. They are deeply incised streams, midslope drainages, upland drainages, U-shaped valleys, plains, open slopes, upper slopes, local ridges, midslope ridges, and mountain tops. Within the study area, 39% of the total area is covered by deeply incised streams whereas mountain tops cover 30%. Besides these, local ridges (12%), upland drainages (10%), U-shaped valleys (4%), and upper slopes (3%) are also present. The remaining three landform classes (midslope drainages, open slopes, midslope ridges, and plains) cover less 1% of the total area only. Later, by considering the relative importance of individual landforms over the terrain susceptibility to erosion as explained in the previous studies conducted to model the landside susceptibility in various regions (Costanzo et al. 2012; Tien Bui et al. 2012; Oh and Lee 2017), factor scores were fixed and ratings were calculated. Calculated ratings vary from 0.0142 (Plain) to 0.2142 (Upland drainages).
The parameters discussed above all contribute to a certain extent to increase the susceptibility of the terrain to erosion. In addition, the contribution of water flow in the terrain to enhance the susceptibility was also considered by means of topographic wetness index (TWI), derived from the digital elevation model. TWI considers the upslope contributing area and its slope to quantify the steady state wetness and water flow across the region (Pourghasemi et al. 2013a). TWI generated for the study area shows values in the range of 1 to 25 which have been divided into three classes which are: < 5, 5–10, and > 10. Considering the wetness potential of the area through TWI classes, 30% of the total study area was found to have low wetness index (TWI < 5) whereas most of the area (62% of the total area) shown moderate wetness index (5–10), while remaining 8% of the area has high TWI values (> 10). To take into account different level of contribution of TWI to terrain erosion susceptibility, landslide, and gully erosion susceptibility studies carried out in different locations were considered (Wang et al. 2015; Chen et al. 2017; Arabameri et al. 2018b). It was noted that, in most studies high TWI has high impact on erosion and in the present study, the relative scores of individual TWI classes were assigned based on the TWI values i.e. lower score were attributed to low TWI and vice versa. The calculated weightages varies from 0.0714 (TWI < 5) to 0.6428 (TWI > 10).
Another parameter is stream power index (SPI), which estimates the capacity of streams to potentially modify the geomorphology of an area through gully erosion and transportation. SPI is the measure of the erosive power of flowing water by considering the relationship between discharge and specific catchment area (Chen and Yu 2011; Pourghasemi et al. 2013b). SPI highlights areas in which overland flow has higher erosive power in the catchment (Wilson and Gallant 2000). This makes the use of SPI a significant parameter of interest in erosion and terrain susceptibility modelling. SPI was calculated for the study area using the stream power index module available in SAGA 2.1 software based on the digital elevation model as input data. SPI of the Baram study area varies from − 13 to 7 indicating the differential erosive power of the streams in the region. Higher values indicate the likely overland flow paths during storms or severe erosive rainfall pointing to potential areas for gullying or other areas susceptible of erosion. The SPI map prepared was reclassified into seven classes which are: < 0, 0–1, 1–2, 2–3, 3–4, 4–5, and > 5. Most of the study area (63%) showed SPI value less than 0. High SPI represent areas where high slopes and flow accumulations exist which indicate enhanced with erosive potential (Gómez-Gutiérrez et al. 2015; Arabameri et al. 2018a). Considering the SPI values and their contribution towards terrain susceptibility and gullying, the relative scores were added to each class in a simple progression and rating was calculated and the rating varies in the range of 0.0303 to 0.2727.
Another parameter of interest is stream head density which indicates the number of stream origin points per the unit area. Analysis of channel head locations can provide insight into the controls on drainage density as well as the response of landscapes to climatic change and indication about the rate of susceptibility of that terrain (Wadge 1988; Montgomery and Dietrich 1989; Lin and Oguchi 2004). In the present study, the stream head density was calculated by extracting the starting points of all 1st order streams in the study area. Using the density function available in the spatial analyst extension of ArcGIS, stream head density was calculated for 1 km2 and the calculated density values were found to vary from 8 to 25 N/km2. Reclassification of stream head density in to three classes which are: low (< 15 N/km2), medium (15–20 N/km2), and high (> 20 N/km2) was then used for the calculation of individual weights. It was noted that, 21% of the total study area has low stream head density whereas 71% of the area has moderate density, and remaining 7% of the area only has high density. Areas having high stream head density is more susceptible to erosion, especially by the development of gully head and continuous erosion downstream. Based on the density classes and its impact on terrain erosion susceptibility, the relative scores of the stream head density classes were assigned. Further, ratings were calculated and it varies in the range of 0.0714 to 0.6428 indicating varying contribution towards the terrain susceptibility.
In erosion susceptibility analysis, the existing land use/land cover of the area under consideration also plays a vital role by providing information about the condition of vegetative protection against erosion and many researchers found land use/land cover to be a dominant variable in erosion susceptibly (Dai and Lee 2002; Glade 2003; Beguería 2006; Leh et al. 2013; Galve et al. 2015; Mandal and Mandal 2018; Vuillez et al. 2018; Abdulkareem et al. 2019). It is also one of the key factors under anthropogenic influence i.e. reflective of human disturbance of vegetation cover due to logging, clearing for roads, and/or agriculture. In the present study, the land use/land cover map of the area was derived from Landsat 8 OLI images acquired on 28th March 2015, through the supervised classification with extensive ground truth points from field observations. The segmentation of Landsat image into classified land use/land cover map has identified and mapped the following land use/land cover classes in the area: water, secondary forest, primary forest, montane forest, mixed agriculture, paddy, exposed soil (barren), artificial surfaces, and pebbles, cobbles in river beds. The supervised classification indicate that more than 56% of the total area was covered by secondary forests and 27% of the area was covered by primary forests. It was also noted that, land use activities like mixed agricultural land and exposed barren land, which alter the terrain condition in the region, cover 8.8 and 1.8% of the total area respectively. The other land use/land cover classes together cover less than 5.5% of the total area, in which upper montane forests cover 3.35% of the area. Further, when determining the relative influence of individual land use/land cover classes in terrain susceptibility, previous study which detail the influence of individual land use classes in soil erosion vulnerability of the area was taken into account (Vijith and Dodge-Wan 2018). For the AHP, the weight was calculated for individual land use/land cover classes based on the relative importance assigned to each class and varied in the range of 0.0294 to 0.2647. Among the different classes, the exposed barren land, mixed agriculture acquired the highest rating of 0.2647 followed by secondary forest (0.2352) whereas the upper montane forest and artificial surface showed the lowest weight (0.0294). Higher weight shown by the exposed barren land, mixed agriculture, and secondary forest in soil erosion study (Vijith et al. 2018a, 2018b) indicates the strong influence of these land use classes on terrain susceptibility.
In order to produce the terrain erosion susceptibility zonation (TESZ) map, the ranking of individual parameters was carried out to assign their relative contribution before assigning the calculated weight to each parameter classes. The parameter ranking indicated that land use/land cover is the highest influencing parameter with a rating of 0.183 followed by slope (0.163), stream power index (0.142), and stream head density (0.122). The other parameters such as aspect, relative relief, LS factor, curvature, landforms, and topographic wetness index were found to have less influence. Reliability of each parameter to be included in the analysis was determined by examining the consistency ratio (CR) and it was noted that all the parameters shown CR below the proposed cut-off of 0.1, so none were omitted from the analysis. Finally, the weights calculated for individual parameter classes were assigned to the respective parameters to produce the weighted maps and using the raster calculator option of the spatial analyst, individual themes were integrated to produce the terrain erosion susceptibility index (TESI) map using the equation (Eq. 3):
$$ \mathrm{Terrain}\kern0.28em \mathrm{erosionsusceptibilityindex}\left(\mathrm{TESI}\right)={}_{\mathrm{wt}}\mathrm{Slope}\ast 0.163{+}_{\mathrm{wt}}\mathrm{Aspect}\ast 0.020{+}_{\mathrm{wt}}\mathrm{Relativerelief}\ast 0.081{+}_{\mathrm{wt}}\mathrm{LS}\kern0.28em \mathrm{factor}\ast 0.102{+}_{\mathrm{wt}}\mathrm{Curvature}\ast 0.061{+}_{\mathrm{wt}}\mathrm{Land}\mathrm{forms}\ast 0.040{+}_{\mathrm{wt}}\mathrm{TWI}\ast 0.081{+}_{\mathrm{wt}}\mathrm{SPI}\ast 0.142{+}_{\mathrm{wt}}\mathrm{Stream}\kern0.28em \mathrm{headdensity}\ast 0.122{+}_{\mathrm{wt}}\mathrm{Land}\kern0.53em \mathrm{use}/\mathrm{land}\ \mathrm{cover}\ast 0.183 $$
where, wt is the relative weights of classes in individual variable.
Result and discussion
Ten geo-environmental variables which are potentially responsible for changing the stability of the terrain rendering it more susceptible to erosion were considered quantitatively to assess the susceptibility of the forested region of Sarawak to erosion using the AHP technique. Among the ten variables used to generate the terrain erosion susceptibility index (TESI) map, the variables such as land use/land cover, slope, stream power index, stream head density, and slope length and steepness factors shown maximum influence (> 0.10) followed the relative relief and topographic wetness index (0.08). Other variables such as curvature (0.06) and landform (0.04) shown moderate influence, whereas aspect was found to be the lowest influencing variable with a rank of 0.02. Even though, the variable ranks differ, the selection of the variables in the present analysis are found to be optimum by showing the CR less than the cut-off value (0.00003). Besides this, the weight factor calculated for the individual variable classes indicates a varying degree of influences within the parameter and between the parameters. It was also noted that the relative weighting of variable classes indicates the variability of influences. Among the variables considered, the land use/land cover, terrain with slope > 25° having west, southwest, and northwest orientations, relative relief > 300 m/km2; high LS factor, and concavity, having high TWI, upland drainages and mountain top landforms, high stream head density are showing high relative weights among the classes and contributing more to the terrain susceptibility. The integration of weighted variables in the raster calculator resulted terrain erosion susceptibility index (TESI) map showing the susceptibility ranges from 0.07 to 0.34 indicating spatial distribution of different degree of susceptibility to erosion (Fig. 4a). The TESI map generated shows varying distribution of higher and lower susceptibility indexes all over the area without showing any particular pattern, which make it difficult to identify and differentiate the regions which showing nil or low susceptibility and very high susceptibility.
a Terrain erosion susceptibility index (TESI) maps and b Classified terrain erosion susceptibility zonation (TESZ) map
In order to understand the spatial extent of different severity of erosion susceptibility, the TESI map was reclassified into five discrete classes based on the susceptibility index values namely nil, low, moderate, high, and very high zones (Fig. 4b). The reclassification of the TESI to terrain erosion susceptibility zonation (TESZ) map facilitated the calculation of areal extent of different susceptibility zones. The areas falling under each erosion susceptibility class are given in Table 2 and shown in Fig. 5. The final TESZM showed that 10.3% of the study area is categorised as having very high susceptibility to erosion and these areas appears to be distributed different places in the region. In addition, high erosion susceptibility zones occupy 14.9% whereas moderate and low susceptibility zones covers 25.8 and 27.1% of the area respectively. It was also noted that 17.47% of the study area is not prone to erosion. Besides this, 4% of the area was not included in the final analysis as there is no data in these zones due to thick cloud and cloud shadow on satellite image. An attempt has been made to understand the spatial characteristics of the erosion susceptibility zones by overlying the TESZ with the exaggerated terrain model. It was found that the higher erosion susceptibility zones mostly occur in the flanks of the mountains rather than in the valleys. In addition, in some places these zones show linear patterns which can be linked directly with the road structure and skidder trails. For the development of roads in the area, the continuity of hills with concave or convex slopes has been removed by the toe cutting and this will increase the susceptibility to erosion and lead to the development of soil slumps triggered by the heavy rainfall. The clustered nature of the higher erosion susceptibility indicates the logging activity and shifting cultivation, which exposes the terrain by removing the protective tree cover.
Table 2 Terrain erosion susceptibility classes derived from the reclassification of TESI
Area distribution of terrain erosion susceptibility zones
Rainfall distribution
Though different geo-environmental variables make the terrain susceptible to erosion, the amount and intensity of rainfall which falls in an area acts as the triggering mechanism which can initiate movement of soil, debris, and other overburden downstream. In most studies, rainfall distribution is included as a theme to statistically model the land susceptibility to erosion (Sangchini et al. 2016). In the present research, rainfall distribution in the study area was considered separately and analysed to identify the areas with high possibility of terrain erosion susceptibility. Therefore, 5 year rainfall data were collected from the Department of Irrigation and Drainage (DID) Malaysia corresponding to four rain gauges located in the study area and six around the area. Mean monthly rainfall distribution and 5 year mean monthly, and annual rainfall is shown in Fig. 6. It was noted that mean monthly rainfall varies between 238 mm (June) to 532 mm (November) with long term mean monthly and annual rainfall of 352 mm 4227 mm respectively. A spatial distribution map was generated by considering the mean annual rainfall calculated for each rain gauge for use in further analysis (Fig. 7). Mean rainfall ranges between 3654 to 4862 mm with higher rainfall generally located in southwest part of the study area, especially between the rain gauges Long Naha’ah and Long Akah whereas comparatively lower rainfall is noted in northern and north-eastern part of the study area.
Mean monthly and annual rainfall distribution in the study area
Spatial distribution of mean annual rainfall in the study area
In order to assess the contribution of rainfall to terrain susceptibility leading to slope failure, 200 random (unconditional and unstratified) points (pixel size 30 × 30 m) were generated within the study area boundary and mean annual rainfall, TESI, and TESZ values corresponding to each point were extracted. The extracted values of TESI and TESZ were compared by linear regression with mean annual rainfall to study the possible role of local rainfall amount and distribution over terrain susceptibility (Lyra et al. 2014; Teodoro et al. 2016; Brito et al. 2017) (Fig. 8). Linear regression plot of mean annual rainfall and TESI indicates very low or nil correlation (Fig. 8a). Similarly, the linear regression plot of the mean annual rainfall distribution and TESZ shows absence of correlation (Fig. 8b). P values (p > 0.10) also indicates no or nil dependency between the dependant (terrain susceptibility) and independent (rainfall) variables in the region. Although high rainfall in general is a factor in increasing terrain erosion susceptibility, at a specific local scale (pixel size 30 × 30 m area), the higher amount of rainfall received in parts of the region does not appear to significantly influence the local site specific terrain susceptibility. However, other geo-environmental variables considered play more significant roles in rendering the terrain more susceptible to erosion in specific local areas.
Linear regression plots explaining the relationship between rainfall a TESI and b TESZ
The characteristic probability of erosion proneness of a sample catchment with regenerated and logged tropical rain forest region in Sarawak, northern Borneo, was successfully carried out in the present study using raster GIS and AHP technique. Terrain variables derived from the digital elevation model such as slope, aspect, relative relief, LS factor, curvature, landforms, TWI, SPI, stream head density, and the land use/land cover interpreted from the satellite images were integrated in the raster based GIS environment after deriving the determinant ranking and weights for the variables and variable classes. The generation of rankings and weightages for the variables considered in the analysis through the AHP technique facilitated the identification of the most crucial variables which render the terrain more susceptible to erosion. Though all these variables were found to be contributing to erosion susceptibility to various degrees, the determination of ranks through relative ratio highlights that land use/land cover, slope, stream power index, stream head density, and LS factor are the most crucial variables. In the study area, the places which are exposed (barren land) with concave slopes having slope exceeding 25° and facing west, southwest, and northwest, with relative relief higher than 300 m/km2 and high LS factor, TWI and stream head density are found to be the most vulnerable to erosion. These areas are identified via the TESI and TESZ maps.
TESZ map generated by the reclassification of TESI into five distinct groups show the spatial pattern of erosion susceptibility in terms of its severity. It was found that 10 and 14% of the total area comes under the very high and high erosion susceptibility zones. The higher susceptibility was found to be characteristic of high elevated hills and slopes which undergo rapid changes. However, areas with nil and low potential of erosion susceptibility together constitute 44% and the moderate susceptibility zones occupy 25% of the total study area. Considering the influence of rainfall in the region, the entire study area receives what can be considered high tropical rainfall. Analysis of 200 randomly distributed pixel sized area (30 m × 30 m) suggests that at local scale rainfall is not strongly correlated with erosion susceptibility. The field observations and the erosion susceptibility map indicates that the root causes of the terrain susceptibility are modification of land use and the development of logging roads, and skidder trails. Barren areas reduce the stability of the terrain and particularly when combined with other factors such as slope, LS factor. Along with this, the high amount of rainfall recorded throughout the region induces movement of unsupported and toe-cut slopes to move downstream. The findings of the present study give a better understanding of the region in terms of erosional characteristics. The findings can be used for planning of new roads, settlements by developing and implementing erosion reduction and terrain protection measures.
AHP:
Analytical Hierarchy Process
Consistency Index
GIS:
LS factor:
Slope Length and Steepness factor
LSZ:
Landslide Susceptibility Zonation
RUSLE:
Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation
SPI:
Stream Power Index
SRTM:
Shuttle Radar Topographic Mission
TESI:
Terrain Erosion Susceptibility Index
TESZ:
Terrain Erosion Susceptibility Zonation
TWI:
Topographic Wetness Index
USLE:
Universal Soil Loss Equation
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The authors wish to thank Sarawak Energy Berhad for funding this research under the Project “Mapping of Soil Erosion Risk”. They also thank Curtin University Malaysia for facilities and other assistance and the Department of Irrigation and Drainage (DID), Malaysia for providing rainfall data. Authors are also thankful to the Editor in Chief, and anonymous reviewers for their critical reviews, constructive comments, and suggestions which significantly improved the quality of the manuscript.
This research was carried out as part of the project “Mapping of Soil Erosion Risk” funded by Sarawak Energy Berhad (RD01/2014(C)), Malaysia.
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The Best Free Farming Games on iOS
If you fancy yourself as a farmer or want to live the country life, why not take a look at some iPhone and iPad farming game apps!
Playing games on mobile devices is now a common pastime, and there are all sorts of genres available on Apple’s App Store. Who would have thought that farming games, in particular, would become so popular, although maybe it’s because many people find them a welcome escape from our fast-paced, busy lives? There’s something about a farming game that can be fun, relaxing and therapeutic but they can still be challenging at the same time. This means that many enjoyable hours can be spent absorbed in growing crops, harvesting, raising animals, planning farm buildings and more, as an escape from everyday life. Farming games can also be quite a social activity as many have the option to engage with friends and help them in their games too.
There are plenty of farm game apps available in the App Store, and the best ones have great graphics, a wide variety of features and tools, and smooth gameplay. If you’ve often fancied becoming a farmer and taking to country life but haven’t yet got round to trying farming games, check out our choices of the best free farming games on iOS for iPhone and iPad. All of the apps below are free to download and use although they also contain in-app purchases for in-game currency or additional content. That’s something to be aware of, although some games lean more heavily on them than others.
Top 10 Farming Games on iOS
1. FARMVILLE 2: COUNTRY ESCAPE
Price: Free/ Offers IAP
Download on AppStore
Even those people who have never played a farming game before will probably have heard the Farmville name. Its makers Zynga claim that Farmville 2 is the most popular farming game in the world, and after spending many happy hours playing it, we’re not going to argue with that! The game has appealing graphics, and you can play in Anonymous Mode or join a farm co-op to trade and share the fun with others.
If you want to grow your own fresh crops, produce baked goods, customize your own farm, or look after farm animals, this game has just about everything you could want. It also features a Mystery Chest and a Prize Wheel for rewards. There’s plenty to recommend about Farmville 2: Country Escape and it’s easy to pick up thanks to an informative tutorial when you start playing. As we mentioned in our introduction, the game does offer in-app purchases, though we found there was plenty to enjoy without needing them.
2. TRACTOR SIMULATOR: FARMING MACHINE HD
This farming game includes content that’s common to lots of these apps such as growing crops and harvesting. However, it’s a particularly good option for those who enjoy big machinery and want to imagine themselves as a tractor or harvester machine driver. It will be down to you to use your tractor and accessories to plow your fields, maintain the crops, and harvest them on time, and your aim is to pass through different levels until you become a pro tractor farm driver.
This game has user-friendly controls, and you control your vehicle by tilting or using arrows, control steering by tapping your iPhone or iPad on the left side, and drive or brake by tapping the device on the right side. Tractor Simulator benefits from stunning graphics, and step-by-step tutorials so do check it out.
3. HAY DAY
This iOS farm game has a high user rating of 4.6/5 stars on the App Store, and we can see why. Strangely enough, on this farm, it’s always sunny and never rains, and we love the very cutely designed farm animals. Nice touches with Hay Day include a roadside shop where you can trade goods and crops with friends and neighbors, a fishing dock, and using your truck (or steamboat!) to deliver orders. The game has pleasing artwork, and there’s less pressure to keep playing than other similar games, as your crops will never die!
4. FARM STORY
This game can only be played online, but if that’s fine with you, it has plenty to offer. You can play with friends, and the game has a massive variety of fruits, vegetables, and flowers to plant, over 150 in fact. It’s fun to build your farm, and you can adorn it with other farm buildings, fences, and trees, and when you have time, you can visit your neighbor’s farms to see how they’re getting on. New updates are added every week, and if you want to show friends your progress you can share pictures of your farm on Facebook.
5. IDLE FARMING EMPIRE
You may have heard of this game under its previous title of Farm Away! It’s an extremely popular easy-to-play game among farm game addicts, and the aim is to get rich by making the most profitable farming empire. The game has cartoon-like graphics, and you’ll need to make wise investments in animals and crops to take your farm along the right tracks. Hundreds of crops and animals are available to collect, and a different touch with this one is the ability to control the weather to optimize production. If you get the development of your farm down to perfection, you’ll even be raking in the gold when offline, giving you the opportunity to chill out once in a while.
6. FARM HEROES SAGA
Farm Heroes Saga comes from King, the makers of the smash hit Candy Crush Saga. It has a different approach to many other farming games, as it’s a puzzle game format, and while it’s fun, there’s a bit more emphasis than usual on in-app purchases. The aim is to match Cropsies, but a raccoon dubbed Rancid will be trying his very best to thwart you.
There are hundreds of levels to play in a bid to win magic beans, and you can play solo or with friends. Every two weeks more levels are added, and features include rechargeable boosters, power-ups, leaderboards to see how well you’re competing against your friends, and more. The game is easy to pick up and becomes increasingly challenging so it can easily become addictive.
7. TOP FARM
The brightly colored graphics of this game are visually stimulating, and there are plenty of characters that will keep you entertained as you play. You can build on your land and expand your farm just the way you wish, and friends are welcome to visit, or you can visit their farms instead.
The game is strong on the environment, as it emphasizes growing organic crops and using 100% clean energy. With Top Farm, you can sign in with Facebook, and additionally, the app enables you to save your progress across multiple devices.
8. TOWNSHIP
With a name like Township, you could be forgiven for thinking that we’ve mistakenly included this as a farming game. However, that’s not the case as this Playrix Game app combines the best of farming and city building to offer something a little different from the norm. To get the best out of Township, you’ll need an Internet connection for social interaction, competitions, and additional features.
The game aims to grow and harvest crops, process them at your factories, and then sell them in order to enlarge your town. That means you’ll then be able to open town facilities and amenities including cinemas and restaurants. You even get to run a zoo, and there’s also a mine to explore where you can look for ancient artifacts.
9. HOBBY FARM FREE
We wanted to include this in our look at the best free farming games on iOS as it offers a very chilled approach with a relaxed game mode. The game features Jill who has been fortunate enough to build a farm on an exotic island, so rather than the standard fruit you might farm, there are more exotic fruits available.
The laid-back farming style involves building handmade machines on the beach and looking after free-roaming animals, and you’ll have your pick of farm staff to help out, as well as dozens of machines. The game has 35 achievements and 100 fun playing levels.
10. FARM UP! HD
We really enjoyed playing this game that’s set in the 1930s and based around Jennifer, a young woman who has just purchased a farm. It’s a real family business as her husband and grandparents are helping in the hope of making a thriving farming business that will help the economy of the country.
You can customize the farm, build factories, and receive quests from other local farmers, and the game also features an interactive global map. It’s a beautiful looking game that’s well worth taking a look at, and if you want to play it with others you can add them on Facebook.
We admit we were surprised at just how many free farming games were available for iPhone and iPad, although it’s been a pleasure trying out so many. The top choices that made it to our best free farming games on the iOS list include a wide variety of features, different styles, and different levels of gameplay, and we’ve tried to include some games that offer a different approach or unique features.
Like many available gaming apps, some people might be deterred by the appearance of in-app purchases, but these all offer plenty to enjoy without having to splash the cash so don’t be put off. If you try out any of these farm games for iOS, we’d appreciate your comments to tell us which you enjoyed the most.
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The Universal Digital Library: A Platform that Makes Digital Piracy Unnecessary, Funds Creators, and Makes eBooks, Games and Software Affordable
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There is no reason why we can’t make a perfectly legal, and better, alternative to platforms like Popcorn Time
In my previous essay Why Digital Piracy is Ethical and Necessary I discussed why there are no proper digital libraries: publishers pretend that digital goods cannot be sold. They demand continuous rents for digital products they give to libraries, making things like ebooks costlier (and for more difficult to lend due to various licensing clauses) than printed books. In this essay I will discuss an alternative model for digital libraries that will accomplish the following:
It will accomplish everything the digital piracy scene currently accomplishes: providing a very low-cost method of conveniently accessing digital products.
It will help break the power of the publishers by bypassing them: the library becomes an alternative platform where creators can offer their products for “sale” (as will be explained).
It will help create an open alternative to the “walled garden” approaches of Steam and Kindle Unlimited.
It will help support creators by creating a highly convenient method for people from around the world to pool their funds in order to buy the products they need.
This is how the Universal Digital Library works: When the Library buys a copy of a digital product (we will use the example of an ebook), it buys the right to lend out one copy of this ebook to one user at a time for two weeks. If two library users want to access the same ebook at the same time, the Library pays for a second copy of the ebook to lend out to the second user. Once two weeks are over, the ebook is “returned”, meaning that it is deleted from the user’s computer by the Library program. Once it is returned, the ebook can be lent out again to another user.
In this way, the Universal Digital Library recreates the way a traditional, real-world library works. It treats digital goods exactly like physical goods. An ebook is just like a print book: the Library has to acquire one copy for each user. If there is a bestseller that thousands of people want to read at the same time, the Library will need to pay for thousands of copies of that book if it wants every user to read it immediately. If the Library cannot afford to pay for thousands of copies, users will need to join waiting lists as in a real library.
This creates an interesting economic effect: a digital product can only sell as many copies as there are people who want to use it simultaneously. If the maximum number of Library members who want to read your ebook is 1000 at the ebook’s most popular phase, and if the Library buys 1000 copies to satisfy all members, from then on the sales of the ebook will drop to zero since every member that comes afterwards will have access to one of those 1000 copies to borrow (once the members start “returning” them).
This, of course, means that ebook creators will have to price their ebooks very high in order to make a profit, since the Library gobbles all the copies it needs until it stops buying. And that is fine, as I discuss below.
Major Features of the Library
A Self-Publishing and Fundraising Platform for Digital Creators
The Library will have a self-serve system for ebook creators, video game makers, software makers, filmmakers and the creators of all other kinds of sell-able and lend-able digital products. If you write ebooks, you can upload the book to the library, set your price, then let the users start borrowing it. The Library will have a pool of money that it uses to buy copies of products that users borrow. The Library will need an algorithm to decide when to buy books: it will take into account the demand for it and the book’s sale price. If Stephen King wants to put his latest book on the Library, he can price each copy at $1,000 USD. For every Library member who joins the waiting list for that book, the Library assigns a certain portion of funds to buying a copy. In order to reward more affordably priced products, the Library can use the following algorithm to decide how much funds to allocate for buying each product:
for each member on the waiting list, during each funding round, assign this amount in dollars to the book's buying fund: 1 / square root of the sale price
This algorithm is designed to reward affordably priced products: the amount of funds assigned to each product decreases the higher its price is
So if a book is priced at $1,000, 1 over its square root is 1/31.6, or $0.03. This means that for every member who joins the waiting list for Stephen King’s book, the Library assigns $0.03 to buying it during each funding round. A funding round could be a daily thing: every day the Library distributes all its income (from donations and subscription fees) over all products on members’ waiting lists. So if there are 100,000 members on Stephen King’s book’s waiting list, that means 300,000 cents will be assigned to its buying fund per day, meaning $3000 per day. This means that the Library acquires three new copies of the book every day. Members will also be able to donate specifically to buying a certain product. So those 100,000 members on the waiting list may donate thousands of dollars daily to acquire more copies. In this way, the Library enables it members to pool their resources to acquire the products they want (if you wonder why anyone would want to donate, read on).
King may realize that he can make money faster by lowering the price. If he prices the book at $250 instead, that would mean $0.06 per user on the waiting list, amounting to $6000 per day. But that $6000 will now buy 24 copies every day. Within a month the Library will have 720 copies of the book. If King prices the book at only $10, the Library will pay out $31,000 per day, amounting to 3,100 copies bought per day. Within a month it will acquire about 100,000 copies, pay out about $1 million to King, and stop buying the book altogether since all possible demand is now met.
But when it comes to non-bestselling writers, they will have to price their books lower in order to make sales, since the waiting list for the book will be much shorter. Let’s say you write an ebook on repairing cars. You can upload the ebook to the Library and price it at $100. For each member who joins the book’s waiting list, 1/10 USD, or $0.10, will be assigned per day to its buying fund. Since the Library serves the entire world, 1000 people may simultaneously want to borrow the book at any one time, meaning that eventually the writer may sell $100,000 worth of the book. Each day the Library will assign $.10 USD for each member on the book’s waiting list, which equals $100 per day. The writer earns $100 per day for that ebook every day, and the Library acquires one new copy every day (since each copy costs $100). Eventually a point of equilibrium is reached where anyone can read the book without having to join a waiting list since the Library ends up having so many copies of it.
The Viable Photoshop Alternative
The Universal Library will not be for ebooks alone. It can also host anything else that can be sold digitally, such as software. The existence of the Library will actually encourage the creation of a wholly new ecosystem for software. A company may develop a Photoshop alternative, let’s call it Imageshop, and place it on the Library for $1000. The Library will have to acquire one copy of this software for each member who wants to use it. If the software is good enough, it would be no surprise of 100,000 people from around the world have a need for it simultaneously within a two-week period. And that means $100 million worth of copies that the Library will need to acquire in order to satisfy the demand.
Many companies may try to develop Photoshop alternatives to upload to the Library, and the ones that are priced cheaper will be funded more quickly due to the funding algorithm–provided that there is sufficiently high demand for it.
The way the Library will work on the client-side will be like Steam. Library members will “borrow” a piece of software, say Imageshop, which will be installed on their device for two weeks. Once the borrowing period is over, the Library program disables the software unless the Library member can renew their borrow and there is no waiting list. If there is a waiting list, the software may be disabled without being uninstalled until the borrow can be renewed. A member may also be allowed to renew their borrow by making a small donation which would cause them to jump to the top of the waiting list.
A Digital Sales Platform for Indie Films
If you want to make an independent film and sell it on the Internet, your options are limited to a few major companies that will demand a major share of any revenues. The Library can act as an independent movie publishing platform: Filmmakers upload their films to the Library and set a price. Similar to ebooks, high-demand films can set prices like $1000 and expect to make millions of dollars through the Library. Lower-demand films can set lower prices.
A Democratic Steam Alternative
Steam on my Linux desktop
Steam is Valve Corporation’s famous platform for buying and installing video games. Steam continues the anti-consumer traditions of the publishing industry but maintains a major user base due to its many convenient features. The Library can function as a Steam alternative: just like in the case for software, users can borrow games and play them for two weeks on their machines. The Library can function as a funding platform for independent video game companies: they can upload their game, set a price, and let the Library members decide (through joining the waiting list) how much the Library will spend on acquiring copies of it.
Ending Apple and Google’s App Store Walled Gardens of Garbage
Apple and Google’s approach to smartphone apps is “we and the publishers extracting every penny that can be extracted from consumers.” Google especially has made one of the most unusable app stores in its attempt to control which apps users buy. The Library can function as an app borrowing store where the same economics as those for other software will be at play.
Ending the Absurdity of Scientific Paper Pricing
How would you like to pay $15 to read a single article?
Today reading a 20-page scientific paper often costs $30 or more, making them unaffordable to independent researchers and encouraging the use of pirate platforms like Sci-Hub. The Universal Digital Library can democratize the scientific publishing world and allow researchers to pool their funds for convenient and low-cost access. Similar to ebooks, papers can be priced according to demand. A newly published paper that thousands of people will be interested in reading at the same time can be priced at $100 so that it earns about $100 per day from the Library. Lower-demand papers can be priced at $30 and still make thousands of dollars for its creators.
Ending Publisher Gatekeeping and Walled Garden Behavior
The promotional home page for Amazon’s rather limited Kindle Unlimited platform
The Library can act as a worldwide publisher that connects creators with consumers, making publishers unnecessary. Platforms like Kindle Unlimited are somewhat nice for reading books, but they are still extremely handicapped and consumer-unfriendly:
Amazon and publishers together decide what books to place on the platform. Users have no voice.
Amazon can arbitrarily remove any book it wants from its platform
Paying $10 a month to read a limited selection of books does not make sense unless you are the ideal Platonic consumer who only reads what major publishers dump on them (there is also a large selection of mostly sub-par works by unknown writers).
The Universal Digital Library will be the common-sense alternative to Kindle Unlimited. It will cost much less, it will break the power of publishers and middle men like Amazon, it will empower creators, and it will empower consumers by offering them full-featured versions of the products rather than highly stripped down and limited versions. Amazon’s Kindle Cloud Reader does not allow me to copy a single sentence from books I’m reading.
Kindle Unlimited is about turning ebooks into cable TV: Amazon and its friends get to decide what you can read and how you can read it.
If like me you are interested in making the world a better place through long-term-oriented projects, then you will see the Universal Digital Library as the wholesome, pro-humanity, creator-friendly and consumer-friendly alternative to absurd walled gardens like Kindle Unlimited.
The Two-Week Borrowing Period
I made a few mentions of a two-week borrowing period above. Such a period will have to be enforced just like in a physical library in order to allow members to have the time to use the digital products to their hearts’ content. The two-week borrowing period is also very important for creators since it decides how many copies of each product the Library will need. Since we are trying to recreate a physical Library in digital space, a two-week period seems sensible. However, just like in a physical library, users will be able to “return” their copies prior to the expiry of their borrow period.
How the Library Gets Funded
The Library will get funded through donations and possibly a low monthly subscription fee. The goal of the Library should be to make digital products accessible to those who cannot pay for them the ordinary way, so a free subscription plan may also be offered. The Library may also earn money through advertisements by recommending products to members, although the non-democratic nature of this always makes it a questionable practice. But if ads are necessary for the Library to exist or can make a significant contribution to improving it, then I believe they are justifiable.
We Can Make This Right Now
The Universal Digital Library does not have to wait for any breakthrough or legal change. It can be created right now. It will of course need to invite creators to upload their content according to the Library’s terms:
One copy for each simultaneous user.
The Library keeps the copy forever. Once it buys one copy of Imageshop, it is exactly the same as a physical library buying a physical book. The publisher has no right to demand it back.
The Library has the right to infinitely copy each product while paying the full price for each copy.
A single talented programmer will actually be able to build the entire platform. This is something I have thought about doing, but my other projects have so far prevented me.
On DRM
The most difficult part will be implementing DRM (digital rights management) to prevent easily copying and sharing of the content of the Library by unfriendly actors. Now, the Library must take a common-sense approach to this problem: There is no way to prevent all piracy. There should be a minimum DRM that prevents casual users from sharing the Library’s contents illegitimately, but the DRM should not make the digital products less useful. Users should have access to proper PDF versions of books.
At the beginning the Library can function without any DRM. It will be like existing digital libraries like the pirate-made Popcorn Time. If creators can be convinced to upload their digital products without the existence of DRM, then that would be the best solution. DRM is largely about giving creators a false sense of security since users intent on piracy can always find a way. Using a few free and open source Linux tools a person could easily–within just a few minutes–copy the entire contents of a Kindle ebook and turn it into a PDF using Kindle’s Cloud Reader website. There is nothing Amazon can do about this.
The Library makes piracy largely unnecessary, so it is almost entirely a waste of efforts for it to worry about making piracy impossible. The Library’s program on my computer should be like Steam: it should be so convenient to use, and so powerful and rich, that I never have to think about pirating anything.
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Anger grows in Tulsa as police release video of fatal shooting of unarmed black man
Posted on September 21, 2016 by greenecodemocratcom
By: Kristi Eaton and Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times
In this photo from a Sept. 16 police video, Terence Crutcher, left, is followed by police in Tulsa, Okla., moments before an officer shot and killed him. (Tulsa Police Department)
Terrance Crutcher with his sister, Tiffany Crutcher
A fatal police shooting of an unarmed black man by a white officer has reopened fresh wounds in this city with a fraught history among African Americans, white residents and police officers.
A graphic police video shows Terence Crutcher, 40, being fatally shot by a police officer Friday night as he walks with his hands up toward his SUV, stalled out in the middle of the road.
The incident quickly became the latest flashpoint in a string of controversial police shootings of Black Americans. Protesters chanted Tuesday evening in downtown Tulsa, the ACLU asked that criminal charges be filed against the officer, and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said news of the shooting was “unbearable.”
“We have got to tackle systemic racism,” Clinton said on “The Steve Harvey Morning Show.” “This horrible shooting again. How many times do we have to see this in our country?”
An attorney for Officer Betty Shelby, who shot Crutcher after responding to a dispatch call about an abandoned car, said Crutcher failed to heed police commands and that she and another officer, Tyler Turnbough, felt threatened and fired simultaneously. Turnbough used a stun gun.
The city’s police chief, who released both helicopter and dash-cam video of the shooting, called the images “disturbing” and vowed to “achieve justice.”
Protesters quickly demanded that Shelby to be fired, and the Crutcher family called for criminal charges against the officer, who has been put on routine administrative leave. The Department of Justice has opened a civil rights investigation and local authorities are independently investigating the shooting.
The last night of life for Crutcher, a father of four who was on his way home from a class at Tulsa Community College, began with a pair of 911 calls reporting an abandoned car with its engine running and doors open in the middle of the road.
“I got out and was like, ‘Do you need help?’ reported one caller, who said Crutcher “took off running” after asking her to “come here, come here,” and saying the car was going to “blow up.”
“I think he’s smoking something,” the same caller said.
Police videos show Crutcher walking toward his SUV with his hands up. Four officers, three male and one female, approach Crutcher he walks to the driver’s side and seems to lower his hands and put them on the car. The dash-cam video is blocked by officers, and Crutcher is partially blocked by his own car in the the helicopter video, making it difficult to see his movements. A man in the helicopter video suggests it’s “time for a Taser” before saying, “That looks like a bad dude, too. Probably on something.”
Within seconds, Crutcher drops to the ground. “Shots fired!” a woman yells on police radio as officers slowly back away while holding their guns up. Officers wait more than two minutes before approaching Crutcher again.
He was later pronounced dead at a local hospital.
Police say the videos did not capture Shelby arriving on the scene because she did not turn her dash cam on.
Shelby’s attorney, Scott Wood, says that when she showed up and asked Crutcher whether the car was his, he did not respond. Crutcher put his hands in his pockets as he walked toward her, then removed them and put his hands up before walking toward the back of her patrol car and putting his hands back in his pockets, Wood said.
He said she planned to arrest Crutcher, who she thought was intoxicated, and called dispatch. Crutcher did not comply when Shelby took out her gun and told him to get on his knees, but instead walked toward his car, the attorney said.
Wood said Shelby fired her gun at the same time that Turnbough fired a Taser at Crutcher because she had “tunnel vision” and did not realize other officers had arrived on scene.
“When unarmed people of color break down on the side of the road, we’re not treated as citizens needing help. We’re treated as, I guess, criminals — suspects that they fear,” said Benjamin Crump, one of the attorneys representing the Crutcher family.
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The NHS Traduced by Life Style Treatments & Political ambitions!
Posted on July 4, 2011 by Greg Lance - Watkins (Greg_L-W)
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How many of you reading this who are facing a potential death sentence or may do in the future are doing so because of the abuse of The NHS largely on political grounds – either to use it as a dump for the unemployable in its many parasitic QUANGOs, or as with Wales where the management have clearly stated that they have squandered over £1Billion of a £5Billion budget CLICK HERE or to provide lifestyle choices for the selfish at the expense of the lives of others as in the article below:
What have the breeding choices of foreigners to do with NATIONAL HEALTH – for that matter why are we spending money on breeding choices and lifestyle choices as a part of HEALTH Services when people are dying due to lack of Radiography facilities and MILLIONS of hours are wasted at huge cost in waiting rooms for lack of phlebotomists or technicians in labs. there is clearly no shortage of parasites in the Kleptocratic QUANGOcracy.
By no means is ‘breeding’ at the expense of the lives of the dying a ‘basic human right’ when the money used to indulge these whims could be better spent on funding the equipment and staff for early diagnosis – that WOULD save lives!
Milking of the health service: NHS pays £200k bill for Nigerian health tourist‘s five babies and provides free IVF for single mother, 39
By Sophie Borland
Last updated at 10:08 AM on 4th July 2011
Two mothers who gave birth on the NHS in extraordinary circumstances have provoked a furious ethical row.
The first case centres on a British 39-year-old who had a £4,000 cycle of IVF funded by the taxpayer after she claimed it was her ‘human right’ to receive it.
Her son will grow up without a father.
‘I want to inspire other single women to do what I did’: Elizabeth Pearce with her baby son Leo
The second case relates to a Nigerian who flew to Britain purely to give birth to quintuplets conceived in Africa after she swallowed a course of high-dose fertility tablets.
Her bill to the taxpayer is already £200,000 and she is fighting Home Office moves to return her to her home country.
MPs and campaigners say an apparent fertility free-for-all is unacceptable at a time when the NHS is under unprecedented financial pressure.
Hospitals are already slashing their budgets amid clear signs that waiting times are rising, optional treatments are being cut back and some members of staff face redundancy.
Emma Boon, of the TaxPayers’ Alliance, said: ‘With such huge pressures in the NHS budget, taxpayers’ money should be going towards front-line healthcare, lifesaving treatments and helping sick people get better.
Homerton University Hospital in East London, where Bimbo Ayelabola gave birth to quintuplets
‘Difficult choices have to be made but when taxpayers’ money is tight, the public will question whether those sorts of treatments should be paid for.’
The IVF row has been sparked by former personal assistant Elizabeth Pearce. The 39-year-old had been turned away three times by her local PCT in Ealing, West London which said that as she was not in a relationship, she did ‘not meet the criteria’.
But last year they threw in the towel after Miss Pearce, who is unemployed and on benefits, threatened the trust with legal action claiming they were breaching her ‘basic human rights’.
She was given one cycle of IVF, which costs between £4,000 and £8,000, using sperm from a donor in the U.S. she had paid for herself. The treatment was successful and in January she gave birth to her son, Leo.
Miss Pearce, now living in Canterbury, was able to get IVF on the NHS thanks to a change in the law in 2008. This stated that health trusts no longer had to take child’s need for a father into account when considering treatment.
It means lesbian couples and single mothers are all entitled to treatment as long as they can demonstrate they will provide ‘supportive parenting’.
But the PCT’s decision to pay for her treatment will be seen as highly controversial as thousands of infertile, married couples desperate for children are routinely refused funding.
A report by MPs earlier this year revealed that at least five cash strapped PCTs have stopped funding IVF completely.
And three quarters of the 152 PCTs in England and Wales pay for only one cycle of treatment, even though NHS guidelines state that a woman should be offered three to maximise her chances of becoming pregnant.
Wrong choice: MP Nadine Dorries says taxpayers should not have to foot the bill for Miss Pearce’s ‘lifestyle choice’
Tory MP Nadine Dorries said: ‘I’m not sure that taxpayers’ money should be used to fund the lifestyle choices for this particular individual. There are many couples who are desperate to have children who are failing.
‘I think taxpayers would be happy to pay for these sorts of people.
‘But in this harsh economic climate taxpayers will have something to say about their money being used to fund someone’s lifestyle choice.’
Stephen Davies, a GP in Sheffield and spokesman for the British Fertility Society, said: ‘I don’t have a problem with this lady getting IVF. But I don’t think she should have got funding if it would be denied to other ladies in similar positions.
‘She would have been denied funding in Sheffield. The lack of uniformity is a scandal. I had one couple the other week who moved house, eight miles, and lost a whole cycle of funding.’
Josephine Quintavalle, of the Comment on Reproductive Ethics pressure group said: ‘Every child has the right to have a father. ‘Allowing single women IVF treatment on the NHS says more about the wishes of an adult than the rights of children.
‘I think it’s extraordinary with healthcare allocation being under such pressure that decisions are being made to go ahead with IVF in this way.’
The second case is an extraordinary example of so-called ‘health tourism’ involving 33-year-old Bimbo Ayelabola, who flew to England last December from Nigeria after discovering she was pregnant.
She gave birth prematurely via caesarean to quintuplets in Homerton hospital, East London in April.
The cost of her treatment and the care for her five babies on a neonatal unit will be close to £200,000.
As a Nigerian national she is not eligible to free treatment on the NHS but it is highly unlikely she will ever pay back the money.
She is currently staying at her sister’s home in East London and has instructed lawyers to try to extend her visitor’s visa.
Airport officials say they see dozens of women passing through Britain’s borders each year in advanced stages of pregnancy.
‘My human right to be a test-tube single mum’
By REBECCA EVANS
With her biological clock ticking as she neared her 40th birthday, Elizabeth Pearce was becoming increasingly desperate for a child.
And with no husband on the horizon, she decided IVF was the only way to fulfil her yearning for motherhood.
The NHS at first refused to fund the treatment, which costs upwards of £3,000, as Miss Pearce was single and therefore did not meet its strict criteria.
Dream fulfilled: Elizabeth Pearce says the fact that she is single should not deprive her of her right to become a mother
But a year and three appeal hearings later, Ealing Primary Care Trust in West London relented after Miss Pearce, 39, threatened to invoke the Human Rights Act.
She is now the proud mother of five-month-old Leo.
On the grounds of cost, the NHS spending watchdog Nice has rationed potentially life-saving treatments such as the bowel cancer drug Avastin and liver cancer drug Nexavar – the only medicine to offer any chance of survival for patients with advanced symptoms.
But Miss Pearce, who was unable to pay for IVF privately after being made redundant from her job as a personal assistant, firmly believes that it is every woman’s human right to have a child.
She says the treatment should not be the sole preserve of those in a relationship.
During her stand-off with the West London PCT, Miss Pearce, who receives child tax credit and housing benefit, cited Articles 8 and 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights – the right to respect for family and private life and the prohibition of discrimination.
She told the Mail: ‘I believe that it is my right as a woman to be a mother. The fact that I am single is irrelevant.
The gift of life: But IVF treatment costs millions of pounds each year
‘I have wanted a child for so long and I tried to get pregnant the normal way for ten years – even when I was with men I didn’t really want to be with.
‘I got a job in an engineering company with lots of men working there as I thought I’d meet someone but it didn’t work out.
‘I contemplated adoption but as an older, single woman, my chances were virtually zero. And if I hadn’t just lost my job, then I would have paid for IVF myself. It was just bad timing.’
Miss Pearce’s case was helped by a recent law change, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act of 2008, which means that clinics are no longer required to take into account a child’s need for a father when considering treatment.
When she first went to her GP, she was living in a houseboat in Hayes, West London, but has now moved to a rented cottage in Canterbury.
She said: ‘When I explained to my GP that I was single, he looked at me like I was mad. He didn’t even want to consider the possibility that I’d want a child on my own, let alone that the NHS would pay for it.’
Undeterred, Miss Pearce took her case to her local PCT.
‘They didn’t want to know,’ she said.
‘The doctor told me they had a policy of not funding single women because a child has a right to a father. I was shocked. I couldn’t afford to have private treatment and, perhaps naively, I’d assumed the NHS would fund it.
‘I know PCTs are short of funding, and some people claim that wanting a child is not a life-threatening condition, but nobody can comment until they have experienced the overwhelming urge for a child that I felt.
‘I would have spent the rest of my life feeling bitter and resentful that I wasn’t given that chance.’
In September 2009, Miss Pearce was given the go-ahead to commence treatment, which started the following June.
Miss Pearce said she would have felt bitter and resentful had she not given birth
She paid £900 for sperm from an anonymous U.S. donor, of whom all she knows is that he is a mechanical engineering student who likes to play chess, the violin and basketball.
She became pregnant after the first round and gave birth to Leo in January.
Miss Pearce added: ‘In an ideal world, Leo would have had a dad in his life, but that’s not the way things worked out. It’s not like I had some glittering career and put off having a baby for selfish reasons. I’m very maternal and have always wanted a child.
‘As for the NHS paying for it, I understand it’s a sensitive issue but I truly believe single women have just as much as a right to a child as couples do.
‘Besides, plenty of couples break up after having children together, which has a dreadful effect on the child.’
Miss Pearce admits her heartache was worsened by the fact that her two sisters, Jane, 41, and Claire, 38, were both happily married with six children between them.
‘I’d be lying if I said it wasn’t hard seeing them have all the things I so desperately wanted. I really envied them.’
Miss Pearce receives support from her mother Hilary, 63, who lives nearby. She insists she has no regrets and will return to work when Leo is older. She also hopes to find a partner so that Leo can have a male role model.
‘I know that one day he will ask me who is daddy is, and I have been in touch with various donor support groups to help prepare me for this and what to say.
‘I know Leo may never know his father, but I’ll always be open and honest with him about how he was conceived. People say I’m a good mother and that’s all I can strive to be. I have so much love for Leo – and I honestly don’t know what I’d do without him.
‘It was a battle persuading the NHS to fund the treatment, but my persistence definitely paid off. I just want to inspire other single women to fight for a child in the same way I did.’
‘Now I’ve had my five babies here, I want to stay’
By NICK McDERMOTT
A Nigerian woman who has cost the NHS up to £200,000 after flying into Britain while expecting quintuplets is to fight for the right to stay.
Bimbo Ayelabola, 33, who had been taking double doses of a fertility drug while in Africa, applied for a six-month visitor’s visa within days of discovering she was pregnant.
As soon as it was granted, she travelled to the UK without her husband late last year on the pretence of visiting her three sisters.
Busy An operating theatre at Homerton Hospital – one of London’s busiest – where Mrs Ayelabola gave birth
An emergency NHS scan showed she was expecting four babies.
Owing to the size and complexity of the birth, she underwent a caesarean section 32 weeks into her pregnancy on April 28.
During the procedure at Homerton Hospital in East London, doctors discovered there was a fifth child. She gave birth to two boys, Tayseel and Samir, and three girls: Aqeelah, Binish and Zara.
Although she was due to leave last week, she believes the children are too frail to travel and has instructed lawyers to seek an extension to her visitor’s visa.
The total bill to the taxpayer for Mrs Ayelabola’s care alone is expected to reach £200,000, which she is unable to pay.
Expensive: The cost of a week’s hospital care for the five babies is a staggering £35,000 for the taxpayer (File photo)
The five babies were all treated in a special care unit because they were born prematurely, at a cost of £1,000 a day for each of them.
Consequently, the cost of a week’s hospital care for the family would be a staggering £35,000 for the taxpayer.
The issue has raised yet again the issue of so-called ‘health tourism’ – in which foreigners can use Britain’s state-funded health system. It is estimated to cost the NHS £200million a year.
Foreign nationals should be charged for the full cost of any treatment they receive, with most hospitals employing overseas visitor managers whose job is to identify those who must pay. But urgent treatment such as maternity care will always be provided regardless of residence status or ability to pay.
Hospitals must then take reasonable measures to recover any debts from overseas patients. Many bills are never settled, however.
And border officials repeatedly report seeing passengers arriving in an advanced state of pregnancy after securing a visitor’s visa. Around 150 cases a year are identified at Gatwick Airport.
Mrs Ayelabola, whose 37-year-old husband, Ohi, remains in Nigeria, has signed a five-figure deal with a red-top newspaper.
She said in an interview: ‘I had already had miscarriages and couldn’t bear the stress another pregnancy would cause. So I decided to visit my family in London. I thought I would stand a much better chance of avoiding another miscarriage in a calmer place with friends and family.
‘Now if I go back I’ll be on my own without even a roof over my head. My entire family support network – three sisters, four aunts and virtually all my school friends – live here.’
Mrs Ayelabola says she was unaware she was expecting as many as five children. The multiple birth is the likely result of the fertility drug Clomid, which she purchased over the counter in her home city of Lagos.
She began taking two pills a day – double the normal dose – and continued the regime for eight times longer than recommended.
Her children are being cared for with the help of her 26-year-old sister Stella, with whom she is living at a two-bedroom flat in Poplar, East London.
‘The NHS is a national health service, not an international one.’
Mrs Ayelabola, who is not entitled to any state benefits and does not have the right to work, says she is struggling to pay for her family, with nappies and milk powder alone costing her £70 a week.
Despite being born in the UK, the children do not have an automatic right to British citizenship. To qualify, they would need at least one parent who is British, or who has indefinite leave to remain in the country.
A spokesman for the Home Office said: ‘The NHS is a national health service, not an international one. We expect those with no right to be in the UK to leave voluntarily otherwise we will seek to remove them.’
The UK Border Agency can deny someone entry into the country if they believe they are seeking free healthcare. But the rules are hard to enforce. In March, the Government announced plans to tackle health tourism. Measures include preventing anyone who owes the NHS more than £1,000 from entering the country until the debt is paid off.
Last night, from behind a closed door, Mrs Ayelabola said: ‘I am not happy about what has been written about me, that is not what I told them. You need to speak to my lawyer, I do not want to comment.’
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25-Aug-2008 – MAKE SAVINGS from NON ESSENTIALS NOT HEALTH.
Posted on August 25, 2008 by Greg Lance - Watkins (Greg_L-W)
2008 August 25 22:23:16 BST
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Andrew Dillon, chief executive of Nice, said: “The provisional conclusions on the use of drugs for treating renal cancer are those of an independent appraisal committee whose membership is largely drawn from NHS clinicians in active practice. They understand the issues at stake.”
He said that if the 26 oncologists are to “maintain the credibility of their argument” they must explain which patients “should forgo cost-effective care in order to meet the needs of those with renal cancer”.
May I usurp their authority and propose that savings could be made as follows:
1. £30,000,000 could be saved by closing N.I.C.E. which is merely a QUANGO behind which corrupt politicians shelter their mismanagement of the NHS.
2. £190,000,000 PER ANNUM could be saved by making organ donorship an opt out scheme rather than an opt in scheme. This being the sum spent on those who are on waiting lists for organs spent annually keeping them alive.
3. Upto £300,000,000 which the Health Service spends per annum on tattoo removal QUOTE Baroness Gardiner House of Lords see Hansard.
4. Cease providing any Government employees with ANY aspect of Private Health Care this would not only make massive multi £Million savings but would also ensure the inducement that they ensure the Heath Service is repaired.
5. Cease providing funding for inflation linked pensions for Government employees – since they are indemnified from their incompetence as inflicted on the balance of the public.
6. Place a ceiling on incomes in Government QUANGOs as few if any of these people are employable in the commercial world which is why they flourish in the unaccountable world of sheltered employment in QUANGOs.
Be minded of the fact that in the real world high salaries are determined by the ability to generate high profits leading to greater levels of employment and more tax profit for Government – high salaries in QUANGOs and Government merely produce a need for higher taxation and contribute nothing additional to the Country.
7. Cease giving early retirement and compensation for stress related claims – individuals should be free to select whether they do a given job it being their choice to accept the additional incomes of a given job. Stress in employment is a choice: if you are out of your depth and suffering stress hand back the salary you clearly are failing to earn and quit!
8. Cease providing life style care as a given whereby life style care should ONLY be provided once primary Health Care is provided thus saving on:
In Vitro Fertilisation.
Breast augmentation.
Rectal repair when self inflicted for sexual pleasure.
VIAGRA & other erectile defficiency drugs.
All forms of fertility enhancement.
Treatment of any long term condition for aliens & health tourism.
Close all councilling services on the Health Service that are not directly medical.
Charge for failure to attend appointments.
Cease all concepts of gender reassignment.
9. Withdraw from membership of the EUropean Union as clearly we have joined a club we can afford as we are unable to take care of our own people and are paying £1,800,000 per HOUR of British tax payers money (QUOTE Institute of Directors) and are having to kill British Kidney Cancer patients to find the money to fund the Warsaw Underground, Incompetent French farmers, Corrupt Fishing quotas for great maritime nations like Austria and whilst funding Spain to build their roads we permit them to enrich themselves by stealing fish from British fisheries.
10. Surrender the utterly specious Olympic Games which we clearly can not afford as already the budget of £2.8 Billion has already run to £9.3 Billion with an expectation of a final spend wasted on these irrelevant games of £18 Billion where less than 1% of the population will participate meaningfully in the related sports unlike 100% who will have need of the Health Service where the new policy is to Kill Patients who are too costsly.
I do appreciate that Andrew Dillon on his massive salary may well be able to turn a brief phrase in defence of his job and his QUANGO but clearly he is not competent to the job he is paid to do or he would not have made such a staggeringly stupid and ill considered statement regarding the murders he is planning to preside over.
Greg L-W.
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PM’s speech on NHS Reform (number10.gov.uk)
Full transcript | David Cameron | Speech on NHS reform| 6 April 2011. (newstatesman.com)
You: NHS rationing care to save money (guardian.co.uk)
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Five Errors Parents Must Correct to Prepare Generation Z for a Career
A friend of mine sent me a Twitter thread that vividly illustrates the need for better leadership in our homes. I will keep the people involved anonymous, as the story you’re about to read borders on unbelievable. It happened recently at a workplace and involved a supervisor and her young team member. The Twitter feed was from a woman in the cubicle nearby who could see and hear everything:
“I’m in an office space near a client when a young woman in her twenties is meeting with her boss. The boss (also a woman) was giving feedback and reviewing edits she had made that this young woman wrote. They’d been speaking in low tones, but their volume got louder toward the end of the conversation because the young woman was getting agitated about a particular edit. The edit was correcting her spelling of “hampster” to “hamster.” Apparently, she had used the phrase “like spinning on a hamster wheel” in her article. The young woman kept saying, ‘I don’t know why you corrected that because I spell it with a ‘P.’’ The boss says (calmly) ‘But that’s not how the word is spelled. There is no ‘P’ in hamster.
“The young woman replies, ‘But you don’t know how I learned to spell it with a ‘P’ in it, so that’s how I spell it.’ The boss (remaining calm and professional) says: “Let’s go to dictionary.com and look it up together. The young woman (not a 5th grader but an adult) insists she doesn’t need to look it up because it’s FINE to spell it with a “P” because that’s how she wanted to spell it. Her boss says, “Well, let’s look over the rest of the piece so I can explain of my edits. They do, and I can see the young woman is fighting back tears. The boss remains empathetic, handling things professionally.
“Afterward, her boss says, ‘I know edits can be difficult to go over sometimes, especially when you’re working on new kinds of things as you grow in your career, but it’s a necessary process and makes us all getter at what we do.’ The boss returns to her office; the young woman can barely hold it together. She moves to another table in the common workspace, drops her stuff loudly on a table and starts texting. A minute later, the phone rings.
“It was her mom. She had texted her mother to call her because it was urgent. (I’m sure her mother must have thought she was in the ER or something.) She then puts her mom on speaker phone in the open space. She bursts into tears and wants her mom to call her boss and tell her not to be mean about telling her how to spell words like ‘hamster.’ The mother tells her that her boss is an idiot and she doesn’t have to listen to her and that she should go to the boss’ boss to file a complaint about not allowing creativity in her writing. The young woman kept saying, ‘I thought what I wrote was perfect and she just made all these changes and then had the nerve to tell me I was spelling words wrong when I know they’re right because that is how I’ve always spelled them.’ She went on (still on speaker phone) to tell her mom: ‘I’m very great’ and then shared office-inappropriate detail about how hungover she was and what she and her friend did with some guys the night before. Mom laughed and laughed. The colleagues in and around the workspace kept looking at one another and some even put earbuds in, as this was apparently a regular thing with her.”
Five Big Mistakes We Must Correct
While I recognize this story is an “extreme” example, it illustrates some common mistakes parents make today. Let me offer a breakdown of the type of mistakes this mother seems to have made with her daughter as she grew up:
1. Leading her to assume everything she does is acceptable, even perfect.
This young adult believed she was “perfect” and never needed admonishment. She had come to assume: “Somehow, rules don’t matter. This is how I do it.” I blame the parent for this outcome. All through their lives, kids should get used to loving leadership that includes challenging input so they can grow from mistakes. Self-esteem will remain intact and, in fact, grow stronger. It will enable them to avoid meltdowns as adults. Our kids need a realistic narrative.
2. Disabling her from the emotional strength to receive hard feedback.
This young professional’s emotional reaction screams she’s not used to even gentle correction. She’s unable to adapt, improve or show grit. The insistence she’s never wrong and her inability to hold things together communicates a flaw in parenting that’s far too common. Parents often neglect to teach emotional intelligence, which is the management of one’s emotions.
3. Failing to condition her daughter for continual growth.
Apparently, up until her professional career, this person lived in a world that revolved around her, allowing her to spell words however she wanted to, and to speak and think however she chose to do so. When life revolves around our kids, we fail to prepare them for adulthood. Parents must teach their children that they’re part of something bigger than them, but they can play a role.
4. Neglecting to prepare her to be self-sufficient as an adult.
Who calls their mom—while at work—about a spelling correction and claims their supervisor is “mean”? Someone who’s emotionally immature. This mom acted like a “pal” rather than a “parent” and in the process failed to equip her daughter to stand on her own and take part on a team. The narrative she created was: “Someone else is always wrong, certainly not you.”
5. Celebrating and enabling behavior that is inappropriate.
Did you catch the fact that mom told her daughter that her boss was an “idiot,” that he failed to let her “write creatively” and then laughed when her daughter relayed how “hungover” she was due to things she’d done the night before? Obviously, what people do on their own time is their business, but to affirm such behavior is pitiful leadership. It was not helping her child grow up.
No wonder this young professional was ill-prepared for a career. Just look at her mother’s leadership. Mom may just be an accomplice to her daughter losing a job. I think we can do better.
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HOUSE NEWS: It’s a Miracle!
A little girl, 6 lbs., 15 oz., perfect in every way! Such a tiny package for all the possiblitlies life has to offer – joys, sorrows, happiness, grief, loves, loss, hopes, dreams… It all begins again in this new little person. May we, her village, sustain her through it all, help her find her gifts and a place for them, and be inspired by this new creation to become the people we were created to be.
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OPINION: “Dorothy Day’s Day”
Here’s a great article that win this week’s copy of The Nation. It’s by Coleman McCarthy:
At Dorothy Day’s death in November 1980, at 83, talk was heard that
the Catholic Worker, the movement she co-founded in 1933, would vanish
without her. She was its Earth Mother–or better, its Reverend Mother,
a convert to Catholicism who took literally the call of the Gospels to
practice personally the works of mercy and rescue. She would do it
with full-risk commitments to pacifism and nonviolent anarchism.
The talk was unfounded. With scant eyeing from the media, and far from
the rites of soft-core religion that sanction coziness with Caesar and
his court clerics, nearly 185 Catholic Worker houses of hospitality
are currently operating in thirty-seven states and ten countries. From
July 9 to 12, several hundred practitioners of Day’s methods are
expected to gather in Worcester, Massachusetts, hosted by two local
Worker houses: Sts. Francis and Therese and The Mustard Seed. The
occasion is a celebration of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the
Catholic Worker, going back to May Day 1933, when Day, then a
35-year-old journalist who had written about class conflict, strikes
and war resistance for The Masses and The Liberator, handed out the
first copies of her monthly newspaper at a Communist rally in
Manhattan’s Union Square.
Through thick and thick–there is no thin in poverty’s
underworld–Worker houses have been models of stamina, going extra
miles beyond counting. The Ammon Hennacy House in Los Angeles offers
shelter and meals for homeless people and publishes The Catholic
Agitator. Viva House in Baltimore runs a food pantry and family soup
kitchen. St. Peter Claver House in Philadelphia gleans for food and
clothing and has it on hand for all comers. Washington’s Dorothy Day
House shelters five families, distributes food and stages weekly
antiwar demonstrations at the White House and the Pentagon. Scott
Schaeffer-Duffy, who with his wife, Claire, started Sts. Francis and
Therese House in 1986, echoes Day’s line–“we confess to being fools
and wish that we were more so”–by saying that Catholic Worker houses
seek “an irrational and personalist way of doing things that trusts in
the miraculous power of God…. Without government aid, salaries,
grants or institutional help from the Church, and often without many
volunteers, we feed and house people, deliver aid in war zones,
confront local and national injustices, and still manage to have happy
personal and family lives. That’s pretty miraculous to me.”
In the years before Day embraced Catholicism, in 1927 at 30, she lived
on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. She bibbed with Eugene O’Neill and
Malcolm Cowley, interviewed Trotsky, went to jail with Alice Paul, was
on the barricades with the Socialists, read Peter Kropotkin, Tolstoy
and Jack Reed, reveled with Greenwich Village bohemians, had an
abortion, gave birth to a daughter and left a common-law marriage. In
The Long Loneliness, Day’s 1952 autobiography, she tells of
transferring all that fury and fire to living out Christ’s message of
siding with the scorned.
Like today’s followers, Day worked her own side of the street with no
official ties to the Church. A pacifist, she had contempt for
churchmen who duped the faithful into accepting the “just war” theory.
She struck matches to burn down the hierarchy’s chumminess with power.
In the late 1960s, when a war-supporting Catholic cardinal was in
Vietnam blessing US warplanes and another cardinal went to the White
House for a prayer service with Richard Nixon, Day unloaded: “What a
confusion we have gotten into when Christian prelates sprinkle holy
water on scrap metal to be used for obliteration bombing and name
bombers for the Holy Innocents, for Our Lady of Mercy; who bless a man
about to press a button which releases death to 50,000 human beings,
including little babies, children, the sick, the aged….”
Day’s fifty-year ministry included war tax resistance, commingling
with society’s broke and broken, imprisonment–she was arrested so
often for civil disobedience that a New York City jail had a “Dorothy
Day suite”–and getting out a newspaper that still sells at the same
penny-a-copy price and holds the same pacifist line as when it
started. Day’s biographers in books and magazines include Robert
Coles, Garry Wills, Daniel Berrigan, Abigail McCarthy, Dwight
Macdonald, Dan Wakefield, Michael Harrington and David O’Brien–the
last writing in Commonweal that Day was “the most significant,
interesting and influential person in the history of American
Catholicism.”
Few writers have been closer to Day than Robert Ellsberg. He took a
five-year student sabbatical from Harvard in the mid-1970s to join Day
at the New York Worker, washing dishes, unclogging the toilets and
editing the newspaper. This summer Ellsberg, now the editor and
publisher of Orbis Books, comes forward with The Duty of Delight: The
Diaries of Dorothy Day. It is 669 pages of sere and flexuous prose,
virtuosic in its candor. A diary entry from June 16, 1951, begins: “I
have a hard enough job to curb the anger in my own heart which I
sometimes even wake up with, go to sleep with–a giant to strive with,
an ugliness, a sorrow to me–a mighty struggle to love. As long as
there is any resentment, bitterness, lack of love in my own heart I am
powerless. God must help me.”
From the evidence in Day’s life and what endures daily in the Worker
houses, help kept–and keeps–coming.as
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Marie E. Ebelherr
Marie E. Ebelherr, 90, of Lincoln, passed away April 23, 2018 at St. Clara’s Manor with her family by her side.
Visitation will be from 4-6 PM Sunday, April 29, 2018 at Holland Barry & Bennett Funeral Home with a rosary service at 3:30 PM. Funeral Mass will be at 10 AM Monday, April 30, 2018 at Holy Family Catholic Church with Father Laible officiating. Burial will follow in Holy Cross Cemetery.
Marie was born March 14, 1928 in Jersey City, New Jersey, the daughter of John and Mary (Crosby) Riedinger. She married Kenneth Benjamin Ebelherr on February 16, 1952. He preceded her in death on November 2, 2003.
Marie was the last surviving adult of the group that moved from the Bronx, NY to open the Eaton/Cutler Hammer plant in Lincoln in 1958. She was a member of Holy Family Catholic Church where she served as a Eucharistic minister and on the altar and rosary society. She was employed as a secretary at the Logan County Health Department for many years, retiring in 1990.
Surviving are her children: Douglas J. (Deb) Ebelherr of Lincoln, Paul A. (Kay) Ebelherr of Lincoln, Karen A. (Kevin) Lecouris of Hallsville, Chris Ebelherr of Flower Mound, TX, and Beth (Steve) Dahm of Lincoln; daughter in law Deanne Ebelherr of Ottawa; step son Russell Ebelherr of Hacketsville, NJ; 16 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren: Teri (Steve) Hill and their children Cadence, Cooper, Charlotte, and Cayla, Ryan Ebelherr and his son Logan, Abby Ebelherr, Emma (Tim) Caldwell and their children Claire and Alice, Ben Ebelherr, Michael Martin, Stephanie Martin and children Chase and Christian, Keith Lecouris, Jason Lemle (Callie Nixon), Corey (Taryn) Lemle and son Bryce, Grace Lemle and son Aiden, Alex (Cassie) Dahm and children Hank and Jake, Cale Dahm, Regan Dahm and son Owen, Payton Ebelherr, and Preston Ebelherr.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, son Kenneth “Rabbit” Ebelherr, and great grandchildren Andrew and Allison Hill.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Carroll Catholic School.
Holland Barry & Bennett Funeral Homehas been entrusted with her care.
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Dr Angel Gayete Cara took over the reins of the Spanish Society of Radiology (SERAM) in May, immediately after the society’s meeting in Bilbao. In an exclusive interview with European Hospital he revealed his vision for the next two years and how he means to help radiologists in their increasingly clinical role.
Interview: Mélisande Rouger
Ángel Gayete Cara is clinical head at Parc Salut MAR (PSMAR), Hospital del Mar, in Barcelona.
‘Education is a top priority,’ said Dr Angel Gayete Cara, newly appointed President of the Spanish Society of Radiology when asked about his agenda for SERAM. ‘We are betting on e-learning to help and certify radiologists, both specialists and residents. We also offer transversal courses, for instance in publication and management, and are working on a university Master [degree] in quality in radiology management.
‘Radiographers want homologation at the European level and we absolutely support this claim. Recently we published a manual for their attention. We try to integrate them as much as possible in our activities.
‘EU member states must transpose Council Directive 2013/59/Euratom into national law by 6 February 2018; this directive will change substantially the way we register dose and dose value levels. We are working together with the industry and health ministries and other scientific societies to help integrate these aspects in daily practice.
‘We are also very concerned about technical obsolescence, as Spain has some of the oldest imaging equipment in Europe. Additionally, we work to improve professionalism by publishing good practice guidelines and tackling issues related to management, quality, risk planning or informed consent. We are developing models for imaging equipment contests together with the industry and radio physicians to help radiologists in this complex task.
‘Furthermore, we plan to organise meetings with professionals from partner disciplines to determine ways to assess treatment response and potentially publish guidelines together. We are also considering the possibility of acting as mediators between research groups and the industry, by helping them get in touch and following up on their projects. We see ourselves as a possible intermediary between both parties.’
From left to right: Dr. Ángel Gayete (SERAM president), Dr. Cosme Naveda (Bizkaya, Board of Doctors President), Mikel Alvarez (Bilbao City councilor), Iñaki Berraondo (Basque Country Health Planning and Evaluation director), Dr. José Luis del Cura (SERAM immediate past president), Dr. Arsenio Martínez Pérez (SERAM meeting Local Organizing Committee chairman), and Dr. José Carmelo Albillos (SERAM meeting Scientific Committee president)
General elections will soon be repeated in Spain but the ‘core training’, in which radiology and nuclear medicine are fused for the first two years of a four-year plan, is going ahead. What is SERAM’s position on this matter?
‘We can’t legislate but we can opine. We have representatives who work on the issue with the authorities. It’s an important challenge; depending on how the situation evolves, radiologists’ training may change a lot in the near future. The number of places available for radiologists may be reduced and tutors would need to be trained adequately.
‘But we don’t want to assume that it will be two years of core training and two years of specialisation in radiology. The ministry itself said that skills first need to be evaluated, so this is what we’ll do, bearing in mind that the European recommendation is a five-year training plan.’
How did the society’s meeting go and what can you tell us about the next?
‘We had 1,933 participants this time, 122 more than last year, and 35 industry exhibitors. We hope to have more delegates during our next gathering, to be held in Pamplona in two years. We are just beginning to decide on the programme. Certainly there will be contents on the increasing role of imaging in treatment response evaluation in oncology and other fields of personalised medicine.’
Are Spanish radiologists coping better with austerity and shortages?
‘We are coping with difficulty, patience and compromise! Staff shortage and terrible contracts mean there is work overload for acting radiologists to manage waiting lists. Coupled with technical obsolescence, this can be a challenge for patient safety and it generates inequity in assistance. The situation is more precarious in some regions than others, and each has its own problems; for some it is radiotherapy, others PET/CT, etc. The situation is heterogeneous and definitely improvable.’
What are today’s biggest radiology challenges?
‘With the growing number of clinical applications, tools and minimally invasive procedures in both diagnosis and treatment our role is increasingly clinical. Long gone are the days when radiologists sat alone in a basement! We are now part of team meetings and care units as much as other medical specialists. If these changes are not well addressed, then we have complicated situations, such as the lack of regulation surrounding teleradiology, which we addressed in our 2015 good practice catalogue, or there are turf battles with other healthcare professionals, for instance in echography, and vascular and cardiac imaging. Being experts in imaging, we should lead its applications and user education. This is a permanent and constant challenge.
Ángel Gayete Cara is clinical head at Parc Salut MAR (PSMAR), Hospital del Mar, in Barcelona. He is also vice president of the Docent Commission at Parc Salut MAR and Chair of Radiology at the Medical Faculty of Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and Universitat Pompeu Fabra in PSMAR. Previously, he served as Head of Education of SERAM and Chair of the Education Committee of the Catalan Association of Medical Radiology and the Catalan Society of Imaging Diagnosis and Radiology. He is immediate past president of the Spanish Society of Chest Imaging (SEICAT) and sits on the Board of Directors of the Under- and Postgraduate Education Section.
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Health & Weight
HomeFruitsHealth Benefits of Governor’s plum – Flacourtia indica
Health Benefits of Governor’s plum – Flacourtia indica
Governor’s plum also called Flacourtia indica, originated in Africa and Asia along with temperate and tropical climates.
It is a shrub which bears a fruit and has green leaves and spread branches.
The fully matured tree grows up to 15 meters in height.
The fruit has a fleshy inner part which is white or yellow. Usually, the fruit is green, and it turns purple when it ripened. It has sweet taste with light acidic tang.
Governor’s plum has an adequate amount of nutrients which helps to prevent anaemia, arthritis, coughs, colds, snake bites, diarrhoea, enhance immunity and cures bone ailments.
The fruit has a flesh which contains roughly 6-10 seeds.
Flacourtia indica is a species of the flowering plant in the family Flacourtiaceae or Salicaceae.
Common names include Batoko plum, Madagascar plum, Indian plum, Mauritius plum, Ramontchi, Kangu, Governor’s Plum, Flacourtia, Batoka Plum, and Rhodesia plum.
Governor’s plum is eaten raw or cooked in the culinary uses. It is, also used for medicinal purposes.
The tree has rough, pale, powdery, grey to brown bark. The branches are spiny and drooping. Leaves are toothed or scalloped.
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Home | Film Reviews | Cult Films | Film Review: The Trigger Effect (1996)
Film Review: The Trigger Effect (1996)
Adrian Halen 06/03/2019 Cult Films, Film Reviews
A blackout leaves those affected to consider what is necessary, what is legal, and what is questionable, in order to survive in a predatory environment.
A rare gem that seems to have gotten lost over the years can be summed up with the 1996 film, “The Trigger Effect“. The Trigger Effect was released on VHS in 1997 following up with a DVD release in 1999. Though it has taken this long (2019) to make its way to bluray, a decade later.
The Trigger Effect was directed by David Koepp featuring the acting talents of Kyle MacLachlan, Elisabeth Shue, and Dermot Mulroney to carry the main story plot. A simple film, “The Trigger Effect” takes the notion head on of what happens when a power grid fails and doesn’t come back on. The film was set up cleverly by introducing us to a series of interactions that appear to fuel the next. As we arrive on this “trigger” that starts at the local mall and makes its way to the nearby movie theatre, we given a well written foreshadow of things to come (Note: I love this first act setup!). The idea pressed here was how easily interactions trigger the next, focusing on the elements of human interactions and emotions that arrive out of those very same interactions.
Matthew (Kyle MacLachlan) and Annie Kay (Elisabeth Shue), a comfortable life suburban couple are faced with the issue of a sick newborn and the fact that life has suddenly changed for them on the result of a local power outage. While no one can explain what caused it and what is to come (due to communication devices being down and unresponsive), life still has to push ahead regardless. Matt and Annie’s neighborhood has become on edge with all the locals of various communities taking arms in the wake of this occurrence.
Quickly we are introduced to crowded stores, agitated customers, and rude shop owners as each deals with the sudden reality in their own way. Matthew, a typically calm and un engaging person is forced to loot a local drugstore to attain the medicine needed for his sick baby at home (due to systems being down).
Things become even tenser at home with the sudden arrival of Annie’s wayward brother Joe into the scene. Joe reluctant to stick around, is invited to spend the night by his sister Annie who feels safer having the extra body around to protect the household. Matthew, reluctant to invite him, is suddenly plunged into the middle of his feelings about Joe and his sister’s wishes.
The tension between the 3 extends beyond the family dynamic often making suggestion to some level of incestuous unease.
The film “The Trigger Effect” is a brilliant and effective film that really addresses the issue of “what if”. During the release of this film society was also beginning to feel the oncoming pressure of a new millennium ahead, Y2K, and the future arrival of 2012. All time periods that marked an assumed conspiracy theory manifesting (suggesting the downfall of mankind or some pseudo apocalypse looming overhead).
Regardless of what was to come or what people “thought” was to come, the movie started to wake a few viewers up with a fictional presentation of a potential nonfiction situation. If anything, it provided more people ideas in the wake of nature’s disasters, if not the literal idea that it doesn’t hurt to have a few supplies on hand “prior” to an event occurring. (note: I was to embark on the purchasing of survival manuals shortly after)
Getting back to the story, there is a real tension and a real mirroring of everything from racism, to stereotyping, to behavioral predictions that all add up to a bad scene brewing. We are exposed to the inner nature of human beings and what may rise to the surface. The film attempts to address quite a few things that emerge in society while doing so in the confines of its movie running time. As thing progress, this message is reiterated with a few characters who arrive and also re-merge later.
“The Trigger Effect” is a recommended film that can now be enjoyed on bluray per Mill Creek entertainment‘s recent double set bundling. The bundle itself is worth it just for this one film alone and a welcome inclusion into the blruay realm that will surely excite collectors.
The Trigger Effect is now available on bluray at Mill Creek Entertainment
Tags 1996 Bill Smitrovich David Koepp Dermot Mulroney Elisabeth Shue Kyle MacLachlan Michael Rooker Richard T. Jones The Trigger Effect Tori Kristiansen Tyra Kristiansen
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In Memory of Richard Rudnicki
By Michael Solomon, Art Director, Groundwood Books
I was deeply saddened to hear of the death of the artist Richard Rudnicki. I was privileged to work with Richard on two very different but wonderful picture books. He had an assuredly authoritative, unflappable, eminently professional approach to illustration, and it was a joy to work with him. I found myself envying his students at numerous moments during our projects together.
In 2010, Groundwood published the first picture book celebrating the Canadian anti-segregation heroine Viola Desmond. Richard’s fearless, luxuriantly brushed style brought this captivating story to life and to young North American readers — for most it was an introduction to a sorely needed new hero from a neglected corner of our history. With its bravura passages, calm and assured scene-setting, careful attention to period and place, and the inventiveness of its human drama, the work was astonishing and the perfect complement to Jody Nyasha Warner’s sparkling, vibrant text.
Two years later, I asked him to take a look at James Laxer’s sprawling and gripping kids’ biography of the great chief and Confederacy leader, Tecumseh. Despite having numerous projects already on the go, Richard responded with eager enthusiasm, tackling the demands of this somewhat daunting 48-pager with passion and an impressive inwardness and mastery of North American Indigenous history and society — a mastery that went far in honing and shaping the text as well. The book was a perfect model of non-fiction pictorial storytelling. From maps, to narrative and explanatory images, to accurate historical reconstructions — all were given form with Richard’s unifying, swashbuckling style.
The extra thoughtful touch extended even to the delivery of the finished physical paintings — they showed up carefully packed in a really impressive and expertly crafted plywood crate!
I will always cherish these two very special projects and remember Richard as the princely artist he was — so deeply and widely accomplished.
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Why Tom Brady Is the Greatest of All Time (GOAT)
Jesse Unk
I've watched football all my life. My first word was "touchdown," literally. I love this game with a passion and I'd love for others to too.
Who Is the Greatest Quarterback of All Time?
NFL Hall of Fame Busts
Brady, Montana, Manning, Marino, Brees, or Elway?
The NFL has been driven by the success and skill of quarterbacks for decades. In fact, since I was born in 1992, the Super Bowl has included a Hall of Fame QB, or a future Hall of Fame QB, in 24 of 26 Super Bowls. There is no position in any sport that is more important to its team than the leader of the offense in football.
With that in mind, the question often arises as to which QB is the greatest to ever step foot on the turf and represent the team on their jersey. While the NFL's history is filled with extremely talented passers, including Bart Starr, Sammy Baugh, Brett Favre, Otto Graham, Johnny Unitas, and others, there are a select few who have regularly entered the conversation of the best.
This article will cover many accolades for different QBs who I believe have a right to be in the conversation as the number one QB: Tom Brady, Drew Brees, John Elway, Peyton Manning, Dan Marino, or Joe Montana. Statistics, winning, championships, supporting cast, among other things will be evaluated and compared in the hopes of finding the truth of who is truly the best.
Career Regular Season Statistics
Win Percentage
Completion %
Career Yards
Career Touchdowns
Career Interceptions
Times Sacked
Rushing Attempts
Rushing Touchdowns
Brady, Tom
Brees, Drew
Elway, John
Manning, Peyton
Marino, Dan
Montana, Joe
Statistics according to ProFootballReference.com
Career Playoff Statistics
Touchdowns
How to Read NFL Stats
If you look at any reference forms for NFL statistics, you may become overwhelmed quickly. Even my charts above include twelve statistical categories, and that's barely scratching the surface. People have broken down yards per throw, interception percentages, longest pass thrown, and many more.
The statistics I chose to show focus on a few things: winning, accuracy, yardage, scoring, turnovers, and how many times they were hit. While there are many other statistics that can be used, I believe that these twelve stats incorporate what would make a QB the greatest ever without having to dig into the depths of nitpicking.
Before I break down the stats in terms of how they affect the outcome of the debate, we first must understand what each statistic stands for:
Games: This is the number of games the player played in.
Record: This determines the QB's record in the format of 0-0-0, where the first number represents the QB's wins, the second number represents his losses, and the third number represents tie games.
Completions: This represents the number of throws the QB threw that resulted in a catch. If the QB missed his receiver or the receiver dropped the ball, that would be considered an incompletion.
Attempts: This represents the number of times a QB threw the ball in total. If the QB were to be sacked or tackled after he ran the ball, an attempt would not be counted. This is only when the QB throws the ball forward past the line of scrimmage.
Completion Percentage: This percentage shows how often a QB completed his attempted pass.
Yards: This accounts for the total amount of yardage gained by a QB's throws. This is calculated from the original line of scrimmage to the end of the play. For instance, if a QB threw a pass 3 yards to a wide receiver, but the receiver ran another 80 yards, the QB would be accredited 83 yards to their statistics.
Touchdowns: This represents the number of times a forward pass from the QB resulted in a touchdown. Similar to the yards, this is calculated whether the pass is caught in the end zone or if the receiver catches the ball and runs into the end zone himself.
Rating: Rating represents a QB's passer rating. This is a formula that takes into account a QB's attempts, completions, yards, touchdowns, and interceptions and based on their success on the field, gives them a number ranging from 0-158.3. The algorithm is:
a= (completions/attempts -.3) x 5
b= (yards/attempts -3) x .25
c= (touchdowns/attempts) x 20
d= 2.375 - (interceptions/attempts x 25)
If the result of any calculation above is greater than 2.375, then it is changed to 2.375. If it results in a negative number, then it is changed to 0. Then the following equation gives you Passer Rating:
Passer Rating= ((a+b+c+b)/6) x 100
Interceptions: This stat represents the number of times a QB threw a forward pass that was caught by the opposing team. This action results in a turnover, which allows the other team's offense to come onto the field.
Times Sacked: This represents the number of times a QB was behind the line of scrimmage and was tackled. This statistic is specific to QBs only. If a QB crosses the line of scrimmage and is tackled, it is considered a tackle, not a sack.
Rushing Yards: This represents the number of yards a QB runs for after he crosses the line of scrimmage.
Rushing Touchdowns: This represents the number of times a QB crosses the line of scrimmage and runs into the end zone for a touchdown.
What Makes a GOAT?
The Greatest of All Time
How to Determine the Greatest Quarterback of All Time
Simply comparing statistics can't possibly determine who is the greatest QB to step onto a field. There are plenty of statistical categories listed above, and almost every QB named leads in a statistical category. In order to determine statistically who is the best overall prospect, I will break down the rankings of each statistic.
While some may dominate a statistical area, others will be close or on pace to break the leader's grip on the top spot. Each QB is different and will have strengths and weaknesses that need to be addressed. Other factors will need to be addressed as well, such as Super Bowl appearances and victories, draft position vs. expectations, per-game statistics, and situational stats or "clutch genes".
What makes a quarterback the best?
Yards Per Game
Touchdowns Per Game
Interceptions Per Game
Rushing Ability
Passer Rating
Super Bowl Rings
Who Is the Most Accurate Quarterback Ever?
Drew Brees Throwing a Deep Pass
Why Drew Brees Is the Best QB Ever
A quarterback who isn't accurate is going to lose football games. It's one of the most important aspects of the position because if you can't place the ball where you want, it's going to lead to turnovers. While all of the QBs listed are fairly accurate, one stands out above the rest.
Drew Brees has thrown the ball more than anyone on the list. Despite the fact that he throws so much, he still leads the pack in accuracy by at least 2%, and leads the least accurate QB, John Elway, by a whopping 10.7%.
The second most accurate QB on the list is Peyton Manning. Manning leads the pack in attempts with 9,380 and still boasts an impressive 65.3% completion percentage. Nearly two out of every three passes he threw in his career landing in the hands of a receiver. This probably has a lot to do with him leading the league in touchdown passes on two separate occasions.
The third most accurate QB is Tom Brady. It seems to be a trend that the later the QBs played, the more accurate they became. Tom Brady threw the ball 9,375 times so far in his career and has a 63.8% completion percentage to show for it.
The fourth most accurate QB is Joe Montana with 63.2% accuracy. While Joe only threw the ball 5,391 times in his career, the least of all our QBs, it's still very impressive that he completed so many throws.
The fifth most accurate QB is Dan Marino. Dan completed 59.4% of his career passes on 8,358 attempts. While he is the only QB on our list without a Super Bowl ring, it's hard to argue it was his accuracy's fault that he never got the job done.
Finally, our least accurate QB was John Elway. The gunslinger completed only 56.9% of his passes in his career. While he made up for this partially with his running ability, it also led to many interceptions.
Which QB Has the Most Career Yards?
Manning, Brees, and Brady
Yardage is what gets a QB up and down the field. Passing the ball, on average, advances you down the field at a much faster rate than running the ball. While running backs typically average 3–5 yards per carry, a quarterback typically averages 7–9 yards per attempt.
Drew Brees currently holds the record for most career yards thrown with 77,416, at 282 per game. Drew Brees is on pace to continue to shatter that record and is also the leading per-game yardage QB out of the six listed in this article. It's hard to say who will end up with the most yards between Brady and Brees, depending on how long each can continue to play, but both of these QBs have put up incredibly large numbers in their careers.
Who Has the Most Passing Touchdowns Ever?
Peyton Manning Breaking the Touchdown Record
Why Peyton Manning Is the GOAT
The two most important things for a QB are scoring touchdowns and ball safety. Touchdowns score points, and interceptions give the other team the ball. The leaders in touchdowns are as follows:
Drew Brees: 547
Tom Brady: 541
Peyton Manning: 539
Dan Marino: 420
John Elway: 300
Joe Montana: 273
Both Brees and Brady surpassed Peyton, the former leader in career touchdowns, during the 2019 season. All three of them had stellar careers throwing the ball. However, if we look at Joe Montana he seems to be much farther down the line than he should be. This is because of the longevity of his career. With touchdowns, I believe we must also take into account the number of touchdowns thrown per game by a QB. That list breaks down as follows:
Manning: 2.02
Brees: 1.98
Brady: 1.89
Marino: 1.73
Montana: 1.42
Elway: 1.28
In conclusion, Peyton Manning seems to be the highest-scoring QB period due to how often you could rely on him any given game. Brees and Brady have a chance to catch him, but Peyton solely holds this record and is at least a season away from being caught.
Malcolm Butler Endzone Interception
Why Tom Brady is the GOAT
Scoring points is great, but if you turn the ball over, then your efforts on offense could be for nothing. In the picture above, the Patriots won a Super Bowl because of an interception in the 4th quarter of the game that destroyed the Seahawks hopes of a comeback. The fewer interceptions a QB throws, the better a team's chances are of winning. The following is a breakdown of QB career interceptions:
Montana: 139
Brady: 179
Elway: 226
Brees: 237
Manning: 251
Marino: 252
While Montana boasts the fewest career interceptions, the same argument for interceptions per game has to be addressed. Logically if a player plays fewer games they would have fewer interceptions. Therefore the following is each QB's interceptions per game:
Brady: .628
Montana: .723
Brees: .861
Manning: .943
Marino: 1.041
Elway: 1.284
In conclusion, Tom Brady is the least likely QB to throw an interception by far. John Elway is most likely, throwing more than one interception a game on average. Despite Brady throwing the ball 3rd most out of all the QBs listed, he holds a large lead on his competition in terms of turnovers.
How to Find Passer Rating
Passer Rating Equation
Who Has the Best Passer Rating Ever?
Passer rating incorporates all of the previously mentioned statistics and puts them into an equation that spits out a number between 0-158.3, with 158.3 being considered a Perfect Passer Rating. When the factors for each QB are plugged in they break down in this order:
Brees: 98.4
Brady: 97.0
Manning: 96.5
Montana: 92.3
Marino: 86.4
Elway: 79.9
Despite the many factors that go into Passer Rating, it certainly has its flaws. Passer Rating gives an edge to the league more now than it did in the past. The NFL is a more passing oriented league, which wasn't the case a few decades ago. While Brees has the highest passer rating of the bunch, it's also important to recognize Montana being above 92 in an era where passing wasn't the number one offensive priority.
Who Is the Greatest Rushing QB Ever?
John Elway running the ball.
Why John Elway Is the Greatest QB Ever
Typically we think of quarterbacks throwing the ball and running backs running the ball. Heck, running back even has the word "running" in the name. Despite this, various QBs have the ability to add their legs to their list of weapons on the field. Players like Michael Vick, Steve Young, and Randall Cunningham have changed the game for QBs.
A more mobile QB can extend plays like Ben Roethlisberger, power through defenders like Cam Newton, and gain yardage or touchdowns on the ground like Mike Vick and Lamar Jackson. Though running shouldn't be a quarterback's primary weapon, it's still important to the game of football. The following list is our QB's career rushing yards.
Elway: 3,407 yards, 33 touchdowns
Montana: 1,676 yards, 20 touchdowns
Brady: 1,037 yards, 22 touchdowns
Brees: 754 yards, 23 touchdowns
Manning: 667 yards, 18 touchdowns
Marino: 87 yards, 9 touchdowns
The reason I didn't split this stat up into a per game category is that there's simply no argument, John Elway is the best rusher on our list. He is the only true dual-threat QB listed. At any point in his career, he was a threat to move the ball with his legs. In my opinion, the more amazing statistic is how much of a statue Dan Marino was. 87 yards for his entire career is insane.
Tom Brady's Super Bowl Rings
Which QB Wins the Most?
In the NFL it's hard to say that one player influences a team more than any other. It's easy to argue who's the GOAT in basketball for instance, because one player can completely change a team. In football, you have 53 men, and nine times out of ten the quarterback has the most influence on whether a team wins or loses.
The average NFL roster has a major turnover in its players every three to four years. This can be due to injuries, new young talent, or available cap space that forces teams to let players leave in free agency. Because of these factors, a team's window to win a Super Bowl is typically very short. This is one of the reasons that QBs who win are often praised more than those who have fewer rings, simply because they've been able to do it with good or bad teams that surround them.
The following are the leaders in regular season win percentage for their careers:
Brady: 219-64, 77.3% wins
Montana: 117-47, 71.3% wins
Manning: 186-79, 70.1% wins
Elway: 148-82-1, 64.2% wins
Marino: 147-93, 61.2% wins
Brees: 163-111, 59.4% wins
All of the QBs listed above won more than they lost, but Brady has a tremendous winning percentage advantage over the rest. He's 6% higher than second place and nearly 18% higher than last. He has averaged over 12 wins per season for his career. Although regular-season wins are important, playoff and Super Bowl victories are most important. Below are the winning percentages for the playoffs:
Brady: 30-11, 73.1%
Montana: 16-7, 69.5%
Elway: 14-7, 66.6%
Brees: 8-8, 50%
Manning: 14-13, 51.8%
Dan Marino 8-10, 44.4%
Despite the various records that Manning holds, and that Brees may break, they both have one large knock against their legacy; both players failed to win when it mattered most. Both QBs won about half of their games in the playoffs, while Brady dominated with 73% of his playoff games ending in victories. Montana won nearly 70%. Unfortunately for Marino, he is the only QB on our list to lose more than he won in the playoffs. Finally, in order to be considered the best you have to have been the best in the league at least once. The best way to determine who's best is to see who's the last team standing as a Super Bowl Champion. Below are the number of Super Bowl rings each QB has:
Brady: 6
Montana: 4
Elway/Manning: 2
Brees: 1
Marino: 0
Tom Brady has a record 6 Super Bowl rings, more than any other NFL player, and equal to any franchise as a whole. Brady has been to the Super Bowl 9 times in his career and won it 6 times. Montana has been to the Super Bowl 4 times and won 4 times, a perfect record. Peyton Manning has been to the Super Bowl 4 times, winning twice. John Elway went to the Super Bowl 5 times and won twice. Drew Brees has only made it to the Super Bowl once, winning over Peyton Manning with the help of a great surprise onside kick. Dan Marino only went to the Super Bowl once, losing to Joe Montana after throwing only one touchdown and two interceptions.
In conclusion, when it comes to winning there is no argument. Tom Brady is the best winner when it comes to the game of football, at any position. The man wins in the regular season, playoffs, and Super Bowls. Joe Montana, despite his short career, also carries a respectful win percentage, but Brady doubled his Super Bowl appearances and has one more ring than him as well.
Top 5 Football Teams All Time
My final argument will break down the help these players received. Because football is a team sport, and a team is composed of 53 players, it could be easy for a good QB to have great players around them, or great coaches, that could help in their winning. Below I will list each QB's hall of fame teammates and coaches. If one of our QBs didn't play a year, I won't include players from that season:
Tom Brady:
Bill Belichick (01-Present): Coach, arguably the greatest coach ever. Also the GM of the dynasty Patriots.
Ty Law (01-04): CB, One of the best corners of his era. Helped New England win 3 Super Bowls.
Randy Moss (07-09): WR, Top 5 WR ever. Record-setting 23 receiving TDs in 2007.
Rob Gronkowski (10-17): TE, 5x Pro Bowl, 4x First-Team All-Pro, 3x Super Bowl Champ,
Richard Seymour (01-08) DL, 3x First-Team All-Pro, All 2000's First Team, 3x Super Bowl Champ
Drew Brees:
Darren Sharper (09-10): While Sharper didn't play with Brees long, he aided with 9 INTs and 3 TDs in his 09 season.
Sean Payton (06-Present): Coach, Payton has had one of the top offenses every year since he took over as coach. He's already won one Super Bowl and may get another before it's all said and done.
Jimmy Graham (10-14): TE, Two words...Touchdown. Machine. When he played with Brees he was the most athletic, tall, and bullying TE in the league.
Ladanian Tomlinson (01-05): RB, Most touchdowns in a season. Need I say more?
John Elway:
Gary Zimmerman (93-97): OT, 7x Pro Bowler, Named to 2 All-Decade Teams
Shannon Sharpe (90-98): TE, An all-time great at TE. Retired leading TEs with receptions, yards, and touchdowns.
Peyton Manning:
Tony Dungy (02-08): Coach, Hall of Fame Coach who built the Buccaneers team into contention before becoming the Colts coach.
Marvin Harrison (98-08): WR, Most receptions in a season, led the league in receptions twice.
Jeff Saturday (99-08): OL, 5x Pro Bowler, 2x All-Pro, Super Bowl Champion
Von Miller (12-15): LB, One of the top edge-rushers in the NFL.
Aquib Talib (14-15): CB, #4 all-time in pick sixes.
Dan Marino:
Don Shula (83-95): Coach, Most wins of any coach in NFL history.
Dwight Stephenson (83-87): OL, All-Pro, 5x All-AFC, 5 consecutive Pro Bowls
Jason Taylor (97-99): DL, 139.5 career sacks, DPOY, League-tying record 29 recovered fumbles.
Joe Montana:
Bill Walsh(79-88): Coach, the innovator of the West Coast Offense. 2x Coach of the Year
Ronnie Lott (81-90): CB/S, 5th all-time in interceptions, 1st in postseason INTs. 10x Pro Bowler
Fred Dean (81-85): DE, 93 sacks in 141 games. NFC player of the year. 4x Pro Bowler
Jerry Rice (86-90): WR, considered the GOAT at WR. Owns nearly ever WR record there is.
Charles Haley (86-90): LB/DE, Tied with Tom Brady for most Super Bowl rings in NFL history. 2x DPOY 5x Pro Bowler
Is Tom Brady the Greatest of All Time?
Tom Brady is the GOAT
In conclusion, each QB at the top of the consideration list has had plenty of help from their teams. Montana had the greatest WR ever to play the game along with three incredible defensive players. Tom Brady arguably has the greatest coach ever, a top 3 TE in NFL history, and a great defense early in his career when he got his first rings. Peyton Manning had a top WR and lineman early in his career, and a great defense to help him end his career. Drew Brees, John Elway, and Dan Marino all had little help to begin with, and when they did get it it wasn't with them for long. Perhaps this is why they won so little out of the QBs on the list.
Statistically, our QBs range in various areas. Drew Brees is the most accurate and throws for the most yardage. Peyton Manning holds a lot of records, but could soon be broken by Brees and Brady. Elway had the legs to rush and be a dual-threat QB. Brady creeps close to the top of all categories but walks away hands down when it comes to winning. He has the most wins in the regular season, playoffs, and Super Bowls. Dan Marino, unfortunately, doesn't stand out in any category as the top dog.
In my own personal opinion, winning is what matters most in football. Tom Brady doesn't turn the ball over, wins games, and still sticks close to the top of each QB category. He'll finish his career top three in yardage and touchdowns, and will have a crack at finishing first. He has the most Super Bowl rings ever, he has the most Super Bowl appearances, and if he wins one more ring he will have as many Super Bowl wins as any other franchise, tying the Pittsburgh Steelers with six. No one can compare to the elite status of Brady.
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During last 20 years (salary cap/free agency era) Brady has won more super bowls than Drew Brees, Peyton Manning, Aaaron Rodgers, Russell Wilson, Cam Newton, and Phillip Rivers,
No other qb has won more than 2 during that period.
5 months ago from Ohio
Brees also wouldnt have his only ring without a headhunting defense either.
Brady’s had the luxury of playing with great defenses, coaches, wr’s and Tight ends. Bree’s made everything happen with scrubs and decently players with historically bad defenses. If it wasn’t for some of those saints defenses drew would have 3+ rings
Brees and Manning had the benefit of playing in a dome most of their careers and Montana played in a favorable climate. This definitely helps passing statistics. Brady plays in New England where the weather can be nasty.
Baker is also going to be good one day!
16 months ago from Ohio
Sahil I'm a born and bred Browns fan. Hopefully I can erase this article and write about Baker Mayfield one day instead!
What is your favorite team
I think it'll be a long time until people break his records. Manning and Bree's records as well. I'm glad I could help with your learning of the game! I'd love to help more if you have any questions! Football is one of my greatest passions.
Leah Kennedy-Jangraw
20 months ago from Massachusetts
Wow great article. You really did your research and followed through in answering the question posed. I really have gotten in watching football over the past few years but I appreciate your clear definitions of everything as I am still learning.
The question always makes me think about the career length of the player because I think that definitely factors in. With Brady still going strong, as you mentioned, he (and Brees) will most likely continue to outdo retired players stats.
I wondered how many years will it be before the next greatest QB can beat the records Brady is setting now.
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Canadian Veterans Demand Safe Access To Cannabis Pills
Vets need access to cannabis, but many don’t want to smoke it. Canadian veterans are fighting for the VA to cover costs of all forms of the herb.
Written by Christopher Teague
Canadian Veterans are calling on the government to open up cannabis pills and extracts for coverage through Veterans Affairs Canada. From PTSD to physical ailments, cannabis helps thousands, but not everyone wants to smoke the herb to get the benefits. A petition now hopes to gain the momentum to challenge the arbitrary limitations of medical cannabis in Canada.
From patient to provider
Philippe Lucas is one of many veterans hoping that Canada will change its policy on other forms of cannabis. As a former military member and former Victoria city councilor, Lucas has launched a petition to overturn the Veteran Affairs’ rejection of non-smokeable forms of cannabis in their coverage.
It seems arbitrary to cover the cost of one method of ingestion and not cover the cost of another.
Lucas saw such relief with cannabis that he founded the Vancouver Island Compassion Society to help others access the medicine for chronic illnesses and conditions. Now, he serves as vice-president of Tilray, a company that makes medical cannabis products.
Until last year, the company supplied ingestible products to many veterans, including extracts, oils, and pills. But then Veterans Affairs stopped reimbursing veteran patients for the medicine costs.
Cannabis changes lives
Veteran Trev Bungay also helped organize the petition. Now 39 years old, he served 19 years in the Canadian Army and performed seven overseas tours, including four combat tours in Afghanistan. In 2012, his anger and sleep issues forced him to turn to the military medical system for help. They loaded him with 22 different pills a day.
There were pills to sleep, pills to wake up, pills for your stomach because you are taking so many pills. I was a zombie.
In 2014, he retired, but his problems only increased. Years of physical abuse had taken a toll on his body. Between the mental and physical issues, he became a recluse, shut away for weeks at a time, and attempted suicide on multiple occasions. But the decision to try cannabis saved his life.
Within six months, I was sleeping through the night.
And today I’m on zero pills, not one.
Now, with diet, exercise, counseling, and cannabis, his life has improved so much that he shares that healing with others. As co-owner of Trauma Healing Centre, he helps manage four clinics for those suffering from traumas and PTSD. But he no longer smokes cannabis, only using it in food or capsule form.
Canadian veterans and cannabis
Across North America, veterans of both Canada and the United States seek healthier alternatives to the dangerous and addictive prescriptions pushed on them by the governments they fought to protect. In the US, a veteran can lose VA benefits for using cannabis, even in a legal state.
In Canada, even as legalization looms on the horizon for the entire country, those who gave the most still get treated like lesser people.
The petition launched by Lucas, sponsored by his MP, New Democrat Sheila Malcolmson, requires 500 signatures to gain an audience at Parliament. As of the 11th of August, they are only halfway there. It requires the support of veteran and cannabis advocates like us to help their voices be heard.
Are you one of many Canadian veterans who uses cannabis to help with physical or mental health? How has it changed your life? Share your story on social media or in the comments below.
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CBS vs Paramount? Old Star Trek vs Confused Star Trek? ST Discovery = Epic fail? and JUSTICE LEAGUE?!
Some Times you wonder how what is seemingly obvious is utterly lost on people in positions of power.
VALERIAN movie? Great concept on paper , great visuals, the leads are as interesting as watching paint dry. I would not in a million years have chosen those two people to helm that movie. They have no visual interest.
The latest Universal bomb in THE MUMMY, completely predictable. White Egyptians, unless they are Boris Karloff, just never a good idea.
Casting and visuals and chemistry is still a HUGE part of what makes a film or show work and why it is dead on arrival.
It is one reason the JUSTICE LEAGUE movie is despite everything they are trying to course correct and do right, can’t fix intrinsic issues they have done wrong. The comic book decided to put CYBORG in the comic, not because he is a good character, but because he hit three demographics they throught would make for both multiple diversity streams and good merchandising. He was a Black crippled robot.
TRANSFORMERS has proven that robots sell, all day long. On top of that being able to add a character of color to the blindingly white DC universe, ticks that box, and making him a cripple, ticks the handicapped audience. A lucrative and growing segment condsidering how many young men and women this country sends overseas to mutilate and get mutilated.
Here is the issue though. It doesn’t make sense for CYBORG to be in the Justice League, beyond tokenism and a blatant money grab.
From a story point it makes NO SENSE in the comics, and it makes no sense in the movies. I’m all for characters of color toning down the lilly whitness of the Justice League, but not awful characters. The JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED cartoon has shown a great character of color that deserves to be in the Justice League and works great in the Justice League… John Stewart, The Green Lantern, And you know what, he also has kick ass powers and is more than a walking toaster. The late great Dwayne McDuffie made John Stewart a great character, and the Justice League a great AND diverse team without sacrificing quality or common sense. They were great BECAUSE of that diversity and love that Dwayne imbued that series with, that made it great.
Greatness is a thing that seldoms gets said in the same sentence as JUSTICE LEAGUE. Unlike the AVENGERS that has a few notable stories you can hand people to sell them on these characters for live action movies, most notably Mark Millar’s THE ULTIMATES followed by Steve Englehart’s, Gerry Conway’s, Jim Shooter’s and Kurt Busiek’s runs; the JUSTICE LEAGUE has very little that holds up, or is of appeal to a movie going audience. Outside of deconstructive and apocalyptic stories, the twilight of the Gods type mythology such as KINGDOM COME, and some Morrison work, there are almost no great JUSTICE LEAGUE comic stories. The best the JUSTICE LEAGUE has ever been is in the McDugffie helmed cartoon.
The current comic and the current movie unfortunately, has learned nothing from the late McDuffie’s lead.
Add to that the Cyborg and Flash costumes are crap (didn’t you learn anything from the GREEN LANTERN train-wreck about CGI costumes) and you have a movie that could have been great, crippled by by people who are going to lose dollars to save pennies. People ignorant or uncaring of the part visual chemistry plays in whether a thing works or not.
And that brings us back to Star Trek.
Looking at the cast photo of Star Trek Discovery… that cast has no visual interest, no chemistry. The same issue suffered by THE ENTERPRISE cast, and to a lesser degree the VOYAGER cast. There was no joy or interst or chemistry in this combination of people.
Watching the latest STAR TREK DISCOVERY Trailer, I find the trailer interesting, however the jury is out on whether that translates into good. There was no excitement in that trailer, a bunch of uninteresting looking people, no visual chemistry or excitement to them, and a general air of uninterst and lack of joy in the whole.
You are in effing space, that should be awe-inspiring to the cast and to the viewer. But all that comes across in that trailer is how dreary everything is. The one male lead, who I know to be a good actor, he perhaps has never been the most rousing actor, and whether lead or not, you need somone immediately that grabs your eye, and you can say, yep, here is a hero or man of action, or somone who can command a screen and command the attention of viewers. Without a doubt great scenery chewing actors is the hallmark of great Star Trek, whether it is William Shatner, or Leonard Nimoy or Patrick Stewart or Johnathan Fraker or Avery Brooks or Michael Dorn.
The star of this series, is a lead actress, and she is clearly charismatic, but you can’t act in a bubble, without that chemistry of clicking actors around you and fun plots, it is just dreariness. And that’s what came across in the trailer… dreariness.
And a lot of changes for change sake.
The change to the Kilngons… strikes me as… foolhardy at best. THE NEXT GENERATION hit a home run in being able to make an interesting but crude visual race of the Kilingons… better. Not just better, but a rousing transcendent success. The way the Original Series hit a home run with the Vulcans and the Romulans, the Next Generation hit that Home Run with the Klingons.
You don’t fix what isn’t broken. And in this case DISCOVERY’s redesign of the Klingons just seems change for change sake, that tears down a success, and what could have been an easy inroad to the series for fans craving the popular Klingons, becomes instead a detriment.
Just poor, poor thinking.
Along with that the idea of trying to make American audiences pay to see this series that initially needs as much groundswell of support it can get, is just idiocy. Out of the gate you set an antagonistic relationship between show and audience.
I will, needless to say, not be paying for this show, no more than I had any intest in paying to see VALERIAN or THE MUMMY.
But I will keep abreast of it through online reviews and podcasts, and I hope it can prove me wrong. But if Paramount stick to the visuals and that tone and that cast, that seems clearly set in stone for the first year….you may have an interesting SciFi show, but you arguably wont have a good show, and you definitely won’t have a great Star trek show.
Paramount instued of suing the AXANAR fan film, should have gone with that filmmaker to produce their new show. It is obvious that the fan films have more heart, intelligence, and fun, and understanding of what makes good Star Trek than Paramount has.
PARAMOUNT’s rebooted STAR TREK films, a case of diminishing returns, from the excellence of the first one, to the too self indulgent but still great second film, to the atrocious third film; points to a company that is in desperate need of course correction. And that same folly and arrogant stupidity that highlights their dealings with the fans, mars their handling of this latest television show.
For more on this, I want to direct you to a MIDNIGHT’S EDGE YouTube video, that revealed some of the reasons for Paramount’s mishandling of the latest Star Trek property and where CBS fits in. It’s a riveting and informative bit of reporting.
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Welcome to the HR Retail Circle. If you're already a member you can login to your Account here. Otherwise you can join the HR Retail Circle here....
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A warm welcome to the HR Retail Circle – a group of HR professionals sharing experience and knowledge of our industry, which is constantly changing and evolving. We know how this affects the people who work in retail; therefore the HRRC aims to share news and information with our members so that they can all get the best from their career in HR. Formed in 1991, we began as a group of Top Retailers from the West End – including House of Fraser, M&S and John Lewis but have more recently extended membership to retailers across Greater London – including members from the retail hospitality industry. Our aim has always been to share news, ideas and information through our events on a variety of HR subjects, such as best practice, pay and benefits. The HR Retail Circle is growing in size and we now welcome members from all areas of retail in the UK.
Richard Small
Richard joined the international business wear retailer, T.M. Lewin & Sons, as Head of HR in 2007. Prior to this he spent 13 years with ladies wear brand MK One / Mark One, having worked through the ranks from administrator to HR Manager. He has always been an active member of the HR Retail Circle, and he is delighted to have been offered the chance to become Chairman.
Outside the worlds of HR and retail, he enjoys a full and varied social life and is always looking for opportunities to travel at home and abroad.
Lisa Wooldridge
Lisa is Head of HR, UK & Ireland for Thomas Sabo, a global premium jewellery brand, with standalone stores and concessions around the world. Prior to this, she was Head of HR for Ennovators, a global ecommerce business operating in the Home & Living sector. Her HR experience also includes 11 years with organic food retailer Planet Organic. Lisa was awarded Rising HR Star in Retail 2014 by RetailChoice.com.
Lisa's other interests include property investment and mentoring girls/young women from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Purple Cubed
Sally is Business Development Director for Purple Cubed, who are practical, outcome focused people, experts working with retail, hospitality and other service businesses to help them refresh, update or kick-start their approach to HR, leading to engaged team members and bottom line benefits.
Karen Bandoh
Karen is the Head of People and Talent at Ann Summers. Representing People and Talent at Board and leading the People strategy, one of five key pillars supporting the growth of the business. Previously, completed a degree in International Business and started a career in Retail, with shop floor management roles at Waterstones before moving into HR. She gets a real buzz from enabling Talent across our business and looking for ways to support and nurture colleagues to achieve their best!
Karen's been a member of the Circle for a number of years and recently joined the HRRC Committee, with the aim of supporting and encouraging new members to join and enabling interesting and topical events.
Vicky West
Vicki is an HR Manager with both a Retail and Operational background. Starting her career with Molton Brown, Vicki then moved into a very varied regional operational HR role focussing on generalist ER, restructures, TUPE, L&D and system projects and then decided to move back into the wonderful world of Retail. Vicki’s main focusses recently have been HR & Payroll system design, build and roll out, International HR, engagement and partnering with Senior Managers within both Retail, Head Office and Operations.
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Having provided administrative support to the HR Retail Circle for over 10 years, Suzanne took this experience, as well as over a decade working for global multi-nationals, to start her own virtual Business Administration business.
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10 Best Things to Do in Tampa
What Is Tampa Most Famous For?
Tampa is a vibrant, diverse city that inherited its charm from early immigrants of Spain, Cuba and Italy. Often overshadowed by its more famous neighbour, Orlando, Tampa is a bit over an hour’s drive away. This city nonetheless deserves its very own recognition with great arts and performance centres and great Cuban food.
Most of all, the best things to do in Tampa take advantage of the year-round warm weather, countless pristine parks and outdoor spaces that deserve more than a day’s visit. Locals enjoy the outdoor life and can be seen running along the boardwalk or hiking the many trails around the city – you’ll see many people in running shoes for a reason. It’s a happy and healthy city if you can live here. But if you must fit it all in one day, here is the list of must-visits to explore.
What are the best things to do in Tampa?
Start the day exploring Hyde Park
Brunch, shop and people-watch in lush gardens
Enjoy morning coffee and brunch cocktails al fresco in historic Hyde Park, where a citrus grove once stood a century ago. Walk through the district of pioneer merchants and famous local townsmen, from cigar makers to orange grove farmers.
Hyde Park’s shopping space is nestled in a lush garden with a lot of unique boutiques that you won't find in malls. With Revival-style buildings that range from Neoclassical to Tudor, the architecture is an eclectic mix of fancy mansions and smaller post-war homes. The town has a well-maintained old-world infrastructure that tells stories of the emerging affluent class during the 18th century.
Lokacija: 1602 W Snow Cir, Tampa, FL 33606, USA
Telefon: +1 813-254-6210
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Autor fotografije: Josh Hallett (CC BY 2.0) preinačena
Ride the SheiKra at Busch Gardens
Cute characters and adrenaline rushes
This park offers a wide range of family fun that can take up your whole day, from water parks and cute animals to death-defying rides. The park is set in an oval-shaped loop with more than 10 thrill rides to choose from.
Don’t miss the SheiKra, a roller coaster designed to flip your stomach with a 70 mph and 200-foot-tall drop into a crash-and-splash that will send butterflies fluttering through your veins. For shorter queues, early weekdays and schooldays are recommended.
Lokacija: 10165 McKinley Dr, Tampa, FL 33612
Shop for cool vintage gear in Ybor City
One man’s treasure is also another man’s treasure
It’s all in the musty store smell that gets treasure hunters and gatherers excited for cool findings. There are record players, lunch pails, rotary phones, plastic flamingos and vintage clothing – a lot of clothing and accessories due to its many estates and history in the surrounding cities.
The vintage shops here cater to more than just the hipsters. Weekend markets such as the Vintage Roost are also a big thing for locals, with many architecture enthusiasts and antique collectors come together and set up shops that rotate weekly.
Eat a Cuban sandwich
Cuban bread, mustard, ham, cheese, ham, mustard, Cuban bread. In that order.
Thanks to early Cuban immigrants, Tampa has gained a super savoury staple sandwich. Originated from blue collar workers in Key West’s cigar factories, the history and culture of Tampa can now be enjoyed between the bread.
What’s in a Cuban sandwich? Cuban bread, a swipe of mustard, roast pork, glazed ham, and Swiss cheese, pressed to a perfect crisp. This sandwich is definitely a rite of passage when visiting Florida. Also, don’t forget other Cuban comforts like the ropa vieja, a stewed shredded beef in wine sauce.
Lokacija: La Segunda Central Bakery: 2512 N 15th St., Tampa, FL 33605
Telefon: +1 813 248-1531
Autor fotografije: jeffreyw (CC BY 2.0) preinačena
Boat rides along Tampa Bay
Fair seas, blue skies and some gripping lightning
Cruise through Harbor Island and Davis Islands and see some famous mansions along the coast. Dolphins are not a rare sighting here, so there are boat operators that will take you out for dolphin spotting and sunset gazing.
In the Old World, this bay saw the power struggles with Spain, a false alarm on a gold rush frenzy, and robust trade with Cuba. Find out the origin of the Tampa name, whether it really means “stick of fire,” as this port is known for some concentration of awesome lightning strikes. Yikes.
Stroll along Bayshore Boulevard
The world’s longest sidewalk with ocean horizon
Self-proclaimed as the longest sidewalk in the world at 4.5 miles, this path is known for its scenic walk, historic mansions, perfect weather, adorable dogs everywhere, and a vast array of food trucks.
With its lengthy pathway, Bayshore Boulevard has its own bike path for safety measures, so there’s plenty of space for joggers, skaters, baby strollers and occasional festivals and concerts in the area.
Lokacija: Bayshore Boulevard, Tampa, FL, 33611
Autor fotografije: Ebyabe (CC BY-SA 3.0) preinačena
Enjoy the view from Sunshine Skyway Bridge
Drive upwards into the sky on the world’s fifth largest cable bridge
Rebuilt in 1987 after partial structural damage in 1980, this bridge spans 4 miles connecting lower Tampa Bay area to St. Petersburg. Visitors drive here to see the marvel of modern engineering that suspends at 430 feet above water, the fifth largest cable bridge in the world.
Its peak was designed for large ship clearance and military vessels, and because of its impressive incline, it’s a cool James Bond-esque drive towards and from its apex that can induce mild anxiety. Curious dolphins are also keen to pass by the base of the bridge. As for other sea creatures, the Skyway Fishing Pier State Park offers public fishing during park hours.
Lokacija: I-275, St. Petersburg, FL 33711
Autor fotografije: Gary Leavens (CC BY-SA 2.0) preinačena
Must-See: Lettuce Lake Regional Park
Go Hiking or canoeing among the wildlife
Enjoy the Sunshine state how it’s intended, in its prime and pristine ecosystem. The park has a nice stretch of boardwalk that overlooks a swamp with sleepy alligators, turtles and birds.
A few years ago, the area was rumoured to have seen some unidentified creature in some form of Bigfoot, believe it or not. In any case, a full day’s walk in Lettuce Lake is a nature lover’s ideal day well spent in tranquillity with canoeing, hiking, wildlife sightings and tiptoeing through alligator marshes.
Lokacija: 6920 E Fletcher Ave, Tampa, FL 33637
Telefon: +1 813-987-620
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Autor fotografije: Marcus Quigmire (CC BY-SA 2.0) preinačena
Relax at King Corona Cigar Café
Lunch and a smoke while discovering the cool history of Ybor City
King Corona Cigar Café has a coffee bar with its own local signature drinks such as the Coco-Corona, a hot cocoa with a kick of spice and caramel sauce. It also has a great food menu, beer, wine, and of course, a huge selection of local and imported cigars.
Opened in the 1930s, this café is owned by a family that used to make cigars for Spanish businessman Vicente Martinez Ybor. About a century ago, Mr. Ybor introduced cigars to the area in the 1880s, and Tampa quickly became the cigar production capital of the world. As a result, the factories in Ybor City later attracted Cuban, Spanish, and Italian migrant workers to this city.
Lokacija: 1523 E 7th Ave, Tampa, FL 33605
End the day bar-hopping along the Hillsborough River
Sample local signature drinks along the Hillsborough River
Enjoy appetizers and brews from north to south of Tampa’s Hillsborough River in its downtown district. is not to be taken lightly, so be prepared with some carb selections offered on most menus. From north to south, Garagiste Meadery has its selection of honey wines and berries, down to Franklin Manor with its own signature drinks like Death and Taxes or the Junto Punch.
CW’s Gin Joint has a classy, retro speakeasy atmosphere while Yeoman's Cask and Lion offers you a mix of British and standard American beers, served with dishes like bangers and mash and tikka masala. Finish off at the Sail Pavilion with balmy ocean breeze and sparkly views of the harbour. Cheers!
Lokacija: The Sail Pavilion: 333 S Franklin St, Tampa, FL 33602
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Vidalia Onion Pie and Onion Bowling
May 16, 2015 Paul De Lancey
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VIDALIA ONION PIE
3 Vidalia onions
¼ teaspoon pepper
2 9-inch pie shells
Makes 2 pies. Takes 50 minutes.
Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Thinly slice Vidalia onions. Add butter and onion slices to pan. Sauté on medium-heat for 5 minutes or until onion softens. Add onion and its drippings, eggs, flour, milk, sour cream, pepper, and salt to large mixing bowl. Blend well with whisk. Pour into pie shell. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.
Bake in oven at 425 degrees for 15 minutes. Lower temperature to 325 degrees and bake for an additional 20-to-40 minutes or until center of pie is firm.
1) Vidalia onions are too flat to be used in onion bowling. You need a completely round onion for onion bowling. The onion’s root must not stick out.
2) Don’t show up at the Onion Bowling Championship in Scalene, Iowa with ovoid and misshapen onions. Your onion will go into the gutter time after time. People will laugh at you. And have you tried to pick up a 7-10 split with a lumpy onion? Well, it’s difficult!
3). The roundest onions come found Roundia, Tennessee.
4) Onion bowling was particularly popular during the Civil War. Union and Confederate armies fighting in Tennessee would periodically declare three-day truces to hold onion-bowling tournaments. A good time was had by all. The Southerners usually won, having been raised since infancy to bowl onions.
5) Many culinary historians believe onion bowling would have won out over baseball in the South had the Rebels won the war. But the Yankees won, Reconstruction followed, and the Southern states had to adopt baseball as their primary sport to be readmitted to the Union.
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Kathy Minicozzi says:
Onion bowling — meh!
Now BEET bowling is a REAL sport!
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No, you can’t beet that.
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Beet bowling is illegal on Sundays in many states.
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The Gunman ****
Sean Penn, who co-scripted, plays an ex-mercenary haunted by his assassination of a Congolese mining minister. Eight years later, now a damaged man in more ways than one, Penn discovers that someone with knowledge of his past has put out a contract on his life. Penn spends as much of the movie as possible shirtless so as to show off his impressive physique, and in one scene even taps into his inner Spicoli and catches a few African waves.
Less incendiary than one might expect for a Joel Silver production, The Gunman is an action movie that wants desperately to be an art film, aiming for poetic moments like that in which a battered and dying assassin is juxtaposed with a matador’s speared bull. The action, once the movie gets around to it, however, should be brutal enough to compensate for the more pretentious material. There is also a love triangle to keep the women interested.
4 out of 5 stars. Ideological Content Analysis indicates that The Gunman is:
6. Anti-tobacco. “That’s really healthy,” Ray Winstone says sarcastically on seeing Penn light a cigarette.
5. Anti-marriage. Penn’s love interest (Jasmine Trinca) regards her creepy husband (Javier Bardem) as a creditor, her loveless wifely duties the repayment of an obligation.
4. Multiculturalist and pro-immigration. European-accented non-white professionals put in a good word for immigrants’ ability to assimilate into western societies. London and Barcelona appear as peaceful and orderly multi-ethnic metropolises. Penn atones for his sins by working to improve the lives of Africans.
3. Ostensibly anti-war. Rape and machete attacks are noted as weapons of war in the Congo. Penn’s combat experience has left him with brain damage.
2. Anti-capitalistic. Corporatocracy is behind the world’s evils, with the “growing demand of the western world” to blame for the Congo’s sufferings.
1. Globalist, giving the false impression that NGOs (non-governmental organizations) are strictly humanitarian and apolitical entities. In reality, NGOs are frequently the unconventional tools of Zio-American foreign policy and therefore have been dubbed “missionaries of empire”. Brit-accented television reporters – still more tools of Zio-American globe-grasping – are presented as reliable sources of information. That the poster has the chutzpah to say both “armed with the truth” and “from the director of Taken” probably says all that prospective viewers need to know.
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John Wick ***
Keanu Reeves is John Wick, a retired assassin and man of “sheer will” who must dust off the tools of his trade when his car is stolen and – worse still! – his dog is butchered by Russian rowdies. Reeves gets to do the sorts of things one expects – strolling in slow motion through a dance club while casually dispensing violent punishments, and so forth – and, in a scene that alludes pointlessly to his climactic confrontation with Agent Smith in The Matrix Revolutions, even has a dramatic hand-to-hand showdown during a downpour with low-interest villain Michael Nyqvist. John Wick packs a handful of quality action moments, but not enough to stuff the soulless void at the heart of this nihilistic exercise in death for death’s sake. The gravitas of supporting players Willem Defoe and Ian McShane is wasted in such a film.
3 stars. Ideological Content Analysis indicates that John Wick is:
4. Pro-torture. Hitwoman Miss Perkins (Adrianne Palicki) is visually aroused at the sight of a knife being driven into a bound man’s leg.
3. Pro-drug. Wick, despite his abdomen having been cut open, is able to launch back into action with the aid of a glass of bourbon and dose of some sort of pills.
2. Anti-Christian. A Russian church serves as a gangster front. Consequently, Wick has no qualms about shooting a priest in the leg.
1. Neoconservative. Those darn puppy-murdering Russian bad guys are at it again! John Wick came recommended as a good “guy movie” from a social justice warrior coworker – such people apparently considering themselves qualified to judge typical “guy” tastes. That social justice warriors are now endorsing rotgut neocon propaganda should come as no surprise, however, considering that this is 2016, a year that will see American liberals throwing the heft of their silly support behind an Israel-firster warmonger like Hillary Schlongedham Clinton. Wick, true to his name, is a Shabbos goy – a subservient gentile who lights a candle for superstitious Jews forbidden by their “religion” to perform any labor on the Sabbath – and serves his Hebraic Hollywood masters by demonstrating for all of the gullible goyim how cool and exciting it is to shoot perfect strangers. The name also suggests the character’s wickedness, an apt association in this context.
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The Family ***
Robert De Niro stars in this gory, mean-spirited “comedy” as a glorified serial killer and sadist who, with his sad pyromaniac spouse (Michelle Pfeiffer) and two chip-off-the-old-block teenagers (John D’Leo and Dianna Agron), has moved to Normandy at the behest of the Witness Protection Program. Posing unconvincingly as an academic, De Niro and his ultraviolent spawn lay waste to the French in a nihilistic bid for the affections of the Freedom Fry aficionados in the American audience. Tommy Lee Jones, looking as wrinkly and battered as the Constitution, appears as De Niro’s long-suffering Witness Protection case worker. The veteran leads are fun to watch, but their characters live too far beyond the possibility of redemption to deserve two hours of viewers’ time. Recommended to neoconservatives only.
3 out of 5 stars. Ideological Content Analysis indicates that The Family is:
5. Anti-Christian. Pfeiffer lost her virginity in a church. A judgmental priest (Christopher Craig) becomes irate and commands her to leave his cathedral after hearing her confession.
4. Ultra-green, with De Niro’s brown tap water driving him to an act of eco-terror.
3. Feminist/pro-castration. De Niro’s daughter – surprise, surprise! – is tough as nails and delivers a savage thrashing and genital-beating in reply to a come-on.
2. Zionist, perpetuating the myth that America “liberated” France. The Family, with its story of smug, self-important Americans storming overseas and asserting themselves by destroying things, serves as a frightening allegorical normalization of Jewish-American foreign policy. Gullible audiences, The Family hopes, will internalize as good, old-fashioned Americanism and “family values” the license to commit genocide that Rush Limbaugh chooses to pretty up as “American exceptionalism”. Pfeiffer, for instance, blows up a grocery store after overhearing a perfectly justified complaint about American (i.e., Jewish) media brainwashing. Jews appear in The Family as the victims rather than as the perpetrators of organized crime.
1. Pro-torture/anti-human. Men having their bones broken, testicles crushed, being dipped head-first into a barrel of acid – how hilarious! From murder to thievery to drug dealing in a school, The Family’s attitude is that crime is cute. De Niro, furthermore, attempts to validate his admittedly “sadistic urges” by arguing that he mutilates people for a “good reason”. “You’re the best dad anybody could ever ask for,” his daughter informs him moments before he drifts into a daydream about barbecuing a neighbor’s head. “Writing is intense,” he says in another reflective moment. “I feel like I been lookin’ at myself in a mirror all day.” One wonders what hideous creatures The Family’s screenwriters, Michael Caleo and Luc Besson, glimpse as in a mirror while they ply their appalling trade.
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The Grand Budapest Hotel ***1/2
Not since Nicolas Refn’s Only God Forgives has this reviewer seen such a shameless triumph of style over substance. Overrated Rushmore auteur Wes Anderson, the most artificial of all filmmakers, delivers in Grand Budapest Hotel a work that is less a movie than a succession of fetishistic explorations of elegant line and symmetry and fastidiously composed tableaux of actors making eccentric faces and striking unnatural poses. Anderson’s admirers will probably enjoy this nonlinear, tonally anachronistic account of the various characters – several big name actors in small parts among them – whose lives revolve around the titular luxury accommodation. Others are, however, advised to seek their lodgings elsewhere.
3.5 of 5 possible stars. Ideological Content Analysis indicates that The Grand Budapest Hotel is:
8. Anti-gun. An absurd and needlessly destructive gunfight erupts in the middle of the hotel.
7. Anti-slut. It is Agatha’s (Saoirse Ronan – worst name ever?) purity that makes her attractive.
6. Anti-Christian. Lobby boy Zero Moustafa (Tony Revolori) pushes over a piece of religious statuary, breaking it into pieces.
5. Anti-fascist (i.e., pro-yawn). “I find these black uniforms very drab.”
4. Pro-gay. Gustave H. (Ralph Fiennes) is a stylish and comfortable bisexual, prompting bigoted bad guy Dmitri (Adrien Brody) to call him a “fruit” and a “faggot”.
3. Anti-white. The hotel’s clientele is described as “rich, old, insecure, vain, superficial, blonde, needy.” “Why blonde?” “Because they all were.”
2. Pro-immigration and pro-miscegenation. “You can’t arrest him simply because he’s a bloody immigrant. He hasn’t done anything wrong.” Agatha’s marriage to immigrant Zero endorses the dissolution of national identities and, in view of her Mexico-shaped birthmark, advertises its relevance to the present Mestizo settler colonization of the United States.
1. Zionist. The Grand Budapest Hotel evinces a very Jewish sensibility, racking up a few extra shabbos goy points for the director, and The Jewish Daily Forward‘s review of the film is actually titled “How Wes Anderson Became a Jewish Emigre Director“. In a ridiculous reversal of the real world, Jeff Goldblum plays a Jewish attorney as an exemplar of moral rectitude who is mutilated and murdered by vampiric gentile Willem Dafoe. Alluding obliquely to the “Holocaust”, the film notes that Agatha dies of a “Prussian” disease. “Today, we treat it in a single week, but in those days, many millions died.”
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Bullet to the Head ****1/2
Action specialist Walter Hill has always had a fondness for hero odd couples, a formula the director exploited with memorably entertaining results in 48 Hrs., Red Heat, and Another 48 Hrs.; and now Hill returns to the genre in triumph with Bullet to the Head, the director’s first feature film in many years, but a worthy addition to his impressive filmography and well worth the protracted wait.
Bullet to the Head is a near-perfect showcase for the haggard and frightening gravitas of over-the-hill Sylvester Stallone, who as cynical but likable hit man Jimmy “Bobo” Bonomo looks as chiseled, sleepy-eyed, and casually homicidal as ever, his voice so inhumanly deep and guttural that it sounds as if he has a football-sized phlegm wad and a few shell fragments lodged behind his chest. Veins protrude from his arms like earthworms writhing under the flesh of this man so old he seems just as likely to keel over dead from petrifaction as lash out and take off an enemy head.
But fortunately for action fans, Bobo makes it through the flick and takes out the trash in classic style, gunning for the gangsters and dirty cops who double-crossed him and killed his partner and teaming up for the purpose with D.C. detective Taylor Kwon (Sung Kang), whose own investigation of a fellow officer’s murder has led him to Bobo’s own New Orleans. Sung Kang packs about as much charisma as stale tofu, but his presence allows for politically incorrect fun-poking from Stallone along the sarcastic lines of, “Nice goin’, Oddjob” and “Why don’t you go read some fuckin’ tea leaves?” The generational-technological gap between the two is also effective, recalling the dynamic between Bruce Willis and Justin Long in Live Free or Die Hard.
The culprits turn out to be high-rollers Robert Morel (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje), a cane-pimping African emigre with a knowledge of classical literature (of course!), and his sleazy associate Marcus Baptiste, played by Christian Slater, who seems to have transitioned gracefully enough from weaselly 80s alt-heartthrob roles to weaselly middle-aged bad guys. Bobo himself, meanwhile, is also being hunted by mercenary Keegan (Jason Momoa), a mean-eyed menace whose constant scowling is reminiscent of Ed O’Ross’s turn in Red Heat.
Bullet to the Head makes a decent (if perhaps too-obvious) effort to give its story a bit of the spice and flavor of its New Orleans setting, and a sassy blues score by Steve Mazzaro sets the unpretty tone of the film, with Sarah Shahi furnishing skank appeal as Bobo’s bastard tattoo artist daughter. But the main attraction here is always Sylvester Stallone. In addition to getting into a brutal Turkish bath fight, Stallone has a climactic, adrenaline-pumping axe duel with Momoa that earned the movie an extra half-star from this reviewer. Truly an experience to elicit affirmative Tim Allen chimp grunts from seasoned remote control warriors everywhere, Walter Hill’s Bullet to the Head is aggressively recommended to proud dick owners only.
4.5 stars. Ideological Content Analysis indicates that Bullet to the Head is:
11. Sexist! One of Bobo’s rules as a hit man is “no women, no children”. A modern, sexually enlightened, and gender-blind gentleman would be just as eager to kill marked women as men. The climactic confrontation involves a damsel in distress.
10. Anti-Christian. A foul-mouthed, coke-and-booze-binging jerk (Holt McCallany) wears a crucifix. One of the villains is named Baptiste.
9. Anti-redneck. “I don’t trust that redneck prick.”
8. Pro-gay. Lesbians tango at a costume ball.
7. Anti-Slav. As in Pain and Gain, The Heat, and A Good Day to Die Hard, the Slavic woman is defined by sleaze.
6. Pro-torture. Sadism is an asset in interrogating a captive.
5. Drug-ambivalent. Bobo is a heavy drinker, but is no less effective for it. His daughter’s mother is a dead junkie hooker. (see also no. 10)
4. Un-p.c. Bobo calls Kwon “Confucius”, etc.
3. Multiculturalist/pro-miscegenation. Kwon hooks up with Bobo’s daughter. New Orleans appears as a happy (albeit catastrophically corrupt) multiracial city, with blacks and whites mingling to hear some jazz.
2. Anti-police. Wooed by graft, cops become killers.
1. Anti-state/anti-cronyism. Motivating much of the killing is Morel’s plan to knock down poor (presumably black) people’s housing and throw up condominiums. “This goes way up, man. We’re talkin’ ’bout Washington.”
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Excerpts from an in-depth panel discussion about emerging trends in urban transport, as well as the World Bank Group's performance in this sector.
IEG recently held an in-depth panel discussion about the World Bank Group’s performance in the sector of urban transport, as well emerging trends and opportunities to strengthen its support and make use of its influence to help establish well-managed urban transport systems in client countries.
The event featured José Luis Irigoyen, Senior Director of the World Bank Group's Transport Global Practice, Arturo Ardila-Gomez, Lead Transport Economist, World Bank Group; Robert Cervero, Professor, Department of City and Regional Planning, University of California - Berkley; Melinda Hanson, Deputy Director, Global Designing Cities Initiative; Patience Kunene, Executive Director for Angola/Nigeria/South Africa, World Bank Group and Ian Twinn, Head of Transportation, International Finance Corporation.
IEG Senior Evaluation Officer Fang Xu and Advisor to the Director Andrew Stone presented the findings of IEG’s recent evaluation: Mobile Metropolises: Urban Transport Matters. José Carbajo Martinez, Director of IEG's Financial, Private Sector and Sustainable Development Department, moderated the conversation.
Below is an excerpt from the conversation, edited for brevity and clarity.
Watch the re-play of the live event
Why is it important for the World Bank Group to support Urban Transport?
"Slums are growing, and the bottom percentile of population in urban dwellings spends a disproportionate share of their income to access opportunities, 20% in some cases. This makes it very, very difficult to help these people earn a better livelihood." -José Luis Irigoyen
José Luis Irigoyen: As Caroline Heider has said, "Cities are drivers of growth and home of the poor." 80% of the economic output is produced by cities, there are 500 cities that produce 60%. So we cannot deny that. At the same time, we can see the growing welfare cost of congestion, the most regressive thing that we can think of in cities.
We’re also seeing the growth of slums, as many people go to cities looking for opportunities, and they end up trapped in places where they don't have access, or the access becomes prohibitively expensive. So slums are growing, and the bottom percentile of population in urban dwellings spends a disproportionate share of their income to access opportunities, 20% in some cases. This makes it very, very difficult to help these people earn a better livelihood.
But there's something also that is emerging. We're starting to see that these local issues have become national issues and global issues. Urban auto pollution for example, is responsible for four million preventative deaths, bringing attention to air quality.
If you talk about emissions, cities contribute to 70% of energy-related emissions. So it was not by chance that when Mexico had the presidency of the G20, they put urban transport as a global issue.
What is the World Bank’s current role in urban transport? What are some of the difficulties the World Bank Group faces in supporting urban transport in client countries?
Fang Xu: The Bank Group has helped our client countries increase the supply and enhance the capacity and quality of urban transport systems and services in our client countries. And in many countries, the Bank Group played the pioneering role in introducing innovative solutions.
For example, in Tanzania, the Bank Group launched its first ever lite Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) in this country and the system became operational in 2016. Also, by actively engaging the private sector, not only was the service quality enhanced, but also the financial sustainability was strengthened- just like the Bank Group has been doing in Brazil for the last 10 years.
The Bank Group also helped clients mitigate environmental harms from urban transport systems as evidenced by reduced GHG emissions and also reduced local air pollution. We also noticed the Bank Group’s influence went beyond its direct investment. By actively utilizing its convening power, not only did the Bank Group help spread global knowledge, but it also promoted South-South learning.
An excellent example is the Leaders in Urban Transport Planning program, which was solely managed by the Bank Group. This program has trained more than 1,000 leaders globally. And when we were in India, we met many local urban transport professionals - many of them told us they were trained by and benefited from this program.
Now we know we have done a lot and we have achieved a lot, but are we free of issues? The answer is no. We did notice, somehow the overall emphasis shifted from lower middle-income countries to upper middle-income countries. Just China and Brazil, these two countries alone accounted for more than 25% of the urban transport portfolio.
And the Sub-Saharan Africa region – while this region urbanized very rapidly, the support they received from The Bank Group actually declined in the second half of the evaluation period.
We also noticed that disadvantaged groups— the poor, women, the disabled, and the elderly-- haven't received sufficient and constant attention from us – only 26% of the roads projects provided a targeted intervention for the poor, and 7% for women, and only 4% for the disabled.
Overall among all the urban transport modes, women and the disabled consistently received much lower attention.
José Luis Irigoyen: This is a portfolio for around eight billion dollars in projects around the world, 20% of portfolio is more or less urban transportation, and it's growing. It's not easy to maintain a steady growth, because of the difficulties of engaging this at a national level. So that's something that we have to think about.
Why I'm really excited about IEG’s report is, first, for calling our attention to Africa. And it's true, it has been challenging for us to develop strong urban transport before in Africa. We have some very well-known interventions in Nigeria for example, now in Dar es Salaam. We're very active in Kenya.
You can see in recent times that this is evolving. But when you look at the pace of urbanization in Africa, it's unprecedented. Cities are growing very, very fast and not connecting—it would be very expensive to serve with public transport in the future.
So that is giving us some ammunition, through your report and analytical tools, to place this agenda as an urgent matter. We are active in big cities, major cities, when we should also be working and very actively involved in cities that are growing so fast that this is the time to use transport to produce a much better planned urban development.
The second thing that caught my attention is the issue of congestion. Some of these mega cities in the world are reaching levels of congestion that are incredibly high with very low motorization rates. So that reinforces and gives us more ammunition to insist on public transport.
Also we need to break silos and create institutions that can work at the different levels of government and they have to, at the level of the city, be able to integrate.
And finally, the issue of financial gap – more attention should be given to the financial sustainability to solutions. These are big challenges that we agree we have to take on. We have developed a global program, for urban transport planning for example, trying to address the capacity building challenge that we will face, particularly in certain regions; Africa being one of them.
What has worked best in the past, and in what ways can the World Bank Group improve its performance in the area of Urban Transport?
Andrew Stone: One of the things we found consistently that seems to work better is when the World Bank Group takes more comprehensive approaches.
So, for example, when we talk about mobility, projects that included both supply and demand management aspects were 77% effective in increasing urban mobility, as opposed to 60% of projects that did not have this combined approach.
What do we mean by demand management? Well let me give an example. In Guangzhou, China under a World Bank-GEF partnership, the city increased parking fees and applied car purchase and usage requirements, and thus was able to achieve not only some modal shifting, but a very substantial reduction in carbon dioxide emissions.
This also applied in environmental results. Typically, in environmental interventions where there was upstream policy intervention, or institutional intervention combined with downstream investment, that seemed to work better. And in projects that did both of these things, there was roughly a 70% success rate.
Another thing that works very well is strong work quality. And here we saw a mixed bag. There were very good examples, but there are also some lapses where there could be improvements.
Arturo Ardila-Gomez: We are piloting and strengthening monitoring and evaluation across all our upcoming operations, but also those that go through mid-term review or restructuring.
The agenda is comprehensive, and we have a myriad of hopefully substantive actions. Starting with the country partnership frameworks and the systematic country diagnoses, to try to work at that level to showcase the importance of urban transport.
What you don't measure you cannot manage. So issues like gender vulnerability, affordability— if we don't have proper monitoring and evaluation frameworks, proper results chains, if we don't use sub-indicators—for example, we're measuring travel time, and maybe we can disaggregate it by gender, because women happen to do train trips, they drop off the children more likely than not, they then pick them up, take them to the doctor… so for women, we need a separate indicator on something as basic as travel time or an indicator of affordability. And it's measured differently than a master indicator on travel time door to door, or boarding time to exiting time from bus. So we're working to help them improve how to measure, and debunking the myth that, in a proper monitoring and evaluation framework, if you have 10 pages with 15 lines in total, people say, "You have too many." But [it’s not too many if] half of them are also indicators by gender and by income group, and by disability.
For a quick introduction to IEG's evaluation, watch the video In Brief: Improving Urban Transport in Developing Countries
What are some of the emerging trends in urban transport, and how do you see the World Bank Group’s engagement in the near and distant future?
José Luis Irigoyen: This evolving trend to sustainable urban transport seen from a local to global issue, has forced us to think of more holistically integrated solutions that will address all these dimensions.
Before 2005, for example, the thrust of our engagement in urban transport had always been public transport, so we focused a lot on the efficiency of public transport, the introduction of air quality, looking for solutions like bus rapid transit as a lower cost than metros, many options like that.
Since 2005 and on we have been looking at public transport as more of an integrated system, with holistic solutions. Today it's unthinkable not to consider, for example, bikeways as part of the solution, where we didn't before, I think it was Lima the first time we did it, it was just a solution for the very poor. Now it's part of a much more holistic view of the city.
Similarly, in addition to increasing efficiency, we started realizing that new technology was bringing opportunities that were never available before. So all the efforts we had in the past to provide the physical integration, now we're able to move, with smartcards, towards fare integration.
As we continue, more and more, the use of technology unleashing the power of big data, what we are learning in day-to-day projects is, we’re assessing how a public transport system is allowing people living in the most challenging places to access opportunities. And we have a tool, for example, emissions data – so we have integrated technology in a way that allows us to think differently about the problems we face and the solutions.
It is very clear that the future of transport, and urban transport in particular, is automated cars, shared vehicles, electric, and driven by big data.
It is very clear that the future of transport, and urban transport in particular, is automated cars, shared vehicles, electric, and driven by big data. -José Luis Irigoyen
What do you think the African countries need in this space, and how can the Bank Group better support them?
"One of the issues is the need to look at cities as economic spaces where we compete. Even within one country, cities are competing with each other. But how much more, when you look at a regional context, urban transport becomes a competitive edge for each of the cities as they are attempting to grow." -Patience Kunene
Patience Kunene: I think Africa has got the youngest population in the world right now. And we are urbanizing really fast, and the most important thing that you would look for as a parent in that regard, probably would be starting with Mandela's quotation, where he said "You can judge the quality of a society by the way in which it treats its children." Therefore urban transport needs to incorporate elements of livability, also walkability, and it must be safe, and it must be a conduit to allow access to opportunity.
So having said that, as a policy maker, you ask, “What does Africa need from urban transport?” There isn’t a single solution that would capture everything, but looking at the urgency of the matter, regional transport hubs are very important. They need to incorporate technology in the solutions that are being advocated and traded to us, that would be a must.
But also, scalability. Because a lot of solutions that you put on the table, if they're forecast on one city, it's not going to help. I know that there are many measures of evaluating how fast we are growing. One of the issues is the need to look at cities as economic spaces where we compete. Even within one country, cities are competing with each other. But how much more, when you look at a regional context, urban transport becomes a competitive edge for each of the cities as they are attempting to grow.
Given the scale of need, it's not going to be possible for the World Bank to provide all the solutions. So the cascade approach is important. What's even more important is regional integration. We've got examples of these in West Africa, in East Africa, in Southern Africa where urban transport transverses spaces and it becomes part of the environment. Even when we are trying to attract investment into a country, we are able to say, "Come to Johannesburg, we have a metro train that will take you, in less than 20 minutes from airport to the last city, the capital city." That's critical.
Given the importance that maximizing finance for the development has and the renewed focus on private sector, how are the IFC, and the World Bank Group as a whole, going to scale up its involvement in the urban transport sector?
Ian Twinn: One thing you can say within IFC is, "success begets success," so when you have a successful project, you find other people want to copy it. And so municipalities until two/three years ago were a rather marginal part of our business. In the last three years we've had a big focus on the Cities Initiative, trying to make more livable spaces. Some part of that is about urban transportation, but it also covers things like water, sewage, waste disposal, and so on.
I think going forward IFC has three stands that we're focused on in terms of urban transport. One is ramping up the Cities Initiative business, and that can be working with municipalities on urban transport. The second part of what we're trying to do is to look at how to bring the private sector in more systematically. One element to that is looking at, for instance, how can we do more Bus Rapid Transits in Africa that might engage the World Bank in terms of doing the hard infrastructure, but IFC providing financing for the rolling stock and so on? We kind of do it as a partnership, which goes very much to the cascade.
As part of that we can potentially draw on some elements of the Private Sector Window, to make it more affordable to buy down some of the risk for the private sector, to bring in local currency, fares, and so on.
And then the third strand is, we've been doing quite a lot of thinking about how emerging technologies such as autonomous vehicles, but also electric and transporters of service, what they will mean for the future of urban mobility?
Clearly there's going to be a sea-change in how we get around in cities in next, somewhere between five and twenty years. To the extent we're financing Bus Rapid Transits, that might make a lot of sense, but in terms of thinking about a new metro system from scratch, maybe that's something we want to think every carefully before we embark. So we're thinking about those issues as well, and we have a venture capital team that engage with folks in Silicon Valley, etcetera, that are developing these technologies.
(later on, answering a similar question)
IFC actually has a VC group that has an envelope for investing in early stage start-up companies. They don't get in at the very early, early stage, they're more focused on the series B.
For example, they've been looking at truckload boards, basically trying to match up the truckers with the cargo, so they don't drive around empty for half the time. They've invested in and looked at different companies providing data mapping, and bus. There was a company in Sweden that was offering to municipalities that they could tell them when the buses would be coming on a live database. And the value for them, for the company, was that by getting that data they would then have a clear map of where the congestion is in the city, which as you get to having more autonomous vehicles, that will become very useful, valuable data to have.
How are NGO's addressing the urban transport challenge, including environmental, climate change, social inclusion dimensions? How do you see the interaction between NGOs and the World Bank Group in that complex space?
Melinda Hanson: Obviously the World Bank Group knows larger scale infrastructure in a way that most organizations and places don't. And the Bank Group excels in national strategy settings, so getting a whole country on board for various strategies that could trickle down potentially to urban impact. And of course, the financial access and getting projects funded.
Now where nonprofit organizations come in, and maybe add little bit more value, is some of the longer-term deeper technical assistance. Like seeing the project through, so not just from a concept phase, but through the implementation and making sure that some of really detailed pieces don't get lost.
Just as one example, what see around the world is that when you have a larger-scale transit project, pedestrian accessibility and safety is not often considered.
Also I think NGOs help on the innovation side of projects, because nonprofit organizations, we're not driven by our clients in the same way that private organizations or the banks are. We are at the forefront, I think, of a lot of innovation— for example, bicycling. Because bicycling is no longer just a cute little side project, it's a real transport solution, and we're seeing that in places around the world. So bringing that kind of new thinking and new expertise that the bank may not have, a lot of NGO's have this expertise and can support the development of packaged projects and other things essentially to get those things considered and built.
A lot of places like Addis Ababa where I'm currently working, there's still 80% of trips are made on foot. So when we think about, do we want those folks, we obviously want that the access, we want the sustainable transit, we want all of those good things, but we have an opportunity to get people on two wheels, to get people on electric bikes, to get people on foot, and make these trips a lot better. And it's a lot cheaper by the way too. We can retrofit the existing streets using just some simple paint and other kinds of methods, and we can really go a long way. So I would just like to make sure that we're remembering to think about that.
What are the challenges for developing countries to strengthen their approaches to urban transport, and especially planning? How can they develop capabilities to support more inclusive and integrated urban transportation?
Robert Cervero: I think are two aspects that are critically important, thinking in 5- to10-year time horizons. One is motorization and the other is what I'm calling formalization.
Motorization I think we'll all recognize as incomes rise, car ownership rates rise, we've had this very explosive growth in car ownership. But if you look at really low-income countries and lower middle-income countries, and in some degrees even some middle-income countries like China, the real explosive growth has been in those two-wheelers. These motor scooters, these mopeds, these ebikes, and so forth. And they're incredibly efficient users of space. They squeeze in a lot of vehicles, but they create a lot of pollution problems, particularly when you have two stroke engines. Very high road fatality rates, three times higher than four-wheeled vehicles.
But one of the big problems is they've taken over the city. It's not only road space, but parking and sidewalks and other places. So we've heard a lot about active transport and walkability. But it's so hard in the lack of management and planning for this explosive introduction of these kind of modes, to really achieve this livability, walkability element.
But in this respect, I think there's opportunities here as well. We've heard autonomous vehicles, these are going to be the really disruptive elements in the next 10 years. Well if economists believe in the Kuznets Curve, this will tell us that as income rises in these areas, these levels of two-wheeler ownerships are going to convert to four-wheeled vehicles. But by 2025, I think by most projections, we're really going to see mass production and assimilation of autonomous vehicles and that might really be fortuitous. It might correspond when you have very rapid motorization and car ownership rising, in Africa, South Asia.
So I think there's tremendous opportunities through a planning lens to think about, "How do we redesign cities?" If we have shared mobility—and I happen to believe that's how people are going to get around—if you disconnect people from the practice of driving, not only do you create safer cities and less accidents, but there's no longer this desire for vehicle ownership. So I think everyone buys in the shared mobility, so instead of 30% of the land area in cities being parking, we can now infill and have more compact cities. Instead of designing for parking, drop-off zones.
But there's a whole different way of managing cities with these kind of disruptive technologies. We head about MAS, mobility-as-a-service, with these vehicle's mobility just becomes a form of conveyance of unrelated individuals. Not only like people movers like airports or elevators and buildings. The big challenge is institutionally, to create these concierges and broker organizations that link providers and integrate pricing and so forth. So you really have seamless, fluid mobility.
I think there's a tremendous challenge, but again, I think the very places that are going to rapidly motorizing in the next 10 years have tremendous opportunity to really ride that wave and create a different kind of sustainable urban form. And at the same time, achieve much better mobility outcomes.
Just very briefly, we saw a lot of images here of bus rapid transit, and I think this is another major, kind of disruptive arena in the sense that a lot of cities like Dar es Salaam, I've been working a lot with TransJakarta, they're displacing what historically have been these small semi-informal transmissive modes—mini buses, micro-buses, and so forth. Yes they potentially are providing better mainline services, but these little vehicles penetrated low income neighborhoods, got into narrow streets that the bid buses couldn't get into. A lot of times they provided weekend, late night services that the big buses don't.
There's a real threat of the quality of services diminishing by formalizing public transit away from these informal carriers to this much more standardized mode. Yes it might relieve congestion in certain senses, but there's real concerns about not only that, but the displacement effects. There's a whole supply chain of not only operators, but mechanics, fare collectors that are tied to that industry. So Jakarta for instance, TransJakarta, what it’s done is it's worked with Cambodja, Metro Mini, some of these micro bus operators to integrate them into the Bus Rapid Transit system. They've hired them and they've done it largely the incumbents have been willing to join through basically hiring them and training them as formal operators. They've removed the incentive where all their income was based on the number of passengers, it's not a fixed guaranteed salary.
So there's been some very important progress made in these very fronts, but I guess my appeal to the World Bank would be in light of all these rapidly unfolding disruptive trends, that planning is critically important. It's not just operational planning, the integration of urbanism, and transport investment, it's critically important we think of these investments not as just mobility investments that move people from point A to point B. But fundamental ways to shape cities, in ways that create much more sustainable climate resilient outcomes.
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Arts Will Travel For Art: 10 Global Exhibitions To See This Summer
Will Travel For Art: 10 Global Exhibitions To See This Summer
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A round-up of the must-see exhibitions taking place around the world
1/10 Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy
Gallery view of the 250th Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London (12 June — 19 August 2018), showing Royal Valkyrie by Joana Vasconcelos (Photo: David Parry)
Where: London, England
The Royal Academy’s Summer Exhibition is always a highlight on the art calendar, as it showcases the work of amateur artists alongside world-famous Royal Academicians such as Tracey Emin and Anish Kapoor.
English artist Grayson Perry—famous for his incisive art dissecting British culture and his cross-dressing—has coordinated this year’s show, which includes more than 1,300 works. Highlights include paintings by David Hockney, Chantal Joffe and Barbara Rae, as well as works by Perry himself. Good luck finding them all on the jam-packed walls.
The Summer Exhibition runs until August 19 at the Royal Academy, London. Find out more at royalacademy.org.uk
2/10 Frida Kahlo: Making Herself Up
Frida Kahlo with Olmec figurine, 1939 (Photo: Nickolas Muray © Nickolas Muray Photo Archives)
The recently-coined term “Fridolatry” describes people’s reverence for all things Frida Kahlo—and this exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum is sure to become a site of pilgrimage for fans of the artist. Featuring clothes, jewellery and artefacts owned by Frida Kahlo, this show examines Kahlo’s extraordinary cult of personality.
Frida Kahlo: Making Herself Up runs until November 4 at the V&A, London. Find out more a vam.ac.uk
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3/10 Venice Biennale of Architecture
Robin Hood Gardens, Woolmore Street, London E14 0HG by Do Ho Suh commissioned by the V&A (Photo: Courtesy of the artist and Lehmann Maupin)
Where: Venice, Italy
Irish architects Shelley McNamara and Yvonne Farrell were entrusted with curating this year’s Venice Biennale of Architecture, which they’ve themed “Freespace”. Hong Kong is among the more than 60 countries and territories participating, and is presenting an exhibition titled “Vertical Farbic” that showcases 111 architectural models and 94 artists’ impressions of skyscrapers.
Another highlight is the Victoria & Albert Museum’s presentation of a film by Korean artist Do Ho Suh that documents life inside four apartments at Robin Hood Gardens, a housing estate that was demolished in London earlier this year.
Venice Biennale of Architecture runs until November 25, 2018 at various venues around Venice, Italy. Find out more labiennale.org
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4/10 Giacometti at The Guggenheim
Installation view: Giacometti, Solomon R. Guggneheim Museum, New York, June 8–September 12, 2018 (Photo: David Heald © Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, 2018)
Where: New York, United States
One of the most famous artists of the twentieth century, Alberto Giacometti is best known for his stick-like sculptures of the human body. This exhibition was organised in conjunction with the Fondation Giacometti in Paris and includes bronze sculptures, oil paintings, drawings and much more, giving a unique look into the artist’s life and work.
Giacometti runs until September 12 at the Guggenheim, New York. Find out more at guggenheim.org
5/10 Being: New Photography 2018 at MOMA
Aïda Muluneh, All in One (2016) (Photo: Courtesy the artist and David Krut Projects. © 2018 Aïda Muluneh)
Every two years, the Museum of Modern Art in New York presents a group exhibition of new work by contemporary photographers. Inspired by debates about human rights around the world, this year’s show explores what it means to be human, touching on themes of gender, community and psychology.
Look out for photos by Ethiopian artist Aïda Muluneh, Matthew Connors’ images of Pyongyang and video art by Yazan Khalili, whose work investigates the effects of facial recognition technology.
Being: New Photography is on at MOMA, New York until August 19. Find out more at moma.org
6/10 All Too Human at Tate Britain
A visitor admires a painting by Jenny Saville at the All Too Human exhibition (Photo: Joe Humphrys, Courtesy of Tate)
All Too Human celebrates British artists who have investigated and represented the human body in their work. Paintings by Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud hang alongside canvases by contemporary stars Jenny Saville and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye.
All Too Human runs until August 27 at Tate Britain, London. Find out more at tate.org.uk
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7/10 ZERO at MONA
Otto Piene, Pirouetten (Pirouettes) (1960s, recreated in 2012) (Photo: © Otto Piene. VG Bild-Kunst/ Copyright Agency, 2018. Courtesy of the Museum of Old and New Art)
Where: Tasmania, Australia
In post-WWII Germany, a group of radical artists gathered to discuss big ideas about art and the future of humanity. By 1958, these artists were calling themselves the “Zero group” and were publishing a magazine titled Zero that aimed to spread their ideas with an international audience. This exhibition at MONA celebrates this artistic movement, among them Heinz Mack, Otto Plene and Yves Klein.
ZERO runs until April 22, 2019 at MONA, Tasmania. Find out more at mona.net.au
8/10 Front International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art
Tianzhou Chen, ISHVARA performance (2016) (Photo: Courtesy the artist, Zhuang Yang)
Where: Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Cleveland is not an international arts hub—but it hopes to become one. Art collector Fred Bidwell is the brains behind Front International, a triennial that is launching for the very first time in the Midwestern American city this summer. A wide range of artists are participating, including Sarah Morris, Yinka Shonibare and artist collective Asian Dope Boys.
Front International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art runs from July 14 until September 30 at various venues around Cleveland, Ohio. Find out more at frontart.org
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9/10 Manifesta 12
Photo: Courtesy of Manifesta
Where: Palermo, Italy
Branded as a “roving biennale” Manifesta takes place in a different European city every two years. This year, the exhibition is taking place at various venues in the Sicilian capital of Palermo and is themed around plants and botany. An eclectic array of artists are participating, including Palestinian artist Khalil Rabah, Irish computer graphic artist John Gerrard and Brazilian artist Maria Thereza Alves, who has created an installation made up of native Sicilian flowers.
Manifesta 12 runs from June 16 until November 4 at various venues around Palermo, Italy. FInd out more at manifesta.org
10/10 In Tune With The World at Fondation Louis Vuitton
Takashi Murakami, a.k.a Gero Tan - Noah’s Ark (2016) (© Takashi Murakami/ Kaikai Ki Co.Ltd. All rights reserved)
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In Tune With The World runs until August 27 at Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris. Find out more at fondationlouisvuitton.fr
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Rupert spills the beans on Angie
The email inbox here at Hoaxtead Research is a funny thing. We receive all sorts, from death threats and lectures from people who still believe there’s a cult operating in Hampstead, to tips and information about ongoing stories. But every now and then we find something truly special—as we did last night.
Rupert Quaintance IV was arrested on Wednesday last, and while we’re still in the dark about his current whereabouts and legal status, we were most interested to receive an email from someone who was in touch with him via Facebook text in the days leading up to his arrest.
Our anonymous informant offered us a series of screenshots from a conversation they’d had with Rupert. We think they offer some intriguing insights, not only into Rupert and his relationship with Angie, but his opinion of the Hoaxtead pushers as a whole, and the potential future of his so-called ‘documentary’.
We present the screenshots to you here, just as we received them:
There you have it: Rupert finds Angela “disgusting”, “abusive”, and “gross”, and he was unimpressed with her claim that they were “in love with each other”. We wonder whether Angie really does understand the depth of Rupert’s loathing for her. As we’ve seen, she has an uncanny ability to twist reality until it suits her purposes, and there’s no reason to believe she’d do any differently in her relationship with Rupert.
We were interested to note that Rupert is dismissive of the “MKULTRA porn” that Angela and her fellow Hoaxtead pushers find so fascinating; and he says “I have distanced myself from all of them. I’ve seen all I need to”.
Is it safe to say that having accepting Angela’s generosity in paying for his flight to London, Rupert suddenly discovered that he’d bitten off far more than he could chew?
He sounds deeply disappointed in his grand European adventure now: not only does he despise Angie, but even the sainted Kevin Galalae is starting to sound like a less than delightful travel companion. (Not that anyone could have predicted that.) He’s broke, he’s been arrested, he’s disgusted with the entire business.
In fact, here are a couple of snippets from Rupert yesterday, responding to a slagfest between Angie and Yannis:
If we didn’t know better, we’d say the fight’s gone right out of him. Ah well, bravado and big talk will only get one so far. If Rupert’s wise, he’ll take that as a lesson.
18/09/2016 in Hoaxer infighting. Tags: Angela Power-Disney, Hampstead hoax, Rupert Quaintaince IV
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137 thoughts on “Rupert spills the beans on Angie”
Gone but not forgotten Rupert…. Not by a long chalk. After what you’ve done, of your own volition, you don’t get to come back from this. NO matter how you paint it you issued threats against innocent people. Desecrated things that matter, and made false accusations against people who had done nothing wrong. – all in pursuit of some childish idiotic ‘dream’ you have of fame. You’ve hurt little children; left them with nightmares, maybe scarred them for life. Disrupted the lives of decent families. No….. You don’t walk away from that.
You’re NEVER coming back from this and can forget any ideas of ‘making it’ in entertainment. You never had any skill or talent anyway – but this ends it. Take yourself OFF the internet completely and hope and pray somebody lets you shovel shit for a living.
How to deactivate your account Rupert…..
1) Click the downward arrow at the top right of any Facebook page.
Select “Settings”
2) Click “Security” in the left column.
3) Choose “Deactivate your account”, then follow the steps to confirm.
And BTW I think the lads may be round for a chat later. Don’t get up though; they’ve got a key……
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It’s simple. People have been terrorised by the stuff and people he thinks is so great to get involved in …….. for ratings …….. a quick buck. Well done Rupert.
Well, it’s not like we didn’t try to warn him….
He obviously has no concept of the damage he’s done or how angry people are. Quite why he would chose to exploit and offend the very people that might have helped his ambitions is beyond any fathoming. But he needs to understand his days as a backwater hotel clerk were the pinnacle of his career.
It’s interesting: I think one reason people are so furious with Rupert is his incredible arrogance, combined with the truly terrible choice he made to follow Angie, who is clearly a foul individual, a liar with no conscience and no scruples. So many bad choices, and where has it led? Hardly to the success and fame he craves.
He obviously thinks increasing an Internet radio station’s ratings is worth it. He’s more mercenary than I thought, and that’s an incredible streak of cruelty to carry round. I pity him to be honest. It is a trait of psychopaths. As is grandiosity.
I saw him be rude to the Erith woman. That sealed it for me. That was him being natural, himself, with a woman who did nothing more than look out of her front door at what was going on in the alley by her flat.
Yes, that was Rupert in an unguarded, unrehearsed moment. It was not a pretty sight.
Rupert is a spoilt brat, lazy and dim-witted. And fundamentally dishonest. This is one reason why he thinks fame can simply be grasped without paying the appropriate dues. – He’s never grown beyond that childish ‘pretend’ stage where one day you can be a Fireman and in the afternoon a Doctor; his life is just play-acting. And he’s got away with that because no-one has made him stand on his own two feet. ….This internet ‘radio’ station? Just a child’s toy really; the 21st century equivalent of a CB set! ‘Film maker’? Wandering around like some twelve-year-old with a toy camera…. It’s all just childish fantasy.
But I’m afraid he went far too far when he started interfering with the real lives of grown-ups.
Yes, that’s the real crux of it: when his actions started causing people to fear for their children’s safety, it stopped being fun and games.
I think Joe Kerr says everything I think so no need to repeat it except I don’t forgive anyone who has contributed to the attempts to destroy even further, the lives of the 2 kids in this drama and their father and all those other innocent North London folk including that poor woman who fled her church flat with her kids.
Everyone else’s comments are also spot on.
And you do not get to tell the world : ” these people want to fuck little kid’s arseholes and it almost makes you want to try it to see what it’s like” or say you pissed up against a church wall ( I’m non-religious but have total respect for anyone’s religious beliefs and would never insult them for it) of infer you carry a knife which is a serious crime in the UK and then ramble on about how many bloody guns you and your mum have, and put these things on the web for the direct purpose of making people believe it’s true and then back peddle like crazy. moaning when it all goes arse over tit.
And staying with and being friendly with people like Power-Disney and then calling her all sorts of names because the whole shemozzle fell apart just shows that you ain’t no Southern Gentleman and are still just an arrogant prick.
Is there a link to that? I missed that. Need to see any Rupert Action that re-enforces his capacity to be a Class One Prat.
Yes, it’s not as if Angie wasn’t obviously a lying manipulator from the start. Seems odd to be surprised now.
It was on his GoFundMe page, I believe.
I watched the video on his GoFundme page (hard going- arrogance abounds) but I had to stop for a while after spluttering my tea yet again when he boasts the:
“trolls said I would be arrested..and I came through here twice now and no problems whatsoever” LOL.
It’s true..he cannot deny we didn’t warn him about everything that has unfolded.
Also note : Angie has now added a post to her Irish demo stating “this is how the Irish do it” (apparently the Irish ‘do it’ like every other bloody nation does) several hours after Hoaxtead queries the photo and one cleverly unmasked it as not a snap taken in London.
Poor Angie- it’s all unraveling.
Is Rupert still in England?
It seems to me that Rupert must be waiting for a court case otherwise why is he sticking around.
Perhaps he didn’t listen to the people on here because we told him so and that made him want to stick by Angela longer than he has.
At least he has finally realised what she is.
I don’t understand re the Yannis “YUCK” Emmanuol situation why Rupert didn’t just delete the whole thread where he says he’s had enough etc. If it was too much just delete…
As for tor this Quaintance goose ludicrously stating the UK will be “legalizing child sex abuse” perhaps he should read this report:
“”Even if the true prevalence of child sexual abuse is not known, most will agree that there will be 500,000 babies born in the US this year that will be sexually abused before they turn 18 if we do not prevent it,” according to the Children Assessment Centre (CAC).
The US Department of Health and Human Services’ Children’s Bureau report Child Maltreatment 2010 found that 16% of young people aged 14 to 17 had been sexually victimized in that year, and over the course of their lifetime, 28% of young people in the US, aged 14 to 17, had been sexually victimized.”
Quaintance is a vacuous lightweight phony who seized upon a scheme fomented by an Irish scammer as a way of getting a free trip to the UK but it blew up in his face.
# and what DID happen to those pals in Rome on their hunger strike? Dropped for being no longer of use?
The real problem for Rupert Wilson Quainance is that he has now ensured an entire internet trail of his infractions, scams and arrest has been laid out for all the world to see. We still don’t know the details of his arrest but we will eventually.
When people go for a job these days (unlike in my youth) there are another 200 seeking that job. Antone with the slightest mark against their name doesn’t get past first base. Unfair but that’s reality and probably as true in Culpepper as in London.
If his dad does work associated with the CIA I reckon he would be appalled with his son’s reckless adventure. Rupert should atone for his actions by taking up genuine charity work in Culpepper- feeding the homeless and so on until he has redeemed himself.
Sounds to me by the very muted way he is posting remarks and his “I’m outa this particular scam” and ” I wuz fooled by a crazy lady” he may still be in the UK and has been advised by a lawyer to cool his language.
I think if he were back in the USA he would be laying into how ghastly and corrupt the British cops are and the legal system is run by pedos and The Cult deliberately silenced the Great Warrior etc etc, yadda yadda, blah,blah blah.
## I still believe it’s all about a visa irregularity and it’s not uncommon for Immigration to delay immediately deporting an offender and because illegal workers are such a huge problem they may chose to charge him and put him through the court process for maximum publicity.
Of course even I can be wrong !!
LOL, Angela will shit when she sees this.
And Rupert will be so pissed off when he realises his convo wasn’t as private as he thought. EC’s contact has really done a number on him and stabbed in in the back. So sneaky, so mean…and I for one truly appreciate it. Hehe 😀
A lot of these old posts and comments have taken on a whole new meaning now. LOL 😀
https://hoaxteadresearch.wordpress.com/2016/04/01/qbert-gets-cold-feet
I’m trying to find an old screenshot of a conversation that Danielle George (I think) had with Rupert around March/April, in which he admitted that the donations to his GoFundMe (especially Angie’s £1,000) were a bit much and implied that he was regretting getting involved…
Sorry, I can’t find the screenshot in question but this is a related one, posted at the time:
Oh now I see the Rome hunger striker IS Kevin Galalae- so hard to keep track of these truthers.
I see there is yet another of these ‘TV Networks ” which are just Youtube channels but this one called WHDT World Television service goes all out with a suited talking head and a back drop that looks very kosher and so on but really- it’s just another form of deception by amateurs imitating real TV networks and trying to give the appearance of a solid entity when it’s just cheap smoke & mirrors.
On this one the ‘newsreader’ says in 2014 that Galalae’s hunger strike may force The Pope to ..oh I don’t know…do something like come out of The Vatican and speak to Kevin but of course he did sod all connected with them.
What a strange world they inhabit. I mean we do live in a strange world full of media we can’t really trust but this Truther Mob take it to a whole new level where they fool themselves and a few 100 devoted followers if they are lucky.
And they call us a Cult !!
Oh and lest we forget:
(Go to 4:57)
Back-tracking par excellence:
From early April:
I wonder whether it was Papa Quaintance the Turd or Ma Kazza who used to whack Rupert with a paddle.
And it does rather beg the question of why she’s been unable to upload any real pics of the child abuse rally that she, ahem, definitely did attend.
My prediction is that in her next video, Angie will bang on about how Rupert was brainwashed and/or mind-controlled by the cult while he was in police custody.
Rupert handled this opportunity badly, he would have been better to have taken note of journalists such as Louise Theroux in approaching the Hamsptead subject from a less confrontational, objective and open-ended point of view. I doubt many of those opposing the hoax were willing to talk to Rupert, so all he has is the material of crazies such as Jake Clarke and Neelu Berry to play with for his “documentary.”
Rupert Wilson Quaintance IV was never middle of the road in his public actions and words, he waged war on the innocent victims of this hoax, he waged war against Satanism, he waged war on the children. Rupert is the one Satan Hunter who has pissed me off the most.
People’s mothers read about all this stuff that Abraham Christie and Ella Draper torturned their children into saying about them. People’s mothers know about shit through people’s doors. People’s mothers know about emails sent to everyone at their child’s workplace. People’s mothers know that their children have fireproofed their doors against arson and petrol bombs. People’s mothers know their families have had to move. People’s mothers know their grandchildren have had to move school because of a pair of evil POS.
Rupert and his mum get really butthurt. People in the UK are supposed just be all smiles and nicey nicey about all this utter evil.
I think we’ve got to wait until Thursday for the latest update “show”.
Madam says she is travelling tomorrow.
Well it’s not to Luton’s Coral Unit or Luton Airport but to Lanzarote.
Nice work if you can get it.
Funny how Angela never explains how she gets the money she lives on, or how she pays for all of her travel, mmm…
From what I have heard, the present Pope is quite good at getting back to people if they approach him through the regular channels. I don’t suppose he would get back to anyone who was clearly mad and accusing him of being involved in a New World Order depopulation plot.
The truth is more like, Rupert’s had a complete break from the manipulating Angela and come to his senses finally.
He’s realised all the people he’s involved himself with in this hoax are “nuts” in some way.
He can’t wait to get back home to Mom and wants to break away from everyone involved with this Hampstead saga, but they came on his fb page and stirred things again for him.
Yucky Yannis and Agitator Angie.
He will come out of this realising there was no such thing as a free lunch.
As for any future career well there probably never was going to be one anyway.
Rupert had all the privileges and didn’t get anywhere…
Angela Power Disney is now carrying Rupert’s baby, after their nights of sexual passion.
amama says:
Nevertheless “they’re all nuts” is a sign that a glimmer of reality is beginning to shine through the brain clouds. “All nuts”. Group psychosis, folie a multitude.
This is fascinating stuff. We did speculate that Rupert might not be as green as he is cabbage looking. The thing is, Hoaxtead is not the sort of subject that can be turned into a documentary. The involvement of children makes it almost impossible to do without breaching existing court orders or further invading the privacy of the victims. The Hoaxers can be exposed, but their victims will want to remain anonymous.
She will have about every benefit and hand out milkable from the system,together with a few charity wheezes,insurance fiddles and no doubt other yet to be uncovered earners.
The woman is one of lifes opportunists and void of any scruples or conscience. She considers herself entitled and can do precisely as she pleases.She even believes she has the big G covering her arse!!!If anything does not “fit” with her world(like say the truth)she will seek onlt to to eliminate it.
Nothing will ever change inside Angie but the world can hopefully learn to give her a wide berth.Sadly after all this there will be fresh victims and until she is raptured in one way or another that is the unfortunate situation.
I suspect her kids bit by bit will gravity away from her grip and she may at best receive occasional duty xmas cards etc.The real worth and wheat in life will seep away through the cracks and Angie will end up as a sack of shit decaying in an obscure u bend of history.Not a beautiful life.
What a fucking idiot he is…..
I’m certain they have the equivalent of our FE/HE colleges over there. If he wanted to get into performance why didn’t he sign up for a course, join some theatre groups, perhaps even move on to study at Bachelor level? Too lazy and stupid to pay his dues that’s why.
Journalists such as Louise Theroux are educated people who took the time to learn and understand the rules and work with the backup of a team of experts….. Directors, Commissioning Editors, Lawyers and Paralegals, Researchers, PR, Technicians et.
Rupert is (literally) some wanker with a flea-market tripod, a shitty toy video camera of the type your Granny might take on holiday, lacking the patience to edit and with no clue of how the law or the world works.
That prank is just nasty 😮
Actually, if you know what you’re doing a subject like Hoaxtead might well yield, or at least contribute to a legitimate documentary. A skilled professional would understand perfectly how to work within the constraints of standard reporting restrictions. An honest agent would faithfully report the story that emerges. And they would understand the limits that professionalism places on someone positioning themselves as an insider; especially in terms of their future reporting.
Rupert, on the other hand, is every bit as cabbage as he is cabbage looking. He’s done, I doubt the hotel will have him back now, they’ll be made aware of his antics and the likely impact on bookings. He should perhaps apply to the local Cleansing Department; though I can understand if people object to him walking the streets and coming near their children.
Seems to be a film prop….. I agree, you shouldn’t go around doing that to people, but it’s really skilfully made.
Keep digging, fruitloop!
By the way, how’s this for shoveling? She’s posted that comment under the pics of her posing by Big Ben etc., not of the one of the Dublin water bill march that she hilariously tried to pass off as a London child abuse rally. She knows full well what pics we’re referring to.
And as for Kristie Sue Costa, the mad bint has actually been PMing a number of us (not the other way round), desperate for dirt on Angie’s fake pic and ‘alleged’ no-show. LOL
The KSC ‘article’ is up:
https://www.facebook.com/notes/believe-the-children/panem-circenses/251732221889110
This really is a bloody soap opera, isn’t it. And in this Angie v Kristie episode, it’s impossible to know who to root for, as they’re both arseholes. A plague on both arseholes, I say.
“Since early-2015, there have been extensive online efforts to discredit the testimony of the two children involved in the Hampstead allegations, and in particular, the integrity of their mother who first reported the allegations to authorities.”
Actually, Kristie Sue, Ella discredited herself bye…er…NOT reporting the abuse to the authorities. No, that was left to her brother-in-law Jean Clement, because Ella and Abe couldn’t be arsed.
How she manages all this when her bank account is empty I really can’t fathom.
Yes, that’s my understanding as well.
KSC has written a whole section on ‘Spreading Horrible Rumours’.
“Angela claims the information came from a reliable source (in her opinion) yet has not seen any concrete evidence to confirm or deny the allegations to date. Quite an irresponsible act to publish such allegations without seeing the evidence, or doing a little research…”
No hypocrisy there, then.
Incoming…… A collective response to Rupert follows.
1) You’re a liar… There is blending in and there is rolling about in the shit. Delusional idiot that you are, you thought you could just play Journalist and score a free world tour. You backed the wrong donkey. But in the process you CHOSE to abuse a lot of innocent people. As Joe points out, many of them are the very folk that could have assisted you in your aspirations. Your doors are now closed.
2) You got caught in the middle because you ran there and started goading people. Take a look in the mirror you fucked-up puny little stick insect. Yes, you’re not only a ‘disappointment’ your a fraud and a failure. And there is a cost to that.
3) You want to apologise? Then you remove EVERY piece of social media content you ever posted and you leave a single paragraph apology on them all. You go back to Virginia and live the life of the nobody you are. And pray, just pray, that when you inherit nobody comes after you for every sorry penny you never earned. Be aware that you’ve upset REAL Journalists REAL Lawyers and REAL entertainment people. Lift your face off the floor you’re sweeping and they’ll see to it you’re living in a cardboard box under a bridge just like your Italian friends. Capiche?
4) You didn’t get “investigatey”. – That’s nowhere in your skillset. You are a delusional arsehole. Your and your family’s name are now MUD thanks to your antics. You’ll get your shitty little toy camera and flea market tripod back. Expect your holiday snaps to be erased; but in any case… Use a frame of it and a great big huge machine will come along and sue the Quaintance clan into obscurity. – We don’t care if your brother has a machine gun or mommy packs a piece in her knickers. What we do will be legal and justified, unlike the shit you got up to.
5) We expect to see you deleting yourself by 00:00 hours GMT on the 20th of September.
Oh, now, don’t confuse her with facts. You know how she gets.
Hahahahahahaha!! 😂😂😂
Nobody believes for a moment you were ever going to “burn the activists down”. IF that were the case you would NEVER have used rhetoric that left little children frightened to go to sleep at night in case you ‘kicked down the doors’ of their school or even their home. You wouldn’t have hurt and frightened little old ladies by implying you were literally pissing on their sincerely-held Christian beliefs ( some fucking ‘conservative’ you are!) and waiting around the corner with a ‘biscuit’ (i.e. blade) in your pocket!
Where the fuck do you get off leaving some respectable straight-laced old person too frightened to go to church on a Sunday?
It’s quite comical that you tried to play the tough guy Rupert, you’re such an underdeveloped little man! But still, anyone who knew what they were doing and was capable of infiltrating such a group would have known better than to cross that line. Incidentally – the ‘group’ responsible for the above response includes the very Lawyers who hope to have the opportunity to financially cripple you and your family. And some very angry policemen too! You have a chance to walk. – Walk! Fast and far!
For Ghost of Sam, if you have not found it already.
Rupert being “charming” from about 2m20 on
uh?, dont know why that is not showing but for Ghost of Sam.
Go to his Facebook page
hi its rupert
click on videos and it is a fairly recent one labelled ‘UK Pedos: Update 2’. He starts his ‘hearts and minds’ charm offensive (!) on the local people at about 2m20s
Don’t worry, mate – it is showing. If you can’t see it, it’s because you’ve been blocked by Rupert. And don’t take that personally – he does it to all of us, LOL.
Whatever Rupert has been busted for, his experience has reduced him to a cowardly cringing puppy.
Yes, the problem of course is that when we expose her lies, she must lie about having lied. It’s all very complicated.
He was that already. – Thought he could snarl like a big dog.
Oh, at very least. And I will see your “they brainwashed/mind-controlled Rupert” and raise you a “they injected Angie with cancer”. I’m still fully expecting a cancer scare from her, and I’m sure it’ll be linked in some way to “MKULTRA”.
I had a puppy once who used to run around yapping and piddling on the carpet. If you scolded him, he’d yap louder and piddle more…he never really seemed to realise that the yapping and piddling were what caused the scolding.
Eventually, that dog was able to be housetrained. I wonder if the same will be said for Rupert?
Yes, I think “what’s wrong with Angie” comes down to a malignant personality disorder. She’s stated this in at least one of her videos, seemed to think it was a joke. It’s not.
He is a cringing puppy with no teeth.
She’s already done the cancer scare thing, though. She mentioned it the other day, saying she was cured using cannabis. She must be running out of scam ideas now.
Yes, before he decided to come here to raise hell, he might have thought just a little bit about the people he would be attacking. It’s not as if this was a spur of the moment decision: he and Angie had plenty of time to work it all out, and the hoax has been debunked several ways, in various places around the internet.
I cannot imagine being so dense as to think that he’d be welcomed, or even received neutrally, by people who have been through what the victims of this hoax have endured.
Two new ones from MKD/CCNE:
Not really…… Talk is circulating now of the Quaintances being sued. Certain individuals have obtained diagnosis of what for the moment I’ll mis-label ‘PTSD’ type ilness as the result of what Rupert did aggravated by Karen’s involvement/endorsement. And some of these people have the knowledge connections and financial clout to start proceedings against him through the U.S. courts. – Unlike Rupert, they’re not fantasists. And are angry enough to start throwing six-figure lawsuits at both Rupert and Karen.
He and his family might not be left with a house for him to be house-trained to!
Haha, Angie will be over the moon to see she’s been soundtracked by her bête noire Cliff Richard 😀
Running out of scam ideas? Angie? Nevah!
Not odd, just dishonest.
You mean the one that ahem, definitely did happen? The one that didn’t consist of two Collies and a man who thought he was going to meet Stirling Moss? The one that didn’t collapse due to being overrun by nutcases?
what a coincidence! sabine who was involved in the hollie greigg scam was good friends with ella, what are the odds?
Astonishing, isn’t it? We posted a series about the genesis of the hoax some time ago; it might be time to revive those posts. 🙂
The very one! I’m waiting for a firsthand account of the event…will let you know when it comes in.
I thought she was a huge fan of Cliffs? Especially as her life is all about driving as fast as possible towards the edge of one!
If she is, she hides it very well!
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He couldn’t have regretted it that much as he kept asking for more money at every opportunity that he had.
Surely if yesterday was any success, numbers wise then Angie wouldn’t hesitate to post the photos up. So i think her silence says it all.
He was that…… In fact he was milking it for all he was worth right up to the point where the Police lifted him. He’s only back-pedalling now because he realises he’s in serious trouble, his toys have been taken off him and there is a very good chance he and his mother are going to be hit with substantial lawsuits.
And it is a pleasure to see Rupert for the coward that we said he was all along.
No wonder Cliff says they have almost destroyed his life.
How many goons are there out there just like this Irish battleaxe that simply accept any accusation as long as it involves their favourite subject- child abuse (apart from one of the allegations had Cliff on roller skates, skating down a High Street and suddenly veering into a ship to grope a lad and out again and then return a few minutes later, quick fumble and then zoom off on his skates!)
Whatever happens with this Hoaxtead case which I believe will peter out of it’s own accord eventually given the main players are now all facing court and are bound to be given even stricter silence orders – I’m determined this Power-Disney dame is not let off the hook. She must pursued and exposed so no-one gets taken in be her again.
As for Rupert Quaintance now claiming he was never really part of these fanatics, who does he think he’s kidding? He actively encouraged people to post images of the children. And now I’ve seen his arrogant go at some poor lady who opened her door and probably wondered why some goon was wondering up and down her alley way- he shall not be forgiven for his rudeness.
Obviously no-one went to that rally because they weren’t going in the first place. For the vast majority of Hoaxers this matter is already becoming a bore and they are looking for a new sensation. It was just the hardcore and they all got arrested, except Angie and her pathetic attempt to pretend there was a rally- she’s just one really bad liar.
The Hollie Greigg case proved you could cause immense damage in people’s lives (the falsely accused) and almost get away with it. But those brave ladies fought back and eventually cleared their names but it took a few years.
i think Ella took note and thought she could cause the same grief for her ex-husband but with the career criminal Abraham Christie on the case the whole thing blew up into a drama that hit the national media and blew up in their faces.
MK Ultra 666esque level of dark image play there Spiny.Top work 😉
Rupert on APD “Lets just say when I visited her, oh it was terrible.”
Call me inquisitive, but I’d love him to expand on that..
And lest we forget they got the scamming bastard Robert Green incarcerated.
He says he has a recording of Angela and Kevin being abusive to him. I’d pay to hear that.
I dont suppose he has made contact with that nurse at Jakes clinic whom he insulted and blazened across the internet.He is in damage limitation made. When he is back in his safe space with momie he will most likely revert to type eg complete wanker.
His antics are unforgivable even if he was an 18 year old kid,the fact that he is pushing 40 makes this individual terminally beyond the pail.Well done Karen for defending him and not reigning him in.Shit child, shit parents.
This is exactly why people are talking about going after them financially Mik. When he was posting here as FOTW the other night he was as arrogant as ever and only started to get rattled when it became clear he was fooling no-one. Once he gets back to the US he will start imagining himself invincible again. Him and the old bat that raised him need hitting where it hurts; with these ‘types’ that’s in the pocketbook.
Yeah come on Rupert if ya gonna splll the beans go the full hog.
Actually Sam/Lisa, one of the big problems with the Hollie Greig case is that the authorities FAILED to clear the names of the people Green had defamed. The ladies you refer to didn’t get anyone put away. – Green was jailed for breach of the peace, mainly on the basis that he had frightened people on a certain Aberdeen housing estate. Which – like the carry on with Neelu and Sabine – was a completely inappropriate charge. Green only went down because instead of defending himself he tried to use his own trial as a platform to pursue his wider bizarre agenda. His subsequent visits inside were due to him breaching various orders and conditions.
It’s was, I’m told on good authority, said by one of Scotland’s leading criminal defence lawyers that Green’s conviction was “unfortunate and unnecessary”. – But (as was also put to me) ‘his own mother’ sitting as Sheriff would have had no choice but to convict him and the complete pile of bloody nonsense he offered as a ‘defence’ was of absolutely no relevance to the charge he was facing! There isn’t a shred of doubt that beyond what she was compensated for the allegations in relation to Hollie Greig are not supported by a shred of evidence, and actually debunk themselves (like Hoaxtead). But the one thing that keeps it ‘in the air’ is that the whole debacle represents a twisted failure of justice. – The links to McKenzie and other well-known scammers, and even (arguably) a now-convicted child rapist only make the waters surrounding the Hollie Greig hoax muddier!
Don’t tell him that…he’ll have a pay-per-view site up next, LOL.
I know, it’s interesting. Not quite the way Angie would like the world to see it, but that’s no surprise.
Am I the only one who finds it amusing that the way the nutters convince one another that their ‘news channels’ are legit is by dressing them up to look like…well, the dreaded mainstream media (MSM)?
Rupert: “…I’d really like my equipment back…” seems to be the crux of the biscuit, IMO.
I think he’s hoping that “I totally agree with the police now”, etc., will facilitate the return of his equipment.
But I already bought it, through a “seized items” auction, and crushed it in an industrial garbage compactor 🙂
What a terrible thing to do, JS! Now you owe Rupert at least $5.
Rupert has said himself that his dream is to live by being on camera and has looked at Alex Jones as an inspiration. However, most of what Jones puts out is attacking adults that to some degree expect to be attacked. Politicians and big business…etc.
This case involves the average person and their children. People have truly been harmed by this case and they are still being attacked. To put it mildly, Rupert was very misguided to have chosen this as a subject matter, regardless of how neutral he now claims to be. Even more misguided to have aligned himself with Angie, one of the worst for spreading misinformation, disinformation and outright lies.
As others have said, the most interesting documentary angle would be looking at the dynamics of Angie and her friends. If you look at documentaries about WBC, survivalists, UFO enthusiasts, Scientologists…etc, what makes it interesting is the relationships between those members and what brings them together. The likes of Angie, Sabine, Neelu, Belinda…etc, really are a cult. A cult worthy of investigation. The only real cult in this case.
Very much so, Dave. Scarlet Scoop was saying that when she founded the blog a year and half ago, but it bears repeating.
C.I.A says:
https://m.facebook.com/notes/believe-the-children/panem-circenses/251732221889110/?__mref=message_bubble
Rupert can dream, as many do, until he’s blue in the face. But he’s clearly unprepared to learn the basics of the craft to which he aspires. He’s what we call a ‘mug punter’. And has bought the snake-oil version of media success. He’s not bright enough to realise that people like Alex Jones are just the 21st century evolution of the old side-show travelling salesmen. And they are basically there to shift ‘Dr Good’ style rubbish. – Additionally, these guys are seriously invested in the literacy of their genre and the technology which underpins it….. It’s a cold business.
Rupert remains just a random tosser with a toy video camera. – And it’s maybe part of the great game that the likes of Alex Jones isn’t honest enough to reign a clown like this in. He won’t be ‘too keen’ on competition for his audience share. And where it does ’emerge’ it will be from within a carefully vetted ‘inner circle’. As for Angie, Neelu Sabine and the rest of the ‘McKenzie Group’ scams. – They seem to be part of a relatively small ‘pool’ of London based criminals that have been running various scams since at least the early 1980s. I do know of people who are researching themes surrounding them. More than that I’d prefer not to say.
He’ll get his toy rubbish back eventually, minus the harassing material which will be erased. Of course, he MAY have to return to London to collect it; by which time he’ll be banned from entering the UK. – I did enjoy “Catch 22”.
What he had was cheap junk anyway.
I can’t find the comment now, I think it might have been from Joe, about Deatheaters and how clownish showboating not only contributes nothing to Child Protection but actively distracts from the serious work on Child Protection issues. I wanted to say how much I appreciated that comment, whomever you are.
Particularly disturbing to me is Deatheaters obsession with the mythology of child “snuff” porn, and like so many similar conspiranoids, their uncritical acceptance of Dave McGowan’s “The Pedophocracy” as an accurate revelation & analysis of “what’s really going on”. Actually, McGowan was a sh*t researcher, none of his material was original research – he simply compiled other people’s paranoid misinformation into one grand thesis with no understanding of the original source info that he misquotes and misinterprets to serve his own purposes.
For example – in the late 1990’s the Russian Mafia was running some boy-porn operations and selling videos of their “work” over the internet. (They were selling some of the ‘models’ too, even more disturbing!)
The FBI, Interpol and Russian police worked together to bust one of these operations, which had a “pedo necros” listing in their ‘catalog’. (These titles turned out not to be actual “snuff”, just child S&M being marketed that way). Police investigators turned this operation into one of their favorite and most effective stings. They traced the server through which the porn operation was marketing their stuff and caught the operator by surprise, at the controls. Instead of shutting it down, they replaced the operator with a specialist investigator who took over the controls and carried on the operation for several months, playing the role of the server operator. This allows them to access the info about customers necessary to trace them, research them, and target the ones with access to children for priority arrests.
After the conclusion of the police sting, when the operation really was shut down and customers were arrested, the Italian press published some email conversation evidence which revealed the true depravity of some child porn customers. One example, which I’m not going to quote precisely, went like this:
Snuff seeking customer: “I’ve been burned before. How do I know this will be the real thing?”
Operator: “Trust me, this one dies”
McGowan and his idiot fans use this as proof that the Russian mob really was selling “snuff” porn, demonstrating that they don’t understand the “Operator” in that conversation was THE POLICE INVESTIGATOR, dutifully playing the role of mobster porn marketer. Although he knows better, he is doing his best to lure this customer into making a purchase – he REALLY wants this snuff-seeking sicko’s info, from the purchase, because he is the type of depraved pervert who will be targeted for priority arrest – for obvious reasons.
McGowan’s naive assumptions about this are accepted as fact by people like Deatheaters and the misinformation about it is repeated over & over throughout their networks.
It possibly was myself Justin; I’m not alone in questioning this infantilisation of what is a particularly dreadful, soul-sucking and just ‘dirty’ form of abuse. One of the lowest ebbs humanity can sink to.
In the late 90s the internet was much smaller and slower. And I understand where the press ‘were coming from’ in publishing that account as they did. Hindsight being 20:20 I doubt the wisdom of it though as it does seem to have encouraged a fanciful narrative. Surprised they could stream much in the way of video back then. I’ve recently learned that even these days material is typically sent on USB media, partly to evade the attention busy servers might draw.
I see a comment above about will Angie pull a cancer scare. No doubts. She is like Janet Schrodenberg (sorry if thats bad spelling) She has claimed many times to have had cancer. Ironically dim jim is talking to her and her good friend Adeybob on twitter, even with the news their good friend Darren Laverty is looking to be sentenced for trolling a survivor and Sonya Poulton. He really doesn’t have a good nose for wrong’ens. Janet is harbouring her brother in holland, i won’t begin to talk about her brother and his crime, its too horrid to post.
I am aware of certain feuds between people, convictions, arrests. I generally keep my opinion to myself really.
The sting with a police operator is how Sabine’s friend got caught and convicted.
Fair dues
There’s a truly interesting story about who actually benefits, has their aims furthered, by lurid tales of child abuse cover ups. I can tell you, Anjem Choudary’s very last tweet, one last year, gone because his account was deleted, included the hashtag #TedHeath. He was also complaining about child protection. Also, who also is well know for government sponsored media peddling outright conspiracy stuff? Iran and Russia for a start off the top of my head. Which politician is riding the wave of support from basement conspiracists and admires Putin?
I’m not conspiracy minded myself but I have seen this stuff benefit bad people. When people trust no one in government or authority someone is going to step into that vacuum and I only see bad portents so far.
I’m somewhat aware of the technique Ginger….. The police do what they need to do. If they’re banging these perverts up they get no criticism from me.
@Joe – sorry, I might not have given you a wrong impression from my bare-bones account of that operation. My understanding is, the mobster’s website had a catalog divided into categories, under each of which there were small ‘teaser’ clip samples from the VIDEOTAPES that they were selling. People might recall this case from the surprising revelation that the mobsters actually used a well known international courier service to deliver the video cassettes to their customers.
And as JK said, Rupert’s only regretting it now because he realises he’s in big trouble and his toys (i.e. camera equipment) have been confiscated. I very much doubt there’s a genuine sense of remorse for the damage he’s done.
Agreed, Dave. Before we let Jones off the hook, though, I feel I should point out that he too jumped on the Hampstead bandwagon at one point and sought to fan the SRA flames. Somewhere there’s a video of him ranting about it but I can’t seem to find it.
Is this the comment you’re looking for, Justin?:
https://hoaxteadresearch.wordpress.com/2016/09/17/will-angie-show-her-face-at-todays-protest/#comment-43374
Ah! I see! I did wonder, but then you can put nothing past these characters. IIRC correctly sending a video file was just about possible back then, but it would have been at very low resolution and reduced frame rate. And possibly taken days to download. – And right enough, what would cause the minimum suspicion BUT a mainstream courier.
Hey diddle,diddle
The bats on the fiddle
The old cow jumped over the moon.(Resulting from a serious bullshit generated methane overload)
The coyote did laugh
to see such fun
because her shit stirring spoon is now firmly stuck right up her arse.
Angie spotted embarking on a new career stealing Xmas tress.
The more I think about it Spiny, Jones has run plenty of stories as sickening as this case. I missed the video in which he discusses this. Interestingly, Paul Joseph Watson of Infowars, called this as a hoax early on, and has also had run ins with Rupert.
I wouldn’t be surprised if she does really get throat cancer or emphysema the amount of fags she gets through.
Don’t wish it upon her or anyone but it would be ironic if she did as who would believe her?. I also think the cigarettes are why she has that throaty voice and note, she is always coughing.
I think Angela Power Disney has a natural nose for associating with paedophiles, hence her choosing Rupert and Jake, both who I think are latent paedophiles. I think all efforts to keep Jake and Rupert away from children will save a child from being badly raped or abused.
For those who may have missed it first time around, the Radio 4 documentary ‘The Satanic Cult That Wasn’t’ by David Aaronovitch does a decent job and generated the usual flack from the usual suspects (always been a source of great disappointment that Bea Campbell still props up the belief in SRA)
But, anyhoo, worth a listen, as is the two parter, The Anatomy of a Panic, that R4 did a month later about the history of SRA..
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05r40r5
Angie as always posting endless links to dodgy satanist pedo tales (is this what she means by being an “activist” against child abuse?- surfing the net?)
These clots never do real research though. One of her latest grabbed my attention because it mentioned Australia but alas, it lead to the well known “truther” nutcase Henry Makow.
I chose a random paragraph (can’t take reading their entire B/S) and yes, there was one glaring and idiotic mistake which amply demonstrates this dangerous mob of sheeple (they are the ‘sheeple’ blindly accepting every nutcase’s web rantings.
It claimed the US Federal Reserve also own the Reserve Bank in Australia. Not so-the US Federal Reserve is a privately owned entity that wields much power.
The Australian Reserve Bank is a government body and always has been. It’s directors and CEO are government appointees and it oversees control of private banks with some of the strictest controls on banks in the world, so much so that an Aussie bank has never gone bust and they all make huge profits with the Reserve Bank setting interest rates and this is one reason why Australia wasn’t hit by the 2007/8 financial collapse in the US and basically rode out the calamity relatively unscathed.
So no devil-worshipers there.
Yes, why bother with actual research when you can rely on guesswork and innuendo?
You can generate judge the worth of these programmes by the volume of screeching they elicit from the other side.
#Yup
I think the pay out to Hollie by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board (am I right?) seemed to confuse matters a lot and made people assume there was more substance in the outlandish claims than there was. We have seen something similar with Bishop Bell recently. I know some clerics who are very angry that the Church of England paid out a lot of money on the basis of very little investigation and managed to blacken the reputation of a man who many still regard very highly.
Hollywood has a lot to answer for. Usually characters in movies become great successes through “putting their heart into it” or “really wanting it” rather, than studying or training over a period of many years (not that that would make an interesting story line).
I hope the investigations into the McKenzie Group are going to produce some results.
The CICA payout was made on the basis that – on the balance of probability – she was abused as a child. And it’s actually fairly clear who is implicated in that. It’s also the case that the evidence surrounding THAT issue implicates the mother as being complicit in covering up that abuse. The waters were muddied further by the determination of some factions to discredit these official findings…… i.e. It wasn’t enough to clear the names of the defamed and debunk Anne Greig’s fabrications. It remains the case therefore than many credible people are convinced there was ‘something to hide’; although it’s not what Green tried to promote. The recent conviction of Hugh Mitchell may light a few lights, time will tell, the Police need the opportunity to do what they need to do. But it I hope it will all unravel in the end.
You’re right in suggesting the CICA payment was conflated by Green and his cohorts as if it proved other things had happened. It was effective because that (court) decision has weight, and trying to debunk it only drew suspicion on the people doing so. But then that IS Green’s (and McKenzie’s) ‘way of working’. The Irony is that if he had been convicted in some way that allowed his fairy stories to be explored in court, not only would the people he defamed had their names PROPERLY cleared in court (as they have a right to) but it might well have brought a whole house of cards tumbling down. It’s really not good enough that the only place these women have been vindicated is in an article written by a spud-faced wee nyaff who many people opine might well wind up on a sex-offender’s wing himself one day!
And this is where the interesting comparison with the Berry/McNeill case comes in. – They ‘got off’ quite easily on a technicality. Had Green offered any kind of relevant defence, the probability is that he would have walked too! That’s not just my opinion but one I’ve heard from a well-known Scottish QC! The question that arises from this is why did the authorities go to such lengths to avoid PROPERLY shutting the hoax down? SO, why ARE the authorities – the Crown Office and the CPS – fucking these cases up so royally? Answers on the back of an open cheque for about £500K please!
The amount of public money and police time wasted when these cases aren’t prosecuted properly is downright criminal.
I know a man who was generally regarded as a “wrong un'” by people in the village. He did a lot of minor things and was filmed by the police doing something serious which should have put a stop to many of his activities. The case fell through thanks to the intervention of a senior police officer who happened to be a member of the same golf club. The man in question continued in his ways and is now in prison for the murder of his own wife. (I can’t be more specific – I am very close to my source who knows exactly went on but has sworn me to secrecy).
I’m sure she’s already stated on previous videos that she has been diagnosed with COPD due to her smoking.
Lmao, classic picture Spiny. He does have bit of a bean head doesn’t he?
Then there is the more routine human cost…… Is it not the case that someone felt sufficiently unsafe in their flat near the church that they moved out? And we have another family just moved up here from Hampstead that include this very hoax among their reasons for getting out! The Hollie case wrecked businesses and severely disrupted lives, for what? – I do realise that people may be jealous of the Hampstead lifestyle and in some cases people might have rubbed others up the wrong way. But by what measure is hoaxing any way to ‘deal with’ such things?
I think it may be a symptom of “post-factual” politics. If reality doesn’t suit you, just make shit up. Quite depressing really. The French Revolution was in part started by scurrilous pamphlets about the alleged sex lives of Lois XVI and Marie-Antoinette. Whatever corruption there was in the ancien regime, drowning nuns in the Seine wasn’t the answer to anyone’s problems.
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How many lies can Angela fit into one video?
Oh bliss, oh joy, Angela Power-Disney has released another exciting video. This time she has a brand new victim interviewee, a woman named Nicola from Manchester who Angie appears to be grooming for life in the conspiranoid lane.
And in the process, Angie seems to be trying to outdo herself in the “Outrageous Lies and Made-up Shit” department.
Oh Gawd, not the poison pen letters again…
Angela does her obligatory “Hoaxtead Research is the root of all evil” routine starting at about 25:58.
As usual, she dredges up the many-times-discredited poison pen letters, which she insists were sent by this blog to various people in her community. She claimed at the time that the letters had been sent to “friends, neighbours, police, charities, a FAMILY COUNSELLOR, local and national papers calling me a charity scammer and hoaxer re Hampstead”.
We still don’t know the names or addresses of any of those she claims were contacted, and wouldn’t have known how to contact them then, even if we’d wanted to. Which we didn’t.
It does seem to us faintly ridiculous to “prove” that the letters came from us by clipping out a colour print of this blog’s masthead and stapling it to the top of the letter she waved in front of the camera, but sadly, Nicola seemed to buy it.
Here, Angie, let us Google that for you…
The video is not without its moments of unintentional humour, however.
At about 30:42 you will find this gem:
But the thing I believe is that originally El Coyote was a Welsh writer living in Ireland, called David le Dingue. And ‘dingue’ is French for ‘dingo’, which is the same as ‘coyote’.
We would just like to point out that it took us mere seconds to Google the French-to-English translation for “le dingue”.
Surprise! It has absolutely nothing to do with “dingos” (which aren’t the same thing as coyotes: dingos are descended from the domesticated dog, canis familiaris, and are native to Australia; coyotes (canis latrans) are wild canines native to North America).
Angela actually has fond memories of Le Dingue, though:
And he was a very educated man and he was trolling very intensely in the early days and he was actually kind to me, because when I started covering Hampstead around March 2015 and then my sister died in very suspicious circumstances in April/May, two months later, and he called the trolls off, coz I was started [sic] getting trolled way back then, and when my sister died, he said, “Right, everybody, back off. Leave her alone for a week out of respect”.
Isn’t that nice? Except that it wasn’t Le Dingue who said that. It was our very own Scarlet Scoop who notified blog readers that Angela’s sister had died and suggested that Angela be given a week’s grace out of respect.
And even more bollocksy bollocks!
Honestly, we don’t know where Angela comes up with this stuff [Hint: she’s sitting on it—Ed.]:
You know. So, you know, and I think he was the original El Coyote.
As it happens, if one digs deep into the Hoaxtead Research archives, one finds a post welcoming Le Dingue to the blog, several days after the blog began publication. He’d been contributing to the Icke forum “thread that wouldn’t end” for some time, and we were happy for his input here, but he was never a moderator or writer for HR.
El Coyote, on the other hand, appeared with the advent of the “Hoaxtenders” comic strip, which ran for 75 episodes in late spring/summer 2015. Later that summer, EC took over writing duties from Scarlet, who had put in yeoman’s duty on that front.
Then there’s this:
And also there was a lot of evidence to indicate that [RD] was originally Spiny Norman and running other avatars—Sam Best and different avatars—and I think what’s happened is the Ricky Dearmans and the David Le Dingues and the high level guys, after about a year, they stepped back but they handed on the avatars to other people to write the functioning avatar go for it [sic].
“A lot of evidence”? Seriously? Could we see it, please?
We strongly suspect that Mr Best and Spiny, who have always spoken for themselves, would be quite incensed to find that they were merely RD’s socks. And RD, who has never had anything to do with this blog, might be a touch surprised as well.
In fact, Angela might be interested to know that EC decided to participate in Flo Destroyer’s “After Dark” livestream shortly after Angela was visited by the police, specifically in order to demonstrate that the blog was not run by RD, but by a Canadian woman. In essence, it had become important that Angela not be allowed the “out” of claiming that she was harassing RD because of any perceived harassment she was receiving here.
What in hell is a “second-generation troll”?
So I don’t buy Karen Irving’s story about it was after her favourite dog or whatever—I think she’s just a second generation troll, you know.
No one is asking Angela to buy anything—whether she believes that EC owned a half-coyote dog many years ago is really no concern of ours. (However, we will state that the dog was both more intelligent and had a sweeter disposition than some “journalists” we know. Ahem.)
And ‘troll’ is the wrong word. She writes in her biography—and you can see this in Spidercatweb blog—about how she’s an ex-social worker and specialising in adoption, wrote a book about adoption and so on. But she talks about how psychology is her first love and the fascination of what makes the human mind tick, which is exactly what we’ve been discussing with MK Ultra.
Wait, hold the phone. EC wrote what in her biography? Which biography was this?
Because although it’s true that she has a Master’s degree in social work, and worked during the late 1980s and all of the 1990s with adult survivors of child sexual abuse, as well as a year-long stint with homeless women at a women’s day centre, “adoption” is nowhere in her resumé.
However, a wee bit more of that new-fangled “Googling” thing informs us that another person named Karen Irving was chief executive of a London-based adoption agency called “Parents for Children”.
According to the list of contributors to the book Adoption: Changing Families, Changing Times (published in 2002) for which she wrote the chapter, “Troubled children and how to place them”, the agency was founded in 1976, and “was the first adoption society in the UK and Europe to help children who had not been thought of for adoption. Karen Irving has 25 years’ experience in working in fostering and adoption and is chairperson of the Connaught Group of children’s charities. She has been awarded a Churchill Memorial Fellowship to undertake further study of methods of helping children who have been maltreated”.
We are certain this other Karen Irving is a fine and accomplished person, but a bit of simple maths tells us that she cannot be the Canadian author. You see, that book was published in 2002. At time of publication, the chief executive of Parents for Children is said to have had “25 years’ experience” in her chosen field—i.e., she began working in adoptions in the mid-1970s. EC, meanwhile, did not graduate until 1988.
The rest of the video
It’s the usual dog’s breakfast: Angela making wild and unsubstantiated claims about all and sundry, Angela claiming to have been a real journalist, Angela complaining that she didn’t inherit enough money from her sister (who was “worth much more” than the piddling €20,000 she received from her will)…we’ve heard it all before, and we’re sure we’ll hear it all again.
We hope that eventually, after the inevitable breakup, Nicola will realise that almost everything which emerges from her new friend’s mouth is either false or heavily embroidered. For now, though, all we can do is wish her luck and hope she doesn’t eventually become the victim of another of Angela’s “tell-all” videos. Watch your back, Nicola.
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135 thoughts on “How many lies can Angela fit into one video?”
I’d say angela was guilty of a series of massive knee jerk reactions. but there’s no actual knee involved.
Nicola – RUN AWAAAAAYYYY NOW while you still have a chance…..
By all means investigate the Hampstead case. Read the info from both sides of the fence and use critical thinking. But, if you value your sanity and your privacy and you truly want the truth, stay away from this woman!
Hope she takes that advice, but in the shadowlands of conspiracy island people interpret information only to serve their own views. analysis and evaluation seem to be beyond them. As for angela’s research ? she just reads any old claptrap off google and insists it amounts to something. i can’t really say she’s lost the plot as i doubt she had it to begin with.
The Becki Percy saga is getting fascinating:
https://catherinemoncada21.wordpress.com
I could barely follow the thread as the writer isn’t very structured in her approach. becki seems to be trying to promote her lacklustre candle business at the moment and doesn’t seem to understand target markets, demographics or promotion in general. it’s all a bit much for her trying to understand that an audience who follow a twitter account to read about satanic abuse aren’t in the market for overpriced candles.
These people really do live in a fantasy world:
“An Open Secret is the Twitter account for the movie An Open Secret which was a multi-million dollar documentary about pedophelia in Hollywood.
The Twitter account is run by the two guys who made the movie An Open Secret.
They care enough about children THEY SPENT THEIR OWN MONEY ON THIS DOCUMENTARY!”
The last 2 professional jobs I did before retiring was helping on documentaries that were eventually screened on the BBC. The budgets for both were around £25K each. Documentaries that involve lots of interviews are the cheapest to make. Travel starts to make docos very expensive. I’ve watched that so-called documentary. $Millions my arse.
“The care about the children”.
No they don’t. If they had $$multi millions to spend on kids there are millions in the USA living in poverty (a shocking a dreadful form of abuse with possibly far worse & long lasting mental effects than sexual abuse- and there is no therapy for them. Or perhaps the 30,000 plus who die daily from hunger & preventable diseases.
At some stage, some of these fantasists- Becki etc (APD? Hopeless Girl ) are going to be done for fraud. Probably- the one law that snares them the easiest in the USA- Mail Fraud. They are no different to Nigerian email scammers or blokes (women?) who defraud hapless partners looking for love via the net. Or fradulent Ebayers who scam customers for non-existent goods.
It will happen.
On a tangent the pie&masher, he of boxing skills, the histrionic hero of howt de la garren, the Gnome bashing documentary king bill maloney has an IMDB listing. that means anyone registering an account could go and write a review of his award winning documentary sun sea and satan. In fact a few people could. i’ll just leave that idea out there. that’s IMDB bill maloney sun sea and satan.
Multi million ? a serveral month’s long schedule with multiple camera crews, helicoptors , scouts, on set consultants, travel costs, insurance, hotels, travel permits and visas, guides, security consultants, equipment hire, catering and the logistics of getting to remote places and then paying morgan freeman to do you a voiceover and some fancy visual and sound editing plus computer graphics and music rights or the fee of a composer would cost multi millions for sure. a few interviews edited together ? not so much. The cost of a camera, a tripod and computer plus a venue to shoot in is about it for a bottom line amateur job. not seen the open secret but it’s probably not gone with the wind.
duffy1958 says:
Oh please.
For your record, cause ya’ll keep records right? I quoted what An Open Secret quoted as what they spent.
I have no idea how they made their movie to arrive at that cost.
They should be commended I think.
Especially since you watched the documentary.
It really isn’t up to one to tell the other how to spend their money yes? You want to feed children, they want Hollywood to stop exploiting children.
Sounds like a win/win. Everyone wants something good for the children.
Ya’ll know I just follow the link over here?
Duffy1958, Ghost of Sam is saying that the documentary makers appear to be lying to people. It would be a useful thing to exaggerate need to increase donations. Particulary something as emotive as child abuse. Can’t criticise or question people who claim to be helping children eh?
Nice one, EC. And to answer the question in your post title, even more than it seems. The examples you’ve cited are just the tip of the iceberg. She also slanders RD from 14:04 and Hoaxtead from 25:58 (before the stuff about you, le Dingue etc.) and spends the most of the first half of the video spouting MK Ultra bollocks and other assorted womble-guff (including how Tupac is alive and well and living in Cuba and his son is a “targeted individual”, natch). She then spends the last section spewing crap about a range of topics, including a claim that ‘America’s Got Talent’ is an “MK Ultra ABC manual”, a remark about Hampstead being “our McMartin” and her tired old porky about how she’s had Hampstead cult members contacting her to say they want out. I genuinely believe this video deserves a spot in the Guinness Book of Records for highest ever bullshit-per-minute quota. Bravo, JournoAngie 🙄
“A claim that ‘America’s Got Talent’ is an ‘ABC of MK Ultra mind control'”
What made me laugh about that is that she says her kids watch it in her presence and it really annoys her. Can you imagine settling down on the sofa on a Saturday night to watch TV with this woman? It must be a nightmare for her kids – I bet she sits there tutting and sighing all the way through and praying to the Lord to protect her kith and kin from the evils of TV brainwashing.
I wonder which acts scare her the most. Clowns? Jugglers? Acrobats? I think we should be told.
Bet she freaked out when she saw this one 😂
Duffy1958
I was wondering, is there any reason in particular that you can think of why you were successfully scammed? I can only imagine how tough it would be.
I see it as a bit like the 419 emails, they are so badly written that the only people who respond are those who for whenever reason will ignore the most blatant red flags.
Becki Perci will be fine in the U.K.The worst that will happen from her point of view is no one pays her any attention.
What’s this about all schoolchildren being given the flu vaccination (at 12:13)?
Oh and I’ve just noticed that at 29:59 she claims that we had Cat Scot’s YouTube channel taken down. Er…nope. She has two and they’re both still up.
‘The two guys who made the movie’ it was directed by a woman called Amy Berg. one person, not two. female, not male. Duffy1958 you are not in an arena where such, i hesitate to call them lies, factually incorrect statements are going to be tolerated. I can appreciate you have had very little in the way of education and are probably limited in your faculties but if you’re going to claim you spoke to a well known documentary director through a twitter account and that it was actually 2 guys you spoke to and not a woman then you have probably been speaking to a fake account. you really can’t expect to post such incorrect babble online and not be called out on it.
The worst things that will happen are 1. The police nab her. 2. She’s up for a civil case. 3. Mainstream media decide to cover her evil behaviour. 4. Amateur press cover her. 5. She may have to live on the streets or a wino filled homeless doss house. she can’t go home and has few friends. 6. sign on for benefit, difficult as she neglected to pay any tax or national insurance contributions for the last 3 years. 7. Get a job. 8. Grow up and stop being such a knobhead. 9. develope a moral conscience and accept responsibility for her actions.
At 47:32 Angie tells Nicola about the meme she’s used in her video thumbnail, with four coppers running to stop someone telling the truth on YouTube. And Nicola thinks she’s describing a real incident 😂
There are hoaxteaders who want out ? when we get fed up we simply say goodbye. as if anyone contacts angie about it. she’s not wise that one.
Rest assured, though – we’re working on it 😜
That isn’t a criticism of you. I am just curious.
In a similar twist, Ogilfail is claiming that Cathy fox has been banned from Twitter:
Thing is, she hasn’t:
https://twitter.com /CathyCathyFox
Also not trying to blame a victim. Is there any advice you would give?
Fruitcake quote from Stolpman’s slime video. I’m guessing English isn’t her strongest suit…
Nee Naw says:
I suspect however Angelas time honoured “Godiva” masterpiece will sweep the floor yet again at this years annual pretentious wanker bash.
The @anopensecret twitter account isn’t verified, which you’d expect it to be if it was officially connected to the film/filmmakers. most of the accounts tweets are defending alex jones who they believe shouldn’t have been banned from twitter for such antics as calling the sandy hook families liars who made up having their children killed. okay, i think you have the picture now. duffy1958 should be checking who she’s messaging and if they are who they claim to be. It’s a jungle out there.
It had a limited release in a handful of theatres grossing $200 but when put on vimeo for got some attention as they made it free to view at the time of the harvey wankstain news. i haven’t been able to find it’s budget but it’ll be under 250k as it’s mostly talking heads and archive footage, possibly 100k or so. certainly not multi millions as quoted by duffy.
(6) It doesn’t work like that anymore. She can claim Universal Credit.
Shit, this dude’s planning to torture RD with crap spelling 😮
Not according to Urban Dictionary* it doesn’t! 😱 She’s been watching the wrong videos again!
* Those of a nervous disposition shouldn’t look it up.
I’d like to see her claim form. previous job ~ candle maker and ceo of gentlearoma, previous addresses ? 14 months in usa custody for immigration issues. family ? at least 5, most of whom are satanists, cannibals and infant murderers. do you have any medical issues ? yes i’ve been raped 1000s of times as part of a satanic woodland chase, been trafficked for sex, but always made it back from abroad to attend school the next day and have Ptsd from burying my sister’s body in several graves. Yeah. the Dwp are gonna love her. i expect she’ll be claiming more abuse when she gets home.
Ghost of Cecil B. DeMille says:
Yes I watched it and it was what Hollywood does best: 90% Bullshit & 10% Fact.
There are extremely tough laws in California governing the whole of the film industry and they have been in place for decades. It is impossible to take advantage of a child in movie making and no legitimate company would bother trying to. It’s virtually impossible to take advantage of adults or the crew or even extras who are all governed by strict laws.
That doesn’t mean that Los Angeles, indeed the US, isn’t riddled with phonies and hangers-on who give the industry a bad name. “Stage mothers” and would-be actors flock to LA in their 1000s and can get involved with phony agents etc who promise the world.
Sadly 1000s of naive people still arrive daily and fall for scams or people who are connected to genuine film-making via 7 degrees of separation. Of course, there are offenders who may be in a position of power who may abuse. They take enormous risks.
People can make stupid decisions & think they are helping a career by jumping into bed with the wrong person. While they will be taken advantage of (loose morals?) and it’s dreadful, it happens all around the world in every industry.
Goats like Corey Feldman promote rubbish because he had a limited talent and as an adult, he is a turn off as an actor. People are only “blacklisted” if they are likely to cause trouble and cost money. A film is an ongoing money costing production that can cost $100,000s every day whether the footage is being produced or not. Any delays caused by anyone, star or not risks everyone’s job.
The absolute waffle that Hollywood is some vast Satanic organism whose purpose is to exploit and abuse is a moronic myth.
While I won’t speculate on Harvey Weinstein (how would I know what he has or hasn’t done?) but I will mention just one person who is a victim of the ludicrous Witch Hunt that is currently underway and is destroying a reasonable @MeToo movement that had merit but the overpaid egotistical stars who have leaped aboard the bandwagon are causing untold damage by making it all about them.
Take the unproved accusations about Kevin Spacey. His last film flopped- The Billionaire Boys (it’s a really good film). The media celebrates- the SRA Mob claim it as a victory. They forget that 1. Spacey was paid up front- probably a fee equal to more money most people will ever earn in their lives.
2. The mainly Canadian backers have lost their investment. That money was sourced from Canadian Superannuation Funds taking advantage of tax investment subsidies. The real losers are ordinary Canadian workers paying into Superannuation Funds for their retirement.
3. The production company that made this film have laid off about 30 film industry workers as it has set back their plans for a few years. One is my pal who has a family, kids and a mortgage. He’s working as a mechanic for the moment but only because he was trained as one decades ago. Pity the others.
When they call Hollywood a Factory that’s what it is. That’s how it works. Behind every film and studio are 10,000s of ordinary Americans earning a living and living ordinary lives in a time consuming an arduous industry.
# The producers of an Open Secret are bullshitting when they say they are “saving children”. The movie went no-where, not because some SRA Cabal blocked it but because distributors decided it would be a box office flop. And it would have been -such a depressing subject. Igf film-distributors though even a small profit could be made they sell a movie featured two cats fighting if they could.
The producer Amy Berg has gone on to make more documentaries- saleable ones (none costing $Millions) & I see her career of “saving children” has been forgotten.
Bill Baloney is a classic who illustrates the lies told about the film industry.
BTW I have several IMBD listing on films but I’m not telling which. Anyone connected to a film -even as a gofer (me on a big film) can have themselves listed. That’s what the site is for.
Maloney falsely claimed he won an award at the very prestige New York Film Festival. It was a blatant lie: he “won an award” at a phony & now defunct New York Film & Video Festival trying to cash in on the real thing. They crop up over America all the time usually run by the same scam artists and disappear as quickly. You pay a huge fee to enter & are guaranteed a prize!. Their “premiere film screenings for the media” are usually in some clapped out cinema in Queens and not even the local rag turns up.
They are a good example of the con artists that surround the genuine film industry which has some of the strictest laws in the USA because it’s a $ multi-billion generating business employing 100,000s of people.
Of course the SRA promoters and fruit-loops think it’s all about Meryl Streep.
It had a small theatrical release in half a dozen theatres. made two hundred dollars and was pulled. absolute flop. nobody wants that in a theatre. it belongs on streaming and, maybe, tv. the director had previously had critical acclaim with a Paedo priest docu that looks like a vastly superior film.
And this one’s a whole new level of stupid:
Angela had another ‘fan’ I see. 😂
I’ll be checking periodically to read all the loving reviews of bill’s finely crafted expose of ugly garden Gnomes and a fibreglass pan statue in a pond. the cinematography was sublime. the editing stripped down and bare. and who can forget the use of adagio as bill, scared by a statue, proclaims ‘i’ve got a friend in jesus’ before hurrying away as a cold wind falls upon the harrowing scene. who can forget the constant visits to a garden to note the additions of hats to weird Gnomes or the skeleton in a window ?
Wow, that’s an awesome thread! Great find, Lucca.
This comment is particularly intriguing:
Lee Shannon and Aaron Morris duly added to the ever-growing list of friends out with whom Angela’s fallen.
And the thread has been archived here:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1WtNgYxedyicZ8u7cNytxVwEtOyoyvNXA
Thanks, Lucca 😀
“I can’t believe this is real life”
Hmm, and still the alarm bells don’t ring in her head. Sigh
Wow….😳
And this one’s calling for people to be put to death if they fail a polygraph test. Yup.
The amazing thing is that Becki’s parents still seem keen to have her back. They obviously care about her deeply. It is some years since I last visited Planet Coffee. It was a very popular place with students in Hull, it was the first modern coffee shop on Newland Avenue in the 1990s and rather a catalyst for a previously depressed area. The wickedest thing Mr & Mrs Percy have done is to peoples waistlines with their cakes, sweeties on the side and whipped cream.
I know. You are trying to find a reliable news source for a story about Richard Branson’s latest business venture so you Google “Virgin BBC” … and get something quite unexpected.
Seriously ? they’d take her back after all the grief she caused them ? they must be cracked in the coconut.
Yes richard’s doing a new line in delicious cakes so google BBC creampie virgin
I’ll let this one speak for itself:
See, the only reason I visit HR is because people in the comments threads use “whom” when appropriate.
I understand that they sent letters to Mummies #2 and #3 saying that they wanted their daughter back. Becki should think herself fortunate to have such a loving family.
Someone send angela a link to chickenhawk 1994 about nambla. She could film her reaction to it. seriously, why do people bother with the fake stories when the truth that’s out there is brutally chilling ? that’s ‘chickenhawk’ 1994 do not watch if easily triggered it’s one creepy portrait of just how deluded and remorseless Paedophiles are.
A few years ago, I was checking some facts about the American Occupy movement for a national newspaper opinion piece I was co-writing and as the UK version used the name UK Uncut I stupidly Googled “US Uncut” without the safe search filter on. That’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it!
How long until Angie falls out with Seven, I wonder 😂
How can they still love a creature that lied through her teeth in such a vicious way ? becki is a seriously nasty piece of work. if it was me i’d blank her out.
You should just look at the sheer unbridled joy people get from riding horses without a saddle. so that’s
‘ gay bareback ‘
Surely that’ll be happy viewing that just makes you warm inside.
Sorry I can’t get screenshots, my internet is very erratic atm. Result of the storm I think.
Don’t forget to pay him* Ange!
*Or her 😇
That would mean she would have to deal with real pedophilia, which is unpleasant and banal. Fictional SRA claims with all star casts and huge set piece orgies out of Dennis Wheatley via Lawrence Pazder are endless fun. Accuse who you like and never feel the need to produce any evidence – because of course “they” are super efficient at covering it all up.
Working Class Orange says:
Sorry, she wouldn’t tell me:
An Open Secret doesn’t take donations. Now what?
Angela Power Disney is a compulsive liar and attention seeker, thats all people need to know about her.
If I wanted to torture anyone, I would lock them in a room with Neelu Berry for a week.
I bet he wonders why Angie is dressed as an Edwardian nanny and keeps pouting whenever he comes close.
The latest as I understand it re: Becki Percy @becki_p20 (Twitter)
1. Asked for a benefit from US Immigration such as Green Card or permission to seek employment in USA, has been turned down, needs immigration attorney to appeal decision.
2. Had three pro-bono immigration attorneys working for her at one time, treated them all badly, and now has none working for her.
3. Trump has given his intent to cut number of immigrants to USA by half, and drastically cut the backlog of immigrants wanting to enter USA in 2019.
4. Rumour of divorce of her third “mom” and “dad” the McAvenes – reason unknown.
5. McAvene house up for sale, and there is a site showing it for sale.
6. Wendy McAvene is totally in the power of Becki Percy, won’t end well.
7. Lots of people are starting to catch on about Becki Percy, and are starting to distance themselves.
8. Becki Percy is actively recruiting sexually abused people to her cause.
9. The candle selling business is not going well. As noted by others the products are expensive, hardly unique, and are sold under the brand of being a victim of SRA.
10. Lots of product lines in the Becki Percy business has been slashed by 50% as she prepares to move house, she is asking Twitter followers what they think about potential new products.
11. Wendy and Becki is actively asking for a “probono” immigration lawyer.
12. Still no known dates for the appeal hearing, which will probably have to be heard in California area in 2019. I do not anticipate Becki will succeed, she is playing for time.
13. Becki Percy has some form of mental illness.
14. I will move soon to actively rip apart her allegations.
One of those awkward situations being up the chimney with Angela Power Disney below you.
I think that sending out job applications with creative stories of the type Becki Percy has been putting about won’t win many job interviews.
Ya’ll sound like gossipy old women over here. Really. This is gossipy old woman stuff.
Why are you trying to take issue with who made the movie? Did I say director? I know who directed the movie. I wasn’t talking about the director.
As far as Matt and Gabe the guys who PAID to make the movie, and who cared enough about the subject matter to PAY Amy Berg to direct the film, I met them through other people. People I know in real life, know them in real life. Now what?
The documentary is very good. I don’t know why you would complain about it if you care about children.
I forget the one boy’s name who collected his own evidence of child abuse. He impressed me. Not impressed? Interesting. I thought it was captivating. I’m easily held captive I guess. Must go along with my level of education …
which you are speculating at Mr. (?) this is the Corner of Truth.
I would love to comment further but I do have things to do.
I would be glad to forget some things not in common and meet on things IN common. Being accurate and responsible on social media is a good conversation to have but I’m not having it with people who strain at a gnat and swallow a camel.
No that’s a good question really. Do ya’ll think I haven’t ask myself this? Yeah. I have. A lot. This hurt my family. It’s questions I need to answer for myself too.
Haha. No I just don’t know how this WordPress thing works. The back and forth comments.
I’m sure you have. I know it hurt your family, and it can’t be easy trying to look back and pinpoint how it all went so wrong. I do believe you were doing your best to help, and had that thrown back in your face.
To act like Hollywood has done anything less than and besides exploit children is just a convo I’m not having.
It’s a cess pool and parents should pull their children. All of them.
To act like there aren’t children sacrificing, blood drinking satanist in Hollywood is ANOTHER convo I’m not having. Who? How many?
They are there. And they think they are above the law. They are.
Man’s law.
They don’t figure there is ANOTHER.
I don’t need to be on social media yelling their name out before they get charged. I’m good to wait for the names to come out under indictment.
As far as Kevin Spacey, his ordeal would not have gained the traction it did without PICTURES. Mmhmm Pictures.
You mention the fallout of the failure of the film Kevin Spacey did. It’s unfortunate. Everyone loses. That is a boat load of loss and hurt.
Don’t hire people like Kevin Spacey. Don’t act like Kevin Spacey.
That’s what it is coming to though. People are becoming aware of what has happened to our children. They aren’t having it.
Clean up your act with children or there are consequences.
I appreciate your knowledge of the film industry. Explain it to me. To us. Please explain more. Write a blog.
Talk about it.
Whether we agree or disagree on exploitation of children it’s good knowledge you have. Helpful. I’m nosy too.
Especially when she says “You remind me of my friend Rupert …”
Gawd I wish people would visit LA and see what a huge normal business movie making is.
There isn’t one..not ONE former child actor – out of the 10,000s who have been in movies – who is successful has made claims about “powerful pedo rings” and other such claptrap.
The handful who have are failed actors who were never going to be successful in the industry as adults. They find a reason or people to blame for their failure. But of course, there is a handful who have been abused as there is in every city and town in the USA.
And there are 100s of former child actors who realized being a cute kid and being photogenic was never going to work for them as adults so chose to have other highly successful careers using their experience to work for them- as real estate agents, restauranteurs etc. Hollywood is awash with successful entrepreneurs who worked in movies as kids and the most frightening thing they ever saw was Bela Lugosi at a film premiere.
I’ve seen videos on Youtube making outlandish claims such as Keanu Reeves or McCauley Culkin “exposing” Hollywood. It’s utter claptrap and they have said no such thing.
# You know all this reminds me how the Crazy Mob of the Internet claim the vile David Icke was the first to claim Ted Heath or Jimmy Savile were “pedos” but it’s complete claptrap (he’s never said an original thing in his life). He did no such thing. But because it gets said on the Net it’s accepted as gospel and repeated ad infinitum.
## where is the proof of these pedo rings and Satanic orgies were children are murdered?. There is none, nothing, zilch. Why do people believe every wacky thing they read on the net?
This is the thing.
My children have done things not unlike this business with Rebecca. I will be writing of my son. He was a study. Of his own.
He would tip his hat to Rebecca for being the bigger rebel.
He also would have died for her if anyone would have tried to hurt her. He would have. I’m not exaggerating.
My son and I spent a good majority of his 38 years crossways with each other because he was always trying to do something he wasn’t suppose to and I was always trying to stop him.
My son would also know, if you are crossways with me? You did a LOT before you got crossways with me and that I had you dead to rights.
I told Rebecca “Do you think you are the first 21 year old who has lied to me in my face? With a straight face?”
I’ve helped raise more children than my own.
I don’t need evidence for a jury. But I made sure before I acted.
Did a girl with no boundaries start this years ago? From the beginning? Her behavior always like this?
My son could pull a stunt, be in trouble and shout at me “MOM! I’m the GOOD son. The son YOU raised. The guy who helps little old ladies across the street!” And he did. He would.
He was good. He was a warrior. He hated the right things. He also loved temptation and was passionate about everything he did.
I use the situation with my son. I tried everything to keep authorities out. It didn’t work. Then I had to get authorities involved.
Who did it? Him.
Who pays the consequences? Everyone.
Rebecca has started an international incident and the consequences are going to be felt internationally.
Starting an international incident, going on social media and blowing the international incident up? My son would be giving a standing ovation right here.
If only this were a circus side show. For any of us.
Legally speaking the next thing is an argument before the 9th circuit court of appeals.
If someone would please tell Wendy, the bond company offers pro bono attorneys. It is in the contract you sign. I saw where Wendy was asking for a pro bono attorney. She may not know the bail bond company says they have pro bono attorneys. IDK
One thing my son would not have done was jack with the subject of childhood sexual abuse. You would be crossways with him big time.
If I told my family of this business? They would be able to play this like a genius chess game. I am that predictable.
My son would think things through a little more than this? Because despite his behavior I did teach consequences. For parents with hard children, don’t stop. Don’t fold. There are pay offs.
Rebecca knows the stories about my son. He passed away from a drug overdose before she came to my house.
She knows about other stands I have had to take with serious consequences.
Wendy doesn’t know me so well.
my life is not about Rebecca or social media click bait. Stop. I rebuke you in Jesus name.
Lots of people have a dog in this fight. I just know I’m not lying.
I have been gracious.
Full of mercy.
And I’ve also said “Enough.”
So you are condemning an entire industry on one boy’s claims?. Did he go to the police?. This is madness. It’s like the entire plumbing industry whould be blamed for one errant plumber of the buidling industry should be blamed because Donald Trump sends contracators broke and doesn’t pay his bills.
Enough of the old please and this is not gossip on here- it’s anti-gossip.
We are pointing out the frauds and charlatans who have made the lives of an innocent father & his 2 kids a nightmare along with the residents of a London suburb by falsely accusing them of vile crimes (which a court found were false).
How are these film-makers helping children? Point out one child they have helped.
You can’t say angela doesn’t produce evidence. she does nothing but. problem is it’s all against herself. div mare.
I can see how and why you were utterly taken in by becki.
I doubt becki is mentally ill. she knows she’s lying, she knows it’s wrong to lie. She’s just just plain nasty.
When Angie brings up the topic of the 50 supposed poison pen letters that were sent to her neighbours and local newspapers etc. Well doesn’t it strike you as strange how out of those 50 poison pen letters supposedly sent out by HR and not a single recipient of one of the letters could be bothered to contact HR for further information? It kinda makes me think that it is just another cock & bull story from Angie, hard to believe i know.
No I’m not condemning or judging an entire industry on the young men who were featured on An Open Secret. Not at all.
The young man who collected his own evidence did go to authorities. That’s why he collected his own evidence. Watch the documentary. It tells you.
Hmmm false gossip in Hollywood is hard to come by. Really the truth is bad enough. I’m not talking about people just naming names.
There are lists of young people who grew up Hollywood. Where are they now? What are they doing?
They are the same ones out there seducing youth to do what? By music. Their acting careers etc.
Miley Cyrus has crossed every line. Katy Perry. The list goes on.
Those are the fruit of Hollywood.
How many well adjusted children have we seen grow up? I haven’t seen that list.
I get you are defensive of an industry you worked in right? You are saying from your perspective. It’s good to hear it.
Surely you recognize the children coming from the industry though. I would not want this for my children.
Miley Cyrus and the baby video where she was the baby was catering to the baby fetish. That’s too much.
The Hampstead children. I’m sorry I don’t know their names. No disrespect intended please.
I’ve seen some of the videos. A little bit of them. Even Bombards did a video on the children of Hampstead. I think I watched a little bit of that.
For the record, I don’t know who the father is and I don’t know who the mother is. I don’t know who their on line profiles are etc.
I’m pretty unfamiliar with this situation.
There are children involved here. It’s not social media fodder.
The system sucks. I work with the same one everyone else does.
I said in one of my blogs challenging people to make a difference in real life. Real life children. Wait until you get the first one you can’t do jack about. Or for.
I just speak from my own experiences.
How is An Open Secret helping children? To me there are some obvious answers. Maybe I’ll write a blog about it because in my estimation it deserves one. Or more.
The system sucks. It’s a failure. So there’s that.
One big problem I have is contending these sorts of crimes don’t happen.
That makes people look guilty as heck. Because these crimes DO happen.
I’ve talked with survivors of some of these crimes and one in particular; would not, has not, will not ever go on social media and say a thing.
The children who have been harmed since this one in particular got away? She can’t stop it.
She legally changed her name, identity. Social Security number.
To change a social security number is not easy. You must show just cause. She did.
And she has never looked back. And never told anyone except for my son. My son said we have to talk to my mom. She said no I’m not. She was not. Did not. She was terrified.
She had gone on to be a wife, mother and bank president. Then got into drugs.
So to say these crimes don’t happen? Yes. They do.
That particular woman saw children in cages. Being sold.
People who are fraudulent HURT those who saw children in cages.
An Open Secret has taken the heat in Hollywood. To try to minimize what they’ve done doesn’t look to be on the side of children.
An Open Secret was one of the ones to call Rebecca out. They knew it would bring heat.
I’m not a spokesperson for An Open Secret but have been a long time supporter. I don’t agree with everything. Whatever.
I don’t know the particulars about anything but my own experiences which I’ve blogged about. I’m not an expert or trying to act like one.
Before this? I gardened. I wrote a blog about it.
I would love to see your evidence Duffy, of child sacrifice and blood drinking Satanists in Hollywood. You should make it public and you could make yourself a nice little fortune by doing so.
Yes, funny that!
I’m still convinced that she printed out our header and stapled it to the letter so she could wave it in front of the camera. Whoever sent the letters might have used our header, but I don’t think so.
She does say that there was no return address and no name or other identifying info on the letters, which means the sender wanted to stay anonymous. If we had been stupid enough to send her those letters with the headers stapled on, it would have been a very simple matter for the police to contact WordPress to get the name of the registered owner of our site, and we’d have been facing malicious communications charges at the time.
Indeed EC. If the recipients of the letters had no return address to write to or an email then surely it wouldn’t take much thinking by them to think about entering the name ‘Hoaxtead Research’ into Google to try and glean at least some information on where these letters may have come form.
No. I never received a letter of any sort. I received a tweet from what was evidently Ann Percy’s Twitter profile. Is that what you are suppose to be talking about?
1. I seriously doubt any letters were sent.
2. I have even less belief that anyone either running or commenting here would bother paying the postage to communicate their opinions on angela, when there’s already a platform to do so.
3. Anyone who lives near to or knows angela hardly needs to be written to about her, they already know what’s she’s like and are wholly aware of her bizarre online activities what with her using her own name, face and voice on her material.
Judge grobnob dismisses the letters from the grand kangeroo jury as being fabricated nonsense.
She has a brand new victim. how true.
Yes, I think that covers it nicely SV.
I noticed Angie mention how she had been on some paedophile chat-sites where they were discussing different drugs to use whilst abusing children. What a handy excuse to give to the police when they discover on her laptop that she had visited such a website.
I seem to remember a claim that the profits from her kit candles in towards helping victims. she doesn’t cite a particular charity nor does she have accredited charity status herself. i’ll be raising that matter though i doubt she’ll reply. we have every right to full transparency if she’s claiming to raise money for charity.
I truly am shocked to hear FS that Becki’s parents would be happy to have her back home living with them. I certainly never saw that coming.
So very sorry for your loss.
You change the story so much. you spoke to them on twitter. you met them in real life. they spent multi millions. they’re hollywood people. they aren’t on twitter as the @anopensecret account is unverified and obviously not official. you’re just changing the story. if you’d met the people, or people who know the people you wouldn’t be saying you messaged them on twitter. stop talking rubbish.
Thank you. I appreciate that.
Sorry for your loss duffy1958
I cannot imagine how terrible it must be to suffer the loss of a child in such circumstances.
I do not share your religious beliefs or your beliefs about satanic ritual abuse but, like you I care very much about the abuse and exploitation of children. I am also extremely knowledgable (at least compared to most other ordinary people) about how religious movements and beliefs can be used to abuse children and vulnerable adults. I would be more than happy to share information about how such abusers operate if it would help you to be able to discern truth from fiction and to better identify genuine survivors from people like Rebecca. Rebecca is just one of a long history of grifters and people with a certain kind of personality disorder who make a habit of defrauding well meaning, kind-hearted people using fake claims of satanic cults.
You might find it helpful to read about a certain Derry Knight, his story is here:
Also the sorry story of Leone Steyn may interest you
https://www.iol.co.za/news/woman-pleads-guilty-to-satanic-child-porn-scam-2020898
I have met similar characters in real life and, in my experience, they are motivated partly by a desire to better their lives financially and socially but are also motivated by a need to generate concerned excitement in those around them.
You are not the only person to have fallen for such a cruel, manipulative and disgusting scam.
I am so sorry that the list of people Rebecca has exploited and abused includes you and your family. It sounds like you had already endured overwhelming pain and anguish before Rebecca even got started on exploiting you.
I wish you well
Nice little find from Special Agent E. I defy anyone to find a more idiotic comment that this one…
It’s interesting to hear Angie say she wants to be careful to call her Nicola video an chat rather than an interview, in case the Garda are listening, as in her own blog post about it she calls it an interview 😆
https://angelascaches.org/mind-control-tupac-hampad-dingos-coyotes
I suspect that that there is an, as yet, undiagnosed category of people (mostly religious entrepreneurs and grifters) who manifest distinct features within the “dramatic” or “cluster B” types of personality disorders.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluster_B_personality_disorders
This is one of the very difficult issues with regards to dealing with such people, it can be extremely difficult to determine the extent to which they are mad or bad or both.
Alarm bells had already rung when she said “Let’s not make it too broad”, when Nicola wad going off on a tangent. Who would do that in an informal chat, lol?
You have, at least partly, answered your own question.
Becky invited you to share delicate information about your personal life and various traumas, troubles and challenges and then, as people like her always do, she used that knowledge to manipulate you.
Cat’s family’s are called SELVESTER.
So that’d be like “the dweller in the wood” aye?
http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Selvester
As in the Blair Witch. Or the witch in ‘Hansel and Gretel’, who EATS CHILDREN!!!
JOIN THE DOTS, SHEEPLE 😮
Live now !
The tinfoil says it all…
The weirdo isn’t letting this one go…
Dr Horton’s videos are a hoot. 😂 I’ve been watching her for a long time.
Crikey, so does that make Shakespeare a paedophile too, after creating a character named Ophelia?
Shakespeare’s Ophelia went insane.. just the way Cat is heading.
Scratch that.. Cat’s already there.
I remember. I figured you’d like that one 😀
Ogilfail’s a fan of hers, which speaks volumes about her!
Sigh.. she did say she was settling down to read Aangirfan the other night and that’s the nonsense she picked up from it. 🙄
Sad to see her recommending a book that contains the addresses of people she accuses of being part of the “secret societies” so they can be attacked.
But…but…if Aangirfan says it, it must be true, right?
I doubt he’s watched it, though (he rarely watches the videos he promotes or the posts he regurgitates/plagiarises). He’s only posted it because Aangirfan did.
I don’t think he’ll be a fan for the same reason as me. I watch them for a laugh, he probably sits and nods his head in agreement at them. 😆
Oh I know, lol. Sorry, I hope it didn’t sound like I was lumping you in with that knuckle-scraping weirdo.
I’ll bet the child catcher has saved loads of kids from going off with strangers, people offering sweets or accepting lifts in cars. it’s like a hollywood version of a charley says advert from the seventies. What kind of lunatic mind would be try and turn a creepy villain in a family musical into evidence of government conspiracy. what next ? fiddler on the roof ?
Good point, mate
LOL, I’ve never seen this version before:
I would hope not. 😂
Interview ? angela can’t interview. she engages in her usual onesided overblown conspirafests while the invited guest struggles to get a word in. angela doesn’t research and cannot interview. she just spews her insane nonsense against anyone she can. I’ll wager the officers involved are putting in requests for overtime to get through the mountains of garbage she produces and aspirin for the migranes they get listening to it again. oh not her again searge ?
Charley was voiced by Kenny everett the madcap radio dj and tv comic performer. He frequently ended up half drowned or in bandages for his trouble and advert after advert went through his nine lives saving that moronic kid. If you look around you’ll find jimmy savile giving safety lessons and rolf harris taking to kids about ‘bad touches’ as well as teaching kids to swim. the king of all safety adverts is the spirit of lonely water. i have a dvd called charley says and it has over 150 of them going back to the 50s including the protect and survive ones that have now lost all ability to shock because the voiceover artist went on to become most famous for the intros to the smell of reeves and mortimer. Fascinating genre and well worth further study.
Mentions Hoaxtead, EC and Sheva at 1:24:28!
Oh mister that’s a big bushy one. and the pole’s soooo long. oh yeah. get it right up there. right up the smutty pipe. oh yeah. do you like my chimney breast? oh gawd. confessions of a chimney sweep.
Poor thing- the silver foil didn’t work. One question: why do the Evil Overlords attack the most boring people on the planet? (not mentioning any names but the word Neelu comes to mind among a cast of 1000s)
She does attract the brightest though. My question for Lion & The Lamb is: who are the ones who won’t die?. What’s their secret?
Fruit Loops R Us says:
WOW she takes First Prize !. She actually sleeps in a tin foil hat in a tin foiled room. Dr Horton gets full marks for being the most dedicated Tin Foil Hatter of all time.
You forgot treacherous bully and habitual ebegger with overblown delusions of grandeur and a grotesquely over inflated sense of entitlement. Plus she’s bitter, narcissistic and a chainsmoking drunk. quite a skill set and one of the ubertrolls at work in the shadow community. she’s so voracious she frequently turns on her own allies and savages them. model citizen.
I will respond to this now. There isn’t any confusion to what I’ve written.
I know people who know both Matt and Gabe.
I never said I met them. I have not.
My understanding is the movie cost almost 2 million to make. I don’t make movies.
They don’t ask for money I will throw that in for free.
I have no idea why An Open Secret is not verified. Maybe it has something to do with giving Twitter your drivers license. Evidently being verified isn’t important enough for them to give Jack their drivers license. It’s what it looks like to me.
I’m not sure about the confusion with me messaging An Open Secret.
It is no secret that I messaged with them. My Twitter DM’s were hacked. It was no secret that I messaged with them.
They are both very approachable people as long as you don’t act like an asshat with them.
They did a good thing and to criticize them makes it look to me like you just complain about everything. Never satisfied.
It also looks like you are attacking anything having to do with children being sexually abused.
If everyone is concerned about children then it should show up somewhere. Right?
That’s why I said I don’t want to talk with people who strain at a gnat and swallow a camel.
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Further thoughts on Sabine’s verdict
It’s going to be some time before all the dust settles on Sabine McNeill’s trial, but by now many are aware of the verdict: she was found guilty on all four counts of stalking, as well as on six counts of breaching her restraining order.
Bear in mind that Sabine has not been sentenced yet; that will take place later this week, and while we’ve heard any number of guesses as to how it might go, ultimately it will be up to the court to decide.
Today we thought we’d delve into the whys and wherefores of Friday’s verdict: which charges stuck, which didn’t, and what it may mean. It’s important to remember that juries do not give reasons for their decisions; their job is to weigh the evidence and make a unanimous decision. Any guesses we may make as to their thoughts or motives are purely speculative.
However, the charges on which the jury came back with “not guilty” decisions do have some characteristics in common, and it might be useful to consider what those were, as it can give us insight into what will and will not stand up in court in any future cases.
Stalking charges
On Day 2 of Sabine’s 18-day trial, Miranda Moore QC, prosecuting, laid out the foundation for the four charges of stalking:
Counts 1–4, she said, allege that between 2015 and 2017, Sabine pursued a course of conduct which amounted to stalking four individuals who were named as alleged Satanic child abusers by Ella Draper in 2014. These people cannot be named due to reporting restrictions designed to protect the identities of children involved in this case.
As a result, the people involved have had to change their lives drastically. Not only were their families investigated by social services to determine whether they were sexually abusing their children, but they have suffered from ruined businesses, and have had to deal with unimaginable emotional and physical impacts.
Stalking is a crime which takes place over a period of time, and has a cumulative effect, Moore said.
Although Sabine’s defence counsel argued that these individuals were not targeted deliberately, and that Sabine was misguided and deluded but could not have foreseen that her actions could be interpreted as stalking, the jury found Sabine guilty on all four of these counts.
One point of particular interest is that in Rupert Quaintance’s August 2017 trial, it was argued—unsuccessfully, as it turned out—that targeting a group of people did not constitute stalking individuals within that group. Rupert’s jury didn’t buy it, and neither did the Court of Appeal when Rupert attempted to challenge his verdict and sentence.
In Sabine’s trial, HHJ Sally Cahill QC made a point of noting that when a group of people is targeted, individuals within that group can legitimately claim to have been targeted.
“To target a readily identifiable group is to target the members of that group”, she said.
To determine guilt on the stalking charges required that the jury determine:
Whether Sabine had definitely engaged in a course of conduct amounting to harassment;
Whether this harassment amounted to stalking;
Whether the stalking caused serious alarm or distress;
Whether she knew or ought to have known that her behaviour would cause such alarm or distress;
Whether it was more likely than not that her behaviour was for the purpose of detecting or preventing a crime; and
Whether her behaviour was reasonable
Clearly, the jury was able to fulfill these criteria, and found the defendant guilty.
Breaches of restraining order
The “breach of restraining order” charges can be roughly broken down into four groups:
Direct posts to Sabine’s Whistleblower Kids blog;
Links which led to Sabine’s Google Drive, which contained files such as one labelled “Cult Details”, naming the parents and children who were claimed to be part of the Satanic baby-eating cult in Hampstead;
Two “live” breaches—one in person at the Church of England Synod in February 2018, and one by phone shortly thereafter;
Links to Twitter and/or Facebook, which led to various sites such as Change.org or WordPress blogs, which in turn led back to the Whistleblower Kids blog.
The jury seemed far less inclined to vote “guilty” on alleged breaches in the last category, possibly because an element of doubt was raised about the “link to a link to a link” issue.
To determine guilt, each juror must be as sure as they can be that the defendant committed the crime, and that they intended to do so. In the case of the “link to a link to a link” charges, we can see how this would be very difficult to decide.
For example, Count 14 on the indictment was returned as “not guilty”.
The details of this count were that on 20 November 2017, Sabine tweeted a link which led to an article on “digital unaccountability” on her We Who Oppose Deception blog. On the sidebar of that post, one can find a link to a Change.org petition called “Stop the Forced Removal of Children by Social Services across all EU Member States”. A link was found on that page which linked back to Whistleblower Kids.
While the Crown argued that this was just a particularly wily way to re-share old material, the jury’s problem would have been to determine whether Sabine was aware of what she was doing. Did she know that in tweeting a link to one blog, she was inadvertently sending some viewers to another, and then another, which contained material which her restraining order prohibited her from re-sharing?
Whether one believes that it was an intentional breach or not, an element of doubt might have been raised, and that would have been quite properly sufficient to generate a verdict of “not guilty” on that charge.
Others of a similar ilk were also rejected by the jury.
The charges which stood, meanwhile, were those were it was relatively easy to demonstrate intent. As Sabine’s defence pointed out, the entire Whistleblower Kids blog was one gigantic breach of the restraining order…except that there was never any order in place to remove it from the internet. Given Sabine’s determination to keep the Hampstead hoax going, we would not have expected her to remove that blog without a significant push from the courts.
When Sabine drew attention to the blog in a more obvious way—by posting seemingly irrelevant poetry on it, for example—it was clear that she was attempting to attract public attention to the site and its nasty contents. She was, as she admitted, on a campaign; and she stated during the trial that she would believe in this hoax as long as she draws breath.
This case was a complex one, and from time to time we wondered what the jury must be making of it all. It seems that they really did get the picture.
15/12/2018 in Legal news. Tags: guilty, restraining order, Sabine McNeill, stalking, trial
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I’m looking forward till the sentencing on Wednesday, that’s when I’ll be celebrating
LOL Looks like Princess Eddie has found some quality dupes there.
Thanks for the explanations given in this post. This is helpful as I’ve been wondering about it. Overall, the Jury did an excellent job, IMO.
It would have been difficult for them to come to a unanimous decision on whether one could remember which links were on the sidebar of one’s various blogs. So I understand the Not Guilty verdicts in that respect.
Video now removed by user… after some of us told him some truths. 😂
Managed to salvage a few comments before he deleted them and blocked us all (which he did before deleting the whole video):
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1PGulKmIY5bwA4gMHQpYqlWmsy7L8NXOu
Unfortunately I was just a pinch too late for one fairly long thread that was a hoot to read. And I was literally seconds too late in trying to download the actual video.
Folder includes contributions from Michael of the Mouse Family. Agent M and others. Go team! 🥇
“Any guesses we may make as to their thoughts or motives are purely speculative.”
I’m torn between ’12 Angry Men’… and 12 emotionally drained individuals who’d had to sit through several days of technical legalese and Sabine talking bollocks in her best Frau Farbissna voice and had buses to catch.
More hilarity and desperation from Cat ‘Invernessie’ Scot…
https://spidercatweb.blog/jokestead-trollz
Eddieisok is an odd case. If I recall correctly when he was called up in front of the judge he responded “I only wanted to film the trollls”.
Firstly how on earth he could figure out who these imaginary trolls are is a mystery but does it not occur to these folk that filming everyone going into a court case is highly risky?. He could have filmed witnesses who then felt intimidated and may re-think their position.
One thing I am amused / horrified by is the media when they film accused persons and ask them idiotic questions as they go into court -” did you rob those 5 banks?” with the usual response coming form their lawyer “not answering questions etc”.
It’s so close to trying to get a physical reaction and indeed, in the “Tommy Robinson” madness he was claiming various people going into a court case were “Muslim rapists” without really knowing.
I recall a case here in Oz some years ago when a police prosecutor was charged with possession of child abuse material. At sentencing about 12 people gave written references (entirely normal) as to previous good character, charity work done etc, murderers convicted under his actions and so on.
A tabloid newspaper published the images of these referees (all fairly well known people- academics and so on) with a horribly worded article that implied “friends of the pervert”.
The editor was hauled into court and torn strips off for interfering in a normal court process and told by the judge those who in the future who chose to author a reference may feel they can not do it.
And when the reference authors decided to sue, the newspaper caved in immediately and each one was given $40,000 in compo which was bloody good money for one letter !
The Kincorth Gazette says:
And from the Beast of Kincorth…
…Yet still no mention of his beloved Cat’s vicious attacks on his hero David Scot.
Funny that 🤭
I see Andy ‘Tick Tock’ Devine is still planning on bringing down the entire corrupt British establishment via video from a village in Greece. He’s a hands-off activist.
Now supporting the “Yellow (or was it Orange) Vests” who rampaged across London bridge bringing traffic to a standstill. All 30 of them as opposed to the estimated 300,000 plus who have demonstrated across France.
Their major achievement seems to have been to block an ambulance with siren blaring that was trying to get through the traffic. Way to win friends and influence people.
The Garden Fence Gossiper says:
Word on the street (Twitter Street, to be precise) is that coke intake has contributed to Eddie’s paranoia. Allegedly and without prejudice of course.
Apparently MKD is currently putting together a video which includes a clip of Devine admitting to dubious ulterior motives for promoting Gordon Bowden. Watch this space…
The mad bint has actually given out her own email address there, along with Angela’s, John Paterson’s and Hope Girl’s 😂
I haven’t laughed so much since her “friend” at Holliegreigjustice accidentally posted a screenshot that contained her home address 🤭
“The World is watching”
Good of him to finally admit to this blog’s popularity 🙂
Note to Cat: get someone to proofread your next post. Someone with a passing knowledge of English grammar who knows how to use a spellchecker. Mkay?
“All they are doing is spreading dis information [sic]”
Oh the irony 🙄
Just wondering why Cat’s spelling and grammar are particularly poor tonight. It’s a real mystery 🤔
Haha, when you click on ‘Source’ at the bottom, you get this:
You couldn’t make it up 😂
Aww, bless…
World of Heather says:
I bet Sabine’s bosom buddy Heather Brown (aka Pru Halliwell, aka Suzy Jones) is really pissed off about this verdict, hehe 🤭
Meanwhile in the world of new-age cults:
Three women dubbed the Witches of Wernberg for being part of an occultist sect are being held in custody in Austria on suspicion of murdering a pensioner, committing arson and defrauding elderly people of at least €1 million.
They were arrested last month after a wealthy woman aged 72 was strangled in the town of Villach. The suspects are named only as Margit T and her alleged disciples Barbara H and Melitta O.
Police said that the three women and their fraud victims, mainly elderly women living alone, were part of an “occult, sect-like circle” led by Margit, a self-professed medium who practices spiritual healing and offers reflexology massage in the village of Wernberg.
More than ten people are believed to have fallen for the…
That’s so sad. Using kiddie-script to “prove” we’re a WordPress blog.
Yeah, she’s been encouraging Eddie/Paul in his sad attempt to get his friends to hack this site. 🙄
I’d also have been concerned in case Eddie/Paul filmed jurors coming and going. Bloody irresponsible.
That’s really disturbing.
Which presents us with a serious dilemma, EC…
…Are they more like the Krankees or the Chuckle Brothers?
I shall have a coffee while I ponder this important question.
Well, with Natalie Stubbs Bradshaw and Marc Armour in tow, they’re more like the Marx Brothers imo. That said, these bumbling buffoons’ hilarious attempts to get hold of people’s personal info’ is more akin to Laurel & Hardy’s efforts to get that piano up the stairs. Minus the charm, of course.
I’ve never been called for jury service (been a witness though in civil cases) and often wondered what it would be like. I’d be very attentive and take copious notes but the notion of getting to the court by 9am horrifies me.
If it was a long case I’d be very happy to be ensconced in a 5 star hotel with room service though.
Who is Jon Weger?
For the record: I can categorically state that I an NOT Baron Bernard Hogan-Howe.
# I will not confirm or deny if asked if I am Cressida Dick.
The Three Stooges comes to mind.
Are jurors allowed to take notes?
Lovely Rita says:
Yes, in fact they are encouraged to do so.
Pretty sure that sequestering a jury is a US thing. I think in England and Wales jurors are sent home with instructions not to discuss it with anyone which is why the rules on reporting are far stricter.
We also do not know the numbers involved in reaching the not guilty verdicts. Doubt in just one or two jurors would be sufficient in most cases. Also, unlike the US, a juror cannot say post trial why they or any other juror reached their verdict.
There is also another aspect which a work colleague who served on a jury mentioned to me. He’s a hang ’em, flog ’em, throw away the key sort of person when it came to office discussions about crimes and I was well known as the office small “L” liberal. However, he said that he had a very difficult time finding someone guilty because the enormity of the decision and the impact on the accused.
which is quite ironic, considering that the reason that many of the witnesses were there was because that Sabines release of the info was causing them to be alarmed by the people turning up to harass them… which eddieisnotok promptly showed what they meant by doing exactly that!!!!
DOH!!!!
Yes, I would find it difficult unless, as the judge said, I were completely sure the defendant was guilty. Juries literally hold the course of a person’s life in their hands.
He was on orders from Angela, so of course his behaviour was dodgy. She sends lackeys to do her dirty work and take the heat, while she imagines herself safe from the law in Ireland.
Hacking is a crime in the UK. It has serious jail time attached to the offence. Depending on severity, 2, 5, or 10 years jail. It is also much easier to prove than harassment thanks to the helpful requirement on UK ISPs to log all traffic through their servers. Persons inciting others to hack are also liable. These crimes do not rely on interpretation or intent. If you attempt to access someone else’s account without authorisation you are guilty.
Useful info, Sage, thanks.
EC. This is just too funny to be left as a Twitter only post!
Good Lord, this Natalie bloke is a tad angry, of course Angela is sharing it.
It’s Hoaxtead, John. HOAXTEAD! Get it right, John Paterson with one ‘T’. 😡
Without a doubt! 😁
This is a hoot. Thanks for the link. 😂
Is this a mock-up by MotMF? I checked on Angie’s FB timeline when this went up on Twitter and it wasn’t there. And she rarely takes posts down. Very funny mock-up if it is, to be fair. Worthy of entry into the HR memes folder, I would suggest.
The original tweet. MKD’s comment is a little ambiguous but he seems to be suggesting it’s something she might say:
Don't put it past her,.
@angiepowerdisne pic.twitter.com/NRBaRFmqQJ
— Michael of the Mouse Family (@MichaeloftheMo1) December 16, 2018
I assumed it was a spoof. But it is just so funny! 😂😂😂
Warning to all: please do not fall for Yannis Emmanouel’s butter-wouldn’t melt act. He’s currently trying to suck up to people on Twitter and elsewhere, particularly to newbies who may not be aware of who he is. He is most likely trying to gather info and dirt on us for Angela and Kris Costa, as he has done in the past. He was the one who told Angela that I am a convicted paedophile and that he had newspaper articles to prove it. I’m not and he didn’t. He’s also part of the group that went after EC and her family and has doxed others from here to the fruitloops and put them and their families in danger. He’s a nasty piece of work – please watch your backs
Yup. Well said, Tinribs.
Not enough info for the uninitiated to narrow it down to an individual Yannis.
Do you mean @trelopireotis? He’s dissed Stacey for winning Strictly. He will not win friends!
OMG, that’s a hilarious find! Thanks, Lucca 😆
“Yolande is a scraper. She’s all over the Hoaxtead website with Scarlet Scoop.”
Quote of the week 😆
Now he’s banging on about “Elm Street Studios in the 60s”. Do you think perhaps he means Elstree Studios? 🙄
Fruitcake quote alert…
“Your crimes have been undercovered” 😆
https://www.facebook.com/watchparty/969036719953193/?entry_source=FEED
“That’s called slander or misogyny” 🙄
“Dirty fucking blood-drinking Jews” 🙄
No death threat to me and my family there, then 🙄
“Some of them are about tae have a very bad year”
Hehe, we’ll see 😜
Wankerwatch says:
Sorry, I forget that bloke’s name (sorry, he’s too unimportant to remember) but I think he’s just in a foul mood because of his beloved Catriona Selvester turning on his idol David Scot, hehe 😆
Yeah, shall we go back to ignoring this prick? I can’t remember his name either. Noncilvy or something. He’s the bloke who abused his own daughter, right?
Marc is very annoyed that EC and Scarlet aren’t locked up 😆
‘PewDiePie printer hackers strike again’
Shall I post something quite obvious about that purported police email or shall I just titter to myself.
I thought that stuff he is smoking was meant to calm a person down. 😂
Ahhh, she copied it out wrong.
Had a little look.So, the stuff she has used has scraped people’s names from the published part of the website and provided suggested people or emails of interest to the topic. Sooooo sinister soooo eeeeeevil EC.
This is what happens when you are not blessed with brains and then burn the rest out watching conspiracy crap.
Robert Green, Cat’s hero, contacts police quite often and enters into chummy correspondence. I think Robert Green must be a SIS stooge groomed to make them look like idiots who couldn’t fight their way out of a paper bag.
There is a little hook in the para above to make their tiny minds all wibbly.
Nasty lying cow!
Oh, for feck’s sake 🙄
Trafficking in drugs and children, all while sitting in a courtroom in Southwark. Talk about multitasking.
Does she own her house? It’s the first question a lawyer asks before suggesting libel proceedings. Irish defamation laws are far stricter than England and Wales. A mother and her son obtained €40,000 in damages after the child’s foster parents posted defamatory comments about the boy’s birth mother on Facebook.
Ah, the irony. Living in Ireland has largely protected her from her unlawful behaviour in respect to harassment and contempt. Living in Ireland could see her in far worse trouble in respect of liability for defamation!
“Something will happen”. Talk about hedging yer bets.
Catching up with Flo. So, Mel Ve, she says she was a refugee from SA? In 1999? So the end of Apartheid was starting to kick in properly. look at her channel. She has always struck me as just a nasty racist bigot mixed up with new age stuff.
“The Official Illuminati”? Come on, everyone knows that they sold out and went mainstream years ago.
There are a few things I don’t understand about Mel Ve’s current take on the situation of Sabine’s conviction.
Why does she think the guilty verdict proves the hoax was a hoax when others here reminded her proof that Ella and Abe dreamt the whole thing up came in Judge Pauffley’s ruling?
How does she imagine her role in promoting and hosting APD ends now when her evidence will be vital in proving APD’s guilt on harassment charges soon?
I think I just caught the last 45 minutes of Flo destroyer’s interview…..the way Mel Ve bristled when Sheva confronted her, in a very non-emotive way btw (I was very impressed by how calm and matter of fact Sheva was)…I mean Mel Ve totally lost the plot such was her anger with Sheva.
Anyway, when EC shared some of the communications exchanged between both her and MV some months ago, I thought then that Mel Ve is quite abnormal…she was peculiar then, she’s peculiar now. It’s clear she’s self-obsessed and it’s very doubtful she’s a proper journalist given the high standard of professionalism required which includes being ethical to the nth degree.
Grobnob made me laugh….he was absolutely correct in what he said.
But I favour Flo’s imperative where he says the point of his hosting these discussions is to bring about resolution even though it seems like an uphill battle.
This is why many of us revolted and joined the Illuminati Resistance as we claim the Official Illuminati are now just a bunch of old Fuddy Duddies and think World Domination is so yesterday. De-constructed Freemasons are always welcome in the resistance and while we haven’t yet formulated our policy on baby pizzas, a press release on this matter and others like mind manipulation will eventually be issued to the Truther Community.
# We are soon to vote on whether King Hoani John Wanoa of Rotarua should be elected as King Of All Evil.
I warned EC not to carry that bottle of Aspirin through Customs.
Down wiv drugs!
Kells Bells says:
I’m not holding my breath…
Sheva starts at 1.58 btw
2.17.00 onwards to 2.17.55
“Ugly, negative and vile’
and the hoaxers like APD, cat, neelu etc etc are all love and sunshine….
Mel really shows her bias towards the hoaxing community, and against the antihoaxers like Hoaxtead Research here, even now she tries to spin it as the antihoaxers were just so mean and nasty that it made the hoaxers more believable…
I can’t think of a single time that anyone said here that it would be great if someone fed Mel through a woodchipper, yet that type of comment was made against an antihoaxer…
(in best Southpark voice) Hoaxers did it!
Has anyone here accused Mel of trafficking drugs and children???
Has anyone here threatened to cut Mel’s tongue out ??
The list of abuse FROM the hoaxers is incredible
Yet we can all go to angies site and get a copy of all the death threats she’s received from us- right?
um right?
She said she had a list- what 2 years ago???
(crickets)
If, hypothetically, someone had fallen for the frauds of Abe & Ella, and Kevin Annett, and Sacha Stone, and Webre, and SwissIndo, and QEG HopeGirl, and the OPAL free-energy / freemen caravan, to the point of participating in all these frauds; and if that person sat down for an honest self-appraisal of the predispositions that made her so gullible in matters of fraud; then it would be worth listening to.
Judge Judy says:
Perhaps it’s that hot Mediterranean sun but Andy Tick Tock Devine seems to think a letter writing campaign to the Judge means they will dismiss a juries decision.
It’s the first thing a solicitor will ask in Australia in a potential libel case. They can also get a court to place a (real – Not Neelu style) lien on a defendent’s property to stop them disposing of asserts as defamation cases usually take a couple of years.
They can also request a judge order a defendant (or plaintiff) to pay into the court sums of money if there is a feeling a person will use the court to frustrate the process and run up costs they have no hope of paying.
Most people could be bankrupted by a defamation action by costs alone and of course they won’t get legal aid. Any sensible solicitor will urge a defendant to reach a settlement asap if they believe the libel will be proved.
That’s if the defendant has the money to pay a substantial deposit up front to their solicitor to defend them.
Of course Rebecca Ireland has taken all this evidence to the authorities yes?. Or do they think they will fight these battles against Evil Incarnate via blog posts?
Andy seems to be following neelu down the sovcit/FOTL path- cause that always works so well doesn’t it neelu….
Evangaloon says:
In the Alfred Webre video Mel repeats the Jewish blood libel myth and somehow tries to tie it in with Hampstead because Golder’s Green is nearby. In a later video she says she’s not racist because she has friends of all races and some are apparently Jewish. She doesn’t seem to understand that a lot of racists say this – ‘I have a friend who is black/Asian/Jewish’ – and it means sod all.
If I’d said what she said in the Webre video (which was a ridiculous attack on the Hampstead community and I don’t care if she didn’t name names) I’d be embarrassed but what stuck out most about Mel in After Dark was her arrogance. When they were giving humility out she was at the back of the queue.
It’s not usually “that” expensive to get legal advice. In my case (I was the one being accused) the first consultation was free and there was a £500 retainer. Where it goes wrong is when that legal advice is ignored. With libel and defamation it is up to the person making the claim to prove that they are correct not the plaintiff. APD has not a shred of proof to back up her claims because they are baseless and she would be told to withdraw the remarks, apologise and pay whatever legal fees had been spent by the plaintiff and token damages to avoid it going to court.
If you’re wondering, my legal advice was that my article was not libellous as it quite clearly was covered by the defence of parody and satire, I had made no representation that it was true and the man on the Clapham or any other omnibus would see it as such, so I copied their solicitors letter to the trade press which ran an article ridiculing them, replied in the manner of Arkell v Pressdram and heard no more!
I’m Continuity Illuminati (said in a Northern Ireland accent ;-). We never sold out. Still worshipping Baal and Moloch, plus owls and …. all the other stuff.
List of things that won’t happen.
More worrying, he seems to believe that writing to a judge in an active trial is not illegal, and that the judge might actually read, let alone respond to his bizarre requests.
Commercial Break says:
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Concerned you risk ending up washed up on the twisted shoreline of bile like Mel Ve,Power-Disney or Andy Devine and having the likes of Flo Destroyer et al expose you for the utterly useless twat you are rapidly becoming?
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I was libeled by the News Of The World decades ago when they mistook me for someone else. It was the easiest money I’ve ever got as they settled within a couple of weeks- enough to buy a new car at the time. My partner in the project who was libeled by association was furious as he got 500 quid less.
She did not take well to the end of white supremacy, and remains an Apartheid apologist.
“Mel Ve is a South African born humanitarian, activist, author and independent media icon, who is descended from the Boers. This documentary tells the story of the people Mel Ve left behind in South Africa, and who are being genocidally slaughtered.
“This controversial documentary film tells the story of the Boers, who they were, and why they were so important in South Africa’s history. We explore the events that led to the Anglo Boer wars, in which the Boers fought for their freedom from the forces of Imperialism.
“Mel Ve controversially explores the true facts pertaining to APARTHEID, explaining some of the fallacies and lies that the world was fed in order to brainwash them into supporting the eventual presidency of Nelson Mandela, a known communist, terrorist and murderer.”
Odd, isn’t it, the hit rate in finding yet another racist behind those promoting the hoax has to be in a range between 100-100%! It’s almost as if they spend their entire lives seething and fulminating about others.
Sabine has made it into the Metro. https://metro.co.uk/2018/12/17/pensioner-facing-jail-accusing-primary-school-parents-satanic-abuse-8257489/
Not sure about the print edition.
Her “Stop South African Genocide” website is hilarious. In theory it’s “Registered racists only”, but in practice you can access each page by hitting ‘esc’ after the main page has loaded but before the Registration code kicks in.
For instance, http://stopsouthafricangenocide.org/current-affairs/mel-ve-resigns-from-the-sovereign-state-of-good-hope-24-october-2018/
— all about Mel Ve, and how much the secessionist State of Good Hope will miss her now that they have parted ways (somehow the South African republic didn’t notice that the State of Good hope had seceded).
Just saw this. They were right about the verdict, but this is what comes of sending reporters into the courtroom without any prior knowledge of wtf they are going to be covering.
Yes, that’s from the self declared king of disparate groups of peoples some of whom never have had kings or absolute rulers amongst themselves in the way this fool has declared himself king.
I find arrogant scamming wankers and the fools that follow them morbidly fascinating.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_people
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khoisan_languages
If you have any other screenshots, I would be grateful.
Attempting to coopt the Khoi/San seems to be a recurring feature among South African SovCits. The GiftofTruth nutbars take the same approach: https://giftoftruth.wordpress.com/?s=khoisan
The underlying idea seems to be that the Khoi and San will realise that the Boer descendents are their natural ally against their common enemy, the Bantu-speaking groups.
They weren’t my own screenshots, just embedded images from Mel’s site.
Have they lifted anything direct from here?
I find Mel Ve’s brain vomitings strangely compelling, so effusive, so little self awareness. She didn’t know any black South Africans until she was an adult, she met some black people in Uni and was amazed at how happy they were despite their poverty, she can tell you all about freedom movements in SA and black people’s motivations, hopes and dreams from the time before she was born. Apartheid was a bit of cruelty and rudeness. THIS IS IT. Not the police state and violent suppression I heard about I suppose. A regime so awful that the word Apartheid has skipped the country’s boundaries to be recycled when states are accused of brutally segregating and oppressing people.
It took me one second to decide this King is just a king in his front room. What is Mel Ve’s problem, and is it catching?
It is hard to believe that they would have got so much wrong if they had read any of the background here.
Looks like they are simply stealing from the Courtnewsuk.com coverage: http://courtnewsuk.co.uk/satanic-abuse-troll-faces-jail/
I don’t think so. Courtnewsuk sell their reports which pops up in the dailies and local weeklies.
I mean, I don’t think the Metro nicked it, I think they paid for it.
Yes, I have always understood CourtNewsUK to be a news service, not a stand-alone publication.
Mustn’t forget the “Vaccines = Genocide” component of her thought-system.
Kevin Rose says:
Depends what the sentence is,,, Hope I’m not disappointed but it is clear that the only thing that stopped her in her tracks was being incarcerated. Given her lack of remorse and empathy, the conduct of her supporters ignoring reporting restrictions, and given she has abused children to such a degree their names will be on the internet for life, I truly hope the judge sends out a warning to all the imbeciles out there that if you engage with this sort of crime, you can expect to spend a long time behind bars.
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Mina Mar Group Inc. Friday Tips – June 17th Post
Mina Mar Group Inc. Friday Tips – June 17th
Read Here: http://fridaystips.com/?p=257
Mina Mar Group’s Lawsuit vs. Investors Hub
This week, we are dedicating this edition of Friday’s Tips to slander and misinformation chat board Investors Hub and our continued lawsuit with them. If one thinks that the agent and employee postings, and bashing on Investors Hub are the ramblings of an asylum lunatic, our subscribers are in for a treat reading this week’s update on how this public company’s “executives” organized their companies, and how these entities are operated.
There have been plenty of developments this week. It appears that Friday’s Tips aches these “executives” enormously. It seems that Investors Hub finds great joy in bashing small business owner’s dreams on their “unbiased” chat boards as they profit from the stock price plunge, but takes great offence to anyone updating their followers of any developments.
First of all, a patsy, AKA the new CEO of Investors Hub, one Sonya Branstine from Harrisonville, Missouri, was attempted to be served with legal documents in her trailer park home. She is listed at three addresses there and the legal processors could not identify her at any of the locations. Now we are left to serve her at Investors Hub’s address in Florida (a PO Box drop off or virtual office) and we will ask the court to validate service on her. Those of you that subscribe to Investors Hub’s paid service may want to rethink twice as to whom you are furnishing your credit card numbers to. This is a slippery bunch arranged in such a fashion to frusturate authorities and any legal proceedings. As the webmaster of Investors Hub, Dave Lawrence, once said “the joke is in their hands”. I think we got you, Dave, and all the various aliases and pseudos you use to post various slanderous posts.
Second of all, we decided to subpoena the two head honchos of the ADVFN “parent company” and see what they can add to this misery. Both CEO and COO (Neither us nor them were quite sure of their role within ADVFN and Investors Hub) John Hutton and Clem Chambers had been examined.
Investors Hub has proposed a settlement with Mina Mar Group. (We seemed to have offended this group and their lawyers with this disclosure; however, we feel we must do so to protect the public and in the public’s best interest.) The proposed settlement is a farce. In summary, we made a demand to moderate our own client boards. Investors Hub refused outright. It seems like the $149.00 IR fee and Investors Hub’s terms of service are a farce designed to exploit novice and unsuspecting readers. One needs to ask: why would an unbiased chat board want to control content and eliminate nonsense postings, unless there was a hidden agenda? What hidden agenda? Well there is the small matter of Matt Brown of Investors Hub being sentenced for plotting to manipulate stock prices ( http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-...nclick_check=1 ).
From what we see, Investors Hub is not giving up any control whatsoever. They give a moderator position to “any 3rd party” as per their website terms of use, whilst they make a big issue in the lawsuit. Is Investors Hub now suggesting these moderators are not bona fide 3rd party moderators? Surprise, surprise… and the drama continues!
Investors Hub is pulling a smoke and mirror show on MMG/MMMG and the entire court proceedings, but we will batton down the hatches and stick to our guns.
In summary, it appears that in the Investors Hub and ADVFN organization the right hand does not know what the left hand is doing. We find it bizarre and odd that a CEO of a public company who considers Investors Hub to be a great asset does not communicate with this asset. We believe that Investors Hub is organized in such a way to frustrate further legal proceedings and do as they see fit.
Investors Hub’s admission that Matt Brown is involved as a consultant speaks volumes (it was indicated that Mathew Brown continued to perform consulting and technical services for Investors Hub but did not have the authority of an officer to control the content and the materials posted).
What is a Webmaster?
Please see the link: http://webdesign.about.com/od/jobs/a/aa040698.htm
There is a lot to the job, a lot more than really meets the eye. This is digital media and the technical person has 110% control over digital media. We should seek an affidavit from Brown under perjury that he DOES NOT control content of digital media.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webmaster
A webmaster (from web and master), also called a web architect, web developer, site author, website administrator, or webmistress for females, is a person responsible for maintaining one or many websites. The duties of the webmaster may include ensuring that the web servers, hardware and software are operating accurately, designing the website, generating and revising web pages, replying to user comments, and examining traffic through the site. Webmasters “must also be well-versed in Web transaction software, payment-processing software, and security software.”
Examination of John Hutton:
John Hutton of ADVFN was examined on June 9, 2011 with respect to his knowledge of Sonya Branstine, Robert Zumbrunnen and Matt Brown’s roles at Investors Hub.
Investors Hub has about five to nine employees who are scattered throughout the U.S. We have their names and some of the towns they reside in; however, none of the employees reside in Florida (Florida is the registered address of the corporation, Investorshub.com Inc.; however, other than having a mailing address and a UPS address, Investors Hub has no personnel located in Florida).
As such, the new patsy is Sonya Branstine. Such are the real fearless heroes. They crash and burn everything in sight and leave a woman to take the fall.
Examination of ADVFN CEO Clem Chambers:
The examination of Clem Chambers, the CEO of ADVFN, was very brief. The reason for this brevity was Mr. Chambers’ acknowledgement of full ownership of Investorshub.com Inc. He acknowledged that ADVFN had acquired Investorshub.com Inc. in 2006. He also advised that he was one of the founders of ADVFN in 1999 and that he took over as CEO in 2001. He stated that they have a number of subsidiaries, but he didn’t know how many. And we thought that clueless CEOs were only restricted to Pink Sheet companies.
Clem Chambers didn’t appear to know all the interests of the company. The operation in London, England, has about fifty employees as well as a number of other interests in the same kind of business in other parts of the world. Seems like stock bashing is a lucrative business after all.
Clem Chambers did state that Investors Hub was an important asset of theirs, that they own it completely, and that he would refuse to give Investors Hub any direction whatsoever with regards to the posters and compliance with the judgment of Belobaba of July 20, 2010.
Clem Chambers also insisted that he has little or no contact with Sonya Branstine, the President of Investors Hub, who we expected would report to Mr. Chambers on a regular basis about the activities of Investors Hub. Mr. Chambers insisted that he has rare communications with Investors Hub, if ever, that he cannot remember when he last communicated with Sonya Branstine, and that the only communications he has with Investors Hub and with any of their people, is when they gather at what he called “jamborees” in Las Vegas from time to time. They hold these meetings once to twice or more a year but, according to Mr. Chambers, they never discuss business.
Robert Zumbrunnen
It looks like Robert Zumbrunnen and the gang are at it again slandering others and being dragged into court:
http://righthavenvictims.blogspot.co...umbrunnen.html
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010...-r-j-story-po/
In our opinion, anyone who owns any stock in ADVFN should really reconsider their holdings now.
In summary, we are into a legal question whether or not a parent who completely owns and controls the subsidiary will be responsible for the acts of its subsidiary in a defamation matter? MMMG’s position is that if a company owns 100% of another company’s shares, whether it is foreign or not, would completely control the other company, and can control any activity which is ordered by the court.
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Aboriginal Inquiry: Lifting All Learners
An Impact Assessment of the Aboriginal Enhancement Schools Network (AESN)
§ 1: Introduction
§ 2: Literature Review
§ 3: Methodology and Methods of Analysis
§ 4: Intrinsic Case Study 1: Arrow Lakes
§ 5: Intrinsic Case Study 2: Prince Rupert School District
§ 6: Case 3: The AESN Case Study Assessment
§ 7: Network Impacts
§ 8: Summary of overall impacts: Sustained, initiated and emerging
§ 9: Concluding observations for policy makers
Table of contents // § 7: Network Impacts // 7.4.1 Case 1
7.4.1 Case 1
Because AESN inquiries are based in teacher interest they are necessarily context specific and are framed in such a way as to reflect the particular circumstances in which educators find themselves. For example, a small school located in north-central British Columbia based their inquiry on whether working with their local Aboriginal community would improve relationships between the community and the school. In this particular instance the inquiry revolved around building Aboriginal cultural awareness and understanding amongst the largely non-Aboriginal student population, however, it evolved beyond a simple cultural “add on” approach, and instead wove in Aboriginals’ relationship to and stewardship of the land through student involvement in local ecological sustainability projects. Pre-test surveys revealed a high level of student ignorance about Aboriginal peoples and their experiences, yet as their immersion in the local Indigenous context and Aboriginal culture deepened, students understanding, awareness, and appreciation of historical and contemporary Aboriginal ways of knowing and being saw a concomitant shift. A related part of the project created the opportunity to have a local Elder come into the school twice a week to read Stoney Creek Woman (by Bridget Moran and Mary John) to students who were then required to work on projects that showed what they had learned.
The scope of these projects showed a distinct understanding of Aboriginal experience that extended beyond simply “bannock and beads”: students addressed topics such as discrimination, residential schools and traditional versus modern ways of Aboriginal life. The projects culminated in student presentations to local guests, including the Elder who had read the novel to them and her extended family. This form of showcasing learning mimics the AES Network requirements where the results of inquiry is not kept to oneself, but shared in order to move forward the learning of others.
The results of their post test revealed substantive changes in student understanding of Aboriginal ways of knowing and being: “We did see lots of kids change their awareness, it’s not what you see on TV, it’s not Clint Eastwood, these are things people do now. Fishing, smoking, scraping a hide. They ice fish. They still do that. A chance to see that and be a part of it, it opened their eyes. It was an awakening for a lot of them.”
Download a PDF version of the executive summary.
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Principal Investigator, Dr. Catherine McGregor
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INSPIRE Maintenance and Implementation
MIG Work Programme
MIG Representatives
MIG-T Representatives
In the INSPIRE Committee meeting on 8 April 2013, it was agreed to set up a Commission expert group called INSPIRE Maintenance and Implementation Group (MIG) with representatives of the INSPIRE national contact points. The tasks of the INSPIRE MIG are:
to bring about an exchange of experience and good practice related to the implementation of the INSPIRE Directive and the Implementing Rules
to identify and give advice about the priority issues to be addressed in the maintenance of the INSPIRE Directive, Implementing Rules and/or Technical Guidance documents
to identify issues related to INSPIRE implementation (including, but not limited to, technologies, standards, methods, coherence across INSPIRE chapters and communication measures to be adopted) and advise the Commission on how to address them
to prepare and regularly update the rolling work programme for INSPIRE maintenance and implementation to be agreed by the INSPIRE Committee and the Commission
The MIG is supported by one permanent sub-group focusing on technical aspects (MIG-T) as well as a number of temporary sub-groups focusing on specific actions defined in the maintenance and implementation work programme (MIWP). The basis of the group and its sub-groups is the MIWP.
The MIG is complemented by a pool of experts drawn from the stakeholder community. The experts in this pool will be called upon when MIG sub-groups are formed to address specific implementation or maintenance issues, but will also provide the opportunity to reach out to experts involved or interested in particular aspects of INSPIRE implementation or maintenance.
MIWP 2016-2020
The results of the INSPIRE evaluation (REFIT) and the implementation report provide a clear picture on the implementation of the INSPIRE Directive at its half-way point. A lot of progress has been made but there is no single country which has fully implemented the Directive to date. At the same time, the most challenging deadlines are still ahead. Further to the orientation debate at the MIG-P in December 2015, it was agreed to translate the direction provided by the MIG-P into a renewed and reviewed Work Programme for the collaboration between the EU level partners and the Member States, the MIWP 2016-2020.
Consolidated version of the MIWP 2016-2020
For more details, see
the MIG's entry in the Register of Commission Expert Groups
the MIG and MIG-T representatives
the MIG collaboration space (meetings, wiki, issue tracker, consultations and calls for participation)
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Gail Benzler Joins Seattle Tennis and Education Foundation as Executive Director
Posted on August 17, 2018 by Joe Kennedy • 0 Comments
Seattle Tennis and Education (STEF) has announced that Gail Benzler has been named its Executive Director. STEF, a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization founded in 2017, provides athletic conditioning, tennis training and educational enrichment to under-resourced youth in Seattle. STEF recognizes that not every child and not every family has access to quality schools, a top education and opportunities to play lifetime sports like tennis. STEF aims to help level the playing field for kids across the Seattle area. Benzler is a longtime Bellevue resident and the organization has plans to expand to the Eastside in 2019.
Benzler, who spent the past 20 years dedicated to driving national and regional tennis play and accessibility initiatives, branding, marketing and community engagement, will now steer STEF’s efforts to achieve lasting community impact in her hometown.
“I’m excited to hit the ground running and to lead STEF’s portfolio of programs,” says Benzler. “These programs help to equip kids for the future and to shape the conversation here in Seattle about how we can deliver important and well-rounded tennis and education programming.” STEF brings together dedicated and experienced tennis coaches, mentors and tutors to provide well-rounded programming year-round, while also providing key support and resources for parents. “We’re challenging our students, coaches, parents, mentors and the community — together we feel we can achieve the very best.”
STEF is proud of its solid endorsements and partnerships with important national and local organizations such as the United States Tennis Association, Seattle Parks and Recreation, the Amy Yee Tennis Foundation and the Amy Yee Tennis Center. And now, heading into the new school year, STEF is poised and prepared to broaden its mission across Seattle’s under-resourced communities.
“Seattle’s tremendous growth over the last 10 years has left many people and families struggling to keep up with rising costs of housing and living expenses,” says STEF’s founder and president Colin Plank. “I founded STEF with the goal of providing these kids access to tennis, mentorship and life skills to ensure they do not get left behind. STEF is the first Seattle USTA NJTL chapter based on a model started by the great tennis and civil rights champion Arthur Ashe to provide support for kids in marginalized neighborhoods. We encourage tennis players and volunteers alike to join us as we work to create a more equitable city and playing field for these kids.”
Benzler began her career in tennis and community engagement in San Diego, working to implement programming serving adults and under-resourced youth. After nearly a decade with the USTA Pacific Northwest Section where she led the organization’s play initiatives, community outreach and marketing efforts in Western Washington, Benzler joined The Racers Group, North America’s most successful independent sportscar racing team as Global Director of Communications, driving the team’s marketing and branding on and off the track. She has been recognized by many organizations for her work, including the Forbes Communications Council and the United States Professional Tennis Association.
Colin Plank: “We are always looking for additional individual and corporate support so we can continue to grow and to provide opportunities for many more kids in the city.” Learn more about how your tax deductible contribution can help expand STEF’s mission at stef4youth.org.
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Lake Victoria Marbug Virus
09/03/2016 26/03/2017 Blogging, Environment, Feature, Health, History, Life, Review, Social problems, Society, Uncategorized, Writing AfricaAfrica CommandArmy Medical ResearchBarack ObamaCubaDangerous pathogensDefense DepartmentsDoctorsEbolaEbola-Zaire hemorrhagicEmbassy BerlinFort DerickGerman authoritiesGermanyGuineaInstitute of Infectious DiseasesLake Victoria Marbug VirusLassa VirusLiberiaMachupo virusMarkus KlingerMarylandNational GuardsmenRecombinant virusesSierra LeoneStuttgartSuspected biological warfare laboratoryUS StateUS troopsVirusWeaponizeWest AfricaZaire Ebola Virus
AMERICA’S WEAPONIZATION OF EBOLA
Article published by Strategic Culture Foundation by Wayne MADSEN
President Barack Obama has received a torrent of criticism for dispatching U.S. troops and National Guardsmen to the Ebola-ravaged West African countries of Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea to help control the spread of the highly-lethal Ebola-Zaire hemorrhagic virus. While Cuba has sent qualified doctors to the stricken region, Obama has responded with troops answering to the U.S. Africa Command in Stuttgart, Germany.
Evidence has recently surfaced in a 2009 U.S. embassy Berlin cable to the U.S. State and Defense Departments that German authorities hesitated to send hemorrhagic fever cultures to the suspected biological warfare laboratory at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) at Fort Detrick, Maryland because the Germans feared the Army might «weaponize» the cultures.
The cable, classified as «Sensitive», is dated December 15, 2009, and states:
«German MFA [Ministry of Foreign Affairs] Deputy Head of Division for Export Control Markus Klinger provided the following non-paper to Econoff [Embassy Economics Officer], seeking additional assurances related to a proposed export of extremely dangerous pathogens to the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases.
The Army’s end use certificate provided to Germany is lacking an official seal. Klinger’s deputy, Nancy Reck, noted that Germany had made two follow-up requests to the Army seeking assurances and clarifications related to this proposed export. The GOG [Government of Germany] seeks assurances from the USG [US Government] or US Army that the end use certificate and the information contained therein are legitimate and accurate».
The «non-paper» reference is to an «aide-memoire», what is known in the diplomatic world as a note without an author, source, or title that is used to prepare for negotiations. The following «non-paper», which was originally written in German, was translated by the embassy and sent to Washington:
«For Official Use Only
Against the background of our partnership in the area of non-proliferation and our excellent cooperation in the matters of export controls, we would like to bring the following issue to the attention of your government.
A German firm has applied for the approval of the export of 184 genetic elements with nucleic acid sequences of viruses for the production of recombinant viruses. The viruses will be used in optical imaging to identify host factors required for viral replication. The recipient in the USA is, according to the enclosed end use certificate, the Department of the Army ‘US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID)’ Fort Detrick, Maryland.
Specifications in English about the goods, the recipient, and end use can be seen from the end use certificate. The goods are controlled by the Australia Group and are subject to compulsory export approval (List position C1C353A). This matter concerns the complete genome of viruses such as the Zaire Ebola virus, the Lake Victoria Marburg virus, the Machupo virus and the Lassa virus, which are absolutely among the most dangerous pathogens in the world. The delivery would place the recipient in the position of being able to create replicating recombinant infectious species of these viruses.
Learn more: http://m.strategic-culture.org/news/2014/10/24/america-weaponization-of-ebola.html
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